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beluga https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/moving-marineland-beluga-whales-9.7233160    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:31:13

  • Toys 'R' Us Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/toys-r-us-owner-rebranding-9.7242041    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:32:29

  • debts build https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fscd-alberta-waitlist-families-9.7235664    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:32:50

  • Two Data Breaches Didn’t Sink Novo Nordisk’s Stock. Why Not? https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/ueberblick/novo-nordisk-fends-off-ransomware-and-patent-fears-with-oral-wegovy/69591233    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:34:52

  • France bans alcohol during Fete de la Musique amid heat wave https://www.dw.com/en/france-bans-alcohol-during-fete-de-la-musique-amid-heat-wave/a-77639233    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:42:09

  • retirement age to 70 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-pension-overhaul-may-push-retirement-age-to-70/live-77635252    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:42:41

  • bargaining https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/detroit-three-cusma-ford-general-motors-stellantis-auto-talks-9.7239783    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:44:31

  • Canada Post https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-cupw-sign-collective-agreement-9.7240959    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:45:17

  • 10% global tariff on canned vegetables https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-imposes-tariffs-canned-vegetables-9.7242029    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:46:01

  • solar panel recycling fee https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sidhu-solar-panel-recycling-fee-alberta-9.7240362    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:51:54

  • Star Wars Eclipse 'Simply Cannot Be Completed' if Quantic Dream Proceeds With Layoffs, Say Devs ⚓ https://gamingbolt.com/star-wars-eclipse-simply-cannot-be-completed-if-quantic-dream-proceeds-with-layoffs-say-devs    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:54:03

  • Layoffs https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-freezes-hiring-major-cloud-sales-groups    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 05:54:58

  • "Sounds like a web/game developer problem, not a browser problem. But what do I know? Oh yeah, I know not to take my support issues to a comment board about layoffs - that would be a total waste of effort." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kw5q091j#replies    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 06:03:01

  • "Microsoft is full of self-important social rejects. Straight up weirdos. I unfortunately live next door to one. My young kids steer clear of this freak." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kw5q091j#replies    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 06:03:06

  • Chrome was near 82% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/congo-democratic-republic-of-the/#monthly-200902-202606    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 06:11:44

  • Klue OAuth breach victim list grows as Icarus hackers claim attack https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/klue-oauth-breach-victim-list-grows-as-icarus-hackers-claim-attack/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 06:31:56

  • Brazil’s Civil Defense suffers a cyberattack on its official alert network https://www.democrata.es/en/international/brazil-s-civil-defense-suffers-a-cyberattack-on-its-official-alert-network/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 06:33:19

  • Xsolis breach affected 1,396,519 of its clients’ patients https://databreaches.net/2026/06/22/xsolis-breach-affected-1396519-of-its-clients-patients/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 06:56:02

  • Cherry Health provides preliminary notice of recent data breach https://databreaches.net/2026/06/22/cherry-health-provides-preliminary-notice-of-recent-data-breach/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:00:36

  • AU: American Express ordered to fix security gaps after customer was spied on https://www.theage.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/american-express-ordered-to-fix-security-gaps-after-customer-was-spied-on-20260612-p606ei.html    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:06:09

  • "as a host nation to protect the FIFA World Cup from criminals." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/streaming/us-seizes-nearly-400-domains-streaming-the-2026-world-cup | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:14:29

  • "Time is undefeated. The question would be whether or not we could cobble together some version of me" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tom-hanks-ai-woody-toy-story-forever | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:15:21

  • "Now, California-based EV company Faraday Future says it has developed a new transmission architecture designed to tackle these long-standing problems." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/faraday-future-hybrid-transmission-system-patent | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:15:50

  • "The wipe is the result of Sony's deal with movie distributor StudioCanal ending" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/06/27/sony-deleting-551-movies-from-own-customers-accounts.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:17:13

  • [Old] "We set out to examine whether current, DRM-based online offerings of music and movies accord with consumers’ current expectations regarding the personal use of copyrighted works by studying the behavior of six music" ☛ https://www.law.berkeley.edu/archive/files/DRM_personal_use.pdf |    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:17:41

  • "I previously wrote about the upcoming UEFI CA rollover. Well, it's happened now - the old Microsoft UEFI CA from 2011 expired yesterday: [...]" ☛ https://blog.einval.com/2026/06/27#its_dead_jim | Source: Steve McIntyre    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:18:01

  • "The good news is that the cryptographic foundations for a privacy preserving approach already exist." ☛ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/06/pact-anonymous-credentials-for-the-web/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:18:22

  • "Cloudflare, along with Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox, have committed to develop Private Access Control Tokens (PACTs)" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/22/cloudflare-teams-up-with-big-browsers-to-help-websites-tell-welcome-from-unwelcome-visitors/5259782 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:18:43

  • "Unless my kids generation come out of school on a 6 figure salary, they don't have a hope in hell of buying a decent house." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/the-laziest-generation | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:19:32

  • "GEO Group, a top private prison contractor for ICE, is claiming immunity from lawsuits alleging forced labor at its detention centers." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/06/geo-group-ice-trump-immunity | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:19:48

  • "Last week I found a flyer wedged into my front door from a real estate agent in the neighborhood. On it was a list of homes she had sold, each entry showing a picture of the house and its sale price." ☛ https://idiallo.com/blog/the-laziest-generation | Source: Ibrahim Diallo    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:20:08

  • "we used software to edit out the names of the accused" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/cops-caught-using-gen-ai-drug-bust | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:20:24

  • "The battle, one of the most famous and symbolically charged events in American history, marked its anniversary Thursday." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/06/native-americans-commemorate-victory-at-little-bighorn-with-horse-races-dance-and-song.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:20:38

  • "U.S. District Judge Hernán Vera found the plaintiffs, including the Los Angeles Press Club and the News Guild" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/class-certification-granted-for-journalists-suing-over-immigration-protest-crackdown-in-socal/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:43:06

  • "Any other initiatives that compromise public safety or promote anti-American values." ☛ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance | Source: US Federal Register    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:43:27

  • "Otherwise there is little new: reviews were always only advisory." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/06/guest-post-by-peter-brass-on-new-nsf.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:43:40

  • "Amnesty described the measures as “excessive” and constituting an attack on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/international-concern-raised-over-blanket-ban-on-protest-and-pretrial-detentions-in-turkiye-ahead-of-nato-summit/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:43:51

  • "The government’s efforts to silence me ultimately backfired and brought more attention to the unjust deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/national-guard-dc-star-wars-settlement/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:44:15

  • "Defenders of the private equity industry cast it as a bold force driving economic dynamism." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/06/review-asset-class-private-equity | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:45:25

  • "Binance founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao has overtaken Bill Gates in Forbes' real-time billionaire rankings" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/binance-founder-cz-zhao-surpasses-bill-gates-1805545 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:45:42

  • "It’s kind of hard to believe, but the original Borat movie was 20 years ago." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/corruption-for-make-benefit-glorious | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:45:59

  • "By allowing the U.S. government to treat Iran as a political target during the World Cup, FIFA did not stay neutral. It simply outsourced the dirty work to the host country." ☛ https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/06/28/daa9a/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:46:10

  • "America’s ideals have never been fully achieved, of course, but the effort to achieve them has been noble; it has inspired much of the world. That effort had been our nation’s purpose, the core of our moral authority." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-mourning-in-america | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:46:24

  • "that act as hallucinogenic drugs, inducing altered states of consciousness and vivid sensory experiences" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/california-man-fed-children-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-b3004687.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 07:46:36

  • "All this shows why we need a Securities and Exchange Commission that’s on the side of average investors and the public and not bought off by today’s robber barons." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musk-in-deep-shite-again | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:14:07

  • "According to reports, the company wishes to extend operations at Ginna Clean Energy Center and Nine Mile Point Unit 1 reactors until at least 2049." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/constellation-requests-a-20-year-extension-for-its-3-3-gw-nuclear-power-capacity | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:14:44

  • "Not literally. The five men behind me were still paddling, still strong, still trying to follow. But the canoe had lost the quiet coherence it sometimes acquires when everyone enters the same motion." ☛ https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-water-keeps-the-books/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:14:55

  • "The World Health Organization said it had recorded more than 1,300 excess deaths in Europe since June 21." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-06-europe-swelters-east.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:15:34

  • "Our results add to growing evidence that human-driven climate change is likely affecting even the most remote regions of the planet" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-06-human-driven-retreat-antarctica-fastest.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:15:52

  • "This report provides a detailed, state-by-state assessment of all major active wildfires as of this date, compiling data from official sources to deliver a comprehensive situational overview for the Colorado River Basin." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/06/27/wildfires-scorch-227000-acres-across-colorao-river-basin-states/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:16:06

  • "Harding says the fish, along with other wildlife like trout, form an instrumental part of our ecosystems. Sadly, they have all but disappeared in the tributaries near Gowran and Gorsebridge, Co. Kilkenny." ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41868363.html | Source: Irish Examiner    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:16:15

  • "We shall continue working, so then we are saying 3 million tons of copper, one million tons of wheat, 1 billion tons of sugar and 1 billion dollars of beef export" ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/06/28/copper-production-expected-at-one-million-tons-president-hichilema/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:16:31

  • "And also to either unredact the names in several sets of documents or explain why he was refusing to do so." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/06/27/katie-phang-just-made-jeffrey-epstein-central-to-todd-blanches-bid-for-confirmation/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:16:58

  • "That tension matters because Trump is not just any patient; he is the oldest person ever to take the presidency, and every health disclosure now carries political weight" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-health-scrutiny-white-house-transparency-1805564 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:19:03

  • "This isn’t about Indian firms though they engage in this practice to gather resumes." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/experience/blacklist/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:19:15

  • "Scientists suggest it’s the result of a combination of intense agriculture draining dwindling groundwater supplies through illegal wells, ongoing droughts, and local geology." ☛ https://futurism.com/science-energy/droughts-sinkholes-farmland | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:20:18

  • "If births continue at around today's pace, it would take approximately 17,100 years for humanity to reach the estimated limit of 2.34 trillion people." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/humanity-vanish-17000-years-survival-math-138311065.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:20:39

  • "drone strikes" ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-129704 | Source: NPR    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:21:39

  • "I mean, really evil and really incompetent on enormous scales. And why aren’t people talking about it more?" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/on-holding-elon-musk-accountable | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:21:47

  • "Impeachment is still a very big deal with extremely high stakes. You never know if it just might work because party loyalties have been shown to only go so far" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/06/28/impeachment-is-the-only-answer-to-trumps-behavior/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:22:03

  • "anti-tank trenches" ☛ https://news.err.ee/1610064976/estonia-s-baltic-defense-line-section-taking-shape-in-setomaa-s-forests | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:22:13

  • "anti-tank trenches" ☛ https://news.err.ee/1610064976/estonia-s-baltic-defense-line-section-taking-shape-in-setomaa-s-forests | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:22:29

  • "Leni's situation is daily life for a large proportion of teenagers growing up in Germany." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/will-germany-impose-an-age-limit-for-social-media/a-77722470 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:23:04

  • "Apparently 12 years ago I allowed LinkedIn app to “sync my connection” with something which leaked 3.8k of my personal contact informations (emails, phone numbers, address, etc)!" ☛ https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/linkedout | Source: Alex Ewerlöf    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:23:49

  • "There are, broadly, three ways to answer it. The agent can act as you, it can act as its own service account, or it can act as its own workload identity. Each one shines somewhere and falls apart somewhere else." ☛ https://kanenarraway.com/posts/agent-identity-models/ | Source: Kane Narraway    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:24:02

  • "According to reporting by Virginia’s WSLS 10, Kat Vaughn of Roanoke was alarmed to discover a Flock audio detection pole had been erected in her front yard." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/woman-virginia-flock-surveillance-tower-yard | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:24:23

  • "Dr. Patrick Breyer, civil liberties activist and former Member of the European Parliament" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/double-threat-to-private-communications-undemocratic-chat-control-backroom-deals-and-imminent-concessions-spark-relaunch-of-fightchatcontrol-eu/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:24:39

  • "The Justice Department has sued 30 states and the District of Columbia for access to state voter rolls containing personal information such as driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers." ☛ https://www.votebeat.org/pennsylvania/2026/06/28/department-of-justice-voter-roll-lawsuit-dismissed/ | Source: Votebeat    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:28:20

  • "Schools, coaching centres, edtech companies, hospitals, banks, employers and social media platforms all fall within its ambit" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/how-schools-breach-childrens-data-privacy-a-snapshot/articleshow/132045212.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:28:37

  • "From the smallest rural K-12 districts to the world's most prestigious universities" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/third-party-breaches-teaches-education-lesson-vendor-risk | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:29:02

  • "The GI-TOC research found over 20,000 adverts for more than 260,000 wildlife products on social media platforms between April 2024 and March 2026." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/for-sale-on-facebook-monkeys-rhino-horn-and-dead-pangolins-767829272 | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:35:35

  • "Cornell University economist Imke Reimers and University of Minnesota Professor Joel Waldfogel analyzed around 50,000 books." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/amazon-ai-books-publish-tripled-readers-find-less-useful-138309017.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:37:07

  • "Here's how it works. All a victim developer has to do is tell Claude to initialize a project from a malicious GitHub repository" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ai-coding-agents-can-be-tricked-into-installing-malware-via-clean-github-repositories-mozillas-0din-team-shows-how-claude-code-can-be-exploited-by-its-own-helpfulness | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:37:17

  • "It’s a particularly ironic development, because workers are doing exactly what they were told — using the exciting new technology at all costs" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/employees-ai-tokens-pointless-tasks-finance | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:40:30

  • "A recent trend in AI has become this idea of "loops"." ☛ https://www.jackfranklin.co.uk/blog/who-pays-for-the-tokens/ | Source: Jack Franklin    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:40:43

  • "This project reminds us of similar efforts to teach a raw AI how to play Trackmania, or the Drivatar technology in the Forza series of racing games." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/28/teaching-an-ai-to-play-a-racing-game-via-screen-input/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:40:57

  • "The narrative that Chinese models are simply inferior copies completely collapsed." ☛ https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/a-token-china-shock | Source: Michael Green    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:41:11

  • "I was immediately perplexed by this passage, because the cited paper by Bender and Gebru et al." ☛ https://connorboyle.io/2026/06/28/mit-didnt-read-stochastic-parrots.html | Source: Connor Boyle    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:41:26

  • "Win11 IoT comes without Microsoft Store, so I installed it." ☛ https://ludditus.com/2026/06/29/winturd11-or-winbug11/ | Source: Homo Ludditus    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:41:54

  • "It’s wild how after a little time pulling myself out of that mindset and clearing some things off of my plate, I suddenly want to blog again, make more videos again, and code again." ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/edge-of-burnout/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:42:45

  • "neglected tropical disease." ☛ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/parasite-cognition-infected-billions | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:43:46

  • "The concept is straightforward enough—the smartphone stand uses a simple tactile button to determine if your smartphone is sitting on the little 3D printed shelf, or not." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/28/scrap-printer-motor-becomes-generator/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:44:07

  • "When we talk about the scourge of anti-vaxxer philosophy within the federal government, we naturally spend a great deal of that time talking about RFK Jr." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/26/whoops-military-reverses-course-on-flu-vaccine-requirements-after-soldiers-got-sick/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:44:20

  • "My ratings were roughly bell-shaped, clustering around 2 to 2.5 stars, with very few proposals earning 4 or 5. According to the scoring guidelines, 3 means a good talk with nothing specifically wrong." ☛ https://konradreiche.com/blog/what-go-conference-reviewers-look-for-in-a-talk-proposal/ | Source: Konrad Reiche    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:44:48

  • "Now, however, students are using AI to write essays and answer questions on take-home exams, as well as taking in-person exams on their computers." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/what-will-ai-do-to-our-minds | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:45:05

  • "Total exposure time" ☛ https://maurycyz.com/astro/arp38/ | Source: Maury    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:45:36

  • "Physicists and scientists often tend to stick to their specializations." ☛ https://josephhall.org/blog/kerr-cft/ | Source: Joseph Lorenzo Hall    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:46:01

  • "Suppose your best guess estimate is that, on Earth, consciousness is present in all vertebrates, plus cephalopods and some insects" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/conciousness-forms-alien-paper | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:46:14

  • "NASA hired startup Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit where it can continue hunting for some of the universe's biggest explosions." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51569445/nasa-races-to-save-swift-telescope-from-falling-back-to-earth-with-daring-rescue-mission | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:46:23

  • "I had a tougher week than usual. Someone I deeply care about had a bad fall, followed by the passing of Om." ☛ https://winnielim.org/journal/my-mortality-and-my-writing/ | Source: Winnie Lim    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:47:02

  • "It made me think again about the impermanence of life: the mundaneness of every day can seem like this can go on forever, but suddenly in just a moment everything may change"    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:47:22

  • "I believe the magic lies in how completely the author commits to only writing about what delights and interests him." ☛ https://eliotpeper.substack.com/p/write-what-only-you-can-write |    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:47:46

  • "Mr. Malik started his blog just as the dot-com bubble burst" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/technology/om-malik-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t1A.AyPT.p7GhDrDcJSfa | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:49:24

  • "Thinking about it now, it would be nice if more timestamp fields supported something like this." ☛ https://lmika.org/2026/06/29/thinking-about-progressive-timestamps-input.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:49:40

  • "The Middle Ages are often portrayed as an age of superstition and stagnation" ☛ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/06/medieval-inventions-shaped-modern-world/ | Source: Medievalists.net    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 08:49:51

  • "I thought the \ before the + was a mistake, and also pointed out that if + was to be used we’d probably need to pass -E for extended regular expression (ERE)" ☛ https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2026/bre/ | Source: Wesley Moore    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:03:11

  • "The more distributed a system, the harder it is to secure. Code crosses JVM boundaries." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/security-baked-into-jvm/1/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:03:50

  • "Unlike the standard Go toolchain not doing dead code elimination for package level variables with constant values" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoInterfacesReflectAndBinarySize | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:03:58

  • "This prints 30 English words: [...]" ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/06/27/brace-expansion-tree/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:06:42

  • "This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #379." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/armstring-or-strong.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:07:06

  • "Basically they are very thin wrappers over constant, creating the words as constants, either as is or in uppercase" ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/james/2026/06/introducing-constantstring-and-constantstringuc.html | Source: Perl    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:07:18

  • "Looking for data for this drew my attention to the excellent Maddison Project, which publishes long term estimates of real GDP per capita" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/long-term-economic-growth-rates-by-ellis2013nz/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:08:30

  • "The largest coming conflict in the new AI world is not the one between AI giants or the one between those giants and governments." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/06/27/first-source-of-intent/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:08:59

  • "Front table of Brass Monkey 55 Little West 12th St We are having a social meeting to catch up after BSDCan." ☛ https://lists.nycbug.org:8443/pipermail/announce/2026-June/000635.html | Source: NYC BUG    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:09:31

  • "If there are similar proposals, we'll work with people so that the talks can cover different facets." ☛ https://emacsconf.org/2026/cfp/ | Source: EmacsConf    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:09:39

  • "I often find myself wanting to copy images in the Bear media library in markdown format, not just the URL" ☛ https://robertbirming.com/bear-media-markdown-button/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:11:27

  • "I’m happy to announce the release of Newspipe 12.1.0. This version brings a reimagined reading experience" ☛ https://www.cedricbonhomme.org/2026/06/28/newspipe-12-1-0/ | Source: Cédric Bonhomme    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:11:49

  • "If you want the latest and greatest, this release is for you. Being a beta release, there's some possibility of rough edges, and things that previously worked and now stubbornly don't." ☛ https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-22-piers-beta-1/ | Source: Kodi Foundation    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:12:10

  • "I just added two new themes to my minimalist doric-themes package. doric-tiger is a light theme, while doric-lion is dark. Both use orange and yellow colours. Below are sample screenshots." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-06-28-emacs-doric-tiger-doric-lion/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:12:23

  • "I was not expecting this at all, and did not see the news before someone on the French SFOS Users Telegram channel mentioned it" ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/commodore-is-releasing-a-flip-phone-running-sailfish-os.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:13:56

  • "Loongson Technology has announced the Loongson 3C3000, a new 16-core server processor aimed at low-cost general-purpose server systems." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinas-loongson-launches-homegrown-16-core-server-cpu-built-on-loongarch-architecture-40w-chip-with-ddr4-ecc-and-32-pcie-lanes-targets-cheap-smb-file-database-and-web-servers | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:15:05

  • "The Videx VideoTerm was the 80-column card that turned the Apple II into a business machine." ☛ https://www.wiseowl.com/articles/a2fpga-videx-01-the-card-that-made-the-apple-ii-serious/ |    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:15:20

  • "I’m starting a new build-in-public project: oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself." ☛ https://makerspet.com/blog/building-an-open-source-robot-vacuum-meet-oomwoo/ |    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:15:34

  • "The remote ran on 433.92 MHz, a not-uncommon bit of spectrum for these sort of appliances." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/28/rf-hacking-a-ceiling-fan-via-the-remote/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:15:49

  • "The demo vehicle for this build is TrakTrike, a sort of bicycle-half-track hybrid that [Tony] built for EMF Camp 2022." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/28/hack-improves-cheap-speed-controllers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:16:11

  • "To get good results, one of the keys is getting the motor positioning just right." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/28/accurate-split-flap-display-can-be-3d-printed/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:16:39

  • "This design uses a 3D printed frame and cone, with the 3D printing providing excellent rigidity." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/06/28/make-your-own-loudspeaker-from-scratch/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:17:11

  • "The Space Shuttle's five general-purpose computers played a critical role in each flight: controlling the engines, monitoring thousands of sensors, displaying data to the astronauts, and navigating the Shuttle." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2026/06/space-shuttle-io-processor-boards.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:17:53

  • "So, I decided to print myself some helmet stands and mount them in my office." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/3d-printers-are-actually-very-useful | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:18:12

  • "I tried it on an old Acer from 2016 (i5-5200U, 8 GB RAM, upgraded 256 GB + 1 TB SSD) as a live session (using Ventoy)." ☛ https://ludditus.com/2026/06/27/this-is-not-a-review-of-basalt-linux-1-1/ | Source: Homo Ludditus    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:21:25

  • "True enlightment only comes from a truly free computing experience, probably!" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/06/working-around-dragons-with-lemote.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:21:50

  • "FreeBSD 15 really feels like a breakthrough release." ☛ https://www.sacredheartsc.com/blog/freebsd-15-on-a-laptop/ | Source: Sacred Heart SC    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:22:00

  • "It feels a bit strange to start this post by thinking that this is my first blog post in 2026." ☛ https://rsadowski.de/posts/2026/g2k26-netherlands-openbsd-hackathon/ | Source: Rafael Sadowski    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:22:12

  • "The following is a loose guide for those interested in doing the same." ☛ https://btxx.org/posts/serenity-t60/ | Source: Brad Taunt    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:23:47

  • "Cepceros Podcast is a podcast in Spanish that started in 2018 and that follows a simple but effective formula" ☛ https://www.usebox.net/jjm/blog/cepeceros-podcast/ | Source: Juan J Martínez    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:24:11

  • "EU ökar polariseringen" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/06/28/eu-okar-polariseringen/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:33:28

  • "Protests Over Kushner-Backed Development Threaten to Topple Albanian Government | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/protests-over-kushner-backed-development-threaten-to-topple-albanian-government/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:33:38

  • "Another View: Trump's Iran deal looks like a surrender | | reformer.com" https://www.reformer.com/another-view-trumps-iran-deal-looks-like-a-surrender/article_02162df5-2a9e-4ecd-a92c-591d5afde424.html    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:33:49

  • "Senators Move to Block Trump's Face from US Passports, Calling It 'Anti-Democratic' and a 'Waste of Taxpayer Money' | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-senators-oppose-trump-passport-image-1805538    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:49:10

  • ""What a loser": Biden mocks Trump over Reflecting Pool - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/06/28/what-a-loser-biden-mocks-trump-over-reflecting-pool/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:49:57

  • "Right-wing media turns to Supreme Court after democratic socialist wave - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/06/27/right-wing-media-turns-to-supreme-court-after-democratic-socialist-wave/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:50:14

  • iophk: looks like there are some plastic parts in the device :( https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/faraday-future-hybrid-transmission-system-patent    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:50:44

  • "'What a Loser': Joe Biden Delivers Fiery Speech on Donald Trump, Accuses POTUS of 'Corruption' | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/biden-criticises-trump-vanity-corruption-1805559    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:51:03

  • "Breakpoint: Who's your Big Brother? - netzpolitik.org" https://netzpolitik.org/2026/breakpoint-whos-your-big-brother/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:51:12

  • "What we are really getting at here is a form of Digital Restrictions Management to prove you are authorized to view content." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/06/26/1431252    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:51:34

  • Jetway’s latest x86 industrial SBCs offer a choice of Pico-ITX or 3.5-inch form factors ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/jetways-latest-x86-industrial-sbcs-offer-a-choice-of-pico-itx-or-3-5-inch-form-factors/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:55:07

  • Forgix hybrid board pairs Raspberry Pi RP2354 MCU with Efinix Trion FPGA ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/forgix-hybrid-board-pairs-raspberry-pi-rp2354-mcu-with-efinix-trion-fpga/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:55:30

  • Collabora introduces Kraid Rust compiler for Panfrost Mali GPU driver ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/collabora-introduces-kraid-rust-compiler-for-panfrost-mali-gpu-driver/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:56:12

  • CirkitScape Top HAT brings ADC, RS-485, GPIO expansion, and USB hub to Raspberry Pi boards ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/cirkitscape-top-hat-brings-adc-rs-485-gpio-expansion-and-usb-hub-to-raspberry-pi-boards/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:56:35

  • Canada 5-0: GNU/Linux Rises to 5.0%, backdoored Windows Rapidly Falls to New Lows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/29/Canada_5_0_GNU_Linux_Rises_to_5_0_Windows_Rapidly_Falls_to_New_.shtml    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:56:48

  • Talkyard – community discussion software for building forums ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/talkyard-community-discussion-software-building-forums/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 13:57:26

  • GNU Ships GCC 14.4 as a Bug-Fix Release ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/06/gnu-ships-gcc-14-4-as-a-bug-fix-release/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:00:04

  • AnduinOS 2.0.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/anduin    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:01:11

  • Teaching digiKam to Understand You: Natural Language Search with Local LLMs ☞ http://srirupa19.github.io/gsoc/2026/06/28/gsoc1.html    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:01:22

  • AI coding agents can be tricked into installing malware via 'clean' Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub repositories — Mozilla's 0din team shows how Claude Code can be exploited by its own helpfulness ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ai-coding-agents-can-be-tricked-into-installing-malware-via-clean-github-repositories-mozillas-0din-team-shows-how-claude-code-can-be-exploited-by-its-own-helpfulness    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:02:14

  • Lazy Reading for 2026/06/28 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/06/28/lazy-reading-for-2026-06-28/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:09:49

  • China’s Loongson launches homegrown 16-core server CPU built on LoongArch architecture — 40W chip with DDR4 ECC and 32 PCIe lanes targets cheap SMB file, database, and web servers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinas-loongson-launches-homegrown-16-core-server-cpu-built-on-loongarch-architecture-40w-chip-with-ddr4-ecc-and-32-pcie-lanes-targets-cheap-smb-file-database-and-web-servers    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:12:09

  • Long term economic growth rates by @ellis2013nz ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/06/long-term-economic-growth-rates-by-ellis2013nz/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:13:06

  • There May Be Bizarre Forms of Consciousness Drifting Through the Universe, Mind-Bending Paper Claims ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/conciousness-forms-alien-paper    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:13:44

  • Parasite That Affects Cognition Has Quietly Infected Billions of People ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/parasite-cognition-infected-billions    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:14:11

  • Employees Are Using Their Jobs’ Super-Expensive Hey Hi (AI) Tokens for the Most Hilariously Pointless Tasks Imaginable ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/employees-ai-tokens-pointless-tasks-finance    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:15:01

  • Called Out By A Cookie ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24874    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:15:45

  • Woman Surprised When Flock Surveillance Tower Appears in Her Yard Without Warning ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/woman-virginia-flock-surveillance-tower-yard    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:15:54

  • Notes from NANOG 97 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/06/29/notes-from-nanog-97/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:16:19

  • Devastating Droughts Are Punching Massive Sinkholes Into Critical Farmland ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/droughts-sinkholes-farmland    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:17:03

  • Cops Caught Using Hey Hi (AI) to Edit Picture of Pathetic Drug Bust ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/cops-caught-using-gen-ai-drug-bust    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:20:21

  • GNU/Linux obstructed https://old.reddit.com/r/Bazzite/comments/1uiq3dr/secure_boot_issues/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:22:50

  • For sale on Facebook: Monkeys, rhino horn and dead pangolins ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/for-sale-on-facebook-monkeys-rhino-horn-and-dead-pangolins    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:55:37

  • Live Nation Responds to $35M Whistleblower Lawsuit, Arguing Fired Employee ‘Did Not Uncover Fraud’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/28/live-nation-whistleblower-lawsuit-response/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:57:28

  • Australia, Vanuatu sign deal barring foreign military base on Pacific island ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-vanuatu-sign-delayed-security-deal-that-is-seen-as-curbing-china    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:57:47

  • Chinese spies, smuggled drugs fuel Japan PM Takaichi’s security push ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-spies-smuggled-drugs-fuel-japan-pm-takaichis-security-push    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:58:01

  • French loyalists set to top delayed New Caledonia vote, preliminary results show ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/voting-begins-in-delayed-new-caledonia-provincial-elections    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 14:58:14

  • Notes from Bryan Cantrill’s “Intelligence is not Enough” ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/intelligence-isnt-enough/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:00:21

  • Rust Gets a Commercial Network with Microsoft ☞ https://linuxiac.com/rust-gets-a-commercial-network-with-microsoft-google-aws-and-openai-onboard/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:00:51

  • This month: Rust Outsources its Financing (or Financial Control) to Microsoft http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/04/Rust_Outsources_its_Financing_of_Financial_Control_to_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:01:24

  • Hard Links vs Symbolic Links in GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/hard-links-vs-symbolic-links/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:02:21

  • Sparky 2026.06 Special Editions ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-2026-06-special-editions/ "There are new iso images of Sparky 2026.06 Special Editions out there: GameOver, Multimedia and Rescue"    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:03:09

  • pgtt v4.5 has been released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgtt-v45-has-been-released-3330/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:04:00

  • Asia’s vendors grapple with rising costs of ever-present plastics ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/asias-vendors-grapple-with-rising-costs-of-ever-present-plastics    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:04:24

  • Microsoft reinstalls Copilot in backdoored Windows 11: a strategy that could reignite controversy    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:04:43

  • Facing China, one Taiwan Coast Guard officer draws strength from the gods ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/facing-china-one-taiwan-coast-guard-officer-draws-strength-from-the-gods    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:24:34

  • Gov’t withdraws controversial anti-drugs ad with Hey Hi (AI) pop stars named after cannabis, ice, cocaine and etomidate ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/06/29/govt-withdraws-controversial-anti-drugs-ad-with-ai-pop-stars-named-after-cannabis-ice-cocaine-and-etomidate/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:24:57

  • Back under control and normal speed, after DDoS or connection floods https://tools.pingdom.com/#67c4f18d24c00000    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:27:06

  • "A corollary to Freedom 0, or perhaps an interpretation of it, is the freedom to _*not*_ run a given piece of software, whether an LLM slop generator or another disaster." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-06/msg00030.html    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 15:29:25

  • "Met him at my first Golden Circle in 93 just after he joined. He was an arrogant pompous greedy bully who laid off over 150,000 great IBMers over 18 months. The troll in this blog is in love with him by reading his elephant book and never met him, talked with him, saw him. Troll I have a bridge for sale for you. Full stop." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kw5ex3nc    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 16:00:45

  • Madonna Calls Hey Hi (AI) ‘the Complete Opposite of Making Art’ While Advocating for a Completely Different Creative Process ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/06/28/madonna-ai-algorithm-commentary/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 16:28:28

  • Part 23 to be published tomorrow. Plus three related PDFs.    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 17:50:10

  • Scientists Publish Extremely Serious Research About Whether Tickling Apes Makes Them Giggle ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/serious-research-tickling-apes-giggle    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 17:50:42

  • Paramedics rush to help overheated people in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/29.06.2026-paramedics-rush-to-help-overheated-people-in-latvia.a653041/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:47:19

  • More than 1,300 excess deaths linked to record-breaking Europe heatwave, WHO says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260628-more-than-1-300-excess-deaths-linked-to-record-breaking-europe-heatwave-who-says    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:47:26

  • Trending Surgical Procedure That Changes the Color of Your Eyes Alarms Scientists ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/surgical-procedure-eye-color    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:47:41

  • We Are Extremely Skeptical of MidJourney’s Weird Device That It Claims Submerges Your Entire Body and Scans It With Ultrasound ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/midjourney-device-scans-body    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:48:02

  • Giant Pickup Trucks Are Killing Pedestrians in Incredible Numbers ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/giant-pickup-trucks-are-killing-pedestrians-in-incredible-numbers    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:48:33

  • Where are they? Dogs disappear before South Korea meat ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/where-are-they-dogs-disappear-before-south-korea-meat-ban    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:48:59

  • Malaysia records more than 38,000 dengue cases in first half of 2026 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-records-more-than-38000-dengue-cases-in-first-half-of-2026    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:49:25

  • Japan protests China maritime claims near southern island ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-protests-china-maritime-claims-near-southern-island    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:50:17

  • China Confirms Death of Pilot Who Flew Small Plane Into Beijing’s Tallest Tower ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/world/asia/china-pilot-died-plane-crash-beijing.html    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:50:24

  • From Harvard to Tsinghua: Indonesian students look east as ties with China deepen ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/from-harvard-to-tsinghua-indonesian-students-look-east-as-ties-with-china-deepen    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:50:50

  • China’s new ethnic unity law legalising cultural ‘erasure’, minorities warn at UN ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-new-ethnic-unity-law-legalising-cultural-erasure-minorities-warn-at-un    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:51:02

  • China adds 20 Japanese entities to export blacklist ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-adds-20-japanese-entities-to-export-blacklist    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:51:21

  • China’s bull wrestlers fight to keep tradition alive ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/06/28/chinas-bull-wrestlers-fight-to-keep-tradition-alive/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:53:15

  • The 'Shadow' in Evolution That Explains Why Long Life Comes at a Cost ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-shadow-in-evolution-that-explains-why-long-life-comes-at-a-cost    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:53:41

  • This Famously Weird 'Pink Planet' May Have Salty Clouds, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-famously-weird-pink-planet-may-have-salty-clouds-study-finds    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:54:02

  • Almost 40% of Americans Do The Exact Same Thing With Old Technology ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/almost-40-of-americans-do-the-exact-same-thing-with-old-technology    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:58:33

  • The Cells In Your Body Fade With Age, But There May Be a Way to Reverse It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-cells-in-your-body-fade-with-age-but-there-may-be-a-way-to-reverse-it    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:58:45

  • Megalodon Fossil Lost For Decades Confirms The Monster's Terrifying Size ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/megalodon-fossil-lost-for-decades-confirms-the-monsters-terrifying-size    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:58:53

  • Chinese dissident Dong Guangping, who fled by sea to S.Korea, is now in Canada ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/06/28/chinese-dissident-dong-guangping-who-fled-by-sea-to-s-korea-is-now-in-canada/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:59:18

  • 22 Years of “the Tux”, Still Going Stronger Than Ever ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/06/28/22-years-of-the-tux/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 19:59:44

  • YARA-X 1.18.0 and 1.19.0 Release, (Sun, Jun 28th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33106    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:07:47

  • AMD engineer 3D-prints Steam Machine-a-like with diagonal mobo mounting ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/diy-3d-printed-steam-machine-a-like-uses-diagonal-mobo-mounting-parts-include-a-mini-itx-motherboard-rtx-5060-and-a-flex-atx-psu    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:08:03

  • Steam Next Fest 2026 June: Recap ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/steam-next-fest-2026-jun/index.html    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:08:12

  • Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc1 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1079891/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:09:20

  • “Doctor, it hurts when agents create unreviewable PRs.” “Don’t do that.” ☞ https://blog.jonudell.net/2026/06/28/doctor-it-hurts-when-agents-create-unreviewable-prs-dont-do-that/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:09:47

  • LLM slop https://www.debugpoint.com/shotcut-26-6-high-dynamic-range/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:10:08

  • Debugpoint.com Turns to LLM Slop for 'Help' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/28/Debugpoint_com_Turns_to_LLM_Slop_for_Help.shtml    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:10:30

  • Mideast Live Updates: U.S. Indicates a Deal to Suspend Attacks in Strait but Iran Hasn’t Confirmed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/28/world/us-iran-strikes-hormuz    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:11:19

  • Pakistan carries out deadly air strikes in eastern Afghanistan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/pakistan-carries-out-deadly-air-strikes-in-eastern-afghanistan    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:11:31

  • Pakistan forces kill 29 militants in border operation, Kabul says dozens dead, injured ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistan-forces-kill-29-militants-in-border-operation-kabul-says-dozens-dead-injured    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:11:39

  • Iran Claims Sole Control Of Hormuz Strait As Truce Frays ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-hormuz-cease-fire-violation-kuwait-bahrain-trump/33790546.html    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:14:15

  • New US-Iran exchange of attacks threatens ceasefire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/new-us-iran-exchange-of-attacks-threatens-ceasefire    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:14:26

  • Tehran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after US attacks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260628-tehran-targets-bahrain-and-kuwait-after-us-attacks    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:14:38

  • Armed conflict threatens Ethiopia’s ancient monasteries ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/armed-conflict-threatens-ethiopia-s-ancient-monasteries    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:14:54

  • Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait, threatens to halt talks after fresh US strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260628-iran-threatens-to-halt-talks-after-fresh-us-strikes-attacks-bahrain-and-kuwait    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:15:12

  • Middle East live: US says Iran talks to continue, with 'both sides' pausing strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260629-middle-east-live-lebanon-rejects-us%E2%80%93israel-framework-hezbollah-asserts-right-to-self-defence    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:15:26

  • Pakistan says retaliatory airstrikes in Afghanistan killed 25 militants ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260629-pakistan-says-retaliatory-airstrikes-in-afghanistan-killed-25-militants    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:15:34

  • US says Iran talks to continue, with 'both sides' pausing strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260629-middle-east-live-lebanon-rejects-us%E2%80%93israel-framework-hezbollah-asserts-right-to-self-defence    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:15:43

  • unifont @ Savannah: Unifont 17.0.05 Released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10909    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:16:19

  • This Flatpak runs a 30-year old version of GIMP – pre-GTK ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/gimp-1996-flatpak    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:16:58

  • CachyOS 260628 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/cachyos    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:17:06

  • LinuxCNC 2.9.9 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/linuxcnc    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:17:43

  • ML4W 2.14.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ml4w    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:18:06

  • Russell Coker: Some GPU Stuff ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/06/28/some-gpu-stuff/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:18:39

  • 8 Hidden Steam Machine Details | LINUX Unplugged 673 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/673/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:19:19

  • Podcast: How eBPF Empowers Developers to Observe inside the GNU/Linux Kernel in a Safe and Unintrusive Way ☞ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/empowers-developers-inside-linux-kernel/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:20:01

  • OSes with no CLI and thoughts on the staleness of modern computing ☞ https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/98868.html    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:21:22

  • DEBIX T62P-01 Raspberry Pi-like industrial SBC features TI AM62P SoC, dual GbE with TSN, multi-domain UART ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/06/29/debix-t62p-01-raspberry-pi-like-industrial-sbc-features-ti-am62p-soc-dual-gbe-with-tsn-multi-domain-uart/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:21:59

  • Putin admits fuel shortages as Ukrainian drones set another Russian oil refinery ablaze ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/06/28/world-news/putin-admits-fuel-shortages-as-ukrainian-drones-set-another-russian-oil-refinery-ablaze/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:22:10

  • Ukrainian strike ignites Russian oil refinery, as Putin acknowledges 'difficult period' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260628-ukraine-drone-assault-ignites-russian-oil-refinery-as-putin-acknowledges-difficult-period    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:22:45

  • Putin Acknowledges 'Certain Shortages' Of Energy Amid Ukrainian Attacks ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-acknowledge-russia-energy-shortages-ukraine/33790678.html    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:23:59

  • Ukrainian strike ignites Russian oil refinery as Putin acknowledges 'difficult period' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260628-ukraine-drone-assault-ignites-russian-oil-refinery-as-putin-acknowledges-difficult-period    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:24:10

  • MagOS 2025_20260627 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/magos    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:24:21

  • Belarus' Lukashenko meets China's Pooh-tin in Beijing for talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/belarus-lukashenko-meets-chinas-xi-in-beijing-for-talks    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:24:50

  • Microsoft Lunduke Does Not Correct or Clarify Misinformation That He Posted (or Repeats It Instead) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/28/Microsoft_Lunduke_Does_Not_Correct_or_Clarify_Misinformation_Th.shtml    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:25:14

  • Waydir – fast desktop file manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/waydir-fast-desktop-file-manager/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:26:52

  • 8 Best Free and Open Source Self-Hosted Comics and Manga Servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-self-hosted-comics-manga-servers/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:27:00

  • Specter Desktop – graphical application for managing Bitcoin wallets ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/specter-desktop-managing-bitcoin-wallets/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:27:07

  • 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Caching Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cachingsystems/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:27:17

  • 9 Best Free and Open Source Surveillance Giant Google Drive Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/googledrive/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:27:35

  • Mageia 10 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/mageia    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:30:50

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

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:30:56

  • Neko-Void 20260622 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nekovoid    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:31:04

  • Apache Answer is a self-hosted Q&A platform ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/apache-answer-self-hosted-qa-platform/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:32:33

  • 6 Best Free and Open Source Python-Based Content Management Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/webcms/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:32:39

  • Xenomai – real-time development framework for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xenomai-real-time-development-framework-linux/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:33:41

  • Blockstream – desktop Bitcoin wallet ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/blockstream-desktop-bitcoin-wallet/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:33:53

  • Velox GNU/Linux – GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/velox-linux-linux-distribution/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:34:00

  • Ubuntu tries to improve GNOME. Fedora convinced me it didn't need fixing https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-bloating-gnome-with-ubuntu-defaults-fedoras-leaner-setup-is-theanswer/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:56:19

  • "Arch and Arch-based distros get a lot of buzz, and it’s easy to find myself wondering whether I‘m missing out—but I‘ve learned from experience that Arch isn’t for everyone. It’s a phenomenal project, but there are many reasons it isn’t the best option for most of us." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-finally-understand-why-arch-linux-isnt-for-me-and-probably-isnt-for-you-either/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:58:01

  • "This release ships with the latest and greatest KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment by default." https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-releases-june-2026-snapshot-with-hyprland-noctalia-desktop-option    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:58:21

  • "This release also improves AppImage and Flatpak support, deepens dependency resolution, and continues the CLI refactoring." https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-4-1-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-improves-networking-security    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:58:42

  • "I've got a dual-booting PC with both Windows 11 and EndeavourOS Linux on it, which puts me in the best position to compare benchmarks across operating systems" https://www.makeuseof.com/i-benchmarked-my-gaming-pc-on-windows-vs-linux-and-the-difference-was-bigger-than-i-expected/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:59:12

  • MS slop? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-critical-linux-vulnerability-enables-root-privilege-gh1ue/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 20:59:49

  • I don't even use a Mac, but this is still my favorite way to install software https://www.makeuseof.com/i-dont-even-use-a-mac-but-this-is-still-my-favorite-way-to-install-software/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:00:39

  • The 9 Best Linux Keyboard Shortcuts You Didn't Know You Needed https://www.bgr.com/2197559/best-linux-keyboard-shortcuts/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:01:06

  • Windows falling https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/brazil/#monthly-200902-202606    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:08:43

  • "The example of a rock is convenient. Although it seems definitely dead to most of us, it is some kind of object with a more or less sharp boundaries." gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2026-06-29_animism.gmi    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:20:24

  • "You know how dogs like sniffing each others' butts? Well now you can check whether the key fingerprint of the capsule you are visiting matches the fingerprint from when I visited, making it slightly harder to MITM you, and perhaps over time building a chain of trust from one capsule to the next." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/06/29/webring/    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:21:11

  • "sometimes, you come across a song that really pulls on your heartstrings. this may be because of the lyrics, which echo of events that you've been through. a heartbreak, some kind of grief, or a happiness and a voice of hope. other times, however, a song moves you without you understanding a single word of it." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2839    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:22:03

  • "So today I downloaded Ren'Py and Twine to create my own visual novel game. I'm a big fan of Doki Doki Literature Club and Summertime Saga, both of which were made with Ren'Py." gemini://samunder.gemcities.com/posts/2026-6-29.gmi    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:22:45

  • Samunder's Gemlog — high on visual novels gemini://samunder.gemcities.com/posts/2026-6-26.gmi    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:23:34

  • I don't like Facebook. However... gemini://offgridholdout.org/~calvusrex/i-dont-like-facebook-however.gmi    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:24:03

  • LLM slop and my love-hate relationship with it AI and my love-hate relationship with it    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:24:47

  • "That is 67 accounts in 3 months time. I always thought "If I get 20 people using and enjoying the service, then I will consider the project a success." It's been met, exceeded, and looks to just keep growing! That is just awesome!" gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-06-14-gemlog.gmi    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:25:23

  • Remember two posts back when I said I was a lazy blogger? gemini://offgridholdout.org/~calvusrex/remember-two-posts-back-when-i-said-i-was-a-lazy-blogger.gmi    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:25:47

  • "I was recently on Reddit (which I really am trying to get away from, but Jesus, there is so much information there...good and bad, that it's hard to break away) and I read a post that discussed the concept of most people, especially in the business world" gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-06-18-gemlog.gmi    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:26:48

  • fight night gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/boxingMatch    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:28:20

  • "11 days before we need to pack and leave for 2 weeks on the road." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/11days    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:28:54

  • Regarding: Not publishing software anymore gopher://movq.de/0/phlog/2026/2026-06/2026-06-29--on-not-publishing-software.txt    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:29:17

  • "I'm slowly migrating my projects to GPLv3+. Every time I touch something, I also change the license -- assuming that I'm the only copyright holder." gopher://movq.de/0/phlog/2026/2026-06/2026-06-28--more-gplv3.txt    

posted Monday, June 29, 2026 at 21:30:27
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