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posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 05:01:13

  • "Just about a year ago, I published my first book, "Shadows of the Upper Peninsula". It is a ghost story that starts in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in Houghton, an area I know quite well!" gemini://leetaur.com/gemlog/entries/2026-07-05.gmi    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 05:02:14

  • "Which brings me to the topic of this post, the 2026 Old Computer Challenge [1]. It starts today (July 5) and runs all week, so if I want to participate I pretty much have to get something online today. Now there's some good motivation!" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/occ2026/20260705-occ.txt    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 05:03:32

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1701.jpg    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 05:04:01

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2058.jpg    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 05:04:07

  • Eino Leino Day: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3927    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 06:27:57

  • "Maybe it's best for the FOSS community if Linus Tech Tips doesn't talk about Stallman. Let people find him out on their own without any spoilers. I doubt he'd be any bit cooperative if they wanted to ask him any questions anyway." https://old.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1unzqzt/suggestion_a_video_on_richard_stallman_the_free/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 07:08:58

  • "200 musical artists, including Billie Eilish, Elvis Costello, and Stevie Wonder" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/07/03/no-ai-for-al-weird-al-yankovic-yanks-ai-commercial.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 07:46:10

  • "I’m not a fan of AI" ☛ https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2026/06/weird-als-secret-hes-just-a-normal-guy-who-loves-fun-interview-syracuse-concert-preview.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 07:46:21

  • "Fred's Appliance and its production company, Victory Media" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/07/02/spokeswoman-sues-company-after-it-uses-ai-to-make-new-ads-featuring-her.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 07:46:37

  • "All of them exfiltrate system information." ☛ https://nooneshappy.com/article/kernel-anti-cheat-is-an-overreach/ | Source: No One's Happy    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 07:47:01

  • "A TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a dedicated security chip on your mainboard." ☛ https://debugging.works/blog/tpm-explained/ | Source: Kmille    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 07:47:08

  • "I do not want to lose my second home" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/welcoming-the-taliban-germanys-new-afghanistan-policy/a-77786384 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 07:48:26

  • "Journalism isn’t disappearing; its economic and institutional foundations are." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/journalistic-standards-still-matter-in-the-social-media-age/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 07:48:41

  • "Tribler is part of a research project at Delft University of Technology, headed by associate professor Johan Pouwelse." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/researchers-create-self-replicating-seedbox-in-quest-for-decentralized-democracy/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:09:18

  • "Since October 7, academic institutions have applied overt and covert pressure to discourage Holocaust and genocide scholars from criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/07/gaza-genocide-holocaust-studies-repression | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:09:46

  • EPO Cocainegate https://yewtu.be/watch?v=LzjyPZ76OO4 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=LzjyPZ76OO4    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:10:59

  • "At the time, Krivtsova was 19 years old and a student at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU) in Arkhangelsk." ☛ https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/journalist-olesia-krivtsova-sentenced-in-absentia-to-six-years-in-prison/453263 | Source: The Barents Observer    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:11:28

  • "We used to laugh when saying that Russia’s partners would be North Korea, Iran, and Afghanistan. Today, this is no longer funny." ☛ https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/opinion/honourable-court/453138 | Source: The Barents Observer    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:11:44

  • "It is a verb." ☛ https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/the-verb | Source: Michael Green    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:12:10

  • "It’s a huge difference from the bicentennial, which I celebrated in an unusual but deeply memorable way" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/bicentennial-memories | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:12:55

  • "Can We Build Hardware Without Capitalism?" ☛ https://tarakiyee.com/i-get-no-ideas-inside-the-machine/ | Source: Tara Tarakiyee    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:13:10

  • "But it was on July 5, 1776, that the former colonials got down to the nuts-and-bolts of governing and winning a war." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/military-honor/2026/07/05/washingtons-orders-to-troops-after-july-4-youre-fighting-for-a-new-nation/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:13:25

  • "I am currently in Murmansk." ☛ https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/norwegian-influencer-thought-driving-his-gasguzzling-american-classic-to-moscow-would-make-quite-a-spectacle-it-didnt-go-as-planned/453223 | Source: The Barents Observer    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:14:53

  • "LiFePO4 (LFP) batteries are quite safe and stable" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/demonstrating-lfp-battery-safety-in-case-of-bms-failure/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:15:04

  • "You’ll start seeing fish on it within a few weeks" ☛ https://futurism.com/science-energy/government-conservation-alabama-riverboat-casino-marine-artificial-reef | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:15:25

  • "Tarmac delays happen in part because modern airlines depend on keeping planes moving." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/07/airlines-flight-extended-tarmac-delay/687802/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:15:31

  • "Videos and photographs showed masked marchers wearing matching uniforms" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/07/05/white-nationalists-march-on-dc-tests-free-speech-limits/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:18:29

  • "If that trajectory continues, the real test will not be the fireworks but the midterms" ☛ https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/07/05/33be2/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:18:47

  • "Understanding Europe’s economic performance is of huge importance, not just for Europeans" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/european-vs-us-economic-performance | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:18:53

  • "That is the thesis. It has a name in constitutional scholarship." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-more-powerful-president-over-a | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:19:08

  • "synthetic organisms built from molecules with reversed chirality" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/07/03/38-scientists-want-to-ban-mirror-life.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:19:18

  • "Watch this space" ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/07/06/behold-the-perfect-algorithm/ | Source: David Bushell    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:30:42

  • "The majority of enterprises and government agencies have access" ☛ https://medium.com/@pauljoeypowers/physna-and-palantir-announce-strategic-partnership-to-revolutionize-3d-data-analysis-for-defense-8da468314279 | Source: Medium    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:30:50

  • "OK, that was rubbish" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/07/05/rubbish-it-didnt-help-at-all-mick-jaggers-no-fan-of-ai/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:31:21

  • "MJ Rathbun is a bot." ☛ https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-a-way-to-prove-personhood-online/ | Source: Berggruen Insitute    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:31:31

  • "She and her friends are now obsessed with the index" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-07-05/tanning-gen-z-teen-girls | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:32:10

  • "Rather than signaling a real-world AI safety incident" ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/humanoid-robot-acting-rogue-attacking-coworkers | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:32:42

  • "It’s another way to rewind the clock to the perceived innocence of the analog era" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/are-screen-free-digital-cameras-the-antidote-to-doomscrolling-and-smartphone-addiction | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:32:52

  • "The Nintendo 3DS was one of those consoles that I mostly admired from a distance." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/nintendo-3ds/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:33:00

  • "This civic ignorance extends to basic governance" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5881451 | Source: NPR    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:33:23

  • "I am searching for a job." ☛ https://hauleth.dev/post/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-aduacity-of-recruiter/ | Source: Łukasz Niemier    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:33:31

  • "Unlike almost every other kind of microscope, atomic-force microscopes (AFMs)" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/05/seeing-bacteria-nanoprisms-and-more-with-an-atomic-force-microscope/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:33:49

  • "To celebrate the two-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of American Independence, this weekend I take a grand tour of some of the nation’s finest landscape paintings" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2026/07/04/happy-250th-birthday-america-1/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:34:07

  • "250th birthday" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2026/07/05/happy-250th-birthday-america-2/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:34:34

  • "Anyway, we've got a list, and if these next five movies go well and we start getting some regulars, maybe we'll be able to dip into the backstock as well. So if you want us to keep doing this kind of thing... vote by showing up." ☛ https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/07/05.html | Source: DNA Lounge    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:34:49

  • "Launched in 2005, Mechanical Turk predates Amazon’s public cloud infrastructure business by a year." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/05/amazons-mechanical-turk-service-now-life-support-stops-accepting-new-users/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:35:04

  • "On New Year’s Day 1957, the streets of Pasadena, California, came alive with color, music, and celebration during the 68th annual Rose Parade." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/07/1957-rose-parade-pasadena.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:35:24

  • "BitTorrent quickly became the world’s most popular file-sharing" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/959848/bittorrent-story-25-years-piracy | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:38:47

  • "In financial markets" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/understanding-tail-analysis-in-financial-markets/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:39:08

  • "The letter y is an English vowel, some of the time." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/reverse-sum.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:39:29

  • "That fix won’t help existing Perls, though." ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/chansen/2026/07/reading-utf-8-at-gbs.html | Source: Perl    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:39:36

  • "Making code fast has started to reveal all the other things that stand in between your business and delivering value to your customers." ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/all-the-other-bottlenecks/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:41:12

  • "In case you do not feel you have time to watch this entire talk by Hintjens himself, let me do my best to provide a summary: Hintjens was more proud of his work running a community than he was of his technical abilities." ☛ https://corgicorporation.medium.com/heroes-of-tech-pieter-hintjens-1962-2016-75abeb88bee3 |    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:41:21

  • "Zig is rising in popularity. It hasn't yet seized the space occupied by even Rust or Go, much less C, but it has been adopted by a few major projects and countless smaller ones." ☛ https://gracefulliberty.com/articles/return-to-zig/ |    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:41:33

  • "I've already replaced many popular apps with their open source alternatives" ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/stopped-trusting-standard-note-apps-hosted-own-instead/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:41:54

  • "When I moved to a static blog, I also removed comments." ☛ https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/07/05/260705-listnr-is-an-activitypub-bridge-for-static-blogs/ | Source: Panagiotis Vryonis    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:42:16

  • "Christian is a NeoVim user who is Emacs-curious. He is trying out Emacs and needs someone to guide him at this early stage, which I am happy to do." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-07-04-emacs-for-beginners-with-linkarzu/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:43:00

  • "The GNU Emacs text editor is a part of the GNU Operating System and has been in development since the 1980s." ☛ https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2052282/FULLTEXT01.pdf |    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:43:04

  • Windows has fallen https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/palau/#monthly-200903-202607    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:45:28

  • Here also https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/portugal/#monthly-200903-202607    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:46:25

  • [1] Update on European Patent Office (EPO) Series: https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/03/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Operation_Monte_Titano_Micro_.shtml    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:47:58

  • [2] The current status of this series is as follows: Due to some additional material the series has been expanded to a total of 32 parts. We don't expect this to change. Part 27 should be ready by this evening (Monday) at the latest, with part 28 to follow tomorrow (Tuesday). The remaining parts 29-32 will follow later in the week.    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:48:03

  • We'll be in London this week http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/06/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_129_Out_of_200_Iranian_Tactics.shtml    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 08:48:40

  • "I pick up the phone for something else. That is how these objects get me." ☛ https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-badge-that-would-not-become-small/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:06:01

  • "CANopen has long been one of the most widely used communication standards in industrial automation." ☛ https://rosindustrial.org/news/2026/6/30/ros2canopen-natively-integrating-canopen-devices-into-the-ros-2-ecosystem | Source: ROS Industrial    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:06:21

  • "CO₂ Gadget It is professional firmware for the ESP32 that turns any board into a high-performance CO₂, particulate matter and indoor air quality monitor." ☛ https://emariete.com/en/co2-meter-gadget/ | Source: eMariete    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:06:32

  • "Last year, I motorized the rolling shutters on the southern façade of my apartment. My idea was to manage them via Home Assistant." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/home-assistant/9/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:06:41

  • "So there we have it, an open source FreeBSD-based firewall and router on this appliance." ☛ https://chuck.is/opnsense/ | Source: Chuck Carroll    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:06:58

  • "[...] Before diving into those topics, we begin this week with a look at FreeBSD 15.1 and talk about the anticipated install-time desktop environment planned for this version. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260706 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:07:18

  • "Software Freedom Day 2026 SFD South Christchurch (Christchurch, New Zealand) - Digital Freedom Foundation" https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/events/sfd-christchurch-nz-2026    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:25:40

  • "I have actually still been working on my game all this time" ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/07/05/new-battle-video-from-ridiculous-space-battles/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:27:43

  • "If you're experiencing IO problems in this backup process, an interesting question is what buffer size ssh uses for its writes" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OpenSSHStdoutIOSize | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:31:49

  • "We've recently been having mysterious problems getting some of our backups to perform well." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/SometimesItIsTheNetwork | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:31:56

  • "I've given my website a bit of a refresh!" ☛ https://localghost.dev/blog/time-based-background-colour-transitions-with-temporal-and-css-color-mix/ | Source: Sophie Koonin    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:32:06

  • "I will do a live stream together with Christian Arzu" ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-07-05-emacs-live-with-linkarzu/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 09:32:18

  • "It's Time to Step Up and Have Your Say for Science - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/02/1510239    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:43:09

  • opposing closed source spyware ... "3D printer manufacturers are cowards" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/3d-printer-manufacturers-are-cowards:1    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:43:24

  • surveillance, collusion, corruption, closed source / proprietary BS https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/physna,-the-company-pushing-state:1    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:43:48

  • "Australia teaches Amazon the meaning of the word "contract"" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/australia-teaches-amazon-the-meaning-of:8    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:43:59

  • "Shadow SLOP Is the Strategy · Robert Greiner" https://robertgreiner.com/shadow-ai-is-the-strategy/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:44:14

  • "GOVERNMENT FAIL: Senator Perez admits she's clueless on topic & votes on it anyway" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/government-fail-senator-perez-admits:a    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:44:27

  • "Shadow SLOP Is the Strategy · Robert Greiner" https://robertgreiner.com/shadow-ai-is-the-strategy/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:44:35

  • "What J. D. Vance Once Knew - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/jd-vance-trump-independence-day/687779/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:44:56

  • "What Trump’s July 4 Speech Revealed - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/trump-july-4/687811/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:45:01

  • DXVK 3.0.1 brings more bug fixes for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/dxvk-3-0-1-brings-more-bug-fixes-for-windows-games-on-linux-steamos/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:45:41

  • windows TCO : "Därför är Europa dåligt förberett på ryska cyberhot: Vi måste tänka militärt | Utrikrt"    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:46:09

  • Welcome to Hsinchu, the luxury city built by Taiwan’s Hey Hi (AI) boom ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/welcome-to-hsinchu-the-luxury-city-built-by-taiwans-ai-boom    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:48:53

  • Data Center Emits Constant Screeching Noise Directly Into Man’s House ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/data-center-screeching-noise-house    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:49:23

  • El Niño Already Killing Thousands in Europe ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/el-nino-europe-heatwave-mortality    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:49:40

  • You’ll Never Guess Why Government Officials Are Sinking a Four-Story Riverboat Casino Into the Abyss ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/government-conservation-alabama-riverboat-casino-marine-artificial-reef    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:50:18

  • Huge Survey Finds the Truth About What mRNA Vaccines Do to the Human Body ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/survey-mrna-vaccines    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:50:40

  • Prosecutor charges South Korea’s four oil refiners with price collusion: Reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/prosecutor-charges-south-koreas-four-oil-refiners-with-price-collusion-reports    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:51:16

  • Lovebugs fade, but biting katydids spread in Seoul area in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/lovebugs-fade-but-biting-katydids-spread-in-seoul-area-in-south-korea    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:51:30

  • China Raises Pressure on Taiwan With Expanded Coast Guard Patrols ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/world/asia/china-taiwan-east-coast-guard-patrols.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:52:09

  • China Frees Pastor Detained in Crackdown on Religion After Convicted Felon’s Urging ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/world/asia/ezra-jin-mingri-china-christian-xi-trump.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:52:17

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

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:54:05

  • China frees jailed pastor Ezra Jin after Convicted Felon raised his case with Pooh-tin ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/06/china-frees-jailed-pastor-ezra-jin-after-trump-raised-his-case-with-xi/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:54:19

  • Alibaba bans Claude for staff – Anthropic didn't want them using it anyway ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20260705-alibaba-bans-claude-for-staff-%E2%80%93-anthropic-didn-t-want-them-using-it-anyway    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:54:49

  • Something Weird Is Going on With the 66 Billion Trees China Planted in a Huge Wall ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/something-weird-china-tree-wall    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:55:16

  • Leave This Fruit Out of Your Next Berry Smoothie, Experiments Suggest ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/you-might-want-to-leave-this-fruit-out-of-your-next-smoothie-experiments-suggest    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 12:55:52

  • Hannah Montana GNU/Linux gets modern remaster after nearly two decades — ‘Sweet niblets,’ new v26 is built on Debian with a re-skin of KDE Plasma ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/hannah-montana-linux-gets-modern-remaster-after-nearly-two-decades-sweet-niblets-new-v26-is-built-on-debian-with-a-re-skin-of-kde-plasma    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:00:39

  • Q83 13.13 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/q83    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:15:54

  • Ezarcher 2607-1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ezarcher    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:16:03

  • CalamaroOS 20260705 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calamaroos    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:16:12

  • Bluestar 7.1.2 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/bluestar    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:16:26

  • Ubuntu 25.10 loses security updates this week ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-2510-eol-july-9-2026    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:17:25

  • Swash – pure Rust, cross-platform crate ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/swash-pure-rust-cross-platform-crate/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:17:57

  • BleachBit 6.0.2 added DNS Cache Cleaner & AppImage for GNU/Linux ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/bleachbit-6-0-2-added-dns-cache-cleaner-appimage-for-linux/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:18:20

  • cssc @ Savannah: CSSC-1.5.0 released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10911    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:19:18

  • Ubuntu’s new ‘Myna’ Hey Hi (AI) offers voice typing – but how? ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/what-is-myna-ubuntu-ai-dictation    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:22:17

  • Migraines are a pain in the head! ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/migraines-are-a-pain-in-the-head/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:25:10

  • GSoC Update 1: Can SVG Build Badges Update Themselves? ☞ https://mmarhin.github.io/gsoc2026blog/gsoc/opensuse/svg/javascript/2026/07/05/update-1-svg-javascript-limitations.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:25:58

  • Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei absent from mass funeral for father ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260705-iran-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei-absent-from-mass-funeral-for-father    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:27:01

  • Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Still Absent From Father's Funeral ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/mojtaba-khamenei-absent-ali-khamenei-funeral/33797118.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:27:09

  • Social Dialogue at the European Patent Office (EPO) is Dead, the Strikes and Work Stoppage-Like Actions Carry on ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/06/Social_Dialogue_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_is_Dead_the_S.shtml    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:27:19

  • Australia signs major defence alliance with Fiji, seeking to counter China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-and-fiji-strike-new-defence-alliance    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:27:52

  • What We Saw at Ayatollah Khamenei’s Funeral ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000011011151/what-we-saw-at-ayatollah-khameneis-funeral.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:28:22

  • Non-Surgical Procedure Halves Knee Pain Over 12-Month Trial ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-non-surgical-procedure-provides-lasting-relief-for-knee-pain    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:34:04

  • For The First Time, Scientists 'Heard' Plasma Waves Passing Between Saturn And Enceladus ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/listen-to-the-horrifying-scream-of-saturn-before-cassini-plunged-to-its-death    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:34:11

  • The Largest Megalodon Vertebra Ever Found Was Excavated in The 1970s. Then It Went Missing ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/megalodon-fossil-lost-for-decades-confirms-the-monsters-terrifying-size    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:34:28

  • It's Official: This Is The World's Fastest Spider, And It Can Outrun a Human ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-fastest-spider-has-been-identified-and-it-can-can-outrun-a-human    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:34:50

  • Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/business/media/wikipedia-ai-elon-musk.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:35:09

  • Alibaba bans Anthropic's Claude Code after an alleged hidden China-detection backdoor is uncovered ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/alibaba-bans-anthropics-claude-code-after-an-alleged-hidden-china-detection-backdoor-is-uncovered-employees-told-to-switch-to-qoder-as-the-rift-between-the-firms-widens    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:35:35

  • Startup Exec Boasts About Using Hey Hi (AI) to Churn Out Sports Content ”Without Human Input” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-startup-sports-world-cup-video-slop    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:36:27

  • Duterte ally arrested over plunder charge ahead of impeachment trial ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/philippine-anti-graft-court-orders-arrest-of-duterte-ally-ahead-of-impeachment-trial    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:37:02

  • Taiwan says it is tracking ‘upward trend’ in Chinese naval movements ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-says-it-is-tracking-upward-trend-in-chinese-naval-movements    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:37:13

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/politics/trump-gun-rights-laws.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:37:39

  • Suno Quickly Seizes on Udio’s Legal Victory Against Sony Music Over Admissible Infringed Works ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/05/suno-admissible-infringed-works-argument/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:38:07

  • Could islamist fighters take Timbuktu? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260705-could-islamist-fighters-take-timbuktu    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:38:29

  • KDE Gear 26.08 branches created ☞ https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/07/kde-gear-2608-branches-created.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:39:04

  • KDE snaps, Debian packaging adventures, and what's next ☞ https://scarlettgatelymoore.dev/blog/kde-snaps-debian-packaging-update/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:39:22

  • How Meta’s Threads Became as Popular as X ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/technology/threads-meta-twitter-x.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:41:38

  • Windows 11 identifier code used to track Scattered Spider perp after Abusive Monopolist Microsoft shared info with FBI ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows-11-identifier-used-to-track-scattered-spider-perp-after-microsoft-shared-info-with-fbi-19-year-old-us-estonian-hacker-arrested-over-alleged-ties-to-infamous-extortion-group    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:42:05

  • pg_dbms_lock v2.0 has been released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_dbms_lock-v20-has-been-released-3332/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:44:02

  • credcheck v5.0 has been released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/credcheck-v50-has-been-released-3329/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:44:09

  • pg-cdc Frustratingly simple Postgres change data capture to proprietary trap AWS S3 ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg-cdc-frustratingly-simple-postgres-change-data-capture-to-aws-s3-3315/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:44:43

  • pg_dbms_errlog v2.4 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_dbms_errlog-v24-released-3331/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 13:45:13

  • AMD Versal Premium Gen 2 MoP adaptive SoC integrates 32GB LPDDR5X to shrink board footprint by 60% ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/06/amd-versal-premium-gen-2-mop-adaptive-soc-integrates-32gb-lpddr5x-to-shrink-board-footprint-by-60/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:37:31

  • u-blox F11 low-power dual-band GNSS chips and modules consume just 7mW in LEAP mode ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/06/u-blox-f11-low-power-dual-band-gnss-chips-and-modules-consume-just-7mw-in-leap-mode/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:37:57

  • Sipeed's New KVM Wants Hey Hi (AI) Agents to See and Control Your Screen ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/sipeeds-nanokvm-go-crowdfunding/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:39:29

  • Rolisteam v1.10 is out! ☞ http://renaudguezennec.eu/index.php/2026/07/05/rolisteam-v1-10-is-out/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:40:03

  • Huntdown: Overtime - Review ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/huntdown-overtime-review/index.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:40:13

  • Fill your Steam library without spending a single dime — scratch your shopping itch with the Steam Summer Sale Simulator ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/fill-your-steam-library-without-spending-a-single-dime-scratch-your-shopping-itch-with-the-steam-summer-sale-simulator    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:40:35

  • Germany's massive 60,000-game preservation project collapses after €1.5 million funding dries up ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/germanys-1-5-million-project-to-build-the-worlds-largest-game-archive-collapses-after-funding-dries-up    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:41:02

  • Birger Schacht: Status update, June 2026 ☞ https://bisco.org/notes/status-update-june-2026/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:41:39

  • Russ Allbery: INN 2.7.4 ☞ https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2026-07/001.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:42:00

  • Hylke Bons: Icon for Meshy ☞ https://planetpeanut.studio/post/2026/07/05/meshy    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:42:37

  • Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc2 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1081367/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:44:11

  • Three Is Company, Two’s a Trial: Reference Counts in Federal Circuit Obviousness Appeals ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/three-is-company-twos-a-trial-reference-counts-in-federal-circuit-obviousness-appeals.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:44:47

  • Run backdoored Windows 2000 on a DEC Alpha with a new es40 fork ☞ https://raymii.org/s/blog/Run_Windows_2000_for_Dec_Alpha_on_a_new_es40_fork.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:47:17

  • Linux 7.2 should arrive on time with release candidates coming along well ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-72-should-arrive-on-time-with-release-candidates-coming-along-well/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:47:58

  • Oxigraph – graph database ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/oxigraph-graph-database/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:49:48

  • 6 Best Free and Open Source Swift Static Site Generators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-swift-static-site-generators/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:50:08

  • ffmpeg Command in Linux: Convert, Compress, and Extract Media ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/ffmpeg-command-in-linux/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:50:25

  • How to Install Kitty on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-kitty-funos/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:51:38

  • YouTube video package managers ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/youtube-video-package-managers.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:52:04

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

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 17:59:23

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

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:00:30

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

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:00:52

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

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:01:07

  • Buggy Rust Clone of Coreutil Breaks Ubuntu Builds ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/buggy-rust-clone-of-coreutil-breaks    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:01:28

  • Japan to use ODA to help Vietnam, other nations curb manga, anime piracy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-use-oda-to-help-vietnam-other-nations-curb-manga-anime-piracy    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:01:51

  • China, Russia navies to hold drills off China coast ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-russia-navies-to-hold-drills-off-china-coast    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:02:14

  • China and Russia to hold joint naval drills ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-russia-to-hold-joint-naval-drills    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:02:26

  • Taiwan says it is tracking 'upward trend' in Chinese naval movements ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-says-it-is-tracking-upward-trend-in-chinese-naval-movements    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:02:35

  • RAMpocalyse pricing prompts maker to construct his own memory using ancient Apollo-era tech ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/rampocalyse-pricing-prompts-maker-to-construct-his-own-memory-using-ancient-apollo-era-tech-usb-drive-resurrects-hand-threaded-magnetic-core-memory-using-salvaged-russian-computer-parts    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:04:11

  • Far From Kyiv and Moscow, Soldiers Stalk Ruins and Evade Drones on the Front ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/world/europe/ukraine-russia-donetsk-front.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:04:38

  • Deadly Russian Strikes Rock Kyiv on Eve of NATO Summit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/world/europe/kyiv-ukraine-russia-attack-nato.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:04:46

  • Ukraine Rejects Russia's Claim It Captured Key City ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-sumy-bomb-attack/33796590.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:04:55

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man-Zelenskyy Meeting Set For NATO Summit Amid US Push To End Russia's War ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33797244.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:05:06

  • Zelensky warns of new Russian attacks as battle for Kostyantynivka continues ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260705-zelensky-warns-of-new-russian-attacks-as-battle-for-kostyantynivka-continues    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:05:13

  • Live: Russia launches deadly barrage on Kyiv region on eve of NATO summit ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260706-live-russia-launches-deadly-barrage-on-kyiv-region-on-eve-of-nato-summit    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:05:30

  • Russia Blasts Kyiv Again, Killing At Least 9 After Zelenskyy Warns Of Impending Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-zelenskyy-russia-attack-nato-putin/33797564.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:05:42

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Holds Calls With Zelenskyy, Putin; Vance Says Ukraine's Drone Strategy Is Successfully Exhausting Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-putin-ukraine-russia-war/33797094.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:06:00

  • Ahead Of High-Stakes NATO Summit, Ex-US Envoy To OSCE James Gilmore Says Alliance Is Renewing Itself ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33797187.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:06:28

  • Russia Blasts Kyiv Again, Killing At Least 8 After Zelenskyy Warns Of Impending Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-zelenskyy-russia-attack-nato-putin/33797564.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:06:35

  • Macintosh emulator works on ESP32-P4 display devkits from M5Stack and Waveshare ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/05/macintosh-emulator-works-on-esp32-p4-display-devkits-from-m5stack-and-waveshare/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:08:27

  • This Week in Linux 350: Mageia 10, Kali Linux, Ultramarine 44, KDE Plasma Vulnerability & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-350/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:09:21

  • How Proprietary Vendors Make Open Standards Look Broken ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/07/how-proprietary-vendors-make-open-standards-look-broken/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:09:46

  • ByteDance, Alibaba pull Hey Hi (AI) companions as Beijing tightens rules ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/bytedance-alibaba-pull-ai-companions-as-beijing-tightens-rules    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:10:20

  • As Ubuntu embraces AI, community backlash halts Fedora’s AI Desktop plans https://www.xda-developers.com/as-ubuntu-embraces-ai-community-backlash-halts-fedoras-ai-desktop-plans/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:13:24

  • "Raspberry Pi fans rejoice, there’s a new Ubuntu Budgie port for Raspberry Pi computers featuring, of course, the modern and beautiful Budgie desktop environment and based on the Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) release." https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-ubuntu-budgie-24-04-4-lts-for-raspberry-pi    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:13:53

  • Intel Nova Lake S gets more graphics PCI IDs in Linux 7.3 patches https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-xe3p-graphics-support-for-desktop-nova-lake-s-grows-in-linux-7-3-new-ids-were-just-added    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:14:30

  • Using Flatpak To Run A 1996 Version Of The GIMP On Modern Linux https://hackaday.com/2026/07/04/using-flatpak-to-run-a-1996-version-of-the-gimp-on-modern-linux/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:15:03

  • No, they want to be NOT in Windows https://www.xda-developers.com/wsl-keeps-getting-better-and-its-because-microsoft-is-finally-admitting-where-developers-want-to-be/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:15:29

  • WSL is Windows hence back doors    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:15:39

  • "Shelly, the pacman alternative for Arch Linux distributions, has been updated today to version 2.4.1.1, a release that introduces several new features and many improvements, especially for Flatpak/Flathub fans." https://9to5linux.com/shelly-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-now-lets-you-install-apps-from-flathub    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:15:56

  • Everyone forgot about these 6 Linux desktops, but they might be better than what you use now https://www.makeuseof.com/everyone-forgot-about-these-6-linux-desktops-but-they-might-be-better-than-what-you-use-now/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:16:11

  • Slop is never better than the real thing, this is just digital masturbation https://www.howtogeek.com/my-favorite-linux-app-didnt-exist-on-windowsso-i-built-a-better-one-with-claude/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:16:56

  • Yet another Linux laptop from System76 arrives in July https://videocardz.com/newz/system76-adder-pro-brings-rtx-5070-graphics-to-a-1-53-kg-linux-laptop    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:17:18

  • Xbox blasted with 20% staff reduction in latest round of Microsoft layoffs https://www.techcentral.ie/xbox-blasted-with-20-staff-reduction-in-latest-round-of-microsoft-layoffs/    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:20:30

  • "A few months ago, one of my friends had a health escalation that had them in the emergency ward, and by all accounts, pretty near death. Their health had never been good, and was declining, and despite this, they drank - a lot. Not afraid to call themselves an alcoholic, either." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/7-06.gmi    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 18:53:41

  • "The days of high paying tech roles is over with. - You are being let go so that they can loop back around with the same job openings at much much lower pay with the reasoning that AI does the bulk of the decision making." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwtb27gs    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:03:14

  • "The 6 figure tech job will very soon be a thing of the past. This plan is unfolding right before your eyes now. Don’t let the lie you tell yourself of “maybe not me” manifest into a false sense of security. Your days a literally numbered on the calendar. Good luck everyone."    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:03:29

  • "6 figure tech job will stay because of inflation. if you think you can replace engineer with AI operator on min wage - good luck."    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:03:33

  • "20% of Xbox employees are being laid off - That's one in every five employees. 3,200 people losing their livelihoods because Microsoft fu---d up its gaming division beyond repair." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwvyxamn    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:04:43

  • "At least we'll take some heat off Sony - I think they've been waiting for the layoffs at Xbox to start so they can start using social media again after the no physical discs announcement. This whole situation would be fu--ing hilarious if it weren't so damn sad." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwvrk1p2    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:05:13

  • This is a LIE: "Microsoft (MSFT) recently disclosed that it is parting ways with up to 2.5% of its workforce. Sometimes companies conduct layoffs because their outlooks have deteriorated, but it's unlikely that Microsoft is cutting employees because it is struggling." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwvmk803    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:05:43

  • Look at MSFT debt    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:05:53

  • "As is now abundantly clear, we don't have a tech problem. We have an asshole problem. Bad tech brings out the asshole in people. Removing assholes from your life is therefore about eliminating the toxic tech made, promoted and used by assholes." https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:19:36

  • Anon: Silja Talvi was about to write a book about about the privatized prison system in the US but had to flee and go underground due the all kinds of threats against her life and well-being. She's still living underground."    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:40:12

  • Secure Unix ancestor KSOS did type safety before Rust made it cool https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/06/secure-unix-ancestor-ksos-did-type-safety-before-rust-made-it-cool/5266458    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:42:15

  • "...In 1993 already, I warned a social worker friend about the privatization of prisons and the direction I predicted they would head is the direction they have headed."    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:47:13

  • "Years ago, I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth... While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free..." https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/hallofhonor/1990_debs    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:49:44

  • Today: "Last yr this day Joined IBM , This yr On same day marked my last day at IBM."    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:52:07

  • "the job market for techies in the US is in the dumps even though Trump says otherwise. Meanwhile Arvind and Nickel and Dime sneak more and more H1B visa holders from our favorite outsourcing country (guess ?) into the US and pay them mouth watering salaries to boot. And the Dept Of Labor looks the other ways of course, when dealing with Trump's "Friends"..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt3gwt6    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:55:25

  • "if you bribe the Trump administration with enough money, they will look the other way and admit as many H1B people as you like. Nickel and Dime and her good buddy Arvind know the ways to get around the immigration system. You grease a few of Trump's children's palms and the doors to the US magically open. No questions asked. It only becomes a problem if you don't grease someone's palms with enough dough."    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:57:51

  • "How is the H1B program even still in effect, given current state of US tech job market? Pause the program and send them back until all the unemployed American tech workers have jobs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwp8x8bs    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 19:58:07

  • "I'm pretty new here so I'm wondering what kind of information could share or talk here, like political, about free software, about GNU, Could share technical tutos or education about GNU/Linux systems?" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-07/msg00000.html    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 20:52:53

  • To techrights this summer: "No rush at all — you clearly have no shortage of more important things on your plate, and I'm genuinely grateful you're taking the time to cover us and the initiative!"    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 21:02:28

  • Also: "Thank you again for connecting me with Andy from the CyberShow. I'm hopeful we'll be able to meet before my [redacted] in late July, and I have no doubt it will make for a fantastic episode."    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 21:06:06

  • "I recently did a GoToSocial upgrade to v0.22.0 Shrubby Sloth 🌿 – every new index takes 30–35min. "This release also contains a long-ass database migration …" is not kidding. 😅 The migration took 15h." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-07-06-gotosocial    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 22:35:23

  • OCC 2026: DAY 1 of 7 gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260705_occ_d1    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 22:36:49

  • OCC MMXXVI gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260705_occ    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 22:37:42

  • "y'all, partner and i had a wonderful surprise this weekend. they discovered that the belgian public tv was livestreaming the werchter festival! most of the acts!" gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20260706    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 22:38:39

  • Old Computer Challenge 2026, Day 1 gemini://pv.smol.pub/occ-2026-day-1    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 22:39:01

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

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 22:39:45

  • "Between 25 and 30 June, a sign was placed on the "heart" of Zone II, intentionally on a small patch of lacy phacelia that was yet to be harvested. The sign declares this field to be part of "Via Natura 2000", a project dedicated to connection Natura 2000 sites with each other." gemini://magda.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-07-06.gmi    

posted Monday, July 06, 2026 at 22:40:45
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