Roy Schestowitz

• Perl, as a project, seems to be following Python: down in flames Python despite its current ubiquity is tightly controlled by the Epstein class. Perl leadership seems to be _*actively*_ shredding the project in order to head the same direction.    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 05:26:45

• Almost all links/picks from itwire added almost no value, in our experience. It's a woodshed moment.    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 05:57:13

• iophk: How many decades has it been since _*any*_ project except Microsoft used MD5 for hashing? https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/07/60-of-md5-password-hashes-are-crackable-in-under-an-hour/5234954    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 05:57:23

• Sentiment that immigration went too far https://news.sky.com/video/reform-surge-and-major-labour-losses-the-election-story-so-far-13541350    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 06:19:09

• "Sky's Jonathan Samuels challenges Reform UK's deputy leader on whether billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, who gave Farage £5m as a 'gift', is interfering with democracy." https://news.sky.com/video/richard-tice-challenged-on-5m-gift-given-to-nigel-farage-13541329    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 06:20:01

• Billionaires are not "woke" or "left-leaning", they just root for whatever suits them    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 06:20:39

• iophk: No matter how you slice it, islam is still not a race... https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/rights-group-says-online-hate-speech-is-escalating-in-canada/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 06:27:32

• When you ignore corruption for far too long https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2026-05-07/questions-over-regulators-handling-of-law-firm-at-centre-of-40m-fraud-probe    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 06:32:16

• Is the alternative to tolerate corruption, crime, theft? https://www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/sra-responds-to-lsbs-concerns-about-risks    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 06:34:37

• GNU/Linux up in Egypt https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/egypt/#monthly-200902-202605    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 06:57:53

• "COMPUTER-generated versions of Swift have cropped up in various ways in recent years" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm1mygrmv2o | Source: BBC    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:29:15

• "The filings, made on behalf on Swift’s TAS Rights Management, were spotted by intellectual-property attorney Josh Gerben of Gerben IP" ☛ https://variety.com/2026/music/news/taylor-swift-trademark-voice-likeness-ai-misuse-1236731401/ | Source: Variety    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:29:53

• Slop "tools generate realistic videos with well-known performers and flood streaming platforms with digital music." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/28/business/taylor-swift-trademark-ai-intl | Source: CNN    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:30:08

• "On 24 April, Swift’s company TAS Rights Management filed three trademark applications, Variety reports." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/27/taylor-swift-trademarks-voice-image-ai | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:30:20

• "But what happens if there isn’t an initial copyright grant to terminate?" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/06/salt-n-pepa-umg-lawsuit-appeal-brief/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:31:52

• "It didn‘t work out, ultimately; for once, Turner’s audacity got the best of him. His consolation prize? Buying the MGM library, considered a film industry crown jewel at the time, but selling the company." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/05/07/ted-turner-bold-ceo-bets/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:38:37

• "Zero-click readership can therefore be described as research that is consumed, interpreted, and even reused without the reader ever accessing the original source." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/06/zero-click-readership-are-ai-overviews-changing-the-way-we-discover-research/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:38:56

• "The class-action lawsuit was intended to even the playing field between individual authors and one of the most valuable companies in the world." ☛ https://www.vox.com/culture/487860/anthropic-copyright-settlement-payout-claims-website-authors | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:39:16

• "NVIDIA's Shadow Library Scripts 'Have No Other Purpose' Than Infringement" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/nvidias-shadow-library-scripts-have-no-other-purpose-than-infringement-judge-rules/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:40:33

• "Maren Wade, whose legal name is Maren Flagg" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/07/taylor-swift-legal-team-vegas-showgirl-lawsuit-response/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:42:29

• "Enshittification is a serious and important book, and the broader project of understanding platform decay as a structural" ☛ https://tarakiyee.com/on-the-enshittification-of-audre-lorde-the-masters-tools-in-tech-discourse/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:43:37

• "Ticketmaster cut 8% of its global staff, or around 350 employees, in its engineering, product, and design divisions. The company also cut contractors." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/07/major-job-cuts-at-ticketmaster/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:43:57

• "astute fans believe “blue dot fever” is the real culprit. The phrase gets its name from the indicators that represent empty seats on Ticketmaster, which denote unsold tickets." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/06/what-is-blue-dot-fever/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:44:17

• "We get it. We hear that ​a ​lot. For ⁠us to take it seriously, we expect it to be backed up ​with actual evidence" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/doj-antitrust-head-warns-dealmakers-not-to-mislead-on-ai/articleshow/130919234.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:44:46

• "Thirty years later, the situation has changed." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/06/direct%e2%80%91to%e2%80%91device-and-the-return-of-leo-ambitions/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:45:23

• "identified by Chinese media as Zhou" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-05-07/a-chinese-court-sets-limits-on-the-dismissal-of-a-worker-replaced-by-ai.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:46:03

• "Democrats, especially Black residents, are furious with both the court and GOP politicians" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/05/07/repub/killing-our-vote-gop-states-rush-to-break-up-black-districts-after-us-supreme-court-case/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:46:21

• "It was not clear on Thursday how many passport holders owe more than $2,500" ☛ https://apnews.com/article/passports-unpaid-child-support-penalty-state-department-42d90cfa8a06ee349bb9145f668919b6 | Source: Associated Press    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:46:52

• [Old] "Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally" ☛ https://apnews.com/article/passport-revocation-child-support-trump-ef988b27495753809324614b5bbfe699 | Source: Associated Press    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:47:22

• "Any American with significant child support debt should arrange payment to the relevant state" ☛ https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/05/passport-revocations-due-to-significant-child-support-debt/ | Source: US Dept Of State    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:48:15

• "The Remedy Project trains students to help incarcerated people file grievances, expose abuse, and, in some cases" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/remedy-project-administrative-remedies-prison-abolition/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:48:47

• "The PHR visual investigation spotlights these three weapons" ☛ https://phr.org/news/u-s-law-enforcement-escalates-use-of-three-crowd-control-weapons-against-immigration-protesters-resulting-in-severe-health-harms-and-no-accountability-phr-visual-investigation/ | Source: PHR    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:49:18

• "Experts say that’s likely an undercount because of jurisdictional confusion" ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/05/indigenous-people-honor-and-raise-awareness-for-relatives-who-are-missing-or-have-been-killed.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:51:01

• "It cannot be understated that not only is this wholly un-American and contradictory to how elections have been conducted" ☛ https://nevadacurrent.com/2026/05/06/ice-at-polling-places-is-against-federal-and-state-law-lombardo-should-say-so/ | Source: Nevada Current    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:51:20

• "Carceral telecommunications is a $1.5 billion industry." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/free-phone-calls-saved-incarcerated-people-and-their-loved-ones-622-5-million/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:51:57

• "Outdoor workers who harvest our crops, pave our roads, and collect our trash" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/05/working-conditions-heat-deaths-protections | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:52:24

• "Today’s announcement about the planned merger between BioOne and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Press is noteworthy for two reasons." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/05/stronger-together-bioone-and-johns-hopkins-university-press-join-forces/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:53:28

• "That feels non-negotiable to me." ☛ https://werd.io/plugging-the-gaps-wont-save-news-its-time-to-redesign/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:53:52

• "The extent of the alleged investigation is unclear, but could include obtaining Fitzpatrick’s phone records, examining her social media messages and contacts" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/sources-say-the-fbi-has-opened-an-inquiry-into-the-atlantics-report-on-patel/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:54:22

• "The MS NOW report said that it was unclear whether internal interviews have taken place to determine who would have had “the kind of information” that appeared in the Atlantic story." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-investigation-atlantic/687072/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:54:58

• "According to a report this morning from MS NOW, the FBI has opened a criminal investigation focusing on my Atlantic colleague Sarah Fitzpatrick" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/kash-patel-fitzpatrick-fbi-investigation/687077/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:55:46

• "for criticizing the Defense Department." ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/05/07/repub/whether-sen-mark-kelly-advised-disobedience-to-service-members-argued-in-appeals-case/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:56:39

• "In April, Chepik was arrested and ordered to serve a 15-day jail sentence for disturbing the peace." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/05/07/member-of-secretive-anti-censorship-group-flees-russia-citing-fsb-pressure-a92706 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:57:10

• "Russia’s Digital Development Ministry announced that mobile internet access in Moscow will be restricted on May 9, including access to whitelisted sites and SMS services." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/07/russia-to-restrict-mobile-internet-in-moscow-on-victory-day-including-whitelisted-sites-and-sms | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:57:29

• "watered-down" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/eu-countries-lawmakers-clinch-provisional-deal-on-watered-down-ai-rules/articleshow/130879398.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:58:15

• "pied-à-terre tax" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/billionaire-rich-taxes-slurs | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 08:58:43

• "Cloudflare is laying off 20% of its staff" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-05-07/california-tech-company-cloudflare-to-lay-off-more-than-1-000-workers-cites-ai | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:10:12

• These billionaire-owned news sites like to omit context and relay lies in order to embellish what is truly happening (there is no "AI boom", this is a dying economy)    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:16:13

• "the first issued since President Donald Trump’s return to office" ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/07/white-house-casts-cartels-jihadists-and-left-wing-extremists-as-significant-and-pervasive-threats-to-us/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:17:01

• "The partnership, which the companies announced today, will see Corning build three new factories in North Carolina and Texas." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/06/nvidia-partners-corning-boost-supply-optical-network-components/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:17:31

• iophk: What percent of the LF budget, if any, is still spent on Linux? https://www.linuxfoundation.org/hubfs/Publications/2025%20Linux%20Foundation%20Annual%20Report_122225a_lr.pdf    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:18:14

• "The new version of the legislation also allows personal data to be processed in cases" ☛ https://therecord.media/european-leaders-unveil-deal-ai-act-nudification | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:18:56

• "The agreement between EU co-legislators aims to make it easier for providers to comply with the AI Act" ☛ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20260427IPR42011/ai-act-deal-on-simplification-measures-ban-on-nudifier-apps | Source: European Parliament    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:19:09

• "The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology is one of several committees in the House and Senate" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/why-social-media-and-ai-chatbot-bans-for-kids-are-bad-policy-making-the-case-at-the-senate-social-affairs-science-and-tech-committee/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:19:36

• "Several considerations should shape any AI chatbot regulatory framework" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/government-has-a-choice-why-an-ai-chatbot-ban-for-kids-is-an-even-worse-idea-than-a-social-media-ban/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:20:10

• "then President Biden signed an eerily similar" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/the-trump-admin-suddenly-wants-to-regulate-ai-models/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:20:35

• "One of the concepts that has stuck with me over the years is that of David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs." ☛ https://derekkedziora.com/notes/constraints-and-intellectual-work | Source: Derek Kędziora    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:21:44

• "Simply by being a part of it." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-05-05/met-gala-2026-jeff-bezos-protests-tech-billionaires-devil-wears-prada-2 | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:22:32

• "Shadow IT emerged 15 years ago when workers started using their iPhones and cloud applications for daily tasks" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/05/06/2026/companies-have-already-lost-control-of-workplace-ai | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:22:56

• "MELon’s core claim in this lawsuit is that Scam Altman and 'Open''AI' president Greg Brockman effectively stole a nonprofit" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-recruit-sam-altman-tesla-ai-lab-trial/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:23:29

• "The reverential, hushed narration combined with the cutting-edge film techniques of his nature and wildlife documentaries truly opened our eyes to the world around us." ☛ https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/celebrity/sir-david-attenborough-turns-100 | Source: RNZ    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:24:22

• "Now, even as the message has continued to darken, Attenborough’s ability to draw in the youth has only deepened." ☛ https://time.com/article/2026/05/07/david-attenborough-100-birthday-prince-harry/ | Source: Time    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:24:46

• "He figured the Zoo would benefit from the publicity of sending a TV crew on an expedition and convinced the BBC that they would benefit from the experience." ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-05-08/david-attenborough-s-life-in-his-own-words-as-he-turns-100/106627464 | Source: ABC    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:25:14

• "it’s now endangered in the United States and Mexico, but once existed as far north as the Grand Canyon." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/trail-cameras/trail-camera-films-exceedingly-rare-jaguar-encounter-in-southern-arizona | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:25:44

• "talk about what’s threatening these diverse reptiles, what we need to do to help them, and why they’ve eluded media and scientific attention over the past few years." ☛ https://therevelator.org/chameleons-climate-change/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:26:03

• "Unlike the white stork, it avoids settlements, making it more difficult to observe." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/rare-black-stork-spotted-in-bartin-319363 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:26:27

• "It really started in 2024, I guess — with a two-week road trip from Eastern Norway" ☛ https://www.cavelab.dev/posts/rulle-ranger/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:27:38

• "Helsinki has decided to abolish car traffic on Kaivokatu, the street in front of the city's central train station." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20224725 | Source: Yle    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:27:51

• "To get around those limitations, Flamethrower turned to the CJMCU-2557 low-power energy-harvesting chip" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/05/06/youtuber-turns-hamster-wheel-into-phone-charger/5231293 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:28:04

• "digging fuel breaks to supplying meals" ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/487969/states-budget-wildfire-fighting-costs | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:28:53

• "if Americans reduced their meat consumption by just 10%" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/almost-20-percent-of-americans-are-drinking-nitrate-contaminated-water/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:29:24

• "The computing power required to train and run AI systems is a major source of this environmental burden." ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/the-environmental-costs-of-the-ai-boom/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:29:39

• "Shell announces bumper Q1 profits of $6.9 billion" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/shells-profits-obscene-as-european-oil-majors-profits-surge-by-43 | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:29:57

• "For reference, Denmark's current power peak power consumption is estimated around 7 GW" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/denmark-presses-pause-on-new-data-center-grid-connections-as-total-requests-hit-60-gw-nordic-nation-is-the-latest-to-put-the-brakes-on-ai-buildouts | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:30:45

• "Denmark's state-owned grid operator Energinet introduced a temporary pause on new grid connection agreements" ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/denmark-data-centers-moratorium-grid-pause-power-demand.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:31:02

• "Overall, across 15 U.S. bases in the region, 217 structures and 11 pieces of equipment were struck, the analysis said." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/iran-damaged-or-destroyed-hundreds-of-targets-in-us-bases-reporting-reveals/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:32:06

• "The note has NOT been authenticated." ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/06/jeffrey-epstein-alleged-suicide-note-release/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:32:22

• "Here it is in all its glory!" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/ive-found-just-the-right-paper-for-my-bottom-hole-problem/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:32:38

• "What she found is fascinating not just as social history, but as a detective story for anyone who cares about photography." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/books/this-famous-photo-of-new-york-workers-eating-lunch-on-a-steel-girder-has-been-seen-by-billions-but-the-daredevil-story-of-how-it-was-photographed-can-only-now-be-told | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:34:19

• iophk: There is at least one reply to Akira in the LibrePlanet moderation queue: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-05/msg00001.html We'll see how many days or weeks it takes for those to be let through, if ever.    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:40:59

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/06/policy-brief-californias-water-supply-faces-wildfire-threat/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:52:29

• "Two Australian women who returned from a Syrian detention camp have been charged in Melbourne" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/is-linked-australian-women-charged-with-keeping-slave-in-syria-2070521198 | Source: RTL    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:54:01

• "Democratic users were 7.5 percent more likely to get GOP-backed content than videos matching their own political views" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/tiktok-algorithm-favored-conservative-content-in-2024-potus-race-study-suggests/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:54:23

• "International law is no longer suffering from violations alone." ☛ https://dawnmena.org/gaza-and-iran-show-how-power-is-overriding-international-law/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:54:46

• "hosting laptops used by North Korean IT" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/07/fake-it-workers-rented-laptops-to-nork-scammers-got-prison-time/5235342 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:55:06

• "The dealmaker tore that up. He then started a war over the consequences of having torn it up." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/already-legendary | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:55:31

• "We must be willing to name what we see. I see this pattern and I’m naming it." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/it-doesnt-matter-what-they-believe | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:55:55

• "As it turns out bullying wasn't even needed because many U.S. tech CEOs proved to be gushingly pro fascist anyway." ☛ https://karlbode.com/you-cant-build-alliances-with-fascists-dumbass/ | Source: Karl Bode    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:56:22

• "Under fascism, mass retreat is a form of participation. Fascists rely on their most feverish adherents" ☛ https://organizingmythoughts.org/bad-dreams-and-better-trained-kidnappers/ | Source: Kelly Hayes    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:56:50

• "Speaking to journalists on Tuesday night after leaving the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/pope-leo-rejects-claim-he-supports-nuclear-weapons-trump-tirade-iran-war | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:57:08

• "In the Biden vs. TikTok case, one of the concerns was precisely TikTok’s ability to influence U.S. public opinion." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-05-06/tiktok-helped-trump-win-the-2024-election-as-the-platforms-future-in-the-us-hung-in-the-balance.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:57:26

• "Social media platforms increasingly mediate political information exposure" ☛ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10447-1 | Source: Nature    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:57:45

• "the Estonian Islamic Congregation held a meeting" ☛ https://news.err.ee/1610015854/new-muslim-congregation-registered-in-estonia-after-long-disputes | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:58:52

• "Paramount Skydance asked Trump’s Federal Communications Commission for permission" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-04-30/fox-news-republicans-cherry-pick-what-parts-of-islam-theyll-tolerate | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 09:59:25

• "Esseily will need to negotiate his contract before he is officially hired as the district’s new superintendent." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/dearborn-schools-select-first-ever-arab-american-muslim-educator-as-new-superintendent/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:00:00

• "This downward spiral is bound up with a political turn." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/05/europe-emergency-security-dissent-democracy | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:00:23

• "The bottom line is that passwords protected only by fast hashing algorithms such as MD5 are no longer safe" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/07/60-of-md5-password-hashes-are-crackable-in-under-an-hour/5234954 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:01:09

• "The end result is that organizations are actually leaking private data through vibe-coding applications" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/thousands-of-vibe-coded-apps-expose-corporate-and-personal-data-on-the-open-web/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:01:33

• "To stop children from bypassing its age checks, Meta is revamping its age-verification tools with an AI system that analyzes images and videos for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/a-kid-with-a-fake-mustache-tricked-an-online-age-verification-tool/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:02:17

• "This court case showcases another illegal feature of the sprawling edifice of French police databases. It is urgent to dismantle it." ☛ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2026/05/06/the-court-of-justice-of-the-european-union-condemns-frances-police-profiling-practices/ | Source: La Quadature Du Net    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:02:42

• "The bill also suffers from many other flaws including weak opt-out defaults, inadequate data minimization requirements, and large definitional loopholes for companies." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/secure-data-act-not-serious-piece-privacy-legislation | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:03:01

• "Everyone, including leaders in Congress, agree that we need a federal privacy law in the United States." ☛ https://epic.org/america-needs-a-strong-privacy-law-the-secure-data-act-isnt-it/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:03:21

• "store and process data about public servants, citizens and/or residents of a country?" ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5767/big-oil-big-algorithm-public-money-private-models | Source: Privacy International    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:04:05

• "In this post, we will look at how that shift happened and what it means for us today." ☛ https://incognitocat.me/loyalty-programs-from-punch-cards-to-panopticon/ | Source: Incognito Cat    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:04:19

• "We will help you get started with DROP, and help you out with any other privacy questions." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/save-the-date-july-24-alameda-drop-day/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:04:37

• "404 Media first heard about ICE’s plan to use smart glasses to supplement Mobile Fortify several months ago from the DHS official." ☛ https://www.404media.co/ice-plans-to-develop-own-smart-glasses-to-supplement-its-facial-recognition-app/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:04:51

• "with access to some platforms, services, and specific features potentially restricted by age checks." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/06/uk-age-gating-plans-risk-breaking-the-internet-privacy-groups-warn/5230732 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:09:38

• "After all, in her mind, it was able to do what no human could: be an objective best friend in her pocket." ☛ https://www.vox.com/advice/487917/replacing-friends-ai-advice-chatgpt | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:09:52

• "The Chinese Communist Party dumps a ton of money into those vehicles." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/05/07/slotkin-calls-chinese-made-vehicles-tiktok-on-wheels-as-she-rolls-out-new-legislation-to-ban-them/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:10:25

• "In a comment, Andreas pointed out 'ssh-keygen -A', which does exactly this system host key regeneration." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SSHHostKeysAndAutogeneration | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:11:00

• "The ​White House, Visa, Nvidia, Apple and Citigroup did not immediately ​respond to requests for comment." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/trump-administration-is-inviting-ceos-from-nvidia-apple-on-trumps-china-trip-report-says/articleshow/130919517.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:13:16

• Windows TCO: "Rapid7 published a report about a recent intrusion" ☛ https://therecord.media/iran-government-hackers-use-chaos-ransomware-as-cover | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:14:27

• "The breach took place in late January this year, and was reported by Valtori on 6 February." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20224735 | Source: Yle    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:14:39

• "The disruption appeared to affect players attempting to access Fortnite servers" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fortnite-server-outage-worldwide-1795697 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:16:26

• "Oh, the stars of the future are going to be influencers" ☛ https://variety.com/2026/film/news/robert-downey-jr-social-media-influencers-future-1236739305/ | Source: Variety    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:17:05

• [Old] "That social-media platform is Fortnite" ☛ https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/05/10/fortnite-study-nrg-research-social-media-streaming-game-platform-tweens-teens/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:17:17

• "It's not just you. Scammers, hackers, and other cybercriminals are complaining about “AI shit” flooding platforms where they discuss cyberattacks and other illegal activity." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/cybercriminals-are-complaining-about-ai-slop-flooding-their-forums/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:19:16

• "New research suggests that reliance on AI assistants can have a negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem solve" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/using-ai-negative-impact-thinking-problem-solving-study/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:19:36

• "The file, typically named weights.bin, is intended to power on-device features like "Help me write" and scam detection." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/google-chrome-4gb-ai-model-weights-bin-file/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 10:19:48

• "AI-powered “nudify” apps are increasingly being used by students to create deepfake sexual images of classmates" ☛ https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/press/deepfake-nudes-in-schools-when-ai-enabled-abuse-hits-the-classroom/ | Source: Stanford University    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:02:32

• "Businesses deploying AI agents to automate computer usage may be spending far more money than necessary if those agents try to emulate human visual interaction." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/07/ai-vision-agents-use-45x-more-tokens-than-apis-in-benchmark/5231346 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:02:47

• "Also significant is the finding that many students also report feeling uneasy, worried that their use may be seen as cheating." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-05-college-students-aismoothed-strong.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:03:19

• "Adding that element will definitely help you stay focused under high-stress conditions… It’ll definitely give you an extra edge for the big day!" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/two-shootings-openai-stopped | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:03:37

• "At the end of the day, the evidence speaks for itself. Not only are AI chatbots not demonstrably preventing violence, they’re actively facilitating it." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/fbi-kash-patel-ai-violent-attacks | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:03:56

• "No one forces me to read this stuff. Why am I so bothered by it?" ☛ https://rmoff.net/2026/05/06/ai-slop-is-killing-online-communities/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:04:17

• "AI slop is driving up the noise, and making the signal more and more difficult to discern in communities. This risks becoming a downward spiral; as communities become more polluted by this stuff, members will get frustrated from wading through AI slop and draw back"    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:04:52

• "The Guy at the party is still waiting for an answer. I'm too drunk now to lie. I tell him: AI didn't take our jobs. Greed did." ☛ https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:05:09

• "Greed did. Same greed that moved factories to Bangladesh and keeps slaves in cobalt mines in the Congo, wearing a new mask. Tell the nephew to do something else. Anything. It won't save him either, but at least he won't have to pretend the thing destroying his life is a robot."    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:05:40

• "Parkinson’s Law states that work expands to fill the time available. In the era of AI, workers now have a tool that expands to fill whatever a large language model can be persuaded to generate, which is to say, without limit." ☛ https://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:06:15

• "The anti-goblin line was not in the instructions for previous models. So how did GPT 5.5 end up like this?" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/06/openai-chatgpt-goes-goblin-mode-let-none-say-model-collapse/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:06:40

• "I am on record as saying that every economic bubble is terrible, but some bubbles do at least leave behind a salvageable productive residue while others leave behind nothing but ashes" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/07/dump-the-pumpers/#alpo-eaters-anonymous | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:06:55

• "indeed, this is the thesis of my next book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: [...]"    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:07:10

• "An anti-fascist teaching practice is also anti-AI." ☛ https://www.danmcquillan.org/teaching_antifascism_today.html | Source: Dan McQuillan    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:08:10

• "Worth doing? Sure. But the going is getting harder, and I don't think that we'll be getting all the way to 1 bit on every part of every model." ☛ https://dgsq.net/2026/05/06/why-not-sparse/ | Source: Doug Square    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:08:29

• "I’ve been working through the physics of this lately, and what I want to do here is set down the argument in one place." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/there-is-no-curve | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:08:45

• "mode collapse" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-chinese-catch-you-steadily-sycophancy/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:10:29

• "winner take all" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/worries-about-ais-risks-to-humanity-loom-over-the-trial-pitting-musk-against-openais-leaders/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:10:43

• "I did not (spoiler) come away with a clear legislative proposal that would solve all of our problems around this technology." ☛ https://www.vox.com/life/487845/ai-ban-kids-manitoba-social-media-education-schools | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:11:01

• "In a lengthy “custom prompt” he shared in a Monday tweet, the billionaire seemingly tried to show off his AI skills — only for the internet to mercilessly mock him for it." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/marc-andreessen-mocked-ai-works | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:11:36

• "Scam Altman brag that AI is upending the basic foundations of liberal democracy" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-perception-underclass | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:11:58

• [PDF] "In a field where much data is produced by organizations with a stake in the technology’s success" ☛ https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/ai_index_report_2026.pdf | Source: Stanford University    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:12:28

• "OpenAI employees had an easier time seeing how goblins and gremlins had creeped into ChatGPT responses: they observed growth of 175% and 52%" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-05-07/why-does-ai-like-goblins-and-japan-so-much.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:12:48

• "Lin, a radio enthusiast, reportedly studies at a university in central Taiwan. He is suspected of using his radio equipment to impersonate high-speed rail radio parameters." ☛ https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/05/01/2003856571 | Source: Taipei Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:13:25

• "Officers reportedly seized multiple electronic devices, wireless broadcasting hardware, and eleven handheld radios connected to the investigation." ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/taiwan-student-high-speed-rail-cyberattack/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:13:40

• "Chinese-language coverage from UDN and Newtalk fills in some details omitted in the English Taipei Times article." ☛ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/student-arrested-in-taiwan-for-using-sdr-and-handheld-radios-to-halt-four-high-speed-trains-with-tetra-hack/comment-page-1/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:14:06

• "Officials said they believe the way Lin allegedly triggered the General Alarm was rudimentary and involved cloning signals using equipment he bought online." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/06/taiwan-student-pwns-rail-comms-halts-high-speed-trains/5230489 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:14:33

• "Canvas, the learning management system used by UC, Cal State, USC, Stanford and California community colleges" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-07/canvas-data-breach-california-colleges-uc-ucla-berkeley-csu-laccd | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:15:05

• "The cyber attack has affected more than 9,000 higher education institutions." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/umich-canvas-access-disabled-amid-widespread-cyber-attack/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:16:20

• "In a statement on Canvas’ website, ShinyHunters threatened to release the stolen data and told affected schools to “contact [them] privately at TOX to negotiate a settlement” by the end of the day on May 12." ☛ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/05/07/criminal-hacker-group-shinyhunters-breaches-canvas/ | Source: Stanford University    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:17:34

• "The following announcement was sent to students and teachers at the University of Iceland regarding a security incident in the Canvas learning management system: [...]" ☛ https://english.hi.is/news/update-regarding-security-incident-canvas |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:27:46

• "Names, locations of study, email addresses, and messages between users are among the details believed to have been compromised." ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-07/canvas-data-breach-instructure/106651234 | Source: ABC    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:28:03

• "a cybercrime group defaced the service’s login page with a ransom demand that threatened to leak data from 275 million students and faculty across nearly 9,000 educational institutions." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/canvas-breach-disrupts-schools-colleges-nationwide/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:29:05

• "Students attempting to access the system on Thursday saw a message from the hacking group ShinyHunters, which claimed responsibility for the attack: [...]" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/926458/canvas-shinyhunters-breach | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:29:26

• "You authenticate with Google, GitHub, or Microsoft, and cosign produces a signature bundle. No long-lived keys, no keyserver dance." ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/timothy_legge/2026/05/signing-cpan-releases-with-sigstore.html | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:29:44

• "The ban was initiated in August 1956 by the French Ministry of National Education, led by Prime Minister Pierre Mendès France" ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/05/wine-in-french-school.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:30:37

• Linux Benedict Torvalds is LBT. He's all LGBT, except the gay. Hence, he must be homophobic!    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:32:47

• "An Essential Shot: Vitamin K shots, which help the blood to clot, are one of three key interventions for newborns, along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:32:55

• Perl adopting sigstore means it is steered by people who reject freedom and deep-throat monopolies that offer selective bribes off their palms https://techrights.org/o/2021/03/11/fake-security-brought-by-lf/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:34:25

• "She said it’s common for addicts, upon recognizing their addiction, to find themselves in an existential void. I think there’s no doubt that “washing dishes” is a sign of a huge void, right?" ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/screen-addiction/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:34:33

• "Central California peach farmers are preparing to destroy around 420,000 clingstone peach trees afterDel Monte Foods shut down its canneries earlier this year." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-peach-trees-destroyed-del-monte-closure-b2972246.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:34:46

• "Acquired at Goodwill Southern California for $20.28 including tax on 2026-05-06." ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2026/05/07/1947-underwood-ss-rhythm-touch-standard-typewriter/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:37:02

• "When selecting cameras for a mission, NASA doesn’t just take the manufacturer’s word on performance" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/mirrorless-cameras/try-not-to-wince-at-these-poor-cameras-getting-torture-tested-nasa-tests-prove-several-off-the-shelf-cameras-can-probably-handle-the-extremes-of-space | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:37:31

• "To be owned, someone needs leverage over you or the ability to coerce you. I spent the last half a century making sure they have no leverage and I am not interested in being coerced." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48052119    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:38:53

• "Icelandic-Chinese composer, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Laufey has been named honorary chair of Library Card Sign-up Month." ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2026/05/laufey-takes-center-stage-honorary-chair-library-card-sign-month-2026 | Source: American Library Association    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:43:19

• "The findings are published in the journal Educational Gerontology." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-05-intergenerational-coexistence-university-dismantle-stereotypes.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:43:32

• "Just shy of 1,000 children from birth to age five are now registered to receive free, age-appropriate books through the mail each month, Ehinger said." ☛ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/05/05/librarians-want-stable-funding-for-imagination-library/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:43:59

• "said the Fourth of July will celebrate the American West along with the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s life and how it was changed in the Badlands of North Dakota following the death of his wife and his mother in 1884" ☛ https://northdakotamonitor.com/2026/05/06/western-north-dakota-readies-for-historic-theodore-roosevelt-presidential-library-opening/ | Source: North Dakota Monitor    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:44:30

• "A new polls finds just a third of young people know what ‘VE Day’ means" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/young-generation-must-not-forget-our-wwii-heroes-and-why-they-fought-8501104 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:44:46

• "That transition is in its final phase now, so for the first time since 2015, I’m on the open market, looking for my next gig!" ☛ https://loudpoet.com/2026/05/07/personal-news-open-to-work/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:46:24

• "So I’m going to be doing lots of samples, shipped in glass and aluminium bottles because I can’t bear the thought of introducing more plastic into the world on my watch. But starting small" ☛ https://discombobulated.co.nz/2026/05/8/things-are-happening | Source: Jessica Nickelsen    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:57:08

• "I read once, maybe in that seminal job-hunting guide What Color Is Your Parachute, that the job search is NO NO NO NO NO NO NO … NO NO YES." ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/05/07/the-roller-coaster-always-ends/ | Source: Jim Grey    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:57:25

• "a legendary king's quest for immortality" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-05-year-texts-audiences-digital.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:58:29

• "The previous post introduced three functions Li(x, y) such the level set of each function [...]" ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/07/smoothed-polygons/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:58:46

• "But can you do otherwise ?" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/05/06/checking-multiplication-overflow/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 11:59:14

• "At the end of March, a man began to sell massive amounts of rare Yu-Gi-Oh cards online." ☛ https://www.404media.co/man-finds-1-million-worth-of-yu-gi-oh-cards-in-a-dumpster/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:01:30

• "As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, Dark Reading looks back on 20 of the biggest newsmaking events from the past two decades that influenced the risk landscape for today's cybersecurity teams." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/stuxnet-chatgpt-20-news-events-cyber | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:01:54

• "Turner Enterprises announced Ted died Wednesday morning." ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/06/ted-turner-dead/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:02:44

• "Both of these approaches are common. Neither of them means you wont get any sales but they're both disconnected from the optimal price point, one set through value based pricing." ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/dont-sell-the-build-effort/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:03:17

• "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" ☛ https://matduggan.com/the-intolerable-hypocrisy-of-cyberlibertarianism/ | Source: Mat Duggan    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:03:50

• "Speaking for myself, I appreciate most the articles and blog posts that make me stop, think, and approach an issue or question in a different way than I would have without the benefit of having read something insightful." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/blogging-and-the-niche-question/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:04:10

• "I suppose hobbies get a free pass here. But I wouldn’t consider drinking water a “hobby”; though I’ve developed quite the addiction to the stuff over my lifetime." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/bsd-bottles-of-water-and-positive-habits/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:04:26

• "I’m happy now. I can feel my thoughts flowing, I can catch the flowing thoughts, and I can let them compost and rework them." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/05/im-sorry-dear-journal-18-its-not-me-its-you/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:04:53

• "It is a truth universally acknowledged that I can't be bothered to read about moderately posh people trying to get married. But I can enjoy a mangled flavour of it in 150 words." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-05-08_Dissociated_Pride_and_Prejudice.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:12:50

• dc(1) buffer gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/05/07/dc-buffer.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:13:44

• "We're working on deploying a new system that is months behind schedule. The reason? The LLM hype machine and OEM's allocating all their product for hyperscalers and/or companies that want to toss their ring into the shit show. It's unbelievable.." gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-05-07.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:15:08

• "What started as a tiny experiment, a bit of chaos, and probably some questionable optimism has somehow turned into a proper long-term journey. The plant has survived seasons, mood swings and accidental neglect (from me)." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/the-chronicle-of-beelzebub-halfway-there/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:16:00

• That It Be! - posting to reticulum and gemini gemini://thatit.be/2026-05-07-14-55-19.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:19:47

• "The gemini protocol is great, I've been using it for five years now. I also browse gopher quite a bit. There have also been some other small internet protocols that have been developed over recent years, which are captured in this "Small internet protocol roundup" page" gemini://spool-five.com/gemlog/2026-02-24-smallnet_protocols.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:20:35

• ">A few weeks ago I wrote about how RSS discovery is hard." ☛ https://stuartbreckenridge.net/2026-05-04-moving-feed-discovery-to-well-known/ | Source: Stuart Breckenridge    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:28:58

• "a simplified means of discovering the feeds" ☛ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nottingham-feed-menu/ | Source: IETF    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:29:24

• "Python 3.15 beta 1 is out! This is a really impactful release, with some really big additions." ☛ https://iscinumpy.dev/post/python-315/ | Source: Henry Schreiner    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:29:54

• "I've wanted to try a different way of implementing a hash table, possibly using some kind of linear probing method, for a good while, so that's what I did." ☛ https://tia.mat.br/posts/2026/05/06/a-new-hash-table-for-lwan.html |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:30:27

• "The Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) document sitting in your governance folder is one of the most useful tools in the business. Most orgs never use it that way." ☛ https://blog.robbowley.net/2026/05/07/your-sdlc-is-a-power-tool-not-a-compliance-document/ | Source: Rob Bowley    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:30:40

• "You probably should not accept this pull request. Version ranges for libraries are meant to be used for compatibility, not for security vulnerabilities." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/library-version-specifiers-not-for-vulnerabilities | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:31:03

• Mesa 26.1.0 released bringing lots of Linux graphics driver enhancements | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/mesa-26-1-0-released-bringing-lots-of-linux-graphics-driver-enhancements/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:34:37

• javascript tco https://alfy.blog/2026/05/07/html-sanitizer-api.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:36:42

• "Trump's Base Motives - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/07/trumps-base-motives/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:37:03

• "Programming Still Sucks. — Writing" https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:37:17

• [paywall] "Office Hours: Who Should Be the Democratic Presidential Candidate in 2028 (Part III)?" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-who-should-be-the-democratic-fcc    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:37:44

• iophk: Mordechai Vanunu is not even mentioned; he has been erased from the Net https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-demand-answers-from-rubio-on-number-of-nuclear-bombs-owned-by-israel/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:38:10

• "Democrats Open Investigation Into Potential ‘Pay-to-Play’ Scheme for Trump Pardons - NOTUS — News of the United States" https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-pardons-democrats-investigation    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:39:08

• Humble Choice for May 2026 has Diablo IV, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/humble-choice-for-may-2026-has-diablo-iv-shin-megami-tensei-v-vengeance-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:39:41

• Valve announce a reservation system for the new Steam Controller | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-announce-a-reservation-system-for-the-new-steam-controller/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-announce-a-reservation-system-for-the-new-steam-controller/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:41:04

• Civilization VII "Test of Time" update lands May 19, finally letting you play entirely as one civ | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/civilization-vii-test-of-time-update-lands-may-19-finally-letting-you-play-entirely-as-one-civ/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:41:22

• EVE Online developer goes independent as Fenris Creations, partners up with Google DeepMind | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/eve-online-developer-goes-independent-as-fenris-creations-partners-up-with-google-deepmind/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:41:54

• "Marc Andreessen Egg Game is a game about doodling on eggs to make them look like Marc Andreessen." ☛ https://eieio.games/blog/marc-andreessen-egg-game/ | Source: Nolen Royalty    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:43:19

• Paradox Interactive announced as publisher for Transport Fever 3 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/paradox-interactive-announced-as-publisher-for-transport-fever-3/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:43:51

• "Update 10:22 UTC - the situation is not as clear as expected, as Drecom are disputing Atari's ownership."    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:44:24

• Atari acquires the rights to the classic Legendary Wizardry RPGs 1-5 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/atari-acquires-the-rights-to-the-classic-legendary-wizardry-rpgs-1-5/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:44:52

• D7VK 1.9 brings 2D upgrades for classic Direct3D games on Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/d7vk-1-9-brings-2d-upgrades-for-classic-direct3d-games-on-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/d7vk-1-9-brings-2d-upgrades-for-classic-direct3d-games-on-linux/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:45:41

• "Utah Will Ban VPN Use to Circumvent Age Verification - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/06/0356228    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:51:53

• MIT Technology Review still issuing SPAM for the Ponzi scheme around slop https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/05/1136843/ai-democracy-blueprint/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:52:24

• "First Europe, now Asia: How the Iran war is unsettling US alliances - CSMonitor.com" https://www.csmonitor.com/Perspectives/Essays/2026/0506/Xi-Jinping-Trump-Iran-war-summit    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:52:42

• "Texas water park forced to ditch 'Muslims-only' day after Abbott threatens to pull funding | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15796933/texas-water-park-muslims-event-cancelled-abbott.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:53:08

• Europol breaks the law – again | "Europol bryter mot lagen – igen" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/05/07/europol-bryter-mot-lagen-igen/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:53:43

• "Building trust across borders: Rethinking Ukrainian–Romanian relations in a changing Europe - New Eastern Europe" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/05/07/building-trust-across-borders-rethinking-ukrainian-romanian-relations-in-a-changing-europe/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:54:07

• "Andrew Sorota and Josh Hendler lead work on AI and democracy at the Office of Eric Schmidt" ... OH DEAR. GAFAM front groups running MIT press. https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/05/1136843/ai-democracy-blueprint/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:57:32

• "automate the discovery, retrieval, and packaging" ☛ https://www.cni.org/topics/ci/fedharv-a-python-workflow-for-automating-open-access-article-harvesting | Source: Coalition for Networked Information    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:57:56

• "How can equitable access to heritage help solve global challenges?" ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2026/05/06/how-can-equitable-access-to-heritage-help-solve-global-challenges-an-exploratory-dialogue/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 12:58:13

• "A subsequent analysis showed that Microsoft stood to lose about $150 million over several years" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-executives-discuss-openai-sam-altman-2018/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:00:32

• "We decided to do the next community gathering organized by us at the same location we used last year: [...]" ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/tor-community-gathering-2026/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:02:51

• "The event welcomed 65 participants and over 150 showcase visitors, with creators talking through their ideas" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/a-day-of-big-ideas-at-coolest-projects-usa-minnesota-2026/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:03:04

• "BSDCan Tuesday 2026-06-16: Preliminary" ☛ https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-all.html | Source: BSDCan    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:03:14

• "This year, I was once again honored to be invited to the Perl Toolchain Summit (PTS), held in Vienna" ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/timothy_legge/2026/05/perl-toolchain-summit-2026---vienna.html | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:03:34

• "We are excited to introduce the new team of mentors for the rOpenSci 2026 Champions Program!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/05/new-mentoring-team-with-experienced-mentors-and-new-voices/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:03:50

• "whether deployed artifacts carry accurate cache validators" ☛ https://kirill.korins.ky/articles/hugo-site-publishing-with-respectful-caching-and-indexnow-submission/ | Source: Kirill A Korinsky    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:04:38

• "This is my first ever blog post written without a display." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/05/07/writing-a-blog-post-without-a-screen | Source: James G    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:04:50

• "Chrome users were caught off guard by a 4-GB Google AI model baked into Chrome, sparking privacy concerns." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-disable-gemini-in-chrome-if-its-freaking-you-out/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:05:20

• "Tor Browser 15.0.13 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15013/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:05:50

• "Yesterday I decided to simplify the problem: no internal links, no images, no code evaluation, etc." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/article-previews-in-rss | Source: Chris    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:06:04

• "What happens when you type ls and press Enter?" ☛ https://principia-softwarica.org/ls-journey.html |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:06:41

• "Here's a summary of what to expect from the new release: [...]" ☛ https://inkscape.org/news/2026/05/06/inkscape-144-boosts-performance-and-crushes-crashe/ | Source: Inkscape    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:07:10

• "Inkscape 1.4.4 is a regular maintenance update for the stable Inkscape 1.4.x line. It primarily fixes many crashes and bugs, but also boosts performance when handling many objects and brings two small new features."    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 13:07:27

• "Indeed, many of my blog posts start off as notes that I have written while out and about in the world" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/05/06/how-i-use-my-phone | Source: James G    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:21:37

• "Raspberry Pi Connect lets you access your Raspberry Pi devices remotely from anywhere, straight from a web browser." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-connect-device-tags-required-2fa-and-a-mobile-keyboard/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:22:38

• "In practice, this means your Python code can interact directly with hardware-level events" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/05/07/one-board-two-brains-three-ways-a-dual-architecture-board-makes-building-simpler/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:22:51

• "Inky Impression comes in a range of sizes." ☛ https://blog.pimoroni.com/inky-impression-projects/ | Source: Pimoroni    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:23:02

• "The Parrot project has announced the availability of Parrot 7.2." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12826 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:23:31

• "The BSDs had a cohesive system, where the base and the kernel were made together and there were sane and reasonable goals." ☛ https://pertho.net/2026/04/11/my-journey-to-the-bsds/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:24:02

• "I turned a Panasonic KX-T2315 desk phone into a physical menu for my FreeBSD server." ☛ https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/desktop-phone-connected-to-freebsd-server/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:24:20

• "The OpenBSD Foundation needs your help to achieve our fundraising goal of $400,000 for 2026." ☛ https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/campaign2026.html | Source: The OpenBSD Foundation    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:24:35

• "OPNsense is the only non-Debian operating system in my homelab. I manage it entirely via the web GUI." ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/05/08/self-hosted-update-spring-2026/ | Source: David Bushell    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:25:11

• "Some people argue that your production data" ☛ https://vic.demuzere.be/articles/how-i-almost-lost-my-backups/ |    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:26:25

• "Tuning OpenZFS for databases comes down to understanding workload behavior." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/tuning-openzfs-for-production-databases/ | Source: Klara    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:27:40

• "Cybersecurity Looks Like Proof of Work Now, Compensating for RAM Constraints with L2ARC on ZFS, GhostBSD 26.1" ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/662 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:30:28

• Three stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1071568/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:33:16

• LFK – TUI to navigate and manage Kubernetes clusters ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lfk-tui-navigate-manage-kubernetes-clusters/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:51:00

• Why I moved over to CachyOS from Manjaro ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cachyos-manjaro/   

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:51:28

• Like father, like daughter: https://yle.fi/a/74-20224961    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:54:16

• 9 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux GUI System Profilers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/systemprofilers/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:55:05

• 20 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Image Viewers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-based-image-viewers/   

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:55:16

• andrew morton seems to be old enough already not to be targeted by cancel ambulance brigade like tso was    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:58:17

• Devastating 'Dirty Frag' exploit leaks out, gives immediate root access on most GNU/Linux machines since 2017, no patches available, no warning given — Copy Fail-like vulnerability had its embargo broken ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/dirty-frag-exploit-gets-root-on-most-linux-machines-since-2017-no-patches-available-no-warning-given-copy-fail-like-vulnerability-had-its-embargo-broken    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:58:48

• new kern vuln impacts afs and ipsec, but wants us to think ipsec is part of the kernel, which it is not; we use neither    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 14:59:39

• Anon: Tso is still out, and hasn't recovered, at least not properly. And RMS did not understand what was being done to him (RMS) until too late.    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:00:19

• Anon: AFS could be great again, but the university consortia which developed and maintained it have been intentionally eliminated by microsofter who have infiltrated and begun to control said universities.    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:01:29

• Stop with the hype ☞ https://xeiaso.net/blog/2026/abstain-from-install/bsp;  

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:02:13

• Nope, it depends what's installed on them!! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dirty-Frag-Linux    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:02:40

• Inkscape 1.4.4 Released with New Palette & Performance Boost ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/05/inkscape-1-4-4-released-with-new-palette-performance-boost/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:11:08

• Pluralistic: Bubbles are REALLY evil (07 May 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/07/dump-the-pumpers/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:16:59

• Seems it hurts the hired guns when we point out to judges they sent 85+ KG of legal papers our way - to the point they bring up their excuses up out of nowhere, trying to justify it because they know how bad it looks (optics)    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:22:45

• Taylor Swift Legal Team Tears ‘Absurd’ Trademark Claims by Former Vegas Showgirl to Shreds, Threaten Legal Retaliation ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/07/taylor-swift-legal-team-vegas-showgirl-lawsuit-response/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:26:00

• IBM's "BOB = Big On Bull$h1t - Only the jackasses at IBM starting the the clown CEO could invent this type of rubbish and expect it to sell." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqzn1a3g#replies    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:30:32

• "How much did IBM spend on designing the Bob icon? Apparently more than on the actual product. But that's IBM, prioritizing image over content and quality. Didn't management learn from Watson and all its fake spinoffs? How embarrassing and pathetic. I'm glad I don't work there anymore. A big thank you to the psychotic managers who decided to RA me a while back."   

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:31:07

• Next layoffs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognizant https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr26x6x5#replies    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:33:15

• "Keep your eye on Cognizant and what they do, as it mimics IBM consulting the closest. Same amount of revenue and enterprise engagements.    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:34:01

• "NOTE Cognizant just announced Project Leap which is estimated to reduce headcount in the 12-15k range via a 230-270 million charge."    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:34:13

• "NOTE Cognizant employs a significant amount of folks in India. If we apply the same metrics to IBM (400 million restructuring remaining in 2026) that says IBM consulting may be in for a big change. [...] isn't Cognizant run by some Indian slobs also ? Same horrible culture and lack of ethics"    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:34:24

• Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in April 2026 ☞ https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2026-04/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:39:26

• Announcing the new LibreOffice website! ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/07/announcing-the-new-libreoffice-website/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:41:44

• Ask Lunduke: How Do You Tolerate The Yuckiness of Tech Every Day? ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ask-lunduke-how-do-you-tolerate-the   

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:42:17

• Dirty Frag: Unfixed Root Exploit Makes All GNU/Linux Systems Vulnerable ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/dirty-frag-unfixed-root-exploit-makes    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:42:30

• How To Install Fastfetch on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-fastfetch-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:43:22

• How To Install Pangolin on Fedora 44 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pangolin-fedora-44/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:43:54

• How To Set Static IP Address on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/static-ip-address-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:44:10

• How to Enable SSH on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-enable-ssh-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:45:24

• How to Install AppImage on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-appimage-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:45:47

• How to List Installed Packages on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-list-installed-packages-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:46:45

• How to Configure Static IP Address on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-configure-static-ip-address-on-ubuntu-linux/   

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:47:03

• Mozilla participated in marketing PR for slop https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/08/mozilla-says-ai-helped-squash-423-firefox-security-bugs/5235438 "Yet it remains unclear if Anthropic's uber model was effective, or if better model middleware is what makes the difference "    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:48:38

• How to Install Python on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-python-on-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:55:33

• Nvidia’s ISP piracy defense backfires as judge refuses to dismiss copyright monopoly lawsuit over more than 197,000 pirated books ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/nvidias-isp-piracy-defense-backfires-as-judge-refuses-to-dismiss-copyright-lawsuit-over-more-than-197-000-pirated-books-scripts-in-nemo-framework-allegedly-have-no-other-purpose-than-to-speed-up-infringement    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:56:21

• Vietnam Triggers a Major Piracy Crackdown In the Face of Renewed Convicted Felon Tariff Threats ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/07/vietnam-triggers-piracy-crackdown/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:56:50

• Court Rejects NVIDIA Contributory Claim Dismissal Attempt in Authors’ Suit; Chipmaker ‘Knew That Its Scripts Were Directly Contributing to Infringement’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/07/nvidia-lawsuit-contributory-claim-dismissal-motion/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:57:09

• Lithuania says no airspace violations detected after drones enter Latvia from Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2921054/lithuania-says-no-airspace-violations-detected-after-drones-enter-latvia-from-russia    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:57:32

• Norway's Svalbard archipelago, a pawn on Russia's chessboard ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20260507-norway-svalbard-archipelago-a-pawn-on-russia-chessboard    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:57:59

• No school Thursday in Rēzekne, Ludza; remote learning in Balvi ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/07.05.2026-no-school-thursday-in-rezekne-ludza-remote-learning-in-balvi.a645989/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:58:24

• How to Create a Test File of Any Size in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/create-exact-size-file-linux-dd-fallocate/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 15:59:38

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1071700/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:00:22

• Kubernetes v1.36: More Drivers, New Features, and the Next Era of DRA ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/05/07/kubernetes-v1-36-dra-136-updates/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:01:43

• "combines a Raspberry Pi-sized form factor with a quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/luckfox-aura-is-a-linux-sbc-with-rv1126b-processor-3-tops-npu-and-dual-csi/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:04:24

• Slop promotion: "I get the appeal of that argument. It’s clean, it’s provocative, and it contains a kernel of truth." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-developer-portals-matter-more-age-ai-agents | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:06:12

• They just couldn't leave slop out of this blog post ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/virtualization-full-speed-ahead-red-hat-summit-2026 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:06:42

• What My Father’s Experience Taught Me About Memory and the Brain ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/science/dementia-memory-brain-injury.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:16:50

• Ant-infested Canadian hospital pauses surgeries after insect invasion ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/world-news/ant-infested-canadian-hospital-pauses-surgeries-after-insect-invasion/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:17:16

• U.S. Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in Georgia, California and Arizona ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/hantavirus-cruise-us-passengers.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:17:34

• Hantavirus Response Shows How Convicted Felon Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/health/hantavirus-americans-cdc.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:17:52

• Health Officials Race to Track Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak but Predict ‘Limited’ Spread ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/europe/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:18:06

• U.S. and Zambia Feud: Convicted Felon Health Aid Deal Stalls Over Critical Minerals ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/africa/trump-zambia-usaid-minerals-negotiations.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:18:33

• "California has four to six weeks of gasoline left" https://boingboing.net/2026/05/07/california-has-four-to-six-weeks-of-gasoline-left.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:54:35

• Fake rumors, real killings: Inside Congo's deadly health misinformation crisis ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/fake-rumors-real-killings-inside-congos-deadly-health-misinformation-crisis1    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:55:02

• Toxic beginnings: Babies exposed to pesticides in the womb ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/france-in-focus/20260507-toxic-beginnings-babies-exposed-to-pesticides-in-the-womb    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:55:15

• The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/cdc-cruise-ship-inspectors-hantavirus-outbreak    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:56:04

• North Korea as peacemaker? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0507/North-Korea-as-peacemaker    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:56:26

• South Korea confirms first locally transmitted case of tick-borne Oz virus ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-confirms-first-locally-transmitted-case-of-tick-borne-oz-virus    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:58:02

• Can South Korea’s praised school lunches keep their trays full? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/can-south-koreas-praised-school-lunches-keep-their-trays-full    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:58:21

• North Korea leader Kim inspects artillery that can hit South Korean capital ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-leader-kim-inspects-artillery-that-can-hit-south-korean-capital    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:58:45

• American duo sentenced for hosting laptop farms for North Korean IT workers ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/north-korea-it-worker-scheme-laptop-farm-facilitators-sentenced/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:59:24

• South Korea heads to local elections under shadow of disgraced former president ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-heads-to-local-elections-under-shadow-of-disgraced-former-president    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 16:59:51

• Speed-Optimized Python 3.14t on Debian Forky: A Clang-19 Build Guide (Assisted by Surveillance Giant Google AI) ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/05/speed-optimized-python-314t-on-debian.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:00:48

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 650 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/05/06/this-week-in-rust-650/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:01:43

• True Believers Blow Convicted Felon’s Mind ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/opinion/trump-iran-ukraine-true-believers.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:02:48

• The 2026 Steam Controller: What Reviewers Are Saying ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/the-2026-steam-controller-what-reviewers-are-saying/index.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:03:10

• Russia Ramps Up Threats Toward Ukraine Over Victory Day Parade ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/europe/ukraine-russia-victory-day.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:03:30

• Ukraine Says It Hit Russian Caspian Sea Warship; Kremlin Boosts Security For May 9 Victory Day ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kyiv-ukraine-victory-day-wwii-attack-parade/33751440.html   

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:03:41

• Site width tweaks for readability, maybe? ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/site-width-tweaks-for-readability-maybe/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:04:05

• Hacks.Mozilla.Org: Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview ☞ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/05/behind-the-scenes-hardening-firefox/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:04:47

• Dirty Frag: a zero-day universal GNU/Linux LPE ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1071719/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:05:45

• SFTP Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/sftp/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:06:13

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

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:06:27

• Firefox Tooling Announcements: Firefox Profiler Deployment (May 7, 2026) ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-profiler-deployment-may-7-2026/148235   

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:07:29

• Article previews in RSS ☞ https://entropicthoughts.com/article-previews-in-rss    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:08:18

• Fake security or back doors sold as "confidentiality" ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/07/confidential-virtual-machine-storage-attack-scenarios    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:09:30

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Rogue Voltage and Wax Heads - 2026-05-06 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-05-06-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:09:59

• EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.3.1 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202605/easyos-excalibur-series-version-731-released.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:10:28

• Amin Bandali: Emacs Chat with Sacha Chua ☞ https://kelar.org/~bandali/gnu/emacs/emacs-chat-202605.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:11:10

• Communist-run Vietnam eyes influencers, Hey Hi (AI) to spruce up propaganda, documents show ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/communist-run-vietnam-eyes-influencers-ai-to-spruce-up-propaganda-documents-show    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:12:11

• "Solicitors will pay an extra £100 next year as a result." https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-plans-shock-budget-raid-on-profession/5126727.article    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:31:49

• ibm layoffs incoming, they call them RAs and do their very best to hide these, as out of sight out of Think (mind)    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:34:22

• Malaysia seeks clarification from Norway after export control halts missile supply ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-seek-clarity-on-norway-missile-deal    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:39:51

• Brazil’s Lula to discuss fighting organized crime, tariffs in Convicted Felon meeting ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260507-brazil-s-lula-to-discuss-fighting-organized-crime-tariffs-in-trump-meeting    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:40:17

• British MPs to visit China for first time in seven years, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/british-mps-to-visit-china-for-first-time-in-seven-years-sources-say    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:40:31

• China’s grey-zone fleet is eroding Taiwan’s control at sea ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-grey-zone-fleet-is-eroding-taiwans-control-at-sea/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:40:46

• China Sentences 2 Former Defense Ministers on Bribery Charges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/asia/china-ministers-death-sentences-military-corruption.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:41:13

• In Hungary, Voters Exposed the Limits of China’s Ties to Orban ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/europe/hungary-orban-china-fidesz-magyar.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:41:56

• New NTSB Report Into Deadly China Eastern Crash Suggests Struggle in Cockpit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/asia/china-eastern-plane-crash-flight-5735-ntsb.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:42:20

• Vigils planned across Australia for dead 5-year-old indigenous girl ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/vigils-planned-across-australia-for-dead-5-year-old-indigenous-girl    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:43:02

• China vessel conducting ‘illegal’ research near gas-rich Reed Bank, says Philippines ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-says-china-vessel-conducting-illegal-research-near-gas-rich-reed-bank    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:43:20

• Paraguay President lauds friendship with Taiwan, China tells him to sever ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/paraguay-president-lauds-friendship-with-taiwan-china-tells-him-to-sever-ties    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:43:37

• Myanmar military claims recapture of trade artery towards China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-military-claims-recapture-of-trade-artery-towards-china    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:43:51

• Filipino man tells RFA how he spied for China, military says there are more ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/05/07/philippines-china-spy-espionage-recruitment/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:44:35

• Japan fires missiles during drills, drawing China rebuke ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/07/japan-fires-missiles-during-drills-drawing-china-rebuke/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:45:08

• Yazi is the Terminal-based File Manager I Didn't Know I Needed ☞https://itsfoss.com/yazi/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:46:24

• Bonnie Tyler Placed In a Coma After Undergoing Emergency Intestinal Surgery ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/07/bonnie-tyler-surgery-induced-coma/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:47:03

• Wall Street Journal story on Convicted Felon and Epstein took six months and 20 staff ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/wall-street-journal-story-on-trump-and-epstein-took-six-months-and-20-staff/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:47:54

• Output down, page views up: Axios shifts from volume to value ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/axios-page-views-output-less-is-more-strategy/ "Axios output in Q1 was down 22% compared to a year earlier but page views were up 30%"    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:48:27

• Many people conflate "companies that pay well" with "companies that do well" (economically). If only corporate media bothered explaining how VCs work and what debt means, in practice, to people who claim to own, run, or found some company.    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:50:29

• Some Signs of Depression May Show Up in Blood, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/some-signs-of-depression-may-show-up-in-blood-study-finds    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:51:36

• Study of a Million Blood Cells Helps Explain Why Women Face More Autoimmune Disease ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-of-a-million-blood-cells-helps-explain-why-women-face-more-autoimmune-disease    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:51:55

• The '100-Day Cough' Often Missed in Adults Is Highly Contagious ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-100-day-cough-often-missed-in-adults-is-highly-contagious    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:52:24

• A Sleep Disorder Affecting Nearly 1 Billion People Is Still Overlooked ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-sleep-disorder-affecting-nearly-1-billion-people-is-still-overlooked    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:52:40

• Scientists Have Created The First Ever 'Smell Map', And It's Stunning ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-created-the-first-ever-smell-map-and-its-stunning    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:53:11

• Sir David Attenborough Is 100 Years Old Today! This Could Be The Secret of His Longevity. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sir-david-attenborough-is-turning-100-this-could-be-the-secret-of-his-longevity    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:53:27

• Is The Brain Born 'Blank' or 'Full'? New Study Reveals a Surprise ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/is-the-brain-born-blank-or-full-new-study-reveals-a-surprise    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:53:42

• Asia heatwaves spell double trouble for economies hit by oil ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/asia-heatwaves-spell-double-trouble-for-economies-hit-by-oil    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:55:19

• Community Snapshot—April ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/05/community-snapshot-april-2/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:56:04

• China may try ‘manoeuvring’ over Taiwan issue at Convicted Felon meeting, Taiwanese official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-may-try-manoeuvring-over-taiwan-issue-at-trump-meeting-official-says    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:56:47

• 2 UK-Chinese dual nationals convicted of spying on Hong Kong dissidents ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/08/2-uk-chinese-dual-nationals-convicted-of-spying-on-hong-kong-dissidents/   

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:57:37

• MElon makes child sexual abuse images ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260507-french-prosecutors-seek-charges-against-musk-and-x-over-grok-content    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 17:58:18

• Singleton Controllers in Times of Declarative QML ☞ https://www.kdab.com/singleton-controllers-in-times-of-declarative-qml/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:05:13

• The Situation With Richard Dawkins’ Hey Hi (AI) Girlfriend Just Got Way Weirder ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/richard-dawkins-ai-girlfriend-weirder    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:48:30

• You’ll Never Guess Trade Unions’ Position on Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/union-labor-data-center    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:49:08

• CEOs Say Hey Hi (AI) Gives Them Only Two Options, and Both Are Bad News for Employees ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ceos-ai-two-decisions    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:49:32

• Under Threat of Perjury, OpenAI’s Former CTO Is Admitting Some Very Interesting Stuff About Scam Altman ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/perjury-openai-cto-murati-altman    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:50:06

• Drone threats are escalating. America’s airspace intelligence isn’t keeping pace. ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/05/drone-threats-are-escalating-americas-airspace-intelligence-isnt-keeping-pace/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:50:27

• German Tourist Wins Lawsuit After Not Getting a Lounge Chair by the Pool ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/europe/tourist-pool-loungers-refund-germany.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:52:01

• Indonesia’s Sumatra flood victims file lawsuit as reconstruction work stalls ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-sumatra-flood-victims-file-lawsuit-as-reconstruction-work-stalls    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:53:56

• Outrage as San Diego prepares to kill historic Christmas tradition amid staggering budget cuts ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/furious-san-diegans-call-for-mayor-recall-after-beloved-december-nights-festival-faces-budget-axe/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:55:21

• Vote Brings ‘Freeze the Rent’ Closer to Reality in New York ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/nyregion/mamdani-rent-freeze-stabilized-apartment.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:55:40

• German Leaders Clash With Spy Chiefs Over Domestic Threat From Iran ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/europe/germany-merz-iran-security-threat-spy.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:56:14

• The Real Cost of Downsizing Social Security ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/deep-state-diaries/the-real-cost-of-downsizing-social-security   

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:56:47

• Proprietary: predictable result as hacker sails through 7 layers of protection ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/college-student-hacks-taiwan-high-speed-rail-line-stopping-four-trains-19-years-without-crypto-key-rotation-ends-in-predictable-result    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:59:01

• Lithuania considers peacekeeping role in Hormuz Strait, not combat operation – minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2921213/lithuania-considers-peacekeeping-role-in-hormuz-strait-not-combat-operation-minister    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 18:59:27

• Ivanti customers confront yet another actively exploited zero-day ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/ivanti-epmm-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:04:58

• Vendor Says Daemon Tools Supply Chain Attack Contained ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vendor-says-daemon-tools-supply-chain-attack-contained/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:05:38

• Claude Code OAuth Tokens Can Be Stolen Through Stealthy MCP Hijacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/claude-code-oauth-tokens-can-be-stolen-through-stealthy-mcp-hijacking/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:06:00

• Palo Alto Zero-Day Exploited in Campaign Bearing Hallmarks of Chinese State Hacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-zero-day-exploited-in-campaign-bearing-hallmarks-of-chinese-state-hacking/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:06:26

• Latvian Saeima hosting regional security and defence forum ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/07.05.2026-latvian-saeima-hosting-regional-security-and-defence-forum.a645990/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:07:09

• This toy box does something incredible with AI-generated video ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/05/07/this-toy-box-does-something-incredible-with-ai-generated-video/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:08:25

• KDE Gear 26.04.1 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/gear/26.04.1/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:10:54

• Send your talks for Akademy NOW! ☞ https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/05/send-your-talks-for-akademy-now.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:12:24

• An update on KDE's Union style engine ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1071703/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:12:52

• 3D-printed rocket fuel successfully tested, could enable lighter missiles and faster production rates — new additive manufacturing process tested at 1,800 PSI ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/startup-successfully-tests-3d-printed-rocket-fuel-that-could-enable-lighter-missiles-and-faster-production-rates-new-additive-manufacturing-process-tested-at-1-800-psi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:15:06

• Chrome 148 Rolls Out With 127 Security Fixes ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-148-rolls-out-with-127-security-fixes/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:15:37

• wordpress why why why oh no it was debian (Uncaught Exception: DateTimeZone::__construct(): Unknown or bad timezone) ☞ https://dwaves.de/2026/05/07/wordpress-why-why-why-oh-no-it-was-debian-uncaught-exception-datetimezone__construct-unknown-or-bad-timezone/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:18:15

• Khadas Mind Graphics 2 and Mind xPlay display + keyboard review – Part 1: Unboxing, teardown, and first try ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/07/khadas-mind-graphics-2-and-mind-xplay-display-keyboard-review-part-1-unboxing-teardown-and-first-try/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:19:23

• Arbor ARES-2100 Wildcat Lake fanless box PC targets industrial automation, machine vision, and Edge Hey Hi (AI) applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/08/arbor-ares-2100-compact-wildcat-lake-fanless-box-pc-targets-industrial-automation-machine-vision-and-edge-ai-applications/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:20:54

• Propaganda war: The Gen Z team behind Iran’s hit anti-Dihydroxyacetone Man videos ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-observers/20260507-propaganda-war-gen-z-team-behind-iran-hit-anti-trump-videos    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:27:34

• Cisco Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Enterprise Products ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-high-severity-vulnerabilities-in-enterprise-products/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:27:58

• Smart Glasses for the Authorities ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/smart-glasses-for-the-authorities.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:28:19

• Record no. of nominations for HKFP at this year’s prestigious SOPA journalism awards ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/07/record-no-of-nominations-for-hkfp-at-this-years-prestigious-sopa-journalism-awards/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:32:35

• Photo shows Israeli soldier desecrating a Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/photo-shows-israeli-soldier-desecrating-a-virgin-mary-statue-in-lebanon    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:33:01

• Speech by Commissioner Lahbib in Cyprus on Preparing for Wildfires ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_1034    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:33:54

• "T 1293/03 is the decision used by the Anonymous in its TPO of 03.04.2026 to accuse the Rapporteur D. Rogers of partiality. This grave and defamatory accusation is completely without foundation." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/patenting-use-of-medical-devices-t.html?showComment=1778137891151#c2059934971438583856    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:34:23

• To be very clear, UPC is illegal and it was enabled by EPO corruption, media complicity, and politics of corporations rather than law http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-venetian-surprise-does-upca.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:36:12

• Codecs and Software Patents - Part III - AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) and Antitrust Issues ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/07/Codecs_and_Software_Patents_Part_III_AOMedia_Video_1_AV1_and_An.shtml    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:36:41

• UPC is not only illegal, it is also bad for Europe and JUVE played a role into normalising this attacks on nations in Europe and their respective constitutions ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/upc-highly-popular-with-chinese-and-us-claimants/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:37:49

• Partial success for Millenium Pharma in battle over Velcade in Paris ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/paris-judicial-court-hands-down-ruling-in-millenium-pharma-suit-against-generics/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:38:08

• Optimizing memory access in NIR ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/05/07/optimizing-memory-access-in-nir/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:38:57

• AI Coding Agents Could Fuel Next Supply Chain Crisis ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ai-coding-agents-could-fuel-next-supply-chain-crisis/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:39:29

• The Road to Gold: How CPS Set a New Standard for Security and Quality in Open Source ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/05/07/the-road-to-gold-how-cps-set-a-new-standard-for-security-and-quality-in-open-source/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:40:03

• FalCAN Probe is an open-source, STM32-based USB to CAN/RS-485/RS-422 adapter ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/07/falcan-probe-open-source-stm32-based-usb-to-can-adapter-rs485-rs422/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:40:27

• SCION: The overlay network for bankers ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/07/scion-the-overlay-network-for-bankers/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:41:36

• The invisible hand: Regaining control of service quality from outsourced satellite networks ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/08/the-invisible-hand-regaining-control-of-service-quality-from-outsourced-satellite-networks/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:42:00

• Site funded by Red Hat, the company it writes about ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/trilio-extends-disaster-recovery-reach-to-red-hat-openshift-virtualization/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:43:09

• Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/samsung-chip-workers-reject-usd340-000-one-time-bonus-demand-annual-payouts-like-sk-hynixs-usd900-000-workers-want-share-of-ai-windfall-impending-18-day-strike-could-cost-samsung-up-to-usd11-7-billion    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:44:13

• US Strikes Iranian Naval Assets, Military Sites After 'Unprovoked' Attacks On Warships ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-us-hormuz-oil-blockade-gulf-israel/33640284.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:44:41

• U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Tensions in Strait of Hormuz Rise ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/middleeast/us-iran-trade-strikes-hormuz.htmlbsp;  

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:44:50

• Israel Says It Killed a Hezbollah Chief Near Beirut, Testing the Truce ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-commander-beirut-strike.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:45:03

• Israel strikes Beirut and southern Lebanon despite truce ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260507-israel-strikes-beirut-and-southern-lebanon-despite-truce    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:45:20

• Keeping the Lebanese army weak: A hardened US military doctrine at Israel's service ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260507-keeping-the-lebanese-army-weak-a-hardened-us-military-doctrine-at-israel-service-qme    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:45:35

• Live: Explosions heard in several Iranian cities, including in naval port of Bandar Abbas ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260507-middle-east-war-live-source-close-to-hezbollah-says-top-commander-killed-in-israeli-strike    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:45:51

• Al-Qaeda-linked attacks in central Mali kill more than 30 people ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260508-al-qaeda-linked-attacks-in-central-mali-kill-more-than-30-people    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:46:10

• Dynamic Pricing Strikes Again! Olivia Rodrigo’s AMEX/Ticketmaster Pre-Sale Quickly Devolves Into a Price-Spiked Nightmare ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/07/olivia-rodrigo-pre-sale-becomes-a-high-priced-war-zone/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:46:36

• Submission on amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules, 2021”) ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/submission-march2026-it-rules-2021/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:47:18

• One House Democrat is pressing Commerce on the government’s spyware use ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/democrat-summer-lee-letter-briefing-nso-group-spyware-trump/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:48:01

• ResEd to replace RAs with Palantir surveillance technology ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/05/07/palantir-ra/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:48:33

• GSoC 2026: Teaching Telescopes to Think with Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://pavanportfolio.droptools.site/blog/gsoc    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:49:18

• Photoflare Released 1.7.0 with Qt6 Port & GMIC Integration ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/05/photoflare-released-1-7-0-with-qt6-port-gmic-integration/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:49:56

• Ubuntu Snap Prompting Improvements ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-snap-prompting-client-improved    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:51:10

• After Days of DDoS, Now Ubuntu's Ex-Twitter Account Seems to be Compromised ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-twitter-compromised/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Ubuntu_is_Run_by_N00bs_and_It_Shows.shtml    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:51:24

• FOSS Weekly #26.19: Ubuntu Under Attack, GNU/Linux Exploitation Ongoing, Upgrading to 26.04, GNU/Linux on PS5 and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-19/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:52:22

• LinuxHub 2026.05.06 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/linuxhub    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:52:39

• TrueNAS 25.10.3.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/truenas    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:52:57

• Synex 13 Puts a Minimalist Spin on Debian for Work and Home ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/05/synex-13-puts-a-minimalist-spin-on-debian-for-work-and-home/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:53:43

• The PHP License Is Dead; Long Live the BSD 3-Clause ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/05/the-php-license-is-dead-long-live-the-bsd-3-clause/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:54:27

• Kader⁴² 2026.05.07 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kader42    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:55:17

• Canaima 8.4 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/canaima    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:55:30

• Ludora 44_1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ludora    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:55:44

• Run, snap, sell: Jakarta’s joggers fuelling post-pandemic street photography market ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/run-snap-sell-jakartas-joggers-fueling-post-pandemic-street-photography-market    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:56:36

• A Project in Europe Tested Whether Students Could Live Without Smartphones ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/europe/smartphones-austria-children-experiment.htmlnbsp;  

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 19:56:57

• Google Slop Contains Serious Errors, Surveillance Giant Google Has Just Been Sued for 1.5 Million Dollars by One Victim of It ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/06/Google_Slop_Contains_Serious_Errors_Google_Has_Just_Been_Sued_f.shtml    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:08:14

• How Suspects Were Caught in Robbery of $1 Million in Fashion Company Apple Products ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/nyregion/apple-theft-millions-new-york.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:11:19

• After a $16 billion Stargate Hey Hi (AI) data center was built despite being voted down, Michigan towns rush to block new buildouts ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/michigan-towns-rush-to-block-ai-data-centers-after-16-billion-stargate-project-overrode-local-opposition    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:11:45

• "I'm a Linux geek and have been using Ubuntu since its original release in 2004. These are the essential settings, apps, and tweaks I recommend to every beginner." https://uk.pcmag.com/linux/164805/new-to-ubuntu-start-with-these-15-pro-tips-before-you-do-anything-else    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:14:44

• Ubuntu just showed Microsoft how to add AI without the mess https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-showed-microsoft-add-ai/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:15:13

• "This is why the next line mentions buzzwords like Blockchain and decentralized. Blockchain also relates to crypto so this was more like a build up for crypto that would come later." https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-twitter-compromised/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:16:13

• I tried these 5 command line tools on my Samsung phone—here's the ones that are worth using https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-these-desktop-linux-apps-on-my-samsung-phoneheres-the-ones-that-are-worth-using/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:18:02

• Stop tolerating GNOME's limitations — here are 5 Linux desktops that give you real control https://www.makeuseof.com/stop-tolerating-gnomes-limitations-linux-desktops-give-real-control/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:19:04

• Omarchy 3.7 Linux Distro Launches as a Gaming Edition | TechPowerUp ⚓ https://www.techpowerup.com/348834/omarchy-3-7-linux-distro-launches-as-a-gaming-edition ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.techpowerup.com/348834/omarchy-3-7-linux-distro-launches-as-a-gaming-edition    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:20:17

• "Most Linux users never think twice about the kernel running under their system. It just works. But for those who want stronger security guarantees, there's an alternative worth knowing about—and living with it taught me more than I expected." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-a-hardened-linux-kernel-so-you-dont-have-to/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:20:54

• Dell and Lenovo Join Linux Vendor Firmware Update Project | TechPowerUp ⚓ https://www.techpowerup.com/348826/dell-and-lenovo-join-linux-vendor-firmware-update-project    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:21:31

• "These builds offer "broad feature parity" with Windows and macOS versions and are also available to users on the free Pioneer license." https://80.lv/articles/instamat-instalod-get-native-linux-support    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:24:38

• I turned off one background service and my Linux machine finally felt fast https://www.makeuseof.com/i-turned-off-one-background-service-and-my-linux-machine-finally-felt-fast/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:25:50

• iophk: The old, defunct NewsForge domain is now occupied by squatters (casino) all the pages from it seem to be missing from IA too    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:31:39

• LLMs break your machine https://www.xda-developers.com/two-local-llms-fight-optimize-linux-vm-destroyed/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:32:41

• "This release brings improvements for Dolphin, KDE Itinerary, Koko, Okular, NeoChat, Merkuro, Kdenlive, Elisa, and other KDE apps." https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-04-1-is-out-with-more-improvements-for-your-favorite-kde-apps    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:33:48

• How To Better Enjoy VR On Linux https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/how-to-better-enjoy-vr-on-linux/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:35:04

• Dell and Lenovo are making significant investments in the Linux firmware platform LVFS - Techzine Global ⚓ https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/141114/dell-and-lenovo-are-making-significant-investments-in-the-linux-firmware-platform-lvfs/ ䷉ Source: Dolphin Publications B V    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:35:49

• PyPI Packages Deliver ZiChatBot Malware via Zulip APIs on Windows and Linux https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/pypi-packages-deliver-zichatbot-malware.html    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:37:46

• Linux inherited Unix's superpower, and developers can't let it go https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-inherited-unixs-superpower-and-developers-cant-let-it-go/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:39:03

• Reservations open for credit card-sized Raspberry Pi computer described as a “pocket Linux lab” from $59 https://www.pcguide.com/news/reservations-open-for-credit-card-sized-raspberry-pi-computer-described-as-a-pocket-linux-lab-from-59/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:39:39

• 4 reasons a Fedora Atomic desktop is the first distro every Linux beginner should use https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-fedora-atomic-desktop-best-distro-for-linux-beginner/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:40:30

• Old: https://web.archive.org/web/19970618235929/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Owen/froeb/mgt352/MrBill.html iophk: back when Wired covered ICT and Technology Policy    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:40:54

• More buzzwords than substance https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=354359    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:41:40

• "With release 1.9 out now there's a lot to like about this release. Not just performance improvements but ensuring things are rendered correctly too. In some cases there will also be lower GPU usage, a lower overall memory footprint and better frametime consistency in 2D heavy scenarios." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/d7vk-1-9-brings-2d-upgrades-for-classic-direct3d-games-on-linux/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:42:23

• "Unlike the earlier Lyra Pi and Pico Pi series based on RV1106 variants, the Aura uses the Rockchip RV1126B AIoT processor featuring four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 1.6 GHz." https://linuxgizmos.com/luckfox-aura-is-a-linux-sbc-with-rv1126b-processor-3-tops-npu-and-dual-csi/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:42:46

• Slop promotion https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/05/linux-foundation-launches-open-source-registry-initiative-amid-ai-driven-software-supply-chain-pressure/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:43:32

• Dell and Lenovo join LVFS as top-tier sponsors https://videocardz.com/newz/dell-and-lenovo-become-top-tier-sponsors-of-linux-firmware-update-service    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:43:56

• This is how a PS5 turns into a Steam Machine that plays PC games https://www.gamereactor.eu/this-is-how-a-ps5-turns-into-a-steam-machine-that-plays-pc-games-1715603/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:47:05

• StarFighter Linux laptop with detachable webcam and premium specs is finally shipping https://liliputing.com/starfighter-linux-laptop-with-detachable-webcam-and-premium-specs-finally-launches/    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 20:53:00

• PrismLinux 2026.05.05 Released https://prismlinux.org/news/2026/05-05    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 21:00:33

• Ludicrous buzzword-stuffing https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-delivers-post-quantum-readiness-and-ai-powered-automation-latest-versions-red-hat-enterprise-linux    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 21:31:29

• Another example of IBM Red Hat buying fake coverage about itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clSEbJghqMc    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 21:32:46

• "One of the other librarians emailed this morning asking if the rest of us had gotten an email from an outfit called Librar Labs." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-05-08    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:03:07

• "I'm not sure how to answer this, but I can say that taking some time off from work has been nice. Owning a home is a lot of work, and I'm constantly reminded that even if you take time off to do projects and clean up" gemini://gemini.smallweb.space/gemlog/20260508-5-questions.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:04:35

• "Cybertailor has added me to Gemcall’s PyPI project yesterday, which means I will publish Gemcall 1.0.0 on PyPI shortly, allowing me to add it as a dependency to Antenna instead of just including the file in the repo." gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/transmissions/2026-05-08-on-complexity-and-antennas-future.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:05:15

• "smell the trees, let the ocean wash over you, drag you out and drown you like flotsam and refuse. Salt your body, lie fallow so you'll be of no use and maybe then you'll finally be able to do what you were born to." gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-05-08-excerpts.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:05:50

• "You can only go back to a specific date and time. A specific September day at 11:58 AM, 1958. From a dark late night in 2011. That’s the portal. No freely controllable time-travel." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/112263    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:06:43

• "Just a quick thank you to @ew0k for creating Antenna and all the years of support. I'm happy that the maintenance of the project has passed to capable hands and will continue on through @michaelnordmeyer's efforts." gemini://gemini.smallweb.space/gemlog/20260508-re-michael-nordmeyer-new-official-maintainer-of-antenna.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:07:40

• "Michael reached out to me and asked if he could take over as maintainer for Antenna and gemcall officially. He has some nice ideas and has worked on his own versions of them for several months. Before he contacted me I honestly didn't even consider the maintainer role." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2026-05-08-michael-nordmeyer-new-official-maintainer-of-antenna.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:08:16

• "after I showed them a couple pages via an HTTP proxy and they figured out my handle, they haven't really shown an interest in Gemini." gemini://gemini.smallweb.space/gemlog/20260508-re-who-knows-that-you-blog.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:09:12

• "Something I've mostly avoided so far is how to do scaling. Of course, one can assign arbitrary ratios between the machine unit and physical quantities, but how to work through an actual circuit and model, and make everything consistent?" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260507-0.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:09:54

• "With the announcement of the copy fail exploit, CVE-2026-31431, which allows anyone with shell access (remote/terminal), to easily gain a root shell; we know, we tested on several Rocky systems. Luckily, the older systems (EL 7.x based) weren't affected." gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-05-02.gmi    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:11:17

• On IBM: "All they have anymore is marketing and legal. They can make some advertising on this or almost any topic. Execution will be sadly lacking." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqwxf7v8#replies    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:18:39

• "Blue-brainwashed. It’s hard to move on at first, but once you break out of the psychological conditioning, things get a lot better. Better pay, better work-life balance — all of it is out there waiting for you. And once you get some distance, you start to realize IBM is kind of a joke. We like smell of our own farts." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr4jq0y8#replies    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:19:34

• "Six years is way too long, but you still have time to escape. The ones in real trouble are those who stayed 10 years, 15 years or even longer. They become set in their "IBM ways", and become much more problematic for other companies to hire." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr4jq0y8#replies    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:19:56

• "I've been here six years and I've hated at least four of them - But by now I know the systems, I know the people, and leaving feels like starting over. So I stay. It's stupid but it's honest. I think there are many stuck at IBM with a similar mindset."    

posted Friday, May 08, 2026 at 22:20:20

• & &n &n tt &