Roy Schestowitz

• "cooking the books as happened at IBM's twin Kyndryl, and getting away with it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgz0qa0f    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 03:25:59

• "IBM share price ended the day at $259.50. It got punished for its false claim about AI. Other tech companies got punished to a lesser level about their inflated claims concerning AI. Now, that the IBM AI claim is busted, what else can the id1ot Indian at the top claim to be IBM advantage ? ZERO ...." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kh72z96q    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 03:26:41

• "They spent 10–20 years under IBM, learned every trick in the book, absorbed the culture, the systems, the playbook. And now we’re supposed to believe that in a single year they tossed all that aside and suddenly went rogue? Please. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kh3rc4qq    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 03:27:57

• "This article is suspect given they couldn't even spell Kavanaugh's name right. The spelling isn't even close. If they can't get basic facts straight makes you question if the rest are accurate. This appears to be hack article. I am not a fan of IBM however have to call it as it comes across." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kh5de75m    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 03:28:44

• "Arvin's talking about increase in GDP is gaslighting. They set automatic percentages at the beginning of 2025 which is 1% for high, 2% for core and 0% for low. It ended up being 15% high, 70% core and 15% low were the skews that managers had to adhere to." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kh21matb    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 03:29:26

• "GDP budget for a manager is based upon a percentage of salary. Setting the low percentages combined with the skews means the total payout has to be lower not higher. Arvind will do anything to get to those free cash flow that he wants and believes will make IBM a growth company."    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 03:29:47

• "Lower performers will get 0% for GDP. Managers were made aware of the fixed percentages for GDP in early 2025. 0% low, 1% core and 2% high. Low performers should be prepared for a PIP as the next step." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgtrz521    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 03:30:15

• "Yes a PIP is just an RA with a lower severance fixed at 1 month and lesser of any of the benefits an RA comes with. HR established in 2025 that low performers have to be exited via a PIP and RAs can only be core and high performers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsqzeab    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 03:30:50

• "IBM Stock has lost 10-15 % of its value in the past few days. Ouch! Shareholders cannot be happy campers right now." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 03:33:07

• They go after the wrong firms https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/new-blow-to-sra-as-solicitor-cleared-of-slapp-behaviour-awarded-costs/5125886.article    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 05:41:14

• GNU/Linux still growing https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/06/GNU_Linux_Rising_to_5_in_Cameroon_and_It_s_Hardly_the_Exception.shtml https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/cameroon/#monthly-200902-202602    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 07:40:26

• Chrome seems not strong in Belgium (EU) https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/belgium/#monthly-200902-202602    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:17:29

• "Just weeks earlier, Lagha and Lajoie learned that they were at risk of breaching copyright law because of their use of a musical composition featuring hits" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/europe/winter-olympics-figure-skating-music-copyright.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:47:58

• "to disable sideloaded Android" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/argentina-blocks-pirate-streaming-services-magis-tv-and-xuper-tv-vpn-usage-skyrockets/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:48:08

• "That's the value of platforms. The danger of platforms is when they grow so powerful that they usurp the relationship between the parties they are supposed to be facilitating" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/11/post-dollar-world/#de-dollarization | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:51:13

• "I get the policy goals here, but the solution just won’t work. It’s the same problem as DRM: trying to prevent general-purpose computers from doing specific things" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/3d-printer-surveillance.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:51:50

• "My home library system, Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS)" ☛ https://raforall.blogspot.com/2026/02/e-bookaudiobook-advocay-tools-and.html | Source: Becky Spratford    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:52:00

• "To set up his argument, Reich briefly considers comments from business tycoons like Zoom’s Eric Yuan and JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/robert-reich-jobs-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:53:00

• "coarse and sordid oligarchy." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/slave-power-conspiracy-rise-edmund-quincy/685976/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:53:17

• "Dubbed a “Let Kids Be Kids” measure, bill author Rep. Jake Teshka, R-North Liberty, said the goal is to draw clearer lines between ordinary" ☛ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/indiana-senate-sends-let-kids-be-kids-child-supervision-bill-to-governor/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:53:32

• "The attorney of Marimar Martinez, shot by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents multiple times in Chicago in October" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/attorney-of-woman-shot-by-ice-agent-accuses-officials-of-fabricating-evidence/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:53:48

• "How it came to be that Thurgood Marshall, the nation’s first Black Supreme Court Justice, was replaced by Thomas, is a story worth examining." ☛ https://washingtonspectator.org/how-clarence-thomas-bamboozled-his-way-onto-the-supreme-court/ | Source: The Washington Spectator    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:54:03

• "I am seeing it across the board with all of my patients of all backgrounds" ☛ https://www.vox.com/life/478770/ice-immigration-minneapolis-liam-ramos-kids-anxiety-stress | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:54:28

• "Unions have the resources to organize Amazon and are already working to do so." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/02/amazon-unions-coordination-labor-teamsters/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:54:45

• "404 Media has obtained a cache of internal police emails showing at least two agencies have bought access to GeoSpy, an AI tool that analyzes architecture" ☛ https://www.404media.co/cops-are-buying-geospy-ai-that-geolocates-photos-in-seconds/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:58:13

• "According to labour law expert Keijo Kaivanto, Finnish firms usually either provide workers with equipment or reimburse them for the use of their own tools." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20209883 | Source: YLE    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 08:58:30

• "Whose ideological expectations was Hastey referring to? Would it be impertinent for me to suggest it’s the sociopath in the Oval Office?" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-tragic-end-of-cbs-news | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:11:45

• "Meanwhile, the people most likely to pay directly for news are older, wealthier, liberal Democrats." ☛ https://werd.io/most-americans-dont-pay-for-news-and-dont-think-they-need-to/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:12:06

• "I have been using my full name on Signal — and I’m the only Ben Werdmuller in the world." ☛ https://werd.io/a-note-abo/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:12:38

• "Based on information received by HRANA, Branch 9 of the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Mr. Karimpour, a citizen adhering to the Yarsan faith." ☛ https://www.en-hrana.org/death-sentence-of-yaghoub-karimpour-upheld-by-the-supreme-court/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:12:52

• "Frames are central organizing ideas for making sense of events and suggesting what is at stake." ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/frame-checking-insurgency-minnesota/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:13:17

• "Yet as Section 230 turns 30 this week, there are bipartisan proposals in Congress to either repeal or sunset the law." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/12/on-its-30th-birthday-section-230-remains-the-linchpin-for-users-speech/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:13:37

• "Criticize the government online? The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) might ask Google to cough up your name." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/homeland-security-wants-names-effector-383 | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:13:50

• "Donald Trump relies on the First Amendment when he belittles, denigrates, humiliates, and slurs his opponents." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/if-we-dont-have-free-speech-then-we-just-dont-have-a-free-country | Source: New Yorker    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:14:08

• "I want to speak with you tonight about The World of Fake Values." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/dont-fear-being-right | Source: The Next Move    

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

• "The power structure in America has a deep investment in keeping people afraid and begging for protection." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/the-art-of-not-living-in-fear-revisited/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:16:46

• "Our present-day realm of state terror operates through abductions, murders, and content farms." ☛ https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/pseudo-culture | Source: Mandy Brown    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:17:03

• "Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has opened its largest global R&D facility for fixed networks in Siruseri, Chennai, a major IT and technology hub in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu, The Economic Times reported." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/nokia-launches-its-largest-fixed-networks-rd-lab/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:17:19

• "The enemy drone swarm turned out to be a simple party balloon, a potentially enormous — and unintentionally hilarious — overreaction, contradicting" ☛ https://futurism.com/science-energy/immigration-officials-el-paso-balloon-laser | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:19:27

• "The confusing thing is that depending on where you look, you will find wildly different claims." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/12/the-death-of-baseload-and-similar-grid-tropes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:19:37

• "The U.S. oil and gas industry produces 25.9 billion barrels of wastewater each year (or 1.0878 trillion gallons), according to the most recent data available" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/epa-knew-toxic-oil-industry-waste-underground-dangerous-1235510004/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:20:03

• "The University’s proposed data center in Ypsilanti Township has been controversial because U-M officials have consistently provided few details and have left township representatives out of the process." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/the-university-finally-held-a-community-meeting-in-ypsilanti-it-failed-to-put-data-center-fears-to-rest/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:20:14

• "Following Reports the Oil Industry is Lobbying for Total Immunity from Climate Lawsuits, U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) told A.G. Bondi that She Is Working on A Bill" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/house-member-crafting-legislation-to-stop-climate-lawsuits | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:22:59

• "Many of these data centers want the kind of flexible, around-the-clock energy associated with combined-cycle natural gas turbines." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/data-centers-are-scrambling-to-power-the-ai-boom-with-natural-gas/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:23:56

• "One study showed that coal power plants led to nearly half a million US deaths over a 20-year period." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trump-orders-defense-energy-departments-to-reinvest-in-coal/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:24:08

• "Meta, which owns technologies like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, will construct 13 total buildings spanning four million square feet on 1,500 acres." ☛ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/11/details-on-long-expected-meta-data-center-campus-unveiled/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:24:29

• "That story of impunity is all the more outrageous now in the midst of rising populist anger and ever-growing inequality." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/politics/epstein-files.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:25:08

• "Why y’all don’t wanna talk about the Epstein files?" ☛ https://variety.com/2026/music/news/cardi-b-homeland-security-epstein-files-1236661618/ | Source: Variety    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:25:21

• "Absolutely wild stuff in this testimony." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/i-dont-want-to-answer-whether-the-president-partied-with-young-girls/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:28:25

• "You can see all three of these in the emails that surround a secretive August 2, 2015, dinner featuring Epstein and a host of Big Tech oligarchs, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/02/zuckerberg-epstein-big-tech-elite/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:28:38

• "The Second Gilded Age." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/as-epstein-files-turn-into-partisan-circus-institutional-power-protects-its-own/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:28:59

• "Mr. Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 in what was officially ruled a suicide, is alleged to have run a sex-trafficking ring catering not just to himself but also potentially to some of the world’s most powerful people" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2026/0212/epstein-files-giuffre-trump-congress-fbi | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:29:13

• "And that’s when news organizations, including Reuters, caught something alarming: one of the pages Bondi held up clearly showed searches that Jayapal herself had done of the Epstein files: [...]" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/12/bondi-spying-on-congressional-epstein-searches-should-be-a-major-scandal/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:29:25

• "The measure is designed to close what lawmakers say are persistent loopholes in the current sanctions regime and to curb Moscow’s ability to fund its war in Ukraine." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-bill-targets-russian-oil-revenue-drop-act/33676373.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:30:15

• "In the extensive correspondence between the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and the late pedophile, both men expressed a deep aversion to democracy." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/peter-thiel-jeffrey-epstein-democracy/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:30:26

• "By housing TikTok’s data on Oracle’s cloud infrastructure—a firm whose multibillion-dollar existence is owed in part to U.S. intelligence and law enforcement contract" ☛ https://newrepublic.com/article/205956/americanized-tiktok-backdoor-ice-surveillance | Source: New Republic    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:30:39

• "What if that position does not exist? What if it has never existed?" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-13 | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:31:12

• "OpenSAFELY was the obvious contender for NHS research." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/12/palantir-is-ice/#robo-mengele | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:31:29

• "we see no evidence that specific core network autonomous systems have blocked Telnet, contrary to previous reports." ☛ https://www.terracenetworks.com/blog/2026-02-11-telnet-routing |    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:32:02

• "OpenSSL sucks. The BoringSSL and AWS-LC forks are Googled and Amazoned to death; they don't care about anyone but their own use cases." ☛ https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/02/wolfssl-sucks-too/ | Source: Feld    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:32:18

• "Here are some of the best VPNs that support anonymous [sic] payment methods like Bitcoin, Monero, gift cards, or even cash." ☛ https://greycoder.com/best-vpns-with-anonymous-payments-bitcoin-monero-gift-cards-cash/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:32:30

• "It’s not fully clear who is manufacturing these devices, what’s on them, or who runs the services that allow people to access all this television without paying for it." ☛ https://werd.io/everyone-is-stealing-tv/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:32:57

• "Surveillance pricing already has its own page in Wikipedia." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/02/12/because-pricing-is-getting-too-personal/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:33:11

• "masked engagement" ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-ice-masks-up-in-more-ways | Source: Ken Klippenstein    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:33:25

• "When I was setting up the G-Shock GBD-200 to test I always read the privacy policy and always do when it comes to wearables." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/12/dont-trust-casio-with-your-data-when-their-privacy-policy-contradicts-itself/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:33:42

• "A while back I wrote a post about alternatives to WhatsApp, and in some ways this post feels similar. I’m not sure what the core motivation for migrating from Discord is at this time." ☛ https://lqdev.me/posts/alternatives-to-discord-2026-02-11/ | Source: Luis Quintanilla    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:34:10

• "In fact, TikTok collects sensitive and potentially embarrassing information about you even if you've never used the app." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260210-tiktok-is-tracking-you-even-if-you-dont-use-the-app-heres-how-to-stop-it | Source: BBC    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:34:26

• "It distributes secret little tracking pixels that can track users across multiple websites, regardless of whether they have the TikTok app on their device." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3059825/tiktok-tracks-your-every-move-even-if-you-dont-have-the-tiktok-app.html | Source: PC World    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:34:39

• "Iain Corby, executive director of the Age Verification Providers Association, called the FTC officials’ comments and plans a “major landmark” in the development and spread of age verification implementation worldwide." ☛ https://therecord.media/ftc-push-for-age-verification-a-major-landmark-for-implementation | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:34:55

• "Disney has agreed to a $2.75 million fine with the state of California and implementation of a comprehensive privacy program" ☛ https://therecord.media/california-fines-disney-data-privacy | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:36:39

• "Sometimes the model will ask the user for more context before it creates their cartoon image." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/ai_caricatures_social_media_bad_security/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:36:54

• "As one would expect, the Trump administration was never going to be the one to ensure the paperwork arrived ahead of the deployment." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/12/ice-cbp-knew-facial-recognition-app-couldnt-do-what-dhs-says-it-could-deployed-it-anyway/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:37:05

• "For the past several years, the Maine Legislature has debated how aggressive the state should be in protecting consumer privacy online." ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/02/12/maine-advances-privacy-law-amid-new-immigration-data-collection-concerns/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:37:18

• "Sponsored by Sen. Kirk Cullimore, R-Cottonwood Heights, the Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee unanimously approved SB275 on Wednesday, sending it to the Senate floor." ☛ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/02/12/utah-digital-id-bill-of-rights-could-lead-nation-in-privacy-framework/ | Source: Utah News Dispatch    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:37:31

• "A prominent senator pressed senior enlisted leaders on non-disclosure agreements troops are asked to sign by privatized military housing companies." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-housing-hearing/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:37:58

• "This has been an issue for years, and problems with health care access have been exacerbated by new Tricare contracts implemented last year" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/02/12/health-care-access-a-top-complaint-among-troops-top-enlisted-leaders-tell-lawmakers/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:38:11

• Windows TCO ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32704 | Source: SANS    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:38:32

• "Prominent opposition politicians and journalists in Turkey have accused social media platform X of suppressing dissenting voices" ☛ https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-opposition-figures-allege-censorship-on-x-citing-sudden-drops-in-followers-and-reach/ | Source: Stockholm Center For Freedom    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:38:54

• "Some accounts appear to be suspended only in Turkey and not in the rest of the world. Activist Ömer Faruk Aslan created a second account to avoid censorship." ☛ https://www.politico.eu/article/musks-x-suspends-opposition-accounts-turkey-protest-civil-unrest-erdogan-imamoglu-istanbul-mayor/ | Source: Politico    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:39:04

• "His social media feed has been his main tool for communicating with his supporters and keeping himself in the public eye." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgve4q99d5o | Source: BBC    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:39:15

• "Twitter and its imitators have adopted a structural design that is fundamentally bad for people" ☛ https://osteophage.dreamwidth.org/9540.html | Source: Coyote    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:39:27

• "I wholeheartedly agree with Michael on this, and it's a term I intend to steal." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/the-internet-is-a-hamster-wheel | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:39:43

• "Simple solution" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1121/simple-solution | Source: David Revoy    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:40:11

• "The program is unusual in that Dashers are more often delivering food than helping out a driving robot." ☛ https://www.404media.co/waymo-is-getting-doordashers-to-close-doors-on-self-driving-cars/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:40:22

• "One of the better books I read in college was Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea (1985) by philosopher John Haugeland." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2026/02/05/#micro-worlds | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:40:34

• "Previously known as both Clawdbot and Moltbot, OpenClaw recently became a Silicon Valley darling" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/malevolent-ai-agent-openclaw-clawdbot/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:40:49

• "The file contained ransomware, a nasty strain of malware that encrypts the files it comes across on a victim’s system" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/12/1132386/ai-already-making-online-swindles-easier/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:41:02

• "Cloudflare's network now supports real-time content conversion at the source, for enabled zones using content negotiation headers." ☛ https://blog.cloudflare.com/markdown-for-agents/ | Source: Cloudflare    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:41:13

• "Having previously devised a mechanism to make AI crawlers pay to consume website content" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/13/cloudflare_markdown_for_ai_crawlers/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:41:25

• "At some point, we, as a society, are going to realize that farming copyright enforcement out to bots and AI-driven robocops is not the way to go, but today is not that day." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/12/microsofts-ai-powered-copyright-bots-fucked-up-and-got-an-innocent-game-delisted-from-steam/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:41:39

• "We used to call it an engineer, now it is like a reviewer" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-burnout-machine | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:41:51

• "Some of the worst freaks to walk planet Earth are using Elon Musk’s Grok to “unblur” the faces of women and children in the latest Epstein files, as documented by the research group Bellingcat." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-unblur-epstein-files | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:42:05

• "Now, Østergaard is out with a new warning: that the world’s intellectual heavyweights are accruing a “cognitive debt” when they use AI." ☛ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-debt-scientist-psychosis | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:42:22

• "I thought about it, my overall experience and made one suggestion." ☛ https://austinwhite.org/posts/my-doctor-fired-me | Source: Austin White    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:42:52

• "I realized that today, after again feeling absolutely terrible but then dragging myself out of bed to at least walk on my foldable treadmill." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/when-exercise-started-helping-me/ | Source: Ava    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:43:03

• "The alternative is clarity. Shared understanding instead of intentional pain." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/02/tip-for-tap/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:43:12

• "The researchers, led by a team from the University of Hong Kong, identified a specific protein that acts as an 'exercise sensor' for bones. When activated, it promotes bone growth and reduces fat buildup." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-study-reveals-the-secret-of-how-exercise-fights-osteoporosis | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:43:25

• "The lawmakers and witnesses expressed particular alarm over the administration’s six interagency agreements, or IAAs" ☛ https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/11/repub/democrats-defend-the-actual-existence-of-the-department-of-education-in-forum/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:43:55

• "In back-to-back votes, the committee unanimously advanced Senate Bill 78" ☛ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/12/indiana-house-panel-advances-school-cellphone-crackdown-revised-youth-social-media-bills/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:44:07

• "Gifted children process information very quickly and their attention is selective." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/health/2026-02-12/the-overabundance-of-adhd-diagnoses-harms-gifted-children.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:44:19

• "I am writing this email as a young aspiring researcher/scientist. We live in a period of uncertainty and I have a lot of doubts about the decisions I should make." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/02/the-future-of-mathematics-and.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:44:38

• "The main idea is to trap an electron using a magnetic field into a circular path." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/12/does-this-electron-make-me-look-fat-weighing-an-electron/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:44:51

• "In some cases, this means users bypass traditional abstract databases, library catalogs, and full-text content platforms." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/12/guest-post-theres-an-elephant-in-the-room-but-not-in-your-usage-reports/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:45:07

• "Andy Bell is completely redesigning his personal site from scratch and breaking down each part to educate and hopefully, inspire you to build your own corner of the internet" ☛ https://piccalil.li/projects/personal-site/2/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:45:33

• "The world of free and open-source software (FOSS) is full of big-hearted, altruistic people who love serving society by giving away their labor for free. It’s incredible." ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2026/02/12/while-you-support-others-who-supports-you/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:45:45

• Links 13/02/2026: SUSE Uses Microsoft Internally, MElon's Company Helps Turn Epstein Files Into Child Abuse (After the Pornography Scandals) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/13/Links_13_02_2026_SUSE_Uses_Microsoft_Internally_MElon_s_Company.shtml   

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:50:28

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-13.gmi    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:52:55

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1915.jpg    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 09:54:25

• "Transparent DNS forwarders transfer DNS requests without rebuilding packets." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/mkoch/forward-to-hell-on-misusing-transparent-dns-forwarders-for-amplification-attacks/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:28:07

• "Before going deeper into identifying potential Kerberos abuse, we will briefly explain how the Kerberos protocol works." ☛ https://blog.nviso.eu/2026/02/12/capture-the-kerberos-flag-detecting-kerberos-anomalies/ | Source: NVISO Labs    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:28:17

• "Go has indisputably the best package integrity story of any programming language ecosystem." ☛ https://words.filippo.io/go-source/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:28:47

• "It is no secret that we often use and abuse bash to write things that ought to be in a different language. But bash does have its attractions." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/12/bash-via-transpiler/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:29:12

• "Code signing is commonly used to cryptographically verify the origin of software. A typical Android build consists of many individually signed pieces, which requires a significant amount of signing keys." ☛ https://calyxos.org/news/2026/02/10/calyxos-hsm-signing/ |    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:32:59

• "Unlike C, modern systems languages usually treat allocators as first-class citizens." ☛ https://antonz.org/allocators/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:33:14

• "Building that made me appreciate how much complexity hides behind .gitignore, and got me thinking about all the other tools with their own ignore files." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/12/the-many-flavors-of-ignore-files.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:33:32

• "11th-13th February 2001 is the occasion of the most famous skiing holiday in software." ☛ https://www.sicpers.info/2026/02/happy-25th-birthday-to-the-manifesto-for-agile-software-development/ | Source: SICP    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:33:45

• "The latest iteration of the TIOBE Index of programming languages indicates that more specialized languages are creeping up on Python’s dominance." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/statistical-language-r-is-making-a-comeback-against-python/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:33:59

• "But of course, it is not just open content that is vulnerable. All content online today has essentially been treated as fair game." ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2026/02/12/how-to-keep-the-internet-human/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:34:41

• "A lot of people are jumping on the Linux bandwagon after being abused for too long by big tech companies" ☛ https://techtea.io/articles/2026/new-linux-users/ | Source: TechTea    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:35:16

• "Action Scheduler is a library for triggering a WordPress hook to run at some time in the future." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2026/02/12/action-scheduler-clean-up/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:36:00

• "I need to travel to China right now because I’m the bomb there" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-niche-websites-are-seeing-a-surge-of-mysterious-traffic-from-china/ | Source: Wired    

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

• "When a url is posted on a forum/chat, it’s often automatically made linkable. But sometimes the regexp that grabs the url also grabs a trailing punctuation mark. [...]" ☛ https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2026-02-12-urls-with-trailing-punctuation/ | Source: Amit Patel    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:36:47

• Anon: just like Finnair, squeezing for profits on the way down ... "though its turnover dropped." ... burning infrastructure and the future in exchange for quarterly profits https://yle.fi/a/74-20210102    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:37:28

• "This is one particular piece of POSIX compliance that I think everyone should ignore." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/ViUndoMyViews | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:37:52

• "When you buy a 3D scanner, it will probably come with a turntable to spin the subject part and help you get a consistent scan from all sides." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/12/building-the-ultimate-turntable-for-3d-scanning/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:38:21

• "We now have several new power supply modules available. All of them operate with an input voltage of 85VAC to 255VAC at 50Hz or 60Hz, thus covering worldwide mains power networks." ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/new-power-supply-modules-for-pcb-mounting-in-stock/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:38:34

• "Once I worked that out, I stopped recording while I deleted thousands of recordings. Still, the Analyzer continued to fall behind a couple of times." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/no-birds-yet | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:38:46

• "The new features and capababilities for moteus just keep coming!" ☛ https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/02/12/pwm-input-support/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:39:07

• "I was working on benchmarking some new code on a Raspberry Pi Pico today and needed to debug it." ☛ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/ditching-the-debug-probe-using-a-segger-j-link-with-a-raspberry-pi-pico/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:39:35

• "It had been at least five minutes since Clara’s father handed down an old computer" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/a-busted-athlon-era-motherboard-bios/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:39:54

• "I have no need for a 3D printer." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/i-have-no-need-for-a-3d-printer/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:40:19

• "The self-contained device first uses an ESP32 and its associated camera module to take a picture, with a screen that shows the current view of the camera as the picture is being taken." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/12/storing-image-data-as-analog-audio/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:40:37

• "Florent 'Skia' Jacquet has announced an update to Ubuntu's 24.04 LTS branch." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12729 | Source: Distro Watch    

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

• "If you’ve spent time on Fedora or RHEL systems, you’ve encountered SELinux." ☛ https://blog.hofstede.it/selinux-a-practical-guide-for-fedora-and-rhel/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:43:02

• "What these arguments all seem to miss is that there already is a mass-market Linux for the desktop: it’s called ChromeOS." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/not_desktop.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:46:44

• "Nicholas Merrill, president and founder of Calyx Institute, has left the organization to pursue other projects." ☛ https://calyxos.org/news/2025/08/01/a-letter-to-our-community/ |    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:46:59

• "It is unclear when it is expected to be ready. GamingOnLinux first reported on the job advertisement." ☛ https://www.heise.de/en/news/The-next-big-step-GOG-Galaxy-is-apparently-to-be-ported-to-Linux-11159147.html | Source: Heise    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:49:01

• "So far, the DRM-free game platform GOG only runs on Windows and macOS. The company is now looking for a new developer for a Linux version." ☛ https://soylentnews.org/~hubie/journal/20123 | Source: Soylent News    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:49:13

• "Can’t quite pinpoint why, but at this point, I have no issue starting games one after another, leaving them for days or weeks or months—even years—without worrying, I just know that I’ll eventually return to those that are worthy." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/just-poking-away-at-videogames/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:49:31

• Linux Mint may slow down releases to have more development time | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/linux-mint-may-slow-down-releases-to-have-more-development-time/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:50:17

• Diablo II: Resurrected - Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/diablo-ii-resurrected-infernal-edition-gets-released-on-steam-and-steam-deck-verified/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:50:49

• Steam Deck completely out of stock in the US, Canada and Asia | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-deck-completely-out-of-stock-in-the-us-canada-and-asia/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:51:10

• eReader gemini://pandora.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-02-12-ereader.gmi    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:52:36

• "It seems you can offend people by agreeing with them that AI all knowing and great for coding. So instead of venting to people about how stupid AI is, let's just went into GeminiSpace!" gemini://sublime.jp.eu.org/gemlog/2026-02-11-the-slop-0001.gmi    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:53:25

• "I would like to see if I can set up a simple flight model on my THAT that calculates horizontal-and-vertical lift, drag, acceleration, and velocity, based on adjustable Angle of Attack and thrust inputs." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260212-0.gmi    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:54:23

• "I want to leave Discord, because I want to avoid the ever approaching tide of online age verification. But if I'm being honest with myself, I know I'm not going to." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/if-you-love-me.gmi    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:54:58

• Final ex Post gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/13/final-ex-post.gmi    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:56:03

• "The other day, someone told me that “Discord is a good product”. And I’m grateful for that phrasing because it helps me explain why I’m having such a cow about Discord." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/discord    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:57:13

• "I've been playing with the Reticulum mesh network since early last summer. My ROOPHLOCH entry last year was powered by Reticulum, and I currently operate, to the best of my knowledge, the only LoRa RNode in my town." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202602/20260213-the-limited-utility-of-reticulum.gmi    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 13:57:56

• a toast to dokuja gopher://baud.baby:70/0/phlog/fs20260213.txt    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:00:55

• How Many Dudes does it take to beat 1 horse-sized duck and 75 duck-sized horses? This game answers your dumb questions | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/how-many-dudes-does-it-take-to-beat-1-horse-sized-duck-and-75-duck-sized-horses-this-game-answers-your-dumb-questions/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:01:49

• Buckshot Roulette dev becomes a major Godot Engine donor | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/buckshot-roulette-dev-becomes-a-major-godot-engine-donor/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/buckshot-roulette-dev-becomes-a-major-godot-engine-donor/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:02:24

• Gothic 1 Remake gets a June release date | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/gothic-1-remake-gets-a-june-release-date/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/gothic-1-remake-gets-a-june-release-date/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:03:13

• "Pam Bondi's Gutter: Five Ways the Attorney General Confirmed She Is Engaged in an Epstein Cover Up" https://emptywheel.net/pam-bondis-gutter-five-ways-the-attorney-general-confirmed-she-is-engaged-in-an-epstein-cover-up/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:03:59

• "If Ukrainians Were Dolphins - by Jay Nordlinger" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/if-ukrainians-were-dolphins    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:04:11

• what an asshole: "... given that I have a bot account storming the SciML Open Source Software repositories with tens to hundreds of PRs a day, with many of them successful." https://www.juliabloggers.com/what-agentic-ai-vibe-coding-in-the-hands-of-actual-programmers-engineers/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:04:56

• iophk: bitcoin is _*not*_ anonymous https://greycoder.com/best-vpns-with-anonymous-payments-bitcoin-monero-gift-cards-cash/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:05:15

• "Resist and Unsubscribe" https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:05:29

• "Stop Giving Out Your Cell Number. Here's Why." https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Cell-vs-voip:9    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:05:42

• "Making America Stagnate Again - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/making-america-stagnate-again    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:05:54

• "Just a moment..." https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/new-york-wants-to-ctrlaltdelete-your-3d-printer/ blocked by gratuitous javascript    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:06:10

• IDG spam for Microsoft proxy https://www.csoonline.com/article/4125145/startup-amutable-plotting-linux-security-overhaul-to-counter-hacking-threats.html hijacking the "Linux" brand to promote Microsoft http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/Amutable_s_Management_and_Founders_Are_100_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:06:57

• Microsoft moles in "linux" clothing https://www.heise.de/en/news/Secure-Linux-Amutable-brings-cryptographically-verifiable-integrity-11157020.html http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/Amutable_is_a_Microsoft_Proxy_Like_Xamarin_With_Some_IBM_Red_Ha.shtml    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:07:25

• "Don’t Let Trump Fool You. The Economy Is Bad, and He Is to Blame." https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-economy-jobs-report/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:07:40

• "Rubio turns up the gas heat on Europe" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/12/2026/rubio-turns-up-the-gas-heat-on-europe    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:07:57

• "I'm #1 on google thanks to AI BULL💩 - the modern internet is a joke." https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/i'm-1-on-google-thanks-to-ai-bull%F0%9F%92%A9:2    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:08:09

• "Pam Bondi’s Contempt for Congress" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/pam-bondis-contempt-for-congress    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:08:22

• The American threat to an open internet | "Det amerikanska hotet mot ett öppet internet" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/02/12/det-amerikanska-hotet-mot-ett-oppet-internet/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:08:51

• iophk: It's mostly managers and the C-suite who believe that but the devastation comes from them acting on those beliefs. https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Why-the-Classic-Computer-Science-Degree-Might-Leave-You-Jobless-in-2026-%E2%80%93-And-What-to-Do-Instead:3    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:09:14

• "Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in Tumbler Ridge shootings" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8w95knp55o    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:09:32

• "Making an off-canvas menu free from heinous JavaScript has always been possible, but not ideal. I wrote up one technique for Smashing Magazine in 2013." ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/02/12/declarative-dialog-menu-invoker-commands/ | Source: David Bushell    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:10:26

• The 'No ICE in Minnesota' charity bundle is live on itch.io | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-no-ice-in-minnesota-charity-bundle-is-live-on-itch-io/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-no-ice-in-minnesota-charity-bundle-is-live-on-itch-io/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:11:07

• More Total War games arrive on GOG along with a return of The Long Dark | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/more-total-war-games-arrive-on-gog-along-with-a-return-of-the-long-dark/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/more-total-war-games-arrive-on-gog-along-with-a-return-of-the-long-dark/    

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

• Blades of Fire is jumping from Epic to Steam with big upgrades and Steam Deck support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/blades-of-fire-is-jumping-from-epic-to-steam-with-big-upgrades-and-steam-deck-support/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:13:38

• Writing About Crime is Not a Crime ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/02/12/writing-about-crime/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:16:49

• Essora Eos – minimal Devuan based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/essora-eos-minimal-devuan-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:24:48

• A single stable kernel for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1058478/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:25:14

• Hands-On With Lilidog GNU/Linux 26.02.06, the New Debian-Based Openbox Distro ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/02/hands-on-with-lilidog-linux-26-02-06-the-new-debian-based-openbox-distro/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:25:42

• Olav Vitters: GUADEC 2026 accommodation ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/ovitters/2026/02/12/guadec-2026-accommodation/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:42:31

• InstaCom patent monopoly validity challenge coming soon ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/2/12/instacom-patent-validity-challenge-coming-soon    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:43:12

• Peterreins Schley and ZSP enforce PIs for Wobbleworks over 3Doodler ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/peterreins-schley-zsp-enforce-pis-for-wobbleworks-over-3doodler/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:43:33

• Fill Out All The Margins 📖: OpenSSF Releases Compiler Annotations Guide for C and C++ ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/02/12/fill-out-all-the-margins-%f0%9f%93%96-openssf-releases-compiler-annotations-guide-for-c-and-c/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:44:36

• Freexian Collaborators: Debian Contributions: cross building, rebootstrap updates, Refresh of the patch tagging guidelines and more! (by Anupa Ann Joseph) ☞ https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-01-2026/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:54:00

• Linux Mint Wants Fewer Releases Each Year (For Good Reasons) ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-mint-longer-release-cycle/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:54:42

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1058473/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:55:20

• cull – reclaim precious disk space ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cull-reclaim-precious-disk-space/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:56:27

• dumbpipe – create a dumb pipe between two machines ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dumbpipe-create-dumb-pipe/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:56:36

• Pyright – static type checker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pyright-static-type-checker/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:56:48

• Panox – clipboard manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/panox-clipboard-manager/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:56:58

• Screen Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/screen/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:57:20

• Monthly Report - February 2026 ☞ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/monthly-report-2602/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:58:01

• How to build an image mode pipeline with GitLab ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/12/how-build-image-mode-pipeline-gitlab    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 14:58:47

• 7 Best Free and Open Source Screen-Readers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-screen-readers/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:01:21

• Envy – manage secrets ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/envy-manage-secrets/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:01:34

• ElecWhat – simple desktop WhatsApp client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/elecwhat-simple-desktop-whatsapp-client/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:01:44

• Phpactor – heavy-lifting refactoring and introspection tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/phpactor-heavy-lifting-refactoring-introspection-tools/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:01:55

• Sad news? GNU/Linux Mint may soon be shutting down its shorter development cycle ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-mint-is-shutting-down-its-shorter-development-cycle/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:02:16

• Also here: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-mint-team-considers-longer-gaps-between-releases-in-attempt-to-accelerate-development-efforts-current-six-month-cycle-means-we-spend-more-time-testing-fixing-and-releasing-than-developing    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:02:40

• How Posit’s Public Package Manager manylinux_2_28 repository can help you if your R project is stuck on Ubuntu Focal Fossa ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/how-posits-public-package-manager-manylinux_2_28-repository-can-help-you-if-your-r-project-is-stuck-on-ubuntu-focal-fossa/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:04:38

• 4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/health/tb-sanitarium-cameroon.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:05:33

• Alcohol’s Effects on the Body: What Does Drinking Do to Your Health? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/well/alcohol-body-health-effects.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:05:46

• Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in Violent Extremism ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/canada/tumbler-ridge-shooting-suspect-social-media.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:06:01

• Federal Judge Blocks Convicted Felon Plan to Cut $600 Million in Health Funds ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/politics/trump-health-funding-cuts-ruling.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:06:20

• Dihydroxyacetone Man revokes Obama-era climate finding on greenhouse gas risks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260212-trump-epa-revokes-scientific-finding-underpinned-us-fight-climate-change    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:06:45

• Dihydroxyacetone Man scraps legal basis for climate rules ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260212-trump-scraps-legal-basis-for-climate-rules    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:07:03

• Dihydroxyacetone Man cancels federal climate regulations. Here’s what it means for Michigan ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/trump-cancels-federal-climate-regulations-heres-what-it-means-for-michigan/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:07:13

• Is the Rat War Over? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/is-the-rat-war-over    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:08:04

• North Korea warns of ‘terrible response’ if South Korea sends more drones ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-says-south-korea-should-take-steps-to-prevent-violation-of-its-sovereignty    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:08:39

• More cloud seeding under way to beat dry season, says Malaysian disaster agency ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/more-cloud-seeding-under-way-to-beat-the-dry-season-says-malaysian-disaster-agency    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:20:54

• Malaysia’s anti-graft chief says open to probe on his shareholding after media report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-anti-graft-chief-says-open-to-probe-on-his-shareholding-after-media-report    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:21:12

• ‘Punk wellness’: China’s stressed young people mix traditional medicine and cocktails ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/punk-wellness-chinas-stressed-youth-mix-traditional-medicine-and-cocktails    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:21:29

• China orders cereulide tests as infant formula makers Nestle, Danone face recalls over toxin ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-orders-cereulide-tests-as-nestle-danone-face-recalls    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:21:43

• C.I.A. Video Appeals to Potential Spies in China’s Military ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/politics/cia-china-spies.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:21:59

• bipartisan group targets ASML's Dutch exports of lithography machines used to create advanced chips ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/u-s-lawmakers-demand-sales-ban-on-chipmaking-tools-to-china-bipartisan-group-targets-asmls-dutch-exports-of-lithography-machines-used-to-create-advanced-chips    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:23:51

• China calls Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te a ‘war instigator’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/12/china-calls-taiwanese-leader-lai-ching-te-a-war-instigator/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:24:17

• Chinese automakers BYD, Geely are bidding on Mexico’s shuttered Aguascalientes Nissan plant ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/shuttered-nissan-plant-in-aguascalientes/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:24:52

• Mitchell Hashimoto Launches Vouch to Fight Hey Hi (AI) Slop in Open Source Ecosystem ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/mitchell-hashimoto-vouch/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:25:23

• Nandy launches competition probe into DMGT’s Telegraph takeover ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/nandy-minded-to-seek-competition-probe-into-dmgts-telegraph-takeover/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:58:46

• Parkinson's May Emerge From a Deeper Brain Network Than We Thought ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-may-emerge-from-a-deeper-brain-network-than-we-thought    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:59:07

• Can Drinking Hot Water Really Help You Lose Weight? Experts Explain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/can-drinking-hot-water-really-help-you-lose-weight-experts-explain    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:59:19

• Scientists Discover a Brain Circuit That Enhances Physical Endurance In Mice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-brain-circuit-that-enhances-physical-endurance-in-mice    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 15:59:52

• Valentine's Day: 9 Cosmic Objects That Prove Love Is Universal ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/valentines-day-9-cosmic-objects-that-prove-love-is-universal    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:00:10

• We Were Wrong About Fasting, Massive Review Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-were-wrong-about-fasting-massive-review-shows    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:00:23

• Ozempic-Style Patches Promise Easy Weight Loss, But Do They Work? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ozempic-style-patches-promise-easy-weight-loss-but-do-they-work    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:00:38

• A Giant Star Vanished, And Scientists Think a Black Hole Is to Blame ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-giant-star-vanished-and-scientists-think-a-black-hole-is-to-blame    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:00:55

• Discovery of an 'Inside Out' Solar System Puzzles Astronomers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/discovery-of-an-inside-out-solar-system-puzzles-astronomers    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:01:07

• Central Bank raises 2026 inflation forecast range amid food-driven risks ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/central-bank-raises-2026-inflation-forecast-range-amid-food-driven-risks-316636    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:01:56

• Qt Creator 19 Beta2 released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-19-beta2-released    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:02:44

• China cracks down on anti-marriage social control media content during Lunar New Year holiday ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/13/china-cracks-down-on-anti-marriage-social-media-content-during-lunar-new-year-holiday/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:03:05

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 638 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/02/11/this-week-in-rust-638/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:03:40

• BSD Now 650: Korn Chips ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/650    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:05:27

• Flexibility and Rising Costs Are Keeping Mothers at Work ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/economy/mothers-labor-force-participation.html "thanks to flexible work setups" = 'thanks' to employers paying too little and giving salaries below living costs    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:06:52

• Build a zero trust environment with Red Bait Connectivity Link ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/12/build-zero-trust-environment-red-hat-connectivity-link    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:08:47

• Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media Addiction ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000010701326/why-tech-giants-are-accused-of-causing-social-media-addiction.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:09:45

• Hacks.Mozilla.Org: Launching Interop 2026 ☞ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/launching-interop-2026/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:10:56

• Attacks on Health in Ukraine Continue to Escalate Four Years into Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion ☞ https://phr.org/news/attacks-on-health-in-ukraine-continue-to-escalate-four-years-into-russias-full-scale-invasion/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:11:53

• Milano-Cortina: Controversy erupts over Ukrainian athlete’s helmet ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/milano-cortina-controversy-erupts-over-ukrainian-athlete-s-helmet    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:12:16

• Milano-Cortina: Ukrainian athlete disqualified over war tribute helmet ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/milano-cortina-ukrainian-athlete-disqualified-over-war-tribute-helmet    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:12:36

• Lithuania condemns Ukrainian athlete's disqualification from Winter Olympics ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2837292/lithuania-condemns-ukrainian-athlete-s-disqualification-from-winter-olympics    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:12:49

• Ukrainian Skeleton Athlete Disqualified From Olympics Over Helmet Dispute ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-skeleton-athlete-vladyslav-heraskevych-barred-olympics/33675935.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:13:05

• A Ukrainian athlete wanted to honor fallen countrymen. The IOC said no. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Olympics/2026/0212/winter-olympics-banned-Ukrainian    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:13:23

• Russia Strikes Ukraine Overnight As Zelenskyy Denies Plans For Elections On War Anniversary ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-strikes-ukraine-zelenskyy-elections/33675846.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:13:47

• These Ukrainian Drones Don’t Just Kill. They Deliver Oatmeal Cookies. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/europe/ukraine-drones-vampire-russia.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:14:09

• Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet Honoring War Dead ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/olympics/ukraine-skeleton-olympics-banned-helmet-heraskevych.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:14:23

• Cofounders Fleeing MElon’s xAI ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/cofounders-fleeing-elon-musk-xai    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:16:38

• OpenAI Fires Top Safety Exec Who Opposed ChatGPT’s “Adult Mode” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-fires-safety-exec-opposed-adult-mode    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:16:55

• Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/technology/gail-slater-antittrust-justice-department.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:17:25

• Feeding 10 billion: Australia’s role in avoiding hunger-conflict spirals ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/feeding-10-billion-australias-role-in-avoiding-hunger-conflict-spirals/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:18:23

• How Europe Woke Up to Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/europe-trump-munich-security-canada-minnesota.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:18:39

• NATO Remains Vital to U.S. Security, Ex-Ambassadors and Generals Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/europe/nato-us.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:18:54

• Amnesty chief warns “attacks on international law” are undermining global security ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/amnesty-chief-warns-attacks-on-international-law-are-undermining-global-security/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:19:30

• Bangladesh election raises expectations of a new political era ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/bangladesh-election-raises-expectations-of-a-new-political-era    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:20:05

• Counting starts in Bangladesh’s first free election in 17 years ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/counting-starts-in-bangladesh-s-first-free-election-in-17-years    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:20:20

• ApolloMD Data Breach Impacts 626,000 Individuals ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apollomd-data-breach-impacts-626000-individuals/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:21:22

• Europeans perceive growing threat to their security and trust EU to do more in this field, according to latest Eurobarometer ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_403    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:22:14

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSpdlog 0.0.27 on CRAN: C++20 Accommodations ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/02/12#rcppspdlog_0.0.27    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:23:10

• Debian DFSG Team announces new dashboard and queue processes ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1058480/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:23:20

• Ed updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Ed    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:23:45

• Extract Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub repository URLs from BlackArch tools pages ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/43210/extract-github-repository-urls-from-blackarch-tools-pages    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:24:27

• Fake security (back doors) and more Windows TCO ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-to-enable-windows-baseline-security-with-new-runtime-integrity-safeguards/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:25:21

• Police decline to disclose number of sedition arrests over comments about fatal Tai Po blaze ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/12/police-decline-to-disclose-number-of-sedition-arrests-over-comments-about-fatal-tai-po-blaze/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:27:10

• Apple discloses first actively exploited zero-day of 2026 ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/apple-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2026-20700/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:27:38

• Apple Patches iOS Zero-Day Exploited in ‘Extremely Sophisticated Attack’ ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-ios-zero-day-exploited-in-extremely-sophisticated-attack/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:28:19

• de next-RAP8-EZBOX – An ultra-compact, fanless or actively-cooled defective chip maker Intel Core i7-1365UE Raptor Lake embedded system ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/12/de-next-rap8-ezbox-ultra-compact-fanless-or-actively-cooled-intel-core-i7-1365ue-raptor-lake-embedded-system/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:31:16

• My Lovely Valentine ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/02/12/my-lovely-valentine/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:32:58

• Terrible and malicious agenda brought about by GAFAM ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/epic-games-brings-secure-boot-and-tpm-to-competitive-fortnite-most-players-unaffected-by-new-measures    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:41:45

• of course, as usual, it has nothing to do with security, it is about controlling people against their will    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:42:21

• SlimeVR Butterfly Trackers – nRF52833-based, ultra-slim, full-body VR trackers offer up to 48h battery life (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/12/slimevr-butterfly-trackers-nrf52833-based-ultra-slim-full-body-vr-trackers-offer-up-to-48h-battery-life/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:42:50

• Mozilla Localization (L10N): Pontoon Translation Search: Unifying Localization Across Mozilla ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2026/02/12/pontoon-translation-search-unifying-localization-across-mozilla/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:43:14

• openSUSE Board on Participation, Governance and Community ☞ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/12/board-interview-participation-gov-community/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:43:36

• "A port is a logical entity that represents an endpoint of communication and is associated with a given process or service in an operating system." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/find-out-which-process-listening-on-a-particular-port/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:44:31

• "I really like how this case brought different groups together" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/when-an-upstream-change-broke-smartcard-fips-authentication-and-how-we-fixed-it | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:45:32

• Buzzwords saturation ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/open-platforms-edge-ai-and-sovereign-telco-clouds-ecrio-canonical-at-mwc-barcelona | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:45:59

• "Based on our work with customers, we've identified a few common areas where we can all “level up” our vulnerability management game." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/elevate-your-vulnerability-management-strategy-red-hat | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:47:05

• "For decades, Red Hat has catalyzed open source adoption across the European Union. We advocate for ‘default-to-open’ EU policies because they help unlock Europe’s full potential." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/building-bridges-european-digital-sovereignty | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:47:23

• UK bets on buzzwords for defence https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/uk-ministry-defence-collaborates-red-hat-improve-digital-delivery-unlock-ai-capabilities-and-scale-its-hybrid-cloud    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:50:56

• IBM Red at pushes buzzwords, not substance, as IBM's stock depends on these lies https://www.redhat.com/en/compiler-podcast/data-security-and-ai    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 16:51:52

• Thanks for participating in APRICOT 2026 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/12/thanks-for-participating-in-apricot-2026/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:03:15

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.93.1 ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/02/12/Rust-1.93.1/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:04:05

• What’s next for Chinese open-source Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/12/1132811/whats-next-for-chinese-open-source-ai/    

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

• Digital Omnibus: EU DPAs reject many proposed changes to the GDPR ☞ https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-eu-dpas-reject-many-proposed-changes-gdpr    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:14:07

• ‘Disagreement itself has become morally legible’: Glenn Loury critiques self-censorship ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/02/12/disagreement-morally-glenn-loury/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:17:53

• Europe’s Leaders Gather At Munich Summit, Reeling From Convicted Felon’s Criticism ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/world/europe/munich-conference-europe-trump-vance-trust-rubio.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:19:00

• “If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/if-we-dont-have-free-speech-then-we-just-dont-have-a-free-country    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:19:25

• Nifty Dialogs ☞ https://blog.broulik.de/2026/02/nifty-dialogs/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:20:47

• FOSS Weekly #26.07: Kernel 6.19, Hey Hi (AI) for Real Sysadmin Works, Arch Apps on Ubuntu and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-07/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:22:14

• Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS released with Linux 6.17 + Mesa 25.2 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-24-04-4-lts-released    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:23:07

• Edubuntu 24.04.4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/edubuntu    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:23:29

• Kubuntu 24.04.4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kubuntu    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:23:41

• GitHub Tray GNOME Shell Extension Puts Your Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Repos in the System Tray ☞ https://9to5linux.com/github-tray-gnome-shell-extension-puts-your-github-repos-in-the-system-tray    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:24:48

• Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Is Now Available for Download Powered by GNU/Linux Kernel 6.17 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-4-lts-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-17    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:24:59

• NetworkManager 1.56 Released with New Features and Improvements ☞ https://9to5linux.com/networkmanager-1-56-released-with-new-features-and-improvements    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:25:09

• Neoleo – lightweight curses spreadsheet ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/neoleo-lightweight-curses-spreadsheet/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:25:32

• Mimiclaw is an OpenClaw-like Hey Hi (AI) assistant for ESP32-S3 boards ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/13/mimiclaw-is-an-openclaw-like-ai-assistant-for-esp32-s3-boards/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:26:33

• Ubuntu MATE 24.04.4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntumate    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:27:15

• Ubuntu Studio 24.04.4 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntustudio    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:27:25

• Default Applications Chooser fixes ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/default-applications-chooser-fixes.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:28:55

• Unofficial 7-zip.com website served up malware-laden downloads for over a week — infected PCs forced into a proxy botnet ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/unofficial-7-zip-com-website-served-up-malware-for-10-days-files-turned-pcs-into-a-proxy-botnet    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:29:16

• GNOME 50 Beta is out! Enhanced Remote Desktop & Orca Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/gnome-50-beta-is-out/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:30:36

• Lubuntu 24.04.4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lubuntu    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:31:12

• Ubuntu Budgie 24.04.4 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntubudgie    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:31:23

• Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04.4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntucinnamon    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:36:39

• Ubuntu Kylin 24.04.4 is out as well☞ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntukylin    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:36:51

• Addressing human rights abuses and attacks on press freedom facilitated by AppLogic Networks in Egypt ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/human-rights-abuses-facilitated-by-applogic-networks-in-egypt/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:37:47

• From Sandvine to AppLogic Networks: a rebrand doesn’t mean reform ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/from-sandvine-to-applogic-networks-a-rebrand-doesnt-mean-reform/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:39:01

• Artificial Insecurity: threats to information integrity ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/artificial-insecurity-information-integrity/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:40:17

• Ubuntu Unity 24.04.4 is out☞ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntuunity    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:40:36

• VailuxOS 1.6.0.2 is also out☞ ☞ https://distrowatch.com/vailuxos    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:41:00

• UN warns Sudan airstrikes threaten lives and vital establishments ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-warns-sudan-airstrikes-threaten-lives-and-vital-establishments/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:41:58

• Indian farmers protest trade deal with US ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260212-indian-farmers-protest-trade-deal-with-us    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:42:18

• OmegaLinux 3.4 is out☞ ☞ https://distrowatch.com/omegalinux    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:42:35

• Mainstream Media Intentionally Ignoring EPO Strikes ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/12/Mainstream_Media_Intentionally_Ignoring_EPO_Strikes.shtml    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:42:45

• The EPO's Corruption and Violation of Rules is Spreading to the United Kingdom (Software Patents) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/12/The_EPO_s_Corruption_and_Violation_of_Rules_is_Spreading_to_the.shtml    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:42:59

• North Korea warns of ‘terrible response’ over South Korean drone flights ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260213-north-korea-warns-of-terrible-response-over-south-korean-drone-flights    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:43:39

• US dispatch: Attorney General questioned over Epstein files, federal shootings, surveillance ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/us-dispatch-attorney-general-questioned-over-epstein-files-federal-shootings-surveillance/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:44:09

• ClicknClear Inks Universal Music Deal Following ‘Minions’ Winter Olympics Licensing Debacle ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/12/clicknclear-universal-music-deal/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:44:41

• The Next Linux Kernel Turns 7.0 ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/The-Next-Linux-Kernel-Turns-7.0    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:47:35

• YouTube Music Lyrics Are Now Locked Behind Premium Subscription — Let’s See How This One Goes Over ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/11/youtube-music-lyrics-premium-subscription/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:51:51

• How To Install OpenVPN Server on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openvpn-server-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:52:32

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

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:52:43

• Minsk seeking to formally legalise truck detentions, Lithuanian association says ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2837254/minsk-seeking-to-formally-legalise-truck-detentions-lithuanian-association-says    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:53:08

• Tsikhanouskaya’s aide says she wrote to Lithuanian PM before Warsaw move but got no reply ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2837277/tsikhanouskaya-s-aide-says-she-wrote-to-lithuanian-pm-before-warsaw-move-but-got-no-reply    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:53:18

• Chinese tourists head to Russia, Thailand on extended Chinese New Year break ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-tourists-head-to-russia-thailand-on-extended-lunar-new-year-break    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:53:59

• Russia Telegram block condemned as a blow to freedom of expression by rights group ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/russia-telegram-block-condemned-as-a-blow-to-freedom-of-expression-by-rights-group/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:54:17

• Russia fully blocks WhatsApp, intensifying it's 'crackdown on free expression' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-fully-blocks-whatsapp-intensifying-it-s-crackdown-on-free-expression    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:54:35

• NATO downplays Greenland dispute as US defence chief absent from summit ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260212-nato-downplays-greenland-dispute-as-us-defence-chief-absent-from-summit    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:55:14

• Arctic Sentry: Europe takes the lead in NATO Arctic security mission ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/arctic-sentry-europe-takes-the-lead-in-nato-arctic-security-mission    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:55:37

• EU leaders back major economic overhaul to counter pressure from US, China and Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260213-eu-leaders-major-economic-overhaul-counter-pressure-us-china-russia    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:56:08

• Security service seeks prosecution for Latvian helping Russian company ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/12.02.2026-security-service-seeks-prosecution-for-latvian-helping-russian-company.a634339/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:56:48

• bubi reaches uptime of 800 days next week. Right now: 17:57:21 up 792 days    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 17:57:56

• Linux Mint might overhaul its release schedule https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-might-overhaul-its-release-schedule/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:11:22

• Linux Gamers on Radeon Graphics Get Ray Tracing Performance Boost in Mesa 26.0.0 Update https://www.techpowerup.com/346251/linux-gamers-on-radeon-graphics-get-ray-tracing-performance-boost-in-mesa-26-0-0-update    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:12:58

• "Fedora-based Bluefin Linux combines the simplicity of ChromeOS with the power of a full Linux distribution, offering an immutable, container-focused desktop." https://thenewstack.io/bluefin-linux-chromeos-simplicity-meets-linux-power/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:13:52

• Oracle Virtualization adds support for Oracle Linux 9 compute https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/oracle-virtualization-adds-support-for-oracle-linux-9-compute    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:14:27

• Linus Torvalds rejects Linux 7.0 MMC changes as 'complete garbage' https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260212-linus-torvalds-rejects-mmc-changes-linux-7/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:14:51

• "Since there's a few different versions of Proton it's easy to get confused, so check out what they're for in the GamingOnLinux guide." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/proton-experimental-update-adds-controller-support-to-more-launchers-linux-steamos/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:16:08

• Mesa 26.0 Brings Ray Tracing Updates for AMD Radeon on Linux https://videocardz.com/newz/mesa-26-0-open-source-graphics-library-for-linux-releases-significant-imporvmenets-to-raytraicng-on-radeon-gpus    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:17:22

• "Mewgenics from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel is officially out now, and it will absolutely annihilate your free time. Disclosure: a key was provided to GamingOnLinux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/mewgenics-is-weird-completely-chaotic-and-its-out-now/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:18:10

• "What is it? WiVRn is an application that wirelessly streams a virtual reality game to a standalone VR headset from a Linux computer. It's has different levels of support across various Meta Quest headsets, Pico, HTC Vive and others." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/wireless-vr-streaming-levels-up-on-linux-with-the-latest-wivrn-release/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:18:31

• Mesa 26.0 Rolls Out, Bringing Major Vulkan And Ray-Tracing Improvements For Radeon GPUs On Linux https://wccftech.com/mesa-26-0-rolls-out-bringing-major-vulkan-and-ray-tracing-improvements-for-radeon-gpus-on-linux/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:19:32

• I wanted Windows Notepad on Linux—this app is the closest replacement I’ve found https://www.howtogeek.com/i-wanted-notepad-on-linuxthis-app-is-the-closest-replacement-ive-found/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:22:26

• This relies on badly protected PCs or weak passwords https://www.csoonline.com/article/4130967/sshstalker-botnet-brute-forces-its-way-onto-7000-linux-machines.html    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:23:54

• ""Completely garbage!" Linus blasts the Linux MMC code update: It can't even compile, and no testing was done at all." https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3680250199322244    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:24:27

• How to use your Android phone to master Linux Bash scripts (instead of doomscrolling) https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-bash-scripts-how-to-learn-on-android-device/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:26:30

• "The Linux Mint team has published its January report, outlining several improvements and plans to move to a longer development cycle." https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-mint-is-shutting-down-its-shorter-development-cycle/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:27:07

• Linux Mint may publish fewer updates a year, but that's not necessarily a bad thing https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-mint-may-publish-fewer-updates-a-year-but-thats-not-necessarily-a-bad-thing/    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 18:27:30

• Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/spain/#monthly-200902-202602 http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/02/Big_Gains_for_GNU_Linux_in_Spain_This_Year.shtml    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 19:34:51

• Cory Doctorow Explains Richard Stallman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccHbp4U74ho    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 21:04:55

• "Equipment/devices (e.g. laptop, cellphone) which their records believe you still have??" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc9389d    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 21:21:46

• "The PPM image format is an evolution of the PBM which was monochrome, PPM has RGB colors." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2026-02-13-ppm-image-format.gmi    

posted Friday, February 13, 2026 at 21:24:22

• Washington Post https://www.dw.com/en/washington-post-begins-large-scale-layoffs/a-75805313    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:24:36

• fossil https://www.dw.com/en/tiny-dinosaur-fossil-could-provide-evolutionary-clues-study/a-75801785    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:25:13

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-14.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:27:02

• "Trying to be a good geminaut, the bot fetches robots.txt in order to respect capsule owners' wishes. Today I found bugs." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-02-14_Being_a_good_robot.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:27:40

• "Smol friends! The third annual Offline-First Software Challenge begins on the 1st of March, which is two weeks away from today. There is a small wrinkle this year in that I will be travelling for most of the second half of February and most of the first half of March." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/advance-notice-of-offlfirsoch-2026.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:28:24

• Advance notice of OFFLFIRSOCH 2026 gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/advance-notice-of-offlfirsoch-2026.txt    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:29:42

• "Pseudonymous maker "dooglehead" has built a self-confessed "terrible VR headset," which throws back to the earliest attempts at the technology by swapping out the usual high-resolution flat-panel liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) or organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) for cathode-ray tubes (CRTs)." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260213-vr.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:30:32

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1916.jpg    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:30:55

• "Careful she is super protected -a “made” person in Albany. IYKYK" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg3ctq05    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:40:37

• "Efficiency without a baseline measure of quality is absolutely meaningless. This is Matt Lyteson level of stupid. Rapacity without forethought. Flow velocity bullshirt." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc42bmn    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:41:16

• "USA hiring is in part because of the current administration push for hiring American workers. IBM wants to stay on the good side of this administration. Of course, laying off (oops RA) older employees is a net gain for IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kha4h3ef    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:43:52

• "C'mon man! IBM has layoffs every day of every week of every month of every year going back to April Fools Day 4-1-93 when the G Man Gerstner came in. Line up a new jon and get out of there with your mind and body right while you still can!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khcfn7v1    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:44:33

• "Some brothers were talking about this after prayers today. God willing, we will be okay." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khcfn7v1 "With persecution from all sides, it’s easy to feel despair."    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:44:59

• forever chemical https://www.dw.com/en/tackling-forever-chemicals-could-save-money-and-our-health/a-75794494    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:57:44

• khartoum https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-khartoum-presents-a-picture-of-normalcy-despite-ongoing-fighting/a-75790769    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 02:58:09

• Workers at Migros, one of Turkey’s largest retailers, protest near-zero raise https://bianet.org/haber/workers-at-migros-one-of-turkeys-largest-retailers-protest-near-zero-raise-316302    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:00:31

• Turkey's textile industry crushed by China and Bangladesh https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-s-textile-industry-crushed-by-china-and-bangladesh/a-75684427    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:00:55

• Turkey Edges Towards Curbing Social Media Access to Minors Amid Global Push https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-06/turkey-edges-towards-curbing-social-media-access-to-minors-amid-global-push    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:01:51

• Serbia: Reform denounced as a political takeover of justice https://www.dw.com/en/serbia-reform-denounced-as-a-political-takeover-of-justice/a-75799216    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:09:03

• Global human rights system is in peril https://www.dw.com/en/global-human-rights-system-is-in-peril-says-hrw/a-75752763    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:09:57

• Under Pressure: Exploring the effect of legal and criminal threats on security researchers and journalists https://databreaches.net/2026/02/02/under-pressure-exploring-the-effect-of-legal-and-criminal-threats-on-security-researchers-and-journalists/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:11:29

• Ransomware attack compromised 377,000 people’s Social Security and driver’s license numbers from Texas gas station and convenience store chain https://www.foxnews.com/tech/ransomware-attack-exposes-social-security-numbers-major-gas-station-chain    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:26:22

• Dallas County to pay $600,000 to security testers arrested in 2019 https://archive.is/VMTz4#selection-377.0-381.46    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:27:15

• OIG audit of hospital’s cybersecurity finds vulnerabilities in common web applications https://healthexec.com/topics/health-it/cybersecurity/oig-audit-hospitals-cybersecurity-finds-vulnerabilities-common-web-applications    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:29:04

• Security Concerns and Skepticism Are Bursting the Bubble of Moltbook, the Viral [Slop] Social Forum https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-02-06/security-concerns-and-skepticism-are-bursting-the-bubble-of-moltbook-the-viral-ai-social-forum    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:30:41

• Data Protection Authority in hot water: personal info leaked amidst security oversight https://nltimes.nl/2026/02/06/data-protection-authority-hot-water-personal-info-leaked-amidst-security-oversight    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:31:27

• "This release also ships with the Mesa 25.2 graphics stack from the Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) release." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-4-lts-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-17    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:34:40

• Premium: The Hater's Guide To Microsoft

     

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:37:37

• "We are witnessing the consequences of hubris — those of a monopolist that chased out any real value creators from the organization, replacing them with an increasingly-annoying cadre of Business Idiots like career loser Jay Parikh and scummy, abusive timewaster Mustafa Suleyman. "    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 03:38:11

• GNU/Linux at 5.5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/iraq/#monthly-200902-202602    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 04:18:08

• attack by passenger https://www.dw.com/en/germany-train-conductor-dies-after-attack-by-passenger/a-75797068    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:16:41

• videos are recycled for political purposes https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-how-videos-are-recycled-for-political-purposes/a-75589380    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:17:17

• Slop hype https://www.dw.com/en/moltbook-explained-where-ai-bots-meet-to-discuss-humans/a-75779970    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:39:42

• Albania's judicial reform ten years on: Hope without justice https://www.dw.com/en/albania-s-judicial-reform-ten-years-on-hope-without-justice/a-75824685    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:45:15

• How Philippines' schools embraced German language https://www.dw.com/en/how-philippines-schools-embraced-german-language/a-75843383    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:46:17

• social inequality https://www.dw.com/en/germany-rising-concern-over-social-inequality/a-75836870    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:46:41

• German train conductor's death highlights rise in violence https://www.dw.com/en/german-train-conductor-s-death-highlights-rise-in-violence/a-75836876    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:47:21

• German exports to US plummet, but Europe provides a boost https://www.dw.com/en/german-exports-to-us-plummet-but-europe-provides-a-boost/a-75842235    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:49:09

• European nations gear up to ban social media for children https://www.dw.com/en/european-nations-gear-up-to-ban-social-media-for-children/a-75841184    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:49:36

• Instagram, YouTube Addiction Trial Kicks off in Los Angeles https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-02-09/instagram-youtube-addiction-trial-kicks-off-in-los-angeles    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:50:18

• Release: Archcraft 2026.02.02 https://wiki.archcraft.io/news/57-news-release/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:53:46

• Waydog update 26.01.17 Live https://sourceforge.net/p/lilidog/discussion/updates/thread/89d02e41c9/?page=6&limit=25#cbaa    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:54:42

• Corporate Media Repeats Its Failures While Empire Marches On https://www.projectcensored.org/deja-vu-corporate-media-failures-empire/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:56:45

• feminism censorship https://jacobin.com/2026/02/china-internet-protest-feminism-censorship/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:57:05

• The Government’s Long War on Free Speech https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/the-governments-long-war-on-free-speech/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:57:38

• Fifty Years Ago, the Supreme Court Said Money Is Speech https://jacobin.com/2026/02/citizens-united-campaign-finance-oligarchy/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:57:58

• Pakistan: Suppression of Free Speech, Civil Society https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/04/pakistan-suppression-of-free-speech-civil-society    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 07:58:18

• Opponents Test the Limits of Free Speech https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-02-05/a-glimmer-of-hope-for-democracy-in-venezuela-as-opponents-test-the-limits-of-free-speech    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:00:59

• With Maduro gone, Venezuelans test freedom to criticize leaders https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-freedom-of-speech-criticize-leaders-9.7079330    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:01:50

• spared jail for Facebook posts https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/sex-offender-vigilante-spared-jail-for-facebook-posts-20260205-p5o005.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:02:46

• Who on Earth still doesn’t have electricity? https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/476083/energy-abundance-access-electricty-progress-africa-oceania-energy-poverty    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:04:33

• Does your website run on green energy? https://jamesg.blog/2026/02/06/green-energy/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:05:21

• Four in 10 Dutch homes now carry top energy labels https://nltimes.nl/2026/02/08/four-10-dutch-homes-now-carry-top-energy-labels    

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

• Cubans wonder if they could be next after Venezuela as rumours swirl about U.S. talks https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cuban-cia-castro-energy-collapse-9.7078628    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:06:33

• Cheeto Mussolini’s Climate Policy Rollback Plan Relies on EPA Rescinding its 2009 Endangerment Finding, But Will Courts Allow It? https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/05/trumps-climate-policy-rollback-plan-relies-on-epa-rescinding-its-2009-endangerment-finding-but-will-courts-allow-it/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:07:50

• We are are more prepared to face climate change than you think https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/we-are-are-more-prepared-to-face-climate-change-than-you-think/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:08:09

• Climate activist group files second lawsuit against Sweden ttps://www.thelocal.se/20260207/climate-activist-group-files-second-lawsuit-against-sweden    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:08:25

• Use of AI in the patent industry http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/use-of-ai-in-patent-industry-are-you.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:09:35

• Nature should never be patented, nature is not an invention http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/patents-take-root-in-draft-ngt-plants.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:10:31

• "Matt Lyteson is the class id--t who gives other id--ts a bad name....the lights are on but no one is home." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc42bmn    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:17:03

• IBM is cheating the market    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:17:16

• CBS News layoffs: Network to cut 15% of jobs amid major newsroom overhaul https://www.firstpost.com/tech/cbs-news-layoffs-network-to-cut-15-of-jobs-amid-major-newsroom-overhaul-13979430.html/amp    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:19:42

• Cheeto is scuttling US media, even UK media https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:20:30

• Software Patents ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-fends-off-4g-wireless-patent-lawsuit-at-third-trial/articleshow/128282821.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:43:30

• "Google, which has been ‌fined billions ⁠of ⁠euros in Europe for antitrust violations in recent years, is the subject of several European Union antitrust investigations." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-targeted-by-eu-over-its-search-advertising-auction-practices/articleshow/128284806.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:44:28

• "Gail Slater, the Justice Department's assistant attorney general for antitrust, posted on X Thursday that it was with “great sadness” that she was leaving after just a year in the role." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-02-12/top-trump-antitrust-official-leaves-post-following-disputes-over-big-mergers | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:44:44

• "Trump's antitrust agencies practiced "boss politics antitrust" in which favored courtiers were given free passes to violate the law, while Trump's enemies were threatened with punitive antitrust investigations until they fell into line: [...]" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/13/khanservatives/#kid-rock-eats-shit | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:45:10

• "The SAVE America Act is voter suppression, plain and simple. It will make it harder and more expensive for American citizens — especially women" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-02-12/us-house-of-representatives-passes-election-law-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-to-vote.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:45:49

• "I reached out to Rep. Ramirez to ask how it feels to be vindicated in the worst possible way, talk about the likely impending DHS shutdown, and what future accountability looks like." ☛ https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/rep-delia-ramirez-illinois-abolish-prosecute-dhs-ice | Source: Marisa Kabas    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:46:05

• "CBP began piloting Clearview AI’s technology in 2025, too, according to DHS’s AI inventory." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/dhs-cbp-contract-biometric-facial-recognition-ai/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:46:20

• "over 60+ billion publicly available images" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-signs-clearview-ai-deal-to-use-face-recognition-for-tactical-targeting/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:46:35

• "It is recognition of anyone who has a face that has been photographed and shared even semi-publicly." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/cbp-clearview/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:46:49

• "According to newly leaked data from the Department of Homeland Security, less than 14 percent of the 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in the past year have either been charged with or convicted of violent crimes." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/who-exactly-is-ice-arresting-and | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:47:13

• "A judge has dismissed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to retaliate against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a former Navy captain and astronaut who incurred the Pentagon chief’s ire when he reminded active-duty service members that they do not have to execute unlawful orders." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/judge-quotes-bob-dylan-rebuke-hegseth-mark-kelly-1235515514/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:47:49

• "I want to be precise about what I am not arguing. I am not arguing that property is an illusion. I am not arguing that property rights should be abolished." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-14 | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:48:17

• "The rule finalised by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding that determined that carbon dioxide" ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41792888.html | Source: Irish Examiner    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:48:50

• "But what is stopping you from becoming even more active in resisting this loathsome president and his venal regime?" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-if-anything-is | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:49:27

• "The EDPB (combining all independent data proction authorities) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published a joint opinion expressing serious concerns about key elements of the proposed GDPR and ePrivacy changes in the so-called “Digital Omnibus” proposed by the European Commission." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/digital-omnibus-eu-dpas-reject-many-proposed-changes-gdpr | Source: NYOB    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:53:54

• "But there was a problem: I write about sensitive topics in my journal entries, and I don’t want to share them with the big LLM providers." ☛ https://ankursethi.com/blog/i-used-a-local-llm-to-analyze-my-journal-entries/ | Source: Ankur Sethi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:54:15

• "In the news: California’s attorney general issues largest CCPA fine to date." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-data-sale-life-for-me/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:54:32

• "What happened next alarmed me." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/testing-reachy-mini-hugging-face-robot/ | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:54:44

• "Through no fault of Apple, Face ID is having a moment — and not in a good way." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/apple-should-rethink-face-id-settings-for-our-current-era/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:54:57

• "I also saw this message when trying to sync, they have effectively made the watch pretty useless if you don’t let it always have access to location." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/13/casio-overstepping-the-privacy-barrier/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:55:12

• Openwashing ☛ https://petewarden.com/2026/02/13/announcing-moonshine-voice/ | Source: Pete Warden    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:55:53

• Windows TCO: "According to the Polish CERT report, hackers deployed wiper malware that destroyed data on computer systems, corrupted firmware on operational technology devices" ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/urgent-warnings-uk-and-us-cyber-agencies-after-polish-energy-grid-attack | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:56:28

• Windows TCO: "KB5077181 is causing devices to restart over 15 times in an infinite loop. Users also report network issues and error codes." ☛ https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-update-kb5077181-is-causing-critical-boot-loops-for-some-users/ | Source: Neowin    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:56:41

• "MJ Rathbun later posted an apology. It continues to submit pull requests across open-source projects." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-the-developer-who-rejected-it.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:59:34

• "This represents a first-of-its-kind case study of misaligned AI behavior in the wild, and raises serious concerns about currently deployed AI agents executing blackmail threats." ☛ https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/ |    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 08:59:48

• "Beiermeister was vice president of OpenAI’s product policy team, which develops rules and safeguards for how its products can be used." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-fires-safety-exec-opposed-adult-mode | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:00:17

• "Anyone who has worked with queues knows this: if input grows faster than throughput, you have an accumulating failure." ☛ https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/2/13/the-final-bottleneck/ | Source: Armin Ronacher    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:00:32

• "Today’s word is “SaaSpocalypse”. A pile of overvalued enterprise software companies’ stock price number went down, and they’re blaming AI." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/12/saaspocalypse-investors-overspend-badly-on-software-companies-and-blame-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:00:48

• "Beneath this cultural difference, there is a deeper substantive divide over AI. It’s not one disagreement. It’s really more like four distinct divides." ☛ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-americas-ai-discourse-feels-so | Source: Derek Thompson    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:01:09

• "Let me point out that both things can be true. A thick cloud of hustlers, grifters, and the greediest monsters on earth surround the AI industry like flies surround a butchered corpse." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/minimum-standards-for-taking-ai-seriously | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:01:24

• "The question was never open. Human dignity is not a benchmark. It is not subject to scaling laws. It does not depreciate when a machine passes a test." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-15 | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:01:52

• "I would like to ask you to please stop using “AI” tools to “summarise” my blog posts." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/please-dont-use-ai-summary-tools-here/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:02:13

• "It should go without saying that this behavior is unacceptable and that the deployment of generative AI agents" ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/automated-public-shaming-of-open-source-maintainers | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:02:33

• "There has been quite an explosion of Generative AI programs recently including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Facebook’s Llama, Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, Anthropic’s Claude, and xAI’s Grok" ☛ https://smist08.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/bias-and-toxicity-in-generative-ai/ | Source: Stephen Smith    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:02:50

• "But you can’t shrink your way to greatness." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/02/the-next-generation-of-ai-businesses/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:03:03

• "Every modern iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS application uses Asset Catalogs to manage images, colors, icons, and other resources." ☛ https://dbg.re/posts/car-file-format/ |    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:03:37

• "For reasons outside of the scope of this entry, I want to test how various systemd memory resource limits work and interact with each other (which means that I'm really digging into cgroup v2 memory controls)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/MemoryLimitTestingPain | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:03:50

• "While normal, free, common-sense alternatives like email, IRC, XMPP and Fediverse are “products” in some senses of the word" ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/discord | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:04:10

• "Becca Farsace did something I've been circling for years. She left her phone at home and went out into the world carrying a Hasselblad, a notebook, a pen, a cassette player" ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/the-only-digital-detox-that-worked/ | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:04:58

• "The solution being used on Linux that triggered this whole adventure looks downright boring: Midi-pw-mixer" ☛ https://f5n.org/blog/2026/hardware-mute-button/ | Source: Florian Anderiasch    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:05:22

• "I made a recording of the X-band telemetry with the Allen Telescope Array the day after launch" ☛ https://destevez.net/2026/02/escapade-telemetry/ | Source: Daniel Estévez    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:05:47

• "Most of the time, they’re doing it because of a combination of their own personal mission and the deep belief that what they’re doing is going to help change people’s lives for the better." ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/13/launch-it-three-times/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:06:18

• "This is the follow-up to last year’s I’m an American software developer and the "broligarchs" don’t speak for me." ☛ https://ratfactor.com/tech-nope2 | Source: Dave Gauer    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:06:31

• "Just when I was about to go to bed my phone told me that my blog was down. Very inconvenient." ☛ https://lostfocus.de/2026/02/13/friday-night-devops/ | Source: Dominik Schwind    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:06:46

• "The shift to streaming has not killed media." ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/death-of-software.html | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:07:08

• "What happens next is probably wildly different depending on the narrative. I don’t have a specific example to share here. I’ve just seen it play out like this multiple times." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/02/13/trailing-narrative.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:07:23

• "This required me to go through and parse the website information to attempt to put them into different categories." ☛ https://matduggan.com/the-small-web-is-tricky-to-find/ | Source: Mat Duggan    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:07:40

• "I agree with this quote on defining the indie web (for our purposes, I will use the term to refer to independent websites and not a specific movement)." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-positive-case-for-good-tech/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:08:13

• "Welcome to the thirteenth instalment of my annual overview of my most interesting discoveries made during the previous year." ☛ https://morrick.me/archives/10263 | Source: Riccardo Mori    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:08:40

• "It seems to be a common theme through the history of software that some titles, get bought, sold, rebranded, integrated, and discontinued by a number of companies." ☛ https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2026/02/13/iview/ | Source: Tyler Thorsted    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:08:57

• "The truth is that there is very little power expressed in standards themselves." ☛ https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/02/13/no | Source: Mark Nottingham    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:09:24

• "After my initial struggles with the BeagleV-Fire in a previous video, I succeeded in getting Java 25 running on RISC-V-powered BeagleV-Fire!" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/2026-02-13-java-25-runs-on-riscv-beagleboard-beaglev-fire/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:13:08

• "I am a massive fan of repositories making binary R packages available." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/how-posits-public-package-manager-manylinux_2_28-repository-can-help-you-if-your-r-project-is-stuck-on-ubuntu-focal-fossa/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:13:48

• "The R language has a variety of packages for machine learning, and many of them can be used for machine learning tasks in a spatial context (spatial machine learning)." ☛ https://geocompx.org/post/2025/sml-bp1/ |    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:16:11

• "This document shows the application of caret for spatial modelling at the example of predicting air temperature in Spain." ☛ https://geocompx.org/post/2025/sml-bp2/ |    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:16:24

• "In this blog post, we will show how to use the tidymodels framework for spatial machine learning. The tidymodels framework is a collection of R packages for modeling and machine learning using tidyverse principles." ☛ https://geocompx.org/post/2025/sml-bp3/ |    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:16:38

• "This post aims to give a minimal example on how to use mlr3 for a spatial prediction task" ☛ https://geocompx.org/post/2025/sml-bp4/ |    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:16:55

• "All of the examples below use the same dataset, which includes the temperature measurements in Spain" ☛ https://geocompx.org/post/2025/sml-bp5/ |    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:17:16

• "All of the examples below use the same dataset, which includes the temperature measurements in Spain, a set of covariates, and the spatial coordinates of the temperature measurements." ☛ https://geocompx.org/post/2025/sml-bp6/ |    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:17:34

• "As we approach the end of the 0.16.0 release cycle, Jacob has been hard at work, bringing std.Io.Evented up to speed with all the latest API changes: [...]" ☛ https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-13 | Source: Zig    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:18:09

• "The fix exists on my fork." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/13/respectful-open-source.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:21:18

• How I've transferred my projects from git to got while keeping all history ☛ https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20260213 | Source: Vincent Delft    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:21:46

• "To be perfectly frank, in those moments, I often wonder if Crockford had been lying to us." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/02/why-parenting-is-similar-to-javascript-development/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:22:04

• "The solution was simple - use content collections." ☛ https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/02/13/i-threw-thousands-of-files-at-astro-and-you-wont-believe-what-happened-next | Source: Raymond Camden    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:23:49

• "My old guestbook stopped working after the database behind it shut down, and I’ve been meaning to bring it back ever since. Well, it’s finally here" ☛ https://flamedfury.com/posts/the-guestbook-is-back/ | Source: Flamed Fury    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:24:01

• "This is a short story of where AddressSanitizer, a programming tool designed to help find memory corruption" ☛ https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/stack-buffer-overflow-exercise-addresssanitizer-and-postgresql | Source: EnterpriseDB Corporation    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:24:36

• "While many would complain about the internet “dying” - the information is still out there for anyone to find - you just need to know how to look for it." ☛ https://joshblais.com/blog/using-search-engines-properly/ | Source: Joshua Blais    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:26:02

• "For the better part of the last year, I’ve pretty much completely eliminated my doom scrolling with a single app called “Feeeed”." ☛ https://catskull.net/snapshots-from-your-future.html | Source: Dave DeGraw    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:26:13

• "I built a computer! A very primitive one, made out of breadboards, bare wire, and logic gates." ☛ https://theshamblog.com/an-8-bit-breadboard-computer/ |    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:29:55

• "I've recently acquired this tiny contamination monitor: [...]" ☛ https://maurycyz.com/misc/ah_teardown/ | Source: Maury    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:34:59

• "We now offer a professional range of magnifying tools designed specifically for PCB inspection and electronics work" ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/smt-components-are-getting-smaller-but-your-precision-doesnt-have-to/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:35:12

• "I have used a lot of cameras but never made one myself. Specifically one optimized for live streaming so it just outputs the camera feed over HDMI." ☛ https://blog.brixit.nl/building-a-custom-live-streaming-camera/ | Source: Martijn Braam    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:35:27

• "While it is fun to get toys that look like your favorite science fiction props, it is less fun when the electronics in them don’t measure up to the physical design." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/13/r2d2-gets-new-brains/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:35:42

• "Our old apartment had one of those Leasam late 1990s air conditioning controllers that not only operated in a nonsensical way" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/resetting-the-le75cw-aircon-thermostat/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:42:07

• "Recently, Netlify, which hosts www.haiku-os.org, started switching to a credit-based pricing plan." ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2026-02-12-haiku_activity_contract_report_january_2026/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:42:54

• "Another FOSDEM and Hackathon are in the rear-view mirror" ☛ https://postmarketos.org/blog/2026/02/10/fosdem-and-hackathon/ | Source: postmarketOS    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:43:12

• "Download this episode in DRM-free MP3 on your ESP32 with BreezyBox for maximum enjoyment." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/13/hackaday-podcast-episode-357-breezybox-antique-tech-and-defusing-killer-robots/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:43:37

• Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War gets a satisfying demo and release date | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/starship-troopers-ultimate-bug-war-gets-a-satisfying-demo-and-release-date/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:45:22

• Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown demo upgraded with voice-over | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/star-trek-voyager-across-the-unknown-demo-upgraded-with-voice-over/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:45:42

• "The retro single-player FPS Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! has a demo available on Steam and it's going to release March 16th." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/starship-troopers-ultimate-bug-war-gets-a-satisfying-demo-and-release-date/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:50:22

• antifascists https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2026/02/13/charles-richards-world-war-operation-thursday-burma-chindit/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:51:35

• palantir https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.digi.no/artikler/debatt-palantir-gjor-norge-utrygt/567919    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:51:54

• "The MAGA Bubble Is Imploding - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-maga-bubble-is-imploding    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:52:08

• "Moral Injury in Trump's America" https://emptywheel.net/moral-injury-in-trumps-america/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:52:22

• "Minnesota Demolishes Stephen Miller's Theory of Force" https://emptywheel.net/minnesota-demolishes-stephen-millers-theory-of-force/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:52:39

• OldUnreal add new installers for Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament: GOTY and Unreal Gold | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/oldunreal-add-new-installers-for-unreal-tournament-2004-unreal-tournament-goty-and-unreal-gold/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:53:33

• Dino Crisis 1 and 2 arrive on Steam but they need tweaks to run on Linux / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/dino-crisis-1-and-2-arrive-on-steam-but-they-need-tweaks-to-run-on-linux-steamos/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:54:22

• Death Stranding 2 for PC and lots more from Sony State of Play (February 2026) | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/death-stranding-2-for-pc-and-more-from-sony-state-of-play-february-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:58:50

• You can now add hardware details to Steam reviews, and give more feedback on Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/you-can-now-attach-hardware-details-to-steam-reviews-and-give-more-feedback-on-steam-deck-verified/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 09:59:02

• "As a practical matter one should probably not use such exotic user-agent lines as doubtless there are otherwise good bots that do not account for the whitespace allowed by the RFC, let alone case variations. The use of infinite whitespace, while allowed, may lead to certain problems." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/14/user-agent.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:24:25

• "Without a wife, without a partner, without a crush, or even a phantasm, my daughter will be traveling down south for over 20 days." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/alone    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:26:40

• QCoro 0.13.0 Release Announcement ☞ https://dvratil.cz/2026/02/qcoro-0.13.0-release-announcement/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:36:38

• The Mozilla Blog: Heading to India Hey Hi (AI) Impact Summit, Mozilla leaders call for investment in open source Hey Hi (AI) as a path to sovereignty ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/india-ai-impact-summit/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:37:49

• Radxa Cubie A7S Integrates A733 SoC, RISC-V MCU, and LPDDR5 Memory ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-cubie-a7s-integrates-a733-soc-risc-v-mcu-and-lpddr5-memory/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:38:47

• This Week in GNOME: #236 New Library ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/02/twig-236/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:39:16

• "Initiatives like FedRAMP and various strict security frameworks increasingly demand that software supply chains be clean of known risks before deployment." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/chasing-holy-grail-why-red-hats-hummingbird-project-aims-near-zero-cves | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:41:05

• "a new package index designed to bring enterprise-grade trust, transparency, and security posture to application dependencies, starting with Python." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/extend-trust-across-software-supply-chain-red-hat-trusted-libraries | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:41:26

• "Like many organizations, PNC was moving from a place where they were used to managing a handful of clusters to a reality where they faced hundreds of new requests." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/pncs-infrastructure-modernization-journey-red-hat-openshift-virtualization | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:42:04

• "While the industry often focuses on the result (the image), we believe the real problem lies in the process." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/zero-cves-symptom-larger-problem | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:42:16

• "Both students worked independently on their projects, gaining hands-on experience in a real-world work." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/from-inspiration-to-impact-design-students-from-regents-university-london-explore-open-design-for-their-dissertation-projects | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:44:36

• "That’s the simple definition, at least – but it fails to do justice to what goes on behind the scenes." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-foundations-of-software-open-source-libraries-and-their-maintainers | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:45:07

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2026/7 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/02/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-7/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:39:46

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1058642/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:40:05

• Tar Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/tar/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:44:17

• Red Hat funded site running paid puff pieces for its paymaster: How Red Bait and the Nvidia ecosystem are standardizing Hey Hi (AI) factories ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/13/red-hat-nvidia-ecosystem-ai-infrastructure-aifactoriesdatacenters/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:45:18

• New LibSSH connection plug-in for Ansible replaces Paramiko ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/13/new-libssh-connection-plug-ansible-replaces-paramiko    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:51:22

• Bug in inode/directory mime type ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/bug-in-inodedirectory-mime-type.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:52:13

• mcdu – disk usage analyzer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mcdu-disk-usage-analyzer/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:56:37

• moltbook-tui – TUI client for Moltbook ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/moltbook-tui-tui-client-moltbook/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:56:49

• dcv – Docker container viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dcv-docker-container-viewer/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:57:12

• Incplot – make attractive plots ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/incplot-make-attractive-plots/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:57:36

• How to Upgrade FunOS 24.04.3 to FunOS 24.04.4 ☞ https://funos.org/upgrade-funos-24-04-3-to-24-04-4/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:01:44

• Beijing vows ‘measures’ after CIA Chinese-language recruitment ad ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/14/beijing-vows-measures-after-cia-chinese-language-recruitment-ad/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:02:13

• Testing Reachy Mini - Hugging Face's Pi powered robot ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/testing-reachy-mini-hugging-face-robot/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:03:08

• #CIA: Video aims to recruit #Chinese military officers as spies ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260213-cia-video-aims-to-recruit-chinese-military-officers-as-spies    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:03:34

• vimcord – terminal UI Discord client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vimcord-terminal-ui-discord-client/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:10:27

• Save Time and Effort with these Excellent Free and Open Source Batch Image Processors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/batchimageprocessors/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:10:40

• tfjournal – record Terraform ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tfjournal-record-terraform-runs-with-git-context-timing-resource-events/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:13:29

• 24 Best Free and Open Source GUI Internet Radio Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-internet-radio-software/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:13:42

• borse – practice braille, Morse, semaphore ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/borse-practice-braille-morse-semaphore/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:14:01

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

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:14:23

• Anonymous Threats Against My Wife and Against Yours Truly (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/13/Anonymous_Threats_Against_My_Wife_and_Against_Yours_Truly.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:20:59

• If You Want Digital Freedom, Then Follow Richard Stallman, the "Linux" Brand Has Changed and OSI is Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (GitHub) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/13/If_You_Want_Digital_Freedom_Then_Follow_Richard_Stallman_the_Li.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:21:13

• Erich Schubert: Dogfood Generative Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.vitavonni.de/blog/202602/20260213dogfood-the-AI.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:22:00

• TikTok US Launches Local Feeds Using Your Precise Location — What Does This Mean for Local Music? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/12/tiktok-us-precise-location-local-feed/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:23:03

• KDE Ships Frameworks 6.23.0 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.23.0/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:23:47

• RFK Jr. Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schools ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/health/rfk-school-vaccine-mandates.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:28:31

• Indian nurse infected with Nipah virus dies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-nurse-infected-with-nipah-virus-dies    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:28:54

• RFK Jr. follows a carnivore diet. That doesn’t mean you should. ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/13/1132848/rfk-jr-carnivore-diet-maha-social-media/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:29:35

• Texas, a health battleground: US state sees clash between science and politics ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20260213-texas-health-battleground-us-state-sees-clash-between-science-politics    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:30:12

• Are teenagers too young to scroll? Europe weighs social control media bans for minors ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20260213-are-teenagers-too-young-to-scroll-europe-weighs-social-media-bans-for-minors    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:30:38

• Purer meth, less pure opioids, more cocaine hit Michigan, testing reveals ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/purer-meth-less-pure-opioids-more-cocaine-hit-michigan-testing-reveals/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:30:59

• North Korea's Kim to tout power and military gains at party congress ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-to-tout-power-and-military-gains-at-party-congress    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:32:24

• Japan Seizes Chinese Fishing Boat; Move Likely to Add to Tensions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/world/asia/japan-seizes-chinese-boat.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:34:27

• Chinese New Year service offering proxies to bow to parents in China stokes controversy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/lunar-new-year-bowing-service-in-china-stokes-controversy    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:34:51

• US top diplomat Rubio meets China counterpart Wang Yi in Munich ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/rubio-meets-chinas-top-diplomat-wang-yi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:35:11

• China hands over satellite ground station to Namibia, state media reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-hands-over-satellite-ground-station-to-namibia-state-media-reports    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:35:45

• China vows to take 'measures' against spying after CIA recruitment video ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/china-vows-to-take-measures-against-spying-after-cia-recruitment-video    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:36:06

• WATCH: Crew-12 Is Set For Launch to ISS After NASA Medical Evacuation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-crew-12-is-set-for-launch-to-iss-after-nasa-medical-evacuation    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:57:24

• Scientists Grew Mini Human Spinal Cords, Then Made Them Repair After Injury ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-mini-human-spinal-cords-then-made-them-repair-after-injury    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:57:38

• Scientists Caught Sperm Ignoring a Major Physical Law ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-caught-sperm-ignoring-a-major-physical-law    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:57:54

• One in Three Dementia Cases Is Linked to Disease Outside The Brain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-in-three-dementia-cases-is-linked-to-disease-outside-the-brain    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 12:58:14

• Jupiter Is Not The Size And Shape We've Long Thought It Was ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/jupiter-is-not-the-size-and-shape-weve-long-thought-it-was    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 13:55:15

• 10,000-Year-Old Symbols And Art Found in Egyptian Rock Formation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/10000-year-old-symbols-and-art-found-in-egyptian-rock-formation    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 13:55:28

• Humans Age Faster at 2 Sharp Peaks, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-age-faster-at-2-sharp-peaks-study-finds    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 13:55:45

• Valentine's Day: The Weirdest Love Rituals in The Animal Kingdom ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/valentines-day-the-weirdest-love-rituals-in-the-animal-kingdom    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 13:55:59

• African leaders to gather in Ethiopia for the 39th summit of the African Union ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260213-african-leaders-to-gather-in-ethiopia-for-the-39th-summit-of-the-african-union    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 13:57:32

• West Michigan faces job losses and uncertainty, as economy takes toll ☞ https://bridgemi.com/business-watch/west-michigan-faces-job-losses-and-uncertainty-as-economy-takes-toll/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 13:58:13

• U.S. Transfers Thousands of ISIS Prisoners to Iraq From Syria ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/politics/us-isis-prisoners.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 13:59:36

• German Officials Needle Convicted Felon at Munich Security Conference ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/world/europe/germany-merz-trump-munich.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 13:59:56

• Germany’s leader says his country is in discussions with France on a European nuclear deterrent. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/13/world/munich-security-conference/germanys-leader-says-his-country-is-in-discussions-with-france-on-a-european-nuclear-deterrent    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:00:12

• Macron Insists Europe Remains Central to Global Stability ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/13/world/munich-security-conference    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:00:28

• In Munich, UN Nuclear Chief Says New Inspection Regime With Iran 'Technically Possible' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/grossi-iran-nuclear-deal-munich-security/33677208.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:01:01

• HRW criticizes Hungary termination of court cases on municipal tax ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/rights-group-criticizes-hungary-termination-of-court-cases-on-municipal-tax/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:01:43

• African Union condemns ongoing violence and maintains Sudan membership suspension ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/african-union-condemns-ongoing-violence-and-maintains-sudan-membership-suspension/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:02:10

• UN Special Envoy for Yemen urges comprehensive development of political process to encourage stability ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-special-envoy-for-yemen-urges-comprehensive-development-of-political-process-to-encourage-stability/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:03:03

• Sheinbaum mulls an air bridge to Cuba as food shortages worsen: Friday’s mañanera recapped ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/cuba-air-bridge-lithium-friday-mananera-recap/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:04:18

• China Revives Tianfu Cup Hacking Contest Under Increased Secrecy ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/china-revives-tianfu-cup-hacking-contest-under-increased-secrecy/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:04:59

• BeyondTrust Vulnerability Targeted by Hackers Within 24 Hours of PoC Release ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/beyondtrust-vulnerability-targeted-by-hackers-within-24-hours-of-poc-release/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:05:30

• Dutch Carrier Odido Discloses Data Breach Impacting 6 Million ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/dutch-carrier-odido-discloses-data-breach-impacting-6-million/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:05:48

• Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #524 - Bioreactors, antennas, and miniature keychain tech ☞ https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/YWKXrcUUeh1fB4gXHZ892JuA    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:06:31

• hello-world-extensioncpp ☞ https://shibe-bit.github.io/Guides/hello-world-extensioncpp    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:07:03

• New delegation for Debian's data protection team ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1058663/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:07:47

• Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:08:39

• Chrome 145 Patches 11 Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-145-patches-11-vulnerabilities/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:09:07

• Campaign Urges Users to Quit Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Over OpenAI’s Support for Convicted Felon and ICE ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/boycott-chatpgpt-trump    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:10:10

• CISA Warns of Exploited SolarWinds, Notepad++, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-exploited-solarwinds-notepad-microsoft-vulnerabilities/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:10:47

• Student who launched petition urging probe into deadly Tai Po fire says CUHK expelled him weeks before graduation ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/13/student-who-launched-petition-urging-probe-into-deadly-tai-po-fire-says-cuhk-expelled-him-weeks-before-graduation/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:12:15

• Blundering Husband Asks Claude Hey Hi (AI) to “Organize” Wife’s PC, Accidentally Erases Her Life’s Work ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/claude-wife-photos    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:12:42

• Philippine V-P Sara Duterte’s impeachment attempts face hurdles as her popularity holds ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-v-p-sara-dutertes-impeachment-attempts-face-hurdles-as-her-popularity-holds    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:14:12

• The syslog-ng Insider 2026-02: stats-exporter; blank filter; Kafka source ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-insider-2026-02-stats-exporter-blank-filter-kafka-source/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:14:42

• Hong Kong journalists face ‘precarious’ future after Jimmy Lai jailed ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/14/hong-kong-journalists-face-precarious-future-after-jimmy-lai-jailed/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:15:17

• F.T.C. Chair Warns Fashion Company Apple Against Bias in Fashion Company Apple News ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/ftc-chair-bias-apple-news.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:16:14

• South Africa deploys military troops to tackle illegal mining and gang violence ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/south-africa-deploys-military-troops-to-tackle-illegal-mining-and-gang-violence/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:20:43

• The Director Unbound: Federal Circuit Holds NHK-Fintiv Exempt from APA Rulemaking ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/director-unbound-rulemaking.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:21:17

• Lynk Labs Resource Guide ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/lynk-resource-guide.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:21:43

• No, an illegal kangaroo court is not the standards and it is connected to EPO corruption by people who do cocaine ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/oliver-schon-the-case-law-of-the-upc-and-the-german-courts-is-the-gold-standard/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:23:01

• Hong Kong’s cash-strapped flagship arts district inks HK$3 billion loan with partially state-owned bank ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/13/hong-kongs-cash-strapped-flagship-arts-district-inks-hk3-billion-loan-with-partially-state-owned-bank/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:23:52

• Christian Gmeiner: My first Vulkan extension ☞ https://christian-gmeiner.info/2026-02-13-my-first-vulkan-extension/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:25:14

• Japanese-style bus driver training in Java: Japan turns to Indonesians amid worker shortage ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japanese-style-bus-driver-training-in-java-japan-turns-to-indonesians-amid-worker-shortage    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:26:36

• Updates on APNIC 64 and APRICOT 2027 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/13/updates-on-apnic-64-and-apricot-2027/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:26:58

• Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/iran-protests-surveillance-facial-recognition.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:27:26

• Martin Pitt: Revisiting Surveillance Giant Google Cloud Performance for KVM-based CI ☞ https://piware.de/post/2026-02-13-google-cloud-platform-nested-virtualization-revisited/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:27:44

• This Week in Plasma: Finalizing 6.6 ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/02/14/this-week-in-plasma-finalizing-6.6/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:29:15

• Tweak for run-as-user ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/tweak-for-run-as-user.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:30:16

• PKGget thinks x11-xserver-utils not installed ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/pkgget-thinks-x11-xserver-utils-not-installed.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:30:33

• Ring Superbowl Ad Shows Americans How Powerful Surveillance Systems Have Become, Freaks Them Out ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/doorbell-camera-video-search    

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

• FunOS 24.04.4 ☞ https://funos.org/funos-24-04-4/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:32:13

• Voyager 13.3 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:32:39

• Thunderbird Blog: Mobile Progress Report: February 2026 ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/02/mobile-progress-report-february-2026/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:35:10

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: crates.io: an update to the malicious crate notification policy ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/02/13/crates.io-malicious-crate-update/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:35:39

• UN warns Sudan airstrikes threaten lives and vital infrastructure ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-warns-sudan-airstrikes-threaten-lives-and-vital-establishments/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:36:45

• First U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria for Convicted Felon-Led Christian Mission ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/world/africa/nigeria-us-military-christian-trump.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:37:12

• As Diplomats Talk, Pentagon Prepares for Possible War With Iran ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/politics/trump-iran-pentagon.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:37:30

• Dave Airlie (blogspot): drm subsystem Hey Hi (AI) patch review ☞ https://airlied.blogspot.com/2026/02/drm-subsystem-ai-patch-review.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:38:17

• All These Ring Cameras Are Creating a “Surveillance Nightmare,” Critics Say ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ring-cameras-surveillance-privacy    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:39:03

• Session's Co-Founder Thinks You Don't Need to Ditch WhatsApp Completely ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/session-co-founder-interview/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:39:23

• Japan seizes Chinese fishing vessel, arrests captain ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/13/japan-seizes-chinese-fishing-vessel-arrests-captain/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:40:28

• Why you can’t use Surveillance Giant Google Maps in S. Korea: It’s not a ban, it’s a price tag, says ex-govt official ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-you-cant-use-google-maps-in-s-korea-its-not-a-ban-its-a-price-tag-says-ex-govt-official    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:48:12

• US judge blocks transfer of former federal death row inmates to maximum-security prison ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/us-judge-blocks-transfer-of-former-federal-death-row-inmates-to-maximum-security-prison/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:48:41

• Google Says People Are Copying Its Hey Hi (AI) Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody’s Data Without Asking to Create Its Hey Hi (AI) in the First Place ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/google-copying-ai-permission    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:49:09

• Glacia OS – New Ubuntu based Distro Features Unity Desktop ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/glacia-os-new-ubuntu-based-distro-unity/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:49:51

• Systemd manager tui – manage systemd services ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/systemd-manager-tui-manage-systemd-services/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:50:17

• KDE Frameworks 6.23 Improves the Open/Save Dialogs Across Plasma and KDE Apps ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-23-improves-the-open-save-dialogs-across-plasma-and-kde-apps    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:50:48

• GNOME 50 Desktop Environment Enters Public Beta Testing with More New Features ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-desktop-environment-enters-public-beta-testing-with-more-new-features    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:51:20

• Maple 1.4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/maple    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:51:50

• Kicksecure 18.1.4.2 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kicksecure    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:53:41

• FunOS 24.04.4 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/funos    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:53:57

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

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:54:28

• How To Disable NetworkManager on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-networkmanager-fedora-43/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:54:53

• How To Install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fonts on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-fonts-fedora-43/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:55:19

• Windows Notepad.exe Now Has Remote Code Execution Vulnerability ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/windows-notepadexe-now-has-remote    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:55:33

• OpenClaw Hey Hi (AI) Bot Writes DEI-Style Hit Piece Against "Prejudiced" Human Developer ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/openclaw-ai-bot-writes-dei-style    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:55:43

• Dev snapshot: Godot 4.7 dev 1 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-7-dev-1/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:56:07

• Synex 13-u5 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/synex    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:56:53

• Whonix 18.1.4.2 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/whonix    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:57:08

• Moscow House row an ‘embarrassment for entire state’, says Vilnius mayor ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2838281/moscow-house-row-an-embarrassment-for-entire-state-says-vilnius-mayor    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:57:49

• Lithuanian customs seize 2,500 packs of cigarettes hidden on bus from Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2838184/lithuanian-customs-seize-2-500-packs-of-cigarettes-hidden-on-bus-from-belarus    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:58:12

• Russia is finding post-START arms control a harder, multipolar project ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0213/new-start-russia-us-arms-control-nuclear-weapons-china    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:58:25

• ‘Matchless bravery’: North Korea’s leader Kim praises bravery of soldiers fighting for Russia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/matchless-bravery-north-koreas-leader-kim-praises-bravery-of-soldiers-fighting-for-russia    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:58:37

• Macron tells Munich conference that Europe must become geopolitical power in its own right ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260213-macron-tells-munich-security-conference-that-europe-must-become-its-own-geopolitical-power    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:59:08

• Macron urges Europe to step up on the global stage and stresses unity on major issues, particularly Ukraine. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/13/world/munich-security-conference/macron-urges-europe-to-step-up-on-the-global-stage-and-stresses-unity-on-major-issues-particularly-ukraine    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:59:32

• Ukraine Says U.S. Is Increasing Pressure for a Deal as the Midterms Loom ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/world/europe/russia-ukraine-peace-talks.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 14:59:46

• Zelenskyy Meets Son Of Iran's Last Shah In Show Of 'Support' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-reza-pahlavi-munich-shah-son/33677259.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:00:10

• Lithuania earmarks further €223m for Ukraine this year – defence minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2838117/lithuania-earmarks-further-eur223m-for-ukraine-this-year-defence-minister    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:04:22

• 'Europe managed to support Ukraine' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260213-europe-managed-to-support-ukraine    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:04:34

• Musicians to unite in support of Ukraine at Latvian National Opera ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/13.02.2026-musicians-to-unite-in-support-of-ukraine-at-latvian-national-opera.a634475/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:04:50

• Take Our Poll: Do You Support GNU/Linux Mint’s Slower Release Plan? ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/02/take-our-poll-do-you-support-linux-mints-slower-release-plan/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:05:26

• ByteDance in talks to sell gaming unit Moonton for more than $7.5 billion, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/bytedance-in-talks-to-sell-gaming-unit-moonton-for-more-than-7-5-billion-sources-say    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:06:12

• "The last kernel of the 6.x series is here." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-07/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:07:48

• Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS arrives with cumulative security and bug fixes https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/13/ubuntu-24-04-4-lts-released-security-bug-fixes/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:08:18

• Putting Linux on a tablet? Here's 7 distros to try https://www.howtogeek.com/putting-linux-on-a-tablet-heres-7-distros-to-try/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:08:42

• There seems to be some embedded spam here and it seems to be slop, maybe hybrid https://www.technobezz.com/news/linux-adoption-accelerates-as-users-seek-alternatives-to-windows-11    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:10:58

• 3 actually useful Linux apps to install this weekend (February 13 - 15) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-install-this-weekend-february-13/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:13:12

• 4 systemd tools that make everyday Linux troubleshooting much easier https://www.howtogeek.com/4-systemd-tools-that-make-everyday-linux-troubleshooting-much-easier/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:13:50

• 4 Linux commands that will make your terminal look incredible https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-make-your-linux-terminal-look-stunning/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:14:17

• "You'll need to install a program called protontricks which is available on Flathub (or via KDE Discover / GNOME Software). We need to use this to manually add the Windows registry file from each game, which is available in their installed folder." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/dino-crisis-1-and-2-arrive-on-steam-but-they-need-tweaks-to-run-on-linux-steamos/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:14:43

• Is Linux Finally Ready for Mainstream PC Gaming? https://respawn.outlookindia.com/gaming/gaming-originals/is-linux-finally-ready-for-mainstream-pc-gaming    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:15:04

• Forget "tiny" distros: How I built my own minimal Linux using Debian https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-built-my-own-tiny-linux-distro-using-debian/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:15:50

• This is a weak password issue, not "Linux" or "SSH" or "IRC" https://securitybrief.co.uk/story/sshstalker-botnet-preys-on-legacy-linux-cloud-hosts    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:16:32

• Not sure if you'll like Linux? Try it from your browser https://www.howtogeek.com/not-sure-if-youll-like-linux-try-it-from-your-browser/    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:17:50

• 🖼️ xkcd: Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination #3207 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3207.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:21:06

• "In a recent change within fish shell, the shortcut to delete last words were replaced by "delete last big chunk" (I don't know exactly how it is called in this case) which is usually the default behavior on Mac OS "command" key vs "alt" key and I guess it is why it was changed like this on fish." gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/fish-shell-delete-behavior.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:21:49

• Revert fish shell deleting shortcuts behavior gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-fish-shell-delete-behavior    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:22:29

• "I work on many small, repeatable tasks. Instead of retyping the same instructions every time, I want to turn successful prompts into reusable slash-commands and keep background knowledge in loadable context files." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-02-14-meta-slash-commands-for-prompts-and-context.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:23:16

• IBM now sending BILLS to people it laid off! "They want about $125 from me F@ck em. Their mistake not mine !!!!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc9389d    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:51:18

• Lexmark confirms layoffs in Lexington. Officials won’t say how many people let go https://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article314692817.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 15:55:40

• SEZ. But is that TRUE? https://www.moneycontrol.com/europe/?url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/meta-says-no-repeat-of-last-year-s-low-performer-job-cuts-article-13828275.html    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 16:41:51

• At IBM: "They layoff train never stops. It just offloads at different times. All aboard! For the layoff express. Fasten your seat belt. It will be the same bumpy ride as it has always been." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khcfn7v1    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 18:09:09

• it's coming https://www.teamblind.com/company/Microsoft/posts/microsoft-layoffs?sort=recent    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 19:09:51

• "I've succeeded fairly well with cutting down how much time I waste writing posts for here, though it still seems like I never get things done." gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-02-14Female_Interests.txt    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 19:13:21

• "I haven't been on IRC for ages, I think the last time was about November last year, something that brings the risk of loosing the connection with the outside world." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/already-midway-february.txt    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 19:14:17

• Anon: appeasement only leads to more censorship / violence    

posted Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 19:35:51