Too soon to declare a recession? https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-no-recession-cd-howe-call-9.7224560
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"After accidentally nuking my backup [1] on the homelab and booting to a live USB, I decided I might as well reinstall my OS. It might seem heavy-handed, but I was planning on moving to NixOS at some point, and my server was already down, anyway." gemini://fwdudu.smol.pub/20260830gemini://fwdudu.smol.pub/20260830
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:09:16
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"See I always wanted to make that old smelly thing useful again but if you ever had the joy of working on an EEE PC you'll know just how much of a hassle that can be. The poor thing barely has any juice in it." gemini://hwaldar.gemcities.com/blog/aug30.gmi
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:10:28
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"I publish very little online compared to how much I write in my notebooks and journals. I sometimes wonder why I even bother publishing anything online at all. I think I yearn to connect with people, despite for the most part being uninterested in a huge swathe of people I do encounter." gemini://buster.smol.pub/posting-online
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:11:27
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wellspring gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/wellspring
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:12:14
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"Yesterday, we went to see the Rosenlaui gorge. Sadly, the thunderous roar cannot be heard in this blog post." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-08-29-rosenlaui
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:13:01
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Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1 https://lwn.net/Articles/1091421/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:20:31
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Distribution Release: DragonOS Resolute_R1 https://sourceforge.net/projects/dragonos-focal/files/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:54:05
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500,000 US Retirees See Social Security Cheques Cut Each Year Because of This Little-Known Rule https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/understanding-retirement-earnings-test-impact-social-security-1816465
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:55:00
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Can baby monitors protect children without https://theconversation.com/can-baby-monitors-protect-children-without-data-security-risks-290094
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:55:58
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When it comes to email, "almost all anti-spam measures have worked intentionally or unintentionally towards extreme centralization."
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:56:52
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procrastinate https://theconversation.com/the-real-reasons-you-procrastinate-and-how-to-stop-according-to-science-289818
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:58:22
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Could Mecha Comet's Linux PC-Phone Hybrid Be the Future of Linux Smartphones? https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/0228216/could-mecha-comets-linux-pc-phone-hybrid-be-the-future-of-linux-smartphones
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:58:57
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CO Successor Xinuos Asks Court to Rehear Its Claims Against IBM/Red Hat Over Project Monterey ttps://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/037241/sco-successor-xinuos-asks-court-to-rehear-its-claims-against-ibmred-hat-over-project-monterey
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:59:11
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (34/2026): Amazing Progress https://linmob.net/weekly-update-34-2026/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:59:32
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China Joins Europe In Scrapping Windows For Linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/2158246/china-joins-europe-in-scrapping-windows-for-linux
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 04:59:45
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"Apple eliminates over 200 positions at Vision Pro"
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:31:51
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CPerl mode for Emacs is now on GNU ELPA https://blogs.perl.org/users/haj/2026/08/cperl-mode-for-emacs-is-now-on-gnu-elpa.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:33:04
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War and Climate Breakdown: We owe Children More https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/26/war-and-climate-breakdown-we-owe-children-more/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:34:30
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climate-driven labor crisis https://www.dw.com/en/india-assam-tea-industry-faces-climate-driven-labor-crisis/a-78506414
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:34:57
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Climate minister distances herself from Lolland gas pipeline – project in jeopardy https://cphpost.dk/2026-08-25/news/round-up/climate-minister-distances-herself-lolland-gas-pipeline-project-in-jeopardy/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:35:47
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Not normal https://www.dw.com/en/no-this-wasn-t-a-completely-normal-summer-despite-far-right-climate-denial/a-78513682 https://www.thelocal.se/20260825/were-heading-for-catastrophe-the-summer-climate-change-hit-europe
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:41:08
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MAGA censorship https://jacobin.com/2026/08/woke-cancel-culture-maga-censorship
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:42:15
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Vietnam's heavily censored internet https://www.dw.com/en/why-starlink-won-t-open-vietnam-s-heavily-censored-internet/a-78494983
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:42:25
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Fired Federal Employees Are Bringing Climate Change Info Back to the People https://truthout.org/articles/fired-federal-employees-are-bringing-climate-change-info-back-to-the-people/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:43:08
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Climate-Driven Droughts https://truthout.org/articles/climate-driven-droughts-may-be-accelerating-the-spread-of-infectious-diseases/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:43:27
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IN PICTURES: Record-breaking climate march draws 50,000 to streets of Stockholm https://www.thelocal.se/20260824/in-pictures-record-breaking-climate-march-draws-50000-to-streets-of-stockholm https://www.thelocal.se/20260823/thousands-expected-at-sweden-climate-demo-as-election-looms
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:44:21
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Barcelona https://bianet.org/haber/activist-jailed-in-turkey-over-anti-nato-summit-in-barcelona-322869
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 05:46:04
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"Will the cuts be planned to complete ahead of 4Q2026? Do we expect cuts, whether as RA or PIP, to take effect (i.e. victim out of the company) at the end of September, before the start of 4Q2026? If so, when would the people affected likely find out?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1ank8fd
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 06:05:10
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Austin game developers push for union contract amid Microsoft's Xbox layoffs https://www.kxan.com/video/austin-game-developers-push-for-union-contract-amid-microsofts-xbox-layoffs/12118484/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/30/Microsoft_Layoffs_Perpetual_But_Silent_People_Pushed_Out_Using_.shtml
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 06:06:26
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990 Days https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/990-days/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 06:43:14
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"The Reg reports that only 450 of 600 votes in Debian were accepted. What kind of filtering is that? Can Daniel explain the intrigue going on?"
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 06:44:26
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Mass Layoffs at Microsoft Every Month https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/mass-layoffs-at-microsoft-every-month/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 06:52:56
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https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/richard-stallman-llms-lack-intelligence-do-injustice/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 06:58:56
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Richard Stallman: LLMs Lack Intelligence, Do Injustice https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/richard-stallman-llms-lack-intelligence-do-injustice/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 06:59:03
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Politicians Don’t Understand Kids https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/politicians-dont-understand-kids/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 08:02:58
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Another Year of Karma https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/another-year-of-karma/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 08:25:39
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Nobody is Born Into Activism https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/nobody-is-born-into-activism/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 08:33:42
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Site of RMS still offline. It does not use a complicated stack, those are just static pages.
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 08:35:06
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"Through the Motion Picture Association, anti-piracy coalition ACE has requested two DMCA subpoenas at California federal courts." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/ace-targets-dozens-of-streaming-pirates-through-cloudflare-and-discord-subpoenas/ | Source: Torrent Freak
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 08:59:44
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Software Patents ☛ https://alexwlchan.net/2026/cat-confusion/ | Source: Alex Chan
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:01:27
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Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/30/your-next-fan-may-never-search-for-you/ | Source: Digital Music News
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:01:43
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"At 10:15 this morning I added a small feature to hofstede.it, my static personal website." ☛ https://blog.hofstede.it/i-wanted-an-ipv4-toast-and-accidentally-built-an-ip-service/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:02:10
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"Native American tribes who say construction is violating property rights and desecrating sacred Indigenous sites." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/08/trump-administration-starts-building-border-wall-project-in-arizona-over-tribes-objections.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:20:10
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"The US government wrote off almost all the money it lent businesses during the pandemic." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/08/student-debt-trump-mcmahon-save-plan | Source: Jacobin Magazine
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:21:54
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"As The Economist points out, the scenario today is different. The predicted mass destruction of jobs coincides, in fact, with historically high employment." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-job-loss-wages-capital | Source: Jacobin Magazine
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:22:08
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"On Friday, U.S. District Judge Noël Wise ruled that statutes which Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the federal government used to deport legal immigrants" ☛ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/08/29/stanford-daily-wins-free-speech-suit/ | Source: Stanford University
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:23:20
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"But during his second term, those attacks have increasingly been accompanied by demands for government action against the outlets responsible." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/08/30/trumps-answer-to-bad-press-fcc-to-the-rescue/ | Source: Salon
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:23:26
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"Rights groups have warned that recent opposition arrests risk further narrowing political space in Zambia." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/zambias-opposition-leader-charged-with-treason-791290815 | Source: RTL
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:26:47
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"attracting venture capital funding for their startups in a move that echoes the rise of celebrity-backed businesses." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/social-media-influencers-don-entrepreneurial-hat-launch-vc-backed-consumer-brands/articleshow/133616136.cms | Source: India Times
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:27:11
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"A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/fake-thinktank-israel-ai-propaganda | Source: The Guardian UK
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:27:59
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"Serbia has become an oasis for Russian propaganda. Pro-Russian narratives are spread not only through official Russian media but also through a complex web of aggregator websites, which often serve the interests of the Serbian authorities." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/how-kremlin-propaganda-is-spreading-through-serbia/33841742.html | Source: RFERL
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:28:13
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General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board. GR voted on ALSO by Microsoft staff.
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:40:40
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"In Europe, there is an ongoing public discussion about how the continent can keep up in global race to stay competitive with the other two next largest economic blocs" ☛ https://rtl.chrisadams.me.uk/2026/07/is-this-really-a-good-reason-to-triple-datacentre-capacity-in-europe/ |
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:56:45
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"This framework is keyed to how much and how consequentially the workers interact with AI. Instead of looking at peoples’ job titles, seniority or technical background, the framework proposes the following three tiers: [...]" ☛ https://www.interface-eu.org/publications/ai-literacy-workplace-framework |
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:57:03
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"No evidence yet shows that these trainings work, and three gaps might explain the reason." ☛ https://www.interface-eu.org/publications/download/ai-literacy-workplace-framework |
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:57:20
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"just a tool" ☛ https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool |
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:57:44
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"just a tool" ☛ https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool |
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:58:08
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"You can just ignore the bad pundits. You don’t have to read them. You can just carry right on with your life." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-can-ignore-the-bad-pundits | Source: Hamilton Nolan
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:58:30
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"None of it ran on its own. Someone wrote the post. Someone senior cleared it." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/deadnaming-the-lake | Source: Mike Brock
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:58:50
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"Would a defunded Internal Revenue Service — defunded in large part because the modern Republican Party is effectively pro-tax-evasion — have the resources to go after him?" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/oligarchy-and-the-great-evasion | Source: Paul Krugman
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:59:22
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"Would a defunded Internal Revenue Service — defunded in large part because the modern Republican Party is effectively pro-tax-evasion — have the resources to go after him?" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/oligarchy-and-the-great-evasion | Source: Paul Krugman
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:59:48
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"This is a scary thought. But you’re not doing yourself any favors by pretending that LLMs can’t actually write code and it’s all just a scam" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/you-have-to-beat-the-models-at-something/ | Source: Sean Goedecke
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 09:59:55
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"In a Saturday blog post, Google explained that U.S. users would see “Lake America” displayed over the Great Lake, which straddles the U.S.-Canada border." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/lake-america-google-maps-ontario-trump-b3041814.html | Source: The Independent UK
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:00:24
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"Google, Apple, Microsoft, and other maps providers adopted the Gulf of America naming as soon as the US Department of the Interior updated its records, which came a couple of weeks after Trump’s order." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-maps-now-shows-lake-america-instead-of-lake-ontario/ | Source: Wired
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:00:49
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"Opposition to data centers crosses political, geographic and cultural lines as they become a stand-in for much larger anxieties over AI, jobs and economic inequality." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2026/08/27/data-center-backlash-pr-strategy | Source: Axios
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:01:13
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"Tech executives, as a result, are having to make a calculated decision to change their tune, from AI doomsaying to something more palatable to the everyman." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/panicking-tech-executives-pivot-ai-data-center-narrative | Source: Futurism
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:01:37
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"what if you want to drive at max speed a bit longer and you are still 20-30% short?" ☛ https://aigarius.com/blog/2026/08/30/half-a-year-with-iX3/ | Source: Aigars Mahinovs
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:02:18
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"The data was sourced from several internationally maintained databases as well as Chinese government and archival records." ☛ https://tech.marksblogg.com/china-hydro.html | Source: Mark Litwintschik
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:02:30
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"Plug-in solar panels will be hitting the shelves of DIY shops and High Street retailers after the government changed the rules to allow them to be legally sold in the UK." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g3y6398nwo | Source: BBC
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:02:46
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After the Heroes “Move On” https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/after-the-heroes-move-on/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:13:57
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"Now, researchers at EPFL have found a way to make GaN handle more than 3.4 kilovolts by turning one of the material’s natural properties into a built-in defense against electrical breakdown." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/science/new-gan-transistor-can-handle-3-4-kv | Source: Interesting Engineering
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:14:03
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"The US government continues to drag its feet on any meaningful cryptocurrency regulations" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/crypto-bro-280-years-prison-crimes | Source: Futurism
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:14:18
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"The United States is becoming increasingly electrified to support rising demand from artificial intelligence (AI), supply chain reshoring, and reindustrialization." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/electricity-demand-is-rising-how-can-the-us-secure-energy-for-its-dual-military-and-civilian-needs/ | Source: Atlantic Council
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:17:09
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"In the past two years, EV sales in Africa have surged." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/africas-next-technological-leapfrog-could-lie-in-electric-vehicles-and-solar/ | Source: Atlantic Council
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:17:24
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"“Nepal is paying an extraordinarily disproportionate price for a crisis it did not create,” one of its lawmakers told The New Yorker." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/08/30/2026/nepal-disaster-highlights-climate-geopolitical-plight | Source: Semafor Inc
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:18:08
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"The fish industry has been hit especially hard, with damage estimated in the millions of euros (dollars)." ☛ https://fortune.com/2026/08/29/europe-summer-drought-desertification-threat-rivers-fish/ | Source: Fortune
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:18:18
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Windows Measured at 48.3% on This Domain https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/windows-measured-at-48-3-on-this-domain/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:28:43
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Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root https://0xcc.io/posts/omarchy-root-creds/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:30:28
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"Putting Jared Moskowitz in charge of Middle East policy isn’t just a slap in the face to Democratic voters" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/08/moskowitz-democratic-establishment-israel-iran | Source: Jacobin Magazine
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:33:28
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If you take a mortgage on a place (i.e. it is owned by the bank) and live in a shack in a forest, then you still live in a shack in a forest and legally that place is not yours, it is mortgaged
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:35:29
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But puppy breaker is clearly triggered, his legal team made a mess of their own drafts
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:35:59
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Not the first embarrassment with drafts, it might be pointed out. They take templates, forget to change these, then send them to the other side. Clearly chronically inexperienced. Techrights will show examples in the future.
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:38:40
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[Old] "Based on the above proof of concept, I can say that, even without operating a “proper” backend server" ☛ https://ckardaris.com/blog/2026/02/07/encrypted-email.html | Source: Charalampos Kardaris
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:39:03
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"Flock, based in Georgia and valued at $8.4bn, says its cameras scan license plates billions of times each month in about 6,000 communities in nearly every state in the US." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/25/flock-surveillance-cameras | Source: The Guardian UK
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:40:29
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"This realization led me to prepare an official report on how digital surveillance affects the rights to assemble and associate, which I am presenting today to the Human Rights Council." ☛ https://www.techpolicy.press/the-quiet-erosion-of-collective-action-under-digital-surveillance/ | Source: Tech Policy Press
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:41:09
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"Browser-level consent cuts cookie consent rates by at least 60-65% and reduces ad effectivelness, consting European businesses a third of their ad revenue, or EUR 40-50 billion." ☛ https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2026-06/Gone%20in%20one%20click_impacts%20of%20Browser%20Level%20Consent%20proposal%20on%20advertiser%20...5%202026.pdf | Source: NYOB
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:41:24
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"In 2017 I installed a Pi-hole into my network and routed all my DNS traffic through it." ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2026/08/31/pi-hole-2/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:44:28
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"Even after the masked ICE goons wearing body armor left Minnesota, the dead enders from HSI appear to have kept breaking the law." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/29/the-surveillance-crimes-in-the-cities-church-case-keep-stacking-up/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:44:43
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"Also, has the city considered / does the city intend to install Flock cameras or other ALPRs in the future?" ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2026/08/29/i-asked-my-city-about-their-street-cameras/ | Source: Tracy Durnell
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:45:28
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"Another 35 people sent written comments to the Airport Commission on the same subject." ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/08/30/sfo-evades-criticism-of-its-role-in-immigration-enforcement/ | Source: Papers Please
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:45:42
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"Drug money, as it turns out, though it’s not exactly what you might think." ☛ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/opioid-settlement-money-poor-communities-police-flock-cameras | Source: Futurism
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:45:55
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Windows TCO ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/site-provides-instructions-to-get-up-to-usd175-back-for-your-pre-installed-windows-11-license-new-portal-provides-legal-forms-but-warns-buyers-not-to-wipe-storage-first | Source: Tom's Hardware
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:46:24
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"He has used that platform to support dozens of progressive candidates in the midterm elections" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/politics/campaigns-paid-influencers.html | Source: New York Times
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:46:49
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"The settlement was quickly compared to the tobacco lawsuits of the nineties, a moment of public clarity during which a ubiquitous product came to be seen as a scourge." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/07/mark-zuckerbergs-social-reckoning | Source: New Yorker
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:46:58
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"Under the settlement, Meta will: [...]" ☛ https://epic.org/meta-reaches-18-billion-settlement-with-states-over-youth-social-media-harms/ | Source: EPIC
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:47:12
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"we spend more CPU cycles rendering commits for scrapers than we spend on all other kinds of legitimate access, including git clones." ☛ https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/creepy-crawlies | Source: Linux
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:47:50
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"The word “inevitable” is rhetorically misleading, because it quantifies over the entire future of humanity" ☛ https://borretti.me/article/on-inevitability | Source: Fernando Borretti
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:50:20
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"his book is a collection of short stories by the Polish author Stanisław Lem originally published in 1964. Its English title is The Cyberiad." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/08/stanisaw-lem-foretold-current-llm-mania.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:50:31
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"The fact that not every computer user is running Linux is proof enough of that." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/30/llm-moats-quickly-evaporating/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:50:42
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"A recent study in the journal Technology, Mind, and Behavior found that those who relied heavily on large-language-model tools felt no sense of ownership over the output they created with them" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/confessions-of-an-ai-editor/ | Source: The Nation
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:50:58
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"Xing confirmed his car was running FSD 14.3.7, which is noteworthy." ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/teslas-are-still-driving-into-oncoming-freight-trains | Source: Futurism
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:57:06
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"In tests involving 2,965 people across six different experiments, participants preferred art created by humans over art created by AI, even though both images looked identical." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/ai-boom-human-made-art-authenticity-study-138879091.html | Source: Bhaskar English
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:57:17
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"This is not the first time, nor will it be the last, that headlines have been dominated by the prospect of AI models “waking up” and rebelling against their human programmers." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-08-29/ai-swarms-turn-on-their-creators-its-the-first-incident-that-has-made-my-stomach-churn.html | Source: El País
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:57:30
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"Everybody is on about plans for how to break up Google, so here’s my version. I’m trying to keep two awkward considerations in mind." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/how-to-break-up-google/ | Source: Don Marti
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:07:27
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"And then suddenly one day, they stopped sending me these ride credits. I counted my receipts and figured out that I got 77 rides for free, averaging one every couple weeks." ☛ https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-mystery-of-why-uber-gave-me-77-free-rides/ | Source: David Friedman
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:07:41
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"For years now, Google has been tweaking its search formula to prop up AI and bury actual links. Now it’s rounding into its final form—and changing the [Internet] forever." ☛ https://www.theringer.com/2026/08/04/tech/google-search-ai-internet | Source: Spotify Inc
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:09:12
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"First, let’s talk about how macOS gets MDM commands from an MDM server. It receives them through a push-notification mechanism rather than by polling the MDM server directly." ☛ https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/checking-apns-communication-on-macos-tahoe/ | Source: Rich Trouton
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:09:28
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"Everybody asks me why my phone is in grayscale. I tell them the story and show them my setup. At some point I got tired of repeating myself, so I wrote it down." ☛ https://cemrehancavdar.com/2026/08/30/making-the-internet-boring/ | Source: Cemrehan Çavdar
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:11:19
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"What I wouldn’t give to have some popular cookbooks like Rombauer’s The Joy of Cooking" ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2026/08/29/cook-books-published-as-recipe-cards/ | Source: Chris Aldrich
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:11:49
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"I used to stock emergency ration bars and cans of veggies that I never cook with (mushrooms, beets, green beans, peas), and then I would throw it all away when it hit its Best By date." ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2026/08/30/my-emergency-food-supply/ | Source: Tracy Durnell
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:12:05
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"Research led by Oakes and Virginia Cooperative Extension agents Robbie Longest and Turner Minx offers growers a clearer path forward." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-wheat-growers-unpredictable-weather.html | Source: Omicron Limited
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:14:45
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"Every step, ankle flex, or rise onto your toes activates a remarkable pump below your knees." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-body-has-a-second-heart-and-its-crucial-you-keep-it-pumping | Source: Science Alert
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:14:56
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"I like the idea of having various tiny notebooks inside, so that I can swap them in and out as needed as I go about my day." ☛ https://binarydigit.net/posts/babys-first-travelers-notebook | Source: BinaryDigit
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:15:54
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"In essence, this is substantially behind even the H100 from Nvidia, which is now 4 years old." ☛ https://martinalderson.com/posts/glm-5-3-flash-chinese-hardware/ | Source: Martin Alderson
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:16:39
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"The first exciting discovery is that when you plug any of its three sets of connectors into an outlet, the others become live at the same voltage." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/30/dissecting-a-lethal-universal-travel-adapter/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:16:54
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"The proverb recommends finding a middle ground in dealing with other people. Be too harsh and people will reject you; be too accommodating and they may take advantage of you." ☛ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/25-greek-proverbs-from-the-middle-ages-and-beyond/ | Source: Medievalists.net
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:17:27
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"must tackle a set of deeper questions about the structure, meaning, and value of an MIT education in an era in which AI is one of several factors complicating the Institute’s mission" ☛ https://aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/ |
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:18:07
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"One of its most alarming conclusions: that AI is now able to credibly complete most undergraduate assignments." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mit-warns-ai-undergrad-assignments | Source: Futurism
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:18:26
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Yes, plagiarism does work, but how to tackle plagiarism is not a new problem. It's not "AI", it's better veiled plagiarism.
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:19:22
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"The telescope, which will park itself in orbit beyond the moon, is designed to investigate cosmic enigmas such as dark energy and dark matter" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nasa-launches-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-9.7326011 | Source: CBC
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:19:47
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"When high or low tide occurs, the water does not necessarily rise and fall uniformly along the entire coastline." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tides-locally-method-based-satellite.html | Source: Omicron Limited
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:19:55
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"While I am slowly getting back up on my feet after a tough time" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/links-august/ | Source: Ava
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:20:18
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"This has not discouraged me from writing. My goal is to share projects that I am developing and to express some of my thoughts when I feel like it." ☛ https://ckardaris.com/blog/2026/08/30/front-page.html | Source: Charalampos Kardaris
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:21:15
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"Now think again about money as a false idol. We realise that it too, qua idol, is as real as you and me." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/books/2026-08-30-idols-symbols/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:22:06
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"The couple acquired land near Pawnee, Oklahoma (Blue Hawk Peak)." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/08/pawnee-bill-may-lillie.html | Source: Vintage Everyday
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:23:06
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"There’s also an accompanying video containing typical hijinks and a demonstration of this system." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/30/giving-the-nes-an-optical-data-storage-add-on/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:25:05
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"The concept is straightforward—[Efe]’s tool manipulates pixel clocks in order to create spurious transmissions from your computer’s graphics hardware." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/30/get-your-monitor-transmitting-vhf-with-a-browser-tool/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:25:18
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"After an enormous amount of fiddling I was able to recreate something similar: [...]" ☛ https://xania.org/202608/recreating-a-2010-experiment | Source: Matt Godbolt
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:25:35
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"Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the Space Shuttle's cargo bay, providing lab space for astronauts and experiments." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2026/08/spacelab-core-memory.html | Source: Ken Shirriff
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:26:21
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"This ‘Mactini’ was a super-small laptop, with just a single button that did everything, befitting the overpriced more-money-than-sense status symbol vibe that [Jony Ive] brought to Apple." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/27/the-mactini-a-computer-that-does-almost-nothing/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:26:36
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norwich https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/10/row-listed-pub-convert-muslim-mosque-norwich/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:53:04
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"Get Up To $60 Back For Your Pre-Installed Windows 11 License - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/30/1326251
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:53:15
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"Fundraiser by Christine Hall : FOSS Force's 2026 Independence Drive" https://www.gofundme.com/f/foss-forces-2026-independence-drive
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:53:27
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""It's Better to Be on TV than by Phone:" Corruption Is a Process - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/30/its-better-to-be-on-tv-than-by-phone-corruption-is-a-process/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:53:47
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"Trump renames Canadian Geese to American Geese" https://lzon.ca/posts/series_duck-digest/trump-geese/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:54:01
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"Indonesia Still Hasn’t Come to Terms With Suharto’s Crimes" https://jacobin.com/2026/08/indonesia-suharto-dictatorship-monuments-memory
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:54:27
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"Just say no to Trump — the drug, that is - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/30/just-say-no-to-trump-the-drug-that-is/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:54:54
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"Saudi firms pull IPO plans | Semafor" https://www.semafor.com/article/08/27/2026/saudi-firms-pull-ipo-plans
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:55:06
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"This article was created in collaboration with DMN partner Cosynd." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/28/us-copyright-fees-rising-2026/ digitalmusicnews now publishing spam
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:55:39
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"NATO's Arctic activity poses 'direct threat' to Russia, Lavrov warns - France 24" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260831-nato-arctic-activity-direct-threat-russia-lavrov
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:55:55
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"Russland om Nato-øvelser i Arktis: – En direkte trussel – Siste nytt – NRK" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/russland-om-nato-ovelser-i-arktis___-en-direkte-trussel-1.18008541
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:56:08
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"Slut på rättslösheten för YouTubes kreatörer?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/30/slut-pa-rattslosheten-for-youtubes-kreatorer/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:56:28
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"Russia's war will not end until Putin accepts Ukrainian independence - Atlantic Council" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-war-will-not-end-until-putin-accepts-ukrainian-independence/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 11:56:41
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"Instead, websites are stored directly on user devices, and transferred between them through the ultimate fallback infrastructure: physical storage media" ☛ https://sneakerweb.org/ |
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:07:58
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"In building an NTP time demo on old Macs for VCF Midwest, I came across RFC 867 and RFC 868, for the 'Daytime' and 'Time' Protocols, respectively." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/rfc-867-868-time/ | Source: Jeff Geerling
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:08:28
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"EVE continues to evolve, as a part of the EVE Evolved initiative, and it is time to cast the spotlight on the code itself! " ☛ https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/the-move-to-python-3-begins |
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:09:01
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"Another pure maintenance release of the random package for truly (hardware-based) random numbers as provided by random.org is now on CRAN." ☛ https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/30/#random_0.2.7 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:10:03
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"In this post, we will explore: [...]" ☛ https://fortune9.netlify.app/2026/08/30/r-understanding-position-dodge-and-position-dodge2-in-ggplot2/ |
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:10:18
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"The error message was pointing at one line. That was the mercy of it. Not the volume, which was ridiculous." ☛ https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-error-message-was-local/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:10:45
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"This reminded me of something I’ve been experimenting with lately. Instead of updating my config," ☛ https://chrismaiorana.com/dont-go-bankrupt-go-local/ | Source: Chris Maiorana
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:10:58
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"[Philo]’s proof of concept was a smartphone camera set on a chair and rotated around a room." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/28/panoramic-photography-with-a-linear-scanner/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:11:36
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[Old] "I have been working with C++ throughout my still-young software engineering career." ☛ https://ckardaris.com/blog/2024/11/17/hello-cpp-community.html | Source: Charalampos Kardaris
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:11:56
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"The first thing I noticed when I gave up American technology was the silence." ☛ https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-digital-sovereignty-experiment-living-without-us-tech-for-72-hours/ | Source: Politico
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:13:22
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"I’ve learned so much over the years from the [Internet], thanks to other people who shared that information in ope" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/a-lot-of-what-ive-learned-ive-learned-from-open-web/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:17:28
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"I’m moving markdown files from an Obsidian vault to a private Hugo site, and I needed something that did text transformations." ☛ https://lmika.org/2026/08/29/vibelog-md-treatment-trying-out.html | Source: Leon Mika
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:20:26
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[Old] "Another method is therefore needed to receive the comments and provide them as input to the static site generator, in my case jekyll." ☛ https://ckardaris.com/blog/2026/01/22/my-comments-run-on-email.html | Source: Charalampos Kardaris
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:20:37
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"Octo now allows such a column to be defined and indexed." ☛ https://yottadb.com/access-vista-lab-chemistry-data-from-octo/ | Source: YottaDB
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:21:02
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"This has far too few opportunities for surprise." ☛ https://deployer.org/blog/elephpantdb | Source: The Deployer Times
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:21:14
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"This article presents a set of Emacs Dired configuration changes to enhance file management." ☛ https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-dired-configuration/ | Source: James Cherti
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:22:43
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"This article was inspired by the Emacs Carnival on the search for knowledge." ☛ https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/emacs-carnival-aug-2026-information-management-and-knowledge-graphs/ | Source: Sacha Chua
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:22:58
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"The rules of the vote saw community members asked to rank each of the eight proposals." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/30/debian-votes-to-let-contributors-code-with-ai/5293421 | Source: The Register UK
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:24:27
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"Unfortunately, one of the things that Debian is, is almost unable to manage packaging modern dependency trees." ☛ https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/Debian_and_the_sirens/ | Source: Joey Hess
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:24:36
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"[...] Plus we are pleased to summarize last week's releases and list the torrents we are seeding" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260831 | Source: Distro Watch
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:27:09
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"In this second Forgejo Hack installment I'll tell you how to connect a git repository that lives in your self-hosted Forgejo instance to Read the Docs" ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/forgejo-hack-2-integration-with-read-the-docs | Source: Miguel Grinberg
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:27:34
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Before NTP there were Time and Daytime ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/rfc-867-868-time/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:32:38
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MIT Warns That Hey Hi (AI) Can Now Credibly Complete Pretty Much Any Undergrad Assignment, Considers Overhaul of Entire Educational Model ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mit-warns-ai-undergrad-assignments
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:33:07
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Jussi Pakkanen: Stanisław Lem foretold the current LLM mania in 1964 ☞ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/08/stanisaw-lem-foretold-current-llm-mania.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:34:33
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Instead of Using Opioid Settlement Money to Help Poor Communities, Police Are Buying Flock Cameras to Play With ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/opioid-settlement-money-poor-communities-police-flock-cameras
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:35:41
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Panicking Tech Execs Try to Pivot Message on Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/panicking-tech-executives-pivot-ai-data-center-narrative
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:36:43
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GNOME Sushi File Previewer 51 RC Released with More Functions ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/gnome-sushi-file-previewer-51-rc-released-with-more-functions/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:38:24
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vArch-OS – Arch Linux-based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/varch-os-arch-linux-based-distribution/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:40:05
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Africa 5% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=africa&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:48:29
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South America same https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=14d&loc=south-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:49:29
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Bougie Health Startups Offering Full-Body Diagnostic Scans for Rich People While the Rest of Us Suffer a Crumbling Healthcare System ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/health-startup-full-body-scan-rich-healthcare
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:55:02
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The Link Between Your Workplace Situation and Your Mental Health ☞ https://danielmiessler.com/blog/workplace-situation-mental-health
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:55:58
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S. Korea’s medical tourism continues double-digit growth ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-medical-tourism-continues-double-digit-growth
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:56:36
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Air quality worsens in Sarawak as 2 areas hit hazardous levels ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/air-quality-worsens-in-sarawak-as-2-areas-hit-hazardous-levels
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:57:04
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Malaysia PM unveils measures to tackle living costs, support local businesses ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-pm-unveils-measures-to-tackle-living-costs-support-local-businesses
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:57:22
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Postcard from PIF: Pacific leaders gather as China looms ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/postcard-from-pif-pacific-leaders-gather-as-china-looms/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:58:06
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Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal, China flood exceeds 3,000 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/nepal-rescuers-send-air-pipe-into-tunnel-with-trapped-workers
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:58:36
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Rescuers race to find thousands missing after Nepal-China glacier collapse ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/nepal-tibet-death-toll-750-from-himalayan-flood-3000-missing
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:59:07
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Vietnamese coffee farmers ride China’s durian wave ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnamese-coffee-farmers-ride-chinas-durian-wave
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 12:59:27
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Nepal-Tibet floods: 91 Malaysians still uncontactable, says government ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/nepal-tibet-floods-91-malaysians-still-uncontactable-says-government
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:00:24
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Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/before-flood-catastrophe-nepal-asked-china-for-early-warnings-as-risks-mounted
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:00:33
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Nepal floods expose gaps in warning systems, China data-sharing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/nepal-floods-expose-gaps-in-warning-systems-china-data-sharing
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:00:45
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China's top DRAM maker CXMT sues Pentagon over its blacklisting — argues chips are standard civilian JEDEC spec, not defense hardware ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/chinas-top-dram-maker-cxmt-sues-pentagon-over-its-blacklisting-argues-chips-are-standard-civilian-jedec-spec-not-defense-hardware
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:01:08
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Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal, China flood tops 3,000 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/30/rescuers-dig-into-tunnel-as-missing-toll-from-nepal-china-flood-tops-3000/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:01:43
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Ferry carrying more than 260 people capsizes off northern Cyprus ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ferry-carrying-more-than-260-people-capsizes-off-northern-cyprus
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:02:35
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Our Fat Tissue May 'Remember' Obesity, Even After We've Lost Weight ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/our-fat-tissue-may-remember-obesity-even-after-weve-lost-weight
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:04:30
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Deep Sleep Brain Waves Offer Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease, New Research Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/could-the-next-alzheimers-treatment-be-encoded-in-deep-sleep
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:04:41
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Abandoned Oil And Gas Pipes Are Still Contributing TONS of Microplastics Into The Ocean Each Year ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/abandoned-oil-and-gas-pipes-are-still-contributing-tons-of-microplastics-into-the-ocean-each-year
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:05:03
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The FDA Just Approved The First US Freeze-Dried Plasma, Ready in Minutes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-fda-just-approved-the-first-us-freeze-dried-plasma-ready-in-minutes
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:05:12
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people who can afford coffee are well off in general... so maybe that pattern isn't the full picture ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/coffee-drinkers-have-less-fat-more-muscle-and-surprising-sex-hormone-differences
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:05:56
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Far Right Is Poised to Win in a German State, but Fight Over Power Won’t End There ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/europe/germany-afd-saxony-anhalt.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:06:13
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Building Trade Unions Now Threatening to Withhold Support for Anti-Data Center Politicians ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/building-trade-workers-unions-data-center-politicians
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:06:29
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Hong Kong’s indie bookstores come under scrutiny amid a broader crackdown on dissent ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0830/Hong-Kong-s-indie-bookstores-come-under-scrutiny-amid-a-broader-crackdown-on-dissent
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:07:54
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'The People Will Have the Last Say': Iceland Rejects EU Talks Despite Convicted Felon's Arctic Ambitions ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iceland-rejects-eu-membership-talks-1817042
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:08:32
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Pacific Summit opens amid Taiwan row ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/pacific-summit-opens-amid-taiwan-row
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:08:48
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Needle 2 on Raspberry Pi: The 14MB Hey Hi (AI) Agent for Local Tool-Calling (Benchmark & Guide) ☞ https://peppe8o.com/needle-2-raspberry-pi-benchmark-guide/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:10:33
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Debian Hey Hi (AI) Vote has Divided the Community ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/debian-allows-ai-contribution/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:12:23
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Utkarsh Gupta: FOSS Activities in August 2026 ☞ https://utkarsh2102.org/posts/foss-in-aug-26/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:12:53
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Aigars Mahinovs: Half a year with iX3 ☞ http://aigarius.com/blog/2026/08/30/half-a-year-with-iX3/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:13:59
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Mark Kapo-berg’s Social Reckoning ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/07/mark-zuckerbergs-social-reckoning
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:14:22
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How Chromium is built (for now) ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/how-chromium-is-built-for-now/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:14:54
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Faking 'performance', faking 'productivity' when the employer conflates slop with "work" ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-employee-ai-spending
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:17:24
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The Bogus Narratives ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/30/the-bogus-narratives/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:17:34
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DIY archivists push budget Nikons to 902,000 clicks to save 1,800 rare books — team trains neural net on Photoshop edits to process 526,000 scans ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/diy-archivists-push-budget-nikons-to-902-000-clicks-to-save-1-800-rare-books-team-trains-neural-net-on-photoshop-edits-to-process-526-000-scans
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:28:55
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YARA-X 1.20.0 Release, (Sun, Aug 30th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33288
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:29:24
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New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, and Smack Talk - 2026-08-29 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-08-29-edition/index.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:29:38
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At least three exhibitors got robbed at Gamescom 2026 — laptops and handhelds with unfinished game builds stolen from locked cabinets ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/at-least-three-exhibitors-got-robbed-at-gamescom-2026-laptops-and-handhelds-with-unfinished-game-builds-stolen-from-locked-cabinets
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:30:05
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Junichi Uekawa: Email is hard. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2026-Aug-30.html.en#2026-Aug-30-16:04:30
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:30:48
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Binary function coverage part 2: scaling up, fixing daemons, and asking the kernel ☞ https://bzoltan1.github.io/binary-function-coverage-part-2-scaling-up-fixing-daemons-and-asking-the-kernel/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:31:29
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Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1091421/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:31:39
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An Ordinary Word: T-Mobile v. KAIFI and What Counts as a Patent Case ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/an-ordinary-word-t-mobile-v-kaifi-and-what-counts-as-a-patent-case.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:32:18
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Radxa Linkr – A USB drive-sized IP KVM with USB-C, Ethernet, and WiFi support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/30/radxa-linkr-a-usb-drive-sized-ip-kvm-with-usb-c-ethernet-and-wifi-support/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:32:53
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Site publishes how to "stop your Hey Hi (AI) agents from going rogue"... maybe... don't use 'em?? https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/29/Misuse_of_Bots_Now_Sold_as_Agents_Hey_Hi_Automation_and_Efficie.shtml
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:33:35
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SiriusXM Eliminates Howard Stern’s Extra Channel ‘Howard 101’ Following Dozens of Layoffs ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/30/siriusxm-eliminates-howard-stern-101-channel/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:34:16
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KDE Connect redesign is ready for testing ☞ https://tintotint.eu/programming/kde-connect2/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:34:33
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HardenedBSD 15-build-20 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:34:50
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Stop wasting GPU allocation in Kubernetes with GPU-pruner ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/08/31/stop-wasting-gpu-allocation-in-kubernetes-with-gpu-pruner
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:35:21
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Dihydroxyacetone Man Admin Used Customs Law to Obtain Journalist's Phone Records Without Prior Judicial Approval ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/dhs-customs-law-journalists-records-controversy-1817039
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:43:52
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OpenShot 4.0 adds colour grading, recording dock and Qt 6 support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/openshot-4-0-release
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:44:56
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ACEMAGIC Kron Mini K5 (Core 3 304) review – Part 1: Specifications, unboxing, teardown, and first boot ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/29/acemagic-kron-mini-k5-core-3-304-review-part-1-specifications-unboxing-teardown-and-first-boot/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:45:25
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How to Install Darktable 5.6.1 via DEB in Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04, 22.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/install-darktable-5-6-1-deb-ubuntu/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:45:45
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Linux 7.3-rc1 arrives, clocking in at a total of 40.98 million lines ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-73-rc1-arrives-clocking-in-at-a-total-of-4098-million-lines/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:47:03
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YET _another_ "MIMIX" ☞ https://www.itjungle.com/2026/08/31/precisely-to-add-ransomware-protection-in-mimix-11/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:47:34
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Radxa C201 exposes dual 2.5GbE, NVMe and serial I/O for VMARC-Q9075 ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-c201-exposes-dual-2-5gbe-nvme-and-serial-i-o-for-vmarc-q9075/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:48:10
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ArchEZ 2026.08.10 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/archez
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:48:21
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GParted 1.8.1-6 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gparted
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:48:29
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Video: Linux - 35 years in 35 facts in 35 minutes ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-linux-35-years-in-35-facts-in-35-minutes.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:49:40
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zero Hey Hi (AI) code ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/donkey-kong-64-finally-gets-a-fully-native-pc-port-written-in-c-dk64-rekongpiled-brings-ultrawide-support-uncapped-framerates-and-zero-ai-code
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:50:17
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Linux Saloon 217 | Application Potluck ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/08/29/linux-saloon-217-application-potluck/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:51:25
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Linux Just Escaped California’s Mandatory Age Checks – backdoored Windows and macOS Didn’t ☞ https://linuxstans.com/linux-just-escaped-californias-mandatory-age-checks-windows-and-macos-didnt/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:52:20
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[R] Understanding position_dodge() and position_dodge2() in ggplot2 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/r-understanding-position_dodge-and-position_dodge2-in-ggplot2/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:53:39
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Nepal begins mass burials of unidentified flood victims as families seek missing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/nepal-begins-mass-burials-of-unidentified-flood-victims-as-families-seek-missing
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:54:53
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How to Install aaPanel Control Panel on Debian 13 ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-aapanel-control-panel-on-debian-13/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:55:18
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Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music Sue Anthropic, Alleging ‘Blatant Theft’ of Intellectual Property ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/30/sony-warner-sue-anthropic-blatant-ip-theft/ https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/ipharms/ipharms.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:56:10
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After 25 years, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization faces an uncertain future ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/after-25-years-the-shanghai-cooperation-organization-faces-an-uncertain-future/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:57:27
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Niger junta puts down mutiny with help from Russia's Africa Corps ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260830-niger-junta-aided-by-russian-paramilitary-forces-regains-control-after-mutiny
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:57:36
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NATO's Arctic activity poses 'direct threat' to Russia, Lavrov warns ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260831-nato-arctic-activity-direct-threat-russia-lavrov
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:57:51
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Death Toll From Russian Strike On Kyiv Region Rises To 38 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/death-toll-from-russian-strike-on-kyiv-region-rises-to-27/33843071.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:58:11
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Amid Setbacks, Putin Looks To Restore Russia's Standing At Bishkek SCO Summit ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bishkek-kyrgyz-sco-putin-russia-china-iran-summit/33843584.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:58:24
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Oops! All Shells! | LINUX Unplugged 682 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/682/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:59:01
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Massive 12TB Steam leak reveals decades of unreleased games — archived files include unseen Half-Life 2: Episode 3 builds and assets ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/massive-12tb-steam-leak-reveals-decades-of-unreleased-games-archived-files-include-unseen-half-life-2-episode-3-builds-and-assets
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 13:59:32
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The FOSS Force Interview With Richard Stallman ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/08/the-foss-force-interview-with-richard-stallman/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:00:00
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Thousands of Endangered Species Are Being Sold on Facebook, TikTok, And EBay ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/online-marketplaces-increasingly-endanger-biodiversity-study-finds
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:00:41
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Rebooting into new kernel, IRC down for a minute or so
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:37:57
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Puppy breaker thinks anyone who can get a mortgage suddenly owns a home. He knows it's false, but he is just dishonest.
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:40:03
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Marineland beluga moved to U.S. dies, dolphins and 2 more whales leave Niagara Falls park for Spain https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/marineland-final-dolphins-leave-beluga-dies-9.7321126
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:51:34
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What If Canada Joined the E.U.? https://www.newyorker.com/news/global-notes/what-if-canada-joined-the-eu
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:52:10
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The struggle to find child care for parents whose working hours aren't the typical 9-5 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/child-care-nova-scotia-challenges-health-care-workers-9.7319676
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:53:26
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graphene https://theconversation.com/the-wonder-material-graphene-can-be-made-using-a-kitchen-blender-a-mobile-phone-and-a-newspaper-290360
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:54:11
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The brain isn’t hardwired to read https://theconversation.com/the-brain-isnt-hardwired-to-read-heres-how-we-pull-it-off-and-why-some-are-better-at-it-than-others-289919
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:54:26
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We can https://theconversation.com/we-cant-quit-smartphones-but-we-can-manage-digital-junk-food-better-285192
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 14:54:38
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"Did rajat also do “leadership shakeup” and hire people from this previous employer? I notice this common pattern with exec hiring. They fire the people below them and bring their bros from previous employers who are loyal to them. Jay, hayette and mustafa appear to be doing that here at msft."
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:03:33
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Also Microsoft: "It’s how financial services companies work. They think hiring a “tech leader” will fix this. They don’t realize it’s their process and not necessarily people that are the problem. Happens everywhere" https://www.teamblind.com/post/finally-detoxed-from-visa-inc-ra8ruzj0
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:03:43
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Still: "Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at stallman.org."
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:14:53
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Monopolies on nature http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/08/uk-eyes-unitary-plant-variety-right.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:17:04
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bad faith http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/08/angry-birds-crash-into-bad-faith.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:17:31
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Thy shalt be known as MortgageBoy
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:18:52
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:19:15
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"y not both!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreclosure https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0510/the-6-phases-of-a-foreclosure.aspx
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:19:52
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Is Perlmonks Dead? https://blogs.perl.org/users/silent11/2026/08/is-perlmonks-dead.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:21:13
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ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V1.53, Mojo.Wiki V1.24 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/08/announce-perlwiki-v153-mojowiki-v124.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:21:30
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PerlOnJava 5.44.1 released https://blogs.perl.org/users/flavio_s_glock/2026/08/perlonjava-5441-released.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:21:46
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Coca-Cola Company layoffs
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:24:54
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Also terminations and "last days" at HashiCorp / IBM.
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:27:02
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EU rules Rovaniemi is Santa's hometown | Yle News | Yle ⚓ https://yle.fi/a/74-20243804 ䷉ Source: YLE | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//yle.fi/a/74-20243804
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:30:08
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Santa & Deer went "to the next world" after hit head-on by someone with driver's licence from GTA
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:34:03
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tankers supply drinking water https://www.dw.com/en/in-drought-stricken-france-tankers-supply-drinking-water/a-78420016
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:40:03
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water conflict around Berlin https://www.dw.com/en/extreme-heat-feeds-water-conflict-around-berlin/a-78428993
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 15:40:37
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Cars Don’t Always Save Time https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/cars-dont-always-save-time/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 16:35:35
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Thoreau’s Guide to Living More by Spending Less - Business Insider ⚓ https://www.businessinsider.com/thoreaus-guide-to-living-more-by-spending-less-2011-6 ䷉ Source: Business Insider
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 16:49:00
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Zomato layoffs: 250 jobs cut as company shuts customer support centre in Hyderabad
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 16:51:13
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"Dear Smol Friends, the Autumnal equinox draws near! Once again it is time for those who observe the yearly practice of ROOPHLOCH to venture outdoors, devices in hand." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/announcing-roophloch-2026.gmi
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:05:00
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Announcing ROOPHLOCH 2026 gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/announcing-roophloch-2026.txt
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:05:44
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"So, a few days ago I joined kunulo on the geminispace bbs to discuss how and where to chat about smol.pub posts. It seems like the conclusion was...why not on the main feed itself?" gemini://nullish.smol.pub/replying-to-smol-pub-user-posts
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:07:44
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"I was in my late 20's when I first decided that I wanted to start running. There was a group of guys at the office that went on 30-40 minute runs over their lunch breaks, and I wanted to join them." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/how-to-run
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:09:10
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"In the last post about patches I wrote how I move code into air-gapped VMs with a simple `.patch` file. Turns out that was a gateway drug." gemini://gemini.maksymdziuba.xyz/blog/2026-08-31-github-pr-in-terminal.gmi
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:10:23
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"I find it very reassuring to know that you don't perceive my writing that way and I am flattered that you find it interesting. I must admit I have quietly been following you on here for a few days and I find your perspective very refreshing." gemini://buster.smol.pub/at-nullish-re-replying-to-smol-pub-user-posts
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:11:07
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"I have five computers in my living room. At some point, it seemed like a good idea to make them work together. So, naturally, I installed Docker and used it's swarm feature." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/how-to-create-a-docker-swarm-cluster/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:12:18
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"After reading Michael's recent entry regarding an "AI" (read: LLM) MCP server for gemini/gopher space, I was immediately irritated. While I was taking a piss, imagining some billionaire's face was there instead of the urine cake, I thought why not just encrypt posts?" gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-08-31.gmi
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:13:16
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"How will we cope with the inevitable disagreements when they come? We surely can't be positive about one another *all* the time. That would be a pretence, not real community." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-31-replying
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:14:16
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"How will we cope with the inevitable disagreements when they come? We surely can't be positive about one another all the time. That would be a pretence, not real community." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-31-replying
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:14:47
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wildfires https://www.dw.com/en/how-europe-can-better-protect-against-extreme-wildfires/a-78435243
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:40:46
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Drought https://www.dw.com/en/drought-in-germany-and-europe-are-driving-up-costs/a-78447266
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:41:17
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wildfires https://www.dw.com/en/what-to-do-when-wildfires-trigger-trauma/a-78449930
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:41:40
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Swiss tourist jailed https://www.dw.com/en/swiss-tourist-jailed-in-bali-for-insulting-hindu-holiday/a-78459089
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 17:42:02
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The Net is a Mess, LLMs Are Partly to Blame https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/the-net-is-a-mess-llms-are-partly-to-blame/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 18:16:59
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China will stop Russia from going nuclear, Finland’s Stubb says https://www.politico.eu/article/china-wont-let-russia-use-nukes-finlands-alexander-stubb-says/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 18:46:18
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"Instead of simply replacing battlefield losses, it is creating a defence industry that combines Soviet-era industrial capacity with the demands of 21st-century warfare." https://www.ft.com/content/369558d0-357c-41e7-aa1e-dc1c1c07457d
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 18:47:05
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"The new-model Shahed drones have a cruising speed of 200mph to 250mph, about double the 115mph achieved by the piston-engine version and beyond the speed of Ukraine’s cheap interceptors, making them harder to stop." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/russia-fires-jet-powered-drones-ukraine
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 18:48:03
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End of Summer https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/31/end-of-summer/
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 18:52:19
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"For nearly 30 years, part of Sonoma was ruled by Tsarist Russia, and it played a pivotal – if little-known – role in shaping the US." https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20260828-when-russia-colonised-california
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 18:52:56
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"While some Americans may recall that the US's largest state, Alaska, was part of Russia for nearly 70 years, the Russian Empire's only permanent overseas colony, known as Russian America, also extended into California from 1812-1842. In fact, Russians settled in California decades before newly independent Americans did."
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 18:54:10
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stallman.org down for about 2 days now
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 18:56:24
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"Last time, I sent an email to info@fsf.org for improvement for a web page on FSF.org and they responded to my email. I hope this helps. Sincerely yours, Malsasa" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2026-08/msg00011.html
posted Monday, August 31, 2026 at 18:59:42
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