Roy Schestowitz

• Réquiem por la redes sociales gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/requiem.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:32:44

• "I did some quick, clarifying online searches while drafting what ended up being my TDOV poem post (which, tragically, shows up as an April Fools post cos of time zones I guess). I sought confidence on the differences between boogie, bogie, bogey, and boogey. The fun part is that no one seems terribly concerned with the spelling, so there're many meanings crammed into one silly word." gemini://ardea.smol.pub/2026-04-08-boogienotes    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:34:43

• "A few days ago, I wrote two posts about finding an LLM (Large Language Model) posting on Usenet and the SmolNet [1]." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/04/08.1    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:36:01

• "I do have more I want say on this, but I have to organize my thoughts on this and that will take time because I absolutely refuse to use an LLM for this."    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:37:11

• "I experimented some more with using the Sterling engine to charge the 8F capacitor. This time, I had the idea that I would use a variable resistor instead of a fixed resistor. Using that, I tuned the resistance down until I saw that the engine was slightly loaded down — a slight drop of RPM — without stalling." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260408-0.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:37:51

• "Whoops! What? I'm not sure what the problem is but the solution must involve setting the time. So how is the time set? On my Debian unstable system I found that this is handled by `nptsec.service` using the config file `/etc/ntpsec/ntp.conf`. I picked the first `pool` it had listed: `0.debian.pool.ntp.org`." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-04-08-hotel-sysadmin    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:38:43

• "Extremely small sample size. But maybe people are getting tired of Google, and tracking, and all its AI features slammed at the top of the page? I was using Google with various Firefox plugins to remove that stuff, then realized that if I was doing that, maybe I should at least look at DDG (which has its own AI stuff, but at least has a no-AI mode)." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/4-08.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:39:41

• "However, ever since I was very young, I've loved listening to the radio. That is one habit I still do keep up. Mostly classical music radio stations such as BBC Radio 3 and WHRB these days. It order to encourage myself to listen a bit more 'actively', I'm going to try keep a record of any songs/pieces that stand out to me." gemini://spool-five.com/gemlog/2026-04-08-on_the_radio.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:40:24

• "With great sadness, I further relay the news previously reported by iolfree and joneworlds: Nathaniel Leveck, better known to Gopherspace as jynx, admin of the Raspberry Pi of Death, aka RPoD, passed away on March 1st of this year." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/rip-jynx.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:41:09

• "I was made to do this sort of thing by relatives as a small child. I once knitted a dish cloth and wove a tie (just the front bit - the rest was elastic). I think my relatives wanted me to take an interest in these things. In fact, I learned that I couldn't give a damn about making or mending for fun, but I could do it for the utility of the thing." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-04-08_Craft_skillz.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:41:47

• Slop to securiy breach https://lwn.net/Articles/1064693/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:53:12

• One person from Red Hat (Joe Brockmeier) covering up for another person from Red Hat https://lwn.net/Articles/1064706/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:54:28

• Slop entering Linux little by little https://lwn.net/Articles/1064830/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:55:19

• Slop makes worthless code that is unmaintainable, but LWN is connected to LF, which is paid by Microsoft et al to market slop https://lwn.net/Articles/1064541/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:56:38

• LWN promoting the Microsoft-controlled Rust, as usual https://lwn.net/Articles/1063124/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 05:57:31

• GoPro joins Oracle, Microsoft in layoffs, to cut 23 per cent global workforce https://www.indiatoday.in/jobs/story/gopro-joins-oracle-microsoft-in-layoffs-to-cut-23-per-cent-global-workforce-tchc-2893539-2026-04-09    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:19:25

• The unseen challenges of life on the Moon https://theconversation.com/the-unseen-challenges-of-life-on-the-moon-273370 https://theconversation.com/could-a-solar-storm-derail-the-artemis-ii-mission-279613    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:28:01

• The world’s supply of helium is being threatened by the Iran war https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-supply-of-helium-is-being-threatened-by-the-iran-war-278811    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:28:22

• WTO's Tale of Two Dispute Systems http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/04/guest-post-wtos-tale-of-two-dispute.html rich people's kangaroo tribunal    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:29:22

• The TRIPS non-violation moratorium has expired http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/04/guest-post-trips-non-violation.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:29:53

• collecting society http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/04/guest-post-no-cultural-funding-from.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:30:20

• German public sector keen to end reliance on US tech https://www.dw.com/en/german-public-sector-keen-to-end-reliance-on-us-tech/a-76548879    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:37:22

• Stranded humpback whale moving again https://www.dw.com/en/germany-stranded-humpback-whale-moving-again/a-76592564    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:38:00

• US trade chief lambasts WTO after failed talks https://www.dw.com/en/us-trade-chief-lambasts-wto-after-failed-talks/a-76600658    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:40:51

• This 1 Command Freed 2.6GB on My Linux Server https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=xRZAt1t0ryM    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:41:58

• Sloppix https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=IjYxD4ieJD0    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:42:53

• 'date' - print or set date and time - Video Man Pages https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=WZMf-fC45ak    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:43:28

• The Ubuntu Linux Grub Situation Is Hilarious https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=wsnOEG1mnUU    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:44:16

• Archinstall 4.0: Does It Make Installing Arch Linux Easier? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=PETXfHZccPU    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:44:44

• 'cal' - display a calendar - Video Man Pages https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=G9bWGPlcZmI    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:46:39

• Ranking Linux distributions for 2026: not your average tier list ! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=dJKne9nWVLk    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:47:08

• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS FIRST LOOK! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=OMaTpPaQ6EE    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:47:28

• Software Freedom Day Is Your Time To Make A Change https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=-iP4dTlL2Co    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:47:52

• how to install a linux in 2026 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=31etIf5BNws    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:48:07

• Session Restore Finally Exists On Wayland https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=28GoNIPCsXk    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:48:30

• What is happening to our Office Suites?! - Linux Weekly News https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=eweMlWewcVg    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 06:48:53

• U.S. immigration crackdown https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/gardaworld-montreal-ice-detention-united-states-9.7141314    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 07:00:53

• Dockworkers plan nationwide strike over social security reforms https://nltimes.nl/2026/03/31/dockworkers-plan-nationwide-strike-social-security-reforms    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 07:02:38

• Nigeria https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/03/deadly-attack-in-nigeria-highlights-persistent-insecurity    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 07:13:05

• Two data security incidents affected immigration law firms and their clients https://databreaches.net/2026/04/06/two-data-security-incidents-affected-immigration-law-firms-and-their-clients/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 07:14:37

• doubling maximum jail term for same-sex relations https://www.dw.com/en/senegal-president-signs-off-on-lgbtq-law-doubling-maximum-jail-term-for-same-sex-relations/a-76612496    

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

• Wolf bites woman in Hamburg https://www.dw.com/en/germany-wolf-bites-woman-in-hamburg/a-76605668    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 07:19:56

• Paradox of Power: Judgment of Gender and Modern Warfare https://www.projectcensored.org/paradox-judgment-gender-modern-warfare/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 07:21:47

• GAFAM-funded EFF is defending GAFAM with GAFAM talking points https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/dont-weaken-speech-protections-just-punish-meta    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 07:23:13

• iophk: The EFF does the opposite of what its founding charter outlines.    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 07:58:27

• Will another record be smashed this week? http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/04/Definitely_Not_a_Bubble_After_Almost_4_Years_in_Geminispace_Tux.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 08:22:06

• "the ODI has published an "NDL-Lite" prototype, with access to more than 100,000 public datasets." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/national_data_library_plan/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 08:27:29

• "Distributors Gamma/Vydia have reportedly been constantly updating the release to correct metadata issues" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/06/kanye-west-bully-album-dsp-weirdness/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 08:27:45

• "Nearly four years later, the ugly Epidemic Sound v. Meta copyright infringement lawsuit still hasn’t resolved." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/06/epidemic-sound-meta-lawsuit-summary-judgment/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 08:28:01

• "A high-profile scandal around deepfake porn has ignited public debate in Germany about online misogyny and the dangers of AI." ☛ https://telex.hu/english/2026/04/08/eu-deepfake-porn-germany-scandal-ai-generated-videos-arte | Source: Telex (Hungary)    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 08:30:14

• "If the vehicle decides it's in convertible mode" ☛ https://carbuzz.com/ford-voice-lip-reading-patent/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:03:47

• "In addition to reading lips, the patent application proposes using the cameras to use facial expressions alone to issue commands." ☛ https://www.theautopian.com/fords-next-infotainment-system-could-use-interior-cameras-to-read-your-lips-and-facial-expressions-if-it-cant-hear-you-speak/ | Source: The Autopian    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:04:33

• "According to the patent details, the system integrates six functional modules into a single robotic unit." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/china-byd-robot-ev-charging-tires | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:07:21

• "77% of news publishers now focus on subscriptions. Independent journalists are fleeing to Substack." ☛ https://andrewshell.org/2026/04/defending-the-open-web-is-not-enough/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:07:57

• "More than 24,000 members of the Telegram groups and channels took part in posting 82,723 images, videos, and audio files over the course of the study, the analysis says." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/men-are-buying-hacking-tools-to-use-against-their-wives-and-friends/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:08:37

• "Make no mistake, and many customers do, the tip intended as a gratuity is in part a wage-subsidy provided to employers in lieu of them paying workers the full minimum wage (which is also woefully low and outdated)." ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/08/the-subminimum-wage-35-years-and-still-waiting-for-change/ | Source: Counter Punch    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:08:50

• "Current law already requires voters to attest to their citizenship status when registering to vote: the state then verifies citizenship using state and federal data sources." ☛ https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/04/07/bill-requiring-citizenship-database-checks-for-voter-registration-heads-to-governors-desk/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:09:07

• "You look at who is backing this bill, it is large firms like Cisco and IBM." ☛ https://www.404media.co/data-center-tech-lobbyists-fearmonger-in-attempt-to-retroactively-roll-back-right-to-repair-law/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:09:34

• "Low-income Americans of all political stripes have a particularly large stake in defending our existing patchwork of mail voting systems — and in efforts to make this option universal." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/attacks-on-mail-in-ballots-are-an-attack-on-the-working-class/ | Source: Truthdig    

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

• "UpCodes created a database of building codes—like the National Electrical Code—that includes codes incorporated by reference into law." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/another-court-rules-copyright-cant-stop-people-reading-and-speaking-law | Source: EFF    

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

• "Later in the evening, Tamta Mikeladze, director of the SJC, reported — after speaking with Sadigov — that he had been on the street when he realised ‘he was being followed’." ☛ https://oc-media.org/journalist-afgan-sadigov-detained-in-azerbaijan-a-day-after-deportation-from-georgia/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

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

• "The original executive order resulted in Congress obliterating the entire Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) budget of $1.1 billion for fiscal years 2026 and 2027." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/08/trump-attacks-on-public-media-blocked-by-judge-but-its-too-little-too-late/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:11:20

• "An apparent hack-for-hire campaign from a group with suspected Indian government connections targeted Middle Eastern and North African journalists and activists using spyware" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/hack-for-hire-spyware-campaign-targets-journalists-in-middle-east-north-africa/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:11:35

• "The attackers pretended to be legitimate people and services and they used multiple channels to connect with the victims." ☛ https://therecord.media/two-egyptian-journalists-targeted-spearphishing-campaign | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:11:49

• "Hungary’s media landscape has declined severely in the last 16 years under the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/04/hungarian-elections-cpj-calls-on-all-candidates-to-commit-to-10-key-steps-to-restore-press-freedom/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:12:10

• "Though mobile [Internet] is back online now, Muscovites are living in a situation defined by unpredictability, Vladimir Ryazansky, head of the SobDoma.RF project, told The Moscow Times." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/07/moscows-mobile-internet-is-back-but-for-how-long-a92433 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:15:52

• "Yale, one of the most prestigious universities in the world, is one of at least 18 Western universities, educational alliances and programs to have been labeled “undesirable” over the past five years, The Moscow Times has calculated." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/07/admission-is-now-a-one-way-ticket-kremlin-escalates-crackdown-on-western-universities-amid-brain-drain-fears-a92377 | Source: The Moscow Times    

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

• "But instead of celebrating him, the medical establishment rejected, ridiculed, and eventually destroyed him. Senior doctors were insulted by the suggestion that they were causing deaths." ☛ https://observervoice.com/why-doctors-rejected-the-man-who-discovered-that-handwashing-saves-lives-196356/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:16:32

• "In 1847, a doctor at Vienna General Hospital cut the maternity ward death rate from 18% to 2% by requiring handwashing in chlorinated lime solution." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/07/the-doctor-who-proved-handwashing-saves-lives-was-locked-in-an-asylum-for-it.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:16:48

• "The Trump administration is planning an international summit to counter “Antifa” and other left-wing groups, Reuters reported, citing three sources." ☛ 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/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:20:16

• "Here is how the government is going about its assault on internet freedom and what Russians are doing to evade the ever-expanding restrictions." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/europe/russia-internet-restrictions.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:20:39

• "As Russian authorities block apps and websites, sometimes even turning off mobile internet, some are finding their ways around censorship, while others may be settling for state-controlled apps." ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/a-cat-and-mouse-game-of-russian-internet-restrictions-and-evasion/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:21:00

• "Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday HB 1471, which grants the state’s chief of domestic security authority to designate domestic terrorist organizations." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/florida-allows-state-designation-of-domestic-terrorist-organizations/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:21:14

• "TikTok told Recorded Future News it had since December banned more than 300 accounts for impersonating Hungarian election candidates and elected officials." ☛ https://therecord.media/tiktok-removes-covert-networks-hungary-vote | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:25:32

• "If true, this would mean the abrupt end to the largest wand fastest period of secularization in American history." ☛ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/all-the-religious-trends-youre-wrong | Source: Derek Thompson    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:26:05

• "A political storm has erupted after media personality Tucker Carlson launched an intense and highly controversial attack on Donald Trump" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tucker-carlson-criticizes-trump-easter-message-1790711 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:26:21

• "The primary difference between the two Ethernet implementations has to do with a component called the SerDes. Processors represent information as multiple parallel streams of data." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/07/data-center-switch-maker-aria-networks-raises-125m/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:26:35

• "Even people close to Altman find it difficult to know where his “hope for humanity” ends and his ambition begins. " ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted | Source: New Yorker    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:26:57

• "In a seeping new investigative piece from The New Yorker, numerous tech insiders paint a picture of OpenAI CEO Scam Altman as a relentless liar who wants everyone to like him while manipulating even the people closest to him to get what he wants." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sources-sam-altman-sociopath | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:27:42

• "But I don’t quite agree with the thesis. Whether you’re famous or not, the way to get a following for your code is to solve a real problem better than anyone else." ☛ https://werd.io/the-bottleneck-shifts-to-distribution/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

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

• "These guys are obsessed with artificial general intelligence in concept and seem to think of the world in those terms." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/new-yorker-sam-altman/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:28:38

• Sam Altman’s Younger Sister Files Lawsuit Claiming He Sexually Abused Her https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:28:59

• "OpenAI said it was acquiring Technology Business Programming Network, better known as TBPN, which runs a 3-hour show streamed on weekdays that delves into the biggest topics -- and brings in the biggest names -- in tech business." ☛ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/openai-acquires-tbpn/ | Source: CNET    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:29:37

• "President Donald Trump proposed a nearly $2.2 trillion discretionary spending request for the coming fiscal year on Friday" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/fcc-anticipates-job-and-spending-cuts-for-fy2027/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:33:00

• "On Monday, OpenAI published a 13-page policy paper addressing the impact that artificial intelligence would have on the American workforce." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/column/908880/openai-made-economic-proposals-heres-what-dc-thinks-of-them | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:33:23

• "Microsoft is losing another veteran executive. Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft’s developer division (DevDiv), is resigning from the software giant after 34 years." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/908793/microsoft-devdiv-julia-liuson-resignation | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:48:39

• "Tim Brown, the former CISO of SolarWinds who led response and remediation after the massive attack; Sherrod DeGrippo, general manager of Global Threat Intelligence at Microsoft" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/lies-damned-lies-cybersecurity-metrics | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:49:21

• "78,557 workers in the tech industry have reportedly been laid off from January 1 to April 2026, with more than 76% of the affected positions located in the U.S." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tech-industry-lays-off-nearly-80-000-employees-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026-almost-50-percent-of-affected-positions-cut-due-to-ai | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:49:55

• "The American-born Pope has also pushed back after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has insisted on mixing his militant version of Christianity with his role as the top military official in the U.S." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pope-leo-visit-us-trump-president-b2954080.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:50:13

• "It points to the growth in power-hungry AI infrastructure in the UK, driven partly by the government's AI Opportunities Action Plan, published last year, in combination with "geopolitical energy volatility" as factors driving this trend." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/nuclear_investors_ai_demand/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:51:33

• "Many of those governments will gather in Colombia on April 28 and 29 for a conference to begin a global transition away from oil, gas, and coal" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/just-transition-away-fossil-fuels-conference/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:51:48

• "Quadcopters tend to have very poor efficency because of their high disk loading. High disk loading" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/variable-pitch-propellers-for-more-efficient-quadcopter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:52:07

• "Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new chip architecture that could reshape how data centers handle power." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/chip-design-4x-current-data-centers | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:52:23

• "While Finland's defence ministry had approved the investment in 2024, politicians had not been informed" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-to-build-a-second-billion-euro-data-centre-in-finland/articleshow/130100856.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:53:01

• "Lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear is a major source of plastic and litter in the ocean" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/federal-ghost-gear-fund-return-hope-organizations-maritimes-9.7152845 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:53:19

• "Distinguishing ecologically sustainable from excessive human populations is necessary to understand humanity’s environmental challenges and pursue our best options for addressing them." ☛ https://overpopulation-project.com/new-paper-defends-a-pragmatic-definition-of-overpopulation/ | Source: Overpopulation    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:53:33

• "Anyway! This happens in Australian food courts too, and places like IKEA." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/adding-tech-to-recycling-mostly-backfires/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:53:48

• "Part of xAI’s deal with the city of Memphis included an $80 million greywater facility designed to reduce the amount of water the company needs for cooling its data centers" ☛ https://512pixels.net/2026/04/xais-memphis-water-treatment-plant-on-an-indefinite-pause/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:54:10

• "Lawmakers approved the tax break more than a decade ago, when data centers were smaller and required fewer resources." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/texass-tax-breaks-for-data-centers-may-be-largest-for-any-state-in-us/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:54:25

• "Dams, habitat loss and overfishing are causing freshwater fish around the world to disappear, reports the United Nations’ Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) in a global assessment" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/freshwater-fish-migrations-are-disappearing-across-the-planet-finds-un-report-180988509/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:54:39

• "On December 7, 1972, NASA astronaut and Apollo 17 crew member Harrison Schmitt took a stunning photo of the entirety of the Earth, an image later dubbed “The Blue Marble.”" ☛ https://futurism.com/space/moon-astronaut-earth-thin-layer-atmosphere | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:54:58

• "It was not only the perfect target for a parody, but its lead, a warthog puppet named Pork Johnson, was just as compelling as the idea itself." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/04/07/pork-johnson-gimp-parody-interview/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:55:34

• "The NYT‘s tech coverage is generally pretty solid. But the framing of its story, and what it left out, left us pretty stunned." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-york-times-medvi-ai-glp1s | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:55:51

• "The Times should be retracting this story. Instead, when I opened its app this morning, it was featuring the story in its “In Case You Missed It” section." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/nyt-medvi/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:56:12

• "The department’s efforts come amid mounting concerns about the conduct of DOJ attorneys and increasing judicial skepticism of government representations in court, underscoring the need for independent ethical oversight." ☛ https://americanoversight.org/doj-proposal-would-shield-its-lawyers-from-ethics-accountability/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:56:29

• "If the opinion stands, it will allow Trump to destroy the records of his administration’s actions, or take records with him at the end of his term." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/04/trump-presidency-transparency-poorly-documented/686740/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 09:56:45

• "President Donald Trump announced last week he had removed Bondi from her position." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pam-bondi-congressional-epstein-testimony-1235543795/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

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

• "You Are Dismantling Democracy and You Should Be Ashamed" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/dear-journalists-you-are-dismantling | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:37:29

• "Hitler wasn’t elected by universal suffrage; he was elected by members of a powerful and irresponsible elite." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-08/all-democracies-are-perishable-hitlers-rise-to-power-as-a-warning-about-the-present.html | Source: El País    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:37:52

• "The part of the brain that helps in making decisions and maintaining self-control, according to neuroscience, is not fully developed during adolescence." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/digital-addiction-teenagers-trapped-in-social-medias-dopamine-trap-137635788.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:38:28

• "The Greek prime minister said he had spoken with many ⁠parents who ‌reported that their children do not sleep well, become anxious easily and spend ⁠long hours on their phones" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/greece-expected-to-announce-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15/articleshow/130105289.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:41:06

• "Bain Capital's Bridge Data Centers (BDC) has terminated its contract with Megaspeed International at its Malaysian site after the U.S. government" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/bain-capitals-data-center-unit-removes-disgraced-tenant-suspected-of-smuggling-nvidia-gpus-to-china-megaspeed-previously-alleged-to-have-spent-roughly-usd2-billion-on-ai-processors-for-illicit-distribution | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:41:36

• "You have to wonder what the military objectives were." ☛ https://stuartbreckenridge.net/2026-04-08-a-decisive-victory/ | Source: Stuart Breckenridge    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:41:51

• "Bain Capital's Bridge Data Centers (BDC) has terminated its contract with Megaspeed International at its Malaysian site after the U.S. government" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/bain-capitals-data-center-unit-removes-disgraced-tenant-suspected-of-smuggling-nvidia-gpus-to-china-megaspeed-previously-alleged-to-have-spent-roughly-usd2-billion-on-ai-processors-for-illicit-distribution    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:42:32

• "Frankfurter Rundschau" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/04/06/little-noticed-new-law-now-requires-german-men-under-45-to-get-military-clearance-before-going-abroad/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:49:03

• "Three reports commissioned by the Bundestag are unequivocal: the US attacks on Iran violate international law – and by tolerating Ramstein, Germany may be complicit." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/04/08/for-13-years-4-german-governments-have-turned-a-blind-eye-to-the-us-using-ramstein-for-its-wars-of-aggression/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:49:24

• "It is not a departure from norms. It is the destination." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-window | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:49:48

• "An opinion poll by ALCO published in February showed about 80% of those surveyed approved of a ban." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/greece-ban-social-media-under-15s-2027-pm-says-2026-04-08/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:50:08

• "I know that some of your are going to be angry." ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/08/greece-announces-social-media-ban-for-under-15-year-olds_6752212_4.html | Source: Le Monde    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:52:59

• "Greece will ban social media access for children under the age of 15 from 1 January 2027, as announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/social-media-ban-greece-under-15s-mitsotakis-b2953609.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:53:22

• "Every Visa and Mastercard purchase runs through a US network that can be weaponized against Canada" ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/why-your-credit-card-is-a-national-security-threat/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:53:49

• "Six months after Papua New Guinea and Australia signed a bilateral defense treaty, public opinion in PNG remains divided" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/pacific/2026/04/07/papua-new-guinea-australia-pukpuk-treaty/ | Source: RFA    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:58:55

• "Martin Gillow's 3D recreation lets users explore would-be Enigma successor's mechanics and enciphering logic online" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/virtual_sg41/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 13:59:56

• "Tor exists because we want to shield internet users from unwanted surveillance. The network is designed so that no single operator or server can reconstruct who is talking to whom. Journalists, activists, and whistleblowers depend on that holding up." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/exploring-stateless-relays/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:00:14

• "Currently I'm out of options." ☛ https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/9620d7a4b3/ | Source: Sourceforge    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:00:27

• "terminated the account I have used for years to sign Windows drivers and the bootloader" ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/veracrypt-encryption-software-windows-microsoft-lock-boot-issues/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:01:52

• "It is alleged that he created a script designed to circumvent Meta’s internal detection systems, allowing him to do so." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/07/meta-worker-london-accused-downloading-private-facebook-images | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:02:31

• "His letter, dated April 1, was a belated response to an October inquiry from three Democratic members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform expressing concern about the agency's potential use of the spyware Graphite" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5776799 | Source: NPR    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:02:51

• "Not only did they have my email address, they also had a copy of one of my phone numbers. I asked them where they got it from and they said: [...]" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/did-wordpress-vip-leak-my-phone-number/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:03:08

• "The missive, obtained by Recorded Future News, arrives days before policymakers return from recess next week and aim for a quick extension Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for another 18 months." ☛ https://therecord.media/national-security-vets-warn-section-702-authorization-delay | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:03:30

• "German authorities also used the police facial recognition system GES significantly more often again last year." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/04/06/use-of-facial-recognition-for-suspect-identification-rises-sharply-among-german-police/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:04:02

• "Police with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are able to do these lookups for ICE because in August, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis enrolled nearly 800 of its officers in 287(g)" ☛ https://www.404media.co/floridas-wildlife-cops-are-searching-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-ice/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:04:36

• "In a statement to Recorded Future News, the company declined to share details related to the incident but said data was copied after [intruders] breached Eurail systems on December 26." ☛ https://therecord.media/eurail-reports-data-breach-impacting-over-300000 | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:05:07

• "So there is no way for you to find out whether the TSA has provided ICE with your air travel plans" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/04/08/when-you-fly-you-fly-with-ice/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:05:34

• "Under California law, police records are generally considered confidential." ☛ https://therecord.media/breach-exposes-lapd-files-city-attorney-systems | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:06:08

• "But TSA would re-direct most of that funding, approximately $477 million, toward its Screening Partnership Program." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/04/tsa-budget-cuts-jobs-in-privatization-push/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:06:49

• "Then: In the early 2020s, a series of cyberattacks linked to Russia, China and Iran left the federal government reeling." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-government-ai-cautionary-tales | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:07:04

• Windows TCO: "activated the state’s national guard in response to a ransomware attack" ☛ https://therecord.media/minnesota-sends-national-guard-after-local-cyberattack | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:07:46

• Windows TCO: "Users also reported that Rostelecom’s home internet service had stopped working in Moscow. The company stated that it had detected a major DDoS attack" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/07/russia-s-internet-regulator-blames-rostelecom-network-fault-for-widespread-outages | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:08:03

• "The way you know that social media is not a serious place to discuss the course of human civilization is this: most of the people discussing it will not put their name on what they say." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/show-your-face | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:08:42

• "open source AI represents the world's best shot at harnessing this technology to create the greatest economic opportunity and security for everyone." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/meta_muse_spark/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:09:06

• "Unless you pay for YouTube Premium (or Premium Lite), your experience on the app will be flooded with ads." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-skip-ad-button-hidden-test/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:09:32

• "For activists, journalists, and everyday users, that means now living with a constant threat: the phone in your pocket, the platforms you organize on, and the systems you rely on for safety and connection can be weaponized at the flip of a switch." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/digital-hopes-real-power-how-arab-spring-fueled-global-surveillance-boom | Source: EFF    

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

• "I see colleagues jumping the gun, others being more prudent. I see industry discovering there’s yet another buck to be made. I see students forgoing learning at all." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/04/a-commentary-on-genai-inspected-through-different-lenses/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:10:25

• "Cognitive surrender is, in short, exactly what [Herbert] was warning of: giving over your thinking to machines." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/are-we-surrendering-our-thinking-to-machines/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:10:49

• "The access was genuine and the hospitality generous. But the most useful conversation of the whole trip wasn't in any of the polished presentation rooms." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/memory-cards/the-ai-boom-is-making-your-memory-cards-more-expensive-and-lexar-doesnt-bank-on-that-changing-any-time-soon | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:11:05

• "The French daily newspaper and website has seen a “significant amount of new revenue” including via conversions to paid subscriptions after signing three AI partnership agreements." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/le-monde-ceo-urges-publishers-to-sign-ai-partnerships-to-stay-competitive/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:11:35

• "The rise of an unaccountable global oligarchy. The richest people on Earth—Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg—are not investing trillions in these technologies out of generosity." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-dangers-robotics-oligarchy-privacy/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:12:52

• "in being an heir to the Luddite tradition of refusing to accept the adoption of new technologies simply because capitalists decide to impose them on workers." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ai-luddites-bernie-sanders/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:13:16

• "It’s well known that students from grade schools to the big universities are increasingly outsourcing their thinking to large language models (LLMs)." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-college-students-homogenized | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:15:04

• "In an email obtained by Semafor, Tucker congratulated a Fortune editor for being a likeminded individual embracing AI" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/wall-street-journal-sloplords | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:15:30

• "This is a handy set of guidelines for using AI at work, acknowledging that if you toss unexamined AI-output onto your colleagues for review, they will not thank you for it." ☛ https://everythingchanges.us/blog/dont-be-an-ass/ | Source: Mandy Brown    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:15:43

• "(I'm quoting the entire thing first, to preserve it in case it's taken down—the Internet doesn't forget, and second, because copyright of LLM output is considered Public Domain per current court precedence." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2026/04/08.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:17:02

• "According to price trends from PC Part Picker, NVMe SSD prices began ticking upward in December 2025, with prices on 256GB to 4TB SSDs now double or triple what they were just a few months ago, and continuing to climb." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/908916/ssd-storage-shortages-price-increases | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:17:23

• "The Pentagon has ramped up its efforts to incorporate AI into military systems over the past two years, but Victor is a rare example of the military building AI for itself." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/army-developing-ai-system-victor-chatbot-soldiers/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:17:49

• "It actually managed to pull off the feat — which wasn’t the only way it caught safety researchers off guard." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-mythos-escaped-sandbox | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:18:05

• "That’s despite Microsoft admitting in its own Copilot terms of service that the AI shouldn’t be relied upon for virtually any important work." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-mocked-terms-of-service-entertainment-only | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:18:23

• "Supo said the effort focused on TP-Link branded routers that had been infiltrated by the GRU and remained unpatched for the security flaw CVE-2023-50224" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20219468 | Source: YLE    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:19:45

• "Practically, there are solutions and alternatives." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/macos-pages-word-processor.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:20:10

• "Traffic is being redirected through attacker-controlled servers." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ncsc-says-russian-gru-hackers-are-hijacking-tp-link-and-mikrotik-routers | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:20:45

• "Originally launched in 2004 - nearly 22 years ago - the Nintendo DS redefined handheld gaming and became the company’s best-selling console of all time, only recently surpassed in 2025 by the console/portable hybrid Nintendo Switch." ☛ https://catskull.net/nintendo-announces-3ds-successor-3ds-plus.html | Source: Dave DeGraw    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:21:04

• "At what point does a commercial software suite become malware?" ☛ https://www.osnews.com/story/144737/adobe-secretly-modifies-your-hosts-file-for-the-stupidest-reason/ | Source: OS News    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:21:22

• "Sure enough, my /etc/hosts contains: [...]" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/04/08/adobe-modifies-your-hosts-file-for-their-analytics/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:21:55

• "It cracked something open, all right. Just not the way I expected." ☛ https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-04-08-why_i_stopped_doing_ayahuasca | Source: Kenneth Reitz    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:22:39

• "Called the PAL 8000 by its creator [Arnov], this uses a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 at its core which monitors a volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor to take air quality measurements." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/2001-an-air-quality-odyssey/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:22:54

• "Rather than receiving traditional care, however, Hylton was unwittingly plunged into a cold experiment in using remote work to offset hospital staffing shortages, which could be a grim portent in an age of AI automation." ☛ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/student-dies-in-telehealth-hospital-no-icu-doctors | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:23:11

• "My brains are weird. I used to be interested in all kinds of e-ink devices.. But here I am very excited about physical, paper notebook." ☛ https://akselmo.dev/notes/testing-out-paper-notes/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:23:44

• "Many people have been writing about the first 50 years of Apple and their first experiences with the computers." ☛ https://austinwhite.org/posts/my-first-apple-computer | Source: Austin White    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:24:10

• "Modern computers use dynamic RAM, a technology that allows very compact bits in return for having to refresh for about 400 nanoseconds every 3-4 microseconds." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/dodging-a-60-year-old-design-flaw-in-your-ram/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:24:27

• "But during last Black Friday I finally pulled the trigger. I got in at a price that worked for me, and now I work and game on a 32-inch, QD-OLED, 4K, 240Hz monitor that is every bit as good as I hoped, and more." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3017152/i-upgraded-to-oled-and-now-every-other-monitor-feels-broken.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:24:42

• "Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2026/apr/07/brutal-reality-of-life-as-a-foreign-student-in-the-uk | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:25:12

• "The first question has to be, how did a girl from Birmingham (in the UK) end up training as a bounty hunter, in the US?" ☛ https://alexwolfe.ca/qa-with-steph-broadribb/ | Source: Alexandra Wolfe    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:25:48

• "I’ve been head down grinding for over 13 years, and I’ve been able to reflect and came to a realization." ☛ https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/an-update-on-life-and-work/ | Source: Brad Frost    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:26:01

• "The topic of crisis has been on my mind again as I’ve been looking at the work of some friends who are the most fluent experts on the topic of crisis that I know" ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/08/when-the-crisis-comes/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:26:21

• "As has often been documented, the hoary chestnut of saying “nobody wants to work anymore” dates back decades" ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/06/people-love-to-work-hard/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:28:52

• "This exercise forced me to confront what I’ve come to call the illusion of clarity: the confident feeling that you understand something, when in reality your grasp is full of gaps you’ve never noticed." ☛ https://nesslabs.com/illusion-of-clarity | Source: Ness Labs    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:29:08

• "The reality is that we usually have the power to change our lives. We just have to stop pretending that we don't." ☛ https://robertbirming.com/is-what-isnt/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:29:24

• "Millions of people are now asking chatbots to summarize books, draft emails, and even explain political events to them." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/04/ai-critical-thinking-chatbots-subjectivity/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:29:46

• "A growing cluster of unexplained NASA deaths and disappearances in the United States has revived claims of a shadowy campaign against scientists with access to UFO secrets" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/unexplained-nasa-deaths-ufo-spy-theories-1790851 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:30:23

• "The Orion capsule’s exterior camera, which is attached to the spacecraft’s solar array wings, snapped an equally impressive shot of the total solar eclipse" ☛ https://futurism.com/space/photos-moon-astronauts-sent-back | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:30:40

• "24 years later, and my dad’s BT Internet account is still around." ☛ https://www.johnsto.co.uk/blog/blackholing-my-email/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:31:52

• "Photography taught me that constraints foster creativity — an insight that became the foundation of my software design philosophy." ☛ https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-04-06-sixty_thousand_images_and_nowhere_to_put_them | Source: Kenneth Reitz    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:32:07

• "At the moment I still don't trust anyone, as everyone is just slinging their clanker without a lot of thought." ☛ https://mariozechner.at/posts/2026-04-08-ive-sold-out/ | Source: Mario Zechner    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:32:22

• "In late 2025 I put together a list of things I would dump in 2026. Three months of the year are done, so how have I been getting on? A mixed bag: [...]" ☛ https://mark.hysted.com/things-i-might-dump-in-2026-april-update/ | Source: Mark Hysted    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:32:38

• "Comparing an established company with hundreds of employees and a newborn greenfield startup with a handful of people can be extremely misleading." ☛ https://makemeacto.substack.com/p/handling-unreasonable-expectations | Source: Sergio Visinoni    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:33:00

• "This week we see the price of a second-class stamp go up 4p to 91p and first-class stamps increase by 10p to £1.80." ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/is-it-any-wonder-people-dont-send-letters/ | Source: Spectator AU    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:33:26

• "The bold first sentence is revisited now that the reader has completed learning about the concept being discussed. A subsequent sentence explicitly ties the nuance the rest of the content discusses to the overall point." ☛ https://ericwbailey.website/published/a-compelling-title-that-is-cryptic-enough-to-get-you-to-take-action-on-it/ | Source: Eric Bailey    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:34:16

• "I’m just old enough to remember Teletext, the standard that encoded text information on standard analogue TV signals." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-nms-ceefax-teletext-reproduction/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:35:18

• "When you’re figuring out what AI features are useful to add to those critical enterprise systems, it may well make sense to experiment in a language like Python." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/in-the-ai-age-java-is-more-relevant-than-ever/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:36:48

• "If your game logic knows about OpenGL, your architecture has failed." ☛ https://lorbic.com/decoupling-game-engine-renderer-raylib/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:37:25

• "To calculate Field of View in a grid-based game engine, you have to cast rays." ☛ https://lorbic.com/casting-shadows-bresenham-integer-math/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:37:42

• "I've been building an API recently with a stack that I think hits a sweet spot of just enough structure to keep a team productive, not so much that you're fighting the tools." ☛ https://blainsmith.com/articles/building-go-apis-with-huma-slqc-and-goose/ | Source: Blain Smith    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:37:58

• "Michael Stapelberg wrote last week about Go’s automatic VCS stamping: since Go 1.18, every binary built from a git checkout embeds the commit hash, timestamp, and dirty flag, queryable with go version -m or runtime/debug.ReadBuildInfo() at runtime." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/04/07/who-built-this.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:38:20

• "Early in March, I reported two compiler bugs affecting Go releases up to 1.26.1 which broke the Go memory safety guarantees using only safe Go code." ☛ https://ciolek.dev/posts/when-the-compiler-lies |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:38:38

• "There are a lot of really boring things we need to do to help secure all of these critical libraries: SBOMs, SLSA, SigStore. But we have to do them." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/python-supply-chain-compromise.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:41:24

• "Coming from Go to Python, learning multithreading and async programming model was nothing short of unpleasant for me." ☛ https://towardsdev.com/whats-the-best-way-to-handle-concurrency-in-python-threadpoolexecutor-or-asyncio-85da1be58557?gi=8e286dad11d1 |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:41:41

• [Old] "When using multiprocessing in Python, it’s important to consider the number of processes you create versus the number of CPUs available on your machine to achieve the best performance." ☛ https://martinxpn.medium.com/thread-pools-and-process-pools-in-python-75-100-days-of-python-4101f10f64fc |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:42:05

• [Old] "This is achieved using the multiprocessing module in Python which allows the creation of process-based parallelism." ☛ https://dagster.io/glossary/multiprocessing |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:42:29

• [Old] "if you find that using Python's built-in multiprocessing module together with Polars results in a Polars error about multiprocessing methods, you should make sure you are using spawn, not fork, as the starting method: [...] " ☛ https://docs.pola.rs/user-guide/misc/multiprocessing/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:42:48

• [Old] "Structs are simple, fast, and predictable. But once in a while they break down. This is the story of one of those cases." ☛ https://www.feldera.com/blog/nobody-ever-got-fired-for-using-a-struct |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:43:42

• "I went through the recent OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications and pulled out the scenarios related to package management, which turn up in all ten categories and don’t sort neatly into any one of them" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/04/08/package-security-problems-for-ai-agents.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:44:30

• "I must have watched Programming without pointers (or PWP) roughly 10 times by now." ☛ https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2026-04-08-applying-programming-without-pointers-to-an-mbox-indexer-using-zig/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:44:43

• "Relicensing and license compatibility are two important aspects of how licensing works in the free software community." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/relicensing-versus-compatibility | Source: FSF    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:45:16

• "I’ve been continuing to work on the modern testing infrastructure so I can make sure the RSS Cloud plugin for WordPress is up to date." ☛ https://andrewshell.org/2026/04/working-on-the-rss-cloud-wordpress-plugin/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:45:41

• "Two years ago last month, a group of former contributors to the Redis project announced their intention to collaborate instead on a competitive fork." ☛ https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2026/04/06/valkey-at-two/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:48:45

• "Waterfox still kicking after selloug out to system1 ☛ https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.6.11/ | Source: Waterfox    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:50:40

• iophk: More MSFT inside LF. https://ostechnix.com/anthropic-claude-mythos-project-glasswing-linux-foundation/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:51:18

• Jim Zemlin is a prostitute and LF is a tech brothel for the same people who like kiddies from Epstein    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:52:12

• "Somebody either had something against Google or somebody on the Chromium team understood UI/UX so poorly that it left people frustrated" ☛ https://nrecursions.blogspot.com/2026/04/how-to-set-google-search-as-default-in.html | Source: N Recursions    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:52:40

• "Every morning, I start my day with breakfast, a cup of tea, and my iPad. This is the latest version of a ritual that began years ago with an actual newspaper that an actual human being left in my driveway." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/rethinking-rss-newsletters-and-how-i-read-every-morning/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:53:05

• "Algorithms have a bad rep, but I 100% believe they can be fantastic when they’re optimized to help you." ☛ https://molodtsov.me/2026/04/why-i-ve-built-syndicator/ | Source: Yury Molodtsov    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:53:18

• "That leaves us with Phil Harvey’s excellent ExifTool. It can do a tonne of stuff, but my primary use case is removing EXIF metadata before uploading an image to the interwebs." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/my-a-z-toolbox-exiftool/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:53:57

• "Krita 5.3.1.1 is an Android-only fix for 5.3.1. It is exactly the same as Krita 5.3.1, but with two fixes: [...]" ☛ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.1.1-released/ | Source: Krita    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:55:22

• "But then a thought dawned on me: is a phrase with seven words. AAAAAAH! I was walking past a line of IKEA desks, and noticed they were at least 30 cm narrower than the kitchen tables we were using as desks." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/assembling-a-new-study-desk-from-shelves/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:57:28

• "In a move that’s no doubt going to upset and confuse many, Espressif has released its newest microcontroller — the ESP32-S31." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/espressifs-new-esp32-s31-dual-core-risc-v-with-wifi-6-and-gbit-ethernet/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:57:50

• "Back in the day, you’d have needed dozens of tubes for a flickery animation, but [David] figured that since these LED strips are flexible, why not flex them?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/bending-faux-neon-leds-make-for-animations-glass-tubes-cant-match/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 14:58:06

• ...experience is when you fit expectations of others, as your natural reflexes invite bad consequences; linus torvalds has long been a changed man after bullying culminating in his suspension and forced "mental therapy"    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:00:40

• iophk: LF is misusing the trademark to pull in money to work _*against*_ Linux all this time. OSDL was halfway decent in its time.    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:03:25

• OSDL was thrown under the bus after stuart cohen was licking bill's balls and after CSI Cohen vanished (we checked years ago). LF took a bit longer to do the same.    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:04:45

• Microsoft can be "persuasive" with blackmail https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/20/People_Who_Came_From_Microsoft_Demanding_Removal_of_Articles_Ab.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:05:35

• It also operates like Scientology https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/22/Five_Years_Ago_After_We_Broke_the_Story_About_Richard_Stallman_.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:05:58

• Anon: .... especially if the alternative is cancellation again. I know another very high profile developer who seemingly threw common sense out the window and is now on Microsoft and pushing slop, both at the same time It is _*very*_ sad to see. He knows better but something must have happened...    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:07:09

• ....Again, Linus has an urgent need to take his trademark and walk. The longer he waits, the worse it will go for him especially if he tries to wait them out.    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:07:41

• iophk: MLive has fallen https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/04/university-of-michigan-museum-film-series-explores-protest-resistance.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:08:45

• "Generative AI was used to draft this story based on information ..."    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:08:58

• "Iran-affiliated threat actors are disrupting US critical infrastructure through attacks on Internet-exposed operational technology (OT) devices across numerous sectors" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/iranian-threat-actors-us-critical-infrastructure-exposed-plcs | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:10:20

• "The next step was probing each pin with a multimeter to map the pinout." ☛ https://ygashu.dev/posts/uniview-blog/unview-ipc-blog-1/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:10:34

• "This release is an emergency release to fix important security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_6_1/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:11:21

• "Omarchy is DHH’s “opinionated” Arch Linux setup built around Hyprland, the Wayland tiling compositor that the r/unixporn crowd won’t shut up about" ☛ https://caio.ca/blog/omarchy-on-a-kamrui.html | Source: Caio Bianchi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:12:23

• "Spoiler Alert: it does work nicely." ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/freebsd-14.4-on-raspberry-pi-zero-2w/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:13:14

• "This allowed him to run a Luna-88K system using a PCMCIA wireless interface, which got demonstrated later that year at the OSC Conference." ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/m88k4.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:13:28

• [Old] "Tumbler is a D-Bus service for applications to request thumbnails for various URI schemes and MIME types." ☛ https://miteshjlinuxtips.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/stopping-tumblerd-in-xfce/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:14:12

• "OpenNow is an unauthorized open-source client for Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service, available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3109606/try-out-an-open-source-app-to-access-geforce-now-while-you-can.html | Source: PC World    

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

• "There are a lot of times when the specification says one thing but common implementations do another" ☛ https://beesbuzz.biz/code/6604-Specification-vs.-implementation |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:15:57

• "Experiencing this firsthand as well as witnessing it in other ecosystems has fundamentally shifted how I view the practice of product and software development today, regardless of commercial vs non-commercial goals." ☛ https://mitchellh.com/writing/building-block-economy | Source: Mitchell Hashimoto    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:16:09

• [Old] "System resource limits in Linux control how much of a given resource a process or user can consume. These limits are critical for system stability, security, and performance." ☛ https://cubepath.com/docs/performance-optimization/system-limits-optimization-ulimit-limits-conf |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:16:28

• "Compression in storage systems is often viewed as a trade-off between CPU overhead and capacity savings." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/the-hidden-value-of-cpu-intensive-compression-on-modern-hardware/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:19:39

• "Cells for NetBSD is an early-stage but steadily maturing system for lightweight, kernel-enforced isolation on NetBSD." ☛ https://netbsd-cells.petermann-digital.de/ |    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:19:59

• "This week Noah and Steve address the blueprint OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published." ☛ https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/486 | Source: The Ask Noah Show    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:21:48

• "And none of this is mentioned anywhere in their privacy policy" ☛ https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-462/ | Source: Graham Cluley    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:22:07

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:25:53

• live streamed cranes https://arenan.yle.fi/1-77524871    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:26:19

• "Rory Stewart isn’t taking Islam seriously | The Spectator Australia" https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/rory-stewart-isnt-taking-islam-seriously/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:27:16

• "Trump Says “A Whole Civilization Will Die.” Experts See a War Spinning Out of Control | The Walrus" https://thewalrus.ca/iran-war-experts/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:27:32

• "Are war crimes being committed in the Middle East war? - France 24" https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260407-are-war-crimes-committed-in-middle-east-war    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:28:04

• "Orbán’s Ukraine narrative" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/04/07/orbans-ukraine-narrative/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:28:16

• Government orders more surveillance | "Regeringen beställer mer övervakning" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/04/07/regeringen-bestaller-mer-overvakning/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:31:04

• "If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/08/europe-lesson-donald-trump-era-us-sanity https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:31:39

• "Ford patents lip reading & emotion detection inside the car" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/ford-patents-lip-reading-emotion:4 sw patents? https://ppubs.uspto.gov/api/pdf/downloadPdf/20260095520    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:32:00

• "Trump's Biggest Iran Fear - Ken Klippenstein" https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-biggest-iran-fear    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:32:17

• "The Vance Accretion - by Mike Brock - Notes from the Circus" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-vance-accretion    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:32:32

• "Trump's Defeat in Iran - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-defeat-trump-every-time    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:32:48

• iophk: misrepresents Microsoft as an authority on computer security https://www.pcmag.com/news/are-you-using-these-tp-link-routers-russian-hackers-are-targeting-them    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:33:14

• "Is Donald Trump Exhibiting Signs of Alzheimer's Disease? The Disturbing Family Claims of 'Memory Impairment'" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mary-trump-alleges-donald-trump-alzheimers-signs-1790737    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:33:33

• "J. D. Vance Is Definitely Against Foreign Election Interference" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/jd-vance-hungary-orban-election/686718/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:33:49

• "Trump Has Call With Moon Astronauts So Awkward That They May Turn Around and Disappear Into the Void of Space" https://futurism.com/space/trump-call-moon-astronauts-awkward    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:35:12

• "Post-quantum defaults" https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2026-April/068221.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:35:28

• "TPM - The Microsoft Choke Point - Age Verification and Identity Control" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/tpm-choke-x:b boosted by the people who let Microsoft control Linux remotely https://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:36:08

• "People vs. Dictatorships - by Jay Nordlinger" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/people-vs-dictatorships    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:36:23

• "Trump Derangement Syndrome - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/trump-derangement-syndrome    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:36:39

• "Escalation never works, and you don’t actually have authority over other people. - Exploding Comma" https://explodingcomma.com/posts/escalation-never-works-and-you-dont-actually-have-authority-over-other-people    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:36:56

• "'Our President Is NOT a Christian': Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Trump Allies Should 'Beg for Forgiveness'" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-not-christian-1790834    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:37:16

• "Congress Must Restrain the Trump Administration from Nuclear Weapons First Use, Says Union of Concerned Scientists" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/congress-must-restrain-the-trump-administration-from-nuclear-weapons-first-use-says-union-of-concerned-scientists    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:37:35

• "The Iran Ceasefire Is a Stunning Defeat for Militarism" https://jacobin.com/2026/04/us-iran-war-ceasefire/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:37:56

• "Trump’s $1.5 Trillion for War Comes From Americans’ Pockets" https://jacobin.com/2026/04/trump-war-budget-proposal-cuts/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:38:13

• "Why Iran Thinks It Won" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/04/us-trump-war-iran-won/686727/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:39:14

• "AI Rollout Is a People Problem: A Pulse on All Things AI, Part 2 - The Scholarly Kitchen" https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/08/ai-rollout-is-a-people-problem-a-pulse-on-all-things-ai-part-2/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:39:30

• "Trump has lost control of his war" https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/trump-has-lost-control-of-his-war/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:41:27

• "Trump administration is trying to reverse Kissinger, and even Kissinger is probably rolling in his grave" https://kyivindependent.com/trump-administration-is-trying-to-reverse-kissinger-and-even-kissinger-is-probably-rolling-in-his-grave/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:42:05

• "Ignorance and Ignominy - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ignorance-and-ignominy    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:42:24

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 646 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/04/08/this-week-in-rust-646/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:48:20

• Apple-Backed Gamma Disputes Disappointing Kanye West ‘Bully’ First-Week Album Sales Figures ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/08/gamma-kanye-west-bully-album-sales/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:51:58

• uk-russia tensions now rising, apparently emanating from disputes over undersea cables and the baltic sea; meanwhile germany deems any men under 45 meat grinder-worthy    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:53:48

• Latvia and Ukraine deepening cooperation on cybersecurity ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/08.04.2026-latvia-and-ukraine-deepening-cooperation-on-cybersecurity.a642130/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:55:38

• When "your side" (e.g. NATO/Trump) does utterly insane things inc. targetting civilians, threatening with first strikes etc. it emboldens the other side, e.g. BRIC or "axis of evil" to escalate too; the media seems to have let this point fly over its head; China must be licking its lips over Taiwan rhetoric. Calm before storm? Ruse?    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:57:46

• France plans 36 billion euro boost to rearmament, nuclear deterrent expansion ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france-plans-36-billion-euro-boost-to-rearmament-nuclear-deterrent-expansion    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:58:02

• Orbán says Ukraine is mistreating its Hungarian minority. It’s not that simple. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0408/hungary-viktor-orban-ukraine-zakarpattia-transcarpathia    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:58:59

• Lithuanian minister to send deputy to Ukraine after failure to answer Crimea question ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2892229/lithuanian-minister-to-send-deputy-to-ukraine-after-failure-to-answer-crimea-question    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 15:59:11

• A Cat-and-Mouse Game of Russian Internet Restrictions and Evasion ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/a-cat-and-mouse-game-of-russian-internet-restrictions-and-evasion/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:00:55

• New list of companies trading with Russia and Belarus likely to be published ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/08.04.2026-new-list-of-companies-trading-with-russia-and-belarus-likely-to-be-published.a642026/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:01:18

• Bulgarian firm to supply 2MW electrolyser to Ukraine for Germany-bound hydrogen ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/bulgarian-firm-to-supply-2mw-electrolyser-to-ukraine-for-germany-bound-hydrogen/2139041.article/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:01:49

• US Disrupts Russian Espionage Operation Involving Hacked Routers and DNS Hijacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-disrupts-russian-espionage-operation-involving-hacked-routers-and-dns-hijacking/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:02:03

• Russian state hackers are hijacking TP-Link and MicroTik routers to steal Outlook credentials, cybersecurity center warns — APT28 group targets DNS and redirects traffic to attacker-controlled servers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ncsc-says-russian-gru-hackers-are-hijacking-tp-link-and-mikrotik-routers    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:02:46

• FreeBSD 14.4 on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/freebsd-14.4-on-raspberry-pi-zero-2w/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:03:41

• Krita 5.3.1.1 Released (Android-only) ☞ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.1.1-released/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:05:27

• My A–Z toolbox: ExifTool ☞ https://rubenerd.com/my-a-z-toolbox-exiftool/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:06:08

• FSF Blogs: Relicensing versus license compatibility ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/relicensing-versus-compatibility    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:06:52

• Python Supply-Chain Compromise ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/python-supply-chain-compromise.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:07:29

• Student Dies When Hospital Has No ICU Doctors, Calls One on Videochat Who Pronounces Him Dead Remotely, Lawsuit Claims ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/student-dies-in-telehealth-hospital-no-icu-doctors    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:10:41

• MacOS Pages - A decent-ish, somewhat confusing office tool ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/macos-pages-word-processor.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:11:57

• Microsoft Mocked for Terms of Service That Admit Copilot Is for “Entertainment Purposes Only” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-mocked-terms-of-service-entertainment-only    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:12:25

• Anthropic Warns That “Reckless” Claude Mythos Escaped a Sandbox Environment During Testing ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-mythos-escaped-sandbox    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:12:44

• Le Monde CEO urges publishers to sign Hey Hi (AI) partnerships to stay competitive ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/le-monde-ceo-urges-publishers-to-sign-ai-partnerships-to-stay-competitive/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:13:26

• Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/hack-for-hire-spyware-campaign-targets-journalists-in-middle-east-north-africa/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:22:26

• Rofi and Wofi: Keyboard Launchers That Keep Your Hands on the Keys ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/rofi-and-wofi-keyboard-launchers-that-keep-your-hands-on-the-keys/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:24:26

• Software patents on cars https://consumerrights.wiki/images/c/c7/Ford_patent_US20260095520A1.pdf    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:26:11

• Aplicaciones chachis de GNU/Linux gemini://aperalesf.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-04-09-aplicaciones-chachis-de-gnu-linux.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:27:12

• Openwashing: Does Acting Like Good Guys Actually Make Anthropic Good Guys? ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/does-acting-like-good-guys-actually-make-anthropic-good-guys/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:28:17

• Pluralistic: Process knowledge (08 Apr 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/process-knowledge-vs-bosses/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:28:38

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

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:29:19

• iophk: ... and multiple threats of various war crimes ... Cheeto's regime will soon openly side with their bosses in the Kremlin They've been edging that way ever since the US government fell n 20 Jan 2025    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:30:21

• otel-tui – terminal-based observability viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/otel-tui-terminal-based-observability-viewer/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:31:01

• s5cmd – S3 and local filesystem execution tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/s5cmd-s3-local-filesystem-execution-tool/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:31:19

• deadbranch – keep Git repositories tidy ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/deadbranch-keep-git-repositories-tidy/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:31:33

• rusti-cal – cal clone ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rusti-cal-clone/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:31:54

• Solitaire – play patience games ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/solitaire-play-patience-games/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:32:11

• OneFile – file organiser ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/onefile-file-organiser/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:32:35

• WeAct STM32U585CIU6 Core Mini – An $8 STM32U5 board supported by MicroPython v1.28 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/08/weact-stm32u585ciu6-core-mini-stm32u5-board-supported-by-micropython-v1-28/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:33:26

• Glass UI Is Making a Comeback on GNU/Linux Thanks to KDE Contributors ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-oxygen-air-comeback/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:33:58

• Introducing our Art Contest winner! ☞ https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/04/08/introducing-our-art-contest-winner/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:34:36

• Dynamic Music Pill brings lyrics to your GNOME desktop ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/lyrics-feature-dynamic-music-pill-extension    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:35:28

• OpenSSF Tech Talk Recap: Securing Agentic Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/04/08/openssf-tech-talk-recap-securing-agentic-ai/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:38:02

• Robert Birming: it is what it isn’t ☞ https://rubenerd.com/robert-birming-it-is-what-it-isnt/ "The reality is that we usually have the power to change our lives. We just have to stop pretending that we don't"    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:38:36

• Italian Court Deems DRM spreader Netflix Price Hikes Illegal, Orders Immediate Rollbacks and Refunds ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/08/italian-court-netflix-price-hikes/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:39:06

• Federal Court Denies Anthropic’s Motion to Lift ‘Supply Chain Risk’ Label ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/technology/anthropic-pentagon-risk-circuit-court.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:41:45

• Martin Gugino, Activist Shoved by Buffalo Police at 2020 Protest, Dies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/us/martin-gugino-dead-buffalo-police.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:42:40

• Chatbots are NOT "AI" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/style/gen-z-ai-gallup-study.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:43:15

• Military service draws men in Thailand as sluggish economy squeezes job prospects ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/military-service-draws-men-in-thailand-amid-economic-malaise    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:43:46

• The US model: die for corporations, abroad, when the domestic market has given up on you    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:44:30

• British cryptographer Adam Back is the secret creator of Bitcoin, claims new report ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/british-cryptographer-adam-back-is-the-secret-creator-of-bitcoin-claims-new-report-back-refutes-investigation-says-parallels-to-satoshi-are-just-a-coincidence    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:45:28

• Industry Mogul David Geffen Quietly Settles Nasty Divorce Battle ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/08/david-geffen-settles-divorce-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:46:11

• Appeals court rejects Anthropic’s bid to block Pentagon blacklisting ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/08/appeals-court-rejects-anthropics-bid-block-pentagon-blacklisting/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:46:40

• A win for whales in their suit against huge vessels in the Gulf of California ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/a-win-for-whales-in-their-suit-against-huge-vessels-in-the-gulf-of-california/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 16:47:03

• What's New in the Qt GRPC library in 6.11 ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/whats-new-in-the-qt-grpc-library-in-6.11    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:01:49

• In Lebanon, history gnaws at Israelis: Has force alone brought security? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0408/israel-disarming-hezbollah-iran-war-ceasefire    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:02:14

• China intensifies efforts to poach semiconductor talent from Taiwan, claims report ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-intensifies-efforts-to-poach-semiconductor-talent-from-taiwan-claims-report-international-restrictions-motivate-illicit-efforts-to-obtain-talent-and-equipment    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:02:45

• Lithuania parliament committee backs Kapčiamiestis training ground ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2892227/lithuania-parliament-committee-backs-kapciamiestis-training-ground    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:03:19

• Two Supermassive Black Holes May Be on The Very Brink of Collision ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/two-supermassive-black-holes-may-be-on-the-very-brink-of-collision    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:04:00

• New Simulations Reveal How Earth's Strongest Ocean Current Got Started ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-simulations-reveal-how-earths-strongest-ocean-current-got-started    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:04:20

• Scientists Think Our Eyes Began as a Single Eye on Top of The Head ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-our-eyes-began-as-a-single-eye-on-top-of-the-head    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:05:29

• Alzheimer's Risk Gene Alters Brain Activity Early – But It May Be Reversible ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-risk-gene-alters-brain-activity-early-but-it-may-be-reversible    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:05:50

• This Simple Viral Trick May Make Push-Ups More Comfortable For Women ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-simple-viral-trick-may-make-push-ups-more-comfortable-for-women    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:06:37

• Alien Megastructures May Be Physically Feasible, a New Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/alien-megastructures-could-be-physically-feasible-new-study-suggests    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:06:53

• Scientists Discovered a 'Yellow Brick Road' at The Bottom of The Ocean ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-yellow-brick-road-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:07:14

• One Type of Dream Could Make Your Sleep Feel More Restful, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-type-of-dream-could-make-your-sleep-feel-more-restful-study-finds    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:07:33

• Times ‘fewer, better stories’ strategy leads to run of audience growth ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/times-fewer-better-stories-strategy-leads-to-run-of-audience-growth/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:07:56

• PyTorch Foundation Expands Its Open Source Hey Hi (AI) Portfolio With Helion and Safetensors ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/pytorch-foundation-expands-with-helion-safetensors/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:08:23

• One country is winning the US-China trade war: Mexico ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/us-china-trade-war-mexico/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:08:54

• China’s Guofuhee lands Morocco electrolyser deal and domestic refuelling order ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/chinas-guofuhee-lands-morocco-electrolyser-deal-and-domestic-refuelling-order/2139049.article/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:09:21

• China’s BriHyNergy plans 1GW overseas electrolyser expansion after capital raise ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/chinas-brihynergy-plans-1gw-overseas-electrolyser-expansion-after-capital-raise/2139018.article/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:09:48

• Japan’s combat role in Philippines war games signals shift in regional strategy ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/04/08/japan-philippines-military-exercise-balikatan/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:10:27

• Birds not missiles should fly in the skies, Taiwan opposition leader says in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/birds-not-missiles-should-fly-in-the-skies-taiwan-opposition-leader-says-in-china    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:10:53

• NASA’s lunar success sharpens focus on China’s 2030 crewed landing goal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nasas-lunar-success-sharpens-focus-on-chinas-2030-crewed-landing-goal    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:11:59

• Panama asks China for respect after ship detentions tied to ports ruling ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/panama-asks-china-for-respect-after-ship-detentions-tied-to-ports-ruling    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:12:12

• Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to avoid escalation: China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/afghanistan-pakistan-agree-to-avoid-escalation-china    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:12:34

• All Hong Kong restaurant licences to have national security clauses by September – minister ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/09/all-hong-kong-restaurant-licences-to-have-national-security-clauses-by-september-minister/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:14:31

• Old enemies meet in Beijing as China promotes its influence in Taiwan ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/old-enemies-meet-in-beijing-as-china-promotes-its-influence-in-taiwan/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:15:00

• health @ Savannah: GNU Health control center 5.0.3 released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10878    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:15:51

• parted @ Savannah: parted-3.7 released [stable] ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10879    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:16:09

• FunOS 25.10 (with Calamares Installer) ☞ https://funos.org/funos-25-10-calamares/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:16:49

• Ubuntu Pro comes to Nutanix bare-metal Kubernetes ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-pro-on-nutanix-bare-metal-kubernetes    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:17:23

• "As discussed in our previous blog post, MCP security: Implementing robust authentication and authorization, an important aspect of MCP security is the ability to monitor autonomous agent behaviour and identify potential threats in real-time." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/mcp-security-logging-and-runtime-security-measures | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:19:07

• "This dramatically compounds and expands the outsize role currently played by AI-driven vulnerability scanning both in corporate IT security teams and open source communities." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/navigating-mythos-haunted-world-platform-security | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:19:22

• "The expo hall is your hub for 1-on-1 access to the experts building the future of IT." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-red-hat-summit-2026 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:19:36

• "Linux has solid tools for document conversion. Some work great. Some have quirks. Here’s what actually works." ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/converting-office-documents-on-linux-without-ms-office/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:21:54

• Jonathan Dowland: nvim-µwiki ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/nvim-µwiki/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:22:36

• Submission to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/submission-to-the-un-working-group-on-the-use-of-mercenaries/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:23:50

• Openwashing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/technology/meta-muse-spark-ai-model.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:25:51

• TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 007 - Cisco Source Code Stolen via Trivy-Linked Breach, Surveillance Giant Google GTIG Tracks TeamPCP as UNC6780, and CISA KEV Deadline Arrives with No Standalone Advisory, (Wed, Apr 8th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32880    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:27:57

• Trying embargo using patent monopolies ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/dyson-wins-another-pi-in-hair-styler-fight-against-dreame/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:28:56

• Could Bill C-22 Make Canadians Less Safe? The Systemic Vulnerability Gap in Canada’s New Surveillance Law ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/could-bill-c-22-make-canadians-less-safe-the-systemic-vulnerability-gap-in-canadas-new-surveillance-law/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:30:13

• The Golden Twenty Dice ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1137/the-golden-twenty-dice    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:31:37

• Moving to Linux: กลับมาใช้ dhcpcd gemini://tilde.club/~silica/gemlog-th/2026-04-09_MTL_back-to-dhcpcd.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:32:50

• 🖼️ xkcd: Overton #3230 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3230.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:33:30

• "Apple Watch SE is sold as water resistant with the case stamped "WR-50 METERS"." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/04/09/apple-watch-drying-timeline/ " [...] Apple Watch SE is taking it one day at a time."    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:34:56

• "I've been struggling with maintaining the social circle I'm part of lately. The obvious excuse that immediately comes to mind is that the work has been challenging lately, as has the housekeeping and holding people closest to me together, and this is true in a sense that a lot of social connections" gemini://thousand.naps.day/d/2026-04-09.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:36:14

• under the surface gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/under_the_surface    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:37:19

• NASA Flew by the Moon, but Behind the Scenes, Its Science Is a Chaotic Mess ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/opinion/nasa-climate-science-earth.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:38:29

• Watch: Bridge reporters talk youth mental health outsourcing on WJR ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/watch-bridge-reporters-talk-youth-mental-health-outsourcing-on-wjr/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:38:55

• Prosecutor: Health park founder ‘enriched himself’ with state grant ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/prosecutor-health-park-founder-enriched-himself-with-state-grant/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:39:15

• Surprise new element in DOGE’s Medicaid experiment: Taxpayers vs. health care fraud ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/big-data/2026/04/surprise-new-element-in-doges-medicaid-experiment-taxpayers-vs-health-care-fraud/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:39:31

• Signatures collected for state-funded glucose monitors in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/08.04.2026-signatures-collected-for-state-funded-glucose-monitors-in-latvia.a642094/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:39:46

• Nix privilege escalation security advisory ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1066813/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:40:47

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

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:41:20

• Simultaneously build several python 3D plots via Multi-threaded Python 3.14t on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/04/simalteneously-build-several-python-3d.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:42:02

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Wasteland Bites and Stiff Neck - 2026-04-08 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-04-08-edition/index.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:42:56

• Collaborating between Bioconductor and R-universe on Development of Common Infrastructure ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/collaborating-between-bioconductor-and-r-universe-on-development-of-common-infrastructure/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:43:35

• Popular YouTuber among 3 arrested after shouting, ‘He has a gun!’ in packed movie theater for online clout ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/04/09/world-news/three-arrested-including-popular-youtuber-after-shouting-he-has-a-gun-in-canadian-movie-theater-to-film-social-media-content/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:44:50

• Manage Hey Hi (AI) context with the Lola package manager ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/08/manage-ai-context-lola-package-manager    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:45:28

• Red Hat pushing slop, as usual    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:46:21

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1066809/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:48:08

• Data Leakage Vulnerability Patched in OpenSSL ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/data-leakage-vulnerability-patched-in-openssl/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:48:31

• "x86 is on the decline and ARM is on the rise, both in consumer space and cloud infrastructure at hyperscalers, due to its efficiency, scalability, performance per watt, and the ability of customers to license and customize designs for their unique requirements. It won't save IBM, but partnering with ARM is a necessary reality in today's IT world, and once again, IBM is years late to the party." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn73vh31#replies    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:49:56

• "kind of. IDC reports x86 server sales increased 32% in revenue in Q325. It has been NVIDAI GPU reveue in x86 servers that has been very hot and now leading to very long lead times. Yes ARM And RISC-V are also growing but still a small part of the pie. Competition is good for everyone."    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:50:24

• Purple – terminal-based SSH host manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/purple-terminal-based-ssh-host-manager/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:55:36

• 12 Best Free and Open Source GUI Image Compression Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-gui-image-compression-tools/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:55:51

• Gloomberb – keyboard-driven financial terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gloomberb-keyboard-driven-financial-terminal/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:56:03

• 5 Useful Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Background Noise Generators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-linux-background-noise-generators/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:56:16

• mpdscribble – MPD client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mpdscribble-mpd-client/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:56:32

• Protest against LRT politicisation to be held outside parliament ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2892062/protest-against-lrt-politicisation-to-be-held-outside-parliament    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:57:21

• Fedora 44: Best New Features ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/fedora-44-features/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 17:57:54

• How to Configure Dracut Initramfs on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-dracut-initramfs-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:02:24

• How to Install Zsh on Debian 13, 12 and 11 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-zsh-on-debian-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:04:25

• How to Install Clang on Debian 13, 12 and 11 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-clang-on-debian-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:04:38

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

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:05:18

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

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:05:36

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

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:06:11

• If Memory Safety is The Goal Rust is Not The Solution ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/if-memory-safety-is-the-goal-rust    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:06:28

• Rust Coreutil Re-Write Dev Says Project "So Subpar I Don't Even Have Words" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/rust-coreutil-re-write-dev-says-project    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:06:43

• Software Patents: Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Decision Finding Information Exchange Patent Application Claim Ineligible Under Section 101 ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/04/08/federal-circuit-affirms-ptab-finding-information-exchange-patent-application-claim-ineligible-section-101/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:07:57

• Supreme Court’s Cox v. Sony Decision Disrupts Another ISP Legal Battle — And Prompts Changes in Music Publishers’ Anthropic Complaint ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/08/riaa-altice-lawsuit-supreme-court-decision-impact/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:08:38

• Songs from the Commons: A Q&A with Simon Close about the Public Song Project ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/04/songs-from-the-commons    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:09:25

• Lithuania moves emergency stockpiles away from Belarus border ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2892281/lithuania-moves-emergency-stockpiles-away-from-belarus-border    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:09:49

• Opera GX on GNU/Linux is for Gamers Who Put Stickers on Their Laptop ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/opera-gx-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:21:10

• RealSense ID Pro F500 Combines Depth Sensing and On-Device Biometrics ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/realsense-id-pro-f500-combines-depth-sensing-and-on-device-biometrics/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:23:25

• 6 Useful Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Service Discovery Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-linux-service-discovery-tools/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:23:49

• macOS app Little Snitch is now available on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/little-snitch-linux    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:24:54

• Super Lite 24.1 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/superlite    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:25:35

• pearOS 26.4 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pearos    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:25:49

• A brief history of Denuvo DRM and the new hypervisor bypass — inside the cat-and-mouse game between Denuvo and the piracy scene ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/a-brief-history-of-denuvo-drm-and-the-new-hypervisor-bypass-inside-the-cat-and-mouse-game-between-denuvo-and-the-piracy-scene    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:26:18

• ENux 5.2.1 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/enux    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:26:37

• BRGV-OS 08042026 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/brgv    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:26:51

• South Korea to push for the release of ships in the Strait of Hormuz ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-to-push-for-the-release-of-ships-in-the-strait-of-hormuz    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:27:43

• North Korea unveils cluster-bomb missile, electronic warfare capability ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-tests-military-assets-including-ballistic-missile-kcna-reports    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:28:02

• Escaped wolf forces school closure in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/escaped-wolf-forces-school-closure-in-south-korea    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:28:35

• AI-generated doctors in health ads must be labelled: S. Korean govt ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ai-generated-doctors-in-health-ads-must-be-labelled-s-korean-govt    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:29:10

• Malaysians suddenly cannot find Farm Fresh milk easily – and it has nothing to do with cows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/what-disappearing-farm-fresh-milk-on-malaysian-shelves-says-about-the-fuel-crisis    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:29:50

• Evasive Masjesu DDoS Botnet Targets IoT Devices ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/evasive-masjesu-ddos-botnet-targets-iot-devices/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:34:54

• Massachusetts Hospital Diverts Ambulances as Cyberattack Causes Disruption ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/massachusetts-hospital-diverts-ambulances-as-cyberattack-causes-disruption/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:35:26

• FBI: Cybercrime Losses Neared $21 Billion in 2025 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-cybercrime-losses-neared-21-billion-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:35:53

• Shaky Ceasefire Unlikely to Stop Cyberattacks From Iran-Linked Hackers for Long ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/shaky-ceasefire-unlikely-to-stop-cyberattacks-from-iran-linked-hackers-for-long/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:36:34

• The Arduino Marketing Team receives Best Digital Strategy award for “From Blink to Think” ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/04/08/the-arduino-marketing-team-receives-best-digital-strategy-award-for-from-blink-to-think/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:37:30

• Tails 7.6.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tails    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:37:56

• On the White House Hey Hi (AI) Framework (If You Could Call It That) ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/on-the-white-house-ai-framework-if-you-could-call-it-that/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:39:57

• Emerging Tech Event Series ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/emerging-tech-event-series/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:40:17

• Analysis Finds That Google’s Hey Hi (AI) Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-overviews-misinformation    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:40:59

• ChatGPT Is Sending People Into Obsessive Spirals of Hypochondria ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-hypochondria    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:41:53

• Hackers Targeting Ninja Forms Vulnerability That Exposes WordPress Sites to Takeover ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-targeting-critical-ninja-forms-bug-that-exposes-wordpress-sites-to-takeover/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:42:39

• Hong Kong independent media outlet says reporters ‘harassed’ and ‘stalked’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/08/hong-kong-independent-media-outlet-says-reporters-harassed-and-stalked/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:43:23

• Hong Kong police arrest man suspected of stealing 56,000 Hospital Authority patients’ personal data ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/09/hong-kong-police-arrest-man-suspected-of-stealing-56000-hospital-authority-patients-personal-data/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:43:59

• More Honeypot Fingerprinting Scans, (Wed, Apr 8th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32878    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:45:09

• Number Usage in Passwords: Take Two, (Thu, Apr 9th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32866    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:45:31

• Hegseth, the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, and Mark Twain ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/08/hegseth-the-holy-hand-grenade-of-antioch-and-mark-twain/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:46:02

• Flash Bee – An ESP32-C3-based DIY handheld lightning detector ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/09/flash-bee-an-esp32-c3-based-diy-handheld-lightning-detector/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:46:40

• Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.12.0 Released ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-12-0-released/147901    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:47:47

• Speech by Commissioner Kadis at the “Climate Action in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East: Regional Cooperation Empowered by Science and Innovation” Conference ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_786    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:48:24

• "TDF board call, Staff + Board + MC with no community questions - surreal, Dennis arrived but too late for the questions I suppose." ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-04-07.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:49:04

• 16 contributors, cross-stack improvements: Collabora's work on GStreamer 1.28 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/16-contributors-cross-stack-improvements-collabora-work-gstreamer-128.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:49:51

• X Marks the … Stick Figure? Federal Circuit Says One DuPont Factor Can Outweigh All Others ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/x-marks-the-stick-figure-federal-circuit-says-one-dupont-factor-can-outweigh-all-others.html    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:52:36

• Espionage for repression: hack-for-hire phishing campaign targets civil society in MENA ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/mena-phishing-2026/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=mena-phishing-2026    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:53:36

• Hack-for-hire: new report investigates hacking campaign against Egyptian journalists ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/hack-for-hire-new-report-egyptian-journalists/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:54:22

• Espionage for repression: hack-for-hire phishing campaign targets civil society in MENA ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/mena-phishing-2026-tech/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:54:50

• Anthropic Just Handed Apache $1.5M to Secure the Open Source Stack Hey Hi (AI) Depends On ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/anthropic-apache-software-foundation-donation/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:55:51

• RCE Bug Lurked in Apache ActiveMQ Classic for 13 Years ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/rce-bug-lurked-in-apache-activemq-classic-for-13-years/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:57:07

• Qt for Android Automotive 6.8.7 is released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.8.7-is-released    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 18:57:50

• Pam Bondi Fails to Make Her Case ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/pam-bondi-fails-to-make-her-case    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:00:16

• Patreon Podcasters Earned $629 Million In 2025, Platform Reveals ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/08/patreon-podcast-earnings-2025/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:01:22

• Love window snapping on Linux? You should try a tiling window manager - here's why https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-a-tiling-window-manager/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:03:27

• "This release adds state machine for handling PuTTY’s multiline SSH keys and explicitly excludes libsystemd on Linux systems." https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-8-released-with-fastboot-improvements-bug-fixes    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:04:01

• Trademark violation? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubuntu-group-expands-physical-silver-reserves-to-strengthen-tokenized-backing-302736850.html "Ubuntu Group"    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:05:18

• Stop installing Ubuntu apps one at a time—here are 3 faster ways https://www.howtogeek.com/install-all-the-essential-ubuntu-apps-in-one-go/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:05:55

• Slop is the real drag, not this code https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-i486-cpu-support-removal/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:07:32

• Claude Code found a Linux vulnerability hidden for 23 years https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/07/claude-code-found-a-linux-vulnerability-hidden-for-23-years/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:08:08

• Linux gamers didn't do anything wrong, but they might pay for Windows piracy anyway https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gamers-didnt-do-wrong-pay-windows-piracy/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:08:50

• 3 Linux distros to try now that you've outgrown Linux Mint https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distros-after-linux-mint/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:09:39

• Why I returned to Enlightenment Linux after 30 years: Testing the new Elive beta https://www.zdnet.com/article/elive-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:10:04

• Secure Linux edge platform for automotive and industrial applications https://www.electropages.com/2026/04/secure-linux-edge-platform-automotive-and-industrial-applications    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:10:34

• Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/linux-kernel-maintainers-are-following-through-on-removing-intel-486-support/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:12:53

• "This release makes all lines scrolled sideways together when the cursor almost goes offscreen to the right." https://9to5linux.com/gnu-nano-9-0-cli-text-editor-released-with-new-features-and-improvements    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:13:21

• Sentinel Adds Steam Achievements to Non-Steam Linux Games https://games.gg/news/sentinel-linux-achievements-non-steam-games/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:13:49

• "For those who never warmed up to Breeze, Oxygen and Air are shaping up to be compelling alternatives again." https://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-oxygen-air-comeback/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:14:30

• "Also fixes an issue about the checksums of the files inside the live system and adds new boot menu entry to verify the ISO’s integrity." https://9to5linux.com/gparted-live-1-8-1-3-released-with-linux-kernel-6-19-10-and-gparted-1-8-1    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:15:05

• "Flatpak 1.16.4 was released today as the latest stable version of this popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework and the first maintenance update to the Flatpak 1.16 series." https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-4-linux-app-sandboxing-framework-brings-important-security-fixes    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:15:25

• Intel 486 Support Likely To Be Removed In Linux 7.1 https://hackaday.com/2026/04/07/intel-486-support-likely-to-be-removed-in-linux-7-1/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:15:46

• Chaos malware expands from routers to Linux cloud servers https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/08/chaos-malware-cloud-misconfigured-servers/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:16:30

• Microsoft MitM https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-08-new-pgp-signing-key-for-github-cli-linux-packages/    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:17:00

• Marketing spam and hype from charlatans https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:17:29

• From the C: to the /Mnt/s, Linux is better than ever for PC gaming – and easier to switch to from Windows https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/from-the-c-to-the-mnts-linux-is-better-than-ever-for-pc-gaming-and-easier-to-switch-to-from-windows    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:17:59

• "You have been lied to: you are NOT allowed to disagree, prefer things, or find stuff, and you have no personality." gemini://auragem.ddns.net/techlog/20260409.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:50:35

• "Longtime readers may remember that time I kvetched about how every job I wanted as a kid was met with "that doesn't pay well," as if getting rich was the only thing that ever mattered about one's daily project: [...]" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-04-09    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:51:46

• "i'm beginning to feel the lack of entertainment that would normally come from a Purchase. i know i don't shop-as-a-hobby nearly to the extent you sometimes see on social media, but trying not to do it definitely isn't easy. specifically online shopping (because there aren't really any physical stores i like to go to anyway)." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/shoppingisexciting    

posted Thursday, April 09, 2026 at 19:52:35