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"The MUSE Pi Pro is an 85 × 56mm single-board computer built around SpacemiT’s M1 processor, combining eight 64-bit RISC-V cores with 2.0 TOPS of AI processing capability." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:43:44

  • "The NanoPi M6V2 is a compact SBC featuring 8K HDMI output, dual MIPI camera and display interfaces, NVMe SSD support, and 6 TOPS of AI performance." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/friendlyelec-refreshes-nanopi-m6-with-rk3588s-lpddr5-and-upgraded-audio-codec/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:43:54

  • "Chat Control 1: Grönt ljus i EU:s ministerråd" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/26/chat-control-1-gront-ljus-i-eus-ministerrad/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:44:07

  • "At the same time, Meta proposes a novel "de minimis" BitTorrent defense" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/meta-confirms-data-engineer-is-behind-key-ip-address-in-adult-film-piracy-lawsuit/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:44:53

  • Right of Publicity ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-26/hollywoods-ai-hiring-is-real-inside-studios-hiring-tells-more-careful-story | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:45:21

  • "Plugged in a USB CD/DVD drive and ran the installation media. Put in the key. It installed, but when I ran it it said it could not register the key online" ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/word-2010-activation/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:46:02

  • "Shortly before noon, Clarke used a megaphone to read aloud the names of the dozens who have died." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-25/pasadena-protests-ice-shootings-national-day-of-action-vigil | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:46:31

  • "For the rest of the country, which associated Minneapolis more with “Minnesota Nice” than with fiery uprisings, the city may have seemed like an odd epicenter for our violent racial strife." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/i-dont-know-how-you-can-look-at-minneapolis | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:46:41

  • "The report cited internal ICE documents showing plans for a mass detention center in the former Rivers Correctional Institution with 1,400 beds." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/ice-to-reopen-private-prison-as-massive-north-carolina-detention-center/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:46:54

  • "On Saturday, July 25, the campaign could claim the credit for forcing Pradhan to step down." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/07/india-cockroach-protests-education-democracy | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:47:08

  • "But it also taught me something about resistance, and about how to hold fast to your own sanity and morality in increasingly insane and immoral times." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/what-j-m-coetzee-can-teach-us-about-ice/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:47:19

  • "The protests became one of the biggest challenges to Hindu nationalist Modi's administration since his 2024 re-election." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/india-clears-protest-site-after-cockroach-movement-scores-a-win-1497224330 | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:47:32

  • "Over that past week, a gen Z movement that called itself the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) mobilised unprecedented protests in the name of justice for millions of young people" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/india-cockroach-protest-victory-signals-trouble-ahead-for-narendra-modi | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:47:47

  • "This July 11 Michael Grynbaum story described what happened in depth." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/26/did-doj-subpoena-nyt-for-what-they-published-or-what-they-didnt/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:48:20

  • "This administration is monomaniacally focused on constantly making headlines. Too bad it’s all the same bad news." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/213514/trump-tariffs-ice-elections-economy | Source: New Republic    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:48:40

  • "According to Amnesty International’s regional director, Tigere Chagutah, Mukuka’s arrest constitutes a misuse of the criminal justice system by authorities in order to intimidate journalists for simply performing their professional duties." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/rights-group-calls-on-zambia-to-release-journalist-arrested-for-controversial-social-media-posts/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:48:55

  • "Rupert Lowe, the leader of the British far-right party Restore, has pulled off a neat trick." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/rupert-lowe-restore-britain-rogan/688033/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:49:27

  • "Warfighting" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-communications-systems-warfare-officers/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:50:07

  • "Over the many past years I have just been rather tired of tech. It overrides our wants and needs to serve the corporate overlords." ☛ https://akselmo.dev/posts/ramblings-about-complacency/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:50:18

  • "affirmed by tradition" ☛ https://aethrvmn.gr/theses/metaphysical/religious/catholicism/ | Source: Aethrvmn    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:50:54

  • "insufficient resources to provide a persistent presence at La Jolla Cove." ☛ https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/harassing-sea-lions-socal-beach-22359528.php? | Source: SFGate    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:51:24

  • "A fully laden coal train travelled several kilometres unmanned after it started rolling downhill during a crew change." ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/runaway-coal-train-hunter-valley/106959762 | Source: ABC    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:51:46

  • "That’s about 37 miles an hour, for my American friends. Without a crew. I’ll be interested in reading The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s report when it comes out." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/runaway-train-in-the-hunter-valley/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:51:58

  • "contradicts repeated assertions by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other officials that the projects were canceled" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-26/trump-administration-admits-grants-for-clean-energy-were-canceled-based-on-politics | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:52:18

  • "The full Colorado River system stands at 33 percent of capacity, down from 39 percent a year ago." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/07/25/colorado-river-reservoirs-sink-to-30-year-lows/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:52:41

  • "The idea that cancer could behave like a contagious disease may seem absurd; in humans, cancer cannot be transmitted from one person to another." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/contagious-cancer-found-in-north-american-catfish/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:52:48

  • "A French woman, previously radicalised [sic] and married to a Portuguese–Luxembourgish IS member, avoids further imprisonment after completing her sentence through a deradicalisation program." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/how-islamic-state-shattered-the-life-of-a-young-french-girl-1325557559 | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:55:06

  • "Friday’s filings were the first glimpse Michiganders have had into gubernatorial campaign finance filings this year." ☛ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/whos-funding-michigan-governor-candidates-new-filings-reveal-top-donors/ | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:55:19

  • "We want voters to understand that they cannot legally make a bet on an election and cast a ballot in that same election" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/496759/wisconsin-kalshi-right-vote-bet-wager-new-york | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:55:28

  • "Moving down the list, America’s second richest man, Larry Ellison, has purchased CBS news, moving it rightward, and is trying to take control of CNN." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/against-oligarchy-part-ii-wealth | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:55:34

  • "there will never be elections here again" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-26/nicaragua-president-ortega-vows-no-more-elections | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:55:41

  • "Apple is likely to rely on on-device processing and skip out on more controversial features like facial recognition or an always-on-recording similar to Meta’s “super sensing.”" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/971101/apple-smart-glasses-privacy | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:56:04

  • "Social media platforms are designed around engagement: Posts that generate reactions, comments and shares are more likely to be shown to users." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-caught-game-social-media-content.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:56:37

  • "As social media companies face scrutiny over addictive design features, mental health experts cite a stream of breakup content as an example of the failure to protect users." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:56:44

  • "A new lawsuit, filed July 15 in San Francisco Superior Court by Madison’s father, alleges that OpenAI’s ChatGPT instilled a “messiah complex” in her, eventually leading Madison to kill herself" ☛ https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/chatgpt-alabama-suicide-22356367.php | Source: SFGate    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:58:32

  • "The package is available on GitHub, and through the R universe." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/gpopt-for-r-bayesian-and-conformal-optimization-of-black-box-functions-and-hyperparameter-tuning/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:58:44

  • "LLMs are useful tools that are transforming the way we work in many professions. For example, they are extremely useful in the field of software development." ☛ https://www.dlp.rip/slop-proxy/ | Source: Chris Fenner    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:58:58

  • "The AI videos usually feature AI avatars that present themselves as credible figures like doctors or Eastern medical gurus." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-doctors-quake-cures | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:59:14

  • "Perhaps we should rely less on Nazi Bars for our critical business functions somewhat" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/we-should-rely-less-on-the-nazi-bar-somewhat/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 04:59:44

  • "MRI machines are life-saving medical devices that can let doctors and radiologists diagnose various critical conditions, but they’re also insanely expensive." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/open-source-3d-printed-portable-mri-machine-built-for-under-usd70-000-diy-medical-equipment-costs-less-than-7-percent-of-a-full-sized-mri-machines-usd1-1-million-starting-price | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:00:20

  • "A batch of previously unseen videos from the Golden Age of coin-operated gaming for you this week." ☛ https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/07/26/lyle-raines-pioneer-of-ataris-coin-op-gaming-era/ | Source: The Arcade Blogger    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:00:43

  • "Let σ be a permutation on n elements. If there is a permutation τ such that applying τ twice has the same effect on the list of elements as applying σ once, we say σ = τ² and τ is a square root of σ." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/26/permutation-roots/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:01:31

  • "The function expq(x) is defined by taking the power series for exp(x) and keeping only the terms whose index is a multiple of q." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/26/exp-q/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:01:44

  • "According to experts, that's significant because sugars were a critical component for jump-starting life on Earth, and how exactly sugar molecules first formed on our planet has been a long-standing question among scientists." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sugar-in-space-life-on-earth-9.7281908 | Source: CBC    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:01:56

  • "I don’t do a lot of Python, at least not in my most recent life.1 However, I happen to have just written a production ML-DSA verifier in pure Python." ☛ https://words.filippo.io/mldsa-py/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:02:27

  • "I found the post SIMD in Pure Python by retr0id about optimizing Game of Life and thought it’s a good opportunity to yap about SWAR" ☛ https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/thoughts-on-simd-in-pure-python/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:02:35

  • "Many bytes have been spilled on the topic of object-oriented programming: What is it? Why is it? Is it good?" ☛ https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/actors | Source: Joshua Barretto    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:03:01

  • "For better or worse, I am trying to write Lua without feeling like it’s year 2010, and Teal promised to be suitable for this purpose." ☛ https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/impressions-of-teal/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:03:11

  • "A simple BASIC program: [...]" ☛ https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202607/acidica | Source: Ned Batchelder    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:03:24

  • "There is currently some recognition of the fact that with code creation having become cheaper, the burden of code review has not necessarily become easier." ☛ https://www.olafalders.com/2026/07/26/code-review-is-the-hard-part/ | Source: Olaf Alders    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:03:36

  • "For whatever reason I wanted to add a guestbook to my gopherhole. I had done it before on a different host. It's generally pretty easy... Or so I thought." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260726-doh.txt    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:09:52

  • A year later - appendix gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-07-26-year-later-appendix.gmi "I don’t move that fast, you see. I still have to switch the keys to my other hand, and I still need to steady myself… - And that’s when she looked at me with that look that threw me off balance."    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:10:49

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

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:11:14

  • "Those files must be .fsx files, and have the limitations of interpreted programs" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-07-26-fsharp.gmi    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:12:09

  • "I've just finished playing homeworld, and I'm brainrotting about it a little bit. It's kind of fun, because I remember receiving the game-of-the-year edition for christmas when I was around 10 years old?" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-07-26-homeworld.gmi    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:12:47

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1721.jpg    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:13:17

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2078.jpg    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:13:22

  • "Crucially, I understand what I have built." ☛ https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/static-site-generator | Source: Joshua Barretto    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:14:09

  • "Given the Data Model's unique constraits, I ended up in an analysis paralysis, and just needed to move forward with something." ☛ https://glfmn.io/devlog/2026-07-26/ | Source: Gwen Lofman    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:14:33

  • "The IoT/IIoT world has a data model problem and the concept of Digital Twin has made this issue more important." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/rfc-9880-iot-validation-compiler/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:14:55

  • "This setup has worked reliably for a few years now, until the automatic login process quit working out of the blue this week." ☛ https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/fixing-automatic-login-issues-on-ubuntu-26-04-lts/ | Source: Rich Trouton    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:15:17

  • "I’ll admit, I feel slight trepidation over what will change in each new Linux distro release, and bone-chilling fear over what Apple will be shoving into the next macOS." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/all-my-freebsd-boxes-are-now-on-15-1/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:15:38

  • "Despite all the negativity above, I’m actually quite happy with how this experiment turned out." ☛ https://ptrchm.com/posts/switching-to-linux/ | Source: Piotr Chmolowski    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:15:58

  • "[...] If you know of any more Linux-themed games, let us know in the comments! [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260727 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:16:08

  • [Old] "Most people assume that a router is a piece of hardware, but that’s not true. The router is actually software, and the hardware is just what that software runs on." ☛ https://vimuser.org/l2tp.html |    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:16:31

  • "When a router throws a packet away because its TTL hit zero, it will often send back an ICMP Time Exceeded message to inform us about it." ☛ https://anagogistis.com/posts/icmp-calc/ | Source: Andreas    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:16:39

  • "Better security, better reliability, better modularity." ☛ https://notes.hella.cheap/maybe-we-should-revisit-microkernels.html | Source: Hellacheap    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:16:59

  • "The first event went beyond Jitsi/8×8’s free tier, so this session will be held on Kim’s Zoom account, which you can just use with a web browser on desktop." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/25/im-doing-a-recovering-after-genai-webinar-today-1700-utc/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:17:18

  • CJP https://www.dw.com/en/india-news-cjp-to-call-for-modi-s-resignation-after-sonam-wangchuk-forcefully-shifted-to-hospital/live-78015662    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:27:11

  • ban on destroying unsold clothes https://www.dw.com/en/eu-ban-on-destroying-unsold-clothes-takes-effect/a-78024888    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:28:52

  • "I am using Bob to compile a list of the top 20 Best Po-n Sites (BPS) for IBM Senior Managers, Directors and let's not forget our most hated CEO. Can the list be posted anonymously on w3 or the IBM Slack Channel ? A like po-n never hurt anyone...so don't act like a prude, Arvind, after laying off so many employees. You are without shame." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky8ghhd2    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:32:33

  • "Will HRL replace Albany? Or Yorktown?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9xhn9h    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 05:34:41

  • Rohingya schools in Malaysia face closures amid online surge in hate speech ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/rohingya-schools-in-malaysia-face-closures-amid-online-surge-in-hate-speech    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:03:39

  • Top North Korea official blasts ASEAN for urging denuclearisation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/top-north-korea-official-blasts-asean-for-urging-denuclearisation    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:03:57

  • Valve Releases Proton 11 ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/valve-releases-proton-11/index.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:04:18

  • New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Scrap Mechanic and Dinoblade - 2026-07-25 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-07-25-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:04:30

  • "Update for readers: US Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Peter Welch introduced a bill in the Senate on 23 July to ban utility patents for plant varieties and certain contractual provisions" ☞ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/us-congress-faces-its-own-debate-about.html?showComment=1784908765591#c2397447051456639597    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:05:07

  • Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70,000 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/open-source-3d-printed-portable-mri-machine-built-for-under-usd70-000-diy-medical-equipment-costs-less-than-7-percent-of-a-full-sized-mri-machines-usd1-1-million-starting-price    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:05:42

  • Scans for ESAFENET CDG 3 Document Management System Weak Logins, (Sun, Jul 26th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33184    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:07:22

  • Non-Techs Using Slop Run Fedora and It's Turning Out to be a Total Disaster ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Non_Techs_Using_Slop_Run_Fedora_and_It_s_Turning_Out_to_be_a_To.shtml    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:07:38

  • Anon: proprietary protocols ought to have been a deal-breaker https://www.eclipse.org/lists/mosquitto-dev/msg03088.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:09:07

  • ...the very idea to stay with open protocols /should/ have been a no-brainer. WTF is going on at IBM's Eclipse now? And what role does Microsoft have in upsetting the cart there?    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:09:47

  • "The Eclipse Project was originally created by IBM in November 2001 and supported by a consortium of software vendors." -- https://www.hipeac.net/network/institutions/7549/eclipse-foundation-europe/ c.f. https://www.eclipse.org/about/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:09:59

  • ... c.f. https://www.eclipse.org/about/ Page poisoned by gratuitous javascript, Microsoft in there also https://www.eclipse.org/membership/explore-membership/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:10:46

  • Skipping sleep may pack on pounds faster than you think, new study finds ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/07/26/health/skipping-sleep-may-pack-on-pounds-faster-than-you-think-new-study-finds/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:18:03

  • All my FreeBSD boxes are now on 15.1 ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/all-my-freebsd-boxes-are-now-on-15-1/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:23:28

  • Meta Is Letting Fake AI-Generated Doctors Sell Quack Cures on Its Platforms ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-doctors-quake-cures    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:28:30

  • GPopt for R: Bayesian and conformal optimization of black-box functions and hyperparameter tuning ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/gpopt-for-r-bayesian-and-conformal-optimization-of-black-box-functions-and-hyperparameter-tuning/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:28:46

  • Why TikTok’s Algorithm Keeps You Trapped in a Breakup Loop ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:29:19

  • Runaway train in the Hunter Valley ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/runaway-train-in-the-hunter-valley/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:29:48

  • "[ no upcoming talks. ]" https://stallman.org/ https://stallman.org/talks.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:33:42

  • No social control media activity from Mr. Nonvidia for over a week. Did Nonvidia sack him for celebrating burned effigy of Nonvidia's biggest customer?    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:44:24

  • My chargeback was approved ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/my-chargeback-was-approved/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:45:37

  • Week 8: Gradient Widget Merged, Speed Ramp Begins ☞ https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-8-gradient-widget-merged-speed-ramp-begins/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:48:37

  • Weeks 7 & 8: User Guide, Find Action, and Bug Fixes ☞ https://roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev/weeks-7-8-user-guide-find-action-and-bug-fixes/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:50:06

  • Tray power-applet now beeps when low ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/tray-power-applet-now-beeps-when-low.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:51:51

  • Sex Doll Company Strikes Bizarre Deal to Put Its Robot in High School Classrooms ☞ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/sex-doll-company-deal-robot-school-classrooms    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 14:59:32

  • Being Pro-Slop is Death Knell to One's Credibility (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Being_Pro_Slop_is_Death_Knell_to_One_s_Credibility.shtml    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:02:00

  • Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: 4th week of july 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/07/26/misc-fedora-bits-4th-week-of-july-2026/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:12:03

  • A Cleaner Test Case: Why Kahoot! Adds Fire to the Supreme Court’s Settled Expectations Docket ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/a-cleaner-test-case-why-kahoot-adds-fire-to-the-supreme-courts-settled-expectations-docket.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:12:30

  • US, Japan join Philippines in South China Sea drills ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-japan-join-philippines-in-south-china-sea-drills    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:13:33

  • Bryan Johnson Says He’s Cloned Himself “As a Newborn” to “Grow Organs for Transplantation,” Which Is a Preposterous Exaggeration ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/bryan-johnson-says-cloned-newborn    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:16:16

  • Extreme heat spreads beyond South Korea’s hottest city Daegu ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/extreme-heat-spreads-beyond-south-koreas-hottest-city-daegu    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:16:33

  • South Korea urged to extend protections for women after appeal decision in abortion case exposes legal vacuum ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/south-korea-urged-to-extend-protections-for-women-after-appeal-decision-in-abortion-case-exposes-legal-vacuum/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:17:08

  • China holds air, navy patrol in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-holds-air-navy-patrol-in-south-china-sea    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:17:31

  • Zelda Ahmed: GUADEC 2026 Report ☞ https://zeldathewitch.page/posts/guadec-2026/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:18:29

  • Roxette Cancels North American Anniversary Tour, Citing Huge Costs ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/26/roxette-north-american-tour-canceled/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:18:44

  • How to use LVM with shared storage ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/27/how-to-use-lvm-with-shared-storage    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:19:22

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

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:19:35

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

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:19:55

  • Lunduke GNU/Linux Dev Update #1 ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lunduke-linux-dev-update-1    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:20:33

  • A Son of Wealth Finds His Calling in a High-End Grocery Store ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/style/a-different-kind-of-grocery-store-magnate.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:40:05

  • Scientists Just Made a Wearable, Ultra-Light Material That Actually Cools Your Skin During Exercise ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-a-breathable-hydrogel-inspired-by-human-lungs    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:57:05

  • Bad News For Bingers: Watching Too Much TV Linked to Smaller Brain Volume ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/watching-too-much-tv-may-actually-rot-your-brain-after-all-study-finds    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:57:29

  • An Asteroid Scientists Have Tracked For 27 Years Just Turned Out to Be a Comet in Disguise ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-near-earth-asteroid-turned-out-to-be-an-eerie-dark-comet-with-major-implications-for-planetary-defense    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:57:49

  • Experts Met at MIT to Discuss The Possibility of Alien Tech Around Black Holes. Here's What Was Discussed ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-met-at-mit-to-discuss-the-possibility-of-alien-tech-around-black-holes-heres-what-was-discussed    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:59:41

  • One of The Oldest Psychedelics Just Had Its Brain Effects Mapped For The First Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hallucinogenic-compound-found-in-cacti-may-rewire-the-brains-sensory-filter    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 15:59:57

  • Physicists Created an 'Electron Lighthouse' That Steers Current With Light ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-created-an-electron-lighthouse-that-steers-current-with-light    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:00:17

  • Drug-Resistant Bacteria May Be Jumping Between Pets And Humans, Scientists Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/drug-resistant-superbugs-may-be-jumping-between-pets-and-humans-scientists-warn    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:00:29

  • A Spacecraft Skimmed 2,800 Miles From Mars, And Captured This Breathtaking, Trippy Timelapse ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-reveals-psychedelic-visuals-of-mars-captured-by-psyche-mission    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:00:38

  • Physicists Built a Spacetime Crystal – And Then Watched It Melt ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-built-a-spacetime-crystal-and-then-watched-it-melt    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:00:49

  • Japan PM Takaichi’s approval rating slides as inflation bites: Yomiuri poll ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-pm-takaichis-approval-rating-slides-as-inflation-bites-yomiuri-poll-shows    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:01:32

  • Japan to launch new intelligence bureau on July 31 in counter-spy push ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-launch-new-intelligence-bureau-on-july-31-in-counter-spy-push    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:05:03

  • Eminent Domain Could Be Used to Seize Your Land for Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/eminent-domain-ai-data-centers    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:05:42

  • Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its Hey Hi (AI) “Pervert Glasses” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ban-creeps-ai-pervert-glasses    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:06:07

  • Startup Sued After Delivery Bot Clobbers 73-Year Old Woman ☞ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/startup-delivery-robot-starship-technologies-lawsuit    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:09:21

  • Auto-cpufreq 3.1.0 Released with GUI Monitoring Mode & Bluetooth Control ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/auto-cpufreq-3-1-0-released-with-gui-monitoring-mode-bluetooth-control/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:12:45

  • Docking – lightweight, feature-rich desktop dock ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/docking-lightweight-feature-rich-desktop-dock/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:13:04

  • SpacemiT MUSE Pi Pro is an octa-core RISC-V SBC with Armbian support ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:19:42

  • PineVoice RISC-V smart speaker supports local wake-word detection for Home Assistant ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/pinevoice-brings-local-voice-control-to-home-assistant/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:19:50

  • Google Chrome arrives on Arm64 Linux, Widevine DRM included ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/chrome-arm64-linux-available    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:20:19

  • openmamba 20260726 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:20:29

  • FUSS 13.6.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/fuss    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:20:38

  • In statCounter, a Lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/In_statCounter_a_lot_of_Unknown_Turns_Out_to_be_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:37:35

  • Debian maintainers are considering banning Hey Hi (AI) contributions altogether ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-maintainers-are-considering-banning-ai-contributions-altogether/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:38:11

  • Lazy Reading for 2026/07/26 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/07/26/lazy-reading-for-2026-07-26/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:53:45

  • Fooyin ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/fooyin/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:54:05

  • muttest 0.3.0: Turn surviving mutants into a to-do list ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/muttest-0-3-0-turn-surviving-mutants-into-a-to-do-list/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 16:54:44

  • "One of my most favorite things that I've made for Gemini Space is Where In The World?, my geography guessing game." gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2026-07-27-locator-maps-repo.gmi    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:44:41

  • "When we talk about solving climate change (ration energy, leave the fossils in the ground, any DACCS and BioCCS should be funded directly instead of as an excuse to burn more fossils, fix market capitalism's bugs or replace it outright, tax the rich, get money out of politics) what they hear is akin to as if we would’ve said “Oh, why do you need doors or windows?" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/walking-on-the-sun    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:45:48

  • "Rogallo is a new Gemini/Finger/Smolnet TUI browser written in Python, and has already a lot of features and niceties, although it's still in active development. Its really easy to configure and operate." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-07-27-Losing_my_heart_to_the_rogallo_smolnet_browser.gmi    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:46:38

  • The significance of coincidence gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-07-27-znaczenie-koincydencji.gmi    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:47:07

  • Dirty Dancing (1987) and The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)   

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:48:01

  • "The main plot has happened (up at the lake), and they're all gathered in the theatre in 1963, when a song from 1987 begins to play. This is not the soundtrack - it's diegetic. The old men in the room don't look impressed, but the kids are going to love it." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/07/27/doublebill/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:48:06

  • "My (older) brother-in-law is a drug-addicted narcissist, my (older) half-sister is a hopeless stoner, my (older, adopted) half-brother gets out of prison in two? years for shooting his wife in the head (she survived), my (older, unrelated to the others) half-brother is following in the footsteps of our mother and becoming a horrible alcoholic." gemini://harrison.cafe/1785129194    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:49:55

  • "I wrote some tools to convert HTML RFCs into gemtext, then hosted them up over at spartan://docs.addictivecode.org/rfc/ " gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/07/27/00/gemified-internet-rfcs/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:50:50

  • "A few brief thoughts as I wind down the weekend. Today I felt happy in a way that I haven't felt in a long time. Reflecting on that feeling, I attribute it to spending time on the indieweb, which has motivated me to learn, to create, and to connect with others." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/feeling-inspired-by-smol-pub-and-the-indieweb    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:51:34

  • "I don't know why, but I've always found bonds hard to wrap my head around. About 30 percent of my portfolio is bonds, but I don't really understand bonds? I don't like buying things I don't understand. And since I'm about to spend An Amount of Money With a Comma In It on bonds, I figured it was time to understand them better." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-07-27    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:52:16

  • "ABBA is related to the dictionary words deed and noon. One might also build a graph of what country codes are connected to one another by this relationship, e.g. GA and KE (Gabon and Kenya) are connected, among others. As always, an actual productive use may be wanting." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/07/27/HAL2.gmi    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:55:46

  • "This post is going to be very rambly. TOFU has been a major point of discussion since I started my journey in the Geminispace. At that time I was also in support of TOFU to remove PKI as a Geminispace dependency. Back in early 2021 there were 2 major camps in support of TOFU" gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/07-27-it-seems-i-restarted-the-tofu-war-again-and-my-throughts-on-it.gmi    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:56:32

  • "Turns out, you _*can*_ have a daily tarot practice, without diluting it. Of course, nobody wants to end up asking questions like "Should I have papaya or mango today?", but there are many different things you can do with tarot. One must remember foremost that _Tarot is a deck of _*playing*_ cards_, and so, you should do just that." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1785165158    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:57:15

  • "Anyone who has worked with an old codebase knows what it looks like. There are functions nobody remembers writing. Sections have been disabled rather than deleted. Old compatibility fixes remain because removing them might break something unexpected. A module marked “deprecated” still handles one obscure process on alternate Tuesdays." gemini://gemini.madsweeney.me/articles/2026-07-22-blog.gmi    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 17:58:37

  • 15 Years Soon https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/27/15-years-soon/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 18:38:35

  • "Both brothers were ordered held without bond following a July 20 hearing. Since then, Andrew Tate has posted a series of statements on X defending his innocence and casting himself as a political prisoner, comparing his situation to that of Julian Assange and Trump himself." https://www.rawstory.com/amp/barron-trump-tate-brothers-2677275003    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 18:57:50

  • "After leading the campaign to bring his brother Julian Assange home to Australia," https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGN&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fhigher-education%2Fjulian-assanges-brother-fights-governments-university-antisemitism-report-card%2Fnews-story%2Ff10f12c0845fe901f7c738ee254f1247    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:01:11

  • Old: https://www.wral.com/archive/17317290/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:02:07

  • Britain's Big Brother state is already here - we just don't realise it yet https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/an-unpalatable-truth-big-brother-state-already-here-we-just-do-not-realise-it-yet    

POSTED mONDAY, jULY 27, 2026 AT 19:03:07

  • High Court, 2024 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Assange-v-USA-Judgment.pdf    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:04:16

  • Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring More North Korean Troops Into Ukraine War ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-claims-caspian-strike-russia-iran-military-route-kyiv-mourning/33812868.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:15:46

  • Ukrainian Leader To Kick Off Big Week With London Meeting With New British PM ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-ukraine-burnham-britain-russia-trump/33813436.html    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:15:57

  • Romanian jet shoots down drone entering country's airspace for third day in a row ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260726-romanian-jet-shoots-down-drone-entering-country-airspace-for-third-day-in-a-row    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:16:05

  • Deadly attack on holiday camp in Russian-held part of Ukraine, officials say ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/zelensky-says-russia-seeks-30-000-extra-n-korea-troops-for-ukraine-war    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:16:15

  • ‘Bullied, beaten up, killed’: Armenia's drag queens risk it all for the stage ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260726-bullied-beaten-killed-armenia-drag-queens-risk-all-for-the-stage    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:16:58

  • Sea drones to defend the sky in Ukraine as the war continues ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/sea-drones-to-defend-the-sky-as-the-war-continues-in-ukraine    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:17:31

  • We Got a Buzz | LINUX Unplugged 677 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/677/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:19:08

  • How to Convert MP4 to MP3 with ffmpeg ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/convert-mp4-to-mp3-with-ffmpeg/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:19:24

  • LibreOffice 26.2.4 Demotes Skia Rendering for Mac and backdoored Windows ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/07/libreoffice-26-2-4-demotes-skia-rendering-for-mac-and-windows/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:20:14

  • Fedora’s Considering a Conflict-of-Interest Policy ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/07/fedoras-considering-a-conflict-of-interest-policy/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:20:37

  • GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With New Linker, Disassembler Options ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/07/gnu-binutils-2-47-released-with-new-linker-disassembler-options/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:21:08

  • 5 non-FOSS apps I refuse to give up on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/these-closed-source-linux-apps-are-too-good-to-replace/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:25:31

  • "Anyone building a homelab today has more choices than ever. A few years ago, Unraid was often the first recommendation for anyone who wanted to store files and run Plex. It made home servers approachable, especially for users who did not want to learn enterprise virtualization." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-homelabbers-are-ditching-unraid-for-proxmox-in-2026/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:25:56

  • 5 command-line apps I install on every new Linux PC https://www.howtogeek.com/every-linux-user-has-their-must-have-cli-tools-these-are-mine-and-they-might-suprise-you/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:26:21

  • How Valve's desperation to escape Windows 8 turned it into a Linux powerhouse https://www.xda-developers.com/valve-desperation-escape-windows-8/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:26:56

  • Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-old-computers-feel-faster-not-actually-faster/    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 19:27:39

  • A Few Hours Ago The Register MS Published an 'Article' With "AI" 32 Times in It, Including First Word in Headline and Summary. It Was Paid SPAM "Sponsored by Hammerspace". https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/A_Few_Hours_Ago_The_Register_MS_Published_an_Article_With_AI_32.shtml    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 20:11:51

  • "Look at what you just wrote and tell me how that makes sense to you. You're blaming sellers for not selling software that the industries all know is garbage. You sound exactly like Rob Thomas." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kycdkzhr "g1 like @cs mentioned - what or how exactly have they (you) generated this profit on? Which projects?"    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 20:42:44

  • "I contacted my old horrible managers new employer and told them exactly who they hired. Everyone else should too. Hold them accountable" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9qar1x " It's "The Fu-kening" - Andrew Yang's article. It's literally coming true. Funny when he predicted this years ago nobody listened"    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 20:50:34

  • "Sigh, I still surprise myself with how little I manage to get done in a weekend when working on cars (or most things really)." gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-07-27Jag_Progress.txt    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 21:05:06

  • "When I was a middle-age programmer, I felt that thinking about the whys and hows was important and sometimes my fellow programmers failed at the task." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-07-27-ethics    

posted Monday, July 27, 2026 at 21:06:03
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