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[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1730.jpg    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:35:27

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2087.jpg    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:35:33

  • how lucky gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/how_lucky    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:36:59

  • "They extended this thinking to cultural relativism, which is the idea that morality differs between cultures. They argued this belief was a form of subjectivism because there's no smallest society that can have its own distinct morality." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/where-morality-comes-from.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:37:47

  • "Tilde.pink is an open tilde server providing shell, email, gopher, and gemini accounts. It runs on NetBSD and focuses on being a "web-free" tilde using geomyidae for gopher and gmid for gemini." gemini://brennan.smol.pub/tilde-pink-guide    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:38:25

  • "One may have an odds table that specifies variable chances of various outcomes, whether it be monsters or loot or whatever. A fairly common wrinkle is that there is an item or skill or whatever that gives someone "better" results, so one would need a means to favor "better" items depending on the strength of the effect." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/08/05/variodds.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:39:45

  • "This guide shows how to set up a shared guestbook on a tildeverse server, with logging to track who added entries and when." gemini://brennan.smol.pub/guestbook-guide    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:40:31

  • "My childhood friend Eric lived in a yellow house at the end of a cul-de-sac. We spent our summers and after-school evenings playing video games (SNES, later N64), ping pong, and street hocky." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/gratitudes-part-3-matt-who-wore-a-miniskirt-to-prom    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:41:26

  • "rebound game after coffee talk. since i already just bought a game, i had to seek recourse in our switch library. this was in there? also extremely frustrating, obviously for different reasons." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/games    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:42:32

  • "If you are impacted. Sue just sue" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kz6s7cfe    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:55:56

  • On IBM: "that's what dying companies do, start cutting back on all the unnecessary expenses" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kywrdsjp    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:56:24

  • "I was let go from IBM November 2025 and honestly i felt relived. Twice a year I saw some of my colleagues getting RAed and thought when will I be next. I worked harder thinking my performance will speak for itself. Boy was I dreaming. However when it happened I was good with it, no harm done. I took my severance and took a much needed 4 month vacation around the world. There is a life after IBM and its real and magnificent"    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:57:11

  • "Different people have different constraints. Some in their 50's might need at least a decade of work. Lives are shattered when the unexpected happens. Let is not go down the path, "it is a blessing to be let go after decades of dedication"." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kz4mbgha    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:57:27

  • "As I have stated before and seen at IBM, is that young managers in sales and technical sales are put in those positions not based on experience or accomplishments, but instead on someone sponsoring them who he or she rubbed noses with. It makes you sick to see how they fail when a better more experienced and accomplished person should have been promoted into management." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kz3fj1w7    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 05:58:59

  • PayPal Reportedly Attracting Takeover Interest After Stock Slump https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/paypal-reportedly-attracting-takeover-interest-after-stock-slump/cZRtwVsR4yF    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 06:04:08

  • Still no financial report from BRETT WILSON LLP. How long can they hide/delay?    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 06:05:12

  • 6% GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/morocco/#monthly-200902-202608 also good in https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/tunisia/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 06:55:23

  • Independent Politics https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/05/independent-politics/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 07:21:34

  • An Overcrowded Planet https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/05/an-overcrowded-planet/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 08:01:52

  • "leading Telegram founder Pavel Durov to implement enhanced moderation safeguards before securing reinstatement." ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/telegram-apple-app-store-suspension/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:34:32

  • "Extortionists have found a way to manipulate Apple into overreacting." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/975300/telegram-app-store-takedown-extortion-pavel-durov | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:34:46

  • "The move marks another notch in Live Nation Entertainment’s broader Latin America strategy, where the company is pairing ticketing expansion with venue development." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/live-nation-ticketmaster-acquires-red-uts/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:35:01

  • "Ellison’s roughly 730-word essay does not mention Trump by name nor ties between the president and his father, tech billionaire Larry Ellison." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-08-04/paramounts-david-ellison-says-critics-dont-get-his-politics | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:35:27

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/sony-discs-middle-finger/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:36:04

  • "not all bots are bad." ☛ https://blog.archive.org/2026/08/04/internet-archive-to-new-york-dont-kill-the-good-bots-in-the-fight-against-bad-bots/ | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:36:38

  • "detained by the National Guard in her front yard" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5918354 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:37:12

  • "Every person deprived of their liberty under international and domestic law remains entitled to dignity, health care, and respect for their life." ☛ https://phr.org/news/deaths-in-ice-custody/ | Source: PHR    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:37:26

  • The Narcissist knows Daniel Pocock has three nationalities and may be changing addresses because he has political campaigns in the UK. Pleasing out of ignorance again.    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:41:49

  • "The man, Brandon Klayme of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was eventually acquitted of all charges on July 23 by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeals." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/cops-typo-username-innocent-man-prison | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:42:00

  • "One of the most senior figures in the far-right Sweden Democrats has compared the political editor of Sweden's leading left-wing newspaper" ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20260804/top-sweden-democrat-compares-left-wing-journalist-to-pro-nazi-traitor | Source: The Local SE    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:42:28

  • "For much of Techdirt’s nearly three decades in existence we’ve covered attacks on the media by the rich and powerful." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/04/ebay-and-former-execs-agree-to-pay-56-million-for-trying-to-crush-a-journalist/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:42:34

  • "Before 2025, most of the recent cases using the conspiracy-to-impede statute stemmed from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and involved far-right groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5886263 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:44:30

  • "O'Hara said in a statement that he is satisfied with the settlement but conflicted that taxpayers are footing the bill." ☛ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/d-c-will-pay-50000-to-man-detained-while-protesting-guard-patrol-with-star-wars-song-record-says | Source: PBS    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:44:45

  • "At the protest, one man (not Estrada) shot and wounded a police officer." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-nspm-7-repression/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:45:12

  • "Across the world, despots and and wannabe dictators are deploying new tools, both legal and technological, to stifle dissent and oppress." ☛ https://www.techpolicy.press/a-roadmap-for-confronting-the-chilling-effects-of-censorship-surveillance-and-new-technology/ | Source: Tech Policy Press    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:45:30

  • "There is no leader of antifa – the Trump administration has not named one – and there is no record of deadly attacks attributed to a U.S.-based organization called antifa." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/04/the-antifa-terrorism-threat-trump-describes-does-not-exist/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:45:56

  • "Unlike in other moments of political unrest in recent memory, it’s hard to pigeonhole these anti-data center activists demographically." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/regular-people-data-center-arrest-protest | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:46:09

  • "The law applies to people who left Russia and were convicted in absentia under any article of the Criminal Code, or under “political” statutes of the Administrative Offenses Code." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/04/putin-signs-law-restricting-the-rights-of-kremlin-critics-living-abroad-who-are-prosecuted-in-absentia | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:46:23

  • "Consider the slick propaganda section that’s appeared on the Government of Alberta’s official website" ☛ https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/04/Alberta-Propaganda-Push-Data-Centres/ | Source: The Tyee    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:46:48

  • "KOSA, the SCREEN Act, Youth AI Privacy..." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-vote-tomorrow-four-internet-bills-one-wrong-direction | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:47:37

  • "to train 5000 educators" = Microsofters and scammers take over Raspi? ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/supporting-ai-education-for-150000-learners-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-australia/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:48:12

  • Red Hat sponsored site promoting slop for Red Hat ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/04/red-hat-leads-open-source-project-automate-ai-governance/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:48:39

  • "The lawsuit accuses former Apple engineer Chang Liu of failing to return a company laptop before leaving for OpenAI." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/04/openai-publicly-pushes-back-apple-lawsuit-new-filing/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:49:24

  • "Transceivers definitely ⁠pose a risk" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/us-mulling-ban-on-key-chinese-networking-tech-in-data-center-component-crackdown-white-house-wants-to-impose-restrictions-in-2026-china-says-it-will-respond-if-necessary | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:49:39

  • "The decision to exclude open-source models could also be a boon for companies that are trying to catch up to Anthropic and OpenAI" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/technology/white-house-ai-framework.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:49:57

  • "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.5.1." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_5_1_released/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:54:24

  • "Electronic Arts has officially become a private company." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/games/974736/ea-private-company-deal-closed | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:54:36

  • "There seems to be the desire to harken back to this, to remind people of the San Francisco of Pacific Heights rather than SoMa." ☛ https://www.8ball.report/p/pygmalion-mode | Source: Sean Monahan    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:54:49

  • "a year and a half later, the oligarchs’ victory celebrations look premature." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oligarchs-are-doubling-down-on | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:55:05

  • "It’s the very definition of mainstream that is at stake here." ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/will-francesca-hong-and-abdul-el | Source: Ken Klippenstein    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:55:26

  • "Fortunately, the future is a renewable resource. There will be at least one more election. We get another chance." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/against-self-fulfilling-prophecy | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:56:34

  • "Software developers often talk about “legacy software” as though it’s automatically a problem." ☛ https://perlhacks.com/2026/08/the-future-isnt-evenly-distributed/ | Source: Perl Hacks    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:56:58

  • "A hypothesis on the not-so-distant future of software, books, music, and movies, in which most of what we consume gets cheaper" ☛ https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/the-temu-fication-of-software-digital-goods-services/ | Source: マリウス    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:57:16

  • "The gap reflects accounting treatment. Signed leases generally are not recorded as liabilities until a facility is available for use." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centre-race-builds-1-trillion-lease-burden-for-big-tech/articleshow/132868416.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:57:52

  • "two of my other sites which are relatively inactive" ☛ https://burgeonlab.com/costs/ | Source: Naty S    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:58:04

  • "But anyhow, I got some amusing photographs at a local garden that are, um, reflective, wanted to blog them" ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/08/03/Upside-Down | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:58:47

  • "Ghost Pipes popped up after the recent rains. This is my first time seeing one being pollinated!" ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2026/08/04/ghost-pipes-being-pollinated/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:59:05

  • "Trains and the railways they run on are a great way to move lots of stuff, or lots of people, a long way." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/road-trains-roam-the-backroads-of-australia/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 12:59:28

  • "The telecommunication industry uses power inverters to convert direct current energy into alternating current for cell towers, data centers, and remote communication shelters." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/fcc-adds-power-inverters-to-covered-list-under-national-security/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:01:40

  • "According to The Texas Tribune" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/texas-slams-on-the-breaks-for-1-800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-five-times-higher-than-peak-record-demand-474-gigawatts-of-power-requests-are-now-subject-to-new-moratorium | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:01:59

  • "he Danube’s record low levels have pushed Hungary’s only nuclear power plant, the Soviet-built, four-reactor plant at Paks, to the brink of powering down entirely for the first time in its 44 years in service." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-08-03/record-low-danube-levels-push-some-countries-in-eastern-europe-to-brink-of-energy-emergency | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:05:11

  • "Estimates for the climate impact of the web industry range from between 2% and 4% of global carbon emissions, roughly equivalent to the emissions of the airline industry." ☛ https://starlight.astro.build/environmental-impact/ |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:07:01

  • "Almost all Americans — indeed, most human beings — are now subject to the escalating costs of climate change. How much more evidence do we need?" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-incalculable-costs-of-inaction | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:07:14

  • "When people ask what I’m doing in Georgia, I give them something easy." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-data-centers-broke-american-politics/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:07:29

  • "Our whole town does not want him here at all" ☛ https://hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-is-selling-data-centers-in-wisconsin/ | Source: Hell Gate NYC    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:07:42

  • "data centers are going to be here" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/eric-adams-booed-while-lobbying-for-data-center-in-small-wisconsin-town/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:08:10

  • "Its developer wants Colorado River water from the Imperial Irrigation District after a recycled water deal collapsed" ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/08/04/data-center-water-fight-heads-to-imperial-county-court/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:08:25

  • "The big change in the proposed city ordinance is that large-scale data centers would no longer be allowed in any current zoning designation as stand-alone projects." ☛ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080236_agenda_data_centers_op/new-data-center-rules-tap-tucson-south-tucson-honor-pico-de-gallo/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:08:47

  • [Old] "The company has no Clean Air Act permits." ☛ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582 | Source: Politico LLC    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:09:01

  • "The “Colossus” data center campus, comprising two separate data centers, has come under fire from locals and activist groups." ☛ https://futurism.com/space/spacex-poison-nearby-towns-another-yeare | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:10:32

  • "Life in the deep sea is silent and slow-moving and adapts on geological time scales, she said." ☛ https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/08/05/Deep-Sea-Mining-Would-Devastate-Ocean-Life/ | Source: The Tyee    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:10:48

  • "Farther east in Romania, the Danube recorded its lowest water levels since 1996." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/europe-rivers-running-dry-catastrophe-danube-rhine | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:11:00

  • "The document, published by the federal Bureau of Reclamation" ☛ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080326_colorado_river_water/federal-plan-makes-steep-colorado-river-water-cuts-arizona-california-nevada/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:11:40

  • "responded with fury after Corpus Christi officials announced in March" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-nueces-river-authority | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:11:49

  • "TikTok has agreed to settle three lawsuits concerning addictive platform designs." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-settling-three-teen-social-media-lawsuits-ahead-of-trial/articleshow/132844881.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:12:18

  • "The degree to which the military is running out of ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles has not been previously reported." ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/04/us-used-virtually-all-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-sources-say/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:13:25

  • "The Army first unveiled the Enduring High Energy Laser in a July 2024 special notice, according to Laser Wars." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-laser-weapon/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:13:57

  • "The federal gift regulations and the gratuities statute exist to ensure that government decisions are made on the merits" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/08/04/fcc-commissioners-face-ethics-complaints-for-taking-luxury-gifts-from-paramount-partner/ | Source: Salon    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:14:14

  • "Which brings us to Michigan, where the whole thing started." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/497819/how-michigan-uncommitted-movement-shaped-senate-race-abdul-el-sayed | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:15:53

  • "Michigan counts its ballots as fast or faster than a lot of other swing states." ☛ https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2026/08/04/when-to-expect-election-results-2026-primary-timing/ | Source: Votebeat    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:16:32

  • "an estimated 60,000 migrants poured into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20239392 | Source: Yle    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:16:51

  • "What seems to be the issue is a user setting about data sharing. Anthropic’s position is that it’s not their problem: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/some-claude-chats-are-searchable-on-google.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:17:15

  • "Though the video caption claims Gunn was arrested over the incident, no report with his name appears in the Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court’s case record database." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/florida-man-blocking-flock-protest-police-surveillance | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:17:46

  • "As a reminder, this is different from the order made in February last year that would have demanded Apple create a backdoor to encrypted iCloud data globally." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-uk-icloud-backdoor-complaint/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:18:00

  • "The company, founded by libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel in 2003, is also facing criticism in its home market." ☛ https://netzpolitik.org/2026/interview-about-resistance-palantir-is-really-toxic/ | Source: Netzpolitik    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:18:21

  • "The initial document dump was unredacted. Days later, those files were removed and replaced with partial redactions to some, but not all, of the personal medical information" ☛ https://www.notus.org/health-science/rand-paul-fauci-diary-dump-expose-people-medical-histories | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:18:42

  • "Roberta Metsola surprised everyone by suggesting to the European Council to ignore the position of the Parliament she represents" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/the-chat-control-1-0-saga-big-tech-can-scan-our-private-messages-again-but-parliament-sent-a-strong-signal-against-mass-surveillance/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:18:59

  • "I didn’t know that there were these mechanisms inside the company that were essentially fighting to get this pilot to happen." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-silence-protestors | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:19:52

  • "The European Space Agency's Cosmos portal is dedicated to space exploration." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/european-space-agency-website-exploited-to-advertise-shady-iptv-services/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:38:51

  • "If so, it's time to hit the brakes, because it sounds like someone is trying to scam you." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/fake-irs-letters-cryptocurrency | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:39:05

  • "The Link satellite developed by Katalyst Space Technologies “experienced issues with attitude control” over the weekend" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/reaction-wheel-failures-leave-swift-rescue-mission-spinning-in-orbit/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:42:07

  • Windows TCO: "Attribution is preliminary, and so far it seems no real damage" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/iran-cyberattacks-against-minnesota-water-systems.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:43:21

  • "The spark for this exodus is disputed." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/the-ceuta-border-crisis-a-strategic | Source: The Next Move    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:44:12

  • "The update is rolling out now with Signal version 8.20 on Android and version 8.22 for iPhone / iPad." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/975407/signal-linked-devices-sync | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:44:38

  • "The update is rolling out now with Signal version 8.20 on Android and version 8.22 for iPhone / iPad." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/975407/signal-linked-devices-sync | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:45:16

  • "The Five Eyes warning fundamentally alters our understanding of modern espionage targets." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/chinese-spies-are-recruiting-canadians-on-linkedin/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:45:35

  • "NVD quickly flagged these as critical, and CISA's ADP agreed" ☛ https://research.jfrog.com/post/sqlite-critical-cves-or-llm-slops/ |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:47:11

  • "Autocomplete's predictions are always grounded in who you used to be, which means autocomplete knows very little about who you are now, and absolutely nothing about who you will become: [...]" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/03/andor/#either | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:47:34

  • "I don't know. I don't like slop either, and I steer clear of channels, profiles, accounts etc. that consistently spit it out into the world, and I'm also not going to repost anything that I think falls into this category" ☛ https://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/are-we-becoming-too-paranoid-about-ai-slop/ | Source: Andreas    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:47:47

  • "Most don’t affect models that users run locally and not in the cloud. And all ignore the incredible pace of AI development worldwide." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/the-openai-hack-shows-the-genie-is-out-of-the-bottle.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:48:05

  • "Imagine that this wasn’t an OpenAI model." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/more-on-the-openai-agents-attack-on-hugging-face.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:48:55

  • "Talos has created a detailed analysis of how we are seeing adversaries leverage the technology to include development, force multiplication, and vulnerability research." ☛ https://blog.talosintelligence.com/keep-going-bro-youve-got-this-a-data-driven-look-at-how-adversaries-are-weaponizing-ai/ | Source: Threat Source    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:54:29

  • "The Administration’s ad hoc and unpredictable approach undermines U.S. competitiveness, heightening market incentives to adopt open weight models from vendors based in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/trump-ai-policy-chinese-models-risk/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:54:48

  • "Now, the big AI developers can't just compete by throwing more parameters and training data at the problem." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-are-now-racing-to-the-bottom-crashing-token-prices-and-competitive-models-push-companies-to-cut-costs | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:55:05

  • First win for Enzo https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/mens/2026/asia-tour-2026/k-league-all-stars-v-man-city-5-aug-2026?page=Commentary    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:58:06

  • "The latest episode of the Raspberry Pi Podcast is here, with Ken Okolo and Software Engineering Manager Naushir Patuck exploring the rise of artificial intelligence and how Raspberry Pi is making an impact in edge AI." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-our-tiny-computers-learnt-to-count-sheep-and-spot-hi-vis-jackets/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:58:17

  • "But Medasin—and numerous others—responded by noting that he could have easily just dropped the AI song into a stem splitter to achieve the same effect. Shortly afterward, Fenix deleted the video." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/rapper-fenix-flexin-song-ai-generated-controversy/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:58:30

  • "He also ditched the company’s impractical experiments with using robot servers that began before he joined in 2024." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chilis-restaurant-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 13:58:57

  • "The thirst trap accounts highlight the unfortunate reality of what social media has turned into in the age of generative AI." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/boomers-facebook-ai-thirst-traps | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:03:11

  • "sneaking a mic in there." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-bro-ai-toddler-conversations | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:03:23

  • "sneaking a mic in there." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-bro-ai-toddler-conversations | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:03:37

  • "The rules also require operators to notify individuals when emotion recognition or biometric categorisation systems are used." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/eu-enforces-mandatory-labelling-of-ai-generated-content/articleshow/132839361.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:03:49

  • "Interested in how old my Yahoo account is, I requested a download of my data." ☛ https://www.robin.is/posts/2026/yahoo/ | Source: Robin D Otis    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:04:11

  • "The pouches are available for free in Palantir’s offices for employees and guests over the age of 21, a Palantir spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal." ☛ https://fortune.com/2026/03/04/palantir-tech-companies-offices-vending-machines-tobacco-worker-productivity/ | Source: Fortune    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:04:38

  • "We just can’t believe that a machine can replace all the decades of … clinical judgment and knowledge that we have" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/new-york-city-nurses-say-ai-is-replacing-them/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:04:55

  • "Now, one thing that was cut off from my transcription of the COVID response portion of the interview was this." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/04/rfk-jr-just-embarrassed-himself-publicly-on-cnn/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:06:22

  • "The formerly-eradicated measles is back, with over 2,300 American infected in 2026 alone, the highest number since 1992, Vox reported." ☛ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/america-consequences-trump-public-health-rare-disease-outbreak-ravaging-usa | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:06:32

  • "So after a lot of deliberation, I landed on selling my RF 24-105mm and buying an RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8." ☛ https://antoniosantos.io/finding-my-way-back-to-photography/ | Source: Antonio Santos    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:07:04

  • "I think my goal with sharing my experience in this post is to offer advice for others who are excited for the Steam Frame, or any other consumer product." ☛ https://lzon.ca/posts/other/no-steam-frame/ | Source: Lzon    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:07:22

  • "I’ve been using multiple monitors with desktops and laptops for — oh god — twenty years now." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3204901/ive-used-multiple-monitors-for-20-years-heres-what-actually-matters.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:07:53

  • "People often underestimate what cats can contribute to human–animal interventions" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-cat-children-developmental-disabilities-cats.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:18:27

  • "The truth may lie somewhere in the middle, says Trent Cash, a behavioral scientist at University of Waterloo in Canada." ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-making-us-dumber-learning-skills-risk | Source: Science News    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:18:35

  • "How stupid – disconnected from any reality – are the metrics under the logic of managerialism? But we all internalised them." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/08/04/if-you-cant-be-bothered-writing-it-i-cant-be-bothered-reading-it/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:19:45

  • "The metallic ratios M(n) can be defined several ways." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/04/metallic-alchemy/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:19:57

  • "This article is all about movement. Of a vehicle, or a robot, or something like a 3D printer." ☛ https://nick.zoic.org/art/smooth-move-taming-trajectories-with-polynomials/ | Source: Nick Moore    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:20:12

  • "The latest image from the world's largest camera captures an overwhelming number of galaxies on a 3200MP car-sized camera" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/astrophotography/this-single-3200-megapixel-photo-contains-more-than-half-a-million-galaxies-and-50-000-stars-vera-rubin-scientists-say-this-is-just-the-beginning | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:20:27

  • "in the city of Allendale, California." ☛ https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/storiespdf/there-will-come-soft-rains.pdf |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:21:08

  • "The pitch was my first shot, with no earlier training. I did my best to reach the catcher over the base without a bounce. Gravity was included in my calculated throw." ☛ https://avi-loeb.medium.com/my-first-pitch-for-the-astros-houston-we-have-no-problem-6e7701546d1f | Source: Avi Loeb    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:21:19

  • "At its heart, the blockchain is a secure distributed ledger." ☛ https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20260803/ | Source: Diomidis Spinellis    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:22:05

  • "The house at 3321 NW Thurman St. was her primary residence and writing space for nearly six decades, from 1960 until her death in 2018." ☛ https://www.kptv.com/2026/07/23/le-guins-portland-home-added-national-register-historic-places/ |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:22:24

  • "Located in Northwest Portland’s Willamette Heights neighborhood, the home served as both Le Guin’s family residence and creative sanctuary from 1960 until her death in 2018." ☛ https://portlandtribune.com/2026/07/27/historic-portland-home-where-ursula-k-le-guin-wrote-her-greatest-works-gains-national-recognition/ |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:22:43

  • "Among other accolades, her work would earn her five Hugo awards, a National Book Award, and finalist status for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize." ☛ https://locusmag.com/2026/08/ursula-k-le-guins-home-recognized-as-national-historic-landmark-to-host-writers-residency/ | Source: Locus Magazine    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:23:01

  • "The cross was also laser-scanned in 2018 as part of a Manx National Heritage project to produce three-dimensional digital records of all 210 known Manx crosses." ☛ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/early-medieval-norse-cross-returns-to-isle-of-man-chapel/ | Source: Medievalists.net    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:23:15

  • "that compression comes at the cost of CPU cycles." ☛ https://kmcd.dev/posts/protobuf-varint-vs-fixed/ | Source: Kevin McDonald    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:23:45

  • "My downloads directory is a junk pile that I just never get around to fully clearing." ☛ https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/08/04/zsh-m0-glob-qualifiers/ | Source: Adam Johnson    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:24:07

  • "Python is a great language for writing scripts that are executed from the command line" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/c-is-for-command-line-interfaces-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:24:39

  • "This talk starts with my early adoption of Python and the subsequent decades of using it for almost everything." ☛ https://menno.io/posts/not-python-2026/ |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:24:47

  • "Graphical user interfaces for the R language are easy to use and getting more powerful all the time." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/r-gui-comparison-update/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:25:10

  • "I had heard about Haskell from the blog of a philosophical logician friend, Greg Restall." ☛ https://pandoc.org/twenty-years-of-pandoc.html |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:25:34

  • "If Roberto and Mike are EOLing the interpreters, maybe we should be doing the same for the libraries." ☛ https://hisham.hm/2026/08/04/the-lua-community-needs-to-learn-to-move-on/ | Source: Hisham    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:25:52

  • "the text layer broke" ☛ https://blog.lvmbdv.dev/posts/tests-for-a-pdf/ |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:26:09

  • "SwiftUI's result-builder syntax is usually associated with views." ☛ https://artemnovichkov.com/blog/using-swiftui-contentbuilder-with-non-view-types | Source: Artem Novichkov    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:26:22

  • "Cadence was the first native app I'd authored in years and was an interesting challenge. Navidrome's support of the Subsonic API is well documented and clear. But streaming and dealing with audio is not easy." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/farewell-cadence | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:26:33

  • "The city next to the town I grew up in had a shopping center that was built atop a sanitary landfill." ☛ https://ericwbailey.website/published/heres-yet-another-metaphor-about-tech-debt/ | Source: Eric Bailey    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:26:59

  • "Canonically Yours" ☛ https://blog.himanshuanand.com/2026/08/two-parsers-one-json-and-a-flag-intigritis-july-2026-challenge/ | Source: Himanshu Anand    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:28:14

  • "This is not merely a cryptographic migration. It is the ecosystem cashing in a forced upgrade to close a decade-old compromise in Certificate Transparency." ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1314 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:28:23

  • "The PROJ format for defining Coordinate Reference Systems (CRS) is becoming deprecated" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/centering-a-map-projection-on-the-mapped-region/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:47:39

  • "I am not changing my project’s license from AGPLv3-or-later to MIT." ☛ https://lake.computer/blog/help-wanted/ |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:48:02

  • "It's a strange irony that in this moment when so many of us are struggling to "de-Google" our lives, a forcible" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/04/technology-freedom-cooperative/ | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:49:11

  • "The offpunk stance is born from a simple and uncomfortable observation: the digital realm is fragile." ☛ https://blog.ayom.media/ideiasdechirico/offpunk-manifesto |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:49:19

  • "Here are my very hasty thoughts on what I like better: [...]" ☛ https://sals.place/blog/11ty-to-hugo/ | Source: Sal    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:49:40

  • "Fourteen new GNU releases in the last month (as of July 31, 2026): [...]" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-july-gnu-spotlight | Source: FSF    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:57:07

  • "As strong and light as carbon fiber-epoxy composites are" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/strengthening-3d-prints-with-a-carbon-fiber-epidermis/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:58:00

  • "Now breaking changes, but with with potential benefits in both process isolation and compartmentalization of functionality" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260804054218 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 14:58:26

  • "If you used a serious computer pre-IBM PC" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/at-last-cp-m-for-protected-mode/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:00:37

  • "In December I went through why uses: is a package manager with no lockfile, no integrity hashes and no transitive visibility" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/04/brew-install-actions-checkout.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:00:45

  • "Inline compression is wonderful. I don’t need to rotate logs to compressed files." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/messing-with-modern-zfs-compression-options/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:01:28

  • "This particular function has cropped up before" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/KernelNotEnoughMemoryError | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:01:39

  • Add this to your list of games to grab if you skip over Denuvo DRM protected titles, as Atomic Heart has finally been set free from it.   

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:32:44

  • Monster Hunter Wilds sees a permanent price drop | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/monster-hunter-wilds-sees-a-permanent-price-drop/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/monster-hunter-wilds-sees-a-permanent-price-drop/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:48:28

  • Wordless prehistoric sci-fi adventure Theropods launches August 20 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/wordless-prehistoric-sci-fi-adventure-theropods-launches-august-20/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux |    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:48:44

  • Tracing Back GAFAM ‘Dark Money’ Devoted to Censorship https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/05/dark-money-devoted-to-censorship/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:55:46

  • Gears of War: E-Day gets a multiplayer deep dive and open Beta details | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/gears-of-war-e-day-gets-a-multiplayer-deep-dive-and-open-beta-details/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:56:16

  • GNU/Linux still very high in Chad https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/chad/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:58:16

  • NVIDIA now supporting the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a premier sponsor | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:58:59

  • Settlement building co-op action-adventure Necesse 'Rust - Romance' update is a big one | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/settlement-building-co-op-action-adventure-necesse-rust-romance-update-is-a-big-one/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:59:39

  • Lighthouse, the Harbour Masters PC port of Banjo Kazooie is out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lighthouse-the-harbour-masters-pc-port-of-banjo-kazooie-is-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lighthouse-the-harbour-masters-pc-port-of-banjo-kazooie-is-out-now/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 15:59:45

  • Comoros also. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/comoros/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:02:06

  • Anon on Pocock: "He needs to keep in the forefront that those groups / projects went sour only because of the infiltration by microsofter and microsoft ideologies."    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:03:19

  • Marcus Bettinelli’s “First Debut For Manchester City” (Today) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/05/marcus-bettinelli/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:26:27

  • IBM Red Hat trying to sell slop, not Linux, and openwashing along the way (plagiarism is "open") ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-asago-open-source-ai-safety-and-governance-orchestration | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:29:03

  • "The work Red Hat and Everpure have done together exists to break that coupling." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/oracle-estate-you-can-control | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:29:15

  • "confidential computing" means outsourcing to back doors, surveillance, and a mere delusion of data protection ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-red-hat-openshift-confidential-computing-and-sandboxing | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:29:48

  • IBM is swallowing the pyramid scheme and vomiting it out via the "Red Hat" brand ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/beyond-hype-what-financial-leaders-need-know-about-enterprise-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:31:22

  • "US Is Underestimating The Iran-Russia-China-North Korea Axis, Warns Mark Montgomery" https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-russia-china-ukraine-north-korea-montgomery/33821449.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:34:07

  • "'Putin Is A Thug:' Senator Rick Scott Says Congress Must Hold Russia Accountable" https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-thug-senator-rick-scott-congress-russia-ukraine/33821929.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:34:14

  • "A progressive Muslim or an Israel-backed moderate? Democrats wage a pivotal battle in Michigan over their future | U.S. | EL PAÍS English" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-04/a-progressive-muslim-or-an-israel-backed-moderate-democrats-wage-a-pivotal-battle-in-michigan-over-their-future.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:34:21

  • "Stoppa Chat Control 2 – skriv en rad" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/04/stoppa-chat-control-2-skriv-en-rad/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:34:27

  • iophk: EFF does their best to convince the world that digital rights are for subgroups only and not the general population https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-vote-tomorrow-four-internet-bills-one-wrong-direction    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:34:33

  • "Trump’s anti-weaponization fund is dead. His push for a slush fund isn’t. | Vox" https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/497772/blanche-confirmation-slush-fund    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:34:41

  • Behind paywall: Slop of "OpenAI Hack Shows the Genie Is Out of the Bottle" https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/30/openai-hack-genie-bottle-defense/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:34:47

  • "The World in God - Experimental Theology with Richard Beck" https://richardbeck.substack.com/p/the-world-in-god    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:34:54

  • "Duet" https://soylentnews.org/~day+of+the+dalek/journal/20561 "In my last journal, I wrote about people who are oppressed willingly giving support to their oppressors, what I refer to as collaborators."    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:34:59

  • "BMW puts ads in cars as a "special surprise" after promising no ads in cars 🤦‍♂️"" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/bmw-puts-ads-in-cars-as-a-special:e    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:35:08

  • Children who use social media at a younger age appear to perform worse in school | "Sosiaalista mediaa nuorempina käyttävät lapset näyttävät menestyvän huonommin koulussa | Uutisia lyhyesti | Yle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/a/74-20239259 Sompi    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:35:17

  • "The EU's Right to Repair Directive Has Kicked in - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/03/0359239    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:35:25

  • "Banana Pi has announced public availability of its BPI-AI2N embedded vision platform, following the hardware introduction covered last year." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-ai2n-goes-on-sale-with-yocto-and-armbian-images/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:36:20

  • "If you need to see what users are doing on a shared system right now, or you need a record that remains even if someone tries to hide their activity" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/monitor-linux-commands-executed-by-system-users-in-real-time/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:36:30

  • "The reason is that ! actually has two completely different purposes in Bash." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/logical-not-operator-linux-commands/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 16:36:43

  • GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-boxes-glow-up/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:25:13

  • SPAM that's cross-breeding Hey Hi (AI) and more foolish buzzwords. Embarrassing! ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/04/quantum-hybrid-computing-hpeworldquantumday/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:28:10

  • Messing with modern ZFS compression options ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/messing-with-modern-zfs-compression-options/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:28:14

  • Pluralistic: Post-American compute for a post-American Internet (04 Aug 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/04/technology-freedom-cooperative/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:29:25

  • Boomers on Facebook (Farcebook) Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren’t Real ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/boomers-facebook-ai-thirst-traps    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:37:11

  • Business World Stunned That a Restaurant Chain Is Doing Well Without Mindlessly Embracing Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chilis-restaurant-ai    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:37:23

  • This Billboard-Charting Hit Is Probably AI-Generated. The Rapper Denies the Allegations. Perfect Test for the Newly-Formed Hey Hi (AI) Chart Eligibility Committee? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/rapper-fenix-flexin-song-ai-generated-controversy/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:37:37

  • Dem senators criticize Convicted Felon administration decisionmaking on Hey Hi (AI) security risks ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/trump-ai-policy-chinese-models-risk/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:38:05

  • Iran Cyberattacks Against Minnesota Water Systems ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/iran-cyberattacks-against-minnesota-water-systems.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:38:39

  • The “Chat Control 1.0” saga: Big Tech can scan our private messages again – but Parliament sent a strong signal against mass surveillance ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/the-chat-control-1-0-saga-big-tech-can-scan-our-private-messages-again-but-parliament-sent-a-strong-signal-against-mass-surveillance/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:39:06

  • Some Claude Chats Are Searchable on Surveillance Giant Google ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/some-claude-chats-are-searchable-on-google.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:39:25

  • Seems like Futurism is a site sceptical of a cult ("ism") that insists the future is some BS of an oligarch's fantasy    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:41:01

  • Red Hat = SLOP ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/04/red-hat-leads-open-source-project-automate-ai-governance/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:41:13

  • US mulling ban on key Chinese networking tech in data center component crackdown — White House wants to impose restrictions in 2026, China says it will respond if necessary ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/us-mulling-ban-on-key-chinese-networking-tech-in-data-center-component-crackdown-white-house-wants-to-impose-restrictions-in-2026-china-says-it-will-respond-if-necessary    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:41:35

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man White House Readies Hey Hi (AI) Framework to Review Security Risks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/technology/white-house-ai-framework.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:41:52

  • Enchantment OS – consumer-friendly GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/enchantment-os-consumer-friendly-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:45:39

  • An LLM agent attempts to compromise a project on Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1087162/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:48:25

  • The Rust Programming Language Blog: Enabling the next iteration of the borrow checker on nightly ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/04/enabling-polonius-alpha-on-nightly/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:49:42

  • Linux Kernel 7.2 RC6 Released: The Largest RC6 in Recent Years ☞ https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-2-rc6-released/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:50:51

  • pgBackRest 2.59.0 Released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgbackrest-2590-released-3355/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:54:01

  • pgAdmin 4 v9.17 Released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgadmin-4-v917-released-3356/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 17:54:33

  • Announcing E-Maj 5.0.0. ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/announcing-e-maj-500-3353/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:46:18

  • Testing modern hash table designs in OVN and OVS ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/05/testing-modern-hash-table-designs-in-ovn-and-ovs    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:47:48

  • Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1087068/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:48:39

  • Gemini Agent-to-Agent Attack Method Exposed Secrets, Enabled Pull Request Tampering ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/gemini-agent-to-agent-attack-exposed-secrets-enabled-pull-request-tampering/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:48:53

  • Soviets already did this about 60 years ago! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/science/spacex-rocket-moon-crash.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:51:02

  • Video: Dolphin Carries Dead Calf in What Experts Call Mourning ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/science/dolphin-mother-dead-calf.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:51:17

  • Brisbane nurse uses jiu-jitsu to take down abusive, violent patient ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/brisbane-nurse-uses-jiu-jitsu-to-take-down-abusive-violent-patient    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:51:35

  • Afghan child malnutrition surges as aid cuts force clinics to turn families away, WFP says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/afghan-child-malnutrition-surges-as-aid-cuts-force-clinics-to-turn-families-away-wfp-says    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:51:45

  • Ariana Grande Announces Step Back from Public Amid Health Scrutiny ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/ariana-grande-step-back-public-life/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:53:15

  • South Korea to revive stalled rail project that could connect to North Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-to-revive-stalled-rail-project-that-could-connect-to-north-korea    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:53:51

  • South Korea Wants to Raise Its Birthrate but Doesn’t Have Enough NICU Doctors ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/world/asia/south-korea-birth-rate-nicu-crisis.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:54:14

  • South Korea’s President Lee calls heatwave a national disaster as deaths rise to 19 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-lee-urges-authorities-to-step-up-support-as-heatwave-kills-16    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:54:26

  • As summer returns in South Korea, so does debate over shirtless runners ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/summer-returns-in-south-korea-so-does-debate-over-shirtless-runners    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:54:43

  • Police raid Starbucks Korea headquarters over ‘Tank Day’ event ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/police-raid-starbucks-korea-headquarters-over-tank-day-event    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:54:57

  • China’s Nonsmokers Try to Clear the Air, One Confrontation at a Time ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/world/asia/china-cigarette-smoking.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:55:52

  • AutoRAG: Optimizing RAG for small models ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/04/autorag-optimizing-rag-small-models    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:59:12

  • Richard Hughes: NVIDIA is now supporting the LVFS ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2026/08/04/nvidia-is-now-supporting-the-lvfs/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 18:59:30

  • Join the final online listening session on diversity in APNIC community leadership ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/05/join-the-final-online-listening-session-on-diversity-in-apnic-community-leadership/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:00:30

  • VIDAR at NYCBUG, tomorrow ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/04/vidar-at-nycbug-tomorrow/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:00:45

  • Petter Reinholdtsen: FreeCAD MCP with llama.cpp, toy or tool? ☞ http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/FreeCAD_MCP_with_llama_cpp__toy_or_tool_.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:01:21

  • In China, motherhood begins with ‘sitting the month.’ The tradition is spreading. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0804/chinese-motherhood-tradition-postpartum-centers    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:02:22

  • "extremely serious political provocation" ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-dismisses-philippine-education-concerns-as-political-provocation    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:02:47

  • ‘Like WeChat messages’: E-mail etiquette debate grips college students in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/e-mail-etiquette-debate-grips-college-students-in-china    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:03:10

  • Taiwan begins military drills as China pressure grows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-begins-military-drills-as-china-pressure-grows    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:03:31

  • "It has been a goal of mine for a while now to implement my own outgoing email server. I thought "How difficult could this be? I can already set DNS records for vigrey.com, so this should be possible, if not decently easy." Oh, how wrong I was..." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/failure-to-implement-outgoing-email-server-from-scratch.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:05:27

  • "to me it feels as if cloud computing enables most of the economy to work just like roads used to enable most of the economy to work in the previous century." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-08-05-cloud    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:08:54

  • "Yesterday I got a text message from my saying that she had listened to a podcast episode I had recommended and now she was thinking whether I was trying to avoid AI completely and how hard that must be. I replied saying that no, it wasn't too hard." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-08-04-no-to-ai    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:09:33

  • "The short version is that from 1700 to 1712 Sweden used a unique calendar somewhere in between the Julian and the Gregorian calendars, trying to smootly shift from one to the other, but then gave up and reverted to the Julian calendar, which caused the two leap-days in February 1712." gemini://gem.hexandcounter.org/gemlog/posts/1712-02-30.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:10:20

  • "90% of the time when I am making git commits, it is to save progress or make a small change that explains itself. I don't know why I was trained to write git commits with every commit before. Anyways, for the past 3 years I just type `gc` to commit and occasionally if I want to leave a commit message, I type `gcm`. Not sure what inspired me to write this today, but hope it helps someone." gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-08-05    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:10:48

  • limiting my internet use - brainstorm gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/limitinginternetbrainstorm    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:12:00

  • "A piece I wrote for my then-new girlfriend, now wife, Alicia, in 2019. Played on a Yamaha NU-1 “hybrid” piano. Something toward a Romantic/Impressionist piece." gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/08/04/00/for-alicia/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:13:50

  • Xbox's devastating July was inevitable https://www.engadget.com/2230878/recapping-a-devastating-july-for-xbox/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:17:19

  • Terrorists Weaponize Women ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/08/terrorists-weaponize-women/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/05/No_Room_for_Misogyny_and_Incels_in_Free_Software.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:23:44

  • At 45-Years-Old, C-Kermit Gets Its First New Release in 15 Years ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/08/at-45-years-old-c-kermit-gets-its-first-new-release-in-15-years/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:24:40

  • What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #67 – S3E19 Funding the Future: Community Collaboration and the Spirit of Open Source with Mila Zhou ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/08/04/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-67-s3e19-funding-the-future-community-collaboration-and-the-spirit-of-open-source-with-mila-zhou/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:25:01

  • Linux Matters 87: Herding online exams ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/87/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:25:54

  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: #058: Reverse Dependencies Made Easy, Fast, Reliable ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/04#058_fast_easy_reliable_reverse_dependency_checks    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:26:09

  • How to Make a Nintendo 64 Game in 2026 ☞ https://phoboslab.org/log/2026/08/xibalba64-making-of    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:26:21

  • Anaqua Acquires Unified Patents to Help Organizations Protect Against Rising Intellectual Property Litigation Risk ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/8/4/anaqua-acquires-unified-patents    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:27:16

  • Anaqua can be a parasite at times https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=Anaqua&set1=any    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:30:10

  • Exton 260804 "PuppEX" ☞ https://distrowatch.com/exton    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:30:38

  • Ukraine: Drone follows man before detonating and injuring him ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260804-ukraine-drone-follows-man-before-detonating-and-injuring-him    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:31:08

  • Lithuania seeks to produce Ukrainian drones under bilateral defence agreement ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3011089/lithuania-seeks-to-produce-ukrainian-drones-under-bilateral-defence-agreement    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:31:22

  • Ukrainian Strikes On Russian Warehouses, Including Wildberries, Leave Five Dead ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-hits-wildberries-warehouses/33821556.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:31:33

  • North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korean-missile-unit-deploys-in-russia-for-ukraine-war-kyiv-says    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:31:42

  • A New Lethal Front in Ukraine: Its Beloved Gas Stations ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/world/europe/ukraine-gas-stations-russia.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:31:51

  • Ukraine live: Russian strikes kill at least 15 in Kyiv and surrounding region ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260805-ukraine-live-russian-strikes-kill-at-least-15-in-kyiv-and-surrounding-region    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:31:59

  • Latvia's 'national position' on Russia and Belarus is to step up sanctions ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/04.08.2026-latvias-national-position-on-russia-and-belarus-is-to-step-up-sanctions.a657500/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:32:09

  • How Togo has become a new entry point for weapons sent by Russia to Mali ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260804-togo-entry-point-weapons-russia-mali    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:32:20

  • China adds Lithuanian firm to export control list in possible retaliation for EU sanctions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3011250/china-adds-lithuanian-firm-to-export-control-list-in-possible-retaliation-for-eu-sanctions    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:32:37

  • Russian attack on Lithuanian embassy in Kyiv could have been deliberate, FM speculates ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3011165/russian-attack-on-lithuanian-embassy-in-kyiv-could-have-been-deliberate-fm-speculates    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:33:04

  • Lithuanian FM calls for ‘firm response’ from NATO after Russian missile lands in Poland ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3011059/lithuanian-fm-calls-for-firm-response-from-nato-after-russian-missile-lands-in-poland    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:33:14

  • Zimbabwe Probes Russian War Recruiting Schemes ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/08/zimbabwe-probes-russian-war-recruiting-schemes/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:33:36

  • Latvia-Belarus border will not be closed completely ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/04.08.2026-latvia-belarus-border-will-not-be-closed-completely.a657498/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:33:47

  • Estonian border guards head south to help Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/04.08.2026-estonian-border-guards-head-south-to-help-latvia.a657396/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:33:57

  • Latvia proposes closing the Belarus border to the general public and freight transport ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3011074/latvia-proposes-closing-the-belarus-border-to-the-general-public-and-freight-transport    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:34:34

  • South Korea’s KOMCA Reverses Hey Hi (AI) Music Copyright Ban, Confirms AI-Assisted Works Are Now Eligible for Registration ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/04/komca-ai-policy/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:35:02

  • "raises real questions about copyright, attribution, security, energy use, labor, trust, and the flood of low-quality patches that maintainers are increasingly being asked to review." ☞ https://heronsperch.blogspot.com/2026/08/open-source-is-hobbling-itself-over.html lxo    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:36:02

  • New LibreOffice extension: Impress Remote ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/04/new-libreoffice-extension-impress-remote/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:36:57

  • CISA Publishes Open Source Security Guidance: Verifiability Is the Difference ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/04/cisa-os-security-guidance/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:37:09

  • Woke Politics Control Open Source ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/woke-politics-control-open-source    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:37:35

  • How To Install Pi-Hole on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pi-hole-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:38:26

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

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:38:50

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

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:39:26

  • The Lua community needs to learn to move on ☞ https://hisham.hm/2026/08/04/the-lua-community-needs-to-learn-to-move-on/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:40:29

  • Regular Expressions Explained: How Regex Patterns Work ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/regular-expressions-basics/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:41:46

  • Linux's Favorite Music Player Rhythmbox 3.5 Lands After Nearly a Decade in the 3.4 Series ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/rhythmbox-3-5-release/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:42:13

  • AI Helped Develop a Linux Exploit ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/AI-Helped-Develop-a-Linux-Exploit    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:42:52

  • GNOME OS 20260804.13 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:43:36

  • Talos 1.13.8 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/talos    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:43:47

  • starkOS 20260803 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/starkos    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:43:54

  • OmegaLinux 3.5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/omegalinux    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:44:02

  • Papirus icon set gets first update in over a year with 80+ new icons ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/paprius-icon-pack-sees-first-update-in-a-year-with-80-new-icons    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:44:37

  • Linux as a BRAND is DEAD https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Foundation-Tokenomics    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:45:18

  • PNG’s closure of Taiwan trade office signals expanded economic ties with China ☞ https://rfa.org/english/pacific/2026/08/05/png-taiwan-china-trade-office/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:46:30

  • China cracks down on copycat chip designs with new regulations and penalties — new guidelines enforce originality and independent development ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-cracks-down-on-copycat-chip-designs-with-new-regulations-and-penalties-new-guidelines-enforce-originality-and-independent-development    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:46:46

  • Chinese chipmaking tool roadmaps examined — Beijing's nascent lithography tools target DUV production at five machines a year, and an EUV prototype with no chips ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinese-chipmaking-tool-roadmap-examined    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:46:55

  • GLP-1 Drugs May Have a Hidden Effect on Your Eyes, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/glp-1-drugs-may-have-a-hidden-effect-on-your-eyes-study-finds    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:48:25

  • Belfast News Letter editor Ben Lowry made redundant ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/belfast-news-letter-editor-ben-lowry-made-redundant/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:48:53

  • Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest from Chattanooga Times Free Press, Buzzfeed and National Geographic ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:49:12

  • FIFA president Infantino's problems mount as key FIFA allies turn on him ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20260804-fifa-president-infantino-s-problems-mount-as-key-fifa-allies-turn-on-him    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:49:23

  • California's Drought Has Now Caused Irreversible Damage to a Crucial Aquifer ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/californias-drought-has-now-caused-irreversible-damage-to-a-crucial-aquifer    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:49:39

  • In April 2029, a Massive Asteroid Will Just Miss Earth. Scientists Are Worried There Could Still Be Major Consequences ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/in-april-2029-a-massive-asteroid-will-just-miss-earth-scientists-are-worried-there-could-still-be-major-consequences    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:49:54

  • Monkeys Show a Strange Language Quirk We Thought Was Unique to Humans ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/monkeys-show-a-strange-language-quirk-we-thought-was-unique-to-humans    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:50:01

  • An Ancient Poop Explosion Could Have Helped Complex Life Evolve ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-ancient-poop-explosion-could-have-helped-complex-life-evolve    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:50:09

  • The World Is Running Out of River Sand, And That's a Massive Issue ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-rivers-are-running-out-of-sand    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:50:18

  • A New Study of Screen Time And Child Development Has Some Unexpected Findings ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-study-of-screen-time-and-child-development-has-some-unexpected-findings    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:50:36

  • Bangladesh warns media against airing Hasina's planned address from India ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bangladesh-asks-india-to-clarify-stance-on-hasinas-planned-new-delhi-speech    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:51:24

  • Allison Pearson Has Won ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/04/allison-pearson-has-won/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:52:55

  • Did the Linux site atechtown.com get cracked? Hijacked?    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:54:28

  • re https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Foundation-Tokenomics (attacking Linux with Ponzi scheme BS), iophk: "I wish Linus had the backbone to take his trademark and walk. He knows he's done coding, he is just unwilling to face the reality."    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:55:00

  • "He still has time to (re-)build something wortwhile using the trademark and the GPL'd code base. However, the longer he stays at LF, the more any positive legacy gets undone." See https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Slop_s_Latest_Casualty_The_Credibility_of_Linus_Torvalds.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:55:26

  • "GKH and the other microsofters would have to be left behind for that to work however. He knows which developers are good and should be retained, while he also knows which ones are microsofters and need to be sloughed off for the sake of the code base."    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:55:43

  • Russell Coker: Monitors for Work ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/08/05/monitors-for-work/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:55:59

  • Linus: STOP BEING SO ANTI-PLAGIARISM!!    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:56:49

  • Espressif ESP32-C61-MINI-1/1U Wi-Fi 6 and BLE IoT module launched for about $2 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/04/espressif-esp32-c61-mini-1-1u-wi-fi-6-and-ble-iot-module-2-dollars/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:57:03

  • ZecTrix Note 4 – A 4.2-inch ESP32-S3 wireless e-paper display for voice tasks ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/05/zectrix-note-4-a-4-2-inch-esp32-s3-wireless-e-paper-display-for-voice-tasks/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:57:29

  • Botnet Hunting for Vulnerabilities in Diagnostic Tools, (Tue, Aug 4th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33214    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:59:05

  • Torvalds has Swedish roots. When it comes to slop, he has STOCKHOLM Syndrome, learned to excuse the oppressors and plagiarists.    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 19:59:48

  • Photographer Bennu Gerede detained for 'obscenity' after showing vibrator during interview ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/photographer-bennu-gerede-detained-for-obscenity-after-showing-vibrator-during-interview-322204    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:00:20

  • Hiding Aggression Against Women is a Terrible Business Model ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/04/hiding-aggression-against-women-is-a-terrible-business-model/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:00:55

  • Even If Richard Stallman is ‘Weird’, So What? ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/04/even-if-richard-stallman-is-weird-so-what/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:01:14

  • On Torvalds: "I hope he does blow the whistle on the LF. However, maybe they are still after him for having defended the GPL back in 2012 in his talk at Aalto "University" in Helsiki. That really burned some people's toast. And his troubles started shortly thereafter."    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:01:51

  • Decades-Old BMC Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of Data Centers to Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/decades-old-bmc-vulnerability-exposes-thousands-of-data-centers-to-attacks/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:02:22

  • On Torvalds and Linux @35 "...His "not big and professional like GNU" anniversary is coming up in a few weeks Usenet and even the archives of Usenet are gone though. Google has damaged the public side of the old Deja News archives and has perhaps even erased parts already."    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:03:25

  • BG2B is the lowest-power Bluetooth LE SoC from Silicon Labs so far ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/04/bg2b-lowest-power-bluetooth-le-soc-from-silicon-labs/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:04:01

  • Back to 1789: Collision Asks the Federal Circuit to Rewrite the eBay Factors ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/back-to-1789-collision-asks-the-federal-circuit-to-rewrite-the-ebay-factors.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:04:41

  • UPC is illegal and unconstitutional. JUVE knows this, but gets paid to pretend corruption is OK.☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-decides-to-bifurcate-proceedings-in-merz-vs-viatris-over-spc-for-fampyra/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:05:47

  • How or why is hiring a single person newsworthy? Marketing spam? ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/baker-botts-hires-first-patent-litigation-partner-in-london-from-eip/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:06:20

  • HSBC resumes buyback after big profit jump in first half of 2026 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/04/hsbc-resumes-buyback-after-big-profit-jump-in-first-half-of-2026/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:06:43

  • reComputer Mini J501 Edge Hey Hi (AI) computer features NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB/32GB module, two FAKRA camera connectors ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/04/recomputer-mini-j501-edge-ai-computer-features-nvidia-jetson-agx-orin-64gb-32gb-module-two-fakra-camera-connectors/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:07:34

  • The prisoner’s dilemma: Why UK publishers are signing Surveillance Giant Google Hey Hi (AI) deals ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/google-ai-deals-uk-publishers/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:08:21

  • A Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/a-roadmap-for-confronting-the-chilling-effects-of-censorship-surveillance-and-new-technology/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:08:47

  • v2.19.1, a security patch release ☞ https://ergo.chat/posts/2026-08-04-v2.19.1/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:09:53

  • Senate set to debate package of bills on privacy, Hey Hi (AI) and kids safety ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/senate-kids-online-safety-act-ai-bills-markup/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:10:41

  • North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns of new military options over Japan’s strike capabilities ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/kim-yo-jong-criticizes-japans-tomahawk-missile-test-kcna-reports    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:11:01

  • In Lawsuit, NJ Accuses Amazon of Suppressing Pay for Delivery Drivers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/technology/amazon-nj-lawsuit.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:11:37

  • "Can the Establishment stomach an Australian in Westminster? See his video at the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights." https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/139401/daniel-pocock    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:16:59

  • Chinese ship spotted lurking over Taiwan-US undersea cables — 'research vessel' seen loitering above the 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network fiber-optic system ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/chinese-ship-spotted-lurking-over-taiwan-us-undersea-cables-research-vessel-seen-loitering-above-the-8-000-mile-pacific-light-cable-network-fiber-optic-system    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:18:01

  • Community Snapshot—July ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/08/community-snapshot-july-2/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:18:23

  • Why the Answers to Hateful Content Online are Hiding in the Platforms’ Own Rules ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/why-the-answers-to-hateful-content-online-are-hiding-in-the-platforms-own-rules/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:19:01

  • Hong Kong mulls Hey Hi (AI) facial recognition-enabled drones to police smoking ban at construction sites, 39 fines issued so far ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/05/hong-kong-mulls-ai-facial-recognition-enabled-drones-to-police-smoking-ban-at-construction-sites-39-fines-issued-so-far/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:19:41

  • I’m Begging You: Never Write With Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-writing.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:19:57

  • INTERPOL report finds Hey Hi (AI) linked to over half of cybercrime in Africa ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/interpol-report-finds-ai-linked-to-over-half-of-cybercrime-in-africa/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:20:10

  • Rapper Denies That His Billboard-Charting Song Is AI-Generated ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/rapper-denies-song-is-ai-generated    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:21:05

  • Tech Companies Are Setting Themselves on Fire to Keep Up in the Hey Hi (AI) Race ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-companies-setting-on-fire-ai-race https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-giants-hidden-off-balance-sheet-debt-ai    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:21:30

  • New Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot Turns Out to Be One Overworked Guy Answering All the Messages by Hand ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbot-one-overworked-guy    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:22:03

  • China draws up safety rules for autonomous vehicles ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-draws-up-safety-rules-for-autonomous-vehicles https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:22:59

  • More than 1,000 drivers apply to take written tests for new ride-hailing regulatory regime ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/04/more-than-1000-drivers-apply-to-take-written-tests-for-new-ride-hailing-regulatory-regime/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:23:25

  • China draws up safety rules for autonomous vehicles ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/04/china-draws-up-safety-rules-for-autonomous-vehicles/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:23:39

  • Parents Horrified as Boomer Mawmaws Gift Children Blatant Hey Hi (AI) Slop Picture Books ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/parents-horrified-ai-children-book    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:24:08

  • Latvian State Security Service looks at violent Hey Hi (AI) video ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/05.08.2026-latvian-state-security-service-looks-at-violent-ai-video.a657532/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:24:47

  • Sahel Towns Build Barriers to Slow Terror Threat ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/08/sahel-towns-build-barriers-to-slow-terror-threat/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:25:28

  • Airport chaos, delays as E.U. debuts biometric border system ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/world/europe/eu-passport-control-chaos.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:25:51

  • Malaysian police eye security staff in investigation into pilot arrested with drugs in Jakarta ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-police-eye-security-staff-in-investigation-into-pilot-arrested-with-drugs-in-jakarta    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:26:45

  • Ceuta has 're-exposed immigration's divisive nature' in the EU ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ceuta-has-re-exposed-immigration-s-divisive-nature-in-the-eu    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:27:02

  • ‘Europe passed the test’ of Ceuta crisis, says EU commissioner ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260804-europe-passed-the-test-of-ceuta-crisis-says-eu-commissioner    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:27:12

  • Sahel security crisis demands action beyond assurances of solidarity ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/sahel-security-crisis-demands-action-beyond-assurances-of-solidarity/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:27:45

  • Massive supply-chain attack compromises 440 packages under four hours ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/supply-chain-attack-malware-mini-shai-hulud-teampcp/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:28:52

  • Joint statement on surveillance and interception in Bangladesh ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/joint-statement-on-surveillance-and-interception-in-bangladesh/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:29:38

  • Tails 7.10.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tails    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:29:50

  • FFmpeg 9.0 Released with New GPU Accelerated Decoders [Ubuntu PPA] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/ffmpeg-9-0-new-decoders-ubuntu-ppa/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:30:23

  • KDE Plasma 6.7.4, Bugfix Release for August ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.4/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:31:30

  • EWWWW... LLM slop again! https://peppe8o.com/nextcloud-aio-raspberry-pi/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/peppe8o_a_Site_About_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_Electronics_Has_T.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:31:59

  • jugulans a text mode mind map application ☞ https://box.matto.nl/jugulans-a-text-mode-mind-map-application.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:32:33

  • NVIDIA 610.57.04 Released with Many Game Fixes ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/nvidia-610-57-04-many-game-fixes/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:33:11

  • TP-Link Omada ZTP Vulnerabilities Chain Into Full Network Takeover ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/tp-link-omada-ztp-vulnerabilities-chain-into-full-network-takeover/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:34:25

  • Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1087108/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:35:13

  • AISI, Proprietary Chaffbot Company report more ‘unsanctioned’ model hacks ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/aisi-openai-report-unsanctioned-ai-model-hacks/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:36:04

  • Proprietary https://www.neowin.net/amp/core-ubuntu-package-to-be-turned-into-a-snap-deb-ditched/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:38:20

  • HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS https://aeon.co/essays/an-ai-for-africa-would-be-built-on-hunhu-ubuntu-ethics    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:38:40

  • Not secure at all! https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/143383/canonical-replaces-key-ubuntu-tool-with-more-secure-snap-format/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:38:58

  • "To this day, I still give the same advice: start with Ubuntu. I don't believe it's the most exciting distro, and it's not even my daily driver. However, my reason aligns with that of many longtime Linux users: there are usually answers when something breaks." https://www.makeuseof.com/ubuntu-still-distro-everyone-recommends-first-boils-down-to-4-reasons/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:39:36

  • Canonical: it is filthy and dirty, even if well tested, because... not Rust?    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:41:28

  • "The Mission Center system monitor for Linux adds some new features that will appeal to a broader user base, especially those with laptops." https://www.zdnet.com/article/mission-center-makes-it-even-easier-for-you-to-check-battery-and-disk-usage/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:41:48

  • "Mistfall Hunter is an extraction ARPG that blends together mechanics found in some other popular games, and it's out now working well on SteamOS / Linux. I picked up a personal copy to test it and I can easily see myself slicing through hours and hours of this one." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/mistfall-hunter-is-a-new-extraction-arpg-that-works-on-steamos-linux/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:42:04

  • No. https://hothardware.com/news/linux-desktop-market-share-surge-past-10-may-be-ai-bot-driven see http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/Clownflare_Web_Usage_Survey_About_10_in_North_America_Use_GNU_L.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:42:56

  • CheapSecurity: A self-hosted CCTV system for Linux computers https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/08/03/cheapsecurity-a-self-hosted-cctv-system-for-linux-computers/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:44:09

  • Is this a slopfarm now? https://www.scworld.com/brief/arch-linux-temporarily-disables-aur-package-adoption-amid-malicious-takeover-surge    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:44:39

  • Another day ends. STILL no financial report from the hired guns of the Narcissist.    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:46:22

  • AlmaLinux to Highlight its Community-Driven Linux OS at FOSSY 2026 https://www.einpresswire.com/article/931461703/almalinux-to-highlight-its-community-driven-linux-os-at-fossy-2026 http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/FOSSY_2025_Conference_Safety.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:49:31

  • SUSE Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/suse-linux-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities_20260804    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:50:11

  • Promoting a scam by miscarrying the brand "Linux" https://www.emeoutlookmag.com/technology/linux-foundation-and-nvidia-champion-open-ai-security    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:50:55

  • Scam company, Enron style accounting boosted using the name "Linux" https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/open-secure-ai-alliance-contributions/ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/we-are-not-enron    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:52:14

  • Most ridiculous misuse of the term Linux, promoting economic scams and lies https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/linux-foundation-launches-the-tokenomics-foundation-to-define-the-economics-and-roi-of-ai-value-302842344.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:52:54

  • "The release also adds lrclib.net, sidecar .lrc files, and embedded Ogg lyrics as new sources." https://itsfoss.com/news/rhythmbox-3-5-release/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:53:10

  • Windows 11 vs Linux RAM usage in web browsing and gaming reveals big difference https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-11-vs-Linux-RAM-usage-in-web-browsing-and-gaming-reveals-big-difference.1359634.0.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:53:25

  • "NVIDIA joins with Dell, HP and Lenovo as Premier Sponsors. At that level, each company will be providing around $100,000 USD yearly in funding to the project." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/nvidia-now-supporting-the-linux-vendor-firmware-service-lvfs-as-a-premier-sponsor/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:53:51

  • I failed to install the "most difficult" Linux distro but here's why I'm sticking with it https://www.howtogeek.com/i-finally-tried-the-most-difficult-linux-distro-heres-why-im-sticking-with-it/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 20:54:08

  • Windows down sharply. Microsoft will probably blame "bots" and "AI" https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/namibia/#monthly-200902-202608 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/namibia/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 21:45:48

  • Same in Panama https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/panama/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 21:46:56

  • GNU/Linux 6% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/palestinian-territory/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 21:47:32

  • Does the Narcissist have a man-crush on Daniel Pocock?    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 21:49:01

  • "Working on improving RSS feeds after a reader reported a bug that GUIDs are random which makes all articles apprear new to clients. These should now stay fixed after the first release. Also making some improvements to remove redundant sub-index pages from the feed. Thank you to S." https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 21:58:43

  • "We're paused on new interview episodes for the podcast while we sort out some AV and studio issues. Will be making some more "Reflections" episodes which were a popular format from a couple of years ago. In these we read excerpts from key cyber texts and add analysis to make something a bit like an annotated, abridged audio-book."    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 21:58:56

  • Slop BOOSTERS, PAID to do this https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/05/time-magazine-has-a-separate-version-of-its-website-with-ads-only-ai-can-see/5283640    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 22:44:20

  • GAFAM layoffs https://www.geekwire.com/2026/google-to-cut-52-employees-in-washington-state/    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 22:45:18

  • "Silicon Labs has announced its latest Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) system-on-chip, the BG2B — promising its lowest-power BLE part yet, without sacrificing features like Bluetooth Channel Sounding and integrated security enclave." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260805-silabs.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 22:57:46

  • I recovered the diary gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-08-05-fixd.txt    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 22:58:28

  • “The TV (Television) remote isn't working again!” gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/08/05.3    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 22:59:36

  • "And I use the iPhone for all the reasons that Chris does. But one aspect that Chris doesn't mention is the ability to change the alarm sound to prevent myself from being conditioned to ignore the alarm." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/08/05.1    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 23:00:19

  • "The student union is serving free hamburgers today in an open air barbecue. People dine outdoors like it's nothing. I swear this world we live in parodies itself." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/beyond-denialism.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 23:00:58

  • "The Democrats are the party for rich people who feel guilt, and the Republicans are the party for rich people who don't. And the Dems do not see why all us non-rich people should have a party. They feel guilt and surely that should be enough for us peasants." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-08-05    

posted Wednesday, August 05, 2026 at 23:02:04

  • "I received yet another email for Sean Conner [1] but this time, it wasn't at Gmail!" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/08/05.2    

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