Roy Schestowitz

• "February 5, 2026. ChatGPT told another old friend to take their life. Someone intervened. Others haven't been so lucky." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/peak-oil-high-technology.gmi    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 00:21:42

• "Home Assistant's Franck Nijhof has announced the release of Home Assistant 2026.2, which brings with it a shift to the new Home Dashboard default display, a rebranding of add-on packages, redesigned quick search, and the ability to opt-in to data gathering for a planned public device database." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260205-homeass.gmi    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 00:23:24

• "This occurs throughout IBM, but it’s far more blatant and egregious in Albany. [...] it’s just what you describe in albany" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 01:15:26

• IBM the buzzwords company. "plz shut up. THERE IS NO QUANTUM. ONE BIG @55 SCAM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgh1yb6n    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 01:16:04

• "Amazon, Google and Microsoft Shares Fall 3% Amid AI Spending Concerns"    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 01:26:19

• "Expedia announces 100 job cuts at Austin offices"    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 01:26:43

• Xen at FOSDEM: Real-World Conversations About Xen and KVM ☞ https://xenproject.org/blog/xen-at-fosdem-real-world-conversations-about-xen-and-kvm/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:00:55

• Did Zendesk get popped? ☞ https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/zendesk-popped/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:01:14

• "What exactly the command does depends on the flavor of ex. The first order of business is to know that ex commands can have optional : before them and it's pretty easy to skip over a lot of those." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/06/valid-ex-commands.gmi    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:14:43

• More EPO leaks will come out later today    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:48:39

• The orgy guy ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/most-of-you-steal-your-software-bill-gates-complained-about-software-piracy-50-years-ago-and-was-openly-irked-by-communitys-altair-basic-theft    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:50:18

• The new Valve Steam Machine is 'on track' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/the-new-valve-steam-machine-is-on-track-to-begin-shipping-early-this-year-says-amd-ceo-suggests-new-4k-mini-gaming-pc-powered-by-semi-custom-zen-4-cpu-to-launch-soon    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:51:05

• US Declassifies Information on JUMPSEAT Spy Satellites ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/us-declassifies-information-on-jumpseat-spy-satellites.html    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:51:43

• Live Blog: Lawyer Details Harsh Conditions For Families Of Detainees ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:51:57

• 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 Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:52:10

• How Democracy for Sale is making investigative journalism pay on Substack ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/peter-geoghegan-democracy-for-sale-investigative-journalism-substack-newsletters-slapps/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:53:26

• Jobs at risk as Sun set to merge features desk and Fabulous team ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/jobs-at-risk-as-sun-set-to-merge-features-desk-and-fabulous-team/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:53:49

• Washington Post to cut one-third of all staff ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/washington-post-cuts-one-third-of-all-staff-newsroom-sports-books-foreign/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:55:43

• Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Washington Post announces biggest media layoffs of year so far ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 02:55:54

• Central Staff Committee Confronted António Campinos for Giving His Cocaine-Addicted Friend Over 100,000 Euros to Do Nothing, Just Pretend to be Ill, While Cutting the Salaries of Everybody Else http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Central_Staff_Committee_Confronted_Antonio_Campinos_for_Giving_.shtml    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 04:06:45

• On IBM: "I am hoping it will plummet soon" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 04:56:12

• 15% of IBM to be laid off? "It is revolting to think, a worthless, useless piece of sh1t manager, like the one I have, is going to set the 15-70-15 rule and destroys people lives. The id1ot is a sc-mbag." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 04:56:50

• "IBM pays for these articles from advertising and marketing budgets. It’s like Astro turfing" "It is a paid for advertisement. Someone paid www.economist.com to run an advertisement." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgr7szx1    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 04:57:37

• "kiss of death micron, qualcomm, intel is infested, the list goes on and on and on it is an army of zombie companies passing money up to a parasitic shareholder" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgd3fjc9    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 04:58:37

• "Count your blessings -- do you prefer a company run by Ballmer or Rometty? Btw, I am more associated with MSFT" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgd3fjc9    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 04:58:45

• Men with big beards who add "he/him" are trying to ensure you don't mistake them for women.    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:00:45

• Epstein files and Lithuania: contacts with artists and Lithuanian ancestry ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2826301/epstein-files-and-lithuania-contacts-with-artists-and-lithuanian-ancestry    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:01:32

• ‘Europe is undefendable’ without US, says Lithuanian FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827074/europe-is-undefendable-without-us-says-lithuanian-fm    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:01:57

• Baltic Sea ice covers about a quarter of surface ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827119/baltic-sea-ice-covers-about-a-quarter-of-surface    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:02:28

• One-third of Lithuanians see antisemitism as a problem – survey ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827143/one-third-of-lithuanians-see-antisemitism-as-a-problem-survey    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:02:45

• 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 Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:03:34

• UPC is illegal and this is yet more of JUVE endorsing a corrupt system run by actual cocaine addicts (or promoted by them) ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/dusseldorf-local-division-hears-dolby-vs-beko/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:04:48

• UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Pakistan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-security-council-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-pakistan/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:05:34

• UN experts condemn conviction of human rights defenders in Pakistan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-experts-condemn-conviction-of-human-rights-defenders-in-pakistan/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:06:02

• Rights group raises concern about freedom crackdowns in West Africa ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/rights-group-raises-concern-about-freedom-crackdowns-in-west-africa/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:06:34

• Greenpeace warns 22 gov’t-promoted ‘eco-tourism’ sites lack statutory protection, as festive holiday nears ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/04/greenpeace-warns-22-govt-promoted-eco-tourism-sites-lack-statutory-protection-as-festive-holiday-nears/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:07:33

• Rights group decries detention of Chinese investigative journalists Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/04/rights-group-decries-detention-of-chinese-investigative-journalists-liu-hu-and-wu-yingjiao/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:08:02

• Public health is part of national security, police officer tells trial of Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/04/public-health-is-part-of-national-security-police-officer-tells-trial-of-hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-activists/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:08:31

• Hong Kong man gets 80 hours community service for tearing off ‘fingertip’-sized corner of election poster ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/05/hong-kong-man-gets-80-hours-community-service-for-tearing-off-fingertip-sized-corner-of-election-poster/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:09:15

• Human Rights Watch warns US heading to 'authoritarianism' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/human-rights-watch-warns-us-heading-to-authoritarianism Just "heading"?    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:10:20

• UK PM Starmer says Mandelson "lied" to government ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/uk-pm-starmer-says-mandelson-lied-to-government    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:10:46

• Digital sovereignty (3/3): Are European citizens trapped into using US Big Tech? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260204-digital-sovereignty-european-citizens-trapped-into-using-us-big-tech    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:11:14

• UK will release files related to Mandelson's ambassador appointment in more Epstein fallout ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/uk-will-release-files-related-to-mandelson-s-ambassador-appointment-in-more-epstein-fallout    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:11:54

• Four out of every 10 cancer cases are preventable: WHO ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/four-out-of-every-10-cancer-cases-are-preventable-who    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:12:31

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

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:12:54

• Bezos pretends to have financial strain ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260204-washington-post-announces-major-job-cuts    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:13:33

• Iguanas fall from trees in Florida as icy weather bites southern US ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/iguanas-fall-from-trees-in-florida-as-icy-weather-bites-southern-us    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:14:10

• Prevention is power: 'We do have the technology and the knowledge, we need to work together' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/prevention-is-power-we-do-have-the-technology-and-the-knowledge-we-need-to-work-together    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:14:38

• Disastrous release of Epstein files exposes nude photos and names of victims ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260205-disastrous-release-of-epstein-files-exposes-nude-photos-and-names-of-victims    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:15:00

• "There are no mass layoffs or nothing I have heard so far! Everyone I talk to are just chillin and enjoying their paychecks lol" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:56:23

• Trolls in the forums now: "WHATEVER IT IS THERE WILL BE NO LAYOFFS IN IBM !!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgd3fjc9    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 05:57:05

• iophk: "It appears that this latest round of document releases regarding the "Epstein files" is targeted to affect pro-Democracy interests the most and redacted to cover for fascism."    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:08:36

• iophk: "Apropos lack of investigative reporting, the mainstream press is actively ignoring the Iran situation regarding who let them out of the nuclear treaty in the first place."    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:09:15

• Live Nation Scoops Up Italy’s ForumNet Group in $100 Million+ Deal ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/04/live-nation-forumnet-deal/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:10:23

• Multiple aircraft destroyed by Islamic State during brazen attack on Nigerien air base ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/multiple-aircraft-destroyed-by-islamic-state-during-brazen-attack-on-nigerien-air-base/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:11:09

• reComputer Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit GMSL Bundle features 8x GMSL2 camera interfaces, 10GbE networking ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/04/recomputer-jetson-agx-orin-developer-kit-gmsl-bundle-features-8x-gmsl2-camera-interfaces-10gbe-networking/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:12:22

• AMD Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 mid-range FPGA family to be available until at least 2045 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/04/amd-kintex-ultrascale-gen-2-mid-range-fpga-family-to-be-available-until-at-least-2045/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:13:36

• With purge, Xi’s military control rises—and so do the region’s risks ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-purge-xis-military-control-rises-and-so-do-the-regions-risks/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:14:30

• WordPress is becoming laughing stock in service of plagiarism and Ponzi scheme: Piloting the Hey Hi (AI) Leaders Micro-Credential ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2026/02/ai-leaders-credential/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:15:42

• Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:17:37

• Sekka Zusetsu: A Book of Snowflakes (1832) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-snowflake-book    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:17:51

• [Repost] 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 Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:19:29

• "The fallout from the 550+ fired from WaPo (this year and earlier) is terrible because _*so many*_ other titles used to republish their material." Not much is left in English after BBC took bribes from Epsteingate, got sued Epstein's pizza buddy, Cheeto, then there's VOA, NPR, PBC and Radio Free Asia/Europe. Autocrats like Orban know media's "threat".    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:21:31

• They idea is to dish slop... via social control media curated (censored) for Nazi-saluting maniacs. While kicking to the curb or SLAPPing any remaining media.    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:22:29

• "The letter kicked off a war that would shape the tech industry." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/04/50-years-ago-a-20-year-old-bill-gates-called-hobbyists-thieves-for-sharing-software.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:24:44

• Patents: "Instead of licensing the technology, Ford (and eventually the rest of the “Big Three”) rejected Kearns’ proposal." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/02/robert-kearns-vs-ford.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:25:14

• "Adafruit's Phillip Torrone breaks down why this won't work." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/05/new-york-bill-would-require-kill-switches-on-all-3d-printers.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:25:46

• "Assuming that Apple didn’t change the coding system, this reveal lets us know that yes, Apple is testing a Mac with an M5 Ultra chip." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3053758/apples-m5-ultra-secret-may-have-been-spilled.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:25:58

• "A California federal court has issued a ruling that could have serious implications for the YouTube "reaction" videos that are created with stream-ripping tools." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/ripping-clips-for-youtube-reaction-videos-can-violate-the-dmca-court-rules/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:26:12

• Too late, as the damage it already done, no regulation administered https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-intervenes-into-pm-law-group-to-protect-client-interests/5125802.article    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:28:19

• Where was the SRA until now? Doing nothing, as usual? https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/sra-intervenes-of-group-of-law-firms-following-unexpected-closure-we-are-working-quickly-to-gather-all-the-relevant-information-and-provide-answers    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:29:18

• Mobbing at the European Patent Office (EPO) - Part IV - EPO Can Get Away With Murders, Suicide Clusters, and Systematic and Prolonged Bullying by 'Team Campinos' ("Alicante Mafia" as Insiders Call It) http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Mobbing_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Part_IV_EPO_Can_Get_A.shtml    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:53:34

• "Best Free Usenet Trials 2026" ☛ https://greycoder.com/best-free-usenet-trials-2026/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:54:08

• "The majority of the internet is going to be bot traffic in the future" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-bots-are-now-a-signifigant-source-of-web-traffic/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:54:46

• "In 2020 I noted the AWWWards site wrapped every letter" ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2026/02/you-know-what-just-dont-split-words-into-letters.html | Source: Adrian Roselli    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:55:33

• "We teach our students to build features in three steps: [...]" ☛ https://cydstumpel.nl/why-we-teach-our-students-progressive-enhancement/ |    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:56:22

• "The fuller context of her statement captures her frustration with her unsuccessful efforts to get ICE prisoners released." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/the-minnesota-lawyer-backlog-arises-from-ice-kidnappings/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:56:34

• "Our days are riding on the learning edge of a whirlwind — crisis management, harm mitigation, helping everyone come to terms with new conditions and new impossible choices that they’re faced with" ☛ https://organizingmythoughts.org/minneapolis-community-defense-is-riding-on-the-learning-edge-of-a-whirlwind/ | Source: Kelly Hayes    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:57:38

• "A group of sociologists inside the country also commented on the violence and repression, emphasizing that preserving human life takes precedence over any political expediency." ☛ https://www.en-hrana.org/day-40-of-the-protests-domestic-reactions-continued-arrests-and-forced-confessions/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 07:58:54

• "Marimar Martinez was shot multiple times by Border Patrol agents." ☛ https://truthout.org/video/us-citizens-describe-being-shot-harassed-and-threatened-by-immigration-agents/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:02:13

• "The layoffs hit more than 300 journalists." ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/jeff-bezos-washington-post-shuts-down-kyiv-bureau-fires-staff/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:04:20

• "Bezos may be tiring of the Post, but he has not seemed inclined to sell the paper. Nor is it clear that would be a better, or at this point even feasible, outcome." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-jeff-bezos-brought-down-the-washington-post | Source: New Yorker    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:04:35

• "This is a bloodbath. The purging of 300 journalists from one of the most important news titles in America is an incalculable loss." ☛ https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/fight | Source: Carole Cadwalladr    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:05:01

• "A new Pew Research Center survey gets much more specific: How do Americans feel about 30 of the country’s major news sources?" ☛ https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/ | Source: Pew Reseach Center    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:05:28

• "About 240 staffers left via buyouts offered at the end of 2023, and another chunk of staffers took buyouts last year, which were offered to any employee with more than 10 years of experience." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/04/washington-post-layoffs | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:05:56

• "The Post is a symbol, both for journalism and America, and for Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis to axe 300 of you in a single day, including those currently reporting in war zones, feels like an augury." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/a-letter-to-the-300-axed-washington-post-staffers-from-carole-cadwalladr/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:06:14

• "As countries step up their use of [Internet] shutdowns to muzzle dissent, some are also taking advantage of the blackouts to increase censorship firewalls" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/countries-using-internet-blackouts-to-boost-censorship-proton-356521821 | Source: RTL    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:36:37

• "Following the enactment of the Beijing-imposed national security law, some student unions at Hong Kong universities have disbanded or halted their operation." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/05/breaking-hong-kong-federation-of-students-to-disband-after-68-years-citing-increasing-pressure/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:36:51

• "The Snowflake network is currently overloaded and we need more Snowflake proxies." ☛ https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tor-relays@lists.torproject.org/thread/IWZFD5T24AGQ4MVRZFXOEZ6L3DG2D3C2/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:37:07

• "The New York Times collected and analyzed hundreds of videos of a crackdown on anti-government protests that Iranians shared despite an internet blackout." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010672177/how-we-know-iran-crushed-protests-with-lethal-force.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:37:23

• "Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-05/hong-kong-ex-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-will-be-sentenced-monday-after-national-security-conviction | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:37:40

• "The Apple Daily founder will face judges – handpicked to oversee national security cases – at West Kowloon Law Courts." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/06/breaking-jimmy-lai-sentencing-set-for-10am-monday-media-tycoon-faces-up-to-life-in-prison/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:38:02

• "At least 12 Georgian protesters with unpaid fines accrued from blocking the road during demonstrations have had their bank accounts seized." ☛ https://oc-media.org/bank-accounts-seized-from-over-12-georgian-protesters/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:38:18

• "The press went wild! Stock prices got quite the boost! Line went up!" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/05/the-openai-and-nvidia-100b-not-a-deal-is-off/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:38:49

• "About halfway through Thomas Piketty's 2013 barnstorming Capital in the 21st Century" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/05/contingency/#this-too-shall-pass | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:39:08

• "The Sami Parliament is the representative political body for the Sami in Norway." ☛ https://www.norway.no/en/missions/osce/norway-and-the-osce/statements/norwegian-statements-2026/statement-on-the-sami-peoples-day--6th-february/ |    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:43:12

• "This is a critique of funding structures and incentives—not of the people or projects working within them." ☛ https://natemoo.re/posts/missing-middle/ |    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:43:41

• "The key message of the graph is the contrast between the 5-year straight-line depreciation and the curves showing the value of the remaining Bitcoin that the rig will generate" ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2026/02/mind-gaap-again.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:43:52

• "I just had the most unbelievably surreal online chat with my uncle’s insurance company, Healthfirst." ☛ https://blog.kamens.us/2026/02/05/tried-to-report-likely-fraud-to-insurance-company-hit-wall-of-cluelessness/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:44:08

• "There is no organic use case reason for Bitcoin to slow or stop its descent" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-tanking-death-spiral | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:45:26

• "First, today’s price action shouldn’t change your view about Bitcoin’s usefulness or lack thereof." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crypotocrash | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:45:43

• "The ongoing plunge has made it far less economical to mine the digital token, a notoriously compute- and energy-intensive process" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-crashing-miners-unplugging-equipment | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:45:57

• "The heat pump has become a common fixture in many parts of modern life. We now have reverse-cycle air conditioning, heat pump hot water systems, and even heat pump dryers." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/big-heat-pumps-are-doing-big-things/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:54:58

• "His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy" ☛ https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet | Source: Garbage Day    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 08:55:36

• "Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO in 2024 has completed the Alliance’s northern arc" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/nordic-baltic-security-in-a-sea-of-allies-swedens-role-in-countering-hybrid-threats-in-the-baltic-sea-region/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:32:29

• "Karan’s narrow victory, with 50.4 per cent of the vote, was quickly labelled “fraud” and “manipulation” by opposition parties." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/02/05/old-problems-and-modern-solutions-technology-and-the-struggle-for-election-integrity-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:32:43

• "More often, it erodes through small failures that are minimized" ☛ https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/05/when-a-glitch-blocks-the-ballot-democracy-is-already-in-danger/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:32:54

• "To be absolutely clear, neither Donald Trump’s nor Bannon’s proposals are remotely legal (or predicated on fact)." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/bannon-calls-for-ice-to-engage-in-voter-intimidation-during-the-midterms/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:33:03

• "Milanović had labeled Greenland “useless” in comparison to the Svalbard archipelago" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/02/svalbard-norway-russia-arctic-conflict/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:33:14

• "When veteran journalist Christopher Mathias set out to write a book about fascism" ☛ https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/to-catch-a-fascist-christopher-mathias-excerpt | Source: Marisa Kabas    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:33:24

• "You’ll see I have three apps so far as that start and they are all based in Europe 👍" ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/05/the-start-to-a-move-away-from-us-tech/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:33:34

• "Last weekend, WSJ had a blockbuster story describing that, days before Trump’s inauguration" ☛ https://emptywheel.net/the-emirates-didnt-bribe-trump-they-purchased-him/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:33:43

• "During remote learning, phones became a primary way kids entertained themselves and stayed connected" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/02/03/repub/as-school-cellphone-bans-gain-in-popularity-lawmakers-say-its-time-to-go-bell-to-bell/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:34:13

• "This led to a broader conversation about stateless relays and remote attestation." ☛ https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tor-relays@lists.torproject.org/thread/TGYZX5AAZIPYWWJIIEKEZLA6YDHESKOK/?noscript | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:34:37

• "The core difference between smart IDs, which are currently replacing the green ID book, and digital IDs lies in their format and application." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/estonia-digital-id-lesson-for-south-africa/277211/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:35:49

• "In November, Pavan Davuluri,President of Windows and Devices, proclaimed Microsoft’s Agentic Operating System future!" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/04/microsoft-walks-back-ai-in-windows-11-yeah-right/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:36:17

• "While EU governments are pushing to continue the mass screening of private messages by US tech companies, the European Parliament’s position remains undecided." ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-1-0-civil-society-mobilizes-against-extending-mass-surveillance-eu-parliament-decision-imminent/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:39:58

• "Fraud exists in many forms, and the copyright arena is no exception." ☛ https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2026/02/beware-of-copyright-scams-how-to-spot-fraud-and-protect-yourself/ | Source: US Library of Congress    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:40:22

• "We say no — and so does US law." ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/02/05/cbp-keeps-its-app-for-us-visitors-secret/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:54:40

• "Face recognition technology is so dangerous that government should not use it at all—least of all these out-of-control immigration agencies." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/yes-ice-out-my-face-act | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 09:54:56

• "Codespaces is essentially VS Code running in the cloud, backed by Ubuntu containers, with built-in GitHub authentication and repository integration." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/vs-code-configs-expose-github-codespaces-to-attacks/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:42:53

• "With GitHub Actions, you’re renting Microsoft’s runners." ☛ https://www.iankduncan.com/engineering/2026-02-05-github-actions-killing-your-team/ | Source: Ian Duncan    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:43:10

• "The "SaaSpocalypse" began on the 3rd of February 2026 - with $285bn wiped off technology companies on the public markets." ☛ https://martinalderson.com/posts/wall-street-lost-285-billion-because-of-13-markdown-files/ | Source: Martin Alderson    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:43:48

• "Two content creators visited Epstein Island to see what was going on there. However, according to their testimonies" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktokers-who-visited-epstein-island-feel-theyre-being-targeted-black-suvs-stalk-their-homes-1776734 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:46:31

• "Nonetheless, many users on the subreddit were left with a bad taste in their mouths" ☛ https://futurism.com/space/reddit-deleted-photo-nasa-astronaut-blurry | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:47:04

• [Old] "I'm deep into a career built around craft." ☛ https://crowprose.com/blog/competence-as-tragedy/ |    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:47:40

• "OpenAI swears their ads won't do what every single other ads platform has done" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/openai-swears-their-ads-wont-do-what-every-single-other-ads-platform-has-done/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:47:58

• "An early analysis of Moltbook posts by the Columbia professor David Holtz suggests that the bots are not particularly sophisticated." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/02/what-is-moltbook/685886/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:50:17

• "OpenAI’s competitors saw the reversal as a golden opportunity to strike." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-anthropic-ads | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:52:18

• "Tim Crook’s triumphalism, however, deserves qualification." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/why-apples-ai-delay-has-yet-to-hurt | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:55:06

• "It’s not a grand gesture. Just a small recalibration. The [Internet] will keep moving. People will keep optimizing. And I can just be here, doing my hobbies and habits, thinking and living at my own pace." ☛ https://krabf.com/offline-but-not-really/ | Source: Kushaiah Felisilda    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:55:38

• "PBMs rake in big profits by controlling the pharmaceutical market and siphoning off some of the profits to the biggest insurance companies, from which they extract rebates." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/congress-and-my-prostate | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:55:50

• "Timing also matters. In many cities, outdoor pollution is highest during the morning and evening commute and lower late at night or in the middle of the day." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/burping-your-home-really-could-be-good-for-your-health-says-expert | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:57:22

• "Three years ago, Esther Rohr and her husband decided to start thinking about pregnancy." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/pregnancy-zero-trimester-influencers/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 10:57:49

• "Category theory has been describe as the mathematics of formal analogy making." ☛ https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/categorical_systems_theory.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:02:08

• "Palaeoverse, a grassroots organization that develops R packages for paleontology" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/paleontology-r-packages-to-benefit-from-software-sustainability-institute-grant/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:02:54

• "I am lucky to be allowed to touch computers for good as a dayjob, since I do believe working on KDE software benefits humans." ☛ https://akselmo.dev/notes/tech-meh/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:04:05

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:10:44

• "I have almost 1400 directories and an untold number of notes. That’s just here, so there are more on other platforms. The way I see it, I can do two things: [...]" ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/notes/a-mess-of-notes/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:10:52

• "Here’s a number worth thinking about: 10,000 years of civilization against 3 million years of tribal human existence." ☛ https://tautvilas.medium.com/the-10-000-year-anomaly-a00da373a0d7 |    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:11:07

• "The term “Luddite” has changed in meaning over the years. These days, it is a near-synonym for “technophobe”, someone who is afraid of or doesn’t trust new technology" ☛ https://thelibre.news/im-a-proud-luddite-thats-why-i-use-linux/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:11:48

• "According to Flashpoint’s Global Threat Intelligence Index Midyear 2025 Edition" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/02/why-primary-source-collection-is-the-future-of-threat-intelligence/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:12:24

• "Rigidity is important for 3D printing and this robot has that in spades." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/04/3d-printing-with-a-4000-pound-industrial-robot/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:13:31

• "Macropads can be as simple as a few buttons hooked up to a microcontroller to do the USB HID dance and talk to a PC." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/diy-macropad-rocks-a-haptic-feedback-wheel/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:13:45

• "Because Raspberry Pi 500+ was built with customisation in mind, recreating this look was easy; the keycaps could easily be swapped out using the removal tool included with every purchase." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/beige-is-back-remembering-the-bbc-micro-with-raspberry-pi-500-plus/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:17:48

• "Hi Nickle ! How is it t be lodged so deep in the Arvinds Anal Cavity ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:23:20

• Overwatch returns on February 10th with the '2' gone and some massive upgrades | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/overwatch-returns-on-february-10th-with-the-2-gone-and-some-massive-upgrades/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 11:40:41

• Poker Night at the Inventory returns with a remaster in March | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/poker-night-at-the-inventory-returns-with-a-remaster-in-march/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:06:53

• GOG did an AMA and here's some highlights - like how they'll continue using generative AI | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/gog-did-an-ama-and-heres-some-highlights-like-how-theyll-continue-using-generative-ai/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:08:06

• GeForce NOW celebrates six years with new games like Delta Force and PUBG: BLINDSPOT | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/geforce-now-celebrates-six-years-with-new-games-like-delta-force-and-pubg-blindspot/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:09:07

• Check out the demo for Wireworks, a tower defense where you wire up modules to make weapons dance | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/check-out-the-demo-for-wireworks-a-tower-defense-where-you-wire-up-modules-to-make-weapons-dance/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:11:13

• Zellah Games revealed the "next-gen" modding-friendly Skate Style for PC | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/zellah-games-revealed-the-next-gen-modding-friendly-skate-style-for-pc/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:11:28

• REMOTE CONTROL looks like Alien: Isolation if it was a retro-styled typing adventure | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/remote-control-looks-like-alien-isolation-if-it-was-a-retro-styled-typing-adventure/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:11:58

• PlayStation Publishing reveal Horizon Hunters Gathering, Guerrilla's new co-op action game | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/playstation-publishing-reveal-horizon-hunters-gathering-guerrillas-new-co-op-action-game/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:12:05

• "If you want to see a specific configuration example, or read about how the feature was implemented, read on!" ☛ https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/02/05/biss-c-encoder-support/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:21:32

• "Now that I've gotten to watch a larger codebase mature in both good ways and bad" ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/in-praise-of-actions.html | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:21:51

• "I first encountered TMLE—sometimes spelled out as targeted maximum likelihood estimation or targeted minimum-loss estimate" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/getting-to-the-bottom-of-tmle-influence-functions-and-perturbations/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:22:22

• "Modern system programming languages, from Hare to Zig, seem to agree that defer is a must-have feature." ☛ https://antonz.org/defer-in-c/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:22:52

• "If you’re building a tool that works with git repositories, like git-pkgs, you’ll want to ensure you respect these configs." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/05/git-magic-files.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:23:02

• "Scott and Piccalilli are not affiliated with any of the products mentioned in this article. They’re nice tools that we recommend trying out, but we gain nothing from any links or signups" ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/the-open-source-design-stack/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:23:13

• "Bad news from the CIA. I mean, probably not what Senator Ron Wyden was referring to and, on a relative scale for the CIA" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/cia-world-factbook/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:27:41

• "WCAG-EM is the most commonly used accessibility reporting methodology in The Netherlands." ☛ https://hidde.blog/wcag-em-apps/ | Source: Hidde de Vries    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:27:53

• Bandits in suits (and T-shirts) | "Banditter i habitter (og T-shirts) | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/banditter-i-habitter-og-t-shirts    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:33:22

• "Jeffrey Epstein og Mossad - TrønderRød" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://tronderrod.no/palestina/jeffrey-epstein-og-mossad/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:33:39

• "Trump's Presidential Power Is the Nixon-Era on Steroids" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-presidential-power-nixon-steroids-1235511366/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:34:10

• "Contributor: Why does the Trump family always get a pass?" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-02-03/trump-family-crypto-world-liberty    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:34:24

• "Amutable: Systemd Creator Lennart Poettering Launches New Linux Security Venture" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/1520246 see https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Amutable_is_a_Microsoft_Siege_Against_Freedom_in_GNU_Linux_Just.shtml    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:34:49

• "Trump wants to ‘take over’ state elections instead" https://reason.com/2026/02/04/trump-wants-to-take-over-state-elections/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:35:03

• "State of the Bots" https://tollbit.com/state-of-the-bots/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:35:17

• "CBP keeps its app for US visitors secret – Papers, Please!" https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/02/05/cbp-keeps-its-app-for-us-visitors-secret/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:35:30

• "Türkiye and Saudi Arabia firm up ties" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/04/2026/trkiye-and-saudi-arabia-firm-up-ties    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:37:34

• "Navy pilot who downed 4 Soviet MiGs to receive Medal of Honor" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/royce-williams-medal-of-honor/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:37:53

• "Tesla Stock Plummeting Since Musk Busted in Epstein Files" https://futurism.com/future-society/tesla-stock-plummeting-musk-epstein-files https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/With_Net_Income_of_One_Billion_Dollars_Tesla_Claims_It_Can_Pay_.shtml    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:40:22

• Fewer electric cars in Tønsberg because the municipality does not facilitate | "Færre elbiler i Tønsberg fordi kommunen ikke tilrettelegger | Lars Egelands blogg" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://larsegeland.com/2026/02/05/faerre-elbiler-i-tonsberg-fordi-kommunen-ikke-tilrettelegger/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:41:07

• "Diplomatic Showdown Between US And Iran Set For Oman" https://www.rferl.org/a/diplomatic-showdown-us-iran-oman-nuclear/33670726.html    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:41:28

• "It was January 25th of 1979, at an unassuming Michigan Ford Motor Company factory." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/how-industrial-robot-safety-was-written-in-blood/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:42:11

• "Whether you plan to join a local event, organize one or join us online, you’ll find everything you need on days.arduino.cc!" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/05/save-the-date-arduino-days-2026-is-coming/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:42:55

• "FOSDEM, the largest open hardware and open software conference, took place last weekend in Brussels." ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/fosdem-2026-the-biggest-open-source-hardware-and-software-event-in-europe/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:43:07

• "It's the time of the year again. FOSDEM came around again and I had something to talk about." ☛ https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/02-05-again-at-fosdem.gmi | Source: Martin Chang    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:43:29

• "Coolest Projects is the world’s leading technology showcase for young people, a space where creativity, curiosity, and problem-solving come together through code." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/a-day-with-young-creators-at-coolest-projects-mzansi-2025/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:43:55

• "We have started the release process for the next feature release of Krita today! This release is the culmination of years of hard work." ☛ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-6.0.0-beta1-released/ | Source: Krita    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:44:28

• "SpacemiT (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. today announced a collaboration with Canonical to make Ubuntu available on SpacemiT’s new K3 SoC" ☛ https://canonical.com/blog/spacemit-announces-availability-of-ubuntu-on-k3-k1-series | Source: Canonical    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:46:37

• "Over the past couple of years with the Jenny’s Daily Drivers series, we’ve looked at a number of unusual or noteworthy operating systems." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/three-decades-of-reactos/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:47:06

• "The Nintendo e‑Reader was a peripheral released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/dumping-nintendo-ereader-card-roms | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 12:48:11

• "After explaining an inductor’s behavior the video digs into how a typical inductor coil actually achieves this." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/a-deep-dive-into-inductors/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:04:50

• "One of the classic challenges in web security is DNS rebinding." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/LocalhostSurpriseAccessViaAny | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:05:01

• "ZFS Scrubs and Data integrity, Propolice, FreeBSD vs Slackware and more." ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/649 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:05:40

• "The much requested Zitron/Gerard crossover, at last — Hater Season: Openclaw with David Gerard" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/04/im-on-ed-zitrons-better-offline-podcast-talking-about-openclaw-and-moltbook/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:05:59

• "Tomorrow, I'll be interviewed live on Fireside Fedi at 9:00 AM (GMT-5)! (That's 15:00 Paris time & 9:00 AM New York time... fingers crossed I got it right)" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1120/livestream-interview-on-fireside-fedi | Source: David Revoy    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:06:15

• "The Mudi 7 is built around Qualcomm’s Dragonwing MBB Gen 3 (X72) platform and supports 3GPP Release 17 5G NR operation in both standalone and non-standalone modes." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/mudi-7-travel-router-runs-5g-nr-alongside-tri-band-wi-fi-7/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:09:15

• IBM Red Hat propping as mindless slop and hype, as usual ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-insights-with-actionable-automation-accelerate-the-journey-to-autonomous-networks | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:09:52

• Red Hat CEO wearing ALL BLUE https://www.redhat.com/en/summit    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:13:44

• 'Virtue-signalling' to his MASTERS (IBM)    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:14:22

• For a rare change, "AI" not written https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/achieve-more-red-hat-openshift-421    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:15:10

• "senior principal product manager for RHEL Server" writes an 'article' (ad) for slop in a site that does slop https://www.infoworld.com/article/4119285/ai-agents-and-it-ops-cowboy-chaos-rides-again.html http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/16/IDG_s_NetworkWorld_Seems_to_Have_Just_Become_LLM_Slop.shtml    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:17:21

• Red Hat is a meme company promoting buzzwords https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/cracking-inference-code    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:19:03

• "Who said no layoffs? Then are all low performers getting fired through PIP?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd IBM misuses the law    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:39:28

• "One day, our team lead was saying that he is no longer required to write code or fix defects. His tasks are mainly to make charts to be promoted to "STSM". That is IBM in the last 15 years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsbwe69    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 13:41:12

• FFII on OIN (GAFAM front group for software patents): I made a "lightning lightning talk" at Fosdem on Sunday, the video is online, will make a blog post about it. We can troll the European Commission, asking for a fine like Poland.    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 14:00:28

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

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:15:40

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: rfoaas 2.3.3: Limited Rebirth ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02/04#rfoaas_2.3.3    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:16:04

• Finally! Firefox Is Getting a Kill Switch for Its (Unwanted) Hey Hi (AI) Features ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-ai-features-toggle/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:17:30

• Not Kidding! Bash Shell Manual is Part of Epstein Files 🫣 ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/bash-manual-in-epstein-files/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:18:19

• Logic for Programmers New Release and Next Steps ☞ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/logic-for-programmers-new-release-and-next-steps/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:23:16

• COSMIC Epoch 2 and 3 Roadmap ☞ https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-2-and-3-roadmap    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:23:55

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: littler 0.3.23 on CRAN: More Features (and Fixes) ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02/04#littler_0.3.22    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:25:04

• Why is strangulation not considered a specific offense in male violence cases? ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/why-is-strangulation-not-considered-a-specific-offense-in-male-violence-cases-316334 http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/23/Never_Try_to_Justify_Strangulation_of_Women_Not_in_the_US_and_N.shtml    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:27:25

• Iranian refugee journalist Kaveh Taheri faces deportation ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/iranian-refugee-journalist-kaveh-taheri-faces-deportation-316342    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:28:46

• Fastmail’s donation to Perl! ☞ https://rubenerd.com/fastmails-donation-to-perl/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:30:07

• Life pro tip: a Steam Deck can be a bluetooth speaker ☞ https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/steam-deck-bluetooth-speaker/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:49:51

• Review: Libre Computer Solitude AML-S905D3-CC Single Board Computer ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/review-libre-computer-solitude-aml-s905d3-cc-single-board-computer.59022/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:50:19

• Qt for Android Automotive 6.10.2 is released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.10.2-is-released    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:50:50

• Windows TCO: Backdoor in Notepad++ ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/backdoor-in-notepad.html    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:56:34

• SystemBC Infects 10,000 Devices After Defying Law Enforcement Takedown ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/systembc-infects-10000-devices-after-defying-law-enforcement-takedown/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:57:03

• Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/joint-statement-on-internet-shutdowns-in-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:57:57

• Artificial Insecurity: how Hey Hi (AI) tools compromise confidentiality ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/artificial-insecurity-compromising-confidentality/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:58:16

• Almost 1,600 EPO Employees Went on Strike Last Week (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Almost_1_600_EPO_Employees_Went_on_Strike_Last_Week.shtml    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:58:29

• Garden Party – manage your garden ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/garden-party-manage-garden/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:59:00

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

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 15:59:12

• Kickoff – Minimalistic program launcher ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kickoff-minimalistic-program-launcher/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:01:46

• 5 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux MAC/RBAC Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mac-rbac-tools/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:02:11

• ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Running Linux: BIOS ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/asrock-industrial-nuc-box-255h-running-linux-bios/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:02:37

• SnipText – screen capture OCR tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sniptext-screen-capture-ocr-tool/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:03:16

• pnana – modern terminal text editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pnana-modern-terminal-text-editor/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:03:45

• Hamr – desktop launcher ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hamr-desktop-launcher/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:04:19

• FTB – terminal-based file browser ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ftb-terminal-based-file-browser/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:04:40

• pproftui – terminal-based diagnostic tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pproftui-terminal-based-diagnostic-tool/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:05:07

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 637 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/02/04/this-week-in-rust-637/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:06:19

• "Richard Stallman Exposes the AI Lie; He Calls It “Pretend Intelligence”. The 2-hour Stallman's speech most provocative claim: LLMs don't know anything" https://medium.com/@tsecretdeveloper/coding-isnt-the-cure-for-anxiety-a61957284416    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:38:58

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-06.gmi    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:42:41

• "The Charging Board V2 arrived this week so I tried to make the device work once again." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_02_02.txt    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:43:40

• "I saw a post about using git send-email (thank you Ploum!) and it looked like a thing I should know how to do. I didn’t actually have sendmail (or msmtp) installed on my development system. Crazy, right? I had been using protonmail for so long that I didn’t bother. Mutt with proton uses the Protonmail bridge. So I had a little more setup to do to get ready." gemini://thatit.be/2026-02-05-22-03-16.gmi    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:45:56

• "I enjoyed this chess variant made by eapl. You can only see the squares near your pieces." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-02-06_Chess_with_fog_of_war.gmi    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:47:36

• "Grateful for all the healing she brought me, my sadness is transforming in a gentle longing." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/waiting    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:52:40

• The trickster gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/poetry/trickster    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:53:31

• Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/sudo_maintainer_asks_for_help/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:55:06

• Papers adds handwriting & text annotations in latest Nightly builds https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/papers-gnome-app-annotations-signature    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:55:40

• "Both Linux kernel 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 will be included by default in the Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS release, due out on February 12th, 2026." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-users-get-linux-6-17-and-mesa-25-2-ahead-of-ubuntu-24-04-4-lts    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:56:17

• New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/raspberry-pi-4-rev-1-5-dual-ram    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:56:51

• Ubuntu on RISC-V might actually be good thanks to this chip https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-coming-to-spacemit-k3-rva23-risc-v-soc/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:57:19

• Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS HWE update is now available https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-24-04-4-lts-hwe-now-available    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 16:57:52

• The $0 Linux "Swiss Army Knife" every developer should install today https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-tool-boosted-my-developer-productivity/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:01:41

• VTube Studio Alternative Designed For Linux Users https://80.lv/articles/vtube-studio-alternative-designed-for-linux-users    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:02:16

• Zephyr Project Welcomes BeagleBoard.org, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zephyr-project-welcomes-beagleboardorg-chengdu-jingrong-lianchuang-technology-embedd-openeuler-savoir-faire-linux-sevenlab-and-schneider-electric-to-its-growing-ecosystem-302679903.html    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:02:58

• The fastest ways to find files from the command-line on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/the-fastest-ways-to-find-files-from-the-command-line-on-linux/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:03:30

• Kali Linux vs. Parrot OS: Which security-forward distro is right for you? https://www.zdnet.com/article/kali-linux-vs-parrot-os-which-secrity-pentesting-distro-right-for-you/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:04:06

• 3 Fedora features that make other Linux distros feel outdated https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-features-i-wish-every-linux-distro-would-steal/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:04:30

• I added these 3 applets to Linux Mint, and now its a productive workstation www.howtogeek.com/must-have-linux-mint-applets-for-students-and-working-professionals/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:05:00

• Discord Desktop App Gets Major Performance Boost On Windows, Mac, And Linux https://www.ghacks.net/2026/02/05/discord-desktop-app-gets-major-performance-boost-on-windows-mac-and-linux/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:05:24

• Attacks involving critical React Native bug target Windows, Linux systems https://www.scworld.com/brief/attacks-involving-critical-react-native-bug-target-windows-linux-systems    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:05:58

• CentOS is coming to RISC-V soon if you have the kit https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/centos_coming_to_riscv_soon/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:06:52

• "The application has been fully ported to the latest Qt 6 open-source application framework for a more modern UI/UX experience." https://9to5linux.com/krita-6-beta-digital-painting-app-released-with-wayland-color-management-support    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:07:22

• LibreOffice 26.2 Arrives for Windows, Mac, and Linux https://www.thurrott.com/office/332373/libreoffice-26-2-arrives-for-windows-mac-and-linux    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:07:47

• Discord is getting a speed boost on Windows, Mac, and Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/discord-is-getting-a-speed-boost-on-desktop-platforms/    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:08:52

• "'iDeal OS' is a Debian/MX Linux-based distribution from the iDeal OS project, offering two editions, 'Emerald' and 'Diamond,' designed for everyday and power desktop users, respectively with a one-click DNS feature." https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/oneclick-dns    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:10:04

• Deeper visibility in Red Bait Advanced Cluster Security ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/05/deeper-visibility-red-hat-advanced-cluster-security    

posted Friday, February 06, 2026 at 17:10:59