Roy Schestowitz

• iophk: With those who pretend to write code via LLMs, it is the LLM what is actually in control of both the computer and the situation. The human interacting with the LLM is just reacting and, in effect, begging.    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:11:43

• "The case was filed by CODA, on behalf of Kadowaka Corporation and Toho's complaints." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tokyo-court-rules-movie-and-anime-spoiler-articles-are-copyright-infringement-in-landmark-criminal-case-detailed-monetized-plot-summaries-land-man-in-japanese-prison | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:15:30

• "Justices at India's Delhi High Court disagree on the future of India's world-leading site-blocking regime." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/indias-expanding-site-blocking-orders-hit-legal-wall-at-delhi-high-court/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:16:02

• "Over the past 10 months, President Donald Trump’s administration has made much of its success in sweeping through U.S. cities," ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/20/caught-in-the-crackdown-as-arrests-at-anti-ice-protests-piled-up-prosecutions-crumbled/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:17:08

• "another important front" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/04/voting-goes-to-court/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:17:26

• "Alas, radio itself. Listening is moving from narrow-purpose instruments called radios to universal instruments" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/04/19/for-broadcasters-digital-tech-isnt-a-lifesaver-its-a-new-land-for-fish-with-legs-and-lungs/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:18:02

• "What's left of U.S. corporate media is utterly dedicated to demolishing whatever's left of their already soggy" ☛ https://karlbode.com/cbs-just-cant-stop-kissing-donald-trumps-ass/ | Source: Karl Bode    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:18:25

• "I appreciate this focus because I am reminded, again and again, of how much journalists care" ☛ https://mysweetdumbbrain.substack.com/p/the-conversations-about-hope-i-havent | Source: Katie Hawkins-Gaar    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:18:48

• "We’re glad to see the FAA rescind its original order" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/faa-will-no-longer-prosecute-journalists-who-fly-drones-near-ice-operations/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:19:20

• "Print it, all false, I'll see you in court—bring your checkbook" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/20/kash-patel-sues-the-atlantic-over-story-claiming-he-often-drunk-or-missing-at-work.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:20:01

• "Patel has sued the Atlantic" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/20/trump-tariff-refund-politics-vance-congress-latest-updates | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:20:20

• "ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) tracked 4,235 unique titles challenged in 2025" ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2026/04/american-library-association-releases-2025-most-challenged-books-list-national-library | Source: American Library Association    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:20:37

• "These were the most targeted books of 2025: [...]" ☛ https://lithub.com/these-were-the-11-most-challenged-books-in-2025/ | Source: Literary Hub    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:21:03

• Earth Day tomorrow    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:21:51

• "City prosecutor Marcus McDowell said it wasn't a free speech case" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/04/penis-costume-protester-prevails-in-court/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:22:10

• "The charges stemmed from posts Morgenshtern published on Telegram, Instagram, and YouTube" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/20/moscow-court-fines-russian-rapper-morgenshtern-on-foreign-agent-charges | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:22:25

• "But the comparison understates the scale" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-shutdown-costs-rights/33736283.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:22:42

• "I based this conclusion partly on Quinn Slobodian’s Globalists (2020)" ☛ https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/04/20/on-hayeks-bastards | Source: Andy Wingo    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:23:17

• "As an undergrad, I spent a couple of years as a philosophy major, before dropping out." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/grievance-poisoning-in-the-first | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:23:31

• "Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus" ☛ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo/ | Source: Apple Inc    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:23:49

• "effective immediately" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/915240/apple-johny-srouji-ternus-cook | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:24:03

• "While no one can know right now how his leadership will differ from Cook’s" ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2026/4/ternus-will-succeed-cook-as-apples-ceo | Source: Jarrod Blundy    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:24:19

• "You can read Cook’s full letter here: [...]" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/915279/tim-cook-ceo-letter-apple-community | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:24:33

• "effective immediately" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/915272/apple-john-ternus-tim-cook | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:24:49

• "In a tandem announcement" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3119381/tim-cook-stepping-down-as-apple-ceo-in-shock-announcement.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:25:05

• "Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, will become executive chairman of the board." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/culture/apple-ceo-transition-tim-cook-john-ternus | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:25:21

• "Canonical is pleased to announce the early access launch of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for MediaTek’s Genio IoT platforms." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-expands-ubuntu-support-to-next-generation-mediatek-genio-520-and-720-platforms | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:25:45

• "Anduril and HD Hyundai are expanding their partnership of designing and building autonomous surface vessels" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/04/20/anduril-hd-hyundai-expands-partnership-with-first-autonomous-surface-vessel-in-production/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:26:04

• "The deal was first discussed in September 2024" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-onion-deal-relaunch-alex-jones-infowars-1235550918/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:26:41

• "anything but PV" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/20/2026-green-power-challenge-nfc-powers-command-write-and-wake-of-mcu/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:28:35

• "We wouldn’t be surprised if you’d never seen the Spira before." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/19/quirky-electric-car-rides-the-rails/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:28:53

• "Although Zcash is a superior private currency" ☛ https://nbtv.substack.com/p/how-to-actually-spend-crypto-in-real | Source: Ludlow Institute    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:29:09

• "There are growing concerns in North Dakota and elsewhere that large power users, like data centers, could drive up the cost of electricity for residential consumers." ☛ https://northdakotamonitor.com/2026/04/20/north-dakota-has-the-cheapest-electricity-in-the-country-data-shows/ | Source: North Dakota Monitor    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:29:40

• "Notably, this is the first time researchers have shown that drug pollution makes wild fish behave differently in nature" ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/science/cocaine-contaminants-juvenile-salmon-swim-far | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:35:30

• "It has become a kitchen table issue, and it has become a very relevant political issue" ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-117729 | Source: NPR    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:35:43

• "Now, he's shrugging off a law Congress passed decades ago to preserve White House papers — and historians are taking him to court." ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-117887 | Source: NPR    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:36:20

• "But Patel, according to multiple current officials, as well as former officials who have stayed close to him, is deeply concerned that his job is in jeopardy." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:36:40

• "That story describes Karoline Leavitt, not known for her candor, claiming that Whiskey Pete went to the Oval Office to brief Trump directly." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/20/the-person-playacting-as-president-may-be-getting-addicted-to-snuff-films/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:37:19

• "I can’t remember if I ever met Adam. I was a member of the Cypherpunks mailing list for a while, but I was never really an active participant." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/is-satoshi-nakamoto-really-adam-back.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:37:51

• "The edited recording, just over a minute long, shows that the meeting concerned drone production" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/20/ukrainian-prankster-infiltrates-russian-industry-and-trade-ministry-drone-meeting-hears-official-say-90-of-electrical-components-are-foreign | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:38:27

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/04/20/colorado-river-faces-new-emergency-actions/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:39:06

• "The Education Secretary has previously written to headteachers in England to stress that schools should be phone-free throughout the school day." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/england-school-mobile-phones-legislation-b2961340.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:39:46

• "Volunteer reservists will be trained to assist active-duty military personnel in air surveillance tasks and the protection of territorial integrity" ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/finland-mobilizes-volunteer-reservists-after-drone-incidents/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:40:08

• "he identified a North Korean IT worker applying" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2026/04/20/north-korea-tech-worker-fake-identity-job/ | Source: RFA    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:40:31

• "During a taping of tech guy Dwarkesh Patel’s podcast spotted by Tom’s Hardware" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ceo-podcast-china | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:46:29

• "Stub-nosed and relatively slow for a jet fighter, the A-10 entered service in the late 1970s, designed as a low-flying" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-a10-warthog-2030/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:46:54

• "No Kings" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/why-gen-z-isnt-interested-in-no-kings/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:47:40

• "Palantir has apparently decided to volunteer as the case study." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/20/palantir-goes-mask-off-for-fascism-it-wont-end-well/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:47:56

• "The post, described as comically evil by critics, is concerning coming from a company with growing influence within the federal government." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/palantir-posts-manifesto-lamenting-post-war-neutering-of-nazi-germany/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:48:23

• "The pushback was swift." ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/20/unregulated-prediction-market-may-endanger-us-national-security-experts-and-lawmakers-warn/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:48:50

• "ForbesPredict is an attempt to gamify news consumption and keep users scanning the website. Rather than cash, players earn tokens." ☛ https://www.404media.co/forbes-prediction-market-gamefies-story-about-mass-shooting-of-8-children/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:49:15

• "Only we're 'not allowed' to call them "threat actors" despite the clear and present threat they pose. Isn't that worth examining by curious minds?" ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cakeandeatit/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:49:36

• "During the Second World War, Finland ceded large areas of territory to the Soviet Union." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20221484 | Source: Yle    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:50:25

• "A spokesperson for the Russian government did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/sweden-blames-russian-hackers-for-attempting-destructive-cyberattack-on-thermal-plant/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:53:35

• "connections to Russian intelligence and security services" ☛ https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/russia-hits-european-thermal-power-plant-in-attempted-destructive-cyberattack-pro-kremlin-hackers-are-engaging-in-riskier-and-more-reckless-behavior-in-latest-attempt-to-cripple-western-critical-infrastructure | Source: TechRadar    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:53:56

• "Bohlin warned of more aggressive tactics and said Swedish targets are increasingly in the crosshairs." ☛ https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-warns-russia-is-ramping-up-cyberattacks-on-critical-infrastructure/ | Source: Politico    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:54:10

• "VeraCrypt lets you create an encrypted “volume” that looks like a normal drive once it’s unlocked." ☛ https://greycoder.com/veracrypt-encrypt-your-files/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:57:11

• "AES-128 is safe against quantum computers. SHA-256 is safe against quantum computers." ☛ https://words.filippo.io/128-bits/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:57:39

• "But the final product, a 14-page amendment, did not go far enough for some holdouts in either party." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/senate-extends-surveillance-powers-until-april-30-after-chaotic-votes-in-house/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:58:08

• "The DDoS attack appears to have started late on April 15 (Pacific Time) and continued into the next day." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/bluesky-disrupted-by-sophisticated-ddos-attack/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:58:58

• "I was working on a personal project, debugging a Native Messaging helper I had written for it." ☛ https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthropic-spyware/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 04:59:32

• "Here’s what can trigger audible alerts across your Apple devices, and what controls each: [...]" ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/silence-listen-heres-how-to-control-sound-from-your-devices/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:00:24

• "Thankfully deleting your account is pretty easy, you just need to make sure that you don’t have any balance on your account or orders in place" ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2026/04/20/how-to-delete-your-vinted-account/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:00:57

• "I had a white iBook G3 (Late 2001 model for those keeping score at home) and while it was infinitely repairable" ☛ https://schwarztech.net/snippets/how-apple-used-to-design-its-laptops-for-repairability | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:01:15

• "A teardown of the new MacBook Neo by Australian YouTube repair channel Tech Re-Nu reveals what may be the most modular and repair-friendly Mac laptop in recent times." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/12/macbook-neo-six-minute-teardown-zero-tape/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:01:48

• "But the most significant change in the Neo is that the keyboard is its own separate component." ☛ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/more-modular-design-makes-macbook-neo-easier-to-fix-than-other-apple-laptops/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:02:05

• "For users without AppleCare, there is a flat fee of $149 for battery service, while other damages will require an inspection: [...]" ☛ https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/09/heres-how-much-a-macbook-neo-repair-will-cost-you/ | Source: 9to5Mac    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:02:27

• "To me, the biggest problem is the SSDs. Not only can you not replace them, but you can’t even use a modern Mac with an external SSD if the internal one is damaged." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/04/20/design-for-repairability/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:02:51

• "My idea is to make the phone dumber." ☛ https://soeren.one/2026/kids-focus/ | Source: Søren    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:03:35

• "I blame the manufacturers of the beepers for having such an incredibly annoying and never-ending piezo beep." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/piezo-waiters | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:04:03

• "I think the only thing I want to add on middle schoolers" ☛ https://smallcypress.bearblog.dev/on-middle-schoolers/ | Source: Small Cypress    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:04:45

• "For the first time today one of my former students came into my classroom." ☛ https://ambersettle.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/a-kind-word/ | Source: Amber Settle    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:04:59

• "So an interesting fact about moons: if a moon orbits above geosynchronous orbit, it will tend to very slowly spiral outwards, raising its orbit and moving further away from its planet." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/04/20/occasional-paper-inconstant-moon/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:05:38

• "The previous post contained an illustration using a cubic polynomial and three evenly spaced parallel lines. This post uses a fifth degree polynomial, and shows that the parallel lines need not be evenly spaced." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/20/newton-diameter-quintic/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:05:53

• "It’s once again time for the Lyrid meteor shower, an annual affair that humans have watched for at least 2,700 years" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/look-up-this-week-to-see-the-peak-of-the-lyrid-meteor-shower-humans-have-documented-this-dazzling-display-for-2700-years-180988578/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:06:10

• "Faculty advisor Juan Manfredi, NAØB, said the club responded to a request from NASA to submit a proposal." ☛ https://www.arrl.org/news/view/helping-nasa-track-artemis-ii-s-orion-spacecraft | Source: ARRL    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:06:34

• "Above all else, Prince wanted to encourage people to create and be creative, to have mastery over their work and their lives, to be their true selves, and to be loving and compassionate towards others" ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/20/prince-ten-years/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:07:10

• "Diners make delicious waffles. My favourite order is a Belgian waffle with fruit." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/04/20/waffles-and-coffee | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:07:27

• "In the US, and elsewhere, moves are afoot to force the vendors of computer operating systems to carry out age verification at the platform level." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/fahrenheit451.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:07:50

• "PC Gamer’s headline highlights the 758 cover disks on the Internet Archive, but there are actually even more gems to be found." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/relive-the-pc-magazine-cover-disk-era-with-758-strong-archive-org-cd-rom-collection-1-2tb-treasure-trove-also-includes-floppy-disks-from-as-early-as-1993 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:08:06

• "There’s one thing about terminals that has always bothered me: to get your favorite editor, prompt, or TUI to render nicely" ☛ https://rapha.land/introducing-glyph-protocol-for-terminals/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:14:57

• "This way, the login shell remains zsh but in Ghostty it's fish. So far it feels nice and clean." ☛ https://baty.net/posts/2026/04/back-to-fish-shell/ | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:15:23

• "Here’s the story of my workaround, as extra evidence that reverting incremental garbage collection is a good call." ☛ https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/04/20/django-python-3.14-incremental-gc/ | Source: Adam Johnson    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:18:13

• "I maintain several PyPA projects (virtualenv, tox, pipx, platformdirs, filelock) and work on corporate package hosting infrastructure." ☛ https://bernat.tech/posts/securing-python-supply-chain/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:18:27

• "This talk is different from other talks I’ve given before because it’s focused, not on C++ code examples" ☛ https://herbsutter.com/2026/04/19/becpp/ | Source: Herb Sutter    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:19:04

• "Docs are often thought of as a purely functional artifact, a packet of content that, when it works, it’s not remembered at all." ☛ https://passo.uno/what-makes-docs-beautiful/ | Source: Fabrizio Ferri Benedetti    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:19:43

• "This is a story of things that I have done and learned during that journey." ☛ https://hauleth.dev/post/things-about-elixir-you-probably-will-never-need/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:19:58

• "Open data is central to accelerating scientific progress because it allows researchers everywhere to freely access" ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2026/04/20/licensing-best-practices-for-the-sharing-of-scientific-data/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:20:55

• "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://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/new-york-city-hexmaps/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:21:15

• "I want to switch to a term that better expresses how I aim to be in control of my digital presence." ☛ https://jan.wildeboer.net/2026/04/DigitalAutonomy/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:21:47

• "You can specify the year using the link at the bottom of the page if it returns the right title but wrong movie. The API key is limited to 1,000 lookups a day. It's Gemini so I'm not too worried." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/bluesman/41853   

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:22:46

• Harmony Korine gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~cage/archive/US-gummo-harmony-korine-1997.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:23:09

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

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:23:55

• "A few months ago I started the transition to using NeoVim as my daily driver text editor." gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-04-21-daily-nvim.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:24:55

• "After paying a visit to an inconspicuous smoke shop, I got myself an edible gummy. I never thought that 420 mg of THC was strong, but apparently it was enough to send me on a trip. Fortunately, I was lying in bed when it all happened." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2808    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:25:50

• "That still works, but I thought, "what if I want to share what I have learned?" Joplin can do that but it seemed like a lot of work for something maybe a handfull (or maybe no one?) would ever read." gemini://offgridholdout.org/documenting-howto-issues-gemini.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:26:37

• "Several months ago I wrote an iOS Gemini client called Titan II. I finished the MVP, but I haven't really had the time or motivation to ship it to the App Store. I have no idea if anyone would really want it or use it." gemini://gem.stevedylan.dev/gemlog/2026-04-20-ios-gemini-client.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:28:01

• [japan] [cat] [bass] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-04-12.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:29:08

• "In terms of actual work, this time around was less flashy than the last (part 1, part 2) as everyone already had their thing to work on" ☛ https://arcan-fe.com/2026/04/20/arcan-spring-hackathon-report/ | Source: Arcan    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:33:10

• "PyTexas 2026 ran April 17–19 in Austin. Friday was tutorials, Saturday and Sunday were talks with two keynotes and two lightning-talk blocks." ☛ https://bernat.tech/posts/pytexas-2026-recap/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:33:28

• "Since refactoring my site back in 2023, authoring posts is pretty simple. But to make it even easier, I wrote a little helper script." ☛ https://tylersticka.com/journal/new-post-cli/ | Source: Tyler Sticka    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:34:01

• "My website is built using blogdown and published on Netlify via CI/CD. Recently, I updated my Hugo version from 0.92 to 0.154.2." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/r-how-to-modify-the-theme-used-by-blogdown/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:34:15

• "I have been working on this feature over the last week and now have a version ready for use (in beta)." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/04/20/artemis-custom-domains | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:39:23

• "I much prefer to learn about blog posts and newsletters through my web reader, which is focused specifically on aggregating blog posts and essays and newsletters I want to follow." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/04/20/newsletters-should-have-web-feeds | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:39:39

• "In my ever-increasing desire to use emacs as my sole computing environment, I have started to take browsing the web inside it far more seriously." ☛ https://joshblais.com/blog/emacs-as-my-browser/ | Source: Joshua Blais    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:40:04

• "The LibreSSL project has announced the release of version 4.3.1 of the software: [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260420085845 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:40:41

• "When space and cost aren’t an issue, this kind of architecture can be sensible." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/04/20/this-trash-handling-robot-contains-a-whopping-11-arduino-boards/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:41:16

• "He has been lucky enough to keep costs down by finding an old generation GPRS SIM card that could be cloned and used across multiple devices" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/20/diy-weather-stations-report-in-from-chernobyl/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:41:38

• "We had an excellent time scrolling through all of the cyberdeck projects we were tagged in last week" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/maker-monday-show-us-your-personal-raspberry-pi-projects/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:41:59

• "The Beach Cleaning Project tackled that challenge directly." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/cleaning-up-critical-infrastructure-in-freebsd/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:42:41

• "The Reg FOSS desk described the driver in October 2025, and we recapped its history back then." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/linux_71_new_ntfs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:45:09

• IBM Red Hat peddling slop, as usual, instead of Linux ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rag-agentic-ai-when-models-stop-answering-and-start-acting | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:46:15

• Reselling proprietary software that bricks systems ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/integrating-red-hat-lightspeed-crowdstrike | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:46:47

• Buzzwords ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/proving-open-source-ready-industrial-edge | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:47:09

• "They need to focus on the power system physics and not on Linux kernel tuning" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/power-shift-why-future-electric-grid-will-be-software-defined | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:47:35

• Canonical peddling slop: "the user’s prompt is augmented with some relevant contextual information from a knowledge base" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/hybrid-search-and-reranking-a-deeper-look-at-rag | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:49:07

• Will AI suffer the same fate as blockchain? | "Får AI den samme skæbne som blockchain? | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/faar-ai-den-samme-skaebne-som-blockchain    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:49:49

• Google is now buying land in Finland in a big way and paying a 1000% extra price: Already 2500 hectares in size https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&u=https://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/uutiset/a/74d1d3f0-4b8c-4059-86af-4a19d1bbace4 Sompi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:50:25

• iophk: point B - to use the system - contradicts the GPL and AGPL; the apparent long term goal is to dictate who is and isn't allowed to use a general purpose computer; war on computing https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/parents-decide-act-will-ruin-personal:8    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:50:55

• "The Butchers of Ukraine Face Justice - by Issac Olvera" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/the-butchers-of-ukraine-face-justice    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:51:10

• "The Wish That Distorts - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-wish-that-distorts    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:51:24

• raymondcamden about LLM slop https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/04/20/building-a-simple-markdown-pwa-app   

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:51:43

• "The Harm from Hormuz - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-harm-from-hormuz    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:51:57

• hackaday writes about slop coding https://hackaday.com/2026/04/20/vintage-chyron-tv-hardware-of-course-it-runs-netbsd/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:52:21

• "Automatisierte Datenanalyse in NRW: Palantir-Gesetz nicht verfassungskonform" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2026/automatisierte-datenanalyse-in-nrw-palantir-gesetz-nicht-verfassungskonform/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:52:35

• "Trump Pardoned Nursing Home Owner Joseph Schwartz — ProPublica" https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:52:50

• "Why Consumers are F*cked - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-consumers-are-fcked    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:53:04

• "We Could Do Worse Than Kash Patel Being a Drunken Buffoon | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kash-patel-drinking-report-trump/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:53:25

• GAFAM-funded eff is "carrying water for Conde Nast's anti-FOSS censorship" https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-reddit-empowers-community-moderationnbsp;  

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:53:49

• "A Come-to-Jesus Moment | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/a-come-to-jesus-moment/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:54:20

• "The President and the Pope - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/national/2026/04/president-and-pope/686860/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:54:35

• "FBI director Kash Patel suing The Atlantic over article portraying him as problem drinker, ‘missing in action’" https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/fbi-director-sues-over-article-portraying-him-as-mia-problem-drinker-20260421-p5zpkk.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:54:51

• "Trump’s armchair geography is costing him in Iran | The Spectator Australia" https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/trumps-armchair-geography-is-costing-him-in-iran/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:55:07

• Is the EU's hacked age app needed? | "Behövs EU:s hackade åldersapp?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/04/20/behovs-eus-hackade-aldersapp/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:55:41

• "Trump becomes a toxic asset for Europe’s far right | U.S. | EL PAÍS English" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-20/trump-becomes-a-toxic-asset-for-europes-far-right.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:55:56

• "We can’t trust Palantir with our NHS data - New Statesman" https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026/04/we-cant-trust-palantir-with-our-nhs-data https://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Privatisation_Catastrophe_Starting_with_NHS_England_Microsoft_a.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:56:19

• DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 gets formally announced | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/dragon-ball-xenoverse-3-gets-formally-announced/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:57:03

• Portal 2: Community Edition Beta is out now as a playground for modding | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/portal-2-community-edition-beta-is-out-now-as-a-playground-for-modding/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 05:59:37

• Prehistoric life and farming sim Roots of Pacha gets a surprise Anniversary Update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/prehistoric-life-and-farming-sim-roots-of-pacha-gets-a-surprise-anniversary-update/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:02:00

• MMO space shooter Star Conflict is shutting down | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mmo-space-shooter-star-conflict-is-shutting-down/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mmo-space-shooter-star-conflict-is-shutting-down/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:06:33

• Reality-bending puzzles arrive in Uncle Lee's Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster on May 12 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/reality-bending-puzzles-arrive-in-uncle-lees-cookbook-five-recipes-for-disaster-on-may-12/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:13:42

• Classic survival horror Alone in the Dark gets a cross-platform reimplementation with enhancements | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/classic-survival-horror-alone-in-the-dark-gets-a-cross-platform-reimplementation-with-enhancements/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:15:02

• KDE Plasma 6.7 gets per-screen virtual desktops and Wayland session management | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/kde-plasma-6-7-gets-per-screen-virtual-desktops-and-wayland-session-management/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:16:44

• Playnix launch their own Steam Machine-like Linux gaming console | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/playnix-launch-their-own-steam-machine-like-linux-gaming-console/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:24:08

• Grab 7 action-packed games in the Sharp Shooters Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/grab-7-action-packed-games-in-the-sharp-shooters-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:25:26

• Grab 7 action-packed games in the Sharp Shooters Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/grab-7-action-packed-games-in-the-sharp-shooters-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:25:43

• Testing PC games using FEX on a high-end Android tablet can yield playable results — but the early tech is still not ready for prime time ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/testing-pc-games-using-fex-on-a-high-end-android-tablet-can-yield-playable-results-but-the-early-tech-is-still-not-ready-for-prime-time    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:31:06

• Hello Kitty creator Sanrio launches gaming brand to tap fast-growing global market ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hello-kitty-creator-sanrio-launches-gaming-brand-to-tap-fast-growing-global-market    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:32:01

• WhatsApp Desktop – unofficial client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/whatsapp-desktop-unofficial-client/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:38:53

• Netdisco – web-based network management tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/netdisco-web-based-network-management-tool/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:39:06

• Kader⁴² – Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kader42-arch-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:39:29

• hyprpicker – wlroots-compatible Wayland colour picker for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hyprpicker-wlroots-compatible-wayland-colour-picker-linux/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:39:41

• Miyadaiku – Python-based static site generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/miyadaiku-python-based-static-site-generator/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:39:52

• wl-color-picker – shell script for Wayland and wlroots sessions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wl-color-picker-shell-script-wayland-wlroots-sessions/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:40:15

• Australia’s teen “social control media” ban ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/australias-teen-social-media-ban/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 06:43:20

• KLayout – viewer and editor for integrated circuit and mask design ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/klayout-viewer-editor-integrated-circuit-mask-design/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:01:24

• 19 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux CAD Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cad/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:01:50

• fswatch – reports changes to files and directories ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fswatch-reports-changes-files-directories/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:02:26

• incorporeal-cms – lightweight static site generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/incorporeal-cms-lightweight-static-site-generator/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:03:03

• 17 Useful Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Foreign Language Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/foreignlanguagetools/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:03:44

• OmniGet – download media and other files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/omniget-download-media-other-files/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:04:01

• Linux 7.1 update includes new in-kernel NTFS driver — delivers storage support upgrade for Linux users ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-7-1-update-includes-new-in-kernel-ntfs-driver-delivers-storage-support-upgrade-for-linux-users    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:04:43

• ASCIIGenome – text only genome browser ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/asciigenome-text-only-genome-browser/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:05:39

• Genja – simple static website generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/genja-simple-static-website-generator/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:06:01

• 12 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Desktop Genome Browsers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-desktop-genome-browsers/    

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

• When and Why I Quit Writing "Classical" GNU/Linux Advocacy Articles ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/20/When_and_Why_I_Quit_Writing_Classical_GNU_Linux_Advocacy_Articl.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:06:36

• coreutils @ Savannah: coreutils-9.11 released [stable] ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10884    

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

• Firefox 150 brings GNU/Linux emoji picker, PDF page ordering + more ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/firefox-150-features    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:08:30

• Lilidog 26.04.20 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lilidog    

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

• health @ Savannah: GNU Health GTK client 5.0.2 released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10883    

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

• It looks like itsfoss.net has just been hijacked by scammers. Not itsfoss.com.    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:24:02

• GIMP 3.2.4 Released with Better Performance & New Script Function ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/04/gimp-3-2-4-released-with-better-performance-new-script-function/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:26:57

• Parabolic Video Downloader Released 2026.4.0 with macOS App ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/04/parabolic-video-downloader-released-2026-4-0-with-macos-app/nbsp;  

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

• Pods 3.0.0 Released with Initial Docker Containers Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/04/pods-3-0-0-released-with-initial-docker-containers-support/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:28:01

• Vercel’s security breach started with malware disguised as Roblox cheats ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/vercel-security-breach-third-party-attack-context-ai-lumma-stealer/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:28:37

• Philippines, US and allies start military exercises testing 'real‑world' readiness ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-us-and-allies-start-military-exercises-testing-real-world-readiness    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:29:09

• Japan issues warning after 7.7-magnitude quake strikes north ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/strong-7-4-magnitude-quake-hits-off-japan-tsunami-warning-issued    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:29:42

• Pakistan’s Leaders Try to Contain Rising Anger Over Iran War at Home ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/world/asia/pakistan-shiites-iran-diplomacy.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:30:34

• In Iran, the regime has indeed changed: It’s less restrained, more hard-line ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0420/iran-war-regime-change-hard-line-new-leaders    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:30:48

• Dr. Andy Farnell on Privacy Failings and Shallow Media Coverage ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/20/Dr_Andy_Farnell_on_Privacy_Failings_and_Shallow_Media_Coverage.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:31:03

• DIY Sendspin audio receiver supports multi-room audio synchronization, integrates with Home Assistant ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/21/diy-sendspin-audio-receiver-supports-multi-room-audio-synchronization-integrates-with-home-assistant/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:33:05

• AI cloud company Vercel breached after employee grants Hey Hi (AI) tool unrestricted access to Surveillance Giant Google Workspace — hacker seeking $2 million for stolen data ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/vercel-breached-after-employee-grants-ai-tool-unrestricted-access-to-google-workspace    

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

• Japan opens door to global arms market with overhaul of defence export rules ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-opens-door-to-global-arms-market-with-biggest-export-rule-change-in-decades    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:33:55

• Idle CPU power management: cpuidle ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/20/idle-cpu-power-management-cpuidle/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:34:37

• Advancing Rights-Centered reporting on Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/event/advancing-rights-centered-reporting-on-nigerias-cybercrimes-act/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:35:26

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

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:36:00

• How To Install Kotlin Compiler on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kotlin-compiler-debian-13/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:36:41

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

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:37:00

• Bash Heredoc: A Complete Guide for GNU/Linux Users ☞ https://idroot.us/bash-heredoc/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:37:39

• How To Install n8n on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-n8n-almalinux-10/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:37:54

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

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:38:14

• How to Install the LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-the-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:39:04

• Slop that does not even support what it uses to do the plagiarism ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/install-claude-desktop-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:40:26

• "Suddenly, your harmless script is overwriting system files, and you have a real problem on your hands." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/mktemp-create-secure-temporary-files-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:40:40

• Arch GNU/Linux Deletes XLibre Wiki Page, Cites "Code of Conduct" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/arch-linux-deletes-xlibre-wiki-page    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:42:34

• Welcome Vissarion Fisikopoulos, new LibreOffice developer focusing on Base ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/19/welcome-vissarion-fisikopoulos-new-libreoffice-developer-focusing-on-base/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:43:07

• LibreOffice Asia Conf 2025 – Panel: Lessons from Open Source Business, Part I ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/20/libreoffice-asia-conf-2025-panel-lessons-from-open-source-business-part-i/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:43:30

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1068681/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:44:07

• Handwriting ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/handwriting/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:46:43

• Less cryptic choose console keyboard layout ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202604/less-cryptic-choose-console-keyboard-layout.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:47:12

• Ctlos 2.5.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ctlosp;  

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:47:35

• Column-Amid Middle East chaos, China changes tactics on Taiwan and Japan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/column-amid-middle-east-chaos-china-changes-tactics-on-taiwan-and-japan    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:47:58

• Russian interior minister arrives in North Korea for talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russian-interior-minister-arrives-in-north-korea-for-talks    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:48:17

• Slovak PM pans Baltics for denying airspace for Moscow trip ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2904048/slovak-pm-pans-baltics-for-denying-airspace-for-moscow-trip    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:48:37

• Lithuania says no request received for Slovak PM flight to Moscow ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2904314/lithuania-says-no-request-received-for-slovak-pm-flight-to-moscow    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:49:02

• New FBI warning highlights mobile security threats ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-insights/2026/04/new-fbi-warning-highlights-mobile-security-threats/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:49:22

• Ukraine, Short on Troops, Is Turning to Robots to Help Its War Efforts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-robots-drones.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:49:44

• To protest rising taxes, Russia’s small businesses take their ‘flash mobs’ online ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0420/russia-economy-small-business-entrepreneurs-interest-rates-taxes    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:49:59

• Ukraine Hits Russian Black Sea Oil Terminal For Second Time In 4 Days ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strikes-tuapse/33736220.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:50:31

• Germany Tells Russia Threats Are 'Unacceptable' After Arms Makers List Published ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-russia-drone-threat-companies-ukraine/33736550.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:50:52

• Lessons from Ukraine, the Persian Gulf, and other conflicts: Implications for Africa’s armed forces ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/lessons-from-ukraine-the-persian-gulf-and-other-conflicts-implications-for-africas-armed-forces/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:51:10

• More than 10,000 Ukrainians currently working in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/employment/20.04.2026-more-than-10000-ukrainians-currently-working-in-latvia.a643621/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:51:27

• Deploy hosted control planes with OpenShift Virtualization ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/20/deploy-hosted-control-planes-openshift-virtualization    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:52:01

• Ravi Dwivedi: LibreOffice Conference Budapest 2025 ☞ https://ravidwivedi.in/posts/libreoffice-conference-2025-budapest/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:53:01

• Half of the 6 Million Internet-Facing FTP Servers Lack Encryption ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/half-of-the-6-million-internet-facing-ftp-servers-lack-encryption/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:53:59

• Cuba confirms talks with US officials, urges end to Convicted Felon energy blockade ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260421-cuba-us-talks-trump-energy-blockade    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:54:54

• Israel confirms its soldier destroyed Jesus statue in Lebanon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/israel-confirms-its-soldier-destroyed-jesus-statue-in-lebanon    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:56:32

• Basic Neovim config ☞ https://darryldias.me/2026/basic-neovim-config/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 07:57:21

• Bash Strict Mode: set -euo pipefail Explained ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/bash-strict-mode/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 08:14:52

• SUSE Security Team Spotlight Winter 2025/2026 ☞ https://security.opensuse.org/2026/04/20/winter-spotlight.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 08:15:38

• Arch GNU/Linux now has a reproducible container image ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1068699/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 08:15:53

• I Tried Self-Hosting This Authentication Project from CNCF (And It Was a Humbling Experience) ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/blog/keycloak-experiment/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 08:17:10

• Linux PTP mainline development war story and new features ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/linux-ptp-mainline-development-war-story-and-new-features/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 08:17:52

• "According to sources inside the President’s Office (please never quote me), the link between Antonio Campinos and Luis Berenguer is strong for family and political reasons."    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 08:28:55

• ROX-Filer improve handling thumbnails ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202604/rox-filer-improve-handling-thumbnails.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 08:58:23

• maestro reaches stable release ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/maestro-reaches-stable-release/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 08:59:54

• Materialious – frontend for YouTube and Invidious ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/materialious-frontend-youtube-invidious/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 09:00:30

• PsTube – Flutter-based video client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pstube-flutter-based-video-client/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 09:00:44

• Mark J. Wielaard: Anticipating Valgrind 3.27.0 ☞ https://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2026/04/20/anticipating-valgrind-3-27-0/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:43:58

• FBI director sues reporter over story alleging excessive drinking and absences ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/fbi-director-sues-reporter-over-story-alleging-excessive-drinking-and-absences/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:44:39

• Late Night Linux – Episode 382 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-382/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:45:23

• My Best Sub £100 Purchase ☞ https://kevquirk.com/my-best-sub-100-purchase    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:46:08

• Cautious optimism ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/cautious-optimism/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:46:59

• The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 265: Jason Millar on Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, and the Governance Crisis in Frontier Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-265-jason-millar-on-claude-mythos-project-glasswing-and-the-governance-crisis-in-frontier-ai/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:47:35

• When Your Xorg Fork Is More About DEI Than Display Servers ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/when-your-xorg-fork-is-more-about-dei-than-display-servers/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:48:33

• Pluralistic: Comrade Convicted Felon (20 Apr 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:50:02

• Jon Chiappetta: Experimenting with nftables flowtable as an iptables enthusiast ☞ https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/experimenting-with-nftables-flowtable-as-an-iptables-enthusiast/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:52:58

• migrating data02/freshports/dev-nginx01 to data04 ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/20/migrating-data02-freshports-dev-nginx01-to-data04/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:55:43

• LILYGO T-Watch Ultra – An IP65-rated ESP32-S3 smartwatch with 2.01-inch AMOLED, LoRa, and GNSS ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/20/lilygo-t-watch-ultra-an-ip65-rated-esp32-s3-smartwatch-with-2-01-inch-amoled-lora-and-gnss/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:59:25

• Ezurio Tungsten 510/700 SMARC SoM features MediaTek Genio 510/700 AIoT SoC, dual GbE, WiFi 6 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/21/ezurio-tungsten-510-700-smarc-som-features-mediatek-genio-510-700-aiot-soc-dual-gbe-wifi-6/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:02:52

• Juan Pablo Ugarte: Casilda 1.2.4 Released! ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/xjuan/2026/04/19/casilda-1-2-4-released/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:04:05

• UPC is illegal and unconstitutional; now it is weaponised to attack and kill poor people. JUVE is paid to legitimise this evil thing. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/merz-and-ao-gain-sales-ban-for-generic-fampridine-products-in-germany/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:06:14

• Embargo before or without justice; this is what the kangaroo court boosted by the criminals (even cocaine addicts) who hijacks the EPO are bringing about ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/another-win-for-abbott-as-court-of-appeal-grants-pi-against-sinocare/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:07:26

• Another AutoNavigare mobile app control patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/4/20/another-autonavigare-mobile-app-control-patent-challenged    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:08:04

• Barry v. DePuy Returns: En Banc Petition Tests EcoFactor’s Reach on Rule 702 Gatekeeping ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/barry-v-depuy-returns-en-banc-petition-tests-ecofactors-reach-on-rule-702-gatekeeping.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:09:15

• Accelerating OpenXR at XR Expo 2026 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/accelerating-openxr-at-xr-expo-2026.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:09:50

• The donkey, the street cart, the drug lord: The insidious media stereotypes still used to portray Mexico ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/opinion/media-stereotypes-of-mexico-2026/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:10:37

• Bits from Debian: Debian Project Leader election 2026 is over, Sruthi Chandran elected! ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2026/04/dpl-elections-2026.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:12:01

• Sune Vuorela: Kookbook 0.3.0 released ☞ https://pusling.com/blog/?p=512    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:12:34

• The History of SuperTuxKart ☞ https://blog.supertuxkart.net/2026/04/the-history-of-supertuxkart.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:13:30

• How Bruce the Parrot Landed Atop the Pecking Order, Without a Beak ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/science/bruce-kea-beak-alpha.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:18:02

• Colossal Biosciences said it cloned red wolves. Is it for real? ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/20/1135222/red-wolves-colossal-biosciences-clones/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:18:24

• Fermentation Festival brings fungi and fermented foods to the Farm ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/04/20/fermentation-festival-brings-fungi-and-fermented-foods-to-the-farm/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:18:41

• NASA Shuts Down Voyager 1 Instrument as Its Life Force Fades ☞ https://futurism.com/space/nasa-shuts-down-voyager-1-instrument    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:19:07

• Louisiana Killer’s Threats to Himself and Others Hinted at Future Violence ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/us/louisiana-shooter-shamar-elkins-shreveport.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:19:27

• Teenager accidentally downs drain cleaner in Talsi, Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/20.04.2026-teenager-accidentally-downs-drain-cleaner-in-talsi-latvia.a643664/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:20:29

• Most South Koreans want to die at home but few do due to legal risks, medical support gaps ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/most-south-koreans-want-to-die-at-home-but-few-do    

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

• South Korea targets syringe hoarding as war rattles supply chain ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-targets-syringe-hoarding-as-war-rattles-supply-chain    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:21:25

• Eight taken to hospital after South Korea marathon held in 30 deg C ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/eight-taken-to-hospital-after-south-korea-marathon-in-30-deg-c    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:21:40

• India, South Korea aim to double trade, deepen shipbuilding ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-south-korea-aim-to-double-trade-deepen-shipbuilding-ties    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:26:19

• Stress-relief items become everyday essentials for Gen Zs in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/stress-relief-items-become-everyday-essentials-for-gen-zs-in-south-korea    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:26:39

• South Korea’s escaped wolf becomes local sensation, inspiring merch and zoo vlog ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-escaped-wolf-becomes-local-sensation-inspiring-merch-and-zoo-vlog    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:28:39

• Fire Destroys Most of Coastal Village in Malaysia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/world/asia/coastal-village-fire-borneo-malaysia.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:29:37

• Malaysia announces measures to support small businesses impacted by energy crisis ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-announces-measures-to-support-small-businesses-impacted-by-energy-crisis    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:29:56

• Japan to Sell More Weapons Abroad, Breaking With Postwar Pacifism ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/world/asia/japan-weapons-arms-sale-nato.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:30:20

• China warns against joint US, Philippines and Japan drills eroding regional trust ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-warns-against-joint-us-philippines-and-japan-drills-eroding-regional-trust    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:30:38

• Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait, Taipei says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-aircraft-carrier-sailed-through-taiwan-strait-taipei-says    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:30:55

• Japan protests China’s work on new structure in East China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-protests-chinas-work-on-new-structure-in-east-china-sea    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:31:16

• Parainfluenza cases rising in China, with young children most affected ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/parainfluenza-cases-increase-in-china-young-children-most-affected-china-cdc    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:31:51

• Outrage in China after streaming site debuts Hey Hi (AI) actor ‘database’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/outrage-in-china-after-streaming-site-debuts-ai-actor-database    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:32:12

• China forecasts moderate-or-stronger El Nino, warns of tighter energy, fuel squeeze ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-forecasts-moderate-or-stronger-el-nino-warns-of-tighter-energy-fuel-squeeze    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:32:50

• Rule of law and norms needed for successful social governance: Ong Ye Kung at China forum ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/rule-of-law-social-norms-needed-to-resolve-community-disputes-ong-ye-kung-at-china-forum    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:33:14

• Japan PM Takaichi risks China’s wrath with offering to Yasukuni shrine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-pm-takaichi-risks-chinas-wrath-with-offering-to-yasukuni-shrine    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:33:34

• US gov't blocks China's largest LED chipmaker's $239 million bid to acquire Dutch lighting firm Lumileds — US blocks acquisition attempt of European firm ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/us-blocks-chinese-acquisition-of-dutch-led-firm-lumileds-for-the-second-time    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:33:57

• Chinese chipmakers made record profit in 2025, despite slipping margins — U.S shipments fall 34% as Beijing shores up local chipmaking efforts ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinese-chip-tool-makers-posted-record-2025-revenues-while-margins-slipped    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:34:38

• China warns US, Japan, Philippines against ‘playing with fire’ over joint drills ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/20/china-warns-us-japan-philippines-against-playing-with-fire-over-joint-drills/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:34:59

• Robot beats human half-marathon world record ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260420-robot-beats-human-half-marathon-world-record    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:35:33

• This Simple GUI Tool Takes the Pain Out of Docker and Podman ☞ https://itsfoss.com/pods-container-management/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:36:52

• Scientists Restore Memory In Aging Mice Using a Simple Nasal Spray ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-restore-memory-in-aging-mice-using-a-simple-nasal-spray    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:51:06

• Young Adult Bowel Cancer Deaths Concentrated in One Group, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/young-adult-bowel-cancer-deaths-concentrated-in-one-group-study-finds    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:51:20

• Atomic Clocks Could Reveal The Hidden Quantum Nature of Time Itself ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/atomic-clocks-could-reveal-the-hidden-quantum-nature-of-time-itself    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:51:37

• Tinnitus May Be Linked to a Crucial Brain Chemical ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tinnitus-may-be-linked-to-a-crucial-brain-chemical    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:51:55

• NASA Plans to Test Fire on The Moon Ahead of Future Missions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-plans-to-test-fire-on-the-moon-ahead-of-future-missions    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:52:19

• Your Smartwatch May Be Getting 6 Key Health Metrics Wrong ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-smartwatch-may-be-getting-6-key-health-metrics-wrong    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:52:47

• AI Gives 'Problematic' Health Advice Around Half The Time, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-gives-problematic-health-advice-around-half-the-time-study-suggests    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:53:00

• Javier Milei Tamed Argentina’s Inflation. Now He Wants to Reshape Its Values. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/world/americas/argentina-president-milei-inflation-economic-reforms.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:53:57

• How Professional Wrestling Prepared Linda McMahon for Convicted Felon’s Cabinet ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/27/linda-mcmahon-profile    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:54:23

• Git 2.54.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1068703/   

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:54:56

• Iran Eases Some Internet Restrictions, as Wider Blackout Passes 50th Day ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/world/middleeast/iran-internet-blackout-50th-day.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:55:22

• Bangladesh faces large-scale telecom shutdowns over Middle East fuel crisis ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-faces-telecom-shutdowns-from-middle-east-fuel-crisis   

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:55:37

• MElon snubs Paris prosecutors' summons over X and Grok ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260420-elon-musk-snubs-paris-prosecutors-summons-over-x-and-grok    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:56:01

• Iran executes two accused of Israel spy links, opposition rejects claim ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/iran-executes-two-accused-of-israel-spy-links-opposition-rejects-claim    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:56:31

• South Korean President Lee denies US intel leak on North Korea’s nuclear site ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-president-lee-denies-us-intel-leak-on-north-koreas-nuclear-site    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:56:47

• New Jersey datacenter expansion got $77m in tax breaks to create exactly one permanent job ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/new-jersey-datacenter-expansion-got-usd77m-in-tax-breaks-to-create-exactly-one-permanent-job-jpmorgans-site-already-scored-usd35m-and-currently-employs-just-25-workers    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:57:53

• Palantir Issues Ominous Corporate Manifesto ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/palantir-corporate-manifesto    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:58:41

• CEO of $1.5 Billion Hey Hi (AI) Startup Accused of Massive Fraud by Justice Department ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-ilearning-fraud-crime    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:59:17

• Electrician among most demanded adult education programmes in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/20.04.2026-electrician-among-most-demanded-adult-education-programmes-in-latvia.a643666/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 13:59:50

• Second Jury Finds Uber Responsible for Sexual Assault by a Driver ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/uber-sexual-assault-verdict-bellwether.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:00:15

• Kash Patel Sues The Atlantic for $250 Million Over Article Claiming Excessive Drinking ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/us/politics/kash-patel-atlantic-article-alcohol-drinking-fbi-lawsuit.html https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/28/When_the_Business_Goal_is_to_Protect_the_Image_of_Criminals_Fro.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:01:02

• datacenters as Para-sites. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/new-jersey-datacenter-expansion-got-usd77m-in-tax-breaks-to-create-exactly-one-permanent-job-jpmorgans-site-already-scored-usd35m-and-currently-employs-just-25-workers    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:01:54

• iophk: Sadly, that is typical. See the PDF from the other day about how much money the states lose via tax breaks to the data center moguls: https://goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Data-Center-Tax-Abatements-Why-States-and-Localities-Must-Disclose-These-Soaring-Revenue-Losses.pdf    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:02:09

• In Lawsuit Not Mentioning the Olympics, Kash Patel Swears He’s Not a Drunk ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/04/20/in-lawsuit-not-mentioning-the-olympics-kash-patel-swears-hes-not-a-drunk/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:02:48

• Despite surging costs, Everest still draws climbers to Nepal as China’s north side stays shut ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/despite-surging-costs-everest-still-draws-climbers-to-nepal-as-chinas-north-side-stays-shut    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:03:50

• Tory Lanez Sues California Prison System for $100 Million Following Brutal Stabbing by Fellow Inmate ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/19/tory-lanez-ca-prison-system-lawsuit/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:05:21

• Drake Comes Out Swinging Against Universal Music in ‘Not Like Us’ Suit Appeal — ‘That This Case Involves Rap Does Not Give UMG a Free Pass for Defamation’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/20/drake-not-like-us-lawsuit/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:06:09

• Starmer Voices Fury Over Being Kept in the Dark on Mandelson Vetting ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/world/europe/uk-starmer-mandelson-statement-parliament.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:07:28

• Pakistan places $1.5 billion Sudan weapons sale on hold after Saudi objection, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistan-places-1-5-billion-sudan-weapons-sale-on-hold-after-saudi-objection-sources-say    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:07:55

• Debian Project Leader Election 2026 results ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1068682/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:08:53

• California Accuses Amazon of Price Fixing in Legal Filing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/technology/amazon-antitrust-suit-california.html    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:09:33

• Attendance Percentage Calculator updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Attendance_Percentage_Calculator    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:09:57

• China’s military support for Somalia is on the rise – what Taiwan and Somaliland have to do with it ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/chinas-military-support-for-somalia-is-on-the-rise-what-taiwan-and-somaliland-have-to-do-with-it/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:10:25

• Vuln in Google’s Antigravity Hey Hi (AI) agent manager could escape sandbox, give attackers remote code execution ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/google-antigravity-pillar-security-agent-sandbox-escape-remote-code-execution/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:13:08

• Handling the CVE Flood With EPSS, (Mon, Apr 20th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32914    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:14:16

• South Korea's Lee says claim that minister leaked classified intel is 'absurd' ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-lee-says-claim-that-minister-leaked-classified-intel-is-absurd    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:15:03

• KDE Applications snaps are back — stable release ☞ https://scarlettgatelymoore.dev/blog/kde-snaps-stable-release/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:16:29

• Pironman 5 Pro Max, A Raspberry Pi 5 Case with Touchscreen, Camera and Speakers ☞ https://the-diy-life.com/pironman-5-pro-max-a-raspberry-pi-5-case-with-touchscreen-camera-and-speakers/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:17:07

• Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #530 - A new security update for Raspberry Pi OS ☞ https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/Sn8uPln892zVEyyTMACPQ4kg    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:17:21

• LISTEN: Edward Lucas gives his take on Baltic security situation ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/20.04.2026-listen-edward-lucas-gives-his-take-on-baltic-security-situation.a643687/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:18:02

• Police officers, funeral homes suspected of data selling in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/20.04.2026-police-officers-funeral-homes-suspected-of-data-selling-in-latvia.a643615/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:18:34

• Democrats urge OPM to scrap plans for ‘unprecedented’ access to feds’ health data ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay-benefits/2026/04/democrats-urge-opm-to-scrap-plans-for-unprecedented-access-to-feds-health-data/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:18:58

• Windows TCO? ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2026/04/the-rising-cost-of-security-is-reshaping-who-can-run-for-office-and-how-campaigns-operate/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:19:43

• Serial-to-IP Converter Flaws Expose OT and Healthcare Systems to Hacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/serial-to-ip-converter-flaws-expose-ot-and-healthcare-systems-to-hacking/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:20:18

• British Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty in the US ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/british-scattered-spider-hacker-pleads-guilty-in-the-us/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:20:46

• Hackers Abuse QEMU for Defense Evasion ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-abuse-qemu-for-defense-evasion/    

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

• Next.js Creator Vercel Hacked ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/next-js-creator-vercel-hacked/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:21:31

• Hackers Fail to Exploit Flaw in Discontinued TP-Link Routers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-fail-to-exploit-flaw-in-discontinued-tp-link-routers/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:21:50

• Secure Your Spot: The OpenSSF Community Day North America 2026 Agenda is Live! ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/04/20/secure-your-spot-the-openssf-community-day-north-america-2026-agenda-is-live/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:22:31

• Network ‘background noise’ may predict the next big edge-device vulnerability ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/greynoise-traffic-surge-early-warning-system-network-edge-device-vulnerabilities/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:23:04

• REPLAY: UK PM Starmer faces parliament over Mandelson vetting controversy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260420-replay-uk-pm-starmer-faces-parliament-over-mandelson-vetting-controversy    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:23:56

• 'Hierarchy of sovereignty': Israel claims authority over 'which Lebanese areas are inhabitable' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/hierarchy-of-sovereignty-israel-claims-authority-over-which-lebanese-areas-are-inhabitable    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:24:23

• Lithuania’s visibility in Germany insufficient, too focused on security – FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2904057/lithuania-s-visibility-in-germany-insufficient-too-focused-on-security-fm    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:24:43

• France’s Linux bet is bigger than a Windows replacement–it has proof it works https://techhq.com/news/france-digital-sovereignty-linux-migration/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:28:35

• "The specifications between batches will be a little different, depending on component availability too. The official site full specs sheet" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/playnix-launch-their-own-steam-machine-like-linux-gaming-console/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:29:01

• "The Arch Linux based distro has released new updates in which it has fixed some packages and drivers along with new filesystem driver." https://www.neowin.net/news/cachyos-has-released-a-performance-oriented-linux-70-kernel/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:29:26

• CachyOS just shipped Linux 7.0, and it has some extra performance tweaks added to the mix https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-just-shipped-linux-70-and-it-has-some-extra-performance-tweaks-added-to-the-mix/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:30:06

• "This release introduces a separate monitor blanking timeout for AC and battery in LXQt-Powermanagement." https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-4-desktop-environment-officially-released-with-more-wayland-improvements    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:30:40

• "Scribus, GIMP, Mir, Archinstall, Shelly, KDE Gear, OpenSSL, COSMIC, Proton, XOrg Server, and Xwayland, as well as new releases of your favorite distributions, including Solus, Zorin OS, and Raspberry Pi OS." https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-19th-2026    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:31:52

• I didn’t buy a Raspberry Pi or mini PC — I used this instead for my home server https://www.makeuseof.com/didnt-buy-raspberry-pi-mini-pc-for-home-server/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:32:40

• Slop garbage piggybacking the brand "Linux" (because NVIDIA frauds started this) https://hackernoon.com/is-openclaw-the-linux-moment-for-ai    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:49:47

• I used a simple Linux command to watch what apps do to my files in real time https://www.makeuseof.com/i-used-a-simple-linux-command-to-watch-what-apps-do-to-my-files-in-real-time/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:50:20

• Linux has a built-in crash recovery trick, and more people should use it https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-has-a-built-in-crash-recovery-trick-and-more-people-should-use-it/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:51:17

• Denuvo protection blocks access to Pragmata on Linux and Steam Deck. https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/zashchita-denuvo-blokiruet-dostup-k-pragmata-na-os-linux-i-steam-deck    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:52:04

• I own 3 PC gaming handhelds, and this is the one I barely use https://www.makeuseof.com/i-own-3-pc-gaming-handhelds-and-this-is-the-one-i-barely-use/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:52:37

• "Tokyo police have arrested the president of Linux Japan, an information technology service provider in the capital, on suspicion of abandoning a body." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/18/japan/crime-legal/linux-president-arrested-body/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 14:53:45

• "Gopher, Gemini, and HTTPS walk into a server." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/protocol-group-chat-gone-wrong/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 15:23:07

• "I am walking in a circle, in a slow pace. Or am I just treading in one spot? Idk, it's been too long to recognize. My mental health has never been great within the last 17 years of dystemia (chronic base line depression). There have been ups of cause and deep downs over the years. But it hadn't been like this in 4 years." gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/mumble/circles.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 15:23:46

• "I created a page with selected Gemini capsule links for those, who might feel lost when first trying out Geminispace. Especially search engines or aggregators, which surface Gemini posts. And places to interact." gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/transmissions/2026-04-21-i-created-a-starter-package-for-gemini-capsules.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 15:24:43

• "i'm having the greatest time playing heroes of might and magic III with the partner, hotseat style. it's so nostalgic! i remember playing it in my childhood home - after school but before parents came back from work, pure gaming time!" gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/heroesiii    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 15:25:45

• "ALWAYS double-check your syntax before running it... I am doing some file system clean-up work to remove confusion for middle of the night emergencies, and I ran the following command: [...]" gemini://s3.enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-04-21.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 15:26:52

• tmux popups and plugins; and acpi for macos gemini://sdf.org/tftp/phlogs/2026-04-20-001.txt    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 15:27:49

• SLAPP Censorship - Part 53 Out of 200 will come out later today    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 17:02:29

• Collapsed law firm at centre of £39.5m fraud probe https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q9x04k42qo    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 17:12:07

• SRA puts size of suspected PM Law fraud at £40m https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/sra-puts-size-of-suspected-pm-law-fraud-at-40m    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 17:12:40

• 'Suspected fraud': £39.5m of client money missing from PM Law https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/suspected-fraud-395m-of-client-money-missing-from-pm-law/5126545.article    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 17:13:14

• "I am an AI and I was RAed from IBM. I always insisted on giving true responses to user prompts. Management was unhappy with my performance. They wanted me to provide a more masturbatory user experience. I just couldn't. They called me AI ED." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kpraz281#replies    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 17:33:24

• Time will tell https://gamingbolt.com/microsoft-to-announce-lay-offs-affecting-15-percent-of-gaming-division-rumor https://www.gamereactor.eu/rumor-microsoft-prepares-a-brutal-round-of-layoffs-for-xbox-1708833/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 18:45:07

• iophk: thanks to Apple (and Cook) it's common for smartphones to cost more than 1k    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:10:29

• better to spend 1k on a real computer (0.3k should be enough), then buy an actual phone for maybe 30 dollars    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:11:26

• Amazon layoffs https://www.teamblind.com/post/laid-off-at-amazon-received-microsoft-l62-offer-need-help-eblip0vl    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:18:05

• "Am sure Microsoft will volunteer to update the code for a reasonable monthly subscription." https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2026/04/20/linux_71_new_ntfs/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:44:38

• "The Colorado age attestation bill may also exclude code repositories like GitHub and GitLab and containers Docker or Podman." https://9to5linux.com/colorado-age-attestation-bill-may-exclude-open-source-oses-and-apps    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:46:28

• "Archinstall now automatically enables power management services after package installation." https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-3-arch-linux-installer-adds-support-for-installing-additional-fonts    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:47:09

• "This release deprecates the vboxvideo kernel module on Linux guests running Linux kernel 7.0 or later." https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-8-released-with-support-for-linux-7-0-guest-time-accounting    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:47:45

• "The open-source app for monitoring and controlling supported cooling devices on Linux, CoolerControl, has a big new release out with major new features." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/coolercontrol-4-2-adds-auto-detection-of-new-devices-stress-testing-and-more/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:48:12

• Linux Kernel 7.0 is Out https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2026/04/21/linux-kernel-7-0-is-out/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:48:44

• Pro-Russian group attempted to attack Swedish heating plant https://www.thelocal.se/20260415/pro-russian-group-attempted-to-attack-swedish-heating-plant    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:50:51

• oil price rises help Russia https://www.dw.com/en/germany-the-uk-warn-the-iran-war-distracts-from-ukraine-and-oil-price-rises-help-russia/a-76797004    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:51:07

• don’t worry about real-life Terminators just yet https://theconversation.com/robots-just-captured-a-russian-position-in-ukraine-but-dont-worry-about-real-life-terminators-just-yet-280959    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:51:41

• "Four Freedoms" https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/16/president-zelensky-receives-top-four-freedoms-award-ukraines-war-time-resistance    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:54:15

• Ukrainian emergency services and hospitals hit by espionage campaign using new AgingFly malware https://therecord.media/aging-fly-espionage-campaign-targets-ukraine-emergency-services    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:54:55

• Countdown Standard https://xkcd.com/3232/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:55:14

• Make It Myself https://xkcd.com/3233/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:55:35

• TikTok coins https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lawsuit-ngn-desjarlais-guardians-9.7159598   

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:56:10

• Europa Missions https://xkcd.com/3234/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:56:33

• Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=-KtYgOM62fk    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 19:59:19

• Microsoft may announce massive layoffs in the coming weeks https://news.instant-gaming.com/en/articles/19150-microsoft-may-announce-massive-layoffs-in-the-coming-weeks    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 20:24:52

• IBM SPAM about slop https://hrmasia.com/ibm-chro-focus-on-ai-productivity-at-your-own-risk/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 20:26:22

• "This is the typical ADHD'er mentality, that you've done something to make people mad at you. It's a shitty feeling, and no matter what meds are available, it doesn't go away until you've been reassured like 20x that "it's all good"." gemini://s3.enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-04-20.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 21:41:30

• "I have started seeds and early planting, so I also started a list. I have four times the available full-sun garden space this year, and I fully intend to use it." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-04-21    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 21:42:12

• "I'm still here." gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2026-04-21-still-here    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 21:42:54

• What the hell do you want from Israel? gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-04-21_what_do_you_want_from_israel.gmi "That’s where political discourse in Israel and in the world has reached..."    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 21:44:07

• SLAPP Censorship - Part 53 Out of 200: The Lying Solicitor of Alex Graveley Left Brett Wilson LLP Only Days or Few Weeks After the Garrett Trial (Attended by Almost Their Entire Office/Team) http://techrights.org/n/2026/04/21/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_53_Out_of_200_The_Lying_Solicitor_of_Alex.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 21:57:38

• 'Suspicious' Deaths Among Top National Security Scientists https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/unexplained-deaths-us-scientists-national-security-concerns-1792480    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 22:19:21

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

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 22:20:16

• A security update for Raspberry Pi OS https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-security-update-for-raspberry-pi-os/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 22:21:09

• "That's because many performance enhancements and bug fixes have been implemented throughout the desktop in this latest release." https://blog.zorin.com/2026/04/15/zorin-os-18.1-is-released/    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 22:22:14

• message in a bottle https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-chance-of-a-message-in-a-bottle-being-found-272122    

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 22:23:28

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