Roy Schestowitz

• "With @ew0k announcing [1] the eventual retirement of the main Antenna instance, and the request that one or more operators take it over, the source code was tidied up and released [2] for general use. I have been running a content-limited version of Antenna, called DSN Antenna" gemini://gemini.smallweb.space/gemlog/20260412-satellite-antenna.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:32:08

• "Six months ago[1], we started on a new project called Leicmin[2] to provide an application for managing members of subscriber groups along with a naieve implementation of age verification checks for those who enjoy the “spicer” side of creation." gemini://mfgames.com/blog/2026/04/12/semantic-versioning/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:33:02

• Receiving Satellite Transmissions from Geminispace gemini://gemini.smallweb.space/satellite-antenna/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:33:54

• "I have set up a new instance of Antenna sync'd to @mk270 's instance to enable a kind of "federation" and redundancy." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/41493    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:35:01

• "I’m running GUIX on a 2010 Macbook Air, but this isn’t about that experience, I’ll cover that elsewhere, this just has to do with GUIX more generally. I don’t know why it took me so long to circle back and try out GUIX. It’s kind of an alternative approach to NixOS." gemini://thatit.be/2026-04-12-15-05-42.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:35:55

• "Oof, this is difficult. I don't check out the RPG Planet as often as I used to, I guess. And my blog doesn't have comments any more." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-04-12-commenting    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:36:56

• kiss them better gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/kiss_them_better    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:37:45

• "We are spending some time in Freiburg im Breisgau. Mostly drinking coffee, eating cake, and then walking, hiking and jogging, trying to lose those calories again." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-04-11-freiburg-im-breisgau    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:38:46

• [Anon] BTW a small bit of good news: "Viktor Orbán ousted after 16 years in power as Hungarian opposition wins election landslide" https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt Cleanup is a very large and long task. I hope there is both time and resource to complete it in time.    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:39:21

• "My t-deck and t-deck ultra (was it called ultra? The non-pro, non e-ink one, anyway) both died mysteriously some time ago, but they made for okay standalone devices. I’ve since tried a variety of other standalone devices, but they’re all very rough. Below are the ones I’ve tried and the issues I had with them." gemini://thatit.be/2026-04-10-16-16-54.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:40:23

• "protocol-relative URIs (actually called relative references by RFC 3986) are a neat way of linking to a resource available over multiple protocols." gemini://para.mohrie.net/log/uri.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:41:22

• "In the beginning, I wanted to use NixOS options with the flake instead of using a `mkConfig` function to generate the files and shell hooks. But, due to complexities and struggling with Nix, I couldn't figure it out. But, after two years of working on it, I finally got a working implementation that uses the cleaner approach of options." gemini://mfgames.com/blog/2026/04/05/breaking-changes/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:42:08

• Linux 7.0 https://lwn.net/Articles/1067330/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:51:51

• "Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say generative AI has supercharged it " ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/11/ai-impersonating-musicians-spotify | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:54:20

• "The outburst marks a further deterioration in Musk’s already strained relationship with the South African government" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/musk-hurls-expletives-at-senior-sa-diplomat-in-starlink-row/280071/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:54:58

• "The KKK as “tax enforcers” who actually eliminate taxation is the real story here, which so far nobody is admitting." ☛ https://www.flyingpenguin.com/category/food/ | Source: Flyngpenguin    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:55:36

• "The designation is part of the Kremlin's crackdown on civil society, international organizations, and Western universities — a campaign that has intensified throughout the full-scale invasion of Ukraine." ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/russia-labels-stanford-university-undesirable-in-escalating-crackdown-on-western-schools/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:56:36

• "At the protest’s peak on May 17th, there were some one million people at the square." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/1989-peoples-movement | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:56:54

• "Iran's nationwide Internet blackout has crossed the 1,000-hour mark and is now one of the longest nation-scale shutdowns ever measured, according to connectivity monitor NetBlocks." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/iran-passes-1000-hours-offline | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:57:17

• "In a five-minute AI-generated animation modelled after classic martial arts movies" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/chinas-state-media-turns-to-social-media-ai-to-tell-its-story-often-mock-us/articleshow/130194595.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:57:39

• "Stewart raised environmental regulation as a model for platform harm." ☛ https://www.flyingpenguin.com/the-old-eff-dog-dont-hunt-cohn-of-silence-leaves-x/ | Source: Flyngpenguin    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:58:45

• "So what’s so bad about the attribution cartel?" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/attribution-cartel-update/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:58:59

• "USAID created soft power around the world while also doing actual good in saving lives and preventing suffering" ☛ https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/flowers-bloom-on-soldiers-graves-lessons-in-power-and-consequence/ | Source: Rebecca Solnit    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:59:13

• "The effrontery of Peterffy’s remarks can’t be overstated." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/billionaire-legalize-insider-trading | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:59:23

• "Meanwhile, Ranne has backed a long-range plan to build a parallel European-gauge track alongside the existing Finnish tracks from Haparanda to Kemi and perhaps eventually Oulu." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20220038 | Source: YLE    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 04:59:58

• "Seven countries now generate nearly all of their electricity from renewable energy sources, according to newly compiled figures." ☛ https://www.the-independent.com/tech/renewable-energy-solar-nepal-bhutan-iceland-b2533699.html | Source: The Independent US    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:00:12

• "But instead of being burdens to the electrical system, a clever trick is putting EVs on a trajectory to help save it." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/12/how-evs-could-solve-a-problem-with-americas-rickety-grid/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:00:32

• "It’s great in theory, but there’s a huge catch." ☛ https://futurism.com/science-energy/research-solar-energy-cells | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:00:49

• "In this context, electric vehicles are no longer seen purely as a long-term environmental solution. They are increasingly becoming a practical way to stabilize earnings and reduce risk." ☛ https://globalnation.inquirer.net/317143/inside-the-green-taxi-when-the-shift-to-electric-becomes-a-question-of-survival | Source: Phillippine Daily Inquirer    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:01:06

• "The industries brought under the PWRDA ambit are bottling plants" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/surcharge-on-heavy-industrial-water-users-fetches-punjab-govt-110-crore-101776021085884.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:02:23

• "But voters rejected Orbán’s party, Fidesz, in favor of Magyar’s new faction, Tisza." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/hungary-viktor-orban-magyar-election-autocrat/686777/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:07:20

• "I’m also wondering how 19 super-rich American households could have added $1.8 trillion to their wealth" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-how-the-hell-did-we | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:07:35

• "Palantir has a serious problem. You can tell by the way their CEO Alex Karp just positioned AI as threatening humanities-trained workers and empowering vocational ones." ☛ https://www.flyingpenguin.com/palantir-is-full-of-karp-humanities-protect-against-his-ai/ | Source: Flyngpenguin    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:08:08

• "So where did the messages come from?" ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/fbi-deleted-app-signal-messages-recovered-texas-137670050.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:08:22

• "Despite this, the question remains: Are age limits really the best way to address the negative impacts of social media?" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/does-age-verification-for-social-media-help-protect-kids/a-76713278 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:08:39

• "Security researchers have identified 213 vulnerabilities in Russia’s state-backed messaging app Max through a bug bounty program, Positive Technologies CTO Alexei Batyuk said at the international Svyaz-2026 exhibition, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/11/security-researchers-find-213-vulnerabilities-in-russia-s-state-backed-messaging-app-max | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:09:03

• "The impersonations were disquieting." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/impersonating-propublica-reporter | Source: Pro Publica nbsp;  

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:09:32

• "This evolution from purely government-targeted attacks is concerning." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/we-should-be-more-worried-about-cyber-warfare-targeting-the-civilian-economy/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:10:26

• "Mr. Musk, TikTok and Meta, which owns Instagram, did not respond to requests for comment." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/technology/elon-musk-tiktok.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:11:00

• "Like television, smartphones, and social media, LLMs etc. are highly engaging; people enjoy using them, can get sucked in to unbalanced use patterns, and become defensive when those systems are critiqued." ☛ https://aphyr.com/posts/416-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess-psychological-hazards | Source: Kyle Kingsbury    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:11:41

• "I've been finding the opposite to be true. Write the initial version by hand." ☛ https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-04-12-write_it_first_then_let_ai_drive | Source: Kenneth Reitz    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:12:02

• "A new report by the AI company Writer and research firm Workplace Intelligent found a massive portion of workers across the US, UK, and Europe are intentionally trying to sabotage their bosses’ AI initiatives." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zoomers-ai-sabotage | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:12:22

• "It was a PR disaster on OpenAI’s part. Altman later admitted that the move “looked opportunistic and sloppy,” but the damage had already been done." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-melting-down-disaster | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:12:39

• "Alongside the tribute boom, there’s a growing interest in hologram concerts. Abba Voyage, a virtual show in east London, has had over three million visitors since it opened in 2022." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2026/04/will-ai-kill-tribute-bands | Source: New Statesman    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:13:12

• "The article goes onto say that the Neo is a better experience for most people for most things than the similarly-priced Windows laptops, but I pulled this quote because I think it's telling." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/the-heads-i-win-tails-you-lose-mentality/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:14:20

• "The vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-34621 and a CVSS score of 9.6." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-patches-reader-zero-day-exploited-for-months/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:14:34

• "I wrote a post, some time ago now, about some initial plans to move my tech (software and hardware) stack away from U.S. companies and into some European alternatives." ☛ https://thedent.net/posts/breaking-up-with-big-tech-progress-update | Source: Andy Nicolaides    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:14:49

• "Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been given their nickname" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/forever-chemicals-may-be-weakening-the-bones-of-children-study-warns | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:15:39

• "The table today had all the usual offerings of alcoholic beverage." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-04-12-lunch-without-alcohol/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:15:54

• "The memory cards in your camera bag may be slowly losing your photos, but almost nobody in the industry is talking about it" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/memory-cards/your-archived-photos-may-be-slowly-disappearing-but-lexar-wants-to-do-something-about-it | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:17:10

• "BenQ monitors are great. The controls are the easiest to use of any monitor brand I’ve used before or since." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/finding-a-beige-benq-fp531-monitor/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:17:26

• "I was gifted a Sencore SC62 oscilloscope from the mid-80s." ☛ https://davidhampgonsalves.com/svg-based-vector-scope/ | Source: David Hamp-Gonsalves    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:17:58

• "Well, if I had written this two or three years ago, free-space optical might have counted as quite obscure. The idea of using a modulated laser or LED light source for communications over a distance is actually quite old." ☛ https://computer.rip/2026-04-11-IrDA.html | Source: J B Crawford    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:18:17

• "Preserving classic software products." ☛ https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/ | Source: Computer History Museum    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:18:46

• "When Borders shut their doors globally in 2011, I didn’t hold out much hope that this important and wonderful part of my childhood would stick around for much longer either." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/the-new-books-kinokuniya-in-chatswood/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

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

• "Students often call them “weeder” courses." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/what-are-weeder-courses-really-measuring/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:19:52

• "In movies like “Matilda” or “The Breakfast Club,” power-hungry educators use writing tasks in attempts to control children." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/teach-the-kids-why-to-write-not-how-to-write-right/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:25:25

• "Cellphones were used by 97% of young people ages 11-17 during the school day in 2022, with both good and bad effects." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/11/we-collected-data-on-how-779-michigan-school-districts-regulate-cellphones-%e2%88%92-here-are-the-trends/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:25:51

• "Following the previously opened “Martyr Vejîn Youth Library” in Khanesor, the new library has attracted significant interest from local youth and residents." ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/culture/yazidi-youth-union-opens-a-new-library-in-duhola-84886 | Source: ANF News    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:26:13

• "The Trump administration's planned cuts would end 53 planned or ongoing NASA Science missions, would slice away $13 billion in funding" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bill-nye-trump-nasa-cuts-b2955938.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:27:49

• "Active radar is monostatic: the transmitter and receiver sit in the same place. Passive radar is bistatic: the transmitter (e.g., an FM radio tower) and receiver (your sensor) are in different locations." ☛ https://www.passiveradar.com/how-passive-radar-works/ | Source: PassiveRadar    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:28:12

• "succeeded in automatically deriving a dynamic model governing mosquito flight by applying Bayesian inference statistical methods to a vast amount of data recording mosquito movements" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/flight-path-data-shows-how-mosquitoes-target-humans/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:32:41

• "Using the "Venus Life Equation" (VLE) framework developed by Noam Izenberg et al." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/if-venus-has-life-it-may-have-come-from-earth-scientists-say | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:33:13

• "NASA now turns its attention to future moon missions, with the ultimate goal of building a moon base in the 2030s and launching crewed missions to Mars in the 2040s." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0412/artemis-II-astronauts-mission-nasa | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:33:36

• "After some tinkering I found ways to overcome those obstacles, but the picture that emerged was extremely confusing and inspired no confidence in the numbers." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/number-go-up-and-down-and-back-up | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:34:34

• "A trend I am seeing, and experiencing, is an increase in disposable software. Software that does a little thing, for a little while and then gets deleted. No long term plan for maintenance or support." ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/spreadsheets-and-disposable-software/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:34:53

• "The reasons are multiple: post in chronological order (no algorythm), a true decentralization, an efficient filtering system, and much much more." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1138/unified-vs-split-panels-experimenting-with-publishing-digital-comics-on-the-fediverse | Source: David Revoy    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:35:11

• "But every time I plan for that, it never quite works out. The main reason? Time." ☛ https://blog.pcora.eu/2026/04/12/on-selfhosting.html | Source: Pedro    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:35:29

• "Even when official accounts adopt the aesthetics of a leak, questioning whether a record is real or synthetic is the only defensive move left" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-internet-broke-everyones-bullshit-detectors/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:35:42

• "EFF is Leaving X" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/10/0259257    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:36:33

• "Donald Trump's Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country: Commentary" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/donald-trump-incompetence-chaos-maga-1235544798/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:36:48

• "Testing Suggests Google's AI Overviews Tell Millions of Lies Per Hour" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/08/198248    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:37:05

• "Viktor Orbán Concedes to Péter Magyar" https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/12/viktor-orban-concedes-to-peter-magyar/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:37:41

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posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:38:38

• "Having Failed to Win a "Marathon" [sic] without Training, Trump Announces Blockade of Iran's Blockade" https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/12/having-failed-to-win-a-marathon-sic-without-training-trump-announces-blockade-of-irans-blockade/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:39:20

• "Goodbye, Viktor. - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/goodbye-viktor    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:39:38

• "Digital employees"? No! Stop calling automation "hey hi". This site is being paid to promote a Ponzi scheme... https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/11/digital-employees-now/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:39:52

• "UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackout - The Grayzone" https://thegrayzone.com/2026/04/12/uk-jail-palestine-action-terrorism-uk/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:40:07

• "Astead Herndon: Why I’m launching my new podcast, America, Actually" https://www.vox.com/america-actually/485415/america-actually-podcast-beyond-trump    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:40:23

• "Telex: After sixteen years, Orbán's regime is over, Péter Magyar set to form government" https://telex.hu/english/2026/04/12/it-s-over-orban-s-regime-is-over-after-sixteen-years-peter-magyar-to-form-government    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:40:45

• "His Sunday release announcement for version 7.0 therefore represents a normal kernel release that just happens to feature a round number." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/13/linux_kernel_7_releaseed/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 05:41:34

• "The purpose is to add unbound to enable the DoT (DNS-over-TCP) protocol, slightly modifying dnsmasq, installed by default: [...]" ☛ https://doc.huc.fr.eu.org/en/sys/openwrt/unbound-dot/ | Source: Stéphane Huc    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:29:55

• "Wi-Fi packet loss was high with 21.6%, with high jitter (up to 130ms) as seen in a ping test: [...]" ☛ https://burgeonlab.com/blog/fix-ssh-lag-over-wifi-with-ethernet/ | Source: Naty S    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:30:10

• "To master performance, view the browser as a single-threaded virtual machine, not a document viewer." ☛ https://lorbic.com/til/2026-04-11-the-critical-rendering-path/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:30:30

• "The open-source community's long-simmering identity crisis over artificial intelligence" [sic] ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-lays-down-the-law-on-ai-generated-code-yes-to-copilot-no-to-ai-slop-and-humans-take-the-fall-for-mistakes-after-months-of-fierce-debate-torvalds-and-maintainers-come-to-an-agreement | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:31:15

• "more questions about age verification law" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260413 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:32:10

• "It’s able to produce statistics on HTML, JSON even CSV format." ☛ https://doc.huc.fr.eu.org/en/monitor/goaccess-openbsd/ | Source: Stéphane Huc    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:32:37

• [Old] "In this post we're going to focus on the ways that a single load balancer might distribute HTTP requests to a set of servers. We'll start from the bottom and work our way up to modern load balancing algorithms." ☛ https://samwho.dev/load-balancing | Source: Sam Rose    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:34:13

• "Another thing that the web has is the ETag header. An ETag header is supposed to be a unique identifier for a specific version of a 'resource', ie a URL." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/Apache24EtagAndSuffixes | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:34:30

• "So how do I discover these blogs? There's many ways to do it, but here's some that I've found most successful, ranked from most useful, to least." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/how-i-discover-new-blogs | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:34:46

• "When I switched to Astro, I dropped my free membership, membership-only pages, and newsletter, effectively going RSS only. And Atom. And JSON feed. It can be done." ☛ https://stuartbreckenridge.net/2026-04-12-you-can-absolutely-have-an-rss-dependent-website-in-2026/ | Source: Stuart Breckenridge    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:35:03

• "Google has already partnered with both Kalshi and Polymarket to bring their data to Google Finance. Whether that deal and the results in Google News are related in any way is unclear. We’ve reached out to Google for additional information." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/910691/google-news-polymarket-bets-error | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:35:31

• "The latest example is StreamNative." ☛ https://topicpartition.io/blog/ursa-a-new-lakehouse-first-storage-engine-for-kafka | Source: Apache Kafka    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:36:02

• "What is Build Awesome? Simply put, it's a rebrand of 11ty/Eleventy. Or rather, it is the end of Eleventy." ☛ https://brennan.day/the-end-of-eleventy/ | Source: Brennan    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:37:05

• "But most websites do not fail because they lacked architectural purity." ☛ https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/headless-websites/ | Source: Jono Alderson    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:37:16

• "Regular readers will know that I've been on quite the CMS journey over the years." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/adding-a-book-editor-to-my-pure-blog-site | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:38:46

• "I was staring at a Lighthouse report that felt like an insult. Lorbic.com is a zero-dependency Hugo site." ☛ https://lorbic.com/a-tale-of-web-vitals/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:38:58

• "I spend some of my hobby time doing vulnerability triage on open source projects. As part of that, I see (and filter through) a lot of nonsense." ☛ https://blog.yossarian.net/2026/04/11/Brocards-for-vulnerability-triage | Source: Eno Such    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:39:45

• "Something I've been meaning to write about since November 2024 is how to create an external command for diffing between files with git diff" ☛ https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/04/11/how-git-diff-driver/ | Source: Jamie Tanna    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:40:04

• [Old] "Note that dynamically typed is wholly distinct from un-typed, which is a term used to describe the complete absence of type checking, either statically or dynamically." ☛ https://lewiscampbell.tech/blog/250817.html | Source: Lewis Campbell    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:40:22

• "When talking about Property-Based Testing, we typically talk in very abstract terms." ☛ https://alperenkeles.com/posts/what-is-a-property/ | Source: Alperen Keles    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:40:45

• "Test stage: expose n1 users to treatment A and n2 users to treatment B." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/test-roll-why-smaller-a-b-tests-can-make-more-money/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:41:05

• "So this simple one-liner does the job: [...]" ☛ https://billauer.se/blog/2026/03/perl-tidy-html/ | Source: Eli Billauer    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:41:30

• "Linklint is a Sphinx extension that suppresses these two kinds of links during the build process." ☛ https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202604/linklint | Source: Ned Batchelder    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:41:57

• [iophk:] How many 100k in the "IT" sector were laid off last year? "Tech Industry Lays Off Nearly 80,000 Employees in the First Quarter of 2026 (Almost 50% Due to AI)" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/11/0313203 It's already over 80k this year    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:42:59

• much higher numbers, but the media is helping companies hide the true scale    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:43:27

• "In a layered Go service" ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/error-translation/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:45:05

• "While I knew that Unicode has Variation Selectors (VS)" ☛ https://cssence.com/2026/font-variant-emoji/ | Source: Matthias Zöchling    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:48:03

• Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.15 is out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-15-is-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-15-is-out-now/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:49:06

• Another phony narrative: this media then blames people who "talk down" the economy (like attacking a practitioner for telling you what the symptoms show, then shattering your morale) and attacking people who slam shady media owned by oligarchs, saying they "attack the press" when they slam plutocrats' propaganda    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:51:05

• Software Patents promoted by Cheeto Regime ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/ptab-inventory-drops-below-2000-for-the-first-time-in-20-years.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:54:52

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

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:55:24

• Hungarian election-winner Magyar says country ‘liberated’, Orban concedes defeat ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260412-live-hungary-parliamentary-elections-orb%C3%A1n    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:55:55

• Trials and Trisquelations ☞ https://jxself.org/trisquel-12.shtml    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:56:36

• Unified Vs Split-panels: experimenting with publishing digital comics on the Fediverse ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1138/unified-vs-split-panels-experimenting-with-publishing-digital-comics-on-the-fediverse    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:58:32

• Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits second week of april 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/04/12/misc-fedora-bits-second-week-of-april-2026/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 06:59:36

• Anon: Afterall, the economy is about "confidence" rather than hard data. The press and the oligarchs what people to act as if it is e. and d.    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:20:55

• "Another bright, dry day here, drought is arriving."    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:21:10

• MSM: the oligarchs' wealth is yours to enjoy. Their hoarding is good for the country and, hence, the collective good. You need to cheer for and buy from plutocrats. "Job creators"    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:22:57

• iophk: wealth hoarding takes money out of circulation and that destroys the economy since it is the circulation itself which is the economy    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:29:18

• (...The previous pope observed and commented that excessive wealth accumulation is a serious sin if not an outright crime Can't find a link to the actual statement though. It was Pope Francis IIRC) https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/590927/pope-denounces-widening-gap-between-the-rich-and-poor-on-monaco-visit   

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:29:46

• ...Which is not a surprise since it is one of the core tenets of Jesus' teachings. Avarice and greed in general are condemned specifically. So all those accumulating obscene wealth are going not only against civil rights but also against Christianity, no matter how big a gold cross they wear on giant gold chain around their neck.    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:31:24

• In the coming days Techrights will release some more EPO leaks. The EPO corruption is something which merits exposure alongside human rights violations.    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:33:16

• [iophk] Covers both poverty and environment: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html again, Earth Day is on the 22nd in just over a week    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:33:43

• South Korea’s telecom giants surprise 7 million users with unlimited, universal internet — net access declared a 'basic telecommunications right,' 400 Kbps data after monthly plans run out ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/south-koreas-three-major-carriers-introduce-400-kbps-data-for-all    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:47:04

• HRW condemns Georgia expulsion of Azerbaijan journalist amid persecution risk ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/hrw-condemns-georgia-expulsion-of-azerbaijan-journalist-amid-persecution-risk/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 07:55:46

• How 6 People in New York City Are Coping With Higher Costs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/nyregion/nyc-inflation-prices.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:40:46

• U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/china-iran-war-missiles-supplies.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:41:20

• China’s Electrostate Is Poised to Win From War in the Middle East ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/energy-environment/china-energy-battery-grid.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:41:33

• At US-Iran talks, Pakistan’s field marshal takes centre stage ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/at-us-iran-talks-pakistans-field-marshal-takes-centre-stage    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:41:51

• OpenAI’s Latest Thing It’s Bragging About Is Actually Kind of Sad ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-bragging-compute-sad    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:42:24

• Taking Too Much Vitamin D Can Backfire, Scientists Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/taking-too-much-vitamin-d-can-backfire-scientists-warn    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:46:32

• Quantum Computers Could Break Encryption Far Sooner Than We Realized ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-computers-could-break-encryption-far-sooner-than-we-realized    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:46:45

• Ocean Heat Waves Are 'Supercharging' Hurricane Damage, Scientists Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ocean-heat-waves-are-supercharging-hurricane-damage-scientists-warn    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:46:59

• This Tiny Wildflower Could Be a Secret Weapon Against Superbugs ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-tiny-wildflower-could-be-a-secret-weapon-against-superbugs    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:48:16

• This RNA Almost Self-Replicates, Which Could Explain Life's Origins ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-rna-almost-self-replicates-which-could-explain-lifes-origins    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:48:34

• Costco travel perks that could save you hundreds on your next trip ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/04/12/lifestyle/costco-travel-perks-that-could-save-you-hundreds-on-your-next-trip-this-spring/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:48:59

• OpenAI Staffers Horrified When Senior Leadership Hatched “Insane” Plan to Pit World Governments Against Each Other ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-staffers-horrified-insane-plan    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:49:53

• No, a rotting economy causes layoffs; chatbots are just "entertainment", says Microsoft ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-automation-replacement    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 08:50:54

• MElon Says He Could Definitely Build a Public Transit System Better Than Anything In China If He Tried ☞ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/elon-musk-public-transit-china    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 09:08:26

• Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez urges China to take bigger role in multipolar order ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/spanish-premier-urges-china-to-take-bigger-role-in-multipolar-order    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 09:08:49

• A week in Graz: KDE MegaSprint and Grazer Linuxtage ☞ https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-week-in-graz-kde-megasprint-and.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 09:09:53

• NawaOS – Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution built for gaming ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nawaos-debian-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 09:11:01

• MODOS – small Debian-based operating system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/modos-small-debian-based-operating-system/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 09:11:44

• Mundi – geography learning application for GNOME ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mundi-geography-learning-application-gnome/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:00:05

• rush – command-line tool for executing jobs in parallel ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rush-command-line-tool-executing-jobs-parallel/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:00:36

• Developer of the Week: Matthias Ettrich ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/developer-week-matthias-ettrich/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:00:50

• solidtime – modern time tracking application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/solidtime-modern-time-tracking-application/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:01:13

• Katalog – manage catalogs of disks and files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/katalog-manage-catalogs-disks-files/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:02:04

• cargo-deny – Cargo subcommand for Rust projects ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cargo-deny-subcommand/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:03:06

• Xjump – reimplementation of the classic Xjump game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xjump-reimplementation-classic-xjump-game/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:03:19

• 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Terminal-Based Clocks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-terminal-based-clocks/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:03:46

• 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux TUI Typing Tutors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-tui-typing-tutors/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:04:09

• Linux 7.0 enables three new AI-specific keys for keyboards, an apparent expansion beyond the Copilot key — Surveillance Giant Google authors both the HID spec and the kernel patch ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-7-0-adds-three-new-ai-agent-keycodes-for-upcoming-laptops    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:05:24

• 8GB GPUs https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/valve-engineer-shocks-linux-community-with-game-changing-vram-hack-for-8gb-gpus-breakthrough-solution-turbocharges-gaming-by-prioritizing-vram-for-games-while-background-tasks-take-a-back-seat    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:05:59

• 10 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux GUI Typing Tutors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/typingtutors/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:07:38

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

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:07:52

• 12 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux GUI Clocks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/clocks/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:08:06

• Linux 7.0: faster swap, defective chip maker Intel TSX & Rock Band 4 controller support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/linux-7-0-kernel-features    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:09:20

• France Picks GNU/Linux to Replace backdoored Windows Across Government Ministries ☞ https://www.ghacks.net/2026/04/12/france-picks-linux-to-replace-windows-across-government-ministries/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:10:49

• Linux Kernel 7.0 is Out With Improvements Across the Board for Intel, AMD, and Storage ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-7-0-release/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:11:49

• How to Take Screenshots in Linux Mint [Beginner's Tip] ☞ https://itsfoss.com/take-screenshots-linux-mint/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:13:13

• The Rise of Immutable Linux: Mastering NixOS and Atomic Updates ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/154635/mastering-nixos-immutable-linux.htm    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:13:53

• Openwashed BS generator ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/154629/mastering-local-ai-ollama-ubuntu.htm    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:14:32

• There’s a Glaring Safety Problem With Nuclear Energy Startups ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/nuclear-startups-safety    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:21:15

• Heat Waves Are Getting So Brutal That They Just Kill You, Full Stop ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/climate-heat-wave-threshold    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:21:36

• South Korea and Poland to upgrade ties as Tusk calls Seoul key ally after US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-and-poland-to-upgrade-ties-as-tusk-calls-seoul-key-ally-after-us    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:22:46

• Rejected by Dozens of Emergency Rooms: South Korea’s Medical Crisis ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/world/asia/south-korea-emergency-room-medical-crisis.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:23:20

• Suspected gas explosion in South Korea injures 15 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/suspected-gas-explosion-in-south-korea-injures-15    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:24:08

• High diesel prices will impact roadworks nationwide, says Malaysian lawmaker ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/high-diesel-prices-will-impact-roadworks-nationwide-says-malaysian-lawmaker    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:25:34

• Australia PM to travel to Malaysia, Brunei for fuel talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-pm-to-travel-to-malaysia-brunei-for-fuel-talks    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:26:08

• Same road, different rules: How Malaysia’s fuel crisis exposed its leaders’ double standards ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/what-fuel-crisis-why-malaysians-are-losing-patience-with-their-leaders-mileage    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:29:06

• Video of Pakistani detainee escaping from Malaysian jail during transfer goes viral ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/video-of-pakistani-detainee-escaping-from-malaysian-jail-during-transfer-goes-viral    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:29:50

• Malaysia detains two tankers suspected of illegally transferring diesel ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-detains-two-tankers-suspected-of-illegally-transferring-diesel    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:30:18

• Australia appoints woman to lead its army for the first time ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-appoints-woman-to-lead-its-army-for-the-first-time    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:30:46

• Philippines says Chinese boats’ use of cyanide threatens outpost in disputed waters ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-says-chinese-boats-use-of-cyanide-threatens-outpost-in-disputed-waters    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:31:41

• Aiming at China, Malaysia Puts New Restrictions on Electric Cars ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/world/asia/malaysia-electric-cars-china.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:32:11

• China plans to care for 400 million seniors by 2035, and Singapore has a stake ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-plans-to-care-for-400-million-seniors-by-2035-and-singapore-has-a-stake    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:32:58

• Philippines says any energy deals with China must respect its sovereignty ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-says-any-energy-deals-with-china-must-respect-its-sovereignty    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:33:49

• US, Australia and the Philippines hold second joint drills in South China Sea in 2026 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-australia-philippines-hold-second-joint-drills-in-south-china-sea-this-year    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:34:34

• OpenAI Backing Law That Protects It When Hey Hi (AI) Causes Mass Deaths and Other Mayhem ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-backing-law-protects-ai-causes-mass-deaths    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:35:22

• Nike’s Hey Hi (AI) Designed World Cup Jerseys Are a Disaster ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nikes-ai-designed-world-cup-jerseys    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:36:31

• Man Suing City After Hey Hi (AI) Camera Flags Him For Wrongful Arrest ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/facial-recognition-ai-reno    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:36:54

• Cantopop star Hins Cheung to mentor former 2019 protesters in Security Bureau rehabilitation programme ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/13/cantopop-star-hins-cheung-to-mentor-former-2019-protesters-in-security-bureau-rehabilitation-programme/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:37:54

• Three killed as armed men attack Pakistan Coast Guards in Arabian Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/three-killed-as-armed-men-attack-pakistan-coast-guards-in-arabian-sea    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:39:10

• Taiwan government should lead engagement with China on new measures, says senior official ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-government-should-lead-engagement-with-china-on-new-measures-senior-official-says    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:39:25

• Create a Self-Hosted, Generative Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot with Raspberry PI, Streamlit, LangChain, and Ollama ☞ https://peppe8o.com/ai-chatbot-raspberry-pi/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:40:24

• Middle East war takes a bite out of Filipino street food vendors ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mideast-war-takes-a-bite-out-of-filipino-street-food-vendors    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:41:43

• Veteran Abusive Monopolist Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/veteran-microsoft-engineer-says-original-task-manager-was-only-80kb-so-it-could-run-smoothly-on-90s-computers-original-utility-used-a-smart-technique-to-determine-whether-it-was-the-only-running-instance    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:42:47

• █████ https://futurism.com/feed ██████████████████████ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:01:00 -0400 ███████ Surveillance Giant Google Says Showing Polymarket Bets on Surveillance Giant Google News Was a Mistake    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:45:29

• Google Says Showing Polymarket Bets on Surveillance Giant Google News Was a Mistake ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/google-news-polymarket    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:45:55

• Hong Kong coming-of-age documentary pulled from Italy film festival amid privacy row ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/13/hong-kong-coming-of-age-documentary-pulled-from-italy-film-festival-amid-privacy-row/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:46:39

• At Least 23 Days of EPO Strikes ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/13/At_Least_23_Days_of_EPO_Strikes.shtml    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 14:59:40

• Scores Killed in Nigerian Military Strikes as Clashes With Militants Intensify ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/world/africa/snigerian-airstrike-insurgents-civilians.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:11:39

• The Central Staff Committee of the EPO Explains Late March Meetings Coinciding With Commencement of the Non-Stop Strikes at Europe's Second-Largest Institution ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/11/The_Central_Staff_Committee_of_the_EPO_Explains_Late_March_Meet.shtml    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:12:00

• EPO on Strike This Past Friday (All Major Sites), Massive Strike Continues Tomorrow ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/12/EPO_on_Strike_This_Past_Friday_All_Major_Sites_Massive_Strike_C.shtml    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:12:22

• Military air strikes kill dozens of people in northeast Nigeria, Amnesty International says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260412-military-air-strikes-kill-dozens-of-people-in-northeast-nigeria-amnesty-international-says    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:12:47

• Correcting the ABC on the RMS Titanic ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/correcting-the-abc-on-the-rms-titanic/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:13:18

• Colin Watson: Free software activity in March 2026 ☞ https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2026-03.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:20:07

• UmbrelOS – A Debian-based personal home cloud OS with a slick user interface ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/12/umbrelos-a-debian-based-personal-home-cloud-os-with-a-slick-user-interface/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:22:05

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: littler 0.3.23 on CRAN: Mostly Internal Fixes ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/04/12#littler_0.3.23    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:22:59

• That’s a Skill Issue ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/skill-issue/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:24:45

• GDM Extension – Another Way to Change GNOME Login Screen Background & Other Settings ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/04/gdm-extension-change-gnome-login-background/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:25:21

• Mainline video capture and camera support for Rockchip RK3588 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/mainline-video-capture-and-camera-support-for-rockchip-rk3588.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:26:42

• The 7.0 kernel has been released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1067279/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:41:21

• Managing and monitoring Podman Quadlet in the Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux web console ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/13/managing-and-monitoring-podman-quadlet-red-hat-enterprise-linux-web-console    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:43:20

• Kernel 6.12.81 with CONFIG_USB4 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202604/kernel-61281-with-configusb4.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:46:00

• Pre-install script in PET packages ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202604/pre-install-script-in-pet-packages.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:46:13

• Quick Lofi – a GNOME extension for chill beats to study to ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/quick-lofi-beats-gnome-extension    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:48:25

• Vasudev Kamath: Hardening the Unpacakgeable: A systemd-run Sandbox for Third-Party Binaries ☞ https://copyninja.in/blog/safe-run-binary-sandbox.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:51:27

• Homture Magic Frame smart photo display integrates generative Hey Hi (AI) and 60 GHz mmWave radar (Sponsored) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/13/homture-magic-frame-smart-photo-display-integrates-generative-ai-and-60-ghz-mmwave-radar/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 15:53:38

• How to Set Up Samba File Sharing on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-set-up-samba-file-sharing-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:03:15

• How To Install SuiteCRM on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-suitecrm-almalinux-10/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:03:56

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

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:04:20

• How To Install Little Snitch on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-little-snitch-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:04:40

• How To Install RainLoop Webmail on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-rainloop-webmail-fedora-43/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:04:58

• How To Install Clownflare Tunnel on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-cloudflare-tunnel-fedora-43/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:05:38

• The Worst Software Engineering Mistake: Deciding to Rewrite the Code from Scratch ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-worst-software-engineering-mistake    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:06:29

• Hungarian Opposition Leader Magyar Scores Landslide Win To Oust Orban ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/hungarian-opposition-leader-magyar-landslide-victory-orban/33730633.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:06:59

• Goodbye, Orban 🇭🇺 ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/goodbye-orban/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:07:20

• The Escalating Global Hey Hi (AI) Arms Race ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/technology/china-russia-us-ai-weapons.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:08:02

• Prabowo heads to Russia to secure energy, fertiliser stocks for Indonesia amid Middle East tensions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/prabowo-heads-to-russia-to-secure-energy-fertiliser-stocks-for-indonesia-amid-middle-east-tensions    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:08:49

• 'Undeterred’: Hungarian investigative journalist faces threats and espionage accusations from Orbán ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260412-undeterred-hungarian-investigative-journalist-faces-threats-and-espionage-accusations-from-orb%C3%A1n    

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

• Hungary's 'return to Europe: Peaceful revolution' embraces new path away from Russia and autocracy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260412-hungary-s-return-to-europe-peaceful-revolution-embraces-new-path-away-from-russia-and-autocracy    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:10:48

• Ukraine, Russia Report Thousands Of Easter Truce Violations ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-easter-truce-violations/33730471.html    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:11:09

• Russia–Ukraine Easter truce expires amid mutual accusations of violations ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260413-russia%E2%80%93ukraine-easter-truce-expires-amid-mutual-accusations-of-violations    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:11:21

• Having Failed to Win a “Marathon” [sic] without Training, Convicted Felon Announces Blockade of Iran’s Blockade ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/12/having-failed-to-win-a-marathon-sic-without-training-trump-announces-blockade-of-irans-blockade/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:13:00

• The Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Diet | LINUX Unplugged 662 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/662/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:14:07

• Three Months After Georgia Tech, Stallman Heads to UT Austin ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/three-months-after-georgia-tech-stallman-heads-to-ut-austin/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:15:22

• CDC Caught Burying Report on Real Effects of COVID Vaccine ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/covid-vaccine-cdc-report    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:16:08

• Slop   

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:21:45

• Slop is not "AI" https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-kernel-now-allows-ai-written-code/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:21:55

• This immutable Linux solved my biggest technical frustrations https://www.howtogeek.com/i-spent-a-week-using-an-immutable-linux-distro-and-it-solved-most-of-my-technical-headaches/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:22:45

• Classic Capcom horror games are now playable on Linux's Proton—here's how to try them early https://www.xda-developers.com/classic-capcom-horror-games-are-now-playable-on-linuxs-protonheres-how-to-try-it-early/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:23:54

• France says “au revoir” to Windows, “bonjour” to Linux https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/france-says-au-revoir-to-windows-bonjour-to-linux/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:25:19

• France Picks Linux to Replace Windows Across Government Ministries https://www.ghacks.net/2026/04/12/france-picks-linux-to-replace-windows-across-government-ministries/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:27:06

• Browser-first on Linux beats Chromebook because you can actually fix what breaks https://www.makeuseof.com/i-used-linux-like-a-chromebook-and-outshone-it/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:27:43

• How France’s shift from Windows to Linux reflects broader push for digital sovereignty https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/france-shift-windows-linux-reflects-digital-sovereignty-push-10632508/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:28:27

• 7 everyday devices that secretly run Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/everyday-devices-that-secretly-run-linux/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:29:00

• "Supports installation of packages from AUR and Flathub, FlatpakRef, AppImage, and local source files." https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-shelly-a-modern-graphical-package-manager-for-arch-linux    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:30:06

• "France plans to phase out Windows across government systems, shifting to EU-built tech to cut reliance on US vendors and boost digital sovereignty." https://www.neowin.net/news/frances-ditches-windows-in-favor-of-linux/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:30:33

• "The Linux kernel has strict rules for AI-assisted code, enforcing human oversight, attribution, and licensing compliance." https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-kernel-allows-ai-assisted-code-as-long-as-you-follow-these-rules/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:31:34

• "This release is based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series." https://9to5linux.com/trisquel-gnu-linux-12-0-lts-released-with-gnu-linux-libre-6-8-kernel-mate-1-26    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:32:14

• I found a Linux command that shows exactly which app is eating my disk I/O in real time https://www.makeuseof.com/found-linux-command-shows-exactly-which-app-eating-disk-io-real-time/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:32:49

• PocketTerm35-Pi5 Handheld 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 Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:34:34

• "Wellllp. Woke up kinda late. Slept a really long time. I was sposed to go to my Mormor's with my brother to do some garden work or whatever she needed but ... yeah. Sorry. I like... just did not have the spoons to exist with other people." gemini://ieve.me/squall/17.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 16:58:41

• "You walk into a convenience store. A camera above the door captures your face. Software matches it against a database in 0.3 seconds. Your name, address, purchase history, and known associates populate a screen in a room you will never see." gemini://gemini.txid.uk/news/post/your-face-is-now-a-search-query.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:00:46

• comics/022 - NewSecuritySystem gemini://kodaro.it/msf/comics/022.NewSecuritySystem.webp    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:01:34

• "Common advice for a continually running toilet fill valve is to dismantle the valve and check for debris. I didn't find any, but the black 32mm rubber washer inside was leaving black residue, which I now suspect was indicative of failure." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/04/13/torbeck/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:02:37

• "A simple 256×256 map already shows this. Access in one direction is much faster than in the other. Sequential reads follow the layout and stay in cache. The other direction effectively jumps with a stride of 256 bytes. The difference is large, close to a factor of two." gemini://geopeedees.org/~enthusi/blog/voxel_2026-04-13.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:03:25

• "@gritty mentions that this new instance replicates posts from my new instance at ucant.org, which is kind." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2026-04-13_re-announcing-satellite-antenna-sa.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:04:19

• "I, sometime use C as a glue language for processing lots of data, because it is very fast, however, I can't remember what gcc flags I use from the last time I compiled it. Sure, I can write it in the source, but that require extra step to copy it to the shell (I'm too lazy for that)." gemini://tilde.club/~silica/gemlog-en/2026-04-13_c_as_script.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:05:01

• "Yeah. But above all, we’re arguing against it because of how it has an incredibly disproportionate energy cost and climate impact for its benefits. We hate it because it wrecks the planet. The more people use it in the real world, the worse off we all are." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/bitcoin-hormuz    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:05:59

• "i decided on two decks a month and tried to pair up the decks in such a way that each month has at least one comfortable/familiar reading style (RWS or TdM) in addition to any "experimental" decks (decks that don't really follow one particular school or use the picard system i'm not too familiar with), and so that they don't "double up"." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/contenders    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:06:51

• Pronouns for an LLM gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/04/10/it/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:07:52

• "The EU's Chat Control law is pushing Signal to exit Europe. But Signal is a company with servers, employees, and a jurisdiction. Nostr is a protocol with none of those things. You can't regulate what you can't find." gemini://gemini.txid.uk/news/post/signal-might-leave-europe-nostr-cant.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:08:41

• "Iran is demanding Bitcoin payment from oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The world's most critical energy chokepoint is now a live proof-of-concept for censorship-resistant money." gemini://gemini.txid.uk/news/post/iran-hormuz-bitcoin-toll.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:09:34

• "The Western Bitcoin narrative runs on a predictable loop. ETF flows. Fed policy. MicroStrategy purchases. Institutional adoption. The conversation is almost entirely about what rich countries do with Bitcoin as an investment vehicle" gemini://gemini.txid.uk/news/post/bitcoin-africa-western-media-wont-tell-you.gmi    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:10:31

• XBox is SLOP now https://happygamer.com/xbox-activision-layoffs-gaming-community-divided-147581/ https://x.com/MiniMinxGuy/status/2042988428841615853    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 17:17:14

• Microsoft does poorly in Belgium https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/belgium/#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 18:16:59

• Microsoft search down in USA https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/united-states-of-america/#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 18:18:25

• Former Bethesda PR lead was not happy with Microsoft merger https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/former-bethesda-pr-lead-was-not-happy-with-microsoft-merger/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 18:30:42

• Keep out of employment issues, solicitors tell SRA https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/keep-out-of-employment-issues-solicitors-tell-sra    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 18:57:33

• Birmingham solicitors tell SRA to stop policing bullying and sexual misconduct https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/birmingham-solicitors-tell-sra-to-stop-policing-bullying-and-sexual-misconduct/5126461.article    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 18:58:08

• "£68,000 fine imposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for anti-money laundering (AML) failures" https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-firm-fails-in-appeal-against-68k-fine-for-aml-failures    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 18:59:00

• On IBM: "Oh boy doesn’t Arvind have some goal to hit some stock price? Someone should tell him he is going in wrong direction" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knv96t8q#replies    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 18:59:53

• "Gerstner stole over $400,000,000+. Palmisano juiced his to over $270,000,000. Rometti over $140,000,000. They know no shame. IBM BOD board of directors are THE WORST in the history of corporate America." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kp097qw9#replies    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:00:49

• "ibm got cheapened or hollowed out like nike like intel like microsoft" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kp097qw9#replies    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:01:11

• "how long to Arvind bails? Robbing us blind as he drives off into sunset" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kp097qw9#replies    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:01:45

• "IBM is about as exciting as Macy's and headed to the same dump as KMart etc. It's stock yield is a pathetic 2.8% which is a joke and below what you can get in a boring money market account. Low to fund lavish IBM exec pay plans for nothing burger performance." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kp097qw9#replies    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:01:53

• "Well, its “uncanny ability” is called lying. And so long as the top management continues to cook the books, investors will continue to fall for the scam. While they pocket millions. Is this current stock price dip related the recent racism DEI lawsuit ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knxp7q7g    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:02:52

• Windows was 97%. Now? What a joke. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/malawi/#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:47:12

• ING's sale of Russian operations falls through; Kremlin won't approve https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/07/ings-sale-russian-operations-falls-kremlin-wont-approve    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:50:33

• Russians hijacking routers for cyber spying https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-exposes-russian-router-hijacking-for-cyber-spying/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:51:00

• 'extremist' https://www.dw.com/en/russia-labels-human-rights-group-memorial-extremist/a-76726398    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:51:22

• Undersea Cables in the North Atlantic https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-defence-secretary-russian-submarine-surveillance-1791209    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:52:07

• ‘Extremist’ https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/10/russia-memorial-rights-group-declared-extremist    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:52:24

• 'Propaganda' https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/10/belarus-imports-russias-propaganda-playbook    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 19:52:41

• NGO labeled 'extremist' https://www.dw.com/en/russian-memorial-human-rights-ngo-labeled-extremist/a-76748467    

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

• Lightning ttps://xkcd.com/3231/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 20:30:12

• Overton https://xkcd.com/3230/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 20:30:34

• Grammar https://xkcd.com/3229/    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 20:30:53

• Rise of TikTok-driven tourism strains locals in Amsterdam’s Negen Straatjes https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/07/rise-tiktok-driven-tourism-strains-locals-amsterdams-negen-straatjes    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 20:31:43

• Sudan: Arbitrary Detention by Army, Security Forces https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/07/sudan-arbitrary-detention-by-army-security-forces    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 20:33:08

• Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By Cyber Security Expert Seeking Probe Into Star Health Security Lapses https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madras-high-court/madras-high-court-star-health-data-breach-security-lapse-probe-plea-dismissed-529669    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 20:34:25

• copyright https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-blue-jays-bj-birdy-mascot-copyright-9.7158464    

posted Monday, April 13, 2026 at 20:35:52

• & &n &nbs