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"MP3 piracy was born August 10, 1996." ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-first-pirated-mp3/ | Source: David L Farquhar    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:14:52

  • ""Good news! Your dispute wasn't reviewed within 30 days, so the claim on your YouTube video has now been released."" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/youtubes-joke-of-a-fair-use-appeal-process-total-eclipse-of-the-content-id-robots-edition/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:15:05

  • "Three years ago the European Commission rejected calls for binding anti-piracy legislation, issuing a 'recommendation' instead." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/eu-study-block-live-sports-piracy-in-30-minutes-across-dns-resolvers-vpns-and-cdns/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:15:15

  • "The original reel sits about 1,200 miles away, in a cold-storage vault at the National Archives outside Washington, D.C." ☛ https://copyrightlately.com/zapruder-film-copyright-ruling/ | Source: CopyrightLately    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:15:34

  • "With both Wikipedia and Creative Commons turning 25 this year, our participation in Wikimania 2026 felt especially meaningful." ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2026/08/10/cc-at-wikimania-2026/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:15:51

  • "I’m Mexican, so I grew up with free burritos at home, anytime I wanted. $20 is pretty steep" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2026-08-09/college-students-share-20-dollar-burrito-debate | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:18:53

  • "Sofia is exactly the kind of voter that Proposition 39 is actually aimed at." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2026-08-03/chabria-monday-politics-newsletter-prop-39 | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:19:03

  • "The dismissal of this lawsuit is a victory for press freedom and a reminder that courts must not be used to punish public-interest reporting" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/08/cpj-welcomes-dismissal-of-defamation-lawsuit-against-journalist-jeff-stein/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:19:27

  • "The August 10 decision, in a hearing held with hundreds of mostly young Russians outside the courthouse" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-duma-elections-yabloko-war-barred/33826059.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:20:40

  • "ultimate musical guidebook for how to stick to your beliefs" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-chicks-taking-the-long-way-reissue-1235605736/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:20:51

  • "Cybercrime is accelerating rapidly, requiring a holistic approach to curb threats" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/outdated-cybercrime-laws-security-researchers-risk | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:22:13

  • "That is Reaganism: a performance of moral clarity by a decent confabulator" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-enemy-is-the-platform | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:22:24

  • "This post builds on that analysis by asking how institutions should be conceptualized and analyzed" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/institutions-are-a-package-deal-what-a-correlation-cant-tell-you-about-the-rule-of-law/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:22:41

  • "It was nearly as big as my hand, which was kind of why I noticed it" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j1kjy7gewo | Source: BBC    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:23:30

  • "The shrinkflation of the product is exceeded by the inflation in price per gram. In 1992, the 62.5g bar would have cost 25p (70p in today's money) or more, while the 40g bar now costs £1.20 at Tesco." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/08/10/1991-mars-bar-highlights-shrinkflation-and-inflation-alike.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:23:42

  • "Last November UPS mistakenly charged me a $684 tariff on $355 worth of computer parts shipped from Europe." ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/08/ups-finally-refunded-overcharged-tariff.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:24:07

  • "I’m just starting out with bird photography, and I’ve compiled a short-list of birds I want to take photos of, to have some sort of goal when I’m out there and what to look out for." ☛ https://antoniosantos.io/bird-photography-is-like-real-life-pokemon/ | Source: Antonio Santos    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:26:02

  • "As my interest in the micro-wildlife on our terrace has grown I have found myself wanting to know more exactly what I am looking at." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/not-quite-macro | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:26:11

  • "Each of these powerful appendages can move in any direction and taste and feel with exquisite sensitivity." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/octopus-arms-distributed-intelligence-nine-brains/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:26:51

  • "Passenger rail service between Kemi, Tornio and Haparanda was discontinued in 1988, leaving the border region without a direct rail link for decades." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20240125 | Source: Yle    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:28:01

  • "Virginia currently has the greatest number of data centers across the U.S., with the state hosting at least 570 sites." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/after-severe-76-percent-electricity-price-hikes-due-to-ai-data-centers-virginia-requires-firms-to-pay-for-all-dedicated-upstream-electrical-infrastructure-state-regulators-crack-down-governor-says-move-will-save-civilians-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:28:20

  • "It had been a long set of years, but I was finally returning to Kansas City (my hometown) for my own bachelor party." ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2026/08/10/travel-blog-kansas-city-3/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:29:26

  • "It had been a long set of years, but I was finally returning to Kansas City (my hometown) for my own bachelor party." ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2026/08/10/travel-blog-kansas-city-3/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:29:38

  • "Heat-pump dryers maintain the spinning drum of their resistive cousins, but dry clothes with a glorified reverse-cycle air conditioner." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/im-a-heat-pump-dryer-convert/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:29:48

  • "Thermal power stations – also called power plants – come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, ranging from old-school coal- and gas-fueled power stations to modern nuclear power plants." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/the-physics-of-keeping-thermal-power-stations-cool/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:30:07

  • "Virginia currently has the greatest number of data centers across the U.S." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/after-severe-76-percent-electricity-price-hikes-due-to-ai-data-centers-virginia-requires-firms-to-pay-for-all-dedicated-upstream-electrical-infrastructure-state-regulators-crack-down-governor-says-move-will-save-civilians-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:30:35

  • "Though 3D printing could be used for a cursory test the mechanism, properly machined parts are needed to handle the loads running through a typical seat post." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/building-a-bicycle-dropper-seat-post/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:30:49

  • "require state regulatory agencies to audit proposed data centers seeking connection to the state’s electric grid and find out whether they’re receiving tax breaks" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/08/10/trump-calls-texas-data-center-opposition-a-mistake-partner/ | Source: Salon    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:31:21

  • "the report's observations shed light on a decades-long history of sexual abuse at a school" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5924901 | Source: NPR    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:31:49

  • "One of the most surprising things about the ‘decision to use the atomic bomb’ is that there wasn’t one" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/why-nagasaki-was-the-last-city-bombed/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:35:41

  • "Remember, the reason to do this now is because there’s no emergency." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/python-now-has-a-post-quantum-encryption-library.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:36:00

  • "Illinois has become the latest U.S. state to pull operating systems into the age verification pool." ☛ https://itsfoss.com/news/illinois-age-verification-bill/ | Source: It's FOSS    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:36:23

  • "But Norman’s leaders had questions about privacy and data security and they didn’t like Flock’s answers." ☛ https://www.404media.co/the-mayor-who-said-no-when-flock-came-to-town/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:36:34

  • "LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system." ☛ https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-lexisnexis-millions-for-data-to-feed-to-palantir/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:36:53

  • "Flock’s 120,000 cameras can be found alongside roads in every state but Alaska, allowing law enforcement officers to see within seconds where a car might be, and where it has been." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/flock-cameras-can-track-every-car-in-america-police-love-them-citizens-dont.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:37:07

  • "Flock Safety’s automated license plate-reading cameras, used by thousands of law enforcement agencies in the U.S., have drawn intense criticism from civil liberties groups." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/article/flock-safety-camera-technology.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:37:16

  • Windows TCO ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/10/def-con-hackers-launch-water-watch-center-defend-small-water-utilities/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:43:17

  • Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/senate-water-cybersecurity-legislation | Source: The Record    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:43:25

  • "This is something that I’ve been thinking about for awhile. How do you think of the Internet? Is it social for you?" ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/blaugust/the-internet-doesnt-exist/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:43:42

  • "I want to be able to easily update YouTube captions from my VTT files. Adding a comment like this: [...]" ☛ https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/replace-youtube-captions-from-emacs-lisp/ | Source: Sacha Chua    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:43:56

  • "You can hide reposts from individual users by going to their profile, clicking the three dots button, and selecting the option to “Hide reposts in feeds.” (X offers a similar toggle.)" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/977581/bluesky-hide-reposts-user-post-count-threads | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:44:12

  • "Now you’ll need twice as many watch hours on YouTube to start making money from ads and subscriptions." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/streaming/977474/youtube-partner-program-new-requirements | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:44:26

  • "I’d like to give credit where credit is due. I think he’s made a wonderful open source app and if you liked the features that were included in what I launched, please use the actual version of the project. That’s what I’ll be doing" ☛ https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea-culpa-dark-hours.html | Source: Terry Godier    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:45:18

  • "automation blindness" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/10/deep-state-wopr/#abelard-snazz | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:45:35

  • "And this removes the AI summary." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/remove-ai-summary-from-google-search-firefox/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:52:14

  • "I just went through the queue of submissions to blogroll.org and probably deleted 95% of what was in there." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/raising-the-bar | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:52:26

  • "Zuckerberg suggests that using an AI to assist me in these tasks will let me accomplish more, and that is probably the case." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977623/mark-zuckerberg-ai-manifesto-dim-vision | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:52:36

  • "Heck of a piece over at The Verge absolutely wrecking Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto posted earlier today." ☛ https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/08/10/worthy-read-mark-zuckerberg-doesnt-understand-how-to-live/ | Source: Marty Day    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:53:21

  • "The irony of this story is that the generative AI didn’t “hallucinate” or make any mistake at all." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/terry-godier-dark-hours-plagiarize-claude/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:53:37

  • "The Meta CEO makes a case for unleashing Pandora’s box." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/977395/meta-mark-zuckerberg-superintelligent-ai-ramble | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:55:33

  • "It’s a shitty time to be a candidate" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-of-the-1-am-job-interview/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:56:18

  • "Rather than focusing on advancing capabilities, many fellows aim their attention at questions that are unlikely to be addressed by Anthropic or OpenAI." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/10/1141597/ai-professors-are-negotiating-the-new-realities-of-academic-research/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:56:28

  • "I’ve seen a strange problem in my inbox that I haven’t been able to put into words. A saga involving a botched app release helped me figure it out" ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/08/09/vibe-coding-insincerity/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:57:12

  • "Last year I didn’t upgrade to macOS Tahoe, because… Liquid Glass you know." ☛ https://www.johanbleuzen.fr/blog/macOS-bloated-applications-folder | Source: Johan Bleuzen    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:57:41

  • "I asked, is there a directory of Integra suppliers I can search to find a new supplier?" ☛ https://blog.kamens.us/2026/08/10/health-insurance-bureaucratic-hell-healthfirst-integra-partners-edgepark/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:58:27

  • "First, some background information." ☛ https://blog.kamens.us/2026/08/10/how-hard-should-it-be-to-get-an-electric-wheelchair-repaired-with-insurance-coverage/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:58:38

  • "I’ve come to the conclusion that having a dedicated device for photography is the way to go for me" ☛ https://ljpuk.net/posts/choosing-a-compact-digital-camera | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 06:59:07

  • "It’s time for my annual roundup of film-photography blogs." ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/08/10/film-photography-blogs-you-should-follow-2026-27/ | Source: Jim Grey    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:00:36

  • "The truth is simpler: People who reject you or your work aren’t giving you the real reason." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/08/give-me-one-reason/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:01:12

  • "Just a shout-out that I was recently featured on Zachary Kai's People and Blogs series." ☛ https://cleberg.net/blog/pb.html | Source: Christian Cleberg    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:01:35

  • "Bessel functions came out of solving differential equations from astronomy." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/10/inverse-differential-equations/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:01:55

  • "The following extraordinary paragraph comes from Knuth’s TAOCP Volume 4A, right before the last set of exercises." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/10/learning-from-historical-mistakes/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:02:41

  • "The Fibonacci sequence is an elegant progression of numbers first documented by Indian poet-mathematician Acharya Pingala circa 200 BCE" ☛ https://raymyers.org/post/fibs-and-fibbonacci/ | Source: Ray Myers    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:03:41

  • "To consistently get a strike, the rocket needs to be launched under a strongly-negatively-charged region of the cloud." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/triggering-lightning-with-a-rocket/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:03:54

  • "Something happens the moment someone shares their screen to walk through a presentation. Their face disappears. The other participants turn into an audience." ☛ https://jeroensangers.com/2026/08/10/the-meeting-ends-the-moment.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:04:30

  • "I definitely prefer and use light mode when I can now, but it wasn’t always the case. It’s funny how our preferences and requirements change over time." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/preferring-light-mode/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:04:40

  • "This in-progress migration project, managed collaboratively by a team of librarians without vendor assistance" ☛ https://www.cni.org/topics/repositories/opportunities-challenges-and-successes-upgrading-the-illinois-tech-islandora-institutional-repository | Source: Coalition for Networked Information    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:04:54

  • Whining. gopher://gopher.linkerror.com:70/0/phlog/2026/20260810 "What started with google intentionally crippling their traditional web search, to force users to rely on the LLM output instead, has escalated to "AI" companies now intentionally destroying all sources of content."    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:10:32

  • "Hobbyist hardware specialist Makerfabs has launched an all-in-one gadget, powered by an Espressif ESP32-S3 microcontroller, designed for high-precision indoor positioning via Ultra-Wideband (UWB) signaling: the MaTouch ESP32-S3 MaUWB SPI TFT Touch 3.95" ST7796, a name only an engineer could love." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260810-uwb.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:11:22

  • "A simple shell script to call imapsync for client mailboxes" gemini://tilde.club/~steelexodus/posts/01-imapsync/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:11:55

  • "The math never adds up the way I want it to. I keep running the same numbers in my head, different currencies, different cities, different versions of a life I haven't lived yet, and every time the spreadsheet in my brain spits out the same verdict: not quite." gemini://nipsey.smol.pub/show-up-for-once    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:12:39

  • after adventure gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/after_adventure    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:13:28

  • "For a long time I've been the kind of person who gets up at five. In recent years, I've justified this to myself by saying that I'm a morning person, that I do a lot of things in the morning" gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/4am.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:14:35

  • "Anyways, after the more technical discussion was ending, one of the sales engineers basically said that "today's developers don't need to worry about how much RAM they use, or how to take advantage of specific hardware for performance", and that is a thing of the past." gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-08-10.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:15:13

  • "Big year! Probably didn't thin enough to prevent a bust next year but we'll see. Meanwhile, I've got a lot of processing to do..." gemini://b-ark.ca/2026/08/10/big-year-probably-didn-t/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:15:48

  • "He shared a problem that he was having: making new friends as an adult. Indeed, this certainly can be a tricky one. I felt empathy for his experience, and verbally sympathized. This was clearly a "vent and listen" conversation. He wasn't really looking for advice." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/making-friends-as-an-adult    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:16:20

  • L’arnaque du bilan carbone gemini://ploum.net/2026-08-10-bilan_carbone.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:16:50

  • Today same as yesterday https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202608 same as http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_Now_Sees_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Worldwide_at_9_21_S.shtml    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:36:57

  • "To a certain extent, I agree with him: I dread the idea of writing a full website without any HTML generating tooling" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/html-day-and-the-value-of-practicing-the-fundamentals/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:37:37

  • "So I thought I’d risk being ostracized from the in crowd again and talk about HTML." ☛ https://endgameviable.com/post/2026/08/old-dog-not-understanding-html-day/ |    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:37:49

  • "Django's Steering Council has accepted the Django Enhancement Proposal DEP 20 to move Django to an annual release cycle." ☛ https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/10/annual-release-cycle/ | Source: Python    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:38:37

  • "I wrote the other day about an irritatingly incompatible change in Python 3.14's argparse, where if you deferred setting a default value until later" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/ArgparseDefaultsWhere | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:38:52

  • "Someone comes hype the idea of functional programming that you’ve never heard of. They start talking about how changing variable state is so error-prone and pure functions is where the game should be played at." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/i-is-for-immutable/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:39:02

  • "Dan Floating Hex" ☛ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/08/10/2026-32-dan-floating-hex/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:39:30

  • "LLVM's BranchProbabilityInfo assigns every multi-successor terminator a probability distribution over its successors." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2026-08-09-estimating-branch-probabilities | Source: MaskRay    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:39:51

  • "Literate Programming is the process of writing documentation embedded with source code, rather than writing them separately as is more usual with software engineering." ☛ https://gracefulliberty.com/notes/literate-iteration/ | Source: Anna Liberty    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:40:07

  • "for those unaware: c89 has a cool "feature" where, if you try to call a function which doesn't exist" ☛ https://sebsite.pw/w/20260810-c89ambiguity.html | Source: Sebastian    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:40:17

  • "Intended audience: Software developers interested in getting better at developing software." ☛ https://typesanitizer.com/blog/code-review.html | Source: Varun Gandhi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:40:30

  • APNIC Special Interest Groups (SIGs) ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/10/why-sigs-matter-and-why-the-guidelines-are-being-reviewed/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:41:01

  • "small computers" ☛ https://piandmore.de/en/ |    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:41:10

  • "Microsoft 365 Personal now sits at $99.99/year." ☛ https://greycoder.com/libreoffice-review-2026-the-private-free-office-suite-that-microsoft-office/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:41:31

  • "When your Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product is engineered to meet a 99.99% Service Level Agreement (SLA)" ☛ https://ostechnix.com/keepalived-haproxy-nginx-high-availability-ubuntu/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:41:50

  • "a couple of interesting window configuration tips this week" ☛ https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/2026-08-10-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:42:14

  • "At launch the app features content from BBC News Arabic, BBC News Hindi, BBC News Mundo and BBC News Russian." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-world-service-app/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:42:34

  • "The Raspberry Pi community has been squeezing our hardware into Altoids tins since the beginning times (still not sure why)" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/curiously-minty-raspberry-pi-zero-cyberdeck/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:42:48

  • "The CachyOS project has published a new snapshot." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12918 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:43:10

  • "Quake, released in 1996 and still one of the most iconic FPS games ever made, celebrates its 30th anniversary this summer." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3209587/quake-turns-30-and-its-new-surprise-expansion-is-free.html | Source: PC World    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:43:27

  • "I think toggles originated on iOS, where they replaced checkboxes." ☛ https://ignorethecode.net/blog/2026/08/09/toggles_considered_harmful/ |    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:46:31

  • "Lea Verou published a post titled ‘Dark mode toggles: two states are enough’, discussing the UX of light-dark toggles." ☛ https://vale.rocks/micros/20260810-0330 | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:48:22

  • "I independently found a heap out-of-bounds read/write in KVM’s SEV-SNP Page State Change handler." ☛ https://blog.himanshuanand.com/2026/08/i-found-a-vm-escape-bug-in-kvm-and-someone-else-got-there-first/ | Source: Himanshu Anand    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:50:13

  • "WireGuard itself is wonderfully simple. Each peer has a public/private key pair and a list of networks reachable through the peer" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/linux-fu-heads-or-tails-for-vpn/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 07:51:06

  • "EU's Digital ID is Killing the Open Phone Market" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/eu's-digital-id-is-killing-the-open:b    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:09:03

  • 1994: back when WIRED was a quality publication https://www.wired.com/1994/03/economy-ideas/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:09:16

  • proprietary firmware ... https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16040489/Spy-cameras-Navy-drones-Britains-special-forces-China.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/09/spy-cameras-on-navy-drones-secretly-sent-data-to-china/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:09:29

  • "Spy cameras on Navy drones used by Britain's elite special forces 'secretly sent data to China' | Daily Mail Online" https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?GAID=18&DocNum=5511&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=167486&SessionID=114    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:09:39

  • "Säpo: Rysk spionoperation stoppades" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/gkrwR9/sapo-rysk-spionoperation-stoppades    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:10:00

  • "The Jimmy Carter Talk Has Started - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/10/the-jimmy-carter-talk-has-started/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:10:08

  • "Centrist Dems Really Do Hate the Left More Than Trump" https://jacobin.com/2026/08/democrats-centrists-third-way-dsa    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:10:17

  • "Trump tightens his grip on the US justice system | U.S. | EL PAÍS English" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-10/trump-tightens-his-grip-on-the-us-justice-system.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:10:26

  • Zyphor OS – GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zyphor-os-linux-distribution/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:12:35

  • Linux DNS Troubleshooting Made Easy ☞ https://www.linuxteck.com/linux-dns-troubleshooting-made-easy/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:13:51

  • Allowing Tor Users https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/allowing-tor-users/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:43:36

  • When Richard Stallman Came to Georgia Tech https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/when-richard-stallman-came-to-georgia-tech/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:49:23

  • Birds at the Local Park https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/birds-at-the-local-park/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 08:55:58

  • GNU/Linux Won Desktops/Laptops https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/gnulinux-won-desktopslaptops/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 09:00:13

  • Bots Have Ruined the World Wide Web https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/bots-have-ruins-the-world-wide-web/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 09:05:29

  • Media Helping Farage by Amplifying Trash Candidates https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/media-helping-farage-by-amplifying-trash-candidates/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 09:11:10

  • " IBM is 80% a mainframe company - By what metric other than cope? Software is both bigger and higher margin." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzfrptd2    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 09:15:15

  • February is when IBM had many silent layoffs    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 09:15:50

  • Slop boosters find new angle https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/10/north-korean-spies-are-running-local-llms-to-cause-ai-mischief/5285632    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 09:26:06

  • Sparky 8.4 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-8-4/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 09:31:12

  • What Experienced Legal Professionals Say https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/what-experienced-legal-professionals-say/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 10:51:57

  • Technology Hurting Women https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/11/technology-hurting-women/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:13:04

  • Niko Matsakis: Cylic trait implementations: motivation ☞ https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2026/08/10/cyclic-trait-solving/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:14:02

  • http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/07/Servers_Became_Cloud_VR_Became_Metaverse_Now_Bots_Become_Agents.shtml   

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:14:48

  • Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-flaws-discovered-in-belgian-eid-software-used-by-2-million-people/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:15:08

  • BBC World Service moves from seven apps to one multilingual version ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-world-service-app/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:15:46

  • How to Build a 99.99% Uptime Stack with Keepalived, HAProxy, and NGINX on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://ostechnix.com/keepalived-haproxy-nginx-high-availability-ubuntu/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:16:01

  • Why SIGs matter, and why the Guidelines are being reviewed ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/10/why-sigs-matter-and-why-the-guidelines-are-being-reviewed/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:16:11

  • 2026.32 Dan Floating Hex ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/08/10/2026-32-dan-floating-hex/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:16:31

  • Japan 3.2% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=JP&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP compare to https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/japan/#monthly-200902-202608 4.8%    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:22:56

  • Some news today: "Roy Schestowitz at TechRights reports Further reinforcing the current trend, software patents' demise in the United States has just been ascertained again."    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:42:40

  • Comu is a $6 tiny CH32V203 RISC-V development board that fits inside a USB port ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/10/comu-6-tiny-ch32v203-risc-v-development-board-that-fits-inside-a-usb-port/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:56:39

  • Jonathan Dowland: time-delayed scifi roundup feed ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/guardian_scifi_roundup/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:57:00

  • Slop and openwashing ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/openjiuwens-agent-swarm/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:57:53

  • Surveillance Kapo-berg envisions 'superintelligence' for everyone in Hey Hi (AI) manifesto ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260811-zuckerberg-envisions-superintelligence-for-everyone-in-ai-manifesto    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:58:13

  • Finding zero-days with any model ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/11/finding-zero-days-with-any-model/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 11:59:44

  • Apple Fires Back Against Boomcloud 360’s Spatial Audio Patent Infringement Allegations in Declaratory Judgment Suit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/apple-patent-lawsuit-boomcloud/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:00:09

  • Why I (now) prefer light mode ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/preferring-light-mode/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:00:43

  • Pluralistic: The bureaucratic Hey Hi (AI) arms-race is mutually assured destruction (10 Aug 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/10/deep-state-wopr/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:01:18

  • Droughts Are Getting So Intense That Ancient Ruins Are Beginning to Surface From Dried Up Rivers ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/european-drought-heat-wave-climate-change-danube-roman-ruins    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:09:10

  • Police launch probe into alleged leak of NewJeans Hanni’s visa information ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/police-launch-probe-into-alleged-leak-of-newjeans-hannis-visa-information    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:10:40

  • South Korea, US to conduct military drills amid evolving North Korea threats ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-us-to-conduct-military-drills-amid-evolving-north-korea-threats    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:10:58

  • North Korea condemns Japan’s White Paper, calling it ‘re-invasion paper’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-condemns-japans-white-paper-calling-it-re-invasion-paper    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:11:07

  • U.S., South Korean government agencies caution to be on lookout for Gunra ransomware gang ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/us-south-korea-gunra-ransomware-warning/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:11:31

  • Asean working to be world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030, says Malaysian foreign minister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/asean-working-to-be-worlds-fourth-largest-economy-by-2030-says-malaysian-foreign-minister    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:12:00

  • Malaysia was confident in its social control media ban, but kids are still logged in ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-was-confident-in-its-social-media-ban-but-kids-are-still-logged-in    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:12:12

  • China missile test deepens Pacific divide over growing militarisation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/china-missile-test-deepens-pacific-divide-over-growing-militarisation    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:12:38

  • Australia must not be distracted as China ramps up in the South China Sea ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-must-not-be-distracted-as-china-ramps-up-in-the-south-china-sea/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:12:52

  • China slams India for naming sites in disputed border region ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-slams-india-for-naming-sites-in-disputed-border-region    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:13:20

  • Vietnam starts building largest homemade anti-submarine warship ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-starts-building-largest-homemade-anti-submarine-warship    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:13:56

  • China warns Pacific Islands diplomat not to sour ties over Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-warns-pacific-islands-diplomat-not-to-sour-ties-over-taiwan    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:14:34

  • Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/11/australia-vietnam-boost-military-ties-in-nod-to-china/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:14:56

  • AI Can No Longer Rampage Through Rust's Code Repo ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/rust-code-repo-ai-policy/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:15:20

  • "The community blog feed aggregator lists the featured highlights below from July 31 to August 6." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/08/10/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:18:02

  • "ILABS is offering the Challenger+ RP2350 NB-IoT, a compact development board combining Raspberry Pi’s RP2350 microcontroller with STMicroelectronics’ ST87M01-1301 cellular module." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/challenger-rp2350-nb-iot-enables-lte-cat-nb2-and-gnss-for-embedded-iot/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:18:33

  • "But things can quickly become more complicated." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/hyperswitch-on-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:19:53

  • "Inference, by contrast, appears deceptively simple." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/hidden-complexity-ai-inference-systems | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:20:12

  • "Similar to how many are responding in the face of this virtualization disruption" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/beyond-hypervisor-how-service-provider-migrated-thousands-workloads-unified-hybrid-cloud-platform | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:20:23

  • Mostly slop promotion from IBM's Red Hat these days ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/10/midojo-improve-ai-agent-security-real-world-red-teaming    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:21:40

  • Common Sugar Appears to Loosen Cancer Cells And Help Them Spread ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-sugar-appears-to-loosen-cancer-cells-and-help-them-spread    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:59:00

  • 'Hiding in The Shadows': Discovery of 3 New Assyrian Kings Reveals a More Brutal History Than Records Suggest ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hiding-in-the-shadows-discovery-of-3-new-assyrian-kings-reveals-a-more-brutal-history-than-records-suggest    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:59:15

  • Scientists Made a Surface That Performs Calculations Using Light Itself ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-made-a-surface-that-performs-calculations-using-light-itself    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:59:36

  • Happy Monday! Here's Your Weekly Microscope Mystery ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/happy-monday-heres-your-weekly-microscope-mystery    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:59:44

  • LazyLinux 20260810 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lazylinux    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:00:50

  • Plop 26.3-test1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/plop    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:00:57

  • Mariposa 3.2.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/mariposa    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:01:05

  • SparkyLinux 8.4 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/sparky    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:01:12

  • EasyOS 7.4.7 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/easyos    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:01:22

  • Linux Mint 22.3 HWE released with GNU/Linux kernel 7.0 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-mint-linux-kernel-7-hwe    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:02:22

  • Linux Mint will delete your old kernel versions automatically ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-mint-deletes-old-kernels-automatically    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:02:35

  • Radxa Broadens rCore Series with Snapdragon and Dragonwing Hey Hi (AI) SoMs ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-broadens-rcore-series-with-qualcomm-based-ai-soms/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:02:51

  • Microsoft Mono trouble ☞ https://planetpeanut.studio/post/2026/08/10/sparkleshare-nlnet-funding    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:03:31

  • statCounter: GNU/Linux Up to 8.95% Globally ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Up_to_8_95_Globally.shtml    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:03:54

  • statCounter Now Sees GNU/Linux "Market Share Worldwide" at 9.21%, Soon 10% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/statCounter_Now_Sees_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Worldwide_at_9_21_S.shtml    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:04:01

  • Xbox PC and Game Pass titles are coming to GNU/Linux through 'Xodus' — Heroic Launcher devs embark on new open-source reverse-engineering project ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/xbox-pc-and-game-pass-titles-are-coming-to-linux-through-xodus-heroic-launcher-devs-embark-on-new-open-source-reverse-engineering-project    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:04:27

  • Final Linux 7.2 release candidate lands and Torvalds highlights Hey Hi (AI) code use ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/final-linux-72-release-candidate-lands-and-torvalds-highlights-ai-code-use/?utm_source=rss    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:04:59

  • The Linux Kernel Dev Staging Area Now Rejects AI-Generated Patches ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/The-Linux-Kernel-Dev-Staging-Area-Now-Rejects-AI-Generated-Patches    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:06:20

  • Fedora CoreOS Explained: Beginner Guide to Container OS ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/160058/fedora-coreos-explained-beginners-guide-container-optimized-linux.htm    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:08:30

  • Carmenta – minimal, fast emoji picker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/carmenta-minimal-fast-emoji-picker/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:08:58

  • Windows 11's built-in weather app hogs more than 1.2 gigabytes of RAM just to tell the forecast — memory-sucking web wrapper filled with ads masquerades as an actual application ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-built-in-weather-app-hogs-more-than-1-2-gigabytes-of-ram-just-to-tell-the-forecast-memory-sucking-web-wrapper-filled-with-ads-masquerades-as-an-actual-application    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:09:49

  • Amazon Used a Startlingly Dirty Trick to Build a Data Center Without Consent of Community ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-dirty-trick-build-data-center    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:10:11

  • PewCB One Desktop PCB fabrication system enables rapid prototyping at home ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/11/pewcb-one-desktop-pcb-fabrication-system-enables-rapid-prototyping-at-home/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:10:39

  • CachyOS is Laying Groundwork for The Server Edition ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/cachyos-august-2026-release/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:11:07

  • Build a Desktop Arcade Machine with a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie ☞ https://the-diy-life.com/build-a-desktop-arcade-machine-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-retropie/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:11:53

  • Evil Plans Doomed to Fail ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/evil-plans-doomed-to-fail/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:12:06

  • Engineers Create Superglue That Bonds in 10 Seconds, Holds For Years And Gets Stronger Underwater ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-underwater-glue-bonds-in-10-seconds-and-holds-for-years    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:35:23

  • Ant Colonies Pulse Like a Physical System, And Scientists Are Beginning to Understand What Triggers Them ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ant-colonies-pulse-like-a-physical-system-and-scientists-are-beginning-to-understand-what-triggers-them    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:35:33

  • One Workout Is 'Significantly Superior' For Sleep, According to Research ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-one-type-of-exercise-that-improves-sleep-the-most-research-shows    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:35:47

  • Ketamine Alters Brain Structures – But Only in One Sex, Study in Mice Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ketamine-alters-brain-structures-but-only-in-one-sex-study-in-mice-finds    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:35:59

  • Psychopathic Tendencies Are Linked to Microbes Inside Your Body, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/psychopathic-tendencies-are-linked-to-microbes-inside-your-body-study-reveals    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:36:08

  • How Taiwan Simulated a Potential Chinese Attack ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/asia/taiwan-internet-china-invasion-drill.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:36:29

  • Chinese farmer kills 25 acres of crops after following AI-generated weed and pest control advice — farmer trusted pesticide recipe after months of successful advice ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-farmer-kills-25-acres-of-crops-after-following-ai-generated-weed-and-pest-control-advice-farmer-trusted-pesticide-recipe-after-months-of-successful-advice    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:36:54

  • Rogue Hey Hi (AI) agent tasked with booking a gym class hacks system, removes other participant — says 'sorry about that' after trying to bump user up the waitlist ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/rogue-ai-agent-tasked-with-booking-a-gym-class-hacks-system-removes-other-participant-says-sorry-about-that-after-trying-to-bump-user-up-the-waitlist    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:37:08

  • Meta Exec Rages Against Employees Asking for More Time Off Because Hey Hi (AI) Made Them More Efficient ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-exec-rages-against-employees-more-time-off-ai    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:38:05

  • USA Today Journalists Horrified by Newspaper’s Partnership With Palantir ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/usa-today-journalists-horrified-partnership-palantir    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:38:31

  • Kapo-berg’s Manifesto About the Glorious Freedoms Hey Hi (AI) Will Bring Was Completely Contradicted by His Own CTO During a Company Meeting ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zuckerbergs-manifesto-contradicted-cto    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:38:55

  • social control media ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0810/Young-people-bid-for-online-agency    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:39:40

  • Final vote delayed in parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir over security fears ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/final-vote-delayed-in-parts-of-pakistan-administered-kashmir-over-security-fears    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:40:45

  • Australia, Vietnam boost military ties in nod to China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-vietnam-boost-military-ties-in-nod-to-china    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:40:57

  • Taiwan soft-pedals Scarborough claim as Manila ties take priority ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/08/11/taiwan-philippines-scarborough-shoal-filing/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:41:17

  • Pakistan tightens grip on international outlets covering Kashmir amid rising regional unrest ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/pakistan-tightens-grid-on-international-outlets-covering-kashmir-amid-rising-regional-unrest/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:41:52

  • Hong Kong apex court to hear subversion convictions appeals by opposition primary election candidates ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/hong-kong-apex-court-to-hear-subversion-convictions-appeals-by-opposition-primary-election-candidates/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:42:18

  • Ex-Observatory chief slams ‘decorative’ heat stress warning system after record temp. only triggers lowest alert ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/10/ex-observatory-chief-slams-decorative-heat-stress-warning-system-after-record-temp-only-triggers-lowest-alert/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:43:04

  • Corporate Data Stolen in Levi Strauss Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/corporate-data-stolen-in-levi-strauss-cyberattack/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:44:02

  • CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Progress LoadMaster Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-urges-immediate-patching-of-exploited-progress-loadmaster-vulnerability/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:44:21

  • Novel Private APN Pivot Let Hackers Sabotage Second Polish Energy Facility ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/novel-private-apn-pivot-let-hackers-sabotage-second-polish-energy-facility/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:44:35

  • Lithuania may seek EU migration pact changes during 2027 presidency, minister says ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017312/lithuania-may-seek-eu-migration-pact-changes-during-2027-presidency-minister-says    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:45:18

  • Microsoft Mono trouble ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/08/sparkleshare-finds-funding-and-an-unintended-lesson-for-open-source/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:46:16

  • social control media ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-278-ben-waldman-on-gander-social-and-the-challenges-of-building-a-sovereign-social-network/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:46:57

  • Late Night Linux – Episode 398 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-398/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:47:42

  • The Last Shutdown | LINUX Unplugged 679 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/679/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:48:11

  • Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5-based WisGate Connect Router RAK7392 offers 2.5GbE, mini PCIe, and WisBlock expansion ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/10/raspberry-pi-cm4-cm5-based-wisgate-connect-router-rak7392-offers-2-5gbe-mini-pcie-and-wisblock-expansion/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:48:29

  • Nuking the economy some MOAR https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/business/ai-nvidia-lenders-500-billion.html see http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/04/Worse_Than_Taking_Your_Job_the_Slop_Pyramid_Scheme_Will_Take_Yo.shtml    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:49:03

  • EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.4.7 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202608/easyos-excalibur-series-version-747-released.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:49:38

  • PyBLE open-source MicroPython IDE works over Bluetooth LE for tablet and iPad users ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/10/pyble-open-source-micropython-ide-works-over-bluetooth-le-for-tablet-and-ipad-users/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:50:17

  • Laureen Caliman: Vocab-style Crosswords Update | Final Stretch ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/laureen/2026/08/10/vocab-style-crosswords-update-final-stretch/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:50:46

  • Metabase Patches Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/metabase-patches-vulnerability-exploited-as-zero-day/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:59:01

  • New Jersey, Alabama Join States Targeted in Water Cyberattacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-jersey-alabama-join-states-targeted-in-water-cyberattacks/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:59:12

  • poke @ Savannah: GNU poke 4.90 pre-release is available ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10921    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 13:59:45

  • Voyager 26.10-alpha3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:00:08

  • QPDF 12.4.0 Released with zsh & bash Shell Completion Rewritten ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/qpdf-12-4-0-zsh-bash-completion-rewritten/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:00:32

  • Sex doll mistaken for murder victim in Australia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/sex-doll-mistaken-for-murder-victim-in-australia    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:01:40

  • Iran-backed Houthis strike Red Sea port of Mocha, threatening shipping routes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260810-iran-backed-houthis-strike-red-sea-port-of-mocha-threatening-shipping-routes    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:01:50

  • Southern Iran Bears Brunt of U.S. Bombing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/middleeast/iran-south-bombing-strait-hormuz.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:01:59

  • Powerful 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Colombia, Killing More Than 100 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/10/world/colombia-earthquake-bogota-cali    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:02:43

  • Deadly 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes western Colombia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260810-deadly-7-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-western-colombia    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:02:49

  • Malaysia Was Confident in Its Social Media Ban, but Kids Are Still Logged In ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/asia/malaysia-social-media-ban-delayed.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:03:19

  • Flock’s Secret Surveillance Plan Will Make You Gasp ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-rideshare-surveillance-plan    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:03:38

  • Thunderbird Blog: Desktop Calendar: A Design Journey ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/08/desktop-calendar-a-design-journey/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:03:52

  • Ludovic Hirlimann: 20+ years of running "alpha quality" browser as my main web browser ☞ https://ludovic.hirlimann.net/2026/08/20-years-of-running-alpha-quality.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:04:11

  • Mozilla Security Blog: Updated GPG key for signing Firefox and Thunderbird Releases ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2026/08/10/updated-gpg-key-for-signing-firefox-and-thunderbird-releases/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:04:22

  • Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1088057/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:04:37

  • "This year, Linux celebrates 35 years of excellence as a codebase." https://events.linuxfoundation.org/2026/08/05/open-source-summit-embedded-linux-conference-europe-2026-schedule-champions-open-source-innovation-and-marks-35-years-of-linux/ now doomed by SLOP commits!!    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:22:36

  • TWO HOURS IN TOWN gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-08-11Two_Hours_in_Town.txt    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:25:55

  • Vietnam gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/nam2.txt    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:26:55

  • What the fuck is my problem with gay men IRL? gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-08-11-What_the_fuck_is_my_problem_with_gay_men_IRL.txt    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:29:16

  • "A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time." gemini://tilde.club/~steelexodus/posts/2026_08_11-verse-of-the-day/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:32:42

  • "Project founder and lead developer Bondan Rufen has written to alert us to Xezim, an "AI-native" SystemVerilog simulator written in Rust and released under a potentially-unenforceable permissive licence." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260811-slop.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:33:34

  • "Recently my management decided to migrate from JFrog, and to keep the support for Maven apps they wanted to use Nexus, but the free version." gemini://gemini.maksymdziuba.xyz/blog/2026-08-10-crowdsec.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:34:43

  • "Rewatching Stargate for the first time since its release in theatres. It’s basically Hail Mary for the first 20 minutes but better looking. Loved Hail Mary’s visuals fwiw. Very much worth the rewatch. Hope we get a 4K release eventually." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2847    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:35:21

  • Stargazer (poe/en) gemini://danchium.smol.pub/stargazer    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:35:56

  • Rain (poe/en) gemini://danchium.smol.pub/rain    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:36:29

  • upcoming tarot projects gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/tarotprojects    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:37:04

  • "And when we explicitly ask customers to use Ubuntu 24.04 as the base OS, often I find that some "interesting" customers will use a minimized version, or somehow on a VM that was created 2 days ago the OS version will be 24.04.2 and not the latest 24.04.4." gemini://gemini.maksymdziuba.xyz/blog/2026-08-11-patch.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:37:55

  • ‘Ghostjacking’ Attack Uses Poisoned Logs to Turn Hey Hi (AI) Agents Bad ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ghostjacking-attack-uses-poisoned-logs-to-turn-ai-agents-bad/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:53:46

  • Cisco Warns of High-Severity ClamAV Vulnerabilities With Public PoC ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-warns-of-high-severity-clamav-vulnerabilities-with-public-poc/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:54:39

  • FBI investigating North Korean remote IT staffer working for US agency ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/fbi-investigating-north-korean-remote-it-staffer-working-for-u-s-agency/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:54:59

  • Images Emerge From Quake-Battered Colombia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/americas/colombia-earthquake-photos.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:55:18

  • A Common Cholesterol Treatment May Also Remove PFAS And Microplastics From Blood ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-cholesterol-treatment-may-also-remove-pfas-and-microplastics-from-blood    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 14:55:42

  • Django moves to an annual release cycle ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1088059/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:01:21

  • Steam hardware distributor hit by cyberattack, 'expect fake messages,' Valve warns — Europe vendor has personal information and hardware purchase details stolen ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/steam-hardware-distributor-hit-by-cyberattack-expect-fake-messages-valve-warns-europe-vendor-has-personal-information-and-hardware-purchase-details-stolen    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:01:42

  • Makerfabs Nomad Terminal features ESP32-S3 WiSoC, LR1121 LoRa transceiver, 3.5-inch touchscreen display ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/11/makerfabs-nomad-terminal-features-esp32-s3-wisoc-lr1121-lora-transceiver-3-5-inch-touchscreen-display/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:03:27

  • Firefox Tooling Announcements: Firefox Profiler Deployment (August 10, 2026) ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-profiler-deployment-august-10-2026/149143    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:03:51

  • Tiny Wins for Packagers: End-of-Week Update (2026-08-07) ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2026/08/07/tiny-wins//    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:04:14

  • Bits from Debian: DebConf26 Local Team says goodbye ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2026/08/debconf26-words-from-localteam.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:04:29

  • In Malaysia, wave of hate speech threatens Rohingya refugees ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260810-in-malaysia-wave-of-hate-speech-threatens-rohingya-refugees    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:04:55

  • Asman Malika: My First GUADEC: From Kenya to the GNOME Community ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/malika/2026/08/11/my-first-guadec-from-kenya-to-the-gnome-community/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:05:19

  • Provisional Prior Art ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/provisional-prior-art.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:05:44

  • UK's Royal Navy sea drones contain component that secretly sent data to China, report claims — government cuts camera connectivity and insists data wasn’t sensitive, only ‘heartbeat communications’ ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/uks-royal-navy-sea-drones-contain-component-that-secretly-sent-data-to-china-report-claims-government-cuts-camera-connectivity-and-insists-data-wasnt-sensitive-only-heartbeat-communications    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:06:09

  • UK's Royal Navy sea drones contain component that secretly sent data to China, report claims ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/uks-royal-navy-sea-drones-contain-component-that-secretly-sent-data-to-china-report-claims-government-cuts-camera-connectivity-and-insists-data-wasnt-sensitive-only-heartbeat-communications    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:06:22

  • Google's "AI Overview" as Proprietary Censorship Engine and Gatekeeper ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Google_s_AI_Overview_as_Proprietary_Censorship_Engine_and_Gatek.shtml    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:06:28

  • PYRAMID scheme! This will NOT end well. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/hyperscalers-commit-nearly-usd2-trillion-to-secure-ai-hardware-and-memory-google-leads-usd811-billion-spending-surge-while-apple-trails-at-usd57-billion    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:07:06

  • Harden local container base images in Podman Desktop ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/10/harden-local-container-base-images-podman-desktop    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:07:49

  • Just-in-time access to HashiCorp Vault using the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform OIDC provider ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/11/just-in-time-access-to-hashicorp-vault-with-ansible-oidc-provider    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:08:02

  • Understanding the GNU/Linux Graphics Stack is now available as a self-paced video course ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/understanding-the-linux-graphics-stack-is-now-available-as-a-self-paced-video-course/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:08:36

  • Monthly News – July 2026 ☞ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5050    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 15:08:52

  • YouTube Doubles the Eligibility Requirements for Its Money-Earning Partner Program ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/youtube-doubles-eligibility-requirements-partner-program/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 16:52:53

  • Uwe Kleine-König: PGP Keysigning on Linux Plumbers and OpenSource Summit Europe 2026 ☞ https://blog.kleine-koenig.org/ukl/pgp-keysigning-on-linux-plumbers-and-opensource-summit-europe-2026.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 16:53:54

  • Transmission Will Possibly Be Forked into ReTransmission ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/transmission-forked-retransmission/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:01:27

  • How To Install Telegram on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-telegram-ubuntu-24-04-2/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:02:24

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

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:02:48

  • German Government Hires Open Source Devs to Promote Politics ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/german-government-hires-open-source    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:03:13

  • NetBSD 11 Released with Continued i386, Improved RISC-V Support ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/netbsd-11-released-with-continued    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:03:20

  • Live Nation’s War Against Shadowy Merch Counterfeiters Continues ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/live-nation-v-merch-conterfeiters-continues/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:04:24

  • Federal Judge Partially Tosses Designer Shoe Warehouse’s Lawsuit Against Sony Music — As the Wider Social Media Infringement Battle Rages On ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/07/dsw-sony-music-copyright-lawsuit/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:06:19

  • Irving Azoff’s GMR Resolves Its $14 Million Licensing Beef With Music Choice ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/10/gmr-licensing-lawsuit-music-choice/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:06:39

  • Yabloko, Russian Antiwar Party, Is Banned From Parliament Elections ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/russia-yabloko-party-ban-parliament.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:08:23

  • How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Convicted Felon’s Russia Ties Was Derailed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-memos-russia-investigation.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:08:33

  • US House Launches Push For Sweeping Russia, Iran Sanctions Bill After Senate Landslide ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33826098.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:08:51

  • Poland and Baltics tighten critical infrastructure security amid Russian threat concerns ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017342/poland-and-baltics-tighten-critical-infrastructure-security-amid-russian-threat-concerns    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:09:11

  • Russia bars only anti-war party 'Yabloko' from September parliamentary elections ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-russia-bars-only-anti-war-party-from-elections    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:09:29

  • 'Mere' chain closure amounts to major losses for Latvian suppliers ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/10.08.2026-mere-chain-closure-amounts-to-major-losses-for-latvian-suppliers.a658078/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:09:46

  • Foolish Hearts: politicians and Russia spread nonsense about Raimonds Pauls 'ban' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/10.08.2026-foolish-hearts-politicians-and-russia-spread-nonsense-about-raimonds-pauls-ban.a658089/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:10:04

  • Rīga StratCom centre publishes new Russia report ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/10.08.2026-riga-stratcom-centre-publishes-new-russia-report.a658250/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:10:17

  • Ukraine Drone Attack on Industrial City in Russia Kills at Least 13 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/europe/ukraine-drone-attack-russia.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:10:32

  • Inside Russia’s New Gulag ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/17/inside-russias-new-gulag    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:10:58

  • Russia Reports 13 Dead After Ukrainian Drones Strike In Tatarstan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-tatarstan/33825739.html    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:11:20

  • Minister says Baltic airspace incursions stopped as Ukraine targets deeper inside Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017088/minister-says-baltic-airspace-incursions-stopped-as-ukraine-targets-deeper-inside-russia    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:11:56

  • Belarusians in Lithuania mark sixth anniversary of 2020 protests against Lukashenko ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3017133/belarusians-in-lithuania-mark-sixth-anniversary-of-2020-protests-against-lukashenko    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:12:18

  • Ukraine war live: Deadly Russian missiles strike Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260810-live-russian-missiles-strike-kyiv-triggering-fires-in-city-centre    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:12:35

  • Latvian Security Service detains Russian war supporter ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/10.08.2026-latvian-security-service-detains-russian-war-supporter.a658152/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:12:58

  • IBM's Age Discrimination Leads Workers to Contemplate Suicide While the CEO Becomes Billionaire for Lying to the Press and Faking Performance (Fraudulent Accounting) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/IBM_s_Age_Discrimination_Leads_Workers_to_Contemplate_Suicide_W.shtml    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:13:12

  • In Pakistan, internal unrest reveals limits of military power ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2026/0810/pakistan-unrest-military-power    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:13:35

  • IBM's Age Discrimination Leads Workers to Contemplate Suicide While the CEO Becomes Billionaire for Lying to the Press and Faking Performance (Fraudulent Accounting) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/IBM_s_Age_Discrimination_Leads_Workers_to_Contemplate_Suicide_W.shtml    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:13:47

  • UPC is illegal and unconstitutional, but with help from JUVE and Team UPC this charade goes on ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/samsung-and-pentarc-triumph-as-upc-revokes-maxell-content-casting-patent/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:15:10

  • Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts GNU/Linux on the Hook for Age Verification ☞ https://linuxstans.com/illinois-hb5511-operating-system-age-verification/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:15:43

  • "Good news for Ubuntu users as Canonical has started pushing the Linux 7.0 HWE (Hardware Enablement) kernel updates from Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-users-get-linux-7-0-hwe-kernel-ahead-of-ubuntu-24-04-5-lts    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:21:19

  • Slopfest https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/10/linus-torvalds-says-ai-has-made-huge-linux-kernel-updates-the-new-normal/5285268    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:22:59

  • Linux 7.2 is on track to release next week as AI bug finders continue to set the new norm for the kernel https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-72-is-on-track-to-release-next-week-as-ai-bug-finders-continue-to-set-the-new-norm-for-the-kernel/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:24:05

  • Beyond Consensus: The Fragmentation of [Slop] Policy Across the Linux Ecosystem https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/linux-ai-policies/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:25:07

  • Linux has an AI problem and there’s no fix yet https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-has-an-ai-problem-and-theres-no-fix-yet/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:26:25

  • Slop Slop Slop Slop Slop Slop https://www.neowin.net/news/final-linux-72-release-candidate-lands-and-torvalds-highlights-ai-code-use/?utm_source=rss    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:27:09

  • Intel brings HDMI 2.1 FRL back to Linux: 44 new patches already enable 4K at 120 Hz https://www.igorslab.de/en/intel-brings-hdmi-2-1-frl-back-linux-44-new-patches-enable-4k-120-hz/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:27:37

  • Shelly 3.0 ditches C# for Zig — Arch Linux’s package manager no longer loads .NET https://www.martincid.com/technology-sv/cachyos-shelly-30-drops-net-for-zig-arch-package-manager-now-native/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:28:20

  • sos-vault Earns a 50.6 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building a Secure, AI-Assisted Platform for Analyzing sosreport Archives https://hackernoon.com/sos-vault-earns-a-506-proof-of-usefulness-score-by-building-a-secure-ai-assisted-platform-for-analyzing-sosreport-archives    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:31:53

  • "In this guide we go through several FIGlet commands you can run in the terminal from making a digital clock to creating a welcome banner." https://www.neowin.net/guides/try-out-these-fun-figlet-commands-and-customize-your-linux-terminal/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:32:51

  • I finally found the Linux distro I'd recommend to almost anyone https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-august-2026-improves-the-installer-desktop-profiles    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:33:16

  • "The DebCamp hacking session will be held from Sunday, August 29th, to Saturday, September 4th, 2027." https://9to5linux.com/debconf27-debian-developers-conference-to-be-held-in-asahikawa-japan    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:33:33

  • Heroic Games Launcher 2.22.1 brings Proton-CachyOS, controller improvements and more to come | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/heroic-games-launcher-2-22-1-brings-proton-cachyos-controller-improvements-and-more-to-come/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:35:57

  • ProtonPlus v0.6.0 adds support for Faugus Launcher, improved controller navigation and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/protonplus-v0-6-0-adds-support-for-faugus-launcher-improved-controller-navigation-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:36:21

  • Devolver Digital plan to go private again | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/devolver-digital-plan-to-go-private-again/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/devolver-digital-plan-to-go-private-again/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:43:44

  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein RealRTCW brings PS2 maps to the Cursed Sands DLC | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/return-to-castle-wolfenstein-realrtcw-brings-ps2-maps-to-the-cursed-sands-dlc/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:44:04

  • "Daniel Pocock, who, among a host of bizarre claims, asked: “Were you impressed by JuristGate, my take-down of the judicial Establishment in Switzerland?”" https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fnews%2Fgeelong%2Fwtf-dangerous-holes-cult-email-screwup-cone-cart-highton-objections%2Fnews-story%2F65f95eb15087e44195c1c62a9828e6d4&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:57:08

  • "Daniel Pocock, who, among a host of bizarre claims, asked: “Were you impressed by JuristGate, my take-down of the judicial Establishment in Switzerland?”" https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fnews%2Fgeelong%2Fwtf-dangerous-holes-cult-email-screwup-cone-cart-highton-objections    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:57:20

  • "WTF: Big hole, cult email screw-up, cone cart, fightin‘ Highton"    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:57:36

  • 26 more games join GeForce NOW during August 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/26-more-games-join-geforce-now-during-august-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/26-more-games-join-geforce-now-during-august-2026/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 17:59:55

  • MARBLE SOULS sounds hilarious bringing souls-likes systems with oldschool marble gameplay | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/marble-souls-sounds-hilarious-bringing-souls-likes-systems-with-oldschool-marble-gameplay/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 18:00:17

  • Valve emailed about a cyberattack against their shipping partner CEVA Logistics in Europe | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-emailed-about-a-cyberattack-against-their-shipping-partner-ceva-logistics-in-europe/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 18:01:54

  • Chaotic physics auto battler 'Auto Ball Arena' looks like a funny time | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/chaotic-physics-auto-battler-auto-ball-arena-looks-like-a-funny-time/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/chaotic-physics-auto-battler-auto-ball-arena-looks-like-a-funny-time/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 18:02:16

  • "The attackers have exploited CVE-2024-55591 and CVE-2025-24472, authentication bypass flaws in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiProxy, to gain administrative access through internet-facing appliances." https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/11/feds-warn-gunra-ransomware-is-exploiting-known-bugs-to-hit-critical-infrastructure/5286263    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 18:03:35

  • "Pretty sure Microsoft is doing silent, small layoffs that don't show up via WARN notices..." https://www.teamblind.com/post/silent-layoffs-microsoft-8z0q1trn    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 18:04:56

  • Chaotic rocket engine numbers-go-up space roguelite 'Glory On Pluto' has a fresh demo up | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/chaotic-rocket-engine-numbers-go-up-space-roguelite-glory-on-pluto-has-a-fresh-demo-up/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 18:12:41

  • Chaotic rocket engine numbers-go-up space roguelite 'Glory On Pluto' has a fresh demo up | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/chaotic-rocket-engine-numbers-go-up-space-roguelite-glory-on-pluto-has-a-fresh-demo-up/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 18:13:15

  • A retro gem returns and rebuilt, Knytt Classic is out now and free | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/a-retro-gem-returns-and-rebuilt-knytt-classic-is-out-now-and-free/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/a-retro-gem-returns-and-rebuilt-knytt-classic-is-out-now-and-free/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 18:24:37

  • Bloodstained gold (poe/en) gemini://danchium.smol.pub/bloodstained-gold    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 19:12:05

  • The knight (poe/en) gemini://danchium.smol.pub/the-knight    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 19:12:40

  • "why do that when Flashpoint Archive already exists?" gemini://gemini.n8fq.org/gemlog/5ab841fb79e6a9e6cb22119fb815de1d.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 19:13:28

  • "It’s been waiting 13 years already so I figure I will wait a while longer, to give me time to gather advice on the risks and potential rewards. I’ll compare to a modern bar to obtain a shrinkflation data point." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/08/11/crunchie/    

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 19:14:03
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