Roy Schestowitz

• government collapses https://www.dw.com/en/romania-s-government-collapses-after-prime-minister-ilie-bolojan-loses-confidence-vote/a-77047950    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:09:44

• oil shortages spread https://www.dw.com/en/malawi-fuel-crisis-deepens-as-oil-shortages-spread/a-77000372    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:10:13

• fossil fuel and meat ads https://www.dw.com/en/here-s-why-some-cities-are-banning-fossil-fuel-and-meat-ads/a-77054187    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:11:00

• IBM SPAM has made it into Slashdot!! https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/05/05/189237/moving-to-mainframe-can-be-cheaper-than-sticking-with-vmware https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/05/Gartner_Pays_The_Register_MS_and_the_Effect_is_Visible_IBM_Prom.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/06/Gartner_Groups_Paid_The_Register_MS_And_Now_The_Register_MS_is_.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:12:28

• Slashdot thinks Microsoft speaks 'FOR' Linux? https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/05/07/1925210/microsoft-issues-warning-about-linux-copy-fail-vulnerability    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:13:39

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (19/2026): Voices and Splashes   

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:14:18

• Re "As LinkedIn lays off 5% staff, CEO says company must ‘operate more profitably’" - IT IS NOT EVEN PROFITABLE!!    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:16:40

• Cisco Cuts Nearly 4,000 Jobs    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:17:22

• Citing something something "hey hi" (as usual)    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:17:50

• This is why Cisco has mass layoffs again https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:CSCO/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 00:19:39

• Xbox is DEAD https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=axL3DhIRppw    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 01:56:42

• Does Open Source Have A Pedo Problem? https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=5Gb91JNF89M    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 01:59:59

• Exposing 'faceless' YouTubers pushing Canada to join the U.S. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7187429    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 02:03:54

• Social Control Media https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/youtuber-clavicular-faces-criminal-prosecution-after-clout-chasing-video-him-shooting-dead-1795608    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 02:04:30

• Germany: BioNTech shutting down COVID vaccine production entirely, 1,860 jobs at risk https://www.dw.com/en/germany-biontech-shutting-down-covid-vaccine-production-entirely-1-860-jobs-at-risk/a-77055320    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 02:09:11

• 'Turkey Neck' https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-gold-statue-controversy-1796162    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 02:11:22

• All buzzwords https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/provable-digital-sovereignty-how-ibm-sovereign-core-with-red-hat-delivers-verifiable-independence    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 02:13:11

• fuel crisis https://www.dw.com/en/what-the-strait-of-hormuz-fuel-crisis-means-for-air-travel/a-77047977    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 05:58:06

• FBI run by "KA$H" the drunkard? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/beware-banking-spoof-scams-1795132    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:01:14

• Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/patenting-use-of-medical-devices-t.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:02:22

• Air-Brushing of Climate Change https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/11/the-air-brushing-of-climate-change/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:03:05

• It’s the Climate Stupid https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/08/its-the-climate-stupid/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:03:49

• when you hate your own species https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/488114/anti-humanism-climate-anthropocene-hope-buddhism MinceR?    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:05:52

• Climate Action and Affordability Are Not Opposed https://jacobin.com/2026/05/just-transition-climate-affordability-renewables    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:06:12

• The ocean system that shapes Europe’s climate https://theconversation.com/the-ocean-system-that-shapes-europes-climate-281056    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:06:37

• Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science https://scheerpost.com/2026/05/03/event-with-links-to-oil-industry-teaches-judges-healthy-skepticism-of-climate-science/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:07:07

• Big Tech Exploits Gaps in California Student Data Privacy Protection https://www.projectcensored.org/gaps-in-california-student-data-privacy    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:09:11

• Censorship and Martial Law https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ex-dhs-chief-warns-donald-trump-doomsday-book-allows-censorship-martial-law-1796002    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:09:54

• The Case for US Backing of Africa’s Investigative Press https://www.projectcensored.org/us-backing-africas-investigative-press/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:10:28

• Here’s What Research Really Says About Remembering https://scheerpost.com/2026/05/05/photographic-memory-is-a-myth-heres-what-research-really-says-about-remembering/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:20:54

• Photoshop’s ‘Modern User Interface’ Sucks (and Doesn’t Feel Modern) https://unsung.aresluna.org/photoshops-challenges-with-focus-pt-2/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:21:44

• Trademarks and Free Speech http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/05/recommended-reading-prof-lisa-p-ramsey.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:23:36

• Idiots in Reddit cannot tell the difference between profit and revenue https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/17a2zwf/linkedin_hit_record_profits_this_year_its/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:30:07

• Microsoft's LinkedIn is Losing Money https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/20/Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_is_Losing_Money_Traffic_and_Hope_Now_It_Wa.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:30:33

• "jwz: The Rust Evangelism Task Force has declared "ethics" to be out of scope" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/05/the-rust-evangelism-task-force-has-declared-ethics-to-be-out-of-scope/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 06:56:23

• "Real-Debrid, a popular streaming and download service, has started returning copyright-infringement errors on many cached torrents." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/real-debrids-renewed-piracy-crackdown-follows-corporate-restructuring/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:37:56

• "A new ruling from the Delhi High Court targets various sites that exploit IMDb's website to streamline access to pirated content." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/universal-wins-delhi-court-order-against-imdb-themed-pirate-streaming-site/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:38:09

• "as a photographer, I certainly do care about the law of copyright and how vital it is to uphold" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/i-dont-care-if-dua-lipa-is-already-filthy-rich-as-a-photographer-im-glad-shes-suing-samsung-for-millions-over-allegedly-breaching-copyright | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:38:26

• "Townshend will also have access to the company’s digital department to establish a footprint across social media channels" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/14/pete-townshend-primary-wave-music-nil-rights/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:40:30

• "The likeness detection feature uses a selfie-style scan of a person’s face to monitor YouTube for lookalikes." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/931884/youtube-likeness-detection-ai-deepfake-expansion-all-adults | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:40:46

• "my top 5 horror movies: 1) ticketmaster 2) ticketmaster queues 3) ticketmaster prices 4) ticketmaster fees 5) not seeing my favorite artists live" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/15/ticketmaster-queue-positions-controversy/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:41:45

• "APNIC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National (Hangzhou) Novel Internet Exchange (NNIX)" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/15/apnic-and-nnix-collaborate-to-strengthen-rpki-and-ipv6-deployment-in-china/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:43:09

• "The web, though, is a two-class environment: a tolerable business class version for those with the right tools, and a mess for everyone else." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/the-two-class-platform/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:44:45

• "The State of surveys continue to report alarming numbers. Are they a fair representation of the industry? Do they help or hinder diversity?" ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/05/15/surveys-will-continue-until-diversity-improves/ | Source: David Bushell    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:45:13

• "Even some of the foundation’s allies at The Atlantic winced publicly, but Heritage reportedly didn’t budge." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-plot-to-turn-back-the-clock-on-womens-rights/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:45:28

• "ICE officials and officers have misled the public before about similar incidents. The agency did not respond to the Reformer’s request for comment." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/ice-shot-a-man-in-december-now-agents-cant-get-their-stories-straight/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 07:45:42

• Windows almost all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/japan/#monthly-200902-202605    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:00:57

• "The legal theory behind these cases tries to work around Section 230 by shifting the focus from user content to product design. Plaintiffs argue that features like infinite scroll or “like” buttons create harm independent of users’ personal content. It is a creative argument. It is also a slippery slope with no clear limiting principle." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/15/lets-help-children-not-trial-lawyers/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:01:31

• "The legal theory behind these cases tries to work around Section 230 by shifting the focus from user content to product design. Plaintiffs argue that features like infinite scroll or “like” buttons create harm independent of users’ personal content. It is a creative argument." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/15/lets-help-children-not-trial-lawyers/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:02:08

• "Researchers also looked at the social media profiles of 6,828 health and wellness influencers with at least 100,000 followers." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-social-feed-is-buzzing-with-health-advice-but-read-this-first | Source: Science Alert    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:03:18

• iophk: Crisis: many (most?) top level US military officers start their own say-for-pay consulting firms and say whatever they are paid to say. The trouble there seems to be that the Kremlin has been hiring these guys by the bushel to spread their talking points. A question raised is how much this infiltrating the active duty officer corps.    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:04:05

• "But now ABC is reporting about another potential “settlement” (again, “settlement” is the wrong word — it’s Trump’s legal team negotiating with Trump’s DOJ" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/15/trumps-10-billion-irs-lawsuit-may-become-a-1-7-billion-slush-fund-for-magas-self-proclaimed-victims/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:05:15

• "Congress later incorporated the rule change into the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/15/senators-introduce-bill-to-abolish-military-draft-agency/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:05:47

• "Sure, Why The Hell Not?" ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/05/13/buzzfeed-byron-allen-analysis/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:06:08

• "AI" or...? ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-ai-falling-apart | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:06:44

• "No comment on this PR may mention the following topics: [...]" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/05/the-rust-evangelism-task-force-has-declared-ethics-to-be-out-of-scope/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:07:11

• "gerontocracy" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/15/not-ok-boomer/#sorry-you-dont-get-a-turn | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:07:30

• "Countries that were firmly embedded in the US-controlled global market are now buying oil with yuan and paying Iran for passage with cryptocurrencies." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-old-world-of-tech-is-dying/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:07:52

• "The problem is that Nostr is very new and thus its pioneers often face a cold-start problem" ☛ https://news.dyne.org/the-edge-of-the-internet/ |    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:08:29

• "AI could put people off tech jobs and hurt the economy, warns Raspberry Pi boss" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clypr8p2lewo when some oligarchs collapse the global economy with a Ponzi scheme, then sure... jobs will be lost    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:09:41

• iophk: Calling it a ponzi scheme lends it too much dignity and validity :P    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:10:20

• Devuan: use the OpenNTPD time synchronization client gemini://doc.huc.fr.eu.org/en/sys/debian/devuan_openntpd.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:12:08

• Devuan: Opensmtpd Client Auth gemini://doc.huc.fr.eu.org/en/sys/debian/devuan_opensmtpd-client-auth.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:12:53

• sick but creative gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/siCreation    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:14:45

• "Camping for the weekend, but we don't need to hike, so we can pack the car with all we need and setup an easy camp!" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/raveInTheWood    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:15:32

• iophk: Sadly the BBC article praises the IPO and ignores the /real/ success which the Raspberry Pi has produced. Way to miss the point. Another mistake in the BBC article is that industrial uses of the RPi outshadow the hobby market substantially.    

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

• "Ranthambore National Park is among the most famous wildlife attractions in India and Rajasthan." ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/news/after-ranthambore-national-park-now-mobile-phones-banned-in-sariska-rajasthan-what-we-know-so-far/articleshow/128704881.cms | Source: ;  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:27:53

• "ensuring strict rules around limiting the number of tourists and the minimum distances they keep from animals." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/nature-and-wildlife-photography/as-wildlife-safaris-crack-down-on-smartphones-why-shouldnt-proper-cameras-be-banned-too | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:28:21

• "Using Raspberry Pi 4 to power a specially trained AI detection and alert algorithm, the team is helping local communities protect their livestock without damaging the region’s ecosystem." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/powering-coexistence-how-raspberry-pi-technology-is-helping-wwf-protect-wildlife-and-communities-in-pakistan/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 08:28:40

• "This practice ended in 1926, when the state switched to embossed metal signs. That’s whey they also stopped including the words “State Road” and “Ind.”" ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/05/15/indiana-state-road-signs-over-the-last-100-years/ | Source: Jim Grey    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:30:25

• "If you board a German long-distance train often enough, you stop hoping for punctuality and start engineering around its absence." ☛ https://blog.hofstede.it/a-field-manual-for-three-years-on-deutsche-bahn/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:30:43

• "And giant data centre projects don’t have a great track record of getting finished in the past couple of years." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/14/kevin-olearys-giant-utah-data-centre-will-it-happen/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:36:36

• "This week’s episode features special guest Molly Taft from WIRED" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/podcasts/xai-grows-data-center-gas-fleet-despite-legal-scrutiny-this-week-in-cleantech/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:37:26

• "Emails between an official in the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and a representative from Trinity Consultants" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/xai-adds-19-new-gas-turbines-despite-ongoing-lawsuit/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:37:42

• "Anew Gallup poll confirms that most Americans hate the prospect of data centers coming to their communities." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/05/ai-data-center-opposition-economics | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:37:56

• "The problem is, those abundant renewable energy resources don’t feel all that abundant anymore." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2026/0515/Norway-electric-energy-crunch-consumers | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:41:08

• "Fondomonte Arizona LLC, which accounts for more than 80% of groundwater pumping in the 912-square-mile Renagras Plain Basin " ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/megafarm-cant-stop-excessive-pumping-lawsuit-in-arizona/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:44:41

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/14/76-colorado-river-groups-seek-2-billion-for-drought-crisis/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:49:54

• "The 3rd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment is the latest unit to see its orders to Europe reversed." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-missile-germany-deployment-canceled/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:50:30

• "involved nearly 1,000 personnel and centered around pushing the Army’s technology" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/news/your-military/2026/05/15/no-sound-of-silence-us-soldiers-train-eyes-and-ears-for-drone-swarms/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:51:16

• "ordinary men" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/05/who-joined-the-nazi-party/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:51:55

• "Red states aren’t just gerrymandering away voting rights—they’re working overtime to suppress the vote in as many ways as possible" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/red-state-voter-suppression/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:52:39

• "The DOJ — which, despite acting independently in the past, has followed through on direct orders from Trump, including pursuing criminal cases" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/critics-warn-of-grift-in-potential-doj-settlement-of-trumps-10b-irs-lawsuit/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:53:02

• "But this year’s request is the military’s biggest taxpayer heist ever." ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-pentagon-shakedown-no-one-noticed | Source: Ken Klippenstein    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:53:36

• "$1.7 billion fund" ☛ https://abcnews.com/US/trump-poised-drop-irs-suit-launch-17b-weaponization/story?id=132962661 |    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:54:29

• "Stated more bluntly, you don’t get to keep your democracy (or rule of law) if you are forced to rely on other people’s technology for your most basic functions." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/democratic-tech-alliance-may-2026/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:55:06

• "We're Unredacted, a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/keeping-the-doors-open-unredacted/ | Source: Tor    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:57:01

• "As an example, imagine that you are a moderator on a forum and you suspect that a new face is actually a sockpuppet of a user you banned the day prior." ☛ https://tmctmt.com/posts/mullvad-exit-ips-as-a-fingerprinting-vector/ |    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:57:35

• "So clearly, Intelligence.com is less for you and me than for our large corporate employers. IMHO. Feel free to convince me otherwise. I’m open." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/05/14/person-networks/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:57:58

• "Sahota said the government needed to get the bill passed to take further steps and added that she was open to going further." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/c22metadata/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 12:58:15

• "Some age-verification systems are no match for enterprising children, who have found that drawing on a fake mustache with a makeup pencil is enough to skirt the blocks of adult websites." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/some-kids-are-bypassing-age-verification-checks-with-a-fake-mustache/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:02:15

• "The Government says who it paying money to." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/uk-government-kicks-out-palantir/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:02:46

• "The core objective of this update is to centralise personal economic data by allowing individuals to view detailed spending histories and active subscriptions through a single interface." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/openai-chatbot-bank-account-integration-1797098 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:03:30

• "The prevalence of AI use on college campuses, particularly at “elite” universities, is a cancer on our culture that threatens to turn a generation of promising young Americans into a class of drooling morons" ☛ https://www.thenewcritic.com/p/the-great-zombification |    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:04:59

• "That gap between “problem exists” and “problem solved” used to be where a lot of the actual experience of being a developer lived." ☛ https://caio.ca/blog/what-coding-is-starting-to-lose | Source: Caio Bianchi    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:05:26

• "As a result, the quality of newer LLMs’ training data is inferior to that of their predecessors—and by extension, so is their output." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/a-wikipedia-clone-built-on-ai-hallucinations-is-here-to-hasten-along-the-death-of-the-internet-2000758563 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:06:18

• "The post title was a notorious quote from Steve Bannon. Below the fold, I look into scholarly publication, the first of three areas whose zones are currently being flooded with AI output in what can be considered DDoS" ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2026/05/flooded-zones-part-1.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:07:12

• "Every few months, it seems Anthropic does something to restrict how you can use their subscription plans, either their $20, $100, or $200 plans, and it gets people upset." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/ai-plans-are-expensive-theyre-also-wildly-unprofitable/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:07:37

• "For those unfamiliar, Mythos was the tool that couldn’t prevent Anthropic leaking the source of their code generator." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/people-discussing-netbsd-and-project-glasswing/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:08:14

• "The timing and breathless coverage of Mythos conveniently buried this bad press, along with yet another of the CEO’s many false predictions, and misleading the public about their shaky finances."    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:08:32

• "Capacity points out that LLM latency tolerance is relatively high, but the sheer volume and the east-west nature of the traffic flow" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/ai-traffic-has-big-implications-for-towers-and-edge-infrastructure/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:09:03

• "Late Thursday evening, Thomas Dietterich, chair of the computer science section of ArXiv, wrote on X" ☛ https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:09:40

• "However, the commercial opportunities and pitfalls of AI were also a key focus during the relevant sit down, which CNBC’s Jon Fortt moderated." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/15/robert-kyncl-ai-comments/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:11:27

• "While the so-called “deepfakes” are certainly impressive, some fans think it’s a little uncanny—in an uncanny valley sort of way, which has been par for the course for the bulk of otherwise convincing AI content." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/14/the-rolling-stones-in-the-stars-de-aging/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:11:52

• "Last weekend my DS1019+ decided, for some unfathomable reason, to stop working after I took it out of the closet, dusted it and put it back, and I have feelings about it." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2026/05/15/1330 | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:13:54

• "But ChromeOS never won over many macOS or Windows users because Google gave up on the idea too early." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/googlebooks-just-killed-the-original-chromebook-dream | Source: PC Mag    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:14:19

• "The Exchange zero-day, tracked as CVE-2026-42897, has been described as a spoofing and XSS issue affecting Exchange Server Subscription Edition, 2016, and 2019." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-warns-of-exchange-server-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:15:14

• "Ukraine reshaped aerial drone warfare, and now appears poised to do the same for unmanned ground vehicles, with plans to buy 25,000 UGVs by the end of June." ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2026/05/15/near-russian-border-nato-grapples-with-ground-robots-in-combat/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:16:39

• "Is PC building cooked? The hardware news as of late might make you think so, what with the latest headlines about “collapsing” motherboard sales—as much as 37 percent for individual vendors." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3140065/the-pc-hardware-slump-is-real-so-is-the-reason-to-keep-caring.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:17:16

• "I was gonna need some of those!" ☛ https://chrisglass.com/2026/05/15/preparations-before-taking-photos/ | Source: Chris Glass    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:17:32

• "who had actively intervened to stop a fight" ☛ https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-05-15 | Source: Dr Molly Tov    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:18:31

• "I’ve written a couple posts lately about reverse engineering the internal state of a random number generator, first Mersenne Twister then lehmer64." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/15/xorshift128-state/ | Source: Joh  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:19:22

• "A highlight of the exhibit for me is this case of early ceratopsians." ☛ https://svpow.com/2026/05/15/the-bizarre-headgear-exhibit-at-the-sam-noble-museum-is-incredible/ | Source: Matt Wedel    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:25:20

• "But Popular Information (5/6/26) did a cost estimate of the Iran War based on officials’ statements, military procurement and operations data, and reporting on deployments and armament use." ☛ https://fair.org/home/slashing-climate-weather-and-ocean-research-to-pay-for-32-hours-of-iran-war/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:28:56

• "Anders Zorn’s Naturalism flourished when he was painting the realities of country life in the rural town of Mora, Sweden, where he had been born and brought up." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/15/naturalists-sorolla-and-zorn/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:29:58

• "The decision was easy. I moved out. The destination is OVH." ☛ https://oshogbo.com/blog/87/ | Source: Mariusz Zaborski    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:30:14

• "Hooked in a way of quitting photography again at some point? Maybe. But also hooked enough to buy my own camera: a Canon EOS R10." ☛ https://yordi.me/one-day-with-a-camera/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:30:30

• "You can find our previous half-yearly reports here, here, and here." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/15/peeringdb-update-october-2025-to-april-2026/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:30:47

• "Chinese whispers is an old children’s game where everyone sits in a circle" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/15/chinese-whispers-in-pdf-metadata/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:33:29

• "If you have been reading this blog for more than a few years, you know that late in 2022 I made a few resolutions." ☛ https://ambersettle.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/the-start-of-a-research-experience/ | Source: Amber Settle    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:36:48

• "Open Source software is not a “hobby” for your spare time." ☛ https://ossresistance.com/ |    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:40:01

• "At some point, I went down an IndieWeb rabbit hole and stumbled onto permashortlinks." ☛ https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/permashortlink/ |    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:40:25

• "While writing my last post about growing my own software, I also started thinking about which languages I use for my projects." ☛ https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/tech/the-languages-i-code-in/ | Source: Robert Lützner    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:40:43

• "The PyCon US 2026 Typing Summit ran Thursday May 14, 2026, from 1 PM to 5 PM in Room 201A of the Long Beach Convention Center" ☛ https://bernat.tech/posts/pycon-us-2026-typing-summit-recap/ | Source: Bernát Gábor    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:44:26

• "Buttondown no longer runs Redis!" ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/no-more-redis.html | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:46:54

• "If you’ve installed MariaDB on the same server, log in: [...]" ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/using-mariadb-with-dynmap-for-minecraft-maps/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:47:37

• "The order by clause is surely one of the best-known SQL clauses." ☛ https://modern-sql.com/blog/2026-05/order-by-history |    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:47:58

• "If your Mac's storage has been mysteriously shrinking recently and you use Google Chrome, you may have already identified the culprit." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/stop-chrome-downloading-hidden-4gb-file/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:49:10

• "As a test, I wrote a few queries for... common software: [...]" ☛ https://maurycyz.com/misc/search/ | Source: Maury    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 13:50:52

• "Running pip install requests or npm install react against the public registry is the same operation, structurally, as running apt install" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/15/language-registries-are-unstable-by-default.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:00:05

• "Another nice little feature is the built-in isearch. I explained how it is especially helpful while recording keyboard macros." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-05-15-emacs-amin-bandali-ffs-display-buffer-org-capture/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:00:19

• "sort can take input from one or more files and sorts them line by line. If more than one file is provided, the output is merged" ☛ https://www.readwriterachel.com/things-i-learned/2026/05/15/coreutils-sort.html | Source: Rachel Kaufman    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:02:30

• "It was one of those things that I had fully intended to do years ago" ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/05/opensmtpd-is-mail-server-for-future.html | Source: BSDly    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:08:13

• "To be more specific, displaying stuff with the first display worked flawlessly, while the ST7796 would display a single frame correctly, and then glitch." ☛ https://qsantos.fr/2026/05/15/the-rp2350-is-too-fast/ | Source: Qu  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:15:52

• "As a result, a triode tube conducts plate to filament when both the grid and plate have a positive voltage: similar to an n-channel MOSFET." ☛ https://maurycyz.com/projects/tubeclock/ | Source: Maury    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:16:31

• "I reviewed Ubuntu 25.10 late last year on my M1 Apple MacBook Air using UTM virtualization software." ☛ https://smist08.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/ubuntu-26-04-review/ | Source: Stephen Smith    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:19:21

• "Rocky Linux developers usually release a fix after the official upstream (Red Hat) version became available." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/rocky-linux-security-repository-emergency-fixes/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:20:40

• "The entire Red Hat documentation site and the full Knowledgebase fit into a single OCI container that updates weekly" ☛ https://blog.hofstede.it/red-hat-offline-knowledge-portal-all-the-docs-air-gapped-on-your-laptop/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:21:06

• "“The server feels slow.” It is the most common ticket text in the world, and the least useful." ☛ https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-resource-monitoring-accounting-and-troubleshooting/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:23:19

• "I've been wondering if somehow using one of my Gaming PCs connected to my TV would make for a great entertainment box, too." ☛ https://overkill.wtf/notes/kde-big-screen | Source: Kevin Wammer    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:24:24

• "When I started thinking about structuring CSS, I was intimidated at first: I’m not very good at structuring my CSS!" ☛ https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/05/15/moving-away-from-tailwind--and-learning-to-structure-my-css-/ | Source: Julia Evans    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:26:34

• "The time has come, as OpenBSD 7.9 will leave the exim package behind, and exim users will need to find a replacement before upgrading." ☛ https://nxdomain.no/~peter/time_for_opensmtpd.html | Source: Peter N M Hansteen    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:26:56

• "The Linux kernel contained a logic flaw that allowed unprivileged users to "steal" file descriptors for root-protected files" ☛ https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-ptrace-fd-theft-vulnerability-fix/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:28:01

• "Taliban recognises child marriage under new rules, with specific guidelines for 'virgin girls' | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15820679/Taliban-recognises-child-marriage-new-rules-specific-guidelines-virgin-girls.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:29:06

• "Taliban issues sickening CHILD MARRIAGE rules - with specific guidelines for 'virgin girls' and ‘reaching puberty’" https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39120468/taliban-issues-sickening-child-marriage-rules/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:31:27

• "A Wikipedia Clone Built on AI Hallucinations is Here to Hasten Along the Death of the Internet - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/15/194258#1442567    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:31:49

• "The Great Zombification: AI in the Ivory Tower - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/14/0321244    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:32:16

• "Both Fedora and Ubuntu Will Get AI Support – Soon - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/14/0258245   

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:32:34

• "Trump's Idea of Charity: Terrorists, Cop Assailants, and Child Sex Predators - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/15/trumps-idea-of-charity-terrorists-cop-assailants-and-child-sex-predators   

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:32:58

• "My President Went to China, and All I Got Was Even More Expensive Gasoline" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/my-president-went-to-china-and-all    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:33:17

• "Trump Calls Biden 'Incompetent' After Mistakenly Blaming Him for the Iran Nuclear Deal Championed by Obama: VIDEO | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-misguided-criticism-biden-iran-nuclear-deal-1797112    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:33:47

• "Trump Dazed Look During China Visit Stuns Viewers and Revives Trump Health Fears and Health Concerns | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/https-www-ibtimes-co-uk-trump-dazed-look-china-visit-health-fears-concerns-1797097    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:34:11

• Microsoft Canonical is hyping up slop https://ubuntu.com//blog/finding-the-blind-spot-how-canonical-hunts-logic-flaws-with-ai   

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:35:00

• "Trump IRS lawsuit: Potential settlement would create a $1.7 billion slush fund | Vox" https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/488910/trump-irs-lawsuit-tax-returns-weaponization-compensation-fund    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:35:27

• "Trump Is Rooting Around in the Public Trough | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-corruption-authoritarianism-oligarchy/nbsp;  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:35:44

• iophk: it's not needed since the US effectively has an economic draft now anyway https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/15/senators-introduce-bill-to-abolish-military-draft-agency/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:36:30

• "China fires verbal warning shot at US over Taiwan" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/14/china-fires-verbal-warning-shot-at-us-over-taiwan/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:36:50

• not mentioned: these crops are for KSA https://www.courthousenews.com/megafarm-cant-stop-excessive-pumping-lawsuit-in-arizona/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:37:10

• Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn are the latest Linux security problems | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fragnesia-and-ssh-keysign-pwn-are-the-latest-linux-security-problems/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux   

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:40:04

• SDL adds expanded support for the new Steam Controller without Steam | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sdl-adds-expanded-support-for-the-new-steam-controller-without-steam/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sdl-adds-expanded-support-for-the-new-steam-controller-without-steam/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:40:49

• Steam Beta fixes continuous rumble breaking the new Steam Controller Gyro | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-fixes-continuous-rumble-breaking-the-new-steam-controller-gyro/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux nbsp;  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:42:00

• KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta arrives with Plasma Bigscreen, new Union theme system | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-plasma-6-7-beta-arrives-with-plasma-bigscreen-new-union-theme-system/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:42:51

• Subnautica 2 is looking good on Desktop Linux, it's okay on Steam Deck with caveats | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/subnautica-2-is-looking-good-on-desktop-linux-its-okay-on-steam-deck-with-a-caveat/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux ;  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:50:11

• California Protect Our Games Act backed by Stop Killing Games passes key hurdle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/california-protect-our-games-act-backed-by-stop-killing-games-passes-key-hurdle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:50:38

• Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the ‘Iliad’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/science/archaeology-egypt-mummy-iliad.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:54:24

• How a New Israeli Policy Cuts Off Humanitarian Aid in Gaza ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/how-a-new-israeli-policy-cuts-off-humanitarian-aid-in-gaza   

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:54:54

• Someone Asked Physicists What They Really Believe About the Universe and… Yikes ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/survey-physicists-believe-universenbsp;  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:55:40

• US dispatch: federal grand jury subpoena marks first known criminal probe into gender-affirming care at major New York hospital ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/us-dispatch-federal-grand-jury-subpoena-to-nyu-langone-marks-first-known-criminal-investigation-of-hospital-over-gender-affirming-care/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:56:01

• Large Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Congo ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/world/africa/congo-ebola-outbreak.html   

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 14:56:32

• Kubernetes v1.36: New Metric for Route Sync in the Cloud Controller Manager ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/05/15/ccm-new-metric-route-sync-total/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:00:13

• Kubernetes v1.36: Mixed Version Proxy Graduates to Beta ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/05/15/kubernetes-1-36-feature-mixed-version-proxy-beta/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:01:19

• "The community blog feed aggregator lists the featured highlights below from May 8 to 14." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/05/15/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:02:10

• "M5Stack has introduced the PaperColor, a compact development board built around the ESP32-S3R8 processor and a 4-inch Spectra 6 full-color e-paper display." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/m5stack-papercolor-is-an-esp32-s3-dev-kit-with-spectra-6-e-paper-panel/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:08:48

• "Finland's 'nightless night' season begins in northern Lapland" https://yle.fi/a/74-20226278    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:09:31

• Fedora Hummingbird Debuts As a Super Hardened GNU/Linux Distro ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-hummingbird-images/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:11:03

• Freexian Collaborators: Debian Contributions: Detecting undeclared file conflicts, contributors.debian.org mini-sprint, security-tracker performance and more! (by Anupa Ann Joseph) ☞ https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-04-2026/  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:18:38

• Microsoft Warns of Exchange Server Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-warns-of-exchange-server-zero-day-exploited-in-the-p;  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:27:18

• CloudNativePG 1.29.1 and 1.28.3 released: critical CVE fix ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/cloudnativepg-1291-and-1283-released-critical-cve-fix-3296/nbsp;  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:27:58

• There is no digital sovereignty without ODF ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/15/no-digital-sovereignty-without-odf/  &nbsHow To Disable NetworkManager on Fedora 44 ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-networkmanager-fedora-44/ &p; 

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:41:49

• nbsp;  

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:43:09

• How to Install ERPNext on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-erpnext-on-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:43:31

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

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:43:58

• How to Check CPU Usage in GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-check-cpu-usage-in-linux/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:44:44

• Seven new stable kernels with patches for CVE-2026-46333 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1073060/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:52:30

• Polar Electro’s New § 101 Cert Petition: When Courts Do the Challenger’s Job ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/polar-electros-new-%c2%a7-101-cert-petition-when-courts-do-the-challengers-job.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:53:26

• Activemap interactive maps patents prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/5/15/active-maps-prior-art-found    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:54:01

• Head of IP at Heidelberg Pharma joins Fuchs Patentanwälte ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/head-of-ip-at-heidelberg-pharma-joins-fuchs-patentanwalte/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:54:36

• Seems more like ad ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/taylor-wessing-bolsters-german-patent-practice-with-eisenfuhr-speiser-hires/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 15:55:26

• Michigan cities, counties have spent 18% of opioid settlement funds ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-cities-counties-have-spent-18-of-opioid-settlement-funds/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:00:56

• Food engineer Bülent Şık sentenced to pay damages for health warnings ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/food-engineer-bulent-sik-sentenced-to-pay-damages-for-health-warnings-319634    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:01:22

• Not just commercial litigation: China is trying to keep Darwin Port ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/not-just-commercial-litigation-china-is-trying-to-keep-darwin-port/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:02:11

• Solomon Islands elects opposition leader Matthew Wale as PM ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/solomon-islands-elects-former-china-critic-wale-as-prime-minister    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:03:59

• Dihydroxyacetone Man says China may release the detained pastor but tycoon Jimmy Lai ‘is a tough one’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-says-china-may-release-the-detained-pastor-but-tycoon-lai-is-a-tough-one    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:05:00

• ‘Seismic shift’ toward Aussie orbit likely under Solomon Islands’ new prime minister ☞ https://rfa.org/english/pacific/2026/05/15/solomon-islands-matthew-wale-prime-minister-election/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:05:52

• Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Found in The US Could Last 300 Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/vast-untapped-source-of-lithium-found-in-the-us-could-last-300-years   

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:08:08

• Visiting Museums May Slow Your Biological Aging, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/visiting-museums-may-slow-your-biological-aging-study-finds    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:09:11

• A 4-Week Diet Change May Turn Back The Clock on Aging, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-4-week-diet-change-may-turn-back-the-clock-on-aging-study-suggests    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:09:32

• Scientists Caught Suckerfish Diving Into Manta Rays' Rear Ends ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-caught-suckerfish-diving-into-manta-rays-rear-ends    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:09:54

• Crickets Respond to Injuries in a Way That Suggests They Feel Pain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/crickets-respond-to-injuries-in-a-way-that-suggests-they-feel-pain    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:10:25

• Mysterious Wall Stone Turned Out to Be an Unexpected Treasure ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-wall-stone-turned-out-to-be-an-unexpected-treasure    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:10:45

• Strange Metal From Beyond Our World Spotted in an Ancient Treasure Stash ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-metal-from-beyond-our-world-spotted-in-an-ancient-treasure-stash    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:11:05

• Balancing act for new Fed chair: Taming inflation amid rate-cut pressures ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2026/0515/fed-chair-warsh-inflation-trump    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:11:48

• Turkey ranks fourth globally in food inflation ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-ranks-fourth-globally-in-food-inflation-319674    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:12:04

• Top libel lawyers ‘killed off’ legislation to protect public interest reporting ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/top-libel-lawyers-killed-off-legislation-to-protect-public-interest-reporting/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:13:10

• Qt Interface Framework with a new Control Panel ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-interface-framework-with-a-new-control-panel    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:13:38

• Advanced deepfakes used by digital 'vigilantes' to catch online predators ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260515-advanced-deepfakes-used-by-digital-vigilantes-to-catch-online-predators    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:14:04

• Meta Employee Attacks Kapo-berg for Collecting Every Employee Keystroke ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-employee-attacks-zuckerberg-employee-data    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:14:29

• Is Europe getting its act together on defence? Multiple threats prompt EU rearmament ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20260515-is-europe-getting-its-act-together-on-defence-multiple-threats-prompt-eu-rearmament    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:15:17

• DistroKid Is Now Asking Creators If Their Music Is AI-Generated as ‘Self-Disclosure’ Strategy Moves Out of Beta ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/14/distrokid-ai-credit-disclosure-what-it-looks-like/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:15:58

• If Hey Hi (AI) Causes a Mass Unemployment Crisis, Will the Public Explode Into Violence? ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-mass-unemployement-violence    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:16:56

• AI Appears to Be Trapping Certain Job Applicants in a Limbo Where They Never Get an Interview for “Reasons” That Are Completely Unfair ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-job-applicant-limbo-cortex    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:17:29

• Devious Prankster Posts Real Monet Painting, Tells People It’s AI-Generated, and Watches the Chaos Unfold ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/real-monet-ai-chaos    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:17:57

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Idea of Charity: Terrorists, Cop Assailants, and Child Sex Predators ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/15/trumps-idea-of-charity-terrorists-cop-assailants-and-child-sex-predators/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:19:18

• After Blowing Off the Lawsuit, Jermaine Jackson Ordered to Pay $6.5 Million to Rape Accuser ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/15/jermaine-jackson-rape-accuser-no-show-default-judgment/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:19:51

• Philippines will ‘definitely’ comply with ICC request to arrest senator, says minister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-suspends-senate-security-chief-after-shootout-escape-of-politician-wanted-by-icc    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:20:27

• Eight Pakistani troops killed in nighttime storming of border outpost ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/eight-pakistani-troops-killed-in-nighttime-storming-of-border-outpost    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:20:54

• Red Hat spam sponsored by Red Hat (fake reporting) ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/15/telco-cloud-modernization-accelerates-red-hat-rhsummit/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:22:02

• Cisco Patches Another SD-WAN Zero-Day, the Sixth Exploited in 2026 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-another-sd-wan-zero-day-the-sixth-exploited-in-2026/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:22:30

• TeamPCP Ups the Game, Releases Shai-Hulud Worm’s Source Code ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/teampcp-ups-the-game-releases-shai-hulud-worms-source-code/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:22:57

• Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2026-05-15 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2026/05/15/gnome-foundation-update-2026-05-15/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:24:47

• This Week in GNOME: #249 Quality Over Quantity ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/05/twig-249/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:25:08

• Can You Run LLMs Locally Without a GPU? I Tested 8 Models on GNU/Linux ☞ https://itsfoss.com/testing-local-llms-without-gpu/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:26:24

• stillOS 10.1-r5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/stillos    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:26:40

• Heroes of Fedora Quality for Fedora 44 ☞ https://kparal.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/heroes-of-fedora-quality-for-fedora-44/    

POSTED sATURDAY, mAY 16, 2026 AT 16:36:25

• Heavy Community Backlash Blocks Fedora's Hey Hi (AI) Developer Desktop Initiative ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-stalled/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:36:59

• Red Hat funded site about the funder ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/red-hat-delivers-on-premises-cost-telemetry-to-meet-data-sovereignty-demands/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:37:43

• Farewell Aruba, Hello OVH - A Migration Story ☞ https://oshogbo.com/87/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:39:51

• FreeBSD 15.1-BETA3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/freebsd    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:40:10

• Start9 RISC-V Router features SpacemiT K1 SoC, runs StartWRT OpenWrt fork (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/15/start9-risc-v-router-features-spacemit-k1-soc-startwrt-openwrt-fork/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:41:41

• Sloputers, a passing fad riding hype ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/16/anthropics-open-source-claude-desktop-buddy-turns-esp32-s3-devices-into-interactive-ai-desk-companions/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:42:34

• Sjoerd Stendahl: Graphs 2.0 is out! ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/sstendahl/2026/05/15/graphs-2-0-is-out/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:43:39

• Christian Hergert: Translating French ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2026/05/15/translating-french/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 16:43:54

• UK Government’s Draft Bill on ‘Ticket Touting’ Ban Included in King’s Speech As Predicted, But the Music Industry Is No Less Disappointed ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/13/uk-ban-on-ticket-touting-kings-speech/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:00:50

• Guardian photographer ‘exposed to risk’ after Farage shares press card picture ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-photographer-exposed-to-risk-after-farage-shares-press-card-picture/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:17:43

• Quick Filtering by Label ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2026/05/15/label-filtering//    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:18:15

• Hong Kong privacy watchdog warns against paying ransoms after Canvas hack ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/15/hong-kong-privacy-watchdog-warns-against-paying-ransoms-after-canvas-hack/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:18:57

• Collateral Damage: Grok Hey Hi (AI) and the Human Cost of Generative Hey Hi (AI) ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5770/collateral-damage-grok-ai-and-human-cost-generative-ai    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:19:28

• Mozilla Privacy Blog: Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools and should not be undermined ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/05/15/mozilla-to-uk-regulators-vpns-are-essential-privacy-and-security-tools-and-should-not-be-undermined/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:20:08

• Israeli Strike Targeted Top Hamas Leader in Gaza, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-haddad-hamas.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:20:49

• Samsung executives make rare union visit as strike fears mount ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/samsung-executives-make-rare-union-visit-as-strike-fears-mount    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:21:11

• Samsung starts winding down chip production six days before planned 18-day strike — company enters 'emergency management mode,' daily losses could hit $2 billion ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/samsung-starts-winding-down-chip-producton-six-days-before-planned-18-day-strike    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:21:28

• Cannes: Iranian director Farhadi condemns both US-Israeli attacks, crackdown on protesters ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20260515-cannes-iranian-director-farhadi-condemns-both-us-israeli-attacks-crackdown-protesters    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:21:53

• New Malware Libraries means New Signatures, (Fri, May 15th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32986    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:22:24

• In Other News: Big Tech vs Canada Encryption Bill, Cisco’s Free Hey Hi (AI) Security Spec, Audi App Flaws ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-big-tech-vs-canada-encryption-bill-ciscos-free-ai-security-spec-audi-app-flaws/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:22:50

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2026/20 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/05/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-20/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:26:31

• GIMP @ GNU/Linux App Summit and ADULLACT Congress 2026 ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/05/15/gimp-las-adullact-2026/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:26:53

• drgn – programmable debugger ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/drgn-programmable-debugger/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:27:41

• Ubuntu 25.10 users need to make a critical move before July deadline ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-2510-users-need-to-make-a-critical-move-before-july-deadline/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:28:22

• Russell Coker: Debian SE GNU/Linux and ssh-keysign-pwn ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/05/15/debian-selinux-ssh-keysign-pwn/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:28:48

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Huntdown: Overtime and Space Haven - 2026-05-13 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-05-13-edition/index.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:29:24

• We're inching closer to the Steam Frame release with a SteamOS Manager update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/were-inching-closer-to-the-steam-frame-release-with-a-steamos-manager-update/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:30:45

• Not only will the new Steam Controller scream at you but it can play tunes as well | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/not-only-will-the-new-steam-controller-scream-at-you-but-it-can-play-tunes-as-well/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:30:57

• LEGO 2K Drive is getting delisted soon and servers will shut down | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/lego-2k-drive-is-getting-delisted-soon-and-servers-will-shut-down/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:31:08

• ECtHR rules 2016 detention of Kurdish politician Ayla Akat Ata unlawful ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/ecthr-rules-2016-detention-of-kurdish-politician-ayla-akat-ata-unlawful-319648    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:31:44

• OpenAI Hit by TanStack Supply Chain Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/openai-hit-by-tanstack-supply-chain-attack/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:32:15

• American Lending Center Data Breach Affects 123,000 Individuals ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/american-lending-center-data-breach-affects-123000-individuals/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:32:32

• Oh noes, garbage ☞ https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/lAad2w6BWSES03AVfqbiAg    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:33:32

• Bits from Debian: New Debian Developers and Maintainers (March and April 2026) ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2026/05/new-developers-2026-05.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:34:18

• Chrome 148 Update Patches Critical Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-148-update-patches-critical-vulnerabilities/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:39:06

• Mercy for good apples when they expose bad apples ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0515/Mercy-for-good-apples-when-they-expose-bad-apples    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:39:59

• Replacing my ISP router with a UniFi Cloud Gateway Max ☞ https://kevquirk.com/replacing-my-isp-router-with-a-unifi-cloud-gateway-max    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:41:05

• Bypassing On-Camera Age-Verification Checks ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/bypassing-on-camera-age-verification-checks.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:41:37

• Photos: Cuba Plunges Into Darkness as U.S. Cuts Off Oil Supply ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/world/americas/cuba-energy-crisis-photos.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:42:09

• Contribute to national development by telling ‘good stories’ of China and Hong Kong, John Lee tells journalists ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/15/contribute-to-national-development-by-telling-good-stories-of-china-and-hong-kong-john-lee-tells-journalists/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:42:44

• PENOX WristBuds – A Bluetooth 6.0 smartwatch with integrated TWS earbuds (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/15/penox-wristbuds-a-smartwatch-with-integrated-tws-earbuds/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:43:39

• M5Stack PaperColor ESP32-S3 devkit features 4-inch E Ink Spectra 6 color display ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/15/m5stack-papercolor-esp32-s3-devkit-features-4-inch-e-ink-spectra-6-color-display/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:43:58

• Bart Piotrowski: How does Flathub even work? The CDN and caching layer ☞ https://barthalion.blog/flathub-internals-cdn/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:51:59

• Amin Bandali: FFS code review and Emacs extensibility with Protesilaos ☞ https://kelar.org/~bandali/gnu/emacs/ffs-emacs-ext-prot.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:52:49

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1073059/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:53:14

• Plasma 6.7 Beta Released! Improved Power Life in AMD/Intel Laptops ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/05/plasma-6-7-beta-released-improve-power-life/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:54:05

• Supercronic – crontab-compatible job runner designed for container environments ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/?p=177294    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:55:09

• Pburn missing dependencies ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202605/pburn-missing-dependencies.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:55:54

• muttest 0.2.0: More Mutators, Better Reporting, and Parallel Execution ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/05/muttest-0-2-0-more-mutators-better-reporting-and-parallel-execution/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:56:26

• Lithuania faces no US pressure over Belarus fertiliser transit, president says ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2929224/lithuania-faces-no-us-pressure-over-belarus-fertiliser-transit-president-says    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:56:46

• North Korea slams Britain over sanctions on children’s camp ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-slams-britain-over-sanctions-on-childrens-camp    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:57:04

• Delivering Mail on Ukraine’s Front Line ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010847527/delivering-mail-on-ukraines-front-line.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:57:47

• Enter the Killer Robots: The Ukrainian Forging the Future of Warfare ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/world/europe/mykhailo-fedorov-ukraine-ai.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:58:05

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Suggests Deadly Russian Strike On Kyiv A Setback To Peace Efforts, Ukraine Hits Major Russian Refinery ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-apartment-building-russia-strike/33757413.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:58:32

• US Officials Warn End Of Ukraine War Could Heighten Russian Threat To Baltics ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-nato-baltic-ukraine-war-eastern-flank/33757418.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:58:49

• Ukraine holds 'all the cards' in Russia talks, says Finnish president ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2929054/ukraine-holds-all-the-cards-in-russia-talks-says-finnish-president    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:59:08

• NATO military chief says US troop moves pose no threat, Ukraine strikes give Kyiv leverage ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2929087/nato-military-chief-says-us-troop-moves-pose-no-threat-ukraine-strikes-give-kyiv-leverage    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:59:32

• Ukrainian drones in Baltics present a paradox – interview with Stubb in Vilnius ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2929110/ukrainian-drones-in-baltics-present-a-paradox-interview-with-stubb-in-vilnius    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 17:59:50

• Russia and Ukraine swap 205 prisoners of war each ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260515-russia-and-ukraine-swap-205-prisoners-of-war-each    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:00:08

• 36 countries approve creation of special Ukraine tribunal to prosecute Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260515-36-countries-approve-creation-of-special-ukraine-tribunal-prosecute-russia    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:00:25

• ‘For Example, Putin’: How Pooh-tin Used a Private Garden Walk to Charm Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/world/asia/china-xi-trump-summit-garden-putin.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:00:56

• A test for Ukraine, a dilemma for Zelensky: What's at stake in the Andriy Yermak corruption probe ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260515-test-for-ukraine-dilemma-zelensky-what-stake-andriy-yermak-corruption-probe    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:01:10

• European Union takes decisive steps to ensure accountability for Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1087    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:01:28

• Kubernetes riding slop and LLMs for hype, not substance of energy prudence ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/contributed-content/the-inference-bottleneck-architecting-kubernetes-autoscaling-for-production-llms/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:02:45

• NPR Podcast Host Ramtin Arablouei Exits Amid Workplace Inquiry ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/business/media/npr-podcast-ramtin-arablouei-throughline.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:03:31

• Fragnesia, ssh-keysign‑pwn, and the Month of Living Dangerously on GNU/Linux ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/05/fragnesia-ssh-keysign-pwn-and-the-month-of-living-dangerously-on-linux/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:05:02

• Hantavirus outbreak: What lessons have the media learned since Covid-19? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/scoop/20260515-hantavirus-outbreak-what-lessons-have-the-media-learned-since-covid-19    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:05:35

• Veteran Russian Dissident Reportedly Left Suicide Note Blaming Putin ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/nina-litvinova-suicide-note-putin/33757694.html    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:06:01

• From Air Force One, Convicted Felon writes of ballrooms, a statue and TikTok. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/14/world/trump-xi-summit-beijing/from-air-force-one-trump-writes-of-ballrooms-a-statue-and-tiktok "In social control media posts after the summit in Beijing"    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:06:46

• iophk on RPi promoting SLOP: "the RPi as a project is important and has a reputation to maintain letting scams piggyback on it will not help the core mission of making computing and computer science available to the general population and the younger generations in particular."    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:09:31

• Techrights has too little leverage over direction of RPi as a project. It's not EPO or Novell...    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:09:42

• "KDE has announced it’s getting a €1.28 million grant from the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to help improve the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and the communication frameworks used by both." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:18:11

• "The wait is finally over! As of today, May 14th, 2026, Canonical has opened the upgrade path for Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) users to the latest release, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon)." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-users-can-now-upgrade-to-ubuntu-26-04-lts-heres-how    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:18:38

• "Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was released last month for those looking to do a clean install, but the upgrade paths are only now beginning to open up." https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-2510-users-need-to-make-a-critical-move-before-july-deadline/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:19:16

• Rocky Linux launches opt-in security repository for urgent fixes https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/15/rocky-linux-launches-security-repository/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:22:43

• "What was the most wishlisted game on Steam, Subnautica 2 has entered Early Access and so far it's running out of the box on Linux / SteamOS. Note: this was a personal purchase." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/subnautica-2-is-looking-good-on-desktop-linux-its-okay-on-steam-deck-with-a-caveat/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:25:27

• All local, too much hype https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/security/141351/its-raining-linux-vulnerabilities-whats-going-on/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:26:04

• I turned on zram and my 8GB Linux laptop stopped choking on browser tabs https://www.makeuseof.com/turned-on-zram-my-8gb-linux-laptop-stopped-choking-on-browser-tabs/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:27:01

• 2 beginner Linux distros that don't force you to use the terminal https://www.howtogeek.com/beginner-linux-distros-that-dont-force-you-to-use-the-terminal/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:32:00

• Anbernic RG DS Gets a New Linux Firmware That Finally Embraces Dual Screens https://retrohandhelds.gg/anbernic-rg-ds-gets-a-new-linux-firmware-that-finally-embraces-dual-screens/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:32:44

• Colorado Age-Verification Proposal Sparks Linux Open Source Backlash https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/05/colorado-age-verification-proposal-sparks-linux-open-source-backlash/    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:34:37

• Microsoft Exchange, Windows 11 hacked on second day of Pwn2Own https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pwn2own-day-two-hackers-demo-microsoft-exchange-windows-11-red-had-enterprise-linux-zero-days/    

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• IBM slop as a cancer https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-hummingbird-images/    

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• Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund backs the desktop project while public sector interest in homegrown alternatives grows https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/14/kde-bags-13m-as-europe-realizes-it-might-need-an-os-of-its-own/5240562    

posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:38:20

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posted Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 18:38:51