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  • "I am, and always have been, an avid hiker and lover of everything outdoors. It really doesn't matter what, exactly -- hiking, climbing, fishing, kayaking, gardening, etc. If it's outdoors, I love it." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/planning.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 03:45:01

  • "My favourite piece of wisdom from the permacomputing community is the honest admission that a mere mortal cannot build something on their own as complex as an operating system or browser engine." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/foss-fiefdom.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 03:46:22

  • "I was carrying a Canon R6. Almost everyone was taking photos all around, but almost everyone was using their phones. I didn’t see any other big cameras." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/05/19/bigcamera/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 03:47:29

  • "wasn't sure how to report on this. should it be just about the items entering my house? or general spending behavior?" gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/purchases    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 03:48:11

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

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 03:48:57

  • iophk: Here is a useful article about strikes, https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/on-the-lirr-picket-line One like that about SUEPO would be fantastic, if one can wish    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 03:58:21

  • The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVIII - European Patent Office (EPO) Guidebook Says Report Crimes Committed on EPO Premises. Some Did, But President Campinos Covers up for the Culprits. https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXVIII_European_Patent.shtml    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 04:15:24

  • Perl compromised or attacked by Microsoft; see comment in http://techrights.org/o/2020/05/05/gnuhub-pt-2/index.shtml this did NOT age well, as the project perl outsources way too much to GitHub    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 04:20:38

  • iophk: as mentioned, Microsoft has been aggressively attacking Perl for years and now has subverted many in key development positions    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 04:21:00

  • iophk: Instead of making the browser better... https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/19/firefox-151-helps-you-edit-pdfs-and-switch-oses/5242888    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 04:48:50

  • Web browsers are editors (remember Netscape?). No, not editors of Web pages. But of PDFs. Why doesn't Firefox have a built-in GIMP already?    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 04:50:04

  • "Don't download LibreOffice. Firefox is better."    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 04:50:38

  • "Starting May 19, tech platforms in the US will have to comply with the Take It Down Act. Here’s how more than a dozen major platforms are handling takedown demands for your nonconsensual nudes." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-remove-nudes-take-it-down-act/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:03:00

  • Firefox adds PDF support.. for editing .... "instead of supporting open video codecs in the browser" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/25/GAFAM_Mozilla_Removes_Theora_Support_Now_GNU_Needs_to_Re_encode.shtml "That is something even Vint Cerf made a general warning about nearly 10 years ago" - iophk https://www.itnews.com.au/news/internet-is-losing-its-memory-cerf-495854    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:18:28

  • "Democrats don’t at the moment have the power" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/934112/live-nation-ticketmaster-democrats-doj-settlement | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:27:17

  • "Last Thursday, NASA issued a final Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/nasa-draws-on-industry-for-mars-telecommunications-network/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:28:36

  • "Edmund Pettus, the man whose name is emblazoned in steel across the bridge's heavy support beams, was a Confederate officer and, after the South lost the war" ☛ https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-05-19-rebel-spirit/ | Source: Dan Sinker    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:29:09

  • "At issue in the strike is a relatively small gap between the raise percentage requested by the unions and the raise percentage that New York state is willing to pay" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/on-the-lirr-picket-line | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:29:22

  • "True to its word, after two weeks" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/18/dutch-cops-shame-games-nets-74-wanted-fraudsters/5241980 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:30:33

  • "The orders came in two cases, Turtle Mountain Band v. Howe, where the lower court backed Gorsuch’s attempt to further neutralize the VRA" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/489134/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-mostly-dead | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:33:41

  • "In its recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court claimed it was refining the framework established in Gingles." ☛ https://washingtonspectator.org/roberts-court-has-turned-voting-rights-act-on-its-head/ | Source: The Washington Spectator    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:52:26

  • "Cherokee Nation plans to open a residential and intensive outpatient treatment center in Tahlequah, where the tribe is headquartered." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/05/cherokee-nation-integrates-culture-into-new-treatment-center-built-with-opioid-settlement-funds.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 06:53:14

  • "He’s accomplishing that with a careful amalgamation of Hawaiian-sounding shell companies, through which he’s sued hundreds of descendants of Native Hawaiian land owners, per HR News" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/mark-zuckerberg-bully-native-hawaiians | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:03:25

  • "Ugurchiev separately addressed the issue of women’s appearance. He stated that men were obliged to monitor how their female relatives dress and should not allow women to walk without hijab or with their hair uncovered." ☛ https://oc-media.org/ingush-imam-rails-on-men-wearing-short-sleeved-shirts-and-insufficient-control-over-women/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:04:26

  • "Chow Hang-tung, a former leader of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/19/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-activist-urges-court-to-safeguard-dignity-bottom-line-of-law-in-national-security-trial/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:13:48

  • "CBS refused to renew his contract, and you know exactly why: He mocked and criticized Trump." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/farewell-and-thank-you-stephen-colbert | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:14:10

  • "Sasha has never criticised her father publicly and has never expressed support for Trump. The image is AI-generated and the quotes are fabricated." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sasha-obama-maga-hat-fake-news-1797780 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:14:49

  • "Using the Bayesian model described here we can estimate a latent “confidence in Congress” factor for each birth cohort over time." ☛ https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2026/05/19/confidence-in-institutions/ | Source: Allen Downey    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:16:03

  • "I am not a historian. I'm sure this is all very simplistic and reductive." ☛ https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-05-19 | Source: Dr Molly Tov    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:16:22

  • "A few thoughts on how the modern economy has stopped rewarding people who know what they are doing, and started rewarding people who know how to look like they do." ☛ https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/the-rise-of-the-bullshittery/ | Source: マリウス    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:16:54

  • "AI native design structures" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/19/meta-shifts-7000-employees-four-new-ai-units-ahead-mass-layoffs/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:17:20

  • "Announced 26 days ago on April 23rd via an internal memo, Meta said it was slashing about 10 percent of the company’s 78,000 employees, and closing around 6,000 open job postings" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/mark-zuckerberg-cruel-game-meta-employees | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:19:03

  • "Launching today at internetfreedom.torproject.org and as an Onion Service, the campaign is the first-ever Web3-native crowdfunding initiative dedicated to the internet freedom ecosystem. " ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/fund-internet-freedom/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:21:19

  • "The decision is conditional, as the city still requires the Finnish state to cover some 30 percent of the tram's construction costs" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20226698 | Source: Yle    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:23:43

  • "Ruble-based digital currency would help Moscow evade international banking sanctions imposed after it invaded Ukraine" ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/05/russia-launches-crypto-scheme-in-africa/ | Source: ADF    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:23:54

  • "His organization filed an objection to the proposed change in water use for the data center, raising concerns including about groundwater and the feasibility of the project" ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/19/utah-law-narrows-data-center-water-protests/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:24:57

  • "But another source of urban heat receives much less attention: traffic." ☛ https://theconversation.com/how-traffic-makes-cities-warmer-283195 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:25:11

  • Overpopulation ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-built-a-site-to-ensure-fair-access-to-public-lands-then-everything-went-wrong/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:28:06

  • "Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have fought for control of the forest since Boko Haram split into the two factions in 2016." ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/05/boko-haram-and-iswap-fight-for-control-of-sambisa-forest/ | Source: ADF    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:34:38

  • "The remote region has been gripped by an Islamist extremist insurgency since 2009, first by Boko Haram, then its offshoot and rival, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260519-joint-nigeria-us-strikes-kill-175-islamic-state-group-fighters-both-militaries-say | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:34:50

  • "Blanche is Trump's former criminal defense lawyer." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/trump-taxes-irs-doj-fund.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:35:06

  • "The nine-page settlement agreement DOJ released Monday, setting up a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of alleged weaponization of law enforcement" ☛ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/trump-irs-settlement-tax-returns-00927911 | Source: Politico LLC    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:35:16

  • "Settlement bars IRS from auditing Trump, relatives or companies for past tax years" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-irs-settlement-forever-bars-audits-into-tax-claims-trump-his-family-2026-05-19/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:35:31

  • "forever barred" ☛ https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/irs-forever-barred-investigating-trump-doj-expands-settlement-tax-returns-lawsuit | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:36:02

  • "Now, six months later, it’s hard to imagine such elation after an election" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/gutting-voting-rights-act-is-just-first-step-in-far-right-plan-to-end-democracy/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:36:17

  • "Far-right activists in Britain are increasingly adopting the rhetoric of Christian nationalism. Yet while they look to American churches for an example..." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/05/reform-uk-christian-nationalism-ethnicity | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:36:51

  • "Whales and other large crypto holders are increasingly becoming targeted by criminals for kidnapping and coercion" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/physical-attacks-against-crypto-holders-including-kidnap-and-assault-up-75-percent-in-2025-72-confirmed-incidents-see-usd41-million-lost-real-number-likely-higher | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:37:11

  • "Donald Trump just stole over A BILLION DOLLARS from you and me and every other taxpayer. And he’s using it to reward cronies and criminals who committed violence on his behalf." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-just-stole-your-money | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:37:32

  • "Our democracy is disappearing right before our eyes." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-chicks-natalie-maines-slams-trump-slush-fund-1235565893/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:38:07

  • "The IRS lawsuit would have been thrown out of court if Trump had not dismissed the case. Trump controls the IRS and the Treasury Department." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/january-6-slush-fund/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:38:34

  • "Just to be clear, if you’re a U.S. taxpayer, this action means that almost $1.8 billion of your money will be handed out to whomever a panel appointed by Donald Trump decides to reward" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-looting-of-america | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:39:37

  • "Now, we’re pleased to share Senator Kelly’s remarks from the RDI Heroes of Democracy Gala: [...]" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/sen-mark-kelly-thats-not-how-this | Source: The Next Move    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:40:02

  • "Object permanence" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/19/shes-dead-of-course/#consensus-hallucination | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:41:01

  • "Whether Signal is crying wolf or simply believes the laws in those countries are strong enough to prevent mandated backdoors is a good question." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/bill-c-22-can-be-corrected/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:41:31

  • "Offering examples of these social engineering campaigns" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/poland-builds-its-own-signal-amid-security-concerns/5241824 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:42:02

  • "We're suing DHS and ICE to reveal their efforts to unmask online critics, creating privacy-enhancing free software" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/your-privacy-shouldnt-be-corporate-decision | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:42:21

  • "The rocket company’s private valuation shot up to over $1 trillion after it acquired xAI last year." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ex-openai-staffers-warn-spacex-investors-of-ai-safety-risks/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:43:24

  • "The US Postal Service promises to deliver mail to rural areas where private carriers won’t extend service because it isn’t profitable." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/05/usps-amazon-rural-mail-privatization | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:43:40

  • Windows TCO: "It’s nasty, but it requires physical access to the computer: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/zero-day-exploit-against-windows-bitlocker.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:44:34

  • Windows TCO: "if there is insufficient free space on the EFI System Partition (ESP)" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3143629/microsofts-may-update-is-failing-to-install-on-some-windows-11-pcs.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:44:59

  • Windows TCO: "To sustain the attacks – which peaked at over 600Gbit/s in the case at least two hosting providers and which have run for hours at a time" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/troubling-questions-over-south-african-internet-infrastructure-attacks/281524/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:45:17

  • "Users are banned under international sanctions against Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/20/tiktok-bans-wave-of-bloggers-some-with-millions-of-followers-over-ads-for-russian-drone-assembly-college | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:46:06

  • "he's so out of touch with the universe that he believed that a ton of graduates from the University of Arizona would love hearing about how AI is about to screw them right into poverty." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/05/18/eric-schmidt-gets-booed-at-university-of-arizona-commencement.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 07:46:52

  • "GitHub is tightening its bug bounty program standards as AI-assisted vulnerability reports overwhelm security teams with low-quality submissions." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/github-bug-bounty-ai-slop/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:05:20

  • "We’ve known for years that the chatbot vendors run at a massive loss." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/18/github-copilot-ai-token-charges-to-go-up-10x-100x/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:07:06

  • "Third, and related, AI CEOs need to learn how to talk to humans." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/i-said-id-destroy-humanity-and-take-their-jobs-and-i-wonder-why-they-dont-like-me/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:08:55

  • "I see AI content where I’m conditioned to expect and ignore it: In Google’s “AI Overviews” that famously told us to eat glue pizza, in engagement-bait LinkedIn posts, and throughout our Facebook and Instagram feeds." ☛ https://www.404media.co/your-ai-use-is-breaking-my-brain/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:16:18

  • "Discovery is no longer constrained the way it was thirty years ago." ☛ https://www.provos.org/p/day-after-the-zero-days/ | Source: Niels Provos    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:16:33

  • "The problem, according to Torvalds" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linus-torvalds-says-ai-bug-reports-have-made-the-linux-security-mailing-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:18:18

  • "The move is a response to a growing influx of AI-generated papers faced by scholarly journals as well as sites such as arXiv" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-slop-is-flooding-science-publishing-and-one-major-site-is-fighting-back | Source: Science Alert    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:18:53

  • "this kind of junk has become known as A.I. slop" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/25/the-prehistory-of-ai-slop | Source: New Yorker    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:19:13

  • "That’s the case at Pizza Hut, at least, and not everyone’s happy about it." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/pizza-hut-ai-disaster | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:20:07

  • "That is a lesson learned for us" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-name-reader-flops-college-graduation | Source: Futurism    

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

  • "Let me be clear that I’m utterly uninterested in policing what adults do in their own homes." ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/05/19/i-oppose-marijuana-legalization-on-libertarian-grounds/ | Source: Jim Grey    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:21:19

  • "I have never understood how people have notifications across a half dozen applications on their devices" ☛ https://joshblais.com/blog/back-to-silence/ | Source: Joshua Blais    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:21:39

  • "Thankfully, there’s a cheap and simple device that can offer that exact information." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-pulse-oximetry-figures-out-your-blood-oxygen-levels/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:23:35

  • "Lawmakers included language in the bill designed to dissuade older people from buying cigarettes for their underage acquaintances" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/05/smoking-tobacco-generational-ban-united-kingdom/687223/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:24:32

  • "In a comment on my entry on universities, email, and the issues of running things in house" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OurMailSystemHardware | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:24:56

  • "Learn X the hard way" ☛ https://haskellforall.com/2026/05/type-out-the-code | Source: Haskell For All    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:25:30

  • "My most recent example (before today) is the eBook pricing issue that I have been working on fixing here in IL-- for years, but it is finally going somewhere." ☛ https://raforall.blogspot.com/2026/05/nyt-shares-how-book-gets-on-our-library.html | Source: Becky Spratford    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:25:45

  • "Refusal of attention is not a signal of intelligence. It is a refusal." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-engineers-who-would-be-philosophers | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:26:01

  • "Publisher engagement with the library community has evolved considerably over the past decades." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/19/why-every-publisher-needs-a-library-relations-strategy/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:26:19

  • "A closer look at Cosh[ArcCosh[x] + ArcCosh[y]]" ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/19/closer-look-at-an-identity/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:26:46

  • "The question turns out to be more subtle than it looks." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/19/square-root-of-x-squared-minus-one/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:26:59

  • "This is useful for adding up sources of variance, or figuring out radiuses, or other such things." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/pythagorean-addition | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:27:14

  • "The build uses an ESP32 microcontroller, which is built on to a board with an integrated 4.3″ touchscreen LCD." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/building-a-device-to-map-magnetic-fields/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:27:27

  • "If you think technology will solve your problems, you don’t understand technology and you don’t understand your problems." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/laurie-anderson-is-quoting-me.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:28:56

  • "In this day and age that is a very good offer. If you qualify take it. Layoff round it will not be as good later" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr35zr0g#replies    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:37:13

  • "once FY26 done they just gonna cut you loose no buyout needed" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqjrxp5f#replies    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:37:35

  • "Translation if you qualify take it since they want to trim off the expensive labor cost and deploy elsewhere. Its a nice hint they want you gone one way or the other. Typically the severance plan gets less and less after each round" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kq58f53y#replies    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:38:09

  • "The archived region comes from the oldest and most infamous ‘anarchy server’ in Minecraft, dubbed 2b2t." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/fans-release-24tb-million-square-block-archive-of-minecrafts-infamous-2b2t-server-intense-digital-archaeology-project-has-taken-years-to-reach-this-stage | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 11:56:31

  • "The new release contains a number of significant improvements, including but certainly not limited to: [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260519132757 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 11:57:27

  • "The Linux kernel has recently been facing a series of discovered privilege escalation vulnerabilities" ☛ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/05/19/copy-fail-fragnesia-vulnerabilities.html | Source: Gentoo    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 11:57:45

  • "Fredrik chats to Harald Achitz about freelancing, C++ 26, and ten years of running the Swedencpp meetup" ☛ https://kodsnack.se/international/703/ | Source: Kodsnack    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 11:58:44

  • "Upton’s message to young people is simple: “do more maths”." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0nl8m2p | Source: BBC    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 11:59:01

  • "The polarity of hard and easy in computing is inverting." ☛ https://danieldelaney.net/fourth-era/ | Source: Daniel De Laney    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 11:59:53

  • "his project forked from X.Org with a clear mission: to fix old bugs and bring back features that had stalled for years." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/install-xlibre-x11-server-fedora-enterprise-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:01:25

  • "Most of the heavy lifting was done by q66 in creating Chimera Linux. I used that excellent base to build Casuarina." ☛ https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2026/casuarina-linux/ | Source: Wesley Moore    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:01:57

  • "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 7.9." ☛ https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=177919671915512&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:02:58

  • "Go to the pub/OpenBSD/7.9/ directory on one of the mirror sites." ☛ https://www.openbsd.org/79.html | Source: OpenBSD    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:03:08

  • "The other day, I used FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi card to get a redundant DHCP server and DNS resolver working together with an OpenBSD server." ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/dhcpd-and-unbound-in-freebsd-jails/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:03:23

  • "The OpenBSD project, which developes a famously security-oriented operating system, has published OpenBSD 7.9." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12839 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:03:32

  • "Working backward, it is fairly easy to get the microcontroller to note an HTTP request and then simply spit out a prerecorded HTTP response to provide the page." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/the-8-bit-web-server/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:06:40

  • "That kind of motion system also closely matches that of an FFF/FDM 3D printer, which is why Madsen was able to build his pen plotter using parts" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/05/19/old-3d-printer-becomes-new-arduino-uno-q-controlled-pen-plotter/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:07:16

  • "On the protocol side, GopherTrunk handles control-channel decoding for P25 (Phase 1 and 2), DMR, TETRA, NXDN, Motorola Type II, EDACS, LTR, MPT 1327, dPMR, D-STAR, and YSF." ☛ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/gophertrunk-a-new-pure-go-trunked-radio-scanner-supporting-p25-dmr-tetra-nxdn-and-more/ | Source: RTL-SDR p;  

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:08:00

  • "When the World Wide Web surged into existence during the 1990s" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-search-engines-enabled-finding-needles-in-a-www-sized-haystack/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:08:56

  • "I think search has been dead for a while, actually. But it does feel like today was someting of a last gasp." ☛ https://www.timothychambers.net/2026/05/19/i-think-search-has-been.html | Source: Timothy Chambers    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:09:13

  • [Repeat] "Firefox 151 helps you edit PDFs – and switch OSes" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/19/firefox-151-helps-you-edit-pdfs-and-switch-oses/5242888 | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Web_Browsers_Are_for_Rendering_Web_Page_They_Shouldn_t_Become_P.shtml    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:15:05

  • "Tor Browser 15.0.14 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15014/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:15:20

  • "This sends a command to Hugo, the static site generator I use, to create a new file with that permalink, and generate the requisite front matter" ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/i-just-realised-something/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:17:00

  • "It turns out that it's been fashionable to leave Wordpress recently" ☛ https://jasmcole.com/2026/05/04/almost-looks-like-a-real-website |    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:17:55

  • "Now that technology outpaces regulation and social media is the dominant platform for news" ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/preserving-evidence-openarchive-fosters-accountability-media-sovereignty/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:19:15

  • "Weekend at Bernie’s showed that a good chunk of the most-depended-on open source packages are dead" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/19/dumb-ways-for-an-open-source-project-to-die.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:19:58

  • "The current model treats every report as if it lives in a vacuum, One reporter, One bug, One timeline." ☛ https://blog.himanshuanand.com/2026/05/score-by-collisions-patch-by-panic/ | Source: Himanshu Anand    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:20:13

  • "While some KDE projects have fairly good test coverage, others do not so much. Particularly UI code isn’t very easy to usefully unit-test." ☛ https://nicolasfella.de/posts/smoke-tests-for-fun-and-profit/ | Source: Nicolas Fella    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:20:33

  • "The idea behind cooldowns is essentially that unless you’re constantly in YOLO mode, you probably don’t need something that was released to the world 5 minutes or even 5 days ago." ☛ https://www.olafalders.com/2026/05/19/On-Cooldowns-and-Dependabot-Tuning/ | Source: Olaf Alders    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:20:50

  • "I don’t remember how that happened, but over the years I also abandoned Delta, and I trained my eye to be good at scanning the default git diff output." ☛ https://pawelgrzybek.com/difftastic-my-new-favourite-diff-viewer/ | Source: Paweł Grzybek    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:21:26

  • "So in a feat of mass emulation (and sometimes using real vintage hardware), here are some BASIC systems that always execute a FOR loop at least once: [...]" ☛ https://scruss.com/blog/2026/05/19/the-broken-basic-years/ | Source: Stewart C Russell    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:21:43

  • "The system is still in development, but existing prototypes have 20ps of phase synchronization jitter, and time synchronization down to 30ns" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/wi-wi-is-wireless-time-sync-less-than-5ns/ | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:22:11

  • Sony to no longer bring PlayStation narrative single-player games to PC | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sony-to-no-longer-bring-playstation-narrative-single-player-games-to-pc/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sony-to-no-longer-bring-playstation-narrative-single-player-games-to-pc/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:51:01

  • Valve make adjustments to Steam tags, and they settled the Vampire Survivor-like argument with Bullet Heaven | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-make-adjustments-to-steam-tags-and-they-settled-the-vampire-survivor-like-argument-with-bullet-heaven/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:51:24

  • "AI Data Centers Face Increasing Complaints About Inaudible but 'Felt' Infrasound - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/17/1429249    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:52:01

  • "Stop Killing Games bill AB2426 introduced with exemptions for live service games" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/stop-killing-games-bill-ab2426:d    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:52:18

  • Steam Beta brings even more Steam Controller tweaks and a firmware fix for Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-brings-even-more-steam-controller-tweaks-and-a-firmware-fix-for-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:52:54

  • Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.16 is out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-16-is-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-16-is-out-now/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:53:25

  • "You Can't Opt Out: The Surveillance Accountability Act (Naomi Brockwell Interview)" https://odysee.com/@techlore:3/you-can't-opt-out-the-surveillance:4    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:53:49

  • EFF is promoting Microsoft, promoting Microsoft lies. Shame on EFF. Follow the money. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/microsoft-took-step-toward-human-rights-accountability-google-and-amazon-and http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_Incorporated_is_Run_by_for_Corpo.shtml    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:54:40

  • Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux - initial thoughts | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/forza-horizon-6-is-out-valve-update-proton-hotfix-for-linux-initial-thoughts/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:55:14

  • ARC Raiders gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, a new trader, a new weapon and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/arc-raiders-gets-denuvo-anti-cheat-a-new-trader-a-new-weapon-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:55:40

  • Merkel, social media and democracy | "Merkel, sociala medier och demokratin" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/05/19/merkel-sociala-medier-och-demokratin/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:56:35

  • "Where's the beef? Trump's underwhelming meeting with Xi. - Atlantic Council" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/wheres-the-beef-trumps-underwhelming-meeting-with-xi/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:56:52

  • Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets Steam P2P multiplayer and more content to come | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/planetary-annihilation-titans-gets-steam-p2p-multiplayer-and-more-content-to-come/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:57:36

  • Pool game roguelike STICKER/BALL is total unfiltered score-chasing chaos | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/pool-game-roguelike-sticker-ball-is-total-unfiltered-score-chasing-chaos/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:58:07

  • NVIDIA reveal more GPU driver security flaws for May 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/nvidia-reveal-more-gpu-driver-security-flaws-for-may-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/nvidia-reveal-more-gpu-driver-security-flaws-for-may-2026/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:58:37

  • IBM Red Hat as GAFAM reseller ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/aws-and-red-hat-red-hat-summit-2026-accelerating-ai-innovation-and-open-source-infrastructure | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:59:27

  • CVE-2026-46727: Use-after-free in pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/05/20/getaddrinfo-cve-2026-46727/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:00:09

  • Ruby 4.0.5 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/05/20/ruby-4-0-5-released/   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:00:22

  • "The fix is straightforward once you know the right commands, and there are 3 solid ways to do it depending on what tools you have available on your system." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/kill-process-using-port-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:01:43

  • Mozilla has turned Firefox into a shoddy slop pushers to participate in a plagiarism bubble ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/shake-to-summarize-expansion/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:02:54

  • Mozilla clearly does not know what Firefox community wants want, it tries to tell them they need slop ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls-firefox-mobile/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:03:38

  • Firefox is a slopware ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/more-control-firefox/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:04:06

  • "The vulnerability is a race condition that can result in the disclosure of sensitive files to unprivileged local users." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ssh-keysign-pwn-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:04:27

  • Firefox 151.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1073579/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:07:06

  • Debugging image mode with Red Bait OpenShift 4.20: A practical guide ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/19/debugging-image-mode-red-hat-openshift-420-practical-guide    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:07:43

  • Neanderthal Dentistry, and the Scientist Glad Not to Have Experienced It ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/science/neanderthal-tooth-dentistry.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:18:39

  • Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed artificial eggshell ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:18:59

  • What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak as Cases and Deaths Rise ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/world/africa/what-to-know-ebola-africa.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:19:17

  • Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa Could Last Months, W.H.O. Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-deaths-congo-who.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:19:34

  • WHO warnings on Ebola outbreaks in Africa prompt Mexico to issue a travel advisory ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/ebola-outbreaks-africa-mexico-travel-advisory/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:20:05

  • Starbucks Korea CEO Fired Over ‘Tank Day’ Ad Evoking Country’s Brutal History ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/asia/starbucks-korea-ceo-fired-tank-day.html   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:22:55

  • Why the two Koreas may be giving up on reunification ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0519/north-korea-south-korea-reunification-kim-jong-un    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:23:17

  • Four teenagers attack e-hailing driver in Malaysia’s Melaka state over fare ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/four-teenagers-attack-e-hailing-driver-in-malaysias-melaka-state-over-fare    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:24:12

  • Brutal stabbing in Kelantan puts spotlight on femicide ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/61-stabs-and-beyond-how-a-kelantan-murder-thrust-femicide-into-focus-in-malaysia    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:24:38

  • Japan asks China to ensure citizens’ safety after Shanghai stabbing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-asks-china-to-ensure-citizens-safety-after-shanghai-stabbing    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:25:00

  • Taiwan leader says ‘foreign forces’ cannot decide island’s future amid China pressure ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260520-taiwan-leader-foreign-forces-cannot-decide-islands-future-china    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:25:21

  • A welcome spotlight on China’s Christians ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0519/A-welcome-spotlight-on-China-s-Christians    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:25:43

  • At least 21 killed as heavy rain drenches southern, central China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/at-least-10-killed-as-heavy-rains-drench-southern-central-china   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:26:08

  • Taiwan’s future cannot be decided by ‘external forces’, president says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwans-future-cannot-be-decided-by-external-forces-president-says    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:26:49

  • SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines — equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/smic-founder-and-amec-ceo-urge-chinese-fabs-to-test-domestic-chip-tools-on-production-lines    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:27:17

  • Xi-Dihydroxyacetone Man talks cast fresh spotlight on Taiwan as part of China’s maritime strategy ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/05/19/xi-trump-taiwan-five-year-plan/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:28:03

  • Australia secures Chinese jet fuel to keep flying in energy squeeze ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/19/australia-secures-chinese-jet-fuel-to-keep-flying-in-energy-squeeze/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:28:59

  • Things Are Quietly Changing at Bitwarden, and People Are Worried ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/bitwarden-quiet-changes/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:30:03

  • Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: NPR to cut 30 staff after offering 300 buyouts ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:31:03

  • Cornwall Live risked identifying sexual assault victim, says IPSO ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/cornwall-live-risked-identifying-sexual-assault-victim-says-ipso/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:31:40

  • Cannabis Linked to Lower Weight And Reduced Diabetes Risk in Mouse Study ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cannabis-linked-to-lower-weight-and-reduced-diabetes-risk-in-mouse-study    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:42:40

  • This Gene Is Linked to Lower Alzheimer's Risk – And We May Finally Know Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-gene-is-linked-to-lower-alzheimers-risk-and-we-may-finally-know-why    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:43:11

  • There's a Surprisingly Simple Way to Remove Microplastics in Drinking Water ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprisingly-simple-way-to-remove-microplastics-in-drinking-water    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:49:06

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:49:25

  • Your Weight at Different Ages Could Affect Your Risk of Multiple Cancers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-weight-at-different-ages-could-affect-your-risk-of-multiple-cancers    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:56:57

  • Animals Are Thriving in Chornobyl's Human-Free Zone, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/animals-are-thriving-in-chornobyls-human-free-zone-study-finds    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:57:12

  • 'Supergiant' Gold Deposits May Be Worth Over US$80 Billion ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/supergiant-gold-deposits-may-be-worth-over-us80-billion   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:57:47

  • New Weight-Loss Pill Could Help Solve a Major Problem With GLP-1 Drugs ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-weight-loss-pill-could-help-solve-a-major-problem-with-glp-1-drugs    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:58:18

  • Two Whales Just Broke a Migration Record Scientists Didn't Expect ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/two-whales-just-broke-a-migration-record-scientists-didnt-expect    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:58:37

  • Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2007 as Inflation Fears Set In ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/bond-market-iran-war-inflation.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 13:59:25

  • Qt pushing a lot of slop these days ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/introducing-qts-gui-design-skill-design-for-developers-in-agentic-workflows    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:00:53

  • The San Diego Mosque Shootings Were a Crime Made for and by the Internet ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/san-diego-mosque-cain-clark-caleb-vazquez.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:01:36

  • An Open Fiber Data Standard to Make the Internet for Everyone ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/05/an-open-fiber-data-standard-to-make-the-internet-for-everyone/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:02:10

  • Book About AI’s Effects on the “Future of Truth” Found to Contain Slew of AI-Hallucinated Quotations ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/book-ai-truth-ai-hallucinated-quotes    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:05:05

  • China is bolstering food security with biomanufacturing. Australia should, too ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-is-bolstering-food-security-with-biomanufacturing-australia-should-too/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:06:27

  • Senate Republicans Introduce Funding Measure to Combat Online Child Abuse ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/technology/senate-republicans-funding-combat-online-child-abuse.html   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:08:01

  • South Korea, Japan agree to shore up energy cooperation, strengthen security ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-japan-agree-to-shore-up-energy-cooperation-strengthen-security-ties    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:09:07

  • Philippine Senate probes security after shots fired last week ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-senate-probes-security-after-shots-fired-last-week    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:09:31

  • Critical Vulnerability Exposes Industrial Robot Fleets to Hacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-exposes-industrial-robot-fleets-to-hacking/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:10:34

  • 201 Arrested in Crackdown on Cybercrime in Middle East, North Africa ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/201-arrested-in-crackdown-on-cybercrime-in-middle-east-north-africa/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:11:00

  • MISINFORMATION BY SLOP. This figure is for CALIFORNIA alone. https://www.firstpost.com/tech/linkedin-layoffs-over-600-employees-hit-as-company-cuts-engineering-and-marketing-roles-14013118.html https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/linkedin-layoffs-over-600-employees-to-lose-jobs-as-company-restructures-operations/articleshow/131219065.cms?from=mdr    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:12:35

  • "Do you already run a web server? If so, your server has probably already issued and used Let's Encrypt. (I like to use Caddy for this)" gemini://balloon.fusen.nya.je/tlscert.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:15:14

  • "On March 2nd, Canada's National Observer reported on proposed data centres in Ontario that would total 2 gigawatts of new load on the electrical grid." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/steelport-data-centre.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:16:24

  • "In 2026, I'm not being strict with myself about it anymore. But the practice generally remains in place. (And I've talked about it enough that my wife also factors this idea into her shopping habits as well.)" gemini://capsule.chadobear.world/posts/2026-05-19-ascetic-consuming.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:17:48

  • "Around six months ago I swore off streaming services and started moving to a personal, curated music collection. This is mostly a digital library, but also involves collecting CDs. CDs are a great medium to build a collection of: cheaper than vinyls, more tangible than FLACs" gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-05-20-cd-collection.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:20:02

  • "So far, I've spent around three or four hours meticulously cutting pieces of plastic out from the sheets (I think they're called "gates") and carefully trimming away any plastic nubs with a craft knife. This much commitment has provided me with a torso, a head, and one arm." gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-05-20-gundam-2.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:21:11

  • B1ack’s Stash Marketplace Gives Away 4.6 Million Stolen Credit Cards ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/b1acks-stash-marketplace-gives-away-4-6-million-stolen-credit-cards/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:22:20

  • Drupal to Patch Highly Critical Vulnerability at Risk of Quick Exploitation ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/drupal-to-patch-highly-critical-vulnerability-at-risk-of-quick-exploitation/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:23:04

  • President Rinkēvičs visits Preiļi in eastern Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/president/19.05.2026-president-rinkevics-visits-preili-in-eastern-latvia.a647728/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:23:53

  • Russia Launches Crypto Scam in Africa ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/05/russia-launches-crypto-scheme-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russia-launches-crypto-scheme-in-africa    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:24:44

  • As Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Sites, an Environmental Disaster Unfolds ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/europe/russia-ukraine-oil-attacks-war-tuapse.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:25:12

  • Lithuania warns of possible provocations after Russian drone allegations ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2933058/lithuania-warns-of-possible-provocations-after-russian-drone-allegations    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:26:12

  • Sweden to buy four frigates from France's Naval Group ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/sweden-to-buy-four-frigates-from-france-s-naval-group    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:26:28

  • Union calls strike at S. Korea chip giant Samsung Electronics ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/union-says-to-strike-thursday-at-south-korea-chip-giant-samsung-electronics    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:26:56

  • What the End of Aid Looks Like ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/aid-cuts-somalia-putin-china.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:27:16

  • As a Weakened Putin Follows Convicted Felon to Beijing, Iran War Offers an Opening ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/europe/putin-china-state-visit.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:27:38

  • First Convicted Felon, now Putin: Beijing receives Russian leader to bolster ‘partnership’ ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0519/russia-china-putin-visit-xi-trump    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:27:54

  • What to know as Pooh-tin hosts Putin in Beijing days after Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-hosts-russian-president-putin-in-beijing-days-after-trump-what-to-know    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:28:07

  • Xi, Putin to meet in Beijing for tea diplomacy after Convicted Felon visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-putin-to-meet-in-beijing-for-tea-diplomacy-after-trump-visit    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:28:21

  • Putin lands in China for trip that aims to show unshakeable ties after Convicted Felon pomp ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/putin-lands-in-china-for-trip-that-aims-to-show-unshakeable-ties-after-trump-pomp    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:28:33

  • 'Russia and China share same goal in constructing alternative world order', analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-and-china-share-same-goal-in-constructing-alternative-world-order-analyst-says    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:28:46

  • Firefly CSC2-N48SPK3 – A 2880 TOPS RISC-V Hey Hi (AI) server with 48 SpacemiT K3 Nodes, 48 NVMe SSDs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/20/firefly-csc2-n48spk3-a-2880-tops-risc-v-ai-server-with-48-spacemit-k3-nodes-48-nvme-ssds/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:29:18

  • The Enterprise Endgame | LINUX Unplugged 667 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/667/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:30:30

  • Mali’s Overreliance on Mercenary Forces Leads to Failure ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/05/malis-overreliance-on-mercenary-forces-leads-to-failure/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:31:17

  • What's at stake in Armenia's June election? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/whats-at-stake-in-armenias-june-election    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:31:47

  • Russia doubles rail freight tariffs for Latvia, Estonia, Finland ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/19.05.2026-russia-doubles-rail-freight-tariffs-for-latvia-estonia-finland.a647760/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:32:04

  • Russian diplomat summoned, US backs Latvia at United Nations Security Council ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/19.05.2026-russian-diplomat-summoned-us-backs-latvia-at-united-nations-security-council.a647880/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:32:18

  • The Wixen vs. Meta Showdown Intensifies: Publisher Doubles Down on Defamation Allegations In Expanded $100 Million-Plus Lawsuit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/wixen-meta-lawsuit-amended-complaint/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:32:44

  • Spotify Expands Verification Badges to Podcasts, Says It’ll Remove Unauthorized Soundalike Uploads Made With ‘AI Voice Cloning or Any Other Method’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/verified-by-spotify-podcasts/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:34:01

  • What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #61 – S3E13 Beginner to Builder: Shaping the Conversation in Open Source Security ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/05/19/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-61-s3e13-beginner-to-builder-shaping-the-conversation-in-open-source-security/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:34:39

  • Godot OpenXR Vendors plugin v5.1 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xr-update-may-2026/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:35:34

  • How your donations help the LibreOffice project and community ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/19/how-your-donations-help-the-libreoffice-project-and-community/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:36:25

  • openSUSE GNU/Linux Updates Rules to Allow Teenage Users... Kinda ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/opensuse-linux-updates-rules-to-allow    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:36:52

  • Microsoft Now Makes a GNU/Linux Distro Based on Fedora ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsoft-now-makes-a-linux-distro    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:37:03

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

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:38:26

  • How to Install Librewolf Browser on Fedora 44 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-librewolf-browser-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 14:38:45

  • IBM is Becoming a Pile of Expired Patents and Abandoned Buildings, Assets of Little Actual Value https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IBM_is_Becoming_a_Pile_of_Expired_Patents_and_Abandoned_Buildin.shtml    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:19:43

  • "#38 Raspberry Pi Founder: People Overestimate What AI Can Do" https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0nl8m2p iophk: the show will only be online for a limited time    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:21:48

  • How to Install Podman on Ubuntu: Rootless Container Alternative to Docker ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-podman-on-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:24:36

  • Security advisory: Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in OpenSSL backend certificate loading mechanism of Qt ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-untrusted-search-path-vulnerability-in-opensslnbsp; 

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:26:01

  • LHB GNU/Linux Digest #26.07: New ELK Stack Course, GNU/Linux in Browser, Best YouTube Channels for DevOps and More ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/26-07/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:26:45

  • plpgsql_wrap v1.0 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/plpgsql_wrap-v10-released-3299/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:30:21

  • pgBackRest will continue ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1073470/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:30:55

  • CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands answers ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-credential-leak-congress-demands-answers/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:31:26

  • Haruna 1.8 ☞ https://haruna.kde.org/blog/2026-05-18-haruna-1.8/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:33:36

  • Commission presents plan to secure Europe's fertiliser supply and food security ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1099    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:34:21

  • $60 kit transforms the Raspberry Pi 4/5 into a DIN Rail industrial computer with isolated RS232, RS485, and CAN Bus ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/19/60-kit-transforms-the-raspberry-pi-4-5-into-a-din-rail-industrial-controller-with-isolated-rs232-rs485-and-can-bus/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:42:28

  • Unpatched ChromaDB Vulnerability Can Lead to Server Takeover ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/unpatched-chromadb-vulnerability-can-lead-to-server-takeover/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:43:41

  • Japanese zoo may ban photography near viral monkey Punch’s enclosure ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-zoo-may-ban-photography-near-viral-monkey-punchs-enclosure    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:44:13

  • “Plaything of the Gods”: Photographs of Pushball (early 1900s) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/pushball    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:44:54

  • Jonathan Dowland: HMS Blueberry ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/no_mans_sky/blueberry/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:45:30

  • Learning syslog-ng ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-learning/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:47:29

  • MSU’s new ethics policy: Gag order or commonsense loyalty guide for trustees? ☞ https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/msus-new-ethics-policy-gag-order-or-common-sense-loyalty-guide-for-trustees/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:48:01

  • Pine64 Quick update: May 2026 ☞ https://pine64.org/2026/05/18/may_2026_quick/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:49:18

  • The Survivors: Post-IPR Claims, the Presumption of Validity, and the Limits of § 285 ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/the-survivors-post-ipr-claims-the-presumption-of-validity-and-the-limits-of-%c2%a7-285.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:50:11

  • Williamson Found Its Mark: New Data on Functional Claim Language, 1976-2026 ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/williamson-found-its-mark-new-data-on-functional-claim-language-1976-2026.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:50:45

  • Wyoming Technology vehicle patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/5/19/wyoming-technology-vehicle-patent-prior-art-found "entity of Leigh M. Rothschild" the patent troll that OIN did not fight off    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:55:41

  • Surrendering to patent trolls connected to Microsoft ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/asus-signs-up-to-sisvels-wi-fi-multimode-pool-ending-litigation/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:56:35

  • free open-source software can flag clones by checking firmware, PCI Vendor ID ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/fake-samsung-ssd-spotting-comes-to-crystaldiskinfo-as-ai-crunch-drives-sophisticated-counterfeit-market-free-open-source-software-can-flag-clones-by-checking-firmware-pci-vendor-id    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:57:25

  • Barman 3.18.0 Released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/barman-3180-released-3303/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:58:13

  • Smoke tests for fun and profit ☞ https://nicolasfella.de/posts/smoke-tests-for-fun-and-profit/?utm_source=atom_feed    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:59:29

  • OpenBSD 7.9 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/openbsd    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 15:59:47

  • DDoS in Indonesia: What has changed? ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/19/ddos-in-indonesia-what-has-changed/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 16:00:28

  • LinkedIn Communications Reveal That Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn - Like Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub - Will Vanish Inside the Belly of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Pigeon: A Love Story - A catcalling game ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/pigeon-a-love-story/index.html sp;

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 16:00:45

  • IBM firms collapsing. "Marty - if you are reading this - cash out now before we go to $1." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krhe689k    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 16:02:19

  • Ebola virus: Thailand tracks travellers from high-risk areas, puts hospitals on alert ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ebola-virus-thailand-tracks-travellers-from-high-risk-areas-puts-hospitals-on-alert   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 16:08:13

  • Bali increases surveillance for hantavirus ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bali-increases-surveillance-for-hantavirus    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 16:08:38

  • Thailand steps up mpox surveillance after two new cases ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-steps-up-mpox-surveillance-after-two-new-cases    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 16:08:51

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posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:23:42

  • Studies Question Value of AI-Assisted Police Reports ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/studies-question-value-of-ai-assisted-police-reports    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:24:42

  • Privacy International’s submission to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of human rights defenders in the digital age ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5771/privacy-internationals-submission-un-high-commissioner-human-rights-protection-human    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:25:13

  • Tech Exodus: Why Bill C-22’s Privacy and Security Risks Will Drive Digital Services Out of the Country ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/tech-exodus-why-bill-c-22s-privacy-and-security-risks-will-drive-digital-services-out-of-the-country/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:26:05

  • L.I.R.R. Workers Are in Line for Raises, but at What Cost to New York? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/nyregion/lirr-strike-contract-fallout.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:29:04

  • Samsung, union narrow some differences as major strike nears ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/samsung-union-narrow-some-differences-as-major-strike-nears    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:29:35

  • Malaysia seeks more than $321m from Norway over axed defence deal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-seeks-more-than-250-million-from-norway-over-axed-defence-deal    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:30:04

  • Latest Ebola outbreak tough to tackle ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/latest-ebola-outbreak-tough-to-tackle    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:30:54

  • Microsoft is the problem, not the solution ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-digital-crimes-unit-disrupts-fox-tempest/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:32:44

  • Microsoft is transmitting malware again ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/mini-shai-hulud-malware-npm-packages-compromised-again/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:33:34

  • Windows TCO ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/legacy-windows-tool-mshta-fuels-surge-in-silent-malware-attacks/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:34:17

  • Narrative inversion as the root cause if Microsoft ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-disrupts-malware-signing-service-run-by-fox-tempest/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:35:12

  • EvalHub: Because "looks good to me" isn't a benchmark ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/19/evalhub-because-looks-good-me-isnt-benchmark    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:35:50

  • How to Install Chromium Browser (DEB Package) in Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/05/install-chromium-deb-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:37:06

  • Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 151 ☞ https://fxdx.dev/firefox-webdriver-newsletter-151/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:38:35

  • Tollef Fog Heen: Signing UEFI submissions using osslsigncode ☞ https://err.no/personal/blog/tech/2026-05-18-signing-uefi-bits-from-linux/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:39:44

  • Ubuntu Core 26 targets IoT devices and embedded systems, offers up to 15 years of security maintenance ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/19/ubuntu-core-26-targets-iot-devices-and-embedded-systems-offers-up-to-15-years-of-security-maintenance/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:40:10

  • The Famous GNU/Linux System Cleaner BleachBit Now Has a TUI (And I Tried It Out) ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/bleachbit-tui-alpha/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:41:07

  • Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1073542/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:41:36

  • PoC Released for DirtyDecrypt Linux Kernel Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/poc-released-for-dirtydecrypt-linux-kernel-vulnerability/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:43:21

  • Canonical launches Ubuntu Core 26 ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-launches-ubuntu-core-26    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:43:59

  • Zenclora – Debian-based desktop GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zenclora-debian-based-desktop-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:47:12

  • Top Priorities for Open Source Pros Seeking a New Job ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Top-Priorities-for-Open-Source-Pros-Seeking-a-New-Job    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:52:18

  • Fedora Retiring Its Deepin Desktop Packages... while Microsoft "EMBRACES" Fedora. RIP, IBM.    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:53:14

  • WM Live 13.5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/wmlive    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:53:30

  • Hardenwing 3.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/hardenwing    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:53:42

  • Gnoppix 27-alpha ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gnoppix    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:53:54

  • ODROID-H5 is a low-power x86 SBC with 10GbE and four M.2 slots ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/odroid-h5-is-a-low-power-x86-sbc-with-10gbe-and-four-m-2-slots/   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:54:54

  • DietPi 10.4 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/dietpi   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:55:29

  • TileOS 2.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tileos    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:55:49

  • Br OS 13.5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/bros    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:56:01

  • Armbian 26.5.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/armbian    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:56:15

  • This release also introduces enhanced hardware-backed protection for mission-critical deployments and precise Linux builds. https://9to5linux.com/canonical-launches-ubuntu-core-26-with-live-kernel-patching-optimized-updates    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:58:47

  • Canonical ships Ubuntu Core 26 with 15 years of security maintenance https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/19/ubuntu-co   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 18:59:32

  • Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26, Its Latest Snap-Powered Immutable Operating System https://www.hackster.io/news/canonical-launches-ubuntu-core-26-its-latest-snap-powered-immutable-operating-system-d641fda6e2bc    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:00:03

  • Torvalds admits slop is ruining his project; that won't stop LF shilling it for bribe money https://www.theverge.com/tech/932312/linus-torvalds-linux-ai-security-bugs    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:06:23

  • 'This game is extremely broken': The dev of VKD3D-Proton, software for running Direct3D 12 games on Linux, isn't enjoying Forza Horizon 6 very much https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/this-game-is-extremely-broken-the-dev-of-vkd3d-proton-software-for-running-direct3d-12-games-on-linux-isnt-enjoying-forza-horizon-6-very-much/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:07:30

  • Linux Vs. Windows: Which Is Better For Your PC? https://www.bgr.com/2172983/linux-vs-windows-which-better-pc/nbsp;  

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:08:05

  • LF ruins the "L" in LF https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linus-torvalds-says-ai-bug-reports-have-made-the-linux-security-mailing-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:08:42

  • "Like basically any hardware release from Valve, the Steam Controller came in a bit hot with a fair amount of niggling issues people have been reporting." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-brings-even-more-steam-controller-tweaks-and-a-firmware-fix-for-linux/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:09:14

  • "lots of Linux gamers reporting various issues with the game." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/forza-horizon-6-is-out-valve-update-proton-hotfix-for-linux-initial-thoughts/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:09:50

  • Forza Horizon 6 finally works on the Steam Deck and Linux gaming PCs thanks to a Proton hotfix Valve silently pushed to Steam https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111699/forza-horizon-6-finally-works-on-the-steam-deck-and-linux-gaming-pcs-thanks-to-a-proton-hotfix-valve-silently-pushed-to-steam/index.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:10:16

  • Even More PlayStation 5 Consoles Can Now Run Linux https://www.techpowerup.com/349163/even-more-playstation-5-consoles-can-now-run-linux    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:12:00

  • Your Android phone already does what Googlebook is promising https://www.makeuseof.com/android-phone-already-does-googlebook-promising/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:15:18

  • AGL releases initial SoDeV reference platform https://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/news/software-engineering-sdvs/agl-releases-initial-sodev-reference-platform.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:16:03

  • OneXPlayer Linux support expands with new hid-oxp driver https://videocardz.com/newz/onexplayer-handhelds-get-valve-backed-linux-driver-in-linux-7-2    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:18:51

  • Slop is not "AI", it's slop https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ai-is-raising-hell-for-linux-managers-buried-under-a-flood-of-dupe-bug-reports/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:20:00

  • No connection to Linux, just a corporate scam piggybacking the brand https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/linux-foundation-daniela-barbosa-blockchain-ai-digital-identity/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:20:56

  • Linux gamers can now use NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag 2 on any GPU thanks to a new open-source project https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111675/linux-gamers-can-now-use-nvidia-reflex-and-amd-anti-lag-2-on-any-gpu-thanks-to-a-new-open-source-project/index.html    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:21:58

  • Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS, even if Windows owns the Steam charts https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-should-be-scared-of-steamos-even-if-windows-owns-steam-charts/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:22:43

  • Slop? https://financefeeds.com/linux-crypto-api-example-for-developers/   

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:25:04

  • This Linux shell gives you the terminal features Bash forgot to add https://www.makeuseof.com/this-linux-shell-gives-you-the-terminal-features-bash-forgot-to-add/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:25:36

  • Performance Comparison Windows and Linux in Resident Evil 2 https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/sravnenie-proizvoditelnosti-windows-i-linux-v-resident-evil-2    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:30:38

  • "In the mid-2010s, I was quite active on several social media sites: Facebook, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, and so on." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202605/20260520-a-geminauts-view-of-nostr.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:33:14

  • finals week gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2823    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:34:20

  • "What is the least explainable thing you have witnessed?" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/unexplainable.txt    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:36:05

  • Note on boxing gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/boxerJournal    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:37:23

  • Mindfull gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/mindFull    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 19:38:34

  • Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah HEY HI https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/intuit-to-lay-off-over-3000-employees-to-refocus-on-ai/    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 20:38:07

  • It's not even HEY HI, he meant SLOP https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/technology/news/story/google-deepmind-ceo-demis-hassabis-has-a-message-for-companies-blaming-ai-for-mass-layoffs-2914269-2026-05-20    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 20:39:20

  • "There's been a development in the Grenfell Tower outrage ... the police are considering charges against a broad range of people." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2026-05-20_looking-back-in-anger-on-scandals.gmi    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 22:01:40

  • "No justification whatsoever is offered for this appalling sentiment, and the BBC doesn't appear to have pushed back on it. There is no level in a corporate hierarchy where the Nuremberg Defence should apply."    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 22:02:11

  • "Hey all, your favorite (not) patron here, coming out of the woodworks for her once-a-whatever post... this time, Im sober, and I hope to keep it that way" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2824    

posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 22:03:07

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