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  • Re: The AI has come for my code gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/5-21.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 03:58:20


  • Esperanto Music History gemini://gem.eomuziko.com/blog/en/posts/economics-of-eo-music/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 03:59:23


  • "This collection is all gpub files of the novelettes, novellas, and novel of H. P. Lovecraft, often refered to as "Cosmic Horror". I plan to add other horror to it eventually. But really, this is what I like, so this is what is here. If folks have requests: reach out and let me know!" gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~sloum/collections/horror.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:00:06


  • "For years, almost all of my text-based direct messages with other people used one of two systems: SMS and Facebook Messenger." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202605/20260521-the-suspicious-adoption-of-signal.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:00:53


  • "The Goldschmidt division algorithm is a fast division using the Newton-Raphson approximation." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2026-05-21-goldschmidt-division.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:01:39


  • "She is absolutely lovely, and I love to kiss her on the forehead and cook for her and hear about her day and plan for the future. I like her family, she likes mine, and we are facing the arena together, come hell or high water." gemini://eph.smol.pub/1779384115    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:02:58


  • to have and to hold gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/to_have_and_to_hold    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:03:41


  • "I type at around 100 words per minute (WPM). This is relatively fast; for reference the average person types at around 40 to 50 WPM." gemini://zipsegv.net/blog/learning-stenography.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:05:09


  • Hello World! gemini://avisa.smol.pub/1779391686    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:05:30


  • "It was the oddest job interview I’d ever experienced." gemini://foofaraw.smol.pub/plate-v    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:06:33


  • "There was some confusion on the rookie help channel (when is there not) so some details on ores in EVE Online may be in order, in particular for storyline missions." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/05/22/eve-ores.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:07:28


  • "Something I've been musing about a lot with my coworkers as of late is the meteoric rise and spread of AI slowly infecting abosolutely everything." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/tech/ainonsense.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:08:45


  • "As soon as I began to see people using the very earliest LLM models to be used for things like generating art and writing human-like text, it didn't take a genius to realize that companies would try to use it to replace workers, given the kind of world that we live in."    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:09:14


  • "I figured it would take a while because the early results were not particularly impressive to me."    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:09:22


  • "But, since the rise of attention mechanisms created the boom of LLMs, it's become truly infuriating to me. Initially, sure, the techniques piqued my interest (quite understandably). As the technology rapidly began to mature, I began to sour on it as I saw how it was being used."    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:09:35


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

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:10:48


  • "This collection is all gpub files of classic era, though sometimes lesser known, science fiction. Since the "Golden Age" of science fiction started recently enough to not normally be in the public domain" gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~sloum/collections/science-fiction.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:11:51


  • "I managed to use 1vyrain on an x230 to install coreboot. Plot twist: I installed the SeaBIOS version becaues it was all i could find in a prebuilt form, but hours before that I had installed my OS in UEFI mode with full disk encryption." gemini://thatit.be/2026-05-19-21-58-13.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:12:37


  • "This collection is all gpub files in the "Western" and "Frontier Stories" genres." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~sloum/collections/western-and-frontier-fiction.gmi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 04:13:27


  • How to Install Nginx on Debian 13 ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-nginx-on-debian-13/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:04:03


  • How to build a northern Australia economic hybrid zone ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-to-build-a-northern-australia-economic-hybrid-zone/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:04:29


  • The KDE Qt5 Patch Collection has been rebased on top of Qt 5.15.19 ☞ https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-kde-qt5-patch-collection-has-been.html   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:05:16


  • AI Flooding the Linux Kernel Security Mailing List ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/AI-Flooding-the-Linux-Kernel-Security-Mailing-List    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:07:12


  • Lightdash – Looker alternative ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lightdash-looker-alternative/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:07:27


  • 7 Best Free and Open Source C and C++ Linter Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-c-cplusplus-linter-tools/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:07:40


  • CookieOS – Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cookieos-debian-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:07:53


  • Maintenance release: Godot 4.6.3 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-6-3/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:08:25


  • Now they acknowledge Linux has a shortage people who can read Rust. Hence, Linux cannot be inspected anymore.    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:09:30


  • Briefer – collaborative data workspace for teams ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/briefer-collaborative-data-workspace-teams/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:10:00


  • MODICIA 6.12.88 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/modicia    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:10:11


  • LWN Sponsored by the 'Linux' Foundation (Monopolies) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/LWN_Sponsored_by_the_Linux_Foundation_Monopolies.shtml    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:10:23


  • Papermerge – web-based document management system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/papermerge-web-based-document-management-system/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:10:52


  • Porteus 5.1-alpha4 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/porteus    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:11:10


  • Quarkos 26.04-r1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/quarkos    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:11:25


  • GNU Taler news: New GNU Taler integration in be-BOP ☞ https://taler.net/en/news/2026-07.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:12:26


  • Gary Benson: Docker images by age or size ☞ https://gbenson.net/docker-images-by-size-age/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:12:56


  • Ubuntu Core 26 cuts OTA update size, enables ARM64 Livepatch ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-core-26-release    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:24:25


  • OnlyOffice Desktop Editors 9.4.0 is out with 25 New Presentation Themes ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/05/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-9-4-0-new-presentation-themes/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:24:46


  • D4vd’s ‘Arcane’ Anthem Removed From Spotify, Fashion Company Apple Music, and Other Streaming Services ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/d4vd-arcane-anthem-removed-dsps/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:27:11


  • After Watching 80% of Their Earnings Evaporate, Successful Music Production Duo Sues Suno for $35 Million ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/music-production-duo-sues-suno/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:27:39


  • Mexico’s air traffic controllers threaten to strike over ‘exhausting’ work conditions ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/travel/mexico-air-traffic-controllers-strike/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:28:17


  • Yellow top: The Canary launching daily left-wing tabloid newspaper ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/yellow-top-the-canary-launching-daily-left-wing-tabloid-newspaper/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:38:27


  • French political title Contexte hits first profit on revenue of €12.9m ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b2b/french-political-title-contexte-hits-first-profit-on-revenue-of-e12-9m/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:38:55


  • A Signal of Cognitive Decline May Be Hidden in The Way You Write ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-signal-of-cognitive-decline-may-be-hidden-in-the-way-you-write    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:40:11


  • Scientists Discover a Fat-Burning 'Dial' That Could Help Strengthen Bones ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-fat-burning-dial-that-could-help-strengthen-bones    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:40:25


  • Archaeologists Excavated a Giant Stone Jar And Found a Grim Surprise ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-excavated-a-giant-stone-jar-and-found-a-grim-surprise    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:40:50


  • Your Daily Rhythms May Help Slow Biological Aging, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-daily-rhythms-may-help-slow-biological-aging-study-suggests    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:41:07


  • De-Extinction Company Says It's Hatched Chicks From Artificial Eggshells ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/de-extinction-company-says-its-hatched-chicks-from-artificial-eggshells    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:41:19


  • Two Ancient Clues May Finally Explain Why 90% of Us Are Right-Handed ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/two-ancient-clues-may-finally-explain-why-90-of-us-are-right-handed    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:41:34


  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Attack on Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at Risk ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/trump-administration-attack-on-southern-poverty-law-center-puts-democracy-at-risk    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:42:02


  • Fedora Pulls the Plug on Deepin Over Security and Maintenance Failures ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-ditches-deepin/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:43:32


  • Ebola Containment Efforts May Have Been Hindered by USAID Shutdown and CDC Cuts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/health/ebola-congo-united-states-trump.html   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:44:08


  • A Lot of Fake News About Microsoft's Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn Today, Some Comes From Slopfarms, Some Relies on Those Slopfarms ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/A_Lot_of_Fake_News_About_Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_Today_Some_Comes_.shtml    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:44:51


  • Nope, STOP sending your data to GAFAM. That would be "self defence" https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/check-which-apps-have-access-to-your-google-or-apple-account-auqm90G6Aykq   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:45:18


  • The Rise of the Military Retail Industrial Complex ☞ https://unlimitedhangout.com/2026/05/investigative-reports/the-military-retail-industrial-complex/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:45:49


  • Research study: Evaluation of EU’s Law Enforcement Directive shows implementation still fragmented and insufficient ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/research-study-evaluation-of-eus-law-enforcement-directive-shows-implementation-still-fragmented-and-insufficient/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:46:32


  • schneier on slop... participating in the hype and marketing of it https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/on-ai-security.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:47:09


  • Slop and surveillance company speaks of VPNs 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 Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:47:43


  • Samsung, union resume negotiations with minister mediating ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/union-says-to-strike-thursday-at-south-korea-chip-giant-samsung-electronics    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:48:22


  • Samsung reaches tentative union deal, averting crippling strike ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/samsung-union-shelves-strike-plan-on-tentative-deal    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:48:54


  • Samsung narrowly avoids 18-day chip strike after last-minute wage deal with 48,000-worker union — tentative deal ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/samsung-narrowly-avoids-18-day-chip-strike-after-last-minute-wage-deal-with-48-000-worker-union-tentative-deal-subject-to-workers-vote-suspends-billions-of-dollars-worth-of-potennbsp;  

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:49:06


  • Nimitz Carrier Strike Group arrives in the Caribbean as Convicted Felon admin ups pressure on Cuba ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/nimitz-carrier-strike-group-arrives-in-the-caribbean-as-trump-admin-ups-pressure-on-cuba/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:49:53


  • Inflation Fears Cloud G7 Economic Agenda as Iran War Persists ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/inflation-g7-economic-agenda-iran-war.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:50:24


  • Keep calm, carry on, examine algorithms, says Latvian President ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/president/20.05.2026-keep-calm-carry-on-examine-algorithms-says-latvian-president.a647989/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:50:53


  • Germany's Merz proposes Ukraine as EU ‘associate member’ without voting rights ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260521-germany-s-merz-proposes-ukraine-as-eu-associate-member-without-voting-rights    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:51:17


  • Beyond the front line: Ukraine is deepening its drone wall ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/beyond-the-front-line-ukraine-is-deepening-its-drone-wall/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:51:34


  • After Eurovision Final, Dismay That Politics Didn’t Play a Bigger Role ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/arts/music/eurovision-poland-israel-ukraine.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:51:49


  • Iran war opened doors for drone-savvy Ukraine. Zelenskyy is seizing the moment. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0520/ukraine-drone-technology-zelenskyy-diplomacy-iran-war    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:52:09


  • Kyrgyzstan Shuts 50 Companies In New Crackdown On Russia-Related Sanctions Evasion ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-crackdown-russia-sanctions/33761041.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:52:32


  • ‘The hardest thing is the language’: Indian citizens face integration hurdles in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2926292/the-hardest-thing-is-the-language-indian-citizens-face-integration-hurdles-in-lithuania    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:55:31


  • Days After Hosting Convicted Felon, Pooh-tin Serves Up Tea and Smiles to Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/world/asia/china-putin-trump-russia-xi.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:55:54


  • China’s Pooh-tin and Russia’s Putin unite in criticism of US, but fail to clinch big gas deal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-russias-putin-praise-ties-at-beijing-talks-energy-in-focus    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:56:09


  • When Putin met Xi: Was timing everything? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/when-putin-met-xi-was-timing-everything    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:56:26


  • Satellite imagery shows new North Korea-Russia bridge nearing completion ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2026/05/21/tumen-river-bridge-russia-north-korea-putin/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:56:41


  • 'Very bad optics for Kremlin': Putin's China visit regarded as 'crisis & relations management trip' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260520-very-bad-optics-for-kremlin-putin-s-china-visit-regarded-as-crisis-relations-management-trip    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:56:53


  • Ukrainian PM Lisa Yasko asserts: Any country trading with Russia is on 'the wrong side of history' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainian-pm-lisa-yasko-asserts-any-country-trading-with-russia-on-wrong-side-of-history    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:57:07


  • Nuclear energy, Taiwan and Convicted Felon’s ‘Golden Dome’: Key points from the Xi-Putin talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nuclear-energy-taiwan-and-trumps-golden-dome-key-points-from-the-xi-putin-talks    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:57:26


  • █████ https://pressgazette.co.uk/feed/ ██████████████████████ Wed, 20 May 2026 14:19:46 +0000 ███████ James Murdoch buys Vox, New York Magazine and podcast network    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:59:35


  • Vox becomes Murdoch, i.e. same as Fox, NYPost and other Cheeto-loving propaganda networks ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-mergers-news-tracker/james-murdoch-buys-vox-new-york-magazine-and-podcast-network/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 05:59:53


  • SFC Makes Bambu Lab the New Front in Its Right‑to‑Repair War ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/05/sfc-makes-bambu-lab-the-new-front-in-its-right-to-repair-war/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 06:00:21


  • Ebola Outbreak Is Unlikely to Become Global Threat, W.H.O. Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/world/africa/ebola-congo-tedros-rubio.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 06:00:44


  • Thailand Tightens Visa Rules for Tourists From Dozens of Nations, Including U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/travel/thailand-visa-rules-americans.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 06:01:12


  • Court rules after-hours WhatsApp messages qualify for overtime pay ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/court-rules-after-hours-whatsapp-messages-qualify-for-overtime-pay-319765    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 06:01:34


  • Hacknect – A wireless hacking USB cable with a built-in microSD card slot (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/20/hacknect-a-wireless-hacking-usb-cable-with-a-built-in-microsd-card-slot/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 06:04:20


  • The “Made in America” Convicted Felon Phone Appears to be a Disguised Cheapo Chinese Smartphone ☞ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/made-america-trump-phone-chinese    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 06:04:57


  • Russia's Sberbank wants Chinese chips for its GigaChat Hey Hi (AI) in the face of Western sanctions — faces a long wait behind ByteDance and Alibaba ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/russias-sberbank-wants-chinese-chips-for-its-gigachat-ai    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 06:05:19


  • Cultural capture by social control hell https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/tiktok-live-classical-music/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 06:05:55


  • Quantic Dream Layoffs Hitting Up to 95 Jobs Following Game Closure https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/quantic-dream-layoffs-hitting-up-to-95-jobs-following-game-closure    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 06:16:52


  • "to collectively negotiate music licensing terms with" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/21/protect-working-musicians-act-reintroduced/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:34:10


  • "What do the federal government, video game publisher GameMill Entertainment, Heritage Auctions, and belt-buckle specialist Buckle-Down have in common?" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/21/peanuts-lawsuits-lee-mendelson-film-productions/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:34:25


  • "The CEO of Hyperreal, Remington Scott, tells Rolling Stone that it created the Ozzy avatar using patented technology that allows the avatar to operate in real time." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ozzy-osbourne-digital-avatar-ai-1235567057/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:41:53


  • "sufficient number" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/935735/live-nation-ticketmaster-states-remedies-request-break-up | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:42:27


  • "Our new analysis shows that more than 340 local [sic] news sites across the United States are now limiting the Internet Archive’s ability to access and preserve their stories." ☛ https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/more-than-340-local-news-outlets-are-limiting-the-internet-archives-access-to-their-journalism/ | Source: Nieman Lab    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:43:04


  • "This year I haven’t had much time or mental energy to write a full article or prepare a talk in time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)." ☛ https://www.calumryan.com/articles/every-day-accessibility-awareness |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:43:31


  • "A new study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and LaborLab estimates that employers spent about $1.7 billion on union avoidance specialists and union-busting attorneys in 2024." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/05/union-busting-cost-management-profits | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:43:42


  • "Wage stagnation, coupled with increasing prices, makes it increasingly difficult for many Americans to meet their basic needs." ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/americans-cant-afford-minimal-quality-life/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:44:21


  • "There is no question of the influence Norway has built in the humanitarian and peacemaking world since." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0521/norway-middle-powers-human-rights-us-peace | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:44:44


  • "Yuutka is both the first mixed-reality display in the Lawrence’s history and the first to be designed in a novel collaboration with young people from the Ohlone community" ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/05/the-indigenous-exhibit-that-trump-failed-to-stop.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:45:02


  • "This keeps coming up in software circles: I’ve heard, again and again, that an approach like Altman describes would help provide revenue for publishers in an AI-intermediated information ecosystem." ☛ https://werd.io/why-micropayments-cant-save-news/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:45:45


  • "The rule that it says it broke is ‘promoting drug use’. It’s obviously not." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/local-news-facebook-restrictions-newbury-court-story/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:46:10


  • "DW correspondent Alican Uludag, accused of publicly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-targets-press-freedom-in-trial-of-dws-alican-uludag/a-77221711 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:50:22


  • "In April 2021, Meduza was labelled a “foreign agent” by the Russian government, which, according to Kate Levina, Meduza’s back-office head" ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/05/21/russian-media-in-exile-faces-existential-crises-funding-cuts-faltering-audiences-declining-morale/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:51:00


  • "A Saline Township treasurer announced that she was resigning from her position after she says she received numerous deaths threats over the development of a data center." ☛ https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/video/michigan-township-treasurer-resigns-after-receiving-death-threats-over-data-center/ | Source: CBS    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 07:59:55


  • "Everyone who reads this newsletter understands, I hope, that these are difficult times for press freedom in this country." ☛ https://dicktofel.substack.com/p/the-new-york-times-and-our-freedom | Source: Richard J Tofel    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:00:11


  • "In her digital message, Combs stated the municipality's water issues caused residents to seek medical treatment." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trinidad-water-quality-arrest-legal-battle-1798224 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:01:02


  • "Expanding the Web of Control" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/censored-classrooms-student-learning/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:01:20


  • "And this has to be a jump the shark moment when it comes to banning books." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/20/tennessee-book-ban-update-state-jumps-the-shark-by-banning-roots/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:01:40


  • "The U.S. government on Wednesday removed the official, Francesca Albanese, from its sanctions list, complying with a federal judge’s order last week in the District of Columbia." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/world/middleeast/sanctions-albanese-free-speech.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:01:56


  • "Dozens of people have been jailed in Russia for donating to Navalny’s FBK, according to the exiled news outlet Mediazona." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/05/20/finland-to-deport-anti-war-russian-who-donated-to-navalnys-banned-political-group-a92804 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:02:11


  • "The post falsely claims the governor signed a House bill numbered 626; similar versions circulating in other states used the same number." ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/fact-briefs/2026/05/does-a-new-minnesota-law-ban-aimless-driving/ | Source: MinnPost    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:35:20


  • "The stream of near-daily videos has brought the Islamic Republic’s point of view directly onto American computer and phone screens like never before." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0520/iran-ai-slopaganda-propaganda-social-media-trump | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:35:33


  • "This is a literal revolution but one against the participatory web, against us: The goal is to take away the web and guide people into Google’s abstraction on top of it." ☛ https://tante.cc/2026/05/20/on-google-declaring-war-on-the-web/ | Source: Jürgen Geuter    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:48:04


  • "Multiple intelligence agencies confirmed that the militant Islamist organization and its numerous affiliates intend to carry out a massive, coordinated plan to stand aside and watch America’s increasingly rapid decline" ☛ https://theonion.com/fbi-uncovers-al-qaeda-plot-to-just-sit-back-and-enjoy-c-1819576375/ | Source: The Onion    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:48:19


  • "The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry initiative of the Linux Foundation focused on sustainably securing open source software, on Thursday announced five new members have joined the foundation" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/openssf-open-source-security-members/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:48:43


  • "I really did not want to write this essay." ☛ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/can-america-escape-the-cycle-of-vicemaxxing | Source: Derek Thompson    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:49:07


  • "I’m gratified to have started a wider discussion, with smart observers like Noah Smith and Luis Garicano weighing in." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/challenging-the-narrative-of-european-478 | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:49:28


  • "That’s not much solace for someone who has invested and trained to create value under the old rules, but consumers of value don’t often care about that." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/05/value-creation-bullshit-jobs-and-the-future-of-work/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:49:44


  • "The proliferation of these industry-funded super PACs, rivaling the size of the giant spending groups controlled by the Democratic and Republican parties, is making its mark on 2026 elections." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/crypto-ai-super-pacs-election-spending-big-tech-dark-money-2026/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:52:49


  • "These are all correctly computed under their respective assumptions, but they are very misleading because whatever those assumptions were, they’re not relevant for most calculations." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/stock-market-returns-4-percent | Source: Chris    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:53:20


  • "shifts from molecules to electrons" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/the-oil-era-is-ending/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:58:58


  • "The main street through Montezuma, Crawford Street, was relocated slightly south to meet the new bridge. Interestingly, the original path of Crawford Street was left mostly intact." ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/05/21/the-struggle-to-complete-the-us-36-bridge-over-the-wabash-river-at-montezuma-indiana/ | Source: Jim Grey    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 08:59:19


  • "Indeed, the look on Eric Schmidt’s face when he got booed on Saturday by students at Arizona State University during his speech, when he talked about AI, was worth 1,000 words." ☛ https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/top-10-reasons-why-communities-are | Source: Robert Bryce    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:00:36


  • "On April 27 this year, Banda recorded 47.6°C, the highest temperature anywhere in India that day and its highest since 1951" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indias-hottest-district-banda-shuts-at-10-am-as-mercury-breaches-48-degrees-celsius-mark-101779240653594.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:21:08


  • "IMD says ‘severe heatwave’ is likely in East Godavari, Konaseema, Eluru, West Godavari, NTR, Krishna, Palnadu, Guntur, Bapatla, Prakasam, and SPSR Nellore districts on May 23 and 24" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mercury-touches-481c-in-piduguralla-second-highest-in-state-since-2016/article71006909.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:21:22


  • "In Hyderabad, the highest temperature was recorded at 43.4°C in Karwan, while Amberpet touched 43°C." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/mercury-over-43c-for-first-time-in-hyderabad-1958328 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:21:41


  • "And if we don’t act more quickly and comprehensively, many millions more people could die or face life-changing illness." ☛ https://www.theenergymix.com/climate-change-is-a-public-health-crisis-and-pandemic-preparedness-is-failing-experts-say/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:21:59


  • "As the sales volume of pesticides doesn't account for toxicity and application rate, it reveals little about the risks to people and the environment." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/eu-is-failing-to-cut-pesticide-use/a-76961584 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:22:15


  • "In 2022, a jury ordered the multinational pharmaceutical corporation to pay $61 million after whistleblower Ronald Streck alleged" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/whistleblower-law-safe-from-us-supreme-court-for-now/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:23:46


  • "Even in the UAE databases, Silverman was unable to find any information or documentation on this investor group." ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/foundation-invests-millions-crypto-trump/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:24:12


  • "In Las Vegas, nearly three million people all currently rely on just one pipeline" ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/21/las-vegas-water-backup-plan-becomes-law/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:24:53


  • "Researchers reviewed groundwater trends in 47 countries over 20 years. Falling groundwater levels are affecting farms, drinking water, and ecosystems." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/20/groundwater-warning-signs-grow-worldwide/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:25:19


  • "In the mid‑20th century, when humanity discovered it had the ability to wipe itself out, Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer imagined a symbolic clock measuring how close we were to disaster." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2026-05-21/how-long-can-a-civilization-survive-before-it-collapses-stable-utopias-are-the-least-likely-scenarios.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:25:47


  • "Law enforcement agencies had previously taken notice of representatives of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/05/22/two-muslim-clerics-arrested-in-russia-amid-confusing-unconfirmed-reports-of-wider-crackdown | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:26:37


  • "warfighting domain" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/every-country-should-understand-space-as-a-wafighting-domain/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:27:27


  • "Satellite imagery has revealed that North Korea and Russia are scrambling to complete a new high-capacity road bridge across their Tumen River border" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2026/05/21/tumen-river-bridge-russia-north-korea-putin/ | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:30:36


  • "manosphere" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-05-tiktok-history-men-taught-manosphere.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:30:53


  • "millionaires tax" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/state-tax-the-rich-campaigns-gain-momentum/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:31:14


  • "We are not just explaining what we want to do" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-eu-is-going-through-a-trump-fueled-breakup-with-big-tech/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:32:48


  • "Flood the zone with claims of victimization." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/21/the-returns-of-1776-just-pay-your-taxes-so-i-can-enjoy-your-money/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:33:12


  • "voting with your wallet" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/21/purity-culture/#stop-fucking-that-chicken | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:33:38


  • "A single XSS vulnerability can turn passkeys from a phishing-resistant login mechanism into a persistent account takeover backdoor." ☛ https://scotthelme.co.uk/xss-is-deadly-for-passkeys-the-hidden-risk-of-attestation-none/ | Source: Scott Helme    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:34:27


  • "I am a big fan of mutual TLS ("mTLS" if you prefer the shorter spelling, "client certificates" if you are describing the half a user actually touches)." ☛ https://oshogbo.com/blog/88/ | Source: Mariusz Zaborski    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:34:57


  • "Competing Visions Shared Futures." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/05/20/myterms-at-cpdp2026/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:40:03


  • "Faced with growing criticism of Bill C-22, the government this week mounted a coordinated defence" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-government-tries-to-make-the-case-for-bill-c-22-why-its-own-use-cases-reveal-disproportionate-overreach/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:40:19


  • "We usually bike to work. As we were leaving the bike lane, we parted ways to head to our offices." ☛ https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/05/21/where-life-tech-collide.html | Source: Numeric Citizen    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:40:36


  • "The details of this report align with research published last year by Citizen Lab about Paragon’s Graphite spyware, including a likely link to the Ontario Provincial Police." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/ontario-police-spyware/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 09:41:10


  • "One line tucked into a federal highway bill would strip funds from cities and states unless they kill their automated plate tracking programs—effectively banning the tech for all but toll collection." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/a-bipartisan-amendment-would-end-police-license-plate-tracking-nationwide/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:11:51


  • "Authorities notified users of the shutdown and informed them they had been identified. An investigation is ongoing." ☛ https://therecord.media/europe-dismantles-first-vpn | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:12:09


  • "Before a hearing last week before the California Assembly Budget Subcommittee #4 on Transportation" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/05/21/immigrant-and-human-rights-groups-call-for-california-not-to-upload-drivers-license-data-to-national-id-database/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:12:30


  • "The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) must amend its cookie banner on ORF.at to bring it into line with the GDPR." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-success-orfat-must-correct-misleading-cookie-banner | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:12:48


  • "One even nicer property of this is that you can just print TOTP QR codes and scan them later." ☛ https://til.andrew-quinn.me/posts/back-up-your-totp-codes-by-just-printing-them/ | Source: Andrew Quinn    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:13:18


  • "Ofcom indicated that it will ratchet up its efforts to get platforms to comply more fully." ☛ https://therecord.media/tech-giants-promise-ofcom-regulator-changes-child-access | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:14:02


  • "The state cited internal company documents it says show executives knew about the harms and prioritized profit anyway." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/tiktok-attempts-to-duck-hawaii-child-safety-lawsuit/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:14:25


  • "Those layoffs went into effect today, and it’s exactly as brutal as everybody anticipated." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zuckerberg-meta-taunting-employees-firing | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:14:45


  • "An Australian federal court upheld on Thursday a fine against Elon Musk's X for failing to comply with child [Internet] safety regulations, capping a three year legal fight between the tech giant and Canberra" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/australian-court-upholds-465000-fine-against-elon-musks-x/articleshow/131239347.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:15:07


  • "Neither country has solved the problem. But together, they hold many of the pieces needed to do so." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/fighting-online-youth-radicalisation-australia-and-india-can-teach-each-other/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:15:31


  • "Let’s say you wanted to make sure that your AI is secure." ☛ https://berryvilleiml.com/docs/no-security-meter-ai.pdf |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:16:07


  • "Amazon managers were wowed by OpenClaw. So Amazon made MeshClaw, which has been deployed across the company over the past several weeks." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/21/amazon-engineers-use-meshclaw-bot-to-hit-managers-ai-token-targets/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:16:24


  • "Open source projects increasingly receive contributions whose authorship is undeclared and whose volume exceeds the project’s review capacity." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/21/rfc-artificial-contributors-to-open-source.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:16:53


  • "In 1985, if you were a reasonably affluent American, the best computer that you could afford was the IBM PC AT." ☛ https://davidoks.blog/p/ai-is-killing-the-cheap-smartphone | Source: David Oks    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:17:16


  • "The featured image of a Trumpville isn’t what most think of when they hear the phrase AI Apocalypse, but it is accurate." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/ai-apocalypse/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:17:56


  • "The opening of Google I/O this year (35-minute video recap) showed a Google less shy about transforming the web into raw material for its AIs." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/google-io-2026-interface-web/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:18:37


  • "In this sense, prompts are a worse form of technical debt than code." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/prompts-are-technical-debt-too/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:18:58


  • "Firefox’s AI features and models aren’t downloaded to your computer unless you choose to use them, even if you haven’t turned on the complete block in the settings." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/935631/firefox-project-nova-redesign | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:19:45


  • "As AI writing assistants become embedded in scholarly workflows, another question emerges: what happens to lived experience when its interpretation is mediated by AI?" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/21/guest-post-when-ai-helps-write-research-what-happens-to-lived-experience/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:20:07


  • "we walk through what happened, how we responded, and what we're doing to prevent a similar incident in the future" ☛ https://blog.railway.com/p/incident-report-may-19-2026-gcp-account-outage?ref=birchtree.me |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:21:04


  • "This would be tolerable if the results themselves (both AI and links) were actually good." ☛ https://fantinel.dev/blog/you-dont-have-to-put-up-with-google | Source: Matt Fantinel    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:21:20


  • "At the same time, we’ve been experiencing widening inequalities of income, wealth, and opportunity, along with a growing climate crisis." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-ptsd-nation | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:21:57


  • [Old] "Once upon a time, there was a company called Sun Microsystems" ☛ https://minsoo.io/the-rise-and-fall-of-sparc-why-no-one-misses-it/ |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:23:15


  • [Old] "The keycap is the face of the keyboard. It connects to your switch, is the only contact point you have with your keyboards." ☛ https://varmilo.com/blogs/keyboard-accessories/ultimate-guide-on-keyboard-keycaps-all-you-need-to-know |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:23:25


  • [Old] "It's a combination of the shape of the contact surface, the shape of each row, and the height of a keycap" ☛ https://dygma.com/blogs/stories/choosing-keycaps- |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:23:37


  • "Take the modern iPhone line, for example. Apple is quite careful to warn against carelessly using magnetic accessories with the smartphone, because it can interfere with the cameras." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/21/magnets-are-bad-for-hardware-again/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:23:50


  • "So, after much soul-searching and discussion with my loved ones, I have made the difficult decision to step away from teaching and jump back into the tech industry as a software engineer." ☛ https://flower.codes/2026/05/21/the-next-chapter.html | Source: Zach Flower    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:26:55


  • "Since 42 only provides physical courses and no online courses to encourage its peer-to-peer learning model" ☛ https://helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2026-05-21-farewell-42-school/ |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:28:06


  • "I definitely have explained the path of my career, I guess you could say, more times than I can count, to students and instructors" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/soldier-ranger-airborne-assault-pathfinder/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:28:27


  • "Let's do an example." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/05/range-avoidance.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:29:26


  • "A couple of weeks ago, Chris Morgan published I've banned query strings." ☛ https://furrer.life/~timo/writings/2026/05/19/no-query-strings/ |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:56:26


  • "The uncomfortable truth is that the window between a vulnerability being disclosed and it being actively exploited has shrunk from months to hours." ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/defenders-fall-behind-ai-rewrites-rules-data-breach | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:56:39


  • "Literally none of the measures in the Basketball data above are zero-sum in this way. Both teams could shoot 100% from the free throw line, or zero percent." ☛ https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/05/21/zero-sum-problems/ | Source: Kieran Healy    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:56:55


  • "I’ve decided to sunset this blog and focus on my main blog, robertbirming.com (RSS)." ☛ https://birming.com/2026/05/21/last-blog-post/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:57:13


  • "Before Dennis Hopper directed Easy Rider (1969) or became the chaotic icon of New Hollywood, he was blacklisted from major film studios." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/05/dennis-hopper-photography.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:57:26


  • "AI in browser" ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/privacy-under-siege-why-purisms-user-sovereignty-model-is-the-way-forward/ | Source: Purism    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:58:45


  • "Two I&A‑built apps used to share intelligence with first responders had three unpatched vulnerabilities, despite DHS knowing about them." ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/dhs-inspector-general-study/ | Source: Purism    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:58:56


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

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:02:24


  • How To Install Vivaldi Browser on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-vivaldi-browser-ubuntu-26-04/   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:02:42


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

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:03:02


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

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:03:16


  • "Flipper One isn't an upgrade to Flipper Zero — it's a completely different project with its own goals." ☛ https://blog.flipper.net/flipper-one-we-need-your-help/ |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:05:30


  • [Old] "Launch Configurable Keyboards have been redesigned in prism black with corrosion-resistant (doubleshot PBT) shine-through keycaps." ☛ https://system76.com/blog/post/launch-keyboards-productivity |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:05:50


  • "If you’re unfamiliar with filament LEDs, they’re basically thin plastic filaments stuffed with lots of individual LEDs that are very close together." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/21/transforming-lamp-built-with-led-filaments/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:06:06


  • "On either side, the deck has large grab handles, with one side featuring custom horizontal and vertical scroll controls, while the other rocks a trackball. Power is via NP-F batteries, which are more commonly used to run Sony camcorders" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/21/sliding-screen-cyberdeck-has-chunky-rugged-design/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:06:23


  • "Inside you’ll find a Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Plus and a matching e-paper display board." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/21/e-fortune-cookie-will-humble-but-never-crumble/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:06:41


  • "There are better products for better prices, but the creativity just won me over, their phones’ bootloader is also unlockable so that’s a plus for the day I finally decide to get into rooting and installing a rom on my phone again." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/nothing-deserves-brand-loyalty/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:07:18


  • "Stands for Inter-Integrated Circuit and abbreviated as I2C or just I2C. It is a synchronous, two-wire serial communication bus used to connect low-speed peripherals over short distances." ☛ https://rana-emaan.com/read/notes/i2c/ |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:07:48


  • "Canadian authorities on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man on suspicion of building and operating Kimwolf" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/alleged-kimwolf-botmaster-dort-arrested-charged-in-u-s-and-canada/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:08:05


  • "Over the past decade we have seen the concept of a ‘smart home’ collapse into a nightmare of abandoned IoT devices" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/21/why-the-smart-home-bubble-popped/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:08:26


  • Proton Experimental gets fixes for Forza Horizon 4, 5 and 6 plus other games | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-forza-horizon-4-5-and-6-plus-other-games/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:12:13


  • SteamOS 3.7.25 and 3.8.5 Beta released - bug fixes and better dGPU video memory management | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steamos-3-7-25-and-3-8-5-beta-released-bug-fixes-and-better-dgpu-video-memory-management/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:12:38


  • The fluid flames simulation in the upcoming bullet heaven Ignitement look awesome | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/the-fluid-flames-simulation-in-the-upcoming-bullet-heaven-ignitement-look-awesome/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:13:06


  • "MIT Technology Review" is bribed by SLOP PUSHER (it discloses this) for propaganda/marketing pieces like this https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/21/1137735/anthropics-code-with-claude-showed-off-codings-future-whether-you-like-it-or-not/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:14:08


  • "Is What’s Good for Tesla Good for America?" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/is-whats-good-for-tesla-good-for   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:14:24


  • blocked by gratuitous javascript https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-trump-allies-are-weaponizing-government-against-dissent/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:14:44


  • "In shift, Trump announces deployment of 5,000 US troops to Poland" https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/22/in-shift-trump-announces-deployment-of-5000-us-troops-to-poland/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:15:01


  • techdirt is carrying water for zuck / cia / ccp / ksa https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/21/the-science-is-not-settled-how-weak-evidence-is-fueling-a-national-push-to-ban-social-media-for-youth/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:15:22


  • "Trump Sued Himself And Walked Away With A $100 Million Tax Debt Erased | Techdirt" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/20/trump-sued-himself-and-walked-away-with-a-100-million-tax-debt-erased/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:15:44


  • "Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/trump-surrender-iran-endgame/687252/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:16:03


  • iophk: just a reminder that no software, not even any microsoft products, actually use OOXML https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2026/05/21/tdf-libreoffice-contra-microsoft-ooxml/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:16:35


  • "'I'm not counting on the US' — In Estonia, faith in Trump's defense of Baltics fades" https://kyivindependent.com/im-not-counting-on-the-us-estonians-faith-in-trump-fades/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:16:49


  • blocked by gratuitous javascript https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/15/no-digital-sovereignty-without-odf/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:18:10


  • "C-22: Kanadas nya datalagring och Chat Control i ett" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/05/20/c-22-kanadas-nya-datalagring-och-chat-control-i-ett/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:18:27


  • "Lars Borg, digital suverænitet er ikke en tagselv-buffet | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/lars-borg-digital-suveraenitet-er-ikke-en-tagselv-buffet    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:18:56


  • "Trump's Personal Attorney Todd Blanche Attempts to Pardon His Boss - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/20/trumps-personal-attorney-todd-blanche-attempts-to-pardon-his-boss/   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:19:13


  • "Did Gemini Pro really get that worse? 4 threads to test it! – Homo Ludditus" https://ludditus.com/2026/05/21/did-gemini-pro-really-got-that-worse-3-threads/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:19:29


  • "Why Your Calls to Congress Matter More Than You Think" https://odysee.com/@techlore:3/why-your-calls-to-congress-matter-more:6    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:20:13


  • "Digitale autonomie: wat kunnen organisaties NU doen - Bert Hubert's writings" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&u=https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/digitale-autonomie-wat-kunnen-organisaties-nu-doen/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:20:25


  • Glory On Pluto is a chaotic roguelite where you build the most ridiculous rocket engine | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/glory-on-pluto-is-a-chaotic-roguelite-where-you-build-the-most-ridiculous-rocket-engine/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:20:51


  • How to give Valve feedback when Proton games have issues on Linux / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-give-valve-feedback-when-proton-games-have-issues-on-linux-steamos/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:21:09


  • "The web is built by communities, but not all communities use the web the same way." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-web-serial-adafruit/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:22:22


  • "Crafted with care. Built for speed. Ready for what’s next." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/new-firefox-design/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:22:38


  • Blow up thousands of monsters in the horde-based survivor FPS Guns 'n Goblins | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/blow-up-thousands-of-monsters-in-the-horde-based-survivor-fps-guns-n-goblins/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:24:18


  • Blow up thousands of monsters in the horde-based survivor FPS Guns 'n Goblins | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/blow-up-thousands-of-monsters-in-the-horde-based-survivor-fps-guns-n-goblins/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:24:45


  • Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux? | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/anticheat-check-which-competitive-games-actually-work-on-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:25:13


  • Yodelee Golf is a unique funny-sounding chaotic casual co-op golf game | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/yodelee-golf-is-a-unique-funny-sounding-chaotic-casual-co-op-golf-game/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:25:39


  • HELLDIVERS 2 is getting multiple upscaling modes, VRR, VRS and other tech improvements | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/helldivers-2-is-getting-multiple-upscaling-modes-vrr-vrs-and-other-tech-improvements/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:26:40


  • Fracture Field has you build an army of drones and smash thousands of rocks | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/fracture-field-has-you-build-an-army-of-drones-and-smash-thousands-of-rocks/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:27:36


  • "Roughly speaking, under the usual ISO and IEC rules, all committee-related documents are only accessible to committee members or other members of their organization." ☛ https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-open-access-to-standards-documents/90856 | Source: LLVM Discussion Forums    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:38:24


  • "This is not a new problem, but it is becoming more impactful as our societies become more connected." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/21/open-fibre-data-standard-and-the-visibility-gap-in-network-resilience/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:38:40


  • "The IETF Datatracker has received the first draft of the report from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) workshop on IP Address Geolocation." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/22/ip-geolocation-is-hard-the-draft-report-from-the-iab-workshop-on-ip-address-geolocation/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:39:07


  • "With this update, conversations that take place between Apple’s Messages app and Google Messages on Android will be end-to-end encrypted by default" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/victory-end-end-encrypted-rcs-comes-apple-and-android-chats | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:39:38


  • "The German federal government has approved the operational launch of a common national technology platform for German public services." ☛ https://www.april.org/en/interoperability-heart-germany-s-strategic-autonomy-policy | Source: April    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:40:03


  • "ODF was never just a technical project. The format quickly became a symbol in the conflict between open standards and closed ecosystems – and one of the most politically contentious issues in the IT industry of the 2000s." ☛ https://www.heise.de/en/background/The-Winner-in-the-End-Open-Document-Format-is-the-Standard-11287940.html | Source: Heise    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:40:20


  • "TDF claims that ODF ensures digital sovereignty since it is an open-source format that cannot be controlled by a single vendor." ☛ https://www.neowin.net/news/libreoffice-bashes-microsoft-for-absurd-ooxml-format-and-excels-handling-of-dates/ | Source: Neowin    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:40:37


  • "This release adjusts the package for the maybe overly hasty switch R 4.6.0 has undertaken with respect to using C++20 as a default C++ compilation standard." ☛ https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/05/21/#nanotime_0.3.15 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:41:46


  • "That translates into a lot of talking, and mostly doing two things at the same time, which is a skill." ☛ https://www.usebox.net/jjm/blog/back-to-streaming/ | Source: Juan J Martínez    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:42:27


  • "The Haskell Foundation has been at the center of a flurry of changes, all of which I’d like to share with the community today." ☛ https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-2026-update/14136 | Source: Haskell    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:42:38


  • "For a few years now, collecting my live posts from conferences into a single timeline article has become a small tradition on this blog." ☛ https://www.paulox.net/2026/05/21/my-pycon-us-2026/ | Source: Paolo Melchiorre    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:43:20


  • "WP 7.0 was just released and apparently this is the "AI" release. Is there a patch to excise this cancer from core" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/05/wordpress-ai-apocalypse-extremely-fucking-nigh/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:44:50


  • "At WordPress.com, we believe short thoughts deserve a real home." ☛ https://wordpress.com/blog/2026/04/28/a-new-theme-for-short-form-blogging-on-wordpress-com/ |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:45:14


  • "I wrote earlier about reworking my blog so that I can manage it remotely over SSH. Here’s an update on that." ☛ https://sals.place/blog/my-remote-blogging-workflow/ | Source: Sal    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:45:36


  • "Cybersecurity researchers are warning that attackers have already started exploiting a newly disclosed NGINX vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42945" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/nginx-rift-cve-2026-42945-active-exploitation/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:07:22


  • "Having accumulated your list of URLs, it's time to start fetching them, respectfully." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/RespectfulPersonalArchiving | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:07:54


  • "So which number is true? Was it 254 visitors, or closer to 800? Or somewhere in between? Or neither?" ☛ https://joost.blog/what-is-a-visitor/ | Source: Joost de Valk    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:08:16


  • [Old] "Timeline - The History of the Web" ☛ https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/timeline/ | Source: The History of the Web    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:08:35


  • "I have added two new themes to the current development target of my ef-themes package. Screenshots are available below." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-05-21-emacs-ef-arcadia-ef-atlantis-themes/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:09:41


  • "Today we released DNSdist 2.0.6, fixing several issues. The notable ones are: [...]" ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2026/05/21/powerdns-dnsdist-2.0.6-released | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:10:02


  • "Proxmox is a commercial company offering specialised products based on Debian GNU/Linux." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12843 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:10:56


  • "A new version of Thunderbird is released in Debian shortly after each Tails releases, because both Tails and Thunderbird follow the release calendar of Firefox." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_8/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:11:16


  • "FreeBSD newcomers regularly ask me “what’s the equivalent to this Linux command?”. The most common of said commands is lsblk(8) that lists block devices" ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/listing-block-devices-in-freebsd/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:12:10


  • [Old] "This is a virtual museum of operating systems (and standalone applications) running under emulation, implemented as a Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM." ☛ https://virtualosmuseum.org/ |    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:12:46


  • "Our inaugural episode takes a close look at Raspberry Pi’s next-generation microcontroller, RP2350." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/welcome-to-the-raspberry-pi-podcast/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:13:15


  • "The NetBSD/FreeBSD Merge announcement, the rise and fall of SPARC, GhoseBSD 26.2 and more..." ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/664 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:13:27


  • "But what happens when you need to add software or system extensions without rebooting or messing with your base OS layers?" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/05/21/sysextmgr/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:14:57


  • Slop mumbling instead of Free software ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-even-harness-ai | Source: Red Ha   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:16:15


  • "My Axe-con presentation outlined the topic and invited viewers to join me in a live demonstration of some keyboard testing practices." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/beyond-automation-why-manual-keyboard-testing-essential-real-accessibility | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:16:35


  • Microsoft Canonical is working for Canonical, it's a slop company without a backbone https://ubuntu.com//blog/managed-kubeflow-microsoft-azure-canonical-release | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:18:33


  • Canonical peddling slop, just like its master, Microsoft ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/developing-web-apps-with-local-llm-inference | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:19:32


  • "The vulnerability is a reference count bug that allows poisoning the page cache with malicious contents, similar to Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) or Dirty COW (CVE-2016-5195)." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/pintheft-linux-kernel-vulnerability-mitigation | Source: Ubuntu    

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


  • "The NULLHOP MeshToad V3 is a Meshtastic-compatible LoRa radio module for Linux systems that allows computers to operate as Meshtastic nodes using meshtasticd." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/meshtoad-v3-turns-linux-systems-into-meshtastic-nodes/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:20:57


  • "These 11 are actively maintained, have real communities behind them, and cover different use cases, from lightweight inline editors to full document processors, so pick the one that fits the job." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/open-source-wysiwyg-editors/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:21:50


  • Experimental Drug Yields Dramatic Weight Loss ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/science/retatrutide-weight-loss-drug.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:24:20


  • Scientists Detect Huge Structure Under Ocean Fueling the Deadly Upcoming El Niño ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-structure-ocean-el-nino    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:25:33


  • Gonorrhea and syphilis skyrocket in Europe — and this country has the highest spike ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/05/21/world-news/gonorrhea-syphilis-skyrocket-in-europe-and-this-country-has-the-highest-spike/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:25:55


  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Officials’ Strict Stand on Ebola Leaves Health Experts ‘Stunned’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/hantavirus-ebola-quarantine-trump.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:26:14


  • A first response to an epidemic: Calming fear ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0521/A-first-response-to-an-epidemic-Calming-fear    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:26:37


  • Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo burnt down as anger grows ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260521-ebola-treatment-centre-in-dr-congo-burnt-down-as-anger-grows    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:26:58


  • "17 hours ago — I know Stallman isnt the most popular on this forum, but history has sorta proven he was right, time after time." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226676    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:30:11


  • “Failures of ‘America First Global Health’”: U.S. Global Health Cuts and DRC Conflict Fuel Ebola Crisis ☞ https://phr.org/news/failures-of-america-first-global-health-u-s-global-health-cuts-and-drc-conflict-fuel-ebola-crisis/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:32:15


  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration’s Use of “Title 42” Following Ebola Outbreak is Xenophobia Masquerading as Public Health: PHR ☞ https://phr.org/news/trump-administrations-use-of-title-42-following-ebola-outbreak-is-xenophobia-masquerading-as-public-health-phr/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:32:46


  • Korean funeral services company lost $33 million of its customers' money over a bad crypto bet — firm was secretly investing client funds into leveraged crypto ETFs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/korean-funeral-services-company-lost-usd33-million-of-its-customers-money-over-a-wrong-crypto-bet-firm-was-secretly-investing-client-funds-into-leveraged-crypto-etfs    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:33:54


  • Amin Bandali: ffs 0.2.2 released ☞ https://kelar.org/~bandali/gnu/emacs/ffs-0.2.2.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:34:58


  • Vivaldi 8.0 released with ‘biggest design overhaul, ever’ ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/vivaldi-8-0-released-redesigned    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:36:32


  • MidnightBSD 4.0.5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/midnightbsd    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:36:51


  • A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/climate/el-nino-history-famine.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:37:43


  • Casual slop promotion ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/21/configure-split-disk-openshift-container-platfosp;  

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:38:57


  • "Finnish FM slams Russian disinformation campaigns against Baltics" https://yle.fi/a/74-20227403 and for political satire!    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:49:35


  • iophk: The hypocrisy of making an announcement against propaganda on a platform used entirely for propaganda and disinformation    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:49:52


  • Solara – Arch-based rolling release GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/solara-arch-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:53:23


  • "I said it before; coding is like physical exercise. Code is dancing." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/whycode2/whycode2.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:54:41


  • "We want a technological society, but at someone else's cost. "AI" is not just slop, it's technical sloth. It's the protest of an intelligent adult population that has grown jaded, cynical and tired of the technology it so performatively pretends to love."    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:55:57


  • taskbook – tasks, boards & notes for the command-line ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/taskbook-tasks-boards-notes-command-line/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:13:29


  • 21 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Synthesizers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/synthesizers/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:13:54


  • 14 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Git Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-text-based-git-clients/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:14:45


  • Banana Pi R4 (BPI-R4) - DHCP for Multiple Subnets ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/banana-pi-r4-bpi-r4-dhcp-for-multiple-subnets.61666/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:15:49


  • Paperlib – academic paper management tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/paperlib-academic-paper-management-tool/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:16:35


  • FlatSync – synchronize flatpak applications between devices ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flatsync-synchronize-flatpak-applications-between-devices/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:17:15


  • Selective HTTP Proxying in Linux, (Thu, May 21st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33002    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:17:53


  • Collabora + Flipper: Opening up the RK3576 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/collabora-flipper-opening-up-the-rk3576.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:18:30


  • Embedded Week in Nice is back! ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/embedded-week-in-nice-is-back.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:18:50


  • Flipper One – A Rockchip RK3576-powered portable Arm GNU/Linux computer and networking multi-tool ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/21/flipper-one-a-rockchip-rk3576-powered-portable-arm-linux-computer-and-networking-multi-tool/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:19:31


  • PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC: Introduction to the Series ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/peladn-wo4-5600h-mini-pc-introduction/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:20:33


  • Paperlib – academic paper management tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/paperlib-academic-paper-management-tool/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:20:45


  • FlatSync – synchronize flatpak applications between devices ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flatsync-synchronize-flatpak-applications-between-devices/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:20:56


  • "I am astonished to realise I wrote it 7 years ago." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/whycode2/whycode2.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:21:41


  • Ubuntu Core 26 Offers Game-Changing Enterprise Features ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-Core-26-Offers-Game-Changing-Enterprise-Features    

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


  • reComputer RK3576/RK3588 Edge Hey Hi (AI) computers are supported by reComputer Hey Hi (AI) Lab one-click deployment platform ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/21/recomputer-rk3576-rk3588-edge-ai-computers-are-supported-by-recomputer-ai-lab-one-click-deployment-platform/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:24:24


  • Reacting to Part 2 of Linus Tech Tips 2026 GNU/Linux Challenge ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/videos/reacting-to-part-2-of-linus-tech-tips-2026-linux-challenge/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:25:18


  • Releasing version 21 ☞ https://agama-project.github.io/blog/2026/05/21/agama-21    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 14:26:47


  • Baseless claim ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-rust-cve-reduction/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 15:15:21


  • Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1073860/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 15:23:58


  • HP Joins Dell and Lenovo in $100K Annual LVFS Sponsorship ☞ https://linuxstans.com/hp-joins-dell-and-lenovo-in-100k-annual-lvfs-sponsorship/   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 15:54:30


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

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 15:56:08


  • Docker Networking: Connect Containers ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/docker-networking/   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 15:56:24


  • Most Popular GNU/Linux Distros 2026: Market Share, User Base and Adoption Trends ☞ https://fosspost.org/most-popular-linusp;  

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 15:57:22


  • It's not about security, it is about putting Trump and Microsoft in control ☞ https://blog.einval.com/2026/05/22#secure_boot_ca_rollover    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 15:59:20


  • pBurn optical burner version 4.4 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202605/pburn-optical-burner-version-44.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:01:34


  • ROX-Filer patch-set overhaul ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202605/rox-filer-patch-set-overhaul.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:01:46


  • How to Use Wine on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/use-wine-funos/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:02:26


  • Understanding the Limitations and Design Philosophy of FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/funos-limitations/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:03:16


  • ShredOS 2025.11_30 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/shredos    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:05:10


  • Security Onion 3.1.0-20260521 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/securityonion    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:05:24


  • Arcris 2026.05.21 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/arcris    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:05:44


  • Flora 20260521 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/flora    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:05:58


  • Proxmox 9.2-1 "VE" ☞ https://distrowatch.com/proxmox    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:06:13


  • Slimbook OS 24-r122 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/slimbookos    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:06:30


  • PureOS 11 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pureos    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:06:45


  • Meta Settles a School District’s Social Media Addiction Lawsuit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/technology/meta-settlement-social-media-addiction-lawsuit.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:07:36


  • Publishing’s Latest Piracy Problem: Audiobooks on YouTube ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/books/audiobook-piracy-youtube.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:08:01


  • Nitrux 6.1.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nitrux    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 16:08:19


  • This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 652 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/05/20/this-week-in-rust-652/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:39:53


  • Dev snapshot: Godot 4.7 beta 3 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-7-beta-3/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:40:13


  • Interoperability at the Heart of Germany's Strategic Autonomy Policy ☞ https://www.april.org/en/interoperability-heart-germany-s-strategic-autonomy-policy    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:41:33


  • Swiss PGDay 2026: Schedule Published + New BoF Format ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/swiss-pgday-2026-schedule-published-new-bof-format-3298/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:42:17


  • ‘Peanuts’ Music Owner Sues Interior Department and 3 Companies for Copyright Infringement ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/arts/music/peanuts-music-us-government-lawsuit.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:42:48


  • ONLYOFFICE 9.4 is out with a stricter FOSS licence ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/onlyoffice-9-4-released    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:43:31


  • Lenovo G02 retro handheld allegedly comes preloaded with thousands of copyrighted games, including Nintendo ROMs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/lenovo-g02-retro-handheld-allegedly-comes-preloaded-with-thousands-of-copyrighted-games-including-nintendo-roms-company-confirms-that-its-an-officially-white-labeled-device-meant-for-the-chinese-market    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:43:59


  • linuxhint has been VERY strange lately https://linuxhint.com/microsoft-azure-site-to-site-business-vpn-openvpn-access-server/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:45:22


  • Lithuania says hotline with Belarus remains operational despite tensions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2935098/lithuania-says-hotline-with-belarus-remains-operational-despite-tensions    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:46:22


  • Air alert lifted in Lithuania’s northeastern Utena district ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2935363/air-alert-lifted-in-lithuania-s-northeastern-utena-district    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:46:34


  • Rosļikovs kicked out of Rīga City Council ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/21.05.2026-roslikovs-kicked-out-of-riga-city-council.a648137/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:46:51


  • Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/business/bluesky-russia-hacking-accounts.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:47:38


  • EU forced to exempt banned Chinese chipmaker after auto industry warns of supply crisis — European car factories warn of imminent supply chain collapse ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/eu-moves-to-exempt-sanctioned-chinese-chipmaker-after-auto-industry-warns-of-weeks-long-supply-crisis    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:48:47


  • Two foreigners granted special Latvian citizenship ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/21.05.2026-two-foreigners-granted-special-latvian-citizenship.a648157/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:49:11


  • Baltic Presidents call for NATO air policing mission to become an 'air defence mission' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/21.05.2026-baltic-presidents-call-for-nato-air-policing-mission-to-become-an-air-defence-mission.a648238/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:49:25


  • pg_statviz 1.0 released with AI-powered analysis ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_statviz-10-released-with-ai-powered-analysis-3301/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:52:46


  • Only 17% of all 64-bit Integers are products of two 32-bit integers ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/05/22/only-17-of-all-64-bit-integers-are-products-of-two-32-bit-integers/   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:53:42


  • Ukraine's bird lovers long for peaceful skies ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260521-ukraine-s-bird-lovers-long-for-peaceful-skies    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:55:01


  • Latvia reiterates its position on Ukrainian drones ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/21.05.2026-latvia-reiterates-its-position-on-ukrainian-drones.a648178/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 17:55:16


  • Hacks.Mozilla.Org: Announcing Web Serial Support in Firefox ☞ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/05/web-serial-support-in-firefox/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:08:12


  • Bitwarden Drama, Adobe on Linux, New Email Client and More ☞ https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17345706/foss-weekly-26-21    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:08:45


  • HPLIP 3.26.4 Released with Many New HP Printers Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/05/hplip-3-26-4-released-with-many-new-hp-printers-support/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:11:10


  • As Lionsgate’s ‘Michael’ Continues to Break Records, DRM spreader Netflix Tees Up a Very, Very Different Jackson Biopic ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/20/netflix-michael-biopic-different/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:12:36


  • Qt Creator 20 Beta2 released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-20-beta2-released    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:14:31


  • Iran’s economy was already struggling. The war has made it far worse. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0521/Iran-economy-internet-blackout-blockade-business    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:14:59


  • India gifts Italy a toffee and breaks the internet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-gifts-italy-a-toffee-breaks-the-internet    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:15:28


  • On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, An Internet for Everyone Must Include Everyone ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/05/on-global-accessibility-awareness-day-an-internet-for-everyone-must-include-everyone/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:16:18


  • Germany Charges Two Men With Plotting to Kill Jewish Leaders on Iran’s Behalf ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/world/europe/germany-murder-plot-iran.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:16:47


  • Nvidia's memory costs soar 485% ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidias-memory-costs-soar-485-percent-latest-ai-systems-now-cost-usd7-8-million-to-build-memory-now-comprises-25-percent-of-the-total-cost-rubin-gpus-a-mere-usd50-000-apiece    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:17:28


  • It Seems a Lot Like Convicted Felon Accidentally Invested $1 Million in a Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant Thinking It Was an Hey Hi (AI) Hardware Company ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-sushi-stock    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:18:43


  • Kapo-berg Tells the Tattered Remainder of His Workers That He Won’t Conduct Another a Mass Firing for at Least Seven Months ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zuckerberg-mass-firing-seven-months    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:19:14


  • Jeff Bezos Lectures the Public, Saying They Should Be Grateful for the Wonders of Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/jeff-bezos-public-grateful-ai    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:19:57


  • Taliban’s new marriage separation decree draws UN criticism ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/talibans-new-marriage-separation-decree-draws-un-criticism    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:20:32


  • Macron backs symbolic repeal of France's slavery laws, warns against 'false promises' on reparations ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260521-macron-backs-symbolic-repeal-france-slavery-laws-warns-against-false-promises-reparations    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:20:43


  • Introducing the First Cohort of the OpenSSF Ambassador Program ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/05/21/introducing-the-first-cohort-of-the-openssf-ambassador-program/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:22:50


  • Vulnerabilities in various GTK-based PDF readers ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1073944/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:24:34


  • The stock market returns 4 % ☞ https://entropicthoughts.com/stock-market-returns-4-percent    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:25:27


  • Spring 2026 Economic Forecast shows slowdown in growth as energy shock drives up inflation ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1120    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:25:45


  • Baltic states condemn degrading treatment of Gaza flotilla activists by Israel ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2935385/baltic-states-condemn-degrading-treatment-of-gaza-flotilla-activists-by-israel    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:26:12


  • Construction worker pleads guilty to distributing ‘seditious’ materials, including calls to boycott ‘patriots only’ polls ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/21/construction-worker-pleads-guilty-to-distributing-seditious-materials-including-calls-to-boycott-patriots-only-polls/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:26:50


  • France condemns Israel as it deports 37 French nationals over Gaza flotilla ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260521-france-condemns-israel-37-french-nationals-deported-over-gaza-flotilla    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:27:16


  • Ben Gvir's flotilla video: Netanyahu has 'lost control of the government' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260521-ben-gvir-netanyahu-has-lost-control-of-the-government    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:27:31


  • OpenSSF Notes Quarter of Growth with New Members, Added Hey Hi (AI) Security Resources, and Growing Community ☞ https://openssf.org/press-release/2026/05/21/openssf-notes-quarter-of-growth-with-new-members-added-ai-security-resources-and-growing-community/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:28:44


  • Dihydroxyacetone Man's popularity plummets as inflation soars ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260521-trump-s-popularity-plummets-as-inflation-soarsnbsp;  

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:29:29


  • Iran war squeezes Europe’s economy as growth slumps, prices surge ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260521-iran-war-squeezes-europe-economy-growth-slumps-prices-surge-energy-shock    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:29:42


  • ACLU Calls on Congress to to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/aclu-calls-on-congress-to-to-hold-federal-agents-accountable-by-allowing-people-to-sue-them-for-rights-violations    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:30:03


  • Preventing GPU waste: A guide to JIT checkpointing with Kubeflow Trainer on OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/21/guide-jit-checkpointing-kubeflow-trainer-openshift-ai    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:30:43


  • Red Hat used to sell Linux, not it is a slop fondler    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:31:24


  • How to manage TLS certificates used by OpenShift GitOps operator ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/21/how-manage-tls-certificates-used-openshift-gitops-operator    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:32:51


  • Your elected leaders: Joy Chan, Cooperation Special Interest Group Chair ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/22/your-elected-leaders-joy-chan-cooperation-special-interest-group-chair/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:33:14


  • KDAB at Oxidize 2026, Berlin, September 14–16 ☞ https://www.kdab.com/kdab-at-oxidize-2026-berlin-september-1416/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:33:41


  • “Fight for Us, Not for Them”: A Public Interest Vision for EU Tech Policy — new speakers announced ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/fight-for-us-not-for-them-a-public-interest-vision-for-eu-tech-policy-new-speakers-announced/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:34:28


  • Lawyer for press victims says media standards have improved ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/lawyer-for-press-victims-louis-charalambous-says-media-standards-have-improved/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:35:01


  • Samsung Averts a Walkout With Big Bonuses, but Discord Over Hey Hi (AI) Profits Brews ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/business/samsung-strike-ai-chips.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:36:12


  • American Oversight Renews Call for Investigation Into Potential Deletion of Deadly Boat Strike Records After Navy References “Ongoing Investigation” ☞ https://americanoversight.org/nara-boat-strikes-federal-records-act/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:36:35


  • Google Is Making Huge Changes That Are Poised to Decimate What’s Left of Journalism ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-search-destroy-journalism    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:37:13


  • Criminalizing truth: Gulf governments must end the crackdown on information ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/criminalizing-truth-gulf-governments-must-end-the-crackdown-on-information/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:38:00


  • Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia and the UAE ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/meta-blocks-human-rights-accounts-from-reaching-audiences-in-saudi-arabia-and-the-uae/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:38:16


  • CISA chief frets about open-source vulnerabilities, delayed security improvements ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-chief-frets-about-open-source-vulnerabilities-delayed-security-improvements/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:38:50


  • OpenBSD 7.9 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1073933/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:39:27


  • BSDRP 2.2 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/bsdrp    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:41:26


  • This TOO is obvious slop https://fosspost.org/most-popular-linux-distros/   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:53:38


  • Access Now urges the Ninth Circuit to protect encryption from NSO’s spyware ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/access-now-urges-the-ninth-circuit-to-protect-encryption-from-nsos-spyware/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:58:44


  • Christian Hergert: Asynchronous Varlink with varlink-glib ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2026/05/20/asynchronous-varlink-with-varlink-glib/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:59:21


  • Open-source non-profit claims Bambu Lab violated license — SFC steps in after multi-billion dollar 3D printer giant threatened independent developer, issued cease-and-desist demand on OrcaSlicer fork that restored cloud printing features ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/open-source-non-profit-claims-bambu-lab-violated-license-move-follows-cease-and-desist-demand-on-orcaslicer-fork-that-restored-cloud-printing-features-without-using-bambu-connect    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 18:59:44


  • Illegal court where judges are Nokia staff ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/nokia-withdraws-action-against-geely-in-connected-cars-dispute/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:09:43


  • I’m writing again… ☞ https://www.cringely.com/2026/05/21/im-writing-again/ "not writing for three years has felt like holding my breath."    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:10:25


  • AX Wireless Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenge granted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/5/20/ax-wireless-wi-fi-patent-challenge-granted    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:11:26


  • Switzerland introduces substantive examinations with Patent Act reform ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/switzerland-introduces-substantive-examinations-with-patent-act-reform/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:11:42


  • Open-source non-profit claims Bambu Lab violated license — SFC steps in after multi-billion dollar 3D printer giant threatened independent developer ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/open-source-non-profit-claims-bambu-lab-violated-license-move-follows-cease-and-desist-demand-on-orcaslicer-fork-that-restored-cloud-printing-features-without-using-bambu-connect    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:12:06


  • Borrowing from the Board: District Court Obviousness in the Post-IPR Era ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/borrowing-from-the-board-district-court-obviousness-in-the-post-ipr-era.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:12:44


  • macOS Kernel Memory Corruption Exploit ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/macos-kernel-memory-corruption-exploit.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:14:25


  • Ditana 0.9.3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ditana    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:14:59


  • China’s top diplomat touts Moldova ties after Putin visit despite differences over Ukraine war ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-top-diplomat-touts-moldova-ties-after-putin-visit-despite-differences-over-ukraine-war    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:15:26


  • New Flipper One computing multitool bristles with network, GPIO, and M.2 connectivity — new keychain device is also a fully open Arm GNU/Linux computer ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/flipper-one-computing-multitool-bristles-with-network-gpio-and-m-2-connectivity-new-keychain-device-is-also-a-fully-open-arm-linux-computer    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:17:14


  • China-Russia summit: Putin, Pooh-tin hail ‘unyielding’ ties in talks after Convicted Felon visit ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/21/china-russia-summit-putin-xi-hail-unyielding-ties-in-talks-after-trump-visit/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:17:41


  • IBM bailed out by Cheeto now https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/21/us-issues-2b-grants-ibm-others-quantum-computing-initia   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:19:29


  • Fake Proprietary Chaffbot Company Ads Appear on Subway: “Yes, We Built a Machine That Tells Teenagers to Kill Themselves… But It Might Also Help Them With Their Homework” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/fake-openai-ads-subway-teenagers-suicide    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:20:15


  • Malaysia issues statutory demand to Fentanylware (CheeTok) over ‘offensive’ content on royals ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-issues-statutory-demand-to-tiktok-over-offensive-content-on-royals   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:21:36


  • ‘Shut up!’: A defense of Free Speech Hour ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/05/21/free-speech-2/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:38:49


  • Tech researchers are suing the Convicted Felon administration over the future of online safety ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/21/1137632/lawsuit-trump-administration-online-safety-coalition-for-independent-technology-research/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:39:32


  • Clarence Thomas Against Progressivism—and Progressives ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/clarence-thomas-against-progressivism-and-progressives    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:39:59


  • ‘Tank Day’ tumbler promo pulls Starbucks Korea into ideological fight ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/tank-day-tumbler-promo-pulls-starbucks-korea-into-ideological-fight    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:45:13


  • sbom-cve-check updates: integrated in Yocto 6.0 Wrynose, Schneider Electric support, new releases, and more ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/sbom-cve-check-updates-integrated-in-yocto-6-0-wrynose-schneider-electric-support-new-releases-and-more/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:46:15


  • A Private pkg Repo Behind Mutual TLS ☞ https://oshogbo.com/88/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:46:55


  • European authorities take down prolific cybercrime VPN service ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/europol-take-down-first-vpn-cybercrime/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:48:03


  • Taiwan seeks to detain three in Nvidia chip smuggling crackdown ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-seeks-to-detain-three-in-nvidia-smuggling-crackdown    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:49:07


  • Taiwan raids 12 locations in its first formal crackdown on Nvidia Hey Hi (AI) chip smuggling — hunts three fugitives for document forgery, fraudulent declarations in Super Micro smuggling case ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/taiwan-raids-12-locations-in-its-first-formal-crackdown-on-nvidia-ai-chip-smuggling-hunts-three-fugitives-for-document-forgery-fraudulent-declarations-in-super-micro-smuggling-case    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:49:19


  • Procolored X one – A 3-in-1 laser engraver with UV and UV-DTF color printing (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/21/procolored-x-one-a-3-in-1-uv-printer-and-color-laser-engraver-with-uv-dtf-support/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:51:13


  • PGDay Israel 2026 - Call for Papers is Now Open ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgday-israel-2026-call-for-papers-is-now-open-3291/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:51:55


  • Calls for Presentations for PGConf.EU 2026 are Open ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/calls-for-presentations-for-pgconfeu-2026-are-open-3304/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:52:14


  • Release: check_pgactivity 2.10 ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/release-check_pgactivity-210-3302/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:52:42


  • Apple Rejected 2 Million App Store Submissions in 2025 for Security and Fraud Prevention ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-rejected-2-million-app-store-submissions-in-2025-for-security-and-fraud-prevention/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:53:09


  • You have to be crazy to like Apple? ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/05/21/well-being-with-woz-life-philosophy/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:55:00


  • Microsoft Patches Exploited UnDefend and RedSun Defender Zero-Days ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-exploited-undefend-and-redsun-defender-zero-days/   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:56:05


  • The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (1877) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/brahan-seer    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:57:46


  • Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability in Secure Workload ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-critical-vulnerability-in-secure-workload/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:58:28


  • Drupal Patches Highly Critical Vulnerability Exposing Websites to Hacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/drupal-patches-highly-critical-vulnerability-exposing-websites-to-hacking/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:59:04


  • Supply Chain Security Crisis: Too Many Vulnerabilities, Too Little Visibility ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/supply-chain-security-crisis-too-many-vulnerabilities-too-little-visibility/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 19:59:49


  • An Early Warning Sign of Alzheimer's May Be Keeping Some Women Up at Night ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-early-warning-sign-of-alzheimers-may-be-keeping-some-women-up-at-night    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:02:30


  • Study Shows Meat Eaters Are More Likely to Live to 100, But There's a Catch ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-shows-meat-eaters-are-more-likely-to-live-to-100-but-theres-a-catch    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:02:51


  • Spinach-Based Eye Drops Could Help Treat a Common Eye Condition ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/spinach-based-eye-drops-could-help-treat-a-common-eye-condition    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:03:16


  • Extreme Heat Impacts Women Differently. Here's How They're Already Adapting. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/extreme-heat-impacts-women-differently-heres-how-theyre-already-adapting    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:03:32


  • Rocks Kept in a Warehouse For Decades Held a Major Clue to Complex Life ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/rocks-kept-in-a-warehouse-for-decades-held-a-major-clue-to-complex-life    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:04:08


  • The Great Pyramid Has Survived 4,600 Years. A Strange Feature May Help Explain Why. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-great-pyramid-has-survived-4600-years-a-strange-feature-may-help-explain-why    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:04:26


  • Scientists May Finally Know Why T. Rex Had Such Tiny Arms ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-may-finally-know-why-t-rex-had-such-tiny-arms    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:04:41


  • There's One Simple Strategy to Lower Alcohol Intake, Experts Say, And It Works ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-one-simple-strategy-to-lower-alcohol-intake-experts-say-and-it-works   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:05:01


  • A Vast Source of Natural Hydrogen Is Hiding in Ancient Canadian Rocks ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-vast-source-of-natural-hydrogen-is-hiding-in-ancient-canadian-rocks    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:05:16


  • Bangladesh: "The Insurrectionist" albino buffalo becomes social control media star ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260521-bangladesh-donald-trump-albino-buffalo-becomes-social-media-star    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:06:35


  • Chinese coffee giant rivaling Starbucks plots California takeover ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/05/21/us-news/chinas-cotti-coffee-plots-california-takeover-as-starbucks-shrinks/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:08:34


  • Systems gone mad with risky slop owing to hype ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/warp-oz-multi-harness-update/   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:09:17


  • Lawmakers from both parties say CISA cuts have gone too far ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/lawmakers-bipartisan-cisa-budget-cuts/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:09:46


  • From tea-making to quick health check, SM Lee gets a taste of what China’s robots have to offer ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/from-tea-making-to-quick-health-check-sm-lee-gets-a-taste-of-what-chinas-robots-h   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:10:25


  • Move over, fuel guzzlers – China’s EV exports are leading the way amid global energy crisis ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/move-over-fuel-guzzlers-chinas-ev-exports-are-leading-the-way-amid-the-global-energy-crisis    

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


  • China warns EU of retaliation as bloc mulls tougher trade curbs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-warns-eu-of-retaliation-as-bloc-mulls-tougher-trade-curbs    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:11:42


  • China tells US to ‘stop brandishing judicial stick’ against Cuba ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-tells-us-to-stop-brandishing-judicial-stick-against-cuba   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:12:18


  • Australian far right party proposes Norway-style oil fund and state oil company ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australian-far-right-party-proposes-norway-style-oil-fund-and-state-oil-company    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:13:29


  • Malaysia steps up Ebola checks on travellers from high-risk places, transit hubs like Singapore ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-steps-up-ebola-checks-on-travellers-from-high-risk-places-transit-hubs-like-singapore    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:14:18


  • CVE-2026-46333: Local Root Privilege Escalation and Credential Disclosure in the Linux Kernel ptrace Path https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/05/20/cve-2026-46333-local-root-privilege-escalation-and-credential-disclosure-in-the-linux-kernel-ptrace-path    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:15:36


  • "This release also ships with the latest Tor Browser 15.0.14 anonymous web browser." https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-8-anonymous-linux-os-patches-recent-kernel-flaws-removes-thunderbird    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:17:52


  • IBM loves Epsteingate https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/20/microsoft-rebases-azure-linux-on-fedora-as-fedora-drops-deepin/5243629    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:19:39


  • Rootkits https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/anticheat-check-which-competitive-games-actually-work-on-linux/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:20:48


  • Flipper One wants to be the Linux multi-tool in your pocket https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/05/21/flipper-one-wants-to-be-the-linux-multi-tool-in-your-pocket/5244165   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:22:50


  • I installed one free Linux app, and my audio sounds ridiculously better https://www.makeuseof.com/using-easy-effects-on-linux/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:23:29


  • "For years now, Chinese state-aligned hackers have been spying on telecommunications companies in Central Asia and beyond, using a newly discovered Linux post-exploitation framework." https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/chinese-apts-linux-backdoo   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:24:25


  • AMD Posts HDMI 2.1 FRL & DSC Patches To Linux Kernel, Keeping FRL Disabled By Default https://wccftech.com/amd-posts-hdmi-2-1-frl-dsc-patches-to-linux-kernel-keeping-frl-will-disabled-by-default/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:24:51


  • "But the devs admit there's still a lot of work to be done to get the Flipper One market-ready, and they are looking for contributors." https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/flipper-one-computing-multitool-bristles-with-network-gpio-and-m-2-connectivity-new-keychain-device-is-also-a-fully-open-arm-linux-computer    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:25:25


  • Flipper unveils a Linux-powered networking gadget built for hackers and tinkerers https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/flipper-unveils-a-linux-powered-networking-gadget-built-for-hackers-and-tinkerers/   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:25:48


  • "The hardware’s not finalized, but the more powerful Flipper One won’t be a replacement for the Flipper Zero." https://www.theverge.com/tech/935202/flipper-devices-one-zero-wireless-multi-tool-linux-open-source-computer   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:26:14


  • Desktop   

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:30:11


  • You can't install Deepin Desktop from the official Fedora repo anymore - here's why https://www.zdnet.com/article/deepins-security-issues-wound-up-being-a-bridge-too-far-for-one-of-the-biggest-distributions/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:30:21


  • "No AI Features" https://www.ghacks.net/2026/05/21/vivaldi-8-0-launches-with-unified-design-and-no-ai-features-free-for-windows-macos-and-linux/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:31:03


  • Linus Torvalds on the AI claim that makes him angry, and what security researchers should never do https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-has-a-love-hate-relationship-with-ai/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:31:51


  • "LibrePlan is a self-hosted open source project management tool that just got its 1.6.0 release. The additions worth noting include email workflows, per-project document repositories, an issue and risk log, and traffic light status indicators in the project list view." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-21/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:33:22


  • "Following on from the popular Flipper Zero hacking multitool, the manufacturer launches a new model that offers numerous new features with two Ethernet ports, an optional 5G modem, Wi-Fi 6E and a much more powerful processor." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Flipper-One-hacking-multitool-offers-5G-Wi-Fi-6E-and-Linux-on-ARM.1302215.0.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:34:12


  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 and 9.8 enhance the core management and more https://www.notebookcheck.net/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-10-2-and-9-8-enhance-the-core-management-and-more.1302089.0.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:34:43


  • This New Flipper Device Is Like a Pocket-Sized Linux PC https://au.lifehacker.com/tech/118594/this-new-flipper-device-is-like-a-pocket-sized-linux-pc    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:35:10


  • "This release brings an updated OpenRC init system that can now handle overlay remount failures without blocking boot." https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-6-1-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:38:26


  • PS5 Linux can run path-traced Cyberpunk 2077 at 35 FPS, but Quake II RTX is the surprising winner https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111725/ps5-linux-can-run-path-traced-cyberpunk-2077-at-35-fps-but-quake-ii-rtx-is-the-surprising-winner/index.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:38:56


  • Slop does not replace humans, it's attacking their workflows https://tech.yahoo.com/cybersecurity/articles/ai-bug-reports-made-linux-120000957.html    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:40:27


  • "Flipper isn’t ready to talk pricing or availability yet. But the company has launched a developer portal for the Flipper One and is seeking to build community support ahead of an eventual crowdfunding campaign." https://liliputing.com/flipper-one-is-a-pocket-sized-linux-computer-and-network-hacking-tool/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:40:52


  • Flipper One – A Rockchip RK3576-powered portable Arm Linux computer and networking multi-tool https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/21/flipper-one-a-rockchip-rk3576-powered-portable-arm-linux-computer-and-networking-multi-tool/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:41:16


  • The Flipper One is a full-on Linux cyberdeck that solves my biggest Raspberry Pi problem https://www.zdnet.com/article/flipper-one-cyberdesk-raspberry-pi-alternative/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:45:11


  • "Next, you need to gather a Proton log file. This is easy to do! You just need to go into the game Properties, and enter this below into the text box for the launch options: [...]" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-give-valve-feedback-when-proton-games-have-issues-on-linux-steamos/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:46:17


  • Flipper One project needs community help to build open Linux platform https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/flipper-one-project-needs-community-help-to-build-open-linux-platform/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:47:20


  • Microsoft funded SPAM https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/microsoft-pitches-azure-linux-for-ai-native-infrastructure/ HEY HI hype with spammy form    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 20:48:42


  • Slop hyped by LF operative in LF domain https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-ai-maas/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 21:36:04


  • Promoting slop, as usual https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2026/red-hat-ceo-matt-hicks-channel-is-biggest-opportunity-in-ai-virtualization    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 21:38:48


  • Red Hat cements its sovereign credentials with Telenet deal and new products https://www.telecomtv.com/content/digital-platforms-services/red-hat-cements-its-sovereign-credentials-with-telenet-deal-and-new-products-55480/    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 21:39:17


  • Red Hat CTO says these are 3 big things it’s working on with telcos https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/red-hat-cto-says-these-are-3-big-things-its-working-telcos    

posted Friday, May 22, 2026 at 21:40:01


  • r-telco-attacks & rm &nb & &nb   icrosoft &nb ert Reich

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