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posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 04:42:41

  • 10 Years in Canada gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2026-06-16-10-years-in-canada    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 05:28:43

  • Microslop gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260616-mcroslop.txt    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 05:29:38

  • "I'm continuing my exploration of the wild flowers around the Tanana River dike road trails south of the Fairbanks airport. I'm using the field guide "Wild Flowers of the Yukon, Alaska & Northwestern Canada (3rd ed.) by Trelawny." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260616-0.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 05:30:25

  • "I guess it's become a recurring thought. I don't have a lot going on at work. I'm just kind of bored really. I've been doing mostly review related stuff and while I have been doing a bit of innovation as far as improving our workflow, it's still pretty boring." gemini://tilde.club/~moendopi/gemlog/its-kinda-boring-now2.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 05:32:03

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1683.jpg    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 05:32:33

  • D2039   

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 05:32:45

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2039.jpg    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 05:32:56

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

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 05:34:27

  • "I met a traveler once. We were watching a busker perform on the street. He was singing Yesterday by The Beatles, I believe. I'd asked the traveler for the names a few songs before this." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2835    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 05:35:28

  • Haha. IBM satire: "More proof that RA isn't going this week in the US. 1-on-1s scheduled this week in the US are for ... Pay Raises!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ktwqp9wq    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:14:57

  • Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/maldives/#monthly-200902-202606    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:41:57

  • The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another https://theconversation.com/the-milky-way-was-rewired-by-a-cataclysmic-collision-billions-of-years-ago-now-it-is-on-course-for-another-284721    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:43:51

  • Farmers in a national park are turning down lights at night to help wildlife – it could be good for crops too https://theconversation.com/farmers-in-a-national-park-are-turning-down-lights-at-night-to-help-wildlife-it-could-be-good-for-crops-too-284500    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:44:09

  • The fraudsters’ playbook: our study of Enron traders shows how easily the language of trust can be abused https://theconversation.com/the-fraudsters-playbook-our-study-of-enron-traders-shows-how-easily-the-language-of-trust-can-be-abused-284362    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:44:34

  • Fired for Posting Pro-Union Content on Social Media https://truthout.org/articles/ny-amazon-driver-fired-for-posting-pro-union-content-on-social-media/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:45:38

  • Teamsters https://jacobin.com/2026/06/teamsters-ups-amazon-grassroots-organizing    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:46:42

  • Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (24/2026): More Cameras on Mobian https://linmob.net/weekly-update-24-2026/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:48:55

  • Alpine 3.24.1 released https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.24.1-released.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:50:29

  • Schizoprenic Fedora (IBM) promoting slop whilst also banning it https://fedoramagazine.org/sandbox-ai-coding-agents-with-microvms-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:52:36

  • copyright https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/congress-just-rushed-through-disastrous-copyright-office-overhaul    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:53:28

  • Fedora Magazine: Jaroslav Reznik on Security, the EU Cyber Resilience Act, and Why You Can’t Do Things From Behind a Desk! https://fedoramagazine.org/jaroslav-reznik-on-security-the-eu-cyber-resilience-act-and-why-you-cant-do-things-from-behind-a-desk/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:54:36

  • The Military Budget Is Twice as Big as Social Security’s Projected Shortfall https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-military-budget-is-twice-as-big-as-s "The case stems from a photograph that Sedlik took in 1989 of singer Miles Davis, a black-and-white image with the jazz icon’s finger pressed to his lips." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/a-rare-court-re-hearing-could-call-key-copyright-test-into-question-as-a-photographer-and-celebrity-tattoo-artist-return-to-court | Source: Digital Camera World &nbsocial-securitys-projected-shortfall/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:56:00

  • IBM Fedora still refuses to admit that this is an abomination and an attack both on Linux and on security https://fedoramagazine.org/expiration-of-microsoft-secure-boot-keys/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 06:57:04

  • assignment ban for the streaming age http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/06/guest-post-can-performers-rights-be.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:35:56

  • ANIMAL FARM http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/06/famous-but-not-distinctive-animal-farm.html    

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posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:38:08

  • "For the first time in Canada, a site-blocking order has been issued that specifically targets YouTube rippers." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/music-labels-win-canadian-site-blocking-order-against-y2mate-ytmp3-and-savefrom/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:38:32

  • "Nevertheless, the fact remains that LMFP has fired off several legal actions and related press releases since Sony Music upped its Peanuts Holdings stake to 80%." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/16/stephen-colbert-peanuts-cbs-settlement/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:38:48

  • "As voice recognition and cloning technology is getting more and more accessible, we were interested in seeing if a voice that's similar to our own voice sounds more persuasive" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-06-ai-clone-voice-powerful-dangerous.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:39:49

  • "Stop Killing the Internet is an international campaign defending the open internet against policies and practices that impose surveillance, exclusion and excessive centralised control in the name of online safety." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/stop-killing-the-internet-new-global-movement-launches/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:42:30

  • "Most locations will be served by fiber-optic networks, although nearly one-quarter are expected to receive satellite broadband under revised federal guidelines." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/pennsylvania-cleared-to-move-forward-with-700-million-broadband-expansion/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:42:46

  • "it has scheduled to meet a delegation from the Afghan Islamist regime -- led by Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi -- in June, likely on June 22 or 23." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-taliban-meeting-further-crackdown/33780057.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:43:37

  • "LAPD knows the difference between large-scale post-win riots and a woman cheering in her home. They tend to hide when it's an actual riot." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/06/15/woman-cheers-knicks-win-lapd-bursts-in-and-kills-her-dog.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:44:08

  • "But to me that signal says you aren’t serious about the work. That your TESCREAL patch is just waiting to get sewn on." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2026/06/union-of-target-audiences-accessibility-seo-aeo-geo.html | Source: Adrian Roselli    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:44:32

  • "Looking at differences between cohorts, the biggest changes happened between people born in 1900 and 1960. Since then, the cohort effect is essentially flat." ☛ https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2026/06/16/you-would-choose-now/ | Source: Allen Downey    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:44:50

  • "Kinship societies are redistributive societies: they redistribute from the young, productive, and healthy to the old, unproductive, and sick." ☛ https://davidoks.blog/p/why-kinship-societies-kill-their | Source: David Oks    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:45:18

  • "But despite the international focus on Elon Musk’s role in whipping up this racist pogrom, few in Northern Ireland would say the same." ☛ https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/elon-musk-belfast-pogrom-lee-hurley | Source: Marisa Kabas    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:45:35

  • "A federal agent shooting from behind a fence struck Collins in his right eye with a .68 caliber FN 303 projectile, destroying Collins’s eyeball and fracturing his orbital bone." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/us-is-terrorizing-its-own-citizens-with-less-lethal-weapons-victim-says/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:45:52

  • "The court accepted a case, Genalo v. Black" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/06/15/repub/supreme-court-agrees-to-weigh-in-on-case-over-rights-of-some-in-prolonged-ice-detention/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:46:16

  • "He should have been tried under the press law, but since the advent of the cybercrime law, judges have been superbly ignoring it" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/06/in-mali-2-more-journalists-arrested-under-cybercrime-law-for-criticizing-authorities/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:46:44

  • "No American journalist has spoken more truth to power in recent decades than Amy Goodman" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/amy-goodman-press-freedom-journalism/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:47:03

  • "For several weeks now, the Iranian authorities have announced similar measures against hundreds of people." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-arrests-political-prisoners-protests/33780086.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:47:41

  • "For several weeks now, the Iranian authorities have announced similar measures against hundreds of people." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-arrests-political-prisoners-protests/33780086.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:48:00

  • "But in many cases even sources who have previously been prepared to bear witness to events in their country have gone silent." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-fear-crackdown-protests-dissent-media/33781430.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:48:16

  • "Can’t say I have the same enthusiasm this year." ☛ https://chrisglass.com/2026/06/15/a-patriotic-reflection/ | Source: Chris Glass    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:49:12

  • "With thanks to Mark Palko for sharing: yes, this seems like a spot-on observation of Musk’s career: [...]" ☛ https://danq.me/2026/06/16/elon-musk-human-ponzi-scheme/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:49:28

  • "If we were to map 1 million USD to 1 ns, what are the matching parallels to I/O access patterns?" ☛ https://fzakaria.com/2026/06/15/a-trillion-dollars | Source: Farid Zakaria    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:49:50

  • "To recap: President Trump and his allies are using taxpayer dollars to spread his political agenda and granting private donors presidential access — all under the guise of celebrating America’s 250th birthday." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/freedom-250-gladiators-parades-and | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:50:18

  • "There are two, separate things being stated here. Let’s take them in order, because both are important." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/16/xbox-a-mess-moving-back-to-exclusivity-deals-the-layoffs-microsoft-promised-wouldnt-happen/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:50:45

  • "Coll was diving with a decade-old Nikon D500 in an underwater housing, using a Tokina AT-X 107 DX 10-17mm f/3.5 fisheye lens." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/this-vibrant-underwater-lily-field-was-shot-on-a-10-year-old-dslr-with-a-fisheye-lens-and-it-snagged-an-ocean-photography-award | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:51:34

  • "Pattern Energy Group, the project’s developer and operator, began construction in 2023, followed by a brief pause as Native American tribes argued the federal government ignored concerns about how the transmission line" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/the-largest-wind-project-in-the-u-s-is-almost-online/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:52:16

  • "The announcement that the government plans to ban social media for under-16s has been met with opposition." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026/06/of-course-the-social-media-ban-wont-work-that-doesnt-mean-its-pointless | Source: New Statesman    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:55:53

  • "Africa Corps replaced notorious Wagner Group mercenaries in mid-2024." ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/06/africa-corps-shifts-tactics-in-mali/ | Source: ADF    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:57:56

  • "As the war in Ukraine in particular has underscored the growing importance of drones and electronic warfare, European and U.S. defense forces are rapidly developing their own AI-powered drones to complement their fighter jets and carry extra sensors" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2026/06/16/as-europe-rearms-wingman-aircraft-take-center-stage/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:58:55

  • "The European Commission has now published its package of measures for “tech sovereignty”, with the aim of building up its capabilities in digital technology." ☛ https://theconversation.com/europe-wants-to-limit-its-reliance-on-foreign-tech-but-funding-is-limited-and-the-proposed-rules-are-weak-285084 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 07:59:22

  • "Trillionaire" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/06/musk-trillionaire-inequality-liberalism-socialism | Source: Jacobin Magazine http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/14/MElon_MUSK_Elon_is_a_Trillionaire_Like_Penguins_Are_Mammals.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:00:35

  • "TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, X and YouTube will be subject to the ban while messaging platforms like WhatsApp will not, the press release said" ☛ https://therecord.media/uk-to-ban-social-media-access-for-children-under-16 | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:01:31

  • "More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:27:52

  • "Decisive action – backed by 9 in 10 parents – expected to be brought to Parliament before Christmas" ☛ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/social-media-to-be-banned-for-under-16s-in-landmark-government-move-to-givekids-their-childhood-back | Source: The United Kingdom    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:28:08

  • "Up until recently, the working assumption held by many was that cryptographically relevant quantum computers would be available by 2035." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/06/15/dont-throw-the-cryptographic-baby-out-with-the-bathwater/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:29:50

  • "A handful of neighborhood bars have installed facial recognition devices that collect and share customers’ names, addresses, genders, and indiscretions with each other" ☛ https://sf.gazetteer.co/why-do-these-castro-gay-bars-have-tsa-style-face-scanners | Source: Gazetteer, San Francisco, California
  • "Yesterday, the government introduced privacy reforms that shuts down the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s role in private sector privacy regulation." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/government-moves-to-shut-down-lawful-access-hearing-in-order-to-fast-track-passing-the-bill-this-week/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:32:20

  • "There are over a dozen cases around the country where police officers are using the Flock surveillance camera system to obsessively and illegally stalk people." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/flock-cameras-are-being-used-for-stalking.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:39:16

  • "The same Android parental control Settings page also serves as a gateway to Family Link, which offers more in-depth controls like School Time, Google Play app purchase approvals, location alerts, and more." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/expanded-android-parental-controls/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:39:33

  • "It looks like Billy Palmieri really is a recruiter at NVIDIA, but the sender of this message definitely isn’t him." ☛ https://blog.kamens.us/2026/06/15/scam-email-i-wrote-about-last-week-is-part-of-an-ongoing-campaign/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:40:59

  • "CNN's Chris Isidore lays out the part of the Musk myth that gets buried under all the rocket smoke and Cybertruck cosplay: SpaceX needed early NASA grants and a crucial $1.6 billion contract" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/06/15/man-who-hates-paying-taxes-loves-government-handouts.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:41:39

  • Windows TCO: "Mackay Sugar, based in the Australian state of Queensland, processes sugar cane farmed in nearby districts. The company disclosed a cyberattack on June 10 and limited operations while it dealt with the fallout." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/06/17/cyberattack-sees-crops-kept-in-the-ground/5256321 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:42:38

  • Windows TCO: "Researchers at Symantec have detailed a highly sophisticated DragonForce ransomware campaign targeting a major U.S. services company." ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/hackers-abuse-microsoft-teams-conceal-ransomware-activity/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:42:56

  • "as smarter people than me have pointed out, what harms children also harms the adult users." ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/under-16s-social-media-ban/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:45:38

  • "Under-16s will lose access to social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, while the minimum age for chatbots that imitate romantic interactions will be raised to 18." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/uk-social-media-under-16-ban/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:46:01

  • "India temporarily blocked access to the Telegram messaging app ahead of this week's nationwide rerun of its medical entrance exam, out of fears that it could be used for cheating." ☛ https://therecord.media/india-blocks-telegram-over-cheating-fears | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:46:21

  • "many users were surprised today (June 16, 2026) when reports emerged that India had temporarily restricted access to Telegram ahead of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/telegram-block-india-neet-2026-explained/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:46:48

  • "Perverting the course of justice can result in up to life imprisonment, but the sentencing guidance ranges from wrist slap to 7 years." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/06/16/british-police-officer-accused-of-using-ai-to-fabricate-evidence.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:47:22

  • "It turns out there’s a small but growing body of research – some of it from Google’s own researchers – exploring exactly how ads could work inside LLM-generated output" ☛ https://matthiasott.com/notes/ad-infinitum |    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:47:39

  • "Readers really despise and distrust articles that seem shaped by AI." ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/dev-reaction-to-ai-blog-posts | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:47:55

  • "So now the argument has shifted to consciousness." ☛ https://kk.org/thetechnium/conscious-or-not%ef%bf%bc/ | Source: Kevin Kelly    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:48:17

  • "Apple’s Private Cloud Compute architecture is one of the stronger privacy designs in consumer AI" ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/private-cloud-compute-is-impressive-but-it-still-needs-real-security-scrutiny/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:48:35

  • "But once an AI assistant can understand what the camera sees, the physical world becomes part of the prompt surface." ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/visual-intelligence-is-useful-but-your-camera-is-now-an-ai-input-surface/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:48:56

  • "Slop is gaining ground. Low-quality content, including AI-generated trash, is advancing on all fronts for attention." ☛ https://lmnt.me/blog/in-the-battle-for-attention.html | Source: Louie Mantia    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:49:15

  • "It's myopic in the extreme to think that no other competitors to Anthropic will develop similar capabilities to Mythos or even that they have not already done so" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/dangerous-ai-models-are-coming-no-matter-what/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:49:35

  • "It’s the classic symptom of a completely exhausted battery. If you’re in the same boat, there are a few things you can try before declared it dead, though I wouldn't hold my breath." ☛ https://www.eliseomartelli.it/blog/2026-06-16-airpods-pro-case-dead | Source: Eliseo Martelli    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:50:04

  • "Whereas Roblox hackers were previously focused on stealing players' high value items, some have taken over entire Roblox games, stealing their ownership and Robux in the process." ☛ https://www.404media.co/hackers-are-hijacking-entire-roblox-games-now/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 08:50:22

  • "I put a roll of Shanghai GP3 100 film through my Kodak Brownie Starmatic not long ago." ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/06/15/my-kodak-brownie-starmatic-is-showing-its-age/ | Source: Jim Grey    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:23:53

  • "The problem is one of both chemistry and thermal expansion, as while a good seal can be made between glass and red copper oxide" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/16/the-problem-of-making-a-good-metal-to-glass-seal/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:24:09

  • "Staring with simple dioramas, View-Master eventually developed an entire team to work on fairy tales. One of the most influential members was sculptor [Florence Thomas]." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/16/how-did-they-make-view-master-slides/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:24:37

  • "Spec-wise, the new chip focuses on across-the-board performance upgrades." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/950229/qualcomm-snapdragon-reality-elite-xr-smart-glasses-wearables | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:24:59

  • "The two Education Department offices involved — the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the Office for Civil Rights" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/reorganization/2026/06/trump-moves-oversight-of-special-education-and-civil-rights-from-the-education-department/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:25:47

  • "Representation is an overloaded term in computer science." ☛ https://alperenkeles.com/posts/representation-free-editing/ | Source: Alperen Keles    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:26:43

  • "If you’d like, you could do this in code." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/06/16/three-examples-suffice/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:26:55

  • "Nearly everyone who as seen partial fraction decomposition was introduced to it as a way to compute integrals." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/06/16/partial-fraction-decomposition/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:31:08

  • "When you die, there are lots of processes in place to deal with your body, your burial, your physical possessions, subscriptions and bank accounts." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/digital-remains/ | Source: Ava    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:33:18

  • "But the arms race between people blocking or learning-to-ignore ads and advertisers trying to foist them upon us continues, and Google thinks this is an acceptable next step in escalating that." ☛ https://danq.me/2026/06/15/ad-infinitum/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:33:59

  • "Listen, this activity is already wasteful enough, we might as well do it right." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2026/06/16/how-you-get-the-mentos-into-the-diet-coke/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:34:59

  • "I managed to reunite ODonnellWeb and this temporary blog. [...]" ☛ https://chrisod.org/2026/this-blog-has-moved |    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:35:36

  • "I love it! Maybe a bit too much." ☛ https://robertbirming.com/my-blog-mess/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:35:55

  • "The fact is, I’m doing what I do because — and as long as — I’m still able to." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/friendly-advice-i-refuse-to-take | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:37:41

  • "The long tail may be exactly where you want to be." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/06/the-relentless-math-of-the-long-tail/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:38:09

  • "While boring, I dump all my unstructured "knowledge" data in a simple notes.txt file within my "personal data/text files" repo stored in git for syncing between machines." ☛ https://blog.thechases.com/posts/vi/vim-knowledge-management/ | Source: Tim Chase    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:38:42

  • "While boring, you get 6 motions for the price of one: f/F/t/T jump forward/backward landing on (or immediately short of) a target character; and ,/;. to repeat that motion in either the same or opposite direction." ☛ https://blog.thechases.com/posts/vi/vim-carnival-motion-changed/ | Source: Tim Chase    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:39:22

  • "One would think the whole LFCR discussion would have been documented and saved throughout the decades. One should really be warned about thinking." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/lfcr/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 12:40:34

  • "But what actually are these specific dynamic types under the hood, and how are they used?" ☛ https://kmcd.dev/posts/hidden-cost-of-google-protobuf-value/ | Source: Kevin McDonald    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:01:03

  • "Since it’s been so long, here’s what Quamina, a Go-language library" ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/06/14/DFA-Costs | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:01:22

  • "Building a thread-safe inverted index from scratch in Go. Covers sharded mutexes, lock contention profiling, slice pooling to avoid GC pressure" ☛ https://lorbic.com/constructing-concurrent-inverted-indexes-in-go/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:02:09

  • "Guile, while running a program, can listen to a port for a REPL client, like a Swank server on SBCL" ☛ https://box.matto.nl/start-guile-shell-script-that-listens-on-a-port-for-repl-client.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:03:02

  • "Bioconductor policies include being an active and reachable maintainer. Maintainer emails in the DESCRIPTION of packages often go stale as maintainers change positions." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/bioconductor-maintainer-validation/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:04:15

  • "Bioconductor is moving towards using R-universe for its daily build system." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/new-package-submission-process/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:04:32

  • "Code is not only a set of instructions for a machine. It’s a message to the next engineer who has to read, extend, or debug it." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/code-message-to-future/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:05:24

  • "This is the other, shorter inventory: the mechanisms that exist for a project to change hands, and who can trigger each one." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/06/16/how-open-source-projects-change-hands.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:05:46

  • "Struct A was consistently 30% slower than Struct B. Struct A was also 50% larger in memory." ☛ https://lorbic.com/love-letter-to-the-l1-cache/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:06:16

  • "if we want to discuss how to improve our digital autonomy, employees from US big tech will not usefully contribute to the conversation." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/do-not-invite-big-tech-to-your-digital-autonomy-discussion/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:07:10

  • "Our discussions with people with firsthand knowledge of the current curriculum suggest that the next phase of reform should not focus on adding more content" ☛ https://static.raspberrypi.org/files/curriculum/reports/Future%20of%20England's%20computing%20curriculum.pdf |    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:08:07

  • "Too often, curriculum reform happens around students and teachers rather than with them." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/what-students-and-teachers-in-england-want-from-a-computing-curriculum/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:08:21

  • "Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities as described in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2026-58." ☛ https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.6.15/ | Source: Waterfox    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:09:01

  • "The denial-of-service (DoS) exploit takes advantage of two features in HTTP/2 that were designed to save Internet bandwith, not power massive amplification attacks." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/http-2-bomb-attacks-telcos-healthcare | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:10:36

  • "Firefox (and its derivatives) and Safari will continue to support Manifest v2." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/chrome-150-manifest-v2-extensions/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:10:53

  • "Since the entire purpose of this “site” is to serve a single file, this is the perfect case for Caddy’s respond directive: [...]" ☛ https://www.neatnik.net/blog/single-page-plaintext-caddy-sites/ | Source: Adam Newbold    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:11:07

  • "Headphone jack; removable battery; microSD; no AI; blocks web browsers and social media. From the FAQ: [...]" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/06/callback/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:12:00

  • "Have you thought about getting a regular phone, without smart features, or do you have one already? Do you think your relationship with your phone is healthy?" ☛ https://brooke.substack.com/p/do-i-really-want-a-dumb-phone |    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:12:24

  • "If you take a look across social media today using #MakerMonday" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/maker-monday-projects/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:13:12

  • "Apparently I didn't post this on my blog? I did a fun, 4 week course with Ohad from Barbibay Guitars and Matt Rector at Baltimore Node to build a guitar from a kit." ☛ https://json.blog/2026/06/16/i-built-a-guitar | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:13:47

  • "Hyperspace Pirate built his Gifford-McMahon cryocooler on a budget. It is really just a cylinder with a piston inside." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/06/15/this-cryocooler-was-made-using-3d-printed-parts/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:14:01

  • "I purchased two of these bulbs to play with. I figured I might end up breaking or bricking one, so having a backup would be good." ☛ https://www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned-book-library/ |    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:24:06

  • "In any case, the hardest part of the hack was carving the ESP32C3 in the bulb out of the IoToreo bulb enough to access it." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/16/smart-bulb-wifi-server-hosts-banned-literature/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:24:22

  • "What's changed in Ubuntu 26.04 is that the Ubuntu server installer appears to write out an 'accept-ra: false' property for every interface it detects" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/UbuntuNetplanWaitForCarrier | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:25:44

  • "Colin Percival has announced the release of FreeBSD 15.1, the second release in FreeBSD's latest stable branch: [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12875 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:34:01

  • "In 1985 the Amiga 1000 was launched, and there was much rejoicing." ☛ https://www.datagubbe.se/os20up/ | Source: Carl Svensson    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:34:36

  • "Plasma 6.7 brings powerful new features to KDE’s classic desktop, and refines its user experience to new levels." ☛ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.0/ | Source: KDE    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:37:22

  • "The year started off bleak. As I was gallivanting through KDE themes at hand, I decided to stick with the Oxygen one." ☛ https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/oxygen-6-7-is-here-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-kdes-classic-theme/ | Source: Filip Fila    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:37:34

  • "In short, I don’t think I appreciated media as a piece of art like I do now." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/06/my-enjoyment-from-media-deepens-as-i-grow-older/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:38:50

  • "I updated my version of LibreNMS to 26.6.0 and there are “decent sized refactor to the rrd processes” – I’m seeing the following: [...]" ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/16/librenms-26-6-0-itable-cache-directories-vntl-var-db/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:39:25

  • "I will be using TLS between syslog-ng and victoria-logs – you will notice this is all on the same host, and some of you might say: you don’t need TLS for that." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/16/replacing-syslogd-with-syslog-ng-sysutils-syslog-ng-on-freebsd/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:40:42

  • "Graphics support in FreeBSD has reached a milestone with the drm-kmod port now including the Linux 6.12 (LTS) graphics driver. This version of the port works with FreeBSD 15.1 onwards." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-graphics-port-upgraded-to-linux-6-12/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:42:08

  • "When I was a kid, computers weren’t coddled and left running 24/7, when you were done with them you switched them off" ☛ https://nick.zoic.org/art/boot-naked-linux/ | Source: Nick Moore    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:43:10

  • Hylke Bons: Bobby joins GNOME Circle ☞ https://planetpeanut.studio/post/2026/06/17/bobby-joins-gnome-circle &n "When I was a kid, computers weren’t coddled and left running 24/7, when you were done with them you switched them off" ☛ https://nick.zoic.org/art/boot-naked-linux/ | Source: Nick Moore    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:43:36

  • "If you have NFS mounts on a client using a sufficiently recent kernel, such as that shipped with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and you inspect /proc/mounts (or 'mount -t nfs')" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NFSMountOptionFatalNeterrors | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:43:55

  • "FreeBSD Jails and Linux LXC both provide operating system-level virtualization, but their design philosophies differ significantly." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/jails-vs-lxc-whats-the-right-choice-for-infrastructure/ | Source: Klara    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:44:22

  • "The sixth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out: [...]" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/06/16/www-6 | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:45:44

  • "Nolan digs into a recent hacking scandal, how big tech aligns with the likes of Epstein, and a dark history of eugenics, big tech propaganda, and authentic resistance." ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/big-tech-campus-takeover-ice-reach/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:46:12

  • "This week the boys are back at home and talk about the latest changes with coming down the line with Roku. Your questions as always go to the front of the line." ☛ https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/497 | Source: The Ask Noah Show    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:46:39

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posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:51:45

  • Remarks by Commissioner Serafin at the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_1371    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:55:32

  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: rspdlite 0.1.0-1 on CRAN: New Package! ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/06/16#rspdlite_0.1.0-1    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:57:27

  • Releasing version 22 ☞ https://agama-project.github.io/blog/2026/06/16/agama-22    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 13:58:30

  • The Federal Circuit’s Expanding Grip on Dismissed Patent Claims ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/06/the-federal-circuits-expanding-grip-on-dismissed-patent-claims.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:03:34

  • Next loss for Simmons as UK Head of IP moves to Carpmaels ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/next-loss-for-simmons-as-uk-head-of-ip-moves-to-carpmaels/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:04:36

  • iophk: FOMO AI ("Tappokytkimestä tuli totta Nyt on jo kiire | Kauppalehti") https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/a/ac880a86-5611-4684-997a-71a8dddee9a9 Sompi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:08:08

  • ...missed mention of Microsoft vs ICC https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Microsofts-ICC-email-block-reignites-European-data-sovereignty-concerns    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:08:33

  • Jails vs LXC: What’s the Right Choice for Infrastructure? ☞ https://klarasystems.com/articles/jails-vs-lxc-whats-the-right-choice-for-infrastructure/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:16:22

  • FreeBSD Graphics Port Upgraded to Linux 6.12 ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-graphics-port-upgraded-to-linux-6-12/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:17:05

  • Replacing syslogd with syslog-ng (sysutils/syslog-ng) on FreeBSD ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/16/replacing-syslogd-with-syslog-ng-sysutils-syslog-ng-on-freebsd/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:17:40

  • LibreNMS 26.6.0 & itable cache directories vntl/var/db/ ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/16/librenms-26-6-0-itable-cache-directories-vntl-var-db/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:18:11

  • KDE Plasma 6.7 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1078160/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:18:40

  • Oxygen 6.7 is here: a breath of fresh air for KDE’s classic theme ☞ https://filipfila.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/oxygen-6-7-is-here-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-kdes-classic-theme/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:19:29

  • Do not invite big-tech to join your digital autonomy discussion ☞ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/do-not-invite-big-tech-to-your-digital-autonomy-discussion/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:21:27

  • Start Guile shell script that listens on a port for REPL client ☞ https://box.matto.nl/start-guile-shell-script-that-listens-on-a-port-for-repl-client.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:22:56

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man ramps up Education Department’s dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/reorganization/2026/06/trump-moves-oversight-of-special-education-and-civil-rights-from-the-education-department/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:24:54

  • Flock Cameras Are Being Used for Stalking ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/flock-cameras-are-being-used-for-stalking.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:26:18

  • Stop Killing the Internet: New global movement launches ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/stop-killing-the-internet-new-global-movement-launches/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:29:01

  • Raven Prism is a GNU/Linux Computer That Happens To Be A Pair of Glasses ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/raven-prism-linux-smart-glass/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:48:23

  • 29 Useful Free and Open Source Git Tools for Diff Review and Repository History ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-git-diff-review-history-tools/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:50:11

  • TALL (Text Analysis for ALL) is an R Shiny application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tall-text-analysis-for-all-r-shiny-application/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:50:28

  • Basilisk – numerical simulation framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/basilisk-numerical-simulation-framework/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:51:11

  • 8 Top Free and Open Source Graphical User Interfaces for R ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/guisforr/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:51:44

  • MintHCM – Human Capital Management platform ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/minthcm-human-capital-management-platform/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:52:13

  • "Firefox gives you many ways to make the browser your own, from privacy settings and AI controls to tab management, custom colors, and more." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-settings/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:54:40

  • "Firefox has been busy introducing updates across productivity, privacy and AI." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-roadmap-152/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:54:59

  • Vincent Bernat: Building a Soviet Nail Factory: how KPIs killed efficiency ☞ https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-kpi-goodhart    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:57:30

  • IBM Red Hat trying to sell slop ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/16/red-hat-ai-inference-amazon-eks-kubernetes-resources    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 14:58:44

  • More and more slop promotion ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/16/store-immutable-ai-evaluation-records-evalhub-oci    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 15:00:11

  • "shift-left platform engineering" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/navigating-future-schiphol-airports-journey-shift-left-platform-engineering | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 16:32:07

  • "The image-builder command is available as an RPM in the AppStream repository and as a container image in the Red Hat container registry." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-image-builder-red-hat-enterprise-linux-102-and-98 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 16:32:25

  • "In the 2025 edition of FOSSBackstage conference, we presented our research findings on  why designers don’t get involved in open source projects and found a particular breakdown between designers and project maintainers." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/template-streamlining-open-source-design-contributions | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 16:55:42

  • Mythoslop is a lot of hype ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/responding-to-a-new-threat-landscape | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 16:56:30

  • Slop promotion, not atypical at Canonical ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-core-26-ai-box | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 16:56:59

  • "When Your Computer Gets Hacked Through A Bluetooth Speaker" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/when-your-computer-gets-hacked-through-a:5 the result of 'proprietary' Linux    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:02:12

  • "UK surveys on social media laws are BULL💩" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/uk-surveys-on-social-media-laws-are:4    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:02:42

  • "The Decline of the Copyleft Free Software Movement and Its Ideological Limitations - The Anvil" https://anvilmag.in/archives/748#_ftn26    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:03:14

  • "However, if we want to discuss how to improve our digital autonomy, employees from US big tech will not usefully contribute to the conversation. They can’t." https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/do-not-invite-big-tech-to-your-digital-autonomy-discussion/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:04:27

  • iophk: that Big-Tech includes the embedded sales teams which have been used to displace whole IT departments. Those moles must also be excluded from the digital autonomy discussions due to their allegiances.    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:06:18

  • E.E.E. https://hackaday.com/2026/06/16/a-brief-history-of-unix-commands-on-windows-coreutils-again/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:07:18

  • Anon on EFF: digital rights, but only for alphabet people https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/effecting-change-lgbtq-solidarity-against-tide-surveillance    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:10:51

  • iophk: mike carries water for GAFAM https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/16/the-uks-teen-social-media-ban-is-political-theater-not-child-safety-policy/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:11:13

  • "Saudi Arabia’s slow path to sporting glory | Semafor" https://www.semafor.com/article/06/16/2026/saudi-arabias-slow-path-to-sporting-glory    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:11:42

  • "Trump signals Ukraine is not a priority | Semafor" https://www.semafor.com/article/06/16/2026/trump-signals-ukraine-is-not-a-priority    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:11:58

  • ARC Raiders is broken for some Linux / SteamOS players - but a fix is on the way | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/arc-raiders-is-broken-for-some-linux-steamos-players-but-a-fix-is-on-the-way/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:14:21

  • European Commission rejects new laws for Stop Destroying Videogames | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/european-commission-rejects-new-laws-for-stop-destroying-videogames/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:15:43

  • Hellraiser: Revival set for launch on October 8 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/hellraiser-revival-set-for-launch-on-october-8/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/hellraiser-revival-set-for-launch-on-october-8/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:17:49

  • Fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx gets a major Reign of Terror expansion | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/fantasy-city-builder-songs-of-syx-gets-a-major-reign-of-terror-expansion/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:18:17

  • KDE Plasma 6.7 out with per-screen virtual desktops, Wayland upgrades, better support for background apps | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/kde-plasma-6-7-out-with-per-screen-virtual-desktops-wayland-upgrades-better-support-for-background-apps/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:19:09

  • Steam Next Fest June 2026 is live with thousands of demos | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-next-fest-june-2026-is-live-with-thousands-of-demos/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/steam-next-fest-june-2026-is-live-with-thousands-of-demos/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:21:09

  • Mike Gabriel: Ubuntu Touch development - 24.04-2.0 Beta and Meaning of Branching-Off ☞ https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/158    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:24:34

  • Firefox 152.0 Released with Experimental JPEG XL Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/06/firefox-152-0-released-with-experimental-jpeg-xl-support/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:25:19

  • KDE Plasma 6.7 release brings per-monitor desktops, revives Oxygen ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/kde-plasma-6-7-released    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:26:22

  • Voyager 26.10-alpha2 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:26:33

  • KDE Plasma 6.7 Released with Per Screen Virtual Desktops ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/06/kde-plasma-6-7-released-with-per-screen-virtual-desktops/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:27:16

  • MPs urged to vote for a Digital Sovereignty strategy ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/mps-urged-to-vote-for-a-digital-sovereignty-strategy/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:31:19

  • Week 3 — Bug Fixes and Import/Export Feature ☞ https://roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev/week-3-bug-fixes-and-importexport-feature/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:31:56

  • Set Chromium colour theme to match system ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202606/set-chromium-colour-theme-to-match-system.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:32:34

  • Arch GNU/Linux Pulls the Plug on New AUR Registrations After Malware Flood ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-aur-malware-flood/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:33:38

  • Firefox 152 debuts with new-look Settings, odd way to mute tabs ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/firefox-152-released    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:34:40

  • Thunderbird Blog: Mobile Progress Report: June 2026 ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/06/mobile-progress-report-june-2026/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:35:12

  • Berry 1.43 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/berry    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:35:41

  • Univention 5.2-6 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/univention    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:39:57

  • KDE neon 20260616 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:40:14

  • Ludora 44.3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ludora    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:40:31

  • Slackel 9.0-beta1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/slackel    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:40:51

  • Commodore announces Linux-based flip phone with ‘no social control media, no browser’ — the Callback 8020 will be available in five retro colorways starting at $499, runs 99% of Android apps ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/phones/commodore-announces-linux-based-flip-phone-with-no-social-media-no-browser-the-callback-8020-will-be-available-in-five-retro-colorways-starting-at-usd499-runs-99-percent-of-android-apps    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:41:27

  • pg_kpart version 1.0 ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_kpart-version-10-3316/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:42:08

  • PyMC – Bayesian statistical modeling and probabilistic programming ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pymc-bayesian-statistical-modeling-probabilistic-programming/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:43:31

  • 13 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Git Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-web-based-git-clients/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:43:53

  • Otter Wiki – Python-based wiki for collaborative content management ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/otter-wiki-python-based-wiki-collaborative-content-management/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:44:09

  • 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Point-of-Sale Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pointofsale/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:44:59

  • BOSGAME VTA-439 Mini PC running GNU/Linux – Benchmarks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bosgame-vta-439-mini-pc-running-linux-benchmarks/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:46:35

  • RediSearch – query and indexing engine for Redis ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/redisearch-query-indexing-engine-redis/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:47:08

  • Otter Wiki – Python-based wiki for collaborative content management ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/otter-wiki-python-based-wiki-collaborative-content-management/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:47:39

  • xarray – work with labelled multi-dimensional arrays and datasets ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xarray-multi-dimensional-arrays-and-datasets/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:48:09

  • PGroonga – adds a Groonga-powered index access method ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pgroonga-adds-groonga-powered-index-access-method/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:49:17

  • pyjanitor – extend pandas with readable data-cleaning functions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pyjanitor-extend-pandas-readable-data-cleaning-functions/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:49:37

  • Fedora Community Blog: From Contributor to Outreachy Intern: My Fedora Journey Begins ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/from-contributor-to-outreachy-intern-my-fedora-journey-begins/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:50:28

  • syslog-ng 4.12.0, syslog-ng PE 8.2.0 and SSB 7.8.0 are now available ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/syslog-ng-4120-released/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:51:43

  • Children's math skills drop between grades 3 and 6, test suggests ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/16.06.2026-childrens-math-skills-drop-between-grades-3-and-6-test-suggests.a651681/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:55:36

  • Latvia to push science and innovation during 2028 presidency stint ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/16.06.2026-latvia-to-push-science-and-innovation-during-2028-presidency-stint.a651713/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:56:08

  • Ebola Outbreak Could Become Worst on Record, Africa C.D.C. Chief Warns ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-congo.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:57:04

  • Clavicular’s “Botched” Nose Job Illustrates the Dangers of Looksmaxxing ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/clavicular-nose-job-looksmaxxing-dangers    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:57:58

  • Rīga's largest hospitals say they have plans in case of air threat ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/16.06.2026-rigas-largest-hospitals-say-they-have-plans-in-case-of-air-threat.a651616/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 17:58:46

  • South Korea to shift civilian restricted line at border with North Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-to-shift-civilian-restricted-line-at-border-with-north-korea    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:00:29

  • Satellite images suggest North Korea is upgrading ports for new, larger destroyers ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2026/06/16/north-korea-shipyard-chongjin-nampo/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:00:55

  • How CCP’s ‘peaceful reunification’ bodies push its line globally ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-ccps-peaceful-reunification-bodies-push-its-line-globally/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:02:10

  • Preserving South China Sea rights means exercising them ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/preserving-south-china-sea-rights-means-exercising-them/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:03:52

  • Analyst Says Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s Next 100 Days Are About Making Xbox Smaller https://wccftech.com/xbox-asha-sharma-mass-layoffs-what-she-was-hired-to-do/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:07:52

  • Japan tries to put China’s aggressive trade policies on the G7 agenda. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/16/world/g7-summit-conference-trump-france/japan-china-trade-g7    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:09:51

  • Beijing’s New Message to Its Citizens: Your Money Belongs at Home ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/business/chinese-investors-restrictions.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:10:14

  • G7 leaders tackle reliance on China for critical minerals ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/g7-leaders-tackle-reliance-on-china-for-critical-minerals    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:12:16

  • To Make Things Easier, CachyOS Created a RUST-Based GUI Package Manager ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/shelly-package-manager/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:13:51

  • Magic Mushrooms And Alzheimer's: One Remarkable Case Raises New Questions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/magic-mushrooms-and-alzheimers-one-remarkable-case-raises-new-questions Survey reveals gap between climate change concern and actual news coverage ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/survey-reveals-gap-between-climate-change-concern-and-actual-news-coverage/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:16:06

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posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:19:16

  • Butterflies That Eat Pollen May Hold Clues to Extreme Longevity ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/butterflies-that-eat-pollen-may-hold-clues-to-extreme-longevity    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:20:55

  • Radioactive Stardust From an Ancient Cosmic Blast Is Still Raining on Earth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/radioactive-stardust-from-an-ancient-cosmic-blast-is-still-raining-on-earth    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:21:25

  • One Brain Chemical May Be Key to Breaking a Habit, SFirefox Tooling Announcements: Firefox Profiler Deployment (June 16, 2026) ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-profiler-deployment-june-16-2026/148655 &ntudy Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-brain-chemical-may-be-key-to-breaking-a-habit-study-finds    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:22:10

  • Strange Green Stones And a Child's Tooth Deepen a Pyrenees Mystery ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-green-stones-and-a-childs-tooth-deepen-a-pyrenees-mystery    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:22:39

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posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:24:05

  • Firefox 152.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1078191/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:25:12

  • Enthusiast hacks Valve’s AMD-first gaming OS to run on defective chip maker Intel hardware — SteamOS boots on defective chip maker Intel Arc B580 desktop GPU, but it takes a Radeon card, installer workaround, and Resizable BAR fix ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/reddit-user-gets-valves-amd-first-gaming-os-running-on-intel-hardware-steamos-boots-on-intel-arc-b580-desktop-gpu-but-it-takes-a-radeon-card-installer-workaround-and-resizable-bar-fix    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:27:01

  • SCINTIX P4 ESP32-P4 Compute Module works with (some) Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5 carrier boards (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/06/17/scintix-p4-esp32-p4-compute-module-raspberry-pi-cm4-cm5-carrier-boards/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:27:37

  • The LWN public topics list ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1078039/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:28:11

  • HK$6.29m in compensation for Mirror dancer left with ‘catastrophic’ disabilities after stage accident ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/06/16/hk6-29m-in-compensation-for-mirror-dancer-left-with-catastrophic-disabilities-after-stage-accident/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:32:12

  • wordpress plugin very basic top articles and content analysis without cookies ☞ https://dwaves.de/2026/06/16/wordpress-plugin-very-basic-top-articles-and-content-analysis-without-cookies/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:32:44

  • powa-archivist 5.1.2 is out! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/powa-archivist-512-is-out-3317/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:33:19

  • DNS query duplication ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/06/17/dns-query-duplication/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:34:25

  • Adam Young: Downloading from gitlab ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2026/06/downloading-from-gitlab/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:34:52

  • Week 3: Reviewer Feedback and Fixes ☞ https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-3-reviewer-feedback-and-fixes/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:36:12

  • Microsoft - Like I.C.B.M. - is Leaving a Legacy is Emptied/Abandoned Buildings ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/16/Microsoft_Like_IBM_is_Leaving_a_Legacy_is_Emptied_Abandoned_Bui.shtml    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:36:36

  • Google CEO addresses graduates amid student walkout ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/06/16/commencement-2026/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:37:11

  • Canada bill would shift private-sector privacy enforcement to new data regulator ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/canada-bill-would-shift-private-sector-privacy-enforcement-to-new-data-regulator/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:37:56

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Hijacks Police Grants to Leverage Local Police For Its Authoritarian Ends ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/trump-hijacks-police-grants    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:38:36

  • $6,000 awarded for Gaea data storage patents prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/6/16/6000-awarded-for-gaea-data-storage-patents-prior-art    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:40:09

  • Windows TCO: "Once unzipped, it contains a VHDX file that discloses a malicious JavaScript after being mounted (which is automatic on modern backdoored Windows OSs): [...]" ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33080    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:42:06

  • Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 152 ☞ https://fxdx.dev/firefox-webdriver-newsletter-152/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:42:33

  • Only slop promotion on this site during Tuesday ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/16/evolution-agentic-ai-and-text-sql    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:43:43

  • NDA proposal draws concerns of ‘chilling effect’ on federal employees ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/06/nda-proposal-draws-concerns-of-chilling-effect-on-federal-employees/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:45:26

  • Clownflare = US military https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/06/a-second-cohort-of-technology-executives-are-joining-the-army-reserve/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:46:40

  • New easy-to-see mouse cursors ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202606/new-easy-to-see-mouse-cursors.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:48:32

  • Atomic Arch Supply Chain Attack Hits 1,500 AUR Packages ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/atomic-arch-supply-chain-attack-hits-1500-aur-packages/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 18:59:44

  • Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1078158/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:01:15

  • arp Command in Linux: View and Manage ARP Cache ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/arp-command-in-linux-view-manage-arp-cache/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:02:30

  • wc Command in Linux: Count Lines, Words, and Bytes ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/wc-command-in-linux-with-examples/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:02:42

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

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:03:38

  • Pidof Command in GNU/Linux with Examples ☞ https://idroot.us/pidof-command-linux/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:04:36

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

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:04:53

  • LibreOffice releases, features, QA and accessibility – TDF Annual Report 2025 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/16/libreoffice-releases-features-qa-and-accessibility-tdf-annual-report-2025/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:05:52

  • Is Anyone’s Music Safe? Newly Identified ‘Giant Datasets’ Containing Millions of Songs Raise Fresh Questions About Music Hey Hi (AI) Training Processes ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/15/ai-training-data-report/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:06:42

  • $109M Lawsuit Against Meta Filed by Eminem’s Publisher Moves Forward ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/16/meta-lawsuit-eminem-publisher-moves-forward/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:07:18

  • The ~/.ssh Folder: Files, Permissions, and Layout ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/ssh-folder-files-and-permissions/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:08:23

  • Lithuanian parliament to consider ban on artists working in Russia, Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2962200/lithuanian-parliament-to-consider-ban-on-artists-working-in-russia-belarus    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:09:30

  • Africa Corps Shifts Tactics in Mali ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/06/africa-corps-shifts-tactics-in-mali/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:09:47

  • Russian Navy Ship Accused of Firing Warning Shots at U.K. Yacht ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/world/europe/russian-navy-english-channel-yacht-uk.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:10:09

  • China protests UK sanctions on Chinese entities over Russia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-protests-uk-sanctions-on-chinese-entities-over-russia    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:11:14

  • Finland charges Russian captain and crew member of ship suspected of damaging undersea cables — prosecutors claim ship had eight more targets before it was stopped by coast guard ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/finland-charges-russian-captain-and-crew-member-of-ship-suspected-of-damaging-undersea-cables-prosecutors-claim-ship-had-eight-more-targets-before-it-was-stopped-by-coast-guard    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:12:02

  • Russian warship fires 'warning shots' at UK yacht in Channel ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-warship-fires-warning-shots-at-uk-yacht-in-channel    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:12:24

  • Ukraine Targets Moscow Oil Facility With Drones as G7 Leaders Meet ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/world/europe/ukraine-moscow-oil-refinery-attack-g7-summit.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:12:51

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Says U.S. Has ‘Nothing to Do’ with Ukraine War at G7 Summit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/world/europe/trump-ukraine-war-g7.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:13:11

  • After a Bitter Split, European Leaders Play Nice With Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/world/europe/trump-g7-leaders-europe.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:13:29

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Hints At Renewed Ukraine Focus, Iran In 'Rear-View Mirror' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ukraine-focus-iran-russia/33782190.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:13:54

  • EU says it verified China trained Russians fighting in Ukraine; Beijing denounces ‘slander’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/06/16/eu-says-it-verified-china-trained-russians-fighting-in-ukraine-beijing-denounces-slander/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:14:33

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man suggests US can swiftly reimpose sanctions on Russian oil ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260616-trump-suggests-us-can-swiftly-reimpose-sanctions-on-russian-oil    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:15:29

  • Commission welcomes political agreement on seeds and other plant reproductive materials ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1364    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:16:23

  • Russian Artist Critical of Putin Is Fatally Shot in Poland ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/world/europe/russian-artist-putin-killed-poland.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:17:00

  • iRhythm Confirms Data Stolen in Hack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/irhythm-confirms-data-stolen-in-hack/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:18:42

  • Cybercrime Group Claims Novo Nordisk Hack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cybercrime-group-claims-novo-nordisk-hack/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:19:30

  • Cal Water Investigating Iranian Hackers’ Claims ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cal-water-investigating-iranian-hackers-claims/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:23:50

  • Lee Chatfield’s wife avoids prison with guilty plea in Michigan corruption probe ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/lee-chatfields-wife-avoids-prison-with-guilty-plea-in-michigan-corruption-probe/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:24:38

  • Linux Matters: DOSing about with games ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/84/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:25:39

  • What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #63 – S3E15 Big Thoughts, Open Sources: Driving Enterprise Security and Career Growth Through Open Source with Jamie Thomas (IBM) ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/06/16/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-63-s3e15-big-thoughts-open-sources-driving-enterprise-security-and-career-growth-through-open-source-with-jamie-thomas-ibm/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:26:43

  • AUR Registrations Blocked Amid Ongoing Malware Mess ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/aur-registrations-blocked-amid-ongoing-malware-mess/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:27:15

  • Baltic pro-Russian activists flee to Belarus, embark on propaganda mission ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2961150/baltic-pro-russian-activists-flee-to-belarus-embark-on-propaganda-mission    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:28:16

  • $4,000 for Transparent Wireless wireless patents prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/6/16/4000-for-transparent-wireless-wireless-patents-prior-art    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:28:59

  • TikTok outrage in Japan leads to a work probe in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2961332/tiktok-outrage-in-japan-leads-to-a-work-probe-in-lithuania    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:32:09

  • Florida suing Fentanylware (CheeTok) for allegedly exposing kids to harmful content and deceiving parents ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/tech/florida-suing-tiktok-for-allegedly-exposing-kids-to-harmful-content-and-decieving-parents/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:32:36

  • AI’s constant patching treadmill can be a security problem ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/claude-code-security-vulnerabilities-ai-patches-backslash-security/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:40:51

  • D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Pollution Lawsuit Against MElon’s Data Center ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/climate/xai-musk-mississippi-grok-turbine-lawsuit-naacp.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:41:26

  • South-east Asia needs bold steps to boost energy security, cut costly fuel imports: IEA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/south-east-asia-needs-bold-steps-to-boost-energy-security-cut-costly-fuel-imports-iea    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:41:51

  • OpenAI Is Taking the “Crack Cocaine” Approach to Pricing ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-crack-cocaine-approach-token-pricing    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:47:27

  • Consensus Grows That China Is Crushing the United States at Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/consensus-china-crushing-usa-ai-survey    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:47:51

  • Mark Kapo-berg Orders His Employees to Start Having Fun Again After Brutal Layoffs Culled Their Colleagues ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mark-zuckerberg-employees-fun-hackathon-layoffs    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:48:21

  • China says it will take countermeasures to new Taiwan intelligence gathering site ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-it-will-take-countermeasures-to-new-taiwan-intelligence-gathering-site    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:49:36

  • ‘Cambridge Five’ spies relied on their pedigrees to evade suspicion ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Books/2026/0616/stalins-apostles-antonia-senior    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:51:15

  • It’s Not Just AM Radio—FM Radio is Being Nixed From New Vehicles, Too ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/16/fm-radio-excluded-from-new-vehicles/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:58:31

  • Proprietary: Commercial LTS Qt 6.8.8 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/commercial-lts-qt-6.8.8-released    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 19:59:07

  • Myanmar inflation hits 25% on US-Iran fuel shock: World Bank ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-inflation-hits-25-on-us-iran-fuel-shock-world-bank    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:00:14

  • Scientists Reveal Why Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-why-mosquitoes-bite-some-people-more-than-others    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:00:52

  • Breakthrough to Make Bones Stronger Could Reverse Osteoporosis ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-to-make-bones-stronger-could-reverse-osteoporosis    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:01:08

  • Red Hat gives Ubuntu a bootc up the backside at Canonical shindig https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/15/red-hat-gives-ubuntu-a-bootc-up-the-backside-at-canonical-shindig/5255608    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:04:30

  • "When I was doing my Master’s degree, I needed a cheap, small laptop that could fit in my motorcycle backpack and have enough battery power to get through about four or five hours of daily lectures." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-wont-save-your-old-pc-but-these-lightweight-linux-distros-will/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:05:16

  • Linux kernel 7.1 sends Intel 486 support to silicon heaven https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/06/16/linux-kernel-71-sends-intel-486-support-to-silicon-heaven/5256260    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:12:43

  • "Once your network stops being a single flat LAN with a few friendly devices on it, guessing becomes a very poor way to debug anything." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-6-linux-monitoring-tools-helped-me-uncover-every-problem-on-my-network/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:13:32

  • Commodore releases $500 Linux-based phone that doesn't support Slack or Instagram https://cybernews.com/tech/commodore-callback8020-linux-based-phone/    
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posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:14:47

  • "The KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment is out now, bringing some great new features, the return of a classic theme and more UI upgrades." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/kde-plasma-6-7-out-with-per-screen-virtual-desktops-wayland-upgrades-better-support-for-background-apps/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:15:37

  • "Smart glasses have become a real consumer product over the past year, being at the center of some pretty funny brainrot and outdoorsy content." https://itsfoss.com/news/raven-prism-linux-smart-glass/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:16:03

  • "The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.7 as the latest stable version of this popular graphical desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems that introduces numerous new features and improvements." https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:16:31

  • Linux vs Windows Benchmark Gothic 1 Remake https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=fzFq5xxi0RYR2oz0&v=6W3b79xla48    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:18:24

  • Your PC Might Soon Demand Proof of Age Before Letting You Browse. Here's What to Know https://uk.pcmag.com/security/165175/your-pc-might-demand-proof-of-age-before-browsing-heres-what-to-know    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:19:27

  • "There are so many great Linux distributions that are perfectly suitable for new users, but RefreshOS is quickly rising to the top of my list." https://www.zdnet.com/article/refreshos-is-one-of-the-most-polished-linux-distributions-ive-used/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:21:58

  • Developing a Linux rootkit, basically https://steamdeckhq.com/news/epic-looking-to-champion-linux-anti-cheat/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:23:31

  • "Pocket-sized computer tools are the definition of cool, recruiting many people over to the developer side of things, including your humble writer." https://itsfoss.com/news/flipper-one-announcement/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:23:59

  • "Lenovo's ThinkPads offer support for Linux out of the box and some models can also be purchased with Linux. We tested the current ThinkPad T16 Gen 5 with Linux and checked the support of functions and features." https://www.notebookcheck.net/We-tested-Linux-on-the-new-Lenovo-ThinkPad-T16-Gen-5-AMD.1321752.0.html    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:24:50

  • Was too permissive https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-aur-malware-flood/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:25:15

  • Someone moved three lines of code in Linux 7.2 and got a 5% storage speed boost https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-moved-three-lines-of-code-in-linux-72-and-got-a-5-storage-speed-boost/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:25:57

  • Steam Machine Benchmarks Reportedly Leak and Spark Concern Over Performance https://www.vice.com/en/article/steam-machine-benchmarks-reportedly-leak-and-spark-concern-over-performance/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:26:43

  • Commodore Callback 8020 is a distraction-free flip phone that runs Linux-based Sailfish OS with support for (some) Android apps https://liliputing.com/commodore-callback-8020-is-a-distraction-free-flip-phone-that-runs-linux-based-sailfish-os-with-support-for-some-android-apps/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:28:22

  • Linux rootkit https://www.pcguide.com/news/epic-games-is-looking-for-someone-to-champion-a-linux-friendly-anti-cheat-in-new-job-listing/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:32:41

  • Windows TCO https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-version-of-sprysocks-linux-malware-used-to-attack-govt-orgs/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:35:26

  • article   

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:37:40

  • "AnduinOS 2.0 is a speedy, private, Ubuntu-based Linux distro that's all about true distro engineering. And it's laid out like Windows 11." https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-tried-anduinos-2-0-easiest-way-to-ditch-windows-for-linux/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:37:56

  • A Linux build tree for the Adafruit Fruit Jam https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/06/16/a-linux-build-tree-for-the-adafruit-fruit-jam/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:38:36

  • V-Ray for Blender Update 3 now runs on Linux https://www.cgchannel.com/2026/06/v-ray-for-blender-now-runs-on-linux/    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:41:23

  • Open Linux Driver https://www.hackster.io/news/espressif-prepares-for-esp32-e22-general-availability-with-wi-fi-6e-certification-open-linux-driver-5e175fe7d011    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 20:45:22

  • The Last Couple Days in Point Form gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/6-16.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 21:35:39

  • "In 1999, security researcher Bruce Schneier invented a text encryption cipher called "Solitaire."^ The goal of the cipher was to create an encryption algorithm that could be implemented without computers or codebooks but could withstand an analysis by computers." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202606/20260616-pisa-pen-and-paper-cipher.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 21:36:46

  • The rainy season gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2026/JUN2026/entry-1    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 21:42:36

  • Molly gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/molly    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 21:43:29

  • "Language is composed by space, by symbol (without a value), and by (symbol with a) value. This is the foundations to a language." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-06-17__Space,_Symbol,_Value.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 21:45:36

  • "I struggled with my job in the past, and do so still, because *I don’t do anything “useful” with it* - Basically, I just write code so my company can earn money by selling products. The products don’t “help humanity as a whole”." gemini://uvokchee.de/thoughts-on-feeling-useful.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 21:46:50

  • "There's a scene in Angeline Boulley's novel Firekeeper's Daughter where the main character, an Ojibwe teenager, describes her coming-of-age "berry fast." She loves berries of all kinds, so she committed to not eating any for an entire year." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-06-17    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 21:47:37

  • El demiurgo gemini://hmd-tld.xyz/narrativa/el-demiurgo.gmi    

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 21:48:27
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