Roy Schestowitz

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-25.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 03:39:03

• I crashed out reading layoff condolence letters in this shop sim about a laid-off adventurer made by a laid-off Xbox developer https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/i-crashed-out-reading-layoff-condolence-letters-in-this-shop-sim-about-a-laid-off-adventurer-made-by-a-laid-off-xbox-developer/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 03:41:31

• At least they don't try to blame "hey hi" https://www.neowin.net/amp/epic-games-is-laying-off-over-1000-staff-blames-worsening-fortnite-engagement/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 03:42:35

• Spotify layoffs in Podcast Group claimed to be not due to cost cutting https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/spotify-layoffs-in-podcast-group-claimed-to-be-not-due-to-cost-cutting-but-/amp_articleshow/129767666.cms    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 03:43:50

• "So why does IBM hire more and more Indians when they do layoffs in the US, instead of cutting back to the bare minimum if the AI technology doesn't require much human interaction and/or intervention. IBM's corporate strategy is load of garbage (read CR-P) so how are they even going about implementing some other company's strategy ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmec01zz#replies    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 03:45:58

• The U.S. Government’s Own Numbers Show It’s Insolvent https://goldsilver.com/industry-news/article/the-u-s-governments-own-numbers-show-its-insolvent/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 03:58:58

• "Including unfunded Social Security and Medicare obligations, total federal promises exceed $136.2 trillion."    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 03:59:28

• Is The US Government Broke? Treasury 2025 Filing Shows $41.7T Negative Net Position https://thedeepdive.ca/treasury-2025-insolvency-warning/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 03:59:55

• "The US Treasury Department’s fiscal year 2025 consolidated financial statements show a federal government with $6.06 trillion in total assets, $47.78 trillion in total liabilities, and a negative net position of $41.72 trillion, giving fresh ammunition to arguments that the US government is functionally insolvent."    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:00:29

• Three NACON Owned Studios File for Insolvency https://playday.one/2026/03/24/three-nacon-owned-studios-file-for-insolvency/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:01:05

• Subsidiaries of Nacon have filed for insolvency https://gameworldobserver.com/2026/03/24/subsidiaries-of-nacon-have-filed-for-insolvency    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:02:10

• Russian hackers exploit Zimbra flaw in Ukrainian govt attacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-apt28-military-hackers-exploit-zimbra-flaw-in-ukrainian-govt-attacks/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:04:18

• Russia Today crew in southern Lebanon https://cpj.org/2026/03/israeli-strike-injures-russia-today-crew-in-southern-lebanon/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:05:09

• Star Formation https://xkcd.com/3222/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:07:32

• Landscape Features https://xkcd.com/3221/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:07:49

• Rotational Gravity https://xkcd.com/3220/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:08:10

• Why are they picking a stale Twitter avatar as one's face? Curated by bot, that's why... https://muckrack.com/roy-schestowitz/articles    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:46:42

• ‘Burn it’ lawyer suspended for two years after contempt finding https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/two-year-suspension-for-ex-city-partner-found-in-contempt/5126290.article    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:47:43

• Ex-manager who failed to refer work to law firm has to repay debt instead https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/ex-manager-who-failed-to-refer-work-to-law-firm-has-to-repay-debt-instead    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:48:41

• SRA Shuts Quarter Of Firms Over Accounting Breaches https://www.law360.com/articles/2456092/sra-shuts-quarter-of-firms-over-accounting-breaches    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 04:49:41

• "No Five Eyes partner has a legal framework that supports domestic training of frontier foundation models, the general-purpose systems trained at the largest scales of computing and data" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-copyright-framework-is-a-sovereign-ai-decision/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 05:49:50

• "Oyarzo says she never agreed to create an ad for the law firm." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-deepfakes-creators-fight-back-1235535955/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 05:50:10

• "Australia may rank only around 20th among the EU's trading partners, but its strategic value is rising fast." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/who-wins-what-in-the-eus-new-trade-deal-with-australia/a-76509304 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 05:50:37

• "While the terms of the deal should make it easier for rival promoters to compete for business in the Live Nation-dominated market" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/23/trump-pushed-doj-live-nation-settlement/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 05:51:08

• "They said they were bringing the lawsuit both on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all publishers of online newsbrands in the US whose websites had been indexed by Google since November 2019." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-antitrust-news-publishers-search-monopoly-dismissed/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 05:51:20

• "For some time, I have been looking after a routing analysis report called the CIDR Report." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/24/the-why-and-what-of-the-cidr-report/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 05:51:59

• "a meaningful step forward" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/navajo-nation-celebrates-new-tower/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 05:52:12

• not a petition gemini://xeylichen.smol.pub/1774404328    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:25:46

• sore gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/sore    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:26:50

• "whenever I try writing a post, I always feel as though a blog post has to be this big, professional, marketable thing; something easily sharable on reddit or hacker news or whatever." gemini://feathers.smol.pub/1774378040    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:27:42

• "So... I did something silly. Well, by 'did something', I... provided direction and obtained something silly for $20." gemini://ieve.me/squall/15.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:28:42

• "American travelers are so stressed out. What incredibly uncontroversial American enforcement agency would we deploy to our airports to ease passengers’ journey?" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jon-stewart-donald-trump-ice-airports-daily-show-1235536178/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:35:05

• "Today—as airline security lines stretch six hours long and untrained Playskool paramilitaries begin to incompetently pose as TSA agents—is a good time to think about labor law." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-consequences-of-bad-labor-law | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:35:28

• "I’m summarizing it below because it deserves your attention." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-report-you-need-to-read | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:35:41

• "Despite the crowd, I had plenty of time to check out the ICE presence at JFK’s other terminals." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/899855/ice-airports-tsa-shutdown-dhs-jfk | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:35:56

• "According to UNICEF, only 66% of women in Afghanistan currently give birth with skilled personnel present." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-24/forced-to-give-birth-at-a-hospital-door-for-not-having-a-male-companion-taliban-edicts-endanger-the-lives-of-afghan-women.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:36:11

• "In Antep, where a significant portion of Turkey’s textile production takes place, union leader Mehmet Türkmen has been arrested once again." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/workplace-deaths-plague-turkey-s-textile-hub-as-prominent-union-leader-jailed-317951 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:36:27

• "Arı released a message via his lawyers while he was in custody. He said his social media posts and videos are being used as evidence against him." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/03/reporter-ismail-ari-imprisoned-in-turkey-for-spreading-disinformation/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:36:53

• "At an initial retrial hearing on March 23, the court in Bishkek rejected the journalist’s petition to dismiss the case but granted her request to be freed pending a verdict." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/03/cpj-welcomes-kyrgyzstans-release-of-journalist-makhabat-tajibek-kyzy-calls-for-charges-to-be-dropped/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:37:05

• "Digital publishing still depends on discovery. But discovery is no longer a reliable business model." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/publisher-audience-engagement-strategy/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:37:20

• "one was Kichigina sharing a post about Bucha" ☛ https://oc-media.org/russian-journalist-sentenced-to-10-years-in-absentia-for-saying-20-of-georgia-is-occupied-by-russia/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:37:40

• "Trump admin investigated “EU censorship.”" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/24/the-trump-admins-own-investigators-found-no-eu-internet-censorship-so-they-ignored-the-findings/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:38:18

• Hosting a Snowflake Proxy: "In the nightmarish world of 2026 it can be difficult to know how to help at all" ☛ https://matduggan.com/hosting-a-snowflake-proxy/ | Source: Mat Duggan    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:38:47

• "Some 83% of a representative sample of 105 MPs cited social media as their primary source, up from 61% at the start of 2025." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/social-media-overtakes-newsbrands-as-primary-news-source-for-uk-mps/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:39:17

• "Abu Dhabi’s MGX, Coatue Management and Thrive Capital are set to participate in the round at a $730 billion valuation, not including the money raised, said the people" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/openai-set-to-raise-about-10-billion-from-mgx-coatue-thrive/articleshow/129785603.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:40:25

• "Despite being one of the most popular video games on the market since its 2017 debu" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/24/epic-games-layoffs-1000-people/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:40:47

• "Epic had earlier this month raised prices of ‌Fortnite's in-game currency, citing higher costs to run the game. CBC News has reached out to the company for a statement." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/epic-games-layoffs-march-2026-9.7140591 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:41:45

• "The video game company Epic Games is laying off more than 1,000 employees, it said on Tuesday, citing a drop in the amount of time people are spending playing Fortnite." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/business/epic-games-layoffs-fortnite.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:42:15

• "The RIPE community has spoken and the results are in." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/amcconachie/announcing-the-results-of-the-2025-ripe-code-of-conduct-survey/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:42:35

• "Yubico has announced a strategic collaboration with IBM and Auth0 to help organisations securely deploy AI agents at scale" ☛ https://itwire.com/itwire-latest-news/yubico-partners-with-ibm-and-auth0-to-secure-agentic-ai-and-harness-its-power-while-ensuring-trust-and-governance.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:42:56

• "Anthropic has filed two federal lawsuits alleging that the Trump administration’s decision to designate the company a security risk amounted to illegal retaliation." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/pentagons-attempt-to-cripple-anthropic-is-troublesome-judge-says/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:43:18

• "Choosing an operating system means not only choosing the stack of our virtual life, but it also means adopting a particular perspective" ☛ https://thelibre.news/the-political-use-of-operating-systems/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:43:48

• "The Trump administration released a legislative framework for a national policy on AI on Friday, calling on Congress to adopt a light-touch legislative approach to the technology." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/white-house-unveils-national-ai-policy-framework/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:44:10

• "This is happening today in Japan. Constituents have spent about eight thousand hours engaging with Mirai’s AI Interviewer since 2025." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/team-mirai-and-democracy.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:44:35

• "So incentives matter…when you're fucking over working people. But incentives don't matter, when you're gilding the Epstein class's lilies." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/24/degenerated-gambling/#oracle-capture | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:44:58

• "Either way, the markets aren’t buying it." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/23/layoffs-dont-boost-the-share-price-they-drop-it/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:45:16

• "I want to be precise about what this object is." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plaque | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:47:08

• "The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology is one of several House and Senate committees currently grappling with legal" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/setting-canadas-ai-policy-priorities-my-appearance-before-the-standing-committee-on-industry-science-and-technology/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:47:43

• "I think Israel may have made Judaism untenable for the foreseeable future. Maybe forever." ☛ https://archive.rushkoff.com/articles/the-holy%20war%20delusion.html |    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:47:57

• "But it is striking that trust has fallen to roughly the same level as that accorded to China and Russia" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20217017 | Source: YLE    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:48:15

• "Normalization is a real risk here. Once firms get consumers used to being sorted, profiled, and priced differently, the practice starts to feel inevitable." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/manitoba-moves-against-retailers-charging-different-prices-for-the-same-goods/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:49:04

• "The Conanp reported that the images were obtained via a 75-trap camera system operated by community monitors." ☛ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/camera-traps-jaguar-guanajuato-sierra-gorda/ | Source: Mexico News Daily    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:49:49

• "Of course, this could also mean that someday the caverns will simply collapse." ☛ https://bldgblog.com/2026/03/contextual-collapse/ |    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:50:33

• "Elon Musk no longer speaks in gigawatts — the unit that has become the benchmark for measuring computing power dedicated to generative AI models." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/terafab-elon-musks-unrealistic-project | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:50:44

• "The idea of letting generative AI anywhere near safety-critical nuclear infrastructure might give the average reader pause, but it's already happening in the real world." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsoft-and-nvidia-launch-ai-tools-to-speed-up-nuclear-power-plant-permitting-and-construction | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:50:56

• "The world's largest producer of aviation biofuel, Finnish fuel firm Neste, has been using banned palm oil instead of recycled cooking oil, according to Swedish public broadcaster SVT." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20216793 | Source: YLE    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:51:49

• "But a warm wet storm followed February’s snow, and now, March temperatures are shattering records — prompting warnings of rapid snowmelt and swift rivers." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/record-heat-melting-snow-what-does-it-mean-for-californias-reservoirs/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:52:02

• "In the Nairobi river in Kenya, paracetamol concentrations have reached up to 16 micrograms per litre, which is high enough to cause cellular damage in water organisms such as clams." ☛ https://theconversation.com/we-are-flushing-paracetamol-down-the-toilet-and-into-our-water-supply-heres-how-it-could-be-removed-271454 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:52:14

• "The company is the only U.S. supplier of high purity depleted uranium to the federal government" ☛ https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/03/24/depleted-uranium-company-gains-approval-in-rural-east-tennessee/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:52:30

• "An internal ICE financial ledger I obtained shows how the agency is turning local police departments across the county into a vast, decentralized immigration army." ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-ices-bounty-hunters | Source: Ken Klippenstein    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:52:57

• "A United States court rejected an effort by poultry manufacturer Perdue Farms to eliminate the Labor Department’s process for reviewing whistleblower claims." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/court-rejects-perdues-effort-to-dismantle-whistleblower-review/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:53:10

• "I had absolutely nothing to do with the wiretapping of Szijjártó – it took me years and a great deal of effort to finally obtain evidence of this communication." ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2026/03/24/i-had-absolutely-nothing-to-do-with-the-wiretapping-of-szijjarto-investigative-journalist-tells-telex | Source: Telex (Hungary)    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:53:23

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/why-colorado-river-negotiations-stalled-and-how-they-could-resume-with-the-possibility-of-agreement/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:53:48

• "Terrorists have killed about 2,000 civilians in the country annually in recent years, according to some estimates." ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/terrorism-worsens-in-burkina-faso/ | Source: ADF    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:54:25

• "While the Islamic State (IS) group is present throughout Libya, it is more of a danger in the south, with links to the Sahel, according to The Jamestown Foundation." ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/islamic-state-group-quietly-gaining-momentum-in-libya/ | Source: ADF    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:54:44

• "Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists acquired 35 quadcopter drones" ☛ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/nigerian-terrorists-increase-cots-armed-drone-use/ | Source: Defence Web    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:55:05

• "While no final agreement has been confirmed, the discussions have already sparked global debate" ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/vw-to-shift-from-cars-to-missile-production-for-israel/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:55:36

• "US companies are looking at their footprint in Europe, and what happens if the US ceases to be the partner of choice." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-european-defence-a-sudden-reluctance-to-buy-american/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:55:55

• "People’s Pledge" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/03/lander-goldman-aipac-congressional-nyc/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:56:13

• "Trump’s sudden climb-down was startling. Who could have seen this coming?" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in-the-futures-markets | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:56:35

• "Watson v. RNC" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/483587/supreme-court-watson-republican-rnc-mail-ballots | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:56:51

• "A journalist who was wrongfully detained for five hundred and forty-four days never got to say goodbye to Tehran." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/a-former-prisoner-of-the-iranian-regime-watches-trumps-war | Source: New Yorker    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:57:17

• "Police are intensely interested in the secrets our bodies can reveal. The FBI has invested billions of dollars in its Next Generation Information (NGI) biometrics database, billed as the largest such database in the world." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-your-data-will-be-used-against-you-andrew-guthrie-ferguson/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:57:54

• "Although it may be hard to believe for current generations, there was a time when the Internet and the World Wide Web were not as integrated into society as it is today." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/24/age-verification-and-the-world-before-social-media/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:58:07

• "The Iran Telegram malware campaign has once again put the spotlight on how state-backed cyber actors are adapting their tactics by blending into widely used digital platforms." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/iran-telegram-malware-fbi-warns/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:58:25

• "The school’s online activity calls into question how the American military vets and reviews strike locations." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/investigations/bombed-iranian-girls-school-had-vivid-website-yearslong-online-presence-2026-03-12/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:58:39

• "according to Palantir's public demonstrations: satellite imagery, drone video, radar, infrared sensors, signals intelligence, and geolocation data." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/pentagon-formalizes-palantirs-maven-ai-as-a-core-military-system-with-multi-year-funding-platforms-investment-grows-to-usd13-billion-from-usd480-million-in-2024 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:58:57

• "So what went wrong?" ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/24/deadly-iran-school-strike-casts-shadow-over-pentagons-ai-targeting-push/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:59:12

• "Attackers are using copyright-infringement notices to target multiple industry sectors in a fileless phishing campaign that delivers data-stealing malware." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/attackers-hide-infostealer-copyright-infringement-notices | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 06:59:45

• "It has always been about privatization" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2026/03/tsa-employees-at-breaking-point/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:00:13

• "Volkov, also known as “chubaka.kor,” operated as an initial access broker" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/aleksei-volkov-russian-initial-access-broker-sentenced-ransomware/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:00:46

• "During the morning and afternoon of Dec. 29, coordinated cyberattacks hit a combined heat and power plant supplying heat to almost 500,000 customers" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/poland-faced-a-surge-in-cyberattacks-in-2025-including-a-major-assault-on-the-energy-sector/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:01:04

• "The new features will be convenient for anyone profiting from affiliate revenue. For everyone else, it will likely make the platforms feel even more like a shopping mall." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/899717/meta-instagram-facebook-affiliate-shopping-links-reels | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:01:32

• "Findings have been published in the Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-03-people-denial-rational-social-media.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:01:45

• "The first line of defense against harmful social media posts globally is artificial intelligence, which can be taught to flag rule-breaking content it sees or hears." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2026/0324/tiktok-moderation-teleperformance-swahili-language-ai | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:03:28

• "I’m 43, I don’t have time to waste." ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/culture/comedy/i-can-just-withdraw-from-the-discourse-why-josie-long-ditched-social-media-20260320-p5qz06.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:03:49

• "It shows how the manosphere draws on scientific falsehoods, conspiracy theories, antisemitism, and attempts to rewrite history to fit a narrow, angry worldview." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/for-the-sake-of-our-sons-we-must-reclaim-masculinity-from-the-manosphere-6160277 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:04:02

• "If you have been following my blog lately, you know what happened. Google AI Overview has access to my full articles behind the paywall and presents the key information for free. I decided to use that against them. A few days later, the first results of the experiment are in." https://tomaszs2.medium.com/google-ai-overview-picked-up-my-article-and-now-its-digging-its-own-grave-97ecf6c7232d    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:04:50

• "AI incidents are on the rise, yet current databases struggle with inconsistent structure, limiting their utility for policymaking." ☛ https://airisk.mit.edu/ai-incident-tracker |    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:05:25

• "I realized that there is a huge gap between Claude's ability to read and analyze versus it's ability to generate or modify in-place, which becomes more dramatic the larger the scope of work." ☛ https://charlesleifer.com/blog/slopification-and-its-discontents/ |    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:05:48

• "My social feed has divided mostly into two camps—those who can now only talk about how excited they are about AI, and those who are refusing to use it at all." ☛ https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/03/24/do-you-need-ai-for-that/ | Source: Rachel Andrew    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:06:05

• "Writing code is a process that confronts you with questions about the details." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/code-as-process/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:06:34

• "I’m not going to name the site because first of all, the company that runs it has a lot of domain names, and second, now that they have their automatic slop CMS going, they can always get more." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/vibe-cms/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:07:01

• "Is this pragmatism?" ☛ https://michel-slm.name/posts/2026-03-24-my-name-is-michel-and-i-use-llms/ | Source: Michel Alexandre Salim    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:07:27

• "A Serve Robotics food delivery robot crashed through the glass wall of a bus stop shelter in Chicago earlier this week, shattering the glass all over the sidewalk. The crash comes amid a protest against delivery robots in Chicago" ☛ https://www.404media.co/delivery-robot-drives-through-bus-stop-sh-shattering-glass-everywhere/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:07:53

• "there is an alternative to this “grab it all” approach." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/24/an-open-training-set-for-ai-goes-global/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:08:19

• "Less than five months on, OpenAI is looking to rid itself of the “unholy abomination” of Sora, a mind-numbing TikTok-like experience that few users stuck around to actually use regularly." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-killing-sora-video-ai-slop | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:08:37

• "Every Single Microsoft Product" ☛ https://www.p4m.dev/posts/33/index.html | Source: Felix    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:09:13

• "Canadian immigration officials insisted that Gilchrist, a native English speaker, do a language test." ☛ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/21/bc-uk-midwife-work-permit-denied-english-test/ | Source: City News CA    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:09:27

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posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:09:40

• "both of which are so anodyne as to encourage missing this key bit of news: [...]" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-maps-ads/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:09:49

• "The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is tasked with regulating both wired and wireless communications, which also includes a national security component." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/24/us-fcc-prohibits-approval-of-new-foreign-made-consumer-routers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:10:03

• "For years, cybersecurity experts have warned that cameras could be [accessed] for war." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/iran-built-a-vast-camera-network-to-control-dissent-israel-turned-it-into-a-targeting-tool/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:11:04

• "Dopamine is a molecule in the brain and body that is closely linked to our sense of motivation." ☛ https://www.hubermanlab.com/newsletter/tools-to-manage-dopamine-and-improve-motivation-and-drive |    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:11:54

• "Meta willfully violated New Mexico law by misleading users about the safety of its products and engaging in an unconscionable trade practice, a jury found." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/899910/meta-new-mexico-jury-verdict | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:12:18

• "During closing arguments, prosecution attorney Linda Singer told jurors that Meta's algorithms had directed adults toward content posted by teenage users while the company concealed internal findings about the risks to young people." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260324-meta-ordered-to-pay-375-million-over-child-exploitation-in-landmark-verdict | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:14:41

• "Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees, and lied to the public about what they knew" ☛ https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260325-new-mexico-jury-finds-meta-liable-for-endangering-children | Source: RFI    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:15:00

• "The jury agreed with allegations that Meta made false or misleading statements and also agreed that Meta engaged in "unconscionable" trade practices that unfairly took advantage of the vulnerabilities of and inexperience of children." ☛ https://text.npr.org/2026/03/24/g-s1-115019/new-mexico-meta-children-mental-health | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:15:19

• "The verdict stipulates that Meta must pay $375 million in civil penalties for violating New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act, a consumer protection law." ☛ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/meta-hit-with-375m-verdict-in-new-mexico-child-safety-case-00842998 | Source: Politico LLC    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:15:33

• "A jury found that Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was liable for the way in which its platforms endangered children and exposed them to sexually explicit material and contact with sexual predators." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql75dn07n2o | Source: BBC    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:15:46

• "A jury in New Mexico sided with the state attorney general’s office in a landmark case accusing social media giant Meta of allowing its platforms to become venues for child predators to solicit young users." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/24/meta-jury-harm-children/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:17:10

• "The verdict marks the first time a jury has ruled on such claims against Meta, as the company faces a wave of lawsuits over how its platforms affect young people's mental health." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-ordered-to-pay-375-million-in-new-mexico-trial-over-child-exploitation-user-safety-claims/articleshow/129789513.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:17:21

• "The story of Iomega is one of genuine engineering innovation and the fickle nature of consumer technology. As with so many other juggernauts of its era, Iomega was eventually brought down by a new technology that simply wasn’t practical to counter." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/24/from-zip-to-nought-the-rise-and-fall-of-iomega/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:17:48

• "Let me be clear: We are now in a new business for ARM, and we are supplying CPUs" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/chip-design-firm-arm-is-making-its-own-ai-cpu/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:18:00

• "Arm is betting on the proliferation of these agents to drive a four-fold increase in CPU demand, and it’s positioning its latest chip to capitalize on this trend." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/arm_agi_cpu/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:18:12

• "The chip packs up to 136 Neoverse V3 cores running at up to 3.2 GHz all-core and 3.7 GHz boost across two dies, all within a 300-watt TDP." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/arm-launches-its-first-data-center-cpu | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:18:31

• "The company, a British unit of Japan’s SoftBank, on Tuesday announced plans for the first silicon product that Arm will design and sell since its founding in 1990." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/technology/arm-holdings-sell-chips.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:18:44

• "Our sections pretty much fill up these days, so our growth comes from offering more sections. We are trying to hire lecturers every year. We’re up to three now: [...]" ☛ https://computinged.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/spring-2026-pcas-update-recruiting-a-new-lecturer/ | Source: CER    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:19:09

• "Over the next couple of years, the most valuable people to have on a software team are going to be experienced folks who’re actively working to keep their heuristics fresh." ☛ https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/03/20/ic-leadership.html | Source: Marc Brooker    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:19:22

• "Each of these class formats – in-person, remote or hybrid – impact students’ ability to manage time, stay focused and determine success on CSUN’s campus." ☛ https://sundial.csun.edu/209942/news/in-person-vs-online-how-csun-students-learn-differently/ | Source: California State University Northridge    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:19:34

• "Digital biology is no longer a niche intersection between biology and computation." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/digital-biology-with-r-advanced-bioinformatics-predictive-modeling-and-time-series-analysis-for-modern-life-sciences/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:20:03

• "It's worth noting that some routers "produced" in foreign countries will be allowed to be imported to the US, albeit only after said company has been granted a conditional approval by the DoW (Department of War) or the DHS (Department of Homeland Security)." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/us-ban-on-foreign-made-routers/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:20:15

• "Under the Secure Equipment Act and Secure Networks Act, the FCC may ban foreign technology manufacturers if they are deemed a national security risk." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/fcc-bans-foreign-routers-critics-warn-about-supply-chain/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:20:26

• "According to NASA, the agency aims to build the base in three phases" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/science/899891/nasa-moon-base-mars-nuclear-power-jared-isaacman | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:20:42

• "NASA's ambitious plans to build a space station in orbit of the Moon are officially on hold" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/goodbye_lunar_gateway_nasa_ditches/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:21:49

• "How I made a Linux distro that runs `wget | dd`" ☛ https://astrid.tech/2026/03/24/0/curl-to-dev-sda/ |    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:22:16

• "As an analyst, I’m interested in helping people understand Apple as a company, why they make the decisions they do, and what that could mean for the future of their products." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/analyst-hat-comes-off-reviewer-hat-goes-on/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:22:30

• "This is the technical companion to A social platform for your neighbourhood, which lays out the social and institutional case for community-owned local platforms. That post is the why." ☛ https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/local_social_platform_technical.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:22:43

• "For another, I don’t deserve thanks. I’m not sacrificing anything except the time it takes me to write these posts or tape some videos." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-dont-thank-me | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:22:59

• "Linux will likely drop support for IEEE 1394 in 2029, but at least that gives me three more years!" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:28:23

• "I’ll use a small BookStore service as the running example." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/testing-unary-grpc-services/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:29:20

• "In this post, I'll share a mix of mindset tips and practical advice that I hope will help, especially if you're new to the language." ☛ https://www.alexedwards.net/blog/11-tips-for-structuring-your-go-projects |    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:29:33

• "The problem we started noticing was that loading all these 3rd party integrations has made our Django app feel very sluggish." ☛ https://blog.pecar.me/speeding-up-django-startup-times-with-lazy-imports/ | Source: Anže Pečar    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:29:59

• "In my opinion, the most important aspect of code is that code should be easy to read. I would even argue that readability is more important than functionality." ☛ https://fpgmaas.com/blog/readable-python-code/ | Source: Florian Maas    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:30:22

• "Agents are drowning humans in subtly broken code, but they can also alleviate the problems they created if we require them to provide machine-verifiable proofs." ☛ https://mmapped.blog/posts/49-kirk-scotty-spock | Source: Roman Kashitsyn    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:30:36

• "This means while we should be conservative in the software we use, we can be more freely innovative in how we use it." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/choose-boring-technology-and-innovative-practices/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:30:49

• "Lines of code measure code complexity. That is well established. You don’t have to take my word for it: [...]" ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/lines-of-code | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:31:03

• "Ring offers mass surveillance" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-ring-offers-mass-surveillance | Source: FSF    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:31:53

• "FOSDEM 2026 was a very productive meetup for members of the PINE64 Community, aside from the occasional shenanigans." ☛ https://pine64.org/2026/03/24/march_2026_fosdem/ | Source: Pine64    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:32:20

• "The full changelog since Tor Browser 15.0.7 is: [...]" ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1508/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:32:46

• "And again, congratulation to the Krita team for this big big release 🎉. Krita 6.0 is finally my ticket to adopt a more recent GNU/Linux distro with Wayland." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1132/discover-krita-5360-10-new-features-explained-to-get-you-started | Source: David Revoy    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:33:17

• "For real work, please use 5.3.0! We expect 6.0 to become the main version of Krita before the end of the year, though." ☛ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.0-released/ | Source: Krita    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:33:43

• "The full name for this filament is PA1205, though it’s not certain what the ’05’ part stands for. PA12 is a less moisture-sensitive version of PA6, however." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/24/testing-expensive-graphene-reinforced-nylon-filament/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:34:30

• "After some experimentation, it was found that increasing the trace clearance between the 0.1 mm traces to a hair above 0.1 mm was necessary for the subsequent chemical etching step" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/24/using-a-fiber-laser-to-etch-0-1-mm-pcb-traces/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:34:43

• "The Kali Linux team has published a new version of its distribution with the launch of Kali Linux 2026.1." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12773 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:35:48

• "My largest problems came from virtual machines where I had earlier internal snapshots and then I took more snapshots" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/FedoraVirtManagerBadSnapshots | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:37:31

• "On an old system, xbindleys was giving JIT errors. I could have recompiled xbindkeys without Guile support, but decided that if I was going to compile something" ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/x-windows-short-cut-tool-sxhkd-xbindkeys-alternative/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:38:01

• [Old] "My journey to improving dark mode capabilities started at the recent Plasma Sprint." ☛ https://blog.vladzahorodnii.com/2025/08/11/dark-mode-improvements-in-plasma/ | Source: Vlad Zahorodnii    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:38:25

• "Nintendo has multiple popular racing franchises, including Mario Kart, Kirby Air Ride, and F-Zero." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/lan-party-calculator-for-mario-kart-kirby-air-riders-and-f-zero | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:38:53

• Behaviour Interactive have acquired 7 Days to Die developers The Fun Pimps | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/behaviour-interactive-have-acquired-7-days-to-die-developers-the-fun-pimps/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:39:38

• Kill your clone in It Has My Face with the expanded 1.0 release in April | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/kill-your-clone-in-it-has-my-face-with-the-expanded-1-0-release-in-april/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:39:58

• Epic Games just laid off over 1,000 people | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/epic-games-just-laid-off-over-1000-people/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/epic-games-just-laid-off-over-1000-people/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:40:19

• "Gergely Orosz has an uncanny sense of what matters. He spots and researches emerging engineering trends, then reports on them months, sometimes years, before anyone else." ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/gergely-orosz-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:40:50

• "A description of the modern virtualization; starting from Popek and Goldberg and getting all the way to the implementation of the Intel VT-x (VMX) extension." ☛ https://pooladkhay.com/posts/virt-theory-silicon/ | Source: MJ Pooladkhay    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:41:15

• "Ny omröstning om Chat Control 1 – alla dokument" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/24/ny-omrostning-om-chat-control-1-alla-dokument/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:42:21

• iophk: boingboing is now pushing plagiarism slop https://boingboing.net/2026/03/23/guy-built-an-e-ink-subway-display-so-he-didnt-have-to-keep-unlocking-his-phone.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:42:46

• "Final draft agenda - Thursday, 26 March 2026" https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/OJQ-10-2026-03-26_EN.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:42:57

• "Create Beautiful Websites With Hugo" https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/create-beautiful-websites-with-hugo:3    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:43:15

• "Trump Votes by Mail Amid Push to Ban Practice" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-votes-by-mail-push-ban-practice-1235536254/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:43:28

• "We are at war, and there is no way for the US to win, even if you believe in winning this sort of thing. One expert has warned, “We’re now getting into the tail-end scenarios that usually only merit a sentence at the end of a paper, they’re so unlikely and disastrous.” https://organizingmythoughts.org/the-zombie-dressed-up-as-an-ordinary-tuesday/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:43:54

• "The Clown Prince's Client Wants Trump to Risk American Lives in an Iran War Escalation" https://emptywheel.net/2026/03/24/the-clown-princes-client-wants-trump-to-risk-american-lives-in-an-iran-war-escalation/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:44:08

• "Trump Said 'No' to Deal That Could Have Paid TSA Agents by End of Week, Republican Senator Says" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-said-no-deal-that-could-have-paid-tsa-agents-end-week-republican-senator-says-1788049    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:44:26

• iophk: drop proabably due to LLM scrapers as well as social control media gatekeepers https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/publisher-audience-engagement-strategy/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:44:47

• "Saudi promotes Trump ties in Miami, even as war rages" https://www.semafor.com/article/03/24/2026/saudi-promotes-trump-ties-in-miami-even-as-war-rages    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:45:02

• Too late? Look at EPO. Cocaine addicts in charge of the patent system. https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/03/24/if-we-lose-justice-we-lose-the-future/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:45:38

• "let's you and him fight" https://zambianobserver.com/saudi-crown-prince-to-trump-crush-irans-regime-now-its-a-once-in-a-lifetime-shot/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:45:57

• "Wider Europe Briefing: The EU's Plan To Defeat Russia In Armenia And Belarus After US Potash Sanctions Lifted" https://www.rferl.org/a/wider-europe-jozwiak-eu-russia-armenia-belarus-potash/33713676.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:46:13

• "Bipartisan Backlash Grows As Trump Administration Expands Russian Sanctions Relief" https://www.rferl.org/a/backlash-grows-trump-expands-russian-sanctions-relief/33714299.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:46:29

• NVIDIA driver 595.58.03 released as the big new recommended stable driver for Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/nvidia-driver-595-58-03-released-as-the-big-new-recommended-stable-driver-for-linux ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:47:34

• Some top games under GBP 5 in the Steam Spring Sale 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/some-top-games-under-5-in-the-steam-spring-sale-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/some-top-games-under-5-in-the-steam-spring-sale-2026/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:48:00

• Infinity Engine open source remake GemRB 0.9.5 gets Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition playable | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/infinity-engine-open-source-remake-gemrb-0-9-5-gets-baldurs-gate-ii-enhanced-edition-playable/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:49:04

• GNOME is broke ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2026/03/24/introducing-gnome-fellowship/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:51:23

• Thibault Martin: TIL that GNOME has launched a fellowship program ☞ https://ergaster.org/til/gnome-fellowship/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:52:01

• Sci-fi horror adventure Directive 8020 from Supermassive Games arrives in May | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/sci-fi-horror-adventure-directive-8020-from-supermassive-games-arrives-in-may/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:54:31

• War Thunder Infantry gets a new trailer and test event | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/war-thunder-infantry-gets-a-new-trailer-and-test-event/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/war-thunder-infantry-gets-a-new-trailer-and-test-event/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 07:54:40

• Wicked Stepmother No Longer, a Female Pharoah Gets a Reputational Makeover ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/science/archaeology-egypt-hatshepsut.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 08:16:27

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Would Rather Pay a Billion Dollars Than Build a Single Wind Farm ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/trump-billion-dollar-wind-farms    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 08:16:59

• Fedora Community Blog: The forge is our new home. ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/the-forge-is-our-new-home/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 11:53:22

• Exton Linux’s light version will “enlighten” you ☞ https://thenewstack.io/exton-linuxs-light-version-will-enlighten-you/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 11:54:07

• Krita 5.3.0 Released! ☞ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.0-released/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 11:54:52

• Hugging Face’s Reachy Mini is an open-source Hey Hi (AI) robot for your computer or Raspberry Pi CM4 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/24/hugging-face-reachy-mini-open-source-ai-robot-computer-raspberry-pi-cm4/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 11:56:39

• Integrate Red Bait Advanced Cluster Management with Argo CD ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/24/integrate-red-hat-advanced-cluster-management-argo-cd    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 11:57:43

• Borgitory – Web UI for managing BorgBackup ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/borgitory-web-ui-managing-borgbackup/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 11:58:45

• IBM Red Hat promoting and openwashing slop ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/architecting-upside-open-source-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 11:59:51

• Slop promotion instead of Software Freedom ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/experiment-production-reliable-architecture-version-controlled-mlops | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:00:26

• Slop all the way, as usual: "In a research context, it’s not just about who owns the hardware; it’s about having administrative control over your environment." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/nairr-red-hat-and-open-source-help-provide-control-plane-ai-research | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:01:03

• Slop disguised as "security" feature ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-does-ai-security-mean-and-why-does-it-matter-your-business | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:01:34

• 100% of the blog posts from Red Hat for the day are slop hype ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-were-contributing-llm-d-cncf-standardizing-future-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:02:04

• Mozilla, however, is a spying company and is run by people from surveillance companies, so where does trust come in? ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/built-in-vpn/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:03:46

• Evaluate OpenShift cluster health with the cluster observability operator ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/24/evaluate-openshift-cluster-health-cluster-observability-operator    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:05:13

• OpenShift sold for slop, not real and legitimate tasks ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/24/run-model-service-multiple-llms-openshift    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:06:24

• New Example of Pentagon in "Feminist" Clothing Inside Fake News of Publishers Paid to Promote Outsourcing to US ("Clown Computing") and American Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/24/New_Example_of_Pentagon_in_Feminist_Clothing_Inside_Fake_News_o.shtml    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:09:15

• Ground Station – all-in-one satellite monitoring and radio communication suite ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ground-station-satellite-monitoring-radio-communication-suite/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:11:04

• Usage – analyse your system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/usage-analyse-system/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:11:27

• 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux File Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/filemanagers/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:11:54

• iophk: Proprietary formats and "stickiness" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brer_Rabbit_and_the_Tar_Baby.jpg    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:15:44

• Fluff GNU/Linux – Arch-based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fluff-linux-arch-based-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:22:51

• BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC running Linux: BIOS ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bosgame-m4-plus-mini-pc-running-linux-bios/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:26:28

• amux – terminal UI for running multiple coding agents in parallel ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/amux-terminal-ui-running-multiple-coding-agents-parallel/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:26:44

• svelte-jsoneditor – view, edit, format, transform, and validate JSON ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/svelte-jsoneditor-view-edit-format-transform-validate-json/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:31:19

• Playwright – framework for web testing and automation ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/playwright-framework-web-testing-and-automation/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:31:39

• Mariposa Rescue Disk – rescue system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mariposa-rescue-disk-rescue-system/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:49:17

• 19 Best Free and Open Source Media Players ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-media-players/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:49:29

• 30 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Shells ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-shells/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:49:41

• Not Much LLM Slop About "Linux" Lately, It Only Ever Comes From the Same Few Sites ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/24/Not_Much_LLM_Slop_About_Linux_Lately_It_Only_Ever_Comes_From_th.shtml    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:49:55

• Discover Krita 5.3/6.0: 10 new features explained to get you started ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1132/discover-krita-5360-10-new-features-explained-to-get-you-started    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:52:06

• Krita 5.3.0 and 6.0.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1064477/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:52:33

• Headline inflation approaches 5% amid agricultural and energy price pressures ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-inflation-energy-price/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:54:06

• Lithuania cuts growth forecast, sees higher inflation amid Middle East tensions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2877470/lithuania-cuts-growth-forecast-sees-higher-inflation-amid-middle-east-tensions    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:54:24

• French economic growth undercut by war in Iran, national statistics office says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260324-french-economic-growth-undercut-by-war-in-iran-national-statistics-office-says    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:54:35

• ICE presence rising at Michigan health care facilities, rights groups say ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/ice-presence-rising-at-michigan-health-care-facilities-rights-groups-say/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:54:58

• This Unique Diet Could Slow Your Brain Aging by Over 2 Years, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-unique-diet-could-slow-your-brain-aging-by-over-2-years-study-suggests    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:55:19

• Coco Code Coverage - Deeper Support for Qt for MCUs ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/coco-code-coverage-now-supports-qt-for-mcus    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:55:47

• FSF Blogs: Free software offers trust and privacy; Ring offers mass surveillance ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-ring-offers-mass-surveillance    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:56:17

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, March 27, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2026-03-27-irc    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:56:36

• Choose Boring Technology and Innovative Practices ☞ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/choose-boring-technology-and-innovative-practices/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:57:16

• Using FireWire on a Raspberry Pi ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:58:02

• Critics call FCC router rule a ‘big swing’ that could create more supply chain uncertainty ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/fcc-bans-foreign-routers-critics-warn-about-supply-chain/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:58:47

• Meta ordered to pay $375 million over child exploitation in landmark verdict ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260324-meta-ordered-to-pay-375-million-over-child-exploitation-in-landmark-verdict    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:00:13

• Iran Built a Vast Camera Network to Control Dissent. Israel Turned It Into a Targeting Tool ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/iran-built-a-vast-camera-network-to-control-dissent-israel-turned-it-into-a-targeting-tool/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:00:43

• OpenAI Is Reportedly Killing Its Disastrous Video Hey Hi (AI) Slop App ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-killing-sora-video-ai-slop    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:01:06

• Code as a Tool of Process ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/code-as-process/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:01:41

• When Fentanylware (CheeTok) failed them, Kenyans began policing their own feeds ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2026/0324/tiktok-moderation-teleperformance-swahili-language-ai    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:02:02

• Russian access broker sentenced to over 6 years in prison for ransomware schemes ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/aleksei-volkov-russian-initial-access-broker-sentenced-ransomware/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:02:19

• Poland Faced a Surge in Cyberattacks in 2025, Including a Major Assault on the Energy Sector ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/poland-faced-a-surge-in-cyberattacks-in-2025-including-a-major-assault-on-the-energy-sector/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:02:37

• Pentagon formalizes Palantir's Maven Hey Hi (AI) as a core military system with multi-year funding — platform's investment grows to $13 billion from $480 million in 2024 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/pentagon-formalizes-palantirs-maven-ai-as-a-core-military-system-with-multi-year-funding-platforms-investment-grows-to-usd13-billion-from-usd480-million-in-2024    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:03:10

• Destroying the only planet we have.... for a Ponzi scheme ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsoft-and-nvidia-launch-ai-tools-to-speed-up-nuclear-power-plant-permitting-and-construction    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:04:45

• Team Mirai and Democracy ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/team-mirai-and-democracy.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:05:40

• Pluralistic: Goodhart's Law vs "prediction markets" (24 Mar 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/24/degenerated-gambling/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:05:59

• Social media overtakes newsbrands as primary news source for UK MPs ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/social-media-overtakes-newsbrands-as-primary-news-source-for-uk-mps/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:06:35

• Publishers don’t just need more traffic, they need a loyalty system ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/publisher-audience-engagement-strategy/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:07:10

• The why and what of the CIDR Report ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/03/24/the-why-and-what-of-the-cidr-report/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:07:47

• US judge dismisses Surveillance Giant Google monopoly claim brought by local publishers ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-antitrust-news-publishers-search-monopoly-dismissed/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:08:10

• Australia’s copyright monopoly framework is a sovereign Hey Hi (AI) decision ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-copyright-framework-is-a-sovereign-ai-decision/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:08:41

• Take Shorter Showers: South Korea Kicks Off an Energy-Saving Drive ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/asia/south-korea-energy-savings.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:11:37

• What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #57 – S3E9 From Noise to Signal: Security Expertise and Kusari Inspector with Mike Lieberman ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/03/24/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-57-s3e9-from-noise-to-signal-security-expertise-and-kusari-inspector-with-mike-lieberman/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:13:02

• Kali GNU/Linux 2026.1 Release (2026 Theme & BackTrack Mode) ☞ https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-1-release/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:13:47

• CNN’s “Podcast Look” and the Slow Death of Cable News ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/cnns-podcast-look-and-the-slow-death-of-cable-news    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:19:17

• NVIDIA donates is the wrong term; NVIDIA stuff is expensive and this is just NVIDIA marketing. ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/canonical-nvidia-kubecon-2026    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:20:21

• Statement on the Extension of the Mandate of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine ☞ https://phr.org/news/statement-on-the-extension-of-the-mandate-of-the-independent-international-commission-of-inquiry-on-ukraine/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:22:55

• Hungary is 'the Kremlin's biggest agent in the EU', analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260324-hungary-is-the-kremlin-s-biggest-agent-in-the-eu-analyst-says    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:23:24

• Russia fires nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine in 24 hours, killing at least eight ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260324-russia-launches-nearly-1000-drones-ukraine-in-24-hours    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:24:16

• "The late Mohamad Ali was the greatest! The one at IBM is an A55 Clown" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmec01zz#replies    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 13:42:21

• Incident in Varėna district involved Ukrainian stray drone, Lithuanian PM says ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2877056/incident-in-varena-district-involved-ukrainian-stray-drone-lithuanian-pm-says    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:36:01

• Russian Drones Hit Lviv And Other Cities In Major Daytime Attack On Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-dealy-attack-drones-missiles-ukraine/33714271.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:36:12

• Russia Launches Daytime Attack on Ukraine With Over 500 Drones ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/europe/russia-attack-drones-ukraine-lviv.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:36:28

• Former militia officer: Don't visit Belarus, sanctions are working, system is rotten ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/features/24.03.2026-former-militia-officer-dont-visit-belarus-sanctions-are-working-system-is-rotten.a640137/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:37:43

• Lithuanian parliament rejects proposal to bar Russians, Belarusians from local elections ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2877563/lithuanian-parliament-rejects-proposal-to-bar-russians-belarusians-from-local-elections    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:37:59

• Bipartisan Backlash Grows As Convicted Felon Administration Expands Russian Sanctions Relief ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/backlash-grows-trump-expands-russian-sanctions-relief/33714299.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:39:24

• Kim vows North Korea’s ‘unshakable’ support for Russia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/kim-vows-north-koreas-unshakable-support-for-russia    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:39:40

• Philippines’ Marcos says Mid-East war may spur energy talks with China in disputed sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-marcos-says-war-may-spur-energy-talks-with-china-in-disputed-sea    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:39:56

• Ctlos 2.4.9 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ctlos    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:40:16

• Russian Oil Shipment Puts Focus on Kremlin Spy Outpost in Cuba ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/cuba-russia-china.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:40:32

• Russian Recruiting Preys On the Vulnerable ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/russian-recruiting-preys-on-the-vulnerable/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russian-recruiting-preys-on-the-vulnerable    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:40:45

• Bookshelf: the Crimean War and the Light Brigade – with a few gaps ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bookshelf-the-crimean-war-and-the-light-brigade-with-a-few-gaps/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:41:21

• First Lithuanian trucks return from Belarus after months-long detention ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2877091/first-lithuanian-trucks-return-from-belarus-after-months-long-detention    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:42:15

• Another drone incident in Lithuania – here’s what you need to know ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2877542/another-drone-incident-in-lithuania-here-s-what-you-need-to-know    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:42:36

• OpenAI Shutters Sora Hey Hi (AI) Video App; Disney’s $1B Investment Is Kaput ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/24/openai-shuts-down-sora-disney-investment-kaput/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:43:37

• [SoK 2026] Appium Testing for Lokalize ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/20/sok-appium-testing-lokalize/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:44:38

• Spotting issues in DeFi with dimensional analysis ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/03/24/spotting-issues-in-defi-with-dimensional-analysis/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:46:53

• Australia's public broadcaster ABC hit by staff walkout ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australias-public-broadcaster-abc-hit-by-staff-walkout    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:48:25

• "If you make $100,000 a year, that's about 16 cents. Color me unimpressed" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/25/open_source_bill_opinion/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:50:14

• Red Hat sponsored article about Red Hat ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/24/red-hat-bets-big-kubernetes-inference-llm-d-kubeconeu/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:52:17

• Experts warn of a ‘loud and aggressive’ extortion wave following Trivy hack ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/trivy-supply-chain-attack-aqua-downstream-extortion-fallout/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 14:52:48

• ISTIO-SECURITY-2026-002 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/security/istio-security-2026-002/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:05:34

• Judge questions Pentagon’s motives for labeling Anthropic as a security threat in battle over Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/03/anthropic-and-pentagon-head-to-court-as-ai-firm-seeks-end-to-stigmatizing-supply-chain-risk-label/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:06:31

• US postpones strikes on Iran, but a global energy crisis is deepening ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2026/0324/oil-prices-iran-war-gas-asia-markets    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:20:52

• Australia public broadcaster staff strike over pay for first time in 20 years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-public-broadcaster-staff-strike-over-pay-for-first-time-in-20-years    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:23:25

• Last Week's EPO Strike Was the Biggest (Highest Participation Rate), Hours Ago General Assembly Discussed Next (Growing) Intensity of Strikes ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/23/Last_Week_s_EPO_Strike_Was_the_Biggest_Highest_Participation_Ra.shtml    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:23:41

• DarkSword’s Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub leak threatens to turn elite iPhone hacking into a tool for the masses ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/darksword-iphone-spyware-leak-ios-18-exploit-threat/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:24:19

• Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 149 ☞ https://fxdx.dev/firefox-webdriver-newsletter-149/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:25:06

• 13 year olds could be compelled to use unregulated age verification ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/13-year-olds-could-be-compelled-to-use-unregulated-age-verification/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:25:51

• Ubuntu Maker Canonical is Backing Rust Development With $150K/year ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/canonical-joins-rust-foundation/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:28:00

• Pine64 teases PineTime Pro with AMOLED, GPS and ‘custom’ chip ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/pine64-tease-pinetime-pro-smartwatch    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:29:16

• Krita 5.3.0 & 6.0 Released! Qt6 Port, On Canvas Text Editing & More ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/krita-5-3-0-6-0-released-qt6-port-on-canvas-text-editing-more/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:31:22

• Firefox 149.0 is out with Side-by-Side Split View & Tab Notes ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/firefox-149-0-split-view-tab-note/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:31:33

• India warns of misuse risk from cheap weight-loss jabs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-warns-of-misuse-risk-from-cheap-weight-loss-jabs    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:41:22

• Cup&Cino wins with Boehmert & Boehmert in dispute over milk frothers ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/cupcino-wins-with-boehmert-after-changing-counsel-in-alpina-dispute/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:42:10

• Prohibition of public from Istanbul mayor trial patently unjust, HRW says ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/prohibition-of-public-from-istanbul-mayor-trial-patently-unjust-rights-group-says/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:42:31

• Addressing global removal race in Wayland ☞ https://blog.vladzahorodnii.com/2026/03/24/addressing-global-removal-race-in-wayland/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 15:47:15

• DietPi March 2026 Update Adds Immich, uv, and RustDesk Client ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-march-2026-update-adds-immich-uv-and-rustdesk-client/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:01:04

• Firefox 149 brings free VPN, tab splits and better GNU/Linux integration ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-149-released-tab-split-free-vpn    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:01:47

• CentOS 10-20260323 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/centos    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:02:46

• Mabox 26.03 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/mabox    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:03:00

• Kali 2026.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kali    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:04:08

• Hey Hi (AI) & HPC Workloads = conflating buzzwords/hype with "heavy computation"☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Rocky-Linux-Optimized    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:04:50

• HPC was transitionally useful for something, e.g. weather forecasts. Now they use those things to make child porn out of pics kids upload to Twitter. Bad use of scarce energy, MElon.    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:06:00

• Toddlers have hijacked the mainstream media and news cycles.    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:06:53

• Some GNU/Linux Distros Skirt Age Verification Laws ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Some-Linux-Distros-Skirt-Age-Verification-Laws    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:07:16

• System76 Retools Thelio Desktop ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/System76-Retools-Thelio-Desktop    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:07:28

• odds_summary: Turning Probabilistic Estimates into Clear, Decision-Ready Insights ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/odds_summary-turning-probabilistic-estimates-into-clear-decision-ready-insights/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:08:35

• You shall know a word by the company it keeps — so choose your prompts wisely ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/you-shall-know-a-word-by-the-company-it-keeps-so-choose-your-prompts-wisely/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:08:50

• Himmelblau Workshop – Hands-On Integration on April 21 in Germany ☞ https://mytechinsights.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/himmelblau-workshop-hands-on-integration-on-april-21-in-germany/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:10:07

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1064474/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:11:29

• How to install Git on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-git-on-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:13:24

• How to install SSH on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-ssh-on-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:13:38

• How to Install and Configure Fail2ban on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-and-configure-fail2ban-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:17:20

• How to Install and Configure Nginx on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-and-configure-nginx-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:17:35

• How to Install and Configure Apache on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-and-configure-apache-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:18:00

• How to Install Chromium Browser on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-chromium-browser-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:18:32

• How to Install Node.js on Linux Mint 22 and 21 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-node-js-on-linux-mint/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:19:15

• How to Install MongoDB on Ubuntu 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mongodb-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:19:59

• How to Install PHP-Imagick on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-php-imagick-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:20:21

• How To Install GCC on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-gcc-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 16:20:49

• Arch GNU/Linux Says Opposing Age Verification is Code of Conduct Violation ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/arch-linux-says-opposing-age-verification    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:20:38

• Coming up: Document Freedom Day in Noida, India ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/24/coming-up-document-freedom-day-in-noida-india/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:22:24

• The Brazilian law that changes everything for schools, and why LibreOffice is the right answer ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/24/the-brazilian-law-that-changes-everything-for-schools/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:22:53

• Down: Debunking zswap and zram myths ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1064478/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:30:05

• XSAs released on 2026-03-24 ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/03/24/xsas-released-on-2026-03-24/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:30:30

• New Macau nat. security law open to government ‘misuse,’ rights group says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/24/new-macau-nat-security-law-open-to-government-misuse-rights-group-says/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:31:18

• Firefox 149.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1064537/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:31:42

• Upcoming ESP32-S31 dual-core RISC-V MCU offers Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, and 802.15.4 connectivity ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/24/esp32-s31-dual-core-risc-v-mcu-offers-gigabit-ethernet-wifi-bluetooth-and-802-15-4-connectivity/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:32:53

• WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 1 ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2026/03/wordpress-7-0-release-candidate-1/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:33:21

• RMS was right https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/newly-purchased-vizio-tvs-now-require-walmart-accounts-to-use-smart-features/ "Walmart wants to connect what people stream “directly with retail interaction.”"    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:36:35

• Nintendo reportedly plans to cut Switch 2 production by 33% after a lackluster holiday season — gaming giant slashes 2 million units from planned output ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/nintendo-reportedly-plans-to-cut-switch-2-production-by-33-percent-after-a-lackluster-holiday-season-gaming-giant-slashes-2-million-units-from-planned-output    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:37:32

• LiteLLM on PyPI is compromised ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1064479/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:38:13

• SmartApeSG campaign pushes Remcos RAT, NetSupport RAT, StealC, and Sectop RAT (ArechClient2), (Wed, Mar 25th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32826    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:39:21

• Detecting IP KVMs, (Tue, Mar 24th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32824    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:39:41

• Gov’t task force to facilitate mergers of primary schools with low enrolment as student numbers plunge ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/23/govt-taskforce-to-facilitate-mergers-of-primary-schools-with-low-enrolment-as-student-numbers-plunge/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:40:52

• A Missile Fragment in a Schoolyard ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/world/europe/iran-missile-photograph-israeli-settlement-school.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:41:34

• misinformation: When Hey Hi (AI) 'enhances' or 'improves' an image ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-observers/20260324-ai-enhances-improves-image    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:42:12

• What's new in QML Tooling in 6.11, part 3: context property support ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/whats-new-in-qmllint-for-qt-6.11-part-3    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:42:43

• "1%, 0.1%, who gives a flying fu-k what IBM says. If you work at IBM, then asymptotically your gonna be RAed. Unless of course you're one of those greedy executive co-k su-kas. In that case you'll get compensated so much it'll be coming out your a-s." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9e0afe9#replies    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:45:32

• "The moral is: if you're not a greedy executive co-k su-ka, update your resume and start looking elsewhere. Sh-t, if you been at IBM long enough you probably need to catfish your resume, cuz those stinking IBM badges ain't worth sh-t!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9e0afe9#replies    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:45:40

• Tango Therapy: How the Dance of Passion Is Helping Parkinson’s Patients ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/health/tango-therapy-parkinsons.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:49:24

• Key Adviser Quits Federal Vaccine Panel ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/health/robert-malone-vaccines-cdc.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:49:40

• Gas shortages push India’s poor back to wood and coal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/gas-shortages-push-indias-poor-back-to-wood-and-coal    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:50:03

• Thailand court holds gold mine operator liable in landmark environmental class action ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/thailand-court-holds-gold-mine-operator-liable-in-landmark-environmental-class-action/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:50:18

• Opinion | As families travel this spring, vaccines help keep kids healthy and in school ☞ https://bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-as-families-travel-this-spring-vaccines-help-keep-kids-healthy-and-in-school/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:50:34

• Salmonella outbreak in two kindergartens in Rīga ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/24.03.2026-salmonella-outbreak-in-two-kindergartens-in-riga.a640230/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:50:47

• South Korea’s Lee calls for energy saving campaign, including shorter showers, car curbs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-lee-calls-for-energy-saving-campaign-including-shorter-showers-car-curbs    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:51:16

• Fears of plastic bag shortage in South Korea as Iran war disrupts naphtha supply ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/fears-of-plastic-bag-shortage-in-south-korea-as-iran-war-disrupts-naphtha-supply    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:51:47

• South Korea expresses ‘regret’ over Japan’s approval of history textbooks, urges rectification ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-expresses-regret-over-japans-approval-of-history-textbooks-urges-rectification    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:52:07

• ‘I didn’t want to raise her’: Woman in South Korea confesses to killing 3-year-old daughter ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/i-didnt-want-to-raise-her-woman-in-south-korea-confesses-to-killing-3-year-old-daughter    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:52:40

• South Korean alleged ‘drug lord’ running ring from Philippines jail extradited ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-alleged-drug-lord-running-ring-from-philippines-jail-extradited    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:52:56

• South Korea enters emergency mode as Middle East crisis bites ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-enters-emergency-mode-as-middle-east-crisis-bites    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:53:20

• China’s united front work on Taiwan returns to first principles ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-united-front-work-on-taiwan-returns-to-first-principles/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:53:48

• China complains to Japan about Tokyo embassy break-in ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-complains-to-japan-about-tokyo-embassy-break-in    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:54:13

• BMW recalls 180,000 cars in China over fire risk ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/bmw-recalls-180000-cars-in-china-over-fire-risk    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:54:41

• Amid global chaos, interest in China is rising among investors and consumers: Forum ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/amid-global-chaos-interest-in-china-is-rising-among-investors-and-consumers-forum    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:55:00

• SPAM for SLOP https://itsfoss.com/news/llm-and-agentic-ai-bundle/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:55:48

• Afghanistan Frees American Dennis Coyle from Detention ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/asia/afghanistan-releases-american-detainee.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:56:07

• Afghan Taliban releases American detainee Coyle after US censure ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/afghan-taliban-to-release-us-detainee-dennis-coyle-after-plea-from-his-mother    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:56:24

• US Citizen Dennis Coyle Freed After Over A Year In Taliban Captivity ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-taliban-release-us-citizen-coyle-rubio/33714600.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:56:37

• Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest layoffs at CBS News, Pink News and The Ringer ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:57:18

• News agency bosses at Reuters and PA explain differing ‘red line’ on use of Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/news-agency-bosses-reuters-and-pa-explain-differing-red-line-on-use-of-ai/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:57:36

• South Korean politicians are shaving their heads again. Does anyone care? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/south-korean-politicians-are-shaving-their-heads-again-does-anyone-care    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:58:28

• US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/us-newspaper-circulations-2025-washington-post-print-declines-21-in-a-year/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 17:59:01

• World TB Day: A New Clue Offers Hope Against The Deadliest Infection ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/world-tb-day-a-new-clue-offers-hope-against-the-deadliest-infection    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:03:00

• Giant Star's Mysterious X-Rays Finally Explained After 50 Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-stars-mysterious-x-rays-finally-explained-after-50-years    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:03:13

• The True Story of a Tornado Scientist Who Got Trapped Inside One ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-true-story-of-a-tornado-scientist-who-got-trapped-inside-one    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:03:28

• 'Dead End': Radical 20-Year Study Reveals Genetic Cloning Hits a Limit ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dead-end-radical-20-year-study-reveals-genetic-cloning-hits-a-limit    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:03:41

• Severe UTIs May Be an Overlooked Dementia Risk Factor ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/severe-utis-may-be-an-overlooked-dementia-risk-factor    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:03:54

• no sh-t, sh--lock ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-poop-schedule-says-a-lot-about-your-overall-health-study-reveals    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:04:24

• NASA Abandons Its Ambitious Lunar Space Station in Major Shake-Up ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-abandons-its-ambitious-lunar-space-station-in-major-shake-up    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:04:39

• World's First Antimatter Delivery by Truck Signals a 'New Era' in Physics ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-first-antimatter-delivery-by-truck-signals-a-new-era-in-physics    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:05:05

• Cops who shot Weezer star’s estranged wife in armed standoff acted improperly ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/03/24/us-news/cops-who-shot-weezer-bassist-scott-shriners-wife-acted-improperly/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:05:23

• Has the AFCON trophy been hidden in a military base in Senegal? No ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260324-has-the-afcon-trophy-been-hidden-in-a-military-base-in-senegal-no    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:05:48

• OpenAI says it’s pulling the plug on Sora, its generative Hey Hi (AI) video creation tool ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/24/openai-says-pulling-plug-sora-generative-ai-video-creation-tool/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:07:09

• CEO Confronted Over Using Hey Hi (AI) to Clone Real People Without Their Consent ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-ceo-grammarly-clone    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:07:30

• New York Times Accused of Running AI-Generated Article ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-york-times-accused-ai-article    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:07:57

• Email Scams On the Rise ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/email-scams-on-the-rise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=email-scams-on-the-rise    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:10:20

• Somali Immigrants Have Effectively Been Denied a Fair Hearing, Lawsuit Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/dhs-fast-track-somali-deportations-lawsuit.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:10:44

• Amnesty International calls on countries to roll back anti-NGO laws ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/rights-group-calls-on-countries-to-push-back-on-anti-ngo-laws/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:11:08

• Cultural preservation groups sue to enjoin Kennedy Center renovations ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/cultural-preservation-groups-sue-to-enjoin-kennedy-center-renovations/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:11:37

• UN looks to boost food security for Rohingya in Bangladesh ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/un-looks-to-boost-food-security-for-rohingya-in-bangladesh    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:12:59

• Only back doors controlled by the Cheeto regime are acceptable? ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/fcc-bans-import-of-new-consumer-routers-not-made-in-the-us-over-security-threat-agency-says-foreign-made-devices-pose-unacceptable-risk-to-us-persons thankfully GAFAM or Google (Android) is not an American entity .. oh wait    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:14:53

• Insecure IAM is the root of many cloud security failures ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/insecure-iam-is-the-root-of-many-cloud-security-failures/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:15:29

• Hong Kong amends security law to allow police to demand phone passwords ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/hong-kong-amends-security-law-to-allow-police-to-demand-phone-passwords/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:16:17

• Independent book shop staff arrested over ‘seditious’ publications, Jimmy Lai title among books seized – reports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/24/breaking-independent-book-shop-staff-arrested-over-seditious-publications-jimmy-lai-title-among-books-seized-reports/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:16:43

• 'We need a more European NATO': Rasmussen warns the US is 'turning its back on Europe' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260324-we-need-a-more-european-nato-rasmussen-warns-the-us-is-turning-its-back-on-europe    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:17:15

• The green panopticon: When saving rhinos means watching people ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/the-green-panopticon-when-saving-rhinos-means-watching-people/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:17:50

• Critical Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Poised for Exploitation, Security Firms Warn ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-citrix-netscaler-vulnerability-poised-for-exploitation-security-firms-warn/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:21:34

• 3.1 Million Impacted by QualDerm Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/3-1-million-impacted-by-qualderm-data-breach/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:21:51

• Extortion Group Claims It Hacked AstraZeneca ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/extortion-group-claims-it-hacked-astrazeneca/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:23:12

• Alūksne's egg farm reports attempts to crack its security ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/24.03.2026-aluksnes-egg-farm-reports-attempts-to-crack-its-security.a640177/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:24:54

• Marknote 1.5.2 ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/03/24/marknote-1.5.2/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:27:31

• SWHID is an open standard, governed under open governance ☞ https://toscalix.com/2026/03/24/swhid-is-an-open-standard-governed-under-open-governance/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:28:24

• AWS Bahrain suffers major disruption due to the ongoing US-Iran conflict — drone activity blamed for service interruption ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/aws-bahrain-suffers-major-disruption-due-to-the-ongoing-us-iran-conflict-drone-activity-blamed-for-service-interruption    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:28:52

• Chrome 146 Update Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-146-update-patches-high-severity-vulnerabilities/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:29:24

• What Is the Public Interest Standard, and How Is the FCC Under Hell Toupée Exploiting it? ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/what-is-the-public-interest-standard-and-how-is-the-fcc-under-president-trump-exploiting-it/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:30:07

• Preemption Isn’t Governance. We Need a Federal Framework for AI. ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/preemption-isnt-governance-we-need-a-federal-framework-for-ai/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:30:28

• MS BS https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/03/four-ways-government-agencies-can-overcome-the-azure-skills-gap/ see http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/30/Federal_News_Network_is_Corrupt_It_Runs_Propaganda_Pieces_for_M.shtml    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:32:29

• "You don’t have a huge number of choices when it comes to your computer's operating system, but the one you pick has wide-ranging consequences." https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/138523/windows-macos-chrome-os-or-linux-which-operating-system-is-best    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:34:03

• 4 reasons Linux Mint is the best Windows 11 replacement https://www.howtogeek.com/4-reasons-linux-mint-is-the-best-windows-11-replacement/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:34:38

• Age verification laws causing discord in Linux community, with multiple users forking systemd https://cybernews.com/privacy/systemd-forked-over-age-verification-quarrel/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:35:35

• Inside Pay2Key: Technical Analysis of a Linux Ransomware Variant https://www.morphisec.com/blog/inside-pay2key-technical-analysis-of-a-linux-ransomware-variant/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:36:25

• Microsoft is googlebombing the real Maui (KDE) with its proprietary trash https://www.i-programmer.info/news/89-net/18750-avalonia-previews-maui-for-linux.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:37:35

• "A Debian 13-based distro built around the Enlightenment desktop brings old-school Linux efficiency into the modern era — and it's fast enough to make you forget you ever left." https://thenewstack.io/exton-linuxs-light-version-will-enlighten-you/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:37:58

• Proprietary https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260324678223/en/Codenotary-Introduces-First-Autonomous-Agentic-Platform-for-Securing-and-Managing-Linux-Infrastructure-and-Securing-Code    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:38:28

• "AntiX Linux is a heavily cut-down version of Debian 13, with a choice of init systems and ultralightweight GUIs. This means it's able to run usefully on older and lower-end PCs – and, of course, to run faster on modern ones." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/antix_26_bonsai_trixie/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:38:53

• "War Thunder Infantry is getting closer to release, and there's a new trailer to show it off along with a new closed testing period. Have to admit my excitement for this, to have a popular online game like this add infantry combat with Linux support too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/war-thunder-infantry-gets-a-new-trailer-and-test-event/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:39:25

• I installed a full Linux desktop on my Android phone and it's buttery smooth https://www.makeuseof.com/full-linux-desktop-android-phone-buttery-smooth/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:39:45

• I ditched GIMP for Krita and never looked back https://www.xda-developers.com/i-ditched-gimp-for-krita-and-never-looked-back/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:40:04

• Gimmick browser https://www.zdnet.com/article/opera-gx-browser-linux/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:42:20

• How this strange little distro can boost your Linux skills https://www.zdnet.com/article/peropesis-linux-operating-system/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:44:02

• 10 beginner-friendly Linux distros that aren’t Mint (and why you might prefer them) https://www.howtogeek.com/user-friendly-linux-distros-that-arent-mint/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:44:35

• 9 myths about the Linux terminal you should stop believing https://www.howtogeek.com/9-myths-about-the-linux-terminal-you-should-stop-believing/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:44:59

• You've heard wrong: Pop!_OS isn't the best beginner Linux distro https://www.howtogeek.com/pop-os-is-not-the-best-beginner-linuxdistro/    

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

• "This release adds support for Wayland 1.20 and DRI3 1.2, improves support for Black Myth: Wukong and the NVIDIA Smooth Motion feature." https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-595-linux-graphics-driver-released-as-latest-production-branch-version    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:47:00

• Arch-based ML4W OS 2.12.0 now available with Quickshell and other changes https://www.notebookcheck.net/Arch-based-ML4W-OS-2-12-0-now-available-with-Quickshell-and-other-changes.1257520.0.html    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:50:39

• Aiming at slop https://itbrief.co.uk/story/ciq-amd-unveil-tuned-rocky-linux-for-ai-clusters    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:51:20

• RR budget for the biggest culprits https://news.fundsforngos.org/2026/03/24/linux-foundation-launches-12-5m-grants-to-boost-open-source-innovation/    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:52:08

• "This release completely revamps the text object and all the tools to handle text, allowing you to edit text on the canvas and put text on a vector path." https://9to5linux.com/krita-6-0-digital-painting-app-released-with-wayland-color-management-support    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:52:26

• "In the Butlerian Jihad (from Dune but popularized by many smolnet posters like Alex Schroeder) we rightly hate bots and scrapers but I’m in a bit of a glass house around that, since I’ve made a few scrapers for my own personal use as a way to get RSS Atom feeds out of sites that don’t have feeds. I love scraping and mashing.♥︎ " gemini://idiomdrottning.org/butlerian-hypocrisy    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:56:00

• "Today, I recompile and update Lagrange. When I open it, I notice that by bookmarks are gone. Hmm, it might be that the new lagrange somehow don't understand the bookmark, I thought." gemini://tilde.club/~silica/gemlog-en/2026-03-25_backup.gmi    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:56:39

• "I use the word “exacerbate” way too much and unlike some of my other pet phrases (like "a li'l", "on the cinder", "the life-changing magic of", and "probably better known as") it’s starting to sound weird to me now." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/exacerbate    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:57:24

• "People who gravitate toward the first one don't need advice on low-profile, high-impact presence - they already are one. People who gravitate toward the second, however.... I'm here for you." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-03-25    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 18:58:19

• Fun and good and it still has to go away gemini://idiomdrottning.org/fun-and-good    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 19:00:32

• "I also did not make the campaign deliberately extra deadly “to teach them a lesson to be careful what they wish for” after they wanted to go back to D&D from Fate but I’m really worried that they will believe I did." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/gavoplaneten-1-3    

posted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 19:01:32