Roy Schestowitz

• Re: Looking for Someone to Take Over Antenna gemini://gemini.thebackupbox.net/~epoch/blog/antenna    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:34:39

• "This post is about IT, not software engineering, so I might be a bit out of my comfort zone but I've always been a UNIX fan. At the very least, I could use this post as a request-for-proposal for some IT consultancy to do the job." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/dbane/gemlog/2026-03-17.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:35:53

• "again, haven't been writing here much. why not ramble for a minute so people in the tiny web have something to read in their downtime. i just replaced sed with sd. sd is so much simpler (which means better) for cli find and replace tasks." gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-03-17    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:36:51

• "I've received several emails about the SYN packets I've been seeing [1]. One person that emailed me today, a cybersecurity researcher from Brazil (their words), wrote about a theory they came across: [...]" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/03/17.1    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:37:31

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-18.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:38:07

• "I've been wondering for months about why I was seeing so many Brazilian IPs stuck in SYN_RECV on my server. The upshot is that this situation forced me to learn more about networking, networking tools, TCP, and all sorts of other fun things that I previously had very little knowledge about. I still have very little knowledge about them, but I know more." gemini://beyondneolithic.life/posts/syn-brazil.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:38:58

• all the parts gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/all_the_parts    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:39:57

• "Just the other day I was wandering the street and pondering about the things that have been happening, wondering about the state of the world and what it was that was really happening, and the why of it all." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1773804123    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:40:46

• "this is kind of what I mean by darknet, but I usually mean something that operates on a low-enough layer that I can do arbitrary TCP connections through it, but preferably low enough to do IP connections." gemini://gemini.thebackupbox.net/~epoch/blog/darknets    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:41:54

• anonet. cryptoanarchy and BGP gemini://gemini.thebackupbox.net/~epoch/blog/anonet    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:42:49

• Jordan Novet trotted out by Microsoft to spin slop struggles    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:48:54

• "Letter bands are executive positions. Executive packages are different from non-executive employees. Further packages are different depending upon country." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kks1jms4    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:50:29

• "Once it is in 401K you don't have to keep it there. If you have no outstanding loans you can simply role the 401K over to IRA. Pre-Tax to a rollover IRA and Post-Tax to a Roth IRA. Why would anyone keep it in IBM's 401K Plan and be limited to only the investment options that IBM offers?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkry0gmx    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:51:12

• "I was brainwashed blue too don’t feel bad. @OP life is better outside of IBM. IBM definitely helps and gets your foot in the door. But yes it’s much better when it’s your time to go." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkygjcqz    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:51:54

• "The thing I miss most about IBM is all the bullsh-t. Every day was more bullsh-t: Watson, Smarter Planet, "The Cloud", co-k su-ka RT's essays, ... Sometimes I come to this site to learn about all the new bullsh-t. God I miss the bullsh-t."    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:52:09

• "Took pole dancing lessons, now making very good money and get to sleeping late." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkrj51fm    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:52:39

• GAFAM Foundation is part of the problem https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/18/linux_foundation_ai_slop_defense/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:54:00

• Judging by who sponsors this, it's the very companies that spam the bug reporting systems, so this is PR piggybacking the name "Linux"    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:55:13

• "$1.25T invested in slop generation, 1 milli-percent on ameliorating the damage" https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2026/03/18/linux_foundation_ai_slop_defense/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 05:55:39

• Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because tired users may be too lazy to check its mistakes https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/gartner_copilot_security_mitigations/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 06:06:00

• "clear understanding of the diversity profile of their workforce (at all career stages)" https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-warns-against-making-law-firms-take-remedial-action-on-edi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 06:15:48

• "Yesterday, workers came to the table in good faith. " ☛ https://wbng.org/2026/03/17/1199seiu-management-attempt-to-terminate-bargaining-with-staff-via-email/ | Source: Washingon-Baltimore News Guild    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:27:42

• "Changes in technology have frequently caused seismic shifts in society. AI is no different." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/legal-opinion-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-tools-in-asylum-cases/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:27:58

• "exposes America’s dual nature: the winners achieve ultimate success, while the losers fall into an abyss from which there is no return." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/03/china-us-the-kill-line/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:28:10

• "The goal seems to be pressuring journalists to back off critical coverage of the war effort, or to at least encourage the public to second-guess reporting that runs counter to the administration’s preferred narrative." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/business/media/trump-iran-media-coverage.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:52:52

• "treason" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/16/trump-threatens-charges-for-treason-against-media-covering-iran-war.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:53:15

• "In my estimation, the local establishment media in Chicago, as of early June 2025" ☛ https://harihareswara.net/posts/2026/whats-interesting-about-kat-abughazalehs-campaign/ | Source: Sumana Harihareswara    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:53:32

• "A Times of Israel reporter says online gamblers pressured him to change his story about an Iranian missile strike so they could win a payout." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/17/israel-journalist-polymarket-iran-strike/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:53:51

• "The local government’s communications office said people can connect to “SPB_FREE” public Wi-Fi hotspots scattered throughout the city. Connecting to the network requires authorization via phone number." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/17/brace-for-mobile-internet-outages-st-petersburg-government-warns-a92246 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:55:14

• "In response to the conflict in the Middle East, Planet is implementing temporary restrictions on data access within specific areas of the affected region" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/satellite-firm-pauses-imagery-after-revealing-irans-attacks-on-us-bases/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:55:25

• "Iran claimed it struck a US aircraft carrier with drones as it retaliated against a joint US-Israeli attack in late February that has triggered a regional war, but two videos circulating on social media do not show purported damage to the USS Abraham Lincoln." ☛ https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.A2LM9CQ | Source: AFP    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:55:49

• "Our problem, though, is unfortunately bigger than the measles outbreak, bigger even than anti-vaccine sentiment." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/cynical-gullible-american-man/686079/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ42l9MNbAg-9xXHmgFRIyxo | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:56:03

• "This article, linked to by Kottke creates a new word, that might take off much as ‘enshittification’ did. This one is gullicism, noting that people seem now to be gullible about snake-oil salesman, and cynical about experts." ☛ https://canion.blog/2026/03/17/cynicism-gullibility-and-the-internet.html | Source: Canion dot Blog    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 07:56:16

• "Like the residents, the supervisor isn’t satisfied with Tesla’s contributions." ☛ https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/tesla-supercharger-lot-lombard-22080348.php | Source: SFGate    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:00:09

• "Plastic trash has reached the world's most remote locations, from the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-03-consortium-bacteria-cooperates-phthalate-plasticizers.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:02:44

• "Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter worldwide. Trillions are discarded every year in cities, parks, beaches, along railway tracks and roadside environments." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-03-cigarette-butts-years-environment.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:02:55

• "In a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/17/eu-offers-to-help-repair-pipeline-carrying-russian-oil-to-hungary-a92249 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:05:56

• "The obvious conclusion here, that President Trump has chosen to ignore the popular will of Americans" ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/joe-kent-isnt-the-hero-you-are | Source: Ken Klippenstein    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:06:09

• "Credential theft is now the primary way attackers gain initial access to enterprise networks" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/more-attackers-logging-in-not-breaking-in | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:06:38

• Windows TCO: "UMMC is one of the most important healthcare organizations in the state" ☛ https://therecord.media/medusa-ransomware-mississippi-cyber | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:08:32

• Windows TCO: "Warlock, also tracked as Water Manaul" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/warlock-ransomware-post-exploitation-activities | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:08:43

• "Telegram has been largely inaccessible across Russia since the weekend." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/03/17/russia-was-expected-to-block-telegram-in-april-it-appears-to-have-done-it-two-weeks-early | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:10:04

• "The new allegations are detailed in a 44-page complaint filed Monday in federal court in San Jose, Calif." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/grok-chatbot-sexual-images-minors-lawsuit-1235531831/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:11:55

• "Three Tennessee teenagers have filed a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, alleging its large language model powered an app that was used to make nonconsensual nude and sexually explicit images and videos of them when they were girls." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5749490 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:12:16

• "Quantum is an area within AI! You can’t expect a treasurer to know about tech, sure. But that was prepared remarks for a press conference." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/17/uk-chancellor-rachel-reeves-quantum-is-an-area-within-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:12:29

• "In multiple cases, people have been led to suicide by ChatGPT. The chatbot wants to agree with you and keep you talking. Whatever you say, you’re so right! That’s a great idea! Especially when it’s not a great idea." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/16/openai-advisor-adult-mode-risks-becoming-sexy-suicide-coach/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:12:55

• "Second, some people trust LLM-generated code and statistics uncritically, which is risky." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/prompting-large-language-models-for-quality-ecological-statistics-3/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:13:17

• "Many people are familiar with Goodhart’s law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." ☛ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-most-important-chart-in-ai-is | Source: Derek Thompson    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:13:45

• "The first dose is free..." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1130/the-first-dose-is-free | Source: David Revoy    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:13:57

• "Lotus is widely remembered for Lotus 1-2-3, the hit spreadsheet application that displaced VisiCalc as possibly the most important software package in all of personal computing." ☛ https://computer.rip/2026-03-14-lotusnotes.html | Source: J B Crawford    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:14:30

• "StatCounter’s worldwide desktop OS figures, Apple’s combined desktop OS share was 16.54% in November 2020, when the first Apple Silicon Macs arrived, and has dropped to 12.22% in February 2026" ☛ https://blog.apotenza.com/the-neo-cannot-scale-with-macos-behind-on-the-basics |    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:14:46

• "You do the five things, and I won’t consider moving to linux anytime soon. Your move, Apple." ☛ https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/needed-updates-to-macos/ | Source: Alcides Fonseca    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:15:05

• "An extra 10% trade-in credit is being granted for these old-timers until March 21" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/end-of-an-era-for-decades-old-playstation-3-xbox-360-and-nintendo-wii-u-as-gamestop-officially-declares-them-retro-change-means-faulty-or-aesthetically-unfortunate-consoles-that-can-still-power-on-are-now-accepted-for-trade-in | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:15:18

• "If patrons don't like every book you suggested to them, that’s not only okay, it is actually a good thing!" ☛ https://raforall.blogspot.com/2026/03/flashback-post-allow-people-to-dislike.html | Source: Becky Spratford    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:17:34

• "A more obscure Commodore employee (where he apparently met his wife), but still quite influential during the Amiga era. [...]" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/03/hedley-davis-has-died.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:17:57

• "I know what you're thinking. Come on, 10x? That’s a lot. It’s unfathomable. Surely we’re exaggerating." ☛ https://apenwarr.ca/log/20260316 | Source: Apenwarr    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:32:11

• "in an earlier post i talked about how regex match semantics is a surprisingly overlooked topic" ☛ https://iev.ee/blog/all-longest-regex-matches-in-linear-time/ |    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:33:13

• "I am very excited about C++26 reflection." ☛ https://vittorioromeo.com/ | Source: Vittorio Romeo    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:33:54

• Open Data ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/stats19-v4-0-0-45-years-of-uk-road-crash-data-unified/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:35:01

• "This weekend I started work on rewriting the static site generator that I use for this website, Aurora." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/03/17/rewriting | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:36:58

• "Microsoft Office traps us in a world that vanished decades ago." ☛ https://ia.net/topics/trapped-in-ms-office |    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:38:23

• "Most SQL tools treat SQLite as a “flavor” of a generic SQL parser." ☛ https://lalitm.com/post/syntaqlite/ | Source: Lalit Maganti    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:38:56

• "This blog post is the result of two humans bringing up self-hosted search within days of each other." https://blog.kemonine.info/blog/2026-03-10-self-hosted-search/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:40:34

• "As I subscribe to more web feeds" https://jamesg.blog/2026/03/17/web-reader-post-volum | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:40:53

• "With the release of ArcaOS 5.1.2, several drivers have been updated. [...]" ☛ https://www.arcanoae.com/driver-updates-now-available-2/ | Source: Arca Noae    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:42:01

• "I’m using the latest 15.0 Release here — the project automatically generates images for the Pi, which makes life much easier" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/build-a-nas-using-freebsd-on-a-raspberry-pi/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:42:37

• Bethesda reveal the huge Starfield Free Lanes update and new Terran Armada DLC | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/bethesda-reveal-the-huge-starfield-free-lanes-update-and-new-terran-armada-dlc/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/bethesda-reveal-the-huge-starfield-free-lanes-update-and-new-terran-armada-dlc/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:47:39

• Get even more Steam Deck Verified games in the latest Fanatical Play on the Go Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/get-even-more-steam-deck-verified-games-in-the-latest-fanatical-play-on-the-go-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/get-even-more-steam-deck-verified-games-in-the-latest-fanatical-play-on-the-go-bundle/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:48:11

• NVIDIA DLSS 5 has become the source of many memes as the backlash continues | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/nvidia-dlss-5-has-become-the-source-of-many-memes-as-the-backlash-continues/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/nvidia-dlss-5-has-become-the-source-of-many-memes-as-the-backlash-continues/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:48:39

• Combine spells to solve puzzles in the wonderful Rhell: Warped Worlds - Troubled Times - out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/combine-spells-to-solve-puzzles-in-the-wonderful-rhell-warped-worlds-troubled-times-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 08:49:22

• Winnie's Hole gets bigger and easier to play with on the go in a fresh update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/winnies-hole-gets-bigger-and-easier-to-play-with-on-the-go-in-a-fresh-update/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:21:43

• Intel launch Core Ultra 200HX Plus series mobile processors and a "Binary Optimization Tool" | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/intel-launch-core-ultra-200hx-plus-series-mobile-processors-and-a-binary-optimization-tool/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:22:07

• boingboing talks up sw patents https://boingboing.net/2026/03/16/disneys-new-cars-ride-uses-patent-technology-that-lets-you-steer-freely-across-a-mountain-race-course.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:25:24

• "Speaking to RFE/RL from a location near Tel Aviv late on March 14, Ortal said Iranian tactics around the Strait of Hormuz were very similar to those that China would be expected to employ in a future conflict around Taiwan." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-chinese-doctrine-tech-ortal-idf-israel/33707130.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:25:45

• iophk: misuses microsoft github in place of a proper blog or long e-mail to the list https://gist.github.com/2colours/5262cb60987a4a13760b04c1d7cd234b    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:26:04

• iophk: fiddling with the logo instead of working on the actual browser https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/did-mozilla-finally-end-the-fox:e    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:26:20

• "Accountability" https://emptywheel.net/2026/03/17/accountability/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:26:45

• "Slavery, Tariffs and the Dire Strait - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/slavery-tariffs-and-the-dire-strait    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:26:57

• "Top Trump aide Joe Kent resigned over Iran. Liberals should stay away." https://www.vox.com/politics/482918/joe-kent-iran-war-resign-trump-antisemitism    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:27:13

• "Hegseth’s Turn on Elite Universities Has Confused Service Members - NOTUS — News of the United States" https://www.notus.org/defense/hegseths-elite-universities-fellowship-canceled-service-members    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:27:32

• "US carrier Ford to go to port temporarily after fire" https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/17/us-carrier-ford-to-go-to-port-temporarily-after-fire/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:27:47

• "Marines approve red dot optics for pistol qualification — under one condition" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/17/marines-approve-red-dot-optics-for-pistol-qualification-under-one-condition/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:28:08

• "US Eases Russian Oil Sanctions | Europe Objects, China Eyes Opportunity" https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/originals/news/us-eases-russian-oil-sanctions-europe-china-geopolitics-137433862.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:28:34

• "How will Russia benefit from US decision to ease oil sanctions? - France 24" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260313-how-will-russia-benefit-from-us-decision-to-ease-oil-sanctions    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:28:49

• "US easing of Russia oil sanctions faces pushback from other leaders" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzj3g3pygo    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:29:02

• EndeavourOS Titan released, devs comment on age verification laws | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/endeavouros-titan-released-devs-comment-on-age-verification-laws/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/endeavouros-titan-released-devs-comment-on-age-verification-laws/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:42:31

• If you miss GPU-Z on Linux check out the new GPU-T | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/if-you-miss-gpu-z-on-linux-check-out-the-new-gpu-t/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/if-you-miss-gpu-z-on-linux-check-out-the-new-gpu-t/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:44:41

• Base-building tower defense game Vectorio gets a massive upgrade a year in the making | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/base-building-tower-defense-game-vectorio-gets-a-massive-upgrade-a-year-in-the-making/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:44:54

• Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260317-top-us-counterterrorism-official-resigns-over-iran-war    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:53:19

• Africa dispatch: obstetric violence emerges as a continental crisis, experts warn ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/africa-dispatch-obstetric-violence-emerges-as-a-continental-crisis-experts-warn/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:54:24

• Woman walked around for a week with a bullet in her back ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/17.03.2026-woman-walked-around-for-a-week-with-a-bullet-in-her-back.a639155/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:55:21

• ‘No such meaning’: Demand for end to one-party rule not call to ‘overthrow’ CCP, Tiananmen vigil activist says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/18/no-such-meaning-demand-for-end-to-one-party-rule-not-call-to-overthrow-ccp-tiananmen-vigil-activist-says/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:56:10

• Thousands of Chinese Ships Form Strange Pattern in Ocean ☞ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/china-fishing-boats    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:56:56

• New UK state funding of up to £12m for local media ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/new-uk-state-funding-of-up-to-12m-for-local-media/ start by cracking down on HIRED GUNS http://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Garrett_Does_Not_Just_Try_to_Cover_Up_for_Himself_He_s_Clearly_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:57:53

• Publishers at Press Gazette US conference agree blocking is best strategy for bots ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/publishers-at-press-gazette-us-conference-agree-blocking-is-best-strategy-for-bots/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:58:20

• Huw Edwards Sun scoop reporter explains why Channel 5 dramatisation is needed ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/huw-edwards-sun-scoop-reporter-explains-why-channel-5-dramatisation-is-needed/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:58:45

• Breakthrough for crime reporters as police PRs agree to answer the phone ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/breakthrough-for-crime-reporters-as-police-prs-agree-to-answer-the-phone/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:59:25

• Ozempic-Like Drugs Can Help You Lose Weight, But There's a Catch ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ozempic-like-drugs-can-help-you-lose-weight-but-theres-a-catch    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 09:59:59

• Scientists Discover an Amazing Practical Use For Peanut Shell Waste ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-an-amazing-practical-use-for-peanut-shell-waste    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:00:20

• Prepare to enable GNU/Linux pressure stall information on Red Bait OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/18/prepare-enable-linux-pressure-stall-information-red-hat-openshift    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:03:57

• "The OpenShift migration advisor is a no-cost, self-service tool designed to evaluate the migration-readiness of your VMware workloads prior to commitment." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/assess-your-vms-migration-migration-advisor-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:17:44

• "Istio 1.28 includes several major updates, including notable security feature enhancements and traffic management enhancements with support for Gateway API v1.4 and BackendTLSPolicy v1" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/openshift-service-mesh-33-adds-post-quantum-cryptography | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:18:27

• "As a result, the industry is shifting strategies, moving from single, massive models toward more efficient architectures. One of those technologies is Mixture of Experts (MoE)." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/efficient-enterprise-scaling-intelligence-mixture-experts | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:18:40

• "The web shouldn’t feel like it’s working against you. Yet so much of it now is designed to pull you off course: endless feeds, pop-up windows and content that looks credible until it isn’t." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/meet-kit/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:20:08

• Pushing slop in Firefox's name is suicidal ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-148-149-new-features/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:20:43

• Thunderbird Blog: VIDEO: Meet the New Support Team! ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/03/video-meet-the-new-support-team/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:21:25

• "The platform combines a Zen 5-based CPU with up to 16 cores and 32 threads, integrated AMD Radeon 8060S graphics, and an AMD XDNA 2 NPU rated for up to 50 TOPS. The system supports both Windows 11 and Linux operating systems" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/asrock-ai-box-a395-runs-ryzen-ai-max-395-with-up-to-128gb-lpddr5x/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:23:13

• "The platform is offered in multiple configurations, including a standard model with an Intel Core i3-1215U processor and a Pro variant based on the Intel Core i5-1235U." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/zimacube-2-personal-cloud-nas-opens-for-pre-order-with-multiple-configurations/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:23:27

• "“Our telemetry costs are too high.”“OK, let’s add some filters.”“Which metrics do we drop?” “…The ones we don’t need?”" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/building-a-dry-run-mode-for-the-opentelemetry-collector | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:24:57

• Astronomers May Have Seen Colliding Black Holes Trigger a Blaze of Light ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-may-have-seen-colliding-black-holes-trigger-a-blaze-of-light    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 11:25:42

• Dick Van Dyke Credits His Longevity to One Habit, And Science Supports It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dick-van-dyke-credits-his-longevity-to-one-habit-and-science-supports-it    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 11:26:47

• Watch: Fireball Captured on Video Streaking Over The US ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-fireball-captured-on-video-streaking-over-the-us    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 11:27:01

• CERN Discovers New Particle After Upgrading Large Hadron Collider ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cern-discovers-new-particle-after-upgrading-large-hadron-collider    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 11:27:13

• Keto Diet May Have a Surprising Bonus Benefit, Mouse Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/keto-diet-may-have-a-surprising-bonus-benefit-mouse-study-suggests    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 11:27:24

• techrights will write about slop code soon :)    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 11:30:17

• Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Now Setting Readers’ Subscription Prices With Uber-Style Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/washington-post-price-ai    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:37:31

• Panicked Proprietary Chaffbot Company Execs Cutting Projects as Walls Close In ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-cutting-projects    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:38:00

• Nvidia Ridiculed for “Sloptracing” Feature That Uses Hey Hi (AI) to Yassify Video Games in Real Time ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ridiculed-yassify-video-games    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:38:27

• Venture Capitalist Warns That It’s All About to Come Crashing Down ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/venture-capitalist-ai-bubble-reset    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:38:56

• Scam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-thanks-programmers-over    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:39:23

• Crowd’s Reaction to BuzzFeed’s New Hey Hi (AI) App: Uncomfortable Laughter ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/reaction-buzzfeed-new-ai-apps    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:39:51

• Grok’s CSAM lawsuit ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/17/1134322/the-download-openi-us-military-deal-grok-xai-csam-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:40:27

• Now they even try to rebrand child pr0n as "HEY HI"    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:40:50

• CK Hutchison unit says Panama failed to respond to lawsuit over ports seizure ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/17/ck-hutchison-unit-says-panama-failed-to-respond-to-lawsuit-over-ports-seizure/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:41:05

• 'Misguided' military operation: Convicted Felon’s appeal for Hormuz support draws no commitments from allies ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260317-misguided-military-operation-trump-s-appeal-for-hormuz-support-draws-no-commitments-from-allies-1    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:42:33

• How To Install Webmin on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-webmin-fedora-42/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:43:50

• How To Install Suricata on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-suricata-manjaro/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:44:08

• Brazil's Age Verification Law is in Effect, Ubuntu Being Monitored for Compliance ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/brazils-age-verification-law-is-in    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:44:20

• How to Create, Extract and List RAR Files in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/how-to-open-extract-and-create-rar-files-in-linux/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:44:37

• GNU GNU/Linux Debian 13 (vm) how to install openclaw.ai what is picoclaw.io ? ☞ https://dwaves.de/2026/03/18/gnu-linux-debian-13-vm-how-to-install-openclaw-ai-what-is-picoclaw-io/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:45:04

• Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Unlock The Energy of Ocean Waves ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-may-have-figured-out-how-to-unlock-the-energy-of-ocean-waves    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:45:23

• Site-to-Site VPN in AWS: How-To Guide for OpenVPN Access Server ☞ https://linuxhint.com/site-to-site-vpn-in-aws-how-to-guide-for-openvpn-access-server/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:45:44

• US court allows third-country removal of migrants while case on appeal ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/us-court-allows-third-country-removal-of-migrants-while-case-on-appeal/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:34:11

• War on Iran: As top leaders and commanders are killed, 'regime will harden and close ranks' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/war-on-iran-as-top-leaders-and-commanders-are-killed-regime-will-harden-and-close-ranks    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:34:52

• How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/how-the-iran-war-could-create-a-fertiliser-shock-an-often-ignored-global-risk-to-food-prices-and-farming/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:35:56

• FSFE reports trouble with payment provider ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1063287/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:36:54

• CISA Flags Year-Old Wing FTP Vulnerability as Exploited ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-flags-year-old-wing-ftp-vulnerability-as-exploited/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:37:27

• 174 Vulnerabilities Targeted by RondoDox Botnet ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/rondodox-botnet-targeted-174-vulnerabilities/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:38:39

• Robotic Surgery Giant Intuitive Discloses Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/robotic-surgery-giant-intuitive-discloses-cyberattack/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:39:11

• UK Companies House Exposed Details of Millions of Firms ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/uk-companies-house-exposed-details-of-millions-of-firms/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:39:32

• sbom-cve-check v1.2.0 released ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/sbom-cve-check-v1-2-0-released/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:40:19

• Appeals court temporarily pauses order blocking Perplexity’s Hey Hi (AI) shopping agent on Amazon ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/perplexity-comet-ai-shopping-agent-amazon-lawsuit-ninth-circuit-stay/ Perplexity hired people who assault women https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:43:25

• Court rules Perplexity’s Hey Hi (AI) bots can stay on Amazon ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/17/court-rules-perplexitys-ai-bots-can-stay-amazon/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:43:43

• Introducing the New Thelio Mira High Performance Desktop ☞ https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-introduces-new-thelio-mira-high-performance-desktop    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:13:00

• They are some of the biggest facilitators of it; this is cynical a ploy ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-meta-microsoft-among-signatories-of-pact-to-combat-scams/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:13:53

• Apple Triumphs in Marathon Musi Legal Battle — Federal Judge Tosses the Complaint After a Multi-Year Wrestling Match ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/17/musi-apple-lawsuit-dismissed/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:14:41

• update from the jolla phone running sailfish os ☞ https://dwaves.de/2026/03/18/update-from-the-jolla-phone-running-sailfish-os/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:15:23

• ADLINK DLAP-701 – An NVIDIA Jetson T5000/T4000 Edge Hey Hi (AI) platform for humanoid robots and vision sensing systems ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/17/adlink-dlap-701-an-nvidia-jetson-t5000-t4000-edge-ai-platform-for-humanoid-robots-and-vision-sensing-systems/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:15:49

• Hong Kong to see ‘shocks, volatility’ in oil supply amid Middle East war, leader John Lee says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/17/hong-kong-to-see-shocks-volatility-in-oil-supply-amid-middle-east-war-leader-john-lee-says/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:16:51

• South Korean Police Accidentally Post Cryptocurrency Wallet Password ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/south-korean-police-accidentally-post-cryptocurrency-wallet-password.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:17:24

• Policing and media charter is ‘profound commitment to transparency’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/policing-and-media-charter-is-profound-commitment-to-transparency/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:17:56

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:19:36

• QSB-110: Use after free of paging structures in EPT (XSA-480) ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/03/17/qsb-110/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:19:56

• XSAs released on 2026-03-17 ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/03/17/xsas-released-on-2026-03-17/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:20:17

• “An interim Venice judges’ conference is desperately needed” ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/an-interim-venice-judges-conference-is-desperately-needed/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:20:57

• Another blow for Ona Patents as German Federal Patent Court revokes patent monopoly ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/another-blow-for-ona-patents-as-german-federal-patent-court-revokes-patent/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:21:17

• UN expert says restoring security in Haiti remains possible despite ongoing gang violence ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/un-says-restoring-security-in-haiti-remains-possible-despite-ongoing-gang-violence/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:22:51

• PureOS Crimson Development Report: January and February 2026 – Beta Released ☞ https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-january-and-february-2026-beta-released/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:23:16

• Bank profits down 33% in 2025 in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/17.03.2026-bank-profits-down-33-in-2025-in-latvia.a639216/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:23:34

• "I want to put in 401k but will it count against the max I can put in for a year? I plan to roll it all over to new employers plan after" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkry0gmx#replies    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:33:06

• From https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkygjcqz#replies "RA ‘d from CIO in Spain 2 years ago. moved to an insurance company that doubled my IBM salary and tbh that RA was one of the best things that could happen to me."    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:33:14

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppArmadillo 15.2.4-1 on CRAN: Upstream Update ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/03/17#rcpparmadillo_15.2.4-1    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:55:16

• Submission to the OHCHR: Protecting Human Rights Defenders in the Digital Age ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/submission-to-the-ohchr-on-protecting-human-rights-defenders-in-the-digital-age/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:55:55

• BS stunt ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/03/17/leading-tech-coalition-invests-12-5-million-through-openssf-and-alpha-omega-to-strengthen-open-source-security/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/GitHub_Microsoft_Microsoft_and_OpenAI_Microsoft_Give_Money_to_L.shtml    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:57:02

• FreeBSD security report on successful logins ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24601    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:58:02

• From npNOG to APRICOT: How showing up opened doors ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/17/from-npnog-to-apricot-how-showing-up-opened-doors/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 14:58:24

• Systemd 260 kills SysV, tells AI not to misbehave https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/18/systemd_260/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 15:29:53

• "However, systemd does now feature on at least one edition of the OpenSlopware list of slop-contaminated FOSS. We covered the rise and fall of the original controversial list back in January."    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 15:31:31

• Smug Threat by Garrett to Put My Family and I in Prison Doesn't Prove We Did Anything Wrong, It Only Proves He's Truly Desperate to Stop Further Publications That Embarrass Him http://techrights.org/n/2026/03/18/Smug_Threat_by_Garrett_to_Put_My_Family_and_I_in_Prison_Doesn_t.shtml    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 16:34:15

• "I just read a post by `fallenriver` over on Midnight Pub which left me, as the late, great Terry Pratchett might have said, 'mugged in memory lane'. This post is about the ennui and uncertainty associated with an upcoming graduation. I was suddenly transported back 40+ years to my own undergraduate days, and experienced feelings that I had long forgotten." gemini://larsthebear.me/graduation_blues.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 16:55:42

• "Several feed aggregators currently serve Gemini: Antenna, DSN, Cosmos, Capcom, maybe others. They all work in a similar way, although they vary in the way they determine which feeds to index. I look at one or more of these most days, and always find at least a few new posts that interest me." gemini://larsthebear.me/small_web_big.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 16:56:45

• "I'm old enough to remember a time when most shops in city centres were independently owned and run. The town I grew up in had a bookshop, a greengrocer, a cheesemonger, a bicycle shop, a butcher, a baker and -- for all I know -- a candlestick maker" gemini://larsthebear.me/what_goes_around.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 16:57:28

• How the web has changed (II) gemini://larsthebear.me/how_the_web_has_changed_2.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 16:59:02

• "i mainly split my use between PS5pro GT7 (current procrastination addiction) car suspension tuning and white boarding instructional task preparation." gemini://gemini.mingmengtou.org/2026-03-18-raising-a-lobster.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:00:30

• "There’s only a decade between Lord of the Rings and Dune but the latter is way more post-modern. Not that LotR isn’t pomo, because it is, but Dune takes it a couple of notches further." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/dune    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:01:08

• "Cleaning out the bookmarks on my phone, for they have gotten Unwieldy. Links are not endorsements" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-03-18    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:01:57

• "In my lefty ancom bubble I’m sometimes seeing anti-meal replacemeent rhetoric, but I’m not on board with that. Some brands have a low climate impact per calorie. It’s so much better and more empathetic than the usual “carnivore” trends pushed by the fash." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/meal-reps    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:02:29

• "Anyway, nowadays we have awesome hardware in the form of ARM CPUs and GPUs. A random fedi post brought the Powkiddy RGB30 to my attention: a nice little Linux retro-oriented gaming handheld with a quad-core 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 CPU, Mali G52 GPU, 1 GB RAM, and a 720x720 4" display. Hard to believe this is mid-2000s desktop-class performance in a little pocketable Linux machine." gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2026-03_rgb30.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:03:30

• "I run the library at a public high school (9-12, roughly ages 14-18 for the non-USians). Our school includes a Basic Media class, in which students produce a 10 minute news show for their peers each day. Said news show includes info about lunch menus, sports, upcoming school events, and whatever else the students want to cover." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-03-18-02    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:04:06

• Limited connection V - phone anxiety gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/relog/2026-03-18-limited-connection-V-phone-anxiety.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:04:57

• "Anyways, spoilers, my gut response to the Fremen Jihad was always sort of "Really? How would that work?" especially since it happens offstage, so to speak, and thus the details are not clear. The Greeks used offstage to stage things they did not want to see—deaths, mostly—but this Fremen notstage seems more of the hand-wavy variety. And yea it came to pass that the Japanese won the war in the Pacific in 1944. Really? How, exactly?" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/03/18/fjihad.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:06:59

• "This release focuses on feature requests that have been hanging around for a long time, addressing a few important platform-specific shortcomings. There is also a nice bunch of smaller quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes." gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2026-03_lagrange-1.20.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:07:39

• St Patrick's Day: Textbooks Might Be Wrong About Why Plants Are Green ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/st-patricks-day-textbooks-might-be-wrong-about-why-plants-are-green    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:17:13

• Refreshed IPv6 Deployment Workshop at APRICOT 2026 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/18/refreshed-ipv6-deployment-workshop-at-apricot-2026/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:17:45

• IPv4 Mapped IPv6 Addresses, (Tue, Mar 17th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32804    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:18:04

• Firefox Nightly: Firefox Profiler Dark Mode and Updated Smart Window Prompts – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 197 ☞ https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/03/17/firefox-profiler-dark-mode-and-updated-smart-window-prompts-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-197/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:18:57

• The Lawful Access Privacy Risks: Unpacking Bill C-22’s Expansive Metadata Retention Requirements ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/the-lawful-access-privacy-risks-unpacking-bill-c-22s-expansive-metadata-retention-requirements/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:19:42

• The Digital Omnibus: A step back from the brink, but the risks remain ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/the-digital-omnibus-a-step-back-from-the-brink-but-the-risks-remain/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:20:07

• Vector Privacy updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Vector_Privacy    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:58:11

• Afghan Taliban Says Hundreds Killed In Pakistani Air Strike On Kabul Hospital ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/at-least-400-dead-in-kabul-hospital-air-strike/33708653.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:58:26

• Pakistan denies it targeted Kabul hospital, says it hit 'terrorist' targets ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260317-pakistan-denies-it-targeted-kabul-hospital-says-it-hit-terrorist-targets    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 17:58:51

• Statement: human rights organizations file brief in Anthropic v. DOW ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/statement-human-rights-organizations-file-brief-in-anthropic-v-dow/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 18:00:22

• DRM Netflix Found a Faster Way to Load Containers ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/netflix-found-a-faster-way-to-load-containers/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 18:59:31

• Kernel 6.12.77 compiled ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202603/kernel-61277-compiled.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 18:59:55

• AbeirOS – Void-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/abeiros-void-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:00:44

• FastQC – quality control tool for high throughput sequence data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fastqc-quality-control-tool-high-throughput-sequence-data/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:01:23

• Tower Oops! – tower building game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tower-oops-tower-building-game/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:01:33

• minimap2 – versatile sequence alignment program ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/minimap2-versatile-sequence-alignment-program/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:01:43

• Hister – web history management tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hister-web-history-management-tool/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:02:01

• BCFtools – variant calling and manipulating files in the Variant Call Format ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bcftools-variant-calling-manipulating-variant-call-format/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:02:11

• dead-ringer – binary diff utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dead-ringer-binary-diff-utility/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:02:21

• Frappe Books – modern accountancy software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/frappe-books-modern-accountancy-software/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:02:40

• NewsGoat – terminal-based GNU/Linux RSS reader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/newsgoat-terminal-based-linux-rss-reader/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:03:04

• SPAdes – versatile toolkit for assembling and analysing sequencing data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/spades-versatile-toolkit-assembling-analysing-sequencing-data/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:03:24

• zfetch – displays key system information ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zfetch-rs-displays-key-system-information/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:03:40

• Innu – minimal Rust-based Wi-Fi management utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/innu-minimal-rust-based-wi-fi-management-utility/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:03:51

• diskard – TUI disk analyser ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/diskard-tui-disk-analyser/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:04:02

• samtools – manipulate next-generation sequencing data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/samtools-manipulate-next-generation-sequencing-data/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:04:19

• kyp – keep your passwords ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kyp-keep-passwords/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:04:29

• Galaxy – web-based platform for data-intensive computational research ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/galaxy-web-based-platform-data-intensive-computational-research/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:04:40

• dustoff – find and remove JS/TS build artifacts ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dustoff-find-remove-js-ts-build-artifacts/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:04:57

• 10 Best Free and Open Source Font Viewers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-font-viewers/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:05:17

• MinMon – opinionated minimal monitoring and alarming tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/minmon-opinionated-minimal-monitoring-alarming-tool/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:05:37

• Plezy – modern Plex client for desktop and mobile ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/plezy-modern-plex-client-desktop-mobile/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:05:47

• 16 Best Free and Open Source Remote Desktop Servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-remote-desktop-servers/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:06:09

• ccase – convert between string cases ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ccase-convert-between-string-cases/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:06:27

• vimalender – terminal calendar application with vim-style keybindings ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vimalender-terminal-calendar-application/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:06:46

• Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Configuring Ubuntu 25.10 ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chuwi-corebook-air-plus-running-linux-configuring-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:07:03

• Roster – modern HTTP client for GNOME ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/roster-modern-http-client-for-gnome/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:07:13

• IronRDP – Rust implementation of the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ironrdp-rust-implementation-rdp/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:07:22

• wooz – zoom / magnifier utility for Wayland compositors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wooz-zoom-magnifier-utility-wayland-compositors/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:07:38

• Python Series Part 23: Text Widget - Part 1 ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/python-series-part-23-text-widget-part-1.60068/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:08:30

• Trolley – run terminal apps anywhere ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/trolley-run-terminal-apps-anywhere/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:08:52

• 13 Lightweight Markup Languages ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lightweightmarkuplanguages/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:09:03

• linuxteck still slopping away with LLMs    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:09:24

• BS stunt ☞ https://openssf.org/press-release/2026/03/17/linux-foundation-announces-12-5-million-in-grant-funding-from-leading-organizations-to-advance-open-source-security/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/18/GitHub_Microsoft_Microsoft_and_OpenAI_Microsoft_Give_Money_to_L.shtml 'Linux' Foundation speaks for Microsoft    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:11:55

• A new ThinkPad unboxing ☞ https://rubenerd.com/a-new-thinkpad-unboxing/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:12:26

• LogSlop ☞ https://bzoltan1.github.io/logai/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:13:12

• Kontainer | Distrobox Container Manager Built for KDE Plasma ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/03/16/kontainer-distrobox-container-manager-built-for-kde-plasma/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:13:47

• My new toy: Hey Hi (AI) first steps with the HP Z2 Mini ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/new-toy-ai-first-steps-on-the-hp-z2-mini/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:14:17

• Alberto Ruiz: Booting with Rust: Chapter 3 ☞ https://siliconislandblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/booting-with-rust-chapter-3/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:15:11

• Ageless GNU/Linux Emerges to Protest OS-Level Age Verification Laws ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/ageless-linux/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:15:36

• Kiwi TCMS: Kiwi TCMS 15.4 ☞ https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2026/03/17/kiwi-tcms-154/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:17:17

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1063248/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:17:42

• git diff Command: Show Changes Between Commits ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/git-diff-command/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:18:15

• This is a lie, this is GAFAM doing marketing while controlling the opposition ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/tech-giants-invest-12-5-million-in-open-source-security/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:19:34

• Default payment methods that aren’t ☞ https://rubenerd.com/default-payment-methods-that-arent/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:20:48

• Fix pmcputemp tray applet for Fashion Company Apple ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202603/fix-pmcputemp-tray-applet-for-apple.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:21:38

• Bio7 3.6 Released ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/bio7-3-6-released/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:22:12

• Vibe coding toward the incident horizon.  Always up for a Mickens-style column.   

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:22:52

• The Sashiko patch-review system ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1063292/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:23:34

• Godot XR update — March 2026 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xr-update-mar-2026/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:23:54

• Choose your Latvian trademark of the year daily for the rest of the month ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/17.03.2026-choose-your-latvian-trademark-of-the-year-daily-for-the-rest-of-the-month.a639200/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:24:10

• American Law Institute’s ‘Copyright Restatement’ Project Faces Growing Opposition—500+ Sign Petition Staunchly Opposing New Rules ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/17/american-law-institute-copyright-restatement/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:24:50

• Lagrange v1.20: SOCKS5, Handheld Port, Gamepads, UI/Audio Improvements gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Lagrange/39908    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:48:12

• "If somebody had told me thirty years ago that I'd be going to birdwatching events one day, without needing to be bound and gagged, I'd have laughed. Or punched him. And yet, that's exactly what I did today." gemini://larsthebear.me/birdwatching.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:49:26

• "Don't get me wrong: I like birds. I have bird boxes and bird feeders all over my garden, and dotted around my woods. I love to see birds flitting around, going about their birdie lives. I'll happily sit and watch them for hours (ideally from indoors, at this time of year)."    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:49:45

• Tobacco giant Philip Morris donates drones to Lithuania to help combat cigarette smuggling ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2870160/tobacco-giant-philip-morris-donates-drones-to-lithuania-to-help-combat-cigarette-smuggling    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:51:09

• Belarusian migrants in Lithuania: study shows many planning to stay ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2869489/belarusian-migrants-in-lithuania-study-shows-many-planning-to-stay    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:51:21

• EU To Send Team To Druzhba In Bid To Lift Hungarian-Slovak Vetoes ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-hungary-slovakia-druzhba-pipeline-oil/33708944.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:51:39

• Zelenskyy, Starmer Seek To Keep Focus On Ukraine's Defense Against Russia As Iran War Diverts Attention ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelesnskyy-russia-war-drones-iran/33709182.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:51:52

• Inside Ukraine’s kill zone: ‘You can be killed very quickly and out of nowhere’ ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2869171/inside-ukraine-s-kill-zone-you-can-be-killed-very-quickly-and-out-of-nowhere    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:52:05

• Starmer tells Zelensky focus must remain on Ukraine despite war in Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260318-starmer-tells-zelensky-focus-must-remain-on-ukraine-despite-war-in-iran    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:52:19

• Straight of Hormuz Closure Pushes Europe Toward Russia, Undermining Convicted Felon’s Iran War ☞ https://www.mintpressnews.com/straight-of-hormuz-closure-pushes-europe-toward-russia-undermining-trumps-iran-war/290737/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:52:43

• BUZZWORDS!! BOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRING. https://cyberscoop.com/post-quantum-cryptography-pqc-strategy-q-day-security-op-ed/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:55:20

• Advanced Cluster Management 2.16 right-sizing recommendation GA ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/17/advanced-cluster-management-216-right-sizing-recommendation-ga    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:56:13

• mintCast 481 – Change For The Sake of Jim ☞ https://mintcast.org/481-change-for-the-sake-of-jim/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:56:52

• The Return of ‘Havana Syndrome’ as Cuba Faces Renewed US Pressure Campaign ☞ https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-return-of-havana-syndrome-as-cuba-faces-renewed-us-pressure-campaign/290731/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:57:19

• Linux Matters 77: Tailor Snaps for Big Iron ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/77/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:57:50

• What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #56 – S3E8 Empowering New Maintainers: Inside the OpenSSF Mentorship Program ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/03/17/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-56-s3e8-empowering-new-maintainers-inside-the-openssf-mentorship-program/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:58:09

• Pluralistic: William Gibson vs Margaret Thatcher (17 Mar 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/17/technopolitics/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:58:23

• Moscow's Digital Lockdown: Mobile Internet Outages Hit Russia's Capital ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-telegram-mobile-internet-problem/33708173.html    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:58:43

• IRS has no plan to reduce backlog of taxpayer correspondence, watchdog finds ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/03/irs-has-no-plan-to-reduce-backlog-of-taxpayer-correspondence-watchdog-finds/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:59:23

• 23 killed in Nigeria suicide attack ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260317-23-killed-in-nigeria-suicide-attack    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 19:59:43

• Mini review of the ThinkNode M6 “outdoor solar power for Meshtastic” ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/17/review-thinknode-m6-outdoor-solar-power-for-meshtastic/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:00:17

• American Fentanylware (CheeTok) Investors Paid a Cool $10 Billion to the US Government—With Convicted Felon Demanding the Vig ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/16/american-tiktok-investors-10-billion/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:01:13

• 4 Linux init systems that almost replaced systemd (and why they failed) https://www.howtogeek.com/4-linux-init-systems-that-almost-replaced-systemd-and-why-they-failed/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:05:56

• "The Arch-based Linux distribution EndeavourOS Titan is out now, bringing with it plenty of nice sounding upgrades and some comments on age verification." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/endeavouros-titan-released-devs-comment-on-age-verification-laws/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:07:20

• I tried a highly-customized Hyprland desktop that's meant for Linux pros - and didn't hate it https://www.zdnet.com/article/ml4w-hyprland-custom-desktop-easy-setup-minutes/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:08:08

• "And thankfully, it's more than just a Linux distro without age verification." https://itsfoss.com/news/ageless-linux/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:08:36

• "Ageless Linux" = a Linux billg can f--- no matter what the law says    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:09:05

• How a single Linux command unlocked my Ugreen NAS to become the center of my homelab https://www.howtogeek.com/how-a-single-linux-command-made-my-ugreen-nas-the-center-of-my-homelab/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:09:31

• GNOME’s new app is the beautiful media player Linux deserved https://www.makeuseof.com/gnomes-new-app-is-the-beautiful-media-player-linux-deserved/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:10:07

• From Windows 10 Pro to Linux Mint... as a Noob - My Progress Log https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/from-windows-10-pro-to-linux-mint-as-a-noob-my-progress-log.347442/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:12:15

• Big moves in Linux filesystems as new bcachefs lands and KDE adds support for Apple's APFS https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/bcachefs_and_apfs_news/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:12:49

• "The AMD vaiant features up to 128GB RAM and AMD Wi-Fi 6E RZ616 (802.11ax tri-band 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz) wireless." https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-gemini-17-gen4-linux-laptop-now-available-with-amd-ryzen-9-9955hx    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:14:01

• "It ships with the latest Pop!_OS Linux 24.04 LTS operating system featuring the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment." https://9to5linux.com/system76-launches-new-cosmic-powered-thelio-mira-high-performance-linux-pc    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:14:23

• "This release also improves support for Arch Linux and CachyOS distributions, as well as for Samsung LS24D60xU monitors." https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-3-makes-kwins-screencasting-feature-more-robust-for-pipewire-1-6    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:16:31

• "The Flatpak-only build brings basic browsing but extensions and Kagi Sync aren't ready yet." https://itsfoss.com/news/orion-browser-linux-beta-release/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:18:08

• Linux 7.1 Kernel Will Enhance Support for AMD Ryzen AI NPUs https://www.techpowerup.com/347409/linux-7-1-kernel-will-enhance-support-for-amd-ryzen-ai-npus    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:18:37

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:19:57

• Chrome Is Finally Coming to ARM64 Linux Devices in 2026 https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-chrome-arm64-linux-support-2026/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:20:04

• "By now most people in the Linux sphere will have seen the issues - like how they have repeatedly let their SSL certificate expire bringing their entire website down. Something that is easily solved, but shows how the structure behind Manjaro is not particularly stable." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/manjaro-linux-looks-like-its-in-trouble-with-the-release-of-the-manjaro-2-0-manifesto/    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 20:21:49

• "we were told ibm never had a layoff before this last one and management in Albany is saying we won’t have one this year most likely since we just had one!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjx78wwh#replies    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 21:00:52

• "Again, that makes sense given that all the SYN attacks have been directed towards the secure HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol) port. Checking certificate transparency logs is an easy way to find active servers that can be used for a SYN amplification attack." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/03/18.1    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 22:40:12

• "I came across the 512kb club a long time ago, and it was very influential in helping me understand how websites work and the impact different kinds of assets or design choices can have on how pages load. As a fan of gemini, it makes sense to me that websites should be as minimal as possible." gemini://spool-five.com/gemlog/2026-03-18-small_web_feeds.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 22:40:50

• "I posted about it a bit on the Fediverse, but otherwise didn't elaborate much on it becuase I figured it was fairly self-explanatory. But I've had a handful of people ask me how I did it, so I decided it might actually be worth it to write a post about how I did it (…like seven months late)." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2026-03-18    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 22:41:29

• "During most of the human history gold was the only thing that had more-or-less internationally recognized value." gemini://elias.smol.pub/chervonetz    

posted Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 22:42:22