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posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 05:22:52

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posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 05:22:58

  • "Nikita has been hanging out with us almost half the time. I like to discover who she is." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/firstNightAlone    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 05:25:06

  • Pratica gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/pratica    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 05:25:34

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

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 05:26:13

  • "A few months ago my daughter passed away. Since then, I have been evaluating what is really important me. I decided that getting my MA in Ancient and Classical History was something I wanted to do." gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-07-30-gemlog.gmi    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 05:26:53

  • "My battlestation at work consists of a laptop plugged into a docking station. The dock powers two monitors stacked on top of each other, and my laptop sits off to the side, not doing very much." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202607/20260730-a-longing.gmi    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 05:27:39

  • "No one reads this. And that is OK. I feel like I want things to be read, but then I realize, "it doesn't really matter" because the whole point of journaling is for me, not others. But still, the old BBS guy in me wants some feedback. So instead of making this a long drawn out entry, I'll simply lay out a few things that are going on in my life." gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-07-22-gemlog.gmi    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 05:28:35

  • "they also removed a lot internal job listings too" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kysry0sy    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 06:00:44

  • "Hiring while layoffs are ongoing - Does it make sense for companies to hired h1bs while layoffs are ongoing?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyt763v1    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 06:03:56

  • "Ohhhh they are putting this out today to cover for Microsoft’s huge historic market cap gain with AI and also Amazon’s Shares Jump as Cloud Sales. Both caused our meltdown 2 weeks ago. This is another distraction to cover up our failures while other show great successes in same areas. I get it now why we forces this press release out on same day…." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kysmty2s    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 06:06:35

  • Manchester Election https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/31/manchester-election/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 07:28:47

  • Here’s How Microsoft’s CEO Spoke About Xbox A Year Ago Vs. Now https://kotaku.com/microsoft-ceo-says-xbox-will-return-to-growth-this-fiscal-year-2000720333    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 07:36:31

  • Continues to grow! https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bhutan/#monthly-200902-202607 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/19/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_8_in_Bhutan_Same_as_the_International_Averag.shtml    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 08:24:30

  • GNU/Linux 9% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/seychelles/#monthly-200902-202607    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 08:26:18

  • IBM Will Become Just a Part of History https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/31/ibm-will-become-just-a-part-of-history/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 08:55:37

  • "Replacing the text in popular comic strips is a common meme format, and few artists are displeased to see their work mutating online." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/07/29/cartoonist-sues-ai-meme-generator-monetizing-his-work.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 12:58:42

  • "The ANI lawsuit focused on two claims: that OpenAI copied and stored its articles to train its models" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/from-cch-to-chatgpt-how-canadian-copyright-law-played-the-key-role-in-deciding-a-leading-ai-training-data-case-in-india/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 12:58:55

  • "Now, all those nuggets of industry knowledge have been hoovered up by Anthropic, which trained Claude on Passman’s books — and millions of others — for years without receiving permission from any of the authors involved." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/29/anthropic-trained-claude-donald-passman-music-industry-bible/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 12:59:57

  • "Multiple sale attempts and one bidding war later, Anthem Entertainment’s catalog has found a new owner: Influence Media Partners, which is set to pay north of $600 million for “substantially all” the IP [sic] at hand." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/29/influence-media-anthem-entertainment-deal/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:00:06

  • "But passing a badly drafted, obviously unconstitutional law does not help form those norms. Nor does it punish Elon Musk." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/30/the-worst-person-you-know-just-filed-a-good-first-amendment-lawsuit-against-a-very-badly-drafted-nudify-app-ban/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:02:18

  • "I decided to try again now." ☛ https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/07/30/removing-drm-from-kindle-ebooks-in-2026/ | Source: Fabio Akita    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:02:59

  • "An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections has been trivial to bypass for 13 of its 14 years of existence." ☛ https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/microsoft-secure-boot-has-been-broken-for-most-of-its-existence/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:04:00

  • "Microsoft’s Secure Boot has had a serious vulnerability for most of its existence." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/long-lived-vulnerability-in-microsoft-secure-boot.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:04:13

  • "Preserving humanity’s memory isn’t cheap. Servers need power, storage needs upgrading, and physical collections need scanning teams working around the clock." ☛ https://blog.archive.org/2026/07/30/backing-up-the-world-one-campaign-at-a-time-how-crowdfunding-campaigns-can-create-long-term-donor-engagement-and-fundraising-impact/ | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:04:43

  • "Enter Trumpism, which has been taking a merciless hatchet to absolutely any effort, anywhere across government, to try and ensure that Americans" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/30/trump-republicans-are-destroying-decades-of-policy-progress-on-affordable-broadband/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:04:55

  • "This month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the labor participation rate — the percentage of people of working age who are working or actively looking for work — is now down to 61.5 percent." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-incredibly-shrinking-american | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:06:04

  • "GrapheneOS is completely legal. We have no obligation to weaken any of the security protections it provides" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/grapheneos-defends-data-wiping-function-that-blocked-us-border-search | Source: PC Mag    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:06:13

  • "Quite a bit may be at stake." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/a-feature-that-makes-your-phone-data-self-destruct-in-authorities-hands-may-soon-have-its-day-in-court-2000790831 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:06:24

  • "It’s hard to know how much the Constitution matters in the US right now." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/american-being-prosecuted-for-wiping-his-phone-before-handing-it-over-to-border-officials.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:10:37

  • "There are a long list of concerns with the renewed approval. Plaintiffs argue that the project will seriously damage the groundwater-dependent ecosystem, including freshwater springs, seeps, and riparian areas." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/environmentalists-and-tribes-sue-the-bureau-of-land-management-over-approval-of-mojave-desert-pipeline/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:10:50

  • "During genocides, women are often targeted not only through attacks on their lives but also through their bodies, identities and social roles." ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/women/women-bear-the-heaviest-burden-of-genocide-86501 | Source: ANF News    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:11:45

  • "Murad and other Yazidi women who survived sexual violence and slavery visited the United Nations headquarters in Geneva ahead of Yazidi Genocide Memorial Day, observed on Aug. 3." ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/yazidi-genocide-remains-unpunished-12-years-later-murad/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:11:55

  • "The search/AI story is, I think, relatively straightforward." ☛ https://dicktofel.substack.com/p/thinking-aloud-about-the-quiet-crisis | Source: Richard J Tofel    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:12:13

  • "In a filing in the FCC docket regarding early license reviews of eight ABC affiliated and owned stations, Free Press called the proceeding “an arbitrary and capricious abuse of power" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/free-press-calls-for-end-to-carrs-unconstitutional-crusade-against-abc | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:12:24

  • "He also hopes to foster greater connections between Nieman and other parts of Harvard and to deepen engagement with the foundation’s global network of alumni." ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/07/henry-chu-named-curator-of-nieman-foundation-for-journalism/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:12:36

  • "We're currently preparing 4 new Debian packages to be included in the Tor Project Debian repository hosted at "deb.torproject.org" in the coming days: [...]" ☛ https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tor-relays@lists.torproject.org/thread/6MQ6YACEYKPMVUHRHJWEPDQYLK2PEG5H/ | Source: Tor    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:12:58

  • "Unfiltered thoughts are a beautiful thing. I think that’s in part why people enjoy long-form conversations, or the unhinged stuff that kids will say from time to time." ☛ https://dergigi.com/2026/07/30/unfiltered/ | Source: Gigi    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:13:14

  • "The modern American right is very good at hating. MAGA hates immigrants (unless they’re white South Africans); it hates liberals; it hates scientists." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/reality-is-a-communist-plot | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:13:40

  • "Cats thrive on predictability and the consistency of their environment is important for their welfare." ☛ https://theconversation.com/as-larry-the-cat-welcomes-yet-another-prime-minister-an-expert-explains-how-pets-adapt-to-change-288426 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:15:51

  • "The group also said that the plan is anti-democratic, formed in secret and presenting an “ultimatum” to coerce football teams to agree to sell off the World Cup" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-all-of-europe-vow-to-boycott-world-cup-over-plan-for-kushner-family-sale/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:16:02

  • "Verizon said its more than 500,000 route-mile fiber network positions the company to meet rising demand for high-capacity, low-latency connections" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/verizon-signs-1-billion-google-fiber-deal-to-support-ai-growth/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:16:20

  • "So let’s fob the dolls off onto people who can’t say no!" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/29/lets-palm-off-humanoid-robot-teachers-onto-the-poor-kids/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:17:46

  • "Building on this work, Karisma is planning two more workshops as part of the same initiative." ☛ https://cadeproject.org/karisma-hosts-workshop-on-the-digitalisation-of-public-services-in-riohacha/ | Source: Civil Society Alliances for Digital Empowerment    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:17:58

  • "The spending calculations apply to LinkedIn’s fiscal year that began last month and ends next June." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-linkedin-is-keeping-its-compute-capacity-flat/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:30:45

  • "Unintended consequences are everywhere. I wanted to help people understand them, so I built Consequences, the game." ☛ https://molodtsov.me/2026/07/the-game-of-consequences/ | Source: Yury Molodtsov    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:31:03

  • "There’s a much simpler explanation for corporate America’s silence if not encouragement." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-huge-hidden-upward-redistribution | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:31:15

  • "When the government announced plans last month to kill the CRTC’s Online Streaming Act ruling" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/starting-over-court-filing-confirms-the-crtcs-streamer-contribution-decisions-are-dead-with-a-full-online-streaming-act-reset-to-come/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:32:17

  • "In this moment of momentum, with big structural changes necessary to defend American democracy itself" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/aoc-must-run-for-president | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:32:23

  • "According to a report by Daily NK, which specialises in reporting on the internal affairs of North Korea" ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/north-korea-hackers-own-government | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:32:31

  • "Both systems are, basically, 0% interest loans." ☛ https://www.dgriffinjones.com/extraordinary/apple-upgrade-vs-apple-card-monthly-installments.html | Source: D Griffin Jones    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:32:57

  • "Hungary's Paks nuclear plant, located 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) south of the capital, Budapest, cut output by 50% at ⁠reactor ⁠2 on Thursday morning." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/danube-water-levels-hungary-romania-cut-nuclear-output/a-78171891 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:33:19

  • "For decades, the consensus among global climate models has been clear: as greenhouse gases trap more heat in our atmosphere, the planet’s great oceanic arteries should respond by slowing down." ☛ https://ocean2climate.org/2026/07/30/strengthening-of-the-indonesian-throughflow-accelerated-indian-ocean-warming-contrary-to-climate-model-projections/ | Source: Sang-Ki Lee    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:33:48

  • "Pesticides and climate change represent a vicious cycle. Researchers have recently described a pattern that is dangerously sweeping in its consequences." ☛ https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/07/pesticides-arent-just-making-us-sick-theyre-cooking-the-planet/ | Source: The New Lede    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:33:57

  • "can only be attributed to global warming" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-southern-europe-flammable-hotter-climate.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:34:13

  • "To cover up 1 high level report…looks odd" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/as-europe-burns-a-climate-coverup-continues/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:34:26

  • "For this week’s episode of Radio Atlantic, I traveled to Maine to understand why one tiny town killed what would have been America’s first data-center moratorium" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/07/town-wants-data-center-next-door/688108/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:34:38

  • "This means that if the richest 1 % of the global population were allocated an equal share of the carbon emissions “budget” consistent with limiting warming to agreed climate goals, they have already exceeded that share by about January 10 of the year." ☛ https://grandparentsforclimate.eu/country-overshoot-day-2026/ | Source: European Grandparents for Climate    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:35:04

  • "On June 5, 2026, they announced that Earth Overshoot Day 2026 falls on July 30, meaning humanity will have used all the biological resources that Earth can regenerate in a year by that date." ☛ https://www.socialjustice.ie/article/how-many-earths-do-we-need-earth-overshoot-day-2026 |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:35:23

  • "We only have one planet, yet humanity currently uses natural resources at a rate equivalent to 1.73 Earths." ☛ https://rev-log.com/earth-overshoot-day-2026-and-the-power-of-circular-solutions/ |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:35:36

  • ortega ☛ https://www.laprensani.com/2026/07/30/english/3750032-chronicle-original-illegitimacy-ortega-murillo-regime | Source: La Prensa    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:36:48

  • "In his national address on July 19, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega stated that when the country’s next elections take place in 2027" ☛ https://thegrayzone.com/2026/07/29/nicaragua-didnt-abolish-elections/ | Source: The Gray Zone    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:37:26

  • "Australian parliament published Tuesday" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/x-says-australias-under-16s-social-media-bans-risk-interfering-with-foreign-law/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:37:45

  • "I’ve spent the last several days talking with election experts and political advisers" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-whats-trumps-most-likely | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:38:01

  • "In a way this is a terrible metaphor." ☛ https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/lifeguards-and-angels/ | Source: Rebecca Solnit    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:38:40

  • "Khan’s plans began to fall apart in late June when national animal advocacy organization Animal Outlook lodged allegations with the U.S. Department of Agriculture" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-30/usda-ranch-slaughter-investigation | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:39:18

  • "A teenage hitman from Norway has been found guilty of travelling to England to carry out a killing on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran." ☛ https://www.irishnews.com/news/uk/norwegian-hitman-guilty-of-murder-plot-for-gang-linked-to-iran-2B24L2JQVBKANCZITBYQM6EOIE/ | Source: The Irish News    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:39:58

  • "During the trial opening, prosecutor Alistair Richardson said the teen was "recruited" by the Foxtrot Network" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyqggvyp1do | Source: BBC    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:40:19

  • "The prosecution case was that Natland was acting on behalf of the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish [sic] criminal network, with links to the Iranian regime." ☛ https://www.cps.gov.uk/national-news/news/teen-hitman-guilty-uk-murder-plot | Source: Crown Prosecution Service UK    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:41:03

  • "Prosecutors said Natland had been recruited by the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish [sic] organised crime group used by the Iranian state" ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/norwegian-hitman-in-uk-iran-linked/106974140 | Source: ABC    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:41:36

  • "This was a calculated plan to kill for money" ☛ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norwegian-teen-guilty-uk-murder-plot-foxtrot-network/ | Source: CBS    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:41:59

  • "After a retrial at London's Old Bailey court, Natland was found guilty of conspiracy to murder." ☛ https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/norwegian-teen-found-guilty-in-uk-murder-plot-tied-to-iran-linked-group?ref=latest | Source: The Straits Times    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:42:40

  • "Prosecutors said Natland had been recruited by the Foxtrot Network" ☛ https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3362293/norwegian-teen-found-guilty-uk-murder-plot-tied-iran-linked-group | Source: SCMP    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:43:35

  • "An Old Bailey jury deliberated for 17 hours and six minutes to find him guilty of conspiracy to murder following a retrial." ☛ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/johannes-kongsnes-natland-guilty-murder-plot-gang-iran-8828171 |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:44:00

  • "The case is among those in Britain involving young adults accused of carrying out serious criminal acts after allegedly being recruited online for money" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/it-was-all-about-money-uk-court-convicts-norwegian-teen-hitman-in-murder-conspiracy-linked-to-iran-linked-group-101785330496299.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:44:12

  • "Natland was only prevented from carrying out the hit because Norwegian police arrested the teenager who had recruited him and alerted the UK force." ☛ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/johannes-natland-murder-arrest-trial-37491331 | Source: Mirror UK    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:44:44

  • "Swedish [sic] organized crime group" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/29/uk/teenager-convicted-for-his-role-in-murder-for-hire-ordered-by-iran-linked-crime-gang | Source: CNN    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:44:57

  • "the importance of the strong links with our international law enforcement partners" ☛ https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/news/norwegian-man-convicted-of-conspiracy-to-commit-murder-in-uk/ |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:45:10

  • "Despite having supportive parents, his life went downhill after getting hooked on drugs and he was placed in rehab and a care home, he said." ☛ https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/national/26419752.norwegian-hitman-guilty-murder-plot-gang-linked-iran/ |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:45:27

  • "It’s already questionable to claim that Google’s security is better than anything else, but it’s straight up insulting to declare that people who prefer privacy-friendly providers are neglecting their security." ☛ https://moonwriting.blog/re-security-versus-privacy |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:46:55

  • "He was the one who made the U.S. military and intelligence community aware of the surveillance they could conduct through digital advertising placements and the open data market." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/cox-yeagley/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:47:07

  • "There are many potential privacy issues with these sorts of devices, including whether the companies who make them share or sell information to third parties." ☛ https://www.eff.org/effector/38/14 | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:47:55

  • "Many of them are from sleazy “pickup artists” who approach women in public, making sexual or degrading comments and recording their buttocks or breasts." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-attempted-crackdown-ai-glasses-failing | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:48:12

  • "According to AI detection company Pangram, a shocking two thirds of LinkedIn posts are showing up as being AI generated by users of its browser extension." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/linkedin-adds-button-report-seems-like-ai-slop | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:48:28

  • "Today, noyb has filed a complaint against the popular online dictionary dict.cc." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/1741-informed-consents-one-click-gdpr-complaint-against-dictcc-filed | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:48:44

  • "You may have installed OBS via Homebrew and it pulled an unsigned version on update." ☛ https://romanzipp.com/blog/fix-obs-code-signature-invalid-on-macos | Source: Roman Zipp    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:49:13

  • Windows TCO ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/minnesota-water-utility-attacks-expose-sector-cyber-risks | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:49:34

  • Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-urges-water-sector-to-protect-ot-after-coordinated-attacks-on-plcs/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:49:46

  • "Today, I’m letting you know that toot.community will close permanently on 28 October 2026." ☛ https://social.jorijn.com/@jorijn/statuses/01KYN00AP3NCZXCFB96KQB8GN2 |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:50:05

  • "I know there are workarounds that almost always involve me paying for something else but I am not changing my workflow just because Google wants as much content on it’s platform regardless of how it makes me feel." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/posts/quitting-youtube-premium-ill-pay-for-youtube-premium-when-google-fixes-youtube | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:50:14

  • "Sadly, toot.community is shutting down in October. This post talks about why Jorijn has made that decision." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/tootcommunity-is-shutting-down | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:50:28

  • "This is not just an internal problem. Wikipedia is reliant on references to write verifiable articles." ☛ https://www.haykranen.nl/2026/07/30/wikimania-2026-every-wikimedian-toolmaker/ |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:50:54

  • "Artifacts, the feature that saves a project as a standalone app, at least warns you up front that publishing one makes it visible in search results." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/07/30/medical-records-and-kids-phone-numbers-turned-up-in-google-results.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:51:06

  • "CEO said a thing!" ☛ https://karlbode.com/ai-doomsday-bullshit-is-getting-tired/ | Source: Karl Bode    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:51:35

  • "Another reaction is, “we need to just stamp on the accelerator and ‘win the AI race’.” This is nonsense." ☛ https://robert.ocallahan.org/2026/07/pacing-the-frontier.html | Source: Robert OCallahan    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:51:58

  • "Yesterday Anthropic published two new cryptanalysis results, both outputs of Claude Mythos, their (still) unreleased advanced model." ☛ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/07/29/some-notes-about-anthropics-new-results/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:52:49

  • "Yesterday, I ran a remote interview for a Senior SRE position. After a surprisingly good start, it became clear that the candidate was using some form of AI assistance." ☛ https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/on-ai-assisted-interviews | Source: Balthazar Rouberol    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:53:03

  • "Then there are other influences my subconscious is picking up on. For example, a lot of AI apps use tiny icons." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-aesthetic/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:54:12

  • "Then there are other influences my subconscious is picking up on. For example, a lot of AI apps use tiny icons." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-aesthetic/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:54:24

  • "I like giving debut authors and new-to-me self-pub authors a try, but I want to be able to read a book by a new author without doing a bunch of research." ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2026/07/29/ai-or-not/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:54:36

  • "strong African American accent,” and to say, “Why is nobody talking about what this hoe said?! If you’ve got issues with that belly, must watch" ☛ https://www.404media.co/inside-an-ai-tiktok-shop-slop-factory-that-shills-supplements-recalled-by-the-fda/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:55:04

  • "This works without you having to direct the AI to rip off certain groups of people – it will simply find the most vulnerable people and rip them off the most." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/pay-for-privacy/#ab2654 | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:55:22

  • "For years, the promise of commercial drone delivery was built on a vision of sky-high fleets replacing ground delivery vehicles entirely." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/07/29/flytrex-nash-multi-modal-drone-delivery-partnership/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:55:40

  • "Considering a lot of officers spend most of their time engaged in pretextual stops, this isn’t really good news" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/30/axon-insists-its-ai-makes-police-reports-easier-nothing-suggests-it-makes-them-any-better/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:55:50

  • "I don’t think professors and students truly understand how harmful generative AI is on the planet, in low-income communities, etc." ☛ https://www.memphisflyer.com/students-ai-and-the-future-of-learning-at-the-university-of-memphis/ | Source: Memphis Flyer    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:56:05

  • "Fast forward to today, though, and Cambridge Analytica has somehow returned." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/cambridge-analytica-ai-slop-farm | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:56:33

  • "Here’s the uncomfortable part: we keep building the pieces that lay the foundation and letting someone else own what gets built on top of it." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/30/guest-post-the-third-time-is-not-the-charm-who-will-own-how-ai-participates-in-scholarship/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:56:47

  • "That malicious package then lies in wait for the near-guarantee than an AI assistant will access it and clone it into its owner’s machine." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/hackers-cybersecurity-crime-ai-assistant-hallucination | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:57:46

  • "Even calls from a close relative should be treated with caution, as AI-powered scams are now taking place in Lithuania." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3005258/ai-powered-scams-appear-in-lithuania-how-not-to-fall-victim | Source: LRT    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:57:57

  • "the Mac has other benefits. For one, my home has a lot of Apple products in it." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/a-mac-mini-server-is-running-headless-in-my-closet-it-manages-my-photo-library-and-handles-my-backups | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:58:26

  • "upon inspecting the traffic being funneled to the domain" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/read-this-before-you-buy-that-tv-streaming-stick/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:58:43

  • "I followed this with a list of eight major reasons for my opinion." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2026/07/microsofts-project-silica.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:58:52

  • "Neither the man page for softwareupdate nor its current usage information are complete or accurate, and they have remained in that state since at least macOS Sierra in 2016, ten years ago." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2026/07/30/take-control-of-updates-using-softwareupdate/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:59:02

  • "A practical macOS blue-team baseline covering FileVault, firewall, Gatekeeper, software updates, privacy permissions, configuration profiles, audit basics, and validation checks." ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/cyberseckyle-security-how-to-series-blue-team-fundamentals-part-2-macos-baseline-with-profiles-and-audit-basics/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 13:59:13

  • hey hai https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/crank    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:01:26

  • "In a July 15 letter, the small Department of Health and Human Services agency known as AHRQ told researchers it was halting at least 104 grants" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trump-quietly-gutted-agency-best-known-for-work-on-curbing-hospital-infections/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:03:30

  • "As climate change increases temperatures across Europe" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/tropical-diseases-dengue-fever-and-chikungunya-on-the-rise-in-europe/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:03:40

  • "I had another of those I’m living in the future moments today when I was at an electronics retailer, and I saw a 1 TB MicroSD card." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/microsd-cards/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:04:09

  • "Even though these don’t perform at the same level as the latest top-tier online models, they’re surprisingly capable and also have the benefit of running completely locally." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/30/wrangling-datacenter-gpus-into-a-desktop/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:04:21

  • "This gem of a board was gifted to me by someone at SGI back when I worked there in…I want to say 1998? I even still have the name plate from my cubicle" ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2026/winner-name-that-ware-june-2026/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:04:36

  • "If you’ve seen one of these before, you’ll know what it is – it’s pretty unmistakable, and a design pattern that’s highly conserved across processes, nodes and foundries." ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2026/name-that-ware-july-2026/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:04:48

  • "The book world is notoriously myopic when it comes to evaluating experience outside of book publishing" ☛ https://loudpoet.com/2026/07/30/a-slant-fit-in-a-specialist-job-market/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:05:17

  • "It’s all about seeding culture. I see a lot of similarities in the underlying ideas in Corey’s work and the intention behind culture change manifestos like Emergent Strategy." ☛ https://werd.io/change-is-fractal-it-starts-with-leaders/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:06:13

  • "On my 22nd birthday, two years ago, I had a pretty pleasant day." ☛ https://dead.garden/blog/i-just-finished-war-and-peace-here-are-some-thoughts.html | Source: Johanna-Mathilda Langenhan    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:06:38

  • "What I need is to prioritize!" ☛ https://journal.kvibber.com/2026/07/reading-goals/ | Source: Kelson Vibber    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:06:53

  • "The biggest reason for the trip was to finally “walk the stage” for my University of Phoenix graduation." ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/notes/2026/week-30-2026/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:07:11

  • "Parables, it seems, are not designed to make things obvious. In fact, parables can conceal as much as they reveal. Parables effect a sorting of their audience. Some see. Others do not." ☛ https://richardbeck.substack.com/p/the-secrets-of-the-kingdom | Source: Richard Beck    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:07:26

  • "When we at System76 hear “Back to School,” our first reaction is, “We’re already there.”" ☛ https://system76.com/blog/post/system76-goes-to-college-a-case-study | Source: System76    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:07:42

  • "For me, writing is a way to explore my thoughts and get them out into the world, hoping that they resonate with someone." ☛ https://zacharykai.net/notes/pb/eetu | Source: Zachary Kai    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:08:35

  • "You can think of it a bit like finding the remains of actual people – people we know to have descended from Europeans" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/clear-evidence-ancient-dna-from-chilean-mummies-reveals-who-brought-smallpox-to-the-americas | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:09:16

  • "The next day, the metal detectorist sent photos of his discovery to local officials, who decided to act right away. Despite cold and rainy conditions" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-man-unearthed-a-mysterious-metal-object-sticking-straight-up-from-the-ground-it-turned-out-to-be-a-2700-year-old-sword-180989232/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:09:25

  • "First, when I create a new Zettel, the ID hierarchy means I need to either find the right place to slot the new card in, or decide to put it at a top level." ☛ https://www.simplermachines.com/how-i-use-capacities-as-a-zettelkasten/ | Source: Nat Bennett    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:10:04

  • "Noting perhaps my largest personal career accomplishment, which is launching CodePen 2.0. Far more work, believe it or not, than the entire creation of the original CodePen." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2026/07/30/codepen-2-0/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:10:50

  • "Anyway, we’ve got one more bit of content plumbing to do and in my eyes, this is the most important part of the website: the music collection." ☛ https://piccalil.li/projects/personal-site/8/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:10:57

  • "Domain names are not a marketing tool." ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/domain-name-security-critical-infrastructure/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:14:39

  • "The assumption that a longer lasting lightbulb is a good product." ☛ https://maurycyz.com/misc/tungsten/ | Source: Maury    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:14:57

  • "javac is written in Java. HotSpot is C++, but the class library it needs is Java" ☛ https://fzakaria.com/2026/07/30/nix-finally-has-a-source-bootstrapped-openjdk | Source: Farid Zakaria    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:15:33

  • "A child’s first experience of programming can shape how they think about coding for years." ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/kids-learn-python-through-games/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:16:05

  • "Wheels, Homebrew bottles and OCI images are the three big self-service binary distribution systems" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/07/30/wheels-bottles-images.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:16:27

  • "The Zig project has been working towards this feature for a long time, and over the last few release cycles" ☛ https://mlugg.co.uk/posts/incremental-compilation-internals/ |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:17:41

  • "Converting a float to an int in C++ is undefined behavior when the truncated float does not fit into the destination integer." ☛ https://kttnr.net/blog/cpp-float-to-int-conversion-undefined-behavior/ |    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:17:48

  • "Since launching my categorization tool Shoppy I've had some fun analyzing collected data which resulted in considerable complication of the prediction model." ☛ https://softwaremaniacs.org/blog/2026/07/30/categorization-with-nlp/en/ | Source: Ivan Sagalaev    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:18:04

  • "The Wikipedia community is also sensitive to its rising importance, but not in the way you might think." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/30/what-20-million-bans-reveal-about-the-stress-on-wikipedias-volunteers/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:18:39

  • "Last Friday, we closed out our summer fundraiser and are very happy to welcome all our new associate members!" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-summer-thank-you | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:19:04

  • "Unlike many previous attacks, this issue did not require plugins, authentication, or third-party code" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/wp2shell-vulnerability-wordpress/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:20:01

  • "Robeart is my take on Bear's default theme. I know, I'm running out of pun theme names." ☛ https://robertbirming.com/robeart-bear-theme/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:20:10

  • "Waterfox 6.7.0 beta 3 switches Ultra Protection back on, broadens Linux packaging to ARM64 with proper package repositories" ☛ https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.7.0-beta.3/ | Source: Waterfox    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:20:38

  • "Today, I launched I ♥ RSS, a directory for people who love RSS." ☛ https://andrewshell.org/2026/07/i-%e2%99%a5-rss/ | Source: Andrew Shell    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:21:00

  • "1.2.1 followed a day later to fix a startup issue that 1.2.0 itself introduced." ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/melodymatrix-1.2.0-and-1.2.1-learn-section-groundwork-playback-improvements-and-a-startup-fix/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:22:40

  • "1.2.1 followed a day later to fix a startup issue that 1.2.0 itself introduced." ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/melodymatrix-1.2.0-and-1.2.1-learn-section-groundwork-playback-improvements-and-a-startup-fix/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:22:51

  • "Last week I introduced Sheetmusic4J , a Java(FX) library to render and interact with sheet music" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/sheetmusic4j-0.0.3-abc-notation-guitar-pro-engraving-improvements/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:22:58

  • "The rest of this entry is the background explanation." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsLispCheckerAndPackageMacros | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:23:12

  • "In this video I provide an overview of the default interface for minibuffer completions in Emacs. This is an interface that has been improved considerably over the years." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-07-29-emacs-default-minibuffer-completion-overview/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:23:23

  • "I loaded files created by KLE NG and it turned out that making a PCB for a new keyboard is quite simple: [...]" ☛ https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2026/07/29/new-keyboard-alicja-v2/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:23:52

  • "Recently he moved to a smaller apartment so all the films and related hardware had to go somewhere else. Namely, to me. Here is a representative sample." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/07/fixing-super-8-projector-from-70s.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:24:05

  • "The concept is straightforward. Named the ESPKVM, the device is designed to hook up to a computer’s HDMI and USB ports." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/30/a-capable-kvm-built-with-the-esp32/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:24:21

  • "Since he’s riding down the bike path anyway, the original thought was to add a trimmer to the front of the bicycle." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/29/use-your-head-while-trimming-trees/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:24:33

  • "This data gets logged to an SD card, but can also be broadcast wirelessly via ESP-NOW to a receiver that can in turn send it over serial USB, or do whatever else one wishes." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/30/rc-telemetry-board-lets-virtual-crewmember-help-you-race-better/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:24:49

  • "The saga started long ago, back in 2017, when [Jamie] got ahold of a Gekkin WorldEye hemispherical projector." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/30/pizza-eye-surgery-saves-hemispherical-projector/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:25:13

  • "The Sony BVW-75 VTR had an odd flaw where the output lacked colour, unless paused with dynamic tracking off." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/07/30/rebuilding-an-obsolete-ic-to-save-a-betacam-sp-tapedeck/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:25:25

  • "The RF side is a discrete Tayloe detector built around a TLV3253 analog switch, sampling the signal four times per local oscillator cycle to give downconversion and quadrature in one step." ☛ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/building-a-50-bom-software-defined-radio-with-a-ht9201-20-mhz-adc-and-an-fx2lp-usb-controller-clone/ | Source: RTL-SDR    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:25:38

  • "Yes, you read that right." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260730130302 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:26:04

  • "The short answer: fiber finally became available at my current residence, so I jumped on it immediately." ☛ https://cleberg.net/blog/10gbps.html | Source: Christian Cleberg    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:26:26

  • "So, now what? I don't know. I decided to write this blog post instead. Sorry if you were expecting a Linux KASLR bypass" ☛ https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/slop-cleanup.html | Source: David Buchanan    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:26:43

  • "Scrub Design, WebZFS Updates, The Foundations role in the FreeBSD Ecosystem, and more..." ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/674 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 14:27:02

  • iophk: I can see that button getting abused when brigading against people / topics https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/linkedin-adds-button-report-seems-like-ai-slop    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:03:11

  • iophk: yet other parts of Europe are destroying their farmlands permanently as fast as MBAs can locate them on the map https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/as-europe-burns-a-climate-coverup-continues/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:03:31

  • "Elephants can relearn how to live wild after years in captivity" https://www.sciencenews.org/article/captive-elephants-relearn-live-wild    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:03:54

  • "Fetterman Is So Unpopular That He Loses to “Someone Else” by 18 Points in Poll | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/fetterman-is-so-unpopular-that-he-loses-to-someone-else-by-18-points-in-poll/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:04:08

  • bad apologists https://www.truthdig.com/articles/social-media-bans-are-gaining-popularity-theyre-also-a-bad-idea/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:04:32

  • Green Party base votes against Palantir | "Baden-Württemberg: Grüne Basis stimmt gegen Palantir - netzpolitik.org" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2026/baden-wuerttemberg-gruene-basis-stimmt-gegen-palantir/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:04:57

  • "The Saudi-Emirati Rivalry Is Fueling a Series of Wars" https://jacobin.com/2026/07/saudi-arabia-uae-rivalry-wars    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:05:22

  • "Famous Posthumous Photos of “Bloody Bill” Anderson After Being Killed by Union Solders, 1864 ~ Vintage Everyday" https://www.vintag.es/2026/07/bloody-bill-anderson.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:05:39

  • Bad argument and slop boosters: "The Economic Benefit of Refactoring" https://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai/refactoring-economic-benefit.html "This was entirely written by agents. Mostly Claude Code, and some use of Cursor. I didn’t read or review any of the code, except occasionally, out of interest."    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:16:47

  • iheartrss is hotlinking :/ https://iheartrss.com/submit    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:17:03

  • "Five Things to Know About the DSA - by Garry Kasparov" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/five-things-to-know-about-the-dsa    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:17:34

  • "The Government's War On GrapheneOS" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/the-government's-war-on-grapheneos:1    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:17:46

  • "GrapheneOS user accused of child sexual abuse for protesting police training facility" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/grapheneos-user-accused-of-child-sexual:d    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:17:56

  • "Iran Reportedly to Receive 400 Chinese Portable Air Defense Systems in Major Military Deal - The Zambian Observer" https://zambianobserver.com/iran-reportedly-to-receive-400-chinese-portable-air-defense-systems-in-major-military-deal/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:18:08

  • "Good luck to Circle but having been quite involved with blockchain in the past, I doubt significant business opportunities exist" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyq547cs    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:32:44

  • "Why don't you check with Uncle Alvind who's sitting on his toilet ? He will always give you an answer, even if he's 110% wrong. Better to also check with Krabanaugh and Nickel and Dime also. Both these losers might be able to point you you in the direction of layoffs if they can't think of an answer." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kytgt78h    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:33:38

  • "Dinkedin folk sure have a lot of time on their hands. It's almost like you wouldnt have time to post on Dinkedin or DM one of the secretaries (ahem sorry, executive assistants) for a mid-day liaison if you were working."    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:34:03

  • "The DFRobot seeMote Cube is a handheld spatial input device for Apple Vision Pro application development." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/dfrobot-seemote-cube-tracks-motion-and-sends-haptic-feedback-in-visionos/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:39:00

  • "Monday morning, she opens her laptop. The model had stopped learning sometime Friday night" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/make-every-gpu-hour-count-progress-tracking-red-hat-openshift-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:39:41

  • Red Hat peddling slop nonstop    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:40:14

  • Slop slop slop. "I have watched this play out. A team builds an agent on LangChain or CrewAI. It works in development. It passes staging." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-self-hosted-inference-essential-building-reliable-sovereign-inference-layer | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:40:28

  • "When you install RHEL 10.2 with a GNOME desktop, Firefox and Thunderbird are delivered as Flatpaks as part of the installation process." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/firefox-and-thunderbird-rhel-flatpaks-what-it-means-you | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:40:34

  • "TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database developed by PingCAP. It separates computing and storage into different components: [...]" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/tidb-distributed-sql-database-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:41:56

  • Building secure Uniswap v4 hooks ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/07/30/building-secure-uniswap-v4-hooks/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:42:56

  • Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1086225/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 16:43:14

  • Contrarians Are Good People https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/31/contrarians-are-good-people/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 17:45:16

  • Jussi Pakkanen: Fixing a super 8 projector from the 70s ☞ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/07/fixing-super-8-projector-from-70s.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 17:51:07

  • FSF Blogs: A warm thank you and welcome! ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-summer-thank-you    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 17:54:15

  • Please participate in a survey about LibreOffice Base ☞ https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/30/please-participate-in-a-survey-about-libreoffice-base/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:46:09

  • Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Forge Usage Policy ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-forge-usage-policy/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:46:21

  • FreeCAD Chairman Steps Down Due to FreeCAD's Use of Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/freecad-chairman-steps-down-due-to    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:46:32

  • Rust Programmers 800% More Likely to be Trans ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/rust-programmers-800-more-likely    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:46:41

  • How To Install AMD Radeon Drivers on Fedora 44 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-amd-radeon-drivers-fedora-44/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:47:04

  • gnu linux how to mount luks and veracrypt, zulucrypt was auto removed from debian repo (debports) ☞ https://dwaves.de/2026/07/29/gnu-linux-how-to-mount-luks-and-veracrypt-zulucrypt-was-auto-removed-from-debian-repo-debports/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:47:25

  • How to Install and Configure the proprietary trap AWS CLI on GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-and-configure-aws-cli-on-linux/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:47:53

  • How to Migrate from Ubuntu 24.04 to Ubuntu 26.04 (Zero-Downtime Guide) ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-migrate-from-ubuntu-24-04-to-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:48:01

  • How to stop South Africans getting away with murder ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/civil-security-2/how-to-stop-south-africans-getting-away-with-murder/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:48:26

  • Qt Creator 20.0.1 released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-20.0.1-released    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:48:43

  • Warsaw blames Moscow after a missile crashes in Poland ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260730-warsaw-blames-moscow-after-a-missile-crashes-in-poland    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:49:09

  • 'Not an infringement on freedom of expression': French minister defends expulsion of Russian pundit ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260730-not-an-infringement-on-freedom-of-expression-french-minister-defends-expulsion-of-russian-commentator    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:49:22

  • How The Insurrectionist Silenced the Voice of America ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-donald-trump-silenced-the-voice-of-america    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:49:44

  • Thai YouTuber Hlun Solo found dead in Georgia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-youtuber-hlun-solo-found-dead-in-georgia    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:51:28

  • RustDesk added to Appi ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/rustdesk-added-to-appi.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:52:04

  • Russia Strikes Ukraine With Missiles and Drones, Killing at Least 8 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-missiles-drones-attacks.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:52:15

  • NATO Says Russian Missile Hit Poland During Ukraine Attack ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/world/europe/ukraine-poland-russia-missile.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:52:23

  • Political Turmoil Will Not Derail Killer Robot Program, Former Minister Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/europe/federov-ukraine-killer-robots.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:53:28

  • Kyiv’s ambassador on how Ukraine revived vital ties with US ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/monitor_breakfast/2026/0730/ukraine-ambassador-stefanishyna-zelenskyy-trump    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:59:11

  • Russian Missile Strike On Ukrainian Village Kills Almost Entire Family ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-missile-deadly-strike-ukraine/33818229.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:59:23

  • Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/russia-charges-telegram-founder-pavel-durov-with-aiding-terrorism/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:59:40

  • Russian missiles interception rate in Ukraine dropped from 90% back in March to 70%, expert says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-missiles-interception-rate-in-ukraine-dropped-from-90-back-in-march-to-70-expert-says    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 18:59:53

  • Commission disburses another €3.47 billion to Ukraine for drones, missiles, air defence and fighter jets ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1710    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:00:07

  • Partial fix for devx sfs loaded on main desktop ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/partial-fix-for-devx-sfs-loaded-on-main-desktop.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:01:24

  • Shell Is Profiting Massively Off the War in Iran ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/shell-profiting-massively-war-iran    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:06:47

  • New public holidays: St George's Day and the politics of Saints https://danielpocock.com/en/new-public-holidays-saint-george/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:11:33

  • India takes action against 90% of inspected high-risk pharmaceutical facilities: Regulator ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-takes-action-against-90-of-inspected-high-risk-pharmaceutical-facilities-regulator    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:12:30

  • Amnesty report reveals Shell documents confirm complicity in Nigerian oil spills ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/amnesty-report-reveals-shell-documents-confirm-complicity-in-nigerian-oil-spills/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:13:06

  • No, there's no proof sunscreen increases cancer risk ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/health/20260730-no-proof-sunscreen-increases-cancer-risk    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:13:35

  • Planned Parenthood of Michigan closes three more clinics; cites federal cuts ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/planned-parenthood-of-michigan-closes-three-more-clinics-cites-federal-cuts/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:13:55

  • Almost the Entire Country Is Drowning in Cases of Explosive Diarrhea ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/country-drowning-cases-explosive-diarrhea    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:14:18

  • South Korean prisons use VR to put inmates in victims’ shoes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-prisons-use-vr-to-put-inmates-in-victims-shoes    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:14:52

  • North Korea state media says US Forces’ Japan expansion raises risk of Korean peninsula clash ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-state-media-says-us-forces-japan-expansion-raises-risk-of-korean-peninsula-clash    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:15:09

  • South Korea evacuates border residents after US drone mix-up ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-evacuates-border-residents-after-us-drone-mix-up    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:15:26

  • South Korea reviews near-shootdown of US military drone near border ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-reviews-near-shootdown-of-us-military-drone-near-border    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:15:43

  • India summons Meta executives over briefly restricted Modimir Facebook (Farcebook) post ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-summons-meta-executives-over-briefly-restricted-modi-facebook-post    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:16:42

  • Why reporting of Ann Widdecombe killing pushed legal boundaries ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ann-widdecombe-murder-privacy-breach-contempt-of-court/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:17:29

  • Netconf 2026 and Netdev 0x1a ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/netconf-2026-and-netdev-0x1a/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:19:58

  • Optimize GPU efficiency with OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) and llm-d flow-control ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/30/optimize-gpu-efficiency-openshift-ai-and-llm-d-flow-control    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:20:15

  • Another batch of single-fix stable kernels ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1086226/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:21:40

  • Keychron Built Open Source Firmware for Gaming Mice, and GNU/Linux Users Stand to Gain the Most ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/keychron-zgm-mouse-firmware/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:22:19

  • Creating the Ultimate Vertical Monitor Workspace ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/07/31/creating-the-ultimate-vertical-monitor-workspace/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:23:17

  • SFS loading order error ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/sfs-loading-order-error.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:25:06

  • Clint Adams: not ninpo ☞ https://xana.scru.org/posts/mintings/mergetooling.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:26:55

  • Jonathan McDowell: My CPU died ☞ https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2026/07/my-cpu-died.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:27:23

  • GNOME Internationalization & Localization: GNOME 51 release is open on Damned Lies ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/i18n/2026/07/30/gnome-51-release-is-open-on-damned-lies/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:27:57

  • Lambda MicroVMs: When Functions Aren’t Enough and EC2 Is Too Much ☞ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/lambda-microvms-when-functions-arent-enough-and-ec2-is-too-much/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:28:34

  • Four Petitions, One Question: Tesla Joins the Supreme Court’s IPR Reviewability Docket ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/four-petitions-one-question-tesla-joins-the-supreme-courts-ipr-reviewability-docket.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:30:36

  • InstaCom communications patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/7/29/instacom-communications-patent-challenged    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:31:13

  • Win for Nokia and Cisco as Federal Court of Justice revokes Mala patent monopoly ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/win-for-nokia-cisco-as-federal-court-of-justice-revokes-mala-patent/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:31:23

  • European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Legal Concerns and Suspicions of Irregularities (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/30/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Legal_Concerns_and_Suspicions.shtml    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:31:34

  • IBM, Running Out of Things It Can Sell, is Selling Software Patents ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/29/IBM_Running_Out_of_Things_It_Can_Sell_is_Selling_Software_Paten.shtml    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:31:44

  • Examining the best options for PCIe SSDs during the RAMpocalypse — capacity trumps raw speed for most tasks ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/examining-the-best-options-for-pcie-ssds-during-the-rampocalypse-capacity-trumps-raw-speed-for-most-tasks    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:32:10

  • ‘DangleGeddon’: Hey Hi (AI) Could Weaponize Forgotten DNS Records at Global Scale ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/danglegeddon-ai-could-weaponize-forgotten-dns-records-at-global-scale/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:32:45

  • GCC Compiler Bans Hey Hi (AI) Code Contribution But Sensibly ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/gcc-bans-ai-code/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:33:26

  • Kraid is a now a real compiler ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kraid-is-a-now-a-real-compiler.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:33:52

  • Amazon accidentally spent $1.8 million using Claude for menial coding task, went 860% over budget ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amazon-accidentally-spent-usd1-8-million-using-claude-for-menial-coding-task-went-860-percent-over-budget-catastrophically-expensive-coding-blunders-discovered-in-internal-amazon-ai-usage-metrics    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:34:28

  • Thunderbird Blog: Mobile Progress Report: July 2026 ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/07/mobile-progress-report-july-2026/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:35:16

  • Python Mobile App Development: Bringing PySide6 on iOS ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/python-mobile-app-development-bringing-pyside6-on-ios    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:36:50

  • Turkey declares Italian high school executive 'persona non grata' ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-declares-italian-high-school-executive-persona-non-grata-322072    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:37:14

  • US federal judge strikes down Houston’s race-based contracting program ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/us-federal-judge-strikes-down-houstons-race-based-contracting-program/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:37:44

  • Amy Winehouse’s Dad Ordered to Pay Almost $2.7M to Daughter’s Friends After Accusing Them of Auctioning Off Her Belongings ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/30/amy-winehouse-dad-clothing-settlement/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:40:17

  • Wild Footage Shows Man Blocking Flock Camera With Comically Gigantic Protest Sign ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/florida-man-blocking-flock-protest-police-surveillance    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:41:19

  • bkhome   

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:41:34

  • Fix for multiple sfs layers in main desktop ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202607/fix-for-multiple-sfs-layers-in-main-desktop.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:41:47

  • LinkedIn cracks down on users posting ‘AI slop’ after previously encouraging it ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/31/linkedin-cracks-users-posting-ai-slop-previously-encouraging/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:42:22

  • Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 326 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-326-released/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:43:03

  • COSMIC 1.5.0 Released with Improved Multi-Monitor & hybrid-GPU Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/cosmic-1-5-0-released-with-improved-multi-monitor-hybrid-gpu-support/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:45:04

  • 8 Best Free and Open Source JavaScript Object-Relational Mapping Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-object-relational-mapping-software-javascript/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:45:30

  • FOSS Weekly #26.31: Ubuntu 26.10 Features, OpenUK, Graphene Trouble, Vibe Coded GNU/Linux and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-31/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:46:45

  • PCLinuxOS 2026.07.30 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pclinuxos    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:47:10

  • Linuxfx 11.26.08 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/linuxfx    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:47:17

  • Suicide among children and teens hit ten-year high last year, but overall figures decline – NGO ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/31/suicide-among-children-and-teens-hit-ten-year-high-last-year-but-overall-figures-decline-ngo/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:48:14

  • HardenedBSD 15-build19 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:48:49

  • Overshoot Day Sites That Contribute to the Problem (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/30/Overshoot_Day_Sites_That_Contribute_to_the_Problem.shtml    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:49:05

  • Dan Neidle Said "It Really Then Became a Job of Tormenting" Lawyers Like Brett Wilson LLP (Who Threatened Him for Exposing Crimes, Just Like They Threatened My Wife a Few Months Later) http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Dan_Neidle_Said_It_Really_Then_Became_a_Job_of_Tormenting_Lawye.shtml    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:49:45

  • ESP-KVM – An open-source IP KVM solution based on ESP32-P4 RISC-V MCU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/30/esp-kvm-an-open-source-ip-kvm-solution-based-on-esp32-p4-risc-v-mcu/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:53:15

  • NightRun UEFI application boots a local LLM on Raspberry Pi 5 and x86 PCs without an OS ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/30/nightrun-uefi-application-boots-a-local-llm-on-raspberry-pi-5-and-x86-pcs-without-an-os/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:53:24

  • Microsoft front group: Who’s Writing Open Source Code? ☞ https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2026/07/30/writing-open-source/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:54:52

  • GitHub Automatically Holds Suspicious Actions Runs, but Repository Owners Must Approve Them ☞ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-github-actions-workflow-hold/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:55:32

  • Xen 4.22 Released    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:55:41

  • CISA issues recommendations to federal agencies on open-source software security ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-open-source-software-security-guidance/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:56:03

  • Carrying the Light of the Internet Forward: A Farewell Message from Board Chair Ted Hardie ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/07/carrying-the-light-of-the-internet-forward-a-farewell-message-from-board-chair-ted-hardie/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:56:32

  • Luxonis M8 Controller Box adds industrial I/Os, CAN Bus, and relay control to OAK4 Hey Hi (AI) vision cameras ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/30/luxonis-m8-controller-box-adds-industrial-i-os-can-bus-and-relay-control-to-oak4-ai-vision-cameras/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:58:04

  • Apple’s stock slides as it blames supply chain constraints for its weak guidance ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/30/apples-stock-slides-blames-supply-chain-constraints-weak-guidance/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:58:59

  • Apple’s Profit Is Up 27%, but Expectations for Current Quarter Disappoint ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/technology/apple-earnings.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 19:59:50

  • Whistleblower protections only matter if employees know where to turn when they uncover a problem ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2026/07/whistleblower-protections-only-matter-if-employees-know-where-to-turn-when-they-uncover-a-problem/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:08:01

  • The U.S. has protected whistleblowers since the Continental Congress ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/07/the-u-s-has-protected-whistleblowers-since-the-continental-congress/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:08:10

  • To protect patients, Washington must treat healthcare cybersecurity as a priority ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/07/to-protect-patients-washington-must-treat-healthcare-cybersecurity-as-a-priority/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:08:35

  • Semiconductor Firm Analog Devices Discloses Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/semiconductor-firm-analog-devices-discloses-data-breach/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:09:17

  • Spain to deploy military to restore order in Ceuta after thousands of people breach Morocco’s border ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/spain-to-deploy-military-to-restore-order-in-ceuta-after-thousands-of-people-breach-morocco-s-border    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:10:28

  • OpenSSF Newsletter – July 2026 ☞ https://openssf.org/newsletter/2026/07/30/openssf-newsletter-july-2026/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:19:42

  • Spain deploys military as hundreds cross into Ceuta from Morocco ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260730-hundreds-of-migrants-enter-spain-north-african-territory-ceuta-from-morocco    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:23:31

  • Federal judge dismisses FBI Director Kash Patel’s defamation suit against blogger for lack of jurisdiction ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/federal-judge-dismisses-fbi-director-kash-patels-defamation-suit-against-blogger-for-lack-of-jurisdiction/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:24:41

  • New Zealand top diplomat draws Chinese embassy complaint in racism row ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-foreign-minister-in-racism-row-with-chinese-ambassador    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:25:00

  • Why an Hey Hi (AI) Bubble Might Not Be a Bad Thing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/technology/ai-bubble-venture-capital.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:26:42

  • Anthropic Says Its Hey Hi (AI) Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/technology/anthropic-ai-hack.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:26:57

  • The Accidental Architect of the Internet’s Brain ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-accidental-architect-of-the-internets-brain    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:27:25

  • Tyler Allgeier happy to share Cardinals’ running back load with Jeremiyah Love ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/07/30/sports/tyler-allgeier-happy-to-share-cardinals-load-with-jeremiyah-love/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:29:16

  • Brain Dramatically Remodels Its Cellular Composition, Starting in Midlife ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-witness-remarkable-brain-cell-takeover-in-midlife    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:29:29

  • JWST May Have Just Found Heavy Water on an Alien World ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-just-found-a-habitability-clue-in-a-distant-planets-water    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:29:40

  • Police and crime commissioner to pay Allison Pearson ‘substantial damages’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/police-and-crime-commissioner-to-pay-allison-pearson-substantial-damages/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:30:23

  • Color Blind? Just 3 Amino Acids Separate Red From Green Vision ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/it-takes-just-3-amino-acids-to-let-us-see-red-and-green-study-finds    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:31:12

  • Earth's Biggest Mass Extinction Reveals Chilling Parallels to Today's World ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-biggest-mass-extinction-reveals-chilling-parallels-to-todays-world    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:31:20

  • There's One Creature of The Deep That Can Scare Even Orcas Away ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-one-creature-of-the-deep-that-can-scare-even-orcas-away    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:32:18

  • The Large Hadron Collider May Already Have Detected Hints of Dark Matter ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ufos-in-the-large-hadron-collider-may-be-hints-of-dark-matter    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:32:28

  • Rare Genetic Disorder Leaves Bones Unable to Harden – And Many Patients Don't Even Know They Have It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-genetic-disorder-leaves-bones-unable-to-harden-and-many-patients-dont-even-know-they-have-it    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:32:53

  • Official criticises ‘anti-China bias’ after ex-banker calls Hong Kong ‘just another big Chinese city’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/30/official-criticises-anti-china-bias-after-ex-banker-calls-hong-kong-just-another-big-chinese-city/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:33:29

  • Shanghai Aishengna named as the maker of China's first domestic immersion DUV chipmaking tools — first viable domestic 7nm-capable scanner to be completed by 2038 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/shanghai-aishengna-named-as-the-maker-of-chinas-first-domestic-immersion-duv-scanners    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:33:51

  • Banned by China, Taiwan’s prized mangoes debut and sell out in Europe even with steep price tag ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/banned-by-china-taiwans-prized-mangoes-debut-and-sell-out-in-europe-even-with-steep-price-tag    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:35:13

  • China’s military, coast guard, patrol contested shoal in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-military-coast-guard-patrol-contested-shoal-in-south-china-sea    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:35:36

  • China’s car sector seeking new stability amid slumping domestic sales, structural headwinds ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-car-sector-seeking-new-stability-amid-slumping-domestic-sales-structural-headwinds    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:35:57

  • China generates less than half of its electricity from coal for the first time ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-generates-less-than-half-of-its-electricity-from-coal-for-the-first-time    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:37:04

  • China protests over New Zealand foreign minister's jibe at Chinese-born lawmaker ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-protests-over-new-zealand-foreign-ministers-jibe-at-chinese-born-lawmaker    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:37:33

  • China, Its Economy Stumbling, Signals Only Cautious Support ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/business/china-economy-politburo.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:37:57

  • China pushes harder in South China Sea – as global attention drifts away ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-pushes-harder-in-south-china-sea-as-attention-drifts-away/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:38:21

  • China's Pooh-tin urges deeper anti-graft fight in military, Xinhua reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-xi-urges-deeper-anti-graft-fight-in-military-xinhua-reports    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:38:33

  • Googlebombing "Linux" to sell back doors https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-wins-over-a-lifelong-linux-user-but-not-for-the-reason-you-think    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:42:02

  • "When a laptop starts showing its age, the usual advice is to install Linux to make it faster. While that certainly helps, there’s an even better approach to stop thinking of it as your everyday computer. Instead, turn it into a Linux appliance." https://www.howtogeek.com/7-ways-to-turn-an-old-laptop-into-a-linux-appliance/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:42:23

  • https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/why-makululinux-ai-os-became-my-new-daily-driver-177752.html   

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:43:35

  • SlopOS riding hype https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/why-makululinux-ai-os-became-my-new-daily-driver-177752.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:43:41

  • GOG confirms a native Linux Galaxy launcher is finally in development https://www.tweaktown.com/news/112909/gog-confirms-a-native-linux-galaxy-launcher-is-finally-in-development/index.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:44:03

  • System76 goes to college – a case study https://blog.system76.com/blog/post/system76-goes-to-college-a-case-study    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:45:24

  • "The digital distribution platform GOG has announced the development of a native Linux version of the GOG Galaxy client. Until now, users had to rely on third-party solutions such as Heroic Games Launcher." https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/07/30/425716-gog-uslysal-igrokov-klient-gog-galaxy-polucit-nativnuiu-podderzku-linux.html    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:46:03

  • Steam Deck Patch Boosts Low Frame Rates by 30% for Smoother Gameplay https://uk.pcmag.com/migrated-84555-gaming/166465/steam-deck-patch-boosts-low-frame-rates-by-30-for-smoother-gameplay    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:46:40

  • AMD Linux Patch Dramatically Reduces Game Stutters On Steam Deck https://hothardware.com/news/amd-linux-patch-dramatically-reduces-game-stutters-on-steam-deck    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:48:39

  • "AMD has started adding Ryzen Zen 6 "client" CPU support for its HSMP driver, spanning Olympic Ridge & Medusa Point families." https://wccftech.com/amd-seeds-zen-6-client-support-in-linux-olympic-ridge-desktops-medusa-mobile-ryzen-chips/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:49:24

  • I stopped distro hopping when I realized the desktop environment was the real upgrade https://www.xda-developers.com/stopped-distro-hopping-desktop-environment/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:49:45

  • "Cloud-first strategies have transformed enterprise infrastructure, but many organizations still face a significant obstacle to modernization: Linux servers that remain dependent on legacy on-premises directory services." https://www.scworld.com/resource/the-modern-path-to-unified-linux-identity-security-securing-hybrid-infrastructure-in-a-cloud-first-world    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:50:28

  • New GenieLocker ransomware for Windows, ESXi, and Linux | Securelist ⚓ https://securelist.com/genielocker-ransomware-for-windows-linux-and-esxi/120843/ ䷉ Source: Kapersky | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//securelist.com/genielocker-ransomware-for-windows-linux-and-esxi/120843/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:51:00

  • Devs Port Open-Source Linux AMD Graphics Driver to Windows https://www.techpowerup.com/351212/devs-port-open-source-linux-amd-graphics-driver-to-windows    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:51:42

  • Steam Deck 1% low FPS boosted with AMD Ryzen Linux patch https://overclock3d.net/news/misc/steam-deck-1-low-fps-boosted-with-amd-ryzen-linux-patch/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:52:07

  • pfSense co-creator building new open-soure firewall platform: “will correct the mistakes of the past” https://cybernews.com/security/nfsensei-linux-firewall-wants-replace-pfsense/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:53:06

  • "OpenBSD is known for its devotion to security, but can it work as a desktop? The BSDs are great alternatives to Linux distributions, but this OS is probably better suited to a router or homelab project, right?" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-ran-openbsd-as-a-desktop-and-it-worked/    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 20:53:57

  • High hardware costs see Red Hat offer a two-server edge rig, no mini-PC required https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/07/20/high-hardware-costs-see-red-hat-offer-a-two-server-edge-rig-no-mini-pc-required/5274762    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 21:01:06

  • Laptop uptime now 960 days. 40 more...    

posted Friday, July 31, 2026 at 21:19:07
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