Roy Schestowitz

• Nasa bets big on nuclear engines to cut journey times to Mars https://theconversation.com/nasa-bets-big-on-nuclear-engines-to-cut-journey-times-to-mars-282748    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 04:23:09

• Heatwaves are now everyday disasters – governments need to do more to protect people https://theconversation.com/heatwaves-are-now-everyday-disasters-governments-need-to-do-more-to-protect-people-281944    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 04:23:28

• Eurovision Song Contest: what the science of statistics reveals about an infamous voting scandal https://theconversation.com/eurovision-song-contest-what-the-science-of-statistics-reveals-about-an-infamous-voting-scandal-282908    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 04:23:45

• Amazon Deforestation Falls to Lowest Levels Since 2018 https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-deforestation-falls-to-lowest-levels-since-2018/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 04:25:22

• trade mark law http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-cjeu-on-heritage-washing-in-trade.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 04:27:03

• My Journey with Devel::ptkdb - Origins https://blogs.perl.org/users/matthew_persico/2026/05/my-journey-with-develptkdb---origins.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 04:27:44

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (20/2026): Adding a Plus https://linmob.net/weekly-update-20-2026/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 04:33:25

• IBM clashing with communities https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/05/16/0815220/fedoras-ai-developer-desktop-initiative-blocked-by-community-backlash    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 04:34:37

• Slop hype ttps://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/05/13/2048210/solai-launches-399-solode-neo-linux-ai-computer    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 04:39:28

• This seems like slop https://rollingout.com/2026/05/23/microsoft-million-deal-buries-lawsuit/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 05:49:44

• "It's just lip service - Windows K2. Show through action it's not just a sad joke. You won't. You can't. It's just lip service. Windows 11 is still hijacking users' data into the cloud with its latest updates and without consent. What idiocy." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ks6hf50r#replies    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 05:59:05

• "This is a layoff discussion board. No wonder some people can’t work their own computer."   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 06:00:21

• Italian transposition of press publishers’ right may be compatible with EU law http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/italian-transposition-of-press.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:29:09

• Plants are not invented, and no monopolies should be granted on any http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/us-doj-flags-competition-law-concerns.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:29:54

• Colour monopolies http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/rose-tinted-reasoning-general-court-on.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:30:28

• EUIPO is very exceptionally corrupt, no better than people who mimic other people digitally http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/euipo-receives-first-sound-mark.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:31:28

• "The case was against the Chinese-based Yiwu Philharmonic Musical Instruments Co" ☛ https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/fender-eu-germany-stratocaster-trademark-ruling/ | Source: Guitar (NME Networks)    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:33:20

• "The long-running legal battle between Gibson and Dean Guitars’ parent company Armadillo has come to a close" ☛ https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/gibson-es-body-shape-trademark-generic-dean-victory/ | Source: Guitar (NME Networks)    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:33:33

• "Fender does not hold a U.S. copyright or trademark on the shape of its 1950s Stratocaster guitar" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/05/22/armed-with-german-copyright-fender-threatens-makers-of-strat-style-guitars.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:34:41

• "These red flags are not obvious in hindsight; they should have been obvious from the time this app was submitted." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/deepfakes-app-store/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:35:17

• "Got an older Kindle? Don't throw it away or rush to upgrade" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/amazon-shutting-down-support-for-older-kindles-may-20-how-to-save-yours | Source: PC Mag    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:36:18

• "Once you accept that the binary breaks down, a five-tier model falls out naturally." ☛ https://www.chrisfarris.com/post/security-poverty-cliff/ | Source: Chris Ferris    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:43:53

• "Scandinavian countries provide sources of inspiration for more humane approaches to incarceration in the United States" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/us-prison-scandinavian-restorative-justice/?doing_wp_cron=1779593504.7551209926605224609375 | Source: Project Censored    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:44:33

• Petty Theft Risks Lives https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/05/24/tampering-unscrewing-bike/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:53:12

• "The purpose of this handbook is to map good practices of media activism to inspire activities for defending public interest in media and communications" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/media-activism-handbook-good-practices-in-civic-engagement-319852 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:54:46

• "Global trends of polarisation, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, technological changes, and the dominance of major tech platforms further endanger independent and quality journalism." ☛ https://seenpm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Media-Activism-Handbook-v2-English.pdf |    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:55:02

• "Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday alleged a crackdown on the satirical digital outfit" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/cockroach-party-out-of-social-media-1958739 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:55:42

• "The Boys has long been known for politically charged satire aimed at celebrities, corporations and public figures." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/the-boys-elon-musk-parody-leaves-world-s-richest-man-fuming-pathetic-erik-kripke-responds-101779511616645.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:56:00

• "Nawfal reuploaded the video with a different caption just a few minutes later." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/x-warns-founder-against-reuploading-white-house-shooting-video-revenue-reduced-by-90-101779583175628.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:56:28

• "People in the Middle Ages swore very differently from us. Words that modern audiences consider deeply offensive were sometimes treated casually" ☛ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/05/swear-words-middle-ages/ | Source: Medievalists.net    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:57:14

• "We see this over and over again, where the Trump administration is weaponizing its power over mergers to try to get what it wants in the media space" ☛ https://truthout.org/video/trump-celebrates-colberts-ouster-at-hands-of-cbs-owners-aligned-with-his-admin/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:57:35

• "In full, here is the May 22nd edition of Only In Monroe." ☛ https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/05/23/23-hours-later-stephen-colbert-returns-to-tv/ | Source: Marty Day    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:57:53

• "The total value of Zoom’s stake in the rapidly ascendant AI company is worth about $1.27 billion, according to a regulatory filing Friday." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/zooms-anthropic-investment-has-netted-the-company-1-billion/articleshow/131276250.cms | Source: India Times ; 

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:58:59

• "The collapse is the latest sign that Washington remains unable to agree on even modest guardrails for the technology" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/who-killed-us-president-donald-trumps-ai-order-musk-says-it-wasnt-him/articleshow/131272180.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:59:13

• "The question of whether a Gen Z–led return to Christianity is taking place in the United States has been hotly contested." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/gen-z-christian-influencers-bryce-crawford-evangelical/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 10:59:48

• "Only with voters." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2026/05/23/repub/data-center-battles-started-in-the-states-now-its-congress-under-siege/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:00:09

• "The attribution cartel at W3C has lots of questionable decisions to worry about" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/how-the-attribution-cartel-misleads-advertisers/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:00:26

• "McQueen used this Porsche to transition from motorcycle racing to sports car competition." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/05/steve-mcqueen-porsche-356-speedster.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:50:02

• "That amount would not replace a city reservoir or major river system." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/22/machines-that-pull-water-from-air-near-reality/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:50:18

• "Going from there to riding in the middle of downtown traffic afte almost ten years was definitely a change of pace." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/riding-a-bike/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:50:35

• "Satellite imagery shows that the ice shelf is actively breaking away, with major fissures visible around the point where the sheet connects to the broader glacier." ☛ https://futurism.com/science-energy/doomsday-glacier-disintigration-thwaites | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:51:33

• "doomsday glacier" ☛ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2526826-the-doomsday-glaciers-giant-ice-shelf-is-about-to-break-away/ | Source: New Scientist    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:51:54

• "The controversy in Utah is a stark illustration of a wider trend." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/critics-warn-utah-megadata-center-could-devastate-great-salt-lake/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:52:15

• "Large portions of Arizona, Nevada, Utah, California, and New Mexico received less than one-tenth of an inch of rainfall during the reporting period." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/23/colorado-basin-heat-raises-drought-concerns/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:52:34

• "More than 1,500 centers are planned across the country." ☛ https://arkansasadvocate.com/2026/05/22/arkansas-explained-understanding-the-data-center-boom-and-debate/ | Source: Arkansas Advocate    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:52:52

• "My take, which isn't necessarily different or counter to Matt's five points, is people don't want data centers in their backyard because" ☛ https://json.blog/2026/05/24/people-dont-want-datacenters | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:53:19

• "The War on Drugs has always been evil." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/22/journalists-identify-murder-victims-of-trumps-boat-strike-program/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:54:13

• "U.S. Aircraft Combat Losses in Operation Epic Fury: Considerations for Congress" ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/22/congressional-report-tallies-42-us-aircraft-lost-or-damaged-in-operation-epic-fury/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:54:56

• "message around the crisis of affordability" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-corruptonomics | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:55:34

• "Unlike the men, women, and children who have simply been disappeared into makeshift concentration camps" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mad-as-hell-trump-slush-fund/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:56:08

• "Companies including Tesla, Palantir, and Citigroup paid nothing in federal income taxes in 2025 thanks to tax cuts" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/corporations-paid-no-federal-income-tax/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:56:33

• "Snap, TikTok and YouTube settled with the school district late last week. A jury trial had been expected to launch in June." ☛ https://therecord.media/meta-settles-school-district-lawsuit-mental-health | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:56:59

• "Most tracking systems are designed to operate in stable environments" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/why-your-tracking-system-fails-the-moment-it-matters-most/281697/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:57:56

• "But Putin can no longer lull Muscovites into thinking that his war does not involve them." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/putin-lost-control-russia/687269/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:58:10

• "So, what is a kill-switch? In the United States, it is a federally mandated system designed to detect driver impairment that has the capacity to limit or even prevent the operation of motor vehicles." ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/05/americas-vehicle-kill-switch-mandate-threatens-privacy/ | Source: Spectator AU    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:59:25

• "The PCB was designed as a map of the California East Bay area." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/pcb-map-display-keeps-an-eye-on-family/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 11:59:50

• "Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola." ☛ https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-wants-to-buy-nationwide-access-to-license-plate-readers/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:00:20

• "LayerX, a Tel Aviv-based startup founded in 2021, offers a lightweight browser extension that turns Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and other major Web browsers into a policy‑enforced" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/akamai-growing-chorus-betting-on-secure-enterprise-browsers | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:00:53

• "rushed, poorly thought out and failed to make a convincing case." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/05/23/uk-mps-slam-digital-id-rollout-as-a-fiasco-after-botched-launch/5245124 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:01:27

• "according to last week’s announcement, it’s a major milestone, not just for the company but for the technology as well" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/industry/techwatch/2026/05/22/socom-begins-fielding-new-battlefield-biometrics-system/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:01:45

• "Paxton is alleging (PDF) Meta is fully lying about the end-to-end encryption promise of WhatsApp in this wild lawsuit." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/paxton-whatsapp-encryption-suit/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:02:01

• "In media, you often see quick and easy injections." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/tracking-implants | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:02:16

• "And I’d love for that to happen pronto, but first we need to understand a few things. It is not just the software." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/some-notes-on-palantir/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:02:34

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/chinas-webworm-discord-microsoft-graphs | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:03:18

• "Two teenage suspects who attacked the Islamic Center in San Diego on Monday" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-23/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-extremism-online | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:04:02

• "During vacation periods" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/world/australia/gerringong-tasman-drive-tourists-beautiful-street.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:04:19

• "Chinese web giant Baidu has told investors its rare ability to build and operate AI infrastructure at scale represents a new high-margin business that its customers can’t avoid." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/19/baidu-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-you-cant-build-ai-infrastructure-so-clouds-can-cash-in/5242344 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:05:22

• "While Wozniak delivered his speech without interruption, the same can't be said of some other AI-forward commencement speakers." ☛ https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wozniak-apple-ai-graduation-speech-2026-5 | Source: Business Insider    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:05:52

• "It’s been a rough week for human authorship all around." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-writing-scandal-future-of-truth-book/687290/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:06:10

• "It is always easy for a wealthy and successful person to present their own success as deliberate and replicable rather than accidental" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/ai-graduation-speeches-booing/687266/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:06:35

• "hallucinated references" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/academics-meltdown-ai-hallucinations-research | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:06:55

• "Indeed, it’s pretty rough-hewn" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/democrats-2024-election-autopsy-ai-generation | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:07:17

• "That incontrovertible evidence could include things like “hallucinated references” and comments to or from the LLM, Dietterich said." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/16/research-repository-arxiv-will-ban-authors-for-a-year-if-they-let-ai-do-all-the-work/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:07:37

• "Before AI, if I didn’t know something I would just google it" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/marc-andreessen-sputters-ai-benefits | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:08:14

• "Cyber experts say this could allow criminals to gain access to OTPs, bank accounts, UPI apps and other digital services connected to Aadhaar." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/rajasthan/news/rajasthan-eye-scans-fake-interviews-kyc-ai-aadhaar-fraud-138013916.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:08:32

• "The required type of thinking, metacognition, involves not only understanding the code but also assessing your understanding. In brief, it involves two abilities." ☛ https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20260523/ | Source: Diomidis Spinellis    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:08:49

• "The Zeroth Law, in other words, is the law that turns a robot into a philosopher-king. Asimov knew exactly what he was doing when he wrote it. It’s a warning, not a recommendation." ☛ https://www.chrisfarris.com/slop/agentic-zeroth-law/ | Source: Chris Ferris    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:09:04

• "For now, I revised my Android apps and my browser bookmarks to a new set of chatbots, and I’ll try to explain (if that still matters) my decision." ☛ https://ludditus.com/2026/05/22/the-umpteenth-ai-compromise/ | Source: Homo Ludditus    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:09:42

• "One area where I’m not going to disengage with the LLM discourse is in my real life conversations." ☛ https://www.ragman.net/musings/joy/ | Source: Richard Green    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:09:54

• "PCWorld reports that Microsoft faces multiple critical security breaches, including an actively exploited Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability and a BitLocker bypass exploit called YellowKey." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3146997/microsoft-patches-several-zero-day-vulnerabilities-with-an-out-of-band-update.html | Source: PC World    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:13:57

• "There’s never been just one way to buy software." ☛ https://pketh.org/lifetime-plans.html |    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:14:21

• "iOS gives me something today that Android can’t: time. Need something?" ☛ https://mzll.it/2026/05/what-ios-give-me/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:14:41

• "The most revealing part of the study came when participants were asked to write a sentence that was dictated to them." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/handwriting-brain-health-dementia-signs-study-138008366.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:15:36

• "Because of their tiny size and fast metabolism, a canary absorbs carbon monoxide roughly 20 times faster than a human." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/05/canaries-in-coal-mines.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:15:50

• "The Enhanced Games allow athletes to dope in order to beat records in sprinting and swimming." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/05/sports-enhanced-games-ultrarich-scam-steroids | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:17:07

• "The primary goal is to keep the tastes and textures distinguishable, merging only as you chew. The pasta resists your teeth; the sauce flows." ☛ https://www.jefftk.com/p/heretical-pasta | Source: Jeff Kaufman    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:18:03

• "I decided to go all in, I sold my Nomad back in January and haven't looked back since." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/using-fountain-pens-for-note-writing | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:18:58

• A smallish but not insignificant incident to add to the list. https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/22/032239#1443329    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:19:35

• "Both sides of the AI hype coin ("AI is the revolution!" and "suck it up") place the same value on human creativity: a cog in the content machine" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/05/22/another-ai.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:21:47

• "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Piri, whose blog can be found at pketh.org." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/piri | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:22:04

• "The conference has lots of different rooms mostly in the same building where multiple panels, workshops and other things are happening at the same time in specific slots" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/cpdp-2026/ | Source: Ava    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:22:34

• "Physicists build models to explain how the world works. It might be an equation, like the ideal gas law: PV = nRT." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/story/all-measuring-devices-run-on-two-stone-age-techniques/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:23:44

• "The previous post announced some notes I wrote up based on an article by Henry Baker implementing functions of a complex variable in terms of functions of a real variable." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/23/real-and-imaginary-parts/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:24:09

• "A couple months ago I wrote about how to compute the sine and cosine of a complex number using only real functions of real variables using the equations" ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/22/complex-functions-real-parts/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:24:58

• "When I looked back at that post I thought about how if you thought of the Fourier coefficients as elements of an infinite vector" ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/23/hilbert-transform-as-an-infinite-matrix/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:50:25

• "We all know what a graph of a function is" ☛ https://bartoszmilewski.com/2026/05/23/tabulation-tribulations/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:50:42

• "Somehow, those are not his greatest contributions to the music world. That would, undoubtedly, be the MPC." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/936426/mpc-linndrum-roger-linn-questionnaire-music-tech | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:52:53

• "We are reaching the end of my six-part “blogging wisdom” project in celebration of The New Leaf Journal’s sixth birthday." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/choosing-how-to-build-and-host-a-blog/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:53:10

• "Though I am curious: across my whole website, how many posts have I made over the past year?" ☛ https://journal.kvibber.com/2026/05/100-posts/ | Source: Kelson Vibber    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:53:26

• "Yes I tell but not unprompted. I told people while talking about the argument of my blog, like if I have a post about what we are talking or if the topic of the blog can be usefull for the discussion." ☛ https://fundor333.com/post/2026/who-knows-that-i-blog-/ | Source: Fundor 333    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:53:53

• "My advice is to just keep posting whatever tickles your mind. If your post ends up on the trending page, give yourself a quiet cheers and move on." ☛ https://robertbirming.com/unpopular-posts-bear-blog/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:54:14

• "This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #374." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/largest-vowel.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:55:03

• "While the script is not fool-proof and the output requires some tidying" ☛ https://burgeonlab.com/blog/url2md-how-to-batch-convert-url-links-to-markdown-links/ | Source: Naty S    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:55:35

• "Fortunately, most of the industry does take the 'don't roll your own crypto' advice quite seriously." ☛ https://susam.net/do-not-roll-your-own.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:56:11

• "Version 0.126 of Game of Trees has been released (and the port updated). Complete release notes are as follows: [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260523115158 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:56:27

• "Over the last couple of years, the open-source software community successfully squeezed a massive" ☛ https://josephhall.org/blog/squeezing-the-balloon/ | Source: Joseph Lorenzo Hall    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:56:43

• "Compilers work under the assumption that every branch is is equally taken, unless you are hints like [[likely]] (ref)." ☛ https://fzakaria.com/2026/05/23/leaving-performance-on-the-table | Source: Farid Zakaria    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:57:29

• "(For non GNU Emacs people, Flymake and Flycheck both exist to present (and to some extent detect) 'diagnostics' about your code or whatever file you're editing.)" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsFlymakeFlycheck | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:58:00

• "We are all familiar with these addresses (e.g., 192.168.0.0). There was a big fuss about how we would run out of addresses." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/05/23/parsing-ipv6-addresses-crazily-fast-with-avx-512/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:58:36

• "look, software is getting worse" ☛ https://rapha.land/no-ai-is-not-making-software-worse-people-are/ | Source: Raphael Amorim    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:59:35

• "DDS, or direct digital synthesis, is a method for generating waveforms (in principle, arbitrary ones) with high frequency resolution and stability, from a single stable clock." ☛ https://tomscii.sig7.se/2026/05/Babys-First-DDS-Signal-Generator | Source: Tom Szilagyi    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:01:39

• "But how exactly do you detect a bug zap? With an antenna, of course! When a bug gets caught, it arcs, creating an electromagnetic pulse." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/passive-bug-zapper-tracks-its-kill-count/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:02:00

• "Even if the nozzle did hold up for a longer period of time, it’s worth noting this is probably not a viable route towards a flight-ready engine." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/water-cooling-a-3d-printed-rocket-isnt-quite-practical/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:02:26

• "Another cool touch in the design is that the dial backer isn’t just a printed piece of paper—it’s a custom PCB, which has a much nicer, hardier finish." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/building-an-analog-meter-watch/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:02:51

• "The team behind the wildly popular Flipper Zero product has just announced their development plans for a Flipper One device." ☛ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/early-deve "We’ve got a lot of exciting news this month! But first of all, let us thank everyone involved in helping our project." ☛ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5025 | Source: Linux Mint lopment-plans-for-flipper-one-announced/ | Source: RTL-SDR    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:03:14

• "Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle, providing lab space for astronauts and experiments." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2026/05/reverse-engineering-spacelab-computer.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:03:33

• "The Virtual OS Museum is a giant mixtape for enthusiasts of the history of OS evolution." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/23/the-virtual-os-museum-opens-its-doors/5243459 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:10:53

• "especially when longstanding distros like Debian have struggled with funding and sponsorship for decades?" ☛ https://abyss.fish/your_dotfiles_are_not_a_distro | Source: Jes Olson    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:11:19

• "Here’s the culprit: [...]" ☛ https://ludditus.com/2026/05/23/gnomes-tracker-makes-linux-as-shitty-as-windows/ | Source: Homo Ludditus    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:12:02

• "But what does this term mean? It’s a bit generic-sounding, making it easy to interpret as meaning almost anything." ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2026/05/23/long-term-support-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:12:35

• "The Gathering law course, which Diamantis will teach starting next May" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/05/22/repub/university-of-iowa-law-professor-to-deal-out-lessons-through-magic-the-gathering/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:13:20

• "In a comment on this recent entry, I was asked if we still considered Unix logins to be a serious security boundary." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/WhyWeNeedUnixLoginSecurity | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:13:46

• "We then examine whether Jeff Bezos — the fourth-richest person in the world" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-gush-of-slush-the-coffee-klatch | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:14:20

• "As of Friday afternoon, however, Google isn’t showing an AI Overview for the term “disregard” at all" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/936176/google-ai-overviews-search-disregard | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:15:45

• "Vivaldi 8.0. For the first time in five years or so, I have a new default browser on all my devices." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/936395/vivaldi-8-review-mandalorian-installer | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:16:10

• "I’m one of those people who look forward to software updates and upgrades." ☛ https://coywolf.com/notes/wordpress-7-breaks-classic-theme-post-edit-styles-heres-how-to-fix-it/ | Source: Coywolf LLC    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:16:36

• "While we can’t bring you all of the side-conversations that took place, we did manage to get the talks recorded" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/23/amazing-stories/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:17:07

• "The answer was clear: I had to run a server at home." ☛ https://davepeck.org/2026/05/23/how-i-host/ | Source: Dave Peck    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:17:51

• "AI Data Centers Trigger Massive 'Irreversible' 76% Electricity Price Spike in Largest US Region - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/22/0247218    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:18:30

• "Why Would Europeans Believe Trump Now? - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/05/europe-nato-troops-germany-poland-trump/687284/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:18:49

• naive chumps or fake news/spam/advertising? "The Amish Are Embracing ChatGPT" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amish-chatgpt "Why the Amish Are Falling in Love With AI" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-the-amish-are-falling-in-love-wi   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:19:20

• "AI, Palantir & the Pushback: AI, Palantir & the Pushback: The London Mayor Vs the Met Police - Spotlight - France 24" https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260523-ai-palantir-the-pushback-sadiq-khan-s-much-discussed-decision-over-met-police-contract    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:19:37

• "'Damage in every district of Kyiv' — Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack kills 1, injures 24" https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attack-may-24-2026/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:19:54

• "Ukraine liberated 590 square kilometers of territory this year, 'forcing Russia toward diplomacy,' Zelensky says" https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-liberated-590-square-kilometers-of-territory-this-year-forcing-russia-toward-diplomacy-zelensky-says/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:20:15

• "Baidu Says the Quiet Part Out Loud – You Can't Build SLOP Infrastructure, So Clowns Can Cash in - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/23/1223236    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:20:42

• "The 1 Percent Get Richer Under Cheeto, Ordinary Americans Pay" https://www.projectcensored.org/top-1-percent-richer-trump-ordinary-pay/?doing_wp_cron=1779593385.8393769264221191406250    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:21:05

• iophk: fully at odds with a privatized penal system, however https://www.projectcensored.org/us-prison-scandinavian-restorative-justice/?doing_wp_cron=1779593504.7551209926605224609375    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:21:27

• Destructive https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/billionaire-charles-koch-pollutes-the-world/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:21:48

• ""Unhinged from Reality:" Donald J. Trump Caged the Q-Shaman - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/23/unhinged-from-reality-donald-j-trump-caged-the-q-shaman/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:22:04

• "Is the Working Class Finally Turning on Trump? | The New Yorker" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/is-the-working-class-finally-turning-on-trump    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:22:23

• restrictions on online sales http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/court-of-appeal-backs-hokas.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:23:21

• Patents on antibodies http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-method-of.html   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:24:03

• Germany news: 1-in-6 retailers fear for future https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-1-in-6-retailers-fear-for-future/live-77114178    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 13:25:17

• plead guilty https://www.dw.com/en/us-la-area-mayor-to-plead-guilty-to-acting-as-chinese-agent/a-77126713    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:02:56

• El Nino https://www.dw.com/en/hotter-2026-and-el-nino-could-trigger-extreme-fires/a-77137100    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:04:49

• Microsoft Ousts Head of Israeli Branch Over Use of Tech to Spy on Palestinians https://truthout.org/articles/microsoft-ousts-head-of-israeli-branch-over-use-of-tech-to-spy-on-palestinians/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:06:41

• Manitoba's social media ban could bar teachers using YouTube in the classroom, says Kinew https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/manitoba-social-media-ban-youtube-ai-chatbots-federal-government-9.7201648   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:08:07

• There’s a faster way to find files on Linux that I wish I knew sooner https://www.makeuseof.com/theres-faster-way-to-find-files-on-linux-wish-i-knew-sooner/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:08:41

• FIFA is notorious for strict copyright rules. Here’s how Toronto businesses are navigating them https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-world-cup-copyright-rules-what-you-need-to-know-9.7201350    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:09:32

• Hadopi, perhaps the world’s worst copyright law, is moribund but not quite dead (yet) http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2026/05/hadopi-perhaps-worlds-worst-copyright.html Moody is back    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:10:09

• Thousands of DICOM servers exposed due to shameful lack of basic security measures https://www.hipaajournal.com/healthcare-organizations-exposing-patient-data-dicom-servers/    

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

• Congress Learns of Prescription Data Hack Months Later https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/05/congress-learns-of-prescription-data-hack-months-later/amp/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:12:37

• Extant Aerospace Data Breach Exposed SSNs for More Than 3,000 People https://www.claimdepot.com/data-breach/extant-aerospace-2026    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:13:24

• global poverty data https://www.dw.com/en/satellites-add-a-new-layer-to-global-poverty-data/a-77130563    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:17:52

• Carmakers https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-carmakers-paint-bleak-picture-on-jobs/live-77142074    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:23:46

• university cuts https://www.dw.com/en/argentina-sees-vast-protests-against-milei-s-university-cuts/a-77139842    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:25:52

• Tunisia https://www.dw.com/en/tunisia-sliding-into-authoritarianism-experts-say/a-77155327    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:26:41

• NAZIRAFT ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/peter-thiel-data-center-ocean    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:29:24

• Research Paper Warns That There’s a Massive Experiment at Work to Geoengineer the Earth’s Climate ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/research-warns-geongineering-experiment    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:29:55

• Doomsday Glacier Shows Signs of Imminent Disintegration ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/doomsday-glacier-disintigration-thwaites    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:30:24

• U.S. Ebola Travel Ban Faces Criticism From Congo Health Officials ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-congo-shrug.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:30:46

• Firing Cancer Screening Experts Will Not Make Us Healthy Again ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/opinion/rfk-prevention-experts-health-advice.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:31:01

• Petter Reinholdtsen: Command line Norse God of Wind Hræsvelg move the clowns ☞ http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/Command_line_Norse_God_of_Wind_Hr_svelg_move_the_clouds.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:32:32

• Sergio Durigan Junior: Fixing a 20+ year old bug in Debian curl ☞ https://blog.sergiodj.net/fixing-20-year-old-bug-debian-curl/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:33:47

• Believing that by eating more you will become taller and better looking is like believing that LLM slop will make your work better and result in fame. In practice you become a fat pig and die young.    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:53:10

• Why Are So Many Websites Suddenly Demanding Evidence You’re Not a Robot? ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/verification-captcha-increase-ai-bots    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:56:48

• Insiders at SoftBank Worry Their CEO Is Getting Conned by Scam Altman ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/insiders-softbank-sam-altman    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:57:15

• Barnes and Noble CEO Says Sure, Why Not Sell AI-Generated Books and Set Our Reputation On Fire? ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/barnes-and-noble-ceo-ai-book    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:58:00

• Alberta to vote in new independence referendum after adverse court rulings ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/alberta-to-vote-whether-to-initiate-separation-referendum-after-adverse-court-rulings/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 14:58:37

• MIT Expert Warns Courts “Will Basically Have to Grind to a Halt” as They’re Overwhelmed by AI-Generated Lawsuits ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mit-expert-ai-generated-lawsuits-spike Garrett and Graveley put computer-generated garbage in the 

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:00:01

• France Bans Israeli Minister Over Treatment of Detained Flotilla Activists ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/world/middleeast/ben-gvir-travel-ban-france.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:03:49

• Taiwan says China deployed more than 100 vessels in regional waters ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-security-chief-says-china-deployed-over-100-vessels-in-regional-waters    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:04:07

• Ontario court bars Waterloo region from removing encampment residents ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/ontario-court-bars-waterloo-region-from-removing-encampment-residents/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:04:36

• Ontario court bars Waterloo region from removing encampment residents

  The Ontario Superior Court of Justice barred the regional municipality of Waterloo from removing encampments on Thursday. The court held that the municipality’s site-specific bylaw is not only discriminatory but also infringes the right to life, liberty and security of the encampment residents.

AI, Palantir & the Pushback: AI, Palantir & the Pushback: The London Mayor Vs the Met Police ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260523-ai-palantir-the-pushback-sadiq-khan-s-much-discussed-decision-over-met-police-contract    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:05:28

• ‘Underminr’ Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hide Malicious Connections Behind Trusted Domains ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/underminr-vulnerability-lets-attackers-hide-malicious-connections-behind-trusted-domains/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:08:14

• Massachusetts students sue over state’s ‘two-tiered’ public school system ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/massachusetts-students-sue-over-states-two-tiered-public-school-system/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:09:33

• Cyberattacks against Japan drastically down during Lunar New Year holidays: US cybersecurity firm ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/cyberattacks-against-japan-drastically-down-during-lunar-new-year-holidays-us-cybersecurity-firm    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:10:10

• AI cost crisis hits tech giants as employee 'tokenmaxxing' backfires, sparking corporate pullback at Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-cost-crisis-hits-tech-giants-as-employee-tokenmaxxing-backfires-agentic-ai-eats-up-to-1000x-more-tokens-than-standard-ai-sparks-corporate-pullback-at-microsoft-meta-and-amazon   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:10:36

• The Stigma Around This Common Skin Condition Runs Deeper Than You Think ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-stigma-around-this-common-skin-condition-runs-deeper-than-you-think    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:11:50

• Your Blood Type Affects Risk of Early Stroke, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-blood-type-affects-risk-of-early-stroke-study-reveals    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:12:10

• Old: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2013/05/25/surveillance/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:13:52

• We Were Wrong About Fasting, Massive Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-were-wrong-about-fasting-massive-study-finds   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:14:56

• A Radical Innovation Helped Archaic Humans Survive a Harsh Ice Age ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-radical-innovation-helped-archaic-humans-survive-a-harsh-ice-age   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:15:15

• A Strange Pattern in Certain Words Seems to Boost Your Reading Ability ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-pattern-in-certain-words-seems-to-boost-your-reading-ability    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:15:49

• The Best Medicine For Joint Pain Isn't What You Think, Experts Say ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-best-medicine-for-joint-pain-isnt-what-you-think-experts-say    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:16:11

• This Week in Science: A Grisly Giant Jar, a Self-Aware Whale, And More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-a-grisly-giant-jar-a-self-aware-whale-and-more    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:16:31

• Pakistani Army Chief Wraps Tehran Talks As Fragile US-Iran Diplomacy Intensifies ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-pakistan-america-nuclear-diplomacy-china-rubio/33763157.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:19:39

• China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-to-send-astronaut-on-year-long-space-mission-as-it-eyes-2030-moon-landing    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:21:55

• China set for latest space launch, with Hong Kong astronaut aboard ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-set-for-latest-space-launch-with-hong-kong-astronaut-aboard    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:23:05

• Japan trade minister holds brief talks with Chinese counterpart amid diplomatic row ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-trade-minister-holds-brief-talks-with-chinese-counterpart-amid-diplomatic-row    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:23:32

• Amin Bandali: Thinking about life - chat with Protesilaos ☞ https://kelar.org/~bandali/life/thinking-with-prot.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:24:34

• Dirty Frag and Fragnesia Kernel upgrades available ☞ https://antixlinux.com/dirty-frag-and-fragnesia-kernel-upgrades-available/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:25:12

• Manjaro 26.1.0-pre-260523 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:25:37

• Alien-OS 26.05 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alienos    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:25:51

• LazyLinux 20260523 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lazylinux    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:26:06

• Besgnulinux 4.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/besgnulinux    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:26:21

• 007: First Light drops last-minute Denuvo DRM bombshell, leaving pre-order customers and fans furious ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/007-first-light-drops-last-minute-denuvo-drm-bombshell-leaving-pre-order-customers-and-fans-furious-bond-title-risks-fps-drops-and-strict-online-check-ins-pirates-eagerly-await-repack-as-day-one-cracks-become-the-norm    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:27:25

• Samsung Electronics reaches last-minute wage deal with labor union ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/samsung-electronics-reaches-last-minute-wage-deal-with-labor-union/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:28:41

• Israeli Strikes Pummel Lebanon, Killing Medics Amid Fragile Truce ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-lebanon-medics.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:29:12

• Short Naps, Long Hours: How Autism Clinics Squeeze Medicaid Dollars Out of Preschoolers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/health/autism-therapy-clinics.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:31:02

• Suspected and confirmed measles deaths top 500 in Bangladesh ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/suspected-and-confirmed-measles-deaths-top-500-in-bangladesh    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:31:35

• UN and AU sign landmark agreement guaranteeing access to safe health products ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/un-and-au-sign-landmark-agreement-guaranteeing-access-to-safe-health-products/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:31:54

• Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases as Africa CDC warns 10 countries 'at risk' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260523-uganda-confirms-three-new-ebola-cases-as-africa-cdc-warns-10-countries-at-risk    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:32:13

• Ebola: WHO raises health risk to 'very high' in DR Congo and new cases in Uganda ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260523-ebola-who-raises-health-risk-to-very-high-in-dr-congo-and-new-cases-in-uganda    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:32:34

• Uganda health authorities confirms new Ebola cases, linked to DR Congo ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/uganda-health-authorities-confirms-new-ebola-cases-linked-to-dr-congo    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:32:51

• Ebola epidemic threatens ten African countries in addition to DRC and Uganda ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ebola-epidemic-threatens-ten-african-countries-africa-cdc    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:33:07

• Why millions of Malaysians keep riding dangerous motorcycle lanes despite the death toll ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/floods-dim-lights-deadly-lanes-kl-motorcyclists-still-prefer-riding-to-public-transport    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:33:21

• Michigan college enrollment rate slips, despite $1B in state scholarships ☞ https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-college-enrollment-rate-slips-despite-1b-in-state-scholarships/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:33:59

• In Pictures: Hong Kong filmmaker’s quest to document city’s native newt and other wildlife ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/24/in-pictures-hong-kong-filmmakers-quest-to-document-citys-native-newt-and-other-wildlife/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:34:55

• Wi-Fi controlled hacking USB cable ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/microcontrollers-projects/wi-fi-controlled-hacking-usb-cable-stealthily-packs-in-an-esp32-s3-microsd-storage-and-more-cable-can-execute-remote-payload-execution-keystroke-injection-and-more-but-is-built-for-makers-developers-enthusiasts-and-cybersecurity-learners   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:35:42

• Retro enthusiast injects Snake game into vintage S3 graphics card VBIOS — enjoy some serpentum fun while your old PC boots ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/retro-enthusiast-injects-snake-game-into-vintage-s3-graphics-card-vbios-enjoy-some-serpentum-fun-while-your-old-pc-boots    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:36:17

• Steam Controller puck charger nearly catches fire after contact with Pixel Watch 3 — sparks fly after the metal wristband magnetizes to the puck's pogo pins ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/steam-controller-puck-charger-nearly-catches-fire-after-contact-with-pixel-watch-3-sparks-fly-after-metal-wristband-magnetizes-to-pucks-pogo-pins    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:36:31

• "Access to affordable advanced Hey Hi (AI) tools is subject to a host of uncertainties (links of big tech to the US administration, digital sovereignty issues, political blowback, energy and water supply of data centers, etc) and should not be considered a given." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/ai-in-patent-industry-risks-of-ai.html?showComment=1779556999686#c577266708726124591    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:37:18

• "Firms should be wary of such risks and be cautious before making deployment decisions having irreversible implications." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/ai-in-patent-industry-risks-of-ai.html?showComment=1779556999686#c577266708726124591    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:37:34

• 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Business Intelligence Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/businessintelligence/bsp; 

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:46:48

• CAMotics – 3-axis CNC GCode simulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/camotics-3-axis-cnc-gcode-simulator/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:47:11

• 7 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Email Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-web-based-email-clients/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:47:28

• LACT – GNU/Linux GPU Control Application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lact-linux-gpu-control-application/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:47:41

• Mailu – self-hosted mail server stack ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mailu-self-hosted-mail-server-stack/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:48:23

• rsfrac – terminal-based fractal explorer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rsfrac-terminal-based-fractal-explorer/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:48:47

• Clapboard – clipboard manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/clapboard-clipboard-manager/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:49:05

• StackOS – Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/stackos-ubuntu-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:51:43

• 11 Useful Free and Open Source Flatpak Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-flatpak-tools/   

posted<<<«z/b> Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:52:56

• Crafted Emacs is a modular starter configuration for Emacs ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/crafted-emacs-modular-starter-configuration-emacs/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:53:14

• bCNC – cross-platform Python application for CNC machines ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bcnc-cross-platform-python-application-cnc-machines/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:54:56

• Linux Saloon 202 | Early Edition ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/05/23/linux-saloon-202-early-edition/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:56:38

• Linux Saloon 203 | News Flight Night ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/05/23/linux-saloon-203-news-flight-night/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:57:07

• A large set of stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1074117/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:57:42

• PKGget bug fix ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202605/pkgget-bug-fix.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:58:19

• Mozilla Data YouTube Channel: Monitoring Sensitive Data: How do we monitor data we don't store? ☞ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZVugz_yzzg    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:59:09

• How to Install and Use Zsh on Ubuntu ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-and-use-zsh-on-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 15:59:58

• How to Install FunOS on Your PC or Laptop Using Calamares ☞ https://funos.org/how-to-install-funos-calamares/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:00:27

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

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:01:26

• How To Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-plex-media-server-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:01:48

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

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:02:09

• System76 Built Replacement of Ubuntu Infra in Response to Islamic Terrorist Attacks ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/system76-built-replacement-of-ubuntu   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:02:43

• A stranger from Belarus and a forest full of cigarettes: a portrait of balloon smugglers ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2936128/a-stranger-from-belarus-and-a-forest-full-of-cigarettes-a-portrait-of-balloon-smugglers    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:03:11

• ‘A Total Nightmare’: Voices From a Moscow Hit by Ukrainian Drones ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/world/europe/moscow-drone-attacks-ukraine.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:03:31

• Russia says 16 killed in strike on student dorm that it blamed on Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-says-16-killed-in-strike-on-student-dorm-that-it-blamed-on-ukraine    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:04:24

• Russian ballistic missile attack hits Kyiv after Moscow vows retaliation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260524-russian-ballistic-missile-attack-hits-kyiv-after-moscow-vows-retaliation    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:04:53

• Russia pounds Kyiv with ballistic missiles following vow to ‘punish’ Ukraine ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/world-news/russia-pounds-kyiv-missiles-vow-to-punish-ukraine/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:05:09

• Mozilla Data YouTube Channel: Mozillians sharing the 2021 SciPy Conference experience ☞ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:05:44

• Monroe, Mich. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/arts/television/stephen-colbert-michigan-public-access.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:07:00

• FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending May 22, 2026 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/05/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-may-22-2026/   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:07:23

• “Unhinged from Reality:” Donald J. Convicted Felon Caged the Q-Shaman ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/23/unhinged-from-reality-donald-j-trump-caged-the-q-shaman/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:07:36

• Picking a Linux distro is the wrong first question — here's what you should ask instead https://www.xda-developers.com/picking-linux-distro-wrong-first-question/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:11:53

• "DB says it was not intentional, and the block seems to have been fixed." https://itsfoss.com/news/deutsche-bahn-blocking-linux-users/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:12:17

• This super-minimalist GNOME theme is changing how I use Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/this-super-minimalist-gnome-theme-is-changing-how-i-use-linux/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:13:25

• I joyfully reunited with my first Linux distro at the Virtual OS Museum https://www.zdnet.com/article/reunited-with-my-first-linux-distro-at-the-virtual-os-museum/   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:13:56

• GitHub-Hosted https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/packagist-supply-chain-attack-infects-8.html    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:14:39

• "This release also improves support for AUR updates, adds a welcome screen to the tray, and implements a real message-event system." https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-3-1-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-improves-notifications    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:15:21

• Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) https://cryptoadventure.com/supply-chain-attack-flags-700-github-repos-with-hidden-linux-payload/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:15:58

• 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 Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 16:16:37

• "Everyone, including Linus Torvalds, who rejected Stallman as too political or ideological, and advocated for "pragmatism" instead, is part of the reason we're where we are today. And it's going to get a lot worse, before it ever gets better." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071304    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 17:30:45

• "you are a genuine psychic indeed ! And you get an extra helping of Vindaloo curry." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ks6s0jy   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 17:40:36

• "I am also working in Albany site, yes. From what I have see here for many years, same kind of situation always happening. Only small few people, they are the ones who actually benefit when these things come."    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 17:43:55

• "For me, I don’t really see myself staying until past after mid-summer, this is my own plan and timeline, I am thinking to move on at that time. It is my personal goal." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krm0ntxd#replies    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 17:45:24

• Xbox Reportedly Settles Final Legal Challenge Tied to the Activision Blizzard Takeover https://gameluster.com/xbox-settles-final-activision-blizzard-legal-challenge/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 17:51:01

• The legal fallout of Xbox's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is finally over https://www.polygon.com/xbox-activision-blizzard-acquisition-final-settlement/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 17:51:55

• https://www.teamblind.com/post/arent-people-exhausted-with-ai-4rb2nim4   

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:34:09

• "With so many ongoing lay-offs and people are getting laid off in the name of AI why is there not a huge outrage among people" https://www.teamblind.com/post/arent-people-exhausted-with-ai-4rb2nim4    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:34:20

• "The Cure, I guess. Disintegration was the best. Many years later I happened to see The Sisters of Mercy. A wall of sound that left me stunned. I hadn’t realized that Andrew Eldritch was still touring." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-05-24-concerts    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:49:56

• “So do you have your medical insurance cards on you?” gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/05/23.2    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:51:01

• "I want to say right out that Bunny is doing fine. Well, as fine as one can be having broken both shoulders. And at this time, that's about all we know, but I'm getting ahead of myself." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/05/23.1    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:51:58

• Magic rules I’d change gemini://idiomdrottning.org/magic-rules-wishlist    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:53:24

• "Economics really undervalue future damage. The reason they do that is this: [...]" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/time-discounting    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:54:21

• "Similarly, the Capital can attack all of us through one of us. That’s why intersectional solidarity is scary. No social movement has successfully overcome its backlash. Labor rights, reproductive rights, BIPOC rights and queer rights are all down." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/mesa-pegasus    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:56:18

• "A few days ago I found out about ZIM files. I am surprised I never looked into them earlier. A .zim file is basically a compressed offline version of a website or collection of pages." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/i-just-discovered-zim-files/    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:58:08

• "at the same time I sunk an awful lot of hours yesterday into migrating the Zaibatsu to a new, hopefully more reliable and also more competent VPS provider, and I want to spend less time in front of the computer today." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/impressions-of-auckland.gmi    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 19:59:34

• free rein gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/free_rein    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 20:00:36

• "I was reading around the other day and I stumbled across a neat little programming challenge in a gopherhole. I'm not necessarily much of a person who likes jumping into these sorts of things, but this one struck me as interesting. It's called "Cuneiforth" and it's about building a small computing system built off of a disk full of bits." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/tech/cuneiforth1.gmi    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 20:01:31

• supportive habits gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/supportivehabits    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 20:02:22

• "In other countries, including modern Russia, power has hardened in the opposite direction — toward authoritarian nationalism and political repression where dissent itself becomes dangerous." gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-05-24_Editoral_3.gmi    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 20:03:18

• "He built personal websites too — fragile islands floating quietly in the endless noise of the internet. Some people visited for a while, left messages, then vanished forever. Online friendships came and went like ghosts." gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-05-24_The_Man_in_the_Green_Coat.gmi    

posted Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 20:05:33

• th-ai.html