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[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1713.jpg    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:13:55

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2070.jpg    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:14:00

  • "It appears Bacardi55 has stopped working on his GTL (Gemini TinyLogs) development. A few patches have been submitted to the developer mailing list, but they remain uncommitted despite being over 7 months old." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-11-21-Fork_GTL_Gemini_Tiny_Logs_from_bacardi55.gmi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:14:53

  • GTL - Gemini Tinylog Reader: A new tag release which fixes the "missing entries" problem gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-07-18-GTL_-_Gemini_Tinylog_Reader_-_A_new_tag_release_which_solves_the_missing_entries_problem.gmi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:16:05

  • "So you have what the specification(s) say, various interpretations of the specification(s) that may be variously buggy or correct depending on how various beings interpret (or explicitly reject various portions of) the specification(s)." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/07/18/valid-ip-address.gmi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:16:43

  • "We were promised liberation from exhausting labor, access to all human knowledge, greater democracy, and a world connected beyond borders. Yet the machines that were supposed to free us have become instruments of surveillance, manipulation, dependency, and control." gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-07-18_the_human_underground.gmi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:17:47

  • "Same! Just a couple weeks ago (mere days before my jubilant introduction to geminispace and the smolnet!)" gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/07/17/shokz-headphones/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:18:42

  • already again gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/already_again    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:19:42

  • "I’m standing at the kitchen counter. I’m chopping vegetables with a Japanese knife. I’m smiling to myself." gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-07-17-year-later.gmi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:20:17

  • "Nothing much of interest as of yet. I am testing out a new CGI gemlog generator I'm working on. It uses SQLite for storage and a few shell scripts for creating posts. I hope that this will be easier to use and still be mobile friendly via termux." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/testing-out-a-new-gemlog-system    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:21:07

  • "I hate to hate on big projects that must have employed hundreds of talented people. There’s nothing at all wrong with the CGI, the sets, the cinematography, or any of the technical elements of how the film is constructed." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/07/17/wicked/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:21:49

  • "Daniel Pocock (Independent)" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckge923jk3vo    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:34:10

  • "Belgium has added over 100 new domains to its ISP blocklist, but this expansion might not be as effective as it seems at first glance." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-sites-domain-hopping-habit-undermines-belgiums-new-blocking-order/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:37:16

  • "Financial educator Pushkar Raj Thakur and digital creator Neeraj Joshi have made serious allegations in separate petitions." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/instagram-copyright-scam-creators-move-delhi-high-court-138458043.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:37:24

  • "The decision is a response to fears that Google will leverage the enormous user base of Android, which powers about 60 percent of all smartphones in the European Union" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/technology/google-android-ai.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:37:59

  • "In October 2024, Judge James Donato originally agreed that forcing Google to carry rival Android app stores within its own Google Play store for several years" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/965792/google-epic-withdraw-injunction-third-party-app-stores-coming-google-play | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:38:10

  • "Google is playing the EU game much better than Apple, but the EU still doesn’t seem to understand how privacy and security work in modern platforms." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2026/07/17/0810 | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:38:24

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/07/10/ftc-deal-forces-john-deere-to-share-repair-tools-for-10-years.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:48:42

  • "The article’s second half revisits the four digital rights at the heart of the Our Future Memory movement" ☛ https://blog.archive.org/2026/07/16/the-hidden-political-costs-of-vanishing-culture/ | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:49:00

  • "Talk about following the money." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/further/ice-is-still-killing-people-susan-is-still-concerned | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:49:19

  • "The circumstances surrounding the deaths of Araujo and Guerrero were hardly unique." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/ices-violence-goes-public-again/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:49:28

  • "Previously, the Yazidis had built an economy that was not dependent on outside forces through fig cultivation, small livestock herding, and natural production." ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/features/uprooting-from-their-roots-and-creating-a-defenseless-environment-86340 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:49:38

  • "The insurgents targeted a black newspaper editor first, torching his office, then turned on the wider black community and its most successful figures." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/07/1898-wilmington-coup-racism-ruling-class | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:49:57

  • "But archives hold immense value; the challenge was always finding the exact information you needed within a vast repository of unstructured sources. It just wasn’t economically feasible to build the systems to sift through that data." ☛ https://restructurednews.substack.com/p/we-are-not-alone | Source: The Tow-Knight Center for Journalism Futures at CUNY    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:50:28

  • "This is exciting to me: I’ve been saying for a while now that news needs to get more involved in building technology." ☛ https://werd.io/to-innovate-news-needs-allies/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:51:07

  • "This unprecedented escalation, a direct challenge to editorial independence, has sparked a volatile debate regarding the boundaries of presidential power and regulatory control." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-crybaby-netizens-slam-donald-trumps-threat-shut-down-abc-nbc-1809294 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:51:44

  • "The brutal killing of Josué Martínez, in front of his child and in broad daylight" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/07/mexican-journalist-josue-martinez-shot-dead-in-puebla-fourth-killed-in-over-a-month/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:53:42

  • "Government-allied Wazalendo militiamen have threatened to kill or capture one reporter and to burn down another’s radio station because of unfavorable coverage" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/07/in-eastern-drc-journalists-face-death-arson-threats-for-reporting-on-war/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:54:35

  • "The changes would limit foreign reporters’ entry into the U.S. to up to 240 days, or 90 days for Chinese nationals" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/07/cpj-condemns-trump-administration-rule-restricting-international-correspondents-access-to-the-united-states/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:54:48

  • "History of Kurds and Kurdistan." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/kurdish-bookstore-banned-from-trendyol-online-marketplace-321557 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:55:16

  • "As I have said many times on the blog and in public-- we are 100% responsible for the political and censorship mess we find ourselves in. 100%." ☛ https://raforall.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-political-librarian-everylibrary.html | Source: Becky Spratford    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:55:27

  • "According to HRANA, citing Khoshkar’s relatives, his family was informed of the execution only after the death sentence had already been carried out." ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/human-rights/iran-executes-another-protester-from-jin-jiyan-azadi-uprising-86332 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:55:36

  • "In addition, it will also be cutting 500 corporate jobs." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/verizon-is-selling-corporate-stores/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:58:13

  • "On 6 June 2024, the day before voting, members of the Debianism cult distributed a falsified legal document in contempt of court." ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/pocock-on-sea-nomination-clacton-by-election-13-august-2026/ | Source: Daniel Pocock    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:58:28

  • "That includes smartwatches, smart glasses, fitness trackers, and other small wearable devices." ☛ https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/14/apple-watch-among-wearables-exempted-from-eu-user-replaceable-battery-rules/ | Source: 9to5Mac    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:58:41

  • "The new categories effectively cover the Apple Watch and AirPods, both of which rely on the kind of small, sealed designs the Commission is now carving out, along with Meta's smart glasses." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/15/eu-drops-battery-removal-requirement/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:58:55

  • "Built-in batteries put a timebomb inside devices, with especially the calendar aging feature of Li-ion chemistries setting a hard limit on when you’ll have to toss the device or figure out a way to replace the battery somehow" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/eu-adds-exemptions-to-user-serviceable-batteries-rules/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:59:10

  • "In reality, one of the most spectacular consequences of Trump’s return to power and the mess he has made since has been a collapse of global respect for America." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-cant-get-no-respect | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:59:24

  • "Because the status quo isn’t defended because it won an argument. It’s defended because it’s the null hypothesis, and the burden of proof only ever runs one direction." ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1307 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:59:42

  • "Never mind not being a fork – Poseidon's kernel isn't even really a port of Linux." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/17/torvalds-challenged-the-haters-to-fork-linux-someone-said-hold-my-beer/5274275 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 06:59:58

  • "When Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham died suddenly on Saturday night, July 11, corporate media’s elegiac coverage didn’t just whitewash his record" ☛ https://fair.org/home/remembering-lindsey-graham-not-for-the-evil-he-did-but-for-the-fun-he-had-doing-it/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:01:07

  • "The official leadership biographies to be removed include those of commanding officers, executive officers, chiefs of staff" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/07/17/navy-instructs-commands-to-remove-portraits-biographies-from-websites/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:01:14

  • "These official pictures and biographies, hosted on Navy websites and social media pages, create an “elevated risk” for officers and their families, according to a Navy administrative notice, or NAVADMIN." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-removes-commander-bios/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:01:29

  • "At the centre of the plan is a “standards body” modelled on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra), the private" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/the-plan-to-stop-ai-from-breaking-the-world/283825/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:01:43

  • "The veterinary team and authorities were able to rescue the animal, however, thanks to videos circulating on social media that revealed the elephant’s condition." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/nature-and-wildlife-photography/these-photographs-are-breaking-my-heart-but-this-55-year-old-elephants-viral-rescue-also-proves-the-power-of-photography | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:05:15

  • "The shark safety program has tagged 380 great whites since its inception, and about 250 sharks have active transmitters." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-07-16/as-great-whites-humans-share-waters-shark-lab-runs-out-of-funding | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:05:24

  • "When the Lincoln Highway Association rerouted the Lincoln Highway between Fort Wayne and Valparaiso in Indiana in 1928, they simply moved it to US 30. This isn’t the US 30 that exists today." ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/07/17/the-1928-lincoln-highway-in-indiana-eastern-indiana/ | Source: Jim Grey    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:06:14

  • "There’s simply no legitimate use for [cryptocurrency]. Its only practical uses are tax evasion, money laundering, fraud, speculation, and crime." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/no-to-crypto | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:06:23

  • "Unfortunately, Galinstan, the obvious replacement for mercury, wets and coats glass, preventing a charge buildup." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/16/a-sloshing-mercury-powered-neon-light/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:07:09

  • "After merging with an existing mining company, the company made the questionable decision last year to pivot from building data centers" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/eric-trump-bitcoin-losses | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:07:24

  • "When a really long road ends, why don’t we do more to celebrate the staggering amount of collective work that went into it? The ancient Romans really outclassed the federal highway system on this front." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/07/17/terminus-road-ending-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:07:39

  • "The Government will introduce a set of Australian Standards for AI, building on the Data Centre Expectations, with our values as the benchmark to ensure AI works in Australia’s interests." ☛ https://www.pm.gov.au/media/ai-australias-interests | Source: Australia    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:07:50

  • "And while drivers say that speeding saves them precious time, researchers found that is not really the case." ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/national/2026/07/new-u-of-m-study-says-driving-above-the-speed-limit-costs-you-and-doesnt-actually-save-much-time/ | Source: MinnPost    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:08:01

  • "It is good to be on the same side as your planet." ☛ https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/a-million-warnings-and-one-huge-invitation-climate-2026/ | Source: Rebecca Solnit    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:11:39

  • "Elon Musk's Colossus 2 xAI data center" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/elon-musks-colossus-2-data-center-installed-59-natural-gas-turbines-without-permission-report-claims-thousands-of-tons-of-pollutants-reportedly-impact-black-communities-in-mississippi-already-suffering-from-elevated-lung-disease-rates | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:11:50

  • "This is the first morning since I arrived in Baltimore on Wednesday that stepping outside in the morning didn’t feel like walking into an oven." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/07/17/inoroutday/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:12:01

  • "New York has become the ‘first’ state to impose a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers (50 MW or larger), according to Datacenter Digest." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/ny-is-first-state-to-pause-large-data-centers/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:12:12

  • "The National Academies of Sciences released a report today that puts the full weight of the country's most respected scientific institution behind extreme weather attribution science" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/landmark-science-report-confirms-big-oils-fingerprints-on-extreme-weather-as-industry-races-for-legal-shield | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:12:27

  • "Smoke causes inflammation by triggering the body's immune system to go into overtime to fight the irritant." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-wildfire-tens-thousands-people-year.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:12:40

  • "These destructive behemoths are part of a broader model of total extraction—particularly in rural areas." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-data-centers-rural-effects/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:12:50

  • "A judge has ruled that tort claims against the industry can proceed to trial, potentially opening the door for prosecutors to become agents of climate accountability." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/article/213037/wrongful-death-suit-big-oil | Source: New Republic    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:12:58

  • "the 95-year-old investor suggested that Gates’ actions weren’t much different from mistakes he himself had made over the years in hiring the wrong person or in choosing friends" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-16/warren-buffett-explains-why-his-kids-not-gates-foundation-will-now-give-away-all-his-fortune | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:13:33

  • "Todd Blanche, the US attorney-general nominee, told the family of Virginia Giuffre that a lack of co-operation and testimony was hindering further investigation" ☛ https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/andrew-attorney-general-victims-pnxvjf3wv | Source: Times Media Limited    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:13:50

  • "Vought previously told House lawmakers that there would be no after-action report on DOGE’s [sic] performance ahead of its July 4 sunsetting." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/doge-savings-russell-vought-thom-tillis/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:13:59

  • "Both of those claims are misleading, as China’s election interference has largely been contained to efforts to sway public opinion on the Trump administration" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-speech-russia-interference-save-act-1235595308/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:15:30

  • "Santa Cruz receives about 95 percent of its water from local surface water" ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/07/15/climate-change-could-double-santa-cruz-water-bills/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:16:13

  • "Both Arizona and California are forecast to exceed their approved water use totals for 2026." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/07/17/colorado-river-forecast-water-use-rising-in-2026/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:16:29

  • "the president’s most loyal lapdogs" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-election-fraud-speech-reaction-analysis/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:17:22

  • "call me dubious about Trump’s devotion to standing against election interference." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/17/election-interference-is-fine-for-me-but-not-for-thee/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:17:36

  • "In Germany it is illegal to finance political parties from abroad. It is illegal." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-07-15/merz-warns-against-possible-us-interference-in-german-elections.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:17:51

  • "Pathak, Foundation’s CEO, says his company plans to start giving its humanoids lethal capabilities soon" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/humanoid-robot-soldier-eric-trump-foundation-future-industries/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:18:11

  • "extension of his Big Lie" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-message-of-trumps-address | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:18:25

  • "How about "ranked by how much tax they paid?" Yes, now I'm just being silly." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/07/16/anti-forbes-list-ranks-wealthy-by-the-wealth-their-companies-generated-for-others.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:18:42

  • "Unresolved separatist conflicts are especially common in post-Soviet countries" ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/07/10/transnistria-how-the-ukraine-war-is-heating-up-russias-longest-forgotten-separatist-conflict/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:18:59

  • "The bill additionally would mandate that electronic service providers change their systems so they can easily share information with law enforcement equipped with a warrant." ☛ https://therecord.media/canada-lawful-access-act-surveillance-wyden-letter | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:19:43

  • "TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/967486/tiktok-ai-likeness-detection-tool | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:19:54

  • "The investigation follows the publication of a new Ofcom report that found age checks are becoming more common across online services, but significant gaps remain, particularly on social media platforms and some pornography websites." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/tiktok-age-verification-probe-launched-by-uk/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:20:02

  • "While companies like Flock Safety, Axon, and Motorola Solutions (among others) sell cameras to cities and police departments across the country under the auspices of improving public safety" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/the-fight-against-surveillance-cameras-is-a-struggle-for-democracy/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:20:46

  • "Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, says the new feature is live for users in Canada, the U.K., the U.S. and Australia." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/meta-ai-teen-distress-notification-9.7273137 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:20:55

  • Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/07/17/ransomware-curdles-production-at-coca-colas-fairlife-dairy-biz/5274157 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:21:21

  • Windows TCO ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/partnered-health-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:21:30

  • "That spot adds to the 10-to-1 advertising advantage for Stevens, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact" ☛ https://www.notus.org/2026-election/haley-stevens-video-el-sayed-michigan-primary | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:21:51

  • "But this isn't a one-off; it happens with many of the videos I watch, even if I only check them out for a few seconds before turning them off." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/stopped-trusting-youtube-algorithm-curious-click-destroyed-feed/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:22:00

  • "The product is known as “Truth API,” and Trump Media & Technology Group, which runs Truth Social plans to leverage it into a “meaningful source of revenue for the company,” said interim CEO Kevin McGurn." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/truth-social-is-selling-instant-access-to-trumps-posts-to-banks-and-traders/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:22:10

  • "Public ownership of AI is no guarantee of democracy. We need democratic public ownership to prevent elites from maintaining control of the technology." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-democratization-working-class-institutions | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:22:41

  • "Aside from concern for data centers’ use of natural resources, the Australian government also wants to ensure that the intellectual [sic] property [sic] rights of its people are protected." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/policy/ai-data-centers-must-produce-as-much-power-as-they-use-australia-pm-says-new-national-ai-framework-will-also-ensure-water-efficiency-and-protect-intellectual-property-rights | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:22:50

  • "The announcements on Wednesday in a speech by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese came as Australia draws significant interest from A.I. companies because of its size and the availability of renewable energy" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/world/australia/albanese-artificial-intelligence-guardrails.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:23:05

  • "For me, that’s the kicker. This notion that you can’t do anything about AI, or on the other side of the coin, that AI is inherently bad and it shouldn’t exist at all." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/i-grew-up-idolizing-george-lucas-but-his-passive-stance-on-ai-is-deeply-wrong | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:23:17

  • "The lawsuit follows a massive deepfake scandal that unfolded over the winter, as X users realized that Grok" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-xai-sues-grok-user-deepfakes | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:23:26

  • "Burgess gives the impression, which is my base assumption, that these 13 apps were clear about what they do, so App Review has no excuse for missing them. But I’m sure it’s keeping us all safe in other regards." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/17/san-francisco-demands-removal-of-nudify-apps/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:23:37

  • "The letters, sent on Thursday, target eight apps on the App Store and five on the Play Store that market themselves as face-swapping tools but are used to "undress" photos of real people" ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/17/demand-to-pull-nudify-apps/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:24:55

  • "The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-demands-apple-and-google-delete-ai-nudify-apps-from-app-stores/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:25:13

  • "To cut to the chase, I am highly critical of the current use of LLMs and agentic coding in software development." ☛ https://proycon.anaproy.nl/posts/ai-policy/ | Source: Maarten van Gompel    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:25:31

  • "So, imagine the scene. Someone gets hold of your locked Android phone and, despite not knowing your security PIN, they can send messages via SMS or WhatsApp pretending to come from you." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/googles-gemini-strangers-messages-locked-android-phone | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:25:50

  • "This re-calibration is just one of the many signs that the AI bubble is about to deflate." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2026/07/portents-of-doom.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:26:06

  • "Bernie Sanders has proposed making artificial intelligence providers hand over 50% of their stock to a US sovereign wealth fund." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-sovereign-weath-fund-sanders-critics | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:26:15

  • "Apparently a bunch of people on Hacker News think my post about vibe-coding Mac and iOS apps was itself vibe-coded." ☛ https://scottwillsey.com/no-i-am-not-ai/ | Source: Scott Willsey    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:26:35

  • "Relying on survey data about AI knowledge and public attitudes, the Canadian national strategy claims that low literacy and low trust are the “binding constraints” on deeper AI integration." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/outdated-data-and-dubious-comparisons-digging-into-the-governments-ai-strategy-adoption-claims/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:26:49

  • "Kevin sent me a link to this email from Linus Torvalds the other day, and I found that to be a great example of something that has been bothering me for a while now" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/on-ethics-and-usefulness | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:27:00

  • "In the caption for the post, Lorde tagged the streaming service." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lorde-slams-spotify-ai-generated-song-descriptions-1235594882/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:27:12

  • "Having the extra desk space is great, though, and I ache for some mobility." ☛ https://mwl.io/archives/24854 | Source: MWL    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:46:58

  • "Without a better workshop, this design is as sturdy as I can get." ☛ https://mwl.io/archives/24895 | Source: MWL    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:47:05

  • "Looking over this progression, and the rest of the folk revival" ☛ https://www.jefftk.com/p/embracing-amateurs-to-get-experts | Source: Jeff Kaufman    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:47:25

  • "The first session I joined was Kirjoittajan oppaat scifiin ja fantasiaan (Writer’s guides to scifi and fantasy) with Saara Henriksson, Anne Leinonen and Jani Saxell." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/my-first-finncon-turku-2026/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:47:36

  • "I finished my degree, kept writing and building, started learning SwiftUI through a couple of Apple app ideas, and have been trying to give myself some grace through a heavier stretch of life." ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/now/now-july-2026/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:47:47

  • "I didn’t understand him then. I do now." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-cant-make-old-friends | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:48:02

  • "It was great to be able to present my work to students who are using emerging technologies to build systems that leave a positive social impact" ☛ https://blog.viditb.com/uc-berkeley-mdes-guest-lecture/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:48:13

  • "School projects were a big motivator in my early school years, but at some point it was about curiosity, and a desire for The Right Thing." ☛ https://alexalejandre.com/interviews/interview-with-matheus-moreira/ | Source: Alex Alejandre    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:48:25

  • "The band director doesn't show up on time, so his kids don't." ☛ https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-07-17 | Source: Dr Molly Tov    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:48:37

  • "Writing a custom propagator is worth considering when one constraint carries much of a problem’s structure." ☛ https://zayenz.se/blog/post/minimum-distance-propagation-modref2026-paper/ | Source: Mikael Zayenz Lagerkvist    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:49:03

  • "A fascinating aspect in evolutionary biology is that of convergent evolution — whereby similar structures and functions evolve independently from each other." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/how-octopuses-hacked-their-ribosome-to-become-smart/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:49:14

  • "As I sit at my desk here at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) offices in Providence, RI, I am having a slow moment." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/15/robert-harington-reflects-on-our-addiction-to-speed-and-advocates-for-slow-scholarly-publishing-and-the-inherent-beauty-of-not-always-being-first/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:49:24

  • "People value imperfections and asymmetry more than they're willing to admit. The human is face is not symmetrical even if it appears to be." ☛ https://blog.viditb.com/its-not-a-coincidence-that-film-is-making-a-comeback/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:49:48

  • "My second priority is getting back to making words." ☛ https://mwl.io/archives/24883 | Source: MWL    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:50:00

  • "Back in 2024, I rescued a Wii from the tech swap shop at EMF Camp." ☛ https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2026-07-17-this-blog-is-hosted-on-a-nintendo-wii-in-a-field/ | Source: Alex Haydock    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:50:12

  • "If we start doubting our blogging, maybe it's time to be truly honest with ourselves. When we look in the rearview mirror, is anyone looking back?" ☛ https://robertbirming.com/backseat-blogger/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:50:23

  • "A research scientist at Lockheed, he came up with the idea for a computer system that would search scientific and technical literature almost instantaneously." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/technology/roger-summit-dead.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:50:33

  • "The European Commission said the preloading of Gemini onto Android devices reduced the attractiveness of rival third-party models for the 60% of EU adults who use Android." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/07/17/2026/eu-orders-google-to-open-android-ai-system-to-rivals | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:53:43

  • "Here's the problem: A single software package can trigger hundreds of alerts because one imported function or library within it is theoretically vulnerable." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/agentic-ai-red-hat-openshift-and-nvidia-shifting-precision-security | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:58:16

  • "Karpenter is a high-performance, Kubernetes-native node autoscaler." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-red-hat-build-karpenter | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:58:25

  • "Why good AI agents fail in production: The missing infrastructure layer" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-your-ai-agent-framework-isnt-enough-7-platform-capabilities-missing-production | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 07:58:39

  • Collabora announce a preview of Holo Core, an AArch64 port of Arch Linux for Steam Frame | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/collabora-announce-a-preview-of-holo-core-an-aarch64-port-of-arch-linux-for-steam-frame/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 08:00:34

  • Bethesda roadmap: more Fallout is coming, Starfield support continues, but Elder Scrolls VI is the main priority | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/bethesda-roadmap-more-fallout-is-coming-starfield-support-continues-but-elder-scrolls-vi-is-the-main-priority/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 08:01:18

  • DayZ Badlands gets a fresh teaser and it's set to launch in October | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/dayz-badlands-gets-a-fresh-teaser-and-its-set-to-launch-in-october/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 08:01:42

  • Bandwagon is a 'survivors-lite adventure' that sounds wonderful from the Dome Keeper devs | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/bandwagon-is-a-survivors-lite-adventure-that-sounds-wonderful-from-the-dome-keeper-devs/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:32:49

  • Race down a mountain in the ridiculous looking shooter DIEATHLON | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/race-down-a-mountain-in-the-ridiculous-looking-shooter-dieathlon/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:33:06

  • Valve say the Team Fortress 2 MvM update is still coming and they're still working on it | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-say-the-team-fortress-2-mvm-update-is-still-coming-and-theyre-still-working-on-it/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:34:16

  • The explosive isometric insurgent simulator Brigador Killers arrives in August | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/the-explosive-isometric-insurgent-simulator-brigador-killers-arrives-in-august/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:34:40

  • SteamVR Beta gets a big update ahead of the Steam Frame release | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steamvr-beta-gets-a-big-update-ahead-of-the-steam-frame-release/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:35:08

  • "It loads files in parallel, displays the interface almost immediately, and continues indexing in the background." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/yazi-terminal-file-manager-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:38:26

  • "The HackRF Pro follows the same general architecture as its predecessor but introduces several RF, processing, timing" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/hackrf-pro-sdr-covers-100khz-to-6ghz-with-fpga-based-processing/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:38:54

  • "unusual memory leak" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/fixing-memory-bug | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:39:31

  • "The community blog feed aggregator lists the featured highlights below from July 10 to 16." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/07/17/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:39:51

  • "Irish Datacenters Now Guzzle 23% of the Country's Electricity - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/16/0229204    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:40:14

  • Slop apologists? "Manton Reece - New York data center pause" https://www.manton.org/2026/07/16/new-york-data-center-pause.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:40:41

  • "A 10-Point Plan To Make America Affordable" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-10-point-plan-to-make-america-affordable    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:40:47

  • "Trump Blatantly Tries to Manipulate Markets With Truth Social Scheme | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/213179/donald-trum-manipulate-markets-truth-social    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:41:03

  • "In primetime speech, Trump doesn't provide evidence for illegal voting" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5896448    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:41:18

  • "Windows Marketshare Is Trending Down" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/windows-marketshare-is-trending-down:c    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:41:34

  • "Virginia Giuffre's family 'told Andrew can't be investigated over Epstein files' as he is 'refusing to co-operate' with US attorney general | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15985949/Virginia-Giuffres-family-Andrew-investigated-Epstein-files-refusing-cooperate-US-attorney-general.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:41:49

  • "Trump Delivered the Crazy, the Democrats Delivered... Tweets | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/newsletter-trump-speech-democrats/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:41:59

  • iophk: yes, there was interference ... in favor of cheeto ... via social control media https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-07-17/trump-uses-national-address-to-revive-false-claims-of-2020-election-fraud-and-exaggerate-chinas-role-in-his-defeat.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:42:16

  • Atlantic Council promoting Ponzi scheme (slop) https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/backlash-against-data-centers-could-cost-the-us-its-ai-edge/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:42:38

  • "For 15 years, that’s where the H vs. V situation stood: a disaster with no solution." ☛ https://pogueman.substack.com/p/can-ai-fix-the-portrait-vs-landscape | Source: David Pogue    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:43:03

  • "I do have a sense that TLA+ has made good inroads into acceptance" ☛ https://www.philipzucker.com/kissin_tla/ | Source: Philip Zucker    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:43:29

  • "There’s something really special about a Code Club." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/code-club-enrichment-offer-schools-free-support/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:43:59

  • "In issue 30 we share articles from educators who have already been thinking deeply about the role of critical thinking in the age of AI." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/hello-world-30-out-now-critical-thinking-in-the-age-of-ai/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:44:10

  • "A while back I wrote about Implementing TinaCMS + 11ty and used that for quite a while as well." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/building-a-cms/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:44:36

  • "Hello! I’ve been working on a Django site recently, and I decided to use SQLite as the database." ☛ https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/07/17/learning-about-running-sqlite/ | Source: Julia Evans    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:45:02

  • "This version includes important security updates to Firefox." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15018/ | Source: Tor    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:45:38

  • "In this example, we use Kakoune’s “user mode” feature to create a special “filetype mode” where we can assign filetype-specific keybindings." ☛ https://ficd.sh/blog/tkt-filetype-mode/ | Source: Daniel Fichtinger    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:46:11

  • "CIDER has had macroexpansion support practically forever - C-c C-m expands the form before point into a dedicated buffer, a feature we inherited spiritually from SLIME." ☛ https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/07/17/stepping-through-macros-in-cider.html | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:46:30

  • "If you are starting a new project or upgrading an existing one, 6.4.0 is the version to use." ☛ https://zayenz.se/blog/post/gecode-6-3-and-6-4-released/ | Source: Mikael Zayenz Lagerkvist    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:46:49

  • "A few months ago, nostalgia got the better of me." ☛ https://otavio.cc/twenty-years-later-coltrane/ | Source: Otávio C    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:47:04

  • "I have been working on two new themes for my minimalist doric-themes package." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-07-16-emacs-doric-lilac-doric-borage/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:47:15

  • "In order to form more perfect arguments, I present a first cut at a bibliography of real research that seems directed toward finding the perfect editor." ☛ https://bruceediger.com/perfect.editor.html | Source: Bruce Ediger    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:47:30

  • "In addition to offering a generally great and active blog" ☛ https://sals.place/blog/a-perfect-editor/ | Source: Sal    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:47:44

  • "The service with AT&T was always quite good, albeit a bit expensive." ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2026/07/att-to-us-mobile/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:48:20

  • "I have a use case where I need to copy files from Nextcloud to S3 storage using my phone" ☛ https://janlukas.blog/appydroid/rclone-android | Source: Jan-Lukas Else    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:48:34

  • "Having the information shown on the display of a digital multimeter also recorded off-screen can be incredibly useful" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/wireless-lcd-streaming-for-the-aneng-an870-multimeter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:48:57

  • "Time to adopt this curious contraption and turn it into something cinematic." ☛ https://transistor-man.com/gimbal_camera_rover.html | Source: Dane Kouttron    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:49:13

  • "A problem facing the designers of event badges is this: what happens to the badge after the event?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/the-bornhack-2026-cyber-aegg-is-a-badge-with-a-life-afterwards/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:49:25

  • "For (much) higher data rates, there’s 4G cellular. We take a look at a couple of add-on solutions here, along with a separate GPS module for ultra-accurate location- and time-stamping." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/lora-radio-communication-devices-for-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:49:39

  • "This article explains what happened, why it worked, and what you can do to reduce the risk in the future." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/use-the-aur-safely-arch-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:50:15

  • "I decided that Thursday morning at 8:27 AM was the right time to start my first update from FreeBSD 15.0 to 15.1" ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/17/updating-freebsd-15-0-to-freebsd-15-1-via-pkgbase/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:50:51

  • "Over the last 25 years, Linux has removed hundreds of small frustrations from everyday computing." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/linux-headaches-we-thankfully-never-have-to-deal-with-anymore/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:51:27

  • "Recently I was peripherally involved in a Fediverse discussion about (C's) argc and argv (the arguments to your main(), the start of a C program)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/EarlyUnixArgcAndArgv | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:51:52

  • "Yesterday I changed the background iterator for the homepage of this website. How did I do that? The code is below but here I’ll give you the highlight: [...]" ☛ https://ggirelli.info/blog/2026/07/17/background-change | Source: Gabriele Girelli    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:52:11

  • "When a link overflowed to a new line, the text was subtly grouped together, so there was a visual indication that both lines were part of the same text." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/07/17/multi-line-links-on-my-home-page | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:52:26

  • "That sounds like a lot of preamble, but we quickly get to a full slate of hacks" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/17/hackaday-podcast-episode-378-c-coders-ceramic-printers-and-shadow-archives/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:52:46

  • The Ashes of Azoukralon ☞ https://jxself.org/azoukralon.shtml    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:55:43

  • Weston 16: HDR-ready, improved debugging, and DRM backend features ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/weston-16-hdr-ready-improved-debugging-and-drm-backend-features.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:56:51

  • In Other News: Iran Tracks US Military Phones, CrashStealer macOS Malware, CVD Blueprint ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-iran-tracks-us-military-phones-crashstealer-macos-malware-cvd-blueprint/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:57:16

  • Florida man arrested after allegedly stealing $220,000 in crypto using malware hidden in Steam Games — 8,000 devices infected ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/fbi-arrests-florida-man-in-steam-malware-investigaton-after-tracing-stolen-bitcoin-to-uber-eats-gift-cards    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:57:38

  • Privacy and human rights award 2026 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/privacy-and-human-rights-award-2026/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:58:11

  • 7.4 earthquake strikes off Chiapas coast, activating a tsunami alert ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/7-4-earthquake-strikes-off-chiapas-coast-activating-tsunami-alert/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 12:58:53

  • Apple Music Once Again Bumps Its U.S. Prices — Individual Increases to $11.99 Per Month, Family Hits $19.99 Due to ‘Rising Licensing Costs’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/17/apple-music-price-increase-2026/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:05:08

  • Fix round brackets in URI ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/fix-round-brackets-in-uri.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:05:42

  • Show top 100 DJ's on DJMAG ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/44261/show-top-100-djs-on-djmag    

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

  • Email Authentication Explained: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/email-authentication-spf-dkim-dmarc/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:07:05

  • Building an Arch GNU/Linux aarch64 port for Holo Core (Collabora blog) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1083392/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:07:54

  • Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1083388/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:08:41

  • Linus Torvalds Spent Years Dismissing AI, Only to Vouch for It ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linus-torvalds-on-ai/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:09:26

  • Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2026/29 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/07/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-29/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:10:03

  • Upscayl, the local Hey Hi (AI) image enhancer is getting better and better ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/upscayl-second-review.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:11:13

  • JetBrains Mono – monospaced typeface designed for developers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jetbrains-mono-monospaced-typeface-developers/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:11:34

  • How to Install AMD Radeon Drivers on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-amd-radeon-drivers-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:11:49

  • 6 Useful Free and Open Source YAML Code Formatters ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-yaml-code-formatters/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:12:36

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

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:13:20

  • How To Install Jupyter Notebook on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-jupyter-notebook-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:13:36

  • How To Install Hermes Agent on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-hermes-agent-linux-mint-22/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:14:00

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

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:14:21

  • How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool for lock-in ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:15:19

  • Gnome Working on Test Center App to Make Testing Easier ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Gnome-Working-on-Test-Center-App-to-Make-Testing-Easier    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:19:28

  • New Vulnerability Discovered in Linux Kernel ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/New-Vulnerability-Discovered-in-Linux-Kernel    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:34:28

  • Synex 26.07.17 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/synex    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:34:53

  • Pardus 25.2 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pardus    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:34:59

  • Netdeep 4.10342 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/netdeep    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:35:05

  • Tiny Core 17.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tinycore    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:35:22

  • This Week in GNOME: #258 GUADEC 2026 ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/07/twig-258/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:36:33

  • Rahm Emanuel Says Israel’s Path Is “Not Sustainable Politically” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/rahm-emanuel-says-israels-path-is-not-sustainable-politically    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:37:21

  • "Ukraine has become a net security provider for Europe": President von der Leyen unveils new defence partnership with Kyiv ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ac_26_1649    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:38:40

  • Commission launches EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance to boost drone and counter-drone technology ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1648    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:38:53

  • Thousands protest in Kyiv for second day over ouster of popular defence minister Fedorov ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260717-thousands-protest-for-second-day-in-kyiv-over-ouster-of-popular-defence-minister    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:39:02

  • Ukraine: Trouble at the Top? Adieu Keir, Alright Andy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20260717-ukraine-trouble-at-the-top-adieu-keir-alright-andy    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 13:39:15

  • New Series - "A Tale of Two Antónios" - Parts 1 to 34 out soon. We still have about 6 parts left.    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:00:28

  • Two documents attached to "A Tale of Two Antónios" - Parts 1 to 4 - and more to become available soon, including: Council of the EU - PRESS RELEASE 73/26 - 30/01/2026 (document associated with Part 1)    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:01:16

  • ATTACHMENTS in "A Tale of Two Antónios" - Parts 1 to 4 show that EPO is an EU crises too. See "Council of the EU - PRESS RELEASE 73/26 - 30/01/2026".    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:02:13

  • Just a quick update on this: It was decided to break down some of the parts into smaller units and the series has now expanded to 34 parts.    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:02:52

  • Parts 30 and 31 will be ready today or next week. Parts 32 and 33 will follow this month. The remainder will be finalised and sent next month.    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:04:13

  • There will also be a lot more about https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/17/EPO_Cocaine_Communication_Manager_Part_XV_Nazi_Like_Thinking_at.shtml    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:04:38

  • SLAPP Censorship - Part 133 Out of 200 will probably be out late next week    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:05:39

  • no wonder it is delayed by so much, the fiscal year ended already http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/29/How_Long_Can_a_Company_Delay_Its_Financial_Report_That_Likely_C.shtml    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:06:27

  • so we know more people - especially women - have left since then http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/At_Least_5_Women_Quit_Brett_Wilson_LLP_in_Recent_Months_It_s_th.shtml    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:06:44

  • Ukrainians 'disillusioned, outraged': Zelensky 'reshuffled entire govt' to dismiss defence minister ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260717-ukrainians-disillusioned-outraged-zelensky-reshuffled-entire-govt-to-dismiss-defence-minister    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:09:33

  • The Rise and Fall of Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Mastermind ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/world/europe/ukraine-fedorov-defense-minister.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:09:48

  • The 20-Somethings Running Ukraine’s War Machine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/world/europe/youth-ukraine-defense-innovation.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:10:00

  • A Russian Political Battle Ends With a Visit From Masked Men ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/world/europe/russia-politics-election-nadezhdin.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:10:10

  • Russia says Ukrainian drone attack killed several in Moscow logistics centre ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260718-russia-says-ukrainian-drone-attack-killed-several-in-moscow-logistics-centre    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:10:18

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man targets China and Russia with baseless claims of election interference ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/trump-targets-china-and-russia-with-baseless-claims-of-election-interference    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:10:44

  • ‘Not a big deal’: New Venice mayor on US ambassador’s superyacht visit ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260717-europe-bought-gas-oil-from-russia-venice-mayor-sees-contradiction-in-biennale-funding-freeze    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:11:03

  • Linux Patches Keep 1980s–90s Macs Spinning Their Floppies ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/07/linux-patches-keep-1980s-90s-macs-spinning-their-floppies/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:11:35

  • Elon to Open Source X’s Codebase. Believe It When Git Happens ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/07/elon-to-open-source-xs-codebase-believe-it-when-git-happens/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:11:49

  • X is already "Open Source", but IBM Wayland tries to replace it    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:12:15

  • Hackers Expose How Hey Hi (AI) Music App Suno Stole Decades Worth of Copyrighted Music ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hacker-ai-music-suno-copyright    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:12:35

  • Hari Rana: How far would hostile distributions go to hurt application developers? ☞ https://tesk.page/2026/07/18/how-far-would-hostile-distributions-go-to-hurt-upstream/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:13:08

  • Updating FreeBSD 15.0 to FreeBSD 15.1 (via pkgbase) ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/17/updating-freebsd-15-0-to-freebsd-15-1-via-pkgbase/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:13:59

  • When people get something from deb/rpm/other (flatpak, snap, yum, dnf, apt, apt-get etc.) they make many assumptions, inc. that the channel with the repo is secure, the packager can be trusted, the developer/s can be trusted, and the compiler, modules etc. are not malicious. This is NOT unique/different from ProprietaryCrap issues. Same issues, but ...... hidden,    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:17:01

  • The MSM likes to pretend ONLY Free Software has this "SUPPLY CHAIN" issue    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:17:25

  • MSM = funded to issue GAFAM propaganda    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:17:39

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Decimated a Satellite Program That Would’ve Vastly Improved Wildfire Smoke Monitoring ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/trump-cancelled-satellite-geoxo-noaa-monitoring-wildfire-smoke    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:49:38

  • Six Flags Great America closes as Canadian wildfire smoke spreads across US ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/07/18/us-news/six-flags-great-america-closes-as-canadian-wildfire-smoke-spreads-across-us/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:49:48

  • Let’s Be Real, The Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is Convicted Felon’s Fault, Not Taco Bell’s ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/explosive-diarrhea-taco-bell-trump    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:50:11

  • North Korea appears to have built rocket launcher facilities near DMZ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-appears-to-have-built-rocket-launcher-facilities-near-dmz    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:50:26

  • Senior Chinese delegation visits North Korea’s Wonsan Kalma resort, KCNA says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/senior-chinese-delegation-visits-north-koreas-wonsan-kalma-resort-kcna-says    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:50:42

  • New approach for survivors of sexual violence ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-51/20260717-new-approach-for-survivors-of-sexual-violence    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:51:35

  • China warns of ‘countermeasures’ to US stay limits for journalists ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/18/china-warns-of-countermeasures-to-us-stay-limits-for-journalists/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:52:40

  • Philippines Condemns Hey Hi (AI) Video Posted by Chinese State Media Depicting It as a Monkey ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/world/asia/philippines-ai-video-china-racist.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 14:53:10

  • "Sun did have Richard Stallman come to talk, but he seemed “too radical” for the Sun execs, Lindholm recalled" https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/07/18/java-was-a-three-day-hotfix-away-from-dying-horribly-on-stage/5274590    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:05:23

  • "Linus Torvalds Puts His Foot Down, Tells Anti-AI Programmers To 'Fork It' - and Then This Happened - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/17/151212    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:17:19

  • Imagine how MSM would react had RMS said "fork it"...    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:17:44

  • Rust == Politics (with a capital P)    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:19:57

  • Policy statements seems vague: https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/18/Daniel_Pocock_s_Candidacy_Election_of_Member_of_Parliament_Me nt.shtml devoid of policy?    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:43:42

  • "illegitimi non carborundum" (mock latin of course) gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/18/Only_Those_Who_Never_Give_Up_Will_Pick_Up_a_Prize.gmi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:43:55

  • ‘Suddenly, I Was Free’: A Chinese Pastor’s Journey From Jail to the U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/world/asia/ezra-jin-china-pastor-trump.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:49:05

  • Philippines files protest over ‘racist’ China video portraying Filipinos as monkeys ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-condemns-chinese-state-medias-racist-video-depicting-filipinos-as-monkeys    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:49:19

  • Broken China? Why one economist says China’s growth has stalled ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/is-chinas-economy-broken    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:49:42

  • Protest filed over ‘racist’ China state media video portraying the Philippines as a monkey ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/17/protest-filed-over-racist-china-state-media-video-portraying-the-philippines-as-a-monkey/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:50:28

  • Family of detained US scientist breaks silence after quiet diplomacy stalls ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20260717-family-of-detained-us-scientist-breaks-silence-after-quiet-diplomacy-stalls    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 15:50:49

  • iophk: PHK will no longer write for the ACM, retiring of sorts    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 16:11:14

  • This was mostly about the embargo: gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/17/Technical_Computer_Scientist_and_Free_Software_Expert_Running_f.gmi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 16:42:15

  • NetEase Cloud Music and Warner Music Group Announce Strategic Multi-Year Licensing Renewal ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/17/netease-wmg-licensing-renewal-2026/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 16:56:30

  • For The First Time Ever, an Atmosphere Has Been Detected Around A Rocky 'Habitable Zone' Planet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-astronomers-have-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-rocky-planet-in-the-habitable-zone    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 16:57:13

  • International Group of Researchers Says We're Thinking About Longevity at The Wrong Stage of Life ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-longevity-may-be-shaped-before-youre-even-born-study-reveals    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 16:57:26

  • Bones of Ancient Egyptian Princesses Reveal They Were Kind of Badass ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-egyptian-princesses-were-skilled-with-powerful-weapons-lost-remains-reveal    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 16:57:33

  • 'Footprint of Death': Entirely New Way Viruses Spread Has Been Discovered ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/newly-discovered-footprint-of-death-may-help-viruses-spread    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 16:57:41

  • Chemistry From Another World Found in The Famous Hillsborough Meteorite ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/chemistry-from-another-world-found-in-the-famous-hillsborough-meteorite    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 17:00:12

  • New Study Reveals Why Ancient Roman Concrete Keeps Getting Stronger ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-reveals-why-ancient-roman-concrete-keeps-getting-stronger    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 17:00:19

  • One Fungus Has Caused More Extinctions Than Any Other Infectious Disease. Some Toads Have Found a Way to Survive It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-fungus-has-caused-more-extinctions-than-any-other-infectious-disease-some-toads-have-found-a-way-to-survive-it    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 17:00:26

  • Scientists Solve The 40-Year Mystery of a Giant Structure Towering Over The Milky Way ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-solve-the-40-year-mystery-of-a-giant-structure-towering-over-the-milky-way    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 17:00:33

  • Rights organizations document deaths and abuse at Fort Bliss detention camp ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/human-rights-organizations-document-deaths-and-abuse-at-fort-bliss-immigration-camp/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 17:00:56

  • Food price inflation on the rise: the everyday items going up in price ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/food-price-inflation-on-the-rise-the-everyday-items-going-up-in-price-aCsM67A1OaJL    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 17:01:24

  • Community Snapshot—June ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/07/community-snapshot-june-2/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 17:02:11

  • France orders internet providers to block access to Polymarket prediction site ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260717-france-orders-internet-service-providers-to-block-access-to-polymarket    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 17:03:01

  • So what if those festivals are hotbeds for drug use? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/03/electromagnetic-field-camp-emfcamp-drones-arduino-burning-man    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 17:24:16

  • Can We Finally All Agree That UEFI 'Secure Boot' is a Sham That Harms Security and Gives Microsoft Remote Control Over All PCs and Servers (Even Those That Don't Run Any Microsoft Software)? http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/18/Can_We_Finally_All_Agree_That_UEFI_Secure_Boot_is_a_Sham_That_H.shtml    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 18:52:31

  • Stocks Sink on Anxiety About Tech and Hey Hi (AI) Spending ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/business/stocks-ai-tech-wall-street.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 18:56:04

  • AI Bubble Fears Are Starting to Spill Over ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bubble-fears-tsmc-nvidia-earnings    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 18:57:02

  • Chatbots are NOTHING new. The DELIRIOUS hype is new.    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 18:57:23

  • After Years of Fighting, MElon’s X and Music Publishers Officially Stop Suing Each Other. But Why? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/17/elon-musk-x-music-publishers-lawsuits-over/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 18:57:58

  • This Week in Plasma: Shadows for Steam and Discord ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/07/18/this-week-in-plasma-shadows-for-steam-and-discord/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:05:32

  • RCEs, Abandonment, and the Vanishing Patent Appeal ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/rces-abandonment-and-the-vanishing-patent-appeal.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:07:02

  • reCamera Pro “Open Hey Hi (AI) Camera” supports computer vision, LLM, VLM, STT, and TTS workloads ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/17/recamera-pro-open-ai-camera-supports-computer-vision-llm-vlm-stt-and-tts-workloads/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:07:52

  • Simple solution to boil water while camping ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/simple-solution-to-boil-water-while-camping.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:08:08

  • GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.28.0 ☞ https://gnunet.org/en/news/2026-07-0.28.0.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:08:33

  • Week 6 + Week 7: Fixing bugs & writing tests ☞ https://ojasmaheshwari.github.io/b/2026/week-6-week-7-fixing-bugs-writing-tests    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:09:10

  • X (Formerly Twitter) is Possibly Going Open Source ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/x-might-be-going-open-source/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:09:25

  • Benchmark Red Bait Data Grid in OpenShift 4 using Hyperfoil ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/17/benchmark-red-hat-data-grid-openshift-4-using-hyperfoil    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:11:44

  • $2,000 awarded for Gaea data storage patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/7/17/2000-awarded-for-gaea-data-storage-patent-prior-art    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:39:01

  • EPO revokes Hanwha’s key solar cell patent monopoly after 11-year opposition battle ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/epo-revokes-hanwhas-key-solar-cell-patent-after-11-year-opposition-battle/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:39:12

  • Incoming British prime minister Andy Burnham hopes to begin 'an era of hope' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/incoming-british-prime-minister-andy-burnham-hopes-to-begin-an-era-of-hope    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:39:55

  • Japan Passes New Law Banning Flag Desecration in Nationalist Push ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/world/asia/japan-flag-desecration-law.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:40:30

  • Desecration os a flag that is just a drop of blood?    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:40:48

  • (of)    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:41:01

  • How Convicted Felon Abused the Power to Declassify America’s Secrets ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/opinion/trump-speech-us-intelligence-secrets-classified.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:41:13

  • Billionaires Prepare $87 Million Ad Campaign to Block California Wealth Tax ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/us/california-billionaire-tax-opponents-ad-campaign.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:42:34

  • Mozilla pushes GAFAM slop after appointing FACEBOOK STAFF as Mozilla MANAGERS https://www.phoronix.com/news/Llamafile-0.10.4    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:43:34

  • Leaked Police Drone Videos Highlight Need For Independent Review of the Technology’s Usefulness ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/leaked-drone-video-takeaways    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:44:40

  • Argentina accuses UK vessel of approaching Falkland Islands illegally, amidst FIFA controversy ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/argentina-accuses-uk-vessel-of-approaching-falkland-islands-illegally-amidst-fifa-controversy/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:46:35

  • Sergio Cipriano: Running Graphical Applications in Incus Containers ☞ https://sergiocipriano.com/running-gui-in-incus.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:47:18

  • Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 325 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-325-released/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:47:41

  • Robot vacuum flaw lets one stolen certificate run root commands on other Shark robovacs in the same proprietary trap AWS region — unpatched flaw exposes live camera feeds, stored home maps, and Wi-Fi credentials ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/shark-robot-vacuum-flaw-lets-one-stolen-certificate-run-root-commands-on-others-in-the-same-aws-region    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:48:44

  • Lawmakers want US government to ban memory chips from China, even in allied supply chains — citing 'unacceptable risk' to national, economic, and supply chain security ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/lawmakers-want-us-government-to-ban-memory-chips-from-china-even-in-allied-supply-chains-citing-unacceptable-risk-to-national-economic-and-supply-chain-security    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:48:58

  • Windows TCO? Coca-Cola Suspends US Fairlife Production Due to Ransomware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/coca-cola-suspends-us-fairlife-production-due-to-ransomware-attack/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:49:44

  • Cyberattack Disrupts Operations of Japanese Frozen Food Giant Nichirei ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-disrupts-operations-of-japanese-frozen-food-giant-nichirei/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/17/Nichirei_and_Asahi_Beer_Need_to_Take_Cyberattacks_as_Hint_of_Op.shtml    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:50:08

  • Mozilla Privacy Blog: Beyond technical fixes: Protecting kids online without breaking the internet ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/07/17/beyond-technical-fixes-protecting-kids-online-without-breaking-the-internet/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:50:30

  • UN experts warn UK IPP sentences continue to cause severe psychological harm ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/un-experts-warn-uk-ipp-sentences-continue-to-cause-severe-psychological-harm/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:51:44

  • US Military Smartphones Targeted Through Roaming and Ad Tech ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/us-military-smartphones-targeted-through-roaming-and-ad-tech/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:52:10

  • Flathub’s AI slop ban looks like it was the right call ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/flathub-ai-slop-ban-data http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/18/Torvalds_challenged_the_haters_to_fork_Linux_Someone_said_hold_.shtml    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:53:15

  • Very sloppy https://itsfoss.com/news/linus-torvalds-on-ai/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:54:15

  • Integration of malware! https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/intellij-idea-2026-2-released-with-native-github-copilot-integration/ https://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:55:31

  • Shotcut 26.7 Added Option to Choose Which Physical GPU to Work With ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/shotcut-26-7-option-to-choose-gpu/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 19:56:09

  • GameStop CEO says Sony's decision to go disc-less is 'totally irrelevant' — claims software, including physical discs, accounts for only 12% of the company's business ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/gamestop-ceo-says-sonys-decision-to-go-disc-less-is-totally-irrelevant-claims-software-including-physical-discs-accounts-for-only-12-percent-of-the-companys-business    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:21:43

  • Espressif releases SDK for Aliro smart door locks based on ESP32-C or ESP32-H SoCs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/17/espressif-releases-sdk-for-aliro-smart-door-locks-based-on-esp32-c-or-esp32-h-socs/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:22:02

  • India launches first hydrogen-powered train in clean energy push ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-launches-first-hydrogen-powered-train-in-clean-energy-push    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:22:25

  • WordPress 7.0.2 Release ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-2-release/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:22:38

  • "This site is written using Gemtext and hosted on both Gemini and HTTP protocols. Gemini is a web-lite protocol created out of a nostalgia for what the web once was, intentionally constrained in a way that strongly favors text-heavy content and makes bloated design a technical impossibility." gemini://birds-are-nice.me/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:23:57

  • "Just testing out my new gemlog system. Hopefully this post works." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/testing-from-my-phone    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:25:04

  • "My departure from Windows happened way back when Win95 was released. My parents bough a new computer and I got the old one. Some friends and I went to a computer convention and came home with a box of 3.5 inch floppies with Slackware's base install on them and I never looked back." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/re-i-was-corrected-on-the-internet-about-my-inefficient-use-of-awk-today    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:25:43

  • Yeah, you’re right. On the internet, ever since money came, everything got messed up gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:26:30

  • "Recently, Elon Musk (the fucking bumbling idiot that has spent the last decade+ - wait, after checking, a fucking quarter of a century, it seems - pestering us all with the idea of going to fucking Mars) apparently discovered how far Mars is. This fucken idiot is still the richest man on Earth, press still covering his stupidity with gleeful applause." gemini://tilde.team/~jmcs/gemlog/2026-07-18-business-idiots-everywhere.gmi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:27:41

  • "for years i was just a viewer. but yesterday i decided to try writing in gemini by myself. I know this post seems a bit naive. But for the past few days, this discussion has been running through my mind" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Geminispace/46126    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:28:36

  • "One of my coworkers is very interested in a Web3 project called "Midnight."^ Midnight is a sister project to Cardano, a blockchain built to focus on the smart contract and digital token aspects of cryptocurrencies rather than the value of the coin itself" gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202607/20260718-the-siren-song-of-depin.gmi    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:29:18

  • Details of Alan Turing’s Voice Encryption System ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/details-of-alan-turings-voice-encryption-system.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:38:48

  • Fresh SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited Soon After Disclosure ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fresh-sharepoint-vulnerability-exploited-soon-after-disclosure/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:39:10

  • Paris region's record June heatwave more than doubled normal mortality rate to reach 3,000 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260717-deaths-paris-region-more-than-doubled-during-june-heatwave-report-france    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:39:31

  • As the U.S. ramps up infrastructure investment, imported cement raises national security concerns ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/contracting/2026/07/as-the-u-s-ramps-up-infrastructure-investment-imported-cement-raises-national-security-concerns/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:40:21

  • "Ubuntu warns an upcoming Linux kernel severely slows AMD down in certain compute workloads due to a drive issue." https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-driver-causing-massive-performance-loss-on-all-major-linux-distros/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:41:47

  • "Moving from Windows to Linux isn't as hard as you might initially think, but you'd be forgiven for having some worries. Switching to a totally different desktop environment is hard, especially when some of the apps you're used to may not be available." https://www.xda-developers.com/i-tried-this-linux-distro-that-looks-like-windows-is-made-by-a-microsoft-engineer-and-is-based-on-ubuntu/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:42:05

  • Rust, i.e. even worse https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/17/torvalds-challenged-the-haters-to-fork-linux-someone-said-hold-my-beer/5274275    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:43:35

  • Follow the money https://the-decoder.com/linus-torvalds-tells-ai-critics-in-the-linux-kernel-community-to-fork-off/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/18/Only_Torvaldos_Linus_Torvalds_Can_Use_the_F_Word_CoC_Does_Not_A.shtml    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:44:15

  • "ZorinOS has been getting a lot of hype ever since Microsoft dropped support for Windows 10. Turns out the hype is justified. Linux Mint has been my go-to recommendation for Windows users, but testing ZorinOS changed my opinion." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-isnt-the-top-windows-replacement-anymore/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:44:48

  • Slop pushers are paying the boss of Torvalds to associate the Linux brand with scams https://www.infoworld.com/article/4198170/new-linux-foundation-project-aims-to-make-payments-native-to-ai-workflows.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:45:33

  • "Your Linux distro may have a way of tightening up these security holes, but are you using it? By default, you’re probably blissfully unaware of the problem, so you should at least investigate further. Or you could let one of these distros take on the heavy lifting for you." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-distros-finally-got-dns-privacy-rightmost-others-dont/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:47:19

  • Linux is becoming SLOPOS, written in a language that its own creator cannot read or understand; poor leadership   

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:48:00

  • Linux is becoming SLOPOS, written in a language that its own creator cannot read or understand; poor leadership http://techrights.org/o/2022/09/21/going-rusty-faster/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:48:31

  • Those looks like black sex toys https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/collabora-announce-a-preview-of-holo-core-an-aarch64-port-of-arch-linux-for-steam-frame/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:49:26

  • Torvalds as corporate/social warrior, first banning people based on their nationality, now this https://korben.info/en/torvalds-ai-opponents-linux-fork-kernel-or-get-out.html    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:50:35

  • $10K Bounty Targets Linux on PlayStation 5 Hardware https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/10k-bounty-targets-linux-on-playstation-5-hardware    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:50:56

  • A $10K Bounty Aims to Make Sony’s PlayStation 5 a Computer Again https://www.wired.com/story/a-10k-bounty-aims-to-make-the-ps5-a-computer-again/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:51:14

  • PS5 Slim can boot Linux via PS5 Linux Loader: Firmware 7.61 extends the homebrew boundary https://www.igorslab.de/en/ps5-slim-ps5-linux-loader-linux-boot-firmware-7-61-homebrew-boundary/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:52:23

  • For operating systems Windows and Linux recreated the concept of game cartridges https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/dlya-operatsionnykh-sistem-windows-i-linux-vossozdali-kontsept-igrovykh-kartridzhej    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:53:05

  • “Fork it. Or just walk away.” https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/linus-torvalds-to-critics-of-ai-coding-in-linux-fork-it-or-just-walk-away/    

posted Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 20:55:10
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