Roy Schestowitz

• supervised consumption https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/supervised-consumption-legal-battle-9.7156593    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:37:16

• LNG Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lng-canada-gas-flaring-exceeds-permits-9.7157738    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:37:41

• Wildfire https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/100-hecate-wildfire-sparked-in-mount-currie-9.7155821    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:39:54

• Freedoms https://adf-magazine.com/2026/04/invasive-surveillance-tech-violates-africans-freedoms/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:42:40

• Omissions on a Cruel Trade: The Neglected Role of African Slavers https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/09/omissions-on-a-cruel-trade-the-neglected-role-of-african-slavers/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:43:25

• decline in public manners https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-most-germans-see-decline-in-public-manners/live-76746587    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:44:28

• liquor store theft is on the rise https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nslc-stolen-alcohol-covid-19-pandemic-9.7145159    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:46:53

• courts are in crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-court-challenges-9.7154811    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:47:28

• Oil and fuel prices to remain high throughout the year https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-deloitte-wti-natural-gas-gasoline-9.7155159    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:48:14

• Air Canada is testing a new program to resolve customer complaints. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-canada-complaints-pilot-project-9.7156628    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 04:56:42

• Lynx https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/10/to-prevent-the-extinction-of-canada-lynx-the-forest-service-must-stop-clearcutting-lynx-habitat/    

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

• Ireland clears refinery blockade as fuel protests trigger nationwide shortages https://www.dw.com/en/ireland-clears-refinery-blockade-as-fuel-protests-trigger-nationwide-shortages/a-76751180    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 05:09:18

• For quite a while now, I hate computers. gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/scream/0x03--small-computers.gmi    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 05:10:20

• "I was on the FOSS bandwagon before those companies took over the world. I belatedly fell off it and drank the proverbial iPad Kool-Aid in 2021 (and have also gotten into the equally proprietary, just more openwashed, "alternative" called Android in the years since)" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/life-before-the-titans    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 05:16:30

• Comic gemini://kodaro.it/msf/comics/023.TheresNothing.jpg    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 05:17:48

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

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 05:18:28

• Germany: Lufthansa pilots' union call for two-day strike https://www.dw.com/en/germany-lufthansa-pilots-union-call-for-two-day-strike/a-76748571    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 05:32:05

• fuel price relief https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-coalition-split-widens-over-fuel-price-relief/live-76746587    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 05:32:50

• India news: Delhi looks to ban fossil fuel two-wheelers from 2028 https://www.dw.com/en/india-news-delhi-looks-to-ban-fossil-fuel-two-wheelers-from-2028/live-76745829    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 05:33:24

• El Nino https://www.dw.com/en/el-nino-forecast-as-ocean-temperatures-approach-record-highs/a-76734104    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:04:38

• Lufthansa cabin crew begin strike https://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-cabin-crew-begin-strike/a-76729592    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:06:34

• lumber tariffs https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/us-softwood-lumber-tariffs-9.7160025    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:08:27

• animal testing https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/animal-testing-canada-9.7147504    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:09:03

• 'Netflix tax' https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-streaming-act-streamers-canada-netflix-tax-tariffs-trump-9.7159752    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:09:32

• iophk: 22nd is Earth Day, day after tomorrow already    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:10:03

• Bottle deposit machines https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-bottle-refund-system-modernization-expansion-9.7159591    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:12:30

• Recycling's next big thing — or big bluff? https://www.dw.com/en/recycling-s-next-big-thing-or-big-bluff/a-76509313    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:13:29

• Abusive man gets 8 years prison for wife's suicide https://www.dw.com/en/scotland-abusive-man-gets-8-years-prison-for-wife-s-suicide/a-76740910    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:23:04

• "GitHub has published its 2025 transparency report, revealing record levels of DMCA takedown activity across two separate metrics." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/github-reports-dmca-takedown-record-and-surging-anti-circumvention-claims/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:24:15

• "The strikes ended with a royalty stream designed to compensate session musicians–but it was paid to the union, not to the musicians." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/04/the-petrillo-complications/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:24:35

• "The following table summarizes the most significant changes between NAFTA and USMCA across the provisions that directly affect importers and manufacturers." ☛ https://www.greenwich-mercantile.com/resources/guides/usmca-vs-nafta |    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:25:18

• "There’s one thing I wish you all could understand." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/life-before-the-titans | Source: Idiomdrottning p;  

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:25:49

• "Many of the cases involve longtime U.S. residents unexpectedly hauled off to jail after routine immigration check-ins." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-19/trump-doj-habeas-corpus-immigration-detention | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:26:21

• "In a sprawling investigation into the surveillance panopticon at New York’s Madison Square Garden" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/msg-facial-recognition-cameras | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:26:55

• "After Oslo, ICT was the fastest growing portion of the economy, and the Palestinian Authority (PA) privatized the telecom sector." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/palestinians-battle-the-algorithms-of-israeli-censorship-and-surveillance/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:27:08

• "Palantir CEO Alex Karp wrote a book last year called the Technological Republic, but perhaps because it didn’t have the impact he hoped" ☛ https://werd.io/the-technological-republic-in-brief/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:27:46

• "Amazon and Globalstar have announced a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire the satellite operator." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/14/apple-and-amazon-ink-satellite-deal-globalstar/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:28:00

• "I published The Positive Case for Liberalism earlier today." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-real-honest-conversation | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:28:14

• "OpenAI CEO Scam Altman and one the home of an Indianapolis city councilman who voted for a data center there." ☛ https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/everything-is-changing-fast-a-brisk-tour-through-shifting-views/ | Source: Rebecca Solnit    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:28:33

• "Back in 2000, Pets.com raised $82.5 million in its IPO. Nine months later, the company declared bankruptcy, and in doing so, became a symbol of the dot-com bubble." ☛ https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/fermi-isnt-faltering-its-imploding | Source: Robert Bryce    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:28:48

• "Taxes are annoying and confusing, aren’t they? Turns out they were also confusing way back when they were first introduced, too. Let’s talk about the 1040." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/04/18/tax-forms-history-irs/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:29:44

• "During the 2024 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the Democratic party establishment made the strange decision to swing right" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/democrats-ai-voters | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:30:04

• "Most makers find themselves in need of a benchtop power supply at some point or another." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/modded-server-psu-provides-plenty-of-current/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:30:38

• "If you put a bunch of computers in charge of your house, it’s generally desirable to ensure their up-time is as close to 100% as possible." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/diy-ups-keeps-home-assistant-running/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:30:50

• "This impressive feat is achieved using a LTC3588-1 power harvesting IC and a pair of supercapacitors, while an STM32L011K4T6 microcontroller processes the input from a MEMS microphone and feeds a low-power class D amplifier." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/2026-green-powered-challenge-the-eternal-headphones/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:31:08

• "The boy, born in 2010, was repeatedly stopped by police for riding a modified fatbike, an electric bicycle that is legally limited to 25 km/h, RTL reports." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/19/police-took-teenagers-fatbike-repeat-offenses-mom-demanded-back | Source: NL Times    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:31:26

• "This rare group of mesothermic fishes, which comprises fewer than 0.1% of all species, retains metabolic heat." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/science/sharks-struggle-in-warm-waters | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:31:56

• "Communities are fighting back against the billionaire tech and financial power behind these projects and their numerous harms, from their noise and pollution to their hyperconsumption of water and electricity." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/want-to-resist-a-data-center-these-organizers-share-how-they-did-it/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:32:12

• "The system offers a sustainable way to address the growing challenge of PFAS contamination—one of the most persistent environmental and health threats today." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-04-cheaper-chemicals-ph.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:32:35

• "Unilaterally declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional undermines one of the most valuable aspects of Clinton’s library, not to mention other libraries around the country." ☛ https://arkansasadvocate.com/2026/04/19/trump-threatens-to-make-a-mockery-of-presidential-libraries-and-records-law/ | Source: Arkansas Advocate    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:34:10

• "The Wednesday memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, which challenges the Presidential Records Act" ☛ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/03/white-house-records-olc-opinion-00859073 | Source: Politico LLC    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:37:32

• "Nakamoto mined the first bitcoin on January 3, 2009, and then vanished two years later." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-04-19/satoshi-nakamoto-the-reclusive-billionaire-behind-bitcoin-the-best-outcome-is-that-no-one-ever-finds-out.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:38:36

• "The chosen route suggests the vessel may be concealing irregularities." ☛ https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/shadow-tanker-sailed-outside-200mile-zone-to-avoid-norwegian-scrutiny/448908 | Source: The Barents Observer    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:39:33

• "Switch to Chinese Yuan" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uae-considers-pivot-us-dollar-1792557 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:39:49

• "disintegrating in the air before reaching their targets" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russian-made-shahed-drones-are-disintegrating-in-the-air-before-reaching-their-targets-due-to-shoddy-manufacturing-video-shows-commentators-call-russian-clones-of-irans-drones-flying-garbage | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:40:28

• "Those who recite or display those terms could face up to two years in jail, but that didn't stop the crowd from chanting them in front of police." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/twenty-protesters-arrested-for-violating-queenslands-ban-on-pro-palestinian-phrases/x2c4i9i4p | Source: SBS    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:40:49

• "That amounts to almost two churches every week" ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/why-attacks-on-british-synagogues-no-longer-surprise-me/ | Source: Spectator AU    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:41:23

• "drunk Kash Patel" ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/fbi-officials-say-drunk-kash-patel-is-a-national-security-risk/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:41:44

• "Zelenskyy claimed that more than 110 tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet are currently at sea, carrying over 12 million tons of Russian oil worth $10 billion." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-criticizes-easing-russian-oil-sanctions-iran-hormuz-war/33735613.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:42:08

• "This article is about mandatory age verification for online services, and its effect on personal privacy and other fundamental freedoms." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/av_privacy.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:43:54

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:44:38

• "We discovered this a few weeks ago while we were vacationing in Phoenix." ☛ https://bjhess.com/posts/the-homepod-can-hear-alarms | Source: Barry Hess    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:44:57

• "urged opposition political parties to intensify the use of social media" ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/anthropologist-urges-opposition-to-intensify-use-of-social-media-to-counter-rally-restrictions/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:45:59

• "Bubbles monitors thousands of independent, personal blogs via RSS. Every post starts equal. Peoples votes decide what rises." ☛ https://box.matto.nl/explore-the-smol-web-with-bubbles.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:46:12

• "A harness is the control layer around an agent that helps it operate reliably [sic] in production." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/ai-agent-harness-pricing-split/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:46:36

• "You can tell when a mechanical switch has failed with your eyes, but not a digital one. You need a computer to help you understand the computer." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/hook-it-up-to-the-machine/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:46:54

• "LLM parameters have a roughly Gaussian distribution, and so evenly spaced numeric values are not ideal for parameters." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/18/qlora/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:47:12

• "In the resulting dialog, search for ‘office’ and delete all office.com cookies." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/microsoft-account-sign-in-issue-wrong-username-solved/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:49:06

• "In this article, I want to explain why I’m a staunch de-Googler, that is, why I carefully avoid all Google products and services." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/why_i_degoogled.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:49:20

• "While the agricultural manufacturing giant pointed out in a statement that this is no admission of wrongdoing, it agreed to pay $99 million into a fund for farms and individuals who participated in a class action lawsuit." ☛ https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement | Source: The Drive    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:50:44

• "Right-to-Repair Settlement" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/04/19/john-deere-right-to-repair-settlement/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:51:00

• "Tomato prices were up 15.3% in March alone and are up 22.6% compared to the same time last year" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51484870/tomatoes-are-having-a-moment-you-might-not-like-the-reason | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:53:44

• "Impressive as the raw numbers are, they don’t tell the whole story." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/curing-us-health-care-part-i | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 06:55:22

• "Google has been pushing to make its ⁠TPUs a viable alternative to Nvidia's dominant GPUs." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/google-in-talks-with-marvell-to-build-new-ai-chips-the-information/articleshow/130381363.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:06:09

• "This is a signal of our semiconductor technology leadership" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/40-years-ago-we-entered-the-megabit-memory-era-with-ibms-dram-breakthrough-a-major-leap-beyond-the-64-kilobit-chips-common-at-the-time | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:06:21

• "I’m going back to school because my work, my entire career, for my entire adult life, has been writing things for the Internet." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/goose-it-up | Source: Annie Mueller    

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

• "Everything he serves, he bakes himself from scratch." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/news/business/why-this-swede-is-bringing-delicious-scandinavian-pastries-to-utah/51485355 | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:09:15

• "France Is Ditching Windows for Linux" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/france-is-ditching-windows-for-linux:3?lid=watchlater    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:42:23

• "Louis announces $2,000 bounty if Senator can cite his claim" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/louis-announces-2,000-bounty-if-senator:b    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:42:42

• "Online Response to the Attack on Scam Altman's House Shows a Generational Divide - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/04/17/0336248    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:43:00

• "Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash's Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/todd-blanche-puts-dmitry-firtashs-onetime-lawyer-in-charge-of-criminalizing-the-russian-investigation/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:43:17

• "Minnesota Still Cleaning Up after Pam Bondi's Trophy Stunt - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/18/minnesota-still-cleaning-up-after-pam-bondis-trophy-stunt/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:43:33

• "An Unexpected Update - by Michael W. Green" https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/an-unexpected-update    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:43:52

• "On Antisemitism in Our Politics - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-anti-semitism-in-our-politics    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:44:10

• "Trump Can't Even Surrender Right - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-cant-even-surrender-right    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:44:24

• Microsoft pays IDG to put SPAM in a site called "MACWORLD" https://www.macworld.com/article/3113066/microsoft-office-for-mac-drops-to-49-97-with-no-subscription.html iophk: microsoft increasingly desperate against open formats and FOSS productivity software    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:45:09

• Finland raises flag for evacuees during the war | "Finland flaggar för evakuerade under kriget | Göteborgs-Posten" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/varlden/finland-flaggar-for-evakuerade-under-kriget.501900bc-8e88-5154-afe2-a59f78388666    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:45:40

• "Further | On Witless Great Vengeance and Furious Anger | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/on-witless-great-vengeance-and-furious-anger    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:45:56

• "Drowning Out the Noise | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/drowing-out-the-noise/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:46:11

• "Trump says he’s going after Medicaid fraud, but is mostly focusing on blue states • Kansas Reflector" https://kansasreflector.com/2026/04/19/repub/trump-says-hes-going-after-medicaid-fraud-but-is-mostly-focusing-on-blue-states/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:46:32

• "Trump Organisation to build 70-storey Trump Tower Tbilisi along with local partners" https://oc-media.org/trump-organisation-to-build-70-storey-trump-tower-tbilisi-along-with-local-partners/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:47:43

• "Trump kept out of the room during operation to find downed pilots in Iran after ‘screaming’ at aides for hours, report says | The Independent" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-screamed-aides-missing-pilots-iran-b2960603.html    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:48:11

• "What is the 25th Amendment and could it be used to remove Trump from office?" https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-25th-amendment-and-could-it-be-used-to-remove-trump-from-office-280732    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:48:26

• "That changed when I started using a simple feature built into Gmail that most people either forget exists or don't know about." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/this-is-the-decades-old-gmail-trick-i-still-use-everyday/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:50:02

• [Old] "What kicked off the discussion was somebody asking about a more modern "decentralized chat platform" known as Matrix (not the movie)." ☛ https://www.kirsle.net/what-we-once-had-at-the-height-of-the-xmpp-era-of-the-internet |    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:50:15

• "Struct tags in Go are these little annotations that you stick beside struct fields." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/struct-tags/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:53:12

• "google/uuid is usually one of the first extra imports I add to a Go service that talks to a database, so this one has felt overdue for years." ☛ https://rednafi.com/shards/2026/04/go-uuid/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:53:24

• "The modern web is choking on its own exhaust." ☛ https://scheatkode.com/blog/019d463d-38b3-7e63-80fd-6ed97bd8815e/hot-wiring-the-lisp-machine/ |    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:54:52

• "Consider the following problem." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/04/19/the-fastest-way-to-match-characters-on-arm-processors/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:55:27

• "5x5 is the smallest size that doesn't compromise legibility: [...]" ☛ https://maurycyz.com/projects/mcufont/ | Source: Maury    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:55:50

• "You may not realize this, but it’s hard to get a computer—a machine built around math and logic—to generate a truly random number." ☛ https://blakewatson.com/journal/dice-rolling-and-more-on-minimal-character-sheet/ | Source: Blake Watson    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 07:56:08

• "Rapidus really wants to exit now, very strongly. They feel like maybe they were misled in this deal, or things were not fully clear at the beginning." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb#replies    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:19:23

• "From their point of view, they have already made strong progress by themselves, step by step. And now they believe they are reaching, or even exceeding, IBM capability in some areas, on their own effort." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb#replies    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:19:32

• "The best way to reduce the risk of installing a compromised dependency is to avoid relying on it in the first place." ☛ https://blog.pecar.me/how-to-safely-update-your-dependencies/ | Source: Anže Pečar    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:26:44

• "Neural networks brought about something extraordinary: demand for floating point numbers with less precision." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/17/fp4/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:27:00

• "Anyway, if Git is a Swiss Army knife, jj is … uhh." ☛ https://lottia.net/notes/0018-fluent-jj.html |    

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

• "When working with images, we rarely need to show them at full size — most often ist’s rather as a thumbnail or preview." ☛ https://macguru.dev/fast-thumbnails-with-cgimagesource/ |    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:29:23

• "You can imagine this tree grow much messier, bigger and deeper as more and more teams are added to the mix." ☛ https://blog.douchi.space/enshitification/ | Source: 椒盐豆豉    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:29:38

• "A couple of years ago, I wrote that The Builder pattern is a finite state machine!" ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/illegal-state-unrepresentable/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:29:59

• "The five boroughs of New York City can be informally or formally carved up into many different pieces, depending on what it is that you’re doing." ☛ https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/04/19/new-york-city-hexmaps/ | Source: Kieran Healy    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:30:59

• "Over the past few years, the APNIC community has increasingly recognized that routing security isn’t a single task, it’s an evolving practice." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/20/strengthening-your-network-security-with-apnics-products-and-tools/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:31:46

• "We are very excited to organize and present to you the inaugural postmarketOS conference in Autumn later this year." ☛ https://postmarketos.org/conference/ | Source: postmarketOS    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 08:32:00

• "I have yet to find anything that ticks even half of these boxes." ☛ https://darthmall.net/2026/looking-for-ssg/ | Source: W Evan Sheehan    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:23:28

• "There’s actually a much cleaner way to do table transformations" ☛ https://scottstuff.net/posts/2026/04/19/grafana-table-join-sql/ | Source: Scott Laird    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:24:08

• "Here are some places where you can discover this new blogosphere vibe: [...]" ☛ https://n3wjack.net/2026/04/19/the-small-web-is-back/ | Source: N3wjack    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:25:19

• "It is the fifth release of Wander, a small, decentralised, self-hosted web console" ☛ https://susam.net/code/news/wander/0.5.0.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:25:34

• "Data links are Grafana’s way to add HTML links to a dashboard, but they don’t quite work the way you’d expect them to with tables." ☛ https://scottstuff.net/posts/2026/04/19/grafana-table-links/ | Source: Scott Laird    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:26:19

• "Caztor is the latest iteration of the JGemini browser. It has a new name, and a heap of new features" ☛ https://kevinboone.me/caztor.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:26:33

• "I have to point out that I’m not talking about giving up mobile phones completely." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/no_smartphone_2026.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:27:31

• [Old] "Few things have made a greater contribution to the general welfare of mankind than the invention and development of the electronic valve." ☛ https://www.r-type.org/articles/art-001.htm |    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:28:00

• "Rim-driven thrusters turn the normal propeller-motor arrangement inside out; rather than mounting the motor at the center of the propeller" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/building-a-rim-driven-jet-engine/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:28:15

• [Old] "The XDG Base Directory Specification defines an organized folder and file structure for applications to store associated user configuration, cache, data, state, and runtime information on UNIX-like systems." ☛ https://alchemists.io/articles/xdg_base_directory_specification#_quick_start |    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:29:12

• "ith the recent 0.20 release of xdg-user-dirs we enabled the “Projects” directory by default." ☛ https://blog.tenstral.net/2026/04/hello-projects-directory.html |    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:29:32

• "The Solus project has published a new version, Solus 4.9 "Serenity", which introduces a few changes to service management, the installer, and its four desktop editions (Budgie, Plasma, GNOME and Xfce)." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12794 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:29:53

• "[...] FreeBSD's laptop compatibility is improving and we link to a list of laptops which can run the operating system. Plus, we are pleased to share a summary of last week's releases and list the torrents we are seeding. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260420 | Source: Distro Watch    

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

• "Earlier today, I moved two file systems from one zpool to another. I use sysutils/sanoid to take and manage snapshots of the more important data." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/19/after-moving-datasets-adjust-configuration-for-sanoid-and-others/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:30:42

• "I have database servers outside the homelab, as in not in my basement. They are in datacenters." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/18/my-solution-for-copying-backups-around-the-homelab/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:30:58

• "Not so long ago, a disk space issue arose. I obtained some new drives (thank you to those who donated) and I consolidated some of the space" ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/19/migrating-zfs-filesystems-from-one-zpool-to-another-same-host/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:31:52

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:32:04

• "I’m going to migrate data02/freshports/dev-ingress01 to the data04" ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/19/migrating-data02-freshports-dev-ingress01-to-another-zpool/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:32:27

• "Now that I’ve copied two filesets from one zpool to another, let’s delete old snapshots." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/19/cleaning-up-snapshots/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:32:39

• Hospital Reuses Syringes, Infects Hundreds of Children With HIV ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/hospital-needles-hiv-pakistan    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:35:20

• Scientists Intrigued by Nasal Spray That Reverse Brain Aging in Mice, Say It May Work on Humans as Well ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/nasal-spray-reverse-brain-aging-mice    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:35:43

• Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash’s Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/todd-blanche-puts-dmitry-firtashs-onetime-lawyer-in-charge-of-criminalizing-the-russian-investigation/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:48:22

• Bulgaria's pro-Russian former president takes strong lead ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/bulgaria-s-pro-russian-former-president-takes-strong-lead    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:48:42

• Baltics reject Fico's flight plan to Moscow ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/19.04.2026-baltics-reject-ficos-flight-plan-to-moscow.a643566/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:49:01

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

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:49:49

• How to Install OpenCV on Ubuntu Using Homebrew | Fastest Beginner Method ☞ https://darryldias.me/2026/how-to-install-opencv-on-ubuntu-using-homebrew-fastest-beginner-method/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:50:24

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

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:50:39

• Butterbian – Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution with XFCE ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/butterbian-debian-based-linux-distribution-xfce/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:52:50

• GIMP 3.2.4 released with fresh set of bug fixes ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/gimp-3-2-4-bug-fix-update    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:53:24

• vkmark – Vulkan benchmarking suite ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vkmark-vulkan-benchmarking-suite/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:54:00

• HashVerifier – checksum generation and verification utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hashverifier-checksum-generation-verification-utility/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:54:13

• Developer of the Week: Wim Taymans ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/developer-week-wim-taymans/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:54:25

• GW – fast browser for genomic sequencing data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gw-fast-browser-genomic-sequencing-data/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:54:47

• SeqMonk – visualise and analyse high throughput mapped sequence data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/seqmonk-visualise-analyse-high-throughput-mapped-sequence-data/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:55:37

• Top 23 Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Painting Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/paintingtools/   

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:56:13

• Checksum Checker – simple GUI application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/checksum-checker-simple-gui-application/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:56:26

• 19 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Benchmark Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/benchmarktools/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:57:11

• LinguaCafe – helps language learners acquire vocabulary by reading ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linguacafe-language-learners-vocabulary-reading/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:57:29

• build123d – Python CAD programming library ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/build123d-python-cad-programming-library/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:57:46

• TeemIp – manage network addressing data and related infrastructure records ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/teemip-manage-network-addressing-data-and-related-infrastructure-records/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:58:02

• chmod-cli – generate chmod commands ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chmod-cli-generate-chmod-commands/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:58:23

• VocabSieve – Anki companion for language learning ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vocabsieve-anki-companion-language-learning/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:58:36

• CachyOS has released a performance oriented Linux 7.0 kernel ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/cachyos-has-released-a-performance-oriented-linux-70-kernel/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 09:59:19

• QSB-112: Floating Point Divider State Sampling (XSA-488) ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/04/19/qsb-112/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:00:13

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw ballistic missile tests, state media says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-oversaw-ballistic-missile-tests-state-media-says    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:14:17

• Wanted man in South Korea arrested after appearing on livestream ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/wanted-man-in-south-korea-arrested-after-appearing-on-livestream "man in his 50s was on South Korea’s wanted list for distributing sexually explicit content."    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:14:45

• Vapes in South Korea to face same regulations as cigarettes starting April 24 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/vapes-in-south-korea-to-face-same-regulations-as-cigarettes-starting-april-24    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:15:13

• South Korea's Lee to seek big boost in economic ties in summit with India's Modimir ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-lee-to-seek-big-boost-in-economic-ties-in-summit-with-indias-modi    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:15:41

• Droids ran a half-marathon this weekend in record time. It’s a showcase of what Chinese tech can do ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/minor-missteps-aside-chinas-droid-half-marathon-showcases-major-strides-in-robotics    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:16:53

• China’s clean tech exports jump as Iran war spurs demand ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-clean-tech-exports-jump-as-iran-war-spurs-demand    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:17:36

• 'New era': Humanoid robot outruns humans in Beijing half-marathon, beats world record ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260419-new-era-humanoid-robot-outruns-humans-in-beijing-half-marathon-beats-world-record    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:18:09

• Humans far behind as robot breaks record at Beijing half marathon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/humans-far-behind-as-robot-breaks-record-at-beijing-half-marathon    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:18:33

• China’s silent war: How Beijing armed, funded, and enabled Iran ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/04/19/opinion/how-china-armed-funded-and-enabled-iran/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:19:38

• American Airlines revives 90s-era aircraft cards now trending across social control media ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/04/19/lifestyle/american-airlines-revives-90s-era-aircraft-cards-now-trending-across-social-media/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:20:11

• Disturbing Experiment Bolsters The Case Lobsters Feel Pain After All ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/disturbing-experiment-bolsters-the-case-lobsters-feel-pain-after-all    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:21:00

• Up to 4% of People Can Hear Colors or Taste Words. Here's Why. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/up-to-4-of-people-can-hear-colors-or-taste-words-heres-why    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:21:15

• Does Closing Your Eyes Help You Hear? A Surprising Study Has The Answer ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/does-closing-your-eyes-help-you-hear-a-surprising-study-has-the-answer    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:28:24

• How Long Poop Stays in Your Body May Impact Your Health, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/how-long-poop-stays-in-your-body-may-impact-your-health-study-finds    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:28:38

• The Lyrid Meteor Shower Is About to Peak, With Better Views Than Usual ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-lyrid-meteor-shower-is-about-to-peak-with-better-views-than-usual    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:30:08

• A Bolivian Mummy's Tooth Is Rewriting The History of Scarlet Fever ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-bolivian-mummys-tooth-is-rewriting-the-history-of-scarlet-fever    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:30:22

• Won’t Somebody Think of the Children? Why Big Tech’s ‘Tobacco Moment’ Isn’t What It Seems ☞ https://itsfoss.com/opinion/age-verification-tobacco-moment/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:31:36

• Food security under threat as Middle East war disrupts fertiliser supply ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/food-security-under-threat-as-middle-east-war-disrupts-fertiliser-supply    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:32:35

• Lazy Reading for 2026/04/19 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/04/19/lazy-reading-for-2026-04-19/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:33:48

• Modernizing Perimeter Security With A Reliable Counter Drone Solution ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/modernizing-perimeter-security-with-a-reliable-counter-drone-solution/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:34:08

• The Florida Mass Shooter’s Conversations With Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Are Worse Than You Could Possibly Imagine ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/florida-mass-shooter-chatgpt    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:36:20

• Retail apocalypse hits San Diego as huge player quits city over ‘declining conditions’ at mall ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/04/19/us-news/apple-to-close-san-diego-store-amid-malls-declining-conditions/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:36:53

• PGConf.EU 2026 Announced – Call for Community Day Event Proposals Now Open ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgconfeu-2026-announced-call-for-community-day-event-proposals-now-open-3276/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:37:16

• pg_dbms_job v2.0 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_dbms_job-v20-released-3278/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:37:45

• credcheck v4.7 has been released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/credcheck-v47-has-been-released-3277/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:38:15

• IP67-rated Hey Hi (AI) security camera feature Rockchip RV1126B or RK3576/J/M SoC for commercial, industrial, and automotive applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/20/ip67-rated-ai-security-camera-feature-rockchip-rv1126b-or-rk3576-j-m-soc-for-commercial-industrial-and-automotive-applications/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:39:15

• Slopzilla ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/thunderbolt-launch/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:40:04

• GIMP 3.2.4 Released ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/04/19/gimp-3-2-4-released/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:41:32

• Update: cut-bytes.py Version 0.0.18 ☞ https://blog.didierstevens.com/2026/04/19/update-cut-bytes-py-version-0-0-18/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:41:56

• China deploys warship for Pacific drills as Japan tensions rise ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-deploys-warship-for-combat-drills-in-western-pacific    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:42:25

• The Run: Review - Another FMV game, but is it any good? ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/the-run-review/index.html    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:42:49

• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Pragmata and Opus: Prism Peak - 2026-04-18 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-04-18-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:43:04

• Distraction from real Slopzilla scandals and issues ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/mozillas-firefox-mascot-gender-controversy/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:44:08

• BeagleConnect Zepto – A “$1 computer” based on TI MSPM0L1117 Cortex-M0+ MCU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/19/beagleconnect-zepto-a-1-computer-based-on-ti-mspm0l1117-cortex-m0-mcu/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:45:04

• Apache Cloudberry 2.1.0 Released: PostgreSQL-Based MPP Database for Analytics & Hey Hi (AI) Workloads ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/apache-cloudberry-210-released-postgresql-based-mpp-database-for-analytics-ai-workloads-3274/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:45:46

• This likely pedo admits being connected to Microsoft https://drewdevault.com/blog/Rewrite-with-zine/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:47:01

• Canonical expands Ubuntu support to next-generation MediaTek Genio 520 and 720 platforms ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-expands-ubuntu-support-to-next-generation-mediatek-genio-520-and-720-platforms    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:47:48

• "M5Stack has teased the CardputerZero, a compact handheld system built around the Raspberry Pi CM0." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/m5stack-previews-cardputerzero-handheld-raspberry-pi-cm0-system/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:49:19

• "DongshanPI has previewed a SoM based on the Kendryte K510 in a recent social media post." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/dongshanpi-k510-som-appears-with-dual-risc-v-cores-and-ai-acceleration/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:49:55

• "combines the BPI-M7 single-board computer with an Orbbec Gemini 2 3D camera for computer vision, robotics, and spatial perception applications.    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:51:11

• "Comet Q is a compact KVM device designed to provide remote control of laptops, mini PCs, and supported mobile devices through a web browser." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/comet-q-kvm-supports-browser-based-control-of-laptops-and-iphones/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:51:35

• Slarpx 2.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/slarpx    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:53:26

• CalamaroOS 20260419 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calamaroos    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:53:38

• New York City Hexmaps ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/new-york-city-hexmaps/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:54:46

• Ezarcher 2604-1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ezarcher    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:55:46

• Kader⁴² 2026.04.19 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kader42    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:56:03

• Valve Developer Further Improves Old AMD GPUs: HD 7870 XT Finally Working On GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Harvested-GPUs-Linux    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:56:43

• Neko-Void Beta-6.3 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nekovoid    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:56:59

• NuTyX 26.04.3 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nutyx    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 10:57:16

• Butterbian 0.2.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/butterbian    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:21:25

• Ultimate 2026.04.19 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ultimate    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:21:38

• After 21 years of waiting, KDE Plasma is finally adding this long-requested feature ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/after-21-years-of-waiting-kde-plasma-is-finally-adding-this-long-requested-feature/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:22:25

• Immutable GNU/Linux Infrastructure Guide (2026 Guide) ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/155038/scaling-reliable-infrastructure-with-immutable-linux-distributions-2026-admin-guide.htm    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:24:06

• Local Hey Hi (AI) Performance & Optimization (2026 Admin Guide) ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/155039/local-ai-performance-optimizing-llm-inference-on-linux-2026-admin-guide.htm    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:24:30

• Gitea 1.26 Released    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:24:49

• Linux 7.0 released, Bootlin contributions inside ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/linux-7-0-released-bootlin-contributions-inside/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:25:32

• Limine Installer bug fix ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202604/limine-installer-bug-fix.html    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:26:08

• 16 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Gemini Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-based-gemini-clients/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:26:57

• Occupation through education: how Russia took over Ukrainian schools ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2898155/occupation-through-education-how-russia-took-over-ukrainian-schools    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:27:43

• Ukrainian best-selling author, Andrey Kurkov speaks to France 24 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainian-author-andrey-kurkov-speaks-to-france-24    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:27:59

• The 99.8% Rescue | LINUX Unplugged 663 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/663/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:28:41

• mintCast 483 – Chucking at Charlie ☞ https://mintcast.org/483-chucking-at-charlie/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:29:27

• AI Company Known for Teen Suicides Launches New Feature to Turn Books Into Roleplaying Experiences ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/character-ai-teen-suicides-replace-reading-books    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:30:20

• Linux 7.1 switches Kaveri, Kabini, and Mullins to AMDGPU https://www.igorslab.de/en/linux-7-1-switches-kaveri-kabini-and-mullins-to-amdgpu/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:32:31

• "This release ships with the latest Calamares 3.4.2 graphical installer that includes support for systemd-boot or GRUB bootloaders." https://9to5linux.com/solus-4-9-serenity-released-with-linux-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-6-and-more    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:33:22

• France to remove Windows from government computers in sovereignty push https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260417-france-to-remove-windows-from-government-computers-in-sovereignty-push    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:34:00

• Any time FSF tried climbing the bed of GAFAM it ended up with moles insider. It would never end well.    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:53:50

• "i picked the crystal tarot for its vibrant green, it feels springy. the RWS was simply one of the leftover decks that didn't get its own definite month, so i paired it up with the crystal as a "safe" bet, seeing as the crystal tarot uses the picard system which i'm not all that comfortable with." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/aprildecks    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 12:04:16

• "Fahrenheit has, on the whole, not stood the test of time." gemini://larsthebear.me/fahrenheit451.gmi    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 12:05:14

• Windows used to be 99% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/bulgaria//#monthly-200902-202604    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 12:57:18

• Microsoft spam with slop is the latest Microsoft Tim at The Register MS has to offer https://www.devclass.com/ai-ml/2026/04/17/visual-studio-185-lands-with-ai-debugging-at-a-price-devs-still-feeling-blue/5218068    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 13:17:30

• 50 people voted "none of the above" https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_001    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 13:33:24

• 357 voted https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/04/msg00006.html    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 13:34:00

• like an auction with one bidder: going once, going once, congrats! You are head of Debian.    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 13:34:43

• "One of the cafés I really like recently started using those li’l “beepers”. Customers get one when ordering their food and when they start beeping you’re supposed to bring it to the disk and pick up your plate yourself." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/piezo-waiters    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 14:04:38

• "Hey, if `mkcd` works on a machine - it's not necessary your machine, it can be as well my machine!" gemini://alexey.shpakovsky.ru/gemlog/mkcd.gmi    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:08:26

• Weening myself off the big web gemini://offgridholdout.org/weening-myself-off-the-big-web.gmi    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:10:56

• "I've been in IT a very long time and have seen tech come and go. The past ten years I have been very burnt out with the world of tech.... that is until I explored the AI world. It not only opened up new ideas but has allowed me to effectively return to my tech roots." gemini://offgridholdout.org/why-ai-is-not-a-thorn-in-the-small-web.gmi    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:12:02

• "My view of why I feel that AI is not a thorn in the side of the small web" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/CalvusRex/41825    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:15:12

• "I got fed up with social media a while back. Not in a dramatic way, just quietly tired of it. The way everything is optimized to keep you scrolling. The way conversations evaporate. The way you can spend an hour on something and come away feeling worse than when you started." gemini://offgridholdout.org/welcome.gmi    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:16:04

• The Small Web: A Viewpoint gemini://offgridholdout.org/the-small-web-a-viewpoint.gmi    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:17:00

• "One offers more control, the other is a bit more opinionated." https://www.makeuseof.com/moved-from-gnome-to-kde-its-completely-different-experience/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:36:33

• "GNOME had to budge." https://www.makeuseof.com/replaced-gnome-with-best-linux-desktop-nobody-ever-talks-about/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:37:19

• "It actually does "just work."" https://www.makeuseof.com/sorry-windows-and-linux-this-is-still-the-better-os-for-developers/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:37:51

• When proprietary is shite. https://www.makeuseof.com/hdmi-forum-is-holding-back-linux-and-its-getting-worse/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:38:24

• "This may be my new favorite Linux distro for PCs" https://www.makeuseof.com/i-installed-zorin-os-on-an-old-laptop-and-now-i-get-the-hype/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:38:50

• "No GUI, no problem." https://www.makeuseof.com/i-was-avoiding-arch-linux-for-one-reason-and-this-tool-fixed-it/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:39:32

• "While I appreciate it, I'll politely decline." https://www.makeuseof.com/every-linux-user-told-me-to-try-niri-so-i-finally-did-and-it-wasnt-for-me/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:40:01

• "Keyboard shortcuts are my jam. And biscuits!" https://www.makeuseof.com/i-replaced-my-linux-app-launcher-and-stopped-digging-through-menus/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:40:38

• "It's no longer the absolute king of gaming" https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-beating-windows-decades/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:43:14

• I tried Fedora and learned why it's not the beginner Linux distro everyone assumes it is https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-fedora-learned-why-not-beginner-distro-everyone-assumes-it-is/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:44:03

• IBM Red Hat (NSA et al) https://www.xda-developers.com/flatpak-1164-patches-a-critical-flaw-that-gave-apps-full-host-access/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:45:11

• "Don't know much about Linux? Get ready to blow your mind!" https://www.xda-developers.com/5-awesome-linux-features-that-will-blow-the-mind-of-a-windows-user/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:46:20

• I tried ReactOS and it's unbearable to use, but what it's attempting is genuinely brilliant https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-reactos-unbearable-attempting-genuinely-brilliant/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:47:53

• Bazzite is chopping 1GB off its image size — here’s what got cut ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/bazzite-chopping-1gb-off-its-image-size/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/bazzite-chopping-1gb-off-its-image-size/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:49:29

• "Who'd think that a command terminal could be fun?" https://www.xda-developers.com/ghostty-terminals-fun/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:50:02

• I stopped carrying a laptop after trying Android's desktop mode https://www.xda-developers.com/i-stopped-carrying-a-laptop-after-trying-android-desktop-mode/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:52:01

• Windows continues to lose gamers to Linux, but they might be jumping ship at a bad time https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-continues-to-lose-gamers-to-linux-but-they-might-be-jumping-ship-at-a-bad-time/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:57:49

• 'Games should run smoother now.' https://www.xda-developers.com/a-valve-engineer-just-stopped-linux-from-stealing-vram-from-your-8gb-gpu/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:58:54

• "The ministries have until the fall to find a solution." https://www.xda-developers.com/frances-government-ditching-windows-for-linux/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 17:59:24

• TrueNAS SCALE tried to do everything, so I gave it one job and moved the rest to Proxmox https://www.xda-developers.com/ran-my-homelab-truenas-for-over-year-then-switched-to-proxmox/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:00:04

• SteamOS 3.9 is the closest thing to a perfect desktop Linux I've ever used https://www.xda-developers.com/steamos-39-closest-thing-perfect-desktop-linux-used/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:01:01

• "It was a rough ride." https://www.xda-developers.com/after-one-of-its-choppiest-preview-cycles-in-years-linux-70-is-almost-ready/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:01:42

• I stopped being afraid to break my systems after learning what each OS actually needs to recover https://www.xda-developers.com/break-linux-windows-and-proxmox-differently-every-week/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:02:29

• https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-kernel-now-allows-ai-written-code/   

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:03:42

• Sloppix https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-kernel-now-allows-ai-written-code/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:03:53

• I switched from Proxmox to its FreeBSD counterpart on my home server – here's how it went https://www.xda-developers.com/i-switched-my-home-server-from-proxmox-to-its-freebsd-counterpart/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:04:38

• "They're scary good games." https://www.xda-developers.com/classic-capcom-horror-games-are-now-playable-on-linuxs-protonheres-how-to-try-it-early/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:05:38

• "We did this." https://www.xda-developers.com/google-drive-is-disappearing-from-ubuntus-file-manager-and-its-a-bigger-deal-than-you-think/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:06:08

• "It's time to stop being comfortable with surveillance" https://www.howtogeek.com/why-im-skipping-the-ai-pc-trend-and-building-a-privacy-pc-with-linux-instead/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:19:46

• Stop waiting for your IDE to load: This 30-year-old editor is faster https://www.howtogeek.com/vim-isnt-outdated-its-the-opposite-of-bloated-software/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:22:09

• Microsoft Canonical https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-is-still-the-only-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-beginnersheres-why/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:22:59

• "Free, open-source, and better than the stuff you're probably paying for." https://www.howtogeek.com/impressive-linux-apps-to-try-april-first-weekend/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:23:28

• "I prefer when my silver is blue." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-spent-a-week-using-an-immutable-linux-distro-and-it-solved-most-of-my-technical-headaches/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:24:03

• But Linux is a kernel; Rust cannot replace Linux, so it contaminates it https://www.howtogeek.com/rust-is-taking-over-linux-development-these-apps-prove-it/   

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:25:25

• These 5 apps proved to me that self-hosting was worth the effort https://www.howtogeek.com/im-new-to-self-hosting-these-are-the-apps-that-changed-everything-for-me/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:26:13

• "Kernel 7.0 didn't need to be a big deal. It went ahead and became one anyway." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-kernel-seven-is-coming-april/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:26:50

• Because why not mimic Microsoft when you work for Microsoft? https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-now-requires-more-ram-than-windows-11/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:27:21

• 13 time-saving Linux terminal tricks you should be using https://www.howtogeek.com/the-time-saving-linux-terminal-tricks-you-should-be-using/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:27:54

• "Windows was my mainstay OS for a long time, but broken updates and other problems forced a permanent switch to Linux" https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-partition/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:29:18

• These 8 GNOME extensions transform a minimal desktop into a powerhouse https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-using-linux-gnome-defaults-these-8-extensions-make-it-the-ultimate-desktop-environment/   

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:30:00

• They know Mincer? https://www.howtogeek.com/toxic-linux-behaviors-that-drive-away-newcomers-and-how-to-fix-them/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:30:39

• "Reclaim disk space without installing anything." https://www.howtogeek.com/clean-up-your-fedora-linux-system-from-the-terminal-with-these-commands/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:31:06

• This Raspberry Pi project quickly became the cornerstone of my homelab https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pi-project-cornerstone-of-my-homelab/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:32:26

• "I want to love Linux, but Adobe and NVIDIA won't let me" https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-is-better-than-everbut-these-4-problems-still-push-me-back-to-windows/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:33:16

• 5 Proxmox services that turn your PC into a self-hosted powerhouse https://www.howtogeek.com/home-assistant-plex-proxmox-services-you-should-set-up/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:34:08

• "It's Linux all the way down" https://www.howtogeek.com/everyday-devices-that-secretly-run-linux/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:34:44

• "I wish I'd known these time-saving tweaks and tricks from the start." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-terminal-shortcuts-will-save-you-hours-of-typing/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:35:14

• Stop ruining GNOME with extensions–here's why I stick to the defaults https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-ruining-gnome-with-extensionsheres-why-i-stick-to-the-defaults/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:38:30

• Stop trusting your shell scripts: Why ShellCheck is the tool you're missing https://www.howtogeek.com/i-thought-my-shell-scripts-were-sound-until-shellcheck-told-me-otherwise/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:40:16

• My NAS cache drive crashed everything—here's what I did wrong https://www.howtogeek.com/my-nas-cache-drive-crashed-everythingheres-what-i-did-wrong/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:41:28

• "Each of these commands took me years to stumble across. They'll take you five minutes to steal." https://www.howtogeek.com/bash-one-liners-that-keep-me-coming-back-to-the-linux-terminal/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:42:22

• Xfce doesn't have to feel frozen in time—here's how I modernized mine https://www.howtogeek.com/simple-tweaks-that-made-my-xfce-desktop-feel-unexpectedly-modern/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:43:00

• This one tool is all you need to effortlessly manage and back up your dot files https://www.howtogeek.com/this-one-tool-is-all-you-need-to-effortlessly-manage-your-dot-files/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:43:58

• "Spyware, privacy, and flexibility—these are concerns that everyone shares." https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-qubes-is-better-than-your-linux-distro/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:44:40

• "It's specifically designed and optimized for the ignored middle children of computer hardware." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-mid-weight-linux-distro-will-give-your-old-windows-10-pc-a-new-lease-on-life/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:45:10

• "Without them, nothing would be the same." https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-tools-quietly-power-entire-internet/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:47:41

• Housing crisis: why prices are rising and what the EU is doing about it | Topics | European Parliament ⚓ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20241014STO24542/housing-crisis-why-prices-are-rising-and-what-the-eu-is-doing-about-it ䷉ Source: European Parliament | "Rising house prices and rents are a big concern for many Europeans. Read on for key facts and what the EU is doing about the issue."    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:48:34

• "When it comes to shuffling documents around your file system, nothing beats the raw power of the command line." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-terminal-commands-that-made-me-forget-about-linux-file-managers/    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 18:50:02

• The Techrights and Tuxmachines lawyer and barrister won https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr71kp5318vo    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 20:23:27

• lawyering up with misogynists, spending about $1,000,000 funded by third parties (!) to snow the other side under 100,000 grams of legal papers isn't about winning but gaming the system    

posted Monday, April 20, 2026 at 20:45:14

• &nbs & & #replies &nbs &nbs & &n &nbs