Roy Schestowitz

• "Kamala Harris says she 'might' run for president in 2028" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-04-10/kamala-harris-president-campaign-run-2028    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:36:20

• iophk: well she does have a proven track record, albeit one which proves she can lose to the likes of cheeto. Also the democrats do not admit that there is too much islam now in the US to allow for female candidates any more    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:36:50

• iophk: It no longer gets fully dark at night here. The light season has arrived. If one sleeps normal hours it is light before one wakes and until after one goes to bed.    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:37:26

• Why does "objective truth" require deception? gemini://dhepworth.smol.pub/objective-deception    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:41:22

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

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:42:05

• "i'll flesh out each deck's description later! all links are external and lead to my mastodon account." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/decksimade    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:43:02

• tarot links gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/tarotlinks    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:43:37

• "It's been many years since I've played in a wind band, but started doing that again last year. The band skews young - I'm easily one of the oldest - and talking with one of my section mates between pieces, I felt a strange flutter of something." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/4-11.gmi    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:44:53

• "It's not a joke. Now that any patents that Lego might have had have expired, there's been an explosion of alternative brick systems to Lego [1]. And it was from this video from Alyssa Grenfell [2] where I learned that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints [3] have made their own Lego-style bricks called, and I am not making this up, Brick 'Em Young [4]." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/04/11.2    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:45:46

• "I'm risking jinxing myself by mentioning this, but a few days after giving up on blocking the Brazilian SYN attacks [1], they just stopped! It's been at least a week since I've seen them, so whether Brazil gots it act together, some botnet got taken down, or what, it's been quiet." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/04/11.1    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:46:25

• "HBO has obtained a DMCA subpoena, ordering X Corp. to identify the person behind a Euphoria fan account that allegedly posted spoilers from unaired episodes of Season 3." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/hbo-obtains-dmca-subpoena-to-unmask-euphoria-spoiler-account-on-x/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:48:42

• Monopolies ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/microsofts-wireguard-and-veracrypt-lockout-is-bigger-than-a-support-failure/ |    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:50:18

• "You probably don’t think about it much, but your PC probably has a TPM or Trusted Platform Module." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/authenticate-ssh-with-your-tpm/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:50:38

• "Anil Dash recently published Endgame for the Open Web, and it’s a piece worth reading. His argument: Big Tech is systematically dismantling the open web through AI scraping," ☛ https://joost.blog/defending-open-web-not-enough/ | Source: Joost de Valk    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:51:34

• "The partygoers, meanwhile, say they were shocked by the level of force used against them." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/11/the-party-was-chilled-until-police-sent-in-the-riot-squad-when-a-dorset-free-rave-turned-violent | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:53:23

• "scarring" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-job-loss-consequences | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:53:44

• "Indexing these responses, the psychologists narrowed down which factors correlated to support for the tradwife schtick." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/psychology-tradwife-sexism | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:54:07

• "At least three counties have been contacted this week for detailed records about some individual voters." ☛ https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/04/10/department-homeland-security-subpoenas-texas-counties-voter-records/ | Source: Votebeat    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:54:27

• "Methods of extracting income from the future have been around for a long time." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/04/capitalism-future-profit-investment-speculation-growth/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:54:48

• "economic inequality that has produced our modern American oligarchy" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-put-money-directly-into-union | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:55:15

• "Close to 100,000 veterans are currently behind on their mortgage payments." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/veterans-losing-homes-trump-killing-load-program-1235544900/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:55:37

• "As many as 69 million American women have birth certificates that don’t match their current name, according to an analysis by the liberal Center for American Progress." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/10/repub/how-trumps-save-america-act-could-make-it-harder-for-married-women-to-vote/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:56:07

• "The comments come after Russian security forces raided the Moscow office of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on April 9" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/condemns-russia-journalists-raid-novaya-gazetta/33729884.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:56:49

• "Hungary’s government has filed espionage charges against investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi, in a case tied to reporting on alleged contacts between Budapest and Moscow." ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2026/03/27/hungary-brings-espionage-charges-against-investigative-journalist | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:57:14

• "In other words, Axios had failed to disclose that it was citing alleged “polling data” that wasn’t drawn from human respondents at all." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-polls-silicon-sampling | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:57:40

• "On Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that at least 50 brand new accounts on Polymarket placed substantial bets on a U.S.-Iran ceasefire in the hours, even minutes, before President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire late Tuesday on social media." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5780569 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:58:12

• "That means the people in the center are selected from a particular group: people who were willing to give the thing a fair chance without yet assuming it deserved a permanent place in their lives." ☛ https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/4/11/the-center-has-a-bias/ | Source: Armin Ronacher    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:58:26

• "I quit and went to EFF, and my partners got very good jobs [sic] at Microsoft, and the company was bought for its tax-credits by Opentext, and that was that." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/11/obvious-terrible-ideas/#bayesian-terrorism | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:58:57

• "It also states that the change won’t be made public, so while The Register has asked Red Hat for comment we’re not holding out much hope that the IBM business unit will reply." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/red_hat_ends_china_engineering/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:59:17

• "Both agreements give the legal cover for America to rotate troops and preposition equipment in the Philippines" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/04/10/philippines-fuel-depot-south-china-sea/ | Source: RFA    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 05:59:49

• "Since January 1, there have been more rejections or restrictions of data centers in the US than in all of 2025." ☛ https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/ai-rejected-tracking-the-great-data | Source: Robert Bryce    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:00:13

• "The study and interactive “damage map” published by Stanford University researchers says just $3.1 billion of the domestic losses in Canada were caused by the country’s own climate pollution." ☛ https://www.theenergymix.com/researchers-map-massive-global-price-tag-of-emissions-that-grows-10x-over-time/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:00:26

• "Who created Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, remains a mystery even after 15 years." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/is-adam-back-the-founder-of-bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-137652381.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:00:53

• "The people do not want better managers of the existing system. They want new people. And they want to see the current lot face consequences for the mess they have made." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-fire-next-time | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:01:31

• "We’ve exposed those covert operations." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/britain-russia-submarines-healey-undersea-infrastructure-tension/33728781.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:02:01

• "The table in Islamabad is where the gap is being negotiated" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-table | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:02:13

• "As an application-level firewall, Little Snitch lets you see, allow, or block outgoing connections on a per-app basis." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/little-snitch-for-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:02:48

• "Over the past year, major European banks and asset managers have dramatically increased their investments in Palantir, the controversial U.S. technology company." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/branded/2026-04-11/european-money-pours-into-palantir-over-100-asset-managers-and-banks-boost-their-investments-in-the-controversial-tech-company.html | Source: El País    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:03:50

• "Perplexity Privacy Lawsuit" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/04/08/perplexity-privacy-lawsuit/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:04:04

• "Never has one gone onto the internet, researched something I liked, and, unprompted, texted to tell me about it." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/910008/fawn-friends-ai-companion | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:04:18

• "This isn't just a data breach — it’s a breakdown in the customer relationship" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hims-breach-exposes-sensitive-phi | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:04:44

• "A brief notice from the Office of Personnel Management could dramatically change which personally identifiable medical information the agency obtains" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-seeks-sweeping-access-to-federal-workers-health-records/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:10:05

• "Both targeted popular open source projects that are used by a ton of organizations and integrated into countless software products, apps, and developer environments." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/11/trivy_axios_supply_chain_attacks/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:10:46

• "The script is a Windows-flavor JavaScript and uses ActiveXObject, Microsoft.XMLDOM, ADODB.Stream." ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32884 | Source: SANS    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:11:31

• "A new Eleventy plugin that adds a Mastodon share button with an instance picker, saved instance support, and shortcode helpers." ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/i-built-an-eleventy-plugin-for-sharing-posts-to-mastodon/ |    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:12:27

• "The U.K. government on Friday announced it has formally submitted a proposed change to a crime bill that would allow tech executives who fail to remove nonconsensual intimate images published on their platforms to be imprisoned." ☛ https://therecord.media/uk-threatens-tech-bosses-with-jail-ai-nudification | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:13:25

• "His explanation for the gap is technical: reinforcement learning works best with verifiable reward functions which makes coding and math dramatically more trainable than writing or search." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/karpathy-says-developers-have-ai-psychosis-everyone-else-is-next/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:13:44

• "The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2025 Annual Report, and two threats dominate the headlines: artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency." ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/ai-and-cryptocurrency-scams-are-costing-americans-billions-fbi-reports | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:14:06

• "The latest crop of machine learning technologies will be used to annoy us and frustrate accountability. Companies are trying to divert customer service tickets to chats with large language models; reaching humans will be increasingly difficult." ☛ https://aphyr.com/posts/415-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-annoyances | Source: Kyle Kingsbury    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:14:23

• "A new survey by the SAP-owned software company WalkMe of 3,750 executives and employees found a major discontent growing in large companies across the globe." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-enterprise-workers-survey | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:14:38

• "I created my first AWS account at 10:31 PM on April 10th, 2006." ☛ https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2026-04-11-20-years-on-AWS-and-never-not-my-job.html | Source: Daemonology    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:15:37

• "Frey told Ars he was shocked to see a platform as big as Discord relying on such poor support infrastructure." ☛ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/dad-stuck-in-support-nightmare-after-teen-lied-about-age-on-discord/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:15:52

• "I’d argue Apple has four distinct “eras” as it were: [...]" ☛ https://heliomass.com/posts/2605-apple-at-50/ | Source: Heliomass    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:16:15

• "Or if it was designed as an upgradable Mac and Apple released mainboards with each new M-series chip that you could swap out to upgrade your system with ease." ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2026/04/apple-discontinues-mac-pro/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:16:33

• "The group didn't break Snowflake's security; they instead extracted authentication tokens from Anodot to pass as regular users and access Snowflake accounts." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/rockstar-games-confirms-it-was-hacked-by-malicious-group-shinyhunters-takes-credit-gives-until-april-14-to-pay-ransom-or-risk-leaking-confidential-data-shinyhunters | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:16:50

• "The Norwegian Directorate of Health published draft guidelines for ME/CFS that recommend graded activity over pacing — the opposite of what NICE 2021 concluded and what the biomedical evidence supports." ☛ https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2026/mecfs-guidelines-norway/ | Source: Athanasia Mo Mowinckel    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:17:39

• "At the heart of the public health failure lies a shortage of vaccine stockpiles." ☛ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/doge-vaccines-bangladesh | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:17:53

• "In previous years, looks-conscious teens might have splurged on glamour shots at the mall, or fine-tuned their selfies with digital filters." ☛ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/steroids-teens-looksmaxxing | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:18:08

• "All of this has compounded into a system where the tools that were supposed to make healthcare more affordable have actually had the opposite effect" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-healthcare-costs-rising | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:18:23

• "In case you’ve missed it, the point-and-shoot camera is back and sales have been steadily on the rise for nearly a year or so now" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/the-compact-camera-is-back-why-2-4-million-people-are-discovering-that-real-buttons-are-outpacing-smartphones-in-2026 | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:18:53

• "I do not purport to ascribe my idiosyncrasies onto you; your goals and voice are different than mine" ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/how-i-write.html | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:19:30

• "This ethic assumed something important: that the people building software understood what they were building" ☛ https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-04-10-the-hacker-ethic-and-the-vibe-coder | Source: Kenneth Reitz    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:20:53

• "The crew list for the Artemis II includes a commander, pilot, and two mission specialists – but while “photographer” may not be one of the titles" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/astrophotography/one-moon-32-cameras-10-000-photos-as-a-photographer-im-awed-by-the-artemis-ii-photo-album-these-are-the-best-ones-so-far | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 06:21:21

• "My terminal background color changes based on the current directory." ☛ https://maxleiter.com/notes/fish-directory-colors | Source: Max Leiter    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 09:51:49

• "For more than two decades, the Bioconductor project has been a cornerstone of the R ecosystem" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/collaborating-between-bioconductor-and-r-universe-on-development-of-common-infrastructure-2/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 09:52:21

• "Say you’re being handed a USB device and told to write a driver for it." ☛ https://werwolv.net/posts/usb_for_sw_devs/ |    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 09:53:04

• Anon: This site has a lot of interesting titles and at least one well-written post https://www.flyingpenguin.com/ However, the CMS seems quite broken to the point there is no way to contact anyone there. Basically none of the links actually work there.    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 09:53:47

• for Sompi: https://cows.fi/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 09:54:05

• "cuTile.jl v0.2 is the first major update of the Julia package for writing GPU kernels using NVIDIA's tile-based programming model." ☛ https://www.juliabloggers.com/cutile-jl-0-2-new-features-improved-performance-and-julia-1-13-support/ | Source: Julia Language Blog Aggregator    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 09:54:44

• "Unfortunately This is also why decentralised solutions are hard to monetise while centralised solutions make that easy." ☛ https://jan.wildeboer.net/2026/04/Conway-Networks/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 09:55:06

• "Maria Tatar, the John L. Loeb professor of Germanic languages and literatures and chair of the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/04/10/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-finds-a-new-voice/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:17:05

• "SQLite 3.53.0 (via) SQLite 3.52.0 was withdrawn so this is a pretty big release with a whole lot of accumulated user-facing and internal improvements." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/11/sqlite/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:18:09

• "A complete list of SQLite releases in a single page and a chronology are both also available." ☛ https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_53_0.html | Source: SQLite    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:18:23

• "For nearly 20 years the deal has been simple: you click a link, arbitrary code runs on your device, and a stack of sandboxes keeps that code from doing anything nasty." ☛ https://martinalderson.com/posts/has-mythos-just-broken-the-deal-that-kept-the-internet-safe/ | Source: Martin Alderson    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:19:15

• "Being able to quickly write replies to email, real actual email, was very valuable. That was the core of what drew me to Delta Chat." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/what-delta-chat-was | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:22:35

• "It’s not just a dev board in a case — it’s a full-featured laptop engineered from the ground up to offer a true third option in a world dominated by Intel and Apple." ☛ https://argon40.com/products/argon-one-up-cm5-laptop-core-system |    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:27:40

• "This was a long one–I spent a fair bit of time with the Orange Pi 6 Plus over the past few months" ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/reviews/2026/04/11/1900 | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:55:36

• [Old] "Since my project involved more than one endpoint on the far end (an FPGA and USB 3.0 chip), I went for the solution of one PCIe switch on each end. Avago’s PEX 8606, to be specific." ☛ https://billauer.se/blog/2016/08/pcie-sfp-avago-plx/ |    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:56:07

• "Using this a Gen 2 x1 link can be created without too much fuss, demonstrating the basic principle." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/implementing-pcie-over-fiber-using-sfp-modules/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:56:22

• "The overall display has four seven-segment digits, with seven common data lines and four control lines, one for each digit." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/a-suction-driven-seven-segment-display/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:56:48

• "And that got me thinking about “kinds of hacks” in general. Do we have a classification scheme for the hacks that we see here on Hackaday?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/whats-your-favorite-kind-of-hack/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:57:07

• "The update implementing FSD Supervised (version 2026.3.6) has started rolling out to a limited number of users." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/transportation/910717/netherlands-tesla-supervised-full-self-driving | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 10:57:45

• "While building a mostly text-based UI for Telesink, something became obvious: icons make things look polished, but they rarely make things clearer" ☛ https://kyrylo.org/2026/04/08/less-decoration-more-communication.html | Source: Kyrylo Silin    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:18:24

• "I feel (a) old and (2) relieved we’ve come back around to this :)." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/post-framework-web-design/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:18:50

• "Bus locks are problematic because they’re slow, and taking a bus lock “potentially disrupts performance on other cores and brings the whole system to its knees”." ☛ https://chipsandcheese.com/p/investigating-split-locks-on-x86 | Source: Chips and Cheese    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:19:41

• "Unlike traditional emulators, Advanced Mac Substitute doesn’t emulate the hardware on which an operating system runs (except for the 680x0 processor)" ☛ https://www.v68k.org/advanced-mac-substitute/ |    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:19:55

• "Pope Leo Condemns Invocation of God to Justify War" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pope-leo-condemns-invocation-god-justify-war-1235544993/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:22:51

• blocked by gratuitous javascript https://kerkour.com/rust-supply-chain-nightmare    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:23:11

• javascript tco https://martinalderson.com/posts/has-mythos-just-broken-the-deal-that-kept-the-internet-safe/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:23:44

• "Iran Has A Hormuz Problem: It Cannot Locate Mines Planted To Block Route, Iran War, Strait of Hormuz" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/iran-has-a-hormuz-problem-it-cannot-locate-mines-planted-to-block-route-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-11342329?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:23:59

• "Delusions of Grandeur, Hungary Edition - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/delusions-of-grandeur-hungary-edition    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:24:15

• "Losing the World's Respect - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/losing-the-worlds-respect    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:24:30

• "Tomorrow's election merits your attention" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/tomorrows-election-that-merits-your    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:24:45

• "Trump Economic Adviser Calls 300,000 'High-Paying' Job Cuts a Win — Union Calls It 'Cruel'" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-federal-job-cuts-human-cost-1791296    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:25:03

• "Donald Trump Tells Reporter She 'Knows Nothing' After Question About Iran" https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/11/donald-trump-berates-female-reporter-for-iran-question/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:25:20

• "Tradwife movement ‘attracts men who are hostile to women’" https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/sex-relationships/article/tradwife-lifestyle-hostility-women-txmdxkjn6    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:25:40

• "Spaniards see Trump as the greatest threat to world peace, ahead of Putin" https://english.elpais.com/spain/2026-04-10/spaniards-see-trump-as-the-greatest-threat-to-world-peace-ahead-of-putin.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:25:56

• Man Punished for Breaking Into Moo Deng’s Zoo Enclosure ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/moo-deng-intruder-punished    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:33:03

• NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts Reunite With Friends and Family After 10-Day Moon Mission ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/science/nasa-artemis-moon-astronauts-houston.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:33:22

• Trustee genetics: LGBTI+phobia, censorship, METU ☞ https://bianet.org/yazi/trustee-genetics-lgbti-phobia-censorship-metu-318395    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:50:04

• Denuvo properly cracked in Resident Evil: Requiem, bypasses become plug-and-play — cracked version runs faster, smoother, and uses way less VRAM and RAM ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/denuvo-properly-cracked-in-resident-evil-requiem-bypasses-become-plug-and-play-cracked-version-runs-faster-smoother-and-uses-way-less-vram-and-ram    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:50:41

• A set of Saturday stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1067272/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:51:39

• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Sol Cesto and People of Note - 2026-04-11 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-04-11-edition/index.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:52:13

• Celebrating Community at WordCamp Asia 2026 ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2026/04/celebrating-wcasia-2026/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:54:48

• Original Apollo 11 code open-sourced by NASA — original Command Module and Lunar Module code repos are now public domain resources ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/original-apollo-11-code-open-sourced-by-nasa-original-command-module-and-lunar-module-code-repos-are-now-public-domain-resources    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:55:21

• $15 STM32U575 development board features FPC display connector, microSD card slot, two 48-pin GPIO headers ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/11/15-stm32u575-development-board-features-fpc-display-connector-microsd-card-slot-two-48-pin-gpio-headers/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 11:56:08

• The Effects of AI-Generated Code Tearing Through Corporations Is Actually Kind of Funny ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-code-tearing-through-corporations    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:09:06

• Hype: Anthropic’s new Mythos Hey Hi (AI) tool signals a new era for cyber risks and responses ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2026/0411/anthropic-mythos-ai-cyber-risk    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:09:37

• Muscles Have Their Own Kind of 'Memory' – Here's How It Works ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/muscles-have-their-own-kind-of-memory-heres-how-it-works    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:10:38

• Experimental Drug Can Reverse Osteoarthritis in Weeks, Animal Research Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/experimental-drug-can-reverse-osteoarthritis-in-weeks-animal-research-shows    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:18:24

• The Universe's Most Pristine Ancient Star Is Surprisingly Close ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-universes-most-pristine-ancient-star-is-surprisingly-close    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:18:39

• If Venus Has Life It May Have Come From Earth, Scientists Say ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/if-venus-has-life-it-may-have-come-from-earth-scientists-say    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:18:55

• Twins Face Developmental Delays in Early Childhood, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/twins-developmental-delays-single-born-siblings    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:19:13

• This Week in Science: Artemis II Returns, a Chimp 'Civil War', And More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-artemis-ii-returns-a-chimp-civil-war-and-more    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:19:34

• Colorado sued by xAI over supposed constitutional violations in new Hey Hi (AI) bill ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/xai-sues-colorado-over-constitutional-violations-in-new-ai-bill/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:46:45

• Defamation lawsuits against Thai journalists draw criticism from rights groups ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/defamation-lawsuits-against-thai-journalists-draw-criticism-from-rights-groups/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:47:24

• Artemis II: Space race heats up with China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20260411-artemis-ii-space-race-heats-up-with-china    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:48:34

• Chinese slimmers trade lost fat for health – and beef ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/12/chinese-slimmers-trade-lost-fat-for-health-and-beef/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:49:12

• China offers incentives to Taiwan following opposition leader’s visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-offers-incentives-to-taiwan-following-opposition-leaders-visit    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:49:35

• China should abandon threats against Taiwan and talk to its leaders: US diplomat ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-should-abandon-threats-against-taiwan-us-diplomat-says    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:49:50

• Anon: "EFF has not been about general digital rights since they kicked out the last co-founder on behalf of GAFAM a long while ago. They cede that goal and try to distract people from their having given up by making noise about "marginalized groups" instead."    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:00:30

• "However, if the rights do not remain generally available, then even those "marginalized groups" such as their beloved alphabet people won't retain those rights either."    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:00:38

• "Furthermore, their opponents (in the context of their original charter)_ consider those groups as disposable and likely to have no qualms about curb stomping them when the time comes."    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:00:54

• Is Pursuit of Jade’s Zhang Linghe too pretty? Here’s what Chinese authorities think ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/too-pretty-for-a-general-chinese-state-polices-tv-gender-norms    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:01:27

• Rise in foreign arrivals to China on the back of visa-free, travel-friendly policies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/rise-in-foreign-arrivals-to-china-on-the-back-of-visa-free-travel-friendly-policies    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:01:46

• A peek into life on the Taiwanese island off China’s Xiamen, popular with tourists on weekends ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/from-china-to-taiwan-in-30-minutes-idyllic-islands-beckon-as-the-great-firewall-recedes    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:02:23

• Kim Jong Un shows off tighter ties with allies, arms before Convicted Felon’s China trip ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/kim-jong-un-shows-off-friends-arms-before-trump-china-trip    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:02:42

• Petrol stations along Malaysia’s borders to come under police watch to curb fuel smuggling ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/petrol-stations-along-malaysias-borders-to-come-under-police-watch-to-curb-fuel-smuggling    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:03:08

• Malaysia faces ‘critical period’ for fuel by June, minister says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-faces-critical-period-for-fuel-by-june-minister-says    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:03:46

• South Korea president clashes with Israel on rights, disinfo claims ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-president-clashes-with-israel-on-rights-disinfo-claims    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:06:25

• Security agency implicated in assassination attempt against Thai lawmaker ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/security-agency-implicated-in-assassination-attempt-against-thai-lawmaker/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:09:59

• Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori vows to expel migrants ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/peruvian-presidential-candidate-keiko-fujimori-vows-to-expel-migrants    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:10:59

• Philippines asks Facebook (Farcebook) to curb fake news, warns of legal move ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-asks-facebook-to-curb-fake-news-warns-of-legal-move    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:11:43

• Clippy, Microsoft’s hapless Office assistant, was retired 25 years ago today — its irritating spirit lives on in 100+ Copilots ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/clippy-microsofts-hapless-office-assistant-was-retired-25-years-ago-today-its-irritating-spirit-lives-on-in-100-copilots    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:24:47

• OpenAI Says It’s Already Made $100 Million by Stuffing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot With Ads ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-money-chatgpt-ads   

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:25:14

• Island of Hearts - Review ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/island-of-hearts/index.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:27:24

• The new Books Kinokuniya in Chatswood ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/the-new-books-kinokuniya-in-chatswood/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:30:30

• Voyager 26.04-beta2 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:30:54

• Slop mess ☞ https://funos.org/install-claude-code-funos/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:31:32

• Mao https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/cartoons/tm/Images/image_pages/cgatm0313.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:32:47

• "EFF is Leaving X" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/10/0259257 it's about politics, they don't quit social control media altogether and that's telling    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 13:43:08

• health @ Savannah: GNU Health HIS server 5.0.7 patchset bundle released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10880    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:02:42

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Backend Electronic Circuit Simulators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-electronic-circuit-simulators/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:03:11

• Trisquel GNU/Linux: Trisquel 12.0 "Ecne" release announcement ☞ https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-120-ecne-release-announcement    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:03:41

• Bilal Elmoussaoui: goblin: A Linter for GObject C Code ☞ https://belmoussaoui.com/blog/23-goblin-linter/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:04:10

• PocketTerm35-Pi5 Handheld GNU/Linux Terminal with Raspberry Pi 5 and 3.5″ Display ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/pocketterm35-pi5-handheld-linux-terminal-with-raspberry-pi-5-and-3-5-display/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:19:23

• Pick up some quality adventure games in the Humble Golden Tales Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/pick-up-some-quality-adventure-games-in-the-humble-golden-tales-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:20:15

• Get some great tower defense games in a fresh Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/get-some-great-tower-defense-games-in-a-fresh-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:20:25

• Quirinux 2.2-Rev1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/quirinux    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:22:26

• More Information on I.C.B.M. Red Bait Layoffs in April 2026, Hundreds of Skilled GNU/Linux Engineers Laid Off (300+ Simultaneously) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/More_Information_on_IBM_Red_Hat_Layoffs_in_April_2026_Hundreds_.shtml    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:22:54

• Of course phoronix knows this but did not cover this    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:23:18

• It does however cover ONE SINGLE job ad    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:23:35

• statCounter: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls to All-Time Low This Month in France ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/11/statCounter_Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_All_Time_Low_This_Month_.shtml    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:23:47

• France ditches backdoored Windows in favor of GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/frances-ditches-windows-in-favor-of-linux/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:24:17

• thenextweb.com (TNW) Appears to Have Become a Slopfarm, Fake Articles About France and GNU/Linux Flood the Web (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/11/thenextweb_com_TNW_Appears_to_Have_Become_a_Slopfarm_Fake_Artic.shtml    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:24:30

• After LF took several bribes from slop pushers even garbage 'code' can be admitted ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-kernel-allows-ai-assisted-code-as-long-as-you-follow-these-rules/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:25:27

• StartOS – Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution optimised for personal servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/startos-linux-distribution/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:26:53

• 11 Best Free and Open Source Wireless Security Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-wireless-security-tools/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:27:34

• AIFiles – organize your files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/aifiles-organize-files/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:27:54

• darya – disk usage explorer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/darya-disk-usage-explorer/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:28:06

• Laser – simple CD ripper for the GNOME desktop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/laser-simple-cd-ripper-gnome-desktop/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:28:19

• 13 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Graphical IRC Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bestirc/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:28:42

• ActivityWatch – automated time tracking application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/activitywatch-automated-time-tracking-application/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:29:05

• Dylint – Rust linting tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dylint-rust-linting-tool/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:29:31

• autotidy – cross-platform file organization daemon ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/autotidy-cross-platform-file-organization-daemon/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:29:45

• Linux Saloon 195 | Open Mic Night ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/04/11/linux-saloon-195-open-mic-night/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:30:18

• Write less code, be more responsible ☞ https://blog.orhun.dev/code-responsibly/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:30:42

• nslookup Command in Linux: Query DNS Records ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/nslookup-command-in-linux/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:31:12

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

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:31:31

• This may be the first year of a million CVEs ☞ https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/98430.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:32:16

• Bloodgrounds: Review ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/bloodgrounds/index.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:33:01

• umbc.edu mirror added to PKGget and SFSget ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202604/umbcedu-mirror-added-to-pkgget-and-sfsget.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:33:41

• How to write EasyOS to a drive tutorial updated ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202604/how-to-write-easyos-to-a-drive-tutorial-updated.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:34:52

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

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:35:29

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

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:35:43

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

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:35:57

• Open Letter to some Collabora Developers ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/11/open-letter-to-developers/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:36:32

• Godot Mobile update — April 2026 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/godot-mobile-update-apr-2026/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:36:58

• UN experts call for end to Russia authorities’ repression of civil society ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-experts-call-for-end-to-russia-authorities-repression-of-civil-society/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:37:31

• Russia and Ukraine exchange 175 prisoners of war each ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260411-russia-ukraine-swap-hundreds-of-prisoners-of-war-ahead-of-easter-truce    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:37:51

• Russia and Ukraine trade strikes before temporary ceasefire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-and-ukraine-trade-strikes-before-temporary-ceasefire    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:38:10

• Latvian human rights expert Muižnieks: 'Everything is basically black and white now' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/features/11.04.2026-latvian-human-rights-expert-muiznieks-everything-is-basically-black-and-white-now.a642504/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:38:34

• Ukraine, Russia Report Violations Hours After Orthodox Easter Truce Begins ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthodox-easter-truce-zelenskyy-putin/33730029.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:38:47

• Russia, Ukraine to begin Orthodox Easter truce ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-ukraine-to-begin-orthodox-easter-truce    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:39:03

• An Orban loss in Hungary’s election could be the turning point Putin fears ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260411-hungary-election-magyar-orban-could-mark-turning-point-russia-putin-fears    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:39:21

• FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending April 10, 2026 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-april-10-2026/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:40:20

• China police detain man accused of cyberbullying Olympian Quan Hongchan – state media ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/12/china-police-detain-man-accused-of-cyberbullying-olympian-quan-hongchan-state-media/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:40:51

• EFF Leaves X Because... Fentanylware (CheeTok) is Better for Abortions? ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/eff-leaves-x-because-tiktok-is-better    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:41:13

• https://www.itpro.com/mobile/remote-access/368102/how-to-remote-desktop-into-ubuntu   

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:53:02

• How to remote desktop into Ubuntu https://www.itpro.com/mobile/remote-access/368102/how-to-remote-desktop-into-ubuntu    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:53:09

• Seems to be slop https://mlq.ai/news/france-announces-government-linux-migration-strategy-to-reduce-us-tech-dependence/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:54:38

• Linux pulls support for ancient CPU — unsurprisingly, Linus Torvald says there is 'zero real reason' to keep a 37-year-old Intel 486 CPU going https://www.techradar.com/pro/linux-pulls-support-for-ancient-cpu-unsurprisingly-linus-torvald-says-there-is-zero-real-reason-to-keep-a-37-year-old-intel-486-cpu-going    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:55:16

• I stopped using top in Linux once I discovered this better terminal tool https://www.makeuseof.com/stopped-using-top-in-linux-once-discovered-this-better-terminal-tool/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:56:04

• Avoid all this hassle by deleting Windows and ACTUALLY using GNU/Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/your-wsl2-projects-are-running-much-slower-because-you-put-them-on-the-windows-filesystem/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:57:21

• After one of its choppiest preview cycles in years, Linux 7.0 is almost ready https://www.xda-developers.com/after-one-of-its-choppiest-preview-cycles-in-years-linux-70-is-almost-ready/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:57:57

• France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, calling US tech dependence a strategic risk https://www.xda-developers.com/frances-government-ditching-windows-for-linux/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 14:58:27

• GNOME OS revealed what Linux is actually becoming https://www.makeuseof.com/i-tried-gnome-os-and-it-showed-me-where-linux-is-actually-heading/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:00:30

• Why one of Europe's biggest governments is abandoning Windows for Linux https://www.makeuseof.com/france-ditching-windows-linux-heres-why/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:04:00

• French Government Ditching Windows For Linux To Reduce Digital Dependency On US Tech https://www.ndtv.com/feature/french-government-ditching-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-digital-dependency-on-us-tech-11343219    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:07:13

• France Kicks Windows to the Curb, Pivots to Linux OS https://uk.pcmag.com/operating-systems/164365/france-kicks-windows-to-the-curb-pivots-to-linux-os    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:07:46

• France Orders Full Shift From Microsoft to Linux by 2026 Under Digital Sovereignty Push https://www.ndtvprofit.com/technology/france-orders-full-shift-from-microsoft-to-linux-by-2026-under-digital-sovereignty-push-11342912    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:09:52

• France Linux Transition: Government to Replace Windows, Curb US Tech Dependence https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2026/04/11/france-linux-transition-it/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:10:20

• France to adopt Linux to reduce reliance on US technology https://www.varindia.com/news/france-to-adopt-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-technology    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:12:00

• French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/french-government-says-au-revoir-windows-bienvenue-linux-165407232.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:12:33

• second-largest EU economy https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/french-government-say-its-ditching-windows-for-linux-country-accelerates-plans-to-ditch-us-based-software-in-digital-sovereignty-push    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:13:07

• Microsoft out: France moves to replace Windows with Linux to cut reliance on US tech https://interestingengineering.com/culture/france-linux-shift-windows-government    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:13:32

• French government says “au revoir” to Windows, will use Linux instead https://cybernews.com/tech/france-windows-linux/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:14:16

• France to Ditch Microsoft Windows as Europe’s War on American Tech Rages On https://gizmodo.com/france-to-ditch-microsoft-windows-as-europes-war-on-american-tech-rages-on-2000745152    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:15:44

• A Valve Developer Has Optimized How Linux Handles VRAM for Gaming https://steamdeckhq.com/news/valve-developer-optimizes-linux-vram-usage/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:20:19

• Preparing for Steam machine: new Linux patches reduce VRAM spillover in games on low-end GPUs https://videocardz.com/newz/valve-developer-improves-linux-vram-handling-for-8gb-gpus-with-new-kernel-patches    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:21:45

• France starts moving government systems from Windows to Linux https://www.techspot.com/news/112032-france-starts-moving-government-systems-windows-linux.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:22:10

• Marketing pitch, if anything... https://quantumzeitgeist.com/openbsd-linux-flaws-model-exposes/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:23:50

• New Denuvo Bypass Threatens Linux Gaming via Proton https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/novyj-obkhod-denuvo-ugrozhaet-gejmingu-na-linux-cherez-proton    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:24:19

• US judge blocks Cheeto Mussolini order that barred funding for NPR, PBS https://www.dw.com/en/us-judge-blocks-trump-order-that-barred-funding-for-npr-pbs/a-76615077    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:37:54

• record high https://www.dw.com/en/india-news-jet-fuel-prices-reach-record-high-amid-iran-war/live-76615690    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:39:02

• gasoline price hikes https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-new-rules-to-tamp-down-gasoline-price-hikes/live-76616425    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:40:55

• Hope fades https://www.dw.com/en/germany-hope-fades-for-stranded-humpback-whale-s-survival/a-76629035    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:41:22

• If these whales go extinct, we’ll know who to blame https://www.vox.com/climate/484406/god-squad-gulf-mexico-rices-whales-endangered-species    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:42:07

• 'Timmy' still breathing https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-baltic-humpback-whale-timmy-still-breathing/live-76650036    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 15:42:46

• scam boss https://www.dw.com/en/cambodia-alleged-cyber-scam-boss-extradited-to-china/a-76619267    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 16:46:11

• ultrarich https://www.dw.com/en/wealth-tax-why-are-countries-afraid-to-tax-the-ultrarich/a-76030278    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 16:46:37

• [iophk] Earth Day is coming up in a week: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EcologyTheta.svg    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:22:15

• Defense exports surge to over $4 billion https://www.dw.com/en/india-news-defense-exports-surge-to-over-4-billion/live-76636409    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:26:45

• Hungary's government accused of spying on opposition https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-s-government-accused-of-spying-on-opposition-as-key-election-nears/a-76630921    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:27:15

• Lose a War in Thirty Days https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/03/how-to-lose-a-war-in-thirty-days/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:28:16

• How to fix Germany's costly health care system https://www.dw.com/en/how-to-fix-germany-s-costly-health-care-system/a-76597471    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:29:38

• 4MLinux 51.0 STABLE released. https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com/2026/03/4mlinux-510-stable-released.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:42:06

• Distribution Release: CuerdOS 2.1. But sadly, they've outsourced to Microsoft. https://cuerdos.github.io/changelogs.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:43:50

• Netrunner 26 “Twilight” — Released! https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-26-twilight-released/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:50:41

• "The release of iDeal OS 4.2 is a maintenance update following MX Linux 25.1 and Debian 13.4 (thanks to the developers of these powerful distributions)." https://ideal-os.xyz/news    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:52:30

• Mobile OS Release: Murena 3.6 https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:53:07

• Artix Linux 20260402 https://artixlinux.org/news.php#Official_ISO_release_2026-04    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 17:54:14

• Finding out what your big RPMs are, in two different 'sizes' https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/RPMFindingSizes    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 18:42:36

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (14/2026): NFC on mainline https://linmob.net/weekly-update-14-2026/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 18:43:13

• Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% In March https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/04/02/0350211/steam-on-linux-use-skyrocketed-above-5-in-march    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 18:54:17

• GAFAM/US plugging its army installations into the grid of other nations such as Qatar didn't benefit Qatar or attract capital; it attracted missiles, drones that do kamikaze    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:29:55

• Being a slave of MS (Mark Shuttleworth) can't be fun, can it? https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-mate-lead-martin-wimpress-steps-down-and-seeks-a-successor-after-12-years/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:40:30

• Mark Shuttleworth first let people from Microsoft managed Ubuntu. Now he lets Army spies do this.    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:41:11

• Majority of Dutch savers against banks investing in porn, gambling industries https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/02/majority-dutch-savers-banks-investing-porn-gambling-industries    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:41:51

• Design Rights is a misnomer, they mean monopolies on things like shapes and looks, which are inadequate for patenting https://patentdocs.org/2026/04/02/uspto-moves-to-protect-design-rights-for-digital-innovations/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:51:53

• oil https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/484383/iran-war-coal-strait-hormuz-oil-tankers-climate-change    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:52:49

• global warming https://nltimes.nl/2026/03/31/dutch-climate-agency-urges-limits-acceptable-deaths-damage-global-warming    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:53:13

• Burying burnt wood after wildfires could help the climate https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-carbon-burial-9.7151558    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:53:37

• Navigating Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/03/its-not-just-you/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:53:57

• drought https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/darjeeling-tea-india-drought-rain-climate-change-9.7152129    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:54:20

• Energy, transport and getting the mix right https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/energy-transport-and-getting-the-mix-right-20260401-p5zkoc.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:55:05

• Europe gears up for energy crisis https://www.dw.com/en/as-iran-war-rages-europe-gears-up-for-energy-crisis/a-76641027    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:55:29

• What Clean Energy Transition? https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/03/what-clean-energy-transition/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:56:04

• The energy crisis is getting worse https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/how-protected-is-canada-energy-crisis-9.7151847    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:56:24

• truths on energy future https://www.theage.com.au/national/nation-deserves-clear-hard-truths-on-energy-future-20260402-p5zkxa.html    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:57:23

• German, EU finance ministers call for energy windfall tax https://www.dw.com/en/german-eu-finance-ministers-call-for-energy-windfall-tax/a-76662099    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 19:57:55

• Turkey blocks Israeli official website revealing continued trade despite sanctions https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-blocks-israeli-official-website-revealing-continued-trade-despite-sanctions-318208    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:04:18

• Minister says social media platforms agree to mandatory ID verification in Turkey https://bianet.org/haber/minister-says-social-media-platforms-agree-to-mandatory-id-verification-in-turkey-318334    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:04:57

• Turkey hikes household electricity, gas prices 25% https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-hikes-household-electricity-gas-prices-25-318354 https://bianet.org/haber/amid-iran-war-transport-prices-jump-over-4-5-in-turkey-in-a-month-318325    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:05:36

• Privacy https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kristi-noems-plea-privacy-faces-backlash-after-bimbo-photos-husband-leak-1789789    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:12:17

• Undiagnosed TB https://www.dw.com/en/undiagnosed-tb-pose-challenge-for-south-africa-mozambique/a-76613895    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:13:17

• Few solutions to fuel shortages in Africa https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-war-few-solutions-to-fuel-shortages-in-africa/a-76642504    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:13:58

• the end of national Weatheradio service https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/weather-radio-ending-9.7146078    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:15:37

• Canada Should Speak Out on Uyghur Forced Labor in China https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/01/canada-should-speak-out-on-uyghur-forced-labor-in-china    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:16:58

• Bombing of Iran's pharma producers https://www.dw.com/en/bombing-of-iran-s-pharma-producers-threatens-patients-lives/a-76680086    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:29:03

• Mediterranean sharks https://www.dw.com/en/mediterranean-sharks-are-vanishing-in-a-legal-void/a-76594337    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:29:48

• overcrowding https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/northern-ontario-jails-violence-overcrowding-9.7144273    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:37:44

• Cheeto Mussolini administration launches new bid to attract U.S. oil companies to Venezuela — but finding few takers https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-venzuela-ceraweek-shell-chevron-machado-9.7148762    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:38:24

• Stellantis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stellantis-plant-brampton-ontario-ev-ford-9.7151265    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:38:59

• racism https://www.dw.com/en/france-thousands-join-paris-suburb-mayor-to-protest-racism/a-76663818    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:40:44

• MeatGrinder.de https://www.dw.com/en/young-german-men-refusing-military-service/a-76593888 https://www.dw.com/en/german-men-need-military-permit-for-extended-stays-abroad/a-76662677    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:42:17

• Workers quit emergency care for Nova Scotia’s most vulnerable after CRA audit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/workers-quit-emergency-care-for-nova-scotias-most-vulnerable-after-cra-audit-9.7150249    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:43:08

• fuel surcharge for Canadians https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-fuel-surcharge-canada-april-17-9.7151984    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:45:08

• EU farming subsidy scandal https://www.dw.com/en/greek-ministers-resign-over-eu-farming-subsidy-scandal/a-76654731    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:47:12

• autobahn speed limit https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-economist-suggests-autobahn-speed-limit-amid-iran-enduced-fuel-price-spike/live-7665003    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:48:10

• New mineral discovered https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alta-diamond-researcher-9.7152804    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:53:35

• seatbelt issue https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hyundai-canada-recall-9.7152814    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:54:12

• Middle East war is already impacting mortgage rates in Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/iran-war-mortgage-rates-canada-9.7152182    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:55:09

• fuel surcharge https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/westjet-surcharge-companion-voucher-9.7153798    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:57:05

• grizzly https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-grizzly-bear-hunt-rma-9.7150252    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 20:58:10

• cyberattack https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/01/hasbro-hacked-may-take-several-weeks-to-recover/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:06:04

• Questions raised after Cherry Creek students notified of data breach, lawsuit https://kdvr.com/news/local/questions-raised-after-cherry-creek-students-notified-of-data-breach-lawsuit/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:07:34

• North Attleboro, Massachusetts, schools hit by suspected cyberattack https://dysruptionhub.com/north-attleboro-schools-cyberattack-mass/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:08:15

• Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital notifies 257,073 after January data breach https://healthexec.com/topics/health-it/cybersecurity/texas-hospital-hit-cyberattack-exposed-data-257k-patients-hackers    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:09:26

• Italy’s data protection regulator fined Intesa Sanpaolo €31.8 million over insider data breach https://databreaches.net/2026/04/03/italys-data-protection-regulator-fined-intesa-sanpaolo-e31-8-million-over-insider-data-breach/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:10:11

• Everything you need to know about the malware stealing data from Mac users https://mashable.com/article/infiniti-stealer-malware-targets-mac-user-data    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:12:33

• European Commission investigates cyber attack on its websites; CERT-EU publishes recommendations https://www.politico.eu/article/european-commission-website-cyber-attack-investigation/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:13:13

• BakerHostetler’s 2026 report: Findings from 1,250 clients’ breach experiences in 2025 https://databreaches.net/2026/04/03/bakerhostetlers-2026-report-findings-from-1250-clients-breach-experiences-in-2025/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:14:12

• Apex recovers stolen personal data after about 22K impacted in cyberattack: Town https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-news/apex-recovers-stolen-personal-data-after-about-22k-impacted-in-cyberattack-town/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:14:58

• $285 Million Drift Protocol Exploit Shows Signs of North Korea-Linked Hackers https://financefeeds.com/285-million-drift-protocol-exploit-shows-signs-of-north-korea-linked-hackers/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:17:18

• School IT system targeted in cyber attack ahead of exam season https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv8mn91drlo    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:17:55

• ‘Serious cyberattack’ impacts phones, public safety systems in several Massachusetts towns https://www.wcvb.com/article/cyberattack-town-public-safety-systems-patriot-regional/70908585    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:19:25

• Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts [Slop] Industry Secrets at Risk https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-work-with-mercor-after-data-breach-puts-ai-industry-secrets-at-risk/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:20:40

• Hong Kong Hospital Authority apologises for data breach involving 56,000 patients https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3349020/probe-launched-after-hospital-authority-data-breach-involving-56000-patients    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:21:13

• Claude Code leak used to push infostealer malware on GitHub https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/claude-code-leak-used-to-push-infostealer-malware-on-github/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:21:49

• Researchers didn’t want to glamorize cybercrims. So they roasted them. https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/05/trellix_john_fokker_roasting_crims/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:22:58

• NYS school data incidents rose 72% in 2025, with 44 reported on Long Island https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/school-data-incidents-nys-long-island-trw4ysk4    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:23:32

• Moscow, Idaho, clinics reopen after Gritman cyber incident https://dysruptionhub.com/gritman-cyber-incident-idaho/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:24:09

• Fitness tracking under scrutiny as Strava military data leak exposes personnel https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/fitness-tracking-under-scrutiny-as-strava-military-data-leak-exposes-personnel/    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:25:21

• "So the world is pretty crazy right now. I think you know what I'm talking about, and I don't want to mention everything that has happened in like the past month because it's just insane." gemini://sfiedler.pollux.casa/gemlog/2026-04-12_no_global_news.gmi    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:27:28

• "Some time ago - I don't remember exactly when or exactly how, this post has been sitting on my severely cluttered mental back burner for probably over a year now - I learned of the existence of the Bandai WonderSwan, a delightfully named handheld gaming console released only in Japan in 1999." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/lateral-thinking-with-withered-technology.gmi    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:28:38

• "So a random recent read was "Science and poetry" which posits science rising (Spock) as poetry falls (Kirk), or something like that, as the context is 1926 and thus foreign in parts." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/04/12/scipo.gmi    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:29:30

• "Conner stood alone in the throne room. The chair that his brother would eventually occupy struck a careful balance: ornate enough to command respect, but not so lavish as to belittle those who might stand before it." gemini://wallawood.space/stories/0003.gmi    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:31:05

• "the french cross and its variations is a versatile spread for all sorts of questions. traditionally it was laid out with the major arcana only, which i only do if i use a majors-only deck." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/frenchcross    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:32:22

• "hello, i'm just a guy from eastern europe living in "the west"." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/whoiam    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:33:44

• "Yeah, passports. Those little books that are a legal basis for discriminating people by a factor outside of their control, used to handwave one's unwillingness to answer the question of "why is this obvious criminal and an extremist talking head allowed here, but this calm and nice hard-working person isn't"" gemini://elias.smol.pub/passports    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:34:36

• "as part of my bigger year of contentment, i decided to really focus on using the tarot decks in my inadvertent collection." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/2026tarotproject    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:35:19

• "(12/04/26) i finished my first play-through of the main story-line today! it was very fun, considering i don't usually play "fighting" games (or any stressful games that require quick reflexes etc)." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/childrenofmorta    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:36:37

• return once again to the self-induced hellhole, why must i repeat the sufferings? love, why so cruel... gemini://voidrane.smol.pub/1775989767    

posted Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 21:37:11

• &n &nbs