Roy Schestowitz

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 01:58:27

• India's drug lifeline to Africa disrupted by Iran war https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-drug-lifeline-to-africa-disrupted-by-iran-war/a-77318563    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 01:59:46

• smoking in public spaces https://www.dw.com/en/baden-württemberg-restricts-smoking-in-public-spaces/a-77380997    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 02:02:06

• union contract https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/victoria-uber-contract-rideshare-9.7205751    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 02:03:57

• China keeps North Korea's economy alive https://www.dw.com/en/how-china-keeps-north-korea-s-economy-alive/a-77295494    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 02:08:58

• emission cutting https://www.dw.com/en/how-a-german-town-uses-currency-to-promote-emission-cutting/a-77167075    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 02:09:39

• Brazil is set to cut in on China's rare earths dominance https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-is-set-to-cut-in-on-china-s-rare-earths-dominance/a-77344696    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 02:15:41

• vulnerabilities have increased https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bank-of-canada-financial-stability-9.7215056    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 02:18:36

• Slop https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ai-deepfakes-charges-9.7215992    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 02:19:58

• GitHub and ChatGPT down, as usual https://www.similarweb.com/website/chatgpt.com/#ranking https://www.similarweb.com/website/github.com/#traffic    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 03:12:04

• Work is currently in progress on a new EPO series entitled "A Tale of Two Antónios".    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 04:44:21

• There is an "Introduction" followed by 20 parts. Parts 1 to 16 are completed but some further work is needed to finalise the remaining parts 17 to 20. (Completion estimated around 19th June or so.)    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 04:45:20

• The "Introduction" and a related document are attached to this month's articles in Techrights. We will publish the completed parts 1 to 16 by separate weeks. The remaining parts (17 to 20) should be available by 19 June.    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 04:45:29

• Media/press sites (what's left of them) are free to publish this material with any required editing. But they won't do that. They are part of the corruption.    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 04:46:06

• As far as scheduling the publication is concerned, the 187th meeting of the EPO's Administrative Council is due to take place on 30th June to 1st July 2026.    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 04:46:29

• Publication during June in the run-up to the AC meeting might be a good idea if it is feasible at our end... :-) https://www.epo.org/en/about-us/administrative-council/calendar    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 04:46:42

• In the "Introduction", see CA/D 5/24 - Administrative Council decision (AC/179) https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/01/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_A_Tale_of_Two_Antonios.shtml how terrible    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 04:47:35

• IBM PIPs. "How much time you have on PIP ? Ask your first/second line manager if they want to see improvement in performance why they have set the goals that are hard to achieve within the time you have been given." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kteks3hs    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 04:59:38

• "The moment you are asked to make such documents - it’s over. Write a sh---y bare bones pass down. Don’t tell them everything. And prepare you exit strategy"    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 04:59:46

• "I know some in Albany who were on PIPs. Most were not low performers. I know one who was a band four and not marked as a low performer and one band five and a lot of sevens" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kt41fd79    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 05:00:34

• "Yes Citi is right the stock is misunderstood - I don't understand why it should even be at its current price. Has IBM created anything that actually works?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ktfkx7x8    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 05:01:12

• "yes, they’re really good at funding executive bonuses by getting rid of employees without having to pay out severance."    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 05:01:54

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 05:03:49

• "Jeez - at IBM, ethics and business conduct often feel more like suggestions than actual requirements." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ktfk2spa    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 05:03:58

• "Thanks all - I have made my decision and am accepting the smaller firm. I have had a very positive experience in the interview process and rich discussion. The total comp is a little better than IBM (though the health care is more expensive). Good luck to everyone still on the search!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ksy8yvq8    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 05:06:57

• IBM is a dumpster fire. The sole important question is, when did it start/how long has it been that way?    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 05:08:16

• More on withered technology, part I gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/more-on-withered-technology-i.gmi    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 05:51:21

• sonic boom https://www.dw.com/en/meteor-explodes-over-united-states-triggering-sonic-boom/a-77361548    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 06:55:05

• technical recession https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/recession-gdp-may-2026-statscan-9.7216352    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 06:56:17

• Canada Post records $205-million loss in the first 3 months of this year https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-q1-loss-2026-9.7216987    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 06:56:47

• the latest grocery price sticker shock https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tomato-prices-trump-9.7216440    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 06:57:40

• Mass Incarceration https://www.projectcensored.org/reframing-mass-incarceration-antiracism-and-abolition/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:03:31

• The Platform Stealing Zoom Webinars From the Web https://www.projectcensored.org/the-platform-stealing-zoom-webinars/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:04:31

• Wildfire https://www.projectcensored.org/funding-failures-wildfire-risk-tribal-land/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:08:27

• Linux Lite 8.0 Final Released https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=9866    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:10:04

• "We are pleased to announce the latest NST release: "NST 44 SVN:15105". Based on Fedora 44 and powered by Linux Kernel: "7.0.10-201.fc44.x86_64", this version brings the NST distribution completely on par with Fedora 44." https://sourceforge.net/p/nst/news/2026/05/nst-version-44-15105-released/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:12:30

• PowerSchool’s $17.25 Million Settlement Exposes Years of Student Data Tracking https://machronicle.com/powerschools-17-25-million-settlement-exposes-years-of-student-data-tracking/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:20:09

• UK Visa Portal spilled thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies online — and hasn’t fixed the leak https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/uk-visa-portal-spilled-thousands-of-applicants-passports-and-selfies-online-and-hasnt-fixed-the-leak/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:20:48

• Schiphol cargo worker arrested over alleged data leaks to drug networks https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/27/schiphol-cargo-worker-arrested-alleged-data-leaks-drug-networks    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:22:27

• Malware seller known as “Venom” extradited to France https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1304931/malware-seller-hunted-across-three-continents/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:23:18

• Lithuania investigates theft of 600,000 state registry records https://therecord.media/lithuania-investigates-theft-of-state-records    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:24:17

• Thousands of Oregon prison files accessed by prison worker https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/05/thousands-of-oregon-prison-files-accessed-by-prison-worker.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:25:54

• French Health Payments Breach Exposed ID Data, Fuels Fraud Fears https://www.europe-infos.fr/english/8843/french-health-payments-firm-hit-by-cyberattack-exposing-id-data-and-fueling-fraud-fears/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:26:39

• California AG Bonta Sues Chrome Holding Co., Formerly Known as 23andMe, Over 2023 Data Breach https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/28/23andme-lawsuit-data-breach-genetic-testing/38fc9ea0-5ad9-11f1-8a9d-afb1148204e1_story.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:27:23

• Bombay High Court Issues Injunction Prohibiting Hackers From Publishing Allegedly Hacked HDFC Investor Data https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/mumbai/hdfc-amc-cyberattack-bombay-hc-restrains-hackers-from-publishing-allegedly-stolen-investor-data    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:28:22

• partial restoration https://www.dw.com/en/iran-data-show-partial-restoration-of-internet-connectivity/live-77292206    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:42:56

• elder care https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-childfree-adults-to-pay-more-for-elder-care/live-77292208    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 07:44:57

• "I run a photo site, and its library is about 166 gigabytes of originals and thumbnails." ☛ https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-06-06-self-hosting-adventures | Source: Kenneth Reitz    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:26:18

• "Chen's patch set takes an interesting approach to optimize the fork() and exec() pattern." ☛ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1076018/16f01bbbb8e0d1f0/ | Source: LWN    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:26:53

• "I sat down one day and got really fixated on Linux entropy. Did you know you can feed a Linux system's entropy pool by just writing data to /dev/{u}random?" ☛ https://gabrielsimmer.com/blog/entropy | Source: Gabriel Simmer    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:27:09

• "Here’s a quick recap of what UringMachine does: UringMachine provides a low-level API for performing I/O operations using io_uring" ☛ https://noteflakes.com/articles/2026-06-07-automatic-buffer-management | Source: Sharon Rosner    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:27:23

• "This was not part of the plan. When I made Gratuitous Space Battles, it was not a deterministic sim." ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/06/07/building-a-deterministic-space-auto-battler/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:28:20

• "This was my hundred-forty-third month that I did some work for the Debian LTS initiative, started by Raphael Hertzog at Freexian" ☛ https://blog.alteholz.eu/2026/06/my-debian-activities-in-may-2026/ | Source: Thorsten Alteholz    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:28:56

• "If you control Bluetooth devices through ESPHome Bluetooth proxies, some integrations connect once and then never let go" ☛ https://www.whizzy.org/2026-06-07-home-assistant-disable-polling-bluetooth-proxy-slots/ | Source: Will Cooke    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:29:38

• "1948 was an interesting time for computing. For decades, businesses had used punch card equipment that added and sorted electromechanically." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2026/06/ibm-604-thyraton-tube-module.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:30:21

• "It is open source, built around Qt and Skia, and published under the GPL-3.0-only license." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/friction | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:32:27

• "I needed to replace a page in a PDF with another PDF." ☛ https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/06/emacs-pdf-view-replace-current-page-with-file-using-pdftk/ | Source: Sacha Chua    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:32:42

• "I meant to post this a few days ago, but the beginning of June found me at iJS San Diego talking about React animations." ☛ https://www.readwriterachel.com/things-i-learned/musings/2026/06/07/coreutils-wrapup.html | Source: Rachel Kaufman    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:33:02

• "One of the problems I have when talking about 'vim' is that in practice, there are several versions of 'vim'." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/VimManyFaces | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:33:15

• "Apparently the kids these days don’t “Google it”. At least, not in their colloquialisms: they’re still probably using the search engine." ☛ https://danq.me/2026/06/07/sounds-like-you-googled-it/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:34:11

• "Suppose you want to write a database. You'd probably start by implementing relational algebra operators — projection, filter, join, etc." ☛ https://remy.wang/blog/cps.html | Source: Remy Wang    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:34:44

• "standard.site is a set of shared ATProto lexicons . The two that matter here are site.standard.publication and site.standard.document." ☛ https://rednafi.com/misc/standard-site/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:36:05

• "I'm not even going to apologize. I was experiencing SSG fatigue and thought I'd see what it would take to migrate all of Eleventy's Markdown posts to Ghost." ☛ https://www.baty.net/posts/2026/06/yep-im-back-to-using-ghost/ |    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:36:23

• "This sent me down a rabbit hole of reading the code of other link checkers." ☛ https://endler.dev/2026/how-other-link-checkers-recurse/ | Source: Matthias Endler    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:40:44

• "In the previous post, we started discussing that not understanding why we do architectural work leads to many detrimental anti-patterns in software development. We can observe these patterns time and again: [...]" ☛ https://www.ufried.com/blog/essence_of_architecture_2/ | Source: Uwe Friedrichsen    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:40:59

• [Old] "This is the most intuitive response in software engineering today." ☛ https://pmbanugo.me/blog/why-queues-dont-fix-overload-and-what-to-do-instead |    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:41:19

• "LLVM has several hash tables. They used quadratic probing with in-band sentinel keys (empty, tombstone); recent work has been replacing that with linear probing with tombstone key removed." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2026-06-07-recent-llvm-hash-table-improvements | Source: MaskRay    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:41:43

• "One of the challenges of working on R-universe is that there is never really a release day." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/five-recent-r-universe-features-you-might-have-missed/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:42:22

• "Screen calibration may not be one of most interesting topics within photography, but it's an absolutely vital one if you're looking for accurate colors." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/printing/you-may-have-heard-of-screen-calibration-but-did-you-know-you-should-calibrate-your-photo-printer-too | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:43:48

• [Old] "I'm sure you'd like to hear from Peter Quinn, formerly CIO of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, wouldn't you? Would you like to ask him why he quit" ☛ https://web.archive.org/web/20100505061946/http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060123132416703 | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:44:08

• "I wanted to put my regained attention span to a test: can I, once again, watch complex films? All three Godfather films, played night after night looked like the perfect choice." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/2026/godfather-trilogy/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:50:22

• "It looks official because it has brackets and timestamps, but mostly it is residue: speech pressed flat enough to be searched." ☛ https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-rule-that-actually-runs/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:50:37

• "That advice landed closer than I expected — my brother Ryan and his family surprised me with it for my birthday!" ☛ https://svpow.com/2026/06/07/my-adventures-with-tri-bear-atops/ | Source: Matt Wedel    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:51:03

• "There is more hunger now than during the COVID pandemic." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-06-07/us-library-hands-out-potatoes-and-rice-as-snap-cuts-leave-families-hungry.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:51:19

• "While this human-generated (or human-assisted) result is impressive, it will be a rare occurrence. This result was actually a counterexample." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/06/humans-solve-erdos-problem.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:51:57

• "A recent article published in Icarus analyzed 122 possible scenarios of such instability to assess how the satellite systems of the "left behind" planets would have reacted." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-moons-of-uranus-may-hold-the-key-to-finding-missing-planets/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:52:12

• "The 3.3-foot-long Praearcturus gigas scorpion now joins the ranks of Earth’s ferocious prehistoric beasts, boasting pincers 6.2 inches long." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/science/worlds-largest-scorpion-identified | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:52:32

• "Don't believe self-serving lies about technologies being "inevitable" or "here to stay"." ☛ http://ozark.hendrix.edu/~yorgey/forest/00FD/index.xml |    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:54:11

• "We're processing >50B read pairs of wastewater and nasal swab data each week (more than anyone else!) and will be more than doubling this in the next year." ☛ https://www.jefftk.com/p/securebio-detection-is-hiring-software-engineers | Source: Jeff Kaufman    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:55:19

• "The paper, written by neuroscientists in Brazil, is unfortunately light on some of the details." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-psilocybin-dose-has-incredible-effect-on-elderly-dementia-patient | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:55:41

• "When I mentioned all of this to other friends, the stories erupted from both sides of the patient-physician divide." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/primary-care-doctor-shortage/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:56:12

• "sell…data to the highest bidders." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/massachusetts-vs-the-scam-economy/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:57:26

• "At least they don't make me use Windows. I'd probably quit." ☛ https://json.blog/2026/06/07/joy-of-good-tools | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:57:43

• "The second step is to reject AI as a subsequent follow up to this. Why would one reject AI? Well I’ll throw out a list of reasons real quick as a primer, how about that?" ☛ https://jaylittle.com/post/view/2026/6/how-to-become-a-big-tech-exile/ | Source: Jay Little    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 09:58:18

• "A dear friend of mine is no longer working. She was laid off last May 2025 and hasn’t been able to find a new job for a year. A whole year without work. She was a copywriter. Today, her job is done by an LLM." ☛ https://mzll.it/2026/06/damn-work/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:00:19

• "Yes, you’ve guessed it, this is a post about A.I. and software development." ☛ https://thejollyteapot.com/2026/06/07/software-will-never-feel-the-same/ | Source: Nicolas Magand    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:00:40

• "In fact, I think it’s all the same big story: punch cards and plug­gable tubes, lap­tops and LLMs." ☛ https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/bigger-story/ | Source: Robin Sloan    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:00:58

• "And then something happened: I found out Gemini had been lying to me." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/gemini-lied-about-my-hobby-taught-me-valuable-lesson/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:01:15

• "Some clarification is needed as to what Prince actually means when he talks about AI agent traffic." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/04/ai-agent-web-traffic-surpassed-humans-lending-weight-dead-internet-theory/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:01:46

• "But it struggled to recognize my voice and lagged significantly — due to network issues, the ElevenLabs team told me." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/06/05/2026/ai-customer-service-is-not-ready-for-prime-time | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:01:58

• "During this period, campaigners, the media and other involved parties must comply with strict rules on pre-election campaigning" ☛ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/election/06.06.2026-pre-election-period-starts-in-latvia-with-a-wary-eye-on-ai-influence.a650414/ | Source: Latvia    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:02:42

• "During this period, campaigners, the media and other involved parties must comply with strict rules on pre-election campaigning" ☛ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/election/06.06.2026-pre-election-period-starts-in-latvia-with-a-wary-eye-on-ai-influence.a650414/ | Source: Latvia    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:03:13

• "In his book, he studies the cases of Facebook, Amazon, Twitter (now X) and Apple products from the perspective that doctors use to study pathogens" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-06-07/enshittification-reaches-social-media-for-zuckerberg-and-musk-your-friends-are-a-burden-they-just-want-you-to-see-ads.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:03:31

• "You can’t pray the algorithm to obtain a change, it’s a delusion." ☛ https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/06/07/algorithmic-rant/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:04:25

• "Official statements have spoken of health and safety concerns, but the Kremlin has made its real motives absolutely clear." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-economy-armenia-westward-tilt-elections/33773229.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:06:35

• "K. is the first person in the Netherlands convicted for complicity in the recruitment and use of child soldiers." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/07/court-sentences-woman-7-years-sons-recruitment-islamic-state-child-soldier | Source: NL Times    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:06:59

• "Women rarely served as ordinary soldiers during the Middle Ages, but there were notable exceptions." ☛ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/06/15-medieval-warrior-women/ | Source: Medievalists.net    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:07:25

• "But in its battle against rising gang violence and organized crime, Sweden wants to toughen its legal tool set" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-mulls-prison-for-young-teens-as-violent-crime-rises/a-77435410 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:13:22

• "Four individuals are suspected in the case, three of whom remain under travel restrictions. Prosecutors will now decide whether to bring charges." ☛ https://news.err.ee/1610048584/finland-wraps-probe-into-cable-damage-in-estonia-s-economic-waters | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:14:06

• "Part of the reason government jobs are so coveted is that many careers in public service are rewarded with stability, pensions, and other benefits." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/06/jg-rioter-pentagon-role-clearance/687460/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:14:45

• "The measure, which has bipartisan support, was added as an amendment to the House version of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/06/05/pentagon-must-divulge-cost-of-iran-war-under-house-proposal/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:15:03

• "He and his regime are still dangerous as hell, of course. But the American public is catching on. His polls are in the cellar; they continue to fall." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/we-needed-trump | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:18:35

• "Recent drought conditions, combined with water releases from the dam, have resulted in a major fish kill affecting approximately 100% of the fish population within the lake" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/san-carlos-lake-closed-fish-deaths-arizona-b2991307.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:19:42

• "The water footprint comes from cooling and powering the data centers, and the land footprint comes from the energy infrastructure and supply chains that go into building and running them." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-consume-water-billion-people | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:21:36

• "The report moves beyond a carbon-only lens by quantifying the carbon, water, and land footprints associated with the electricity used to train, deploy, and operate AI systems at scale." ☛ https://unu.edu/inweh/collection/environmental-cost-of-AIs-Enrgy-Use-Carbon-water-and-land-footprints | Source: United Nations University    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:21:51

• "By 2030, the global data centres powering artificial intelligence are projected to consume 945 terawatt-hours of electricity." ☛ https://unu.edu/inweh/news/environmental-cost-of-AIs-Enrgy-use-carbon-water-and-land-footprints | Source: United Nations University    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:22:05

• "The tract for which HEX bid $1.7 million is the same one that drew the only oil company bid in the first ANWR lease sale held on Jan. 6, 2021." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-controversial-sale-of-arctic-drilling-rights-draws-almost-no-interest/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:23:39

• "Meta’s turbines would be a permanent feature on the Ohio site, as it’s designed to run independently of the power grid." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/meta-putting-up-tents-across-the-us-to-house-ai-servers-like-a-scene-out-of-the-movie-mad-max-structures-take-three-months-to-build-and-use-jet-engines-for-power | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:23:54

• "Today I used my bike as a tool and not just for excercise or hobby!" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/a-couple-of-bike-commutes/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:25:54

• "If you want to stop and take in nature, bring a kid on your hike – your speed will slow to a crawl" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/i-gave-a-cheap-compact-camera-to-my-6-year-old-what-he-said-struck-me-to-my-core | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:26:31

• "But you know the right wing has one idea: rich get richer." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/right | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:28:07

• "election campaign contributions might be a way in which you can have a substantial impact as a small donor" ☛ https://www.jefftk.com/p/coming-around-to-political-donations | Source: Jeff Kaufman    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:28:24

• "I wish it were that simple. We’re increasingly seeing behaviors that suggest more sophisticated parties are now playing along — with leverage. For example, look at the behavior between NVDA and its 2x levered ETF variant." ☛ https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/xair-supply | Source: Michael Green    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:29:53

• "As my version of TomDispatch ends (and Nick Turse’s launches), I find myself at my advanced age (with my friends beginning to die around me) in a world I simply could never have imagined." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/what-ive-learned-from-25-years-of-covering-the-global-war-on-terror/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:30:08

• "The Cockroach Janta Party was started by a recent Boston University graduate after India’s chief justice compared young unemployed Indians to cockroaches." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/06/07/2026/india-cockroach-party-attracts-discontented-youth | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:30:26

• "Now, Mr. Pashinyan is trying not just to realize peace, but to dramatically – and controversially – shift the foreign policy that has guided the Maryland-sized nation of 3 million since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0605/armenia-elections-pashinyan-karapetyan-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh-russia | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:30:43

• "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/05/former-cop-arrested-for-not-being-sufficiently-reverential-of-charlie-kirks-corpse-scores-835k-lawsuit-settlement/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:31:13

• Misinformation ☛ https://rmendes.net/articles/2026/06/06/the-brexit-bus-was-only/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:32:17

• "Amnezia VPN users have been experiencing connection problems since late May, the service’s developers said." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/06/05/russia-s-media-regulator-is-now-allegedly-ddos-attacking-vpns-not-just-blocking-them | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:33:05

• "I came across this article on Al Jazeera: Why is Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting North Korea now? So I thought I could ask Qwen if I understood it correctly." ☛ https://ludditus.com/2026/06/07/one-cant-ask-chinese-chatbots-anything-about-china/ | Source: Homo Ludditus    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:33:19

• "Saturdays were once the busiest days, and Joel’s two shops would each sell 50 dresses or more. Now they might sell 10 each." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-07/year-after-ice-raided-l-a-s-fashion-district-couple-fight-to-save-their-dress-shops | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:39:02

• "The rich have long used the fiction of “corporate personhood” to amass privileges while protecting themselves from accountability for their misdeeds." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/06/rights-corporate-personhood-ai-environment | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:39:38

• "A century ago, farmers in the Prairie Provinces fought to treat communications infrastructure as a public necessity instead of a private luxury." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/06/canada-telecoms-infrastructure-public-ownership | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:41:30

• "Back to the shutdown’s abrupt nature, it was only late last month that Tickets.ie was penning social posts about forthcoming events." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/04/ticketsie-shutdown/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:43:07

• "Can you legally protect an artistic style? Not currently, but an Adobe-backed bill, a seeming reaction to AI, is pitching the idea. " ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/06/06/adobe-creator-act-style-protection-commentary/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:43:37

• Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns arrives in August | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/defender-of-the-crown-the-legend-returns-arrives-in-august/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/defender-of-the-crown-the-legend-returns-arrives-in-august/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:46:11

• Vampire Survivors has a free content expansion, plus a Legacy of the Bloodmoon DLC in Summer 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/vampire-survivors-has-a-free-content-expansion-plus-a-legacy-of-the-bloodmoon-dlc-in-summer-2026/ ䷉ Source: "I met activists on the front lines" https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Red-Flags-From-Dictatorships:e &nbs    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:46:39

• Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered revealed to release in November | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/godzilla-destroy-all-monsters-melee-remastered-revealed-to-release-in-november/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:47:14

• Bloober Team revealed action-adventure horror Star Trek: Shadow Frontier | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/bloober-team-revealed-action-adventure-horror-star-trek-shadow-frontier/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 10:47:43

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posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 11:07:58

• "Microsoft's Bug Bounty Betrayal Puts Everyone in Danger https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/microsoft's-bug-bounty-betrayal-puts:0    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 11:08:15

• "I will now publicly eat crow" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/i-was-wrong    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 11:08:46

• LF and Microsoft propaganda uses FOMO tactics to sell SLOP https://thenewstack.io/ai-deployment-pipeline-velocity/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 11:09:21

• "Agrees to another interview: Trump storms out of tense, rain-plagued NBC interview - RTL Today" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/trump-storms-out-of-tense-rain-plagued-nbc-interview-852256495    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 11:10:08

• "The women raped by the Taliban: Victims describe horrific sexual abuse at the hands of multiple men as punishment for getting a job or posting on social media | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15858167/The-women-raped-Taliban-Victims-horrific-sexual-abuse-hands-multiple-men-punishment-getting-job-posting-social-media.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 11:10:33

• Kernel 6.12.92 compiled with SOF enabled ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202606/kernel-61292-compiled-with-sof-enabled.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 11:20:44

• Display Next Hackfest 2026 ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/display-next-hackfest-2026/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 11:21:30

• Kalpa Desktop – atomic and transactional GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kalpa-desktop-atomic-transactional-linux-distribution/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 11:30:21

• Shadowfetch 1.5.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/shadowfetch    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:23:45

• KaOS 2026.06 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kaos    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:24:00

• Ezarcher 2606-1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ezarcher    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:24:27

• Linux Schools 16.0.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/linuxschools    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:24:45

• Last update 3 June 2026: "The EU Open Source Strategy | Shaping Europes digital future" https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/open-source-strategy    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:30:19

• HandBrake fixes 2-pass encode crashes, WebM on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/handbrake-update-open-webm-linux    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:33:48

• Thorsten Alteholz: My Debian Activities in May 2026 ☞ http://blog.alteholz.eu/2026/06/my-debian-activities-in-may-2026/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:34:38

• This dev’s personal website is a working GNOME 2 desktop ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/website-as-gnome-2-desktop    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:34:59

• Middle East war live: Israel plans to strike Iran 'with force' once given green light ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260608-middle-east-war-live-israel-plans-to-strike-iran-with-force-once-given-green-light    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:42:04

• Iran launches missiles at Israel in first bombardment since fragile ceasefire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260607-iran-launches-missiles-at-israel-in-first-bombardment-since-fragile-ceasefire    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:42:31

• Federal court strikes down a slew of immigration restrictions impacting 39 countries ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/federal-court-strikes-down-a-slew-of-immigration-restrictions-impacting-39-countries/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:46:29

• Kenya dispatch: High Court strikes down law criminalizing consensual sex among teenagers ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/kenya-dispatch-high-court-strikes-down-law-criminalizing-consensual-sex-among-teenagers/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:46:48

• European Patent Office (EPO) Crisis: Huge EPO Strikes, Profound Corruption, and Cocaine Use by Managers Tolerated ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/06/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Crisis_Huge_EPO_Strikes_Profound_Cor.shtml    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:47:03

• Live: Tsunami warnings issued around the region as 7.8-magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/live-tsunami-warnings-issued-around-the-region-as-7-8-magnitude-quake-strikes-off-southern    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:47:35

• Number of Patent Grants Has Plunged 23% Amid Strikes at the European Patent Office, Today There Are More Strikes (Strike Participation at Over 3,000, More Than Doubled Since Winter) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/08/Number_of_Patent_Grants_Has_Plunged_23_Amid_Strikes_at_the_Euro.shtml    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:49:02

• Japanese city suspends 94 schools after first-ever bear sighting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japanese-city-suspends-94-schools-after-first-ever-bear-sighting    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:50:18

• Video: The Dirk and Linus Show Spring 2026 ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-dirk-and-linus-spring2026.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:51:07

• Video: Shinto compares the MiSTer FPGA core with real hardware ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-shinto-compares-jaguars.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:51:24

• Ansible Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/ansible/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:52:03

• How People Working in Debt Collection Handle Abuse From Callers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/business/debt-collectors-jobs-abuse.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:52:56

• First Impressions of the Fitbit Air ☞ https://kevquirk.com/first-impressions-of-the-fitbit-air    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:53:39

• How to Install Ansible on Ubuntu 26.04 and Write Your First Playbook ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-ansible-on-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:54:06

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

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:54:28

• New York City Installing Sensors to Detect Pedestrians, Vehicles, and Pretty Much Everything Else ☞ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/new-york-city-sensors-pedestrians-vehicles-surveillance    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:56:30

• Suburbanites Freaked Out by Mysterious Drones Leering Into Their Homes at Night ☞ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/connecticut-drones-homes-surveillance    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:56:53

• Steinar H. Gunderson: Hyperpersonal open source ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2026-06-07-09-51_hyperpersonal_open_source.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:57:43

• Dennis Gilmore: Accessing serial consoles on SBC’s ☞ https://ausil.us/wordpress/?p=359    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:58:15

• Armenia: Moscow, Meddling & the Mountain ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260607-armenia-moscow-meddling-the-mountain    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:58:45

• Armenia votes in test of PM’s pivot away from Russia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/armenia-votes-in-test-of-westward-pivot-away-from-russia    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 16:59:01

• Vasudev Kamath: debsecan-mcp v0.1.2 released to PyPI ☞ https://copyninja.in/blog/debsecan-mcp-pypi.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:00:11

• Wayland Protocols 1.49 Released    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:02:26

• HRW: Indonesia violating human rights under the guise of security measures ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/hrw-indonesia-violating-human-rights-under-the-guise-of-security-measures/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:05:38

• Missing girl case exposes flaws in judicial system, expert says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260607-time-of-transition-missing-girl-case-exposes-flaws-in-judicial-system    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:06:08

• Dihydroxyacetone Man administration declares $1.7B ‘anti-weaponization fund’ defunct in court filing, rendering challenges moot ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/trump-administration-declares-1-7b-anti-weaponization-fund-defunct-in-court-filing-rendering-challenges-moot/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:06:54

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RQuantLib 0.4.27 on CRAN: Small Extension ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/06/07#rquantlib_0.4.27    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:08:03

• US Soccer Scanning Videos of Millions of Youth Players to Identify New Stars ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/us-soccer-scanning-videos-millions-players    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:08:36

• Nigeria: Hundreds of kidnapped women, children freed from Boko Haram jihadists ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260607-nigeria-hundreds-kidnapped-women-children-freed-from-boko-haram-jihadists    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:09:18

• Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc7 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1076835/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:10:14

• Integrity Versus Repose: When Claim Preclusion Bars Fraud on the Court ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/06/integrity-versus-repose-when-claim-preclusion-bars-fraud-on-the-court.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:11:03

• How Bank Tellers Are Stopping Customers From Giving Money to Scammers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/your-money/chase-bank-tellers-scams.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:11:33

• Lazy Reading for 2026/06/07 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/06/07/lazy-reading-for-2026-06-07/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:12:16

• Iranians Sink Into Despair Facing War Deaths and Skyrocketing Inflation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/world/middleeast/iranians-despair-war-economy-inflation.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:14:09

• Russian drug suspects arrested in Bali after high-speed car chase ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/russian-drug-suspects-arrested-in-bali-after-high-speed-car-chase    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:14:38

• Russia’s new ‘Starlink‑Style’ Rassvet fleet loses its first satellite after weeks — Object 4 drops out of orbit but 15 others remain ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russias-rassvet-constellation-loses-its-first-satellite-to-orbital-decay    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:14:55

• Pashinian Party Takes Big Lead As Armenians Vote With Nation's Future Focus On The Line ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-election-parliament-pashinian-russia-eu/33774157.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:15:19

• Pashinian Declares Victory, Awaits Final Margin In Armenia's Crucial Parliamentary Vote ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-pashinian--parliament-assembly-election/33774709.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:15:53

• Russian disinformation in Armenia 'neither a surprise nor effective', expert says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260607-russian-disinformation-in-armenia-neither-a-surprise-nor-effective-expert-says    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:16:15

• Armenia votes in test of PM Pashinyan's pivot away from Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/armenia-votes-in-test-of-pm-pashinyan-s-pivot-away-from-russia    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:16:34

• A Voice for Ukraine’s Soldiers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/world/08int-theworld-ukraine-iran-israel-world-cup.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:17:04

• Ukraine Turns to Europe as U.S. Steps Back as Mediator in Peace Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/world/europe/ukraine-europe-russia-us-peace-talks.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:17:24

• Ukraine’s birds adapt to battlefield environment, weaving nests out of drone fiber-optic cables — resourceful wildlife adapts to miles of littered drone fibers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/ukraines-birds-adapt-to-battlefield-environment-weaving-optical-fiber-nests-for-warmth-canny-feathered-friends-repurpose-scraps-of-this-spun-off-insulator-material    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:18:01

• Armenia's parliamentary election a vote on nation's 'geopolitical future' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/armenia-s-parliamentary-election-a-vote-on-nation-s-geopolitical-future    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:18:49

• European leaders back Zelensky's call for direct Russia talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260607-european-leaders-back-zelensky-call-for-direct-russia-talks    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:19:31

• Why is Putin threatening the Baltics? – opinion ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2951157/why-is-putin-threatening-the-baltics-opinion    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:19:54

• New '3D' Computer Chips Could Extend Moore's Law, Study Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-3d-computer-chips-could-extend-moores-law-study-shows    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:20:31

• The 4 Key Signs You Should Chuck Old Food, According to Science ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-4-key-signs-you-should-chuck-old-food-according-to-science    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:21:33

• Common 'Healthy' Diet Trend Risks Turning Harmful, Expert Warns ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-healthy-diet-trend-risks-turning-harmful-expert-warns    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:22:45

• The Tragic Case of The Youngest Person Ever Diagnosed With Alzheimer's ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-tragic-case-of-the-youngest-person-ever-diagnosed-with-alzheimers    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:23:00

• China puts EVs on a diet as battery boom adds bulk, CCTV reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-puts-evs-on-a-diet-as-battery-boom-adds-bulk-cctv-reports    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:23:56

• ‘Trusted and resilient’: Taiwan’s bid to position itself as a China-free drone hub ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trusted-and-resilient-taiwans-bid-to-position-itself-as-a-china-free-drone-hub    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:29:55

• China’s Pooh-tin says he will work with North Korea to fight hegemony, North Korean media says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-says-he-will-work-with-north-korea-to-fight-hegemony-north-korean-media-says    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:30:09

• Taiwan says China Coast Guard patrols to its east are 'provocative act' ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-says-china-coast-guard-patrols-to-its-east-are-provocative-act    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:30:30

• Taiwan coast guard deployed vessels in response to China operation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-coast-guard-says-its-deployed-vessels-in-response-to-china-operation    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:30:50

• Starbucks US apologises to victims of May 18 uprising over ‘inappropriate’ marketing campaign ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/starbucks-us-apologises-to-victims-of-may-18-uprising-over-inappropriate-marketing-campaign    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:31:20

• North Korea nuclear arms programme ‘absolutely non-negotiable’: Kim Jong Un’s sister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-reaffirms-nuclear-status-a-day-before-chinese-presidents-visit    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:31:48

• RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged on Many Health Department Matters Beyond Vaccines ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/us/politics/ebola-vaccines-kennedy-health-department.html    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:33:36

• Psychiatrists Investigating People Who Get Trapped Inside Vivid Daydreams ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/trapped-maladaptive-daydreams    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:33:58

• Remember How Sucking Carbon Out of the Air Was Going to Save the Planet? We Have Terrible News ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/carbon-capture-update    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:35:36

• New Study Finds Something Horrible Contaminating Half of California’s Water ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/study-contaminating-california-water-pfas    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:41:08

• Scientists Detect Massive Structure Under Antarctica ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-massive-structure-antarctica-basin    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:41:23

• "The new release lets you build a first-boot profile that includes a user, SSH key, Wi-Fi, timezone, and locale." https://9to5linux.com/armbian-imager-2-0-flashing-tool-for-armbian-linux-officially-released    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:42:40

• Windows only pretends it can't read Linux partitions—there's a built-in way to access them https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-only-pretends-it-cant-read-linux-partitions/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:44:26

• 3 unheard-of Linux tools that fix everyday command-line annoyances https://www.howtogeek.com/unheard-of-linux-tools-that-fix-everyday-command-line-annoyances/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:46:04

• Proprietary https://www.rescana.com/post/google-chrome-149-security-update-analysis-of-record-429-vulnerabilities-patched-across-windows-macos-and-linux    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:46:35

• No recovery in sight for the economy https://www.dw.com/en/germany-no-recovery-in-sight-for-the-economy/a-77319954    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:50:38

• Former CIA officer charged with stealing gold bars from government https://www.dw.com/en/us-former-cia-officer-charged-with-stealing-gold-bars-from-government/a-77326438    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 17:57:36

• Temu https://www.dw.com/en/eu-fines-temu-€200m-over-unsafe-toys-non-compliant-products/a-77336877    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:01:28

• WHO chief visits Ebola epicenter in eastern DR Congo https://www.dw.com/en/who-chief-visits-ebola-epicenter-in-eastern-dr-congo/a-77355201    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:12:48

• Forest tent caterpillars feast in Calgary as outbreak spikes population across Alberta https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/forest-tent-caterpillar-moth-larvae-9.7218166    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:15:14

• cigarette https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-cigarettes-drugstores-pharmacies-9.7214176    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:16:10

• Earth on track for record heat over next 5 years https://www.dw.com/en/earth-on-track-for-record-heat-over-next-5-years-un-report/a-77334533    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:19:26

• Kennedy Center https://www.dw.com/en/us-judge-rules-trump-name-must-be-removed-from-kennedy-center/a-77352605    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:20:34

• remote work https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bc-appeal-court-remote-work-decision-9.7217725    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:21:52

• Pigeons' livers may enable magnetic navigation when the sun doesn't shine, study finds https://www.dw.com/en/pigeons-livers-may-enable-magnetic-navigation-when-the-sun-doesn-t-shine-study-finds/a-77341403    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:25:00

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

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:37:35

• gnawing at me gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/gnawing_at_me    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:37:48

• "Paper Magic is notoriously untimeable with its ten APNAP windows per turn, plus two more APNAP widows for every spell or ability, including for triggered abilities. That’s why this is a variant. For the kitchen table. Not Comp REL." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/magic-clock    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:38:36

• "sigh, another uninspiring tarot month. i got so little time with the may decks that my main memory of Decks I've Worked With is the april failure. i'm finding it hard to be bothered with the queer tarot, i think it's one of those i bought to support the creators." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/junedecks    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:39:24

• "For a long time the tech industry revelled in the distruption of what it saw as old, legacy industries. But now, as AI takes over tech, we're now starting to eat our own, and it's dark and ironic." gemini://b-ark.ca/2026/06/07/cannibalism/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:40:11

• "I'm still at my plan for not scrolling from last time and I'm feeling less stress." gemini://danielledevs.smol.pub/scrolling-update    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:41:16

• "This is the log of a chaotic Samurai, first of her kind in my ascension todo list, and my first game of the newly released NetHack 5.0.0. Dlvl1 - a neutral altar, a saddle, and a halberd on the floor. Kind of a random start. As it turned out, I never returned to this altar." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/06/08/nethack/    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 18:42:07

• GNU/Linux 20% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway/#monthly-200902-202606    

posted Monday, June 08, 2026 at 21:07:03