Roy Schestowitz

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-01.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:25:02

• "I will likely not participate in OFFLFIRSOCH this year, mostly because I will be very busy with other projects in the month of March. In the spirit of the challenge, though, I want to identify something I do online and try to do it offline instead." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202602/20260228-in-the-spirit-of-offlfirsoch.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:26:12

• "Welcome to Part 5 of my Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) series. I'm currently working as a Site Reliability Engineer, and I'm here to share what SRE is all about in this blog series." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-03-01-site-reliability-engineering-part-5.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:26:50

• "I wanted to delete my Patreon account today, but there's no option for that. Instead, you have to file a ticket asking for them to delete your data. I did that, and they replied with an email: [...]" gemini://robida.net/entries/2026/03/01/delete-patreon    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:27:43

• Xbox console executive says she left team after refusing to wear bathrobe at GDC hotel https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xbox-console-executive-says-she-left-team-after-refusing-to-wear-bathrobe-at-GDC-hotel.1238175.0.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:37:41

• Endangered marine life is being caught in fishing nets, but it doesn’t need to be https://theconversation.com/endangered-marine-life-is-being-caught-in-fishing-nets-but-it-doesnt-need-to-be-275366    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:40:31

• blooming early https://theconversation.com/crocuses-are-blooming-early-heres-what-this-means-for-nature-275041    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:40:52

• Notice DATES https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/15/0249259/oldest-active-linux-distro-slackware-finally-releases-version-150    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:41:59

• How to Run Full-screen Games In Linux With Dual Monitors https://www.maketecheasier.com/run-fullscreen-games-in-linux-with-dual-monitors/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:42:39

• Linux Aliases: The Ultimate Hack to Boost Your Terminal Efficiency https://www.maketecheasier.com/linux-aliases-boost-terminal-efficiency/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:43:06

• Idea Raised For Nicer DRM Panic Screen Integration On Fedora Linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/17/2157254/idea-raised-for-nicer-drm-panic-screen-integration-on-fedora-linux    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:43:40

• T2 Linux Restores XAA In Xorg, Making 2D Graphics Fast Again https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/21/0752214/t2-linux-restores-xaa-in-xorg-making-2d-graphics-fast-again    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:44:58

• Asahi Linux first impressions https://rmpr.github.io/first-impression-asahi-linux/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:45:21

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (08/2026): Touch Your Wrist https://linmob.net/weekly-update-08-2026/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 04:45:55

• When dictators kill other dictators because dictators are "bad", but they won't commit suicide because those hypocritical dictators love themselves way too much    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 05:08:52

• "you are kidding right" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khnx2mms "the media people represent the majority shareholder"    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 06:33:01

• save water for the summer https://theconversation.com/why-coping-with-heavy-rain-in-scotlands-whisky-country-shows-how-to-save-water-for-the-summer-275762"    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 06:37:07

• GPL https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/18/1822253/linus-torvalds-on-how-linux-went-from-one-man-show-to-group-effort    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 06:37:43

• Escaping Windows: The Ultimate Guide to Migrate to Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-to-move-from-windows-to-linux/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 06:38:20

• Women Suffer Heart Attacks Too. Understanding Risks, Symptoms and How to Save Yourself https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-02-23/women-suffer-heart-attacks-too-understanding-risks-symptoms-and-how-to-save-yourself    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 06:38:57

• Trumpfare https://scheerpost.com/2026/02/23/pentagon-cant-even-figure-out-how-to-spend-the-extra-500-billion-more-trumpfare/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 06:39:35

• "GEM was an early GUI for the IBM PC and compatibles and, later, the Atari ST, developed by Digital Research, the developers of CP/M and, later, DR-DOS." ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/whatever-happened-to-gem/ | Source: David L Farquhar    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:41:20

• "Note that these changes are NOT in 6.6 branch, just in master branch." ☛ https://akselmo.dev/posts/breeze-and-union-preparing/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:41:53

• "If you're tired of the modern internet" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/nostalgic-developer-recreates-the-1994-linux-desktop-as-a-modern-web-app-for-your-browser-open-source-project-brings-old-school-cde-interface-back-from-the-dead-and-features-classic-90s-web-browser-text-editor-and-more | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:42:37

• "One should also disable password and root login completely. To avoid system updates overwriting our edits, we will use this roundabout way to add this to our configuration: [...]" ☛ https://dt.iki.fi/sailfish-os-sshd | Source: DT    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:43:06

• "You can add as many sources as you want - they’ll be combined and de-duplicated to create the ultimate ad-blocking hosts file." ☛ https://dt.iki.fi/sailfish-os-hosts-block-app | Source: DT    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:43:18

• "I prefer a whitelist approach: block all network access for AppSupport, then punch holes for those apps I need & trust." ☛ https://dt.iki.fi/sailfish-os-firewall-appsupport | Source: DT    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:43:31

• "AI killswitch" ☛ https://kevquirk.com/firefox-ai-killswitch | Source: Kev Quirk https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/25/Mozzarella_Company_All_Our_Cheese_Comes_With_Mold_Now_But_You_C.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:44:04

• "That question becomes important when human instinct clashes with system recommendation." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/when-algorithms-decide-sentences-and-fly-planes-the-growing-debate-over-ai-liability-1940655 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:44:49

• "This should be a red flag, not to their confidence of the hardware reliability but to their plans for long term support." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/28/pebbles-warranty-period-is-a-problem/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:45:43

• "How bad is it? Fox revealed that last year, major repositories handled 10 trillion downloads." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/28/open_source_opinion/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:46:29

• [Old] "There's a network-server programming pattern which is so popular that it's the canonical approach towards writing network servers: [...]" ☛ https://geocar.sdf1.org/fast-servers.html |    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:46:43

• "This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #362." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/spellbound-echo.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:47:13

• "Lately I was looking at a solution to avoid update-station check-now starting a new process that could potentially clash" ☛ https://ericbsd.com/how-i-used-sigusr1-to-avoid-python-process-conflicts.html | Source: Eric Turgeon    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:47:57

• "famous things that people run into with the Bourne shell" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/BourneShellExportGoodAndBad | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:48:51

• "The pages outside /blog can matter just as much as your posts." ☛ https://amanhimself.dev/blog/slash-pages-you-need-for-your-blog/ | Source: Aman Mittal    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:51:34

• "The background to the survey lies in previous research within Maritime Encounters and several research/archaeology projects" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-02-bronze-age-spain-scandinavian.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:52:06

• [Old] "Today, as large language models generate code and AI assistants pair-program with developers" ☛ https://www.ivanturkovic.com/2026/01/22/history-software-simplification-cobol-ai-hype/ |    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:56:35

• "I discovered recently that IKEA’s BILLY bookshelf units are deep enough to hold my Baby AT and Micro ATX motherboard builds!" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/billy-bookcase-as-a-retro-motherboard-rack/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 09:57:02

• "military use" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-supply-chain-risk-shockwaves-silicon-valley/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:00:51

• "Attribution in cases like this is always complex, and it’s still too early to draw conclusions" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/hacked-prayer-app-sends-surrender-messages-to-iranians-amid-israeli-strikes/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:01:24

• "I hit a storage crisis yesterday when I needed to copy a lot of fresh photos to my laptop’s hard drive" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/02/28/down-and-running/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:01:44

• "You pay companies and people monthly subscriptions for years, but what are you left with when it’s all said and done?" ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/objects-not-data-art-prints/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:02:12

• "I explain that, if they don’t write the code, they will not be able to effectively read the code." ☛ https://htmx.org/essays/yes-and/ |    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:11:04

• "[machines] will never be able to share faith." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/27/pope-tells-priests-to-stop-using-ai-to-write-their-sermons.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:11:19

• "The Department for Work and Pensions ran their own Copilot trial. They only saved 19 minutes a day. Copilot is still in place across UK government." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/27/copilot-insecure-and-unhelpful-but-oh-those-influencers/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:11:50

• "given that they’ve also described their recent crimes as legal, this is obviously not a description that can be trusted" ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/27/a-cookie-for-dario/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:12:13

• "No, I’m not going to stop using dashes either. Sod off." ☛ https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/02/heres-the-thing/ | Source: John J Hoare    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:12:45

• "As intended, the result is small and simple compared to similar projects: a 52KB HTML file, a 47KB Python file, a 62-line Makefile and no trace of the npm ecosystem." ☛ https://www.karl.berlin/simplicity-by-llm.html | Source: Karl Bartel    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:16:58

• "When we lose track of how code written by our agents works we take on cognitive debt." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/guides/agentic-engineering-patterns/interactive-explanations/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:17:16

• "IDC said that the worsening memory market has caused its outlook to deteriorate just since December." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/27/memory_drought_pcs_phones_suck/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:17:39

• "the effects of technology on employment and wages" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/02/ai-technology-productivity-growth-job-loss/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:19:31

• "Dubbed Coco 2, the next-gen bots have upgraded cameras and front-facing lidar, a laser-based sensor used in self-driving cars." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-02-28/new-generation-of-delivery-robots-is-coming-to-l-a-built-bigger-stronger | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:19:50

• "block the claude user on GitHub" ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/llm-use-in-the-python-source-code | Source: Miguel Grinberg    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:20:35

• "Cordero, 44, has found dozens of these cameras hidden in trailers and construction barrels on border roads around San Diego" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-28/he-saw-abandoned-trailer-then-he-uncovered-surveillance-network-on-californias-border | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:21:31

• "Existing law generally provides protections for minors on the internet" ☛ https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043 | Source: California    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:21:52

• "The incident has reignited a longstanding debate: In Turkey, education policy has become a battleground over secularism" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/turkeys-ramadan-directive-reignites-secularism-debate/a-76106615 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:22:46

• "According to videos, photos and social media posts reviewed by ProPublica, the meeting’s participants included Kurt Olsen" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/election-denier-summit-trump-midterms | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:23:08

• "youth under 16 not be allowed to access social media platforms" ☛ https://therecord.media/eu-lawmakers-propose-youth-under-16-social-media-parental-consent | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:23:31

• "I protest it on behalf of the Constitution of the United States." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-this-illegal-war | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:23:51

• "That means the survival of democracy depends, to an extent not fully appreciated, on perceptions and narratives." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/479924/democracy-us-brazil-south-korea-poland-backsliding-resilience | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:24:14

• "Cybersecurity experts are calling for a major shift in how companies handle data breaches and security failures" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/why-better-breach-transparency-matters | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:28:17

• "Japan is in a position of pushing for progress on the issue, and so is hosting the meeting" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/01/unofficial-talks-on-plastic-pollution-treaty-to-begin-in-japan/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:28:43

• "As previously announced, founding Executive Director Roman Pronskiy is transitioning to focus on his growing role at JetBrains, while continuing to serve on the Board of Directors." ☛ https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/02/27/welcoming-elizabeth-barron-new-executive-director/ |    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:29:19

• "Breaking down funding numbers by strategic investors: [...]" ☛ https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/openai-secures-record-110-billion-funding-round-backed-nvidia-softbank-amazon | Source: ZeroHedge    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:29:33

• "From one liar to another—so you know it has to be true." ☛ https://tiv.today/openai-reaches-a-i-agreement-with-defense-dept-after-anthropic-clash/ | Source: The Independent Variable    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:29:56

• "Another result was that affluent Kansans made out like bandits; the cost of running the state was substantially transferred to the less financially fortunate." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/02/27/Kansas-and-GenAI | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:30:11

• "Braun was one of the creators of the first-ever Voting Machine Hacking Village at DEF CON in 2017 and served as a homeland security and cyber advisor to the Obama and Biden administrations." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/28/def_con_jake_braun_fed_up_govt/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:30:25

• "So you over-hired, overbuilt, and now you’re celebrating efficiency while people lost jobs" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/jack-dorsey-block-layoffs-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:30:42

• "All in all, it’s probably cold comfort for the thousands of workers who’ll soon be out of the job. AI might not be replacing them, but it makes a trendy excuse for the likes of Dorsey." http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/28/Tech_Layoffs_Are_Not_Because_of_Slop_They_re_an_Effect_of_a_Rot.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:31:17

• "My ridiculous prosecution must be seen within the wider, west-wide surge of an insidious new form of fascism" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/yanis-varoufakis-calls-prosecution-after-admitting-taking-ecstasy-40-years-ago-ridiculous | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:31:34

• "Iran is slowly emerging from the most severe communications blackout in its history and one of the longest in the world." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/why-tehrans-two-tiered-internet-is-so-dangerous.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:32:18

• "ANKA news agency is reportedly the among the targets of the investigation" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/two-journalists-detained-over-live-stream-of-turkeys-incirlik-airbase-amid-iran-strikes-317204 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:32:42

• "Some supporters in the gallery said during the week that this case was a test of the limits of protest against the Trump administration." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-27/two-los-angeles-protesters-convicted-of-stalking-ice-agent | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:33:09

• "Libro.fm is a DRM‑free audiobook service that lets you actually own your audio files." ☛ https://greycoder.com/libro-fm-an-audiobook-service-where-your-own-your-books-drm-free/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:33:36

• "On the one hand, you had Netflix, who wanted to buy Warners and use them to make good movies" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/#reality-based-community | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:34:11

• Sea of buzzwords from Ubuntu ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/meet-the-wildlife-conservation-ai-5g-hotspot-at-mwc-barcelona-2026 | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:34:53

• "Anthropic declared supply chain risk for limiting mass surveillance 🤦" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/anthropic-declared-supply-chain-risk-for:8    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:35:15

• "Everything changes, and nothing changes | Tao Bojlén" x https://btao.org/posts/2026-02-28-everything-changes-nothing-changes/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:35:41

• s/Enormous/Completely Illegal/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/trumps-iran-regime-change-attack-gamble/686190/?gift=aQyUJR7AIw1mJWdQ6Ed6yOWB4bfod1kQqCyz2RXbHaY iophk: even The Atlantic is starting to play along    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:36:08

• "Trump's Illegal War" https://emptywheel.net/trumps-illegal-war/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:36:24

• "Something Big Is Happening — matt shumer" https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:36:58

• "Untrustworthy" https://emptywheel.net/untrustworthy/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:37:14

• Pushing slop plagiarism as if it's OK when you call it "AI" https://passo.uno/new-habits-tech-writers-ai-age/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:37:42

• "What To Make of Events in Iran - by Garry Kasparov" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/what-to-make-of-events-in-iran    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:37:57

• "Talking with Barry Ritholtz - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-barry-ritholtz    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:38:17

• iophk: time to revisit the ODF saga https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/28/satyas-sacrifice-agents-threaten-office-microsoft-responds/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:38:36

• "Further | Ribbital: Democracy As Something We Do, Not Just Have | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/ribbital-democracy-as-something-we-do-not-just-have    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:38:52

• "There Is No Pretext or Plan for the US-Israel War on Iran" https://jacobin.com/2026/02/iran-war-imperialism-us-israel/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:39:08

• "Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/trump-has-no-plan-iranian-people/686194/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:39:23

• "The Fallout From the Epstein Files" https://www.theatlantic.com/national/2026/02/fallout-epstein-files-washington-week/686193/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:39:47

• "Bill Gates' Daughter Says Her $185 Million AI Startup Will Succeed Entirely Due to Her Merits, Not Even a Little Bit Who Her Dad Is" https://futurism.com/future-society/phoebe-gates-ai-startup http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/The_Epstein_Files_Don_t_Say_the_Ages_of_Those_Russian_Girls_Bil.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:40:15

• "Femicide report: 5,659 women killed in Turkey in twelve years" https://english.anf-news.com/women/femicide-report-5-659-women-killed-in-turkey-in-twelve-years-84140    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:40:32

• "The U.S. Is Acting Outside International Law: Finland - teleSUR English" https://www.telesurenglish.net/the-u-s-is-acting-outside-international-law-finland/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:40:51

• iophk: Red Hat abandons Linux https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-introduces-its-first-out-and-out-ai-platform/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:41:53

• FLOPPINUX – embedded GNU/Linux on a single floppy ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/floppinux-embedded-linux-single-floppy/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:50:32

• The Servo Blog: January in Servo: preloads, better forms, details styling, and more! ☞ https://servo.org/blog/2026/02/28/january-in-servo/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:52:24

• Global IP TV Panel version 2026Mk3 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/global-ip-tv-panel-version-2026mk3.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:53:06

• Breeze QtWidgets style changes to help us prepare for Union ☞ https://akselmo.dev/posts/breeze-and-union-preparing/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:54:10

• Two journalists detained over live stream of Turkey’s İncirlik Airbase amid Iran strikes ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/two-journalists-detained-over-live-stream-of-turkeys-incirlik-airbase-amid-iran-strikes-317204    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:54:54

• Explosions heard in Kabul as Afghan forces open fire at Pakistani aircraft ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260301-explosions-kabul-afghan-forces-pakistani-aircraft    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:56:37

• Iran Plunged Into Digital Darkness As Internet Blocked Amid US, Israeli Air Strikes ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-blackout-us-israel-military-attack/33690399.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 10:58:57

• False and outdated videos circulated online after the Iran strikes. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/28/world/iran-strikes-trump/false-and-outdated-videos-circulated-online-after-the-iran-strikes    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:00:13

• No Clear Endgame in the Conflict Between Afghanistan and Pakistan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/world/asia/afghanistan-pakistan-war-taliban.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:00:49

• Mike Gabriel: Debian Lomiri Tablets 2025-2027 - Project Report (Q3/2025) ☞ https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/151    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:02:42

• Switching location of default libvirt's pool on Debian forky ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/02/switching-location-of-default-libvirts.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:03:27

• OSM Hack Weekend February 2026 ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/02/28/osm-hack-weekend-karlsruhe-february-2026.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:03:49

• How to install Wget on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-wget-on-almalinux-10/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:04:38

• Notes from February 2026 ☞ https://evanhahn.com/notes-from-february-2026/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:05:16

• Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits last week of feb 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/02/28/misc-fedora-bits-last-week-of-feb-2026/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:05:56

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

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:06:40

• How to Install GNU/Linux Kernel Headers on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-headers-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:07:10

• How to Install FFmpeg on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:07:28

• How to Install Node.js on Debian (13, 12, 11) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-node-js-on-debian-linux/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:08:02

• Lab-Grown Brains Growing More Powerful ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/lab-grown-brain-organoid    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:29:58

• S. Korea’s Lee hopes to improve ties with Japan for ‘friendly new world’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-lee-hopes-to-improve-ties-with-japan-for-friendly-new-world    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:31:20

• South Korea seeks to phase out school uniforms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-seeks-to-phase-out-school-uniforms    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:31:41

• South Korea calls for resuming dialogue with North ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-calls-for-resuming-dialogue-with-north    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:31:58

• Two suspects arrested over theft of $1.5 million in Bitcoin stolen from police custody in outrageous blunder ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/two-suspects-arrested-over-theft-of-usd1-5-million-in-bitcoin-stolen-from-police-custody-in-outrageous-blunder-korean-cops-left-virtual-assets-stored-with-a-third-party-who-handed-over-recovery-key-to-hacker    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:32:18

• ‘Unofficial’ talks on plastic pollution treaty to begin in Japan ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/01/unofficial-talks-on-plastic-pollution-treaty-to-begin-in-japan/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:32:42

• UN rights chief slams China’s failure to improve Uyghur rights ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/28/un-rights-chief-slams-chinas-failure-to-improve-uyghur-rights/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:33:15

• Rare Genetic Disease Discovered in Ancient Skeletal Embrace From The Ice Age ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-genetic-disease-discovered-in-ancient-skeletal-embrace-from-the-ice-age    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:33:55

• Cutting Back on Sugary Drinks May Have Mental Health Benefits For Teens ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cutting-back-on-sugary-drinks-may-have-mental-health-benefits-for-teens    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:34:10

• Giant Study Reveals The Secret to Heart Health, And It's Not Low-Carb or Low-Fat ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-study-reveals-the-secret-to-heart-health-and-its-not-low-carb-or-low-fat    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:34:26

• Trapping Anyons in a Single Dimension May Reveal New Types of Particle ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/trapping-anyons-in-a-single-dimension-may-reveal-new-types-of-particle    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:34:50

• A Migraine Is Not Just a Headache: The 4 Distinct Stages Explained ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-migraine-is-not-just-a-headache-the-4-distinct-stages-explained    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:35:05

• Creator of Claude Code Fears This Could Be the Last Year That Software Engineers Are Employable ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/claude-code-anthropic-labor    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:40:32

• Uber Employees Have Created an Hey Hi (AI) Clone of Its CEO ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/uber-employees-ai-ceo    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:40:47

• Five Petitions, Five Denials: The Federal Circuit’s Mandamus Wall Grows Higher ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/five-petitions-five-denials-the-federal-circuits-mandamus-wall-grows-higher.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:41:24

• US Justice Department sues 5 additional states over voter roll production ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/us-justice-department-sues-5-additional-states-over-voter-roll-production/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:51:31

• US hails progress on Haiti's anti-gang force, but elections face steep hurdles ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260228-us-hails-progress-haiti-anti-gang-force-rubio-elections    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:51:49

• Canadian Tire Data Breach Impacts 38 Million Accounts ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/canadian-tire-data-breach-impacts-38-million-accounts/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:52:17

• Junichi Uekawa: The next Debconf happens in Japan. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2026-Mar-1.html.en#2026-Mar-1-13:16:01    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:52:52

• Ultra rare floppy disk game twisted and slashed into shards by US Customs or DHL checkers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/ultra-rare-floppy-disk-game-twisted-and-slashed-into-shards-by-us-customs-or-dhl-checkers-ruined-tsukihime-1999-demo-was-one-of-only-50-ever-produced    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:53:50

• FuguIta 7.8-202603011 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/fuguita    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:54:37

• Surveillance Giant Google ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/south-korea-conditionally-approves-googles-high-precision-map-data-export/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:55:11

• Tiling a small image with ImageMagick ☞ https://rubenerd.com/tiling-a-small-image-with-imagemagick/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:55:43

• The Default Wallpapers for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Revealed ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/the-default-wallpapers-for-ubuntu-26-04-lts-revealed/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:57:35

• Voyager 26.04-alpha6 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:57:50

• Meet the wildlife conservation Hey Hi (AI) 5G hotspot at MWC Barcelona 2026 ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/meet-the-wildlife-conservation-ai-5g-hotspot-at-mwc-barcelona-2026    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:58:11

• I'm Low-key Hyped for This Data Center Sim (Though It Has No Official GNU/Linux Support) ☞ https://itsfoss.com/data-center-game/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:58:34

• Manjaro 26.0.3 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:58:59

• PorteuX 2.6 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/porteux    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 11:59:23

• Jim Zemlin's 'Linux' Foundation is the Real Link Between GNU/Linux and Pedophilia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/27/Jim_Zemlin_s_Linux_Foundation_is_the_Real_Link_Between_Linux_an.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:03:35

• Slopfarms' Demise Looks Like the Beginning of the End (Lowered Demand for Slop) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/28/Slopfarms_Demise_Looks_Like_the_Beginning_of_the_End_Lowered_De.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:03:47

• Oreon 10-2603 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/oreon    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:03:59

• blendOS 2026.03.01 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/blendos    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:04:19

• 6 Free and Open Source Lightweight Alternatives to WordPress ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lightweightalternativeswordpress/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:05:19

• Seems a bit like SPAM ☞ https://www.linuxteck.com/best-linux-certifications-2026/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:05:39

• awtwall – fast TUI wallpaper picker for Wayland ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/awtwall-fast-tui-wallpaper-picker-wayland/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:06:09

• Calam 2026-03 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calam    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:06:24

• MocaccinoOS 26.03 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/mocaccinoos    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:06:42

• 7 Top Free and Open Source Rust Web Micro-Frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-rust-web-micro-frameworks/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:07:21

• Froggit – modern, minimalist Git TUI ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/froggit-modern-minimalist-git-tui/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:11:31

• 6 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Soundboards ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-soundboards/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:11:43

• Wavelog – log amateur radio contacts ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wavelog-log-amateur-radio-contacts/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:11:57

• LogLens – log viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/loglens-log-viewer/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:12:22

• Audiveris – optical music recognition ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/audiveris-optical-music-recognition/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:15:39

• Artistic Style – source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/artistic-style-source-code-indenter-formatter-beautifier/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:16:09

• rainy – neofetch-like, minimalistic, and customizable weather-fetching tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rainy-weather-fetching-tool/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:16:45

• gotip – select and run Go tests ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gotip-select-run-go-tests/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:17:20

• What Is a Tuple in Python? Syntax, Examples, and When to Use One ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/what-is-a-tuple-in-python/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:18:06

• Linux Saloon 189 | Early Edition ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/02/28/linux-saloon-189-early-edition/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:18:44

• Linux Saloon 190 | News Flight Night ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/02/28/linux-saloon-190-news-flight-night/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:19:13

• Daniel Baumann: Debian Fast Forward: An alternative backports repository ☞ https://blog.daniel-baumann.ch/posts/20260228-1.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:20:06

• Your GNU/Linux LTS Kernel Will Be Supported Longer Than You Thought ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-lts-kernel-support-extension/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:20:57

• sort Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/sort/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:26:35

• top Command in Linux: Monitor Processes in Real Time ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/top-command-in-linux/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:26:52

• Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”? ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/02/who-is-the-kimwolf-botmaster-dort/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:27:28

• In Ukraine, a Community of ‘Simple Believers’ Shuns the Modern World ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/world/europe/ukraine-simple-believers.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:27:51

• Former Green presidential candidate attending Ukrainian community event at Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center on Saturday ☞ https://howiehawkins.us/former-green-presidential-candidate-attending-ukrainian-community-event-at-dnipro-ukrainian-cultural-center-on-saturday/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:28:12

• How To Install Jupyter Notebook on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-jupyter-notebook-debian-13/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:28:37

• Bailout of PONZI SCHEMES using an infinite budget https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/podcasts/hardfork-pentagon-anthropic-openai.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:29:08

• FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending February 27, 2026 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/02/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-february-27-2026/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 12:29:21

• "I am pleased to announce that today marks the beginning of the third ever annual OFFLine-FIRst SOftware CHallenge, OFFLFIRSOCH 2026." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/announcing-offlfirsoch-2026.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:00:43

• Announcing OFFLFIRSOCH 2026 gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/announcing-offlfirsoch-2026.txt    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:01:16

• "Growing numbers of abstraction layers, vast amounts of dependencies and general complexity are what annoy me most about modern software development. LLMs are powerful tools, but in practice they often lead to even larger, more complex projects with even more dependencies." gemini://gmi.karl.berlin/simplicity-by-llm.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:02:27

• "More breathing room for distros and enterprise Linux users as LTS kernels get extended EOL dates." https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-lts-kernel-support-extension/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:10:55

• CDE https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/nostalgic-developer-recreates-the-1994-linux-desktop-as-a-modern-web-app-for-your-browser-open-source-project-brings-old-school-cde-interface-back-from-the-dead-and-features-classic-90s-web-browser-text-editor-and-more    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:11:22

• Hyprland 0.54 is out, and it can give you a "50% to 500%" performance boost https://www.xda-developers.com/hyprland-054-is-out-50-500-percent-boost/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:11:55

• "The Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld has been delayed, blaming supply chain issues. The gaming handheld was first announced back in 2024, boasting a 7-inch FHD+ 120 Hz display, AMD Zen 4 APUs, and up to 2 TB storage." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Linux-based-Orange-Pi-Neo-gaming-handheld-delayed-due-to-rising-RAM-and-storage-costs.1236882.0.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:13:17

• Bazzite triples its userbase in 8 months as gamers seek a Windows alternative https://www.xda-developers.com/bazzite-triples-its-userbase-in-8-months-as-gamers-seek-a-windows-alternative/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:13:40

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:14:11

• "This release introduces a “bl-menu” command to start a menu from the same launcher regardless of the running session." https://9to5linux.com/bunsenlabs-carbon-is-here-with-support-for-wayland-sessions-based-on-debian-13    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:14:20

• KDE Plasma 6.7 will introduce more rounded corners to make everything look more consistent https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-plasma-67-will-introduce-more-rounded-corners-to-make-everything-look-more-consistent/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:14:50

• A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup https://hardforum.com/threads/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup.2046700/    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:15:29

• Software Patents https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/equipment-engineering/news/55360571/yokogawa-strengthens-linuxbased-offshore-automation-systems-through-oin-20    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:16:21

• New California law will require operating systems to have age verification https://www.shacknews.com/article/148077/california-assembly-bill-1043-operating-system-os-age-verify-2027    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 13:23:25

• Why only ONE site covering Microsoft layoffs??? https://www.tmj4.com/news/racine-county/microsoft-data-center-layoffs-leave-workers-stunned-after-relocating-for-tech-jobs    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 15:18:45

• As usual, it has nothing to do with HEY HI https://www.aol.com/articles/opendoor-chairman-keith-rabois-says-153845656.html    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 16:35:43

• Uber's debt continues to climb. Slavery as a business model. https://finbox.com/NYSE:UBER/explorer/total_debt    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 16:36:44

• "This resonated with me because, for the past 13 years I've been trying to write the "perfect" blog engine. With announcers, assistants, builders, publishers, and many other interfaces that try to be the ideal abstraction so that it can work in any imagineable scenario: "You want to store your files in FTP, deploy using NNCP, and serve it on Gemini? No problem!"" gemini://robida.net/entries/2026/03/01/define-houseplant-programming    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 17:35:09

• [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-03-01.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 17:36:01

• "AI isn't a skillset [...] statistics and mathematics are" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjmmm8rw    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 17:44:12

• "IBM is implementing 2 strategies. 1. Get costs down as far as possible. Thus the offshoring to low cost countries. 2. Get revenue per employee up to 300k. Thus the continued focus on lower headcount. NOTE IBM at 300k per employee nets a headcount in the 240k range. This equates to where Gerstner rightsized IBM to back in the early 90’s" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1khvfg94z    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 17:45:20

• [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-02-28.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 01, 2026 at 19:06:32

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