Roy Schestowitz

• "I am standing on a frozen lake. In front of me is a flat, white expanse. Beneath me is twenty centimeters of ice, and beneath that, many meters of icy water. My mind tells me that I am safe, that even a truck could drive on ice this thick." gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-01-30-głębina.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:14:20

• "This got me wondering what would be the simplest way to do this using a slide rule. Ratio problems are simple, but we have the square function as well to deal with. My first though was to look for an A scale." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260129-0.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:15:22

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-31.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:15:44

• "Have I mentioned I hate visiting the US? I feel dirty. I get sick. The amount of hostility you face entering the country is extreme, and they all seem ignorant of it." gopher://gopher.black/1/phlog/20260130-visiting-the-us/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:16:59

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1552.jpg    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:17:29

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1902.jpg    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:17:36

• Apple's latest figures are finally out. Some hours ago. https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:AAPL/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:19:13

• GAFAM pains https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2026/google-cloud-confirms-president-exit-after-short-tenure    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:20:22

• "After less than a year"    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:21:14

• Oracle could cut thousands of jobs - AI spending raises financing concerns https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/datacentre/oracle-could-cut-thousands-of-jobs    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 03:21:34

• Google and GNU/Linux, not Microsoft, grow in Aruba https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/11/Aruba_s_GNU_Linux_Adoption_Seems_to_Have_Reach_All_Time_High_Th.shtml https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/aruba/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 06:50:59

• plastic litter on beaches https://theconversation.com/i-developed-an-app-that-uses-drone-footage-to-track-plastic-litter-on-beaches-272322    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 08:11:31

• Horses really can smell fear https://theconversation.com/horses-really-can-smell-fear-new-study-claims-and-it-changes-their-behaviour-273652    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 08:11:58

• batteries struggle in space https://theconversation.com/from-lunar-nights-to-martian-dust-storms-why-batteries-struggle-in-space-272379    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 08:12:34

• artificial solar eclipses in space https://theconversation.com/proposed-new-mission-will-create-artificial-solar-eclipses-in-space-272092    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 08:13:32

• Moore’s law: the famous rule of computing has reached the end of the road, so what comes next? https://theconversation.com/moores-law-the-famous-rule-of-computing-has-reached-the-end-of-the-road-so-what-comes-next-273052    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 08:14:05

• CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC) | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/cachyos-founder-explains-why-they-didn-t-join-the-new-open-gaming-collective-ogc/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:40:09

• Check out the new suitably weird Mewgenics feature trailer | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/check-out-the-new-suitably-weird-mewgenics-feature-trailer/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/check-out-the-new-suitably-weird-mewgenics-feature-trailer/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:41:41

• GPD release their own statement on the confusion with Bazzite Linux support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gpd-release-their-own-statement-on-the-confusion-with-bazzite-linux-support/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gpd-release-their-own-statement-on-the-confusion-with-bazzite-linux-support/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:42:09

• they intentionally forget that Microsoft is a personnel problem and not a, technical problem https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/a/7-10092400    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:48:09

• "Enshitifikationen af DK-domænerne (2) | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/enshitifikationen-af-dk-domaenerne-2    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:48:27

• "Enshitifikation af .DK | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/enshitifikation-af-dk    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:48:40

• "Håll gränsen mot övervakningsstaten!" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/29/hall-gransen-mot-overvakningsstaten/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:49:04

• "Sverige inför statlig e-legitimation" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/28/sverige-infor-statlig-e-legitimation/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:49:18

• "This video took me a month to make because I felt ashamed of my decision." https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/google-is-killing-authentic-websites-i:3    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:49:40

• "Google delisted my business for almost a year. Professional SEO couldn't fix it, creating a new site didn't help. What finally worked was having AI rewrite my authentic content into corporate-friendly bunk. I hate that it worked."    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:50:05

• "A Bad Heir Day at the Fed - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir-day-at-the-fed    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:50:25

• "The Lowdown on Debasement - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-lowdown-on-debasement    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:50:40

• "Systemd daddy departs Microsoft for Linux startup" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/lennart_poettering_quits_microsoft/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/Amutable_is_a_Microsoft_Proxy_Like_Xamarin_With_Some_IBM_Red_Ha.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:51:28

• "Sanders Secures Vote on His Amendment to Cut $75 Billion in ICE Funding and Redirect Those Funds to Medicaid" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/sanders-secures-vote-on-his-amendment-to-cut-75-billion-in-ice-funding-and-redirect-those-funds-to-medicaid    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:51:49

• "US immigration crackdown has Europeans rethinking ‘America’" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0130/europe-ice-immigration-alex-pretti-foreign-relations-us    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:52:06

• "Russian colleges are offering struggling students ‘one-year’ army contracts. Lawyers warn it’s a trap." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/30/russian-colleges-are-offering-struggling-students-one-year-army-contracts-lawyers-warn-it-s-a-trap    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:52:23

• Stop Destroying Videogames initiative to get a public hearing organised by the European Parliament | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/stop-destroying-videogames-initiative-to-get-a-public-hearing-organised-by-the-european-parliament/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:54:08

• "Measuring approximately 58 x 18 x 9 mm, the board is based on the ESP32-C5HR8 microcontroller and supports 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), with backward compatibility for 802.11 b/g/n networks." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/sipeed-maixcam2-combines-4k-imaging-and-edge-ai-in-an-open-camera-platform-2/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:00:39

• "Silly Studios will publish Pepper&Carrot book 1 to book 4 in Italian (a worldwide first!) and English." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1118/welcome-to-silly-studios-a-new-publisher | Source: David Revoy    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:02:24

• "So once again, I'm sorry. So, so sorry. " ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/post-american-canada/#ottawa | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:03:04

• "NASA's Moon Spacesuits Are Plagued With Issues" https://futurism.com/space/nasa-moon-spacesuits-issues    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:03:26

• "No broadband construction occurred in Bridgewater during 2025, and local officials have been unable to reach Mercury Broadband LLC" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/michigan-town-still-waiting-as-county-broadband-rollout-stalls/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:04:10

• "Earlier Thursday, U.S. Republican Sen. Susan Collins said ICE had ended its large-scale operation in Maine, which began just over a week ago." ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/01/29/public-overwhelmingly-backs-bill-to-restrict-ice-access-to-schools-hospitals-child-cares/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:04:54

• "Leader Schumer should ask the Minnesotans who are watching their neighbors get killed in cold blood if a deal with no plan to stop ICE is enough right now." ☛ https://front.moveon.org/moveon-statement-on-weak-cr-with-no-zero-ice-accountability/ |    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:05:40

• "The Islamic Republic of Iran must immediately stop the persecution, physical harm, and detention of all medical professionals" ☛ https://phr.org/news/physicians-for-human-rights-call-for-protection-of-health-care-workers-in-iran/ | Source: PHR    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:06:01

• "We spoke to Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, a scholar of contemporary Iranian politics, about the development of the protests, the response of Iran’s rulers" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/01/iran-protests-authoritarianism-trump-israel/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:06:50

• "The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/01/ice-migrant-detention-contractors-profits/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:07:18

• "With ICE agents in the U.S. waging a campaign of terror" ☛ https://breachmedia.ca/what-canadians-can-learn-from-u-s-resistance-to-ice-terror/ | Source: Breach Media    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:07:33

• "I won’t go into the particulars of a private conversation." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/after-minneapolis-tech-ceos-are-struggling-to-stay-silent/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:08:00

• "Even as Big Tech CEOs curry favor with President Trump, Silicon Valley employees are calling on their bosses" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-ice-out-tech/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:08:23

• "Today, the Justice Department announced it would finally conduct a civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti," ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-death-of-civil-rights-in-america | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:09:07

• "Author’s Note: I was scheduled to speak at a neighborhood assembly in Chicago this weekend — an event focused on shared reflection, solidarity with Minneapolis" ☛ https://organizingmythoughts.org/the-muscle-memory-of-care/ | Source: Kelly Hayes    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:09:19

• "I searched through my old posts here, and my first reference to my unequivocal support of open borders was in 2009." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2026/01/30/breaking-the-ice/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:10:14

• "The advisory asks people to check out local media" ☛ https://www.newsweek.com/germany-issues-formal-travel-advisory-for-us-11421830 | Source: Newsweek    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:11:24

• "Don thanked all his friends in the media for reaching out and having his back" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/don-lemon-wants-journalists-to-stand-up-to-corperations/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:13:44

• "Independent journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon were arrested by federal agents in connection with their role in documenting an anti-ICE demonstration" ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/01/independent-journalists-arrested-don-lemon-georgia-fort-anti-ice-protest/ | Source: MinnPost    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:13:59

• "I have spent my entire career covering the news. I will not stop now" ☛ https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/don-lemon-freed-religious-interference-charge-1236645882/ | Source: Variety    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:14:14

• "Instead of investigating the federal agents who killed two peaceful Minnesota protesters, the Trump Justice Department is devoting its time" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/01/30/repub/federal-agents-arrest-journalists-don-lemon-and-georgia-fort-for-filming-protest-at-st-paul-church/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:14:33

• "What’s the context? The Trump administration tried and failed to charge Lemon at least twice prior to Friday’s indictment by a grand jury." ☛ https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/477402/don-lemon-georgia-fort-arrest-church-protest-explained | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:14:46

• "Freelance journalist Cormac Kehoe is also being sued personally for £250,000 in libel damages alongside editor Joshi Herrmann and publisher Mill Media Ltd." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/mill-media-journalist-sued-libel-faces-10000-county-court-bill-after-expose/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:15:03

• "Also arrested were local political candidates Trahern Jeen Crews and Jamael Lydell Lundy." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/unconstitutional-arrest-of-independent-journalists-including-don-lemon-and-georgia-fort-fits-lawless-pattern-of-escalation-by-trump-administration | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:15:18

• "The recent arrests by federal authorities of Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor and freelance journalist, and Georgia Fort, an Emmy-winning local reporter" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/01/minnesota-reporters-recount-ice-actions-community-solidarity-i-know-its-going-to-be-dangerous/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:15:40

• "journalist entered a public building during a newsworthy event with a camera. He asked questions. He documented. He witnessed." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-9 | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:16:40

• "The judge rejected charges against Lemon." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/don-lemon-arrested-filming-minneapolis-church-protest-1235507436/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:17:01

• "The arrest of Mohamed El-Sayed is the latest example of Saudi authorities detaining journalists without legal justification, formal charges" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/01/saudi-arabia-arrests-program-host-mohamed-el-sayed/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:17:29

• "I had the honor and pleasure to hand over this prize to its first real laureate during the award gala on Thursday evening in Brussels, Belgium." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/30/gregkh-awarded-the-prize-for-excellence-in-open-source-2026/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:18:01

• "Google employs various physical and network security measures, including security guards, cameras at building entrances, badge-based building access restrictions" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/google_engineer_convicted_ai_secrets_china/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:18:22

• "The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued Memorandum M-26-05, officially revoking the previous administration’s 2022 policy" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/white-house-scraps-burdensome-software-security-rules/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:19:02

• "The $75-million, Amazon-funded Melania Trump documentary is tanking at the box office" ☛ https://www.404media.co/erotic-parody-melania-devourer-of-men-sales-surge-on-amazon-amid-documentary-flop/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:19:50

• "Beijing reportedly approved the sale of hundreds of thousands of Nvidia H200 chips to Chinese AI companies—the culmination of a dramatic shift in US tech policy." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-china-nvidia-h200-beijing-approval/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:20:09

• "They had a question for me, which I am going to paraphrase below. I am going to reproduce my answer here because it may be interesting for others." ☛ https://bentsukun.ch/posts/netbsd-rust-kernel/ | Source: Benny Siegert    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:20:23

• "Selected by the European Commission as Projects of Common and Mutual Interest (PCI/PMI)" ☛ https://www.h2-view.com/story/eu-earmarks-e176m-for-hydrogen-infrastructure-from-e650m-energy-funds/2137060.article/ | Source: H2 View    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:21:23

• "The technique, known as thermal rectification, could extend battery life in cell phones, electric vehicles, satellites" ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/uh-one-way-heat-technology | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:21:37

• "First, the humans are mostly water. That makes them rather impractical, even as kindling." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/physics/matrix-human-fuel.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:22:19

• "On Thursday, Sweden and Finland called on the European Union (EU) to ban maritime services to Russian energy carriers" ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/sweden-and-finland-call-to-ban-maritime-services-to-russian-energy-carriers/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:23:01

• "The documents show Epstein exchanged hundreds of friendly texts with Steve Bannon, a top advisor to President Donald Trump, some months before Epstein’s death." ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2026/01/30/takeaways-new-epstein-files-release/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:24:08

• "Mr. Blanche said that many of the pages that were reviewed were duplicates" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/epstein-files-release.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:24:48

• [Old] "The idea that collapse lies at the end of the century is a byproduct of models constrained by consensus politics, median probability estimates," ☛ https://medium.com/@gregelliott2000/overshoot-why-civilizational-collapse-is-closer-than-you-think-9dddc4e479c7 | Source: Medium    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:26:37

• [Old] "Diamond identified eight processes that lead to unintended ecocide – or ecological suicide" ☛ https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/12/civilization-survival-depends-on-collective-action/ | Source: World Economic Forum    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:27:11

• "Russia has begun to clear out a Soviet-era garrison in Petrozavodsk. There are plans to build new barracks in the area" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20207070 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:28:29

• "Across social media, users have shared their reasons for uninstalling TikTok, with many citing the platform’s updated privacy policy." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/28/tiktok-app-uninstalls-rise-2026/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:28:46

• "Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) said earlier this month that he supports banning the use of social media by children under the age of 15." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20207494 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:29:00

• "Seriously. What will you do if Washington decides to unplug you? Say Trump gets up on the wrong side of the bed and decides to invade Greenland." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/30/euro_firms_must_ditch_us/ | Source: The Register UK    

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

• "Public health authority THL has also updated its recommendations on kids' use of social media, while a poll this week found two-thirds of Finns support a ban" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20207418 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:30:29

• "Today, we’re launching Encrypt It Already, our push to get companies to offer stronger privacy protections to our data and communications by implementing end-to-end encryption." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/introducing-encrypt-it-already | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:31:23

• "law and justice." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/fbi-ai-inventory-law-enforcement-biometric-facial-recognition/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:32:23

• "trust level" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/29/russia-is-racing-to-assign-every-visitor-a-trust-level-collecting-everything-from-your-biometrics-to-your-medical-history | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:32:33

• "The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has supervised the company Sportadmin" ☛ https://www.imy.se/en/news/administrative-fine-against-sportadmin/ | Source: Sedishj Authority for Privacy Protection    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:32:43

• "In a report published this week, Dragos said it is working with one of the 30 or so facilities affected by the attacks" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/cyberattack_poland_power_grid/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:33:36

• "On December 19, Kowalski posted a series of videos on Instagram, drawing tens of millions of views." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/social-media-fraternities-maddie-kowalski/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:34:41

• "If you took these claims at face value, you would expect that we would have a more neutral and less government-controlled social media in 2026." ☛ https://fair.org/home/social-media-working-to-protect-ice-clampdown-in-minneapolis/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:34:53

• "It is interesting to compare Bernice's work to the Code of Conduct gaslighting that plagues open source software organizations" ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/australias-top-nurse-takes-on-musk-zuckerberg-birthkeepers/ | Source: Daniel Pocock    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:35:11

• "Which brings me to Threads, Meta's latest social media network. Threads is built on Activitypub and Mastodon, these being open/free" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/30/zucksauce/#gandersauce | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:35:33

• "A dozen hearings in Los Angeles are trying to determine whether platforms like Facebook aim to become addictive for young people" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-29/so-addictive-that-it-leads-to-trial-social-media-takes-the-stand.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:35:57

• "Amid these incidents, social media has been flooded with a mix of authentic eyewitness videos and AI‑generated fakes" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-are-ice-fakes-trying-to-drown-out-real-videos/a-75727971 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:37:43

• "The Python-based front-end implements low-level NumPy-like operations" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/30/writing-an-optimizing-tensor-compiler-from-scratch/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:37:58

• "When AI starts to incorporate ads, the corruption and lack of trust will only increase." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/01/ai-ads-are-neither/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:38:28

• "I’m still not sure whether the doom-and-gloom scenario of ‘AI’ is coming for our jobs is really going to materialise in full-dystopian mode" ☛ https://morrick.me/archives/10241 | Source: Riccardo Mori    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:38:51

• "I’m not hearing this talked about enough, so we’re going to talk about it today" ☛ https://joshallan.com/2026/01/13/the-real-ai-problem-no-one-is-talking-about-who-buys-your-stuff-robots/ |    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:39:24

• "Even the most mainstream financial press is starting to admit that claiming your layoffs are AI at work is a fake excuse to sound good to investors." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/29/the-job-losses-are-real-but-the-ai-excuse-is-fake/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:39:51

• "2025 was the breakthrough year when software creation became easy." ☛ http://tautvilas.lt/software-pump-and-dump/ |    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:40:07

• "The reason, he said, goes back to what he has argued for years: Large language models" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/an-ai-pioneer-warns-the-tech-herd-is-marching-into-a-dead-end/articleshow/127781515.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:40:26

• "trial will now proceed on Counts One and Two, which charge Mangione with causing the death of Brian Thompson under two federal stalking laws" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/new-york-judge-drops-death-penalty-for-luigi-mangione/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:41:35

• "The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Library Publishing Special Interest Group (LibPub SIG)" ☛ https://www.cni.org/news/call-for-2026-entries-library-publishing-directory-and-ifla-library-publishing-sig-database | Source: Coalition for Networked Information    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:42:46

• "The plaintiffs are seeking to force the state to fulfill its constitutional obligation and requesting a court-ordered" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:43:28

• "The NRO’s JUMPSEAT spy satellites reached a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) between 1971 and 1987" ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/space/us-declassifies-secret-1970s-spy-satellites | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:43:54

• "It’s called collective efficacy, the belief that you can make a difference by acting together." ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2026/01/30/efficacy | Source: Matt Webb    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:45:11

• "This kind of curiosity is integral to a hacker mindset." ☛ https://danq.me/2026/01/30/rm-nimbus/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:45:31

• "Blogging for 1.5 months is not a long time. It takes a while for people to notice you and to find your tribe." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/response-hobbies/ | Source: Ava    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:45:48

• "What can we do to make it better?" ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/feeling-something-is-okay-i-guess | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:45:59

• "I love my little Minipro T48 USB IC programmer, though until recently I thought I needed Windows (or Wine) to program it. Turns out there’s a minipro project that lets us do it from the shell. Awesomesauce!" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/writing-eeproms-on-freebsd-with-minipro/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:48:28

• "Need a plastic mesh in a custom pattern? 3D print it, no problem." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/30/need-a-curved-plastic-mesh-print-flat-curve-later/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:48:42

• "What filament is strongest? The real answer is “it depends”, but sometimes you have a simple question and you just want a simple answer." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/30/do-expensive-filaments-make-3d-printed-wrenches-better/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 13:49:00

• "Finally, if the industry could please get its act together and make a standard protocol for communicating thermostats, we could all be free of this nonsense." ☛ https://aphyr.com/posts/404-durastar-heat-pump-hysteresis | Source: Kyle Kingsbury    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:08:44

• "So I make a variant of this blog post every 2 to 4 years now, it's kind of become a tradition." ☛ https://blog.toast.cafe/shell-26 | Source: Chloé Vulquin    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:14:49

• "Now multiply that error by 250 branches nationwide. I potentially saved my client a bunch of money and embarrassment with that 3-line change." ☛ https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/coding-is-when-were-least-productive/ |    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:15:26

• "These are (admittedly a lot of) snippets. Go to the original if you want the full Doctorow experience." ☛ https://daniel.industries/2026/01/30/code-is-a-liability/ | Source: Daniel Miller    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:15:48

• "I write a lot of Makefiles. I use it not as a command runner but as an ad-hoc build system for small projects, typically for compiling Markdown documents and their dependencies. Like so: [...]" ☛ https://borretti.me/article/some-data-should-be-code | Source: Fernando Borretti    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:16:03

• "Weird I started a new project - a (going to be, mostly) CMake compatible build system. Source not released yet as it is early stage. But it seems promising so I'll write about it." ☛ https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/01-29-new-project-dmake-a-build-system-with-cmake-as-input-language.gmi | Source: Martin Chang    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:16:16

• "At its core, software exists to solve one problem: managing the flow of information. Information is not static. It is provisional, contextual, and constantly changing." ☛ https://blog.robbowley.net/2026/01/30/sixty-years-of-learning-the-same-lesson/ | Source: Rob Bowley    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:18:30

• "Most of these contributions came out of client work—we hit a bug we were able to fix or wanted a feature that didn’t exist. The lazy option would have been forking these projects for our needs or patching them locally." ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/01/30/celebrating-our-2025-open-source-contributions/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:20:10

• "RSS readers rock. Having a single place you connect for a low-bandwidth bundle of everything you might want to read means..." ☛ https://danq.me/2026/01/30/airborne-rss/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:21:10

• "This release is an emergency release to fix critical security vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, a network encryption library used by Tor." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_4_1/ | Source: Tor    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:21:54

• "On Friday, July 18th, 2025, the Arch Linux team was notified that three AUR packages had been uploaded that contained malware." ☛ https://bertptrs.nl/2026/01/30/how-to-review-an-aur-package.html | Source: Bert Peters    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:22:36

• "Are you ready for another challenge? We're excited to host the second yearly edition of our treasure hunt at FOSDEM! Participants" ☛ https://fosdem.org/2026/news/2026-01-30-treasure-hunt/ | Source: FOSDEM    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:23:36

• "classic open source license" ☛ https://codeberg.org/pgeorgi/crazy-jumpman#english | Source: Codeberg    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:23:50

• "I started the new year by getting kicked off Cloudinary’s free tier for image storage." ☛ https://joshblais.com/blog/my-media-storage-infrastructure-for-2026/ | Source: Joshua Blais    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:24:55

• "If they agree with each other, you can safely set both hw.uart.console and the comconsole_ variables" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/FreeBSDSerialConsoleSecondPort | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:25:21

• "This got me thinking about the reverse, though: what email do I receive that does not include external images?" ☛ https://www.terracrypt.net/posts/email-experiments-image-filtering.html |    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:25:39

• "All three have a very simple pitch: they will give you full access to Linux virtual machines to act as a sandboxed developer environment in the cloud." ☛ https://lalitm.com/trying-sprites-exedev-shellbox/ | Source: Lalit Maganti    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:26:29

• Jupiter 2 – RVA23-compliant SBC features SpacemiT K3 octa-core RISC-V Hey Hi (AI) SoC, up to 32GB RAM, 256GB UFS ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/30/jupiter-2-an-rva23-compliant-sbc-powered-features-spacemit-k3-octa-core-risc-v-ai-soc-up-to-32gb-ram-256gb-ufs/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:31:35

• Russia Strikes Ukraine After Convicted Felon Says Putin Agreed To Week-Long Halt ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-launches-ballistic-missile-drones-against-ukraine/33664710.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:32:06

• Lite 7.8 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lite    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:32:52

• 'It's important to finalise the EU-US trade agreement': EU Economy Commissioner Dombrovskis ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20260130-it-s-important-to-finalise-the-eu-us-trade-agreement-eu-economy-commissioner-dombrovskis    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:33:35

• Ukraine city of Kherson protects itself from drones with French fishing nets ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-city-of-kherson-protects-itself-from-drones-with-french-fishing-nets    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:33:59

• Ukrainians sceptical after Russia announces agreeing to temporarily stop strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainians-sceptical-after-russia-announces-agreeing-to-temporarily-stop-strikes    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:34:13

• Lithuania’s MFA asks ICC to consider genocide charges over Russian attacks on Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2822368/lithuania-s-mfa-asks-icc-to-consider-genocide-charges-over-russian-attacks-on-ukraine    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:34:37

• US pitches Venezuelan crude to India as its Russian oil imports slow, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/us-pitches-venezuelan-crude-to-india-as-its-russian-oil-imports-slow-sources-say    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:35:01

• Russia Is Finding the Gaps in Ukraine’s Front Line ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-zaporizhzhia-huliaipole.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:35:30

• Wikipedia policy edges Baltic history into Russiasphere ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/history/30.01.2026-wikipedia-policy-edges-baltic-history-into-russiasphere.a632339/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:35:50

• ICS Devices Bricked Following Russia-Linked Intrusion Into Polish Power Grid ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ics-devices-bricked-in-russia-linked-strike-on-polish-power-grid/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:36:16

• Ethiopia acquires Yak-130 trainers, Orion-E UAVs from Russia ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/ethiopia-acquires-yak-130-trainers-orion-e-uavs-from-russia/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:36:29

• The Epstein Files Don't Say the Ages of Those "Russian Girls" Bill Epsteingate Exploited ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/The_Epstein_Files_Don_t_Say_the_Ages_of_Those_Russian_Girls_Bil.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:36:49

• Meeting of Lithuanian-Belarusian vice ministers ‘considered’ – Seimas committee chair ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2822089/meeting-of-lithuanian-belarusian-vice-ministers-considered-seimas-committee-chair    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:37:29

• DOJ seizes piracy sites, Italian police dismantle illegal IPTV operation ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/doj-seizes-piracy-sites-zamunda-arenabg-zelka/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:38:28

• 79% of Musicians Are Now ‘Worried’ About AI, Latest PRS for Music Poll Reveals ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/29/who-is-worried-about-ai-study/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:38:58

• Government Urges Supreme Court to Deny Hey Hi (AI) Copyright Case, Emphasizing Narrow Question and Statutory Text ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/government-copyright-emphasizing.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:39:57

• This Week in GNOME: #234 Annotated Documents ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/01/twig-234/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:41:10

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

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:42:36

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

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:42:49

• How To Install Memcached on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-memcached-linux-mint-22/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:43:19

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

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:44:39

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

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:44:46

• How to Install Python2 on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-python2-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:45:51

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

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:46:13

• How to install Wget on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-wget-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:46:27

• How to review an AUR package ☞ https://bertptrs.nl/2026/01/30/how-to-review-an-aur-package.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:46:45

• This Week in Plasma: getting 6.6 ready for release ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/31/this-week-in-plasma-getting-6.6-ready-for-release/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:47:16

• How to Set Java Environment Path in Fedora GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-set-java-environment-path-in-fedora-linux/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:48:48

• Friedrich Vock: Inside Mesa 26.0’s RADV RT improvements ☞ https://pixelcluster.github.io/Mesa-26/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:49:49

• pricy dual LAN ARM router with 2x HDMI OUT and 1x HDMI IN ☞ https://dwaves.de/2026/01/30/pricy-dual-lan-arm-router-with-2x-hdmi-out-and-1x-hdmi-in/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:51:38

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 636 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/01/28/this-week-in-rust-636/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:52:51

• KWallet, SecretService, oo7: the story so far ☞ https://notmart.org/blog/2026/01/kwallet-secretservice-oo7-the-story-so-far/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:54:20

• Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD": Building an Hey Hi (AI) assistant for computational modelling with NeuroML ☞ https://ankursinha.in/2026/01/30/building-an-ai-assistant-for-computational-modelling-with-neuroml.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:56:46

• How Minneapolis protests fit into the larger struggle for civil rights ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0130/minnesota-protests-freedom-of-speech-civil-rights    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 14:59:25

• Three stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056693/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:00:03

• Joey Hess: the local weather ☞ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/the_local_weather/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:01:28

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2026/5 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/01/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-5/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:02:14

• Thai FDA warns on unapproved herbal inhaler registration misuse ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-fda-warns-on-unapproved-herbal-inhaler-registration-misuse    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:02:33

• Engagement Insights Platform Levellr Raises $2.5M in a Seed Round Led by Fuel Ventures ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/30/levellr-raises-seed-funding/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:03:28

• iScan2D Technologies device-pairing patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/30/iscan2d-technologies-device-pairing-patent-prior-art-found    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:06:15

• Munich Regional Court further clarifies FRAND rules in Wilus vs Asus judgment ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/munich-regional-court-clarifies-frand-rule-in-wilus-asus-judgment/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:06:50

• New Conversion from cgroup v1 CPU Shares to v2 CPU Weight ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01/30/new-cgroup-v1-to-v2-cpu-conversion-formula/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:08:52

• Qt;Athon 2025: Meet the Winners of Our Global Student Coding Competition ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qtathon-2025-meet-the-winners-of-our-global-student-coding-competition    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:10:23

• Microsoft's gaming division flounders while the firm makes more money than ever — Xbox consoles sales drop 32% ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/xbox/microsofts-gaming-division-flounders-while-the-firm-makes-more-money-than-ever-xbox-consoles-sales-drop-32-percent    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:11:01

• AUSTRUMI 5.1.8 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/austrumi    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:13:20

• AerynOS 2026.01 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/aerynos    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:13:34

• December/January in KDE Itinerary ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/01/30/kde-itinerary-december-january-2026.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:14:09

• ZimaOS 1.5.4-beta1 is out☞ https://distrowatch.com/zimaos    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:14:50

• Whonix 18.1.3.4 is out now ☞ https://distrowatch.com/whonix    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:15:10

• Manually Install/Remove NVIDIA GeForce Now in GNU/Linux via Flatpak ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/nvidia-geforce-now-flatpak/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:15:59

• Still Hoping for "Slop Zero" in 2026 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/Still_Hoping_for_Slop_Zero_in_2026.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:16:20

• Will Jim Zemlin Also Sell His Daughter or Only the "Linux" Brand (and 'Linux' Foundation) to Bill Epsteingate? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/Will_Jim_Zemlin_Also_Sell_His_Daughter_or_Only_the_Linux_Brand_.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:16:38

• GeForce Now launches on GNU/Linux with a Flatpak build — native app brings 5K and 360FPS support to GNU/Linux gamers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/cloud-gaming/geforce-now-launches-on-linux-with-a-flatpak-build-native-app-brings-5k-and-360fps-support-to-linux-gamers    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:17:27

• AIs Are Getting Better at Finding and Exploiting Security Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/ais-are-getting-better-at-finding-and-exploiting-security-vulnerabilities.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:18:01

• PIG v1.0 Released with PGEXT.CLOUD : 444 PG extensions on 14 GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pig-v10-released-with-pgextcloud-444-pg-extensions-on-14-linux-3214/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:18:38

• yam – formatter for YAML ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yam-formatter-yaml/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:19:23

• 5 Best Free and Open Source Audio Samplers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-audio-samplers/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:19:35

• miro – PDF viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/miro-pdf-viewer/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:19:56

• BookLore – organize and manage your book collection ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/booklore-organize-manage-book-collection/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:20:19

• 9 Useful Free GNU/Linux Network Tunnels ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-linux-network-tunnels/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:20:46

• Gruyère – view and kill processes listening on ports ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gruyere-view-kill-processes-listening-ports/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:21:07

• JuMP – domain-specific modeling language for mathematical optimization ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jump-domain-specific-modeling-language-mathematical-optimization/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:21:32

• 5 Top Free and Open Source Julia Web Frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-julia-web-frameworks/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:22:02

• Linux Candy: asciify – turn images into attractive ASCII art ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-candy-asciify-turn-images-attractive-ascii-art/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:22:25

• oq – terminal-based OpenAPI Spec (OAS) viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/oq-terminal-based-openapi-spec-oas-viewer/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:22:48

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Web Application Firewalls ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-web-application-firewalls-add-an-external-security-layer/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:23:09

• Beads – distributed, git-backed graph issue tracker for Hey Hi (AI) agents ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/beads-distributed-git-backed-graph-issue-tracker-ai-agents/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:23:33

• 8 Top Free and Open Source Crystal Web Frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-crystal-web-frameworks/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:24:01

• Gopherbook – self-hosted comic library and CBZ/CBT reader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gopherbook-self-hosted-comic-library-cbz-cbt-reader/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:24:30

• Pass-CLI – password and API key manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pass-cli-password-api-key-manager/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:24:50

• vty – terminal interface library ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vty-terminal-interface-library/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:25:28

• Calibre 9.0 Open-Source Ebook Manager Released with New Bookshelf View ☞ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-0-open-source-ebook-manager-released-with-new-bookshelf-view    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:30:30

• AerynOS 2026.01 Released with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GNOME 49.3, and More ☞ https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-01-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-gnome-49-3-and-more    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:30:39

• Remi Collet: 🎲 PHP version 8.4.18RC1 and 8.5.3RC1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2026/01/30/PHP-version-8.4.18RC1-and-8.5.3RC1    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:31:13

• Systemd Creator Quits Abusive Monopolist Microsoft to Form His Own Linux-focused Start Up ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/amutable-linux-security/ Amutable is a Microsoft Proxy Like Xamarin, With Some IBM/Red Hat Staff Added for Good Measure http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/Amutable_is_a_Microsoft_Proxy_Like_Xamarin_With_Some_IBM_Red_Ha.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:32:14

• GNOME Foundation is a multi-stakeholder proxy http://techrights.org/wiki/GNOME_Foundation/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:32:56

• NVIDIA VA-API Driver Released 0.0.15 with Few VP8 Improvements ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/nvidia-va-api-driver-released-0-0-15-with-few-vp8-improvements/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:33:38

• Fedora Community Blog: Community Update – Week 05 2026 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/community-update-week-05-2026/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:34:07

• Firefox Application Security Team: Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2025 Q4 ☞ https://attackanddefense.dev/2026/01/30/firefox-security-privacy-newsletter-2025-q4.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:34:59

• With US-Iran talks, Turkey has "another opportunity to carve out its mediator role" ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/with-us-iran-talks-turkey-has-another-opportunity-to-carve-out-its-mediator-role    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:35:25

• US and Iran have "little wriggle room" as tensions remain high ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/us-and-iran-have-little-wriggle-room-as-tensions-remain-high    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:35:39

• At least 170 civilians killed in Myanmar air strikes during election: UN ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/at-least-170-civilians-killed-in-myanmar-air-strikes-during-election-un    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:35:53

• Panamanian Court Strikes Down Hong Kong Firm’s Canal Contract ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/business/panama-canal-ck-hutchison.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:36:11

• Hugging Face Abused to Deploy Android RAT ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hugging-face-abused-to-deploy-android-rat/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:37:37

• Michigan license plate cameras face backlash: Big help, or Big Brother? ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-license-plate-cameras-face-backlash-big-help-or-big-brother/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:38:35

• Writing EEPROMs on FreeBSD with minipro ☞ https://rubenerd.com/writing-eeproms-on-freebsd-with-minipro/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:39:23

• South Korean Stocks, Kospi Index Are Trading at a Record High ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/world/asia/south-korea-stock-boom-kospi.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:51:02

• South Korea, Japan defence ministers agree to upgrade cooperation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-japan-defence-ministers-agree-to-upgrade-cooperation    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:51:21

• Investigators launch probe into S. Korean church over election allegations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/investigators-launch-probe-into-s-korean-church-over-election-allegations    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:51:38

• ‘Overpriced’ sanitary pads spark dialogue in S. Korea; groups call for manufacturing overhaul ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/overpriced-sanitary-pads-spark-dialogue-in-s-korea-groups-call-for-manufacturing-overhaul    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:52:03

• Coupang CEO questioned in first police appearance over data breach ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/coupang-ceo-questioned-in-first-police-appearance-over-data-breach    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:52:23

• Japanese court holds North Korea accountable for deceptive repatriation campaign ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20260130-japanese-court-holds-north-korea-accountable-for-deceptive-repatriation-campaign    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:53:07

• Malaysian influencer fined $12,800 for video of teens giving homeless man leftover chicken bones ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-influencer-fined-12800-for-video-of-teens-giving-homeless-man-leftover-chicken-bones    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:53:32

• Pokemon event at Yasukuni shrine in Japan cancelled after drawing China’s ire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pokemon-event-at-yasukuni-shrine-in-japan-cancelled-after-drawing-chinas-ire    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:54:05

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Tells U.K. and Canada That Boosting Trade With China Is ‘Dangerous’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/world/asia/trump-starmer-china-canada-trade.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:55:54

• China coast guard patrolled Japan-held islands almost daily in 2025 amid tensions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-coast-guard-patrolled-japan-held-islands-almost-daily-last-year-as-tensions-flare    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:56:21

• China renews call for citizens to avoid travel to Japan after robbery in Tokyo ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-renews-call-to-avoid-travelling-to-japan-after-robbery-in-tokyo    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:56:33

• Visit by Britain’s PM Starmer shows drawbacks of ‘China pivot’ in countering Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/visit-by-britains-starmer-shows-drawbacks-of-china-pivot-in-countering-trump    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:57:05

• China to lift restrictions on UK lawmakers, PM Starmer says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-to-lift-restrictions-on-uk-lawmakers-pm-starmer-says    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:57:27

• In China’s richest province, not every city is in the fast lane ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/in-chinas-richest-province-not-every-city-is-on-the-fast-lane    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:57:43

• Born of a factory mistake, this sad toy horse captures China’s mood ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/born-of-a-factory-mistake-this-sad-toy-horse-captures-chinas-mood    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:58:05

• ‘Start talking about death earlier’: China to improve palliative care with some help from Singapore ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/start-talking-about-death-earlier-china-to-improve-palliative-care-with-some-help-from-singapore    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:58:33

• China conducts naval, air patrols around disputed South China Sea shoal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-conducts-naval-air-patrols-around-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:58:52

• China moves into manufacturing disruptive new semiconductor glass substrates as processor packaging competition intensifies ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-moves-into-semiconductor-glass-substrates-as-packaging-competition-intensifies    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:59:15

• Panama’s top court annuls Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison’s canal port concession ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/30/panamas-top-court-annuls-hong-kong-based-ck-hutchisons-canal-port-concession/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 15:59:37

• China’s gold boom tempts Shanghai residents to cash in ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/china-s-gold-boom-tempts-shanghai-residents-to-cash-in    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:01:36

• Solar desert power: Inside China's mega farm ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/down-to-earth/20260130-solar-desert-power-inside-china-s-mega-farm    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:02:37

• UK PM Starmer seeks to bolster China ties despite Convicted Felon warning ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/30/uk-pm-starmer-seeks-to-bolster-china-ties-despite-trump-warning/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:03:45

• Mouse Study Flags a Serious Downside to Popular Weight-Loss Diet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mouse-study-flags-a-serious-downside-to-popular-weight-loss-diet    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:05:02

• A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-sleeping-pill-may-reduce-buildup-of-alzheimers-proteins-study-reveals    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:05:15

• Forever Chemicals Linked to Multiple Sclerosis in Concerning New Study ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/forever-chemicals-linked-to-multiple-sclerosis-in-concerning-new-study    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:05:30

• Sleep Loss Is Physically Damaging Your Brain Cells, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sleep-loss-is-physically-damaging-your-brain-cells-study-suggests    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:05:46

• Mysterious Structure in Bird Eyes May Explain a Curious Lack of Blood ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-structure-in-bird-eyes-may-explain-a-curious-lack-of-blood    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:05:59

• Scientists Identified a New Blood Group After a 50-Year Mystery ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identified-a-new-blood-group-after-50-year-mystery    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:06:13

• Expert Advice: What to Do (And Not Do) When You Have a Splinter ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-advice-what-to-do-and-not-do-when-you-have-a-splinter    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:06:25

• The audacity of Convicted Felon’s choice as Fed chief ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0130/The-audacity-of-Dihydroxyacetone Man-s-choice-as-Fed-chief    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:06:55

• Forget VMware and VirtualBox: This should be your new VM manager ☞ https://thenewstack.io/forget-vmware-and-virtualbox-this-should-be-your-new-vm-manager/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:07:17

• Call for Presentations – Qt World Summit 2026 in Berlin ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/call-for-presentations-qt-world-summit-2026-in-berlin    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:08:17

• OpenAI Representatives Are Going to Critics’ Houses With Threats and Demands ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-critics-houses    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:09:16

• Can automation in government coexist with transparency and public trust? ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/01/can-automation-in-government-coexist-with-transparency-and-public-trust/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:09:48

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Lawsuit Against I.R.S. Creates ‘Enormous Conflict of Interest’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/trump-lawsuit-irs-taxes.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:10:24

• Massachusetts governor files law to prevent National Guard entry absent governor’s permission ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/massachusetts-governor-files-law-to-prevent-national-guard-entry-absent-governors-permission/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:11:09

• Amid Lawsuits, Proprietary Chaffbot Company Says It Will Retire “Reckless” Model Linked to Deaths ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-gpt-4o-deaths    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:11:37

• Precedential No. 1 - TTAB Re-designates Decision: DANKE Not Confusable with MERCI for Chocolates ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/precedential-no-1-ttab-re-designates.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:13:35

• Crowded Field Argument Fails, TTAB Deems MARIO'S for Clothing Confusable with MARIO'S 3.10 for Retail Apparel Stores ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/crowded-field-argument-fails-ttab-deems.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:13:44

• Google’s disruption rips millions out of devices out of malicious network ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/ipidea-proxy-network-disrupted-google-lumen/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:14:16

• Adam Young: Stacking Protocols ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2026/01/stacking-protocols/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:14:45

• The Award for Excellence in Open Source goes to Greg Kroah-Hartman ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056699/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:15:58

• Making up for old games of dubious origin ☞ https://rubenerd.com/making-up-for-old-games-of-dubious-origin/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:19:05

• Google Presentations Abused for Phishing, (Fri, Jan 30th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32668    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:19:42

• Why Convicted Felon Is Going After Iran Now ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010675129/why-trump-is-going-after-iran-now.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:22:34

• Senate Passes Deal to Fund Government and Negotiate ICE Limits ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/senate-vote-shutdown-ice.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:22:52

• Japan tightens security for Feb 8 election in wake of ex-PM Abe shooting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-tightens-security-for-feb-8-election-in-wake-of-ex-pm-abe-shooting    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:23:03

• Movie breakdown: Hackers (1995) ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/movie-breakdown-hackers-1995/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:23:47

• US federal appeals court rules DHS cannot end protections for Venezuela and Haiti immigrants ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/us-federal-appeals-court-rules-dhs-cannot-end-protections-for-venezuela-and-haiti-immigrants/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:24:20

• Judge questions relevance of 2019 protest remarks in nat. sec case against Tiananmen vigil activists ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/30/judge-questions-relevance-of-2019-protest-remarks-in-nat-sec-case-against-tiananmen-vigil-activists/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:24:43

• Syria and Kurdish-led forces agree on ceasefire and phased integration deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/syria-and-kurdish-led-forces-agree-on-ceasefire-and-phased-integration-deal    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:25:10

• Challenge of meaningful reform in Iran: Tantamount to acknowledging 'revolution is over'- Dr Hellyer ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/challenge-of-meaningful-reform-in-iran-tantamount-to-acknowledging-the-revolution-is-over    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:25:30

• Cybersecurity can be America’s secret weapon in the Hey Hi (AI) race ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/ai-race-china-us-cloud-cybersecurity-trust-security-op-ed/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:27:02

• Ivanti Patches Exploited EPMM Zero-Days ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ivanti-patches-exploited-epmm-zero-days/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:27:30

• 175,000 Exposed Ollama Hosts Could Enable LLM Abuse ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/175000-exposed-ollama-hosts-could-enable-llm-abuse/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:27:46

• Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #522 - A sneak peek at a new product ☞ https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/Mf01Wb7ZpGDLRmTMkNMKnA    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:28:29

• This week in Bouncy Ball – new features land ☞ https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/this-week-in-bouncy-ball-new-features-land/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:29:16

• Tails 7.4.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tails    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:29:37

• France Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Teams and Zoom ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/france-ditches-microsoft-teams-and-zoom/    

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

• fosdem streaming now https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/streaming/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:34:56

• Microchip PIC32CM PL10 Cortex-M0+ microcontrollers are pin-to-pin compatible with AVR MCUs, support 5V operation ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/30/microchip-pic32cm-pl10-cortex-m0-microcontrollers-are-pin-to-pin-compatible-with-avr-mcus-support-5v-operation/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:37:27

• GIMP @ FOSDEM 2026 ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/01/30/gimp-fosdem-2026/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:37:44

• 16 firefighters, 4 medics, 3 fire trucks, ambulance respond to man unable to take off bus seatbelt ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/30/hong-kong-bus-operator-reports-suspected-seatbelt-tampering-to-police-after-passenger-trapped-for-45-minutes/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:39:32

• The Six-Fingered Grande? Singer Reacts to Vogue Japan Cover Featuring Telltale Hey Hi (AI) Edits ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/30/ariana-grande-vogue-cover-ai/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:40:13

• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor appears to be crouching over woman in creepy photos from DOJ’s latest Epstein files dump ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/01/30/us-news/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-appears-to-be-crouching-over-woman-in-creepy-photos-from-dojs-latest-epstein-files-dump/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:40:53

• Photos appearing to show Andrew on all fours over female included in tranche of new Epstein files https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgn8wzjzrvt https://nypost.com/2026/01/30/us-news/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-appears-to-be-crouching-over-woman-in-creepy-photos-from-dojs-latest-epstein-files-dump/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:42:21

• Epstein is alive... in headlines again... so Pedo Cheeto needs to start another war to change the subject of discourse https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgn8wzjzrvt    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:42:38

• Just don't mention Bill Epsteingate, OK? http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/31/BBC_Gaslights_Women_Sexually_Exploited_Many_Under_Legal_Age_for.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:43:13

• How to Install Playwright on Raspberry PI: Automate your Browser Tasks (both Python or Docker) ☞ https://peppe8o.com/playwright-raspberry-pi/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:44:30

• New Hey Hi (AI) Agent Skill for WordPress ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2026/01/new-ai-agent-skill/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:44:56

• Forlinx OK153-S12 Mini – A low-cost Allwinner T153 SBC with Raspberry Pi GPIO header and long-term availability ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/30/forlinx-ok153-s12-mini-a-low-cost-allwinner-t153-sbc-with-raspberry-pi-gpio-header-and-long-term-availability/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:45:40

• Rust in the Kernel, and other odd decisions ☞ https://bentsukun.ch/posts/netbsd-rust-kernel/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:46:10

• Nvidia Releases a Geforce NOW app for GNU/Linux systems ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/nvidia-releases-a-geforce-now-app-for-linux-systems/index.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:47:53

• Modi ally proposes social control media ban for India's teens as global debate grows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/modi-ally-proposes-social-media-ban-for-indias-teens-as-global-debate-grows    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:49:28

• YouTube Blocks Background Play for Non-Premium Subscribers on Third-Party Browsers ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/30/youtube-blocks-background-play/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:49:59

• YouTube channel explains the battles for Rīga during War of Independence ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/video/30.01.2026-youtube-channel-explains-the-battles-for-riga-during-war-of-independence.a632479/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:50:12

• So now it can lobby for billionaires like Soros and for Microsoft (Gates, Russian girls with STIs) at the same time ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/osi-joins-openforum-europe-and-the-open-knowledge-foundation-to-officially-launch-open-technology-research-initiative    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:51:35

• Tails 7.4.1 Is Out as an Emergency Release Patching Critical OpenSSL Vulnerabilities ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-4-1-is-out-as-an-emergency-release-patching-critical-openssl-vulnerabilities    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:52:03

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056692/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:52:28

• AI answers cite ‘narrow range’ of top newsbrands led by BillBC and Guardian ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ai-chatbots-answers-cite-narrow-range-of-top-newsbrands-led-by-bbc-and-guardian/ two publishers run by Epsteingate/bribed by him http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/31/BBC_Gaslights_Women_Sexually_Exploited_Many_Under_Legal_Age_for.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:53:39

• ‘Essential’ to ICE: French IT giant Capgemini under fire over migrant tracking role ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260130-essential-to-ice-french-it-giant-capgemini-under-fire-over-migrant-tracking-role    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:53:59

• The City of Minneapolis vs. The Insurrectionist ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/the-city-of-minneapolis-vs-donald-trump    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:54:25

• From 9/11 to Minneapolis: How ICE Became a Paramilitary Force ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/from-9-11-to-minneapolis-how-ice-became-a-paramilitary-force    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:54:37

• Tails 7.4.1 Ships Fast to Patch OpenSSL Bug Threatening Anonymity ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/tails-7-4-1-ships-fast-to-patch-openssl-bug-threatening-anonymity/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:55:00

• Microsoft Stock Takes Most Massive Single-Day Loss Since Pandemic as Its Hey Hi (AI) Efforts Flail ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/microsoft-stock-ai    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:56:38

• But led by Microsoft staff: Open Gaming Collective unites developers to standardize the Linux gaming experience https://tech.sportskeeda.com/gaming-news/news-open-gaming-collective-unites-developers-standardize-linux-gaming-experience    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 16:59:41

• GeForce Now launches on Linux with a Flatpak build — native app brings 5K and 360FPS support to Linux gamers https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/cloud-gaming/geforce-now-launches-on-linux-with-a-flatpak-build-native-app-brings-5k-and-360fps-support-to-linux-gamers    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:00:19

• Compares a kernel to an OS that has deliberate back doors and does not patch already-exploited holes https://www.howtogeek.com/no-linux-is-not-more-secure/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:01:34

• Nvidia Launches Native GeForce Now App For Linux In Growing Support For The Operating System https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidia-launches-native-geforce-now-app-for-linux-in-growing-support-for-the-operating-system/1100-6537795/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:02:16

• "Moving from Windows to Linux doesn't require much of a learning curve and brings some real benefits, but you need to accept a few compromises." https://uk.pcmag.com/linux/162876/i-switched-from-windows-11-to-linux-mint-here-are-7-things-it-does-way-better    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:02:49

• Googlebombing Linux... to promote back doors https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-explores-bringing-linux-like-top-menu-bar-to-windows-11-with-new-powertoys-feature    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:03:23

• Nvidia just gave gamers another reason to switch to Linux — a shiny new GeForce Now app https://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/nvidia-just-gave-gamers-another-reason-to-switch-to-linux-a-shiny-new-geforce-now-app    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:03:48

• Probably slop https://www.igorslab.de/en/linux-gaming-how-valve-is-systematically-softening-the-push-to-windows-11-with-proton-10-0-4/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:07:35

• Microsoft: the real solution is to abandon Vista 11, GNU/Linux got it right https://www.pcguide.com/news/microsoft-says-it-will-fix-pain-points-in-windows-11-this-year-and-has-already-proposed-a-linux-like-menu-bar/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:08:49

• Linux Institutionalises Open Source Governance With Structured Leadership Succession Plan https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/01/linux-institutionalises-open-source-governance-with-structured-leadership-succession-plan/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/03/23/Move_Over_Linus_Torvalds_the_Bill_Gates_Connected_Jim_Zemlin_is.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:09:35

• Led by Microsoft staff, this is a recipe for censorship, problems, censorship: https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/open-gaming-collective-ogc-formed-to-unify-linux-gaming/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:11:23

• "Starting with the rough side of things, sadly their data shows 11% of people survey were laid off in the last 24 months, and 17% were laid off in the last 12 months." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gdc-2026-report-36pct-of-devs-use-genai-28pct-target-steam-deck-and-8pct-target-linux/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:12:12

• "In the continuing saga of GPD versus Bazzite Linux, the GPD team have now posted their own statement on what happened." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gpd-release-their-own-statement-on-the-confusion-with-bazzite-linux-support/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:12:34

• GeForce NOW's native Linux app has arrived, alongside 10 new titles https://www.tweaktown.com/news/109950/geforce-nows-native-linux-app-has-arrived-alongside-10-new-titles/index.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:12:57

• Your Windows habits are dangerous on Linux—here are 4 things to avoid https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-habits-that-will-backfire-in-linux/    

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

• "This release also ships with the latest KDE Plasma 6.5.5 desktop environment, as well as with the COSMIC 1.0.3 desktop environment." https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-01-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-gnome-49-3-and-more    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:14:05

• GeForce NOW is now available in beta on Linux https://news.instant-gaming.com/en/articles/17537-geforce-now-is-now-available-in-beta-on-linux    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:14:38

• Designing the new data center fabric: Nokia SR Linux and Event-Driven Automation https://www.nokia.com/blog/designing-the-new-data-center-fabric-nokia-sr-linux-and-event-driven-automation/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:15:10

• This amazing Linux CPU scheduler uses the power of the stars to decide which processes to focus on https://www.xda-developers.com/this-amazing-linux-cpu-scheduler-uses-the-power-of-the-stars-to-decide-which-processes-to-focus-on/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:15:52

• I wouldn’t install Linux on these laptops (here’s why) https://www.makeuseof.com/wouldnt-install-linux-on-these-laptops/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:16:51

• But one has to install it there first https://cyble.com/blog/shadowhs-fileless-linux-post-exploitation-framework/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:17:58

• AudioThing Space Strip: modular multi-FX plugin for mac, linux, win, and now iOS https://synthanatomy.com/2026/01/audiothing-space-strip-modular-multi-fx-now-on-mac-linux-win-and-ios.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:18:42

• He still works for Microsoft. https://itsfoss.com/news/amutable-linux-security/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:19:32

• Trust by adding back doors? https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-reportedly-working-on-building-back-trust-in-windows-as-more-users-leave-for-linux/1100-6537788/ https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:20:38

• These are the 3 coolest Linux apps I found this week https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-this-week-january-30/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:21:28

• Some Of Linux's Biggest Players Are Unifying Their Gaming Efforts https://www.gamespot.com/articles/some-of-linuxs-biggest-players-are-unifying-their-gaming-efforts/1100-6537801/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:21:51

• Sidero Labs Enhances Talos Linux and Omni to Improve Bare-Metal Kubernetes Reliability and Governance https://www.tipranks.com/news/private-companies/sidero-labs-enhances-talos-linux-and-omni-to-improve-bare-metal-kubernetes-reliability-and-governance    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:24:17

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

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:24:57

• Oracle still pushing slop as "assistant" https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/ai-assistant-with-oracle-cloud-native-environment-2-3    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:25:35

• "There were quite a lot of reports across social media, Reddit, and a few on Valve's official GitHub about various games published by EA (like Mass Effect) no longer launching due to issues with the EA app. This should now be solved with the latest update!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/proton-experimental-updated-to-fix-the-ea-app-again-on-steamos-linux/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:26:01

• Can't upgrade to Windows 11? I found the best Linux distro to replace your Windows 10 PC https://www.zdnet.com/article/cant-upgrade-windows-11-best-linux-distro-sdesk/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:26:43

• Linux users can finally stream games via GeForce NOW https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/01/linux-users-can-finally-stream-games-via-geforce-now.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:27:16

• "I used Ventoy to configure my external SSD so that I can boot from almost any operating system out there. Whenever I want to try a new operating system, all I need do is copy the operating system ISO file onto the drive" https://www.howtogeek.com/external-ssd-changed-how-i-use-pc/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:27:58

• "This release ships with Linux kernel 6.8 by default, but users can install other kernels up to Linux 6.18 LTS." https://9to5linux.com/linux-lite-7-8-is-out-based-on-ubuntu-24-04-3-lts-ports-many-apps-to-gtk4    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 17:34:05

• "It's been a busy week and I've gathered quite a lot of gems that I want to feature here. Some of these aren't new and might be old news to some people, but I want to feature them anyway because you never know who might benefit from discovering these." gemini://thoughts.kobel.fyi/2026-01-31-gems-of-the-week.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:01:17

• "Yes, the Technology Connections [1] video “You are being misled about renewable energy technology [2]” is long, but like all his videos, they're worth watching for the indepth reporting he does on what otherwise might sound rather mundane. Here, he talks mostly about solar power, but the last third is, in my opinion, when he goes nuclear, needs to be watched." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/01/31.1    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:01:57

• "Good morning ~bartender, had a nice sleep? Second time in Brussels for Fosdem, second time in a bnb with steps so short it's difficult to climb frontally." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2781    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:02:34

• 🔤SpellBinding — GYLORVI Wordo: REACH gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-31.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:03:07

• "Few thinkers have had as big an impact on me as Alice Miller (1923-2010), a Polish-Swiss-French psychologist. She started out as a Freudian psychoanalyst, but moved away from Freud's theories and started to focus on childhood trauma. She was a radical advocate for the child and for the inner child of every adult." gemini://soviet.circumlunar.space/pjvm/notes/Miller.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:03:50

• 🖼️ xkcd: Proof Without Content #3201 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3201.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:05:12

• Child Sexual Abuse Allegations https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazon-edits-out-timothy-busfield-you-deserve-each-other-after-child-sexual-abuse-allegations-1772447    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:11:12

• Yet nobody will edit out Scam Altman https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:11:39

• Why is "attention" the only resource we give away for free? https://old.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/1qs1q78/why_is_attention_the_only_resource_we_give_away/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:19:03

• "HEY HI" nonsense https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/peloton-cuts-11-of-staff-months-after-ai-hardware-launch    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 18:58:18

• Striking Spanish Workers Just Showed That Amazon Is Not Invincible https://truthout.org/articles/striking-spanish-workers-just-showed-that-amazon-is-not-invincible/    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 19:05:41

• Retrospective on the Perl Development Release 5.43.7 https://blogs.perl.org/users/max_maischein/2026/01/retrospective-on-the-perl-development-release-5437.html    

posted Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 19:06:41