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BPF loop verification with scalar evolution [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1076121/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1076121/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 06:03:47

  • An update on fanotify [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1075829/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1075829/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 06:06:11

  • Eliminating long-lived credentials with trusted publishing [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1076205/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1076205/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 06:06:56

  • "For anything bigger than this, my latest favourite license was the EUPL, which is pretty much the same as the AGPL3. However, given that the legal system disregards copyright for LLM training I'm now treating anything I publish (including this gemlog) as equivalent to public domain no matter my preferences." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/dbane/gemlog/2026-06-18.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 06:15:41

  • we forget to breathe gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/we_forget_to_breathe    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 06:16:36

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1684.jpg    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 06:17:33

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2040.jpg    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 06:17:46

  • "The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed two new conduct requirements for Google's search services, to improve transparency and fairness in result rankings and allowing users to port their search data to third parties." https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/17/brit-competition-cops-order-google-to-make-search-rankings-less-mysterious/5257506    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 07:13:49

  • iophk: There are some important EU sources in the Censorship category today    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 07:41:05

  • "Elon Musk's X Corp has filed a motion to dismiss the multi-million dollar music piracy lawsuit" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/music-publishers-truncated-musks-dmca-plague-tweet-to-back-piracy-case-x-tells-court/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:38:27

  • "The presence of hits from commercially prominent acts won’t come as a surprise" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/15/ai-training-data-report/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:38:49

  • "While SPR is styled as a “right,” it is actually a limitation on rights." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/06/16/academic-freedom-for-the-win-open-access-mandate-in-germany-declared-unconstitutional/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:39:26

  • "The first new cars not to ship with even a basic FM radio include entry-level versions of the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, but the new Rivian R2 also omits it." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/16/fm-radio-excluded-from-new-vehicles/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:40:09

  • [Old] "about $4000-$7000 per household, and the total is way over ½ trillion dollars by 2016." ☛ https://irregulators.org/bookofbrokenpromises/#2026 | Source: The Irregulators    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:44:41

  • "the answer is not to change the IETF standards from neutral protocols that encourage openness to restrictive requirements designed to monetize [Internet] access." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/free-and-open-web-under-attack-ietf | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:45:00

  • "What some called the “dead [Internet]” theory – that much of online activity is made up of bots, data scrapers and AI directives rather than real people – is no longer a theory." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/the-web-belongs-to-the-machines-now/282793/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:45:21

  • "I just got back from Labor Notes. It’s the biggest conference of the grassroots, activist wing of the labor movement." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/minneapolis-is-the-way | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:48:56

  • "On Aug. 31, 2025, Richardson celebrated his birthday with Boss, camping in a secluded area of Wheat Ridge near I-70" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/unhoused-colorado-man-sues-wheat-ridge-police-officers-who-killed-his-dog/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:49:19

  • "The city decided to end DubBot's pilot program after it determined the robot wasn't meeting its operational needs, Dublin police spokesperson Robyn Gray said." ☛ https://eu.dispatch.com/story/news/local/dublin/2026/06/16/dublin-axes-pilot-program-returns-robot-cop-to-knightscope/90562866007/ | Source: Columbus Ohio    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:49:51

  • "The oversized-traffic-cone-if-it-swallowed-a-giant-egg shaped machine is a K5 autonomous security robot built by Knightscope, a California-based firm." ☛ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/ohio-police-fire-robocop-knightscope | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:50:12

  • "In 1995, he discovered Jeffrey Wigand, the first high-ranking whistleblower from within the tobacco industry to expose the methods used to make cigarettes more addictive." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1306947/60-minutes-in-crisis-under-trump/ | Source: Greece    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:54:53

  • "the winner of X’s article contest earlier this year was a user who described himself as a literal Nazi, receiving $1 million.)" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-fantasizes-killing-journalists | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:55:09

  • "Over three years, the fundraiser has raised tens of millions of rubles for Russian political prisoners and their families" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/06/15/you-are-not-alone-campaign-for-russian-political-prisoners-raises-record-funds | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:55:46

  • "Karl and I have detailed much of the history of how we got here." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/17/you-have-less-than-a-week-to-tell-the-fcc-that-carrs-censorial-attack-on-abc-is-nonsense/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:56:17

  • "The Commission has also launched a targeted consultation, giving relevant stakeholders the opportunity to share their insights and contribute to the guidelines on trusted flaggers." ☛ https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/draft-commission-guidelines-trusted-flaggers | Source: European Commission    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:56:50

  • "The first defect is the privatisation of censorship. The DSA censors no one directly; that is its genius and its alibi." ☛ https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/06/brussels-is-finishing-its-censorship-machine-europe-has-until-june-26-to-say-no/ | Source: Remedia Europe    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:57:12

  • "The objective of this targeted consultation is to offer relevant stakeholders the opportunity to share their insights and contribute to the guidelines on trusted flaggers." ☛ https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultations/targeted-consultation-draft-guidelines-trusted-flaggers-under-digital-services-act-dsa | Source: European Commission    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 08:57:32

  • "Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally)." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/17/its-the-stupid-economy-stupid/#trillionairitis | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:06:20

  • ""Character" is just knowing ourselves - but we built a society that will collapse if too many of us know ourselves" ☛ https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-06-17 | Source: Dr Molly Tov    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:07:36

  • "There’s a lot of excited arithmetic going around about artificial intelligence." ☛ https://www.cringely.com/2026/06/17/arm-never-made-a-chip-dolby-never-built-a-speaker/ | Source: I Cringely    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:08:05

  • "In its SEC filings, SpaceX also admitted that Musk’s plan to place one million enormous data centers in Earth’s orbit may not be economically feasible, let alone physically possible" ☛ https://futurism.com/space/spacex-stock-started-fall | Source: Futurism    

possted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:08:52

  • "The main contributing factor of these batteries’ improved energy densities is the ability to use a solid lithium anode" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/17/solid-state-batteries-take-to-the-sky/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:23:31

  • "But the bike. The bike I ride every year on that trip, the one leaning against the wall in the shed right now — it still feels like my "new bike"." ☛ https://blog.jimmac.eu/posts/things-that-last/ | Source: Jakub Steiner    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:23:50

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posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:25:47

  • "That event contributed to UN advisers pushing the species up two categories to “endangered” on its international threatened species list earlier this year." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/west-antarctica-is-missing-way-too-much-ice/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:26:05

  • "Immigrations and Customs Enforcement renewed its contract with the software company Palantir" ☛ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/08/ice-palantir-contract-amount-revealed/ | Source: Mother Jones    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:27:15

  • "Disclosure of AI use cases could be a means to build public confidence and trust, but only if paired with consistent, meaningful public consultation." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/15/ai-use-by-the-us-government-is-ballooning-and-the-lack-of-transparency-is-troubling | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:34:27

  • "Scanning this list, many readers may find many causes for alarm." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/ai-use-by-the-us-government.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:35:55

  • "The ‌company also compares ⁠its cars to the average U.S. vehicle – which is much older than the average Tesla. That distorts the results because automakers have gradually introduced new safety features that reduce crashes" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/tesla-presented-misleading-full-self-driving-safety-data-european-regulators-2026-06-15/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:36:27

  • "Independent researchers who saw the underlying data behind that claim say the numbers are wildly misleading, because they assume that every vehicle on the road would be replaced by a Tesla in FSD mode, semi trucks and motorcycles included" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/tesla-cooked-traffic-data-fsd-europe | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:36:47

  • "The incident took place in international waters just under 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) from the Isle of Wight." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/06/18/a-russian-warship-fired-warning-shots-at-an-elderly-british-couple-near-the-isle-of-wight-now-the-couple-says-the-uk-is-trying-to-hush-it-up | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:38:10

  • "Sections of the security system regards non-violent Islamists as “credible” bulwarks against the violent Islamists of al Qaeda and Isis" ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/islamism-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-the-limits-of-labours-resolve/ | Source: Spectator AU    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:38:39

  • "The Nordic country, which shares an 830-mile border with Russia, said the move would strengthen the NATO alliance, which it joined three years ago." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/world/europe/finland-nuclear-devices.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:39:48

  • "represent an illegal overreach by Trump" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/06/16/repub/local-election-officials-reel-over-logistical-nightmare-of-trumps-vote-by-mail-order/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:40:04

  • "The War Powers Act was written specifically to prevent presidents from doing what they have done pretty much since its passage" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/17/military-official-admits-boat-strike-may-have-murdered-human-trafficking-victims/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:40:44

  • "The lack of media attention to the military presence was baffling to me. It’s not like they were hard to miss. Here’s a list I made of all the military personnel involved in the event: [...]" ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-military-was-at-the-ufc-white | Source: Ken Klippenstein    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:41:51

  • "We are investigating reports of an incident in the Channel." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/16/russian-frigate-reportedly-fired-warning-shots-at-british-yacht-in-channel-a93031 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:42:12

  • "In the Schengen Information System, the number of searches conducted by member state authorities, Europol and Frontex rose in 2025 to nearly 17.8 billion." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/06/17/18-more-searches-in-europes-largest-criminal-database-automated-licence-plate-scans-and-passenger-data-drive-numbers-up/ | Source: Site36    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:43:04

  • "Anandsangaree’s remark may not be quite as incendiary as Toews’s, but it runs from precisely the same playbook." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/gary-anandasangarees-vic-toews-moment-shows-the-government-has-lost-its-way-on-lawful-access/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:43:19

  • "The ban sounds ineffective, imposes restrictions on everyone (providing ID to use social media), and largely lets the big social media companies off the hook for what happens on their services" ☛ https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2026/06/16/social-media-ban/ | Source: Phil Gyford    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:43:40

  • "Verifying age online is a hard problem." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/uk-social-media-ban-privacy-experts-worried | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:49:46

  • "Senior legal advisor Siena Anstis and senior researcher John Scott-Railton spoke with Forbes about the lagging legal safeguards that allow spyware to proliferate." ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/how-freedom-tech-is-pushing-back-against-digital-authoritarianism/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:53:13

  • "The [Internet] is an essential resource for young people and adults to access information, explore community, and find themselves—both inside countries and across continents" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/17/internet-age-gates-are-a-growing-global-threat/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:54:31

  • "Section 702 was one of the surveillance programs Ed Snowden exposed in 2013 — and even after the exposure, the NSA has continued abusing it to spy on Americans." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/17/fisa-702-surveillance-authority-expires-because-donald-trump-tried-to-tie-it-to-a-voting-bill-he-couldnt-pass/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:54:50

  • "The report also alerts civil society that organisations partnering with the WFP might have their data integrated into Palantir’s Foundry without their informed consent." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5789/world-food-programme-expand-palantir-partnership | Source: Privacy International    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:55:10

  • "the cornerstone of the WFP data ecosystem" ☛ https://techforbad.com/ |    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:55:32

  • "The temporary Telegram Ban in India has been imposed under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The restriction is limited to a defined period covering the examination day and its immediate aftermath." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/telegram-ban-in-india-ahead-of-neet-re-exam/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:57:09

  • "To put my cards on the table, I believe smartphones in general, and social media in particular, have been a deeply harmful societal innovation, at the ‘hey, let’s put lead in petrol’ scale of innovation." ☛ https://www.edrith.co.uk/p/social-media-ban-responses-to-10 |    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:57:28

  • ""I think it’s fairly clear that the main reason that CLIs are so LLM-friendly is that CLIs are text-based, and thus there are no wasted tokens from mode transformations. ☛ https://sumnerevans.com/posts/software-engineering/forget-mcp-write-cli-apps/ |    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:02:33

  • "And look, I get it. AI sucks. The hype is exhausting." ☛ https://blog.appliedcomputing.io/p/stop-accusing-people-of-cheating |    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:03:38

  • "I could stop here. But I promised a second externality as noted by Ammon." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/06/17/on-the-governance-of-llms-and-the-university-of-chicago/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:04:06

  • "The information came to light when the Department of Justice (DOJ) intervened in a federal environmental lawsuit filed by the NAACP against Musk’s data center in Mississippi." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-admits-to-using-grok-to-bomb-iran-in-federal-lawsuit-backing-musk/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:04:31

  • "As promised, this story just keeps getting stupider." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/16/apparently-the-real-reason-anthropics-models-are-offline-a-six-year-old-trump-grudge/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:04:49

  • "I get a little bit queasy about how some of these results might be used" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/06/ai-healthcare-uber-moment/687567/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:05:41

  • "The researchers used an exploit called a parameter-to-prompt (P2P) injection, which is closely related to more conventional prompt injection methods" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/microsofts-copilot-hackers-steal-2fa-click | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:06:05

  • "According to audited financial figures obtained by AI skeptic Ed Zitron, who shared them with The Financial Times" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-crack-cocaine-approach-token-pricing | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:06:21

  • "Ever since I purchased myself a Macbook Pro, a big stone has lifted off me chest." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-11-june-2026-results.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:06:59

  • "Yet here we are. 18 months later, and Tim Cook is voluntarily sharing in an interview that some combination of Apple products are going to see price increases due to the financial realities of 2026." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/tim-cook-announces-price-increases-coming-soon-ish/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:07:18

  • "Crook doesn’t say when Apple plans on raising prices or which products will be affected." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/951948/apple-tim-cook-price-increases-ram | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:07:41

  • "Some of the following will sound absolutely trivial, but I think it's worth pointing out." ☛ https://movq.de/blog/postings/2026-06-16/0/POSTING-en.html | Source: Peter Hofmann    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:08:09

  • "It also did not take long before folks started cracking the things open and putting larger hard drives in them, which is a type of tinkering I truly miss in our modern age." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2026/06/rip-time-capsule/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:08:28

  • [Old] "As of April 1, 2026, The project is more of a proof of concept than a finished tool." ☛ https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/01/if-this-project-succeeds-your-time-capsule-may-not-be-killed-off-in-macos-27 | Source: AppleInsider    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:09:36

  • "Regularly eating high-sugar foods in the middle of the day wasn’t always a thing, and people were probably better off." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/only-the-polytron/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:10:31

  • "I shouldn’t have been surprised that the rain didn’t stop the Dutch kids. All day it had been thunderstorming, and the forecast didn’t look so great for the evening" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/16/dutch-children-unusually-happy-healthy-avondvierdaagse-walking-festival | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:11:04

  • "The device contains 16 microscopic gas sensors, each designed to respond differently to airborne chemical compounds. Together, the sensors create distinct response patterns when exposed to different foods." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/electronic-nose-detects-food-spoilage-allergens | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:12:17

  • "After more than 15 years, I will be leaving Mozilla on July 21. Friday, June 12th will be my last “real” day, as I am planning on using my 200+ hours of vacation backlog." ☛ https://blog.unitedheroes.net/5751 |    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:13:47

  • "Clearly, the answer is no. At 13, the spelling bee was the biggest thing that had ever happened to me. At 13, failing so publicly felt like the end of the world." ☛ https://pogueman.substack.com/p/my-spelling-bee-trauma-the-first | Source: David Pogue    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:14:07

  • "I’ll be putting on my “occasional journalist” hat again next week, working with the excellent Words & Money team to help cover the ALA 2026 Annual Conference in Chicago!" ☛ https://loudpoet.com/2026/06/17/ala-2026-and-the-occasional-journalist/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:14:24

  • "The center of gravity has to move. The code is supposed to serve the life." ☛ https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-06-17-focus_on_family_more_than_code | Source: Kenneth Reitz    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:14:43

  • "We’re pleased to announce that registration is open for the 13th Designing Libraries for the 21st Century Conference" ☛ https://www.cni.org/news/registration-open-for-designing-libraries-conference | Source: Coalition for Networked Information    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:15:02

  • "It relies on a 248-sensor detector array that can detect X-ray photons far more efficiently than conventional X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) systems." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/science/europe-superconducting-x-ray-spectrometer-photon-detection | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:15:34

  • "The Silk Road harkens to a time where, for the most part, people, goods and information travelled along the same routes at the same speed." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/06/the-tech-of-silk-road.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:16:21

  • "This matches a wider tendency in how I start to use the web. I want my usage of The Internet to be as conscious of an act as possible." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/2026/no-more-rss/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:16:48

  • "There is a silent asterisk after the words music theory. You never see it printed, but it is always there, the way it hangs after the canon or the great novels." ☛ https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-06-17-music_theory_asterisk | Source: Kenneth Reitz    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:17:11

  • "Perhaps because 64 is a power of two, and a square and a cube, but also for other reasons, it pops up in lots of places. Here are some of the things I’ve associated it with over the years: [...]" ☛ https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202606/cultural_factoids_of_the_day_64 | Source: Ned Batchelder    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:17:32

  • "Now I can treat the Mac Mini like a regular ol’ personal computer. I can put it to sleep, power it down, and not worry about exposing it to the public [Internet]." ☛ https://sals.place/blog/reworking-my-remote-notes-and-blogging-rig/ | Source: Sal    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:17:50

  • "So where have all of Hollywood’s heroic nerds gone, and what does it mean for future generations if these niche role models are no longer represented?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/17/ask-hackaday-what-ever-happened-to-the-hero-nerd/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:18:08

  • "But the biggest reason for Markdown’s continuing success isn’t Markdown itself." ☛ https://mrehler.com/2026/06/17/john-gruber-on-markdown-plaintext/ | Source: Matt Ehler    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:25:25

  • "I am trying to control an Internet-of-Shit device that can only speak 2.4GHz wifi." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/06/wifi-bukkake/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:25:41

  • "For day-to-day work curl is still the right tool. But inside a deliberately small container where you can’t install anything, this gets a quick check done without adding a package" ☛ https://mareksuppa.com/til/bash-dev-tcp-http-without-curl/ |    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:27:05

  • "This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #378." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/second-sum.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:27:45

  • "Having people with taste and style around brings the greatest benefits when it's everyone in your company." ☛ https://blog.toast.cafe/taste | Source: Chloé Vulquin    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:28:22

  • "What impressed me right away is how current the book is. It discusses erroneous behaviour, which is something that was only introduced in C++26." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/06/17/memory-managenent-by-patrice-roy | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:28:38

  • "Each company is scored on how similar its current annual filing text is to the prior year." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/sec-what-changed-10-k-filing-snapshot-for-16-june-2026/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:29:26

  • "approximately two-thirds of those polled in January 2026 say Europe should prioritise protecting online safety and digital privacy over maintaining relationships with the United States" ☛ https://peoplevsbig.tech/trumps-big-tech-bros-beamed-onto-eu-building-in-protest-against-digital-rights-rollback/ | Source: People vs Big Tech    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:32:47

  • "These companies are also locking public bodies into proprietary systems, leading to inflated costs for government and businesses, and the extraction of value from the UK economy through tax avoidance and profit repatriation." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/mps-urged-to-vote-for-a-digital-sovereignty-strategy/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:33:07

  • "That’s not what I’m talking about today. The new feature this week adds more complete blog integration, so you can manage multiple blogs in essentially the same interface." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/06/16/wordpress-blogs-in-microblog.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:33:54

  • "I dislike nearly every available Ghost theme, so I thought I'd build my own" ☛ https://baty.net/posts/2026/06/ghost-theme-fatigue/ | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:34:26

  • "SQLite scripts are very common in the wild and in the past we would simply error on dot commands like .read and .print, causing spurious warnings and an inability to format files like this properly." ☛ https://lalitm.com/post/syntaqlite-06/ | Source: Lalit Maganti    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:34:59

  • "Tor Browser 15.0.16 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15016/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:35:29

  • "Google Chrome’s move to Manifest V3 for extensions is closing its final loophole and, with it, bringing the end of many ad blocker tools" ☛ https://9to5google.com/2026/06/15/google-chromes-next-update-will-mark-the-end-of-popular-ad-blockers/ | Source: 9to5Google    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:36:28

  • "QUERY changes that. The semantics are simple: send a body, get a response, and the whole exchange is treated like a GET from the perspective of caching and safety." ☛ https://blainsmith.com/articles/rfc-10008-http-query-method/ | Source: Blain Smith    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:40:22

  • "This post was originally only about Nginx. I’ve since added general syslog messages to the configuration." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/17/getting-nginx-logs-into-victoria-logs/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:40:45

  • "Victoria-Logs has an built-in UI – and it’s easier for me to access via my web browser if I put Nginx in front of it." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/17/adding-an-nginx-proxy-in-front-of-victoria-labs/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:41:08

  • "Fresh Chrome and Firefox updates are now rolling out with fixes for over 70 vulnerabilities, including critical and high-severity memory safety bugs that could potentially lead to remote code execution (RCE)." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-and-firefox-updated-to-patch-critical-high-severity-vulnerabilities/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:43:00

  • "Before we look more closely at the Commodore Callback 8020 and its tech specs" ☛ 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 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:44:23

  • "The core of the setup is a Raspberry Pi 5 and an RTL-SDR (software-defined radio) capable of receiving 1090MHz signals — the frequency on which aircraft transmit their ADS-B data." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/track-planes-on-your-ceiling/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:45:52

  • "Target specs were a actuator that could run at 40 to 60 rpm while delivering 20 Nm of torque for up to an hour continuously." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/17/building-and-testing-a-diy-robot-actuator/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:46:08

  • "As explained in the accompanying introduction article, the basic idea is similar in scope but very much slimmed down compared to the venerable Tape ARchive (TAR) format, hence the Micro (µ) Tar File System name." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/17/skip-the-embedded-filesystem-with-the-tar-like-utfs-format/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:48:59

  • "If you chose the minimal installation type when installing Arch Linux, there is no desktop, no sound server, and no AUR access. You are left at a login prompt." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/things-to-do-after-installing-arch-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:52:01

  • "This is a story about a one-line bug that lived for 27 years." ☛ https://blog.argus-systems.ai/blog/openbsd-pap-27-year-auth-bypass.html |    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:54:28

  • "By backing up to my ZFS filesystem: [...]" ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2017/04/19/creating-an-apple-time-capsule-using-freebsd/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:55:08

  • "Today we will follow them one by one to expand GELI encrypted ZFS disk." ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/expand-geli-encrypted-bhyve-vm-zfs-disk/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:55:24

  • "In Episode 6, I chat with Cory, the author of coryd.dev. We talk about, among other things, the role of community in the indie web, a day in the life with his website, and music listening and community as it relates to personal websites" ☛ https://web-weaving.jamesg.blog/6 | Source: Wonders of Web Weaving    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 10:56:51

  • This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 656 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/06/17/this-week-in-rust-656/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 11:06:09

  • A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/science/oldest-plague-siberian-skeletons.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 11:07:51

  • Audacity 4.0 beta lets you test its new (nicer) Qt interface ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/audacity-4-0-beta    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 11:10:06

  • SLAPP Censorship - Part 110 Out of 200: Anti-SLAPP Reform Formally Advanced in the United Kingdom (UK) the Same Week the Serial Strangler From Microsoft (US) Does Forum-Shopping in the UK http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/18/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_110_Out_of_200_Anti_SLAPP_Reform_Formally.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 11:42:53

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

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:08:18

  • cssc @ Savannah: CSSC-1.5.0-rc3 is released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10906    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:13:53

  • "With virtualized Android in Anbox Cloud, developers can now run complete Android system images on cloud and bare-metal infrastructure such as Google Cloud C4A-metal" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/virtualized-android-comes-to-anbox-cloud | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:14:37

  • "Canonical Academy" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/validating-real-world-skills-through-canonical-academy | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:15:41

  • PSA for web designers: flags have ratios! ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/psa-for-web-designers-flags-have-ratios/    

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

  • CUPS new printer popup help ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202606/cups-new-printer-popup-help.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:27:36

  • VirtualBox 7.2.10 Released with Initial GNU/Linux 7.1 Kernel Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/06/virtualbox-7-2-10-released-with-initial-linux-7-1-kernel-support/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:29:32

  • FairScan 2.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1078242/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:39:06

  • Rockchip RK3539 quad-core Cortex-A55 SoC shows up in low-cost Android 14 4K TV stick with AV1 codec support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/06/18/rockchip-rk3539-quad-core-cortex-a55-soc-low-cost-android-14-4k-tv-stick/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:40:24

  • OHIF Viewer – browser-based medical imaging viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ohif-viewer-browser-based-medical-imaging-viewer/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:41:08

  • Kernel 7.1: Graphics, Rust, and SoC Improvements ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-7.1-graphics,-rust,-and-soc-improvements.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:42:02

  • Ocean Updates – June 2026 ☞ https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/ocean-updates-june-2026/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 12:59:48

  • Joomla, LiteSpeed Vulnerabilities Exploited in Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/joomla-litespeed-vulnerabilities-exploited-in-attacks/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:00:18

  • Microsoft Teams Relay Servers Abused in DragonForce Ransomware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-teams-relay-servers-abused-in-dragonforce-ransomware-attack/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:01:19

  • The Nest and Travel Souvenir ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1152/the-nest-and-travel-souvenir    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:01:42

  • The browser blind spot: Why your security tool may not be blocking what you think it is , (Wed, Jun 17th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33084    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:03:49

  • The Behavior of Coordinated SSH Brute Force Attacks over the last three months , (Wed, Jun 17th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33086    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:04:04

  • Amarok 3.3.3 released ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/06/17/amarok-3.3.3-released/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:05:03

  • Another bailout ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/contractsawards/2026/06/dods-9-7b-award-for-microsoft-products-derailed-by-protest/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/13/How_Long_for_Can_American_Taxpayers_Justify_Bailing_Out_Microso.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:07:02

  • Microsoft Working on Patch for ‘RoguePlanet’ Zero-Day ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-working-on-patch-for-rogueplanet-zero-day/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:09:24

  • Amlogic A311Y3 octa-core Edge Hey Hi (AI) SoC features Cortex-A78/A55 cores, 8 TOPS NPU, LPDDR5 support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/06/17/amlogic-a311y3-octa-core-edge-ai-soc-features-cortex-a78-a55-cores-8-tops-npu-lpddr5-support/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:11:40

  • Zhihe A210 octa-core RISC-V SoC with 12 TOPS NPU powers SoM-based development board ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/06/17/zhihe-a210-octa-core-risc-v-soc-with-12-tops-npu-powers-som-based-development-board/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:11:55

  • "By its judgment of 29 January 2026, the Court of Justice confirms the institutions’ obligation to state reasons for their decisions." https://unionsyndicale.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EN-Staff-Matters-36.pdf    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 13:15:34

  • KDE Plasma 6.7 Release Resurrects Two Themes From the KDE 4 Era ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/kde-plasma-6-7-release/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:15:12

  • Qt Contributors Summit 2026: Oslo - 27th to 30th October! ☞ https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/06/qt-contributors-summit-2026-oslo-27th.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:15:41

  • Firefox Tooling Announcements: New Deploy of PerfCompare (June 17th) ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/new-deploy-of-perfcompare-june-17th/148663    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:16:46

  • Joey Hess: best of the web ☞ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/best_of_the_web/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:19:04

  • Automate application migration with MigIQ: From Spring Boot to Quarkus ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/17/automate-application-migration-migiq-spring-boot-quarkus    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:20:56

  • Chat with your docs with Red Bait Developer Hub ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/17/chat-your-docs-red-hat-developer-hub    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:22:14

  • Jakub Kadlčík: Flock to Fedora report 2026 ☞ http://frostyx.cz/posts/flock-to-fedora-report-2026    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:24:22

  • FreeBSD Launches AI-Assisted Project to Find and Fix Vulnerabilities ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/freebsd-launches-ai-assisted-project-to-find-and-fix-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:25:23

  • The Downsides of "Deterrence" ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/the-downsides-of-deterrence    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:25:59

  • Ukraine Tries to Cut Off Crimea, Choking Russian Supply Routes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/world/europe/russia-ukraine-crimea-fuel-shortages.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:27:12

  • Former Latvian central banker has conviction for buying a bogus Covid certificate upheld ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/17.06.2026-former-latvian-central-banker-has-conviction-for-buying-a-bogus-covid-certificate-upheld.a651904/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:29:04

  • The Pentagon can’t fully track whether suicide prevention training is helping ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2026/06/the-pentagon-cant-fully-track-whether-suicide-prevention-training-is-helping/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:29:42

  • Biggest UK website owners: Meta, Alphabet and Bytedance increase dominance ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/uk-online-audience-ranking-2026/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:52:02

  • Major Labels Secure Sweeping Site-Blocking Orders Against YouTube Stream-Rippers in Canada ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/17/major-labels-site-blocking-stream-rippers-canada/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:53:21

  • AMD Embedded Computing Summit 2026 in Eindhoven ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/amd-embedded-computing-summit-2026-in-eindhoven.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:54:37

  • ARM Never Made a Chip. Dolby Never Built a Speaker. ☞ https://www.cringely.com/2026/06/17/arm-never-made-a-chip-dolby-never-built-a-speaker/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:55:24

  • G7 Pledges 'Unwavering Support' For Ukraine Amid Signs US Ready To Pressure Kremlin ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/g7-support-ukraine-us-pressure-kremlin-russia-trump-putin/33782886.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:56:04

  • Ukraine war: Russia deploys the Yolka, its new interceptor drone to counter FPV attacks ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/ukraine-war-russia-deploys-the-yolka-its-new-interceptor-drone-to-counter-fpv-attacks/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:56:40

  • G7 hails unity on Russia as Convicted Felon signals tougher line on Moscow ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260618-g7-unity-russia-trump-tougher-line-moscow    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:58:34

  • G7 summit hailed a success by Macron thanks to developments on Ukraine and Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/g7-summit-hailed-a-success-by-macron-thanks-to-developments-on-ukraine-and-iran    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:59:00

  • Lithuania allocates €7 million for Ukraine reconstruction ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2963256/lithuania-allocates-eur7-million-for-ukraine-reconstruction    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 14:59:21

  • 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 Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:05:33

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Upends G7 Summit With Statements on Iran Deal and Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/world/europe/trump-g7-europe.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:05:49

  • At G7 summit, Convicted Felon seems willing to back Ukraine. Europe isn’t banking on it. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0617/g7-summit-europe-trump    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:06:25

  • Ukraine Denies Russian Claims Of Strike On Bus Carrying Belarusian Children ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-ukraine-russia-drone-strike-bus-children/33783067.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:06:41

  • Lithuania's incoming PM questions Belarus sanctions, says civil unions not a priority ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2963093/lithuania-s-incoming-pm-questions-belarus-sanctions-says-civil-unions-not-a-priority    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:19:30

  • The complications that China’s build-up brings to nuclear balance ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-complications-that-chinas-build-up-brings-to-nuclear-balance/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:21:57

  • Newly released UFO files allege China, Russia retrieved downed UAPs — and attempted to reverse-engineer them: expert ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/06/18/us-news/newly-released-ufo-files-allege-china-and-russia-retrieved-downed-uaps-and-attempted-to-reverse-engineer-them/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:22:19

  • Russian Navy Ship Fired Warning Shots Near British Couple’s Sailboat ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/world/europe/russian-navy-english-channel-yacht-uk.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:22:59

  • Lithuanian court sentences pro-Russian activist for denying Soviet crimes ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2963149/lithuanian-court-sentences-pro-russian-activist-for-denying-soviet-crimes    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:23:37

  • Lithuania moves to bar Russia and Belarus-linked firms from critical infrastructure ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2963176/lithuania-moves-to-bar-russia-and-belarus-linked-firms-from-critical-infrastructure    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:24:52

  • Meta Must Face the Music (Infringement Litigation): $109 Million Lawsuit from Eminem’s Publisher Shall Proceed, Federal Judge Rules ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/16/meta-lawsuit-eminem-publisher-moves-forward/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:25:33

  • Meta Moves to Dismiss ‘Serial Litigant’ Wixen’s $100 Million+ Suit, Says the Publisher Is ‘Seeking to Transform a Routine Licensing Dispute Into a Sweeping’ Legal Battle ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/17/meta-wixen-music-publishing-lawsuit-dismissal-motion/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:26:18

  • “Almost a point-blank shot to the chest”: A police officer in Germany shot a deaf child from 61 centimetres away ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/06/17/almost-a-point-blank-shot-to-the-chest-a-police-officer-in-germany-shot-a-deaf-child-from-61-centimetres-away/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:28:01

  • Number of refusals has roughly doubled since new German “Military Service Modernisation Act” ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/06/17/number-of-refusals-has-roughly-doubled-since-new-german-military-service-modernisation-act/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:28:21

  • The Getting Started Guide 26.2 has just arrived ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/17/the-getting-started-guide-26-2-has-just-arrived/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:29:03

  • How To Install Nginx Mainline Version on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nginx-mainline-version-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:30:05

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

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:30:33

  • How To Install Nginx Mainline Version on Fedora 44 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nginx-mainline-version-fedora-44/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:30:59

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

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:31:58

  • How To Install Amarok Music Player on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-amarok-music-player-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:32:31

  • Bash Aliases in Linux: Create, Save, and Troubleshoot ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/bash-aliases-in-linux/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:33:38

  • dos2unix Command in Linux: Convert CRLF Line Endings ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/dos2unix-command-in-linux/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:34:01

  • bzmore Command in Linux: View .bz2 Files One Screen at a Time ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/bzmore-command-in-linux-with-examples/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:34:23

  • Zenless Zone Zero has arrived on Steam and works on Linux / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/zenless-zone-zero-has-arrived-on-steam-and-works-on-linux-steamos/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:35:46

  • Open source RTS game Beyond All Reason signs publishing deal with Hooded Horse | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/open-source-rts-game-beyond-all-reason-signs-publishing-deal-with-hooded-horse/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:36:21

  • bzless Command in Linux: View .bz2 Files Without Extracting ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/bzless-command-in-linux-view-bz2-files/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:36:51

  • bzgrep Command in Linux: Search .bz2 Files ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/bzgrep-command-in-linux-with-examples/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:39:11

  • Wine Wayland gains fractional scaling support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-wayland-gains-fractional-scaling-support/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/wine-wayland-gains-fractional-scaling-support/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:39:48

  • The 1992 Amiga classic Apidya returns in 2026 as Apidya' Special | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-1992-amiga-classic-apidya-returns-in-2026-as-apidya-special/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-1992-amiga-classic-apidya-returns-in-2026-as-apidya-special/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:40:24

  • bzcat Command in Linux: Read .bz2 Files Without Extracting ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/bzcat-command-in-linux-with-examples/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:43:07

  • bunzip2 Command in Linux: Decompress .bz2 Files ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/bunzip2-command-in-linux-decompress-bz2-files/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:46:35

  • bzip2 Command in Linux: Compress, Decompress, and Test .bz2 Files ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/bzip2-command-in-linux-with-examples/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:47:00

  • bzip2recover Command in Linux: Recover Damaged BZ2 Files ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/bzip2recover-command-in-linux-recover-damaged-bz2-files/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:47:20

  • "Points to the mycompany.infrastructure.vault_secret plugin and HashiCorp Vault." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/bring-your-own-knowledge-automation-intelligent-assistant | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:48:29

  • Music, code, and combat collide in the fab looking metroidvania SHADE Protocol | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/music-code-and-combat-collide-in-the-fab-looking-metroidvania-shade-protocol/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/music-code-and-combat-collide-in-the-fab-looking-metroidvania-shade-protocol/ & "I need to rant, Anthropic is worse than my high school's drug dealer" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/i-need-to-rant,-anthropic-is-worse-than:5    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:51:15

  • on failed trademarks: "Fender guitar CEO is a WEASEL: Louis teaches a lesson in spotting manipulative psychopaths" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/fender-guitar-ceo-is-a-weasel-louis:c    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:51:42

  • "The Reflecting Pool now reflects the administration." https://boingboing.net/2026/06/16/grandpa-pudding-brains-pours-peroxide-into-the-lincoln-memorial-algae-farm.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:52:18

  • "Trump’s 14-Point Iran Deal, Annotated - by Garry Kasparov" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/trumps-14-point-iran-deal-annotated    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:52:41

  • "The Imperial Plunder of Cuba Has Begun" https://jacobin.com/2026/06/trump-cuba-canada-mining-sherritt    

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posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:54:48

  • Unreal Engine 6 is all about SLOP, Fortnite and the Verse | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/unreal-engine-6-is-all-about-generative-ai-fortnite-and-the-verse/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/unreal-engine-6-is-all-about-generative-ai-fortnite-and-the-verse/ &nbs p;  

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:55:34

  • NVIDIA 595.84 released as the new Recommended Driver for Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/nvidia-595-84-released-as-the-new-recommended-driver-for-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/nvidia-595-84-released-as-the-new-recommended-driver-for-linux/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:56:06

  • Parroting lying oligarchs who cheat even on their wives https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-will-lead-to-labour-shortages-jeff-bezos-says-in-optimistic-talk/articleshow/131799017.cms    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:58:34

  • More mindless parroting of pathological liars https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-use-in-uk-hits-tipping-point-as-companies-scale-up-google-exec-says/articleshow/131799252.cms    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:59:03

  • "Problemen med Trusted Flaggers (DSA)" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/06/17/problemen-med-trusted-flaggers-dsa/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 15:59:32

  • All about the British 16-year age limit for social media https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/06/16/allt-om-briternas-16-arsgrans-for-sociala-medier/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 16:00:22

  • "US House staff visit Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison after claims of laptop and puppy | Ghislaine Maxwell | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-visit-epstein    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 16:00:40

  • "You check top or htop, but everything looks fine because those tools only show CPU and memory, not network usage. So you know something is eating bandwidth, but you cannot actually see what it is" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/find-process-using-bandwidth-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 16:01:59

  • "A web server can either serve static or dynamic content. Static content, as the name infers, refers to content that hardly changes and is bound to remain the same. The server sends back content to the user’s browser as is." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/host-website-home-linux-system-free/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 16:32:33

  • Security   

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 16:34:33

  • Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1078339/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 16:35:16

  • Openwashing front for proprietary giants, trying to set the narrative ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/the-osi-2025-annual-report-is-now-available    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 16:36:40

  • Everything security at PyCon US 2026 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1078361/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 16:37:28

  • TheseusPlot 0.3.0: Visualizing the Decomposition of Differences in Rate Metrics ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/theseusplot-0-3-0-visualizing-the-decomposition-of-differences-in-rate-metrics/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 17:59:07

  • How I Used One-Way ANOVA in R to Analyze Crop Yield Data for a PhD Student (Real Case Study) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/how-i-used-one-way-anova-in-r-to-analyze-crop-yield-data-for-a-phd-student-real-case-study/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 17:59:37

  • Fix Chromium warning message at startup ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202606/fix-chromium-warning-message-at-startup.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:00:59

  • Getting rid of gimp and mpv warning messages ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202606/getting-rid-of-gimp-and-mpv-warning-messages.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:01:20

  • New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including D.O.T. Defence - 2026-06-17 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-06-17-edition/index.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:02:16

  • What's new in Red Bait build of Apache Camel 4.18 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/06/17/whats-new-red-hat-build-apache-camel-4-18    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:03:36

  • Linux 7.1 released, Bootlin contributions inside ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/linux-7-1-released-bootlin-contributions-inside/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:04:09

  • The Funniest Possible Thing Happened After Convicted Felon Painted the Lincoln Reflecting Pool Blue ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/trump-lincoln-reflecting-pool-algae    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:06:03

  • The Cloud Has Sound: The Unrelenting and Unseen Cost of Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/data-centers-noise-pollution.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:06:29

  • New Plan Scales Back C.D.C.’s Work on Diseases Abroad ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/health/pepfar-cdc-cuts.html    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:06:52

  • UNHCR campaign to defend fundamental human right to asylum ahead of World Refugee Day ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260617-unchr-campaign-to-defend-fundamental-human-right-to-asylum-ahead-of-world-refugee-day    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:07:25

  • Thomas Partey denied entry into Canada and sidelined for sexual abuse allegation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260617-thomas-partey-denied-entry-into-canada-and-sidelined-for-sexual-abuse-allegation    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:07:45

  • Michigan’s drug fight relies on harm reduction. RFK Jr. says it doesn’t work ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigans-drug-fight-relies-on-harm-reduction-rfk-jr-says-it-doesnt-work/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:08:29

  • MAHA Furious as Kennedy Moves to Ban Their Medicine: Gas Station Heroin ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/maha-kennedy-ban-gas-station-heroin    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:08:55

  • South Korea parliament launches probe into election ballot shortages ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-parliament-launches-probe-into-election-ballot-shortages    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:24:22

  • Dead fish washing up on South Korea’s east coast may be linked to tuna surge, warming seas ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dead-fish-washing-up-on-south-koreas-east-coast-may-be-linked-to-tuna-surge-warming-seas    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:25:06

  • South Korean police quiz executive in Starbucks ‘Tank Day’ fiasco ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-police-quiz-executive-in-starbucks-tank-day-fiasco    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:25:35

  • Landmark court battle: Pain-riddled South Korean man fights for right to die ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/landmark-court-battle-pain-riddled-south-korean-man-fights-for-right-to-die    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:26:16

  • South Korea sees heat-related ER visits rise sharply and braces itself for a hotter summer ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-sees-heat-related-er-visits-rise-sharply-and-braces-itself-for-a-hotter-summer    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:26:48

  • Malaysia’s carbon tax delayed due to Middle East uncertainties: Minister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-carbon-tax-delayed-due-to-middle-east-uncertainties-minister    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:27:27

  • How Malaysia is blending more palm oil into diesel to cut its reliance on crude oil imports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/how-malaysia-is-blending-more-palm-oil-into-diesel-to-cut-its-reliance-on-crude-oil-imports    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:28:14

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

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:29:58

  • Bash Subshells: Isolate Variables and Directory Changes ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/bash-subshells/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:30:26

  • Surveilled, targeted, and now hacked: WFP must protect Palestinians in Gaza after massive data breach ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/wfp-palestinians-data-breach/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:31:14

  • Fedora F44 election results ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1078366/     

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:34:14

  • Publishing spammy slop: "AI (Google Gemini) was used in drafting this article." https://fedoramagazine.org/aleksandra-fedorova-on-community-flock-and-the-human-side-of-fedora/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:35:44

  • Miro Hrončok is IBM staff    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 18:36:34

  • Logic for Programmers v0.15, Livecoding ☞ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/logic-for-programmers-v015-livecoding/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:22:18

  • Drought grips parts of Java as dry season intensifies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/drought-grips-parts-of-java-as-dry-season-intensifies    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:25:46

  • ScummVM on track for striped patience ☞ https://www.scummvm.org/news/20260617/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:26:40

  • C#?? ☞ https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17361923/shelly-package-manager    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:27:14

  • World of Fine Spirits launches as sister title to established wine brand ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/world-of-fine-spirits-launches-as-sister-title-to-established-wine-brand/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:28:35

  • World Tonight set for axe, Today presenters cut, local audio producers slashed ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/world-tonight-set-for-axe-today-presenters-cut-local-audio-producers-slashed/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:29:17

  • How Mexico’s celebrated splitfin fish were rescued from the brink of extinction ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/how-mexicos-celebrated-splitfin-fish-were-rescued-from-the-brink-of-extinction/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:29:49

  • Study Reveals Optimal Number of Daily Steps to Offset Sitting Down ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-optimal-number-of-daily-steps-to-offset-sitting-down    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:31:10

  • More CCTVs planned across 15 local councils in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/more-cctvs-planned-across-15-local-councils-in-malaysia    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:37:10

  • China seeks to curb ‘unfair’ competition in food delivery sector ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-seeks-to-curb-unfair-competition-in-food-delivery-sector    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:37:54

  • Philippines says China has removed structure in disputed South China Sea shoal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-says-china-has-removed-structure-in-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:38:35

  • US scholar of Myanmar detained in China was on academic visit, think tank says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-scholar-of-myanmar-detained-in-china-was-on-academic-visit-think-tank-says    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:39:40

  • China’s unusually heavy downpours fill dams and put crops at risk ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-unusually-heavy-downpour-fill-dams-and-put-crops-at-risk    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:41:37

  • Lululemon apologises after Great Wall drum sparks China backlash ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/lululemon-apologizes-after-great-wall-drum-sparks-china-backlash    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:42:40

  • Taiwan protests to Kenya after officials blocked from oceans forum ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/06/18/taiwan-protests-to-kenya-after-officials-blocked-from-oceans-forum/    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:43:40

  • Scientists Solve a 30-Year Mystery Behind Inflammatory Bowel Disease ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-solve-a-30-year-mystery-behind-inflammatory-bowel-disease    

posted Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 19:45:08
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