Roy Schestowitz

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-30.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 02:56:49

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posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 02:57:57

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posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 02:58:02

• "Sunday, end of the week. It's been a packed week at work, and quite a busy weekend, but now it's over, only to repeat again in a few days. I guess it's good overall, feels like living." gemini://thousand.naps.day/d/2026-01-25.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:00:59

• "Yesterday I said "Why not" and extended ox-gmi emacs package to deal with exactly the structure of the notes that I personally prefer (small collection of large org files, each around a specific topic)." gemini://thousand.naps.day/d/2026-01-27.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:01:48

• "I was struggling to figure out what to have for lunch on days when we are busy with schoolwork. In the week before New Year, I realized I needed to change something because we had ramen every other day in December." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/emily/20260128.gmi    

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

• "Mercedes are said to have exploited the same loophole, and they have done a huge amount of test mileage. Their only complaint has been other teams' issues on track occasionally halting testing. All the teams say they're working on reliability, not lap time. But when people have suggested that Mercedes and Red Bull are fastest, no one disagreed." gemini://freeshell.de/f1/2026-01-30_New_year__new_cars__new_testing_programme.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:04:12

• La Visitante - Alberto Chimal gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/resenas/lavisitante.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:04:52

• "I made an online daily Crossword game, with leaderboards and puzzle archive, over Gemini. Built it as example usage for my gemini application framework, it's still fairly new but ready for you to try out! Feedback and comments welcome :)" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/alanbato/37413    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:05:27

• "Actually the vi append (and change and insert, which are all handled by a shared "aci" routine) do allow for arguments (or an argument), though like a shell command must be the last command listed. I'm pretty sure I'd come across this in the source and forgot about it, perhaps to preserve what are left of the sanity points." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/29/appendum.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:06:01

• "I did not get the memo that Windows uses an IP (Internet Protocol) TTL (Time To Live) of 128." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/01/29.1    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:07:05

• "Sometimes, things turn out to me far more useful than it appeared before trying it. For me, this was the case with the brouter web page at https://brouter.de ." gemini://small-tardis.dnshome.de/jnxx/microblog/2026-01-29_Brouter.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:07:45

• IBM's RTO layoffs: "5 days on coming in early May !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf7gk191    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:38:51

• "That’s that IBM bullsh-t we have been talking about!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:39:48

• "my manager says I don’t perform at band level and I offered to go down a level and he said it wasn’t being offered as an option"    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:39:54

• "IBM has become more and more aggressive with this low performance identification. It used to be a legit way of helping employees to improve. At least In my experience (11 years as a FLM), things went south after COVID."    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:40:33

• "We went from: please identify low performers and work with them, to: I need 6 low performers from your team, 2 per band (7,8,9) and make sure they come from “high cost” locations, Also from those 6 make sure at least 2 are shown the door (they call it “exit target”), then few months later, you are handed a list of ppl to RA (like in Nov 2025), that has all the ppl “identified” and some more."    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:40:40

• "Because this is done yearly (some times every 6 months), the manager ends running out of low performers on “high cost” locations, and this is when you start seeing, good and productive employees in these (BS) lists."    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:40:53

• "correct they are using as a tool for layoffs not the tool it was originally intended for"    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:41:21

• "why are they claiming 73 percent placed on pips from 2023 to today successfully accomplished their pip and continued to grow at IBM? (Verbatim from low performance indicator email from middle of last year)."    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:41:27

• PR/HR agent? "I personally love copilot at Microsoft. Jarring to see many people hate it" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfcadkph    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 03:51:40

• Schneier book will be finished after the slop bubble pops. It won't age well.    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 05:08:56

• "Arrogant. Know it all. Bully. Not too bright. Avoids taking risks. Plays favorites. This post will be around for about 30 minutes before the powers to be remove it so enjoy it while it is here." "Sounds like the last guy at OT." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg5v8wj8    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 06:57:45

• Proton Experimental updated to fix the EA app again on SteamOS / Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/proton-experimental-updated-to-fix-the-ea-app-again-on-steamos-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/proton-experimental-updated-to-fix-the-ea-app-again-on-steamos-linux/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:22:16

• The original FINAL FANTASY VII is getting a new refreshed edition | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-original-final-fantasy-vii-is-getting-a-new-refreshed-edition/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-original-final-fantasy-vii-is-getting-a-new-refreshed-edition/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:22:33

• HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME looks like a glorious follow-up to HUNTDOWN from 2021 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/huntdown-overtime-looks-like-a-glorious-follow-up-to-huntdown-from-2021/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/huntdown-overtime-looks-like-a-glorious-follow-up-to-huntdown-from-2021/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:23:08

• "The Return of Digg, and the Proliferation of Cancel Culture" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/26/1911209    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:23:49

• "Army unit created for Afghanistan will run jungle school in Panama" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-sfab-jungle-warfare-panama/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:24:15

• techdirt boosting toxic, oligarchs-controlled social control media weapons https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/29/the-social-media-addiction-narrative-may-be-more-harmful-than-social-media-itself/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:24:41

• "Trump sues IRS and US treasury for $10bn over leak of tax returns" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/trump-sues-tax-return-leak    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:24:53

• Stardew Valley dev makes it clear Haunted Chocolatier is progressing well | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stardew-valley-dev-makes-it-clear-haunted-chocolatier-is-progressing-well/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stardew-valley-dev-makes-it-clear-haunted-chocolatier-is-progressing-well/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:25:34

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/29/stop-killing-games-gets-over-1-million-petition-signatures-verified-by-eu/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:25:59

• "Hahn may find the Wayback Machine “less risky” than the official API, but that was the reason Reddit cited when it blocked the Internet Archive last year." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/publishers-restricting-internet-archive/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:26:31

• [Old] "Yesterday I announced that we are throttling access to the FCC’s IPs on Neocities to dialup modem speeds until they pay us for bandwidth" ☛ https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2014/05/09/internet-civil-war | Source: Neocities    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:26:40

• "That list showed that ICE was routinely snatching people who were lawfully in the country and then defying judicial orders to give them a bail hearing or release them." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/01/29/the-disappearances-in-minnesota/ |    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:27:00

• "What will happen on February 1st if you try to fly without ID, or without REAL-ID, and without paying the $45 fee or answering more questions?" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/01/29/tsa-plans-illegal-id-and-fee-shakedown-starting-feb-1-2026/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:27:10

• "Technically, the press is allowed to be present. Credentials are issued not only to state media but also to foreign outlets such as the BBC and Reuters." ☛ https://www.thevietnamese.org/2026/01/why-the-press-is-shut-out-of-viet-nams-14th-party-congress/ | Source: The Vietnamese Magazine    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:27:36

• "But in spinning their latest web of lies, Trump and his aides didn’t reckon with the ingenuity and courage of Minnesotans who witnessed Border Control officers shooting Pretti" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/citizen-journalists-minneapolis-heroes/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:27:46

• "I had 1.4 million followers there. I have been building that platform for four years now" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/tiktok-takes-down-gaza-journalist-bisan-owdas-account-mere-days-after-us-deal/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:28:07

• "Privacy Sandbox" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/two-obsolete-heuristics/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:30:03

• [Old] "Alistair Cooke, graduate of Cambridge and a reporter for the Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian) and the BBC for many years, entertained us with his erudite and wry insights." ☛ https://medium.com/@angkor123/letter-from-america-how-alistair-cooke-would-describe-us-today-19b60cabfdac | Source: Medium    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:30:18

• "As I’ve reported extensively on The Drone Girl, this isn’t just another incremental restriction on Chinese-made drones." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/01/29/fcc-uas-ban-aviation-week-podcast/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:33:28

• "facial skin micromovements" ☛ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2026-01-29/ty-article/.premium/apple-buys-israeli-startup-specializing-in-sound-facial-detection-in-1-5b-deal/0000019c-0b1c-d9e0-a59f-0b1f8d210000 | Source: Haaretz    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:33:46

• "Devices from even the most stalwart right-to-repair companies suffer from undervoltage issues." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/ode-to-the-aa-battery/ | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:34:34

• "Typically, the grid operator doesn’t announce details about why an outage occurs until later." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/29/1131863/grid-winter-storms/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:34:46

• "Stocks go up, [cryptocurrency] stays flat. Stocks go down, [cryptocurrency] goes down" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/crypto-bitcoin-crash-2026 | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:34:59

• "Ah, she told me, in Italy, many packages of plastic plates etc. are labelled saying they can be re-used. Problem solved." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/plastic-loophole | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:35:24

• "If all the new projects in development end up being fired up, that'll equate to around 53.2 billion tonnes of lifetime CO₂ emissions" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/ai_datacenter_boom_tripled_us_gas_power_builds/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:35:39

• "Today, one of our most iconic waterways, the Rouge River, faces a quiet but growing threat from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/29/pfas-is-poisoning-detroits-future-rouge-river-shows-why-rules-must-be-strengthened-not-weakened/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:35:51

• "The US establishment media, ever on hand to assist with the vilification of Iran and pave the way for imperial aggression, have jumped at the chance to expose alleged government savagery." ☛ https://fair.org/home/us-media-keen-on-iranian-unrest-less-so-on-us-and-israels-role-in-it/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:36:44

• Overpopulation ☛ https://overpopulation-project.com/what-are-floors-without-ceilings/ | Source: Overpopulation    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:51:58

• "Estonia is pushing for an EU-wide entry ban on former Russian soldiers who participated in the war against Ukraine, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on Jan. 29" ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/estonia-pushes-eu-wide-entry-ban-for-russian-ex-soldiers-who-fought-in-ukraine/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:52:51

• "The United States, Canada, and Australia have already designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-designate-irgc-iran-terrorist-organization/33663894.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:53:11

• "Among the options that Stand With Minnesota offers are funds for purchasing safety equipment or links to buy dash cams for legal observers documenting ICE activities" ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/476621/how-to-help-minnesota-protests-ice-volunteer-donate | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:53:36

• "According to the report, a cargo vessel by the name of Sinegorsk sailed into the Bristol Channel on Tuesday night, dropping anchor at around 11 pm local time." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russian-ship-loitering-near-transatlantic-data-cables-chased-off-by-royal-navy-attack-helicopter-sat-within-three-quarters-of-a-mile-of-five-undersea-data-cables-including-two-linking-britain-to-new-york | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:56:16

• "Let’s start with the tools of the trade: equipment, uniforms, and armament. [...]" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ice-pretends-its-a-military-force-its-tactics-would-get-real-soldiers-killed/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:56:36

• "As masked agents execute people and terrorize communities, [cryptocurrency] executives who spent years posting about freedom fall conspicuously silent" ☛ https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-100/ | Source: Molly White    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:58:06

• "The Director of National Intelligence has no legitimate role at a domestic law enforcement action." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-8 | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 07:58:27

• "This name-calling may seem beneath me, but it’s important to understand two things: one, no it’s not; and two, humiliating fascists is a surprisingly successful tool of resistance." ☛ https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/greg-bovino-bitch-fund-minn-immigrant-rights | Source: Marisa Kabas    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:05:20

• "the Donroe Doctrine" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/an-astronauts-worldview-alliances | Source: The Next Move    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:05:37

• "thinks of international trade as a zero-sum game" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-world-files-for-economic-divorce | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:05:57

• "And it is important to start now, because, again, the story of Nazi Germany offers even more important lessons" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/29/speak-its-name-yes-this-is-naziism/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:06:13

• "Cryptography can indeed keep your private data safe, but only if you guard the keys privately and safely." ☛ https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-01-25-compromising-encryption-keys.en.html |    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:07:22

• "The standard itself is simple. Here is a diagram that predates the one in the standard, but says the same thing: [...]" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/29/now-we-begin/ | Source: Doc Searls    

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

• "Whenever you use your computer, phone or a "smart" device, you're creating thousands of little bits of information that can tell someone all about you" ☛ https://missionlibre.org/?q=whos-spying-on-you |    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:08:21

• "The government has confirmed that it has no plans to create a national identification system." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/01/government-says-there-are-no-plans-for-national-digital-id-to-access-services/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:08:43

• "Section 702 is set to expire on April 19 but, thus far, no renewal legislation has been introduced." ☛ https://therecord.media/nsa-pick-champions-fsa-renewal-nomination-advances | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:09:00

• "The letter touches on many of the surveillance technologies and companies that 404 Media has been writing about in recent months, including Flock license plate readers, Penlink social media and location data monitoring" ☛ https://www.404media.co/senators-push-for-answers-on-ices-surveillance-shopping-spree/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:09:20

• "That’s not the discussion. I think it’s weird and creepy, and it shows a very predatory mindset." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-glasses-fans | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:09:39

• "Over the past several years I’ve actively worked to decentralize my online presence and reduce (as much as is realistic) my use of giant social media platforms." ☛ https://houseofkyle.com/2026/01/25/too-much-kyle/ | Source: Kyle Ford    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:10:41

• "How badly do you want to win an online argument? I certainly hope it's not enough to put the life of the other person at risk." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/four-arrested-crackdown-discord-swatting-doxing | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:34:08

• "Judging by the reports I saw, there are attempts to crack down on Signal groups and the other ways people use to communicate and organize" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/digital-resistance | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:34:20

• "just tear us apart" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/01/a-start-in-bridging-divisiveness-rein-in-social-media/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:34:37

• "So far, the company has received more than 400 job applications for 23 vacant summer positions in the capital region." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20207179 | Source: YLE    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:35:08

• "The AI that actually does things." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/28/moltbot-clawdbot-an-expensive-and-insecure-ai-agent-that-doesnt-work/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:35:19

• "Rodrigo Ghedin at the Brazilian tech blog Manual do Usuário is running translations of Pivot to AI into Portuguese!" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/29/pivot-to-ai-in-portuguese-at-manual-do-usuario/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:35:29

• "OpenAI Is Headed For Bankruptcy." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/29/watts-up/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:35:44

• "Federal regulators said they are investigating how the autonomous vehicle handled the incident." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/29/waymo-autonomous-vehicle-crash/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:36:18

• "The Alphabet Inc. unit first debuted the algorithm in June. Until now, it was accessible only through an application programming interface limited to noncommercial research use cases." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/28/google-deepmind-open-sources-alphagenome-medical-research-model/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:37:20

• "It’s not that these amounts are insane, but regular applications that don’t provide a recurring service, don’t need subscriptions." ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/rants/this-has-got-to-stop/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:37:42

• "In this blog post, we dive into the mechanics of the attack and explore detection and mitigation strategies for it." ☛ https://blog.nviso.eu/2026/01/29/consentfix-a-k-a-authcodefix-detecting-oauth2-authorization-code-phishing/ | Source: NVISO Labs    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:37:53

• "Jobs’ leadership style could verge on the tyrannical" ☛ https://theconversation.com/apples-unrivalled-commitment-to-excellence-is-fading-a-designer-explains-why-274475 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:38:16

• "In a new 12-month clinical trial of 130 healthy adults aged between 26 and 58" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/exercise-can-actually-make-your-brain-look-younger-mri-scans-reveal | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:39:46

• "The problem is structural. We once formed identities by testing them against bounded arenas — neighborhoods, schools, workplaces." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/29/the-internet-isnt-just-shortening-your-attention-span-its-dissolving-your-identity.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:39:55

• "I'm reporting on a recent experience with a faulty RAM module that caused chaos on my system." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1117/the-ram-nightmare-how-i-lost-my-sanity-and-almost-my-deadline | Source: David Revoy    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:41:11

• "So how does the LLM thing pan out?" ☛ https://www.tfeb.org/fragments/2026/01/29/practice/ | Source: Tim Bradshaw    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:50:11

• "I want to do my part to be as open as is sensible about my path of trying to work in data protection/privacy" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/career-path1/ | Source: Ava    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:51:21

• "Over my career so far I have done a lot of different things." ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/how-to-mostly-guarantee-success-in-your-career/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:51:39

• "Mr Nkulukusa, who was speaking during the launch of a book entitled, “Where Hearts Dare and Minds Soar”, by Gabriel Chisanga, expressed hope that the book will make a difference in communities in revamping the reading culture." ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/01/29/govt-encourages-reading-culture/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:51:52

• "There’s a fast way to solve this, which is to take two of the lower equation and add to the upper equation." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/solving-systems-of-equations-faster | Source: Chris    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:53:44

• "Zachary kindly invited me to answer a few questions about hosting the IndieWeb Carnival." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/25/indieweb-carnival-host-interview | Source: James G    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:56:13

• "The “Contact Us” page is a computer-generated dream world, built to keep us from contacting another human in order to save cost and turn a human being into this: a source of revenue." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/dont-contact-us-page/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:56:27

• "I was unsure how much I had contributed to helping her move her car." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/my-heroic-car-rescue-in-brooklyn-heights/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:56:48

• "If you walked into a library and the librarian took you to look at five other books before handing you the one you asked for, you would leave." ☛ https://thatshubham.com/blog/2026 |    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:57:01

• The Native Linux app for NVIDIA GeForce NOW is now in Beta | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-native-linux-app-for-nvidia-geforce-now-is-now-in-beta/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:57:28

• Four FINAL FANTASY games have arrived on GOG in the Preservation Program | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/four-final-fantasy-games-have-arrived-on-gog-in-the-preservation-program/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:57:49

• Deck-builder meets bullet heaven with Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure arriving in Q2 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/deck-builder-meets-bullet-heaven-with-hordes-of-fate-a-hand-of-fate-adventure-arriving-in-q2-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:58:23

• Meet the mind behind Bazzite - an interview with Kyle Gospodnetich | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/meet-the-mind-behind-bazzite-an-interview-with-kyle-gospodnetich/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/meet-the-mind-behind-bazzite-an-interview-with-kyle-gospodnetich/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 08:58:33

• "A simple example of making a NumPy algorithm parallel." ☛ https://pythonspeed.com/articles/numpy-parallelism/ | Source: Python Speed    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:10:15

• "One of the things going on right now is that Python is doing a Python developer survey." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/PythonPackageToolsMyIgnoring | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:10:25

• "Deciding who said what is one of the most common tasks when dealing with live speech" ☛ https://petewarden.com/2026/01/30/speech-embeddings-for-engineers/ | Source: Pete Warden    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:10:33

• "Software signatures carry an invisible expiration date." ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/01/29/building-cryptographic-agility-into-sigstore/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:13:04

• "At the end of last year, Professor Becky Francis published her long-awaited Curriculum and Assessment Review for England, accompanied by the UK government’s official response." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/a-new-qualification-in-data-science-and-ai-for-students-in-england/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:16:17

• "In the last post I wanted to demonstrate how to implement a time-efficient Least Frequently Used cache in C++23 using doubly-linked lists." ☛ https://agentultra.com/blog/fixed-time-efficient-least-frequently-used-cache/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:16:47

• "Zig shipped a built-in package manager in version 0.11 in August 2023." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/29/zig-and-the-mxn-supply-chain-problem.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:16:57

• "All systems that persist data deal with the first data consistency scope, local to module/service." ☛ https://binaryigor.com/data-consistency-transactions-delays-processes.html | Source: Igor Roztropiński    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:17:08

• "Part 1 discussed what ACID transactions are and why they are hard to scale. This post discusses how YottaDB does the hard work for you." ☛ https://yottadb.com/acid-transactions-are-hard-at-scale-part-2/ | Source: YottaDB    

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

• "A few days ago, one of our community members reported that some of the Vietnamese text translations in Tor Browser Android had been vandalised by a malicious contributor." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1505/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:21:37

• "Mozilla is focused on deploying its roughly $1.4 billion worth of reserves to support “mission driven” organizations, according to a new report." ☛ https://drwebdomain.blog/2026/01/28/mozilla-building-an-ai-rebel-alliance-to-take-on-openai-anthropic-cnbc/ |    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:29:56

• "That's billion with a B. So if you held out hope that filling out surveys or shitposting through it might turn this ship around, no. That much money has an event horizon." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/mozilla-has-1-4-billion-dollars-that-they-are-spending-on-some-ai-bullshit/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:30:19

• "I don't know if my year will be Emacs centered, I use Emacs daily and whenever I do something useful (to the world) in it, I tend to share it as I have been doing for almost 26 years now." ☛ https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/this-year-ill |    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:32:00

• "This is a coffee table with several large colorful dots on its surface, inspired by a Twister game mat. Put something, like an LED lamp, on one of those dots and it will react accordingly — matching the color of the dot, in the case of the lamp." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/01/29/this-twister-inspired-coffee-table-controls-things-resting-on-it/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:35:01

• "TLDR: As of firmware 2026-01-21 moteus now has a maximum modulation depth that is 6% larger than before." ☛ https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/01/29/moteus-hardware-adc-triggering/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:35:11

• "This changed last March when I found the invoice for that PC among some scanned manuals from the time." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/finding-my-childhood-motherboard/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 09:35:23

• "Dave started working on SmartCoop over ten years ago, and the current version contains the fourth generation of his custom-made PCB." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/smartcoop-controlling-chickens-with-java/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

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

• "Frustrated car owners across the country reported being unable to unlock their vehicles, while others managed to get inside but found their engines refusing to start." ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/hacking-attack-leaves-russian-car-owners-locked-out-their-vehicles | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:00:33

• "Using the annoying Toy story code names, this is Bookworm to Trixie.Debian red spiral logo" ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/upgrade-debian-release-12-to-13-bookworm-to-trixie/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:01:07

• "Yesterday I discussed the two sorts of program package managers" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/WhySystemPackageManagers | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:01:37

• "Happy Birthday ReactOS! Today marks 30 years since the first commit to the ReactOS source tree" ☛ https://reactos.org/blogs/30yrs-of-ros/ | Source: ReactOS    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:01:53

• "When everyone was going nuts over tiling windows, I was quietly calling this scrolling style the real innovation in windowed computing." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/01/29/niri-danklinux-scrolling-window-managers/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:02:30

• "Hytale, if you haven’t heard of it, is a sandbox adventure game built from the ground up to be extremely moddable." ☛ https://pimylifeup.com/linux-hytale-dedicated-server/ | Source: Pi My Life Up    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:04:01

• "The showMap() function creates a simple map configuration with two map layers and one marker layer." ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/how-to-add-a-quick-interactive-map-to-your-website | Source: Miguel Grinberg    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:04:32

• "FreeBSD's Future, 18 years of greytrapping, PF vs Linux firewalls, and more." ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/648 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:04:56

• "Self hosting is a lot of fun. From running your own services to checking that backups work" ☛ https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/keeping-bad-actors-out |    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:05:17

• smartphones kill: https://yle.fi/a/7-10092350 iophk: the life-saving alert system there was based on smartphones, devices which do not and cannot hold a charge long and all relevant devices were out of service long enough for someone to die... "savings"    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:47:10

• PDAs are better at power management; for one thing, not gossiping with nearby antennas 24/7 helps    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:48:16

• Ingress NGINX: Statement from the Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01/29/ingress-nginx-statement/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:55:35

• "That strategy is effective until the model requires specific information it did not encounter during its initial training." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/context-architecture-practical-look-retrieval-augmented-generation | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:57:02

• "In 2025, Red Hat changed the conversation. We stopped asking “if” and started defining “how.”" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/if-how-year-post-quantum-reality | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:57:17

• "At the recent OpenShift Commons gathering in Atlanta, we had the opportunity to hear from Gustavo Fiuza, IT leader, and Welton Felipe, DevOps engineer, about the remarkable digital transformation at Banco do Brasil." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-banco-do-brasil-uses-hyperautomation-and-platform-engineering-drive-efficiency | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:57:40

• Red Hat is NOT European company. IBM is NOT European company. Amazon is NOT European company. This is MILITARY-GRADE PROPAGANDA! https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-now-available-aws-european-sovereign-cloud    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:00:16

• Red Hat plug for the slop bubble https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366637049/Enterprise-IT-awaits-ripple-effect-from-Nvidia-Vera-Rubin    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:01:09

• A sea of buzzwords meant to help sell IBM https://www.infoworld.com/article/4117620/edge-ai-the-future-of-ai-inference-is-smarter-local-compute.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:02:43

• Northrop Grumman kills. IBM Red Hat helps it kill. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/northrop-grumman-scales-enterprise-kubernetes-ai-and-hybrid-cloud-red-hat-openshift    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:03:35

• Daniel Pocock: Australia's top nurse takes on MElon, Kapo-berg & rogue health influencers, birthkeepers ☞ https://danielpocock.com/en/australias-top-nurse-takes-on-musk-zuckerberg-birthkeepers/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:04:49

• C.J. Adams-Collier: Part 3: Building the Keystone – Dataproc Custom Images for Secure Boot & GPUs ☞ https://wp.c9h.org/cj/?p=2119    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:05:37

• Bits from Debian: New Debian Developers and Maintainers (November and December 2025) ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2026/01/new-developers-2026-01.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:11:04

• David Cantrell: rpminspect-2.1 released ☞ https://www.burdell.org/posts/2026/Jan/29/rpminspect-21-released/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:12:29

• "compromising encryption keys" https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-01-25-compromising-encryption-keys.en.html somewhat old news http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/23/Forbes_Covers_in_2026_What_Was_Already_Clear_for_Over_a_Decade_.shtml mostly shows the media's failure to report facts for so long    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:13:45

• Media as "instrument of the state", not asset to the public or something that exists for public interests    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:14:31

• "That goes back to Ginni where cut everyone's rating to reduce bonuses and some people got cut to receive no bonus. She also one year said no bonuses for anyone including executives, but she forgot to mention the executives got more stock options to offset their no bonus" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:16:08

• Anon: "No serious components of the 4th estate have been allowed to remain, because eliminating the free press is a key step towards eliminating democracy globally"    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:21:56

• Just yesterday we recalled rfa... realised it was 100% dead.. not much info from Asia anymore (in English)... just puff from every dictator's national media    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:22:42

• The cults of TDD and GenAI ☞ https://drewdevault.com/2026/01/29/2026-01-29-Cult-of-TDD-and-LLMs.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:23:57

• Lockdown, not security ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/01/29/building-cryptographic-agility-into-sigstore/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:25:24

• WinRAR exploit reportedly remains widely-used by China and Russia state actors despite patch ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/winrar-exploit-reportedly-remains-widely-used-by-china-and-russia-state-actors-despite-patch-vulnerability-allows-malicious-archives-to-deliver-hidden-payload-to-windows-startup-folder    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:37:33

• Norway orders $2 billion artillery system from South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/norway-orders-2-billion-artillery-system-from-south-koreas-hanwha-aerospace    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:38:00

• Moscow Airport Sells for Half Off, a Sign of Russia’s Global Isolation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/world/europe/moscow-domodedovo-airport-sale.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:38:23

• Live Blog: Russia Says Ready To Evacuate Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:38:50

• Lithuania says Russian opposition figure Volkov is no security threat, can stay in country ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2821137/lithuania-says-russian-opposition-figure-volkov-is-no-security-threat-can-stay-in-country    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:39:20

• Lithuania seeks EU assistance over Belarus smuggler balloons – but what does it need? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2821122/lithuania-seeks-eu-assistance-over-belarus-smuggler-balloons-but-what-does-it-need    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:41:46

• Lithuanian PM dismisses talk of resuming Belarus fertiliser transit ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2821233/lithuanian-pm-dismisses-talk-of-resuming-belarus-fertiliser-transit    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:41:56

• 79% of Musicians Are Now ‘Worried’ About Hey Hi (AI) [Slop] ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/29/who-is-worried-about-ai-study/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:42:57

• UMG, Concord Seriously Supersize Their Anthropic Lawsuit—New $3.1 Billion Claim Alleges ‘Blatant Infringement,’ Torrenting and Piracy While Directly Targeting Cofounders ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/28/umg-concord-anthropic-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:43:29

• Music Publishers File New Piracy Suit Against Anthropic Alleging Mass Torrenting of Copyrighted Works ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/01/29/music-publishers-file-new-piracy-suit-against-anthropic-alleging-mass-torrenting-copyrighted-works/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:44:06

• Lithuanian conservatives propose barring Russian, Belarusian citizens from local elections ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2821193/lithuanian-conservatives-propose-barring-russian-belarusian-citizens-from-local-elections    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:44:23

• Russian Soldiers Seen Surrendering to Gun-Wielding Robot ☞ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/russians-surrendering-gun-wielding-robot    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:44:57

• 'Neutral' competitors? No thanks! ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/sport/29.01.2026-neutral-competitors-no-thanks.a632248/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:42:25

• King of Denmark, Lithuanian president discuss Arctic security, Ukraine during state visit ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2821070/king-of-denmark-lithuanian-president-discuss-arctic-security-ukraine-during-state-visit    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:42:46

• Four more years? Russia-Ukraine war nears two million casualties mark ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20260129-four-more-years-russia-ukraine-war-nears-two-million-casualties-mark    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:43:01

• Russian strikes push Ukraine towards catastrophe, says EU ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strikes-push-ukraine-towards-catastrophe-says-eu    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:43:25

• Speech by Commissioner Lahbib at the Humanitarian Senior Officials Meeting on Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_259    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:43:45

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says Putin Agreed to a Weeklong Pause in Attacks Amid Extreme Cold ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/trump-putin-ceasefire-cold.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:44:04

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says Putin 'Agreed' To Halt Air Strikes For A Week As Freezing Weather Hits Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-putin-ukraine-cold-weather-energy-strikes/33664208.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:44:23

• US diplomacy veteran: Convicted Felon is wrong about Putin ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2819155/us-diplomacy-veteran-trump-is-wrong-about-putin    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:44:37

• tuxdigital spewing out IBM SPAM now. Because it is paid to do that: https://tuxdigital.com/videos/why-every-cloud-native-team-needs-observability/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:45:46

• The PicoIDE IDE emulator ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-picoide-ide-emulator/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:46:53

• Transform Kiali with OpenShift Lightspeed and Kubernetes MCP ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/29/transform-kiali-openshift-lightspeed-and-kubernetes-mcp    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:47:23

• Deploy an enterprise RAG chatbot with Red Bait OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/29/deploy-enterprise-rag-chatbot-red-hat-openshift-ai    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:47:48

• MiniOS Ultra 5.1 Shrinks the ISO, Not the Experience ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/minios-ultra-5-1-shrinks-the-iso-not-the-experience/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:53:40

• TTABlog Test: Are Legal Services Related to Brand Consultation Services Under Section 2(d)? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/ttablog-test-are-legal-services-related.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:54:20

• These are the new plans for Frontex: more tasks and powers, but oversight remains weak ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/01/29/these-are-the-new-plans-for-frontex-more-tasks-and-powers-but-oversight-remains-weak/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:54:50

• ReactOS at 30 Years Old: Like backdoored Windows ME, Only Buggier ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/reactos-at-30-years-old-like-windows    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:55:03

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

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:55:31

• How to Use Sudo Command on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-use-sudo-command-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:56:27

• How to Disable IPv6 with Netplan on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-ipv6-with-netplan-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:56:56

• How to List Users on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-list-users-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:57:06

• How to Check Python Version on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-check-python-version-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:57:19

• 16 Lightweight GNU/Linux Distributions for Older Machines in 2026 ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-distributions-for-old-computers/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:57:55

• Will it outsource to Microsoft (US) as usual? ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/uk-plans-to-expand-court-infrastructure-to-increase-access-to-justice/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:59:05

• Will it outsource to Microsoft (US) as usual? ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/uk-plans-to-expand-court-infrastructure-to-increase-access-to-justice/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 12:59:16

• Capgemini is like a Microsoft proxy/reseller ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260129-french-it-group-capgemini-under-fire-over-ice-migrant-tracking-contract http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Microsoft_Means_War_Microsoft_is_on_the_Side_of_ICE.shtml    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:00:21

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056544/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:00:51

• AI-assisted cybersecurity team discovers 12 OpenSSL vulnerabilities, claims humans are the limiting factor — some vulnerabilities have been around for decades ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ai-assisted-cybersecurity-team-discovers-12-openssl-vulnerabilities-claims-humans-are-the-limiting-factor-some-vulnerabilities-have-been-around-for-decades    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:01:14

• Pluralistic: Disenshittification Nation (29 Jan 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:01:48

• Transmission 4.1.0 is out with Sequential Download & IPv6 [Ubuntu PPA] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/transmission-4-1-0-sequential-download-ipv6/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:02:13

• Electronic components price and lead time increases announced across the board, and not only because of RAM ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/29/electronic-components-price-and-lead-time-increases-announced-across-the-board-and-not-only-because-of-ram/ Chipflation    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:04:19

• Ooo, what does this disk do? ☞ https://euroquis.nl/freebsd/2026/01/29/disk.html "But how to effectively figure out what is on them? FreeBSD to the rescue."    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:06:14

• LILYGO Debuts ESP32-C5-Based T-Dongle C5 and T7-C5 Development Boards ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/sipeed-maixcam2-combines-4k-imaging-and-edge-ai-in-an-open-camera-platform-2/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:07:12

• antiX-26-rc1 available ☞ https://antixlinux.com/antix-26-rc1-available/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:08:35

• "Eurostat ranked Spain in second place with an unemployment rate of 10 percent. Sweden was third at 8.8 percent." From "Finland suffers EU's worst" unemployment for second month in a row" https://yle.fi/a/74-20207464 Anon: "and those are only the /official/ numbers not the real numbers which are actually much, much higher"    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:28:57

• Canada Signs Auto Deal With South Korea, Moving Further from the U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/world/canada/canada-south-korea-auto-deal-tariffs.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:29:25

• Coupang announces 9-cent sanitary pads after S. Korea’s Lee calls out high prices in market ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/coupang-announces-9-cent-sanitary-pads-after-s-koreas-lee-calls-out-high-prices-in-market    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:29:43

• North Korea’s Kim announces major construction projects as party congress nears ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-announces-major-construction-projects-as-party-congress-nears    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:29:59

• South Korea passes law to combat scalping, piracy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-passes-law-to-combat-scalping-piracy    

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

• South Korea former first lady sentenced to 20 months for bribery ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/south-korea-former-first-lady-sentenced-to-20-months-for-bribery/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:30:29

• Surveillance ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-roll-out-myniise-qr-code-system-at-major-international-airports-from-march-1    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:30:55

• 24-hour electric train service in Malaysia for festive rush, says transport minister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/24-hour-electric-train-service-in-malaysia-for-festive-rush-says-transport-minister    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:31:28

• "The era of American dominance is over" ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/world/bad-bunny-grammys-pop-britain-china.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:32:33

• She Couldn’t Defend Herself, but He Wasn’t Charged With Rape ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/world/asia/china-woman-mental-illness-rape.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:33:07

• Volatile U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/world/asia/china-starmer-xi-jinping.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:33:24

• The toppling of General Zhang is ‘a Shakespearean moment’ for China ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0129/pla-purge-china-military    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:33:38

• Vietnam, EU elevate diplomatic ties as international order ‘is under threat’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-eu-elevate-diplomatic-ties-as-international-order-is-under-threat    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:33:53

• China relaxes visa rules for UK citizens on PM Starmer’s trip to Beijing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-relaxes-visa-rules-for-uk-citizens-on-pms-trip-to-beijing    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:34:22

• Southeast Asian bloc faces challenges from Myanmar to South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/southeast-asian-bloc-faces-challenges-from-myanmar-to-south-china-sea    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:34:34

• Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei says West lacks moral authority to criticise Beijing on rights ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ai-weiwei-says-west-lacks-moral-authority-to-criticise-beijing-on-rights    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:34:59

• Tokyo hopes voters will hand PM Takaichi new clout to counter China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/tokyo-hopes-voters-will-hand-pm-takaichi-new-clout-to-counter-china    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:41:34

• New Evidence Of Labor Abuses At Flagship Chinese Factory In Serbia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-china-linglong-factory-tire-investment-vucic-xi/33663729.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:42:09

• UK PM Starmer reports ‘good progress’ after meeting China’s Xi; 30-day visa free travel for British tourists ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/29/uk-pm-starmer-reports-good-progress-after-meeting-chinese-leader-xi/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:42:44

• When China–Japan disputes arise, Beijing plays the Ryukyus card ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/when-china-japan-disputes-arise-beijing-plays-the-ryukyus-card/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:43:01

• Saks Fifth Avenue Bankruptcy Revives Debate Over the Future of Department Stores ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/style/saks-bankruptcy-department-store-shopping.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:43:29

• PR bodies launch campaign against fake experts after Press Gazette investigation ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/pr-bodies-launch-campaign-against-fake-experts-after-press-gazette-investigation/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:43:57

• Semafor plans investment and expansion after celebrating first profitable year ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/semafor-2026-ben-smith-interview/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:44:19

• A Brain Parasite Infecting Millions Is Far Less Sleepy Than We Thought ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-parasite-lurking-in-the-brains-of-millions-is-far-more-active-than-we-thought    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:50:04

• US Life Expectancy Broke Records in 2024, And Could Still Be Climbing ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/us-life-expectancy-broke-records-in-2024-and-could-still-be-climbing    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:50:32

• Cancer May Emit Signals That Protect The Brain Against Alzheimer's ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cancer-may-emit-signals-that-protect-the-brain-against-alzheimers    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:50:45

• Strange Bright Lines on Mercury Suggest It's Not 'Dead' After All ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-bright-lines-on-mercury-suggest-its-not-dead-after-all    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:51:11

• Scientific Breakthrough Could Double Rare Earth Elements Extraction ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientific-breakthrough-could-double-rare-earth-elements-extraction    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:51:25

• A 'Bomb Cyclone' Could Slam The US East This Weekend ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-bomb-cyclone-could-slam-the-us-east-this-weekend    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:51:37

• Fierce Storms Expose 19th-Century Maritime Mystery on Jersey Shore ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fierce-storms-expose-19th-century-maritime-mystery-on-jersey-shore    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:51:47

• One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/harvard-grade-inflation.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:52:23

• Nipah virus fears trigger airport checks across Asia after India confirms two cases ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/nipah-virus-fears-trigger-airport-checks-across-asia-after-india-confirms-two-cases    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:52:42

• Qt Creator 19 Beta released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-19-beta-released    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:53:07

• 2D Rendering - Introducing Qt Canvas Painter ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/2d-rendering-introducing-qt-canvas-painter    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:53:45

• Los Angeles aims to ban single-use printer cartridges — new ordinance will target ink and toner that can't be properly recycled ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/los-angeles-is-looking-to-ban-single-use-printer-cartridges-in-an-effort-to-curb-waste-new-ordinance-will-target-ink-and-toner-that-cant-be-properly-recycled    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:54:35

• War Threats and Ambiguous Evidence: Convicted Felon Again Confronts Iran ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/trump-iran-israel-intel.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:55:34

• But showing crime is not a crime, is it? ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/01/29/us-news/trump-and-his-eldest-sons-file-10b-lawsuit-against-irs-treasury-departent-over-leaked-tax-records/    

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

• FBI raid shakes Georgia as Convicted Felon weighs lawsuits over 2020 election loss ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2026/0129/fbi-georgia-2020-election-trump    

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

• Desperate for doctors: Michigan looks to expand who can provide care ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/desperate-for-doctors-michigan-looks-to-expand-who-can-provide-care/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:58:46

• What national anniversaries can show us ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/From-the-Editors/2026/0129/What-national-anniversaries-can-show-us    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:59:20

• OpenSSF Newsletter – January 2026 ☞ https://openssf.org/newsletter/2026/01/29/9519/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 13:59:57

• Amid big-power politics, small nations forge bonds ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0129/Amid-big-power-politics-small-nations-forge-bonds    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:01:06

• Afghanistan launches $100 million food security programme as crisis deepens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/afghanistan-launches-100-million-food-security-programme-as-crisis-deepens    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:01:27

• Qt 6.10.2 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.10.2-released    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:01:55

• Replay: Iran Guard joins EU "terrorist list" in "diplomatic shift" for the block ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/replay-iran-guard-joins-eu-terrorist-list-in-diplomatic-shift-for-the-block    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:02:15

• Democrats threaten shutdown if White House does not restrict ICE budget ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/democrats-threaten-shutdown-if-white-house-does-not-restrict-ice-budget    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:02:29

• Analyst: al-Shabaab seizure of Mogadishu “a matter of time” ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/analyst-al-shabaab-seizure-of-mogadishu-a-matter-of-time/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:02:57

• Crock and Ponzi scheme made obligatory, globally? https://cyberscoop.com/us-global-ai-cybersecurity-standards-push-national-cyber-director/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:03:22

• The ‘staggering’ cybersecurity weakness that isn’t getting enough focus, according to a top Secret Service official ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/secret-service-iana-domain-security-weakness/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:04:16

• SolarWinds Patches Critical Web Help Desk Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/solarwinds-patches-critical-web-help-desk-vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:05:03

• N8n Vulnerabilities Could Lead to Remote Code Execution ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/n8n-vulnerabilities-could-lead-to-remote-code-execution/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:05:23

• LLMs Hijacked, Monetized in ‘Operation Bizarre Bazaar’ ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/llms-hijacked-monetized-in-operation-bizarre-bazaar/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:05:52

• Your local library may be a polling place, an emergency hub — and a building in crisis ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/facilities-construction/2026/01/your-local-library-may-be-a-polling-place-an-emergency-hub-and-a-building-in-crisis/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:06:36

• Dihydroxyacetone Man says deal reached on stopgap spending bill for DHS, but weekend shutdown still possible ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2026/01/trump-says-negotiations-to-avoid-shutdown-are-close-after-senate-blocks-early-vote-on-spending-package-with-dhs-funding/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:07:14

• ICE, CBP, USCIS leaders to testify before House Homeland Security Committee ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/01/ice-cbp-uscis-leaders-to-testify-before-house-homeland-security-committee/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:07:23

• Ogre mayor resumes work despite not having security clearance ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/29.01.2026-ogre-mayor-resumes-work-despite-not-having-security-clearance.a632189/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:08:01

• Community spotlight: MyEmbeddedStuff ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/01/29/community-spotlight-myembeddedstuff/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:08:32

• Slop is plagiarism, not intelligence. And plagiarism isn't intelligence.    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:09:51

• Equal Time, Unequal Enforcement: The Latest Move to Weaponize the FCC Against Convicted Felon Critics ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/equal-time-unequal-enforcement-fcc-chair/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:11:05

• Microsoft Is More Dependent On Proprietary Chaffbot Company Than The Converse ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2026/01/29/microsoft-is-more-dependent-on-openai-than-the-converse/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:12:17

• Scam Altman Says Oops, They Accidentally Made the New Version of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Worse Than the Previous One ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/altman-openai-chatgpt-worse    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:12:49

• ConsentFix (a.k.a. AuthCodeFix): Detecting OAuth2 Authorization Code Phishing ☞ https://blog.nviso.eu/2026/01/29/consentfix-a-k-a-authcodefix-detecting-oauth2-authorization-code-phishing/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:13:29

• UP Xtreme PTL Edge – defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra X5 338H/X7 358H Panther Lake Hey Hi (AI) mini PC features 40-pin GPIO header, RS232/RS485 COM ports ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/29/up-xtreme-ptl-edge-intel-core-ultra-x5-338h-x7-358h-panther-lake-ai-mini-pc-features-40-pin-gpio-header-rs232-rs485-com-ports/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:17:34

• Naya Connect modular mechanical keyboard offers trackball, touchpad, rotary encoder, and spacial controller options (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/30/naya-connect-modular-mechanical-keyboard-offers-trackball-touchpad-rotary-encoder-and-spacial-controller-options/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:18:17

• Ariana Grande trolls Vogue for Photoshop fail after she’s seen with 6 fingers: ‘Holy s–t’ ☞ https://pagesix.com/2026/01/29/celebrity-news/ariana-grande-trolls-vogue-for-photoshop-fail/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:18:58

• Driver accuses 3 Filipino actresses of beating him up over ‘sensitive photos’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/driver-accuses-3-filipino-actresses-of-beating-him-up-over-sensitive-photos    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:19:38

• Immigration Officers Sweeping Protestors’ Photos, License Plates and Personal Data Into Huge Database ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/immigration-ice-database-protestors    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:20:01

• A proposed governance structure for openSUSE ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056593/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:26:42

• Iran rounds up thousands in mass arrest campaign after crushing unrest ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/iran-rounds-up-thousands-in-mass-arrest-campaign-after-crushing-unrest    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:26:58

• Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong” ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/29/1131815/vitalism-longevity-enthusiasts-influence/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:27:36

• ‘Many errors’ in prosecutors’ transcripts of Tiananmen vigil activists’ speeches, Hong Kong national security judge says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/29/many-errors-in-prosecutors-transcripts-of-tiananmen-vigil-activists-speeches-hong-kong-national-security-judge-says/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:28:10

• Large Entities Achieve Double the Patent Allowance Rate of Micro Entities ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/entities-achieve-allowance.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:29:24

• HMD evaluates next steps after disappointing Federal Court of Justice ruling ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/hmd-mulls-next-steps-after-disappointing-federal-court-of-justice-ruling/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:29:55

• UPC is illegal and Bristows promoted this illegality; this is just some massive orgy of litigation fanatics and profiteers trying to pass off their misconduct and "justice" and "law" ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/sophia-genetics-and-bristows-head-off-pi-at-local-division-paris/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:31:13

• Can the DWP really check your bank account? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/can-the-dwp-check-your-bank-account-aEEEI4x7Ny3s    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:31:39

• gettext @ Savannah: GNU gettext 1.0 released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10853    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:33:09

• 'People's Caravan' detained on Greece-Turkey border ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/people-s-caravan-detained-on-greece-turkey-border-316146    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:33:56

• MicroPythonOS graphical operating system delivers Android-like user experience on microcontrollers ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/29/micropythonos-graphical-operating-system-delivers-android-like-user-experience-on-microcontrollers/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:35:59

• Waymo Under Investigation After Crashing Into Child Outside Elementary School ☞ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-strikes-elementary-child    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:36:35

• UGS passes bill affirming solidarity with walkout against ICE violence ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/01/29/ugs-passes-bill-affirming-solidarity-with-walkout-against-ice-violence/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:37:04

• "Regionally, there is a real worry" about the possibility of US strikes in Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/regionally-there-is-a-real-worry-about-the-possibility-of-us-strikes-in-iran    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:37:31

• Four women, one physician seek to overturn Arkansas abortion ban ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/four-women-one-physician-seek-to-overturn-arkansas-abortion-ban/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:37:59

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Warns Iran With Military Muscle, but Risks a Regional War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/world/europe/trump-iran-threats.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:38:35

• Former MP denies paying Prince Harry privacy witnesses for testimony ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-mp-denies-paying-prince-harry-privacy-witnesses-for-testimony/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:38:53

• Google Disrupts IPIDEA Proxy Network ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-disrupts-ipidea-proxy-network/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:39:29

• More Turbulence at ‘Dihydroxyacetone Man Kennedy Center’ As Newly Hired Programming Head Departs After a Few Days ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/29/trump-kennedy-center-turbulence/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:41:16

• Voting opens today on APNIC By-laws resolutions and APNIC EC election ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/29/voting-opens-today-on-apnic-by-laws-resolutions-and-apnic-ec-election/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:41:48

• Fedora is I.C.B.M. and There's Hardly Any Community Left (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/29/Fedora_is_IBM_and_There_s_Hardly_Any_Community_Left.shtml    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:42:13

• 109: We Won’t Live Long Enough ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24559    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:43:46

• Survey Surfaces Raft of Container Security Challenges ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/survey-surfaces-raft-of-container-security-challenges/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:44:57

• Edera Advisory Highlights Remote Code Execution Flaw in Kubernetes ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/edera-advisory-highlights-remote-code-execution-flaw-in-kubernetes/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 14:45:08

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Claims Sweeping New Power to Take Down Any Drone it Doesn’t Like ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/dhs-moving-drone-ban    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:04:19

• Free Up Disk Space by Removing Old Snap Versions ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/remove-snap-revisions-ubuntu-disk-space    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:05:26

• Bluestar 6.18.7 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/bluestar    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:05:40

• Kicksecure 18.1.3.4 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kicksecure    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:05:54

• Linux Kernel Project Releases Project Continuity Document ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Kernel-Project-Releases-Project-Continuity-Document    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:27:05

• In Dominica, GNU/Linux Has Risen to All-Time High in 2026 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/29/In_Dominica_GNU_Linux_Has_Risen_to_All_Time_High_in_2026.shtml    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:27:14

• NVIDIA's native GeForce NOW app for GNU/Linux bridges the gaming gap: hands on ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/nvidias-native-geforce-now-app-for-linux-bridges-the-gaming-gap-hands-on/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:27:38

• csscss – CSS redundancy analyzer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/csscss-css-redundancy-analyzer/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:27:57

• 0xProto – programming font focused on source code legibility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/0xproto-programming-font/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:28:18

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

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:28:46

• Fint – keyboard-driven GUI file manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fint-keyboard-driven-gui-file-manager/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:29:21

• Best Free and Open Source Fonts for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-fonts-linux/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:29:40

• hygg – minimalistic Vim-like TUI document reader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hygg-minimalistic-vim-like-tui-document-reader/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:29:59

• 5 Handy Free GNU/Linux Typesetting Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-linux-typesetting-systems/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:30:19

• One-third of game industry workers were affected by layoffs in 2025, GDC report finds https://www.techspot.com/news/111125-one-third-game-industry-workers-affected-layoffs-2025.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:31:55

• Zupee Layoffs: Online gaming platform cuts 200 jobs as a part of restructuring https://www.firstpost.com/tech/zupee-layoffs-online-gaming-platform-cuts-200-jobs-as-a-part-of-restructuring-13974201.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:32:20

• IBM Ponzi games: "I talking RSUs here, so I don’t have a choice until they are vested. Sold 50K yesterday at $318 for a nice profit. Will definitely invest that somewhere else now!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg2bhvpm    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:35:58

• "“ random full screen captures”… that’s why I have a bunch of na--d ladies for my Windows Wallpaper." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf7gk191    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:36:39

• "Why hire an old man as CEO?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg5v8wj8    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 15:38:54

• Volla Phone Quintus running Volla OS: Introduction to the Series ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/volla-phone-quintus-running-volla-os-introduction/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:02:26

• 9 Best Free and Open Source Groupware Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-groupware-software/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:02:46

• 7 Best Free and Open Source IRC Servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-irc-servers/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:03:15

• tui-input – library supporting multiple backends ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tui-input-library-supporting-multiple-backends/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:03:27

• Cockpit Project: Cockpit 355 ☞ https://cockpit-project.org//blog/cockpit-355.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:04:04

• Remi Collet: 📦 QElectroTech version 0.100 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2026/01/29/QElectroTech-version-0.100    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:04:29

• What Happens to GNU/Linux After Linus Torvalds? We Finally Have the Answer to This Uncomfortable Question ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-continuity-plan/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:04:54

• A Bunch of Developers Have Come Together to Make GNU/Linux Gaming Great ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/open-gaming-collective-launch/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:05:16

• rovr – post-modern terminal file explorer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rovr-post-modern-terminal-file-explorer/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:07:22

• iocraft – craft CLIs, TUIs, and text-based IO ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iocraft-craft-clis-tuis-text-based-io/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:07:35

• gump – smarter cd command ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gump-smarter-cd-command/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:08:03

• jolt – terminal-based battery and energy monitor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jolt-terminal-based-battery-energy-monitor/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:08:19

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Project Gorgon, Delivery & Beyond and Turnbound - 2026-01-28 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2026-01-28-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:08:45

• Convicted Felon-led Cheetok drives away American Social Control Media users... because it censors for the Pedo Cheeto ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/29/tiktok-competitor-upscrolled-what-is-it/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:10:14

• These people did not LEAVE Microsoft. They were DEPLOYED by Microsoft.    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:23:59

• Would You Choose Ubuntu over Linux ? https://digg.com/technology/xaMBqvc/would-you-choose-ubuntu-over-linux    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:27:09

• Weird question    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:27:27

• Would you choose KDE over thunderbird?    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:27:42

• NVIDIA GeForce NOW answers the lack of PC Game Pass support on Linux with a new native app — RTX 5080 cloud rendering runs Ultra settings on Steam Deck or Ubuntu https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/nvidia-geforce-now-linux-native-app-launch    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:28:18

• GeForce NOW's Native Linux App Is Live With DLSS And Ray Tracing Support https://hothardware.com/news/geforce-nows-native-linux-app-live-dlss-ray-tracing-support    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:29:55

• GeForce NOW Brings GeForce RTX Gaming to Linux PCs https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-linux/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:31:30

• Nvidia GeForce Now is officially on Linux, and after testing it I'm equal parts impressed and optimistic for the future of non-Windows gaming https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/nvidia-geforce-now-is-officially-on-linux-and-after-testing-it-im-equal-parts-impressed-and-optimistic-for-the-future-of-non-windows-gaming/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:31:54

• Nvidia launches its native GeForce Now App for Linux https://overclock3d.net/news/software/nvidia-launches-its-native-geforce-now-app-for-linux/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:36:02

• Nvidia’s GeForce Now arrives on Linux with up to 360Hz streaming https://www.pcworld.com/article/3046949/nvidia-geforce-now-streaming-gets-native-linux-app.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:36:32

• Nvidia GeForce Now app for Linux desktops is available this week, along with 10 new games https://www.pcguide.com/news/nvidia-geforce-now-app-for-linux-desktops-is-available-this-week-along-with-10-new-games/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:36:53

• Nvidia releases GeForce Now beta for Linux. https://www.theverge.com/news/869984/nvidia-geforce-now-linux-beta-download    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:37:27

• NVIDIA GeForce NOW streaming app for Linux PCs is now available https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-now-streaming-app-for-linux-pcs-is-now-available    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:37:54

• Nvidia GeForce Now beta officially launches on Linux desktops https://tech.sportskeeda.com/gaming-news/news-nvidia-geforce-now-beta-officially-launches-linux-desktops    

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

• "Nvidia opted for a Flatpak, so while they only target Ubuntu, you can install the app wherever Flatpaks are supported. You can find the Flatpak on Nvidia's page." https://overkill.wtf/nvidia-app-for-linux-is-now-live/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:38:57

• Linux gamers finally get official Nvidia GeForce Now support https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gamers-finally-get-official-nvidia-geforce-now-support/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:39:20

• "NVIDIA have today released the Beta for their new Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, available as a Flatpak so it should run across most x86-64 systems. Thanks to NVIDIA I was able to get some early testing in to see how the experience holds up, with NVIDIA providing Ultimate-plan access." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-native-linux-app-for-nvidia-geforce-now-is-now-in-beta/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:39:45

• Attention, Gamers: Nvidia Launches Beta Version of GeForce Now for Linux https://uk.pcmag.com/game-streaming-services/162862/attention-gamers-nvidia-launches-beta-version-of-geforce-now-for-linux    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:40:11

• Didn't depart, working for Microsoft FROM THE OUTSIDE https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/lennart_poettering_quits_microsoft/ see http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/Amutable_s_Management_and_Founders_Are_100_Microsoft.shtml http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/30/Be_Wary_Amutable_is_a_Microsoft_Proxy_Created_and_Run_by_Micros.shtml    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:41:56

• Open Gaming Collective Forms to Enhance Linux Gaming https://www.techpowerup.com/345777/open-gaming-collective-forms-to-enhance-linux-gaming    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:45:55

• Bazzite reveals the Open Gaming Collective to make gaming on Linux even better www.xda-developers.com/bazzite-reveals-the-open-gaming-collective-to-make-gaming-on-linux-even-better/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:47:50

• https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open-gaming-collective-ogc-formed-to-push-linux-gaming-even-further/   

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:48:35

• "This working group pulls together the likes of Bazzite & Universal Blue, ASUS Linux, ShadowBlip, PikaOS, Fyra Labs along with ChimeraOS, Nobara and Playtron. Their mission?" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open-gaming-collective-ogc-formed-to-push-linux-gaming-even-further/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:48:42

• One of those crackpots at Microsoft tells the "grandpa smoked his whole life and didn't die young" hence "smoking is safe" https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/i-found-one-linux-user-who-switched-to-windows-11-and-this-is-his-positive-experience    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:49:39

• They use slop in their marketing. Bad optics. https://www.morphisec.com/blog/proactively-securing-linux-systems-against-ransomware-insights-from-morphisecs-monthly-demo/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:50:43

• "NVIDIA have today released the Beta for their new Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, available as a Flatpak so it should run across most x86-64 systems. Thanks to NVIDIA I was able to get some early testing in to see how the experience holds up, with NVIDIA providing Ultimate-plan access." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-native-linux-app-for-nvidia-geforce-now-is-now-in-beta/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:51:02

• GeForce NOW Releases A List Of New Games And New Linux Beta Test https://www.cgmagonline.com/news/geforce-now-gets-linux-port-plus-games/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:51:46

• I used to avoid the Linux terminal. Here’s the path that fixed it https://www.howtogeek.com/learn-the-terminal-in-a-few-steps-no-memorizing-required/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:52:12

• Can Linux Gaming Really Take On Windows? One Collective Is Betting Yes https://uk.pcmag.com/gaming-systems/162858/can-linux-gaming-really-take-on-windows-one-collective-is-betting-yes    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:52:41

• Linux gaming developers join forces to form the Open Gaming Collective https://www.theverge.com/tech/870159/linux-gaming-open-gaming-collective-bazzite    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:53:07

• Linux gets a continuity plan for the day Linus Torvalds steps aside https://www.techspot.com/news/111122-linux-gets-continuity-plan-day-linus-torvalds-steps.html http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/26/Richard_Stallman_s_Experiences_With_Cancel_Brigades_Ought_to_Ed.shtml    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:54:17

• Linux gaming devs unite under Open Gaming Collective https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/linux-gaming-devs-unite-under-open-gaming-collective    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:54:48

• A great week for Linux gaming as GOG plans support, and Bazzite has “a brighter future” with new collab https://www.pcguide.com/news/a-great-week-for-linux-gaming-as-gog-plans-support-and-bazzite-has-a-brighter-future-with-new-collab/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:55:32

• Cairn and The Bard’s Tale Trilogy Lead New GeForce NOW Games as Native Linux GFN App Enters Beta https://wccftech.com/cairn-and-the-bards-tale-trilogy-lead-new-geforce-now-games-as-native-linux-gfn-app-enters-beta/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:56:38

• Job listing suggests GOG Galaxy may soon introduce first-party support for Linux https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/job-listing-suggests-gog-galaxy-may-soon-introduce-first-party-support-for-linux/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:57:28

• He's too young for this media BS https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-continuity-plan/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:58:14

• A whole bunch of different Linux gaming distros are teaming up to 'improve the open source gaming ecosystem' https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/a-whole-bunch-of-different-linux-gaming-distros-are-teaming-up-to-improve-the-open-source-gaming-ecosystem/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:58:46

• iophk: will it ever hit the non-tabloid press? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15513445/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates-melinda-antibiotics.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 16:59:10

• Almost definitely slop all the way https://www.igorslab.de/en/nobara-linux-gaming-distribution-with-a-focus-on-not-marketing/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:03:04

• Why I trust open-source software more now than I did five years ago https://www.xda-developers.com/why-i-trust-open-source-software-more-now-than-i-did-five-years-ago/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:03:20

• "Made up of several Linux-focused development projects, the Open Gaming Collective (OGC) is an initiative that looks to consolidate development efforts across the Linux gaming ecosystem, focusing on improving shared components." https://itsfoss.com/news/open-gaming-collective-launch/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:05:03

• After 34 years, the Linux kernel community finally has a contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/28/after-34-years-the-linux-kernel-community-finally-has-a-contingency-plan-to-replace-linus-torvalds/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:05:25

• Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-community-project-continuity-plan-for-replacing-linus-torvalds/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:06:26

• The Linux community now has a succession plan for when Linus Torvalds checks out, after an apparently uplifting discussion about 'our eventual march toward death' https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-linux-kernel-now-has-a-succession-plan-for-when-linus-torvalds-checks-out-which-emerged-after-an-apparently-uplifting-discussion-about-our-eventual-march-toward-death/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:07:38

• CachyOS vs. EdeavorOS: Which spinoff makes Arch Linux easier to use? https://www.zdnet.com/article/cachyos-vs-edeavor-os-linux/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:08:47

• Windows 11 haters get excited as GOG says 'Linux is the next major frontier' for Galaxy client https://www.tweaktown.com/news/109919/windows-11-haters-get-excited-as-gog-says-linux-is-the-next-major-frontier-for-galaxy-client/index.html    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:11:05

• These gaming Linux distros are teaming up to fix bigger problems [Updated] https://www.howtogeek.com/these-gaming-linux-distros-are-teaming-up-to-fix-bigger-problems/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:11:39

• ¿Tú que no necesitas? gemini://text.eapl.mx/tu-que-no-necesitas    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:38:57

• Radicales libres - Rosa Beltrán gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/resenas/radicaleslibres.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:39:18

• Te espero - Mikeas Sánchez gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/poemasdeotres/teespero.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:39:37

• americanbazaaronline seems like slop site    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 18:36:13

• Antigua And Barbuda: Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/antigua-and-barbuda/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 18:41:38

• Tesla DEBT grew by a billion https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:TSLA/explorer/total_debt    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 18:43:09

• Apple's latest debt level not know yet, but http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/07/Apple_s_Debt_Has_Skyrocketed_While_Gimmicks_Like_Vision_Pro_Fai.shtml    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 18:44:01

• 🔤SpellBinding — DEIURSQ Wordo: CROAK gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-30.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 19:07:12

• "My tiny PC/server has been sitting there quietly doing its job for months. Then, over the last few days, it started making that noise." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/cleaning-tiny-my-main-server-without-the-right-tools/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 19:07:50

• the wistful present gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2780    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 19:08:31

• Alex Schroeder’s Diary — Locking the gate gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-30-lock-the-gate    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 19:09:42

• "Set the 'User' option to your envs.net username and you have to make some changes to the 'RemoteCommand' option: [...]" gopher://envs.net/1/~dan/phlog/20260130-how-to-switch-your-envs-net-shell-from-byobu-to-tmux/    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 19:12:17

• "I came across a thread on BBS yesterday, almost two years old, discussing the idea of implementing anchors in Gemini.^ Users considered both protocol-based and Gemtext-based implementations, how easy it would be to implement either, and what it would mean for the Gemini protocol." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202601/20260130-gemtext-anchors-and-line-oriented-design.gmi    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 19:13:10

• "This is a question about the limitations on the gemini protocool. It isn't a criticism or a complaint, more of ... seeking understanding." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/16181    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 19:14:04

• Love and cultivation gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/cultivation    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 19:38:26

• "This somewhat undisturbed time gives me the opportunity to work further on my big plan to move the PCs of the company away from big American tech companies." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/290126.txt    

posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 19:39:12