Roy Schestowitz

• [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-02-16.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:00:51

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-17.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:01:17

• "I mean it was fine for the first 85% of it. Was just cruising, wandering. Rode through the (relatively) quiet Sunday night city, west out to the water, enjoyed the quiet open roads and the cool air." gemini://ieve.me/moto/2026_02_15.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:03:14

• Take My Hand: Chapter 40 gemini://gem.write-on.org/onestepleft/book1/chapter40.gmi    

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

• "Debugging why my Gemini server stopped responding, since I managed to catch it in the error state with enough energy to debug. I'm learning to use new process debugging tools and digging into the details to try to understand what's normal and what signals help find root cause. The digressions are excessive." gemini://ieve.me/chalice/2.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:05:08

• "I wanted to use sockets this time, so that it would be much easier to swap out the op amp ICs if one of them got zapped or whatever. All I had on hand was some 16 pin sockets, so I just set the two 8 pin ICs next to each other in the same socket." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260216-0.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:05:56

• "Meanwhile in the Babylon 5 universe praising shadows may be problematic, but that universe cleaves rather closer to various Western norms." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/17/in-praise-of-shadows.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:06:37

• ""Hello friends, family, supporters, and fiber community. I've had to make the incredibly difficult decision to shut down Alpenglow," Sundra writes of the company's closure." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260216-sundra.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:09:00

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1563.jpg    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:09:43

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1919.jpg    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:09:48

• Worm first morning gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/wormFirstMorning    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:12:26

• "I slept until 10 this morning and still went for a nap this afternoon for a few hours. I wonder how depleted my energy has been, what was I fueling on for all this time? I'm still tired." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/wormFirstDay    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:13:48

• "Microsoft’s long-standing control over institutional environments." https://www.ghacks.net/2026/02/16/why-most-users-stay-on-windows-despite-linux-being-free/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:25:20

• "AI is sh-t... it will never replace anyone and if it does the company doing that will disappear. Just a reminder... GDP is made of 70% of individuals spending... When nobody has a job, who will be spending on the products these d-mb companies are selling? Robots?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khj73vkk    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:28:50

• "Invoice? I didn't receive an invoice. Did you send it to the right address? Maybe it was lost in the mail. I have no idea what you're talking about. Oh, and you must have the wrong phone number, no one here by that name, just got this phone, you must be looking for the person that had this number before me. Have a nice day." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc9389d    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:29:42

• "Sure. The real problem with that is that it costs money that IBM does not have and certainly does not want to spend. So, this is just fantasy!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf7gk191    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:30:17

• "The overall Tech sector is way down... the IBM stock will most likely recover slowly." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:30:48

• IBM cuts. "Well, Arvind was pretty clear about the percentages for both bands lower than 10 and band 10. So, the fu---r better deliver. I think they are waiting for the layoffs to be announced so that core and high people rated know that they will get zilch." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kha2t91p    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 05:35:25

• "More than two years ago, Amazon sued a network of websites that sold pirated DVDs of Prime Video exclusives such as The Rings of Power and The Boys." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/amazon-wins-6-million-in-damages-against-pirated-dvd-stores-plus-domain-takeovers/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:48:03

• "Allowing publishers to opt out of AI Overviews without affecting search is a “huge engineering project”, a Google boss told publishers last week." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-search-features-deals-ai-financial-times/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:48:17

• "Per the mentioned report, the as-yet-unnamed technology can determine the contribution percentages of human creators’ works within AI generations." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/16/sony-ai-detection-tool/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:48:33

• "Including Three Women" ☛ https://www.afintl.com/en/202602075511 |    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:49:45

• "Child Marriages" sounds more tolerant than pedophilia ☛ https://morningstarnews.org/2026/02/legislation-to-combat-child-marriages-signed-in-punjab-pakistan/ | Source: Morning Star News    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:50:07

• "The victim, who has since returned to Saudi Arabia, was left with cuts to her hand and injuries to her head. She was left feeling unsafe and fearing he will kill her." ☛ https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/brave-members-public-stopped-mans-33410734 | Source: Trinity Mirror North East    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:50:43

• "bars women from top post" ☛ https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/402348/jamaat-bars-women-from-top-post-on-islamic | Source: Dhaka Tribune    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:52:22

• "the use of crypto to directly benefit the sitting American president" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/board-of-peace-global-grift | Source: The Next Move    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:52:48

• "this escalating language feels dangerous in our increasingly volatile political climate" ☛ https://organizingmythoughts.org/nick-fuentes-wants-women-in-gulags-heres-why-that-matters/ | Source: Kelly Hayes    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:53:10

• "Few jobs and slow growth hit the poor especially hard, because they’re the first to be fired, last to be hired, and most likely to bear the brunt of stagnant wages and declining benefits." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/best-of-luck-to-david-brooks | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:53:48

• "About 10,500 other nurses are starting to return to work today, ending the strike at three Manhattan hospitals run by Mt Sinai and at Montefiore Medical Center facilities in the Bronx" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/02/nurses-nyc-newyork-presbyterian-strike/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:54:05

• 12 more days and it's March already. How time flies.    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:54:51

• "Selling and buying labor. There’s plenty to worry about in this arrangement as such, but what makes this particular case exceptional?" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/02/artificial-intelligence-ai-labor-exploitation/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:17:36

• "The order means the government must put the materials back up while the underlying lawsuit proceeds in court." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/us/politics/presidents-house-philadelphia-washington-slavery-injunction.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:17:55

• "Uber Eats is to begin operating in Denmark this year after the company announced an expansion to seven countries in Europe on Monday." ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20260216/uber-confirms-expansion-of-food-delivery-platform-to-denmark | Source: The Local DK    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:18:16

• "Anyone who thinks they want to be a reporter but doesn‘t want the satisfaction of knowing they wrote a thing themselves should go fuck themselves instead." ☛ https://bix.blog/posts/2026-02-16-writing-is-not-optional-for-journalism/ | Source: Bix Frankonis    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:19:37

• "This isn’t just a news problem. Putnam describes how civic organizations have largely reshaped and professionalized themselves to turn members into subscribers who send money to lobbyists." ☛ https://chrisamico.com/blog/2026-02-16/bowling-alone/ | Source: Chris Amico    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:20:04

• "Local news has withered." ☛ https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/journalism-is-dead-long-live-journalism/ | Source: Rebecca Solnit    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:20:34

• "Without local newsrooms, the basic work of reporting — gathering accurate information and demanding transparency and accountability from local governments and powerful business interests — vanishes. This loss directly imperils a functioning democracy, which requires an informed citizenry."    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:21:09

• "Prosecutors accused Kotrikadze, news director and anchor of the exiled broadcaster TV Rain, of posting about alleged war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine on her personal Telegram channel in the spring of 2022" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/16/russia-jails-journalist-kotrikadze-businessman-chichvarkin-in-absentia-over-war-fakes-a91957 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:21:50

• "If you're at least somewhat like me, then you use ZFS almost religiously." ☛ https://redalder.org/blog/disko-zfs-declaratively-managing-zfs-datasets.html |    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:24:05

• "The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations is one of Iran’s most organized and influential civil society groups." ☛ https://iranwire.com/en/news/148745-iranian-teachers-union-more-than-160-children-were-killed-during-the-protests/ | Source: IranWire    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:24:27

• "The attackers were armed with sticks and knives when they confronted the pastors, accusing them of blasphemy and attempting to convert Muslims, he said." ☛ https://morningstarnews.org/2026/02/muslim-extremists-beat-two-pastors-in-eastern-uganda | Source: Morning Star News    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:24:42

• "books in Ann Arbor schools are flagged as ‘inappropriate’ by out-of-state group" ☛ https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/02/see-which-books-in-ann-arbor-schools-are-flagged-as-inappropriate-by-out-of-state-group.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:25:05

• "Steinberger discusses OpenClaw and acquisition offers from OpenAI and Meta in an interview with Lex Fridman. See also: Marcus Schuler." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/02/16/openclaw-developer-joins-openai/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:25:52

• "We had a critical hotfix to deploy. The bug was losing the company $10k a minute." ☛ https://kmcd.dev/posts/shell-log-namaste/ | Source: Kevin McDonald    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:26:08

• "Lee Oldham is a 52-year-old former waste disposal worker from Cleburne, Texas, on the southern outskirts of Dallas-Fort Worth" ☛ https://futurism.com/science-energy/radioactive-fracking-school-texas | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:27:33

• "“That is a violation of the law,” said Bruce Buckheit, a former EPA air enforcement chief, after reviewing Floodlight’s images and EPA regulations." ☛ https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/16/a-different-set-of-rules-thermal-drone-footage-shows-musks-ai-power-plant-flouts-clean-air-rules/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:27:44

• "The files that have been released so far don’t paint a pretty picture." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-squalor-of-the-epstein-class | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:28:58

• "Some schools have spent years trying to distance themselves from Mr. Epstein, donating his contributions and condemning his crimes." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/us/epsteins-ties-with-academics-show-the-seedy-side-of-college-fund-raising.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:29:11

• "It should be one of the most consequential sex and crime scandals in the history of the United States" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-government-blows-off-epstein-scandal-1235516468/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:29:39

• "The river provides for about 35 million people and 5 million acres of farmland, from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-02-colorado-river-deadline-reservoirs-declining.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:30:18

• "Two British-Indian friends, who refuse to give their name for fear of backlash, are confident he’ll win." ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/02/why-shahid-butt-might-win-in-birmingham/ | Source: Spectator AU    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:30:59

• "But the social media sands may slowly be shifting." ☛ https://theconversation.com/is-social-media-addictive-how-it-keeps-you-clicking-and-the-harms-it-can-cause-276022 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:31:57

• "It has been a brutal winter in much of the United States. Weather is a chaotic system in which extreme events are always happening somewhere" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/turning-our-back-on-clean-energy | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:32:24

• "500 Richest People Gained Record $2.2 Trillion" ☛ https://en.neritam.com/2026/02/16/500-richest-people-gained-record-2-2-trillion-in-2025/ | Source: Neritam    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:34:48

• "And now it is Day One. Not because the crisis is over. The crisis is not over." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/day-one | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:35:17

• "The march was officially declared non-political." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/02/16/again-many-neo-nazis-at-day-of-honour-budapest-police-suppress-anti-fascist-protest-and-record-personal-details/ | Source: Site36    

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

• "Grand juries almost never refuse to indict — federal prosecutors got indictments in 99.997% of cases in the most recent data" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/13/grand-jury-unanimously-refuses-to-indict-six-lawmakers-trump-wanted-executed-for-telling-troops-to-follow-the-law.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:36:40

• "In the 13th national parliamentary elections, Jamaat polled around 30-35% of the vote in roughly 225 constituencies it contested" ☛ https://www.tbsnews.net/features/panorama/marginal-force-opposition-party-rise-bangladesh-jamaat-e-islami-1361786 | Source: The Business Standard    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:37:40

• "the largest Islamist Party Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI)" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bangladesh-election-2026-polling-jamaat-e-islami-bnp-votes-allegations/article70619946.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:37:59

• "In Europe there is a vast, diverse and fragmented galaxy of Russians who oppose Putin’s policies and the war in Ukraine." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/02/16/but-russians-are-resisting-meet-putins-exiled-opponents-in-europe/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:38:21

• "WolfSSL is extremely configurable. Maybe even too configurable for its own good." ☛ https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/02/wolfssl-doesnt-suck/ | Source: Feld    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:39:36

• "This is nuts! This is not normal. This is not how I grew up and this is not how those parents have grown up either." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/surveillance-children/ | Source: Ava    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:40:20

• "Another major aspect with these general wellness devices is what happens to the data that they generate." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/what-the-fdas-2026-wellness-device-update-means-for-wearables/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:40:36

• "Tech giant Apple has quietly paid nearly $2 billion for a “pre-speech” tech company whose employees helped Israel commit genocide in Gaza." ☛ https://thegrayzone.com/2026/02/15/apple-buys-israeli-pre-speech-firm/ | Source: The Gray Zone    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:41:05

• "It is platforms, not users, that decide which age verification providers are use." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-harms-millions-could-be-forced-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:41:37

• "Contrary to the main narrative, french parliamentarians are not only talking about the budget." ☛ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2026/02/16/censorship-and-surveillance-a-legislative-overload-in-the-french-parliament/ | Source: La Quadature Du Net    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:42:04

• "We are participating in our own surveillance, through convenience, through security" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51449172/lawyer-on-doorbell-cams-we-are-participating-in-our-own-surveillance | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:42:22

• "The consultation will also confront the full range of risks children face online." ☛ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-no-platform-gets-a-free-pass-government-takes-action-to-keep-children-safe-online | Source: The United Kingdom    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:42:44

• "These companies didn’t want users, they wanted addicts." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/social-medias-tobacco-moment | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:44:00

• "I have a very specific proposal: we should move away from email-like user handles on the fediverse. This style of user identity has three problems: [...]" ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/02/16/fediforum-position-paper.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:44:30

• "While distriburiting explicit material is illegal in Turkey, this investigation marks the first time authorities have deemed income from adult content illicit and treated investments made with that income as money laundering." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-remands-17-adult-content-creators-for-laundering-onlyfans-income-316766 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:45:05

• "That is a serious failure of our standards. Direct quotations must always reflect what a source actually said." ☛ https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:46:40

• "make good product decisions and make technology useful in messy real-world situations." ☛ https://susam.net/deep-blue.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:51:50

• "AI might be an extension of that. I don’t see AI composition as fundamentally different from ghostwriting." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2026/02/16/on-using-ai-in-blogging/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:52:18

• "There is an awful lot of handwringing about AI-generated writing, but ghostwriting is not controversial in the same way, and the end result is the same: someone else wrote it."    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:52:57

• "Someone else wrote" is not the same as "bot spewed this out" (moreover, a bot of sleazy companies)    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:53:32

• "A nature-inspired ensemble strategy for training neural nets that uses evolution-like approaches to training NNs" ☛ https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/nn_evolution_strategy.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:53:47

• "But Google’s auction no longer works that way." ☛ https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-intent-not-keywords-468271 | Source: Third Door Media LLC    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:54:07

• "If there’s an organizational mandate to leverage LLMs to minimize the time spent coding" ☛ https://olano.dev/blog/dangerously-skip/ | Source: Facundo Olano    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:54:21

• "This release ships with the Niri scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor and the beautiful Noctalia desktop shell for Wayland." https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-drops-kde-plasma-after-12-years-for-niri-noctalia-to-escape-systemd    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:58:36

• "Over the weekend Ars Technica retracted an article because the AI a writer used hallucinated quotes from an open source library maintainer." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/ai-is-destroying-open-source/ | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:58:58

• "Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but that dream's dead. Doornail. Dodo. Parrot." ☛ https://johan.hal.se/wrote/2026/02/03/the-sideprocalypse/ | Source: Johan Halse    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:59:29

• "The problem with AI isn't going to be Skynet. It's going to be amoral extraction class assholes applying half-cooked automation at scale onto deeply broken sectors in exploitative ways in a country too corrupt to have functioning regulators." ☛ https://karlbode.com/the-problem-with-ai-is-shitty-human-beings/ | Source: Karl Bode    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:59:50

• "I suspect within days you could get dozens if not hundreds of RCE exploits. You could then have another agent scan and exploit as many servers as possible." ☛ https://martinalderson.com/posts/anthropic-found-500-zero-days/ | Source: Martin Alderson    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:00:15

• "We wrongly assume that the advances we observe in our field, such as the autonomous or semi-autonomous development of applications, also translate to sectors like medicine or law. This is a false generalization." ☛ https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/02/16/were-making-a-big-mistake.html | Source: Numeric Citizen    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:01:12

• "From here, you can perform classification and respond to images or videos with your code." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/object-detection-with-ultralytics-yolo26-on-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:01:33

• "But alas: the site’s message now says to “use AI” and dropped mentioning Grok by name, after NextGov contacted the administration about the bot’s placement." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/us-government-grok-nutrition | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:01:52

• "Since then, almost 500 1st Ward residents replied to an online survey distributed by La Spata’s office, with almost all of the respondents opposing the expansion." ☛ https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/10/logan-square-wicker-park-neighbors-say-no-to-more-delivery-robots/ |    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:02:17

• "Late in 2025, a whole fleet of delivery robots descended on Chicago, where they clogged sidewalks, injured residents, and prompted a community campaign to ban them from the streets." ☛ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/chicago-delivery-robots-banned | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:02:42

• "The UK government on Monday said providers of AI chatbots will be held responsible for preventing their technology from generating illegal or harmful content." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/uk-targets-all-ai-chatbots-after-grok-uproar/a-75993297 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:03:11

• "The move follows international backlash against Grok, after the chatbot was found to allow users to create and share sexualized fake images of women and children."    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:03:28

• "Learn how to bring your AFRINIC-allocated IP addresses to Google Cloud Platform using BYOIP." ☛ https://sysadmin-journal.com/how-to-bring-your-own-ip-to-google-cloud-platform/ | Source: Ish Sookun    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:04:00

• "This release fixes a small bug in the Openbox edition that prevented users from launching a terminal emulator from a package manager." https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-8-2-released-with-support-for-linux-kernel-6-19-updated-packages    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:04:35

• "Only the Plasma Login Manager will be dependent on systemd, but future Plasma releases aren’t dependent on Plasma Login Manager, nor systemd." https://9to5linux.com/kde-says-plasma-desktop-will-never-force-users-to-use-systemd    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:05:01

• "In the first part of the program Eleanor sits down with Martha Dimitratou" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/reproductive-health-education-indy-media/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:07:17

• "I’m happy to announce the release of CDCPLACES 1.2.0." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/cdcplaces-1-2-0/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:12:28

• "The LCD-as-aperture has a number of interesting uses that would be impossible with a standard iris aperture." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/a-computer-that-fits-inside-a-camera-lens/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:15:32

• "The answer turns out to be yes under some basic assumptions and with some interesting mathematics involved." ☛ https://theorangeduck.com/page/fitting-code-driven-displacement-revisited | Source: Daniel Holden    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:22:53

• "I read and re-read a blog post today that made me pause & reflect, a few times actually." ☛ https://davidjohnmead.com/posts/2026-02-16-a-shared-secret/ | Source: David Mead    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:24:43

• "But for a while now, and especially these past 12 months, I've become tired of what the tech world has to offer." ☛ https://overkill.wtf/135/ |    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:24:56

• "I’m tired of it. And I have to find the fire again. Hence, this." ☛ https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/02/16/love-it-when-someone-voices-what-i-cant-or-yeah-i-think-im-tired-of-tech-now-too/ | Source: Marty Day    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:25:43

• "If we’re to assume their newspeak “retirement ready” meant “preparing for one’s retirement”, then I suppose the implication was that if you’re old enough to use cassettes, you must therefore be of a sufficiently ripe age to get “ready” for retirement." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/cassettes-user-time-to-get-retirement-ready/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:26:28

• "Complex systems can be predictable even when any individual node in the system seems unknowable." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/02/mysterious-predictability/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:28:52

• "Today in Tedium: Recently, Amazon did something kind of annoying in the midst of doing something painful." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/02/16/corporate-turnaround-code-names-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:29:15

• "Through connections, Epstein got a job at investment bank Bear Stearns, which gave him insight into high finance. In 1980, he was made a limited partner." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/where-did-jeffrey-epstein-get-all-his-money/a-75944096 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:29:35

• "To convert that LEGO kit into an alarm clock, Rasic 3D-printed a launch pad that acts as an enclosure for a few electronic components." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/16/this-lego-alarm-clock-is-as-loud-as-a-rocket-launch/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:30:59

• "app's development project" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20210534 | Source: YLE    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:31:34

• Upside: people can run to shelters fast; downside: people carrying skinnerboxes can make it easier to guide missiles, either figuring out distance from target or area of congested population (mobile signal density) https://yle.fi/a/74-20210534    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:34:52

• But when the regime takes for granted skinnerboxes and uses them against the population, the possibility or having none (or relying on sirens, which are the speed of sound), is not "on offer"    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:35:02

• "These mirrors are for convenience for contribution and we continue to host our own repositories, just like we did while using GitHub mirrors for ease of contribution too." ☛ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/02/16/codeberg.html | Source: Gentoo    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:43:47

• "Gentoo now has a presence on Codeberg, and contributions can be submitted for the Gentoo repository mirror at https://codeberg.org/gentoo/gentoo as an alternative to GitHub. Eventually also other git repositories will become available under the Codeberg Gentoo organization."    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:44:10

• "This is part of the gradual mirror migration away from GitHub, as already mentioned in the 2025 end-of-year review. Codeberg is a site based on Forgejo, maintained by a dedicated non-profit organization, and located in Berlin, Germany. Thanks to everyone who has helped make this move possible! "    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:44:18

• "A virtual machine, aka virtual environment, is an isolated installation that lives directly in your project directory. Think of it as a self-contained workspace for a single project." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/for-darryl-python-virtual-environment/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:58:39

• "About a year ago I posted about defer and that it would be available for everyone using gcc and/or clang soon. So it is probably time for an update." ☛ https://gustedt.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/defer-available-in-gcc-and-clang/ |    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:59:18

• "THAT’S IT. Story points per sprint doesn’t matter; lines of code, doesn’t matter; Jira tickets closed, for the love of everything, do. not. matter." ☛ https://genehack.blog/2026/02/the-only-developer-productivity-metrics-that-matter/ |    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:59:42

• "A Diagnostics type can be defined inline, and the errorset can be generated inline from the Diagnostic’s enum tag." ☛ https://srcreigh.ca/posts/error-payloads-in-zig/ |    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 11:59:57

• "Recently I've been trying to get a PR merged with some fixes for Lua." ☛ https://carlo.zancanaro.id.au/posts/setting-up-cuirass-locally.html |    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:00:19

• "The only thing required of or provided to users is a sustainable pace. No satisfaction, job security, dignity, mental health, or value" ☛ https://www.sicpers.info/2026/02/considering-society/ | Source: SICP    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:06:47

• "Most of the time, when I'm actually doing it, I love my job." ☛ https://www.roguelazer.com/blog/what-makes-programming-great/ | Source: James Brown    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:07:08

• "As mentioned in my last week notes post, I wrote a simple Clojure script to help me review what I’ve completed across projects during a given time period." ☛ https://ryan.himmelwright.net/post/clojure-script-git-logs/ | Source: Ryan Himmelwright    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:07:37

• "Look how good I am at this, so easy!" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/trade-james-law/ | Source: Ava    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:08:15

• "Yesterday I put this into effect for certain sorts of problems, including claimed HTTP User-Agents that are for old browser" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FeedReaderErrorsProblemII | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:11:41

• "But Google Search has changed. Old pages are gone from many searches. This matters to me because I’ve been writing on the Web for thirty-one years, almost entirely on static sites." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/02/16/where-are-we/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:12:10

• "The best way to bypass ReCAPTCHAs is to use Buster, a free browser extension. It’s is available for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. Buster fills out the audio challenge automatically for you." ☛ https://greycoder.com/the-best-anti-captcha-browser-extensions/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:12:27

• "GNU Emacs has a core model for how it operates, and some of its weird seeming limitations are easier to understand if you internalize that model." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsNewWhateverLimitation | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:17:02

• "I've been meaning to write up a post on how I manage my Guix System configurations for a while, because I've hit on a solution that feels kinda nice, inspired by how folks do things in NixOS." ☛ https://www.terracrypt.net/posts/guix-config.html | Source: Jonathan Frederickson    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:17:39

• "People interested in digital freedom on a budget" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/chromebook-conversions/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:17:52

• "As an example of what I would not consider to be "plug-n-play", is the excellent Shoelace library, which requires you to use web components to make use of the library." ☛ https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/02/16/three-plug-n-play-css-libraries | Source: Raymond Camden    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:20:19

• "I’ve used Tailwind on more than a few projects, and I tend to go back and forward on my opinion of it." ☛ https://tommyp.org/blog/a-hot-take-about-tailwind/ | Source: Tommy Palmer    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:20:35

• "The video focuses on three common types of shielding—absorber sheets, shielding tapes, and shielding cabinets." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/a-basic-guide-to-shielding/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:21:01

• "Most architectures encode branch/call instructions with a PC-relative displacement." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2026-02-16-call-relocation-types | Source: MaskRay    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:21:37

• Space strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/space-strategy-game-battlestar-galactica-scattered-hopes-has-a-demo-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:30:06

• ABIDE is an extreme stop-motion horror game from the devs of Judero and Mashina | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/abide-is-an-extreme-stop-motion-horror-game-from-the-devs-of-judero-and-mashina/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:30:30

• Comedy co-op physics platformer Log Riders adds Linux support and looks hilarious | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/comedy-co-op-physics-platformer-log-riders-adds-linux-support-and-looks-hilarious/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:31:34

• Get some quality horror in the Love You to Death Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-some-quality-horror-in-the-love-you-to-death-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/get-some-quality-horror-in-the-love-you-to-death-humble-bundle/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:32:19

• "Grow some te------s and say his name. SATYA NADELLA, SATYA NADELLA. Now listen, you too can become wealthy if you sell out American workers for H1Bs and scam your way to the top. Get to work." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khhc3y9q    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:35:50

• "Nobody is worth what SN is paid - It’s wild to think how many jobs could be saved if his pay matched his actual value. We’re talking tens of millions that could’ve kept real people employed." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khhc3y9q    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:36:17

• "... Without foreign demand, the overall tourism market would be in decline, as domestic tourism has decreased ..." https://yle.fi/a/74-20210808    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:58:50

• Anon: that's because the locals are priced out of the market _*and*_ all the facilities are all reserved far in advance, domestic tourism is not an option That's all around bad because international tourism tends to mean air travel and that is _*all*_ built on atmospheric fossil carbon release    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:59:30

• Clean the infected family PC in the new Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional demo | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/clean-the-infected-family-pc-in-the-new-antivirus-survivors-2003-professional-demo/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:00:50

• X4: Foundations is getting cross-platform cloud saves - possible breakage coming for Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/x4-foundations-is-getting-cross-platform-cloud-saves-possible-breakage-coming-for-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:01:18

• Microsoft kills another thing, assures people nothing to see here https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/02/xbox-announces-social-clubs-will-be-removed-from-consoles-in-april-2026    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:04:51

• Blue Archive devs confirm Steam Deck and controller support is on the way | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/blue-archive-devs-confirm-steam-deck-and-controller-support-is-on-the-way/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

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

• Thoroughly strange dungeon crawler Pluto is all about constructing spells and using your fingers | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/thoroughly-strange-dungeon-crawler-pluto-is-all-about-constructing-spells-and-using-your-fingers/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:06:49

• The clever ASCII animated Stone Story RPG is getting a full standalone sequel | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-clever-ascii-animated-stone-story-rpg-is-getting-a-full-standalone-sequel/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:07:34

• IBM Corruption: "Similarly, inside IBM, there are many whistleblowers and some of them come to us directly, others post in online forums. They're sick and tired of their lying CEO and crooked CFO, who seems to be focusing on financial engineering, not technical engineering." https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Resisting_IBM_and_EPO_Corruption.shtml    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:36:58

• "One of my Laptops was still on Windows 10. I don't know why they needed it. Everythings on 11 now and that Laptop would not sell at a thrift shop" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khc9389d    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:37:42

• "Top 7 OSINT tools REVEALED for 2026" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/top-7-osint-tools-revealed-for-2026:1    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:40:22

• "Debian Linux Is Slowly Bleeding Maintainers" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/debian-linux-is-slowly-bleeding:6 see https://disguised.work/debian/about/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:41:21

• "Riddle as dozens of documents identifying Andrew in the Epstein files are secretly redacted since they were released" https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/38232883/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-epstein-files-secretly-redacted/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:41:36

• "Child rapist who worked at mosque groomed kids as young as nine with sweets and games" https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/child-rapist-who-worked-mosque-33399520 Ars Technica employed a MICROSOFT SHILL who raped kids even younger than this https://techrights.org/wiki/Peter_Bright/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:42:29

• "Abdul El-Sayed Rakes in Over $24K Per Day While Swearing Off PAC Money" https://www.newsweek.com/michigan-senate-race-election-abdul-el-sayed-fundraising-2096219    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:42:44

• Why on Earth would rakudoweekly promote 1) proprietary 2) microsoft 3) spyware? https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/02/16/2026-07-vscode-language-server/ bad optics, rakudoweekly...    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:43:23

• iophk: he has never heard of backups, apparently https://antonio.is/2026/02/16/the-death-of-my-macbook-pro/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:43:44

• "Self-Driving Cars, Drones Hijacked by Custom Road Signs" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/15/2326234    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:44:04

• "Judges Have Ruled That Over 4,400 ICE Detentions Since October Were Illegal | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/judges-have-ruled-that-over-4400-ice-detentions-since-october-were-illegal/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:44:20

• "Robert Duvall: 15 Essential Roles" https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/robert-duvall-best-movies-roles-1030333/    

posted TuesdPlasma 6.6 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/ ay, February 17, 2026 at 13:44:34

• "What's behind Somalia-Saudi Arabia military deal?" https://www.dw.com/en/whats-behind-somalia-saudi-arabia-military-deal/a-75954838    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:44:48

• "UK: Åldersgräns för VPN" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/02/16/uk-aldersgrans-for-vpn/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:45:10

• "Steve Bannon told Epstein that Trump should be removed during his first term using the 25th Amendment" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/steve-bannon-jeffrey-epstein-trump-b2921586.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:45:26

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:47:46

• "In this article, you will learn how to find the largest files and directories consuming disk space in Linux using the du, find, and ncdu commands with examples." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/find-top-large-directories-and-files-sizes-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:49:00

• "After a delay to clean up the membership database, the Election Committee confirmed the process is back on track. Project members will choose candidates to fill two open seats on the openSUSE Board." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/16/call-for-board-moves-forward/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:49:24

• How to Install Gemini CLI on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-gemini-cli-funos/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:51:22

• 'Linux' Foundation Continues Falling Off a Cliff in Geminispace ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Linux_Foundation_Continues_Falling_Off_a_Cliff_in_Geminispace.shtml    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:51:37

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1058989/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:54:48

• Global IP TV Panel updated 2026MK1 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/global-ip-tv-panel-updated-2026mk1.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:55:46

• Not even Akira posts there anymore https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-02/index.html death by neglect    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:56:36

• John Pizzarelli: The Boulevard of Broken Dreams ☞ https://rubenerd.com/john-pizzarelli-the-boulevard-of-broken-dreams/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:57:08

• Apple Music and YouTube Music Join the AI-Generated Playlist Party — As Across-the-Board ‘AI Slop’ Criticism Continues ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/16/youtube-music-apple-music-ai-playlists/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:57:34

• GE-Proton 10-31 brings fixes for Arknights: Endfield, Duet Night Abyss and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/ge-proton-10-31-brings-fixes-for-arknights-endfield-duet-night-abyss-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/ge-proton-10-31-brings-fixes-for-arknights-endfield-duet-night-abyss-and-more/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 13:58:03

• Kapsule v0.2.1: sponsored by my wife's horror movies ☞ https://blog.lasath.org/2026/02/kapsule-v021-sponsored-by-my-wifes.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:00:27

• Omnicom – graphical interface for serial communication ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/omnicom-graphical-interface-serial-communication/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:01:20

• wayscrollshot – scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wayscrollshot-scrolling-screenshot-tool-wayland/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:01:32

• fil – UNIX file command ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fil-unix-file-command/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:01:44

• tooi – text-based user interface for Mastodon, Pleroma and friends ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tooi-text-based-user-interface-mastodon-pleroma/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:02:04

• Reverse Engineering GNU/Linux Distro REMnux Marks 15 Years With Major v8 Release Featuring Hey Hi (AI) Agent Support ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/remnux-v8-release/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:03:02

• Linux CVE assignment process ☞ http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2026/02/16/linux-cve-assignment-process/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:03:29

• Jonathan Blandford: Crosswords 0.3.17: Circle Bound ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/jrb/2026/02/16/crosswords-0-3-17-circle-bound/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:04:12

• Four stable kernels to fix problematic commit ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1059031/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:06:00

• Four stable kernels for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1058990/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:07:23

• Re https://overkill.wtf/135/ tech is OK, depends which? Or whose...    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:15:18

• Windmills are tech    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:15:37

• What the media calls "big tech" is not tech but social control pushed in or shoehorned into society by FOMO and institutional imposition    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:16:50

• Istio 1.29.0 Change Notes ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.29.x/announcing-1.29/change-notes/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:22:11

• a bit of good news: https://vinyl-cache.org/organization/moving.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:22:43

• Compile Limine in woofQ2 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/compile-limine-in-woofq2.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:50:58

• BS, they have BACK DOORS https://www.securityweek.com/android-17-beta-strengthens-secure-by-default-design-for-privacy-and-app-security/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:51:22

• Murena Teams Up With German Manufacturer to Offer a €698 de-Googled Android Tablet ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/murena-volla-tablet/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:51:53

• Fix for Limine Installer ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/fix-for-limine-installer.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:53:35

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Cinicross and Shadows of the Afterland - 2026-02-11 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2026-02-11-edition/index.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:54:14

• NoteDiscovery: A Self-Hosted Notes Hub to Build Your Private Knowledge Base ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/apps/notediscovery/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:54:56

• Ars Technica Publishes Al-Generated Article on Al Bot Writing Anti-Human Hit Pieces ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ars-technica-publishes-al-generated    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:55:11

• Booby Borisov responds to 'FUD'... using SLOP! https://linuxiac.com/kde-responds-to-fud-over-alleged-systemd-mandate/   

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:56:33

• Why ODF and not OOXML ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/16/why-odf-and-not-ooxml/ "wanted to raise users’ awareness of fake open-source software, such as OnlyOffice, which partners with Microsoft in a strategy to lock users in."    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:59:01

• This Microsoft operative seldom writes anymore https://www.theregister.com/Author/Avram-Piltch    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:12:09

• Best GNU/Linux Distributions for Every Use Case ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/best-linux-distros/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:45:14

• SCP Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/scp/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:45:41

• DShanPi-A1 Hey Hi (AI) Education Rockchip RK3576 SBC features HDMI input and output ports, dual GbE ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/17/dshanpi-a1-ai-education-rockchip-rk3576-sbc-features-hdmi-input-and-output-ports-dual-gbe/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:48:32

• critique – review git diffs ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/critique-review-git-diffs/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:49:40

• HardBore – file manager using web technologies ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hardbore-file-manager-web-technologies/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:49:53

• Sparky 8.2 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-2/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:50:05

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

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:50:53

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

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:51:27

• ComChan – minimal serial monitor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/comchan-minimal-serial-monitor/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:51:40

• 7 Useful Free and Open Source S3 File Systems and Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-s3-file-systems-tools/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:51:54

• 3 Easy Ways to Access R from a Python Program ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/easy-ways-access-r-python/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:52:27

• csview – csv viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/csview-csv-viewer/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:52:42

• pgdsat version 1.2 has been released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgdsat-version-12-has-been-released-3239/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:53:19

• lf turns linux.com into a kind of spamfarm again https://www.linux.com/news/jan26-training-promo/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:57:56

• Antoine Beaupré: Keeping track of decisions using the ADR model ☞ https://anarc.at/blog/2026-02-12-recording-decisions/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:00:47

• Antoine Beaupré: Kernel-only network configuration on Linux ☞ https://anarc.at/blog/2026-02-15-kernel-only-network-configuration/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:01:47

• Russia sentences US citizen to 4 years in jail for trying to take Kalashnikov stocks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-sentences-us-citizen-to-4-years-in-jail-for-trying-to-take-kalashnikov-stocks    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:02:44

• Questions Swirl Around Russian Figure Skater in Her Olympic Debut ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/world/europe/russian-figure-skater-milan-olympics.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:03:08

• Japan makes history in pairs figure skating. So do many Russian-born skaters. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Olympics/2026/0216/winter-games-figure-skating-russians    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:03:30

• Milano Cortina 2026: Ukranian athletes targeted by disinformation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260216-milano-cortina-2026-ukranian-athletes-targeted-by-disinformation    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:03:44

• 'India will have to find some ways to compensate Russia' in defense procurement pivot, expert says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260216-india-will-have-to-find-some-ways-to-compensate-russia-in-defense-procurement-pivot-expert-says    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:03:56

• Drinks producer 'Latvijas balzams' in major tax debt ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/16.02.2026-drinks-producer-latvijas-balzams-in-major-tax-debt.a634791/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:04:29

• Dihydroxyacetone Man warns Iran of consequences ahead of new talks in Geneva ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260217-trump-warns-iran-of-consequences-ahead-of-geneva-nuclear-talks    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:04:51

• Diplomacy alone won’t end Russia’s war ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/diplomacy-alone-wont-end-russias-war/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:05:13

• A Russian ‘Village of Military Valor’ Waits for Its Reward ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-world-war-2-sedanka.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:05:46

• Senators Meet Zelensky With Hopeful Message on Sanctions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/us/politics/congress-zelensky-ukraine-russia.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:06:04

• Ukraine and Russia Hold New Round of Peace Talks, but Expectations Are Low ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-peace-talks-switzerland.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:06:19

• Former Ukrainian Energy Minister Detained At Border, Charged With Money Laundering ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-corruption-energy-sector-kickbacks-scandal/33679486.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:06:33

• Ukraine ex-energy minister named suspect in laundering probe ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-ex-energy-minister-named-suspect-in-laundering-probe    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:06:49

• Ukraine makes fastest battlefield gain in 2.5 years ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260216-ukraine-makes-fastest-battlefield-gain-in-2-5-years    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:07:18

• old: "Why the IRS Says Microsoft Owes $29 Billion in Back Taxes" https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-microsoft-audit-back-taxes-puerto-rico-billions    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:07:50

• old: "Microsoft owes an astounding $28.9 billion in back taxes, IRS says after audit | Fortune" https://fortune.com/2023/10/11/microsoft-back-taxes-irs-29-billion-satya-nadella/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:07:58

• Live: Convicted Felon urges Ukraine to strike Russia deal 'fast' before Geneva talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260217-trump-urges-ukraine-to-strike-russia-deal-fast-before-geneva-talks    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:08:14

• Russia’s war with Ukraine encroaching on Africa, analysts say ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/russias-war-with-ukraine-encroaching-on-africa-analysts-say/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:08:37

• STRATCOMCOE reports on Russian influence operations ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/16.02.2026-stratcomcoe-reports-on-russian-influence-operations.a634958/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:08:52

• The Munich hangover: Security fest or defence insecurities exposed? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20260216-the-munich-hangover-security-fest-or-defence-insecurities-exposed    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:10:17

• Performance and load testing in Identity Management (IdM) systems using encrypted DNS (eDNS) and CoreDNS in OpenShift clusters ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/16/load-testing-idm-edns-coredns-openshift    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:11:19

• Build a CI/CD pipeline with OpenShift Dev Spaces and GitOps ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/16/build-cicd-pipeline-openshift-dev-spaces-and-gitops    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:12:17

• xSDR – A tiny M.2 2230 SDR module with Artix-7 FPGA and LMS7002M RFIC (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/16/xsdr-a-tiny-m-2-2230-sdr-with-artix-7-fpga-and-lms7002m-rfic/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:14:03

• Bedding Company Quickly Faces the Wrath of Taylor Swift’s Legal Team After Filing ‘Swift Home’ Trademark Application ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/15/taylor-swift-trademark-dispute-bedding-company/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:14:30

• Maintenance release: Godot 4.6.1 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-6-1/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:14:48

• Navalny's Mother Demands Justice As Supporters Mark Anniversary Of His Death ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/navalny-death-anniversary-poisoning/33679610.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:15:10

• Latvia and 'likeminded' countries mark second anniversary of Navalny's murder ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/16.02.2026-latvia-and-likeminded-countries-mark-second-anniversary-of-navalnys-murder.a634913/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:15:22

• Kangaroo courts!! "The Guidelines are, however, not binding on the Technical Boards of Appeal - still less the Enlarged Board of Appeal." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/g-125-description-amendments-amicus.html?showComment=1771261823153#c5795533989773233019    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:16:30

• NuTyX 26.02.02 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nutyx    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:16:48

• Late Night Linux – Episode 373 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-373/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:17:20

• Linux User Space Episode 6:08: Bing Bang Boom ☞ https://www.linuxuserspace.show/608    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:18:33

• Philipp Kern: What is happening with this "connection verification"? ☞ https://debblog.philkern.de/2026/02/what-is-happening-with-this-connection.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:20:22

• Commission closes antitrust investigation following the withdrawal by Edwards Lifesciences of its disputed company policy ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_412    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:24:19

• Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/forests-shifting-north    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:24:51

• "This is not a political game": France faces reckoning after killing of 23 year old ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260216-this-is-not-a-political-game-france-faces-reckoning-after-killing-of-23-year-old    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:25:24

• Fearon argues for strong military capability in Taiwan, strategic ambiguity ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/02/15/fearon-taiwan-strategic-ambiguity/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:25:50

• Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/health/drug-advertisements-consumers.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:26:43

• Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/health/rfk-vaccine-manufacturers.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:26:56

• Michigan wants schools ready for cardiac emergencies, fails to provide funds ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-wants-schools-ready-for-cardiac-emergencies-fails-to-provide-funds/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:27:23

• Some "smart" water meters save work for the measurer, they say it is more tamper-proof, but those things can also store info (personal data) on how much water is used WHEN. So that's a spying opportunity.    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:31:27

• Anwar holds all the cards in $3.5b takeover battle that is testing Malay economic clout ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/a-3-5b-takeover-battle-is-testing-malay-economic-clout-malaysia-pm-anwar-now-holds-all-the-cards    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:33:31

• ‘No one is above the law’: Malaysian King warns graft offenders in government agencies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/no-one-is-above-the-law-malaysian-king-issues-warning-to-graft-offenders-across-government-agencies    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:33:42

• Beijing pressured Japan over Taiwan. It only strengthened Tokyo’s resolve ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/beijing-pressured-japan-over-taiwan-it-only-strengthened-tokyos-resolve/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:34:40

• Japan Wins Pairs Figure Skating, Knocking China From the Top ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/world/japan-figure-skating-pairs-gold-medal.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:34:54

• In Cuba, is Convicted Felon seeking ouster of Communist leaders, or of China’s presence? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2026/0216/trump-cuba-regime-change-venezuela-china    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:35:17

• Philippines takes ‘strong exception’ to China embassy comment on job losses ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-says-takes-exception-to-china-embassy-comment-on-job-losses    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:35:52

• China has slashed air pollution, but the ‘war’ isn’t over ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-has-slashed-air-pollution-but-the-war-isnt-over    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:36:17

• Hong Kong court dismisses bid to liquidate property giant Country Garden ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/16/hong-kong-court-dismisses-bid-to-liquidate-property-giant-country-garden/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:49:48

• The US regional dailies proving news can pay despite Washington Post challenges ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/the-us-regional-dailies-proving-news-can-pay-despite-washington-post-challenges/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:50:57

• 'Dream Engineering' Can Boost Your Puzzle-Solving, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dream-engineering-can-boost-your-puzzle-solving-study-suggests    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:51:25

• Depression May Warn of Parkinson's or Dementia, Years Before Diagnosis ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/depression-may-warn-of-parkinsons-or-dementia-years-before-diagnosis    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:51:39

• Antarctica Will See a Rare 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse This Week ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/antarctica-will-see-a-rare-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-this-week    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:51:54

• Single Dose of DMT Rapidly Reduces Symptoms of Major Depression ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/single-dose-of-dmt-rapidly-reduces-symptoms-of-major-depression    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:52:08

• Humans Used to Sleep Twice Each Night. Here's Why It Vanished. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-used-to-sleep-twice-each-night-heres-why-it-vanished    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:52:31

• This Diet Change Cuts Over 300 Calories a Day, Without Decreasing Meal Size ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-diet-change-cuts-over-300-calories-a-day-without-decreasing-meal-size    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:52:51

• Should Weight-Loss Drug Users Take Supplements? An Expert Explains ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/should-weight-loss-drug-users-take-supplements-an-expert-explains    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 16:54:34

• Rain effect with Quick3D Particles ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/rain-effect-with-quick3d-particles    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:36:36

• There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/aidr-meaning    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:38:40

• Kazakhstan draws criticism over proposed constitutional amendments ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/kazakhstan-draws-criticism-over-proposed-constitutional-amendments/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:39:33

• Show us your refcompressratio ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2026/02/16/show-us-your-refcompressratio/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:40:31

• UN officials brief Security Council on Syria transition amid northeast deal and renewed violence ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-officials-brief-security-council-on-syria-transition-amid-northeast-deal-and-renewed-violence/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:41:40

• Hong Kong transport minister vows full review of controversial bus seat belt law ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/16/hong-kong-transport-minister-vows-full-review-of-controversial-bus-seat-belt-law/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:42:19

• Iran's Revolutionary Guards begin military drills in Strait of Hormuz ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/iran-s-revolutionary-guards-begin-military-drills-in-strait-of-hormuz    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:42:39

• CISA Navigates DHS Shutdown With Reduced Staff ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-navigates-dhs-shutdown-with-reduced-staff/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:43:28

• Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany Fined $25 Million in South Korea After Data Breaches ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/dior-louis-vuitton-tiffany-fined-25-million-in-south-korea-after-data-breaches/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:44:43

• User Issues With X Appear to Have Resolved ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/technology/twitter-x-outage.html    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:46:51

• Rufus devs blame Abusive Monopolist Microsoft for blocking latest backdoored Windows 11 ISOs, resulting in IP bans ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/rufus-developers-blame-microsoft-for-blocking-access-to-the-latest-windows-11-isos-windows-insiders-met-with-an-ip-ban-after-attempting-to-download-latest-builds    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:47:39

• Microsoft Warns of ClickFix Attack Abusing DNS Lookups ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-warns-of-clickfix-attack-abusing-dns-lookups/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:48:07

• postgres_dba 7.0 — 34 diagnostic reports for psql ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgres_dba-70-34-diagnostic-reports-for-psql-3237/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:49:19

• British man, 35, arrested after damaging check-in kiosks at Hong Kong International Airport ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/16/british-man-35-arrested-after-damaging-check-in-kiosks-at-hong-kong-international-airport/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:50:27

• The ‘Father of Sega Hardware' has passed away, designed all of Sega's consoles ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/the-father-of-sega-hardware-has-passed-away-hideki-sato-worked-his-way-up-from-engineer-to-become-segas-acting-president-spending-33-years-at-the-company    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:51:18

• Announcing Istio 1.27.7 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.27.x/announcing-1.27.7/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:52:28

• Out-of-cycle release scheduled for February 26, 2026 ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/out-of-cycle-release-scheduled-for-february-26-2026-3241/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:53:25

• Project Aura – A neat, easy-to-assemble, DIY Air quality monitor compatible with Home Assistant ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/16/project-aura-a-neat-easy-to-assemble-diy-air-quality-monitor-compatible-with-home-assistant/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:54:14

• Announcing Istio 1.28.4 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.28.x/announcing-1.28.4/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:56:55

• Announcing Istio 1.29.0 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.29.x/announcing-1.29/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 17:58:14

• HardenedBSD 15-build-9 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:00:01

• Notes from NANOG 96 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/16/notes-from-nanog-96/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:00:38

• Slop promoting, not much substance to it ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/building-foundation-ai-driven-sovereign-future-red-hat-partners    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:01:25

• From legacy VMs to the network brain: Why 2026 is the year of the common telco cloud ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/legacy-vms-network-brain-why-2026-year-common-telco-cloud    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:02:04

• How sovereign is your strategy? Introducing the Red Bait Sovereignty Readiness Assessment tool ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-sovereign-your-strategy-introducing-red-hat-sovereignty-readiness-assessment-tool    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:02:35

• If we can’t name China’s cyberattacks, we lose trust in ourselves ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/if-we-cant-name-chinas-cyberattacks-we-lose-trust-in-ourselves/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:04:03

• India seizes Iran-linked US-sanctioned tankers, steps up surveillance ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-seizes-iran-linked-us-sanctioned-tankers-steps-up-surveillance    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:04:25

• Censorship and surveillance : a legislative overload in the french parliament. ☞ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2026/02/16/censorship-and-surveillance-a-legislative-overload-in-the-french-parliament/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:05:03

• Google Patches First Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day of 2026 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-patches-first-actively-exploited-chrome-zero-day-of-2026/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:06:01

• Amazon Scraps Partnership With Surveillance Company After Super Bowl Ad Backlash ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/amazon-scraps-partnership-with-surveillance-company-after-super-bowl-ad-backlash/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:06:30

• San Francisco teachers end four-day strike in $183 million deal ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/02/15/sf-teachers-end-four-day-strike/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:07:12

• Migros workers end strike with major concessions from company ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/migros-workers-end-strike-with-major-concessions-from-company-316753    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:07:35

• Another EPO Strike One Week From Now, Local Staff Committee Munich to Discuss It This Week ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/16/Another_EPO_Strike_One_Week_From_Now_Local_Staff_Committee_Muni.shtml    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:07:49

• 2026 64-Bits Malware Trend, (Mon, Feb 16th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32718 "Yes, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows can smoothly execute 32-bits code on 64-bits computers."    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:08:51

• Pluralistic: The online community trilemma (16 Feb 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/16/fast-good-cheap/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:09:12

• Want a Degoogled Tablet? Murena’s Got You Covered ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/02/want-a-degoogled-tablet-murenas-got-you-covered/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:10:17

• How Our Fundraiser Ended Up on GoFundMe ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/02/how-our-fundraiser-ended-up-on-gofundme/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:10:34

• Psst! L’il Marco Rubio? Don’t Lecture Europe When You’re One Face of a Chaotic Suicide Pact! ☞ https://emptywheel.net/psst-lil-marco-rubio-dont-lecture-europe-when-youre-one-face-of-a-chaotic-suicide-pact/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:11:05

• 60W Pocket Cloud is a microSD card reader with USB PD passthrough for your smartphone (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/17/60w-pocket-cloud-microsd-card-reader-for-your-smartphone-with-usb-pd-passthrough/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:11:42

• ByteDance’s ‘Seedance 2.0’ Gets a Resounding Thumbs Down from Hollywood—Disney Lawyers Are Already All Over This One ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/15/seeddance-2-0-hollywood-reception/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:12:36

• 5 easy ways to automatically change your wallpaper on Ubuntu https://www.howtogeek.com/5-easy-ways-to-automatically-change-your-wallpaper-on-ubuntu/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:16:53

• "Linux has become a lucrative target for bad actors, making specialized security tools more essential than ever. REMnux is a Linux distribution built specifically for such scenarios, helping researchers understand malware." https://itsfoss.com/news/remnux-v8-release/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:17:23

• 8 Ubuntu tips and tricks for first-time users https://www.howtogeek.com/8-ubuntu-tips-and-tricks-for-first-time-users/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:17:59

• 3 essential settings I change on every fresh Ubuntu install https://www.howtogeek.com/the-3-ubuntu-settings-i-change-on-every-fresh-install/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:18:32

• Proprietary https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/16/lockbit-5-0-ransomware-windows-linux-esxi/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:21:28

• "The Mint project's latest post thanks a record-breaking 1,000 + donors, and talks about future plans – which may include a slower release schedule." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/mints_success_and_stress/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:21:59

• Microsoft provocateur and his latest concern trolling https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-replace-windows-with-linux/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:23:38

• These 3 Linux software names make a lot more sense once you know the full story https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-software-names-make-a-lot-more-sense-once-you-know-the-full-story/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:25:49

• A Linux distro has dropped KDE Plasma after 12 years as it tries to escape Systemd https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-distro-dropped-kde-plasma-support-tries-to-escape-systemd/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:26:13

• "Egosoft have announced that X4: Foundations is finally getting cross-platform Steam Cloud saves, but desktop Linux users may need to make some backups." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/x4-foundations-is-getting-cross-platform-cloud-saves-possible-breakage-coming-for-linux/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:26:42

• Linux Mint isn't the best Windows replacement anymore https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-isnt-the-best-windows-replacement-anymore/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:27:07

• Unreal Tournament 2004 is now free with a community patch over 20 years later, Linux and macOS support included https://www.pcguide.com/news/unreal-tournament-2004-is-now-free-with-a-community-patch-over-20-years-later-linux-and-macos-support-included/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:27:42

• If you dual-boot Linux, don't make these costly 4 mistakes https://www.makeuseof.com/if-you-dual-boot-linux-dont-make-these-costly-mistakes/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:28:29

• You can now download a Fedora Atomic OS for your Android device https://www.xda-developers.com/you-can-now-download-fedora-atomic-os-for-android/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:29:22

• This Bash script replaced 3 apps I use everyday https://www.howtogeek.com/this-bash-script-replaced-apps-i-use-everyday/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:29:56

• Even with Linux being free, why does almost everyone still choose Windows? Here are 3 reasons that explain the dominance that began in the 80s and continues strong to this day. https://en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br/Even-with-Linux-being-free--why-does-almost-everyone-still-choose-Windows-Three-reasons-that-explain-its-dominance--which-began-in-the-80s-and-continues-strong-to-this-day.-flpc96/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:31:18

• I installed this Linux distro on my gaming PC, and it runs Windows games better than Windows https://www.makeuseof.com/using-nobara-on-desktop-pc-for-gaming/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:32:57

• I replaced three productivity apps with built-in Linux tools and didn’t miss them https://www.makeuseof.com/replaced-productivity-apps-with-built-in-linux-tools-didnt-miss-them/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:33:34

• I tried running Linux on an Apple silicon Mac and regretted it https://www.makeuseof.com/i-tried-running-linux-on-an-apple-silicon-mac-and-regretted-it/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:34:03

• On The Inside: This writer's daily driver is a Linux laptop https://www.howtogeek.com/on-the-inside-jordan/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:34:46

• I run terminal commands on my Linux PC from my Android home screen—here's how https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-run-terminal-commands-on-my-linux-pc-from-my-android-home-screen/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:35:46

• "I've just become aware that my changes to James Tomasinos "burrow" Gopher Hole manager have been merged! So everybody should update their version from the James' github repository: [...]" gopher://envs.net:70/1/~dan/phlog/20260217-my-changes-to-burrow-have-been-merged-by-tomasino/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 18:59:44

• "I've had a few emails from people that got banned from my sites over the weeks and months and years of the bots scraping the wikis. The wikis are valuable "content" -- text written by humans! -- so of course the AI companies want their bots to copy it and to train their products with it." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-02-17-bot-check    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:00:38

• "I have been noticing, that the Gopher burrow named "Gopher Bay" has been offline, for quite some months now. Gopher Bay was my last place where I could see films and download other great stuff. It is dead, now." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-02-17__Gopher_Bay_is_dead.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:01:40

• "Scottish maker and silversmith Math Campbell has built a smartwatch with a difference: this one goes in your pocket, not on your wrist." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260217-watch.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:02:19

• 🖼️ xkcd: SNEWS #3208 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3208.gmi    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:03:54

• At least £1m of clients’ cash missing after collapse of PM Law https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/at-least-1m-of-clients-cash-missing-after-collapse-of-pm-law-hx5sbrbtp https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/17/Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Way_Too_Slow_to_Respond_to_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:20:10

• too late https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/sra-confirms-fraud-investigation-in-relation-to-closure-of-group-of-law-firms    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:20:42

• "This release ships with a new “Plasma Login Manager” display manager that could replace existing login managers like SDDM." https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:36:52

• Mesa 26.0 improves ray-tracing performance for AMD Radeon GPUs on Linux https://tech.sportskeeda.com/gaming-news/news-mesa-26-0-improves-ray-tracing-performance-amd-radeon-gpus-linux    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:37:34

• "The Banana Pi BPI-R4 Pro router board is now available following its earlier preview. Built around the MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 processor at 1.8GHz, it targets Wi-Fi 7 access points and multi-gigabit gateway applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/bpi-r4-pro-router-board-delivers-mt7988a-soc-with-tri-band-wi-fi-7-capability/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 19:38:59

• European Parliament bars lawmakers from using AI tools https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/european_parliament_bars_lawmakers_from/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:08:21

• Russian bomb injures journalist https://cpj.org/2026/02/russian-bomb-injures-journalist-in-eastern-ukraine/nbsp;  

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:09:47

• Telegram CEO vows to fight for app amid Russia pressure https://www.dw.com/en/telegram-ceo-vows-to-fight-for-app-amid-russia-pressure/a-75903663    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:10:44

• CPJ welcomes Oscar nomination for documentary about US journalist killed in Russia-Ukraine war https://cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-welcomes-oscar-nomination-for-documentary-about-us-journalist-killed-in-russia-ukraine-war/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:11:14

• Russia Fully Blocks WhatsApp, Talks up State-Backed Alternative https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-11/russia-blocks-metas-whatsapp-messaging-service-ft-reports    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:16:03

• WhatsApp Says Russia Has Tried to Fully Block the Messaging App https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-02-12/whatsapp-says-russia-has-tried-to-fully-block-the-messaging-app    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:16:24

• Russia moves to block WhatsApp as Moscow pushes state-backed rival https://www.dw.com/en/russia-moves-to-block-whatsapp-as-moscow-pushes-state-backed-rival/a-75922756    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:16:47

• Russia blocks WhatsApp https://cphpost.dk/2026-02-12/news/round-up/russia-blocks-whatsapp/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:17:22

• TikTok does ISIS https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-10/dutch-arrest-15-suspected-of-spreading-islamic-state-propaganda-on-tiktok    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:21:35

• why are they even in NL? https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-police-arrest-15-over-islamic-state-tiktok-posts/a-75900127    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:21:58

• Carbon Dating https://xkcd.com/3205/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:26:36

• Installation https://xkcd.com/3206/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:26:57

• Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination https://xkcd.com/3207/    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:27:23

• Did social control media really fall below 1% there? https://gs.statcounter.com/search-vs-social-vs-ai-chatbot-market-share/all/singapore/#monthly-200902-202602    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:34:21

• MS slop down by a lot https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share/all/singapore/#monthly-200902-202602    

posted Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 20:36:26

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