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  • Techrights in Spanish: Huelga en Oficina Europea de Patentes fue contundente y se establece “Plan de Lucha” https://arsenalterapeutico.com/2026/02/01/huelga-en-oficina-europea-de-patentes-tuvo-participacion-mayoritaria/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:00:38

  • North Korean leader fires vice premier, slams 'incompetent' officials https://www.dw.com/en/north-korean-leader-fires-vice-premier-slams-incompetent-officials/a-75573550    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:02:32

  • humble algae https://www.dw.com/en/how-bringing-back-a-humble-algae-to-arctic-waters-makes-all-the-difference/a-75182003    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:03:32

  • Neofetch Developer Actually Became A Farmer https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=HFJoU07hFrQ    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:04:16

  • EndeavourOS Explained: A Linux Distro That Makes Arch Simple https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=jvue_sMOT24    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:05:18

  • Microsoft FORCES Online Accounts https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=aEWb1otLVPo    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:05:24

  • Is Distro Hopping Bad? Here’s Why It’s Actually Great! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=zl97Ou2ggg8    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:05:44

  • Add Oomph to Your Linux Terminal With These 7 Tools https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=SGVnnRsF14E    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:06:07

  • I Used Linux for 8 Years: Here's What They Don't Tell You https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=EcKSdZ_ENeg    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:06:41

  • Slop ruins these https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=DjJb3lmJfG0    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:06:55

  • This is Why Linux Mint DESTROYS Windows for Productivity! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=B7nvDZR-a3A    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:07:10

  • Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” Cinnamon overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=3-AOxmt4lKQ    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:07:41

  • YouTube enjoys safe-harbour protection despite not removing further infringing content, says US Court of Appeals http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/youtube-enjoys-safe-harbour-protection.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:15:04

  • Attack U.S. Patent and Copyright Monopolies https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/22/time-for-europe-to-use-the-nuclear-option-attack-u-s-patent-and-copyright-monopolies/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:15:45

  • Copyrightability of Fonts https://matthewbutterick.com/chron/the-copyrightability-of-fonts-revisited.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:15:59

  • DOGE Employees Shared Social Security Data, Court Filing Shows https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/politics/doge-employees-social-security-data.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:18:02

  • Germany news: Berlin vows aggressive cybersecurity stance https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-berlin-vows-aggressive-cybersecurity-stance/live-75639462    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:19:42

  • Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (04/2026): Hardware in the Loop https://linmob.net/weekly-update-04-2026/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:24:17

  • The Android 'NexPhone': Linux on Demand, Dual-Boots Into Windows 11 - and Transforms Into a Workstation https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/01/25/060240/the-android-nexphone-linux-on-demand-dual-boots-into-windows-11---and-transforms-into-a-workstation    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:25:11

  • Laziness https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/01/24/2332205/former-canonical-developer-advocate-warns-snap-store-isnt-safe-after-slow-responses-to-malware-reports    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:25:55

  • "Making a return as of 25.1 is a dual-init setup with both systemd and SysVInit on the same ISO image. This drastically cuts the number of builds we do and also brings back a feature that was uniquely MX and many users enjoyed" https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-1-infinity-isos-now-available/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 04:37:19

  • Cyber criminals called THEMSELVES "Stallman", now people find a way to blame it on RMS or associate him with terrorism https://www.instagram.com/p/DUOkyHQiG0M/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 05:57:54

  • "Epstein Notes Suggested Bill Gates Engaged in Extramarital Sex" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/bill-gates-epstein.html http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/The_Epstein_Files_Don_t_Say_the_Ages_of_Those_Russian_Girls_Bil.shtml    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:32:26

  • "The Path to a Sovereign Tech Stack is Via a Commodified Tech Stack" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/31/0058200    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:32:41

  • iophk: WTF is this spin about? https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/journalist-don-lemon-indicted-and-arrested-over-disruption-at-church-service/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:33:01

  • "Danes Who Fought Alongside US Troops March Against Trump’s Comments" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/world/europe/denmark-military-march-us-troops.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:34:27

  • With unclear rules, the government can silence uncomfortable voices | "Med oklara regler kan makten tysta obekväma röster" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/31/med-oklara-regler-kan-makten-tysta-obekvama-roster/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:35:29

  • "General Staff: Russia has lost 1,240,680 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022" https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-240-680-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:35:45

  • "Pam Bondi Responded to Alex Pretti's Murder by Criminalizing Spitting" https://emptywheel.net/2026/01/31/pam-bondi-responded-to-alex-prettis-murder-by-criminalizing-spitting/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:36:01

  • "Federal Reserve 101 - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/federal-reserve-101    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:36:15

  • theverge took Microsoft bribes and made Bill Gates its editor; now it does "bill sez" pieces (lies) https://www.theverge.com/tech/871879/bill-gates-epstein-files-absolutely-absurd same as BillBC, the pedophiles' protector http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/31/BBC_Gaslights_Women_Sexually_Exploited_Many_Under_Legal_Age_for.shtml    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:37:22

  • Microsofters push slop plagiarism as "code" https://taoofmac.com/space/notes/2026/02/01/2130 https://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:37:53

  • iophk: FUD. The problem is the same for closed source AI [sic] too https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/01/opensource_ai_is_a_global/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:38:14

  • "Ukraine is leading a military revolution but needs more Western support" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-is-leading-a-military-revolution-but-needs-more-western-support/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:38:28

  • "I cancelled Disney Plus in September (though my annual sub runs until March)." ☛ https://chrismcleod.dev/blog/my-changing-media-landscape/ | Source: Chris McLeod    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:43:11

  • "an email to the University community" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/government/we-want-ice-out-of-sight-thousands-rally-for-salt-the-earth-protest/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:44:02

  • "hundreds of business shut down and thousands take to the streets" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/weekend-ice-protests-strike-shutdown.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:44:21

  • "On Jan. 24, 2026, CBP agents shot and killed 37-year-old Pretti, a U.S. citizen, on a public street in Minneapolis." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/31/im-a-former-fbi-agent-federal-agents-in-minneapolis-are-undermining-law-enforcement-principles/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:44:50

  • "During the tumultuous period that preceded the Civil War, the United States passed a series of bills that came to be collectively known as the Compromise of 1850." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-ice-should-have-learned-from-the-fugitive-slave-act | Source: New Yorker    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:45:12

  • "Organisers handed out plastic whistles, which participants blew as music blared from a van." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260131-creeping-fascism-milan-protesters-slam-ice-deployment-at-winter-olympics | Source: France24    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:45:23

  • "During the same period, the number of injured civilians was recorded at 11,021, student arrests at 94 cases, forced confessions at 296 cases, and summonses at 11,046 cases." ☛ https://www.en-hrana.org/day-thirty-six-of-the-protests-government-releases-list-of-names-and-state-tv-insults-those-killed/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:45:58

  • "Both men were assigned to Operation Metro Surge, an immigration enforcement dragnet launched in December that sent scores of armed and masked agents across the city." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-gutierrez | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:46:10

  • "The situation is no less shocking for having been at least partly predictable." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/09/why-the-dhs-disaster-in-minneapolis-was-predictable | Source: New Yorker    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:57:53

  • "The federal government’s decision last week to arrest the journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering a protest that took place in a Minnesota church was bad." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-press-is-the-governments-enemy | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:58:15

  • "On January 18th, protesters interrupted services at a Minnesota church after discovering its pastor leads a nearby ICE field office." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/30/journalists-don-lemon-georgia-fort-arrested-for-covering-mn-pop-up-church-protest/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:58:29

  • "Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:58:54

  • "Protesters around the world have since 2014 regularly gathered outside Russian embassies to demand that troops withdraw from Ukraine." ☛ https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/moscows-diplomats-asknbsposlo-to-stop-antiwar-protesters/444105 | Source: The Barents Observer    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:59:15

  • "Although the film has performed better than expected, it is still unlikely to recoup the $40 million Amazon MGM paid for it." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/melania-movie-box-office-results-b2911500.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 07:59:49

  • "To be fair, most people involved with Melania do seem to feel shame, if not the ones who matter." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/01/melania-trump-documentary-review/685829/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:00:11

  • "money you spent on your ticket will be funneled to Amazon, which might put it toward a seat at the inaugural high table for Mr. Jeff Bezos and Ms. Lauren Sánchez Bezos." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/melania-trump-documentary-horror-movie/685843/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:00:43

  • "it's political propaganda" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-01-31/melania-documentary-amazon-political-propaganda | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:01:01

  • "As a result, we’ve seen book value, largely in the form of intangibles, explode. But consistent with our writings over the past few weeks" ☛ https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/where-the-boys-are | Source: Michael Green    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:01:43

  • "general risk move" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/experts-bitcoins-crash-getting-started | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:02:15

  • "These high-speed corridors will connect Mumbai and Pune, Hyderabad and Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai, Chennai and Bengaluru" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/union-budget-2026-india-to-develop-7-high-speed-rail-corridors-nirmala-sitharamans-budget-10923356#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:02:38

  • "Muilenburg’s objectives were never met. In July 2018, the US Air Force awarded Boeing a contract to deliver two “mission-ready” presidential airplanes by 2024, fixing the price at $3.9 billion." ☛ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-boeing-severe-delays | Source: Vanity Fair    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:03:01

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posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:03:18

  • "How Can States Bring Costs Down?" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/business/energy-environment/energy-bills-costs-states-trump-power-plants.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:03:26

  • "Renewable energy is growing and setting world records" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-31/what-trump-cant-stop-renewable-energy-is-growing-and-setting-world-records.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:03:41

  • "The files, posted to the department’s website, include some of the several million pages of records that officials said were withheld from an initial release in December." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2026/0131/Largest-batch-yet-of-Epstein-files-released.-They-may-not-satisfy | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:04:20

  • "They’ve turned up a series of emails that Epstein wrote about Bill Gates and then sent to himself in 2013" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/new-epstein-files/685837/ | Source: The Atlantic http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/31/Is_Nobel_Prize_for_Peace_a_Sick_Person_s_Code_Word_for_Gangbang.shtml    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:05:01

  • "Well, he's dead" (so I can lie about what happened) - Bill Espteingate to PBS (which he bribes)    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:06:04

  • "The DOJ said it identified over 6 million potentially responsive pages but is releasing only about 3.5 million after review and redactions." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/31/jeffrey-epstein-unreleased-files | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:06:27

  • "Those efforts didn't begin when the Act was signed, Vanity Fair reported last March." ☛ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/epstein-files-release-doj-delay | Source: Vanity Fair    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:06:56

  • "Perhaps we were naive to think laws would stay the same and also not to have anticipated technological advancements." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/article/my-daughter-might-have-hundreds-of-half-siblings/7bh9zg9yq | Source: SBS    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:07:57

  • "From July 2024 to July 2025, US Census data released this week shows the total US population only grew by around 0.5 percent, or 1.8 million people" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/trump-population-immigration | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:08:23

  • "The National Crime Agency (NCA) Online Communications Centre will trawl through thousands of social media accounts as part of the campaign." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/illegal-migration-home-office-social-media-b2911708.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:11:54

  • "What follows is my attempt to document what these experiences have taught me about the psychology of evil" ☛ https://builders.genagorlin.com/p/the-psychology-of-evil | Source: Dr Gena Gorlin    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:12:10

  • "rollout of techno-fascism in america" ☛ https://abyss.fish/all_eyes_on_minneapolis |    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:12:29

  • "Teboe said that tech leaders across the political spectrum are starting to realize their complicity in current events" ☛ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/tech-right-minnesota-shooting | Source: Vanity Fair    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:12:47

  • "Most of the contributions we found fell into one of the two following categories: [...]" ☛ https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/what-do-people-do-when-they-edit-wikipedia-through-tor | Source: Benjamin Mako Hill    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:16:22

  • "In this post, I’ll share the steps I took and what I learned along the way." ☛ https://brandonrozek.com/blog/on-the-tor-network/ | Source: Brandon Rozek    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:16:41

  • [Old] "Post Office figures revealed the company handled a record £801m in personal cash withdrawals in July, with more than £3.3bn in cash deposited and withdrawn over the counter" ☛ https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2022/08/08/Consumers-turn-to-cash-to-manage-household-and-holiday-budgets/ |    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:17:21

  • [Old] "A recent poll conducted by the Morning Advertiser (MA) found of the 97 respondents 54 (56%) stated cash accounted for less than 25% of transactions in their pubs" ☛ https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2022/08/11/Cash-accounts-for-less-than-25-of-payments-in-pubs/ |    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:17:41

  • "He is offering all customers in his pubs who pay by cash through the next two months, a full five per cent off their bill." ☛ https://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/25764191.pub-landlords-discount-cash-payments-card-fees/ |    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:18:08

  • "Davies said the cost of the transactions meant him losing about £5 for every £50 made." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy1xxywlw9o | Source: BBC    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:18:32

  • Windows TCO: "Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have become an unfortunate routine part of the modern internet" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/botnet-smashes-ddos-traffic-record-at-31-4-tb-s-equivalent-to-streaming-2-2-million-netflix-4k-movies-at-once-attack-was-large-enough-to-take-entire-countries-offline | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:19:51

  • "Courts across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have made this clear: when officials use social media to conduct official business" ☛ https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/31/social-media-is-the-new-public-square-and-kentucky-law-lags-behind/ | Source: Kentucky Lantern    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:20:21

  • "planning to go on the offensive with a lobbying blitz" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-tech-industry-ads-data-center | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:21:13

  • "We have a major challenge ahead of us in figuring out what chatbots are suitable for in the long term." ☛ https://erikjohannes.no/posts/20260130-outsourcing-thinking/index.html |    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:21:29

  • "in the year of our lord 2026, we’re still dealing with these PRs, but we have far more data points about what’s going on and what the consequences are." ☛ https://basta.substack.com/p/the-imminent-risk-of-vibe-coding |    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:21:53

  • "The “Wicked” star and pop singer is the cover subject of the magazine’s latest issue. But people quickly spotted a problem with the original Vogue Japan cover photo: Ariana is sporting an uncanny six fingers on her left hand." ☛ https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/ariana-grande-vogue-cover-six-fingers-ai-1236646450/ | Source: Variety    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:22:15

  • "The second thing is that the claim in the abstract is about learning outcomes, skill formation, and efficiency gains." ☛ https://www.sicpers.info/2026/02/opinionated-read-how-ai-impacts-skill-formation/ | Source: SICP    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:22:33

  • "better than average" ☛ https://www.psypost.org/sycophantic-chatbots-inflate-peoples-perceptions-that-they-are-better-than-average/ | Source: PsyPost    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:22:50

  • "New research flagged by PsyPost suggests that the sycophantic machines are warping the self-perception and inflating the egos of their users" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-chatbots-dunning-kruger-machines | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:23:02

  • "And beneath the official jobs data is a growing accessibility crisis." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/job-ai-applications-markup | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:23:48

  • "In early 2024, executives at artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic ramped up an ambitious project they sought to keep quiet." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:24:44

  • "Anthropic shredded millions of physical books to train its Claude AI model — and new documents suggest that it was well aware of just how bad it would look if anyone found out." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/anthropic-destroying-books | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:25:23

  • "That is equal to 3.0 percent of GDP" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-bubble-wages-economy | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:26:29

  • [Old] "I want to focus on Salt Typhoon, obviously." ☛ https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/10E90402-9702-4677-941C-379465C3D0C3 | Source: US Senate    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:26:59

  • "Just months after his 20th birthday, Bill Gates had already angered the programmer community." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/50-years-ago-a-young-bill-gates-took-on-the-software-pirates/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:27:14

  • "Telegram is a messaging app that sits somewhere between WhatsApp, Discord, and a minimalist social network." ☛ https://greycoder.com/telegram-a-modern-cross-platform-messaging-app/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:27:39

  • "But in 2017, Uber abruptly decided that if you wanted them to deliver something, you also had to allow them to operate your online store, and let them take a percentage of that" ☛ https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/02/01.html | Source: DNA Lounge    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:27:55

  • "After some research, I found out that the issue is with Apple’s unilateral decision to change their SMB defaults (without apparently notifying anyone), and came across a few possible fixes." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/til/2026/02/01/1630 | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:28:17

  • "I check my phone a lot, often for no real reason. Maybe you do, too. Now, instead of finding incremental updates on today’s news" ☛ https://chrisamico.com/blog/2026-02-01/bookscrolling-doomscrolling/ | Source: Chris Amico    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:28:46

  • "My daughter will be born soon, and I’m reflecting on what that means for my OpenSource work." ☛ https://carlosbecker.com/posts/less/ | Source: Carlos Becker    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:28:58

  • "Internet fiber optic cables have layers of protection, including conduits or ducting, casing, and insulation" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-k-broadband-provider-bailout-scuppered-because-rats-chewed-through-its-cables-companys-fiber-network-reportedly-damaged-by-rodents-will-require-an-expensive-fix-to-get-it-up-and-running-again | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:29:41

  • "It was a 6 x 6cm single-lens reflex camera similar to the Hasselblad in design, style and size, but with several improvements over the original models." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/film-cameras/this-japanese-hasselblad-does-things-that-the-original-swedish-camera-simply-cant | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:29:55

  • "I just need some right-angled patch cables to save on space." ☛ https://colinwalker.blog/?date=2026-02-01#p1 | Source: Colin Walker    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:32:23

  • "For about 7 years Typewriter Muse has been operating out of a home-like space, but this weekend they opened a lovely brick and mortar location in Riverside" ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2026/02/01/grand-opening-of-typewriter-muse/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:32:35

  • "I occasionally speak at conferences and meetups. Below are some of my active talks that I am presenting." ☛ https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/talks | Source: Arjen Wiersma    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:33:04

  • "He invites participants also to post the Q&A on their own blogs, so here are his five questions and my five answers." ☛ https://bix.blog/posts/2026-02-01-indieweb-carnival-host-interview/ | Source: Bix Frankonis    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:33:33

  • "Of course, two significant things changed since then: [...]" ☛ https://danq.me/2026/02/01/without-bloganuary/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:33:46

  • "I don’t want all the hard work to disappear in a puff of smoke once I snuff it, so I’ve been thinking. Could this blog become a family heirloom?." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/will-they-inherit-our-blogs/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:34:24

  • "The final action in this very minimal shortcut is to copy it to the clipboard. This is useful since it’s easy to paste in the tools that I use to post my stuff, including the Drafts app." ☛ https://jarunmb.com/posts/shortcut-for-alt-txt | Source: MB    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:35:01

  • "I feel like I’ve careened between all of these extremes over the past 15 years." ☛ https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/01/15-years-of-blogging/ | Source: Nolan Lawson    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:35:18

  • "He was first licensed on March 15, 1954, as KN2HHR." ☛ https://www.arrl.org/news/view/former-fcc-official-john-b-johnston-w3be-silent-key | Source: ARRL    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:35:29

  • "This creates a new shell session which maintains a ‘runtime’ history so, it’s possible to navigate around but nothing is saved to .bash_history" ☛ https://twdev.blog/2026/02/bash_incognito/ | Source: Tomasz Wisniewski    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:36:19

  • "Your background jobs crash on deployment, fail silently, and corrupt data." ☛ https://lorbic.com/building-production-ready-background-workers-in-python/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:36:40

  • "The old saying points at a more general phenomenon: our engineering solutions to problems invariably add complexity." ☛ https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/01/31/ashby-taught-us-we-have-to-fight-fire-with-fire/ | Source: Lorin Hochstein    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:37:10

  • "The results vary quite a bit depending on the numbers being converted. But we find that the two implementations tend to do best: Dragonbox by Jeon and Schubfach by Giulietti." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/01/converting-floats-to-strings-quickly/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:39:00

  • "If we ponder this question, we quickly realize that technical debt is about cognitive load." ☛ https://www.ufried.com/blog/forget_technical_debt/ | Source: Uwe Friedrichsen    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:39:11

  • "For those unfamiliar, lld is the LLVM linker, supporting PE/COFF, ELF, Mach-O, and WebAssembly ports." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2026-02-01-lld-22-elf-changes | Source: MaskRay    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:39:23

  • "I have been using Git for all my career in the tech. I am habitual of the basic commands such as git add, commit, status, log and a few more that I use consistently." ☛ https://amanhimself.dev/blog/til-about-git-shortlog/ | Source: Aman Mittal    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:39:44

  • "Version 0.121 of Game of Trees has been released (and the port updated): [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260201110851 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:39:54

  • "The printer’s built around a 2000-Watt fiber laser welder from Skyfire, and the motion system came from a defunct secondhand 3D printer built by an out-of-business insole printing company." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/01/building-a-metal-3d-printer-with-a-laser-welder/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:42:05

  • "This DIY headset is known as the Persephone 3 Lite, and is intended for use with SteamVR. It’s got the requisite motion tracking thanks to a Raspberry Pi Pico, paired with an MPU6500 inertial measurement unit." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/01/a-diy-headset-for-steamvr/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:42:17

  • "Commands get from the UNO Q to the user’s computer through the onboard microcontroller. That sends commands to an RP2040-based development board, which appears as a standard USB HID to the computer." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/01/this-stream-deck-alternative-runs-on-an-arduino-uno-q/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:42:32

  • "Somewhere in the Alaska series by Nick Zentner the feed turned to swearing and beeps and bonks from the Mac, along with such statements as "never upgrade"." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/01/workflow.gmi    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:51:54

  • Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-02.gmi    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:52:32

  • "I spend some time in Cursor Agent (the CLI version of the Cursor IDE, I don't like really the IDE), and I also jump between Claude Code CLI, Ampcode, Gemini CLI, OpenAI Codex CLI, OpenCode, and Aider just to see how things are evolving. But for the next month I'll be with Cursor Agent." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-02-02-tmux-popup-editor-for-cursor-agent-prompts.gmi    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:53:44

  • "At almost-the-start of the new year, January 2nd, I got an email from an old friend: she'd moved her life and her family across the country, and was now living (roughly) where I was, a little ways out of the city; apologies for it having been so very long; would I like to get together and catch up?" gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/2-01.gmi    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 08:56:41

  • "It’s a neat mod that both increases safety, but keeps the battery on hand to let the system ride through minor power outages." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/01/limiting-battery-risk-on-repurposed-smartphones-with-postmarketos/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:18:59

  • "postmarketOS is an Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices and desktop computers" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=postmarketos | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:19:08

  • "However, most BGP communities are not standardized or documented, leaving researchers and operators no reliable way to interpret them" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/02/towards-understanding-city-level-routing-using-bgp-location-communities/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:19:34

  • [Old] "However, sometimes a feed URL can’t be found automagically." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2021/automatically-discoverable-rss-feeds/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:20:08

  • [Old] "Earlier this week I had a need to manually find a bunch of people's RSS feed links." ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/please-expose-your-rss/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:20:23

  • "If you're blogging and you want people to be able to subscribe to your content via RSS, it's important to make your RSS feed easily discoverable. Here are some resources that can help you add visible RSS links to your site: [...]" ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/blog/seeking-rss-links-favicons-and-descriptions/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:24:56

  • "Two years ago I added a simple XSL transformation to prettify RSS feed as it is shown when opened by a direct link." ☛ https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/site-update/ | Source: Victor Kropp    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:25:07

  • "then there’s the third way: you open the binary in ghidra and start naming functions." ☛ https://banteg.xyz/posts/crimsonland/ |    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:25:44

  • "As I have mentioned earlier, there are a number of ways to find potential spamtrap material" ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html | Source: BSDly    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:26:07

  • "In this article we will cover one of the newest features in Ironclad, type 2 virtualization support, design choices, uses, and the interfaces used." ☛ https://blog.ironclad-os.org/introducing-virtualization-support-to-ironclad/ |    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:29:13

  • "working for yourself means a career full of change, even when that change is bittersweet." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2026/02/leaving-mpu/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:29:38

  • "Layoffs? Which is really surprising for MSFT because they make so much more money than IBM!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgd3fjc9    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:38:24

  • "Fu-k no! I commute on IBM’s dime. You have to be smart about it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgc0nzhn    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:39:59

  • "If this is Ayman, he was with IBM for 32 years. During that time, people were in the office and expected to be in-person at meetings. People even drove between buildings to ensure they were in the room because if you joined remotely, you were forgotten. People who wanted to move-up knew they needed to be in the office everyday to have scheduled and informal interactions with the leaders." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgc0nzhn    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:40:21

  • IBM hiding misconduct. "without giving names can you share the kind of misconduct? I’ve heard a lot of references to this at the Albany site" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:41:16

  • "sorry to hear that. Take it as a sign. Your manager is not letting you move down a level because he knows in 6 months or less he will need names for the next layoff and he is already thinking of adding your name. Suggest you start looking for a new position now."    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:41:44

  • "IBM could easily install tracking software remotely on all laptops that tracks your work location and IP address. Alot of companies use https://www.activtrak.com/ " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf7gk191    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:42:15

  • "Arvind's entire focus is on quarterly financial engineering and PR soundbites. He doesn't have a strategic visionary bone in his entire body." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:44:26

  • "The only reason IBM "seems" to be doing ok now is because they sc--wed it's employees by getting rid of the 401k match and giving them the finger with an IOU." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:45:10

  • "Are IBM Strategies Aligned to 2026 IEEE Technology Predictions? Does [sic] IBM's products and services strategies align where technology is predicted to go in 2026 and beyond? See https://ieeecs-media.computer.org/media/tech-news/tech-predictions-report-2026.pdf?source=2026lp " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kge3nvz5    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:46:26

  • "Blockchain" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgccc8xd "Can't wait to see how much sales shrink in a few years when customers lose their appetites for AI. Perhaps quantum will be all the rage by that point."    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:47:28

  • "The $12.5B AI number is pure fiction. Just tagging legacy stuff as AI. Same as IBM did with CAMSS a decade ago and got sued over. Shareholders will figure it out eventually but AK/JK will be long gone by then and it will be the next guy's problem."    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:47:36

  • Nothing to do with "hey hi", just an excuse for commercial failures and soaring debt https://gulfnews.com/technology/oracle-mulls-laying-off-up-to-30000-employees-to-fund-ai-infra-report-1.500428620 https://finbox.com/NYSE:ORCL/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 09:49:13

  • "There have been no updates since, although it probably should get a rewrite for clarity one of these days as its clarity peters out at the end." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/yaml/hyphens-alone/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 14:46:54

  • "I use Homebrew to get a lot of random small programs that I otherwise never would have bothered to get. However, the output of `brew list | wc -l` is currently up to the mid-200s, and a lot of these are mere dependencies of things I actually care about." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/programs/from-homebrew/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 14:47:43

  • "This is in response to the post from SoftwarePagan. I found the bash script! You have to export a cookie and store it seperately and call it to log in. It's all done with curl basically. Hoping it now posts!" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2783    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 14:48:48

  • "I chose gemini because otherwise I tend to obsess about CSS or whatever and then I don't end up really writing. Even if my thoughts are scrambled and jumbled and next to no one reads them, it's still fun to write." gemini://gem.kai.gay/yokohama/day1.gmi    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 14:49:50

  • "Earthly life can be categorized into roughly three stages: Young Age (0-30), Middle Age (30-60), and Old Age (60-90)." gemini://gemini.zachdecook.com/capsule/2026-02-01-middle-age.gmi    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 14:50:58

  • "A quick look at some stats about gemini capsules. For those that aren't aware, gemini is a largely text-based, minimal internet protocol. It is part of what is sometimes called the "smolnet", an alternative to the mainstream web." gemini://spool-five.com/gemlog/2026-02-02_counting_capsules.gmi    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 14:52:21

  • This Stream Deck alternative runs on an Arduino UNO Q ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/01/this-stream-deck-alternative-runs-on-an-arduino-uno-q/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:01:09

  • Converting floats to strings quickly ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/01/converting-floats-to-strings-quickly/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:01:39

  • Towards understanding city-level routing using BGP location communities ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/02/towards-understanding-city-level-routing-using-bgp-location-communities/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:02:44

  • Benjamin Mako Hill: What do people do when they edit Wikipedia through Tor? ☞ https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/what-do-people-do-when-they-edit-wikipedia-through-tor    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:04:23

  • httpx – fast and multi-purpose HTTP toolkit ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/httpx-fast-multi-purpose-http-toolkit/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:06:35

  • Anvil – streamline tool installation and team onboarding ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/anvil-streamline-tool-installation-team-onboarding/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:06:52

  • Linux Lite 7.8 Released as New Lightweight & Ubuntu 24.04 Based Distro ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/linux-lite-7-8-released/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:14:59

  • Gentoo 20260201 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gentoo    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:15:47

  • Senpai 20260201 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/senpai    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:16:03

  • s3fs – mount an S3 bucket via FUSE ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/s3fs-mount-s3-bucket-fuse/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:16:23

  • 3 Top Free and Open Source Perl Web Frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-perl-web-frameworks/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:16:40

  • Flow – static type checker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flow-static-type-checker/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:16:59

  • 11 Best Free and Open Source Ray Tracing Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-ray-tracing-software/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:17:19

  • qq – jq but an interoperable configuration format transcoder ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/qq-jq-interoperable-configuration-format-transcoder/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:17:40

  • 6 Top Free and Open Source Ruby Web Frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-ruby-web-frameworks/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:21:02

  • Alternatives to popular CLI tools: jq – JSON processor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-jq/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:21:20

  • 12 Best Free and Open Source Digital Audio Workstations ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-digital-audio-workstations/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:21:51

  • Stratis – local storage management ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/stratis-local-storage-management/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:22:12

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

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:22:33

  • wvkbd – on-screen keyboard for wlroots ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wvkbd-on-screen-keyboard-wlroots/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:22:53

  • YuFi – lightweight Wi-Fi manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yufi-lightweight-wi-fi-manager/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:25:42

  • 11 Best Free and Open Source Virtual Keyboards ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-virtual-keyboards/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:25:51

  • Best Free and Open Source Software: January 2026 Updates ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software-january-2026-updates/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:26:01

  • zigfetch – system profiler ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zigfetch-system-profiler/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:32:29

  • Vipnix 20260201 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/vipnix    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:32:39

  • Puppy 260201 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/puppy    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:33:03

  • Sparky news 2026/01 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2026-01/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:34:35

  • AgarimOS 20260201 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/agarimos    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:36:33

  • blendOS 2026.02.01 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/blendos    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:36:49

  • Linux Release Roundup (January 2026) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/linux-release-roundup-january-2026    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:37:24

  • Resources 1.10 can now monitor AMD NPU usage on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/resources-amd-npu-monitoring-linux    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:37:39

  • Here's the most played games on Steam Deck for January 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/here-s-the-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-for-january-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:40:07

  • DietPi January 2026 Update Introduces Uptime Kuma, ownCloud Infinite Scale, and Debian 12 Baseline ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-january-2026-update-introduces-uptime-kuma-owncloud-infinite-scale-and-debian-12-baseline/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:41:14

  • Tria launches Linux-ready OSM-LF-IMX95 45 × 45 mm module ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/tria-launches-linux-ready-osm-lf-imx95-45-x-45-mm-module/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:42:09

  • Compact SMARC module combines Linux, AI, and vision on i.MX 8M Plus ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/compact-smarc-module-combines-linux-ai-and-vision-on-i-mx-8m-plus/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:42:21

  • Dr.Parted 26.02 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/drparted    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:42:41

  • Calam 2026-02 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calam    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:42:51

  • Arch 2026.02.01 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/arch    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:43:37

  • Young South Koreans show renewed interest in marriage: Survey ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/young-south-koreans-show-renewed-interest-in-marriage-survey    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:47:10

  • Tighter curbs at major Western education hubs may steer more students to South Korea: Study ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/tighter-curbs-at-major-education-hubs-may-steer-more-students-to-south-korea-report    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:47:32

  • Indonesia Lifts Ban on Grok After New Assurances From X Corp ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/asia/indonesia-lift-grok-ban.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:47:58

  • Graft busters freeze $320k in accounts over e-waste probe in Malaysia, seize $54k ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/graft-busters-freeze-320k-in-accounts-over-e-waste-probe-in-malaysia-seize-54k    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:48:31

  • Malaysia police probe ex‑Free Malaysia Today journalist, Chinese daily under Sedition Act ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-police-probe-ex-journalist-rex-tan-chinese-daily-under-sedition-act    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:49:11

  • ‘I have absolutely no connection whatsoever’: Malaysian PM Anwar on e-mail involving Epstein ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/i-have-absolutely-no-connection-whatsoever-malaysia-pm-anwar-on-e-mail-involving-epstein    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:49:46

  • Chinese cash in jewellery at automated gold recyclers as prices soar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-cash-in-jewellery-at-automated-gold-recyclers-as-prices-soar    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:50:08

  • China targets ‘rats’ stealing military funds after launch of high-profile probe into top generals ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-targets-rats-stealing-military-funds-after-purge    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:50:37

  • K-pop concerts face renewed uncertainty in Greater China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/k-pop-concerts-face-renewed-uncertainty-in-greater-china    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:51:03

  • Chinese cash in jewellery at automated gold recyclers as prices soar ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/01/chinese-cash-in-jewellery-at-automated-gold-recyclers-as-prices-soar/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:51:54

  • Critics of US need to explain Australia’s place in a China-dominated region ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/critics-of-us-need-to-explain-australias-place-in-china-dominated-region/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:52:20

  • Missing Link Between Parkinson's Protein And Damage to Brain Cells Discovered ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/missing-link-between-parkinsons-protein-and-damage-to-brain-cells-discovered    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:55:50

  • There's a Surprising Problem Behind The Modern Mindfulness Trend ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprising-problem-behind-the-modern-mindfulness-trend    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:56:01

  • 250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Our Unique Hearing ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/250-million-year-old-fossil-reveals-origins-of-our-unique-hearing    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:56:12

  • NASA Begins Practice Countdown For First Human Moon Mission Since 1972 ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-begins-practice-countdown-for-first-human-moon-mission-since-1972    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:56:28

  • Iguanas Drop From Florida's Trees as Record Cold Blasts Southern US ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/iguanas-drop-from-floridas-trees-as-record-cold-blasts-southern-us    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:56:51

  • Surgeons Kept a Man Alive With No Lungs For 48 Hours. Here's How. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surgeons-kept-a-man-alive-with-no-lungs-for-48-hours-heres-how    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:57:11

  • Nipah Virus Outbreak Has Asia on High Alert Amid Deaths in India ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nipah-virus-outbreak-has-asia-on-high-alert-amid-deaths-in-india    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:57:21

  • China accused of erasing Mongolian language and culture online, new study finds ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20260201-china-accused-of-erasing-mongolian-language-and-culture-online-new-study-finds    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:57:39

  • Utkarsh Gupta: FOSS Activities in January 2026 ☞ https://utkarsh2102.org/posts/foss-in-jan-26/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:58:17

  • AgarimOS 20260201 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/agarimos    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:59:22

  • AfagOS 20260201 is also released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/afagos    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 15:59:35

  • Shotcut 26.1 Released with Hardware Decoder for Export & Preview ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/shotcut-26-1-released-with-hardware-decoder-for-export-preview/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:00:53

  • New Study Examines How Often Hey Hi (AI) Psychosis Actually Happens, and the Results Are Not Good ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-study-anthropic-psychosis-disempowerement    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:06:38

  • Federal Courts Undercut Convicted Felon’s Mass Deportation Campaign ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/habeas-corpus-detainee-immigrant-trump-federal-courts.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:07:13

  • Egypt’s crackdown on online Religion discussions violates fundamental freedoms, Rights Group warns ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/egypts-crackdown-on-online-religion-discussions-violates-fundamental-freedoms-rights-group-warns/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:07:57

  • freedom is not the end ☞ https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-02-01-freedom-is-not-the-end.en.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:08:29

  • 15 years of blogging ☞ https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/01/15-years-of-blogging/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:09:12

  • Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/mamdani-nyc-delivery-apps    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:10:19

  • Japan taps rare earth-rich mud from deep-sea floor to cut reliance on China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260202-japan-rare-earth-found-sediment-deep-sea-mission    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:10:52

  • Resilience, cooperation, self-reliance: what the US’s strategies mean for the Indo-Pacific ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/resilience-cooperation-self-reliance-what-the-uss-strategies-mean-for-the-indo-pacific/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:11:21

  • Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks in Balochistan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/pakistan-says-92-militants-killed-after-attacks-in-balochistan    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:11:33

  • UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer ends China trip aimed at reset despite Convicted Felon warning ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/01/uk-prime-minister-keir-starmer-ends-china-trip-aimed-at-reset-despite-trump-warning/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:12:13

  • Syrian Kurdish forces announce curfew in northeast cities ahead of deal with Damascus ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260201-syrian-kurdish-forces-announce-curfew-northeast-cities-deal-damascus    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:12:37

  • The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/nude-photos-epstein-files.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:14:39

  • This Photo of Mars at Night Is Straight Up Haunting ☞ https://futurism.com/space/photo-mars-night-curiosity    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:19:19

  • New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Cairn - 2026-01-31 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-01-31-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:20:08

  • DSTIKE Hey Hi (AI) Home Security Sidekick – ESP32-S3 hacking tool with Wi-Fi, display, camera, and voice interaction ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/02/dstike-ai-home-security-sidekick-esp32-s3-hacking-tool-with-wi-fi-display-camera-and-voice-interaction/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:21:16

  • Living behind firewalls ☞ https://alirezahayati.com/2026/02/living-behind-firewalls/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:21:53

  • Junichi Uekawa: Got rid of documents I had for last year's Tax return. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2026-Feb-1.html.en#2026-Feb-1-14:54:23    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:22:20

  • Fusion HAT+ Review – Adding Hey Hi (AI) voice and servo/motor control to Raspberry Pi for robotics, Smart Home, or education ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/01/fusion-hat-review-adding-ai-voice-and-servo-motor-control-to-raspberry-pi-5-for-robotics-smart-home-and-education/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:23:01

  • Kernel prepatch 6.19-rc8 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056812/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:23:18

  • Open source IDE-ATAPI drive emulator launches for vintage computers — drop-in 3.5-inch bay solution can save oodles of optical and HDD images to a microSD ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/microsd-cards/open-source-ide-atapi-drive-emulator-launches-for-vintage-computers-drop-in-3-5-inch-bay-solution-can-save-oodles-of-optical-and-hdd-images-to-a-microsd    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:23:48

  • Opinionated Read: How Hey Hi (AI) Impacts Skill Formation ☞ https://www.sicpers.info/2026/02/opinionated-read-how-ai-impacts-skill-formation/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:24:18

  • Season of KDE 2026: Week 1 Progress for Automating Promo Data Collection ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/02/01/season-of-kde-2026-week-1-progress-for-automating-promo-data-collection/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:24:55

  • Former Surveillance Giant Google engineer convicted of stealing GPU and TPU trade secrets for 'Chinese interests' — tried to raise funding for his own start-up ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/former-google-engineer-convicted-of-stealing-gpu-and-tpu-trade-secrets    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:25:39

  • The Browser’s Little White Lies ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/browsers-white-lies/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:26:30

  • signal of awareness ☞ https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-02-01-signal-of-awareness.en.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:27:10

  • Why Targeting Iran Is Riskier Than Ousting Maduro ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/trump-iran-threats-venezuela-epstein-files.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:36:01

  • Gaza’s Rafah crossing prepares for partial opening ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2026/0201/Gaza-s-Rafah-crossing-prepares-for-partial-opening    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:36:11

  • Iran brands European armies 'terrorists' and warns of 'regional war' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/iran-brands-european-armies-terrorists-and-warns-of-regional-war    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:36:25

  • Malicious OpenClaw ‘skill’ targets crypto users on ClawHub — 14 malicious skills were uploaded to ClawHub last month ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/malicious-moltbot-skill-targets-crypto-users-on-clawhub    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:36:43

  • Tiling Shell 17.3 adds new tiling modes, touchscreen support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/tiling-shell-17-3-gnome-adaptive-snapping-update    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:37:18

  • Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 3 is Available to Download ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-snapshot-3-is-available-to-download/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:38:14

  • Fix open HTML filename with space char ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/fix-open-html-filename-with-space-char.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:38:44

  • How to Install Docker on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-docker-on-arch-linux/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:42:34

  • How to Install PostgreSQL on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-postgresql-on-arch-linux/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:42:56

  • How to Install SQLite on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-sqlite-on-arch-linux/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:43:22

  • How to Install Perl on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-perl-on-arch-linux/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:43:37

  • How To Install Feishin on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-feishin-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:44:01

  • How To Install Pikaur on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pikaur-manjaro/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:44:20

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

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:44:39

  • How To Install Realtek Wifi Drivers on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-realtek-wifi-drivers-fedora-43/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:44:55

  • China tells Russia’s security chief bilateral relations could ‘break new ground’ in 2026 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/shoigu-says-russia-supports-chinas-position-on-taiwan    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:45:12

  • MElon says 'unauthorised' Russian use of satellite-based Starlink internet stopped ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/elon-musk-says-unauthorised-russian-use-of-satellite-based-starlink-internet-stopped    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:45:23

  • SpaceX cuts Russian military link to Starlink satellites, MElon says ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/02/01/world-news/spacex-cuts-russian-military-link-to-starlink-satellites-elon-musk-says/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:45:38

  • Ukraine Peace Talks Delayed After Russia and U.S. Meet ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/europe/ukraine-russia-us-peace-talks.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:45:51

  • Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Energy Sector, Killing 12 Miners ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/europe/russia-strikes-ukraine-energy-sector-killing-12-miners.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:46:04

  • Starlink uses emergency fix to block Russian drones using its devices to bomb Ukraine — company looking for permanent solutions to stop unauthorized use of its service ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/starlink-uses-emergency-fix-to-block-russian-drones-using-its-devices-to-bomb-ukraine-company-looking-for-permanent-solutions-to-stop-unauthorized-use-of-its-service    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:46:18

  • Russia Hits Maternity Hospital In Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya, Kills 16 Miners In Dnipropetrovsk ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-peace-talks/33666126.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:46:34

  • Ukraine Awaits New Round Of Trilateral Talks As Deadly Russian Attacks Mount ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-ukraine-uae-negotiations-russia-witkoff/33666211.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:46:48

  • Ukraine: US envoy reports 'constructive' talks with Russia amid mass power outage in Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-us-envoy-reports-constructive-talks-with-russia-amid-mass-power-outage-in-kyiv    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:46:57

  • Russia strikes a maternity hospital and a miner's bus in Ukraine, killing at least 21 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-strikes-a-maternity-hospital-and-a-miner-s-bus-in-ukraine-killing-at-least-21    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:47:15

  • Russian drone strike on bus transporting Ukrainian energy sector workers kills 15 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260201-russian-drone-strike-bus-transporting-ukrainian-energy-sector-workers-kills-15    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:47:26

  • Why Is Taking the Rest of the Donetsk Region So Important to Putin? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/europe/putin-ukraine-donbas-donetsk.html    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:48:09

  • data disappears once it is read, requiring special handling ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/usb-flash-drives/researcher-builds-bizarre-128-byte-usb-drive-the-size-of-a-dinner-plate-using-ancient-pre-semiconductor-magnetic-core-memory-technology-data-disappears-once-it-is-read-requiring-special-handling    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:48:53

  • California tech company moving headquarters to Florida in another devastating blow ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/02/01/tech/california-tech-company-moving-headquarters-to-florida/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:49:30

  • 6/21/26: Solartopia: Ukraine at the Brink of Atomic Apocalypse ☞ https://howiehawkins.us/6-21-26-solartopia-ukraine-at-the-brink-of-atomic-apocalypse/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:49:56

  • Wasm at 10, What Lies Ahead ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/wasm-at-10-what-lies-ahead/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:50:18

  • Have Your Bot Call My Bot | LINUX Unplugged 652 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/652/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:53:08

  • Voters in Japan less likely to support female politicians wearing masks: Survey ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/voters-in-japan-less-likely-to-support-female-politicians-wearing-masks-survey    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:54:15

  • freq-modern: I wanted freq51 back ☞ https://azouhr.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/freq-modern-i-wanted-freq51-back/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:55:20

  • Microsoft Systemd https://www.howtogeek.com/ditch-cron-3-ways-to-schedule-scripts-with-systemd-timers-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:56:53

  • I’ve tested dozens of Linux distros, and these 3 are the only ones I’d put on a laptop https://www.howtogeek.com/best-linux-distros-for-laptops/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 16:57:17

  • This cool Linux app lets you play YouTube music from your terminal https://www.xda-developers.com/this-cool-linux-app-lets-you-play-youtube-music-from-your-terminal/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 17:00:05

  • Linux has a price, it's just not money https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-has-a-price-its-just-not-money/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 17:00:45

  • Galaxy S26 Ultra may run full version of Linux Terminal https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-s26-ultra-may-offer-linux-terminal-support/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 17:02:29

  • 8 “hidden” terminal features that make Linux feel like a power-user OS https://www.howtogeek.com/hidden-terminal-features-that-make-linux-feel-like-a-power-user-os/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 17:02:52

  • The Galaxy S26 Ultra might finally get this Android feature the S25 missed https://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s26-ultra-android-virtualization-framework-linux-terminal-apk-teardown-3636977/    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 17:03:10

  • Windows down big time https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-200902-202602    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 19:01:03

  • All-time lows in some places https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/australia/#monthly-200902-202602    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 19:01:43

  • OSI Europe peddles MS GitHub: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems/F33369993_en bribed by Microsoft, so....    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 19:30:35

  • "Young people follow daily news [sic] more actively than before, survey finds"; iophk: ... for some values of 'news' ; on ByteDance's Tiktok it's propaganda dressed as news https://yle.fi/a/74-20207798    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 19:30:56

  • tuxmachines is linked to quite a lot by google's slop "overviews", which moreover replicate what tuxmachines is publishing    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 19:32:49

  • "It’s always behind as well chasing the trends or just trying to catch up" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kge3nvz5    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 19:51:49

  • "IBM is an entity, led by a tribe of cabal thieves. The current Indians tribe running IBM does not care about predictions by some academics. The cabal of IBM executives cares mostly about short term gains for themselves to collect fat bonuses. The Indians move most of the technology and know-how to India, They most likely plans to return to India to profit from the loot (stolen from the US workforce)."    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 19:51:55

  • "Spot On ! Alvind is just another worthless Indian CEO who likes to show off that he knows more than he actually does, and that he is driving force behind the technologies of tomorrow. He talks a good game on the chat shows but there is no substance behind what he says about IBM. IBM descends into mediocrity and isn't anywhere to be considered one of the Top 10 technology companies."    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 19:52:56

  • "The situation is simply IBM executives playing musical chairs on the sinking IBM Titanic." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 19:53:03

  • Microsoft running low on cash https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/MSFT/microsoft/cash-on-hand    

posted Monday, February 02, 2026 at 20:09:50
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