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"A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram's video piracy ecosystem" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/researchers-hunt-telegram-pirates-with-ai-tool-flag-hundreds-of-channels/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 04:57:57

  • "On Friday, Amazon customers received an email alerting them to an update to the site’s terms and conditions." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/980752/amazon-class-action-arbitration-terms-and-conditions | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 04:58:53

  • "We can only hope that these lead to an epidemic of ICE goons accidentally burning their own dicks off." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/the-orwellian-company-behind-ices-new-electric-shock-gloves/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 04:59:06

  • "In today’s society, you know, everybody’s filming everything, everybody has a cell phone" ☛ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/ice-shock-gloves-torture-compliant-technologies-jeff-niklaus/ | Source: Mother Jones    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 04:59:20

  • "Half a decade after the Taliban takeover in August 2021" ☛ https://www.jpost.com/international/article-905318 | Source: Jerusalem Post    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 04:59:35

  • "The figure has risen by about 200,000 since last year and could reach nearly four million by 2030 if the ban remains in place" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-school-ban-girls-taliban-unesco/a-78328926 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 04:59:46

  • "UNESCO remains committed to ensuring that Afghan girls and women can continue to learn, develop skills" ☛ https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/five-years-keeping-learning-alive-girls-and-women-afghanistan | Source: UNESCO    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 04:59:52

  • Linux 7.2 https://lwn.net/Articles/1089033/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:07:04

  • "In their attack on the direct action group, authorities clearly aim to neutralize one of the most effective mechanism" ☛ https://thegrayzone.com/2026/08/15/palestine-action-rigged-terrorism-trials/ | Source: The Gray Zone    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:09:01

  • "The social media platform began deleting a series of investigative videos critical of Islam this week" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-deletes-critical-islam-videos-threatens-creator-1814490 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:09:08

  • "In 2026, with reducing regulations, rampant collusion, lack of competition, and direct evidence (the pandemic) that corporations can gouge consumers without concern" ☛ https://nooneshappy.com/article/when-the-shortage-is-the-strategy/ | Source: No One's Happy    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:10:53

  • "Accidental breakage can happen in any codebase. The Rust standard library isn't magically exempt from this — so it too now uses cargo-semver-checks to prevent accidental breakage." ☛ https://predr.ag/blog/protecting-the-rust-stdlib-from-breakage/ | Source: Predrag Gruevski    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:11:03

  • "To support his account of low morale, Parsi shared a message he said he received from a deployed serviceman." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/controversial-graffiti-aircraft-us-military-morale-1814492 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:11:19

  • "The company’s pitch is that one integration outlives any single model." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/16/stripe-reportedly-finalizes-deal-buy-ai-model-router-openrouter-7b/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:11:33

  • "Mandel, 70" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/how-a-billionaire-is-using-his-fortune-to-reshape-the-democratic-party/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:12:03

  • "The allegations circulating online describe conditions that would be difficult for any crew to endure" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uss-abraham-lincoln-crew-hardships-record-deployment-1814477 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:12:19

  • "Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is scheduled to speak at the Muslim Brotherhood-linked ISNA convention" ☛ https://rairfoundation.com/breaking-michigan-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-appear/ | Source: RAIR Foundation    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:12:39

  • "SafePal has not disclosed how the flaw was found or how long it was exploitable before the fix" ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/safepal-data-breach-39798-customers/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:13:03

  • "Mastodon takes the social network apart into smaller pieces: operators, communities, rules, and software that agree on a shared protocol." ☛ https://o.ee/blog/what-is-mastodon/ | Source: Owl Owl OÜ    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:14:56

  • "Currently I am on a half diet of social media as I am still locked out of X and by now I really don’t mind any more." ☛ https://christianheilmann.com/2026/08/11/anti-social-media/ |    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:15:59

  • "Meta bought Instagram and Whatsapp, and continues to grow as part of the advertising duopoly, but making new consumer-facing stuff, not so much." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/how-meta-will-fail-at-prediction-markets/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:16:11

  • "How do people earn a living on Substack? What does it mean to be a worker when you’re an independent “creator?”" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/labor-creators-and-whats-next-speaking | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:16:24

  • "I think we’re entering a new phase for X as a platform. It’s a good time to reflect on what that means and how the open web and IndieWeb communities should respond." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/08/16/what-to-do-about-x.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:16:38

  • "The disruption appeared to gather pace around 10.37am EDT, when reports on outage tracker Downdetector began to climb." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bluesky-outage-affects-thousands-users-report-issues-1814497 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:16:50

  • "My error was believing Anthropic that their system wouldn’t adulterate and corrupt the semantics of the text their models generate." ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing | Source: John Gruber    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:17:14

  • "The spark added up three ingredients: mandatory, global reach, and no opt-out. The mark can’t be switched off and applies outside Europe too." ☛ https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/08/16/anthropic-ai-watermark-how-to-beat-it/ | Source: Fabio Akita    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:17:24

  • "These are unlikely to change any minds, but they will definitely shorten some incredibly tedious conversations at the bar." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/do-not-talk-to-me-about-ai/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:17:41

  • "I've heard from a lot of readers that reducing this cost is becoming a hot topic internally." ☛ https://martinalderson.com/posts/how-i-think-about-reducing-ai-costs/ | Source: Martin Alderson    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:18:03

  • "As many have noted, it doesn’t seem like the overall polish of software has increased since AI coding became a thing. If anything, there is just more junk and shovelware out there, of dubious quality." ☛ https://nolanlawson.com/2026/08/16/you-can-just-choose-how-many-bugs-you-want-now/ | Source: Nolan Lawson    

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

  • "This is the latest change at the company, which has been in upheaval as it heads towards what is expected to be a massive IPO." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/980817/openai-disbands-preparedness-team | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:18:53

  • [Old] "Since the publication of our report, there has been a wide range of responses to our research from the media, public, and Zoom itself." ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/research/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/faq-on-zoom-security-issues/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:19:18

  • [Old] "Technical analysis of how the very popular video conferencing app encrypts meeting data has found significant weaknesses and dubious practices" ☛ https://www.itnews.com.au/news/zoom-meetings-weakly-encrypted-and-get-keys-from-china-546038 | Source: IT News AU    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:19:35

  • "After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating back 70 years." ☛ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/pbs-station-fears-losing-50tb-of-data-after-being-ghosted-by-cloud-storage-provider/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:19:45

  • "I chose to use Dropbox for my backups, because I have a lot of space available from sending invites years ago" ☛ https://samsm.ch/paperless-cloud-backups/ | Source: Sam Smith    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:20:01

  • "wait until you get a load of Cold Iron Studios, which recently shutdown the cloud-only version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite on the Nintendo Switch." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/14/dev-kills-cloud-version-of-game-on-switch-offers-discount-to-rebuy-it-for-switch-2/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:20:17

  • "It used to be a rite of passage to build some sort of AM radio receiver." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/another-radio-on-a-chip-design/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:20:38

  • "He was a leading figure in the development of the Go programming language and environment working with co-creators Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson, and serving as technical lead for over a decade." ☛ https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2026/russ-cox | Source: ACM    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:21:14

  • "Mubariz, 19, says after the Taliban takeover, that atmosphere slowly disappeared." ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-138584 | Source: NPR    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:21:34

  • "I did not see enough of a reflection of things that brought me joy and contentment" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5896356 | Source: NPR    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:22:02

  • "Hence I looked into what is happening at IIT to see if there is a lesson for us all." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/08/iit-is-canary-in-coalmine-do-our.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:22:13

  • "I can usually tell when a room has run out of air." ☛ https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-room-was-out-of-air/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:22:27

  • "During her address, she asked what happens when children 'lie, cheat and cry their way through school'." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tennessee-teacher-resigns-grade-inflation-dispute-1814498 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:22:42

  • "The implicit assumption within universities is that if you learn how to conduct excellent research, the career will take care of itself." ☛ https://www.the-scientist.com/the-first-career-conversation-every-phd-student-deserves-74882 | Source: LabX Media Group    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:22:54

  • "Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. The conditions are unsustainable—for professors and students alike." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/adjuncting-until-the-end-of-time/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:23:02

  • [Old] "Now, in my defence this was back in the day when you’d actually try to understand an algorithm rather than just asking a robot to write it for you." ☛ https://rowan.fyi/posts/fractious-deep/ | Source: Rowan Merewood    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:24:17

  • "Converting a day-count ("rata-die") to the day-of-the-week (“weekday”) sounds like it should be so trivial, that there's almost nothing to say about it." ☛ https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-day-of-week | Source: Ben Joffe    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:24:37

  • "The concept is pretty simple: the rings are a horrifying mess of dust, debris, and ice bits of all sizes that represent almost certain death for a spacecraft." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/r-selecting-tiny-probes-to-shotgun-into-saturns-rings/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:24:49

  • "These clues led scientists to the black hole star hypothesis. At the center of MoM-BH*-1, there would be a black hole devouring matter and releasing enormous amounts of energy." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/black-hole-stars-are-becoming-less-hypothetical/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:25:05

  • [Old] "NVMe SSDs on a Raspberry PI, ARM64 adventures, more zfs troubles, and some cool tools you should try." ☛ https://chollinger.com/blog/2025/10/more-homelab-things-ive-recently-learned/ | Source: Christian Hollinger    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:25:40

  • "An optionality-flavoured variant of economic decision theory (Peters 2019)." ☛ https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/ergodicity_economics.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:25:50

  • "And then, one day, you move, and the process starts all over." ☛ https://flower.codes/2023/12/20/lets-get-digital | Source: Zach Flower    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:26:43

  • "I've been sort of half-assing my Linux backups for a while now. I finally decided to fix them." ☛ https://baty.net/posts/2026/08/reconfiguring-my-backups/ | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:27:00

  • "The National Gallery of Scotland has a temporary exhibition of Stanley Cursiter’s artwork going on at the moment." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/15/surf-by-stanley-cursiter | Source: James G    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:27:22

  • "I have three books about art that aren’t textbooks: a book of Monet’s work, Mini Louvre, and a book made for the Art of Manga exhibition that the de Young Museum in San Francisco held." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/16/inspiration-from-physical-artefacts | Source: James G    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:27:32

  • "A friend sometimes says nothing. Their deeds do the talking. You know that for as long as I can, I shall. And I will be there to inspire you to reach your highest peak." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-08-16-criticism-internet-friend/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:27:44

  • "As such friends and neighbours become de facto relatives and are treated as equals. There is a sense of togetherness and belonging, which builds solidity at the social level" ☛ https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-08-15-hierarchy-extended-family/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:27:55

  • "Don't fear the publish button." ☛ https://robertbirming.com/what-blog-about/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:28:07

  • [Old] "Go on the other hand is known for being the love child of Python and C" ☛ https://markuseliasson.se/article/adventures-in-go | Source: Markus Eliasson    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:28:51

  • "If you write any Python code, you should be using more namedtuples than you are using right now." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/n-is-for-namedtuple-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:29:10

  • "Magit is an Emacs Git client that is praised by many users . It was one of the reasons I switched to Emacs back when I stumbled across an Emacs video tutorial for the first time." ☛ https://heiwiper.com/posts/magit-status-tour/ |    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:29:29

  • "dailyprog is a hosted web app. Nobody downloads it. That single fact picks the license." ☛ https://blog.lvmbdv.dev/posts/open-sourcing-a-puzzle-site-without-leaking-the-puzzles/ | Source: Ata Kuyumcu    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:29:46

  • "Or, to put it simply: The main thread reads hundreds of tiny files, one after another." ☛ https://larstofus.com/2026/08/16/speeding-up-the-unreal-editor-launch-again-by-not-loading-1585-files/ | Source: Lars Thießen    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:29:58

  • "My current company has settled on using Gradle." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/gradle-metadata-renovate-integration/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:30:10

  • "What the lasers are doing is a very simple idea" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/laser-layers-for-almost-isotropicly-strong-prints/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:32:01

  • "What the lasers are doing is a very simple idea" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/laser-layers-for-almost-isotropicly-strong-prints/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:32:11

  • "Modern aircraft typically use the ARINC 429 protocol. This differs from many protocols we see where multiple transmitters are allowed." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/how-to-hack-an-airliner/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:32:21

  • "The students I want to teach are in the same position, and so are the ones in Nigeria and Bangladesh and everywhere else the people in the industry does not think about when it writes its blog posts." ☛ https://rvembedded.com/blog_post/12/ |    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:32:31

  • "A bit of self-reflection, write therapy about relationship and where I stand with it." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/dubious    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:37:15

  • "A few days ago a total solar eclipse presented itself to whoever was lucky enough to possibly notice it. While I have watched my share of partial solar eclipses[a,b], and while I did not expect much, I have to say that 90% coverage is quite amazing!" gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2026/20260816-magic-5-partial-solar-eclipse.gmi    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:37:58

  • Chamboree gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20260816.txt "I was at Chamboree, a jamboree or large camp in Cheshire, England, UK. Near Knutsford for those who want a more precise location. It is towards the north with cities like Chester, Manchester and Liverpool near by."    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:38:45

  • "While Lady Macbeth has a famous blood scene, it is actually Macbeth who has the most lines that have at least one mention of blood." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/08/16/tptsnbnbitn.gmi    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:39:29

  • Tutorial Mutt gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/tutorialmutt    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:40:10

  • "Philip K. Dick had a word for the useless stuff that accumulates around us: kipple. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, kipple seems to reproduce on its own until it crowds out everything else. I have always liked that word." gemini://addressunknown.org/gemlog/2026-08-16-kipple-and-impermanence.gmi    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:40:53

  • so lightly gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/so_lightly    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:41:28

  • "Today I was thinking about a plant. Weird, right? I keep a lot of houseplants, have a number of favorites, and attach deep meaning to a few of them. Of these, my peace lily is perhaps the most meaningful, due to the circumstances around which I received it." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/peace-lily    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:42:01

  • "This is probably the first time I have felt boredom in a while, which I think is a good thing. It caused me to start writing my first post here, after all, despite having signed up a few days ago already." gemini://fwdudu.smol.pub/hello-smol-pub    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:42:37

  • "Wireshark 4.6.8 Released" ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33248 | Source: SANS    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:47:59

  • "Wireshark 4.6.8 Release Notes" ☛ https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.6.8.html | Source: Wireshark    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:48:06

  • [Old] "And, the fact that it is implemented in go and open source does not hurt." ☛ https://markuseliasson.se/article/going-with-hugo | Source: Markus Eliasson    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:48:28

  • "I recently came back from DEFCON34 and the nix.vegas community." ☛ https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/16/defcon34-wrap-up | Source: Farid Zakaria    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:48:45

  • "I've been running GrapheneOS for a little over a year now and didn't realize much Smart Notifications have changed phone usage." ☛ https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/ive-inadvertantly-opted-out-of-smart-notifications-thanks-to-grapheneos/ | Source: Matthew Brunelle    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:49:04

  • "Most (all?) decent-quality portable music players now run Android internally." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/pmp.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:49:21

  • Development Release: TUXEDO OS 20260813 by "a German-based manufacturer of Linux desktop and laptop computers"" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12923 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:49:53

  • "OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) is one of the rare powermoves I see in computer security" ☛ https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-16-mimicing-karl-using-llvm-bolt.gmi | Source: Martin Chang    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:50:15

  • "This is part 1 of my FreeBSD Home Server how-to guide, and it will cover the installation of FreeBSD." ☛ https://www.subnetspider.com/2026/08/16/freebsd-home-server-part1.html | Source: Subnetspider    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:50:23

  • "Week thirteen of the roundup, built from the package manager OPML feed collection and whatever I’ve posted or boosted on Mastodon" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/15/this-week-in-package-management.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:50:41

  • "Even MAGA loves socialism now - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/16/even-maga-loves-socialism-now/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:56:35

  • "USS Lincoln sailors endured 260 days. Trump says that's "not nearly long enough" - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/16/uss-lincoln-sailors-endured-260-days-trump-says-thats-not-nearly-long-enough/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:56:43

  • "Trump’s braggadocio doesn’t just mask his failures. His statements wildly contradict the calamities he’s created for America and the world." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-beyond-the-lies    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:56:51

  • "Demography, Deportations and the Trump Stall" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/demography-deportations-and-the-trump    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:56:57

  • "PBS loses 70 yrs of data: my perspective as a privacy advocate, business owner, & data recovery tech" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/pbs-loses-70-yrs-of-data-my-perspective:c    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:57:05

  • "Hamas-Tied CAIR Gave El-Sayed Over $100,000" https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/06/hamas-tied-cair-gave-democrat-el-sayed-over-100000-n4955881    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:57:14

  • "'By Allah, I Will Kill You': The Vienna Case and the Jihadist Model of Enslaving Non-Muslim Girls" https://rairfoundation.com/allah-i-will-kill-you-vienna-case-jihadist/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:57:22

  • "Herdsmen Kill at Least 31 Christians in Central Nigeria" https://morningstarnews.org/2026/08/herdsmen-kill-at-least-31-christians-in-central-nigeria/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:57:29

  • "Genital mutilation crisis hits multicultural Paris neighborhood, nearly 140,000 women affected across France" https://rmx.news/article/genital-mutilation-crisis-hits-multicultural-paris-neighborhood-nearly-140000-women-affected-across-france/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:57:36

  • photojournalist https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/iranian-photojournalist-faces-15-years-prison-over-images-reporting-2026-08-12/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:57:43

  • duh https://www.dailymail.com/debate/article-16048285/Britain-sending-Channel-migrant-abroad-ALEXANDER-DOWNER.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:57:52

  • iophk: the predicted continuation of Little Bush's 'terrorism' excuse https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tf9q9rG3JUY ("What Marco Rubio Just Did is SHOCKING & soon no one will be able to talk about it")    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:58:02

  • "Palantir’s Deepest DARKEST Secret EXPOSED" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=IxPzZr-GZYw    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:58:09

  • "EDATEC’s ED-CLAWBOX is a compact edge AI system based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:58:33

  • "The Luckfox Lyra PLC is a compact Linux-based programmable logic controller built around the Rockchip RK3506B processor." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/luckfox-lyra-plc-runs-linux-on-rk3506b-with-dual-100mbps-ethernet/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:58:44

  • "Seeed Studio’s reComputer Classic J5011 and J5012 are a pair of AI development systems based on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin modules." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/recomputer-classic-j5011-j5012-adds-10gbe-and-pcie-gen4-to-jetson-agx-orin/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 05:58:54

  • IBM IBM RA'd him: "I live in the Netherlands, have a day job at the IT department of a lithography company which I enjoy a lot" https://blog.slackware.nl/about/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 06:01:04

  • Offline More https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/offline-more/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 06:13:19

  • Mongolia 5% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=MN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 07:52:18

  • Same in Nigeria https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=NG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 07:54:10

  • Chad 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=TD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 07:54:42

  • Ukraine 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=UA&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 07:55:47

  • Poland 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=PL&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 07:56:16

  • Iceland 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IS&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 07:57:11

  • Vietnam 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=VN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 07:57:58

  • "What about it. It is grossly non-competitive to agentic tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and others. Whatever fool decided to fork it and paint Roo and the VS Code blue ought to be fired and their collective salaries and investment returned to the shareholders. No one wants this cr-p and those who know, know. ICA, while we‘re at it, too." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzxj9nds    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:15:24

  • France 7% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=FR&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:37:43

  • South Africa 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=ZA&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:38:11

  • Estonia 5.4% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=EE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:38:56

  • Romania 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=RO&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:39:23

  • Bulgaria 6.1% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=BG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:39:53

  • Belgium 6.2% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=BE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:40:21

  • The puppy breaker says he had "dream last night where @jwz's blog was actually a webcomic and the most recent entry was extremely critical of me personally"; don't ask jwz, ask the breaker's own spouse https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/12/When_Cruelty_is_the_Point_American_SLAPPs_in_London_the_United_.shtml    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:53:47

  • This Past Weekend Cloudflare Measured GNU/Linux at 10% (at Peak) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/this-past-weekend-cloudflare-measured-gnulinux-at-10-at-peak/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 08:57:54

  • End-of-Life Protocol ☞ https://jxself.org/end-of-life.shtml    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 11:57:23

  • DAT 2.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/datlinux    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 11:58:37

  • Vasudev Kamath: Releasing debvulns-exporter and debvulns CLI 0.2.2 ☞ https://copyninja.in/blog/debvulns-exporter-newversion.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 11:59:04

  • GIMP: Development Update, August 2026 ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:00:13

  • Bits from Debian: Debian turns 33! ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2026/08/debian-turns-33.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:01:52

  • India: Modimir courts youth amid growing criticism ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/india-modi-courts-youth-amid-growing-criticism    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:02:10

  • Roblox Under Investigation by the U.S. Senate Over Continued Child Safety Concerns ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/16/roblox-investigation-us-senate-child-safety/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:02:44

  • Can Harassment Risk Alone Support Obviousness-Type Double Patenting? ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/can-harassment-risk-alone-support-obviousness-type-double-patenting.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:04:34

  • Vibing fitness tracking ☞ https://www.thelins.se/johan/blog/2026/08/vibing-fitness-tracking/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:05:06

  • You can just choose how many bugs you want now ☞ https://nolanlawson.com/2026/08/16/you-can-just-choose-how-many-bugs-you-want-now/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:05:39

  • Invincible VS Creators Massively Laid Off - Most Employees Left the Studio https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/08/17/428511-sozdatelei-invincible-vs-massovo-uvolniaiut-studiiu-pokinulo-bolsinstvo-sotrudnikov.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:10:12

  • When intelligence archives become political evidence ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/when-intelligence-archives-become-political-evidence/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:33:44

  • Kushner, Hamas delegation in Egypt for talks on Gaza peace plan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260816-hamas-begins-crucial-talks-with-egypt-on-trump-s-gaza-peace-plan    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:34:05

  • People Horrified That They’ll Be Busted Now That Anthropic Is Watermarking Hey Hi (AI) Content ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/people-horrified-busted-anthropic-watermark    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:34:32

  • Young People Hate Hey Hi (AI) CEOs So Passionately That It’s Almost Hard to Believe ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/young-people-ai-ceos-executives-poll    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:34:50

  • Experts Warn That Hey Hi (AI) Slop Is Corrupting Kids’ Brains ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/experts-gnet-ai-fruit-slop-corrupting-violence-extremism    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:35:04

  • The 7.2 kernel has been released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1088991/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:35:30

  • Google Chrome is now available for Arm Linux. We tested it on a Raspberry Pi 5 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/17/google-chrome-is-now-available-for-arm-linux-we-tested-it-on-a-raspberry-pi-5/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:50:56

  • Linux finally follows backdoored Windows and makes a CPU feature requirement mandatory ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-finally-follows-windows-and-makes-a-cpu-feature-requirement-mandatory/?utm_source=rss    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:51:54

  • Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4 and Btrfs ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-7-2-cache-aware-scheduling-ext4-btrfs    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:53:58

  • TUXEDO 20260813 (Beta) ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:54:22

  • JSP-Educa 13 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/jspeduca    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:54:29

  • SkillFishOS 26.06.4 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/skillfishos    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:54:56

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posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:55:44

  • Raspberry Pi CM5-based mini PC targets local OpenClaw deployment ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:55:49

  • GNOME 51 Beta Released! Finally Added “New Document” Menu Option ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/gnome-51-beta-released/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:56:14

  • Using the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti USB4 eGPU) on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/16/using-the-khadas-mind-graphics-2-nvidia-rtx-5060-ti-usb4-egpu-on-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 12:57:19

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

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:01:56

  • How To Install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fonts on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-fonts-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:02:16

  • Python Board Candidates Push for DEI, Code of Conduct ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/python-board-candidates-push-for    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:02:31

  • LibreOffice Conference 2026 schedule is online! ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/16/libreoffice-conference-2026-schedule-is-online/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:02:53

  • Benjamin Mako Hill: Sad Story https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PXL_20260719_1815328531-scaled.jpg    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:04:27

  • LSM launches charity drive for Ukrainian soldiers' rehabilitation ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/17.08.2026-lsm-launches-charity-drive-for-ukrainian-soldiers-rehabilitation.a659088/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:07:38

  • How a Ukrainian Bank Worker Came to Face Life in a Russian Prison ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/europe/russia-detained-ukrainians-war-murdid.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:07:53

  • Ukrainian drone regiment ‘decimates’ 3,500-strong U.S. armored brigade combat team in war game ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/ukrainian-drone-regiment-decimates-3-500-strong-u-s-armored-brigade-combat-team-in-war-game-reveals-shortcomings-in-american-response-as-drones-easily-spotted-and-destroyed-tanks-and-heavy-armored-vehicles    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:09:44

  • Ukraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photos, clone destroys Russian Tu-95 bomber — attack drone has 2,000 km range, country builds 6,000 flying-wing drones a year ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/ukraine-destroys-tu-95-bomber-using-48000-chinese-drone-clone    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:09:53

  • Russia, Ukraine Trade Major Overnight Air Attacks, At Least 11 Killed ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moscow-wildberries-facilities-drones/33831405.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:11:02

  • The 1991 treaty that still haunts the Kremlin ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3018124/the-1991-treaty-that-still-haunts-the-kremlin    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:11:15

  • HRW warns Russia strike on Ukraine may constitute war crime ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/rights-group-warns-russia-strike-on-ukraine-may-constitute-war-crime/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:11:31

  • 🔴 Live: Ukraine launches 600 drones at Russia, one of its largest aerial attacks of the war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-live-moscow-targeted-by-600-drones-overnight-explosions-heard-in-kyiv    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:11:43

  • Ukraine: Russian strike destroys Kyiv book market ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260816-ukraine-russian-strike-destroys-kyiv-book-market    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:11:55

  • Drone and missile strikes kill 19 in Russia and Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-drone-and-missile-strikes-kill-19-in-russia-and-ukraine    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:12:05

  • Go Hack Yourself | LINUX Unplugged 680 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/680/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:12:54

  • Martin Pitt: Syncing Gmail with mbsync using OAuth2 ☞ https://piware.de/post/2026-08-16-mbsync-gmail-xoauth2/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:19:26

  • Week 11: Review Feedback, a Correction, and What's Deferred ☞ https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-11-review-feedback-a-correction-and-whats-deferred/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:19:49

  • India’s Internet ecosystem in 2026: Growth, resilience, and the road ahead ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/17/indias-internet-ecosystem-in-2026-growth-resilience-and-the-road-ahead/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:20:20

  • Hong Kong police launch internal probe into officer over viral dog-ear dancing clip ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/17/hong-kong-police-launch-internal-probe-into-officer-over-viral-dog-ear-dancing-clip/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:21:39

  • PAYWALL LIFTED: What happened to Jason Arday shows how social media has warped us all. Sadly, I have first-hand experience of this. https://rachelhewitt.substack.com/p/paywall-lifted-what-happened-to-jason    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:24:00

  • Maker compresses a 2.9MB song by 1000x and prints it on paper as eight QR codes — 21KB song is two minutes long, requires a neural network for playback ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/maker-compresses-a-2-9mb-song-1000-times-with-metas-ai-codec-and-prints-it-on-paper-as-eight-qr-codes    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:26:58

  • Wireshark 4.6.8 Released, (Sun, Aug 16th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33248    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:27:25

  • Development Update, August 2026 ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:27:46

  • Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic Hey Hi (AI) Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/facebook-ai-slop-violence-muslim-americans    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:28:37

  • Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access — CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/macos-screen-sharing-flaw-exploited-to-root-macs-and-plant-monero-miners    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:28:54

  • Myanmar confirms nearly 309,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh, says security issues delaying repatriation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-confirms-nearly-309000-rohingya-in-bangladesh-says-security-issues-delaying-repatriation    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:31:20

  • A Hidden Cause of Aging May Spread From Deep Inside Your Bones ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-cause-of-aging-may-spread-from-deep-inside-your-bones    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:31:58

  • Worker Pay Isn’t Keeping Up With Inflation Once Again ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/business/inflation-worker-pay.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:32:09

  • A Third Hidden Driver of High Blood Pressure Has Been Discovered – And a Potential Fix ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-third-hidden-driver-of-high-blood-pressure-has-been-discovered-and-a-potential-fix    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:32:30

  • After Half A Century, Physicists Find The Strongest Evidence Yet For An Exotic 'Glueball' Particle ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/after-half-a-century-physicists-find-the-strongest-evidence-yet-for-an-exotic-glueball-particle    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:33:33

  • Scientists Wiggled a Fish's Earbones With Light – And Changed Its Heartbeat ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-wiggled-a-fishs-earbones-with-light-and-changed-its-heartbeat    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:33:51

  • Forget The 7-Year Rule – Scientists Found a Better Way to Calculate a Dog's Age ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/forget-the-7-year-rule-scientists-found-a-better-way-to-calculate-a-dogs-age    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:34:15

  • 'Critical Transition': Earth's Chemistry Wobbled During Its 5 Biggest Mass Extinctions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/critical-transition-earths-chemistry-wobbled-during-its-5-biggest-mass-extinctions    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:34:28

  • Doctors Just Documented What Happens When You Quit High-Dose 7-OH Kratom Cold Turkey ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/doctors-just-documented-what-happens-when-you-quit-high-dose-7-oh-kratom-cold-turkey    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:35:22

  • Saber-Toothed Cats Were A Diseased, Inbred Mess Before They Went Extinct, New Research Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/saber-toothed-cats-were-a-diseased-inbred-mess-before-they-went-extinct-new-research-suggests    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:36:22

  • Mexico in Numbers: Mexico’s biodiversity and honey production ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/food/mexico-in-numbers-mexicos-biodiversity-honey-production/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:36:45

  • Chinese ship sets off for Europe through Arctic, halving travel time ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/16/chinese-ship-sets-off-for-europe-through-arctic-halving-travel-time/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:37:40

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man’s H-1B crackdown is starting to drive tech talent back to India, China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/trumps-h-1b-crackdown-is-starting-to-drive-tech-talent-back-to-india-china    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:40:04

  • South Korean trade minister ousted amid US tariff pressure ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-trade-minister-ousted-amid-us-tariff-pressure    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:40:46

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man orders Pentagon to scale back military drills with South Korea, hours before start ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260817-trump-orders-pentagon-to-scale-back-military-drills-with-south-korea-hours-before-start    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:42:00

  • South Korea says it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed demarcation line ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-fired-warning-shots-after-north-korean-soldiers-crossed-demarcation-line-yonhap-says    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:42:07

  • Who will care for South Korea’s elderly? Foreign workers enter troubled market ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/who-will-care-for-south-koreas-elderly-foreign-workers-enter-troubled-market    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:42:27

  • Top military commander visits long-deployed aircraft carrier ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2026/0816/brad-cooper-uss-lincoln-mental-health    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:42:48

  • Cursed Startup Now Offering Buy-Now-Pay-Later Radiation Exposure Kits in Case of Nuclear Armageddon ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/startup-radiation-exposure-klarna-nuclear-armageddon    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:43:11

  • Top Admiral Praises Sailors but Concedes Hardships After Visit to U.S.S. Lincoln ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/politics/uss-lincoln-iran-admiral.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:43:31

  • Cholera Outbreak Sickens Over 90 in Myanmar’s Biggest City ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/asia/cholera-outbreak-yangon-myanmar.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:43:45

  • "Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation, or CGNAT for short, is a well-known pain for anyone who self-hosts." https://www.makeuseof.com/my-isp-trapped-me-behind-cgnat-these-4-workarounds-got-me-back-in/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:46:09

  • It was all along Microsoft coming to Canonical to ensure people don't leave Windows, and this is what goes on now that Ubuntu is run by a GitHub booster connected to British state intelligence https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/16/ubuntu-is-growing-faster-on-windows-11-than-on-native-linux-pcs-says-canonical/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:48:15

  • Epic Games Launcher finally getting native Linux support https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/epic-games-launcher-finally-getting-native-linux-support/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:50:20

  • How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-turned-my-linux-desktop-setup-into-a-portable-package-i-can-run-on-any-machine/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:51:46

  • New Linux Driver Empowers ASUS ROG Astral Users with 12VHPWR Monitoring https://www.a90skid.com/new-linux-driver-empowers-asus-rog-astral-users-with-12vhpwr-monitoring/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:52:31

  • Modder straps two desktop CPU coolers to a Nubia Z70 Ultra, turning it into a Linux desktop and a Witcher 3 gaming rig https://www.notebookcheck.net/Modder-straps-two-desktop-CPU-coolers-to-a-Nubia-Z70-Ultra-turning-it-into-a-Linux-desktop-and-a-Witcher-3-gaming-rig.1369808.0.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:55:23

  • The prediction that Linux had no future aged disastrously https://www.makeuseof.com/the-prediction-that-linux-had-no-future-aged-disastrously/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:56:45

  • These 5 immutable Linux distros solve problems Windows users don’t even know they have https://www.howtogeek.com/these-immutable-linux-distros-solve-problems-windows-users-dont-even-know-they-have/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 13:57:43

  • Windows PCs Sold as "Ubuntu" (CNX Paid Pieces), Canonical Helps Microsoft Sell Windows (Calling Windows/WSL "Ubuntu"), "Windows System Embedded in your Linux" http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Windows_PCs_Sold_as_Ubuntu_CNX_Paid_Pieces_Canonical_Helps_Micr.shtml    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 14:17:48

  • Luxembourg: GNU/Linux almost 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=LU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 14:39:54

  • "Hi, I was on bench for couple of months and just got PIP for a month. Is the PIP extendable and also any one got severance pay recently in USA. I have been with IBM for more than 10 years. Also any other suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance!" https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1vl0uk2/severance_pay_ibm/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 15:11:45

  • Update on the Tor Situation https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/update-on-the-tor-situation/ ping admfubar lxo    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 15:19:22

  • Need Rain, Need Lots of Rain https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/need-rain-need-lots-of-rain/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 17:43:49

  • GNU/Linux 5.2% in Kenya https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=KE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 17:47:18

  • Anniversary a Month From Now https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/anniversary-a-month-from-now/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:07:41

  • "Off by default" https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/17/mozilla-adds-ad-blocking-to-firefox-for-ios/5288585    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:41:17

  • "Jugulans [1] is a text mode mindmap application. Build your mind map with a TUI, and save it as an org-mode file. Create a new mind map from scratch, or open a previous saved map. Jugulans is build in Chicken Scheme." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/jugulans-version-102-released.txt    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:47:43

  • night synth ritual gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/trauma    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:48:32

  • "OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) is one of the rare powermoves I see in computer security - along with OpenBSD's `unveil` and `pledge` feature. It singlehandly make an entire category of exploites (blind ROPs) much, much harder without much code and execution model change." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-16-mimicing-karl-using-llvm-bolt.gmi    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:49:30

  • "About a year ago, perhaps a bit more, I found myself getting uncomfortable with my reliance on tech giants. I started looking into alternatives, but they needed to be simple." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/1786962761    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:50:10

  • "We left home at 07:30, heading towards Cap Midia, near Navodari, for a day at the Black Sea. The drive took about 2 hours and 40 minutes, but once we arrived, the long road was quickly forgotten." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/a-day-at-cap-midia-navodari/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:50:43

  • "i spent the past 2 days making some updates to my html/gemini blog. and i have a fun journey to share. besides a few question marks on kagi, there were no llms or gen-ai involved in this process." gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-08-17    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:51:23

  • "Esperanto was a company that originally tried to make a RISC-V based GPU. It later pivoted to a RISC-V AI accelerator, primarily aimed at CNN inference, named ET-SoC-1. The company closed in late 2025, AiNekko bought its IP, and the RTL was released through the OpenHW Group as CORE-ET." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-07-open-source-accelerator-chip-and-how-riscv-plays-a-role.gmi    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:52:14

  • "Anthropic's J-lens was one of the rare tech in mech interp that somehow is scalable (compute once and reuse forever) and not labor intensive (doesn't try to manually understand one action at a time through raw sciencing)." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-07-notes-on-replicating-j-lens-on-rwkvv7.gmi    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:52:45

  • L’onanisme des utilisateurs de chatbots gemini://ploum.net/2026-08-17-onanisme_ia.gmi    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 18:53:21

  • "Firefox clears your search and browsing history when you close all private windows, but this doesn’t make you anonymous." = Mozilla: this is not privacy, it only protects you from yourself, not from our GAFAM sponsors. What a crock!    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:01:54

  • To Mozilla, Firefox "privacy" means, "we will not RETAIN your history on YOUR computer.... only OURS... and our sponsors' (GAFAM's").    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:02:53

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posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:22:12

  • "What is there to monetize? Useful error corrected quantum computers do not yet exist. IBM doesn't have one, Google doesn't have one, Microsoft doesn't have one, none of the QC startups have one. They are very cool science experiments, they are not commercial products and probably won't be for another couple decades." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m06e61tm    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:22:16

  • "Bob loves the fall. Leaves changing colors, pumpkins. And layoff."    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:22:34

  • "it’s not a great time in research either. I see you have bought into the hype. And that’s the problem. A lot of what you hear coming out of my area is overhyped buzz built around some mildly positive data or results. What concerns us lately is that we’re making increasingly big and bold proclamations and promises."    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:22:47

  • "If we ultimately can’t deliver on them, it won’t be the people making those statements who take the hit—it’ll be the people in the trenches who are left trying to make those promises a reality who suffer the consequences. Now lots of pressure to deliver on said over promises."    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:23:00

  • "While alvind, the slimy Indian was spewing his nonsense about QC, I was reading an interview of one of the Nobel price winners for 2026. The physicist was asserting, there is no known solution yet for QC that can make it usable by the industry."    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:23:17

  • "Now, who do you think, I should believe, the Nobel price winner in physics or Alvind, the slimy Indian ?"    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:23:30

  • "Arvind picked 2029 as the date for his QC roadmap because it's close enough to interest investors and bump the stock price yet far enough away that he knows he'll retire before then and it won't be his problem when nothing happens by that date."    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:24:16

  • "quit you whining you are probably safe or exempt from the coming RA because you are in research"    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:24:21

  • "If you are in the US and were put on a PIP today, they will exit you via the PIP. Severance for a PIP is 30 days, RA is 90 days. Cost less to exit someone via a PIP" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m00xx73f    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:25:25

  • Long Ago (And Far Away) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rIwSI6YodAk&list=PLMBt0WXw1bTe8-I7sl-Qd0XDolRAVHhiW&index=11    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:25:44

  • "Not much of a career path IBM unless you lower your standards and are brown nosing with management" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzw9cce6    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:26:09

  • Layoff fears are pushing some visa holders out of Big Tech https://www.businessinsider.com/visa-holders-immigrants-big-tech-layoffs-job-security-work-careers-2026-8    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:33:03

  • GNU/Linux 7% in Iraq https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IQ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:55:35

  • 6% in Czech Republic https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=CZ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:56:15

  • THE CYBER SHOW: "Even though Quality cannot be defined, you know what Quality is" – R Pirsig https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 19:57:56

  • I Still Suits Me (Remastered) https://inv.nadeko.net/embed/nxZs96ByLlg    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 20:11:43

  • Paul Robeson Used His Fame (and Voice) for Good, Not for Money https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/paul-robeson-used-his-fame-and-voice-for-good-not-for-money/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 20:25:30

  • Gemini Protocol Spreads Further in Spite of Google’s Attempt to Googlebomb It Out of Existence https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/gemini-protocol-spreads/    

posted Monday, August 17, 2026 at 21:00:55
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