Roy Schestowitz

• Open source for phones: postmarketOS [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1055391/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1055391/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 02:58:43

• Linux Kernel Runtime Guard reaches its 1.0 release https://lwn.net/Articles/1049295/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 02:59:22

• Filesystem medley: EROFS, NTFS, and XFS https://lwn.net/Articles/1055062/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 03:00:49

• Fedora and GPG 2.5 https://lwn.net/Articles/1055053/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 03:02:15

• Implicit arguments for BPF kfuncs https://lwn.net/Articles/1055559/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 03:02:47

• Bumped up by Google today: Microsoft cuts deeper into its workforce with another major round of layoffs https://www.aol.com/microsoft-cuts-deeper-workforce-another-165819949.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 03:09:44

• Workday reveals around 400 staff soon won't have to work another day https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/workday_layoffs_400_jobs/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 03:11:14

• Has Jeff Bezos run out of money... or? https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/washington-post-lays-off-amazon-com-reporter-odonovan/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 03:11:54

• Jeff Bezos-Owned Washington Post Slashes a Third of Its Workforce https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/jeff-bezos-owned-washington-post-slashes-one-third-of-its-workforce/91297686    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 03:12:25

• Jeff Bezos fires Washington Post reporter tasked with covering AMAZON as part of devastating new cuts https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15528299/amp/Washington-Post-Layoffs-Amazon-reporter-fired-Caroline-ODonovan.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 03:13:01

• "I never expected people to understand this, but I am, and have been, under coersion from a Portuguese court decision, that degrades (a lot) my overall mood." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-02-04__Since_coersion.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:04:33

• "Mechanical engineering student Efaz Bhuiyn has built a device to help busy people workout just about anywhere — and charge a phone while doing it: a 3D-printed workout machine that doubles as a generator." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260204-workout.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:05:19

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1557.jpg    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:06:18

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1907.jpg    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:06:24

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-05.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:06:49

• "I keep wanting to give an update on my little LVDT project, but I have had a lot of trouble getting the precision rectifier to work. This is the part that converts the signals from the secondary windings into DC voltages." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260204-0.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:07:32

• "I had ahead start at not spending this year because I was in hospital. I live in a country where healthcare is free at the point of use. Some people don't like this idea. WTF?" gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-02-04_Spending.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:08:19

• review_bombing_and_star_war   

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:10:04

• "People hate Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, but does that mean they can't judge their products harshly because of the men who made them?" gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260204-review_bombing_and_star_wars.txt    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:10:13

• Un día para recordar gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/relatos/undiapararecordar.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:11:52

• "There are a lot of "color comments" in the source code for ex-vi, which may lead one to wonder how the code works at all, or has as few crashes as it does. However, some of these comments may be lost in translation." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/04/lost-in-translation.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:12:44

• Movies Game gemini://jeffrey.cam/movies-game/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:13:27

• Adania Shibli gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/resenas/undetallemenor.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:13:50

• I am so annoyed with MSFT…. Seriously considering moving elsewhere. This is just poor service. https://old.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1qw4dd8/i_am_so_annoyed_with_msft_seriously_considering/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:16:46

• ANon: This morning it occurred to me to wonder how much of the liquidation of IBM by its own management is due to them being implicated multiple times in the Epstein files.    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:21:24

• We have article covering IBM+EPO shortly    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:21:57

• "As soon as I get the RSU shares, I dump them the next day. I do not pay from my own money to pay for IBM stock garbage." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:24:19

• "I am so glad I dump all my IBM stock at $318 a share... loving it!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 04:24:50

• On IBM's demolition: "Because those cosplaying as leaders and executives are burning the company for exceedingly short term stock boosts, it looks like they are liquidating the whole company for some personal, emergency cash."    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 05:00:23

• Third-world level stuff: "Savannah Guthrie ransom notes received by TMZ, CBS affiliate" https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/04/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-tmz-cbs-kold/88505697007/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 05:00:50

• "FWIW the CIA World Factbook has been rugpulled. The site is gone, no warning." -Anon. Odd, is that because apache2 is expensive to keep going? "More like facts are not relevant in the Kremlin administration's world view. The Kremlin based party has not operated in a fact based manner since at least Little Bush but also to a certain extent the Reagan administration too."    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 05:44:59

• "Here is a success story: MS has turned a small cottage industry into a global giant with a multi-billion $ per year turnover: :P" -Anon https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-attacks-soar-30-percent/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:10:12

• Explaining the Letter From JUDGE SYKES FRIXOU, Threatening Me Around the Time GNOME's Nat Friedman Lost His CEO Job at Microsoft GitHub and His Best Friend Got Arrested for Strangulation http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Explaining_the_Letter_From_JUDGE_SYKES_FRIXOU_Threatening_Me_Ar.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:13:17

• "NVIDIA has asked a federal court to dismiss an expanded copyright lawsuit" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contact-with-annas-archive-doesnt-prove-copyright-infringement/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:16:34

• "Secure Boot on an Apple silicon Mac is unlike anything you’ve seen in the past" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2026/02/03/what-happens-in-early-kernel-boot-on-apple-silicon/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:17:02

• "Periods of armed conflict often lead to renewed scrutiny of how the Internet functions and of the organisations involved in its coordination." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/internet-coordination-in-times-of-war/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:17:33

• " 100 technology-related employees lost their collective bargaining protections" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/education-department-technology-chief-information-officer-union-collective-bargaining-agreement-trump-administration-protection-executive-order/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:21:13

• "As a government professor who studies policing and state security forces, I believe it’s clear that ICE meets many but not all of the most salient definitions." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/ice-is-a-paramilitary-force-and-those-dont-end-well/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:21:25

• "But I think the focus should be on the petitioners– the folks who were detained who had no criminal records and were ordered released by the courts." ☛ https://json.blog/2026/02/04/just-the-conditions-of-his.html | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:21:38

• "The New York Times is addicted to bothsidesing." ☛ https://fair.org/home/at-nyt-pretending-you-dont-know-makes-you-a-real-reporter/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:23:26

• "In Minneapolis, years of robust labor and community organizing set the stage for the fierce pushback against federal immigration agents’ aggressive invasion" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/02/minneapolis-ice-protest-organizers-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:23:38

• "The protests call for an overthrow of the government and come after what protesters say is a long history of oppression and violence from the regime." ☛ https://sundial.csun.edu/205653/news/theyre-dancing-on-dead-bodies-irans-internet-blackout-nears-4-weeks/ | Source: California State University Northridge    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:23:56

• "Unfortunately, there is a gaping hole in the rule of law: when a federal agent violates the U.S. Constitution, it is increasingly difficult to sue them for damages." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/protecting-our-right-sue-federal-agents-who-violate-constitution | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:24:10

• "The legal foundation of American journalism contains a fundamental tension that Hermes emphasized repeatedly." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/palabra/2026/02/first-amendment-offers-limited-protection-for-newsgathering-expert-says.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:24:35

• "“Nearly all” news departments are being affected, executive editor Matt Murray told staff (read his full memo below)." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/washington-post-cuts-one-third-of-all-staff-newsroom-sports-books-foreign/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:24:49

• "The Washington Post’s decision to slash a third of its staff prompted an outcry in Washington and around the world." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/02/04/2026/post-cuts-ripple-through-us-journalism-industry | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:46:16

• "one of Natanson’s alleged sources who had contacted her via the Signal messaging app." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/fbi-spied-on-washington-post-reporter-prior-to-raiding-their-home/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:46:35

• "Let’s be clear: billionaires like Jeff Bezos don’t want a functioning press." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/jeff-bezos-is-destroying-whats-left-of-the-washington-post-to-please-our-dim-unpopular-autocrats/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:47:11

• "Inama is represented by attorneys Elijah Watkins and Aaron Bell of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, as well as local attorneys Latonia Keith and McKay Cunningham." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/idaho-teacher-sues-over-banned-everyone-is-welcome-poster/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:47:34

• "Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Sylvania Republican Sen. Max Burns, changes an exemption in state law dealing with the distribution of harmful materials to minors" ☛ https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/georgia-librarians-could-face-criminal-charges-for-harmful-materials/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:48:01

• "The argument? Higher management takes decisions on the basis of aggregated data that provide only an indirect" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/04/a-modest-proposal-for-the-use-of-ai/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:49:15

• "After getting the kids to school, walking the dog, prepping some rice for supper, and warming up my coffee (again), I opened the old RSS reader to see Dave Rupert" ☛ https://chrisenns.com/2026/02/everything-is-awful-and-why-isnt-anybody-doing-anything-about-it/ | Source: Chris Enns    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:49:31

• "That said, on Sunday at FOSDEM 2026 here in Brussels, Alexey Milovidov, co-founder and CTO of ClickHouse was very precise about what interested him" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/the-weird-things-that-happened-when-clickhouse-replaced-c-with-rust/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:50:13

• "That’s why the Heisman decided using a form of ranked choice voting." ☛ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/02/ranked-choice-voting-works-for-the-heisman-can-work-for-indiana-too/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:50:45

• "Researchers from Japan have made a new system that can convert waste heat into electricity." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/waste-heat-electricity-thermoelectric-material | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:51:25

• "It’s a fight flaring across the country, in red and blue states, from Oklahoma to Indiana to Pennsylvania, pitting big tech companies and their partners" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0204/data-centers-AI-electricity-costs | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:52:02

• "The Army recently published a Request For Information on Autonomous Decontamination Systems (ADS) to see what might be out there in the existing commercial market" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/army_bots_cleanup_ai_biological_chemical/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:52:15

• "There have been a lot of complaints about both the competency and the logic behind the latest Epstein archive release by the DoJ" ☛ https://neosmart.net/blog/recreating-epstein-pdfs-from-raw-encoded-attachments/ | Source: Neo Smart    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:52:59

• "Sloppy redaction leads to explosive claims, and difficult reputational consequences for cybersecurity vendors" ☛ https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-453/ | Source: Graham Cluley    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:53:15

• "Okay, that’s the technological side. What about the political / social aspect?" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/03/occasional-reason-to-be-cheerful-babies/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:53:49

• "RIT has so far moved about 8,500 of 25,000 government workstations to its cloud computing service and plans to increase this to 15,000 over the next two years" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/estonia_hedges_its_bets_on/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:56:25

• "Our children’s brains are not for sale — neither to American platforms nor to Chinese networks. Their dreams must not be dictated by algorithms." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/social-media-ban-for-children-france/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:56:49

• "The Spain ban social media decision reflects a wider global shift: governments are finally admitting that social media has become too powerful" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/spain-ban-social-media-platforms-kids/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:57:10

• "Failure to obey any court order will immediately terminate all funding for ICE or the Border Patrol" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/reining-in-ice | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:57:37

• "But it turns out that predictions of creeping authoritarianism both underestimated and overestimated MAGA." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/american-democracy-will-not-die-in | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:57:56

• "ISM has developed significant new sources of income through kidnapping for ransom, extortion, and by taking over artisanal and small-scale mining operations" ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/02/islamic-state-expands-funding-in-mozambique/ | Source: ADF    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:58:10

• "In democracies, journalists don’t get arrested" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/democracy-harvard-political-science | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:58:26

• "As news organizations, press freedom groups, and constitutional experts denounced the arrests as a brazen First Amendment violation" ☛ https://www.status.news/p/don-lemon-arrested-authoritarianism-donald-trump | Source: Status News LLC    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 07:58:50

• "It does not mean perfect anonymity—but it’s far better than paying with your Visa and real home address." ☛ https://greycoder.com/the-best-seedbox-providers-where-you-can-create-anonymous-accounts/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:00:52

• Windows TCO: "ReliaQuest Threat Research published research today detailing how attackers lured multiple users into running a Windows screensaver file" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/attackers-use-screensavers-drop-malware-rmm-tools | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:02:09

• Windows TCO: "Ransomware groups claimed 2,018 attacks in the last three months of 2025, averaging just under 673 a month to end a record-setting year." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-attacks-soar-30-percent/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:02:21

• Windows TCO: "Member groups are free to operate independently while also having access to DragonForce's considerable resources and services" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ransomware-gang-full-godfather-cartel | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:02:31

• "This article is the second in a two-part series on AI disclosures in scholarly publishing." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/why-authors-arent-disclosing-ai-use-and-what-publishers-should-not-do-about-it-part-2/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:04:27

• "Before you read this post, ask yourself a question: When was the last time you truly thought hard?" ☛ https://www.jernesto.com/articles/thinking_hard |    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:04:39

• "A comic in four panels: [...]" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1119/everywhere | Source: David Revoy    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:04:50

• "They note that the prevalence of moderate to severe “disempowerment” is increasing over time" ☛ https://aphyr.com/posts/405-trudging-through-nonsense | Source: Kyle Kingsbury    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:05:12

• "They note that the prevalence of moderate to severe “disempowerment” is increasing over time" ☛ https://aphyr.com/posts/405-trudging-through-nonsense | Source: Kyle Kingsbury    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:05:28

• "French police raided the offices of the X social media platform today as European investigations grew into nonconsensual sexual deepfakes and potential child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated by X’s Grok AI chatbot." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/french-police-raid-x-grok-investigations/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:06:12

• "That's likely a conservative estimate too, says Tollbit, as AI bots just keep getting better at seeming like humans when they navigate a website." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/ai_bot_traffic_web_browsers/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:06:34

• "PowerGPU, a system integrator known for its high-performance gaming PCs, just issued a devastating price warning on social media." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/pc-vendor-warns-of-upcoming-price-hikes-due-to-ssd-and-memory-volatility-powergpu-to-pass-costs-to-customers-once-existing-inventory-depletes | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:06:53

• "Another issue with LLMs, that of “hallucinated citations,” or “HalluCitations,” is well known." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/openais-new-scientific-writing-and-collaboration-workspace-prism-raises-fears-of-vibe-coded-academic-ai-slop/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:07:14

• "Google Authenticator on iOS, Android, and Blackberry." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/itch-io-outdated-totp-2fa-app-recommendations/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:07:53

• "Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state [attackers]" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/notepad-plus-plus-china-hackers-update-infrastructure/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:08:07

• "Salt Typhoon’s intrusion into telecom networks exposed major security weaknesses and put sensitive communications and data belonging to U.S. politicians and policymakers at risk." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/cantwell-claims-telecoms-blocked-release-of-salt-typhoon-report/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:08:27

• "As a result, I wrote to Mandiant requesting copies of these reports and other relevant documentation." ☛ https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/DA339F69-7721-4625-86AF-4551C2A83402 | Source: US Senate    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:09:04

• "The finding specifically concerns the group's malware that targets VMware ESXi." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/nitrogen_ransomware_broken_decryptor/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:09:25

• "All social media and news is off the phone and onto the MacBook so I don’t immediately have it." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/04/using-mostly-analog-tools/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:09:59

• "Now that the month has passed, I'm back to report that it continued like the first post ended" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/caffeine-conclusion/ | Source: Ava    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:10:11

• "In this narration, I will focus on only a subset of the MIPS-based systems. You might want to keep an eye on the timeline page as well." ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/sgi1.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:11:03

• "This puts the Switch just 5 million units short of the PlayStation 2, the top selling game system of all time." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/the-massive-success-of-the-nintendo-switch/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:13:42

• "In my latest report, I mentioned a workaround to intermittent system freeze issue via general purpose event (GPE) interrupt blocking or masking" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-titan-report-8.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:13:56

• "I had time to kill so I wandered around the library finding memories in the stacks including the 1987 STOC Proceedings, home to my first conference paper" ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/02/sampling-oxford-cs-library.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:14:19

• "I screenshotted this glyph after blowing it up quite large, then inserted it inline with text as an image, adjusted its size" ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/word-alt-text-on-a-character-glyph/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:14:47

• "There is a new HTML element called geolocation. I checked it out and here's what I learned." ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/geolocation-element | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:24:58

• "Date and time management libraries in many programming languages are famously bad." ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/date-arithmetic-in-bash | Source: Miguel Grinberg    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:25:27

• "One of the reasons that you don’t hear about Perl in the headlines is its reliability." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/ | Source: Perl    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:39:47

• "FOSDEM 2026 ran last weekend in Brussels with its usual dense schedule of talks across open source projects and communities." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/04/package-management-at-fosdem-2026.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:40:10

• "AI is bringing an existential threat to a lot of B2B SaaS executives: How to keep asking customers for renewal, when every customer feels they can get something better built with vibe-coded AI products?" ☛ https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-killing-b2b-saas | Source: Namanyay Goel    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:40:20

• "Time is time. We tend to think it’s simple to deal with it. But it’s more complex than it sounds. Both in programming and in real life" ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/02/04/clocks-part-10-conclusion | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:40:29

• "In a bizarre act of cultural vandalism they've not just removed the entire site (including the archives of previous versions)" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:43:26

• "One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset." ☛ https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/ |    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:43:45

• "2026 is my 3rd FOSDEM attendance. And like most veterans of the events, I started to appreciate the people more than the talks." ☛ https://sluongng.substack.com/p/fosdem-26-my-hallway-track-takeaways | Source: Son Luong Ngoc    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:44:33

• "This year, I went with a coworker of mine, Timo, who’s also quite active in the open source space." ☛ https://hacdias.com/2026/02/04/fosdem/ | Source: Henrique Dias    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:44:46

• Misleading / lying accepted by officials: https://www.hbl.fi/2026-02-05/microsoft-trump-kan-inte-stanga-digitala-tjanster-i-europa/ Sompi, any input on this?    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:45:13

• "The story so far: WithKnown lost my images, and my previous experience was not as helpful as I hoped. Back to the blow-by-blow troubleshooting" ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/images-have-reappeared | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:45:33

• "A growing number of websites, burned from an unhealthy relationship with Facebook (a company too large and incompetent to function)" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/whoops-websites-realize-that-killing-their-comment-sections-was-a-mistake/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:55:20

• "Here is how I view SQLite’s strengths, and how a hosted version undermines them. Even SQLite documentation states that once there’s a network boundary..." ☛ https://monroeclinton.com/i-dont-buy-sqlite-in-the-cloud/ | Source: Monroe Clinton    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 08:55:41

• "Tor Browser 16.0a2 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a2/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:04:49

• "I'm writing these words remotely via SSH using Zed's remote development feature. It's pretty cool" ☛ https://sals.place/remote-editing-in-zed/ | Source: Sal    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:06:08

• "But it required me to buy myself a new one, as having a phone is now a civic duty." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/my-new-mobile-phone/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:06:37

• "We like this project, because it solves something we’ve all encountered at one time or another, and it does so in a novel way." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/a-keyboard-for-anything-without-a-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:07:08

• "Essentially, this is an ortholinear split with a built-in roller bar mouse, which basically acts like a cylindrical trackball." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-rollermouse-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:07:18

• "they use the GNOME forum to make a public libel attack against Sonny Piers" ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/sexism-gnome-shaming-men-hiding-women/ | Source: Daniel Pocock    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:08:12

• "An interesting change to IP behavior landed in FreeBSD 15, as I discovered by accident." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/SocketConnectToAnyMeaning | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:08:37

• "Today, instead of talking about the things we can do with ZFS, let’s talk about OpenZFS monitoring and observability" ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-monitoring-and-observability-what-to-track-and-why-it-matters/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:09:02

• "This week Jonathan chats with Olaf Andreas Schulte and Lars Kiesow about Opencast, the video management system for education" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/floss-weekly-episode-863-opencast-that-code-is-there-for-a-reason/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:09:30

• "COSMIC feature priorities are organized into Epochs, with each Epoch representing roughly six to eight months of focused development" ☛ https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-2-and-3-roadmap/ | Source: System76    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:10:21

• Steam Machine - Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-machine-steam-frame-faq-ram-and-storage-crisis-to-blame-for-no-pricing-or-dates/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:19:28

• Winnie's Hole is a delightfully grim roguelite now in Early Access | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/winnies-hole-is-a-delightfully-grim-roguelite-now-in-early-access/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:20:01

• Hyperslice is a fast, focused and extremely fun action arena roguelite | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/hyperslice-is-a-fast-focused-and-extremely-fun-action-arena-roguelite/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:20:50

• "This Looks Exactly Like A Massive Cover-Up" | Whitney Webb https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Gsw2byNTHak Anon: "she does explain why mainstream media avoids the topics, and the fact that she is covering this means the info is reaching new parts of the public"    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:21:53

• Google's Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/googles-project-genie-experiment-allows-creating-interactive-worlds-with-generative-ai/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:23:26

• Epic Games Store saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/epic-games-store-saw-a-57-percent-increase-in-purchases-for-third-party-pc-games-in-2025/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:23:47

• Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy remaster gets a big upgrade | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/sphinx-and-the-cursed-mummy-remaster-gets-a-big-upgrade/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:24:25

• "When 20-Year-Old Bill Gates Fought the 'Thieves' Who Stole His First Code" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/1228214    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:24:47

• "'You cannot reward monsters' — US lawmakers demand increased pressure on Russia" https://kyivindependent.com/us-lawmakers-demand-increased-pressure-on-russia/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:25:01

• Large majority now sees the US as an adversary - not as an ally | "Stort flertal ser nu USA som modstander - ikke som allieret | Politik | DR" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/stort-flertal-ser-nu-usa-som-modstander-ikke-som-allieret    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:25:30

• "Let's Do a Detailed Review of Zorin -- Is This Good for Ex-Windows Users?" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Let's-Do-a-Detailed-Review-of-Zorin----Is-This-Good-for-Ex-Windows-Users-:6    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:25:44

• GAFAM site's false dichotomy. the correct answer is "none of the above" https://thenewstack.io/github-agent-hq/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:26:14

• "Hail, Caesar? Hell, No - by Jay Nordlinger - The Next Move" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/hail-caesar-hell-no    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:26:37

• iophk: wrongly asserts there can be beneficial uses without the negatives https://criticaledtech.com/2026/02/05/dealing-with-the-educational-impact-of-australias-social-media-ban/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:26:58

• "Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/profiles-in-cowardice-tariff-edition    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:27:11

• "Une perquisition est diligentée ce jour dans les locaux français de la plateforme X" https://www.tribunal-de-paris.justice.fr/sites/default/files/2026-02/20260203CPXFrance.pdf    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:27:48

• "Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-elections-fulton-county/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:28:09

• "Tariff Man Tumbles, Fumbles and Bumbles on Trade | Washington Spectator" https://washingtonspectator.org/tariff-man-tumbles-fumbles-and-bumbles-on-trade/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:28:23

• "Saudi steps up efforts to bring in dollars" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/03/2026/saudi-steps-up-efforts-to-bring-in-dollars    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:28:45

• EFF boosting sh-t and slop. WTH, EFF???? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/smart-ai-policy-means-understanding-its-real-harms-and-benefits https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/31/Google_Bribes_EFF_EFF_Promotes_LLM_Slop_as_Fair_Use_To_GAFAM_It.shtml    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:29:46

• Delivery - Beyond is a free new chaotic physics-based co-op game | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/delivery-beyond-is-a-free-new-chaotic-physics-based-co-op-game/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:30:10

• Resident Evil Village and more available in Humble Choice for February 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/resident-evil-village-and-more-available-in-humble-choice-for-february-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:31:08

• AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/amd-say-the-steam-machine-is-on-track-for-an-early-2026-release/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/amd-say-the-steam-machine-is-on-track-for-an-early-2026-release/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:31:37

• "The meeting, accessible on the project’s Jitsi channel, follows a recent draft proposal that outlines structural changes to how the project manages technical and community decisions" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/04/comm-to-discuss-new-gov-proposal/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:57:18

• Canonical is selling Microsoft and slop. How very shameful. ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/sql-server-2025-on-ubuntu | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:57:54

• "To prepare for a quantum future, RHEL 10.1 improves defenses against such “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks and introduces post-quantum signatures for its packages." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-post-quantum-cryptography-rhel-101 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 09:58:15

• slave labor making foreign investors even more rich: https://yle.fi/a/7-10092748    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 13:52:09

• Boeing layoffs: Aircraft maker cuts 300 defence supply-chain jobs https://www.firstpost.com/tech/layoffs-2026-boeing-to-cut-300-defence-supply-chain-jobs-as-workforce-reshapes-13976599.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 13:54:55

• evolution of sleep https://theconversation.com/what-an-ancient-jellyfish-can-teach-us-about-the-evolution-of-sleep-273307    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:02:49

• Now we know different https://theconversation.com/scientists-once-thought-the-brain-couldnt-be-changed-now-we-know-different-271252    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:03:12

• Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge https://theconversation.com/regulating-sexual-content-online-has-always-been-a-challenge-how-we-got-here-274149    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:04:39

• Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate – but public understanding lags behind https://theconversation.com/facial-recognition-technology-used-by-police-is-now-very-accurate-but-public-understanding-lags-behind-274652    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:05:37

• Amazon to Close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-01-27/amazon-to-close-amazon-go-and-amazon-fresh-to-concentrate-on-whole-foods-and-grocery-delivery    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:06:49

• Coupang https://jacobin.com/2026/01/coupang-amazon-korea-financialization-precarity/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:07:25

• Perl.Wiki V 1.39 & Mojolicious.Wiki V 1.13 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/02/announce-perlwiki-v-139-mojoliciouswiki-v-113.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:08:55

• Copyright maybe, not "Intellectual Property" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/guest-book-review-feminist.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:09:46

• Resources 1.10.0 Released with Monitoring Support for AMD NPU https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/resources-1-10-0-released-with-monitoring-support-for-amd-npu/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:11:19

• Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming a breach that happened years ago https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/business/booz-allen-contracts-treasury    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:18:39

• Savannah Best Buy employee says ‘hacker group’ blackmailed him into theft ring scheme https://www.wjcl.com/article/savannah-best-buy-theft-ring/70144185    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:23:18

• AI “digital helper” Lena Health breach exposed some Houston Methodist patients’ medical info https://databreaches.net/2026/01/28/ai-digital-helper-lena-health-breach-exposed-some-houston-methodist-patients-medical-info/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:24:16

• ‘heat dome’ https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/how-the-record-breaking-heat-dome-enveloped-australia-20260123-p5nwjr.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:24:56

• Energy Dept Climate Group Violated Law https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-01-30/us-federal-court-says-energy-dept-climate-group-violated-law    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:25:52

• Polar bears https://www.vox.com/climate/476873/polar-bears-ice-climate-change-svalbard-research-seals-biodiversity https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/polar-bears-barents-sea-svalbard-climate-9.7066053    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:31:05

• Most Swedes want government action on climate change https://www.thelocal.se/20260129/most-swedes-want-government-action-on-climate-change    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:34:49

• Hikers spot hundreds of flowers blooming on Jan. 1 in U.K. https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-plant-hunt-9.7066302    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:35:16

• Animals Are Climate Allies. So Why Are We Leaving Them Out of Climate Policy? https://therevelator.org/animals-climate-allies/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:36:08

• Bonaire https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/28/dutch-government-ordered-protect-bonaire-residents-climate-change-court-rules https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bonaire-climate-change-hague-9.7064791    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:36:36

• .... Wash Post Reports ... Wash Post punished by its pervy owner https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/us-national-parks-told-to-remove-signs-on-mistreatment-of-native-americans-climate-wash-post-reports"    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:37:48

• You’re not paranoid: lawyers ARE coming to get you. https://databreaches.net/2026/01/29/youre-not-paranoid-lawyers-are-coming-to-get-you/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:41:49

• January 26, 2026, EmmaDE5 1.05: an update focused on accessibility!

     

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:43:18

• DietPi 10.0 https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_0/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:44:45

• South Korea's 'fake news' law tests press autonomy https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-s-fake-news-law-tests-press-autonomy/a-75677742    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:47:10

• Plastic emissions could double health damage by 2040 https://www.dw.com/en/plastic-emissions-could-double-health-damage-by-2040/a-75677138    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:47:42

• decarbonized cars https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hyundai-hydrogen-energy-canada-9.7068353    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:49:11

• The ACLU Wants to Shrink Workers’ Speech Protections https://jacobin.com/2026/01/aclu-speech-protections-labor-nlrb/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:50:39

• Free speech for me but not for thee ttps://off-guardian.org/2026/01/29/free-speech-for-me-but-not-for-thee/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:51:19

• The Hidden Cost of [Slop]: How Data Centers Are Straining Water, Power, and Communities https://www.projectcensored.org/ai-data-centers-water-power-communities/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:53:16

• DRC journalists besieged in year of rebel rule https://cpj.org/2026/01/threats-exile-censorship-drc-journalists-besieged-in-year-of-rebel-rule/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:53:44

• Shadow economy grows to over $500B https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-shadow-economy-grows-to-over-500b/live-75671587    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:57:31

• ban social media for under-15s https://www.dw.com/en/france-s-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-social-media-for-under-15s/a-75669653    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 14:57:58

• skilled worker gap https://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-s-skilled-worker-gap-exposes-migration-hurdles/a-75206488    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:01:57

• Deutsche Bank raided in money laundering probe https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-deutsche-bank-raided-in-money-laundering-probe/live-75687631    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:02:23

• Turkey's textile industry in crisis https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-s-textile-industry-in-crisis/a-75684427    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:02:53

• Sweden denies Turkey request to hear journalist facing terror charges https://www.thelocal.se/20260130/sweden-denies-turkey-request-to-hear-journalist-facing-terror-charges    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:03:30

• struggle of independent media in Turkey https://bianet.org/haber/report-highlights-survival-struggle-of-independent-media-in-turkey-amid-pressure-uncertainty-316099    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:04:00

• "With Win 11, Microsoft has a hand in my digital pants. Maybe both hands." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:11:06

• deficit concerns https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/credit-rating-downgrade-budget-9.7068759    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:12:41

• Slop steals energy, not only information or works of actual people https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ai-data-centres-competitive-bid-process-bc-9.7069103    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:15:30

• Microsoft loses billions in biggest stock drop in 6 years https://cphpost.dk/2026-01-30/news/round-up/microsoft-loses-billions-in-biggest-stock-drop-in-6-years/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:16:38

• Linux Mint 22.3: What’s New (And What’s Not) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=B-h4UHrD8b0    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:18:11

• CachyOS 251129 Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/uP0EJBNHtX0    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:18:52

• MouseTiler: The Most Unique Linux Tiling I've Ever Seen https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=mhZDxNQiFSQ    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:19:31

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (05/2026): Farewell, FOSDEM! https://linmob.net/weekly-update-05-2026/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:20:45

• Can it protect its citizens? https://www.dw.com/en/the-eu-takes-on-musk-s-ai-that-undresses-women-can-it-protect-its-citizens/a-75709719    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:26:19

• TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/tiktok-settles-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-ahead-of-trial    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:28:36

• TikTok settles landmark lawsuit over youth addiction claims https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tiktok-settles-landmark-social-media-trial-youth-addiction-9.7063272    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:28:57

• Social Control Media: The new TikTok is freaking people out https://www.vox.com/technology/476985/trump-tiktok-censorship-ice-epstein-outage    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:29:31

• New US TikTok Spinoff Will Be Controlled by Cheeto Mussolini-Aligned Billionaires https://scheerpost.com/2026/01/29/new-us-tiktok-spinoff-will-be-controlled-by-trump-aligned-billionaires/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:30:12

• after filming protest at Minnesota church https://www.dw.com/en/don-lemon-arrested-after-filming-protest-at-minnesota-church/a-75731587    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:33:14

• Trading card shops, collectors face rising thefts https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trading-card-shop-thefts-9.706743    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:34:56

• failing to support drivershttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/accessible-cabs-dwindling-toronto-9.7065512    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:36:28

• Panama port ruling https://www.dw.com/en/china-to-take-necessary-action-after-panama-port-ruling/a-75724866    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:40:29

• deep-sea mining https://www.dw.com/en/the-hidden-money-behind-deep-sea-mining/a-75723552    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:41:28

• Belarus: Snow and cold used to torture political prisoners https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-snow-and-cold-used-to-torture-political-prisoners/a-75717969    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:42:57

• Philippines: Are terror laws being used to silence critics? https://www.dw.com/en/philippines-are-terror-laws-being-used-to-silence-critics/a-75729580    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:43:56

• gold and silver prices suddenly collapsed https://www.dw.com/en/why-gold-and-silver-prices-suddenly-collapsed/a-75758156    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:45:11

• Adam Price: Manage an Offline Music Library with Linux https://maprys.net/posts/music-library-linux/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:46:30

• Linux User Space Episode 6:07: New WebKids on the Block https://www.linuxuserspace.show/607    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:47:21

• This Week in Linux https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-334/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:48:25

• Oracle and Facebook lad pushing slop into Linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/02/0718228/linux-kernel-developer-chris-masons-new-initiative-ai-prompts-for-code-reviews    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:48:54

• How to Fix “A Stop Job is Running” Message During Shutdown in Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-a-stop-job-is-running-message-linux/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:49:31

• Alpine 3.20.9, 3.21.6, 3.22.3 and 3.23.3 released https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.9-3.21.6-3.22.3-3.23.3-released.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:50:27

• iophk: Probably so busy redacting cheeto that they missed the important stuff https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260205-disastrous-release-of-epstein-files-exposes-nude-photos-and-names-of-victims    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 15:58:21

• Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in January 2026 ☞ https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/02/04/foss-activity-in-january-2026.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:02:11

• 2026 Krita Roadmap ☞ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/roadmap-2026/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:02:54

• Thousands of LEO satellites won’t save us (but good regulation will) ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/04/thousands-of-leo-satellites-wont-save-us-but-good-regulation-will/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:04:26

• NetGent: Agent-based automation of network application workflows ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/05/netgent-agent-based-automation-of-network-application-workflows/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:04:39

• Vulnerabilities Allowed Full Compromise of Surveillance Giant Google Looker Instances ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-allowed-full-compromise-of-google-looker-instances/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:06:34

• UK adequacy decision: a risk for the future and a lesson to be learnt ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/uk-adequacy-decision-a-risk-for-the-future-and-a-lesson-to-be-learnt/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:07:16

• The EU Commission is gutting net neutrality ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-commission-is-gutting-net-neutrality/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:07:47

• #DIDit: EDRi members spark movement for alternatives to Big Tech ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/didit-edri-members-spark-movement-for-alternatives-to-big-tech/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:08:18

• Open Letter: Civil society concerned about extensive and indiscriminate data retention regime in Switzerland ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-civil-society-concerned-about-extensive-and-indiscriminate-data-retention-regime-in-switzerland/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:08:53

• Mozilla Localization (L10N): Localizer spotlight: Oliver ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2026/02/04/localizer-spotlight-oliver/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:09:50

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1057247/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:10:14

• Rights group condemns US Military attack on Venezuela and President Maduro’s crimes ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/rights-group-condemns-us-military-attack-on-venezuela-and-president-maduros-crimes/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:15:20

• Dozens die in Nigeria's deadliest attack in months ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/gunmen-kill-over-160-in-new-nigeria-attack    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:15:36

• Dave Airlie: nouveau: a tale of two bugs ☞ https://airlied.blogspot.com/2026/02/nouveau-tale-of-two-bugs.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:16:54

• Microsoft's VS Code in Ubuntu's Snap Format Eats Up Disk Space Like Bloatware Even After Removal ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/vscode-snap-disk-space-issue/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:19:20

• COSMIC Desktop 1.0.5 finally adds an option to show battery percentage in the panel ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/cosmic-desktop-105-finally-adds-an-option-to-show-battery-percentage-in-the-panel/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:22:33

• JetBrains drops X11 for Wayland as default in IntelliJ-based IDEs ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/jetbrains-drops-x11-for-wayland-as-default-in-intellij-based-ides/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:24:13

• dcat – terminal-based 3D model viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dcat-terminal-based-3d-model-viewer/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:24:58

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

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:25:16

• Cine – mpv frontend ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cine-mpv-frontend/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:25:35

• 17 Must-Have Tools for Ubuntu Users in 2026 ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/ubuntu-apps-for-beginners/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:27:44

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

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:28:25

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

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:28:36

• LibreOffice 26.2 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1057256/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:29:28

• Time for a $3.1 Billion (and Change) Mega-Case? Court Considers Consolidating Concord v. Anthropic Infringement Lawsuits ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/concord-v-anthropic-consolidation-motion/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:30:04

• EU Legislators Call for an End to ‘Coercive Rights Buy-Outs’ by American VOD Giants Like DRM spreader Netflix ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/eu-legislators-rights-buy-outs/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:30:34

• NVIDIA Claps Back Against Authors’ Expanded Copyright Infringement Claims Amid Dismissal Push ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/04/nvidia-authors-lawsuit-dismissal-motion/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:30:57

• SFC Responds to the European Commission's Request for Feedback on European Digital Ecosystems ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/feb/04/eu-submission-digital-ecosystems/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:31:39

• Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/02/please-dont-feed-the-scattered-lapsus-shiny-hunters/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:32:09

• Testing waters? Lithuanian officials signal possible shift in approach to Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2826194/testing-waters-lithuanian-officials-signal-possible-shift-in-approach-to-belarus    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:32:31

• Lithuanian police detain 28 suspects, including 5 ringleaders, in smuggler balloon probe ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827218/lithuanian-police-detain-28-suspects-including-5-ringleaders-in-smuggler-balloon-probe    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:32:44

• US Congress Approves Funds For Baltics As Russia Tests NATO's Eastern Flank ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-congress-funds-baltics-russia-nato-eastern-flank/33669734.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:33:35

• Epstein emails claim Famous Criminal Bill Gates contracted STD, had sex with Russian girls ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/epstein-emails-claim-bill-gates-contracted-std-had-sex-with-russian-girls    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:34:00

• First Day Of Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks In Abu Dhabi End, Will Head To Second Day ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-strikes-ukraine-talks-abu-dhabi/33668600.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:34:20

• Macron's envoy met with Russian officials for peace talks in Moscow ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260204-macron-envoy-met-with-russian-officials-for-peace-talks-in-moscow    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:34:35

• Rally in support of Ukraine to take place in Rīga 24th February ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/04.02.2026-rally-in-support-of-ukraine-to-take-place-in-riga-24th-february.a633014/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:34:52

• Fedora Community Blog: Flock CFP Extended to February 8 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/flock-cfp-extended-to-february-8/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:35:46

• How to connect OpenShift Lightspeed MCP to your IDE ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/04/how-connect-openshift-lightspeed-mcp-your-ide    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:37:13

• Pluralistic: Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World" (04 Feb 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/04/slice-bees/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:37:58

• [Podcast] BGP in review for 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/05/podcast-bgp-in-review-for-2025/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:38:24

• 'It's not if there will be another pandemic, but when': Dr Christian Happi ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20260204-it-s-not-if-there-will-be-another-pandemic-but-when-dr-christian-happi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:40:16

• 10 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Mastodon Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-mastodon-clients/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:49:41

• Might be a slopfarm https://www.technetbooks.com/2026/02/geforce-now-linux-app-beta-launches.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:53:21

• Snakeoil? https://aijourn.com/connectsecure-unveils-unified-linux-security-patching-for-red-hat-ubuntu-debian-and-centos/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:53:57

• Microsoft is even gobbling up PC resources on Linux — Visual Studio Code could be hogging hard drive space https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-seems-to-be-gobbling-up-pc-resources-away-from-windows    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:54:33

• Ubuntu 26.04 surprised me - this upcoming release is seriously secure https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-26-04-new-release/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:56:21

• I'm a Linux power user, and this distro made me rethink what an operating system can be https://www.zdnet.com/article/nixos-linux-review/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 16:58:13

• At embedded world 2026, Linutronix to Present IGLOS Secure Industrial Grade Linux OS https://embeddedcomputing.com/technology/open-source/linux-freertos-related/at-embedded-world-2026-linutronix-to-present-iglos-secure-industrial-grade-linux-os    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:02:51

• BDBOS Joins Linux Foundation and Advances Open Source Projects https://www.criticalcommunicationsreview.com/ccr/news/117952/bdbos-joins-linux-foundation-and-advances-open-source-projects    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:03:24

• Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-users-report-microsofts-visual-studio-code-snap-package-isnt-actually-deleting-files    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:03:43

• Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows converts? https://www.howtogeek.com/zorin-os-vs-linux-mint-which-is-the-better-linux-distro-for-windows-users/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:04:26

• VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/vs_code_for_linux_trash_fail/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:05:25

• "Silent Push believes the developers of SystemBC are Russian, based on Russian-language code strings and forum posts. SystemBC is a long-running malware family first detected by Proofpoint in 2019." https://cybernews.com/security/major-malware-gets-linux-variant-infects-thousands-of-servers/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:07:41

• IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and other IDEs are getting a Wayland upgrade on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/wayland-support-is-coming-to-intellij-idea-pycharm-and-other-ides/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:08:28

• CIQ's NSS Module First to Achieve CAVP Certification for Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/ciqs-nss-module-first-achieve-170500721.html    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:09:11

• Novel ShadowHS malware targets Linux environments https://www.scworld.com/brief/novel-shadowhs-malware-targets-linux-environments    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:10:11

• Using a slopfarm as a source    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:10:36

• Calling Linux a "movement" and asserting it declines is misguided https://cryptobriefing.com/zooko-wilcox-ohearn-cryptos-future-may-mirror-linuxs-decline-the-cypherpunk-vision-has-largely-failed-and-user-experience-is-key-to-mass-adoption-bankless/    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:11:59

• 🖼️ xkcd: Binary Star #3203 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3203.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:13:11

• "I wanted a more comprehensive understanding of NixOS and for some reason I thought this could come from a book. I couldn’t find anything with any reviews." gemini://thatit.be/2026-02-04-22-16-06.gmi    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:13:52

• "I've seen this enough that I'd like to put out a public service reminder that Alhena supports not only four different color emoji sets but also monochrome emojis via the Noto Emoji font. On MacOS, you can even choose between Noto and the system's color font for a total of six emoji options." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Alhena/37683    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:14:34

• Mon privilège gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2786    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:15:05

• gentle tears gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/tears    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:15:52

• past present future gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/future    

posted Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 17:16:23