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"Besides the content being interesting as hell, one of the aspects of the site that stood out to me was the way the images look. They grayscale, then dither the images, and it creates a look that transports me back to Paint Shop Pro on MS-DOS." gemini://theunixzoo.co.uk/gemlog/2026/2026-06-20-slow-worms-dithering.gmi    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:44:49

  • "As some of you might know I spend the last half year at the envs pubnix. But due to recurring conflicts about the XMPP bot I wrote, which is now still in use by envs, so they have what they always wanted, the full control over the bot, I deleted my account at "envs" (In fact I was banned). So it ended very nasty." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-06-21-There_and_back_again.gmi    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:45:27

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1687.jpg    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:45:59

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2043.jpg    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:46:12

  • "I don’t know if I’ll keep posting them or not, but I was thinking I should practice writing more Chinese. Sort of like a short journal entry conveying a few simple things so I can get comforable and build up my skills." gemini://thatit.be/2026-06-20-20-05-43.gmi    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:47:06

  • perfect summer day gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/perfect_summer_day    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:48:26

  • "While I am known to some of the LLMs [1] (link via Flutterby [2]), my own score (or “strength” as the site [3] calls it) is in the upper two digit range. It picked up that I'm a blogger, but it also confabulated that I worked on the Apache [4] module mod_python [5]. Heh … close, but no cigar [6]!" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/06/19.1    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:49:22

  • "Oh man it's gonna be hot sauce time soon! Gonna try lacto-fermentation this time. Just gotta decide how much I want to temper the heat of these habs..." gemini://b-ark.ca/2026/06/20/oh-man-it-s-gonna-be-hot/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:50:16

  • "Two finches in a sizable aviary for finches in a nursing/rehabilitation center]" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/06/18.1    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:51:42

  • What Xbox Games Are Being Cancelled? https://www.ign.com/articles/what-xbox-games-are-being-cancelled    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 05:59:37

  • games   

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 06:00:12

  • 5 promising games recently cancelled by Microsoft https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/5-promising-games-recently-cancelled-by-microsoft/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 06:00:27

  • Happy Solstice    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 06:19:34

  • "For years, WIPO has tried to starve pirate sites of advertising money." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/wipo-alert-pay-aims-to-cut-off-piracy-profits-with-help-from-payment-providers/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:50:32

  • "alternative app marketplaces" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/brazil-cade-settlement/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:51:05

  • "legal obligation" ☛ https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-will-engage-industry-following-european-citizens-initiative-disabling-videogames | Source: European Commission    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:51:53

  • "However, to address players' concerns, the Commission has committed to taking several steps." ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1369 | Source: European Commission    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:52:22

  • "From a time when the basic objective was to popularise the use of digital means" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/internet-now-a-lifeline-focus-should-shift-from-popularising-access-to-protecting-users-it-secretary/articleshow/131863203.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:53:06

  • "Gümüşel was sentenced in late 2023 for subjecting her 6-year-old daughter abuse under the guise of a religious marriage to 29-year-old man." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/islamic-community-leader-released-despite-19-year-sentence-in-child-marriage-case-320693 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:53:51

  • "I've thought of a few alternative reasons. Firstly, photography is usually a solitary business and means being self-employed – and not everyone wants the insecurity of not having a stable employer." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/commercial-photography/65-percent-of-photography-graduates-are-female-but-only-20-percent-of-pros-are-is-it-lack-of-ability-or-something-more-sinister | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:55:25

  • "The woman who ran it was Ms. Ellis, a Black entrepreneur born in Springfield in 1909. By the mid-1950s, her hotel had become one of the city’s most important destinations for Black travelers – musicians, soldiers, and athletes, as well as families passing through the Ozarks." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0619/route-66-Missouri-Green-Book-Black-history | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:55:48

  • "DHS purchased the warehouse for $34.7 million — 57% more than the property’s previous sale price — in February without notifying the state, city or public" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/ice-drops-romulus-detention-plans-prepares-to-sell-warehouse/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:56:10

  • "Wai was further convicted of misfeasance in public office by obtaining the personal data of Hong Kong dissidents through the Home Office computer system. However, the jury found them not guilty of foreign interference." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/uk-court-jails-2-men-of-spying-for-china-targeting-hong-kong-dissidents/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:56:40

  • "Opposition from local politicians, labor unions, and an influential and powerful taxi lobby is stopping the company in its tracks." ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-defeated-new-york-city | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:56:58

  • "Now readers can register for three free articles a month and a daily newsletter." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/how-slow-journalism-is-paying-off-for-the-lever-under-trump-two/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:57:33

  • "The global petition platform Change.org has been blocked in Turkey following a court decision." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-blocks-access-to-change-org-320723 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 09:58:38

  • "I’m a scholar of corporate finance and governance who has studied the vast reaches of Epstein’s business connections." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/06/20/businesses-with-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-saw-norms-share-prices-suffer-partner/ | Source: Salon    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:04:40

  • "Just a devastating assessment of Meta’s cultural shift from an organization that values software engineers to one that is very excited to see them minimized." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/orosz-meta-engineering/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:06:09

  • "It’s an invigorating freedom at first; the experience of living abroad almost feels like a vacation. Despite having obligations, you are only responsible for yourself, and not at all for the city or the slice of society you’ve landed in." ☛ https://edoardob.blog/a-neutral-life |    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:20:41

  • "On the 21st of June, Greenland celebrates its national day. It is the most celebrated summer festival and the country celebrates and entertains." ☛ https://visitgreenland.com/events/greenlands-national-day/ |    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:21:20

  • "Which is what I did. I deleted the email." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/20/any-club-that-would-have-me/#monologue | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:21:37

  • "The entry of astronomical summer this Sunday will be accompanied by an exceptional heat episode" ☛ https://www.elconstitucional.es/en/ecm/find/summer-starts-with-an-intense-heatwave-over-40-oc-in-several-areas-of-spain-and-nights-of-up-to-25-degrees_5344_102.html |    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:22:25

  • "The new law requires water rights owners to restore dried-up land through revegetation or conversion to dryland farming before fully using transferred water." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/06/20/buy-dry-colorado-law-forces-revegetation-of-dried-up-farmland/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:22:45

  • "But Arizona’s legal framework treats surface water and groundwater as separate resources." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/06/19/arizonas-three-universities-unveil-a-water-roadmap/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:23:24

  • "Wired obtained the registration list for this year’s upcoming retreat in Ireland" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/internal-documents-peter-thiel-secret-society | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:25:42

  • "Finland is set to become the first EU country to deploy autonomous surface vehicles on its external border. The project is funded by Frontex resources but is aimed at Russia’s shadow fleet." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2026/06/19/eu-border-surveillance-finland-trials-autonomous-drone-boat-with-frontex-and-emsa-on-board/ | Source: Site36    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:32:13

  • "The rulings are landmarks, but they appear to be just the beginning for the platforms." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/06/big-tech-tobacco-lawsuits-profitability | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:32:31

  • "The French left, however, remains divided." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/06/interview-france-insoumise-rassemblement-national | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:34:02

  • "The declaration also outlined plans to further intensify pressure on Russia and continue weakening its military economy.`" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/06/19/eu-blames-russia-for-drone-incidents-over-european-territory | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:38:07

  • "The drone strike on the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO world heritage site that dates back to the eleventh century" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russia-escalates-war-on-ukrainian-heritage-and-national-identity/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:38:58

  • "A 2-1 panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower-court ruling that had put the law on hold at the request of the tech industry trade group NetChoice." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/us-court-rules-ohio-can-restrict-childrens-use-of-social-media/articleshow/131846026.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:39:16

  • "companies can be exempted from the restrictions if they take steps to limit access to seven types of harmful content listed in the bill: [...]" ☛ https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/06/19/How-Age-Restricting-Social-Media-May-Play-Out/ | Source: The Tyee    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:39:35

  • "rounded up indiscriminately." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/19/penza-authorities-forcibly-mobilizing-men-into-military-reports-a93055 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:39:56

  • "everyone is getting rounded up, cars are being stopped, public transit too." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/06/19/they-re-grabbing-everyone-russian-military-enlistment-officers-are-rounding-up-men-en-masse-in-penza-residents-say | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:41:09

  • "the sector’s biggest players" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/uk-social-media-ban-under-16s-big-tech-age-verification | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:43:24

  • "Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the UK Home Office on Friday" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/rights-group-warns-against-uk-facial-age-estimation-plans-for-asylum-process/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:45:38

  • "Major concerns exist around the lawful basis on which the Home Office" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/joins-60-groups-urging-uk-halt-face-estimation-border | Source: EFF    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:46:01

  • "France’s highest administrative court upheld a data protection fine" ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5790/key-highlights-our-2026-results-season | Source: Privacy International    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:46:26

  • "They said the technology presents challenges under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-glasses-pilot-faces-privacy-scrutiny/articleshow/131863963.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:47:35

  • Social Control Media ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/delhi-high-court-rejects-telegrams-appeal-against-temporary-blocking-of-app/articleshow/131847595.cms | Sou "Braithwaite’s post is dripping with sarcasm, but make no mistake, incident reports written entirely by LLMs is coming. And I am not looking forward to this future." ☛ https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/06/19/i-am-dreading-our-llm-written-incident-report-future/ | Source: Lorin Hochstein  rce: India Times    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:50:34

  • Proton Experimental gets fixes for The Division 2, METAL GEAR SOLID V, ARC Raiders and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-the-division-2-metal-gear-solid-v-arc-raiders-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux ;  

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:54:32

  • "The problem was that the company at first provided little evidence for its claims beyond a handful of self-published test scores." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/19/1139313/a-startup-claims-it-broke-through-a-bottleneck-thats-holding-back-llms/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:54:48

  • "Worse, Big AI is a giant digestive tract, extracting value from all the stuff in the world" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/06/20/the-george-carlin-model-of-ai/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:57:14

  • "The most important thing in school is that our children learn to read, write and do mathematics" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51513969/norway-imposes-near-ban-on-ai-in-elementary-school | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:57:43

  • "But in a related statement on Friday the ​government also ⁠said it will propose legislation to fund the use of more books in classrooms, reversing the trend towards computer tablets." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/technology/norway-imposes-near-ban-ai-elementary-school-2026-06-19/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:58:30

  • "Using AI increases the risk that young children skip important steps in their education, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a press conference on Friday" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/norway-imposes-near-ban-on-ai-in-elementary-school/articleshow/131861649.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:59:29

  • "This isn't the first move Norway has made to remove tech from classrooms. The country banned smartphones from schools back in 2024, which has proven to be a success." ☛ https://www.engadget.com/2198117/norway-imposes-broad-restrictions-on-ai-for-elementary-school-kids/ | Source: Engadget    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:59:54

  • "In the context of AI, it can be a dangerous downward spiral that starts with workers using AI to produce low-quality work" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/companies-embraced-ai-rotting-away | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:00:23

  • "That’s three times as much slop as a new YouTube user encounters. And a similar share (57.4%) of all TikTok videos aimed at children are AI slop, too." ☛ https://www.kapwing.com/resources/the-tiktok-ai-slop-report/ |    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:01:28

  • "Worse yet, once an account indicates to the algorithm it’s interested in AI, the feed quickly doubles down, serving even more slop." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tiktok-taken-over-ai-slop | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:01:52

  • "Worse yet, once an account indicates to the algorithm it’s interested in AI, the feed quickly doubles down, serving even more slop." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tiktok-taken-over-ai-slop | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:02:31

  • "A middle path would be a patch that lets the game run standalone, or releasing software so enthusiasts can host their own." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/06/20/eu-wont-force-publishers-to-grant-dead-video-games-an-afterlife/5258163 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:03:16

  • "If the list doesn't contain the program that you want, you can click the button/text/whatever "Andere App auf diesem PC suchen" ("Look for different App on this PC")." ☛ https://movq.de/blog/postings/2026-06-20/0/POSTING-en.html | Source: Peter Hofmann    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:03:34

  • "Excessive memory use doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a memory leak: it may just be that what you’re doing in that app requires many GB of memory." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2026/06/19/what-can-you-do-when-an-app-uses-too-much-memory/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:04:03

  • "With the advent of affordable 2.5 Gbit, 5 Gbit, and 10 Gbit consumer networking gear, more and more people are taking advantage of these higher networking speeds" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/autopsy-of-a-freshly-cooked-10gbit-sfp-network-adapter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:05:24

  • "[nullpxl] first tried to recreate a “bike” signal for the inductive loop by running over the area holding two metal pans. This wasn’t close enough, so a new idea was needed." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/tricking-a-bike-counter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:05:50

  • "That worked fine as an individual but at work the team is generating more and more data" ☛ https://nickvsnetworking.com/adventures-with-tape/ | Source: Nick    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:06:13

  • "Usually it’s only portable typewriters that come with cases. But often unseen and unsaved are the “cases” that came with the larger standard typewriters." ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2026/06/20/early-1900s-wooden-woodstock-standard-typewriter-shipping-crate/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:06:33

  • "You do not need to publish your writings or show them to anyone. But it is essential for you to imagine that they are open to the public." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-06-19-re-practice-for-public-speaking/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:07:14

  • "This discovery was very special to her: when she couldn’t sleep at night, she could look at pictures of her favourite paintings." ☛ https://kedara.eu/museum-visits/ | Source: Ruben Verweij    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:07:34

  • "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Edoardo Baldi, whose blog can be found at edoardob.blog." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/edoardo-baldi | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:08:38

  • "Among other things I’ve been writing a little bit about what it was like for me being a teenager involved in left wing politics at the beginning of the 80’s." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/06/21/reminiscences-of-a-young-cnd-activist/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:08:58

  • "What if Plato and Leibniz were right? Maybe some mystics were right as well." ☛ https://www.andreinc.net/2026/06/15/the-cube-the-epicycles-and-the-human-face/ | Source: Andrei Ciobanu    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:09:34

  • "Now, Jens Harder and his colleagues have made a surprising observation." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-06-gene-caught-species.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:09:50

  • "Individual QuadRF boards can connect together in a lattice grid to form larger phased arrays." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/seeing-the-world-in-radio-waves-with-the-quadrf/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:10:19

  • "In a new paper currently being peer reviewed, a team of scientists led by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center astronomer Conor Nixon explored the many potential uses for the abundant “useful resources” on Titan." ☛ https://futurism.com/space/saturns-moon-titan-hydrocargbon-production | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:22:50

  • "I'm not addicted to the [Internet]. I'm not remotely addicted to my phone." ☛ https://baty.net/posts/2026/06/saturday-june-20-2026/ | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:24:10

  • "Because every person is different, the particular expression of love of each bhakta (devotee) is different." ☛ https://kedara.eu/bhakti-bryant/ | Source: Ruben Verweij    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:24:24

  • "They issued a sufficient number of requests to overwhelm my php_fpm pool, resulting in sites sometimes returning a 502 Bad Gateway. Bad gateway, bad." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/bots-from-alibaba-cloud-taking-sites-down/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:24:36

  • "This is how Android dies: Volkswagen app attestation requirements stop GrapheneOS from working" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/this-is-how-android-dies-volkswagen-app:f    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:25:05

  • "'My Friend Leon': Trump Blasted for 'Dementia' After Calling Elon Musk Wrong Name on New $400M Jet | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/my-friend-leon-trump-blasted-dementia-after-calling-elon-musk-wrong-name-new-400m-jet-1803984    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:25:27

  • "Further | You Are America, Ready To Seize What Ought To Be | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/you-are-america-ready-to-seize-what-ought-to-be    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:25:49

  • "Trump officials refuse to sign document affirming end of slush fund | Courthouse News Service" https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-officials-refuse-to-sign-document-affirming-end-of-slush-fund/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:26:12

  • "Are There Any Straight Women Left? | The Walrus" https://thewalrus.ca/are-there-any-straight-women-left/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:26:34

  • No, NVIDIA did not open source DLSS https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-dlss-support-lands-in-open-source-nvk-vulkan-driver-for-linux    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:29:24

  • Open-Source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan Driver Receives DLSS Support In Mesa 26.2 https://wccftech.com/open-source-nvidia-nvk-vulkan-driver-receives-dlss-support-in-mesa-26-2/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:31:45

  • "To perform PCA in R, use the built-in prcomp() function: pca <- prcomp(data, scale = TRUE), then run summary(pca) to see how much variance each component explains." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/pca-in-r-principal-component-analysis-step-by-step-prcomp-ggplot2/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:52:26

  • "May was Open Source Software Maintainer Month." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/celebrating-our-maintainers-during-maintainers-month/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:53:37

  • "In the Rails approach, all of the app’s classes and modules are global, nested according to the app’s directory structure." ☛ https://noteflakes.com/articles/2026-06-18-syntropy-modules | Source: Sharon Rosner    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:53:51

  • "The key lesson for all this is that one promise of the IndieWeb can be fulfilled." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/diverting-my-stream | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:54:26

  • "So here I am sitting at a communal table in the lobby of the Sonesta Charlotte Lower South End hotel near the end of Southeast Linuxfest 2026 (aka SELF)" ☛ https://jaylittle.com/post/view/2026/6/self-2026-a-golden-ticket-to-vibeville/ | Source: Jay Little    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:55:00

  • "This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/21/query-with-curl/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:55:42

  • "When Bill Joy created the vi text editor he used the ADM-3A terminal, which had the arrows on hjkl keys. Naturally he reused the same keys and the rest is history." ☛ https://catonmat.net/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys | Source: Peteris Krumins    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 11:56:17

  • "In this survey of 8,000 people, 74% said they feared misuse of personal data after selling their phone, although 56.6% of people have already sold or exchanged their smartphone," ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/indians-hesitant-sell-phones-data-misuse-fear-138232569.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 12:00:35

  • "In the quest to make every wearable device ‘smart’, a lot of electronics along have to be crammed in very small spaces" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/the-repair-nightmare-that-are-smart-rings/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 12:01:38

  • "We’ve been talking a bunch of home automation on the Podcast lately, and this week, in the Mailbag segment, a reader asked us about our setups." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/home-automation-simple-vs-easy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 12:01:56

  • "The video is apparently dubbed over from the original Russian – with the team claimed to be based in Moldova – which probably explains a lot of the reasoning behind this engineering." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/defeat-blood-sucking-mosquitoes-by-becoming-the-bug-zapper/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 12:02:16

  • "We like the general idea behind the Edgeberry Zero, but whether it offers enough differenSpamfest by Microsoft Tim in The Register MS https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/06/19/vercel-debuts-eve-open-source-agent-framework-tries-to-fix-shadow-ai-with-passport/5258726 tiation from packaging up a Zero with cables and duct tape is up to you." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/20/a-general-purpose-pi-zero-device-for-iot/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 12:02:43

  • "I will be using TLS between syslog-ng and victoria-logs" ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/20/adding-syslog-ng-to-a-host-to-extract-nginx-logs/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 12:03:57

  • "Rob Quinn joined Stern just as the company was branching out from it’s core pinball business to explore the brave new world of videogames." ☛ https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/06/21/the-tde-podcast-ep-39-rob-quinn-of-stern/ | Source: The Arcade Blogger    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 12:04:46

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posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 14:01:30

  • "AI" in every paragraph and in the headline    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 14:01:51

  • Slop is dead. Only losses. https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/18/midjourney-pivots-from-ai-image-generation-to-body-scanning-medical-spa-where-patients-bathe-in-golden-light/5258429    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 14:11:16

  • "Solid Sands, an Amsterdam-based provider of compiler and library testing technology, develops tools and services for safety-critical software qualification." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/solid-sands-webinars-to-address-robotics-software-infrastructure-and-c-library-qualification/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:13:30

  • "The ESP32 Bus Pirate project has been renamed ESP32 Bit Pirate as part of its continued development as an ESP32-S3-based multi-protocol firmware platform." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-bit-pirate-update-adds-wifi-hotspot-mode-pirate-assistant-and-webflasher/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:13:45

  • "NVIDIA has announced JetPack 7.2 for Jetson edge AI platforms" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/nvidia-jetpack-7-2-adds-nemoclaw-support-yocto-project-support-and-agx-orin-32gb-super-mode/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:14:06

  • This Week in GNOME: #254 Commit Graph ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/06/twig-254/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:22:38

  • 15 Best Free and Open Source GUI Clipboard Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/clipboardmanagers/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:23:51

  • Nordic launches nRF54L15 Tag for asset tracking, Matter, and edge Hey Hi (AI) prototyping ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/nordic-launches-nrf54l15-tag-for-asset-tracking-matter-and-edge-ai-prototyping/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:24:53

  • Olimex LCD7-PANEL-LIME2 combines 7-inch touchscreen, A20 GNU/Linux SBC, and panel-mount frame ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/olimex-lcd7-panel-lime2-combines-7-inch-touchscreen-a20-linux-sbc-and-panel-mount-frame/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:25:09

  • butrelinux – immutable GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/butrelinux-immutable-linux-distribution/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:34:30

  • Logilocky Hey Hi (AI) GNU/Linux – Debian-based distribution designed for local Hey Hi (AI) workloads ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/logilocky-ai-linux-debian-distribution-designed-local-ai-workloads/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:37:58

  • College Students Consumed by “Resignation and Despair” as They’re Relentlessly Pressured to Use Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/college-students-resignation-despair    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:47:52

  • OpenAI Buys Seat on Rust Board for $600K ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/openai-buys-seat-on-rust-board-for    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:57:01

  • pkgbump: from a dumb tool to an irreplaceable helper ☞ https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2026/06/21/pkgbump-from-a-dumb-tool-to-an-irreplaceable-helper/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:57:28

  • How To Install MySQL Workbench on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mysql-workbench-debian-13/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:58:10

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

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:58:40

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

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:59:03

  • How to Install Rust on Rocky GNU/Linux 10, 9 and 8 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-rust-on-rocky-linux/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:59:31

  • How to Install Development Tools on Rocky GNU/Linux 10, 9 and 8 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-development-tools-on-rocky-linux/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 15:59:54

  • Age of Empires II’s goats used as Hey Hi (AI) building blocks to build a neural network ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/age-of-empires-iis-goats-used-as-ai-building-blocks-to-build-a-neural-network-goaty-experiment-mocks-the-idea-of-chatbot-consciousness-microsoft-ai-researchers-project-makes-an-absurdist-point-about-ai-consciousness    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:00:43

  • Jeremy Cline: Fedora signing: draw the rest of the owl ☞ https://www.jcline.org/blog/fedora/signing/2026/06/20/fedora-artifact-signing-p5.html    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:02:01

  • Russia pauses fuel sales as Ukrainian strikes kill four in Crimea ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260621-russia-pauses-fuel-sales-as-ukrainian-strikes-kill-four-in-crimea    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:02:33

  • SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX RISC-V Chassis Kit Review – Part 2: What works, what doesn’t in Bianbu OS 4.0 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/06/21/spacemit-k3-pico-itx-risc-v-chassis-kit-review-part-2-what-works-what-doesnt-in-bianbu-os-4-0/ Zelensky stripped of Poland's top award amid diplomatic spat ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/zelensky-stripped-of-poland-s-top-award-amid-diplomatic-spat    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:02:49

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posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:25:32

  • New Craft cache 26.05 published ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/06/20/new-craft-cache-26.05-published/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:26:37

  • Putin's 'war trap' and the potential price of peace ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2965283/putin-s-war-trap-and-the-potential-price-of-peace    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:27:05

  • Kevin Fenzi: flock 2026 recap ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/06/20/flock-2026-recap/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:28:13

  • Geminispace Reaches Its 8th Year, Today It Has Turned 7 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/20/Geminispace_Reaches_Its_8th_Year_Today_It_Has_Turned_7.shtml    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:28:46

  • Independence Fundraising Drive basically failed https://fossforce.com/2026/06/latest-update-on-our-foss-force-2026-independence-fundraising-drive/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:31:27

  • "girl from Yonkers who was known for posting videos on TikTok" ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/world/asia/pakistan-yonkers-hira-anwar.html    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:32:33

  • Paradox? https://gwolf.org/2026/06/systemd-for-linux-sysadmins.html    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:34:46

  • How to Open PST File on Raspberry Pi (with Evolution) ☞ https://peppe8o.com/open-pst-ost-raspberry-pi/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:37:01

  • 5 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Graphical FTP Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ftpclients/ &nbs TCP vs UDP: Differences and When to Use Each ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/tcp-vs-udp/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:37:21

  • Guncrypt is Halfbrick Studio's First PC Game, That Also Works on GNU/Linux ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/guncrypt-demo-review/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:37:47

  • p;  

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:45:10

  • Lumina GNU/Linux – Arch Linux-based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lumina-linux-arch-linux-based-distribution/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:45:27

  • 11 Best Free and Open Source Flat File Content Management Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-flat-file-content-management-systems/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:45:45

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posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:46:03

  • butrelinux 20260620 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/butrelinux    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:52:02

  • CalamaroOS 20260620 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calamaroos    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:52:18

  • PorteuX 2.7 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/porteux    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:52:34

  • FFmpeg 8.1.2 Released with Over A Hundred Stability Fixes [Ubuntu PPA] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/06/ffmpeg-8-1-2-over-hundred-fixes/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:53:32

  • PCLinuxOS 2026.06.20 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pclinuxos    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:53:57

  • GXDE 25.4.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gxde    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:54:16

  • AOSC 20260621 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/aosc    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:54:35

  • Anti-virus scams are enabled by the vendors themselves ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/antivirus-scams-are-enabled-by-the-vendors-themselves/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:55:32

  • Christian Hergert: Asynchronous State Machines with Fibers ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2026/06/21/asynchronous-state-machines-with-fibers/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:56:46

  • Acoustic mapping app uses thousands of networked old Android phones to hunt Shahed drones — crowd-sourced microphone network spots small, low-RCS military targets ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/acoustic-mapping-app-uses-thousands-of-networked-old-android-phones-to-hunt-shahed-drones-crowd-sourced-microphone-network-spots-small-low-rcs-military-targets    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:57:46

  • IDF kills Hamas moneymen who funneled $170M to ‘military wing’ in Gaza airstrike ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/06/21/world-news/idf-kills-hamas-moneymen-who-funneled-170m-to-military-wing-in-gaza-airstrike/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:58:16

  • Israel and Hezbollah trade fire, as US-Iran talks begin in Switzerland ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/israel-and-hezbollah-trade-fire-as-us-iran-talks-begin-in-switzerland    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:58:47

  • Israeli drone strike kills Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260621-israeli-drone-strike-kills-al-jazeera-journalist-in-gaza    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:59:15

  • Mona Khalil, Defender of Sea Turtles, Killed in an Israeli Strike in Lebanon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/world/middleeast/mona-kahlil-turtles-lebanon-conservation.html    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 16:59:50

  • Cities and Schools Are Testing Wastewater for Illicit Drugs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/health/drug-testing-wastwater-sewage.html    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:01:42

  • Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/microsoft-teams-wifi-surveillance-workers    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:02:23

  • ScummVM 2026.3.0 "Carousels & Killer Whales" comes to fruition ☞ https://www.scummvm.org/news/20260620/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:03:44

  • Weather So Brutal That Dean Passes Out at College Graduation ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/heat-brutal-dean-faints-oregon-graduation    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:07:33

  • Luigi Mangione plans to withdraw mental health crisis claims ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/luigi-mangione-plans-to-withdraw-mental-health-crisis-claims/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:08:02

  • While the World Scrambles for Oil, China Sits on Full Tanks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/business/china-oil-iran.html    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:08:54

  • China unveils man-portable anti-drone laser that can burn through a drone 1,600 feet away in four seconds — backpack-sized 2-kilowatt weapon uses Hey Hi (AI) for targeting, weighs 55 pounds, and can be carried by a single soldier ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-shows-off-a-backpack-sized-anti-drone-laser-that-one-soldier-can-carry    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:10:01

  • UK dispatch: Court of Appeal upholds ban on Palestine Action advocacy group ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/uk-dispatch-appeals-court-upholds-ban-on-palestine-action-advocacy-group-sparking-debate/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:11:04

  • ‘There’s no soul’: Hong Kong actor Tony Leung weighs in on Hey Hi (AI) in filmmaking ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/06/20/theres-no-soul-hong-kong-actor-tony-leung-weighs-in-on-ai-in-filmmaking/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:12:05

  • China says to impose 55% levy on Australian beef after quota hit ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/06/20/china-says-to-impose-55-levy-on-australian-beef-after-quota-hit/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:13:06

  • ArmSoM Sige6 is The First Sige Board to Ditch Rockchip For Allwinner ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/armsom-sige6-launched-with-allwinner-soc/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:13:40

  • New post ☞ https://tushar2005.bearblog.dev/new-post/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:15:10

  • Rare ASML Special Edition Monopoly board unearthed in social control media trade — enthusiast swaps 2007 employee gift for High-NA EUV Lego kit ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/rare-asml-special-edition-monopoly-board-unearthed-in-social-media-trade-enthusiast-swaps-2007-employee-gift-for-high-na-euv-lego-kit    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:16:19

  • Tight security as India holds exam retest after leak scandal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/tight-security-as-india-holds-exam-retest-after-leak-scandal    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:19:18

  • UN upholds freedom of movement for peacekeepers in Lebanon amidst ongoing regional hostilities ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/un-upholds-freedom-of-movement-for-peacekeepers-in-lebanon-amidst-ongoing-regional-hostilities/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:19:53

  • A Humble 3-Wheel Electric Vehicle Lands Toyota in Federal Court ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/business/toyota-africa-electric-vehicles-lawsuit.html    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:21:19

  • New Law Would Give Artists Sweeping Protections Against Hey Hi (AI) Stealing Their Work ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/law-protect-artists-ai    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:22:08

  • Sugar-Free Diets May Have a Hidden Side Effect, Study in Mice Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sugar-free-diets-may-have-a-hidden-side-effect-study-in-mice-suggests    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:28:45

  • This Week in Science: A Voice-Restoring Brain Implant, Nuclear Clocks, And More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-a-voice-restoring-brain-implant-nuclear-clocks-and-more    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:29:01

  • New Immune System Discovery Could Help Beat a Sneaky Cancer Cell Trick ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-immune-system-discovery-could-help-beat-a-sneaky-cancer-cell-trick &nbs p;  

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:29:53

  • Women With ADHD May Be Losing Years of Treatment, Experts Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/women-with-adhd-may-be-losing-years-of-treatment-experts-warn    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:30:15

  • It's Official: Third Galaxy Found With No Dark Matter May Solve an Epic Mystery ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-third-galaxy-found-with-no-dark-matter-may-solve-an-epic-mystery &nbs p;  

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:30:48

  • 3 Common Men's Health Drugs Have Surprising Origins ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/3-common-mens-health-drugs-have-surprising-origins &n Human Evolution May Be Undergoing a Major Shift Right in Front of Our Eyes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/human-evolution-may-be-undergoing-a-major-shift-right-in-front-of-our-eyes    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:31:09

  • bsp;  

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:31:50

  • Yellowstone Wolves' Forest Revival Was Overstated, Scientists Say ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/yellowstone-wolves-forest-revival-was-overstated-scientists-say    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:32:10

  • Samsung and SK hynix bonuses for chip workers flagged as a national inflation risk — Bank of Korea projects full-year inflation significantly above its 2% target ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/bank-of-korea-flags-samsung-and-sk-hynix-chip-bonuses-as-a-national-inflation-risk    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:32:45

  • Pakistan’s mango exports shrink as Middle East war impacts linger ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/pakistans-mango-exports-shrink-as-middle-east-war-impacts-linger    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:33:11

  • HypoPG 1.4.3 is out! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/hypopg-143-is-out-3326/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:34:00

  • US federal appeals court restores Ohio social control media restrictions for minors under 16 ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/federal-appeals-court-restores-ohio-social-media-restrictions-for-minors-under-16/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:42:25

  • Firefox Can Do All This? 21 Features Most Users Never Touch ☞ https://itsfoss.com/firefox-additional-features/ &NBSP;&NBSP;&NBSP;

POSTED sUNDAY, jUNE 21, 2026 AT 17:44:15

  • fosspost became slopfarm some weeks ago. New low and low blow to do SLOP about dead people: https://fosspost.org/bassel-khartabil-oss-contributor-confirmed-dead-syria/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:45:10

  • Why a speech by Pursuit Of Jade’s Zhang Linghe has divided Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/why-a-speech-by-pursuit-of-jades-zhang-linghe-has-divided-taiwan    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:48:33

  • Hylke Bons: Icon for ChiPass ☞ https://planetpeanut.studio/post/2026/06/21/chipass    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:49:38

  • EU welcomes back gene-edited crops, worrying small-scale farmers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/eu-welcomes-back-gene-edited-crops-worrying-small-scale-farmers    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:50:31

  • Researcher turns wi-fi smart lightbulb into a Banned Book Library — open source project makes digital books available via a server and open Wi-Fi access point hacked into an ESP32-powered bulb ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/researcher-turns-wi-fi-smart-lightbulb-into-a-banned-book-library-open-source-project-makes-digital-books-available-via-a-server-and-open-wi-fi-access-point-hacked-into-an-esp32-powered-bulb    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:51:10

  • Hari Rana: Draft-Driven Blogging ☞ https://tesk.page/2026/06/20/draft-driven-blogging/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:52:44

  • "It is worrisome that the mood now is that Hey Hi (AI) is the default choice, i.e. it has to be used wherever possible, and the onus is on human beings, such as IP attorneys, to justify why they have not used Hey Hi (AI) for a specific task" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/06/ai-in-patent-industry-bubble-trouble.html?showComment=1781940494797#c7337437711074310944    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:53:55

  • "When the use of Hey Hi (AI) for patent monopoly work is discussed, I think general conclusions and vague language such as “workflow” have little value. The devil is in the details."    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 17:54:17

  • "IBM is a publicly traded company. It is NOT Alvind, the clown, farm. The shareholders pay him to carry their dirty work. He is no better than a low life gangster." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvdhyv3q    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 18:53:23

  • debian has manpower issue i.e. susceptible to same issue AUR had recently    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 18:57:59

  • Anon: "...not just manpower but infiltration issues. Mark Shuttleworth accidentally did a great disservice to Debian when he hired away as many of the key people as he could from it. They quickly went over to a mildly antagonistic relationship and the vacuum led to a power struggle which M$ exploited to the detriment of the 400 or 500 distros which have Debian in their ancestry."    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 18:58:38

  • "I stay because IBM is my free office supply store and IBM also pays me to write my novel on company time. I pretend to be an IBMer but I'm actually pursuing my dream of being the next great author. Why would I leave?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvn5xdat    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:00:02

  • "I think a lot of us get blue brain washed. We think we are #1 and top of the food chain but the reality is much different. But we don’t see it. It doesn’t feel real" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvn5xdat    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:00:26

  • "I think a lot of us get blue brain washed. We think we are #1 and top of the food chain but the reality is much different. But we don’t see it. It doesn’t feel real" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvn5xdat    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:01:13

  • "Why would you stay?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvn5xdat "I don't get it. People are terrified of being laid off when they should be looking forward to leaving. Any other place would be better. So please tell me. What's making you want to stay in this abusive situation - especially if you're one of the "dinobabies" they openly said they want to make extinct?"    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:02:05

  • Anon: "Yle seems to be using Open Streetmap more and more :)" Sompi    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:02:36

  • "Someone on the app described IBM Execs as "Internally important, externally irrelevant". Perfect description. Literal nobodies outside the four walls of IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvk0rj5m    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:03:47

  • "What makes it even more weird is that IBM execs, including the whole current circus, creepy Ginni the tanned dinosaur, and back quite a ways, are not charismatic or interesting in any way. They're not even meh. They're actually downright annoying and ugly."    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:04:43

  • "The stupid videos make them look even more ridiculous. The only thing that could find any redeeming value in any of them is our local IBM India HR bot. But that makes sense because he's programmed by his annoying, ugly masters."    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:04:55

  • illness https://www.dw.com/en/depression-in-romantic-relationships-you-me-and-the-illness/a-77435025    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:07:29

  • modern warlords https://www.dw.com/en/peace-report-are-modern-warlords-in-power/a-77478186    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:08:43

  • bear https://www.dw.com/en/japanese-city-captures-black-bear-after-multi-day-hunt/a-77474620    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:09:43

  • Why disk warranties are useful at work but not for me at home https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/DiskWarrantyHomeVsWork    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:13:29

  • plastic waste imports https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-s-plastic-waste-imports-from-eu-countries-hit-record-high-in-2025-320400    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:16:51

  • Turkey https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkey-porn-crackdown-influencers-sentences-1802224    

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

  • banned https://bianet.org/haber/queer-social-media-personality-mukremin-gezgins-instagram-account-banned-in-turkey-320436    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:18:19

  • Sycophancy https://www.projectcensored.org/the-sycophancy-machine-ai-chatbot/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:19:43

  • Censorship Expands https://truthout.org/articles/as-censorship-expands-autonomous-libraries-are-springing-up-to-fill-the-gaps/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:20:42

  • synthetic opioids https://www.dw.com/en/eu-youth-involvement-in-synthetic-opioids-smuggling-rises/a-77478901    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:25:20

  • happiness rankings https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-smaller-cities-top-out-happiness-rankings/live-77469738    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:25:49

  • cyberscam losses https://www.dw.com/en/rising-cyberscam-losses-expose-gaps-in-eu-response/a-77487321    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:27:37

  • Only 1 in 10 Europeans see US as an ally — study https://www.dw.com/en/only-1-in-10-europeans-see-us-as-an-ally-study/a-77489708    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 19:28:44

  • "The GNU project was started by Richard Stallman in 1983 to create a completely free Unix-like operating system." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-pioneering-linux-distros-quietly-faded-into-history/    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 20:41:57

  • "There are a bunch of rather large oak trees in a park nearby to my apartment, and I quite like to sit under them in the evenings on nice days, to read or listen to the radio or just relax." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/dating-oaks.txt    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 20:49:50

  • "Online I found a "Ready Reckoner" from the UK Woodland Trust to estimate the age of an oak tree. I'm not in the UK, and I don't know how much variation there is growth rates between different regions, but I figure this can't be too far off." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/dating-oaks.gmi    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 20:51:09

  • "Here at long last is my response to Anna's response to my initial "Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology". Not only is it late, it won't be half as good as she deserves." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/more-on-withered-technology-ii.gmi    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 20:52:05

  • "On June 12 I discovered that our dracaena had grown a flower stalk. The strangest thing is that this stalk is about 40 cm long and I had not noticed anything even though this is my home office and gaming room!" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-06-21-drachenbaum    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 20:53:06

  • "Dualism should be distinguished from duelism, though some philosophers have dabbled with both. Voltaire comes to mind, though the aptly named Guy Auguste de Rohan-Chabot—who?" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/06/21/dualism.gmi    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 20:54:18

  • dried flowers gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/escape    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 20:56:21

  • Christina's questions gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-06-21-5q.txt    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 20:57:19

  • Windows almost all-times low there https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bolivia/#monthly-200902-202606    

posted Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 21:03:40
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