Roy Schestowitz

• "God willing I get 8 hours of sleep each night. That's about a third of my life lying horizontal, unaware of anything except whatever bullshit my brain comes up with while asleep. I try not to think about it too much, because if I do, I get nervous, and the nerves make it hard to fall asleep. That's a lot of time, a lot of life. If I'm being honest it's a lot more like 6 hours these days." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/statistics.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 04:26:30

• "God willing I get 8 hours of sleep each night. That's about a third of my life lying horizontal, unaware of anything except whatever bullshit my brain comes up with while asleep. I try not to think about it too much, because if I do, I get nervous, and the nerves make it hard to fall asleep. That's a lot of time, a lot of life." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/statistics.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 04:26:45

• "This is from memory, as I haven’t got a copy to hand, and I read it about 25 years ago, so someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think a plot point was that the protagonists never turned on their comms systems because some kind of malicious transhuman/AI entity was continually broadcasting malware on all frequencies" gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/04/06/cassini-division/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 04:27:39

• running naked gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/running_naked    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 04:28:27

• "In exploring flight modeling on my analog computer, I realized there are some basic things about lift that are still confusing me. So, I started looking for some kind of aerospace engineering or flight math textbook through the library system." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260406-0.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 04:29:13

• "Someone on the #openbsd IRC channel thought that vi and ex are the same thing, which is true now, but was not true in the past, as the vi part was only bolted on afterwards." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/04/07/editor-history.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 04:30:19

• "PC hardware's development has stagnated for consumer applications. We have not had major tooling level changes in the past twenty years since the widespread adaptation of 64-bit computing. As a result of this, we have come to the inevitable asymptote of limited returns for faster and more efficient hardware" gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/hardware_stagnation.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 04:31:28

• Tarnishing an entire occupation https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/despite-penalties-lawyers-cant-stop-using-ai/ https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/16/uk-solicitors-warned-not-to-act-as-hired-guns-to-silence-critics-of-super-rich    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 04:57:13

• iophk: Disbarment is needed when slop is foisted off onto the courts. Short of that, it merely becomes haggling over how much slop is tolerated.    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 04:58:33

• "My poor friend never saw it coming." https://www.makeuseof.com/i-installed-linux-for-someone-who-would-never-do-it-themselves/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:22:19

• "A built-in Linux app simplified my entire PDF workflow overnight." https://www.makeuseof.com/installed-one-linux-app-id-never-heard-replaced-three-tools/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:22:41

• This Nvidia app completely transformed the way I use my Steam Deck https://www.makeuseof.com/nvidia-app-completely-transformed-way-i-use-my-steam-deck/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:23:20

• "A power user's delight, with just enough simplifications." https://www.makeuseof.com/switched-to-cachyos-not-sure-if-i-want-to-go-back-to-vanilla-arch/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:23:57

• I did a minimal Ubuntu install and stripped out every pre-installed app ⚓ https://www.makeuseof.com/did-minimal-ubuntu-install-stripped-out-every-pre-installed-app/ ䷉ Source: Make Use Of | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.makeuseof.com/did-minimal-ubuntu-install-stripped-out-every-pre-installed-app/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:24:56

• "Those pesky background tasks are really annoying, from time to time." https://www.makeuseof.com/gnome-tracker-was-silently-making-linux-system-worse-whole-time/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:25:30

• "Mirrors are for more than just checking your face before leaving home." https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-updates-were-painfully-slow-until-i-switched-one-setting/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:26:00

• "This shouldn’t work—but it absolutely does." https://www.makeuseof.com/installed-linux-on-pixel-turned-into-pocket-workstation/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:26:29

• "I keep reaching for my phone, and it’s not for scrolling." https://www.makeuseof.com/android-linux-terminal-so-good-new-reasons-not-pc/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:27:12

• "A simple RAM tweak eliminated latency and made everyday tasks feel instant." https://www.makeuseof.com/set-up-ram-disk-linux-with-one-line-code-apps-never-loaded-faster/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:28:07

• "It was inevitable once you see everything CachyOS has." https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-is-the-new-king-of-protondb/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:29:14

• GPU passthrough to LXCs beats VMs in Proxmox, and it’s way simpler than you’d think ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/gpu-passthrough-to-lxcs-beats-vms/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/gpu-passthrough-to-lxcs-beats-vms/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:30:13

• Stop using these 6 built-in Linux commands; I found something way better ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/built-in-linux-commands-better-alternatives/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/built-in-linux-commands-better-alternatives/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:31:05

• "It's still in beta, but worth a look." https://www.xda-developers.com/this-non-chromium-linux-browser-can-run-chrome-firefox-and-safari-extensions/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:32:08

• DaVinci Resolve just fixed my biggest problem with Linux, and I’ve run out of reasons to keep Windows ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/davinci-resolve-fixed-biggest-problem-linux-run-out-reasons-keep-windows/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/davinci-resolve-fixed-biggest-problem-linux-run-out-reasons-keep-windows/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:33:24

• Immutable Linux sounded bulletproof until I tried to use it ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-sounded-bulletproof-until-i-tried-to-use-it/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-sounded-bulletproof-until-i-tried-to-use-it/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:34:36

• Self-hosting freed me from the OS lock-in trap (and made my devices clutter-free) https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosting-freed-me-from-the-os-lock-in-trap/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:35:32

• I replaced my entire Proxmox backup strategy with one tool, and I haven't thought about backups since https://www.xda-developers.com/replaced-proxmox-backup-strategy-one-tool-havent-thought-backups/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:36:20

• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS drops next month, but there's a strong case for skipping it entirely https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-2604-lts-drops-next-month-theres-good-case-skipping-entirely/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:37:18

• "Customizable software and hardware? Sounds good to me." https://www.xda-developers.com/framework-is-funding-kde-to-build-linux-laptops-you-can-actually-customize/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:38:12

• The VS Code alternative that every developer should try in 2026 ⚓ https://www.howtogeek.com/the-vs-code-alternative-that-every-developer-should-try-in-2026/ ䷉ Source: HowTo Geek | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/the-vs-code-alternative-that-every-developer-should-try-in-2026/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:40:53

• "Discover how GNU Stow transforms the tedious process of reconfiguring your environment after every Linux distro switch into a seamless, one-command deployment." https://www.howtogeek.com/gnu-stow-turned-me-into-the-ultimate-linux-distro-hopper/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:42:45

• "Experience a smoother, more responsive Linux system, regardless of your RAM capacity, by discovering the world of compressed swap." https://www.howtogeek.com/even-if-you-have-16gb-of-ram-this-one-compressed-swap-trick-makes-linux-significantly-smoother/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:43:12

• "Who said setting up Linux is difficult?" https://www.xda-developers.com/fedora-44-will-automatically-make-your-windows-games-run-faster-no-tweaks-required/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:45:05

• I used Bazzite instead of SteamOS on my gaming PC, and it does everything SteamOS can’t ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/i-used-bazzite-instead-of-steamos-on-my-gaming-pc-and-it-does-everything-steamos-cant/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/i-used-bazzite-instead-of-steamos-on-my-gaming-pc-and-it-does-everything-steamos-cant/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:45:45

• "The end is nigh." https://www.xda-developers.com/kaos-begins-tearing-systemd-apart-after-dropping-kde-plasma-last-month/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:46:12

• Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use in US data centers https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/investors-press-amazon-microsoft-google-water-power-use-us-data-centers-2026-04-06/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:48:39

• " According to experts, the German government’s strategy to double the capacity of the “factories of the 21st century” will lead to additional CO₂ emissions. But that is not the only problem." https://table.media/esg/feature/data-centers-a-lack-of-green-electricity-puts-expansion-at-risk    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:50:14

• Home of Indianapolis city councilor shot at over his support of datacenters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/indianapolis-city-council-home-shot-at-data-centers    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:51:10

• Amazon, Microsoft, and Google under investor pressure to disclose site-specific data center water and power consumption — more than a dozen shareholders ask for transparency ahead of annual investor meetings https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/investors-push-amazon-microsoft-and-google-to-disclose-data-center-water-and-power-consumption    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:53:11

• "The British company Deep Green has withdrawn its proposal to build a $120 million data center in downtown Lansing on the site of two seldom-used municipal parking lots." https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/04/british-company-pulls-the-plug-on-lansing-data-center-proposal.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:54:54

• "It's on its way." https://www.xda-developers.com/wayland-getting-6-year-long-fix-for-most-annoying-quirk-kde-gnome-already-implementing-it/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:56:27

• I stopped guessing why my Linux PC was slow and used one command to find out ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/your-linux-pc-is-probably-booting-slower-than-it-should/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/your-linux-pc-is-probably-booting-slower-than-it-should/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:57:25

• "I wanted to see whether OpenClaw could hold up in a setup that felt like part of my home lab instead of a disposable weekend experiment." https://www.xda-developers.com/running-openclaw-proxmox-taught-elegance-doesnt-always-beat-reliability/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:58:35

• "Linux 7.0 is proving to be a fickle beast." https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-torvalds-says-linux-7-0-calm-was-a-mirage-as-rc6-refuses-to-settle-down/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 05:59:08

• iophk: Python is annoying and inconsistent. try...except exists IMHO because of that urllib should (IMHO) produce response objects in certain situations but oddly it is a little random in that regard and the existence of a response object is not guaranteed even in situations where it is abundantly common.    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 06:44:31

• "You are in honeymoon phase. Give it some time and all of this will make sense to you" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knfa144x    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 06:59:38

• Nothing to do with slop, this is just garbage 'journalism' https://www.inkl.com/news/as-ibm-and-arm-partner-on-ai-which-is-the-better-tech-stock-to-buy    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:07:01

• Proxmox gave me Home Assistant plus a NAS, media server, and backup system on one PC https://www.xda-developers.com/proxmox-gave-home-assistant-nas-media-server-backup-system-one-pc/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:07:42

• I’m excited for the next generation of Linux distros, and for one big reason ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/next-generation-of-linux-distros-are-exciting-for-one-big-reason/ ䷉ Source: XDA    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:09:01

• I’m switching to Linux for gaming — here’s why ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gaming-over-windows/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/linux-gaming-over-windows/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:10:10

• Someone merged SteamOS with NixOS, and the result is the strangest Linux distro I’ve ever loved ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/merged-steamos-nixos-result-strangest-linux-distro-ever-loved/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/merged-steamos-nixos-result-strangest-linux-distro-ever-loved/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:10:54

• You don’t need to wait for SteamOS to have a great couch PC - here’s what to use instead ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/you-dont-need-steamos-to-have-a-great-couch-pc-heres-what-to-do-instead/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/you-dont-need-steamos-to-have-a-great-couch-pc-heres-what-to-do-instead/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:11:43

• CachyOS has a one-click Windows VM button, and dual-booting feels completely outdated ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-one-click-windows-vm-button-dual-booting-feels-completely-outdated/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-one-click-windows-vm-button-dual-booting-feels-completely-outdated/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:12:46

• We had our chance. https://www.xda-developers.com/gnome-50-killed-google-drive-integration-nobody-wanted-to-maintain-it/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:13:11

• Or if you just can't be bothered with the command line today. https://www.xda-developers.com/archinstall-40-finally-makes-installing-arch-linux-bearable/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:30:16

• I thought my Proxmox server was slow until I changed this setting ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/i-thought-my-proxmox-setup-was-slow-until-i-changed-one-setting/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/i-thought-my-proxmox-setup-was-slow-until-i-changed-one-setting/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:32:24

• "Wine is the foundation that makes gaming on Linux possible." https://www.xda-developers.com/wine-translating-windows-games-linux-proton-effortless/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:32:53

• "Windows is no longer the king of gaming." https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-beats-windows-11-cyberpunk-2077-space-marine-2/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:33:36

• Ubuntu Phone failed, but running full Linux on your phone is actually possible now ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-phone-failed-but-running-full-linux-on-your-phone-is-actually-possible-now/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-phone-failed-but-running-full-linux-on-your-phone-is-actually-possible-now/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:35:18

• IBM Red Hat peddling slops "Science"; shame on IBM https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-scientific-research-power-small-language-models    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:39:24

• "Unfortunately, since it is nearly impossible to distinguish between proprietary and open weight model crawlers, I use a CDN to block all crawlers." ☛ https://danieldk.eu/AI-policy | Source: Daniël de Kok    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:41:23

• "Major music publishers and the NMPA are asking a Texas federal court to throw out X's antitrust lawsuit, calling it a baseless attempt at retaliation" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/music-publishers-ask-court-to-dismiss-xs-weaponized-dmca-antitrust-suit/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:44:11

• "This brief argues that rap lyrics, and particularly those in diss tracks, should not be treated as factual statements." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/05/yale-university-drake-vs-kendrick/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:44:50

• "It’s notable that DNS providers are included, as it brings companies like Cloudflare and even Google into the fray." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/06/music-industry-site-blocking-legislation/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:45:13

• "Lawmakers would let the restrictions on the monopoly end in 2028, but still allow it to block competitors for two more years" ☛ https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/04/06/trump-ftc-warns-tn-against-repealing-ballad-hospital-monopoly-without-stronger-competition-law/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:46:34

• "You might have noticed that, after installing iOS 26.4, your iPhone is behaving differently." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/stolen-device-protection-may-protect-you-from-accessing-your-own-device/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:55:08

• "South Africa’s 5G population coverage surged from 46.6% to 58% in a single year" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africas-5g-boom-is-bypassing-rural-areas-icasa/279784/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:55:54

• "There's a particular species of injustice in photography's past, where the person behind the camera (often a woman) did the work while someone else took the credit." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/she-wrote-the-history-of-photography-then-they-cruelly-erased-her-from-it | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:56:35

• "The rich are ride-hailing their way out of public transit, draining fare revenue from the system." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/04/toronto-transit-uber-lyft-class/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:56:51

• "Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) violates the state’s Open Meeting Law by holding its meetings in an area at the MSP airport accessible only by passing through a TSA checkpoint, which requires either REAL-ID compliant ID, a passport, or paying a $45 fee." ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/04/06/is-a-meeting-public-if-you-have-to-show-real-id-or-pay-a-fee/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:57:14

• "But the line is a bigger deal than it sounds like, should the executive order go into force (it’s currently facing four federal lawsuits asserting the president exceeded his authority with it)." ☛ https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/04/06/trump-election-ordermailballots-five-year-record-retention-issues/ | Source: Votebeat    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:57:45

• "Members of the Choctaw code talkers were men who volunteered to fight for the U.S. in World War I at a time when Native Americans were not recognized as citizens. Indigenous communities wouldn’t receive citizenship until 1924." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/04/descendants-of-choctaw-code-talkers-gather-in-fort-worth-for-historical-marker-unveiling.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:58:01

• "Her proposal is something of a middle path: women should recognize that there are seasons of life with different demands, and see their roles as wives and mothers not as a retreat from work but as a chance to build a foundation" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/awake-jen-hatmaker-book-review-lead-like-jael-emma-waters | Source: New Yorker    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:58:16

• "This resulted in a generational gap in traditional knowledge and language that the Navajo are desperately trying to reclaim." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/06/navajo-nation-the-fight-for-cultural-survival-photo-essay | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:58:34

• "It is impossible not to marvel at the utter moral depravity of two highly credentialed and educated professionals desperately debasing themselves in order to compete for the David Duke vote." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/unions-or-david-duke | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:58:49

• "is guaranteed only to those who own one." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-techonology-business-and-programming-network-podcasts/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:59:24

• "Trump Threatens to Jail Reporter" ☛ https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-threatens-to-jail-reporter-over-iran-rescue-mission-leak-airman-f-15-fighter-jet-crash | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 07:59:45

• Americans! Go figure! https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/11/Matthew_J_Garrett_Has_Just_Sent_a_Threat_to_Put_My_Wife_and_I_i.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:00:16

• "On March 30, journalists and citizens gathered at the City Sports Center in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, to open four days of debate about the proposed constitutional amendments." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/journalists-harassed-at-public-hearing-to-debate-zimbabwean-constitutional-amendments/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:00:35

• "involving the retaliatory arrest of an independent journalists by cops who didn’t like her reporting" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/06/supreme-court-shrugs-off-opportunity-to-save-the-first-amendment-from-the-fifth-circuits-antipathy/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:01:18

• "This is a terrifying and unprecedented attack on our First Amendment rights and the freedom of the press. But the other implications of it are even more terrifying to consider." ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/trump-threatens-to-jail-a-journalist-unless-he-reveals-which-trump-official-leaked-the-news-about-the-missing-pilot/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:01:35

• Obama did similar to Risen    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:01:54

• Very American behaviour https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/02/Last_Month_Matthew_Garrett_Said_Ridiculous_Things_After_His_Spo.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:02:21

• "Society needs to understand that there are enough safe ways to express your attitude toward the blocking" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/04/dozens-gather-outside-presidential-administration-in-moscow-to-submit-petitions-against-messaging-app-blocks-and-mobile-internet-shutdowns | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:02:48

• "The film Mr. Nobody Against Putin had won one of the industry’s highest honors just days earlier: an Oscar for best documentary film." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/pavel-talankin-mr-nobody-film-putin-interview/33723253.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:03:04

• "Now, Trump’s budget request reveals, the FBI runs a dedicated “NSPM-7 Joint Mission Center”; with personnel from 10 federal agencies, it is busy “proactively” identifying domestic terrorists motivated by any of the following beliefs: [...]" ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbis-new-political-pre-crime-center | Source: Ken Klippenstein    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:03:22

• "There's a deep and sickening irony to all of this. And it's that the Linux community has largely lost sight of its own ideals. As a penguin, I was exposed early on to the ideas of Stallman." ☛ https://s3kshun8.games/blog/flatpak-won/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:04:03

• "Europe’s steel firms are increasingly unprofitable, and rising energy prices are making things even worse. Public ownership is vital to ensure conversion to green production while maintaining jobs." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/04/eu-steel-green-transition-public-ownership/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:04:17

• "Memos compiled by OpenAI staffers — including Ilya Sutskever and Dario Amodei, who later left to found their own AI enterprises — amount to “an accumulation of alleged deceptions and manipulations,” Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz wrote." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/04/06/2026/new-yorker-investigation-raises-questions-over-sam-altmans-trustworthiness | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:05:11

• "In the America we grew up in, no one can stop us from listening to the music or experiencing the art we want." ☛ https://variety.com/2026/music/opinion/why-kanye-west-rehabilitation-says-so-much-about-america-1236709926/ | Source: Variety    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:05:28

• "The first chick hatched around 9.30pm on Saturday, and the second on Easter about 8.30am, Voisard said." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/bald-eagle-chicks-hatching-california-livestream | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:06:18

• "The cam has followed Jackie and Shadow, who have been mating since 2018, and made the birds worldwide celebrities and regular fixtures of morning TV shows." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-04-05/big-bear-eagles-jackie-shadow-two-baby-eaglets-have-hatched | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:06:33

• "About a tenth of Malawi's grid power now comes from two new solar plants built by Toronto-based JCM Power." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/grid-solar-africa-9.7126087 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:07:08

• "The survey is open to drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, and includes questions about travelling at night, driver behaviour and possible changes." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/transport-canada-headlight-glare-survey-9.7152195 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:07:35

• "Parking spots have been turned into green spaces and terraces for cafes and bars. Fewer parents have to fear their child being run over when they walk to school." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/how-paris-swapped-cars-for-bikes-and-remade-its-streets | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:08:02

• These 9 uncommon grep flags are the secret to finding anything from the Linux terminal ⚓ https://www.howtogeek.com/uncommon-grep-flags-help-find-anything-from-the-linux-terminal/ ䷉ Source: HowTo Geek | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/uncommon-grep-flags-help-find-anything-from-the-linux-terminal/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:09:28

• This one Linux shell character made me feel like a hacker https://www.howtogeek.com/this-one-linux-shell-character-made-me-feel-like-a-hacker/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:12:00

• "The grassroots response comes amid mounting anger over what’s perceived as slow official action, disputes about a cover-up" ☛ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/activists-hope-hair-donations-will-ease-gulf-oil-damage/ | Source: Mexico News Daily    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:15:33

• "More than a dozen investors are pressuring Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet's Google" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/investors-push-amazon-microsoft-and-google-to-disclose-data-center-water-and-power-consumption | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:15:45

• "Fact-checking is not censorship. Asking a publication to correct factual errors is not censorship." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/06/jacob-siegels-error-filled-book-on-censorship-got-fact-checked-hes-calling-it-censorship/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:16:12

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-population-has-surpassed-the-planets-capacity-study-suggests | Source: Science Alert    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:16:43

• "The AWS sites in the Middle East each have three compute zones, with both data centers reporting “hard down” and “impaired but functioning” zones." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/iranian-missile-blitz-takes-down-aws-data-centers-in-bahrain-and-dubai-amazon-declares-hard-down-status-for-multiple-zones | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:17:26

• "The SAVE America Act would effectively ban voter registration drives, a mainstay of college campuses and neighborhood events." ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/06/repub/trumps-save-america-act-would-end-voter-registration-drives-nationwide/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:17:45

• "Discover the hidden gem in Fedora Linux that packs a punch for developers and system administrators alike." https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-linux-ships-with-an-ultra-powerful-tool-most-people-never-even-open/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:18:21

• "Fedora's innovative approach to system updates ensures that your desktop remains stable and unbroken, even in the face of network failures or power losses." https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-quietly-solved-linuxs-update-problem/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:19:08

• "ranked choice voting expansion is unconstitutional" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/06/maine-supreme-court-says-proposed-ranked-choice-voting-expansion-is-not-constitutional/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:19:36

• "Aeon notes that the rise of weather-based betting rather faithfully follows the development of industrial capitalism. " ☛ https://futurism.com/science-energy/polymarket-gambling-climate-change | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:19:55

• MinceR, "President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia received the Hungarian foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, last month at the Kremlin." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/europe/viktor-orban-hungary-election-russia.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:20:29

• "The survey was conducted by by Lake Research Partners and commissioned by Free Speech For People (FSFP)" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/25th-amendment-row-what-if-trump-gets-impeached-a-look-at-the-past-and-future-as-results-of-new-poll-revealed-101775494946409.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:20:47

• "The war isn’t legal by US domestic standards." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/the-us-torpedoed-an-unarmed-ship-who-are-the-good-guys-again/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:21:26

• "Trump, who had been convicted of defying a congressional subpoena issued during the investigation into the January 6 Capitol [insurrection]." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260406-us-supreme-court-paves-way-to-drop-capitol-riot-charges-against-ex-trump-ally-steve-bannon | Source: France24    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:21:53

• "Such rumours first began gaining prominence on social media on 7 March after a video was shared by RFE/RL showing the director of the Imishli District School N8, Rena Guliyeva, not allowing students wearing hijab to enter school grounds." ☛ https://oc-media.org/is-azerbaijan-banning-the-hijab-in-public-schools/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:22:15

• "The biggest absurdity here is that Trump is now focusing his war’s endgame on Iran’s willingness to open the strait. But the strait was open before Trump attacked Iran on February 28. Iran blocked it in retaliation for that attack." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-has-really-seriously-frighteningly | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:22:40

• "My position on the urgency of rolling out quantum-resistant cryptography has changed compared to just a few months ago." ☛ https://words.filippo.io/crqc-timeline/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:23:35

• "Like all good nerds, I generate a unique email address for every service I sign up to." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/someone-at-browserstack-is-leaking-users-email-address/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:27:05

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:28:27

• "to meet with legislators to discuss the legal and technological issues with the bill, including a ban on VPN traffic, and to advocate for device-based verification solutions." ☛ https://www.404media.co/wisconsin-age-verification-bill-vetoed/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:28:46

• "The bill (AB 105) would’ve required sites with more than one-third of their total content deemed harmful to minors to impose a “reasonable” form of age verification, such as asking users to show their government-issued ID." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/907761/wisconsin-governor-porn-age-verification-vetoed | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:29:07

• "The European Commission (EC) has confirmed that [intruders] stole over 300GB of data from its AWS environment using an API key compromised in the Trivy supply chain attack." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/european-commission-confirms-data-breach-linked-to-trivy-supply-chain-attack/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:29:22

• "Senior researcher John Scott-Railton speaks with GIJN about strategies journalists can employ to improve their digital hygiene and protect themselves from targeted attacks." ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/john-scott-railton-shares-tips-and-tools-to-protect-yourself-digitally/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:29:38

• "Research by the Citizen Lab on the use of spyware by state actors shows that this technology is abused by governments and results in human rights violations and serious risks to national security, democracy, and the rule of law." ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/citizen_lab_going_dark_report_en-2.pdf | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:30:44

• "Perplexity’s AI search engine encourages users to go deeper with their prompts by engaging in chat sessions that a lawsuit has alleged are often shared in their entirety with Google and Meta without users’ knowledge or consent." ☛ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/perplexitys-incognito-mode-is-a-sham-lawsuit-says/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:30:59

• "This was not, by the way, a situation of Venmo not being secure. (Some people think it could do better.)" ☛ https://pogueman.substack.com/p/how-i-scammed-myself-on-venmo | Source: David Pogue    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:33:54

• "And when the picket lines went up?" ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/should-the-abc-be-privatised-a-modest-valuation/ | Source: Spectator AU    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:34:19

• The terminal tricks nobody talks about (but everyone should know) https://www.howtogeek.com/cli-habits-that-make-you-faster-than-any-new-editor-feature/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:35:13

• DRM https://www.howtogeek.com/android-sideloading-changes-the-big-visual-studio-code-update-better-linux-phones-and-more-news-roundup/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:36:04

• "5 hard lessons I learned about Linux and Docker while building my first DIY NAS" https://www.howtogeek.com/things-i-wish-i-knew-before-setting-up-my-first-nas/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:36:33

• DietPi just made it easy to host your own Google Photos on a Raspberry Pi https://www.howtogeek.com/dietpi-just-made-it-easy-to-host-your-own-google-photos-on-a-raspberry-pi/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:37:10

• 8 ways to delete a file in Linux—and when to use each ⚓ https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-delete-files-in-linux-and-why-you-need-them-all/ ䷉ Source: HowTo Geek | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-delete-files-in-linux-and-why-you-need-them-all/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:38:36

• "How do you turn an already great distro into something better? With extensions, of course." https://www.howtogeek.com/must-have-linux-mint-extensions/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:39:26

• Windows TCO: "Under normal conditions, the agency’s systems register an average of 350 attacks per week, about 23 of which target Roskomnadzor itself." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/06/russia-s-internet-regulator-says-ddos-attacks-hit-record-levels-in-february-and-march-surging-after-reports-of-telegram-ban | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:41:17

• Windows TCO: "An elusive hacker who went by the handle “UNKN” and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/04/germany-doxes-unkn-head-of-ru-ransomware-gangs-revil-gandcrab/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:41:32

• "cheese pull" ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/food-that-is-made-for-tiktok-instead-of-for-eating | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:42:03

• "It’s not a transcript – it’s the base I worked from, the thoughts I organized before stepping on stage." ☛ https://journal.bsd.cafe/2026/03/31/im-just-the-barista/ | Source: The BSD Cafe Journal    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:42:20

• "According to DownDetector, reports of the outage began around 2:45 p.m. EDT on Monday. By 3 p.m., the site had received over 15,000 reports. Users say both the Reddit app and website are affected" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/reddit-down-in-us-users-report-you-broke-reddit-error-101775501667175.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:42:50

• "These extraordinarily candid comments were likely never supposed to be heard by the public. However, the closed-door footage was downloaded by a journalist before it was removed and later circulated online." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260406-white-house-posts-then-deletes-video-of-trump-insulting-macron | Source: France24    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:43:28

• 8 open-source apps that save money and beat their paid alternatives ⚓ https://www.howtogeek.com/8-open-source-apps-that-save-money-and-beat-their-commercial-alternatives/ ䷉ Source: HowTo Geek | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/8-open-source-apps-that-save-money-and-beat-their-commercial-alternatives/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:44:22

• Krita 5.3 brings new tools and Wayland support to the open-source paint app ⚓ https://www.howtogeek.com/krita-53-brings-new-tools-and-wayland-support-to-the-open-source-paint-app/ ䷉ Source: HowTo Geek | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/krita-53-brings-new-tools-and-wayland-support-to-the-open-source-paint-app/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:45:26

• "Old Android phones are still a better option." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-powered-pinephone-might-not-get-a-sequel-and-postmarketos-is-one-reason/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:47:05

• "These ADB commands could directly improve your workflow." https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-to-enable-adb-on-android/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:47:43

• "A quiet advantage most people overlook but shouldn't." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-hidden-linux-feature-makes-windows-look-embarrassing-for-developers/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:48:10

• "Eric Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar is almost thirty years old and people are still finding new ways to extend the metaphor." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/04/06/the-cathedral-and-the-catacombs.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:48:58

• "But plausible is not the same as correct." ☛ https://coyotetracks.org/blog/leveraging-ai-in-writing/ | Source: Watts Martin    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:49:15

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:49:30

• "If AI does more of the work but humans still have to check it, you need more reviewers." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/06/ai_coding_tools_more_work/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:49:39

• "The company went from producing 25,000 lines of code a month to 250,000 lines." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/technology/ai-code-overload.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:50:05

• "In her new book, The AI Paradox, Dignum offers an overview of AI with particular attention to its social ramifications." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/artificial-intelligence-ai-paradox/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:50:23

• "Target does not purport to guarantee that an Agentic Commerce Agent will act exactly as you intend in all circumstances. You should review orders, account activity, and settings regularly." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/target-ai-agent-tos | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:50:37

• "In January 2013, the website of the United States Sentencing Commission was replaced with a video protesting the treatment of activist Aaron Swartz who had committed suicide days earlier" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Love    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:53:00

• "Only someone with zero understanding of radiology would say something so naive." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hospital-ceo-ai-radiology | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:56:54

• "These days our appetite for more data storage is larger than ever, with video files larger, photo resolutions higher, and project files easily zipping past a few hundred MB." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/with-affordable-storage-options-dwindling-where-to-store-our-data/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:57:40

• "Yes, a major part of that film look is actual film, with all the grain and colors that come with it. But old lenses were not as sharp as modern optics." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/lenses/im-a-film-and-digital-photographer-retro-digital-cameras-are-missing-half-the-equation-the-other-half-a-retro-lens | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:57:56

• "Using a modern word processor, my writing is a bit sloppy because I’m able to make mistakes" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-typewriter-company-9.7152119 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:58:16

• "We just don't see eye to eye anymore." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-was-my-first-distroheres-why-we-went-our-separate-ways/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 08:59:16

• "Whatever you do, ignore these mistakes, myths, and misunderstandings." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-the-worst-linux-recommendations-ive-heard/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:01:25

• "Your Linux Mint desktop can do more than just look pretty and collect icons." https://www.howtogeek.com/must-have-linux-mint-desklets/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:02:05

• Accomplishment of 2026 'moon' mission: get merely CLOSE to the Moon, take selfies, take iPhones, take Microsoft Outlook (failed), take woman and African-American. No langing, not staying, no Moon rocks taken to study. Waste of money, distraction from Iran war.    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:03:42

• "Not only was the art really interesting and inspiring, but the participation options were varied and engaging." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/museum-easter/ | Source: Ava    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:04:28

• "This is a collection of best paper awards from conferences in each computer science subfield, starting from 1996. Originally, the broadest representative conference for each subfield were selected to be included." ☛ https://jeffhuang.com/best_paper_awards/ | Source: Jeff Huang    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:05:50

• "What came to your mind when you read “hash functions” in the title?" ☛ https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/simplest-hash-functions/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:06:06

• "For these experiments, he used a Radiacode 110 X-ray and gamma ray detector, which uses a photodetector to detect radiation’s passage through a scintillation crystal." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/testing-the-wave-particle-duality-with-gamma-rays/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:06:26

• "In Agricola’s time, Finnish was just a language spoken by the common people in the countryside. There wasn’t any formal version of Finnish: there were just local dialects." ☛ https://uusikielemme.fi/finnish-culture/suomen-kielen-paiva-hyvaa-agricolan-paivaa-9-4 |    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:07:24

• "Today as well, I saw this post from Jeffrey Zeldman also talking about the em-dash and commenting about the sentiment on whether to abandon usage of it altogether in human writing." ☛ https://chisenires.design/blog/using-em-dashes/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:07:39

• "There’s a difference between a company that makes money and a company that makes something worth caring about. I believe it starts with whether the person at the top loves what they’re building." ☛ https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2026/03/the-paint-at-7am/ | Source: David Sparks    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:08:00

• "David Sparks blogs that companies whose leaders actually give a damn about the products are the ones worth watching: [...]" ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2026/4/the-difference-between-a-company-that-makes-money-and-a-company-that-makes-something-worth-caring | Source: Jarrod Blundy    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:08:17

• "Diving into the resurrection story yields some stunning wisdom, and it’s the story that gives something new each year." ☛ https://thenewsprint.co/2026/04/06/the-sunday-edition-040526/ | Source: The Newsprint    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:08:34

• "At work I’ve recently brought up the idea of showing a “remaining characters indicator” to our Filament form components." ☛ https://stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2026/04/04/show-remaining-characters-in-a-filament-text-input/ | Source: Stefan Zweifel    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:09:20

• "For all tests below the data set used was 10 million consecutive 64 bit integers shuffled in a random order. The order was the same for all algorithms." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/04/sorting-performance-rabbit-hole.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:09:38

• "The CIA World Factbook, a free educational resource for generations of students, was abruptly shuttered by the Trump administration on Feb. 4." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-04-06/eulogy-for-cia-factbook-free-standard-for-world-facts-long-educational-staple-is-gone | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:10:11

• "The script I use to handle these lists and countries is as follows." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/battling-bots | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:12:08

• "A granular synthesizer — or more appropriately, a granular audio processor — is a device that chops audio samples into small “grains” that are just a few milliseconds long." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/04/06/glitchy-goodness-from-an-open-source-granular-synthesizer/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:19:08

• "I made another demo for the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 microcontroller and got 3rd place in the Revision 2026 wild compo." ☛ https://www.linusakesson.net/scene/sum-ergo-demonstro/index.php | Source: Linus Åkesson    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:19:22

• "On the DVD side of things there’s a Raspberry Pi 5 that connects to an external USB DVD drive and which encodes the video for transmission via USB to the Pico 2 board." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/playing-dvds-on-the-sega-dreamcast/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:20:29

• "50-year-old hardware is slow, but rest assured, there are hobbyists out there trying to speed things up by building new era-appropriate accelerator cards." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/hobbyist-builds-a-homebrew-intel-8086-isa-accelerator-card-makers-project-improves-integer-multiplication-on-these-retro-systems-by-250-percent | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:20:42

• "It’s always nice to simulate a project before soldering a board together." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/06/simulating-the-avr8-for-a-browser-based-arduino-emulator/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:20:56

• "Why is it so hard to know what pace you can maintain? Well, you can predict a pace based on existing races e.g. half marathon" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/marathon-man-how-to-pace-a-marathon/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:28:50

• "In the UNIXy and Emacs worlds, once you delete that file, it’s gone, so you better have your story straight." ☛ https://chrismaiorana.com/the-emacs-way-deleting-files/ | Source: Chris Maiorana    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:32:58

• "This poor guy wrote about his frustrations escaping iCloud Photos. I went down this path last year and it was annoying." ☛ https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/04/immich-ending-blood-pact-with-icloud-photos/ | Source: Feld    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:33:25

• "This was my hundred-forty-first month that I did some work for the Debian LTS initiative, started by Raphael Hertzog at Freexian." ☛ https://blog.alteholz.eu/2026/04/my-debian-activities-in-march-2026/ | Source: Thorsten Alteholz    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:33:59

• "After trial runs of integration testing on our committed target systems, we are pleased to open up this effort to the FreeBSD community!" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/call-for-testing-introducing-the-laptop-integration-testing-project/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:34:44

• "John Baldwin has spent more than 25 years working on FreeBSD as a developer, contributor, and consultant." ☛ https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2026/03/31/freebsd-with-john-baldwin/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:34:54

• "The NetBSD project has announced the availability of a new release candidate for the project's upcoming 11.0 release. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12786 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:35:06

• "Slated for the 7.1 merge window is a patch that veteran Linux kernel contributor Ingo Molnar queued up at the end of March" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/06/patch_to_end_i486_support/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:35:33

• "AI is ruining youtube, people are falling for it hook line & sinker" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/ai-is-ruining-youtube,-people-are:0    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:37:59

• windows tco https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/dark-web-hackers-for-hire-even-you-are-a:e    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:38:34

• "Trump Keeps Digging with the Same Toy Bulldozers" https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/06/trump-keeps-digging-with-the-same-toy-bulldozers/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:38:50

• "The Terrorist in Chief - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-terrorist-in-chief    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:39:06

• "Office Hours: Who Will Trump Fire Next? - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-who-will-trump-fire    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:39:21

• "How Trump’s Easter Threat Enriches Iran" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-trumps-easter-threat-enriches-iran/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:39:36

• "Pentagon Formalizes Palantir's Maven AI as a Core Military System With Multi-Year Funding" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/05/0233233    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:39:53

• "Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants: Is that a war crime?" https://www.vox.com/politics/484932/trump-threat-war-crimes-electricity-bridges    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:40:11

• "Trump Celebrates Easter By Dropping An F-Bomb, Threatening More War Crimes" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/06/trump-celebrates-easter-by-dropping-an-f-bomb-threatening-more-war-crimes/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:40:27

• "Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi For Not Making His Vindictive Fantasies A Reality" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/06/trump-fires-attorney-general-pam-bondi-for-not-making-his-vindictive-fantasies-a-reality/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:40:43

• "Power grid obliteration would be a death sentence for Iran" https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2026/04/power-grid-obliterating-iran-civilian-life/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:41:00

• "This Is Not How Presidents Typically Communicate" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/presidential-communication-truth-social-trump-war/686702/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:41:21

• iophk: importantt topic ... but way too much stenography https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-f-15-rescue-donald-trump-war-news-iran-did-not-know-f-15-airman-was-missing-then-a-leaker-broke-the-story-11320156#publisher=newsstand    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:41:43

• opinion piece in spectator shoulders social control media https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/liberals-are-fools-to-support-social-media-censorship/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:42:12

• iophk: are there parallels between the chat control irregularities and those of the EPC? https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/04/06/chat-control-1-foll-men-fortsatter-anda/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:42:43

• "Computer Literacy Is Completely Dead" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/computer-literacy-is-completely-dead:b    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:43:00

• "“War is peace” in Donald Trump’s America" https://www.newstatesman.com/world/americas/north-america/us/2026/04/war-is-peace-in-donald-trumps-america    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 09:43:14

• Update this week: Free software is software that gives you the user the freedom to share, study and modify it. We call this free software because the user is free. https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:14:48

• UI walker – UI Walk through in QML ☞ http://renaudguezennec.eu/index.php/2026/04/07/ui-walker-ui-walk-through-in-qml/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:23:31

• Thorsten Alteholz: My Debian Activities in March 2026 ☞ http://blog.alteholz.eu/2026/04/my-debian-activities-in-march-2026/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:24:53

• Glitchy goodness from an open-source granular synthesizer ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/04/06/glitchy-goodness-from-an-open-source-granular-synthesizer/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:25:30

• Marathon Man: how to pace a marathon ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/marathon-man-how-to-pace-a-marathon/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:26:06

• Jussi Pakkanen: Sorting performance rabbit hole ☞ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/04/sorting-performance-rabbit-hole.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:26:27

• White House posts then deletes Easter video of Convicted Felon insulting Macron ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260406-white-house-posts-then-deletes-video-of-trump-insulting-macron    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:27:47

• John Scott-Railton Shares Tips and Tools to Protect Yourself Digitally ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/john-scott-railton-shares-tips-and-tools-to-protect-yourself-digitally/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:28:42

• A Hidden Russian Hand in Hungary’s Election? Actually, It’s Quite Open. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/europe/viktor-orban-hungary-election-russia.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:29:32

• Earth's Population Has Surpassed The Planet's Capacity, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-population-has-surpassed-the-planets-capacity-study-suggests    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:30:13

• Amazon, Microsoft, and Surveillance Giant Google under investor pressure to disclose site-specific data center water and power consumption — more than a dozen shareholders ask for transparency ahead of annual investor meetings ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/investors-push-amazon-microsoft-and-google-to-disclose-data-center-water-and-power-consumption    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:30:49

• Yale University May Have Put a Nail In the Drake vs. Kendrick Rap Battle Coffin: Law School Backs UMG in Amicus Brief ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/05/yale-university-drake-vs-kendrick/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 11:32:17

• Music Publishers Move to Shut Down X’s ‘Retaliatory Antitrust Suit,’ Say the ‘Complaint Should Be Dismissed in Its Entirety’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/06/x-music-publishers-lawsuit-dismissal-attempt/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:07:42

• Howard Stern Sued by Former Staffer for Creating ‘Hostile Work Environment’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/06/howard-stern-hostile-workplace-lawsuit/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:08:10

• China Started Preparing for an Energy Crisis Long Before the Iran War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/business/china-oil-shock-iran-war.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:09:00

• This is not China’s war, but Beijing started preparing for it years ago ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/this-is-not-chinas-war-but-beijing-started-preparing-for-it-years-ago    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:09:32

• Sabah bans export and import of some local freshwater fish, including koi, after virus outbreak ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sabah-bans-export-and-import-of-some-local-freshwater-fish-including-koi-after-virus-outbreak    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:09:50

• Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 69 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/07/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-69/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:10:20

• The Entire State of Maine Is Poised to Ban New Data Centers ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/state-maine-ban-new-data-centers    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:11:06

• Inside Sources Say Scam Altman Is a Sociopath ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sources-sam-altman-sociopath    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:11:32

• Why Is the New York Times Laundering the Reputation of a Sleazy Hey Hi (AI) Startup That’s Selling GLP-1s via a Dishonest Dumpster Fire of Fake Doctors, Phony Before-and-After Pictures, and Other Glaring Red Flags? ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-york-times-medvi-ai-glp1s    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:11:57

• South Korea says ‘credible intelligence’ indicates North Korean leader’s daughter is successor ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-credible-intelligence-indicates-north-korean-leaders-daughter-is-successor    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:12:32

• North Korea distancing itself from Iran to leave door open for US talks, Seoul says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-distancing-itself-from-iran-to-leave-door-open-for-us-talks-seoul-says    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:12:55

• Authorities arrest leaders of ‘Cuban-American Mafia’ in Cancún ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/arrest-leaders-cuban-american-mafia/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:13:57

• Fortinet Rushes Emergency Fixes for Exploited Zero-Day ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-rushes-emergency-fixes-for-exploited-zero-day/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:14:21

• North Korean Hackers Target High-Profile Node.js Maintainers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/north-korean-hackers-target-high-profile-node-js-maintainers/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:14:52

• Guardarian Users Targeted With Malicious Strapi NPM Packages ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/guardarian-users-targeted-with-malicious-strapi-npm-packages/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:15:11

• Community Snapshot—March ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/04/community-snapshot-march/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:15:35

• Forget the Hey Hi (AI) Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/magazine/ai-apocalypse-brain-rot-memes.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:16:02

• It's Official: Artemis II Has Carried Humans Farther From Earth Than Ever Before ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-artemis-ii-has-carried-humans-farther-from-earth-than-ever-before    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:16:49

• The New Gut Health Obsession Comes With a Catch, Experts Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-new-gut-health-obsession-comes-with-a-catch-experts-warn    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:17:04

• What Would Living on The Moon Really Do to The Human Body? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/what-would-living-on-the-moon-really-do-to-the-human-body    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:17:22

• Droughts Are The Ideal Breeding Ground For Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Study Warns ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/droughts-are-the-ideal-breeding-ground-for-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-study-warns    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:17:49

• Exercise Can Protect Your Joints – Here's What You Should Try ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/exercise-can-protect-your-joints-heres-what-you-should-try    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:18:03

• Dreams on wheels: How used Western cars flooded Lithuania’s post-Soviet market ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2884323/dreams-on-wheels-how-used-western-cars-flooded-lithuania-s-post-soviet-market    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:18:48

• Vietnam’s top leader To Lam consolidates power, gets China-style mandate ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnams-top-leader-to-lam-consolidates-power-gets-china-style-mandate    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:19:12

• Sticking to The Same Bedtime Each Night Could Help Lower Heart Health Risk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sticking-to-the-same-bedtime-each-night-could-help-lower-heart-health-risk    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:19:34

• Arduino® App Lab 0.6: more control, more Bricks, faster Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/04/06/arduino-app-lab-0-6-more-control-more-bricks-faster-ai/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:20:11

• I Found A Terminal Tool That Makes CSV Files Look Stunning ☞ https://itsfoss.com/tennis-csv-tool/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:21:11

• Taiwan opposition leader makes rare visit to China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/07/taiwan-opposition-leader-makes-rare-visit-to-china/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:21:38

• US lawmakers aim to ban export of DUV chipmaking and etching tools to leading firms in China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/u-s-lawmakers-aim-to-ban-export-of-duv-chipmaking-and-etching-tools-to-leading-firms-in-china-bipartisan-proposal-would-ban-lithography-equipment-for-huawei-smic-and-others    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:22:00

• Taiwan opposition chief leaves for China 'peace' mission, minister details warship deployments ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-opposition-chief-leaves-for-china-peace-mission-minister-details-warship-deployments    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:22:32

• China military aircraft flying near Taiwan falls by half in March ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-military-aircraft-flying-near-taiwan-falls-by-half-in-march    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:22:47

• China targets Taiwan’s chip prowess to evade global ‘containment’, Taipei says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-targets-taiwans-chip-prowess-to-evade-global-containment-taipei-says    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:23:07

• China returns as S-E Asia’s preferred superpower as fears grow over Convicted Felon’s policies: ISEAS survey ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-swings-back-as-s-e-asias-preferred-superpower-amid-growing-fears-about-trumps-policies-iseas    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:23:22

• 'What happens when you name everything Copilot,' an Hey Hi (AI) consultant mapped out the myriad products ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/at-least-80-different-microsoft-copilot-products-have-been-mapped-out-by-expert-but-there-may-be-more-than-100-microsoft-doesnt-have-a-singular-list-available-so-ai-consultant-mapped-out-the-myriad-products    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:24:05

• Snap polls for Malaysia in 2026 unlikely as PM Anwar bets on riding out ‘corporate mafia’ storm ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/snap-polls-for-malaysia-in-2026-unlikely-as-pm-anwar-bets-on-riding-out-corporate-mafia-storm    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:24:26

• Scam Altman Watches Awkwardly As He’s Shown Bizarre Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Issue: “Uh, Maybe, Uhhh…” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-awkward-reaction-chatgpt-issue    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:24:50

• South Korea says Pyongyang's response to drone apology marks progress in easing tensions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-says-pyongyangs-response-to-drone-apology-marks-progress-in-easing-tensions    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:25:15

• South Korea envoy to visit Kazakhstan, Oman and Saudi Arabia to secure oil supplies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-envoy-to-visit-kazakhstan-oman-and-saudi-arabia-to-secure-oil-supplies "South Korea relied on the Hormuz route for about 61 per cent of its crude oil."    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:25:49

• North Korea says South Korea’s Lee is ‘wise’ for expressing regret about drones ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-says-south-koreas-lee-is-wise-for-expressing-regret-about-drones    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:26:07

• Ex-South Korea president Yoon faces 10-year jail term as prosecutors press appeal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ex-south-korea-president-yoon-faces-10-year-jail-term-as-prosecutors-press-appeal    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:26:23

• S. Korea eyes Moon landing in 2030 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-korea-eyes-moon-landing-in-2030    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:26:45

• North Korea working on carbon-fibre ICBM for multi-warhead delivery, Seoul says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-working-on-carbon-fibre-icbm-for-multi-warhead-delivery-seoul-says    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:27:11

• Untimely cold snap to grip South Korea with heavy rain forecast ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/untimely-cold-snap-to-grip-south-korea-with-heavy-rain-forecast    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:27:47

• IBM Red Hat is pushing slop again ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/06/distributed-tracing-agentic-workflows-opentelemetry    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:29:16

• At Least 4 Killed in Iranian Strike in Haifa, Israeli Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/middleeast/israel-haifa-strike-iran.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:30:50

• Iranians Condemn Strike on a Top University ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/middleeast/iranians-condemn-university-strike.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:31:05

• Google DeepMind Researchers Map Web Attacks Against Hey Hi (AI) Agents ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-deepmind-researchers-map-web-attacks-against-ai-agents/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:35:27

• If US bombs Iranian infrastructure, could it be a war crime? ‘Not at all,’ Convicted Felon says. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2026/0406/trump-rescue-iran-bomb-deadline    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:36:24

• Israeli strike kills 10 at Gaza school shelter, WHO halts evacuations after aid worker death ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260407-israeli-strike-kills-10-gaza-school-shelter-who-halts-evacuations-aid-worker-death    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:36:56

• Submission to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/submission-to-the-national-security-and-intelligence-committee-of-parliamentarians/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:37:29

• Global IP TV Panel 2026MK7 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202604/global-ip-tv-panel-2026mk7.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:38:15

• Extra information in run-as-user GUI ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202604/extra-information-in-run-as-user-gui.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:38:40

• The Schisms of Open/Libre/Only Office ☞ https://heathermeeker.com/2026/04/06/the-schisms-of-open-libre-only-office/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:39:10

• How to Install the Previous 25.10 Folder Icons in Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/04/previous-folder-icons-ubuntu-26-04-lts/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:39:37

• APNIC Policy 101: How policy shapes operations — and how Policy Fellows are making participation easier ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/07/apnic-policy-101-how-policy-shapes-operations-and-how-policy-fellows-are-making-participation-easier/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:58:15

• Enabling Ubuntu Pro from the OS setup tool is easier ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-pro-initial-setup-tool    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:58:44

• Firefox’s free VPN rollout finally reached me – is it any good? ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/firefox-free-vpn-enabled    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:59:12

• FunOS 26.04 LTS Beta ☞ https://funos.org/funos-26-04-beta-released/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 12:59:52

• FunOS 24.04.4 LTS (with Calamares Installer) ☞ https://funos.org/funos-24-04-4-calamares/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:00:37

• IBM Red Hat keeps rebranding Red Hat's products as "AI"; this is sick. ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/07/autoresearch-on-red-hat-openshift-ai-198-experiments-zero-intervention    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:01:42

• Anything to fake "growth", just like Microsoft.    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:02:16

• On April Fools’ Pranks ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24621    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:03:23

• Introducing the FreeBSD laptop integration testing project ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1066593/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:10:23

• Linux Plumbers Conference: Changes to Registration Availability for 2026 ☞ https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2026/04/06/changes-to-registration-availability-for-2026/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:11:07

• Parabola GNU/Linux-libre: iptables-legacy ☞ https://parabolagnulinux.org/news/iptables-legacy/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:11:36

• A New Linux Kernel Driver Wants to Catch Malicious USB Devices in the Act ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-driver-proposal-malicious-hid-devices/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:15:06

• Call for testing: introducing the Laptop Integration Testing project ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/call-for-testing-introducing-the-laptop-integration-testing-project/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:16:59

• NetBSD 11.0 RC3 available! ☞ http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_rc3_available    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:17:33

• Two Years of Valkey ☞ https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2026/04/06/valkey-at-two/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:19:26

• NASA Artemis Watch 2.0 – An ESP32-S3-powered, NASA-inspired wearable kit for education ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/07/nasa-artemis-watch-2-0-an-esp32-s3-powered-nasa-inspired-wearable-kit-for-education/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:20:09

• Linuxfx 11.26.04 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/linuxfx    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:21:53

• Ubuntu MATE Dev Leaving After 12 years ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-MATE-Dev-Leaving-After-12-years    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:22:23

• Linux devs start removing support for 37-year-old defective chip maker Intel 486 CPU — head honcho Linus Torvalds says 'zero real reason' to continue support ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-devs-start-removing-support-for-37-year-old-intel-486-cpu-head-honcho-linus-torvalds-says-zero-real-reason-to-continue-support    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:23:16

• Linus Torvalds confirms Linux 7.0 is on track for final release next week ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-confirms-linux-70-is-on-track-for-final-release-next-week/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:24:06

• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS makes it even easier to enable 10 years of security updates ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-2604-lts-makes-it-even-easier-to-enable-10-years-of-security-updates/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:24:44

• KDE is bringing back the Oxygen and Air themes, here's what they look like ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-is-bringing-back-the-oxygen-and-air-themes-heres-what-they-look-like/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:25:37

• GNOME Cam Overlay – webcam preview as a borderless overlay ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gnome-cam-overlay-webcam-preview/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:26:27

• claws – terminal user interface for managing proprietary trap AWS resources ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/claws-terminal-user-interface-managing-aws-resources/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:26:46

• dnsx – fast and multi-purpose DNS toolkit ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dnsx-fast-multi-purpose-dns-toolkit/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:27:07

• Astra – observatory control system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/astra-observatory-control-system/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:27:34

• Nocturne – Navidrome / Jellyfin client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nocturne-navidrome-jellyfin-client/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:27:48

• The Linux Kernel is Finally Letting Go of i486 CPU Support ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-i486-cpu-support-removal/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:28:40

• Even in 2026, Linux Is Still Adding Support for Sega Dreamcast’s GD-ROM from the '90s ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-draeamcast-gd-rom-support/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:29:19

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1066505/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:29:47

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

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:31:09

• htop Command in Linux: Monitor Processes Interactively ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/htop-command-in-linux/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:31:22

• Joplin Basics – How to manage your tables with Better Tables ☞ https://www.reallinuxuser.com/joplin-basics-how-to-manage-your-tables-with-better-tables/    

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

• How To Install n8n on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-n8n-linux-mint-22/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:43:39

• How To Install Apache Hadoop on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-hadoop-fedora-43/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:44:01

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

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:44:17

• https://linuxbuz.com/ turned to LLM slop    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:45:40

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

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:45:58

• Ubuntu Now Has Higher System Requirements Than backdoored Windows ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-now-has-higher-system-requirements    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:46:20

• Use of facial recognition for suspect identification rises sharply among German police ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/04/06/use-of-facial-recognition-for-suspect-identification-rises-sharply-among-german-police/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:47:03

• Dihydroxyacetone Man plans anti-Antifa summit, may push for EU terror listing – with right-wing Fidesz and AfD warming up ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/04/06/trump-plans-anti-antifa-summit-may-push-for-eu-terror-listing-with-right-wing-parties-fidesz-and-afd-preparing-for-it/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:47:40

• New UN report documents systematic crimes against migrants in Libya – but EU Commission keeps own findings secret ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/04/06/new-un-report-documents-systematic-crimes-against-migrants-in-libya-but-eu-commission-keeps-own-findings-secret/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:48:02

• Little-noticed new law now requires German men under 45 to get military clearance before going abroad ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/04/06/little-noticed-new-law-now-requires-german-men-under-45-to-get-military-clearance-before-going-abroad/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:48:23

• Nvidia's own DLSS 5 announcement video gets taken down by YouTube in Italy ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/nvidias-own-dlss-5-announcement-video-gets-taken-down-in-italy-by-copyright-strike-local-tv-channel-sent-a-copyright-strike-to-every-youtube-video-for-using-the-trailer-it-used-for-its-own-broadcast    

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

• Multiple Tracks Officially Removed from Kanye West’s ‘Bully’; Album Release Mired in Metadata Problems, Copyright Claims, and Glitches ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/06/kanye-west-bully-album-dsp-weirdness/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:49:42

• Ugly Epidemic Sound v. Meta Copyright Battle Rages on — Dueling Summary Judgment Pushes Take Center Stage as Meta Moves to Invoke ‘Cox v. Sony’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/06/epidemic-sound-meta-lawsuit-summary-judgment/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:50:02

• Vance to Visit Hungary to Boost Orban Before Election ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/europe/vance-hungary-orban-fidesz-election.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:50:33

• Belarus parliament criminalizes LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda,’ mirroring Russia ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/belarus-parliament-criminalizes-lgbtq-propaganda-mirroring-russia/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:51:01

• Why Trees Are Key to Russia’s Spring Offensive in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-spring-foliage.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:51:28

• In Hungary’s elections, the war in Ukraine looms large ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0406/hungary-election-viktor-orban-peter-magyar-ukraine-war    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:51:45

• Hungary's Orban Visits Pipeline As Serbia Pushes Back On Claims Blaming Ukraine For Sabotage ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-serbia-turkstream-gas-pipeline-ukraine-explosives/33725865.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:52:11

• Deadly Strike Hits Odesa; Ukraine Says It Struck Russian Missile Carrier ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-exchange-drone-strikes/33725871.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:52:28

• Russia says 'highly likely' that Ukraine planted explosives near gas pipeline ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-says-highly-likely-that-ukraine-planted-explosives-near-gas-pipeline    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:53:06

• JD Vance backs Viktor Orban ahead of high-stakes Hungary parliamentary elections ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260407-jd-vance-backs-viktor-orban-ahead-of-high-stakes-hungary-parliamentary-elections    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:53:31

• GAFAM Paying the Price for Pursuing US Military Money (Taxpayers' Money as 'Stimulus' With Strings Attached) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/06/GAFAM_Paying_the_Price_for_Pursuing_US_Military_Money_Taxpayers.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:53:51

• Faster, More Helpful, and More Yours ☞ https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-april-2026/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:58:11

• Raku Weekly 2026.14 Trim Flip-flops ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/04/06/2026-14-trim-flip-flops/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:59:03

• These Wall Street Investors Are Starting to Panic ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/opinion/banking-crisis-private-credit.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 13:59:25

• 6.6.133 stable kernel released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1066507/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:01:40

• How the Federal Circuit Is Rebuilding Inventorship Law After the AIA ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/how-the-federal-circuit-is-rebuilding-inventorship-law-after-the-aia.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:02:11

• Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/4/2/another-wilus-wi-fi-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:02:32

• OIN and GNOME helped this patent troll "endorse" such patents ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/4/6/wyoming-technology-vehicle-patent-campaign-invalidity-charts-coming-soon    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:03:28

• "draining day; death is such a sad thing, but good wider family spirit." ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-04-04.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:04:17

• "Slept badly" ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-04-05.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:04:44

• Planet News Roundup ☞ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/04/04/planet-roundup/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:05:59

• How often are redirects used in phishing in 2026?, (Mon, Apr 6th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32870    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:06:38

• Pluralistic: Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages (06 Apr 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/06/empiricism-washing/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:07:43

• Artemis II sails through trip around the moon after surpassing Apollo 13’s distance record ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2026/04/artemis-ii-astronauts-race-to-set-a-new-distance-record-from-earth-and-behold-the-moons-far-side/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:08:04

• Service member suicide rates dropped by 11% in 2024, Pentagon finds ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/04/service-member-suicide-rates-dropped-by-11-in-2024-pentagon-finds/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:08:37

• Late Night Linux – Episode 380 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-380/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:10:19

• 'Vladimir Putin absolutely nervous' about Hungary's election, expert says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/vladimir-putin-absolutely-nervous-about-hungary-s-election-expert-says    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:11:11

• I Designed A Mini ITX PC Shelf For My Lab Rax 10″ Homelab ☞ https://the-diy-life.com/i-designed-a-mini-itx-pc-shelf-for-my-lab-rax-10-homelab/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:12:40

• Alternatives to popular CLI tools: awk ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-awk/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:15:52

• PaddleOCR – OCR and document-parsing toolkit ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/paddleocr-ocr-document-parsing-toolkit/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:16:50

• onsen – rain sounds and white noise ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/onsen-rain-sounds-white-noise/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:17:07

• OWASP Amass- attack surface mapping and asset discovery framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/owasp-amass-attack-surface-mapping-asset-discovery-framework/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:17:34

• 8 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Crafting Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/craftingtools/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:18:42

• mplay – command-line music player inspired by cplay ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mplay-command-line-music-player/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:18:56

• Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls to All-Time Low of ~60% in Switzerland, GNU/Linux Among Top Gainers ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/05/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_All_Time_of_60_in_Switzerland_GNU_Li.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:19:13

• $2 WeAct CH32V006F8U6 Mini Core board features CH32V006 RISC-V MCU, supports 3.3V or 5V I/O voltage ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/06/2-weact-ch32v006f8u6-mini-core-board-features-ch32v006-risc-v-mcu-supports-3-3v-or-5v-i-o-voltage/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:23:04

• Lil Nas X Says He Checked Himself Into a Mental Health Facility After His Arrest on Felony Assault Charges ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/06/lil-nas-x-mental-health-facility/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:24:47

• New Mexico’s Meta Ruling and Encryption ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/new-mexicos-meta-ruling-and-encryption.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:25:14

• AAEON Intelli TWL01 Edge fanless mini PC features up to Core 3 N355 Twin Lake CPU for kiosks and digital signage applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/06/aaeon-intelli-twl01-edge-fanless-mini-pc-features-up-to-core-3-n355-twin-lake-cpu-for-kiosks-and-digital-signage-applications/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:25:44

• Startup Approved to Let Hey Hi (AI) System Prescribe Psychiatric Medication ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/startup-ai-system-prescribe-psychiatric-medication    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:26:13

• Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/why-are-people-injecting-themselves-with-peptides    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:26:46

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s USAID Overhaul Sent Millions More Dollars to Big U.S.-Based Contractors ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/health/trump-foreign-aid.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:27:05

• Artemis II Astronauts Name Moon Crater After Carroll, Reid Wiseman’s Late Wife ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/science/moon-crater-carroll-reid-wiseman.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:27:26

• Ghana dispatch: UN General Assembly declaration of transatlantic slave trade as crime against humanity demanding reparations ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/ghana-dispatch-un-general-assembly-declares-transatlantic-slave-trade-a-crime-against-humanity-calls-for-reparations/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:27:55

• I switched from GNOME to KDE Plasma 6 and I'm not going back to Ubuntu defaults https://www.makeuseof.com/switched-from-gnome-to-kde-plasma-6-not-going-back-to-ubuntu-defaults/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:29:06

• The 7 stages of becoming a real Linux user https://www.howtogeek.com/levels-of-being-a-linux-user/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:29:36

• "Canonical is adding Ubuntu Pro enrollment to the Welcome tool in the upcoming 26.04 LTS release, simplifying 10-year support access." https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-2604-lts-makes-it-even-easier-to-enable-10-years-of-security-updates/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:30:05

• Does this belong inside a KERNEL? https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-driver-proposal-malicious-hid-devices/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:30:58

• "Despite larger patches possibly caused by AI coding tools and holiday delays, Linux 7.0 RC7 shows no major issues before its stable debut." https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-confirms-linux-70-is-on-track-for-final-release-next-week/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:31:25

• 5 hard truths about switching to Linux that Windows users need to hear https://www.howtogeek.com/questions-before-switching-to-linux/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:31:45

• Add SLOP, remove ACTUALLY USEFUL code https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-devs-start-removing-support-for-37-year-old-intel-486-cpu-head-honcho-linus-torvalds-says-zero-real-reason-to-continue-support    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:32:13

• "Wine, part of what makes Proton run so many Windows games on Linux, just had a very interesting release that will help game modding." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/wine-11-6-is-an-exciting-release-to-make-modding-windows-games-on-linux-simpler/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:32:58

• Why I don't use Linux on my desktop PC https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-dont-use-linux-on-my-desktop/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:51:40

• "Ventoy is a powerful bootable USB media creation utility like Rufus and it has just hit its sixth anniversary with newest release." https://www.neowin.net/news/rufus-alternative-ventoy-a-windows-11-linux-usb-install-app-reaches-major-milestone/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:52:24

• "it seems that there is a limit to what the Linux community deems appropriate to continue supporting." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-7-1-finally-dropping-support-intels-37-year-old-486-processor/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:53:17

• Save an Old MacBook with Linux https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/05/save-an-old-macbook-with-linux/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:53:47

• I switched my Linux terminal to Zsh and it’s the biggest productivity boost I’ve had in years https://www.makeuseof.com/switched-linux-terminal-to-zsh-biggest-productivity-boost-had-in-years/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:54:19

• Linux desktop environments are dying, and KDE and GNOME killed them https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-des-are-experiencing-an-extinction-event-kde-gnome-are-to-blame/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:55:18

• "Good news for fans of the classic Oxygen and Air themes from the old days of the KDE 4 desktop environment series, as they are getting some major improvements." https://9to5linux.com/kde-4s-air-theme-making-a-comeback-oxygen-gets-major-revamp-for-plasma-6-7    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:55:49

• "This release also improves zoom and fractional scaling, and adds new functions for batch archives testing and password entropy rating." https://9to5linux.com/peazip-11-0-archive-manager-speeds-up-file-browsing-and-enhances-bookmarks    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:56:17

• antiX 26 is the Linux distro that makes a 2009 laptop feel faster than a modern Chromebook https://www.makeuseof.com/antix-26-linux-distro-old-laptop-faster-than-chromebook/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:56:44

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Boosts Stability https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/47957-red-hat-enterprise-linux-extended-life-cycle-boosts-stability    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 14:58:11

• fine. have an update gemini://cybersavior.dev/f_00153_i_guess.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:02:21

• "Copyleft is a medicine against copyright. A way to fight against copyright and keep things shareable. In a world without copyright, it wouldn’t be needed. There are some fringe extra benefits like fighting against binary blobs. (Not that fighting against binary blobs isn’t important, it is, but the existence of GPL is not a complete solution against that.)" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/re-meditation-on-copyright    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:03:16

• 🖼️ xkcd: Grammar #3229 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3229.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:03:55

• "Managing processes in Linux is easy - until you have too many of them. That's where fzf comes in: a fast, interactive fuzzy finder that makes killing processes almost enjoyable." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/killing-linux-processes-with-fzf/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:04:36

• running paused gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/running_pausedgemini://coldscars.smol.pub/running_paused    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:05:57

• "Oracle CFO Change Puts [slop] Spending And Layoffs Under Investor Spotlight"    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:50:44

• Oracle still trying to blame buzzwords. Media plays along!    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:51:05

• Debt crisis: "After mass layoffs, Oracle appoints Hilary Maxson as CFO"    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:52:10

• "Less than a week after thousands of layoffs, Oracle hires new CFO; appointment is ‘effective immediately’"    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:52:49

• He was there for "ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES" only: "Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says role change was planned, denies demotion claims"    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:54:03

• "The restructuring within Microsoft’s AI division had led to questions about his reduced involvement in the company’s Copilot products." ENTERTAINMENT!    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 15:54:53

• Microsoft Bing down this month https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 16:34:07

• GNU/Linux at 13% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/nauru/#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 17:05:19

• "Can systems security be measured and can custom language models working with constraints solving help automate security assurance? We talk to Dr Basel Katt and Ryan Marugah about how their company SeCore do automated system analysis. Will it make security better or worse?" https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=63    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 17:06:33

• www.thelayoff.com/t/1kng5kdgt    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 18:48:13

• "I'm certain it's being pondered while nibbling on his shrimp co-ktail while cruising on one of the IBM Gulfstream G650's. Don't worry though, the SNAP program awaits the rest of you." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kng5kdgt    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 18:48:31

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 19:07:24

• Seems like LLM slop doing revisionism with fake images and text https://dev.to/tahsin000/demystifying-linux-how-gnu-shells-and-terminals-actually-work-together-4975    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 19:07:32

• "If you were paying attention in 1998, you could see what was coming. Computers were getting much cheaper, and much smaller. From cars to toast­ers, from speakers to TVs, we were shoveling them into our devices. and an it doesn’t take a lot of expense or engineering to add an “access control” to any of those computers." https://craphound.com/news/2026/04/05/not-normal/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 20:43:06

• Sometimes old things work better https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew50nnz902o    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:27:50

• Attacks Venezuela, then sends money to Putin https://scheerpost.com/2026/03/30/trump-declares-cuba-is-finished-while-letting-russian-oil-tanker-break-illegal-us-blockade/ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/russian-oil-tanker-reaches-cuba/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:33:17

• Russia: Internet Shutdowns Escalate https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/31/russia-internet-shutdowns-escalate    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:33:36

• ‘undesirable organization’ https://cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-partners-condemn-russias-labeling-of-iwmf-as-undesirable-organization/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:34:13

• ‘harassment’ of Russian reporters https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/01/russia-expels-dutch-journalist-cites-harassment-russian-rep    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:34:31

• Relies on Russia-Founded Firm Linked to Staff Data Exposure https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/white-house-app-privacy-concerns-1790182    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:35:25

• Iraqi Kids Sell Downed UAV on TikTok Live https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iraqi-kids-selling-drones-viral-videos-1790205    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:37:15

• "I Love Free Software Day" https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260406-01.en.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:37:53

• Home Solar https://xkcd.com/3226/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:38:29

• Creation https://xkcd.com/3227/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:38:47

• Day Counter https://xkcd.com/3228/    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:39:16

• EFF bags GAFAM money now https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/google-and-amazon-acknowledged-risks-and-ignored-responsibilities    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:50:50

• Reimplementation of the Perl Data Language https://blogs.perl.org/users/petamem/2026/04/pdl-in-rust----a-native-reimplementation-of-the-perl-data-language.html    

posted Tuesday, April 07, 2026 at 21:51:55