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"A federal judge said that both sides presented qualified expert opinions that disputed the originality of the 1989 instrumental track, preventing him to rule as a matter of law whether or not it is protectable under copyright law." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/reggaeton-artists-unoriginality-argument-falls-short-in-jamaican-producers-copyright-suit/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:52:37

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/incarcerated-people-lose-treasured-media-when-prisons-change-tablet-contracts/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:52:56

  • "For 20 years we built the internet around abundance: more products, more creators, more opinions, more newsletters, more podcasts, more apps, more tools, more marketplaces, more feeds." ☛ https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/the-costco-theory-of-the-internet?ref=westenberg-newsletter | Source: Westenberg    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:53:30

  • "The unfolding genocide inside Tibet and the enforcement of the draconian ‘Ethnic Unity and Progress Law’ on July 1 are what drove Lobga Rangzen to this tragic decision" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2026/07/03/tibet-united-nations-self-immolation-china/ | Source: RFA    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:54:37

  • "A name is supposed to help you identify something. It sets it apart from other things of the same kind." ☛ https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/how-not-to-name-things/ |    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:54:45

  • "Tibet was annexed, or invaded, according to some people's accounts, by China in the 1950s. Jackson said he's lived all over the world and has seen Tibet under Chinese rule firsthand." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51579656/18-year-old-byu-i-student-walking-1000-miles-for-tibet | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:54:57

  • "A jury awarded Carroll damages after concluding that Trump had sexually abused her in 1996 and then defamed her after she publicly described the attack in 2019." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/trump-delay-5m-payout-e-jean-carroll | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:55:30

  • "The news quickly gained traction on Georgian social media after human rights activist Baia Pataria posted about it on Wednesday." ☛ https://oc-media.org/azerbaijani-woman-murdered-in-tbilisi-in-an-apparent-honour-killing/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:55:40

  • "They just need to get more comfortable at telling the economic side of their stories" ☛ https://werd.io/newsrooms-need-to-get-comfortable-expressing-their-business-value-and-raising-money-on-it/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:56:07

  • "Call my office." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/07/nigerian-journalist-stanley-ugagbe-forcibly-disappeared-after-investigative-report/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:56:23

  • "Ms. Fallahi had previously been arrested along with her father in November 2022 by security forces and was later transferred to Evin Prison." ☛ https://www.en-hrana.org/political-prisoner-arghavan-fallahi-sentenced-to-death/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:56:47

  • "It means paying taxes proportional to your wealth. I’m talking to you, Donald Trump, and you, Jeff Bezos, and you, Elon Musk." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-meaning-of-july-4th-2026 | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:57:14

  • "Something that still strikes Europeans when they visit US." ☛ https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/07/03/260703-what-a-forgotten-100-year-old-report-says-about-who-americans-are/ | Source: Panagiotis Vryonis    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:57:23

  • "One day, we'll look back, and the corporatism, the militarism, the racism, and the subjugation will be a thing of the past." ☛ https://werd.io/happy-250th-birthday-america/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:57:35

  • "It’s hard not to feel glum as I write this post on the 250th anniversary of my country. I remember celebrating the 200th as a teenager." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/07/04/reflections-on-americas-250th/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:57:45

  • The EFF, however, has lost both its way and its fire in the years since Barlow died. I'd like to think that the organization could be salvaged, despite what the late Pieter Hintjens had to say about needing to start over through founding new institutions when the old ones go bad."    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:59:00

  • "However, in order to restore the EFF it'll first be a big task to not just wean the it off of GAFAM money but rehome the board members and staff who thought such funding sources were a good idea in the first place." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/02/1521222#1447187    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:59:05

  • "If we mess up this experiment of ours, our name will be mud throughout the world." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/america-in-the-world | Source: The Next Move    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:59:17

  • "Another way to say this is that the philosophy of moderates, their approach to politics, only works if the people on the other side are moderates as well." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-cant-solve-half-a-problem | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 05:59:39

  • "In other words, 1976 was not a golden age." ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/07/04/i-remember-when-this-felt-like-my-party-too/ | Source: Jim Grey    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:00:08

  • "On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate a special Independence Day marking the 250th anniversary of America’s independence on July 4, 1776." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-living-signatories-to-the-declaration-of-independence-and-the-american-jubilee/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:00:23

  • "From the Declaration of Independence: [...]" ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/two-hundred-fifty/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:00:41

  • "The American Dream hasn’t vanished, but after talking to Patel, I realized that maybe it looks different today." ☛ https://www.deseret.com/faith/2026/07/03/i-drove-across-america-road-trip-heres-what-i-saw/ | Source: Deseret News    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:00:52

  • "In the vast majority of cases, you will not make money off of free software." ☛ https://blog.toast.cafe/procurement | Source: Chloé Vulquin    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:01:19

  • "It’s also important to be precise about what this is and isn’t. This was not an autonomous driving crash." ☛ https://electrek.co/2026/07/01/tesla-semi-first-fatal-crash-nevada/ | Source: Electrek    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:01:47

  • "The accident does raise questions about the truck’s safety systems." ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/teslas-semi-truck-involved-in-horrific-crash-that-killed-married-couple | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:02:06

  • Autopilot https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:02:21

  • "With the panels all set out in the sun, [Greenhill Forge] is using a set of thermocouples from a previous project to measure the efficiency of each panel." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/04/five-solar-air-heating-methods-tested/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:02:57

  • "The deletions by the Trump administration are broad and indiscriminate." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/961449/white-house-mamdani-heatwave-deletion | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:03:09

  • "Filed by UK Fusion Energy Ltd, the applications represent the first public look into the hardware layout of the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) project." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/step-fusion-reactor-modular-core-design | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:03:48

  • "British new car registrations rose 15% in June from a year earlier, with ‌battery electric ⁠vehicles accounting ⁠for nearly 30% of the market" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/uk-electric-car-market-share-hits-30-in-june-industry-data/articleshow/132159858.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:04:10

  • "According to the Financial Times, the European Commission is weakening its original proposals after pressure from datacenter operators and tech giants." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/07/03/eu-appears-to-find-datacenter-emissions-easier-to-offset-than-lobbyists/5265814 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:04:39

  • "The announcement was made by the Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) on Thursday in conjunction with naming the Meta company as the source of the initial contamination." ☛ https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/02/cheyenne-wont-take-data-center-wastewater-after-meta-company-contaminated-system/ |    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:04:52

  • "Fill-and-flush is a commissioning step in which crews fill a cooling loop's piping with water" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/cheyenne-suspends-data-center-fill-and-flush-and-closed-loop-discharges-after-meta-contractor-contaminated-its-reuse-water-system | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:05:08

  • "For the past few years, this has been happening—but it is still manageable" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-million-satellites-devastating-astronomy.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:05:25

  • "Between 1999 and 2023, there were 21,518 deaths in the US recorded with heat as the underlying or contributing cause of death." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-heat-dome-is-upon-us-and-scientists-think-were-unprepared | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:05:35

  • "This rapid expansion in energy demand is a reality we must manage actively" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-missed-climate-goals-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:05:48

  • "On Friday, the Panama Canal’s Neopanamax locks, in service since June 2016, began operating with a reduced draft of 49.5 feet as a preventative measure against a strong El Niño phenomenon that could last until 2027." ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/panama-canals-neopanamax-locks-operating-with-a-reduced-draft/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:06:01

  • "I, the ruler." ☛ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/070424_we_the_people_op/we-people-includes-all-americans-but-july-4-reminder-that-democracy-remains-work-progress/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:06:34

  • "My middle-school civics textbook barely dedicated a paragraph to this 1801 war between the U.S and a group of North African states" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/07/04/atlas-fudged-the-war-that-defined-america/ | Source: Salon    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:06:59

  • "The courts and the legislature aren’t going to rescue us from this mess. But an aroused public just might." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/250th-trump-congress-republicans-supreme-court-fight-back/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:07:22

  • "We’re living through extraordinary times in American democracy" ☛ https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/04/america-250-why-voting-rights-access-depend-on-states/ | Source: Votebeat    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:07:37

  • "As the United States marks 250 years of independence, Kyiv and European capitals are watching the celebration with a mix of admiration and alarm." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/07/03/what-ukraine-and-europe-see-in-americas-250th-anniversary/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:07:50

  • "The comments come after two NATO eastern flank countries warned last week that Russia could stage provocations in the Baltic states or Poland in the near future." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2977158/amid-russia-warnings-baltics-brace-for-hybrid-rather-than-conventional-threats | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:08:06

  • "What's better: upgrading an ECC-based protocol to ECC+PQ, or switching it to solo PQ?" ☛ https://blog.cr.yp.to/20260704-bugs.html | Source: DJ Bernstein    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:09:01

  • Privatisation ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-unprecedented-profiteering-revealed-by-donald-trumps-financial-disclosure | Source: New Yorker    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:09:37

  • "of its own volition" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/simple-prompt-chatgpt-sociopath | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:10:22

  • "At the Machine Learning for Earth Observation 2026 conference in Exeter2" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/rethinking-validation-for-spatial-machine-learning-takeaways-from-the-talk/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:10:33

  • "Machine learning is now deeply embedded1 in Earth observation workflows, from mapping current environmental conditions to forecasting future change." ☛ https://jakubnowosad.com/posts/2026-07-03-ml4eo/ | Source: Jacob Nowosad    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:10:44

  • "Spatial machine learning has become a standard tool for producing environmental and geographic prediction maps." ☛ https://jakubnowosad.com/posts/2026-09-08-erdkunde/ | Source: Jacob Nowosad    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:10:57

  • "Frontier LLMs are becoming infrastructure." ☛ https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/07/03/260703-llms-should-be-common-carriers/ | Source: Panagiotis Vryonis    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:11:11

  • "Go 1.26 rebuilt go fix from scratch." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/gofix/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:11:49

  • "While the software that supports the vulnerability-discovery process makes a critical difference" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/chinese-llms-broaden-gap-between-attackers-and-defenders | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:12:04

  • "It isn’t known whether any of Tesla’s notorious driver-assistance features were engaged at the time of the crash, but it would hardly come as a shock if they were." ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-slams-crowded-cafe-killing-one | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:12:14

  • "It also kills people who don’t smoke. Of the 7 million who die from tobacco every year, 1.6 million are nonsmokers who were exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the WHO." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/03/1140036/uk-tobacco-ban-might-not-work-children-smoking/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:12:48

  • "But, every time I have a major surgery I wake up with my tastebuds being completely different (I know it’s weird" ☛ https://nathandyer.me/2026/07/03/mcmuffins.html | Source: Nathan Dyer    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:13:00

  • "Fifteen years or so ago I read about this cool thing on Reddit, called Crinkle Crankle walls, which is basically an unusual type of wall made out of bricks that is curvy." ☛ https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/crinklecranklewalls/ | Source: Tymscar    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:13:21

  • "Modern LED bulbs are much cheaper, but this one looks classy. The magic smoke has well and truly gone, and all that’s left is a faint glow and the stench of rancid phenolic." ☛ https://scruss.com/blog/2026/07/04/look-mum-no-socket/ | Source: Stewart C Russell    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:13:33

  • "Still, [Dennis]’s birthday gift to the community — it was apparently released on his birthday — should keep more than a few disks out of the trash." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/04/disk-polishing-goes-open-source/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:13:48

  • "Testing revealed significant performance variations between cables, helping identify which ones support fast charging speeds like 100W-240W and high-speed data transfer capabilities." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3175338/i-audited-my-usb-cables-with-this-50-tester-and-was-surprised-how-bad-some-of-them-are.html | Source: PC World    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:13:59

  • "The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004, but recent solar storms have pushed its orbit lower, and it’s in danger of burning up in Earth’s atmosphere as soon as this year." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/science/961459/nasa-emergency-save-swift-observatory-katalyst-space-technologies | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:16:35

  • "In general, new information reduces your uncertainty regarding whatever you’re estimating. The posterior distribution becomes more concentrated as more data are collected." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/03/does-additional-data-always-reduce-posterior-variance/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:16:42

  • "I blog because I want to share knowledge. That’s how I have fun." ☛ https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/does-technical-blogging-spark-joy/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:17:07

  • "I've changed the language declaration on my website to en-GB. Here's why." ☛ https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2026/07/04/blogging-in-en-gb/ | Source: DJ Adams    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:17:21

  • "I really enjoyed this post and like that Terrance could have said "year sure, I'll try and be more inclusive for you non-Brits", but he didn't. Instead he said: [...]" ☛ https://kevquirk.com/this-blog-is-written-in-en-gb | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:17:52

  • "Reticulum is a project that seeks to take this to a whole new level" ☛ https://bergie.iki.fi/blog/reticulum-is-interesting/ | Source: Henri Bergius    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:21:35

  • "We just released Perfetto v57 and I wanted to share the new things I’m most excited about." ☛ https://lalitm.com/post/perfetto-v57/ | Source: Lalit Maganti    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:21:56

  • "In financial markets, distinguishing between information-driven movements and liquidity-driven shocks is critical." ☛ https://datageeek.com/2026/07/04/understanding-tail-analysis-in-financial-markets/ | Source: DataGeeek    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:22:22

  • "But if you've been paying attention to Perl since 1987, you know this isn't a revolution--it's a homecoming." ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/randal_l_schwartz/2026/07/the-ai-revolution-is-validating-40-years-of-perl-philosophy.html | Source: Perl    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:22:55

  • "Imagine: as these layers move at different rates, friction builds between them, slowing the upper layer and quickening the lower." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/07/03/ai-ecosytem-pace-layers.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:23:47

  • "Before getting into the new features, one thing to flag up front: Metal.jl 1.10 requires macOS 14 or later" ☛ https://www.juliabloggers.com/metal-jl-1-10-linear-algebra-ffts-and-a-faster-runtime/ | Source: Julia Language Blog Aggregator    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:23:55

  • "Oh, you thought I was talking about a different declaration." ☛ https://nbtv.substack.com/p/a-declaration-of-digital-independence | Source: Ludlow Institute    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:24:28

  • "projectile-find-file now ranks the files you visit most often and most recently at the top of the completion list." ☛ https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/07/04/projectile-3-1.html | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:24:44

  • "I guess my hands are used to the safe grip of a video game controller. So I did, like most people do when they first get one of these devices" ☛ https://gabz.blog/posts/a-killswitch | Source: Gabriel    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:25:41

  • "The device is based on a WCH CH592F microcontroller, which comes with Bluetooth connectivity out of the box." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/03/building-a-wireless-fingerprint-authorization-device/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:25:53

  • "There is of course a spectrum of people playing around with old computers." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/04/yesterdays-technology-re-engineered-today/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:26:03

  • "A clock is by its very nature a device for measuring time, and thus it moves forward at a constant rate." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/04/time-never-moves-slowly-with-this-clock/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:26:13

  • "Bundled with this Flatpak release are a lot of plugins and tutorials that were created at the time, making it a veritable time capsule of a more innocent era." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/04/using-flatpak-to-run-a-1996-version-of-the-gimp-on-modern-linux/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:26:30

  • "After upgrading my Homebox jail yesterday from 0.25.2 to 0.26.2, the homebox service would not start anymore." ☛ https://www.subnetspider.com/2026/07/04/fix-homebox-0-26-2-not-starting-on-freebsd.html | Source: Subnetspider    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:26:49

  • "My hot take on house rules: if you don't like them, don't use them." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/house-rules-are-great/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:27:11

  • "I started my day checking the headlines on news sites and saw an interesting title that caught my eye because it's about CSS." ☛ https://blog.brixit.nl/css-is-simple-stop-making-it-hard/ | Source: Martijn Braam    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:27:32

  • "Looking at Wikipedia today is pretty jarring; very America-centric. I get it, but we're also not the only country in the world. Other countries exist and their independence movements are just as important. I think I am a bit disappointed with Wikipedia lately, for what seems like capitulation." gemini://tilde.club/~moendopi/gemlog/july4.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:29:13

  • TIL: Remove lines in Emacs with flush-lines   

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:29:53

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1700.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:30:17

  • Here's a story I want to tell gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-07-04-story.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:31:06

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2057.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:31:27

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

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:32:15

  • "Watched a video on youtube, just something small not too long and not too engaging because I was hoping to write. I should know by now, this is not how it works. But I'm in the middle of a chapter in a multi-chapter story and once again, I'm shying away from jumping over to handwriting. 🙄" gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260627.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:32:56

  • "Donald Trump launches extraordinary attack as he kicks off America’s 250th birthday celebrations" https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41874036.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:48:42

  • "Read Maggie Haberman 'Regime Change' Book on Donald Trump Presidency" https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/books/read-regime-change-maggie-haberman-donald-trump-book-online-1235589226/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:48:50

  • "Trump’s 250th Is a Festival of Slop History | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/article/212562/religious-right-trump-schlock-history    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:48:58

  • "The 250-Year Decline of American Exceptionalism" https://jacobin.com/2026/07/american-exceptionalism-founding-class-democracy    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:49:07

  • "The sudden change in conditions quickly prompted reactions across social media, where critics and political commentators used the weather interruption to mock the event. Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of the progressive outlet MeidasTouch, posted on X: 'God is angry.'" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/severe-weather-disrupts-trump-independence-day-mount-rushmore-1806802    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:49:21

  • "Next months may be 'critical,' Tusk says amid reports of planned Russian provocation against Poland" https://kyivindependent.com/next-months-are-critical-tusk-says-amid-reports-of-planned-russian-provocation-against-poland/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:49:31

  • "278,000 ILLEGAL SEARCHES" https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/FISA:9a    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:49:40

  • "StopKillingGames took the ESA's bait; don't let Jennifer Gibbons off the hook & DON'T FALL FOR THIS!d" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/stopkillinggames-took-the-esa's-bait:8    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:49:49

  • "Playstation stops providing physical games; this means nothing. Your enemy is DRM, not digital media" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/playstation-stops-providing-physical:e    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:49:58

  • "Celebrate the 250th anniversary of USA independence with us with $250 off of the Liberty Phone today!" ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/celebrating-250-years-of-us-independence-with-250-off-the-liberty-phone/ | Source: Purism    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 06:50:26

  • Anon: data centers to cause electricity rates to triple https://yle.fi/a/7-10101552 https://yle.fi/a/74-20234255 Sompi    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 10:03:37

  • Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: start of july 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/07/04/misc-fedora-bits-start-of-july-2026/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 10:05:52

  • Thibaut Bruttin: 'Turkey was a matrix of policies to repress journalism in the West' ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/thibaut-bruttin-turkey-was-a-matrix-of-policies-to-repress-journalism-in-the-west-321183    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 10:07:02

  • A divided US celebrates 250th birthday as heatwave bears down on East Coast ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260704-divided-celebrates-250th-birthday-heatwave-bears-down-east-coast    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 10:07:19

  • Steinar H. Gunderson: An update on sesse@chromium.org ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2026-07-04-15-21_an_update_on_sesse_chromium_org.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 10:08:31

  • Seven stable kernels for Saturday including two security fixes ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1081230/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 10:21:02

  • Its Time to Ditch backdoored Windows for Valve’s Lightweight SteamOS Gaming Platform ☞ https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/steamos-replaces-windows/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 10:24:38

  • Reacting to Part 3 of Linus Tech Tips 2026 GNU/Linux Challenge ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/videos/reacting-to-part-3-of-linus-tech-tips-2026-linux-challenge/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 10:25:04

  • Windows collapsed https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/cambodia/#monthly-200902-202607    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 11:47:37

  • It is NOT safe yet! https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/07/05/420662-insaider-obsidian-cut-ne-zakryli-v-microsoft-obsuzdali-likvidaciiu-studii.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 11:52:24

  • Micrsoft site says "Xbox at a crossroads: 25 years later, Microsoft is done playing around" in the headline; XBox is DEAD.    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 11:53:01

  • Linux Saloon 208 | News Flight Early Edition ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/07/04/linux-saloon-208-news-flight-early-edition/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:06:05

  • Fix npm E401: Unable to Authenticate ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/fix-npm-e401-unable-to-authenticate/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:08:09

  • Improved hardware profiling for audio ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/improved-hardware-profiling-for-audio.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:08:49

  • Understanding Tail Analysis in Financial Markets ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/understanding-tail-analysis-in-financial-markets/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:09:26

  • YouTube video Part-12 app finders ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/youtube-video-part-12-app-finders.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:10:55

  • YouTube Part-13 Version Control ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/youtube-part-13-version-control.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:11:58

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:12:13

  • How to Install PeaZip on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-peazip-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:14:31

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

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:14:39

  • How to Create a Sudo User on CentOS Stream 10 and 9 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-create-a-sudo-user-on-centos-stream/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:14:59

  • How to List Services on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-list-services-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:15:14

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

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:15:26

  • RakuOS 2026.07.03 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/rakuos    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:17:23

  • BigLinux 2026-07-04 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:17:37

  • BashCore 2607 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/bashcore    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:17:52

  • ArchEZ 2026.07.04 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/archez    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:17:59

  • Soplos Tyron-rc2 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/soplos    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:18:08

  • Gnome 51 Alpha Released! Removed Legacy NVIDIA Driver Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/gnome-51-alpha-released/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:18:57

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

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:19:24

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

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:19:34

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

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:19:59

  • Chinese court orders Molly Tea to pay Louis Vuitton $2m for trademark infringement over logo ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-court-orders-molly-tea-to-pay-louis-vuitton-2m-for-trademark-infringement-over-logo    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:20:41

  • Germany summons Chinese envoy over reported training of Russian troops ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/05/germany-summons-chinese-envoy-over-reported-training-of-russian-troops/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:21:04

  • Ukraine Rejects Kremlin Claim It Captured Key City As Moscow Issues 'Humanitarian' Ultimatum ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-sumy-bomb-attack/33796590.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:21:18

  • Federal judge halts Philadelphia ban on ICE agents wearing masks or concealing badges ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/federal-judge-halts-philadelphia-ban-on-ice-agents-wearing-masks-or-concealing-badges/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:21:58

  • KOL494 | Schweizer Monat with Alex Buxeda Interview: Intellectual Property and Property Rights ☞ https://stephankinsella.com/as_paf_podcast/kol494-schweizer-monat-buxeda-interview-intellectual-property/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:22:22

  • FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending July 3, 2026 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/07/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-july-3-2026/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:22:35

  • How to Install ntfy on a Raspberry Pi: Send Notifications to your Smartphone ☞ https://peppe8o.com/install-ntfy-raspberry-pi-benchmarks/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:23:44

  • 50-feet-long fiber optic HDMI cable and Steam Controller 2 is enthusiasts' answer to the Steam Machine — dismisses Valve's new console for a DIY Bazzite setup with a controller ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/50-feet-long-fiber-optic-hdmi-cable-and-steam-controller-2-is-enthusiasts-answer-to-the-steam-machine-dismisses-valves-new-console-for-a-diy-bazzite-setup-with-a-controller    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:24:41

  • Sony crammed an entire PS1 into a DualShock controller that connects to your TV, but killed the project — PlayStation Puga offered game studios a mere 10 cents per unit sold ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/sony-crammed-an-entire-ps1-into-a-dualshock-controller-that-connects-to-your-tv-but-killed-the-project-playstation-puga-offered-game-studios-a-mere-10-cents-per-unit-sold    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:25:01

  • Bedrooms that become furnaces: Rising night-time temperatures plague Indian cities ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bedrooms-that-become-furnaces-rising-nighttime-temperatures-plague-indian-cities    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:45:43

  • France's first detected Ebola patient recovers, leaves hospital ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260704-france-first-detected-ebola-patient-recovers-leaves-hospital    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:46:01

  • Teen Mental Health Risks from Hey Hi (AI) Chatbots ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/teen-mental-health-ai-chatbots    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:46:13

  • Peptide That Makes You Tan Linked to Skin Cancer, Doctor Warns ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/peptide-melanotan-skin-cancer-tanning-surgeon    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:46:46

  • North Korea’s Kim observes naval destroyer cruise missile launch, weapons tests: State media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-observed-naval-destroyer-cruise-missile-launch-weapons-tests-state-media-says    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:47:05

  • Kim Jong Un seen observing weapons tests from new North Korean naval destroyer ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/world-news/kim-jong-un-seen-observing-weapons-tests-from-new-north-korean-naval-destroyer/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:47:19

  • Over 13,000 bush fires recorded in Malaysia from January to April ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/over-13000-bush-fires-recorded-in-malaysia-from-january-to-april    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:47:57

  • Taiwan military resumes 'anti-communist' classes for graduates, citing Chinese threat ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-military-resumes-anti-communist-classes-for-graduates-citing-chinese-threat    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:49:16

  • As Pooh-tin Looks to Extend His Rule, He Leans on a Longtime Ally ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/world/asia/china-xi-leadership-cai-qi.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:49:38

  • Xi says he is ready to work with Kim for ‘stable’ China-North Korea ties: KCNA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-says-he-is-ready-to-work-with-kim-for-stable-china-north-korea-ties-kcna    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:50:00

  • China frees jailed pastor Ezra Jin ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-frees-jailed-pastor-ezra-jin    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:50:22

  • HW Lab's DockFrame Heads to Crowd Supply With Swappable Tool Cards ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/dockframe/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:53:28

  • 500 Years Before The Incas, This Civilization Ruled The Andes. We're Only Now Piecing Together Who They Were ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-mysterious-civilization-that-pre-dated-the-incas-by-500-years    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:54:31

  • This Week in Science: Neil The Seal, Mega Megalodon, And More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-neil-the-seal-mega-megalodon-and-more    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:54:44

  • Scientists Just Unlocked an Endless Army of Cancer-Fighting Cells ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-unlocked-an-endless-army-of-cancer-fighting-cells    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:54:54

  • Erectile Dysfunction Can Be a Warning Sign of a Serious Heart Issue, Experts Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/erectile-dysfunction-may-be-an-early-sign-of-disease-experts-warn    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:55:06

  • Two People With Severe Autoimmune Disease in Remission After Immune 'Reset' ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/two-people-with-severe-autoimmune-disease-are-in-remission-after-stem-cell-transplant    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 12:55:15

  • Meta Paid Hundreds of Contractors to Pretend to Be Teenagers While Barraging Its Competitors’ Hey Hi (AI) With Disturbing Content ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-contractors-competitor-ai-with-disturbing-content    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:08:33

  • Surprise! Meta Says Now You Have to Pay a Monthly Subscription to Use Key Features of Your Already Expensive Smart Glasses ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-monthly-subscription-ai-glasses    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:08:54

  • Iran Projects Unity to the World While Pursuing a Crackdown at Home ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/world/middleeast/iran-dissidents-crackdown.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:09:37

  • Chinese investors flock to Hong Kong as trading curbs tighten ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/04/chinese-investors-flock-to-hong-kong-as-trading-curbs-tighten/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:10:32

  • Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 72 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/05/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-72/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:11:03

  • Mali government says rebels attacking northern towns ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260704-mali-government-says-rebels-attacking-northern-towns    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:11:29

  • US Air Force Engineer Charged With Sawing Down Flock Surveillance Cameras Receives Thousands of Dollars from Supporters Across the Country ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/air-force-engineer-flock-surveillance-support-legal-gofundme    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:12:32

  • Brave Says This is Not a Privacy Feature, But Using Containers Has Its Perks ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/brave-browser-containers/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:14:52

  • Will Iran’s New Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Attend His Father’s Funeral? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/world/middleeast/iran-supreme-leader-khamenei-son.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:15:29

  • The European Patent Office's (EPO) Crisis Week Ends Today, the Rest of the Year Will be EPO Staff on Strike ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/03/The_European_Patent_Office_s_EPO_Crisis_Week_Ends_Today_the_Res.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:15:38

  • Reticulum is interesting ☞ https://bergie.iki.fi/blog/reticulum-is-interesting/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:16:14

  • GNU Guix: ‘guix substitute’ and ‘guix pull’ Vulnerabilities ☞ https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/guix-substitute-pull-vulnerabilities//    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:17:00

  • Gnome 51 Alpha Released! Removed Legacy NVIDIA Driver Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/gnome-51-alpha-released/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:17:21

  • 7 Best Free and Open Source Passive OS Fingerprinting Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-passive-os-fingerprinting-tools/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:32:45

  • Why I stopped installing apps the traditional Linux way https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-stopped-installing-apps-the-traditional-linux-way/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:34:24

  • Building A Wireless Fingerprint Authorization Device https://hackaday.com/2026/07/03/building-a-wireless-fingerprint-authorization-device/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:34:49

  • "NetworkManager 1.58 open-source network connection manager for Linux-based operating systems has entered development, and it’s now available for public testing as a major update that promises many new features and improvements." https://9to5linux.com/networkmanager-1-58-is-now-available-for-public-testing-with-many-new-features    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:35:16

  • Valve took care of Diablo IV fans - fixed game launch on Linux and SteamOS https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/07/03/valve-pozabotilas-o-fanatax-diablo-iv-ispravila-zapusk-igry-na-linux-i-steamos.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:35:42

  • "Popular examples include Ubuntu, Mint, elementary OS, and Zorin OS." https://uk.pcmag.com/laptops/162776/tips-to-give-your-old-pc-laptop-desktop-new-life    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:36:35

  • Linux Tech Segment - Vulnerabilities Galore – PSW #933 | SC Media ⚓ https://www.scworld.com/podcast-segment/14966-linux-tech-segment-vulnerabilities-galore-psw-933    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:37:01

  • drought https://www.dw.com/en/india-braces-for-drought-as-el-nino-looms/a-77704414    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:37:57

  • Deutsche Bahn https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-deutsche-bahn-advises-against-travel-amid-heat/live-77704395    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:38:47

  • Roblox https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/police-keep-warning-parents-about-roblox-so-why-isn-t-it-in-the-social-media-bill-9.7249973    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:40:11

  • Cobalt https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cobalt-refinery-ontario-9.7247473    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:40:41

  • auto insurance policies https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-auto-insurance-changes-9.7249103    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:41:15

  • Wildfire https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/endangered-whooping-cranes-nesting-wood-buffalo-wildfire-9.7249572    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:41:45

  • slams 'free press' https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-military-chief-shuts-media-outlets-slams-free-press/a-77744687    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:43:33

  • Court upholds Weinstein rape conviction https://www.dw.com/en/court-upholds-weinstein-rape-conviction/a-77730381    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:44:05

  • Deutsche Bahn https://www.dw.com/en/why-germany-s-deutsche-bahn-will-face-delays-for-many-years/a-77721079    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:45:22

  • Germany's drug industry https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-the-us-targeting-germany-s-drug-industry/a-77727707    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:45:58

  • Ban on far-right AfD 'likely successful' https://www.dw.com/en/german-lawyers-ban-on-far-right-afd-likely-successful/a-77726537    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:47:43

  • Abu Dhabi https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-iran-war-has-disrupted-abu-dhabi-s-ai-strategy/a-77722632    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:50:14

  • Roundup https://www.dw.com/en/bayer-why-so-many-roundup-weedkiller-lawsuits/a-77717842    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:51:11

  • unrest https://www.dw.com/en/balochistan-activist-s-life-sentence-raises-fear-of-unrest/a-77721686    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:51:35

  • unwelcome https://www.dw.com/en/japan-needs-more-foreign-workers-but-many-feel-unwelcome/a-7772107    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:52:12

  • Montenegro https://www.dw.com/en/montenegro-arrests-iran-linked-hacker-wanted-by-us/a-77720738    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:52:40

  • Colorado Health Network Notifies Patients of Last Year’s Breach—But Key Details Remain Undisclosed https://coloradohealthnetwork.org/notice-of-data-security-incident/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:53:26

  • Another BreachForums Clone Shuts Down, Citing Fears of ShinyHunters https://databreaches.net/2026/06/24/another-breachforums-clone-shuts-down-citing-fears-of-shinyhunters/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:54:12

  • Boy’s medical records may have been accessed inappropriately after crocodile attack at zoo https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/26230162.boys-medical-records-accessed-crocodile-attack-zoo/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:55:14

  • "we have chosen an image size of 3840×2160 and the JXL format, allowing them to look great on modern 2K and even 4K monitors, while maintaining a disk space footprint similar to those included in Mageia 9, which used lower resolutions and the JPG format." https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_10_Release_Notes    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:55:52

  • RSF https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-fears-of-atrocities-as-rsf-surrounds-key-city/a-77709377    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 13:57:18

  • "I'm pretty sure the crooks running IBM will find a way to justify employee cuts due to quantum next." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwqgs5b5    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:12:49

  • "@Rm. You forget that it’s IBM management we are talking about. These are the guys who think they can hire 9 women, and bang a baby out in one month" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwetaa0s    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:17:46

  • Iranian-Turkish national sought by US on hacking charges arrested in Montenegro https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/06/26/montenegro-arrest-iran-us-guard/0d19b1f6-7131-11f1-8730-e7fd0e2a6404_story.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:36:09

  • First Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Traceable Injury https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/first-circuit-affirms-dismissal-of-data-5611805/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:36:35

  • NAIC suspends investment risk designations after cyber attack https://www.ft.com/content/1b397558-117e-463b-914d-9a62e4484605    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:36:59

  • Pharmacists warned to use extreme caution when ‘vibe coding’ in wake of privacy breach https://www.pharmacytoday.co.nz/article/news/pharmacists-warned-use-extreme-caution-when-vibe-coding-wake-privacy-breach    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:37:55

  • AssuranceAmerica breach may have affected more than 1.1 million people in seven states https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/assuranceamerica-data-breach-social-security-what-to-know/507-3a00baba-d58e-47c8-992a-b17eebe61b71    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:38:26

  • Chrome almost 80% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/mexico/#monthly-200903-202607    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:47:02

  • A KDDI data breach has put up to 14.2 million ISP email logins at risk across Japan https://westminsterpimliconews.co.uk/kddi-data-breach-hits-14-2m-email-logins/    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:47:37

  • Copying the wrong person on an email could be considered a data breach in South Africa https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/656084-copying-the-wrong-person-on-an-email-could-be-considered-a-data-breach-in-south-africa.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:54:42

  • UK businesses fear stigma of ransomware https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366645146/UK-businesses-fear-stigma-of-ransomware    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:55:22

  • Updated warning to parents over schools cyber attack https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrg0gl03n1o    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:56:12

  • MOVEit Breach Defendants Lose 2nd Bid to Toss Negligence Claims https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/moveit-breach-defendants-lose-2nd-bid-to-toss-negligence-claims    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 14:56:37

  • "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" https://soylentnews.org/~mcgrew/journal/20487    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 17:54:12

  • Just completed the most mechanical and boring task in the world - double-checking no images were missed in the upload process in TM/TR since May    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 17:55:41

  • Mobile still outranks desktops https://gs.statcounter.com/platform-market-share/desktop-mobile-tablet/worldwide/#monthly-201208-202607    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 19:44:34

  • "Major changes are looming for Microsoft’s gaming division after years of bad decisions." https://www.theverge.com/column/960600/xbox-is-a-disaster    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 19:47:38

  • IBM. "yes, that would be Arvind and his Pipmunks.." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwetaa0s "You forget that it’s IBM management we are talking about. These are the guys who think they can hire 9 women, and bang a baby out in one month"    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 19:53:52

  • "This is essentially just a test to see if the created gophermaps are correct, and whether the RSS feed is correctly recognized by the aggregators and generates the correct links." gopher://redterminal.org:70/1/phlog/2026-07-05-I_converted_my_txt_files_to_gophermaps    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 20:45:52

  • X (2022) is a god-awful movie gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260705-x_2022_is_a_terrible_movie.txt    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 20:46:51

  • "The model I'm using is Gemma 4 E4B as a daily driver for the past 2 days, and the backend engine I'm using is KoboldCPP (it lets you run small or big AI models based on your hardware)." gemini://samunder.gemcities.com/posts/2026-7-05.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 20:49:36

  • "Waiting at a bus stop to work, then smoking a cigarette to work, quickly pinching the cherry off of a cigarette, stinking my pocket Jostling against the cool window of a bus to work, walking to work, walking by a courthouse." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2842    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 20:50:27

  • Alhena 5.6.5 Is Out gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Alhena/45624    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 20:51:49

  • "I recently finished Baldur’s Gate 3 and I really liked it. The story was good, characters were great and I like Forgotten Realms as an adventuring world." gemini://pv.smol.pub/eob-and-bg3    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 20:53:50

  • "NOTE: The photos on this page have a 640x480 resolution because in the 90s digital photos had VGA resolution. On the ZX spectrum, programs were stored on tapes, it took 10-15 minutes to load a program. The spectrum was sold without a monitor and the monitor was a standard CRT TV." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2026-07-05-computers-i-owned-overtime.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 20:54:54

  • "It was called MyPCLinuxOS. Our former and departed moderator Archie Arevalo put out a call to resurrect the magazine, which, at that time, had been published on a mostly monthly basis (with the exception of the tenure of the former editor)." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202607/editorial.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 22:07:02

  • PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202607/page12.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 22:07:31

  • ICYMI: California Exempts Linux, Open Source OS's From Age Verification Law https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202607/page01.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 22:08:49

  • Alternative “Fixes” For The NLUUG Repo Path Problem https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202607/page03.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 22:10:52

  • A Custom Script To Manage Your Wireguard VPN Connection https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202607/page04.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 22:11:13

  • GIMP Tutorial: The Resynthesizer Plug-In https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202607/page05.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 22:11:41

  • A New Script To Create Image Transparency https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202607/page06.html    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 22:12:10

  • "This is not as nice to type on as the Dell Inspiron beast I usually use for the challenge; probably as a result of the form-factor, though the keyboard uses late 2000s keyswitches instead of the nice more-mechanical-like ones from the late 1990s used by the Inspiron, so that could also be to blame." gemini://ddlyh.smol.pub/2026-day-1    

posted Sunday, July 05, 2026 at 22:14:54
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