Roy Schestowitz

• "The Paris Court of Appeal has confirmed that third-party DNS providers can be legally compelled to block access to domain names to stop piracy." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/google-cloudflare-cisco-lose-pirate-site-dns-blocking-appeal-in-france/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:12:00

• "Indeed: if VPN blocks become an option, there will inevitably be more calls to use them for a wider range of material." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/01/copyright-industry-continues-its-efforts-to-ban-vpns/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:12:14

• "The Telegraph spent £50,000 on counsel and pre-trial documents for three county court small claims hearings, and has racked up another £18,000 preparing for other hearings, according to documents shared with Leidig." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/agency-faces-100000-legal-costs-from-mail-and-telegraph-over-200-pictures-claim/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:12:27

• "Australia’s Parliament has passed the Copyright Amendment Bill 2026, thereby setting the stage for loosened “orphan works” restrictions and an expanded educational licensing framework covering online learning." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/01/copyright-amendment-bill-2026-australia/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:12:39

• "X now argues that a recent 9-0 Supreme Court ruling in a case involving Cox Communications effectively “dooms” the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by major music publishers against the platform." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/31/elon-musk-x-supreme-court-music-publishers/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:12:53

• "FFII gifts Macron’s EU law glasses to Unified Patent Court Judges" ☛ https://ffii.org/ffii-gifts-macrons-reading-glasses-to-unified-patent-court-judges/ | Source: Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:13:38

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://predr.ag/blog/the-self-cancelling-subscription/ |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:14:03

• heads up: "The crisis will arrive slowly, then all at once" https://www.semafor.com/article/03/31/2026/the-crisis-will-arrive-slowly-then-all-at-once the buffer is emptying    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:14:30

• "NVIDIA just announced something quite interesting, in the form of an upcoming update for their GPU drivers for Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-announce-a-preview-of-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-on-linux-good-for-hdr/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:15:31

• Grab some great strategy games in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/grab-some-great-strategy-games-in-the-strategy-minds-collection-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:16:14

• OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/optiscaler-tool-gets-a-huge-new-release-with-more-upscaling-and-frame-generation-goodies/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:16:39

• "TVs require walmart accounts to work now" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/tvs-require-walmart-accounts-to-work-now:d    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:17:09

• "Devuan - Linux Committed to No Age Attestation" https://odysee.com/@switchedtolinux:0/devuan-linux-committed-to-no-age:b    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:17:23

• microsoft is getting desperate about ODF https://www.pcworld.com/article/3099136/you-have-enough-subscriptions-this-permanent-microsoft-office-license-is-under-20.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:17:39

• "Army grounds aircrew after taxpayer-funded Kid Rock airshow" https://boingboing.net/2026/03/31/army-grounds-aircrew-after-taxpayer-funded-kid-rock-airshow.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:17:56

• "A small moment that says a lot: elite military hardware, taxpayer-funded, repurposed into a backyard spectacle for a politically connected performer. Strip away the uniforms, and it starts to look less like discipline and more like cosplay with very expensive toys and a lack of respect for the service".    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:18:17

• "It's Not that Trump Is Threatening NATO; He Is Making NATO Toxic" https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/01/its-not-that-trump-is-threatening-nato-he-is-making-nato-toxic/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:18:31

• "The Iran War You’re Not Hearing About - Ken Klippenstein" https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-iran-war-youre-not-hearing-about    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:18:46

• "Trump’s birthright citizenship ban may fail — but the administration already got too far | The Verge" https://www.theverge.com/policy/905649/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-scotus-arguments    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:19:01

• "Why Does Trump's Flag Have 56 Stars? Presidential Library Video Sparks Theories Of US Expansion Into 'Six More States'" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-video-56-star-us-flag-trump-library-1789820    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:19:16

• "Trump Order Gives US Postal Service Unprecedented Control Over Mail Voting | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/trump-order-gives-us-postal-service-unprecedented-control-over-mail-voting/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:19:29

• "Powell issues a warning on U.S. debt" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/04/powell-issues-a-warning-on-u-s-debt/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:19:48

• "Fears of global aluminum shortages intensify" https://www.semafor.com/article/03/31/2026/fears-of-global-aluminum-shortages-intensify    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:19:59

• "Here's what Marine Expeditionary Units are designed to do" https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/military-marine-expeditionary-unit/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:20:16

• "Iranian strikes target the infrastructure behind US airpower" https://www.airforcetimes.com/global/mideast-africa/2026/04/01/iranian-strikes-target-the-infrastructure-behind-us-airpower/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:20:30

• "Trump threatened Europe over Strait of Hormuz, with weapons for Ukraine as bargaining chip, FT reports" https://kyivindependent.com/trump-threatened-to-halt-weapons-to-ukraine-unless-europe-helped-open-strait-of-hormuz-ft-reports/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:20:46

• European Parliament wants to ban "naked AI" | "Europaparlamentet vill förbjuda »naken-AI«" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/04/01/europaparlamentet-vill-forbjuda-naken-ai/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:21:32

• Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners arrives on Steam | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sprint-city-from-the-creators-of-speedrunners-arrives-on-steam/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sprint-city-from-the-creators-of-speedrunners-arrives-on-steam/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:22:01

• The Long Dark story reaches the finale with episode five out now and a big discount | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-long-dark-story-reaches-the-finale-with-episode-five-out-now-and-a-big-discount/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-long-dark-story-reaches-the-finale-with-episode-five-out-now-and-a-big-discount/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:22:28

• BOXROOM is a clever casual room builder to give your Steam games a shelf | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/boxroom-is-a-clever-casual-room-builder-to-give-your-steam-games-a-shelf/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/boxroom-is-a-clever-casual-room-builder-to-give-your-steam-games-a-shelf/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:22:54

• If you love horror boomer shooters keep BLIGHTEN on your radar | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/if-you-love-horror-boomer-shooters-keep-blighten-on-your-radar/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/if-you-love-horror-boomer-shooters-keep-blighten-on-your-radar/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:23:30

• As expected - Slay the Spire 2 leads the way for the most played Steam Deck games for March 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/as-expected-slay-the-spire-2-leads-the-way-for-the-most-played-steam-deck-games-for-march-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:27:22

• Raspberry Pi prices rise again, along with a new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 announced | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/raspberry-pi-prices-rise-again-along-with-a-new-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-announced/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:27:44

• "It’s that time of the year again. When we vote to extend the warrantless mass surveillance of FISA Section 702, and collectively pretend that this temporary power is, again, only going to be temporary." ☛ https://nbtv.substack.com/p/are-warrants-optional-now | Source: Ludlow Institute    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:29:54

• "Now, in a new filing, the states say the Trump administration appears to have ignored the court’s order limiting what information ICE is allowed to have." ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/01/repub/states-say-ice-pulled-medicaid-data-despite-court-order/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:30:07

• "Canada Post said on Monday that it's moving ahead with a transformation plan that includes a transition to community mailboxes, eventually ending home delivery." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-community-mailboxes-questions-9.7148787 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:30:25

• "All of the UK’s biggest political stories, both print and broadcast, have been approved by the outlets’ political editors." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/uk-political-editors/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:30:58

• "Judge Randolph Moss for the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia issued a permanent injunction blocking the Trump administration from “implementing or enforcing” the executive order." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/court-voids-trumps-executive-order-that-defunded-npr-pbs/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:38:33

• "Trump has been a critic of NPR and PBS for ages, claiming their news coverage is biased against him." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/31/trump-npr-pbs-funding-unconstitutional/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:39:05

• "The Reporter has a century of history, recently marking its 100th year of publication. It is an example of how student newspapers are holding on as hallmarks of campus life at Minnesota colleges and universities." ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/education/2026/04/student-newspapers-against-the-tide-keep-journalism-alive-on-minnesota-campuses/ | Source: MinnPost    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:39:20

• "the pressure on press and freedom of expression cannot be explained by these latest arrests alone." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/for-journalists-in-turkey-fighting-court-cases-is-becoming-part-of-the-job-318244 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:39:35

• "The Rutherford County Library Board voted 8-3 on Monday evening to fire library system director Luanne James." ☛ https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-librarian-fired-lgbtq-books-09ea65c6b6fe299a0759aa7af37bb870 | Source: Associated Press    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:41:33

• "Rutherford County Library Board in Tennessee voted 8-3 on Monday to fire the county's library director, Luanne James, after she refused to comply with an order to remove 190 books that "promote gender confusion" from the children's section." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/01/tennessee-librarian-fired-after-refusing-to-move-books-that-promote-gender-confusion.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:42:27

• "Seth Todd pleaded no contest to second-degree attempted disorderly conduct on Monday, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office has announced." ☛ https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/authorities-temporarily-prohibit-portland-frog-from-being-near-ice-facility/ | Source: Nexstar Media Group Inc    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:42:40

• "Police say the man behind the viral frog costume ignored orders to leave the street during a January protest, earning himself probation and a three-block exclusion zone from a local ICE facility." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/01/portland-declares-inflatable-frog-a-public-safety-threat.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:42:54

• "I think my posts are being filtered and no one can see them. It’s liberating and kind of frustrating at the same time." ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2026/04/01/i-think-my-posts-are/ | Source: Mandaris Moore    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:43:09

• "While institutions around Britain are still sleeping, still insisting on using Microsoft because it's entrenched into civic infrastructure" ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cantsay/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:43:28

• "Russian anti-war activist Roman Evseev, who resides in Georgia, has said he was subjected to pressure by Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Vladikavkaz after a brief trip to Russia in December 2025" ☛ https://oc-media.org/fsb-in-vladikavkaz-targets-russian-anti-war-activist-in-georgia/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:43:41

• "The family says there have been several A.I.-generated videos and posts circulating online containing false and misleading information about Chuck's death" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/01/chuck-norris-family-upset-with-ai-videos-post-death/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:45:13

• A truce in the Manjaro governance struggle [LWN.net] https://lwn.net/Articles/1063717/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:49:25

• Slop in Linux https://lwn.net/Articles/1063303/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:50:04

• A PHP license change is imminent [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1063993/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1063993/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:50:40

• Tracking when BPF programs may sleep [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1062868/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1062868/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:51:44

• "Taking on debt allows the company to limit dilution for its founders and shareholders at a time of massive capital needs. But the strategy carries risks: it ultimately requires generating enough revenue to repay creditors." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/why-mistral-ai-is-taking-on-debt | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:52:12

• "The FCC has begun a proceeding aiming to require carriers that have offshore call centers to bring them back to the U.S." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/fcc-proposes-call-center-onshoring/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:52:24

• "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.2.0." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_2_0_released/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:52:36

• "Oracle has reportedly begun mass layoffs based on reports by various people who worked at the company." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/oracle-believed-to-have-cut-10-000-positions-across-multiple-divisions-as-mass-layoffs-begin-company-is-reportedly-reducing-headcount-as-it-makes-massive-investments-in-ai | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:52:57

• "By the time the students arrived and we were helping them identify the macros, little black stoneflies were hatching and landing on them." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2026/03/31/trout-in-the-classroom-2026-releases/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:53:36

• the next door gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/the_next_door    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:56:45

• "I have been watching NASA's livestream since this morning. My cell phone carrier probably hates me for all the data I've used today. Anyway, some observations from earlier today: [...]" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-04-01    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:58:05

• "Greetings, fans of offline computing who are temporarily slumming it online in order to read this! The first quarter of the year has already passed us by which means the window of eligibility for OFFLFIRSOCH 2026 had closed." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/offlfirsoch-2026-round-up.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:58:56

• "So various legacy web sources give the SEA to CDG airport distance as 8073 km (roughly 1605225 rods), though I cannot figure out where that number comes from, as it does not line up with any of the Earth radius estimates for kluging a great circle distance onto a not-a-sphere, or I've made a math error somewhere." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/04/02/great-circle.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 06:59:35

• "This is the 9th post in the f3s series about my self-hosting home lab. f3s? The "f" stands for FreeBSD, and the "3s" stands for k3s, the Kubernetes distribution I use on FreeBSD-based physical machines." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:01:34

• "So Brandlin dropped $1,000 on two commercial-grade reflective signs — 30 inches, identical spec to the city's — and went out at 1:30 a.m. on March 14 to bolt them in. Police grabbed him while he was working on the second one." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/31/california-dad-faces-felony-charges-for-installing-stop-signs.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:03:34

• [Old] "The bike, built by former Ann Arborite Mark Nobilette, allows for two additional riders to hook onto the back, after removing their front tires, as “pusher” bikes, and keeps the piano stable behind Mr. B." ☛ https://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/mr-bs-joybox-express/ |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:03:49

• "Unlike most card readers, the device comes in a unique puck-shaped enclosure. At first glance, there is a rubber “handle” and a USB-C port on the side and that’s about it." ☛ https://schwarztech.net/reviews/anker-maggo-usb-c-adapter-3-in-1-card-reader | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:04:03

• "But there’s a third option: We’re on borrowed time. The buffer provided by oil already at sea and releases from national reserves “is now being exhausted in real time,” write the usually sanguine experts at Rystad Energy." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/03/31/2026/the-crisis-will-arrive-slowly-then-all-at-once | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:04:17

• "Part of the reason for this is that many buildings have communal laundries where washing machines and dryers (as well as water and heating) are provided and the cost is included in the rent." ☛ https://theconversation.com/how-swedens-communal-laundries-shield-renters-from-rising-energy-bills-279415 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:04:39

• "In 2025, the total data centre capacity in the country reached the 1,700 MW mark, driven by a record 440 MW of new supply addition." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/data-centre-segment-may-attract-investment-commitment-of-54-billion-this-year-cbre/articleshow/129947561.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:04:54

• "The latest mishap occurred at about 560km above the Earth, an increasingly crowded area known as low Earth orbit where over 24,000 objects, including debris and about 10,000 Starlink satellites, are currently being tracked." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/science/903906/another-starlink-satellite-has-inexplicably-exploded | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:19:33

• "At least one construction project,Opens in a new tab. a proposed 17-mile, $60 million pipeline to supply gas to power the data center, relies on the state’s approval of the air quality permits to move forward." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/03/30/new-mexico-delays-decision-on-data-center-air-permits/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:19:46

• "The data centers at the heart of the AI boom are producing so much heat that they’re spiking land temperatures for miles around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, new research suggests." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-centers-temperature-spikes | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:19:58

• "Technology companies, including Microsoft, are rushing to secure electricity supply for their rapidly ‌expanding data ⁠centres that ⁠would power generative artificial intelligence services such as ChatGPT and Copilot." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-chevron-and-engine-no-1-sign-exclusive-deal-for-power-supply/articleshow/129945056.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:22:26

• "The zones of seabed marked off for potential development total 69 million acres (280,000 square kilometers) in two distinct geographical areas east and west of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/pacific/2026/04/01/us-china-rare-earths-competition-guam-pacific/ | Source: RFA    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:22:40

• "According to the FT report, the investment discussed by Hegseth’s broker did not ultimately go ahead as ​the fund, which launched in May last year" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-defense-secretary-hegseths-broker-looked-buy-defense-fund-before-iran-attack-2026-03-30/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:24:47

• Overpopulation: "Each year, Overshoot Day marks the point at which the planet's annual biocapacity would be exhausted if everyone consumed as much as the residents of that country." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20218531 | Source: YLE    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:25:17

• "The numbers tell a stark story. Russia’s economy is estimated at approximately $2.5 trillion in nominal GDP." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/europe-has-the-resources-to-contain-russia-but-lacks-the-political-will/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:27:34

• "The war in Iran has forced Europe to grow a spine" ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/europe-is-finally-standing-up-to-trump/ | Source: Spectator AU    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:32:46

• "In an essay for Lawfare, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert warns that the Trump administration may authorize private firms to undertake offensive cyber operations (OCOs)" ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/the-perils-of-privatized-cyberwarfare/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:32:59

• "At the outset, it is important to be clear about what an authorization for private companies to conduct OCOs would entail." ☛ https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-perils-of-privatized-cyberwarfare | Source: The Lawfare Institute    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:35:11

• "This matters because Nebraska’s first wave of mail-in ballots for the primary will be sent to voters starting Monday." ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/04/01/trumps-mail-voting-order-wont-affect-nebraska-primary-election-evnen-says/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:38:28

• "illegal on its face" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/01/michigan-elected-officials-vow-to-fight-trumps-executive-order-targeting-mail-in-ballots/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:40:15

• "Much of Trump’s first executive order on elections has been blocked in court. This one, too, is likely to be legally challenged" ☛ https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/03/31/donald-trump-2026-midterm-election-executive-order-absentee-mail-ballots-postal-service-citizenship-list/ |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:40:28

• "Only a handful of countries produce helium. The United States and Qatar together supply nearly 90 percent." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/no-helium-no-chips-why-australia-needs-to-make-the-gas-again/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:42:22

• "As the hare-brained conflict enters its fifth week, the tech industry is raising alarm about a growing shortage of helium" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/helium-ai-iran-war | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:42:54

• "Iranian drone and missile strikes hit QatarEnergy's Ras Laffan Industrial City on February 28" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/the-global-helium-shortage-is-a-direct-threat-to-chipmaking | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:43:13

• "Yet corporations are creatures of state law. States create and define corporations." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-we-get-rid-of-citizens-united | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:43:32

• "When Trump kicked off his campaign of incontinent belligerence – putting tariffs on the exports of countries populated only by penguins" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/01/minilateralism/#own-goal | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:43:43

• "As he pressed on, Springsteen addressed the reshaping of American cultural and historical institutions by the administration." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bruce-springsteen-trump-minneapolis-tour-opener-1235539958/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:45:20

• "From then on, his comments were a mixture of things he’s already said in the past year — at the “No Kings” rally in the Minneapolis" ☛ https://variety.com/2026/music/news/bruce-springsteen-trump-cant-handle-the-truth-minneapolis-1236704103/ | Source: Variety    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:45:44

• "When the interview finally took place, Choudhury was shown an image of the suspect, another South Asian man." ☛ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/72853/rise-facial-recognition-policing | Source: Prospect    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:46:31

• "We followed up with a network traffic analysis that confirmed the app sends your IP address, timezone, device model, OS version, session count, session duration, and a persistent unique identifier to OneSignal on every launch" ☛ https://www.atomic.computer/blog/white-house-app-security-analysis/ |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:46:48

• "Last week I talked about personally-identifiable information (PII) in the context of a data breach. It reminded me of the three questions I always ask in relation to PII: [...]" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/questions-to-ask-about-pii/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:47:04

• "Reminder: The Tor Browser Alpha release-channel is for testing only. As such, Tor Browser Alpha is not intended for general use because it is more likely to include bugs affecting usability, security, and privacy." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a5/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:47:46

• "The new “generic clearance” approved by OMB spares USCIS from having to justify the purpose, relevance, and legality of demanding social media account information separately for each USCIS form or web page on which this information is demanded." ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/04/01/omb-gives-blanket-approval-for-uscis-social-media-surveillance/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:47:59

• [Anon] There should still be snow here this time of year but there is not: "Meteorologists record-high temperatures in March" https://yle.fi/a/74-20218571    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:48:44

• "In coding, a “pull request” is when you write a code patch to a piece of software and ask the project maintainer to pull it in" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/31/github-copilot-puts-ads-into-pull-requests/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:49:57

• "RedLine can steal a wide variety of information from affected computer systems, including account details and passwords saved in browsers" ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/redline-malware-developer-extradited | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:50:22

• "I hear Spotify is the new hotness, let's see if they will take our money: [...]" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/03/internet-advertising-is-going-great/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:59:34

• "The web and social networks have created a new way to communicate and bond." ☛ https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_doc_20260304_quo-vadis-humanits_en.html |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 07:59:56

• "If you didn’t like the manosphere before" ☛ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/01/opinion/louis-theroux-inside-the-manosphere/ | Source: Boston Globe    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:00:11

• "Education and safeguarding specialists say the impact is increasingly being felt in classrooms, where online content is being repeated, shared and normalised." ☛ https://thehighlandtimes.com/experts-warn-schools-must-act-as-misogyny-spreads-among-young-people/ |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:00:27

• "I look at it more like with cigarette smoking. Like social media to me is like secondhand smoke sometimes" ☛ https://www.thewrap.com/culture-lifestyle/culture/daily-show-cindy-cohn-ai-social-media-x-meta-video/ | Source: The Wrap    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:00:46

• "The Australian Greens have introduced a new bill into Parliament which they say will create a Digital Duty of Care and force social media companies to make their algorithmic feeds an opt-in choice for users." ☛ https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/technology-regulation/greens-take-aim-at-big-tech-after-govt-social-media-ban-fails.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:01:02

• "But my English sucks. And writing in English wastes my time. And I don’t think in English – if only! So I write my content in Italian first and then translate it." ☛ https://mzll.it/2026/03/slop-and-translations/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:03:58

• "When you write a document or essay, you are posing a question and then answering it." ☛ https://alexhwoods.com/dont-let-ai-write-for-you/ |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:04:12

• "According to Kate Holterhoff, Ph.D., a senior analyst at the consultancy Red Monk, the barrier to entry is now extremely low, making it easier to game the traditional incentive model for participating in open source." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/ai-slop-open-source/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:04:27

• "Rarely has a research paper moved markets this much. Over the past week, memory chip giants have seen their shares slide, wiping out part of the spectacular gains accumulated over the past year." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/google-spooks-the-memory-chip-market | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:05:00

• "Unless the DRAM pricing situation changes radically, I think the hobbyist SBC market is dying—or at least on life support. And I don't just mean Raspberry Pis, but all SBC vendors." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/ | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:05:19

• "You have to wonder why workslop like this even exists." ☛ https://everythingchanges.us/blog/mouthwords/ | Source: Mandy Brown    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:05:50

• "I don't know if it's a law of nature, but it definitely seems to be a law of the tech space that once you start talking about building a super app, you're kind of flailing as a business." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/openai-against-the-world/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:06:08

• "A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-lie-cheat-steal-protect-other-models-research/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:06:29

• "The assumption was correct for human-authored commands" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/claude_code_rule_cap_raises/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:06:47

• "Everything is getting more expensive" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/pc-makers-report-surging-prices-across-different-components-increasing-costs-are-going-beyond-memory-chip-and-processors-now-affecting-pcbs-plastic-materials-and-more | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:07:18

• "The server segment is driving demand in this market, with North American cloud providers ramping AI inference infrastructure and buying up high-capacity RDIMMs in volume, TrendForce said." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/dram-and-nand-contract-prices-to-climb-again-in-q2 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:07:49

• "The leak of basic source code — the second slip-up in just a week — triggered a discussion in the community around new revelations of how Anthropic’s popular coding agent works." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-accidentally-releases-source-code-for-claude-ai-agent/articleshow/129940277.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:08:15

• "But the glaring cybersecurity implications of giving an AI agent full access over a computer to carry out complex tasks" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-development-claude-code-leak | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:08:50

• "Apollo Go is Baidu’s driverless taxi service which began charging for rides in Beijing in 2021 and operates in designated areas across several cities." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/01/chinese-robotaxis-stall-in-apparent-malfunction-police-say/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:09:14

• "The commission insists the ban doesn’t affect consumer Wi-Fi routers that are currently on sale or in your home, only future products." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/fccs-router-ban-quietly-places-an-expiration-date-on-home-internet-security | Source: PC Mag    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:09:52

• "and the macbook neo? it’s fanless which sounds great in theory. silent! no noise! but what that actually means is that the second you try to do anything slightly demanding, it gets warm" ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/the-macbook-neo-disappointment/ | Source: Alex & Manu    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:10:04

• "macOS and iOS lined up with how I liked to use my computers and up until iOS 26 I really enjoyed it." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2026/04/01/on-apple-at-50/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:10:22

• "Apple turns 50 today, so I thought I'd take some time to think back on some of the most memorable Apple product announcements. I'm relying entirely on my own memory, so forgive me if I get some small details wrong." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-at-50-my-most-memorable-product-announcements/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:10:42

• "Some might attribute that to a particular way of marketing itself which, while true, also emphasizes how important that identity is: when its messaging does not match the products, services, experience, or expected corporate behaviour, it is noticeable." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/upgrade-origin-of-apple/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:11:05

• "I almost never buy e-books, but I decided to spring for an electronic copy of David Pogue's Apple: The First 50 Years to see if I even wanted to bother with the hardcover" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/03/mini-review-david-pogues-apple-first-50.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:11:29

• "It’s funny because few companies have the weird little community attached that Apple does. Among the biggest companies in the United States, I don’t think Amazon, Walmart, or even Microsoft have people discussing the inner-workings and thinking about the lore." ☛ https://schwarztech.net/articles/apple-at-fifty | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:11:47

• "Apple is one of just a handful of modern tech companies with roots in the 1970s, and it’s hard to overstate the differences between the early days of the company and where it is today." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2026/04/apple-50-years/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:12:02

• "Apple's prestigious annual design awards end up awarding many indie developers each year too." ☛ https://blog.viditb.com/why-i-root-for-a-companys-success/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:12:42

• "You know what they say — you can’t keep a good website down." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/oldversion-is-back-and-better-than-ever/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:13:07

• "a couple of days." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3104521/teenagers-gemini-mistake-locks-entire-family-out-of-google-accounts.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:13:29

• "An Iranian strike has reportedly hit a cloud computing facility in Bahrain linked to Amazon Web Services, marking a rare instance of digital infrastructure being directly impacted in an active conflict zone." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/culture/iran-strike-aws-bahrain-cloud-infrastructure | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:13:45

• "At the time, the Apple-1 delivered a surprising amount of convenience for personal computing. Even though you still had to bring many components, the board was built and tested." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/apple-turns-50-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-tech-companies-started-with-hobbyist-computers | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:14:08

• "Jobs, a 21-year-old college dropout, and Wozniak, a 25-year-old Hewlett-Packard employee, each received a 45 per cent stake in Apple, with the remaining 10 per cent going to their 41-year-old adviser, Ron Wayne." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apples-50-year-odyssey-has-redefined-technology-pop-culture-and-comeback-stories/articleshow/129952460.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:14:24

• "That’s when I decided to start an experiment: can I improve my focus by giving up my big monitor?" ☛ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/04/01/focus/ | Source: Herman Õunapuu    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:14:54

• "NASA is going back to the Moon! We’ll follow the crew of Artemis II every step of the way." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/following-artemis-iis-journey-around-the-moon/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:15:30

• "Amidst the growing reliance on Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) for synchronizing data across distributed networks" ☛ https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3785142 | Source: ACM    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:15:43

• "Project Gemini is a protocol and document format for Internet document delivery." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/jgemini.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:16:26

• "JGemini started life as a Java-based graphical browser for the “small net” Gemini protocol." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/jgemini2.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:16:41

• "It’s a rare designer who operates at both the macro of strategy and culture and organisations, and the micro of craft and taste and interactions." ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2026/03/28/architecture | Source: Matt Webb    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:18:47

• "Granted, streaming platforms pay their artists a pittance, remove songs from your playlists at a whim, and churn out slop, but physical media is also fun in its own right." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/im-no-audiophile/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:19:03

• "While gopher is usually seen as a proto-web, it's really closer to FTP. It has no markup format, no links and no URLs. Files are arranged in a hierarchically, and can be in any format." ☛ https://maurycyz.com/projects/gopher/ | Source: Maury    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:19:26

• "And this works pretty well. Transparent orgs tend to delegate more effectively, have higher accountability, less politics, faster trust, and just plain ship more" ☛ https://allenpike.com/2026/the-rise-of-transparency/ | Source: Allen Pike    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:19:54

• "From a purely selfish perspective it’s never been easier to stand out and assert yourself as an authority." ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/04/01/i-quit-the-clankers-won/ | Source: David Bushell    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:20:09

• "So let’s just get cut to the chase: The two pizzas fulfill such totally different roles that comparing them is silly, and the more interesting comparison is New York Pizza versus Chicago style hot dogs." ☛ https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/pizza/ | Source: Hillel Wayne    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:20:32

• "The Seven Hills of Edinburgh challenge invites participants to hike up seven designated hills in Edinburgh within a day." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/04/01/seven-hills | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:20:48

• "Here are my notes, which I’m glad I made because it took me months to get round to finishing reading this." ☛ https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2026/04/01/gary-cox-existentialist/ | Source: Phil Gyford    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:21:03

• "Melton’s taxonomy is compelling, and her parallels to IT systems are fascinating." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/a-taxonomy-of-cognitive-security.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:21:19

• "I've come to understand that your own opinion and experience are ultimately what matter. In the end, what counts is that you are happy with what you do, not what others expect of you." ☛ https://yordi.me/standing-ovations-are-optional/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:21:32

• "Last year's crop did not disappoint, and neither did the classics we keep coming back to. Here are our 10 favorites, old and new." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/our-favorite-april-fools-for-photographers-ever-from-fake-news-to-dream-cameras | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:26:07

• "Land of Hope and Dreams" ☛ https://variety.com/2026/music/news/bruce-springsteen-tour-concert-review-minneapolis-opener-1236704266/ | Source: Variety    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:26:35

• "But what if the release itself is not successful?" ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/04/01/when-a-destructor-throws | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:27:08

• "I figure we’re overdue a security post on here, so here’s a quick one" ☛ https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2026-03-31-watch-out-for-missed-warnings-on-vendor-cpp-toolchains.html |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:27:19

• "DrupalCon was in Chicago this year." ☛ https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/drupalcon2026.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:54:35

• "Netdev 0x1A, like all the previous netdev conferences, is a conference of the netdev community, by the netdev community, for the netdev community." ☛ https://netdevconf.info/0x1A/ |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:54:48

• "Michael W. Lucas is speaking tonight at NYCBUG and it’s streaming, so you can see it too. He also has launched a new 10-days-only Kickstarter for “Networking for System Administrators: The Defenestrated Edition“." ☛ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/04/01/michael-w-lucas-on-air-and-in-print/ | Source: DragonFly BSD Digest    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:57:33

• "We have now reached the end of the European Astro Pi Challenge 2025/2026 cycle and it’s been a busy and rewarding time for the Raspberry Pi Foundation team." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/highlights-from-astro-pi-2025-2026-community-events/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 08:57:46

• "Page builders promise speed, but usually not the kind that matters most." ☛ https://remkusdevries.com/wordpress-page-builders-and-performance/ | Source: Remkus de Vries    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:08:15

• "in EmDash, plugins run in isolated sandboxes called Dynamic Workers. they can’t just hook into everything like WordPress plugins do." ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/cloudflare-emdash-soulja-boy-tellin-me-to-watch-myself/ | Source: Alex & Manu    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:12:16

• "EmDash is the most interesting thing to happen to content management in years." ☛ https://joost.blog/emdash-cms/ | Source: Joost de Valk    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:12:30

• "Perplexity is one of the most widely used AI chatbots. Mozilla has now integrated this AI into its Firefox browser." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3097959/perplexity-ai-is-now-in-firefox-how-to-use-disable-or-remove-it.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:18:50

• "I haven't written about Gemini in a long time. The late AI wave has gotten me really concerned about the future of humanity." ☛ https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/04-01-gemini-as-the-final-founteir-of-human-cognition.gmi | Source: Martin Chang    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:22:33

• "This package is not what I had in mind when I started this project! It’s quite a large collection of utilities and it’s going to take me a while to get through them all." ☛ https://ratfactor.com/slackware/pkgblog/coreutils | Source: Dave Gauer    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:23:02

• "Every time I mention that you don't really need custom router firmware anymore, someone reminds me that OpenWrt is still going strong." ☛ https://www.xda-developers.com/your-old-router-becomes-treasure-from-one-piece-of-software-openwrt/ | Source: XDA    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:23:57

• "If you’ve never used it, OpenWrt is an alternative firmware for wireless routers, access points, network switches, and other embedded devices, powered by the Linux kernel." ☛ https://www.howtogeek.com/openwrt-latest-update-adds-a-piece-of-alpine-linux/ | Source: HowTo Geek    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:24:13

• "In the release notes, OpenWrt provides an overview of the changes." ☛ https://www.heise.de/en/news/OpenWrt-Version-25-12-0-brings-package-manager-change-11204407.html | Source: Heise    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:24:26

• "And yet, there are Debian-based rolling release distributions, such as Sparky Linux" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/sparky-linux-9-brings-a-rolling-release-to-debian/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:24:53

• "Did you notice a new name in the To: line of one of the previous emails?" ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/m88k3.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:26:32

• "Welcome to the March 2026 edition of development news for KDE Linux, KDE’s up-and-coming general-purpose operating system." ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2026/03/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-march-2026/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:27:12

• "Plakar is really cool and easy going to use, on OpenBSD has some limitations (for now, I am taking care of bothering op@ enough to fix them all), specially on the concurrency and the amount of open files" ☛ https://x61.sh/log/2026/03/25032026151800-plakar.html | Source: GonzaloR    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:28:25

• "Before getting into routing, I want to cover how Tailscale connects devices in the first place. I’ve been comparing it to a VPN, but Tailscale is really a mesh network with a control plane on top of WireGuard." ☛ https://tech.stonecharioteer.com/posts/2026/tailscale-exit-nodes/ |    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:28:37

• "This city is built with CSS. No SVG. No images. No HTML. Just gradients... and a bit of patience." ☛ https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68093/css-in-city | Source: Alvaro Montoro    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:28:50

• "For the past few months I've been slowly building up a list of Brazilian networks to block" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2026/03/31.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:29:05

• Cindy Cohn ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/welcome-daily-show-viewers-learn-more-about-eff-and-privacys-defender | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:29:52

• "In this episode of PING, APNIC Chief Scientist Geoff Huston discusses an emerging concern about how the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/02/podcast-what-does-bcp-really-mean/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:30:05

• "Recently, I had to guide my family through the complexities of my SMB-grade internet setup — a system that, much to their frustration, has no traditional “off” switch." ☛ https://www.androidauthority.com/home-server-dead-man-switch-3648903/ | Source: Android Authority    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:30:37

• Andy Wingo: wastrelly wabbits ☞ https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/03/31/wastrelly-wabbits    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:46:00

• GNOME Shell and Mutter Development: What is new in GNOME Kiosk 50 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2026/04/01/what-is-new-in-gnome-kiosk-50/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:46:31

• This month in KDE Linux: March 2026 ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2026/03/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-march-2026/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:47:11

• Get raw device mapping (RDM) disks with OpenShift Virtualization ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/31/how-get-raw-device-mapping-openshift-virtualization    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:49:19

• Mozilla Localization (L10N): Localizer Spotlight: Cláudio ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2026/04/01/localizer-spotlight-claudio/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:50:15

• Debunking claims Israeli Jews are 'stealing land' in Morocco ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/debunking-claims-israeli-jews-are-stealing-land-in-morocco    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:50:36

• StartOS 0.4.0-beta0 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/startos    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:57:33

• Alien-OS 26.04 is also released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alienos    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:57:46

• Netrunner 26 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/netrunner    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:58:08

• Puppy 260401 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/puppy    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:58:26

• "The Leap 15 journey began it journey on May 25, 2018, when 15.0 was released as a fresh community build on top of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/04/01/leap-15-eol/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 09:59:57

• "8x H200 offline: 36,396 tokens per second, the leading H200 result, 13% faster than the next closest submission" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ai-tops-mlperf-inference-v60-vllm-qwen3-vl-whisper-and-gpt-oss-120b | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:00:56

• "From where I sit—leading strategy and operations for AI Platform Core Components (AIPCC), an engineering function within Red Hat’s AI Engineering organization—that shift changes everything." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-customers-are-choosing-red-hat-ai-real-business-outcomes | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:01:12

• Only slop promotion in Red Hat's site yesterday    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:02:26

• Unsloth and Training Hub: Lightning-fast LoRA and QLoRA fine-tuning ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/01/unsloth-and-training-hub-lightning-fast-lora-and-qlora-fine-tuning    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:03:14

• Blast radius validation: Large and small Red Bait OpenShift nodes ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/02/blast-radius-validation-large-and-small-red-hat-openshift-nodes    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:04:00

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Sprint City and Lakehopper - 2026-04-01 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-04-01-edition/index.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:04:21

• Bootable containers: Reduce friction with Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux image mode ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/01/bootable-containers-reduce-friction-red-hat-enterprise-linux-image-mode    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:06:25

• lsof Command in Linux: List Open Files and Network Connections ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/lsof-command-in-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:07:15

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

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:07:34

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

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:08:02

• PLD GNU/Linux – RPM-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pld-linux-rpm-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:08:48

• Javi-OS – Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/javi-os-debian-linux-distribution/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:09:17

• New Color Mode Coming to GIMP ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/04/01/new-color-mode-coming-to-gimp/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:14:28

• Rapid Photo Downloader – photo and video downloader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rapid-photo-downloader-photo-video/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:15:24

• Nacos – dynamic service discovery, configuration management, and service governance ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nacos-dynamic-service-discovery-configuration-management-service-governance/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:16:22

• eNMS – Enterprise Network Management System ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/enms-enterprise-network-management-system/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:16:39

• MeerK40t – laser cutting software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/meerk40t-laser-cutting-software/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:16:51

• Handy – offline speech-to-text application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/handy-offline-speech-to-text-application/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:17:05

• PsiTransfer – self-hosted file sharing solution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/psitransfer-self-hosted-file-sharing-solution/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:17:25

• camera-streamer – low-latency camera streaming project for Raspberry Pi systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/camera-streamer-low-latency-camera-streaming-project/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:17:40

• grimblast – helper for screenshots within Hyprland ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/grimblast-helper-screenshots-hyprland/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:18:02

• MeloTTS – high-quality multi-lingual text-to-speech library ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/melotts-high-quality-multi-lingual-text-to-speech-library/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:18:28

• 20 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Speech Synthesis Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/speechtools/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:18:50

• Daphne – audio player and music library manager for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/daphne-audio-player-music-library-manager-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:19:11

• rawk – POSIX compatible AWK written in Rust ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rawk-posix-compatible-awk/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:19:31

• Briefkasten – self-hosted bookmarking application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/briefkasten-self-hosted-bookmarking-application/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:19:43

• 26 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Plotting Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-free-plotting-tools/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:20:15

• Metadata Cleaner – inspect and remove hidden metadata from files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/metadata-cleaner-inspect-remove-hidden-metadata-files/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:20:38

• 13 Best Free GNU/Linux Screen Capture GUI Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/screencapture/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:25:55

• Microsoft Uses April Fools to 'Joke' About Inserting "Age Verification" (Surveillance) Into GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_Uses_April_Fools_to_Joke_About_Inserting_Age_Verifica.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:29:10

• Red Hat Hey Hi (AI) tops MLPerf Inference v6.0 with vLLM on Qwen3-VL, Whisper, and GPT-OSS-120B ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ai-tops-mlperf-inference-v60-vllm-qwen3-vl-whisper-and-gpt-oss-120b    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:30:06

• Sparky news 2026/03 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2026-03/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:30:43

• My new toy: April 1 syslog-ng performance tests ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/new-toy-1st-of-april-syslog-ng-performance-tests/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:31:33

• Prank https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/04/01/gentoo-hurd.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:32:16

• Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in March 2026 ☞ https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/04/01/foss-activity-in-march-2026.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:33:02

• UK monarchs’ longevity against their people: a demographically correct reanalysis ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/uk-monarchs-longevity-against-their-people-a-demographically-correct-reanalysis/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:37:05

• GNU/Linux Will Thrive as Long as It's Modular, Not Monolithic ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Will_Thrive_as_Long_as_It_s_Modular_Not_Monolithic.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:37:59

• How To Install OpenVPN on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openvpn-opensuse/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:42:58

• How To Install NRPE on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nrpe-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:43:11

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

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:43:38

• How to Use Tmux Terminal Multiplexer on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-use-tmux-terminal-multiplexer-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:44:36

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

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:44:49

• How to Install MariaDB on Fedora GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mariadb-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:45:41

• How to Install Composer on Fedora GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-composer-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:46:05

• The Real Reason Many Sites and Forums Shun Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/The_Real_Reason_Many_Sites_and_Forums_Shun_Microsoft_Lunduke.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:46:25

• ZorinOS Makes Firm No Age Verification Statement, MX GNU/Linux Says They Will "Wait on Court Challenge" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/zorinos-makes-firm-no-age-verification    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:47:05

• MidnightBSD Becomes First Open Source Operating System to Ship Age Verification ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/midnightbsd-becomes-first-open-source    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:47:19

• Euro-Office: sovereign in name only, or in reality too? ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/01/euro-office/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:51:03

• Comment about Collabora blog post ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/01/comment-about-collabora-blog-post/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:51:29

• Open Letter to European Citizens ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/31/open-letter-to-european-citizens/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:52:26

• Turbulence at The Document Foundation ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065908/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 10:57:37

• Interview with physicist Guido Arnold, portrayed by right-wing media as key source for militant anti-tech movement ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/04/01/interview-with-physicist-guido-arnold-portrayed-by-right-wing-media-as-key-source-for-militant-anti-tech-movement/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:04:21

• Maintenance release: Godot 4.6.2 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-6-2/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:04:45

• Guidebooks on how to respond to sexual violence distributed to foreign students in S. Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/guide-books-on-how-to-respond-to-sexual-violence-distributed-to-foreign-students-in-s-korea    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:06:43

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065814/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:09:03

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 645 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/04/01/this-week-in-rust-645/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:09:41

• Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon jailed for 1 month for contempt of court ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/02/hong-kong-businessman-jason-poon-jailed-for-1-month-for-contempt-of-court/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:10:51

• DRAM prices predicted to jump 63% in Q2, NAND up to 75% — follows 95% jumps in Q1, Trendforce says Hey Hi (AI) server demand keeps supply tight ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/dram-and-nand-contract-prices-to-climb-again-in-q2    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:18:43

• No helium, no chips: why Australia needs to make the gas again ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/no-helium-no-chips-why-australia-needs-to-make-the-gas-again/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:24:10

• The Iran War Has Cut Off Supply of a Gas the Hey Hi (AI) Industry Desperately Needs ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/helium-ai-iran-war    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:24:53

• Pluralistic: Convicted Felonismo vs minilateralism (01 Apr 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/01/minilateralism/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:25:12

• Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-centers-temperature-spikes    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:30:21

• Arch 2026.04.01 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/arch    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:39:09

• ZimaOS 1.6.0-beta2 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/zimaos    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:39:21

• Dr.Parted 26.04 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/drparted    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:39:57

• EznixOS 260401 as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/eznixos    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:40:11

• Raspberry Pi Introduces 3GB Pi 4 Amid Price Increases ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-introduces-3gb-pi-4-amid-price-increases/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:41:43

• Raspberry Pi CM5 TV Stick Lite Adapts Compute Module 5 for HDMI Dongle Use ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-tv-stick-lite-adapts-compute-module-5-for-hdmi-dongle-use/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:41:55

• ObsidianOS 2026.03.31 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/obsidianos    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:42:26

• Kiro 26.04.01.01 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kiro    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:42:47

• GIMP 3.2.2 Released with UI/UX Improvements & Bug Fixes [PPA Updated] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/gimp-3-2-2-released-with-ui-ux-improvements-bug-fixes-ppa-updated/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:43:27

• Textype – terminal typing tutor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/textype-terminal-typing-tutor/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:44:34

• 17 Best Free GNU/Linux Speech Recognition Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-speech-recognition-tools-open-source-software/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:45:02

• 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Webcam Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/webcam/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:45:14

• MidnightBSD 4.0.4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/midnightbsd    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:47:29

• FSF Blogs: March GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring eighteen new GNU releases: Autoconf, PSPP, and more! ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-march-gnu-spotlight    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:48:19

• FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Auckland, New Zealand ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-09-auckland-new-zealand    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:49:18

• FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-05-oviedo-asturias-spain    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:49:37

• FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-12-oviedo-asturias-spain    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:49:52

• FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-19-oviedo-asturias-spain    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:50:06

• FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Livermore, California, United States ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-29-livermore-california-united-states    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:50:20

• Raspberry Pi’s eye-watering price rises & new 3GB RAM model ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/raspberry-pi-4-3gb-announced    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:51:32

• Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-2604-system-requriments    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:56:13

• Salt-N-Pepa Files Appeal Brief in UMG Termination Battle, Criticizes District Court Dismissal As ‘Riddled With Error’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/01/salt-n-pepa-universal-music-appeal/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:57:12

• Lithuania investigating 30 cases of Belarusian cigarette smuggling with balloons ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2886080/lithuania-investigating-30-cases-of-belarusian-cigarette-smuggling-with-balloons    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:58:11

• Lithuanian hauliers risk breaching EU sanctions in efforts to recover trucks from Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2885158/lithuanian-hauliers-risk-breaching-eu-sanctions-in-efforts-to-recover-trucks-from-belarus    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:58:24

• Russia’s Africa Corps PMC ‘Hands-Off’ Approach in Mali Proves Costly ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/russias-africa-corps-pmc-hands-off-approach-in-mali-proves-costly/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 11:59:49

• 29 Killed in Russian Military Plane Crash in Crimea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/world/europe/russia-military-plane-crash-crimea.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:00:10

• A Cat-and-Mouse Game of Russian Internet Restrictions and Evasion ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/europe/russia-internet-restrictions.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:02:04

• Is Social Media the New Tobacco? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/social-media-ban-case-iran-trump-russia.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:02:48

• Truth-seeking Russians try to save Telegram ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0401/Truth-seeking-Russians-try-to-save-Telegram    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:03:13

• US Lifts Sanctions On Three Russian Vessels; Treasury Says No Broader Policy Shift ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-sanctions-russia-vessels-treasury-policy-shift/33722318.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:03:34

• NATO 'doesn't really exist anymore other than on paper', experts say ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/nato-doesn-t-really-exist-anymore-other-than-on-paper-experts-say    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:04:21

• Lithuania urges stronger EU involvement in tribunal for Russian aggression ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2885088/lithuania-urges-stronger-eu-involvement-in-tribunal-for-russian-aggression    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:04:58

• Lithuania declines comment on claim Russia diverted Ukrainian drones to Baltics ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2885200/lithuania-declines-comment-on-claim-russia-diverted-ukrainian-drones-to-baltics    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:05:27

• Call to donate bicycles to Ukraine's children ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/02.04.2026-call-to-donate-bicycles-to-ukraines-children.a641463/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:06:00

• Commission takes preparatory steps on financial support for Ukraine and boosting drone production ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_764    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:06:18

• EU to deliver €1.4 billion in revenue from immobilised Russian assets to be used for support to Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_768    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:06:42

• Putin’s Internet Blackout: A Chaotic Drive to Cut Off Russians From the World ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/europe/russia-putin-telegram-internet.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:07:03

• pg_ivm 1.14 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_ivm-114-released-3265/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:07:36

• Change of Platform Coming Soon to LinuxLinks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/change-platform-coming-soon-linuxlinks/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:09:12

• Digi IX25 – A rugged 5G RedCap/eMBB industrial cellular router ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/01/digi-ix25-a-rugged-5g-redcap-embb-industrial-cellular-router/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:09:49

• Dave Airlie: drm subsystem contributor numbers ☞ https://airlied.blogspot.com/2026/04/drm-subsystem-contributor-numbers.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:10:51

• Qt for Android Automotive 6.11 Released! ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.11-released    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:11:35

• Predatorgate: Breaking the chain of impunity of the spyware underworld ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/predatorgate-breaking-the-chain-of-impunity-of-the-spyware-underworld/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:12:02

• The Forrest Dump Administration Is Doing Something Horrifying to Workers at Nuclear Facilities ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/nuclear-workers-trump    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:13:20

• Could coffee be your secret pro-ageing health hero? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/could-coffee-be-your-secret-pro-ageing-health-hero-ak5OQ5c5oKR9    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:13:54

• Indonesia reports first health professional death amid measles outbreak ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-reports-first-health-professional-death-amid-measles-outbreak    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:14:14

• Iran War Showcases Strength of South Korean Defense Sector ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/business/korea-missile-defense-iran.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:14:51

• S. Korean students avoiding school-related group chats over cyberbullying concerns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-korean-students-avoiding-school-related-group-chats-over-cyberbullying-concerns    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:15:33

• Jailed ex-South Korea president Yoon received over $1 million in inmate funds: Data ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/jailed-ex-south-korea-president-yoon-receives-over-1-million-in-inmate-funds-data    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:16:15

• South Korean doctors on Manila-bound flight save passenger in midair emergency ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-doctors-on-manila-bound-flight-save-passenger-in-midair-emergency    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:17:01

• Melon cream bun recalled in S. Korea over foul odour. The culprit: Durian flavouring used by mistake ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/melon-cream-bun-recalled-in-s-korea-over-foul-odour-the-culprit-durian-flavouring-used-by-mistake    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:17:48

• Malaysia civil servants to work from home amid fuel crisis: PM Anwar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-civil-servants-to-work-from-home-amid-fuel-crisis-pm-anwar    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:18:22

• "Re: [DNG] Good thing we don't use systemd" https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260402.110532.565ce91c.en.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:18:50

• Petrol station checks, diesel limits: Malaysia tightens enforcement on subsidised fuel sales ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/petrol-station-checks-diesel-limits-malaysia-tightens-enforcement-on-subsidised-fuel-sales    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:19:31

• Can Science Predict When a Study Won’t Hold Up? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/science/ai-experiments-replication.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:23:46

• satire: Supercharging our forums with Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/04/01/forums-upgrade.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:24:12

• Digital Inclusion and Indigenous Connectivity ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/04/digital-inclusion-and-indigenous-connectivity/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:25:01

• Lithuania explores offline card payments during emergencies ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2883172/lithuania-explores-offline-card-payments-during-emergencies    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:25:35

• Books of March 2026 ☞ https://box.matto.nl/books-of-march-2026.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:26:14

• Qt Creator 19 - CMake Update ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-19-cmake-update    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:26:45

• Servo 0.0.6 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065827/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:27:24

• US Cardiologists Have Just Published New Guidelines For Managing Cholesterol ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/us-cardiologists-have-just-published-new-guidelines-for-managing-cholesterol    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:28:28

• WATCH LIVE: NASA's First Crewed Moon Mission in Decades Is About to Launch ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-live-nasas-first-crewed-moon-mission-in-decades-is-about-to-launch    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:29:10

• Scientists Engineered a Plant to Produce 5 Different Psychedelics at Once ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-engineered-a-plant-to-produce-5-different-psychedelics-at-once    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:29:26

• It's Official: NASA Artemis II Moon Mission Has Launched – Latest Pics, Details ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-nasa-artemis-ii-moon-mission-has-launched-latest-pics-details    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:30:02

• Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before a Diagnosis, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-vision-can-predict-dementia-12-years-before-a-diagnosis-study-suggests    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:30:23

• FDA Approves New Weight-Loss Pill That Can Be Taken Any Time of Day ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fda-approves-new-weight-loss-pill-that-can-be-taken-any-time-of-day    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:30:38

• Scientists May Have Uncovered The World's Oldest Dice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-may-have-uncovered-the-worlds-oldest-dice    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:30:51

• Reddit says publisher post views up 46% after Pro Tools rollout ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/reddit-says-publisher-post-views-up-46-after-pro-tools-rollout/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:31:49

• UPC is illegal and this boosts it, this is PR ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/klaus-grabinski-economic-logic-suggests-the-upc-will-continue-to-grow/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:33:05

• AiPi affiliate Pedersen message distribution patent monopoly confirmed invalid by Fed. Circuit ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/26/aipi-affiliate-pedersen-message-distribution-patent-confirmed-invalid-by-fed-circuit    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:33:46

• Driving Innovation vehicle navigation patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/4/1/driving-innovation-vehicle-navigation-patent-prior-art-found    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:33:59

• The Nexus Trap: Why Component Patents Struggle with Objective Indicia ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/the-nexus-trap-why-component-patents-struggle-with-objective-indicia.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:34:52

• Guest Post: Improving PERA’s Eligibility Exclusions ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/guest-post-improving-peras-eligibility-exclusions.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:35:04

• USPTO’s April Fool’s Prank Says the Quiet Part Out Loud ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/usptos-april-fools-prank-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:35:18

• Albanese Urges Australians to Remain Calm Amid Fuel Crisis ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/world/asia/australia-albanese-fuel-speech.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:37:04

• UN condemns Türkiye for criminalizing human rights lawyers ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-condemns-turkiye-for-criminalizing-human-rights-lawyers/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:38:43

• Automating test management with QASE ☞ https://bzoltan1.github.io/automating-test-management-with-qase/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:39:32

• Joey Hess: banning all Anthropic employees ☞ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/banning_all_Anthropic_employees/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:40:19

• Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.11.0 Released ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-11-0-released/147789    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:41:33

• Telink TL3228 – Low-power, low-latency dual-core RISC-V wireless MCU supports Bluetooth 6.0, 802.15.4, and 2.4 GHz proprietary ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/01/telink-tl3228-low-power-low-latency-dual-core-risc-v-wireless-mcu-supports-bluetooth-6-0-802-15-4-and-2-4-ghz-proprietary/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:42:09

• JetStream 3: A modern benchmark for high-performance, compute-intensive Web applications ☞ https://blog.chromium.org/2026/03/jetstream-3-a-modern-benchmark.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:43:46

• Thibault Martin: TIL that Sveltia is a good CMS for Astro ☞ https://ergaster.org/til/sveltia-cms-astro/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:44:52

• Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/axios-npm-package-compromised-in-supply-chain-attack-that-deployed-a-cross-platform-rat    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:45:35

• Running OpenBSD 7.8 on ODROID HC4 ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/running-openbsd-7.8-on-odroid-hc4/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:46:15

• OpenBSD 7.8 on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/openbsd-7.8-on-raspberry-pi-zero-2w/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:48:10

• Oracle Lays Off Because of Debt and Commercial Issues, Not Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Oracle_Lays_Off_Because_of_Debt_and_Commercial_Issues_Not_Slop.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:48:30

• for 1 April 2026 ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24614    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:49:23

• Jeremy Cline: Fedora's aarch64 images support Secure Boot ☞ https://www.jcline.org/blog/fedora/2026/04/01/fedora-aarch64-secureboot.html https://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:51:58

• The D&D alignments of developers w.r.t. Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://michel-slm.name/posts/2026-04-01-dnd-alignment-of-developers-wrt-ai/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:52:15

• Implement a multicluster event exporter for enterprise automation ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/01/implement-multicluster-event-exporter-enterprise-automation    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:53:16

• CentOS March 2026 News ☞ https://blog.centos.org/2026/03/march-2026-news/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:54:41

• TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 005 - First Confirmed Victim Disclosure, Post-Compromise Cloud Enumeration Documented, and Axios Attribution Narrows, (Wed, Apr 1st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32856    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:55:25

• China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/world/asia/china-space-moon-nasa-artemis.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:55:48

• HKTVmall parent firm faces backlash over ‘cruel’ experiments on severed animal heads, limbs ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/01/hktvmall-parent-firm-faces-backlash-over-cruel-experiments-on-severed-animal-heads-limbs/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:56:33

• Rubber Ducking ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1135/rubber-ducking    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:57:04

• Is “Hackback” Official US Cybersecurity Strategy? ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/is-hackback-official-us-cybersecurity-strategy.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:58:32

• Raspberry Pi 4 3GB launched for $83.75, further price increases announced across the board for 4GB+ RAM hardware ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/01/raspberry-pi-4-3gb-launched-for-83-75-further-price-increases-announced-across-the-board-for-4gb-ram-hardware/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 12:59:20

• Apple’s Fitness Chief, Who Was Accused of Harassment, Is Retiring ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/apples-fitness-chief-who-was-accused-of-harassment-is-retiring.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:00:57

• Axios NPM Package Breached in North Korean Supply Chain Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/axios-npm-package-breached-in-north-korean-supply-chain-attack/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:01:40

• Anthropic Goes Scorched Earth Against Infringers After Leaking Source Code ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/01/anthropic-leaked-code-scorched-earth/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:02:07

• Microsoft issues emergency update for backdoored Windows 11 — fixes broken March preview update rollout from last week ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-issues-emergency-update-for-windows-11-fixes-broken-march-preview-update-rollout-from-last-week    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:02:48

• Oh, the Irony: Anthropic Goes Scorched Earth Against Infringers After Leaking Its Source Code ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/01/anthropic-leaked-code-scorched-earth/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:03:30

• Exploited Zero-Day Among 21 Vulnerabilities Patched in Chrome ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/exploited-zero-day-among-21-vulnerabilities-patched-in-chrome/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:04:03

• SWHID and pURL ☞ https://toscalix.com/2026/03/31/swhid-and-purl/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:05:19

• SomnoSphere is an intelligent bedside lamp that helps you sleep better ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/31/somnosphere-is-an-intelligent-bedside-lamp-that-helps-you-sleep-better/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:05:49

• Wayland Protocols 1.48 Released    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:06:29

• Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/histoires-prodigieuses    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:07:00

• Toy Giant Hasbro Hit by Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/toy-giant-hasbro-hit-by-cyberattack/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:07:49

• FBI Warns of Data Security Risks From China-Made Mobile Apps ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-warns-of-data-security-risks-from-china-made-mobile-apps/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:08:27

• US Charges Uranium Crypto Exchange Hacker ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-charges-uranium-crypto-exchange-hacker/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:08:50

• Malicious Script That Gets Rid of ADS, (Wed, Apr 1st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32854    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:10:37

• New DeepLoad Malware Dropped in ClickFix Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-deepload-malware-dropped-in-clickfix-attacks/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:11:00

• Exploding Head Syndrome Can Strike as You Fall Asleep. An Expert Explains. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/exploding-head-syndrome-can-strike-as-you-fall-asleep-an-expert-explains    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:11:59

• UN commends Brazil for humanitarian migration practices, calls for further improvement ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-commends-brazil-for-humanitarian-migration-practices-calls-for-further-improvement/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:13:07

• SUEPO Central Made a Strike (or Striking) Success ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/30/SUEPO_Central_Made_a_Strike_or_Striking_Success.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:13:33

• AI Chatbots Are Bad at Diagnosing Symptoms For a Surprising Reason, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-chatbots-are-bad-at-diagnosing-symptoms-for-a-surprising-reason-study-finds    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:15:00

• New study reveals how young people are influenced by gamification features on Snapchat ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/new-study-reveals-how-young-people-are-influenced-by-gamification-features-on-snapchat/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:19:26

• Harry privacy trial part of Hacked Off ‘political campaign’ says Mail ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/harry-privacy-trial-part-of-hacked-off-political-campaign-says-mail/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:20:17

• Faster AI/ML container startup with additional storage in Red Bait OpenShift 4.22 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/02/faster-aiml-container-startup-additional-storage-red-hat-openshift-422    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:21:41

• GNOME 50 Drops Surveillance Giant Google Drive Integration (For a Valid Reason) ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-drops-google-drive-support/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:22:53

• Future share price plummets after warning Surveillance Giant Google traffic loss has worsened ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/why-future-share-price-is-so-low/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:23:35

• These Two Countries With Social Media Bans Aren’t Happy With Surveillance Giant Google and Meta ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/asia/indonesia-australia-social-media-ban.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:45:24

• Beyond guesswork: Generating accurate ingress firewall rules with oc commatrix ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/02/beyond-guesswork-generating-accurate-ingress-firewall-rules-oc-commatrix    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:46:16

• Attention travelers: Truckers and farmers announce mega-blockade on April 6 ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/attention-travelers-mega-blockade-april-6/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 13:46:58

• Corruption probe against former Kyrgyz security chief widens with arrest of his brother ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/corruption-probe-against-former-kyrgyz-security-chief-widens-with-arrest-of-his-brother    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:03:57

• South Korea's Lee urges prompt passage of $17 billion extra budget amid Middle East energy crisis ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-lee-urges-prompt-passage-of-17-billion-extra-budget-amid-middle-east-energy-crisis    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:04:26

• ‘It’s a new world. It’s the same Constitution’: Convicted Felon attends Supreme Court argument as justices appear skeptical to narrow birthright citizenship — SCOTUS dispatch ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/its-a-new-world-its-the-same-constitution-trump-attends-supreme-court-argument-as-justices-appear-skeptical-to-narrow-birthright-citizenship-scotus-dispatch/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:04:58

• WhatsApp Whistle-Blower Suit Is Dismissed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/whatsapp-whistle-blower-suit-is-dismissed.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:05:42

• Sudan War Becomes ‘Direct Security Threat’ to Chad ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/sudan-war-becomes-direct-security-threat-to-chad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sudan-war-becomes-direct-security-threat-to-chad    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:06:05

• Benin, Nigeria Unite Against Terrorism ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/benin-nigeria-unite-against-terrorism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=benin-nigeria-unite-against-terrorism    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:06:24

• Synthetic Drug Use Spreads in West Africa ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/synthetic-drug-use-spreads-in-west-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=synthetic-drug-use-spreads-in-west-africa    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:06:57

• Get serious about fuel security. We can’t rely on the US anymore ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/get-serious-about-fuel-security-we-cant-rely-on-the-us-anymore/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:07:30

• BIPOC educators’ program faces lawsuit alleging discrimination ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/04/01/bipoc-educators-program-faces-lawsuit-alleging-discrimination/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:08:15

• Lawsuits Are the New Convicted Felon Tactic in the Fight to Overhaul Education ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/trump-lawsuits-education-agenda.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:08:36

• Leaked Claude Code Shows Anthropic Building Mysterious “Tamagotchi” Feature Into It ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/leaked-claude-code-tamagotchi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:09:25

• NYT Cuts Ties With Writer as Scrutiny of Hey Hi (AI) Content Grows ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nyt-cuts-ties-with-writer-ai    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:09:56

• Malaysia starts enforcing total ban on e-waste imports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-starts-enforcing-total-ban-on-e-waste-imports    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:10:53

• Malaysia’s public sector, govt-linked firms to work from home from April 15 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-public-sector-govt-linked-firms-to-work-from-home-from-april-15    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:11:16

• Malaysia’s PM Anwar urges crackdown on fake news over fuel prices ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-pm-anwar-urges-crackdown-on-fake-news-over-fuel-prices    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:11:32

• China’s Floating Fish Factories Plunder Guinea-Bissau’s Resources ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/03/chinas-floating-fish-factories-plunder-guinea-bissaus-resources/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinas-floating-fish-factories-plunder-guinea-bissaus-resources    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:12:00

• U.S. Senators Press Taiwan to Raise Military Spending, as China Protests ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/asia/senators-taiwan-military.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:12:19

• Robot Taxis Stop in Traffic in Chinese City, Stranding Travelers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/business/baidu-robotaxi-wuhan-china.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:12:41

• The Fall of a Cambodian Money-Laundering Giant ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/world/asia/china-cambodia-huione-extradition.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:13:05

• EU lawmakers press China on unsafe products on rare Beijing visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/eu-lawmakers-press-china-on-unsafe-products-on-rare-beijing-visit    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:13:54

• China opposes Philippines renaming disputed South China Sea islands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-opposes-philippines-renaming-disputed-south-china-sea-islands    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:14:19

• Accused money laundering leader extradited from Cambodia to China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/accused-money-laundering-leader-extradited-from-cambodia-to-china    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:14:50

• Pakistan, Afghanistan open fresh talks in China to end conflict, say sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/pakistan-afghanistan-open-fresh-talks-in-china-to-end-conflict-say-sources    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:15:16

• New Zealand signs Cook Islands agreement to counter China deal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-signs-cook-islands-agreement-to-counter-china-deal    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:15:35

• Taiwan military says budget delay threatens $3.1b in weapons buying, training ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-military-says-budget-delay-threatens-2-4-billion-in-weapons-buying-training    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:15:57

• Alleged scam boss extradited from Cambodia to China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/01/alleged-scam-boss-extradited-from-cambodia-to-china/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:16:27

• Mexico’s soaring tech exports have taken the lead over the automotive sector ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexico-tech-exports-auto-sector/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:17:06

• "Euro-Office is a new European fork of ONLYOFFICE. Here’s why it was created, what it changes, and why it’s already controversial." https://itsfoss.com/news/onlyoffice-forked/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:17:55

• Spectator made £6.6m loss in year Paul Marshall paid £100m for title ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/sale-costs-pushed-spectator-into-red-in-last-year-of-barclays-ownership/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:19:07

• Source   

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:38:57

• Is Linux Ready For Gaming? - A Challenge | GameGrin ⚓ https://www.gamegrin.com/articles/is-linux-ready-for-gaming-a-challenge/ ䷉ Source: gamegrin | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamegrin.com/articles/is-linux-ready-for-gaming-a-challenge/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:39:06

• Slop https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3748150234989061    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:40:14

• A zero-day ImageMagick vulnerability allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) via image uploads affecting Ubuntu, Amazon Linux and WordPress.   

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:40:53

• ImageMagick Zero-Day Enables RCE on Linux and WordPress Servers ⚓ https://hackread.com/imagemagick-zero-day-rce-linux-wordpress-servers/ ䷉ Source: Gray Dot Media Group | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//hackread.com/imagemagick-zero-day-rce-linux-wordpress-servers/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:41:05

• Advanced Process Manager for Linux Earns a 49.5 Proof of Usefulness Score | HackerNoon ⚓ https://hackernoon.com/advanced-process-manager-for-linux-earns-a-495-proof-of-usefulness-score ䷉ Source: Hacker Noon | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//hackernoon.com/advanced-process-manager-for-linux-earns-a-495-proof-of-usefulness-score    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:41:58

• The Linux backup tool nobody talks about—and why it beats every official sync app https://www.howtogeek.com/this-11-year-old-tool-is-faster-than-the-official-dropbox-or-google-drive-apps/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:42:30

• Huawei HarmonyOS PC can now run Linux-based tools https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-harmonyos-pc-can-now-run-linux-based-tools/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:43:45

• "This project walks through the workflow of using AMD's new EDF tools for embedded Linux development on the Kria KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit." https://www.hackster.io/whitney-knitter/getting-started-with-amd-edf-on-kria-kv260-784334    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:44:27

• I disabled this hidden setting and got a faster GNOME desktop https://www.makeuseof.com/gnome-tracker-was-silently-making-linux-system-worse-whole-time/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:44:53

• CachyOS beats Windows 11 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Space Marine 2 in a new gaming benchmark https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-beats-windows-11-cyberpunk-2077-space-marine-2/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:46:37

• Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) https://securityaffairs.com/190221/security/attackers-hijack-axios-npm-account-to-spread-rat-malware.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:48:24

• You’re probably ready for Arch Linux. Here’s#HowTo tell ⚓ https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/probably-ready-arch-linux-tell-143016989.html ䷉ Source: Yahoo | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/probably-ready-arch-linux-tell-143016989.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:49:00

• Slimbook Creative Linux laptop packs RTX 5070, Thunderbolt 4 and 99 Wh battery into 1.9 kg chassis https://www.notebookcheck.net/Slimbook-Creative-Linux-laptop-packs-RTX-5070-Thunderbolt-4-and-99-Wh-battery-into-1-9-kg-chassis.1263452.0.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:49:24

• "NVIDIA just launched their latest update to the cloud gaming service GeForce NOW, with version 2.0.83 bringing some big improvements overall." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/geforce-now-2-0-83-brings-improved-display-scaling-for-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:49:46

• "This release also features the latest KDE Plasma 6.6.3 desktop environment with the KDE Frameworks 6.24 and KDE Gear 25.12.3 software suites." https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-03-released-with-the-latest-gnome-50-desktop-environment    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:52:16

• No internet? This 'survival computer' has everything you need offline - including AI https://www.zdnet.com/article/project-nomad-self-contained-offline-linux-distribution/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 14:53:13

• "Re: [DNG] Good thing we don't use systemd" https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260402.110532.565ce91c.en.html    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 15:13:00

• IDC as Microsoft lobby https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/study-says-microsoft-split-could-hurt-linux-firms/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 16:57:19

• "I have had nearly as long a tenure as Arvind, have as many patents and earned more awards. Yet Arvind had no problem burning my career to ash to pad his own pockets. I have a legacy of helping people; Arvind has a legacy of nothing but greed and turning his back on the American worker. Fu ck Arvind and anyone who supports this traitor to America." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn2r2pnj    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 17:48:27

• "No one deserves more hate than Arvind. An "immigrant" that destroys American jobs isn't one we need here. He is a traitor. End of story." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn2r2pnj    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 17:50:09

• "Companies look to ARM for their low power cloud compute workloads where X86 is too expensive and/or too power intensive. IBM's brilliant idea is to convince them to run these workloads on a mainframe ARM emulator? This doesn't sound strategic, it sounds like IBM panicking because they're seeing more and more erosion of mainframe utilization at their key clients." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn73vh31    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 17:54:16

• Change is needed, admits watchdog boss ⚓ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/change-is-needed-admits-watchdog-boss-tfvp2bfn9 "Sarah Rapson says she accepts criticism of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, but transforming the regime will take time"    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 17:56:08

• Forking frenzy ensues after Euro-Office launch sparks OnlyOffice backlash https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/eurooffice_forks_onlyoffice/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 18:06:52

• "I posted a page of Geminispace images every day for a year, and it's over now." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-04-02_No_more_Picture_Pages.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 18:14:13

• "The instance is up and accepting submissions in the usual way. There is a light, informal sync with ew0k's instance for the time being, but no-one should rely on that sync mechanism working." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2026-04-02_re-antenna-packed-up--new-antenna-instance.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 18:15:13

• 🖼️ xkcd: Creation #3227 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3227.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 18:15:48

• Blue Jays 4-2 to Start the Season gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/4-02.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 18:16:30

• "So Sleepycrow mentioned the `.well-known/fursona` scheme earlier, and I mentioned I couldn't find a way to read the data from a gemini server. Well, I made one. (See my previous post for the resolution to the TLS issue.)" gemini://rymden.no/tx/2026-04-02.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 18:17:19

• "Our local cinema went all-in on this movie. Bespoke headrest covers, giant yellow ? cubes in the room, racks of Yoshi and Luma toys, full Mario livery on the corridors, a photo-op where you could sit in a little boat (was this even in the film?), and they even had a real life human announcer come in and give a welcome speech. Epic!" gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/04/01/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 18:18:29

• speaking of space, we just had a launch gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/gritty/40796    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 18:19:24

• New lows for Windows https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/spain/#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 18:58:44

• Firefox measured as down again    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 19:01:31

• "Unilever freezes global hiring for three months"    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 19:03:10

• "Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time - NASA" top clip in https://analytics.usa.gov/    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 19:04:05

• GNU/Linux up to 4.5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/malaysia/#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 19:06:07

• And above 4% in the neighbour https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/indonesia/#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 19:06:49

• Problems continue for Microsoft there https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/07/Microsoft_s_Thailand_Problem.shtml https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/thailand/#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 19:40:48

• Fewer UK adults posting on social media, Ofcom finds https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqk718l4neo    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 20:04:51

• Social Media Stats United Kingdom https://gs.statcounter.com/social-media-stats/all/united-kingdom/#monthly-202002-202604 relative, not absolute    

posted Thursday, April 02, 2026 at 20:06:41