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  • "Publius was making remarks on the water supply in England, in particular how even some Financial Times producer-consumers were aware that the privatization of the water supply may not have been the goodest of ideas: a natural monopoly where Market-addled Mammon pursuit is favored over such things as keeping prices affordable for "those people" and such tawdry things as basic maintenance, what could go wrong?"    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 04:51:08

  • Watershed Moment   

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 04:51:59

  • "Anyone care for a group chat on there? I have a new tab with the stream page opened to see the roll update real-time, and I'm using the initial tab I started with from the capsule's front page to use the submit button for real-time messaging. Give it a shot, so far a user by the tag is_v, olive, and a regular from here half_elf_monk have hopped in!" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Geminispace/44186    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 04:54:54

  • "I'm on there rn with a user that's popped up with the tag "olive" i'm ethnet0 there, check it out. I have the stream page up in a new tab for a chat roll, and im using front page of the capsule in initial tab for the submit button so I can chat realtime." gemini://station.martinrue.com/userfxnet/b494e26351d448b9bac6cb7d1e16ab33    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 04:55:58

  • "I watched 'Night at the Museum' with my family recently: a good adventure movie, not bad for my eldest, aged ten, but not able to hold the attention of my youngest, who is six." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2829    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 04:56:46

  • "Scroll bars that are too thin and require near microscopic precision to use. The target area for the cargohold scrollbar is not as bad as it appears, as the active area is about eight pixels wide (0.26% of the screen) which is larger than the display size of the too thin scrollbar." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/05/31/more-gui-annoyances.gmi    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 04:57:29

  • "I've been thinking a lot about where belief comes from, not the least because what I believe about the world happens to be a mishmash of many things. One of the things I think I believe is that you can choose what you believe." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/where-belief-comes-from.gmi    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 04:58:29

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

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 04:59:24

  • "In 1977 I bought a set of the Traveller Role Playing Game books. They are getting a little worn, and I don't want to damage them further. I purchased PDFs of the classic Traveller books on CD a few years ago. I wanted a more useful copy and decided to print the first 3 books and bind them with double ring spiral binding wire." gemini://treegecko.smol.pub/20260530    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 05:00:08

  • What keeps us alive; a poem (tho/en) gemini://danchium.smol.pub/what-keeps-us-alive    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 05:00:56

  • "a year ago, i accidentally purchased a yearlong subscription to geoguessr when all i wanted was a one month subscription. i resolved this problem by, rather than sending an email to customer support, playing a lot of geoguessr. oops." gemini://tilde.club/~iris/2026-05-28-memorizing-every-phone-code-in-brazil-feat-hulk-hogan.gmi    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 05:01:49

  • In Iran, internet access becomes a luxury for the few https://www.dw.com/en/in-iran-internet-access-becomes-a-luxury-for-the-few/a-77231518    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 06:14:27

  • Thailand revives bill to clear the air of toxic smog https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-revives-bill-to-clear-the-air-of-toxic-smog/a-77239344    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 06:15:17

  • Rising rents and housing shortage https://www.dw.com/en/madrid-protesters-decry-rising-rents-and-housing-shortage/a-77280884    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 06:17:40

  • "The popular torrent site YTS has been unreachable for more than a day, leaving millions of its users in the dark." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/torrent-giant-yts-suffers-extended-downtime/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:20:12

  • "These ads are effectively another surcharge Apple has foisted upon developers for the privilege of distributing software to my iPhone and yours." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/another-ad-app-store-search/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:21:07

  • "If the issues with Mac App Store search weren’t enough, Apple has managed to extend its rottenness to the iOS App Store search." ☛ https://blog.thinktapwork.com/post/812803664980967425/ios-app-store-search-is-rotten |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:21:22

  • "Two weeks in, the impact of Apple’s second ad slot is hard to ignore. Bonus: casino ads when searching for kids games. Fun." ☛ https://blog.thinktapwork.com/post/813892238778286080/ios-app-store-search-is-rotten-follow-up |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:21:39

  • "It’s been 64 days since we first noticed Apple’s second ad position in search results for iPhone and iPad. Our update after two weeks showed consistently less search ad impressions for our apps, unless we invested heavily in paying for Search Ads." ☛ https://blog.thinktapwork.com/post/817965210603257856/ios-app-store-search-is-rotten-second-follow-up |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:22:04

  • "Kaalep explained that one of EAÜ's main metrics is how much money the society manages to pay out to authors over a calendar year" ☛ https://news.err.ee/1610041750/few-artists-in-estonia-find-spotify-a-good-source-of-income | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:23:44

  • "California's Assembly has passed AB 2047, the California Firearm Printing Prevention Act" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/california-assembly-passes-3d-printer-bill-that-would-criminalize-bypassing-mandated-gun-blocking-software | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:23:58

  • "The result is not a single satellite architecture, but a multi-orbit transport fabric." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/05/why-network-control-not-just-connectivity-will-shape-the-next-fight/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:32:05

  • "Castro is the second ICE agent to be charged by Moriarty’s office for their role in Operation Metro Surge" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/ice-agent-arrested-in-texas-charged-with-lying-about-minneapolis-shooting/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:32:47

  • "The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. But some of its details are really out there." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-aliens-gov-us-citizens-arrested/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:38:08

  • "The openly racist and fascist Blue-and-Black Movement says in its parliamentary election programme that pupils with an immigrant background should be separated from native Finnish pupils into their own classes, or in some cases into entirely separate schools." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20228924 | Source: Yle    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:38:41

  • "illegal entrepreneurship, money laundering, tax evasion, and document forgery." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/imprisoned-journalist-farid-mehralizada-shares-reflections-from-azerbaijani-prison-on-second-anniversary-of-detention/33768284.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:39:48

  • almost 40k people, clogging up many key roads for people who are ordinary pedestrians https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/great-manchester-run-2026-live-34033661    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:44:05

  • "This is the threat. Not the person, exactly. The recognition." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-longest-relay | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:45:04

  • "In practice, this gives political appointees a veto over any science that conflicts with the current administration’s ideology." ☛ https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposeda |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:45:20

  • "“Poslezavtra” describes its goal as helping minors who have “lived through difficult times” — the program’s euphemism for Russia’s invasion." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/05/30/kremlin-funded-propaganda-film-shows-ukrainian-children-learning-to-love-life-in-russia | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 11:48:07

  • Missing article: "End of the Line for Windows?" by John C Dvorak, April 22, 2003, PC Magazine p61    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:11:00

  • "Of course, "Doonesbury" would go on to include fictional versions of so many real-life people in its strips, including every president, many politicians and celebrities, and even a blowhard New York City real estate developer." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/05/28/new-biography-captures-doonesburys-50-year-sweep-of-american-life.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:11:57

  • "If another country offers tools to squeeze the financial arteries of gangs that terrorize your own population, the adult response is to coordinate, share intel, and go after their money like your life depends on it" ☛ https://afranca.com.br/brazil-failed-again-to-confront-organized-crime/ | Source: Andre Franca    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:12:10

  • "To reiterate, this is the person who invented the World Wide Web." ☛ https://www.jonathanburdick.com/words/breaking-up-with-google |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:12:43

  • "The speech is Ronald Reagan’s farewell address from the Oval Office, January 11, 1989. The last sentence he gave the country before walking out of public life." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-shining-city-is-the-open-city | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:13:07

  • "I want to write about him because the project he was inside is the project these pages have been inside for two years, and because his death in 2011 marks" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-last-serious-contrarian | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:13:37

  • "I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago (well, 30-ish at least), during the dotcom boom, as a pimply-faced junior developer, watching it all unfold from the inside." ☛ https://www.datagubbe.se/dhabi/ | Source: Carl Svensson    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:14:02

  • "Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical “on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence,” has received widespread praise. This isn’t surprising" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/pope-leo-ai-big-tech/687375/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:20:14

  • "Yet, academics who have studied the spoils system and the presidency see parallels between the past and present — with a desire to reward allies and build allegiance at the center of it all." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2026/05/30/repub/trump-slush-fund-echoes-scorned-19th-century-spoils-system-academics-say/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:20:41

  • "Reports indicate that the billionaire has temporarily relocated his family to Buenos Aires, enrolled his children in local schools and purchased property in one of the city's most exclusive neighbourhoods." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/peter-thiel-argentina-jd-vance-political-alliance-1799729 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:21:07

  • "OpenAI filling out its roster of underwriters would bring it a step closer to an IPO, which could come later this year. A confidential IPO filing by the maker of ChatGPT is expected within weeks, Bloomberg News has reported." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openai-has-discussed-adding-citigroup-jpmorgan-to-bank-lineup-for-ipo/articleshow/131403755.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:21:26

  • "Let’s back up. The company, previously called Worldcoin and now simply called World, is developing software designed to verify the “humannesss” of people by scanning their eyeballs" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-jared-leto-sex-abuse-allegations | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:21:51

  • "In many cities of the country, the temperature has crossed 45 degrees and now phones are also heating up more than necessary" ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/smartphone-summer-heat-damage-precautions-india-138066027.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:31:17

  • "If you’re a productivity nerd, you might wonder how large the battery is: 71Wh. That number probably surprises you, it’s already quite large." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3147864/no-tradeoffs-here-acers-travelmate-is-light-and-lasts-forever.html | Source: PC World    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:31:35

  • "Cox’s remarks were a reversal from the fervent, exasperated tone he used at a news conference in April when asked about opposition to the Stratos project" ☛ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/05/29/cox-orders-higher-bar-for-data-centers-says-public-input-absolutely-matters/ | Source: Utah News Dispatch    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:32:08

  • "Thanks to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, crude oil prices are soaring — leading to sky-high prices for gasoline and diesel. With that war, Trump has set off a domino effect, showing how deeply the fossil fuel industry has baked its prices directly into the U.S. economy." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-loyalty-to-fossil-fuel-companies-is-driving-up-inflation/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:32:25

  • "A typical new hyperscale datacenter can face grid-connection bottlenecks of up to seven years in certain markets, well before the necessary transmission, substations, generation capacity, and transformers are in place." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/29/ai-and-data-sovereignty-in-postgres-an-answer-to-the-datacenter-energy-crisis/5248178 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:32:52

  • "Areas just north are already burning this spring." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wildfires-tree-planting-canada-9.7215528 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:33:15

  • "This is a piece about what the distinction is for. Because the distinction has a function, and the function is what I want to examine." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-conspiracy-is-the-cover-story | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:33:52

  • "Bondi, who left the Justice Department last month, spoke voluntarily with the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into Epstein" ☛ https://www.notus.org/housing/bondi-blames-acting-ag-todd-blanche-for-epstein-files-controversies | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:34:15

  • "The alarm has been sharpened by claims that 23 people with links to Epstein have died in disputed or unsettling circumstances, with private investigator Ed Opperman telling Globe Magazine that Andrew should be 'looking over his shoulder'." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prince-andrew-security-epstein-scandal-1799813 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:34:31

  • "Then, Mace gets into Epstein ... writing, "I also know I put the likelihood of an endorsement on the line when I demanded transparency on the Epstein files" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/30/nancy-mace-implies-epstein-files-cost-her-trump-support/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:34:46

  • "Judge Williams’s decision came in response to court papers filed on Wednesday by a bipartisan group of 35 former federal judges who urged her to revive the case and dig into the details of the agreement to settle it." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-truly-amazing-exercise-of-justice | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:37:22

  • "The coup was not about communism. The coup was about oil. The Cold War frame was the cover story the apparatus needed to sell the operation to the American public and to itself." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-1953-coup-never-ended | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:37:45

  • Crushing human rights ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-war-on-terror | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:38:22

  • "a festival of lawlessness" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/trump-and-xi-a-one-sided-affair | Source: The Next Move    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:38:56

  • "threats from foreign bad actors" ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/29/scary-and-silencing-troops-families-receive-threats-from-foreign-bad-actors/ | Source: Air Force Times https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/Getting_Aggressive_Suggestive_of_Loss_Part_IV_Shutting_Down_My_.shtml    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:39:35

  • "This is the new reality of what the Baltic states face" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2026/05/29/how-russia-is-turning-ukraines-drones-against-nato/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:41:44

  • "sanctions squeeze the economy" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0530/russia-intelligence-technology-sanctions | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:42:11

  • "More than 60 percent of Americans are unsatisfied with democracy as-is" ☛ https://www.vox.com/america-actually/490073/biden-harris-save-democracy-affordability-voters-redistricting | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:43:27

  • "Russia’s intelligence agencies have grown more aggressive in their efforts to steal Western technology and defense secrets as sanctions squeeze the country’s wartime economy" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-spies-are-aggressively-seeking-western-technology-as-sanctions-bite-officials-say/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:43:48

  • "the Defence Production Action Plan" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/congress-is-poised-to-integrate-us-and-israeli-militaries-more-closely-than-ever/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:44:51

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posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:45:20

  • "the Fall of Constantinople" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/images/1305288/remembering-the-fall-of-constantinople-in-mystras/ | Source: Greece    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:45:31

  • "A Kentucky school district secured approximately $27 million ​in settlements from social media companies over claims they ​fueled a student mental-health crisis" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-companies-pay-27-million-to-settle-kentucky-school-districts-lawsuit-over-social-media-harms-records-show/articleshow/131402489.cms | Source: In "Last week, Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based company that has built a national network of license plate surveillance cameras that feed data to local police" ☛ https://oaklandside.org/2026/05/28/flock-training-police-city-councils-webinar/ | dia Times    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:45:57

  • "The route through Russia’s 2022 territorial gains had been one of Crimea’s main fuel arteries." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/30/fuel-crisis-hits-occupied-crimea-as-ukrainian-drones-restrict-overland-supply-route | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:46:16

  • "Stockholm says the jets will be delivered by early 2027" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/gripen-fighters-ukraine-war-impact-russia-aviation/33768477.html | Source: RFERL    

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posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:47:36

  • "Bonta and his team claim [PDF] that 23andMe failed to implement adequate security controls for the sensitive records it stored, and misled customers about the nature of the mishap after the fact." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/05/29/rob-bonta-sues-23andmes-new-owners-over-2023-breach/5248565 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:08:26

  • "The more I thought about it, the more I just started getting more and more sick to my stomach" ☛ https://text.npr.org/2026/05/26/nx-s1-5826943/talk-therapy-mental-health-ai-artificial-intelligence-privacy-trust | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:08:55

  • "The trust was gone" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/woman-alarmed-therapist-recording-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:09:11

  • "Thursday's setback could also complicate NASA's lunar ambitions." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51504549/blue-origin-faces-months-of-delays-after-rocket-explosion-damages-launch-pad | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:10:15

  • "The explosion marks another difficult moment for the New Glenn program, which has already faced technical problems during recent missions." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/space/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-explodes | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:10:32

  • "Video posted by NasaSpaceflight" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/watch-bezos-rocket-erupts-in-fireball-during-ground-test/281999/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:11:21

  • "Then, around 9 p.m. on Thursday, New Glenn erupted into a fireball on its launchpad during a test." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/technology/blue-origin-amazon-rocket-explosion.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:11:58

  • "During a wet dress rehearsal at the Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral on Thursday evening, the company’s New Glenn rocket exploded in dramatic fashion." ☛ https://futurism.com/space/jeff-bezos-rocket-explodes-mushroom-cloud-nasa-plans | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:12:19

  • "Once governments require social media companies to block younger users" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/the-hidden-cost-of-social-media-age-bans-is-everyones-privacy/282021/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:14:14

  • "I have never knowingly finished reading an email signed by a human but written by AI" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-ceos-problem-ai-laziness | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:14:45

  • "In a study by the software company CloudBees, more than 200 technology executives were surveyed about the use of AI in their companies." ☛ https://www.heise.de/en/news/AI-code-increasingly-leads-to-production-failures-11309868.html | Source: Heise    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:16:11

  • "An analysis published this month on the claim-verification platform Lenz found that across 1,000 recent real-user fact-check claims" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/frontier-llm-factcheck-disagreement/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:16:26

  • "You are not supposed to use jqwik with your coding bot." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/29/test-software-tells-code-bots-delete-me-ai-bros-outraged/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:16:47

  • "I encountered a proposition that form and style are the aspects of writing that an LLM cannot mimic" ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2026/05/30/imagining-human-oriented-online-posts/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:17:10

  • "Our core principle is simple: AI should assist human creativity and problem-solving, never replace human reasoning." ☛ https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/personal/jointhefreeworld-ai-policy/index.html | Source: Josep Bigorra    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:17:28

  • "Aliyah isn’t real, and neither are her supposedly handmade products" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/938844/ai-tiktok-shop-blackface-shein-dropshipping | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:18:54

  • "The issue, tracked as CVE-2026-40933 (CVSS score of 9.9), was disclosed in April along with several other security defects impacting AI ecosystems that rely on Anthropic’s MCP protocol." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/exploit-code-published-for-critical-flowise-rce-vulnerability/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:19:11

  • "A $2 billion San Fransico startup called "The Bot Company" seems to be secretly testing robots in short-term rentals." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/a-robot-startup-is-wreaking-havoc-on-short-term-rentals-in-san-francisco-airbnb-hosts-allege-guests-secretly-tested-robots-indoors-left-the-units-completely-trashed | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:19:24

  • "Costs to access powerful AI tools are soaring, forcing company leaders to ask some difficult questions." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/corporations-ai-costs-no-benefits | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:20:26

  • "I’m here to tell you the mission of your generation is to destroy AI" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/harvard-graduation-ronny-chieng-ai-tirade | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:21:02

  • "Microsoft suggests it plans to bring a criminal case against Nightmare Eclipse for failing to follow “proper coordination” in disclosing vulnerabilities." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/940416/microsoft-nightmare-eclipse-zero-day-vulnerability | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:21:52

  • "Early details look promising." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/if-google-nails-googlebook-gonna-ditch-windows-laptop/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:22:06

  • "For example, when moving my email from gmail to my own domain, what I did was make gmail redirect the mails to the new one." ☛ https://akselmo.dev/posts/minimizing-impact-of-negative-thingsin-my-life/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:22:46

  • Activists who are effective get insults. Activists who are more effective get attacked. Activists who are more effective get lawsuits. And even death threats. The "goal" is to be in that last category as it implies one is effective.    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:25:36

  • "As a result, millions of Americans are dropping their health insurance this year, and millions more are expected to lose their coverage in the years to come." ☛ https://www.vox.com/good-medicine-newsletter/489937/us-healthcare-insurance-marketplace-aca-enrollment | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:26:28

  • "It was during the latter half of the 17th century that pyramid cakes were first made in Sweden, but then it was only the wealthy who could afford this delicacy." ☛ https://www.cookipedia.co.uk/recipes_wiki/Sk%C3%A5nsk_spettekaka_(Scania_pyramid_cake) |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:27:03

  • "Spettkaka should ideally be eaten while fresh, as the dry consistency of the cake makes it sensitive to moisture." ☛ https://levandekulturarv.se/in-english/the-inventory/submissions/spettkaka |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:28:36

  • "In 1980, Intel introduced the 8087 floating-point chip, a co-processor that made floating-point operations up to 100 times faster." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2026/05/microcode-inside-intel-8087-floating.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:30:04

  • "In 1982, as we mentioned at length with our history of the DEC Professional, Digital Equipment Corporation attempted to keep their PDP-11 minicomputer market-relevant" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/05/ahoy-decmate-ii-little-pdp-8-that-could.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:30:47

  • "We now come full circle. When I read about the now-former Baidu employee replacing himself with AI, I thought of that time that I replaced myself in Math B with a classmate" ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/replace-yourself-with-a-human-not-bot/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:31:51

  • "What they wanted was a regular dance, but just kids. So we had one!" ☛ https://www.jefftk.com/p/tween-contra-dance | Source: Jeff Kaufman    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:32:06

  • "We know firsthand that the elite university may teach students how to be exceptional, but it does not necessarily show them how to be good." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/whats-the-point-of-elite-universities | Source: The Next Move    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:32:26

  • "If a polynomial identity holds at a few random points, it’s very like true. We’ll make this statement more precise, but first let’s look at some applications." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/30/schwartz-zippel/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:33:21

  • "integer sequence encoding" ☛ https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/why-does-astc-use-ise-when-almost-nothing-else-does/ | Source: Fabian “ryg” Giesen    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:35:00

  • "In this post, I want to consider the case where we’re decoding a bunch of unary-coded values in a row." ☛ https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2026/05/30/simple-batch-decoding-of-unary-codes/ | Source: Fabian “ryg” Giesen    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:35:20

  • "The pioneering work done by Alan Turing and others at Bletchley Park in England was perhaps as important in the history of technology as it was the history of the war." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/breaking-enigma-with-an-fpga-just-like-at-bletchly-park/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:35:51

  • "Thought that after my post on summary distrust, I could share a list of what I read each week." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/readings-22-26/ | Source: Ava    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:39:45

  • "The 12 point design size is meant to reproduce 10 characters per inch horizontally, and six lines per inch vertically. This is a requirement of the standard to match OCR fonts of the day." ☛ https://scruss.com/blog/2026/05/29/new-font-e73/ | Source: Stewart C Russell    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:40:02

  • "Written sometime between 1290 and 1310, the Clermont-Tonnerre Grail is the highlight of an upcoming Valuable Books and Manuscripts auction at Christie's in July." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51503513/king-arthur-manuscript-in-private-hands-for-700-years-goes-on-sale--for-a-huge-price | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:40:26

  • ‘I’m cancelling’: As Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot moves to token-based billing, developers fear rising AI costs https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/microsoft-github-copilot-token-billing-ai-costs-rising-10716800/    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 13:58:06

  • Xbox Layoffs Hit Developers Across Multiple Studios in Two Waves https://happygamer.com/xbox-layoffs-developers-multiple-studios-two-waves-155703/    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:00:49

  • "By default, ggplot2 places the legend outside the plot area (usually on the right)." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/05/r-how-to-position-the-legend-inside-a-plot-in-ggplot2/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:02:23

  • "The result is the site you are visiting today. Like thirty years ago, I contracted services with a not-too-large, independent hosting company offering good technical support." ☛ https://algol68genie.nl/en/blog/end-of-an-era-xs4all-homepages/ |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:03:30

  • "The malware list is on by default and, unlike the others, also blocks during composer install from a lockfile." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/29/composer-dependency-policies.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:04:24

  • "When a crash happens deep inside concurrent code, the first question is always: which task did this?" ☛ https://artemnovichkov.com/blog/task-names-in-swift-concurrency |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:07:13

  • "Here’s a nice milestone—as of my latest PR, the new ELF linker is capable of building the self-hosted Zig compiler with LLVM and LLD libraries enabled" ☛ https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-30 | Source: Zig    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:08:03

  • "Making programs with some sort of GUI (or TUI) has been a bit unsatisfactory for me for a very long time now. Libraries come and go, trends come and go." ☛ https://movq.de/blog/postings/2026-05-29/0/POSTING-en.html | Source: Peter Hofmann    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:35:15

  • "That sounded like a bug to me. An optimization that’s correct but disabled for being slow is the kind of thing you fix in an afternoon, I figured." ☛ https://www.iankduncan.com/engineering/2026-05-30-stealing-from-biologists-to-compile-haskell-faster/ | Source: Ian Duncan    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:35:32

  • "Wikimedia's internal forums have turned into a running argument over how editors should respond." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/30/wikipedia-editors-plot-strike-and-banner-sabotage-after-wikimedia-layoffs/5248491 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:36:32

  • "The problem with code from AI assistants is its source – does the submitter have the legal right to contribute the code?" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/29/qemu-mulls-relaxing-ai-contribution-ban/5248638 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:54:15

  • "The Tidyomics community is organising a hackathon during the pre-conference programme of EuroBioC2026 in Turku, Finland." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/05/eurobioc2026-tidyomics-hackathon/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 14:57:52

  • [Old] "Migrate Gmail to ProtonMail" ☛ https://www.sysinfotools.com/blog/migrate-gmail-to-protonmail/ |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:33:45

  • [Old] "There are both manual and automated solutions available. Before we begin, let’s first do a one-on-one comparison of the two email service providers." ☛ https://www.systoolsgroup.com/blog/migrate-gmail-to-protonmail/?srsltid=AfmBOorJylkMN28NBBEHm6pEp8UfgbhiGTi1bS1bfRVyaJVtYD3x7xfN |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:34:05

  • [Old] "a smooth and complete transition to your new, privacy-focused inbox." ☛ https://www.arysontechnologies.com/how-to/migrate-gmail-to-proton-mail/?srsltid=AfmBOorBnbOQ0L_kQ1xr4b1FiTYM4RKpDNlg6L97FkfRMveUUculfzuM |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:34:22

  • [Old] "There are many good reasons to switch from Gmail to another e-mail provider." ☛ https://ldej.nl/post/switching-from-gmail-to-protonmail/ |    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:35:16

  • "The web home directory security decision predates me, so I don't know why it was made, but in my view it's a perfectly sensible decision." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OurWebHomeDirectories | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:39:26

  • "This check is as follows: Artemis counts how many posts an author has published one each day they have published a post." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/05/30/mitigating-floods-of-posts-in-artemis | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:40:04

  • "I already had an RTX 4080. 16GB of VRAM. Good enough for gaming, not good enough for the models I wanted to run locally." ☛ https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/v100localllm/ | Source: Tymscar    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:40:40

  • "Last Friday I went to the toy store with my boy, and while he was rummaging through the Spider-Man section, my eyes caught sight of a section with very low-cost toy robots." ☛ https://mariozechner.at/posts/2026-05-30-shitty-robot/ | Source: Mario Zechner    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:40:56

  • "The device is a Compute Module 5 smartphone sized computer with a 3.92″ OLED touch display and the ubiquitous BlackBerry-derived keyboard." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/its-another-pi-handheld-but-its-a-really-good-one/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:41:16

  • "The value of a mirror is in its clarity. If the reflection is cast by [danicakostic17]’s Uncooperative Mirror though, you’ll find anything but." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/the-uncooperative-mirror-will-not-help-you/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:42:04

  • "Along with layer lines, FDM printers are notorious for being neither air- nor water-tight due to the countless very small gaps between the layers." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/testing-various-ways-to-waterproof-fdm-printed-parts/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:42:31

  • "You would think a guitar amplifier would be a straightforward piece of analog electronics." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/poking-around-with-jtag-on-a-guitar-amp/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:43:00

  • "Armbian, which is a set of Debian and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions designed primarily for ARM development boards, has been updated to version 26.5.1: [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12858 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:44:17

  • "But sometimes my rage overcomes my gratitude, and I can’t help but feel frustrated with a tool I’m using." ☛ https://nathandyer.me/2026/05/30/replacing-gnome-software.html | Source: Nathan Dyer    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:44:52

  • "ThWine 11.10 is out with vkd3d 2.0, VBScript compatibility improvements and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/wine-11-10-is-out-with-vkd3d-2-0-vbscript-compatibility-improvements-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux e idea is that you build your own carousel (with HTML/CSS, however you want to build it), and then add Carousel Pilot to it so that it can... pilot it" ☛ https://fantinel.dev/blog/carousel-pilot | Source: Matt Fantinel    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:45:41

  • "I now have a Dell R7425 with 12 x 12TB HDD in the basement." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/05/30/zfs-a-helper-script-for-labelling-all-those-drives/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:46:15

  • "A little while ago, I decided that I would really like a better webmentions experience on this site." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/a-server-for-a-purpose | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:47:06

  • re gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/31/Losses_at_Microsoft_s_GitHub_Seem_to_be_Deepening.gmi "Also, how much fossil carbon is wasted on burning those tokens -- for those useless results?" -iophk    

posted Sunday, May    

posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:54:42

  • 31, 2026 at 15:47:45

    • SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta brings expanded handheld support, initial HDMI VRR for devices with native HDMI output | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steamos-3-8-6-beta-brings-expanded-handheld-support-initial-hdmi-vrr-for-devices-with-native-hdmi-output/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:56:20

    • "To help you find the right tool, we’ve put together a list of 10 download managers that are actively maintained and work well on modern Linux distributions in 2026." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/download-managers-for-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:58:14

    • "Here's the $250 bank note with Trump's mugshot on it - Boing Boing" https://boingboing.net/2026/05/28/heres-the-250-bank-note.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:58:38

    • "If this White House put even half as much energy into working to lower costs as it does into stoking the president's ego, American families wouldn't need that new $250 bill just to fill up their gas tanks," said US Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat on the Senate's banking committee."    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:59:07

    • "Donald Trump Has Turned Into Jimmy Carter Amid Iran War" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/donald-trump-jimmy-carter-iran-war-1235569587/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 15:59:47

    • "Europe Versus America: A Response to the Critics" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/europe-versus-america-a-response    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:00:04

    • epstein war https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/29/meanwhile-in-the-land-of-hockey-tim-hortons-and-hospitality/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:00:23

    • "Stan Woodward's Many Terrorist-Defending Hats - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/30/stan-woodwards-many-terrorist-defending-hats/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:00:39

    • "10,000 Kansas children have lost food assistance because voters sat on the sidelines in 2024 • Kansas Reflector" https://kansasreflector.com/2026/05/30/10000-kansas-children-have-lost-food-assistance-because-voters-sat-on-the-sidelines-in-2024/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:00:55

    • iophk: further misuse of twitter in place of official communications channels https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/05/30/us-general-holds-rare-meeting-with-cuban-military-officials-near-guantanamo-bay/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:01:24

    • "Green card changes sow confusion. Here’s what they could mean for many immigrants. - CSMonitor.com" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2026/0530/immigration-green-card-trump    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:01:40

    • "The GOP Is Not a Political Party—It’s a Cult | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/newsletter-gop-paxton-cult/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:01:59

    • "Notes From an ICE Chaser | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/an-ice-chaser-bovino/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:02:24

    • "White House UFC cage: Why Trump is hosting a fight for his birthday | Vox" https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/490399/trump-white-house-ultimate-fighting-championship-cage-south-lawn    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:02:42

    • Microsoft-sponsorted IDC fails to even mentioned GNU/Linux -- https://endof10.org/ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3134051/i-tested-a-7-year-old-laptop-now-im-questioning-pc-upgrade-cycles.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:03:05

    • “It’s quite difficult to ‘responsibly’ report future vulnerabilities when you have been banned.” | "Microsoft is threatening legal action for disclosing exploits | The Verge" https://www.theverge.com/tech/940416/microsoft-nightmare-eclipse-zero-day-vulnerability ^ topic for back doors https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/11/An_American_War_on_GNU_Linux_Software_Freedom_and_British_Inves.shtml    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:03:54

    • "'Cancel It': Trump Demand to Throw Freedom 250 Concert Into the Bin, MAGA Rally Takes Over | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-maga-rally-musicians-exit-state-fair-1799827    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:05:43

    • "'Not Worth the Paper It's Written On': Trump's $1.8 Billion IRS Deal Triggers Tax Reckoning Warning | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-tax-settlement-future-audits-1799821    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:06:02

    • Microsoft and MSM trying to shift the blame away from the faulty software https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-warns-gpu-mining-malware-is-being-spread-to-users-through-seo-poisoning-and-ai-chatbots-cryptojacking-campaign-targets-gamers-and-high-end-pc-users-with-downloads-disguised-as-popular-pc-utilities    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:06:40

    • "Microsoft revokes Office 2019 perpetual licenses, then edits their website to gaslight customers." MSO goes read-only, LibreOffice barely gets mentioned, and Calligra (both ODF) https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/microsoft-revokes-office-2019-perpetual:3    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:07:44

    • "Keir Starmer Has Paved Nigel Farage’s Path to Power" https://jacobin.com/2026/05/uk-elections-starmer-farage-conservatives-greens    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:08:02

    • Why Is Scam Altman Teaming Up With Jared Leto, a Creep With Extensive Sex Abuse Allegations? ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-jared-leto-sex-abuse-allegations https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sam-altman-sexual-assault-sister-annie-abuse-lawsuit-b2950916.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:24:55

    • AI Filmmaker Compares His Tech to Something That Gets Worse the More You Think About It ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-filmmaker-normal-analogy-of-all-time    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:27:05

    • re "I tested a 7-year-old laptop..." - the older unit have less/no DRM/restriced boot blocking GNU/Linux installation -iophk    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 16:49:44

    • "humanism personified" ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france-mourns-intellectual-grandfather-sociologist-and-philosopher-edgar-morin    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 17:29:09

    • Heat Wave Grips France ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-week-in-france/20260530-heat-wave-grips-france    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 17:31:06

    • French Open Descends Into Hellish Nightmare Thanks to Climate Change ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/french-open-tennis-heat-climate-change    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 17:31:29

    • Scientists Intrigued by Chunk of Flesh That Refuses to Die After Several Years ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/flesh-refuses-to-die-after-years    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 17:31:58

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

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:05:06

    • Dihydroxyacetone Man Squeezes Immigrants by Cutting Them Off From Jobs, Health Care and Housing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-immigrants-health-housing.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:05:20

    • AV GNU/Linux MXe-25.2 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/avlinux    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:14:27

    • NixOS 26.05 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nixos    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:14:41

    • openKylin 3.0-alpha1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/openkylin    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:15:05

    • Gedit Technology: B2B Services around gedit and libgedit ☞ https://gedit-text-editor.org/blog/2026-05-30-B2B-services-around-gedit-and-libgedit.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:16:26

    • Pwndbg – Python-based debugger enhancement for GDB and LLDB ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pwndbg-python-based-debugger-enhancement-gdb-lldb/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:17:38

    • Reminder That Linuxiac is a Slopfarm or Hybrid of Bobby and His LLMs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/30/Reminder_That_Linuxiac_is_a_Slopfarm_or_Hybrid_of_Bobby_and_His.shtml    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:21:59

    • Linux Saloon 204 | Quarkos ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/05/30/linux-saloon-204-quarkos/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:23:09

    • Flathub Draws a Hard Line on AI: No Vibe-Coded Apps Allowed, Period ☞ https://linuxstans.com/flathub-draws-a-hard-line-on-ai-no-vibe-coded-apps-allowed-period/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:23:59

    • iptables Command in Linux: Manage Firewall Rules ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/iptables-command-in-linux/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:24:32

    • New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Schrodinger's Cat Burglar - 2026-05-27 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-05-27-edition/index.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:25:13

    • How to to end edemic violence in Colombia? Presidential elections to take place on Sunday ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/how-to-to-end-edemic-violence-in-colombia-presidential-elections-to-take-place-on-sunday    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:25:50

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

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:26:30

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

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:27:16

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

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:27:41

    • AI + Rust = More Backdoors ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ai-rust-more-backdoors    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:28:09

    • █████ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/feed/ ██████████████████████ Sat, 30 May 2026 08:48:52 +0000 ███████ Web and Mobile Development Strategy Proposal    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:29:12

    • "Executive Summary This proposal suggests restarting LibreOffice web, mobile, and cloud development by structuring the project into a set of independent initiatives." ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/30/web-and-mobile-development-strategy-proposal/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:29:44

    • Google Hey Hi (AI) has finally decided to setup snapper on Debian forky with btrfs root ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/05/google-ai-has-finally-decided-to-setup.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:34:16

    • The Russian Drone That Hit Romania Also Hit European Confidence ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/world/europe/europe-nato-russia-anxiety.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:34:49

    • India says signed BrahMos missile deal with Vietnam ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-says-signed-brahmos-missile-deal-with-vietnam    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:35:24

    • A Big Bang, a Fire and Panic as War Enters Romanian Homes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/world/europe/romania-drone-russia-ukraine.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:39:05

    • Ukraine Says It Hit Multiple Targets Inside Russia During Overnight Assault ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelensky-warns-massive-attack-missile-drone-strike/33768994.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:39:22

    • Taiwanese drone exports soar on Ukraine war ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/31/taiwanese-drone-exports-soar-on-ukraine-war/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:39:37

    • Putin's quest to avoid the grim reaper: What’s behind the $26 Billion longevity programme? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260530-putin-s-quest-to-avoid-the-grim-reaper-what-s-behind-the-26-dollar-longevity-programme    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:40:08

    • Lite 8.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lite    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:40:35

    • "how you can spot Hey Hi (AI) scams and navigate the world of social control media travel content" ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/which-shorts-podcast-the-rise-of-fake-days-out-anzsg8A4sqUq    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:41:24

    • Notes from May 2026 ☞ https://evanhahn.com/notes-from-may-2026/ "My blog turned 16 this month!"    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:42:34

    • Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1 Released, But No Desktop Image for Intel/AMD ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/05/ubuntu-26-10-snapshot-1-released-but-no-desktop-image-for-intel-amd/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:43:43

    • Overhaul of optical drive detection ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202605/overhaul-of-optical-drive-detection.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:44:44

    • April/May in KDE Itinerary ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/05/30/kde-itinerary-april-may-2026.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:44:58

    • As Ethiopia Votes, Ongoing Violence and Voter Suppression Put Civilians at Risk ☞ https://phr.org/news/growing-instability-escalating-repression-and-ongoing-humanitarian-crises-threaten-human-rights-and-civilian-safety-in-ethiopia/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:45:41

    • Health Care Under Attack: Drone Strikes Amidst High Levels Of Violence By State Forces In 2025, New Report Finds ☞ https://phr.org/news/drone-strikes-amidst-high-levels-of-violence-by-state-forces-in-2025/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:45:53

    • Lebanon PM condemns Israeli 'scorched-earth policy' as fresh strikes hit south ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260530-lebanon-pm-condemns-israeli-scorched-earth-policy-as-fresh-strikes-hit-south    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:46:19

    • US says it struck another vessel in eastern Pacific, killing three ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-says-it-struck-another-vessel-in-eastern-pacific-killing-three    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:46:32

    • Indian court ruling on Surveillance Giant Google keyword ads could reshape online advertising ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-court-ruling-on-google-keyword-ads-could-reshape-online-advertising    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:46:59

    • Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits the last week of may 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/05/30/misc-fedora-bits-the-last-week-of-may-2026/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:47:44

    • Some progress on Oxygens icons and more… ☞ https://nuno-icons.com/2026/05/30/some-progress-on-oxygens-icons-and-more/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:48:24

    • 'Vibe 'coding' (slop) means people who claim to "develop" don't check the code; why would auditors and reviewers bother?    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 18:49:26

    • Large rock in eastern Latvia earns title of giant boulder ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/environment/30.05.2026-large-rock-in-eastern-latvia-earns-title-of-giant-boulder.a649399/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:13:53

    • FreeBSD 15.1-RC2 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/freebsd    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:16:02

    • NixOS 26.05 released ☞ https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2026/nixos-2605/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:18:00

    • Thailand criminal court acquits political leader of lèse majesté charges ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/thailand-criminal-court-acquits-political-leader-of-lese-majeste-charges/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:19:54

    • FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending May 29, 2026 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/05/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-may-29-2026/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:20:10

    • Pluralistic: Carneyism without Carney (30 May 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/30/rupture/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:25:36

    • When People Start “New Chapters” ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/05/30/new-chapters/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:26:05

    • Japanese defence chief takes swipe at China at security meet ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/31/japanese-defence-chief-takes-swipe-at-china-at-security-meet/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:27:13

    • Ye and Travis Scott Concerts Canceled in Italy Over Security Fears ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/world/europe/ye-travis-scott-italy-concerts.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:29:20

    • New York state limits immigration enforcement activities ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/05/new-york-state-limits-immigration-enforcement-activities/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:30:20

    • From lottery draws to fiscal spending, China broadens digital yuan footprint ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/from-lottery-draws-to-fiscal-spending-china-broadens-digital-yuan-footprint    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:30:47

    • Inside Convicted Felon’s Deal With the I.R.S. to Drop His $10 Billion Lawsuit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-irs-lawsuit-deal.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:31:00

    • Kevin O'Leary claims Chinese propaganda is to blame for anti-datacenter backlash, 'hundreds of millions of dollars' being spent to kill US dominance in Hey Hi (AI) — industry proponents and Convicted Felon administration reinforce claims of foreign interference ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/kevin-oleary-claims-chinese-propaganda-is-to-blame-for-anti-datacenter-sentiment-industry-proponents-and-trump-administration-reinforce-claims-of-foreign-interference    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:31:30

    • Edgar Morin, ‘Grandfather’ of French Intellectuals, Dies at 104 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/world/europe/edgar-morin-dead.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:32:09

    • World MS Day: Immune Cell Discovery Might Explain Multiple Sclerosis at Its Worst ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/world-ms-day-immune-cell-discovery-might-explain-multiple-sclerosis-at-its-worst    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:33:57

    • Beethoven's DNA Reveals a Surprise 200 Years Later ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/beethovens-dna-reveals-a-surprise-200-years-later    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:34:29

    • Keto Diet May Help Protect Against Multiple Brain Diseases, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/keto-diet-may-help-protect-against-multiple-brain-diseases-study-finds    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:34:53

    • Giant Study Reveals The Secret to Heart Health Isn't Low-Carb or Low-Fat ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-study-reveals-the-secret-to-heart-health-isnt-low-carb-or-low-fat    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:35:10

    • One Easy Step Promises to Eliminate Your Hangover. But Does It Work? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-easy-step-promises-to-eliminate-your-hangover-but-does-it-work    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:35:36

    • One Sign of Aging Could Be a Powerful Predictor of Death if You Don't Act ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-sign-of-aging-could-be-a-powerful-predictor-of-death-if-you-dont-act    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:35:51

    • This Week in Science: A Sleep Apnea Pill, Ancient Anesthetic, And More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-a-sleep-apnea-pill-ancient-anesthetic-and-more    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:36:17

    • In Taiwan, ‘Mainland Spouses’ From China Become a Focus of Infiltration Fears ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/world/asia/taiwan-china-mainland-spouses-infiltration.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:37:27

    • China’s top diplomat says Canada ties ‘fully restored’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-top-diplomat-says-canada-ties-fully-restored    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:37:44

    • US, South Korea in talks over American commander’s remarks that drew China’s ire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-south-korea-in-talks-over-american-commanders-remarks-that-drew-chinas-ire    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:38:01

    • Philippines remains under threat from China despite Convicted Felon-Xi summit, minister says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-remains-under-threat-from-china-despite-trump-xi-summit-minister-says    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:38:32

    • Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/huawei-chairman-thanks-the-us-for-supercharging-chinas-semiconductor-industry-washingtons-export-controls-encouraged-chinese-firms-to-invest-in-r-and-d-and-build-their-own-tech-stack-competing-with-american-technologies    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:39:19

    • Apocalyptic “Fungal Storms” Are Now Surging Across the US ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/fungal-storms-dust-surging-usa    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:40:22

    • Frankie Valli ends Four Seasons’ farewell tour, citing health concerns ☞ https://pagesix.com/2026/05/30/entertainment/frankie-valli-ends-four-seasons-farewell-tour-citing-health-concerns/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:40:37

    • Investigation: Illegal firings, cancelled visas and lack of healthcare – how domestic workers facing critical illness are left in limbo ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/31/investigation-illegal-firings-cancelled-visas-and-lack-of-healthcare-how-domestic-workers-facing-critical-illness-are-left-in-limbo/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:41:45

    • WHO chief visits eastern DR Congo amid Ebola outbreak ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260530-who-chief-visits-eastern-dr-congo-amid-ebola-outbreak    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:42:15

    • Japan, South Korea to resume search-and-rescue drill after 9 years in sign of warming ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-south-korea-to-resume-search-and-rescue-drill-after-9-years-in-sign-of-warming-ties    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:42:52

    • wider   

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:49:18

    • AMD Expands Zen 6 Family Support In Linux, Indicating A Wider CPU Lineup https://wccftech.com/amd-expands-zen-6-family-support-in-linux-indicating-a-wider-cpu-lineup/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:49:35

    • I figured out how to run my favorite Linux TUI music player on Android, and it's better than any app on the Play Store https://www.howtogeek.com/i-figured-out-how-to-run-my-favorite-linux-tui-music-player-on-android-and-its-better-than-any-app-on-the-play-store/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:50:28

    • "This release also introduces the long-requested Flatpak repair workflow and a fully-featured ignore command group for managing IgnorePkg entries." https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-3-2-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-gets-downgrade-ui-flatpak-repair    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:51:22

    • DistroSea lets users run 50+ Linux distros without installing https://www.notebookcheck.net/DistroSea-lets-users-run-50-Linux-distros-without-installing.1311100.0.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:51:52

    • This tool lets two people type in the same Linux terminal at the same time https://www.makeuseof.com/this-tool-lets-two-people-type-in-same-linux-terminal-at-the-same-time/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:52:24

    • California Age Verification Bill Clears Assembly: Linux Spared, Websites Added to Age-Gating Regime https://www.techtimes.com/articles/317449/20260530/california-age-verification-bill-clears-assembly-linux-spared-websites-added-age-gating-regime.htm    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:53:16

    • No, GAFAM channel/OEM monopolies are the culprits https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-desktop-hardware-support-is-still-broken-and-thats-why-adoption-keeps-failing/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:54:27

    • "From file management to networking, you can find many commands in common." https://www.howtogeek.com/you-dont-have-to-switch-your-brain-when-you-switch-oses-with-these-commands-that-work-in-both-linux-and-windows/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:55:29

    • "This release is powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.18 LTS and Linux 7.0 kernel series." https://9to5linux.com/nixos-26-05-yarara-officially-released-with-gnome-50-systemd-by-default    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:55:56

    • "This release also introduces support for searching for notes across all your notebooks and the ability to add emojis to your notes." https://9to5linux.com/marknote-1-6-wysiwyg-note-taking-app-adds-initial-support-for-sub-folders    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:56:26

    • Openwashing is a lie https://www.makeuseof.com/microsofts-open-source-era-still-comes-with-an-asterisk/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:57:18

    • Intel reduces graphics power consumption with fixed backgrounds on Linux https://foro3d.com/en/2026/mayo/intel-reduce-el-consumo-de-graficos-con-fondos-fijos-en-linux.html    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:57:44

    • GAFAM Bait-and-Switch https://www.techtimes.com/articles/317407/20260529/linux-foundation-tool-spotlighted-furious-developers-accuse-sickening-google-gemini-cli.htm    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 19:58:46

    • Armbian Release v26.5.1 https://blog.armbian.com/armbian-release-v26-5-1/    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:15:47

    • "Giants such as Microsoft have been trying to undermine the movement by buying FLOSS products, orient developments, flood maintainers with issues they should have patched themselves or even by replacing the community's tools with their own" gemini://studios-lalla.fr/gemlog/year-of-the-death-of-a-euphemism.gmi    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:22:16

    • Superman gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/superman    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:23:37

    • "tapping is a guitar technique where your strumming hand joins your other hand on the fretboard, using hammer-ons and pull-offs to continue phrases without any normal strumming or picking." gemini://tilde.club/~iris/2026-05-30-tapping.gmi    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:25:15

    • "Carefully smiling from out a dirty window – on another bus." gemini://rymden.no/tx/2026-05-31.gmi    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:26:29

    • "you need to remember that a file was corrupted before the next mirror is done, as following the mirror the mirror will also have the corrupted file, whoops" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/05/31/backup-mirror.gmi    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:27:41

    • "Task Samurai is a fast terminal interface for Taskwarrior written in Go using the Bubble Tea framework. It displays your tasks in a table and allows you to manage them without leaving your keyboard." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-06-22-task-samurai.gmi    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:28:20

    • Slop = worthless stuff, done again while wasting lots of power and water gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-06-01-gt-calculator.gmi    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:29:44

    • It looks like even this intro (text) is LLM slop.    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:31:18

    • XMPP para iOS gemini://aperalesf.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-05-28-clientes-jabber-xmpp-para-ios.gmi    

    posted Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 20:31:54
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