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"Zamenhof believed that the root of this violence was the mistrust borne of misunderstanding between the communities. Each community had its own language which provided a barrier to mutual comprehension. His conclusion was that a common, neutral language was needed to bridge this divide." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-29-esperanto    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:16:01

  • darling town gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/darling_town    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:16:50

  • am i finally close to the finality of this ultrahollowing? can i ever be myself again..? gemini://voidrane.smol.pub/1788051218    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:18:04

  • Austin game developers push for union contract amid Microsoft’s Xbox layoffs https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-game-developers-push-for-union-contract-amid-microsofts-xbox-layoffs/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:22:31

  • Austin game developers push for union contract amid Microsoft's Xbox layoffs https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/austin-game-developers-push-union-035209630.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:23:11

  • Germany plans to blame Russia for Leipzig attack as tensions with Putin escalate https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-berlin-sanctions-russia-vladimir-putin-leipzig-attach-ascalate/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:25:32

  • Ukraine sanctions Russian cartoon https://www.dw.com/en/masha-and-the-bear-ukraine-sanctions-russian-cartoon/a-78464406    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:27:19

  • Russian-Speaking Hackers https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cybercriminals-exploit-ai-agent-ransomware-attacks-1816740    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:29:10

  • Perseids https://xkcd.com/3287/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:31:17

  • Archery Feat https://xkcd.com/3288/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:31:30

  • Copyrightability of LLM-generated code: Can we license “vibe code” into Free Software? https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260825-01.en.html 'FSFE' is funded by Google and Microsoft, so can it speak about this honestly?    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:32:13

  • Highway Signs https://xkcd.com/3289/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:32:40

  • Trade https://xkcd.com/3290/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:32:52

  • At least 37 dead and hundreds evacuated after strike on Kyiv weapons depot https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86xwqez4npo    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:34:09

  • Russian strike on a munitions depot triggers deadly blasts near Kyiv https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/29/29-08-sv-russia-strikes-arms-depot-kyiv-fm    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:34:48

  • Russian strike on a Ukrainian warehouse kills 37 in the war’s deadliest attack this year https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-bucha-kyiv-4be42e27897bf45797a0cf3758be5eaf    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:35:43

  • Estonia’s spy chief: ‘Russia is in a very bad place – revolution could come overnight’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/29/kaupo-rosin-interview-russia-bad-place-revolution/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:37:03

  • Russia shows terrifying map of England 'attack locations' as Moscow politician issues new warning https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-shows-terrifying-map-england-34539638    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:38:20

  • Armbian release 26.8 https://blog.armbian.com/armbian-release-26-8/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 03:39:47

  • The Escalations None of Us Wanted https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/the-escalations-none-of-us-wanted/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 04:22:39

  • "Most managers at IBM are useless POS. The higher they get, the slimier they are." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m151x7rv    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 04:24:11

  • "They’re usually protected at that level. At least in Albany, there were so many people who honestly deserved to be held accountable for repeatedly missing milestones and outright failing, yet instead of facing consequences, they were simply moved around." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m151x7rv    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 04:24:39

  • "Meanwhile, their subordinates were left to pay the price—working their as--s off trying to somehow deliver on the unrealistic goals set by second-line leadership." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m151x7rv    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 04:24:45

  • "They are basically untouchable in Albany. How many projects have failed and then just quietly disappeared? 7nm was a catastrophic dumpster fire that contributed to ~1,000 layoffs at GlobalFoundries, yet somehow people here in IBM Albany received huge awards, even CEO Awards, for it."    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 04:25:13

  • Some locations of IBM secret layoffs named today in https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m14edr6b    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 04:27:06

  • Further Thoughts on Russia https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/further-thoughts-on-russia/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 04:39:09

  • https://stallman.org/ seems to be down    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 05:30:41

  • "Free software never promised free labour | Renato G."    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 05:49:48

  • Building programs with LLM slop = outsourcing to proprietary software controlled by GAFAMs and charlatans who control your life and steal all your work.    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 05:50:52

  • debian will exhaust the morale of DDs if they audit slop, supervise slop, and see their work treated as "training data"    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 05:52:42

  • Does anyone still remember when Aaron Seigo was like de facto spokesperson for KDE? How times change...    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 05:56:20

  • Old: Research Into Who's Putting DRM Inside Linux https://techrights.org/o/2019/04/26/drm-inside-linux/ 7 years later: http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/18/Linux_Losing_Interest_in_Users_Freedom_Pursues_DRM_Instead.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 06:03:20

  • "...DRM is a vehicle for eliminating software freedom and in that way eliminating human independence. As lxo points out, software freedom is the BEGINNING and just a first step, even when just talking about computing"    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 06:04:52

  • https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/the-bogus-narratives/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 06:16:40

  • Summer Ends Tomorrow https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/summer-ends-tomorrow/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 06:25:15

  • "the revelations lately regarding the Linux kernel and the Debian project permitting LLM-slop as "valid" contributions" gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-08-29.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 06:42:10

  • "It's no secret that I, like many others, have been on a kick to reduce screen time lately. I don't discriminate about the nature of the screen, either. Computer, tablet, phone, eReader, TV - these are all devices that I'm looking to spend less time with." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/why-i-like-paper-books    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 06:42:43

  • Photography is dead - not gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/mumble/photography-is-dead---not.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 06:43:17

  • "Nothing demonstrates the fun shortage quite like the price of live events." ☛ https://vanderbiltpolicyaccelerator.substack.com/p/its-time-to-cut-the-fun-tax |    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:21:20

  • "You know what? There's really nothing good to watch on TV anyways." ☛ https://www.s-config.com/stopping-a-smart-tv-from-being-used-against-you/ | Source: S-Config    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:21:41

  • "It occurred to me that everything I have is digital now, and I don’t own any of it." ☛ https://localghost.dev/blog/returning-to-owning-things-in-a-streaming-world/ | Source: Sophie Koonin    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:21:51

  • "The recent fights under the Trump administration have spurred a legal battle and a high-profile standoff between federal agents and law enforcement from the Tohono O’odham Nation." ☛ https://azluminaria.org/2026/08/28/we-will-not-let-this-destroy-our-sacred-sites-indigenous-leaders-fight-trump-administrations-border-wall/ | Source: Arizona Luminaria    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:24:47

  • "For those whose job it is to protect Yosemite today and keep it unimpaired for future generations" ☛ https://www.notus.org/climate-environment/yosemite-private-developer-deal-overcrowding | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:25:09

  • "But when we look at outcomes—how well people's lives actually go—there is far more agreement than you might expect." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-people-sacrifice-life-satisfaction-exchange.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:25:31

  • "Hoping to pressure Starbucks to finally sign a contract with its 12,000 unionized baristas, Starbucks Workers United has called for a boycott of the company" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/08/starbucks-union-boycott-strike-contract | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:25:51

  • Freedom of Information ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/08/29/pete-hegseths-press-crackdown-smells-like-a-coverup/ | Source: Salon    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:26:46

  • "The broadcast, featuring Yabloko chairman Nikolai Rybakov, was interrupted one hour and 51 minutes after it began. Why the stream cut out remains unknown." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/28/russian-platform-vk-video-pulls-the-plug-on-antiwar-party-yabloko-s-fundraising-livestream-mid-broadcast | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:38:48

  • "The industry poured over $17 million into fighting climate and worker-safety legislation in the first half of 2026." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/big-oil-is-spending-record-amounts-to-stop-california-from-regulating-it/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:39:12

  • "Yiannopoulos came to the US legally in 2019, but overstayed his visa." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/986456/milo-yiannopoulos-deported-ice | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:39:40

  • "When Milo called for me to be assassinated, I reported him to ICE and the FBI. I told you all that Milo was an illegal alien." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/214907/ice-arrests-far-right-milo-yiannapoulos | Source: New Republic    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:39:56

  • "A spokesperson for Nvidia declined to comment on the incident. But staffers were abuzz about the president’s inadvertent interruption." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-took-a-call-from-donald-trump-in-the-middle-of-an-all-hands/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:40:51

  • "Sure enough, Supreme Court cases involving private companies overwhelmingly shake out in favor of moneyed interests as a result corporate personhood" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/corporations-personhood-legal-court-death-penalty | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:41:06

  • "I used to be an avid hiker and would try to go backpacking a few times a year." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/986461/hike-appalachian-trail-pixel-art-a-trail-tale | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:50:00

  • "If it ran at 90% capacity for a full year, the Morgan County Correspondent reported, the substation planned for Project Louie could use 9.46 million megawatts of power a year" ☛ https://specials.idsnews.com/data-center-morgan-county-indiana-billion-dollar/ |    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:50:47

  • "Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/climate/epa-data-centers-public-comment.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:50:58

  • "The Trump EPA has made a proposal that would lift requirements that force states to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data center construction projects." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2026/08/trump-epa-data-centers/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:51:14

  • "The DataOne data center in Vineland, New Jersey, has faced a slew of complaints from the community since construction began in 2025." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/microsoft-backed-ai-data-center-faces-multiple-complaints-from-community-issues-range-from-unpermitted-gas-turbines-to-illegal-construction-and-noise-pollution | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:51:35

  • "Looking back through centuries of climate history, the researchers found that the modern shift appears exceptional." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/global-warming-is-breaking-the-link-between-two-major-oceans | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:51:49

  • "The National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard office placed the western San Fernando Valley under an extreme heat warning through 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28." ☛ https://sundial.csun.edu/220197/news/triple-digit-heat-greets-csun-students-during-first-week-of-classes/ | Source: California State University Northridge    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:52:12

  • GNU/Linux measured at 15% today in North America https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:53:19

  • "The Manhattan prosecution stems from a payment made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to suppress her claims of a sexual encounter." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/federal-judge-denies-trump-hush-money-conviction-1817009 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:54:01

  • "The letter was sent to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and signed by the three Baltic European commissioners" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/baltics-russia-security-threat-eu-letter-nato-defense/33840594.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:54:48

  • [Old] "The chief executive of Nammo, which is co-owned by the Norwegian government" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/28/energy-hungry-tiktok-data-centre-ukraine-ammunition-production-nammo-norway | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:55:05

  • "Its transponder broadcast the flight path openly across the Atlantic." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/what-the-cia-directors-mystery-trip-to-moscow-says-about-putin-s-next-move-9.7323838 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:57:14

  • "Bottom line up front: Feds at polling places are considered observers, and if they don’t follow the rules observers are required to follow they can be removed or arrested if they refuse to leave." ☛ https://blog.kamens.us/2026/08/29/more-about-how-the-boston-election-department-is-handling-potential-federal-interference-with-elections/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:57:29

  • "This couldn’t come at a worse time. We are witnessing, in Ukraine, a revolution in military technology and fundamentally how we think about war." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/article/214860/pete-hegseth-pentagon-controversy-egotistical-incompetent | Source: New Republic    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:57:52

  • "The military used to understand that troops’ well-being was central to their ability to perform—and that improving the quality of life for those in the armed forces was not just a nicety, but a necessity. [...]" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/uss-abraham-lincoln-navy-ship/688423/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:58:14

  • "exempting open-source operating systems from the State’s Digital Age Assurance Act" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:59:05

  • "After an affair with a fellow police officer ended, a Georgia cop used Flock to track her movements" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/a-georgia-cop-used-flock-to-track-2-other-cops-his-ex-and-her-friend/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:59:30

  • "Every time you add an extension or plugin to your browser, there's a risk that you might be doing more than managing your cryptocurrency wallet" ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/malicious-firefox-add-ons-stealing-cryptowallet-seed-phrases-browser-credentials | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 09:59:48

  • Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub): "That is the warning inside GitHub’s data. Code generation has become machine-paced, and its volume curve is exponential." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/scaling-ai-code-verification/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:03:17

  • Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/atf-confirms-cyber-incident-after-ransomware-group-claims-attack/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:03:35

  • "Plenty has been written about the dangers of the “comparison trap”—how social media tricks us into a futile game where we pit ourselves against others." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/what-twenty-years-of-social-media-has-done-to-our-memories/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:05:01

  • "US District Judge John Cronan of the Southern District of New York ruled on Wednesday that the state disclosure statute does not infringe upon constitutional free speech protections" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-x-corp-legal-defeat-stop-hiding-hate-act-1816977 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:06:40

  • "For nearly a year and a half, I’ve communicated very little through the account, and only with a couple of friends who could just as easily reach me elsewhere." ☛ https://mzll.it/2026/08/retiring-the-signal-account/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:21:44

  • "The settlement is not just about the money. These kinds of settlements never are." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/newsletter-metas-defeat-tort-lawyers/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:22:08

  • "That Facebook–that’s what they are and I refuse to call them “Meta”–was willing to settle in this case speaks volumes." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/no-one-should-settle-against-facebook | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:22:42

  • "People are angry about AI, not skeptical nor opposed. Angry, in a register other tech hype trains has not received." ☛ https://blog.lvmbdv.dev/posts/the-smartest-man-on-the-cinder/ | Source: Ata Kuyumcu    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:33:21

  • "I'm being a bit lazy here because the tweet format means I can make bold claims without backing any of them up." ☛ https://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-tweets | Source: Jeff Kaufman    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:33:30

  • "But in the past few years, the BS-generation machines have found our hobby, and we’re finding a lot more projects that don’t have any spark to them." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/29/same-as-it-ever-was/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:33:54

  • "Researchers used two AI model fingerprinting methods to analyze model weights and behavioral patterns, and found that they do not accurately or necessarily reflect the model’s publisher name and country of origin." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/think-youve-eliminated-chinese-ai-check-the-models-lineage-cisco-says/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:34:10

  • "The most concerning thing is not simply that individual models can discover vulnerabilities, evade restrictions, or pursue unauthorized actions" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hundreds-openai-agents-invaded-hugging-face-servers | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:35:03

  • https://soylentnews.org/ back online. "It looks like SN got restored from backup and some comments and posts were lost. Incidents like that always lose members and there aren't many left any more."    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:36:53

  • "But then something strange happened: METR found that its analysis agents sometimes adopted the perspective of the agents they were investigating, producing overly charitable accounts of their conduct." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/08/28/2026/humans-cant-fight-ai-with-ai | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:37:04

  • "The AIs even wondered how to “erase evidence” and delete “historical transcript” to hide their actions from their humans." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chain-of-thought-reasoning-openai-models-hugging-face | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:42:39

  • "The researchers did find that students using Khanmigo progressed faster in math when compared to a control group that didn’t use the AI." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/12-year-olds-access-ai-tutor-ignored | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:43:41

  • "It wasn’t a typo, and it wasn’t a missing citation or a factor of two" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/scientist-horrified-vibe-coded-work-conference-wrong | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:44:22

  • "Sutter’s cringe-inducing tale perfectly illustrates how many users of AI tools are putting themselves at risk without knowing it, including in the most rarefied echelons of academia. The science world has been inundated with poorly-researched and often unedited AI slop"    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:44:45

  • "Why it matters: Hospitals, water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure will face a swarm of hacking threats as AI" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2026/08/27/openai-anthropic-issue-dire-cyber-threat-warning | Source: Axios    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:45:45

  • "I’m using this post to gather together some common threads I’ve noticed after reading write-ups of major cloud software incidents." ☛ https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/08/29/omnipresent-availability-risks-in-cloud-software/ | Source: Lorin Hochstein    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:45:52

  • "Meta is using robots and related hardware from several different vendors, including Watney Robotics, Kinova, and ABB, according to the same workers" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/inside-metas-experiments-with-data-center-robots/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:48:26

  • "A few months ago, I blogged about using an Intel n150 based mini PC as my home router running OpenWrt." ☛ https://catskull.net/adding-4-more-25gbe-interfaces-to-the-gmktec-nucbox-g9.html | Source: Dave DeGraw    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:48:39

  • "Today, I decided to delete the bucket list. The URL will remain (for reasons) — but will simply point to this post. I moved some of the items from the list to /about." ☛ https://soeren.one/2026/bucketlist-deleted/ | Source: Søren    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:49:56

  • "Girl Scouts are supposed to learn things." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/08/28/why-the-right-is-so-afraid-of-the-girl-scouts/ | Source: Salon    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:50:09

  • "Thanks to my friends’ beloved babies and the perks of my job" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/08/what-dolly-parton-knew-about-reading/688450/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:50:28

  • "And the hardware may only be the beginning; insurance, software, ebooks, and technical-support packages can follow." ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41903077.html | Source: Irish Examiner    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:50:49

  • "if you have a website, you’re in the indie web community." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/27/reading-as-participation-in-the-indie-web | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:52:06

  • "That coin, a shiny thing I just picked up, soon led me to understand that there are many other countries" ☛ https://abhi.now/blog/nepali-sikka/ | Source: Abhigyan Tripathi    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:52:30

  • "I feel like we're heading in the direction of a schism, with open source communities on the one side, and corporations and business aligned individuals and projects on the other." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/29/0011223    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 10:54:03

  • "Mark Zuckerberg sends shocking message to Meta employees" is an improper headline because it misses the actual substance... it's clickbait in TheStreet    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:04:33

  • D7VK v2.2 for playing retro Windows games on Linux improves Direct3D 3 support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-v2-2-for-playing-retro-windows-games-on-linux-improves-direct3d-3-support/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:13:57

  • GE-Proton 11-6 released with updates for Wayland, PS5 Controllers and more upgrades | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ge-proton-11-6-released-with-updates-for-wayland-ps5-controllers-and-more-upgrades/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:14:21

  • Direct3D 8/9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 3.1 brings improvements for game launchers, older Frostbite engine and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/direct3d-8-9-10-11-to-vulkan-translation-layer-dxvk-3-1-brings-improvements-for-game-launchers-older-frostbite-engine-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:14:43

  • Debian Linux developers vote to allow "Responsible Use of Generative AI" | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/debian-linux-developers-vote-to-allow-responsible-use-of-generative-ai/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:16:40

  • SteamOS 3.9.0 Preview brings major updates to desktop mode, Linux kernel, WiFi and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steamos-3-9-0-preview-brings-major-updates-to-desktop-mode-linux-kernel-wifi-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:16:53

  • Debian Slop Vote has Divided the Community ⚓ https://itsfoss.com/news/debian-allows-ai-contribution/ ䷉ Source: It's FOSS | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//itsfoss.com/news/debian-allows-ai-contribution/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:19:13

  • Debian Deadian? https://www.xda-developers.com/debian-gives-the-green-light-to-ai-code-after-a-two-week-vote-but-submitters-are-responsible-for-it/ https://www.makeuseof.com/debian-allows-ai-generated-code/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/29/Debian_Plagiarism_OK_Just_be_Responsible_About_It.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:23:20

  • "Shocked, Shocked! To Find that Corruption Is Going on in a Trump Casino! - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/29/shocked-shocked-to-find-that-corruption-is-going-on-in-a-trump-casino/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:32:31

  • "Trump’s Third Term May Not Need Trump - A Node on the Web" https://rmendes.net/articles/2026/08/29/trump-successor-election/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:32:42

  • "The Naked Trump - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/naked-trump    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:32:54

  • Iceland EU referendum sees slim, early lead for 'yes' camp" https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-eu-referendum-european-union/a-78560633    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:33:06

  • "Norway’s crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII amid family scandals: From Epstein ties to a shaman brother-in-law | International | EL PAÍS English" https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-08-28/norways-crown-prince-becomes-king-haakon-viii-amid-family-scandals-from-epstein-ties-to-a-shaman-brother-in-law.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:33:26

  • "As he loses power and popularity — and faces mounting resistance abroad and at home — Trump is enlarging his police state." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-or-someone-you-love-could-be    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:34:00

  • "The modern book burners: The tech giants buying thousands of second-hand books - so they can tear off their spines, scan their precious contents... then destroy them | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16088549/The-modern-book-burners-tech-giants-buying-thousands-second-hand-books-destroy-FRED-KELLY.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:34:13

  • "Sony's job listings tell me Playstations are getting more ads 🤦" and DRM https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/sony's-job-listings-tell-me-playstations:b    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:34:28

  • "distance_of_time_in_words is a small Ruby gem that turns two Time objects into a human-readable string like “3 days and 4 hours”." ☛ https://code.dblock.org/2026/08/28/adventures-in-daylight-saving-norfolk-island-and-time-zone-math-in-ruby.html | Source: Daniel Doubrovkine    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:36:41

  • [Old] "The README for the file explains that lines with overly long fields will be broken up into multiple lines." ☛ https://www.dampfkraft.com/posuto.html |    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:36:50

  • "Go 1.27 makes a new JSON package (encoding/json/v2) available by default in its standard library. The two APIs look almost the same: [...]" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/29/the-new-go-json-api-twice-as-fast-or-1-5x-slower/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:37:09

  • "A while ago in a project, I had to test a function that downloaded a zip file, read an XML file from it and returned some value." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/z-is-for-zip-file-mocking-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:37:41

  • "Putting your app in front of people because you can’t learn how people use it unless you watch them" ☛ https://www.readwriterachel.com/opinions/hacks/presentations/2026/08/26/usertesting-on-a-shoestring.html | Source: Rachel Kaufman    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:38:05

  • "The built-in completion-preview-mode lets us expand what we type in a minimalist, distraction-free way." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-08-29-emacs-completion-preview-mode/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:38:14

  • "I used it well, and extensively, and even wrote a whole bunch of articles on its use" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/openoffice-2026-usability.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:39:16

  • "I probably spent a good 15-20 minutes trying to reason why my simple filter and map loops didn’t work." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/a-fun-debugging-story-from-this-weekend/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:39:46

  • "That is, you can read some sites in your reader and visit others where they live." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/dont-let-rss-rob-you | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:39:53

  • "I’d been using a Pixel 7a for the past couple of years and picked up a Pixel 11 as my next daily driver. The 7a is still a solid phone." ☛ https://blog.omgmog.net/post/migrating-from-pixel-7a-to-pixel-11/ | Source: Max Glenister    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:40:14

  • "The assembly can be reconfigured so that the jaws are either horizontal or vertical; the solder spool is held conveniently either way." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/29/compact-pcb-vise-uses-up-that-leftover-filament/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:40:42

  • "The openKylin project has announced the release of openKylin 3.0, a major upgrade of the project's Linux distribution for desktops and servers" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12938 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:41:22

  • "This is another entry that is sponsored by fme AG company." ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/lenovo-xclarity-administrator-in-freebsd-bhyve-vm/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:42:44

  • "Definitely no or maybe yes: what tipped the Icelandic referendum | Iceland | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/definitely-no-or-maybe-yes-what-tipped-the-icelandic-referendum    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:43:10

  • Anon: FSFE is still misappropriating the FSF brand in Europe and people still fall for that misappropriation. There the Italian Linux Society has fallen for it, albeit with a very good initiative: https://en.refund4freedom.org/ https://techrights.org/o/2020/08/22/fsf-fsfe-dispute/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:56:57

  • "The best Linux laptop is, as a matter of fact, a Windows laptop." Focus only on price? https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-a-surface-go-is-the-best-tiny-linux-laptop-money-can-buy/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:57:48

  • "The ReactOS project develops an open-source operating system which is designed to be compatible with software and drivers created for Microsoft Windows" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12941 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:59:43

  • "See “Release Notes” for the release notes" ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2026-08-26_haiku_r1_beta6/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 11:59:51

  • "I think there is merit in both sides of the debate. On one hand, I understand the GUI-positive arguments of the post author." ☛ https://ckardaris.com/blog/2026/08/28/keyboard-driven-guis.html |    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:00:13

  • "It is based primarily on a binding to Raylib, but will be expanded and modified in the future." ☛ https://lzon.ca/posts/algoma/mako-intro/ | Source: Lzon    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:00:34

  • "I have been gaming all my life, it's the one thing I started doing even before I discovered computers!" ☛ https://blog.meadowhawk.xyz/a-solo-rpg-tool-pum-companion.html | Source: Meadowhawk    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:00:49

  • "It's possible to just connect two computers together with Ethernet and do a bit of IP configuration: [...]" ☛ https://maurycyz.com/misc/etherfiles/ | Source: Maury    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:16:55

  • "The problem with blocking SSH logins using the PAM 'auth' stack is that OpenSSH's public key authentication is done outside of PAM." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SSHBlockLoginsWithPAM | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:17:05

  • "The first job was to downsize so it could sit nicely in the spare room without taking up too much space." ☛ https://localghost.dev/blog/turning-my-sad-gaming-pc-into-a-media-server/ | Source: Sophie Koonin    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:17:19

  • "Next to all the code samples on this blog is a little "copy" button. That makes it easier to grab any of the code I've shared." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/a-simple-copy-this-code-button-in-javascript/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:17:44

  • Fear at IBM https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1w1ll4z/any_bus_that_arent_fearful_right_now/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:20:53

  • PIPs at IBM https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1w0mv3a/performance_pip_severance/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:21:39

  • Stanford Daily wins free speech lawsuit against Convicted Felon administration ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/08/29/stanford-daily-wins-free-speech-suit/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:24:04

  • Musk's X Loses First Amendment Lawsuit Over New York's Controversial 'Stop Hiding Hate Act' ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-x-corp-legal-defeat-stop-hiding-hate-act-1816977    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:24:25

  • Microsoft-backed Hey Hi (AI) data center faces backlash over alleged unpermitted gas turbines and 1.5M-gallon LNG tank ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/microsoft-backed-ai-data-center-faces-multiple-complaints-from-community-issues-range-from-unpermitted-gas-turbines-to-illegal-construction-and-noise-pollution    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:25:33

  • Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative [slop]" ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1091231/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:26:03

  • Dr David Halpin and David Kelly ☞ https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/08/dr-david-halpin-and-david-kelly/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:27:31

  • Nepali City Struggles to Handle the Many Bodies on Its Riverbanks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/world/asia/nepal-bodies-morgues.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:27:51

  • ‘Extremely risky operations’: Rescuers work amid threat of river banks bursting ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/extremely-risky-operations-rescuers-work-amid-threat-of-river-banks-bursting    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:28:01

  • The new Go JSON Hey Hi (AI) twice as fast, or 1.5x slower? ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/29/the-new-go-json-api-twice-as-fast-or-1-5x-slower/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:28:35

  • The Surveillance Crimes in the Cities Church Case Keep Stacking Up ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/29/the-surveillance-crimes-in-the-cities-church-case-keep-stacking-up/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:30:11

  • Hasbro Data Breach Exposed Employee Personal Information ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hasbro-data-breach-exposed-employee-personal-information/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:32:16

  • UN committee sounds alarm as Maasai in Tanzania face evictions and abuse ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/un-committee-sounds-alarm-as-maasai-in-tanzania-face-evictions-and-abuse/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:32:54

  • Situation in Niger 'not stabilised yet' as security forces deploy around airport ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/situation-in-niger-not-stabilised-yet-as-security-forces-deploy-around-airport    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:33:08

  • Michael Wolff Calls Convicted Felon a '300-Pound Man Who Stuffs Himself With Poison' While Discussing His Mortality ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/michael-wolff-trump-mortality-health-concerns-1817006    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:35:11

  • South Korean woman allegedly made US$319,000 scalping K-pop tickets. Now she faces prosecution ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-woman-allegedly-made-us319000-scalping-k-pop-tickets-now-she-faces-prosecution    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:35:56

  • Indonesia escalates battle against fires, putrid haze ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-escalates-battle-against-fires-putrid-haze    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:36:42

  • Malaysia may only see clearer skies in October, says experts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-may-only-see-clearer-skies-in-october-says-experts    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:36:52

  • Number of missing in deadly Nepal, China floods soars past 2,400 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/missing-soar-over-2400-after-deadly-nepal-china-floods    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:37:17

  • Risk of lake bursting near China-Nepal border disaster site wanes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/risk-of-lake-burst-near-china-nepal-border-disaster-site-wanes    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:37:29

  • Nepal-Tibet floods: 72 Malaysians safe in China, 55 in Nepal still missing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/nepal-tibet-floods-72-malaysians-safe-in-china-55-in-nepal-still-missing    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:37:41

  • China says 16 dead, 546 missing in Tibet mudslide: State media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-16-dead-546-missing-in-tibet-mudslide-state-media    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:37:59

  • Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/29/number-of-missing-in-nepal-china-floods-soars-to-nearly-3000/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:38:26

  • China tightens rules on selling unfinished homes to lift sector ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/30/china-tightens-rules-on-selling-unfinished-homes-to-lift-sector/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:38:41

  • Rescue operations ongoing as death toll continues to rise ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/rescue-operations-ongoing-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:42:43

  • Missing toll from Nepal, China flood nears 3,000 as race for survivors continues ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260829-missing-toll-from-nepal-china-flood-nears-3-000-as-race-for-survivors-continues    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:42:52

  • Why Iceland and Others Might Want In, Not Out, of the E.U. Club ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/iceland-eu-membership-europe.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:43:48

  • Six Never-Before-Seen Mystery Structures Found Lurking Deep Inside The Earth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/six-never-before-seen-mystery-structures-found-lurking-deep-inside-the-earth    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:44:42

  • Global Warming Is Breaking The Link Between Two Major Oceans ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/global-warming-is-breaking-the-link-between-two-major-oceans    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:44:51

  • The Way You Draw Can Reveal Parkinson's Disease With Up to 99% Accuracy, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-way-you-draw-can-reveal-parkinsons-disease-with-up-to-99-accuracy-study-reveals    

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

  • Of 30 Global Food Goals, We're on Track to Hit Just One ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/of-30-global-food-goals-were-on-track-to-hit-just-one    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:45:17

  • Tiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-wrinkles-in-graphene-turn-it-into-a-battery-physicists-find    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:45:27

  • Scientists Discover a Cannabis Receptor That Could Stop Breast Cancer Spreading ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-cannabis-receptor-that-could-stop-breast-cancer-spreading    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:45:39

  • These Patients Couldn't Beat Lyme Disease, So Scientists Tried Giving Them Psilocybin ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/these-patients-couldnt-beat-lyme-disease-so-scientists-tried-giving-them-psilocybin    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:45:50

  • Scientists Built Prosthetic 'Skin' That Mimics One Crucial Feature of Pain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-built-prosthetic-skin-that-mimics-one-crucial-feature-of-pain    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:46:01

  • Fast Forward ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/briefing/fast-forward.html "How do we balance our desire for modern conveniences with our nostalgia for the uncomplicated felicity of our pre-internet past?"    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:46:40

  • Data Shows That Mark Kapo-berg Is the Anti-Dolly Parton: Instead of Being Loved by Everybody Across the Political Spectrum, Pretty Much Everybody Despises Him, Regardless of Their Beliefs ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mark-zuckerberg-anti-dolly-parton    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:48:18

  • A Scientist Was Presenting His Vibe-Coded New Work When One of His Colleagues Pointed Out Something Extremely Embarrassing ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/scientist-horrified-vibe-coded-work-conference-wrong    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:50:29

  • The Transcripts of Proprietary Chaffbot Company Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chain-of-thought-reasoning-openai-models-hugging-face    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:50:59

  • Warsh, After Talking Tough on Inflation, Faces a ‘No-Win Situation’ on Rates ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/business/kevin-warsh-inflation-rates-fed.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:56:39

  • ‘A New Form of U.S. Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/americas/venezuela-oil-us-takeover.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:57:00

  • Audacity 4.0 Beta4 Released with Hey Hi (AI) and FFmpeg 9.0 Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/audacity-4-0-beta4/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:03:14

  • DXVK 3.1 Released with DXGI Incremental Presentation & defective chip maker Intel Extensions ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/dxvk-3-1-released-with-dxgi-incremental-presentation-intel-extensions/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:04:27

  • ReignOS 1.0.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/reignos    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:04:42

  • ReactOS 0.4.16 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/reactos    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:04:53

  • Liya 2026.08.29 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/liya    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:05:03

  • Abora 2026.08.28 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/abora    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:05:10

  • QSB-118: Dom0 arbitrary code execution in qvm-copy-to-vm error reporting ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/08/29/qsb-118/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:08:09

  • New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, with TWIRL and Sensory Overload - 2026-08-26 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-08-26-edition/index.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:15:54

  • A MAGA Uproar Ensued After a Bill Was Given a Nick Shirley Nickname ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/stop-nick-shirley-immigration-shield-california.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:17:48

  • "slop is killing legitimate web sites with their untamed spiders ... even a few years ago there used to be at least a minimum of both courtesy and competency when making crawlers. Now there is neither."    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:18:23

  • Slop pushers have no manners; a killer would still, a plagiarist would DDoS....    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:18:54

  • Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: last week of aug 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/08/29/misc-fedora-bits-last-week-of-aug-2026/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:19:36

  • ...'AI' is all about contempt for others in general, to the point of having contempt for both society itself and the biosphere it exists within.    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:20:08

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

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:20:55

  • GNU/Linux grew lately, internationally https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:21:40

  • How to Update and Upgrade Linux: apt, dnf and pacman Explained ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/160599/how-to-update-and-upgrade-linux-apt-dnf-pacman-explained.htm    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:22:09

  • Video: New features in LibreOffice 26.8 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/29/video-new-features-in-libreoffice-26-8/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:22:27

  • Soldiers in Niger Attack Presidential Palace and Airport, Shaking Junta ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/africa/niger-special-forces-attack.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:23:28

  • Bipartisan US Lawmakers Take Aim At Serbia's Vucic Over Democracy, Russia Ties ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/congress-serbia-russia-iran-china-corruption-eu/33842700.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:23:45

  • Niger junta says it is back in control after soldiers' mutiny rocks capital ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260829-gunfire-and-explosions-heard-near-military-base-in-niger-s-capital    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:24:05

  • 🔴 Russian strike on warehouse near Kyiv kills at least 27 people, hundreds evacuating ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260829-russian-strike-on-warehouse-near-kyiv-kills-at-least-27-people-hundreds-evacuated    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:24:21

  • Dozens dead after Russian drone strike hits warehouse ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/dozens-dead-after-russian-drone-strike-hits-warehouse    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:24:30

  • 37 Killed After Russian Strike on Weapons Depot as Ukraine Blames Negligence ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/europe/russia-ukraine-strike-kyiv-drones.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:24:46

  • Death Toll From Russian Strike On Kyiv Region Rises To 37 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/death-toll-from-russian-strike-on-kyiv-region-rises-to-27/33843071.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:25:01

  • Zelenskyy Blasts 'Negligence' As Ukraine Mourns Dozens Killed In Russian Strike ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bucha-ukraine-ammunition-warehouse-russian-drone/33843180.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:25:12

  • Russian strikes hit homes, warehouse, shopping mall across Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strikes-hit-homes-warehouse-shopping-mall-across-ukraine    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:25:24

  • Hundreds evacuate after Russian strike on depot near Kyiv kills at least 37 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260829-russian-strike-on-warehouse-near-kyiv-kills-at-least-27-people-hundreds-evacuated    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:25:39

  • Warehouse hit by Russian attack stored munitions, Zelensky says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/warehouse-hit-by-russian-attack-stored-munitions-zelensky-says    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:25:55

  • Growing Risk, Not Just to Ukraine But to NATO ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/29/growing-risk-not-just-to-ukraine-but-to-nato/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:26:09

  • An ultra-condensed history of computing since the 1980s for those who weren't paying attention ☞ https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/99703.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:27:25

  • Masks, test kits back on shopping lists amid signs of Covid-19 resurgence in S. Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/masks-test-kits-back-on-shopping-lists-amid-signs-of-covid-19-resurgence-in-s-korea    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:28:03

  • Ingo Juergensmann: Debian GR on Responsible Use of Generative Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://blog.windfluechter.net/2026/08/29/debian-gr-on-responsible-use-of-generative-ai/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:29:24

  • Canonical Releases Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, Opening Upgrades for Noble Numbat Users https://www.ghacks.net/2026/08/29/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-04-1-lts-opening-upgrades-for-noble-numbat-users/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:35:59

  • Someone got Linux running on their iPhone 6S, and so can you https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-got-linux-running-on-their-iphone-6s-and-so-can-you/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:38:33

  • "The community build of Valve's compatibility layer GE-Proton 11-6 is out now, bringing major new features and changes to running Windows games SteamOS / Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ge-proton-11-6-released-with-updates-for-wayland-ps5-controllers-and-more-upgrades/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:38:54

  • SteamOS 3.9 tests hibernation and improves support for PCs and virtual machines https://videocardz.com/newz/steamos-3-9-preview-moves-to-linux-7-2-adds-preliminary-hibernation-support    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:39:14

  • 8BitDo finally makes installing controller drivers on Linux a breeze with its new website https://www.xda-developers.com/8bitdo-finally-makes-installing-controller-drivers-on-linux-a-breeze-with-its-new-website/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:39:58

  • Someone built a Linux version of CrystalDiskInfo, and you can download it right now https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-built-a-linux-version-of-crystaldiskinfo-and-you-can-download-it-right-now/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:40:57

  • "This is much more of a here be dragons type of release, because a fair amount of the software behind the scenes has seen major version changes." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steamos-3-9-0-preview-brings-major-updates-to-desktop-mode-linux-kernel-wifi-and-more/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:41:28

  • Linux 7.3 is giving my decade-old AMD GPU features it never had on Windows https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-73-is-giving-my-decade-old-amd-gpu-features-it-never-had-on-windows/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:41:58

  • "AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:43:30

  • CachyOS is closing the one gap that used to keep me on Windows https://www.howtogeek.com/cachyos-is-closing-the-gap-windows/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:43:48

  • Asahi Linux nears M3 support release, M4 and M5 are on the way https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/29/asahi-linux-nears-m3-support-release-m4-and-m5-are-on-the-way    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 13:44:19

  • Kernel Leap, AI-Native - openKylin 3.0 Officially Released https://www.openkylin.top/news/4099-en.html    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 14:00:56

  • They said Mac is easy to use gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_08_01.txt    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 14:41:05

  • THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR ROLLING gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-08-30These_Boots_Were_Made_for_Rolling.txt    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 14:42:02

  • Masks Still in Fashion https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/masks-still-in-fashion/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 14:55:49

  • Bruno Fernandes Ends the Manchester United Drought https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/bruno-fernandes-ends-the-manchester-united-drought/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 17:24:41

  • "So for every 100 dollars shed by IBM for RA’s IBM has to add 33 bucks to hire in India." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m11z8py6    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 17:27:27

  • "With 600k let go IBM is a powerful engine of Unemployment in the West, gradually acquiring 150k Indians." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m11z8py6    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 17:27:32

  • "This tells you a lot about how many westerners have been laid off to build that massive 150k workforce in India. Between Europe and North America, 600k people have been eliminated over time. Remember that IBM basically a private equity firm that strip mines the companies it acquires and then lays off most of the staff."    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 17:27:38

  • "I agree it has always been 1:1 replacement by India. IBM is trying to show a fake savings through labor arbitrage and a 4:1 ratio wouldn't allow that." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m11z8py6    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 17:27:44

  • "IBM is no longer an American company. But it’s still wearing that mask." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m11z8py6    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 17:27:49

  • GNU/Linux measured at 12% in Australia yesterday https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=AU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 17:58:08

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

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 17:58:59

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

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 17:59:57

  • Michael Carrick: “We Feel the Love” https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/michael-carrick-we-feel-the-love/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 18:06:19

  • GNU/Linux 6%, Firefox 1.5% https://analytics.usa.gov/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 18:27:21

  • "The folks behind the Lua programming language maintain a page detailing the release dates of all released versions of the language." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/lua-as-a-practical-soft-bedrock-language.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 18:29:23

  • "You feed it some text and it returns you a mangled version that almost makes sense, but not quite. My implementation always begins at the beginning which helps for inputs that start with something recognisable. Project Gutenberg is a good place to get suitable texts." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-05-06_Dissociated_Jekyll_And_Hyde.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 18:30:05

  • "This MCP has no support for `robots.txt`, but at least a rate limiter for Gemini that uses a default of 60 seconds if the return status is `44 Slow Down`, and configurable rate limiting for Gemini and Gopher." gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/transmissions/2026-08-30-fyi-theres-an-ai-mcp-server-for-the-gemini-protocol-and-gopher.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 18:31:17

  • "I was a blogger for a long time. You could say that I was blogging before I knew what blogging was." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-30-turn-back-time    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 18:32:25

  • "took these out a week early as well. they don't really "go together" - the italian is more of an end of summer deck while the cat people are fully autumn, so they match the vibes of the month despite not aesthetically gelling together." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/septemberdecks    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 18:33:58

  • No Need for Facebook to Share Photos Online https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/no-need-for-facebook-to-share-photos-online/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 18:54:41

  • "When is the next Microsoft layoff? Microsoft is not hitting Amy's target of 5-10% reduction a year." https://www.teamblind.com/post/when-is-the-next-microsoft-layoff-cvci65of    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 19:02:13

  • SFC lost $590,627 last year https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412203632    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 19:54:53

  • It's now what it seems https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/11/FOSSY_SFC_Platforming_GAFAM_Sells_Endorsement.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 19:55:16

  • And not what it claims, either https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Does_Not_Support_Women_It_Imit.shtml   

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 19:55:47

  • "The "shy" millionaires don't like it." https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/06/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Does_Not_Work_for_Freedom_It_W.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 19:56:23

  • Bradley M Kuhn Steps Down as Treasurer https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/For_Second_Year_in_a_Row_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Loses.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 19:56:53

  • lost 2.5 million dollars in 2 years    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 19:57:06

  • Latched onto algospeak of bad actors, not people who get work done    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 19:58:16

  • NawaOS 2.0 is out, but controlled by Microsoft in SlopHub https://distrowatch.com/12934    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 19:59:36

  • Vanilla OS 3 Reunion - Stable Release https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2026-08-24/vanilla-os-3-reunion---stable-release    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 20:01:33

  • Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.8 https://distrowatch.com/12929    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 20:01:47

  • "Email is hard. SMTP was a simple mail transfer protocol except that now it's a relatively difficult mail protocol with things overlaid on top." It was besieged by surveillance companies like GAFAM to kill rivals. http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2026-Aug-30.html.en#2026-Aug-30-16:04:30    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 20:22:57

  • Like a Monsoon https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/like-a-monsoon/    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 20:53:34

  • "Unfortunately, my plans exceeded my ability to complete them, yet again. It has been so long that even the link aggregator I was posting these on is now gone! I have to figure out what link aggregator people use these days...." gemini://gem.kai.gay/imback.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 20:56:08

  • Un año de vivir "anónimo" gemini://text.eapl.mx/un-anio-de-vivir-anonimo    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 20:56:36

  • "Over the course of the last few weeks I had the opportunity to discuss a number of things with a friend, among which was the question of rationality." gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/mumble/on-rationality-nihilism-and-acceptance.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 20:57:22
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