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"[GSK37T] Reported potential PosiCloud VM issues - We are aware that some clients may be experiencing issues with virtual machines hosted on the PosiCloud platform. Senior engineers are investigating the issue and will update here. No other services are affected." Impacts RMS site.    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 05:40:19

  • I don't like built-in batteries gemini://theunixzoo.co.uk/gemlog/2026/2026-09-02-built-in-batteries.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 05:46:53

  • "Today marks the anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien’s death. Just three days ago, I returned to his prose not remembering about this fact. It will be a great adventure, just as it always has been. I’m certain of it. I’m taking my time, using a free moment every two or three days." gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-09-02-another-new-year.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 05:47:47

  • Back in Japan gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2026/SEP2026/entry-1    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 05:48:29

  • I Don’t Have a Smartphone… gemini://ploum.net/2026-09-02-i_dont_have_a_smartphone.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 05:49:09

  • "It is quite fascinating because if you assume using each app for only 3 minutes per day (which basically means opening, closing and does not include doing the upgrade every other day or debugging some problems), that’s nearly 1 hour of your day! 22 full days of your year (assuming 16 waking hours per day)."    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 05:50:23

  • hunger gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/hunger    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 05:53:09

  • RMS site down due to virtual machines issues upstream. Sooner or later some pages of his will be delisted, not deranked, by search engines.    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 05:54:01

  • "I have been extending my FEA (Finite Element Analysis) software [1]. One of the things I have been working on is a 3D FEA module). I have several specific uses for it but it's probably not interesting here." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_09_01.txt    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 05:55:21

  • An ongoing 3D-printer AGPL violation https://lwn.net/Articles/1089390/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 06:07:32

  • So-called 'Linux' Foundation and IBM (Dolan) using OSI like a private toilet for openwashing purposes and slop https://lwn.net/Articles/1089251/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 06:08:54

  • More quantum hype, scaring people using something that does not exist or barely exists https://lwn.net/Articles/1088305/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 06:09:48

  • Coffee Shrinkflation https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/03/coffee-shrinkflation/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:16:35

  • "CDs, for their part, posted a significant 58.6% YoY revenue spike to $171.1 million, with units sold having jumped 45.7% YoY to 17.5 million." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/01/us-recorded-music-revenue-h1-2026/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:39:39

  • "While the letter focuses on the New York Times and OpenAI, the government noted that its arguments apply to all of the parties in this case and related cases, including other publishers and authors." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-sides-with-ai-giants-new-york-times-lawsuit/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:39:49

  • "It said the benefits of A.I. “far outweigh any competitive harm.”" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/technology/justice-department-openai-copyright-suit.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:40:03

  • "Additionally, the plaintiff is seeking a piece of the profits stemming from the alleged infringement or, alternatively, statutory damages of CA$20,000 per allegedly infringed work" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/02/socan-suno-copyright-lawsuit/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:40:23

  • "Another day, another high-stakes copyright lawsuit against Suno – this time from Latin label and publisher Gerencia 360, which is accusing the AI music platform of infringing on hundreds of compositions and recordings." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/01/gerencia-suno-lawsuit/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:40:34

  • "A federal judge declined Wednesday to break up Google’s advertising technology business, granting another reprieve to the search giant despite a series of courts finding it holds monopolies in key parts of the online economy." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/02/googles-advertising-tech-monopoly-doesnt-need-be-broken-up-judge-says/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:41:40

  • "Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/technology/google-ad-tech-remedies.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:44:50

  • "Prosecutors had contended that those programs allowed Google to maintain an ad-tech monopoly." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/google-dodges-antitrust-breakup-of-ad-tech-business/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:45:09

  • "The regulations also establish mechanisms such as virtual lines and pre-registrations to organize sales at high-demand events. In addition, ticket transfer through official platforms must be available without additional costs." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/02/brazil-president-taylor-swift-law-protect-fans/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:45:28

  • "The tell here is how the media companies – who have been eroding the wages of creative workers for decades as they consolidated into a curdled, inbred oligopoly" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/scrape-scrope-scrap/# | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:45:52

  • "With only one provider available, the decision was easy." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/02/ice-finalizes-stun-glove-purchase-claims-theres-no-other-way-to-handle-violent-migrants/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:46:25

  • "Until, and even when, you have built your own (potentially localized) references for how to apply an SC to whatever situation, it’s best to have a plan for how to interpret the uninterpretable." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2026/09/evaluating-a-success-criterion.html | Source: Adrian Roselli    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:46:45

  • "According to the whistleblower, the US Postal Service has rushed out a janky, error-prone processing system in its mad dash to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in ballots." ☛ https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/501557/mail-in-voting | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:47:03

  • "The allegations were made public Tuesday morning by way of a letter from Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal to Postmaster General David Steiner." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/214956/whistleblower-warning-usps-vote-by-mail | Source: New Republic    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:48:08

  • "Specifically, the executive order tells the US Postal Service to engage in a “rulemaking” that is designed to make it much more difficult for states to offer mail-in ballots." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/02/whistleblower-usps-defied-a-court-injunction-to-build-an-untested-undocumented-ballot-blocking-system-its-own-staff-call-the-process-a-shit-show/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:48:16

  • "Portentous. Perhaps even ominous." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/02/flock-stalking-nazi-saluting-deputy-given-top-cop-honors-before-hastily-retiring-ahead-of-criminal-charges/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:48:33

  • "The child’s death is one of countless avoidable tragedies that Amina has witnessed over the past five years, all compounded, if not outright caused, by the Taliban’s decisions." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/the-talibans-laws-are-killing-women-and-children/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:50:04

  • "Both journalists remain unjustly imprisoned on charges, including the glorification of terrorism and harassment through electronic communications." ☛ https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/EN-CPJ-Letter-to-His-Excellency-the-President-of-Benin-September-1-2026.pdf | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:50:28

  • "The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Beninese President Romuald Wadagni to take decisive measures to protect press freedom, in a letter marking his first 100 days in office." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/09/cpj-urges-benins-president-to-strengthen-press-freedom/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:50:41

  • "being used all too often to criminalise journalism and silence reporting in Turkey, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/09/journalist-irem-delice-arrested-in-turkey-on-suspicion-of-spreading-disinformation/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:51:01

  • "Hezhir Yaghoubi, a resident of Qorveh and one of those arrested during the January 2026 protests" ☛ https://www.en-hrana.org/qorveh-hezhir-yaghoubi-sentenced-to-imprisonment-and-flogging/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:51:37

  • "We really, really need to talk about venture capital." ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2026/09/02/cancer-capital/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:52:36

  • "enormous comfort in handing the helm to someone as brilliant and wonderful and capable" ☛ https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/31/read-tim-cooks-full-memo-to-apple-employees-on-his-last-day-as-ceo/ | Source: 9to5Mac    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:53:05

  • "Removing the us-versus-them mentality from my worldview is something I am constantly working on, because there’s no room for it in the heart of someone who has compassion for the world." ☛ https://devondundee.com/blog/there-is-no-them | Source: Devon Dundee    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:53:20

  • "For years, John Ternus was one of Apple’s least-known senior executives." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/the-challenges-facing-john-ternus | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 07:53:46

  • "She has the paid right’s number, and the paid right knows it." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/yes-right-wing-demons-aoc-is-actually | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:03:42

  • "Donald Trump’s call to Cook was not a friendly request — it was a reminder." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-tribute | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:06:57

  • "Again, the essay is here. Second Rough Draft will return next week to our regular programming." ☛ https://dicktofel.substack.com/p/a-week-off-from-journalism | Source: Richard J Tofel    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:07:09

  • "Between state-level government bans, FCC crackdowns, and strict federal procurement rules" ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/09/02/ndaa-compliant-drone-gimbals-gremsy-teledyne-flir/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:07:24

  • "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.6.0." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_6_0_released/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:07:57

  • "The layoffs are set to affect 20 percent of rank-and-file employees who are seven or more layers below Mr. Khosrowshahi, he said." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/technology/uber-layoffs.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:08:08

  • "The company’s shares have fallen 8% this year on perceptions it’s lagging Alphabet’s Waymo in the self-driving race." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/02/2026/uber-to-cut-10-of-corporate-roles-in-bid-to-get-faster | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:08:19

  • "Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi announced the layoffs in a letter to employees Wednesday." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-09-02/uber-lays-off-10-of-its-workforce-in-biggest-cut-since-2020 | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:10:02

  • "a move that has drawn pushback from proxy advisors ahead of a September 9th vote" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/arm-faces-potential-shareholder-revolt-over-ceos-excessive-usd800-million-pay-package-huge-stock-award-would-only-be-fully-realised-if-chip-designer-hits-usd2-trillion-valuation | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:10:18

  • "The talks came amid a growing backlash against the construction of AI data centers in the United States" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-make-plea-at-g20-for-more-ai-data-centers/articleshow/133696193.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:10:39

  • "Increasingly, there has been an argument that governments should moderate their positions because defending principles, exercising sovereign rights or supporting the lawful rights of others may carry too high an economic cost." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/preserving-freedom-to-govern-in-the-face-of-economic-coercion/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:10:56

  • "The cell also passed a separate test by UL Solutions under China’s GB/T 43568-2026 methodology for all-solid-state batteries." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/prologium-solid-state-battery-mass-production-381-wh-kg | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:14:09

  • "As of the end of July this year, China’s installed solar power capacity reached 1.286 billion kilowatts" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/01/china-says-solar-power-capacity-surpasses-coal-for-first-time/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:14:26

  • "The free Fringe Patio on Granville Island will feature all-ages live music co-presented with Coastal Jazz over the Labour Day Weekend." ☛ https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/09/02/New-Meta-Data-Centre-Cost-Albertans/ | Source: The Tyee    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:14:41

  • "The side effects of this industrial expansion include air pollution, planet-warming emissions and an emerging pollutant of concern: noise that never turns off." ☛ https://wpln.org/post/noise-pollution-from-data-centers-is-coming-the-gas-powered-xai-model-is-spreading/ | Source: Nashville Public Radio    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:15:30

  • "This is a great plan, and the bit where it makes no sense is a minor detail" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/01/romanias-new-data-centre-for-ai-and-quantum/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:16:20

  • "Two-thirds of Americans now say they oppose having a data center built near where they live, according to a University of Virginia poll. Fewer than 20% support such developments." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/opposition-to-data-centers-is-gaining | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:16:38

  • "Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are traditionally framed as the villains of the climate crisis." ☛ https://ocean2climate.org/2026/09/02/why-high-latitude-marine-heatwaves-are-supercharging-coastal-carbon-sinks/ | Source: Sang-Ki Lee    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:17:25

  • "In an August survey from Heatmap Pro and Embold Research, just 15 percent of Americans said they would support a data center being built in their area, while 75 percent expressed opposition." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/501146/data-centers-bans-polls-ai | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:17:38

  • "In 2024, the Department of Natural Resources prohibited Rochester from building any new groundwater wells, citing concerns about the effect on the rare wetlands." ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/drinking-water/2026/09/whats-a-fen-this-rare-wetland-is-why-southeastern-minnesota-cant-endlessly-pump-groundwater/ | Source: MinnPost    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:19:08

  • "Scientists are particularly concerned about soot on glaciers, and not just because of the heavy metals and other hazardous materials the pollution contains." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/climate/pollution-soot-glaciers-melting-himalayas.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:19:41

  • The direct, damaging effects of social control media in .fi: "16.3 percent support." https://yle.fi/a/74-20244321 Sompi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:20:11

  • "It’s pretty long and somewhat academic but if you want to understand what actually happened" ☛ https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killing-of-a-black-man | Source: Carole Cadwalladr    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:23:54

  • "Traffic between networks on the [Internet] is routed using BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)" ☛ https://www.virtualizor.com/blog/security-incident-bgp-hijacking/ |    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:24:03

  • "Leipzig marks a new escalation on European soil, directly attributed to Russia" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/europe-leipzig-drone-russia-threat-ukraine/33845626.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:25:40

  • "At the time, he did not mention Russia by name. And even now, Merz himself has not commented on the matter." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/russias-hybrid-attacks-on-germany-when-is-it-war/a-78784262 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:26:34

  • "The world is on track to cross the 1.5°C global warming threshold, likely within the next few years, according to a major new UN Environment Programme" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/350-org-responds-to-un-report-confirming-world-set-to-breach-1-50c-every-fraction-of-a-degree-still-worth-fighting-for | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:26:52

  • "The report, titled Limiting Overshoot, warns that global temperature rise is 'likely within the next few years' to cross the 1.5°C threshold." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/un-report-warns-imminent-breach-1-5c-global-warming-threshold-1817589 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:27:06

  • "The United Nations said Wednesday the 1.5°C target would be missed and outlined how global temperatures might be brought back down in a first-of-its-kind assessment met with dismay" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-09-world-reality-15c-goal.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:27:38

  • "global temperatures will exceed the 1.5-degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warming threshold" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/climate-overshoot-is-coming-are-we-ready/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:27:58

  • "overshoot, peak, and decline" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/un-report-says-earth-will-overshoot-1-5c-warming-emission-cuts-can-limit-damage/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:28:15

  • "Maybe that’s why “climate adaptation” no longer sounds like laziness: There is clearly no easy or low-effort way out of all of this." ☛ https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/501812/the-world-is-whiffing-on-its-biggest-climate-goal | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:28:33

  • "trade conflict that poses an existential threat to the U.S. auto industry." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-hits-keep-coming | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:28:49

  • "I also think it would be good for someone to spend some time thinking about how to give good advice on bio-informed prepping." ☛ https://www.jefftk.com/p/invididual-effort-to-reduce-biorisk | Source: Jeff Kaufman    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:29:07

  • Anon re https://yle.fi/a/74-20244321 "above single-digit is not possible without .ru via social control media and even that party does not take on the core problem: islam instead they whine about _*all*_ foreigners and even each other and tear down the national infrastructure while doing so    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:29:56

  • "My Wireshark test of Firefox 148 showed that its AI kill switch disables generative features, but leaves telemetry and advertising untouched." ☛ https://marius.blog/firefox-155-ai-kill-switch-retest/ |    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:32:06

  • "Cameras and surveillance systems have been around since the 1940s, and have only become more and more affordable and easy to set up, even pre-Ring" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/ring-bullshit/ | Source: Ava    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:32:20

  • ""I don’t have a smartphone," is what I tell people and professionals nowadays." ☛ https://ploum.net/2026-09-02-i_dont_have_a_smartphone.html | Source: Lionel Dricot    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:32:32

  • "The incident shows how quickly police departments have come to use AI surveillance tools even in critically sensitive cases." ☛ https://www.404media.co/texas-police-used-ai-to-write-report-about-using-flock-to-search-for-woman-who-had-abortion/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:33:22

  • "Is there any talk to redesign the Outpost to not look exactly like the Flock camera — I think it will help agencies with the optics while we batten down the hatches" ☛ https://www.404media.co/cops-are-asking-axon-to-make-their-cameras-look-different-from-flock-so-people-dont-destroy-them/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:33:37

  • "The company recently rolled out an update that can detect whether the LED light has been covered or destroyed" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/01/2026/meta-disables-cameras-on-thousands-of-tampered-smart-glasses | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:33:56

  • "The case will return to the U.K. High Court of Justice, where attribution, causation, and injury must be proven." ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/uk-supreme-court-opens-door-for-spyware-victims-to-sue-foreign-states/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:34:18

  • "The legislation would have permitted insurers to use telematics technology to track speed" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-09-02/bill-that-would-have-allowed-insurers-to-track-driving-habits-dies-in-california-legislature | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:34:30

  • "How do we ban Meta glasses at BM?" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/burning-man-meta-glasses | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:34:45

  • "The Meta settlement - with protections the company says could become industry standards - will give the social media giant a year to refine its approach." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-companies-are-trying-harder-to-know-which-users-are-kids/articleshow/133683545.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:35:17

  • "The website claimed that the details on my V5C – the vehicle registration certificate or “logbook” – didn’t match my personal information." ☛ https://danq.me/2026/09/02/dvla-v5c-issue/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:35:39

  • "According to Jersey's police force, most of the reported incidents have seen a victim receive an unexpected phone call from someone claiming to work for a bank (either in their fraud or security department, or Revolut's customer support team.)" ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/revolut-scam-jersey | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:36:09

  • Russia Has Already (Silently) Declared War on Germany, Hence NATO and EU https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/03/russia-has-already-silently-declared-war-on-germany-hence-nato-and-eu/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:40:05

  • "My Wireshark test of Firefox 148 showed that its AI kill switch disables generative features, but leaves telemetry and advertising untouched." ☛ https://marius.blog/firefox-155-ai-kill-switch-retest/ |    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:40:50

  • Mozilla shovelling up slop, no matter if you want it or not ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-ai-on-your-terms/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:40:56

  • "Social media empires are being put on notice for content that promotes controlling, violent sexual acts." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/teach-us-consent-national-press-club-manosphere/tki4accvj | Source: SBS    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:43:44

  • "Further note: All U.S. states are parties to the Settlement except Florida, New Mexico, and Texas." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/02/metas-17-billion-settlement-is-a-bad-deal-for-teens-and-all-social-media-users/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:44:15

  • "The lawsuits don’t target dangerous content on platforms, though." ☛ https://www.vox.com/podcasts/501732/meta-trial-settlement-children-social-media-mental-health-tiktok-youtube-snap | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:44:25

  • "The FBI said a 17-year-old from Maine is the first child federally charged and adjudicated for crimes stemming from their involvement in 764" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/maine-teenager-first-underage-detained-764/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:44:38

  • "enshittification, a term coined by Cory Doctorow which has become one of the stickiest ideas of our era to explain" ☛ https://www.404media.co/a16z-says-you-actually-love-social-media-enshittification-isnt-real/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:46:04

  • "That changes the question you should be asking." ☛ https://jeroensangers.com/2026/09/02/the-instagram-algorithm-tests-new.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:46:24

  • "Christopher was sick of being ghosted by AI recruiters. So he unleashed ChatGPT on his robot interviewer." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/bot-vs-bot-job-interview-ai/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:53:05

  • "Just an endless ocean that leads nowhere good." ☛ https://discardpile.pika.page/posts/the-endless-temptation-of-claude |    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:53:19

  • "On your death bed, nobody is going to care about how many features you pushed on git."    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:53:45

  • "There's no high score, no reward, for endlessly expanding your software as far and fast as possible."    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:53:51

  • "LLMs receive sequences of token IDs instead of raw text. For example, the GPT-2 tokenizer encodes what's the weather in goldshire?" ☛ https://healeycodes.com/what-makes-llm-tokenization-slow | Source: Andrew Healey    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:55:01

  • "Estimates are that, to justify the AI platforms' enormous capex plans, by 2030 they need to be generating around $2T/year in revenue." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2026/09/small-is-beautiful.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 08:59:29

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posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:03:40

  • "hey, don’t do that" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/how-to-protect-yourself-from-workslop/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:03:50

  • "I am not good at detecting when a piece of text has been produced by a large language model (LLM from now on)." ☛ https://www.usebox.net/jjm/blog/detecting-llms/ | Source: Juan J Martínez    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:03:55

  • "I received the two emails below earlier in the month. They’re vaguely coherent." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/ai-agents-are-now-emailing-me-with-their-security-concerns.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:04:06

  • "I’ve never personally put clankers seriously to work and for now I’ll continue not to." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/09/01/Un-Racing | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:04:15

  • "AI-driven impact" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pushes-its-new-ai-agent-on-employees-but-eases-off-on-tokenmaxxing/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:04:28

  • "The programme records children's voices, assesses their reading aloud and is also used as a dyslexia screener." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/controversy-ai-reading-tool-new-mexico-schools-1817570 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:04:41

  • "Across society, I think the answer varies, which could create some troubling educational disequalization." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/09/ai-intelligence-meritocracy-pay-jobs | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:04:51

  • "Read together, the letters point toward a two-tier arrangement. AI becomes entrenched across society while ownership of its most powerful systems, infrastructure, and governance remains concentrated at the top." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/big-techs-debate-over-open-and-safe-ai-leaves-corporate-power-unquestioned/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:05:01

  • "The US tech giant, which plans to roll out the opt-out globally, declined to comment and referred to its June 3 blog post on the topic." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-antitrust-regulators-quiz-publishers-on-googles-ai-search-opt-out/articleshow/133708802.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 09:05:12

  • "That volume measures how many people complained, not how many accounts broke. Microsoft has published neither number." ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/xbox-live-error-0x80004005-sign-in-outage/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:14:38

  • "When connecting to either on-premises or hosted Microsoft accounts, Thunderbird users now have an array of options." ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/09/thunderbird-desktop-new-protocol-support-microsoft-graph-api/ | Source: Thunderbird    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:14:50

  • "Some Dropbox users received an email from the company on Monday notifying them that their accounts have been accessed without authorization between August 4 and August 21" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/dropbox-says-about-5000-accounts-compromised-in-august-hack/articleshow/133708729.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:15:03

  • "But maybe that’s exactly what I need, stripped of anything but the essential." ☛ https://eliseomartelli.it/blog/2026-09-01-release-28/ | Source: Eliseo Martelli    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:15:41

  • "Between scrolling, notifications, and messages, smartphones can be hard to put down." ☛ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/09/01/about-half-of-americans-say-they-spend-too-much-time-on-their-smartphone/ | Source: Pew Reseach Center    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:21:13

  • "When connecting to either on-premises or hosted Microsoft accounts, Thunderbird users now have an array of options." ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/09/thunderbird-desktop-new-protocol-support-microsoft-graph-api/ | Source: Thunderbird    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:23:22

  • "Some Dropbox users received an email from the company on Monday notifying them that their accounts have been accessed without authorization between August 4 and August 21" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/dropbox-says-about-5000-accounts-compromised-in-august-hack/articleshow/133708729.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:23:34

  • "But maybe that’s exactly what I need, stripped of anything but the essential." ☛ https://eliseomartelli.it/blog/2026-09-01-release-28/ | Source: Eliseo Martelli    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:24:53

  • "Younger adults stand out for describing their smartphone use as excessive. Seven-in-ten adults under 30 say they spend too much time on it, as do about two-thirds of those ages 30 to 49." ☛ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/09/01/about-half-of-americans-say-they-spend-too-much-time-on-their-smartphone/ | Source: Pew Reseach Center    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:25:05

  • "Notably, 70% of smartphone owners in the U.S. aged 18–29 say they believe they use it too much." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/pew-smartphone-usage-2026/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:25:17

  • "Passed in 1986, the law turns 40 this year, yet that ominous little label still confuses the average consumer." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/why-does-everything-have-a-prop-65-warning/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:25:32

  • "As for which models made the potentially deadly misidentifications, Qwen3.8-27b led the pack there too, calling poisonous mushrooms edible 36 percent of the time" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/09/02/ai-assisted-mushroom-hunting-is-a-recipe-for-a-bad-trip/5294060 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:25:44

  • "it took a noticeable amount of power to spin these disks up (and a smaller one to keep them spinning, which one would notice when receiving the bill from the electricity company)." ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/smd.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:26:10

  • "The concept behind the project is simple enough—grab the digital signals that feed the MC6847 IC responsible for generating the analog video output" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/hdmi-for-the-color-computer-2/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:27:38

  • "Sir Clive Sinclair and his company were notorious for pushing the limits of electronic parts in search of a low price, and his ZX series 8-bit computers were fine examples of this art." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/how-a-1981-ram-expansion-worked/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:27:53

  • "In a report detailing the first half of 2026, Canon says that mirrorless cameras as well as compact cameras are on the rise amid the smartphone pushback" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/the-smartphone-destroyed-the-camera-industry-now-providing-a-photography-experience-different-from-that-of-smartphones-is-driving-growth-canon-says | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:28:04

  • "When theoretical computer science stops talking about computing, it just becomes mathematics and no longer computer science." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/09/what-is-computer.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:29:25

  • "I made a post about this on my socials and many people suggested a lot of books with Spanish translations." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/my-mom-may-get-into-sci-fi-books/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:29:37

  • "When I get like this in life, I often get a big impulse to run and to make a big change. Blow up my life over and over again" ☛ https://samsharp.ca/the-summer-ends/ | Source: Sam Sharp    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:29:50

  • "When I get like this in life, I often get a big impulse to run and to make a big change. Blow up my life over and over again" ☛ https://samsharp.ca/the-summer-ends/ | Source: Sam Sharp    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:30:07

  • "To learn how to use these tools and this insight to make a change in the world after I graduate." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/09/enrollment-and-learning/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:30:14

  • "Well, I guess that I’m officially retired now. School has started and I’m still sleeping in." ☛ https://troypatterson.me/2026/09/02/officially-retired/ | Source: Troy Patterson    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:31:07

  • "Then one day I heard someone describe writing as nothing more than thinking, which completely changed my perspective." ☛ https://tylerhillery.com/blog/writing-doesnt-have-to-be-linear/ | Source: Tyler Hillery    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:31:16

  • "On June 17, 2026, the Internet Archive hosted the National Summit on Local News Preservation in National Harbor, Maryland." ☛ https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/01/localnewsreport/ | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:31:30

  • "This September, you can help us meet that challenge and make your support go three times as far." ☛ https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/01/keep-our-servers-running-your-recurring-donation-goes-3x-this-september/ | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:31:45

  • "Los Angeles Unified quietly imposed a districtwide moratorium on student use of generative AI on school devices this year." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-02/lausd-student-ai-ban-policy | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:32:01

  • "At a high level, compression is about rewriting data so that it conveys the same information in fewer bytes. This is best illustrated with an example." ☛ https://ochagavia.nl/blog/lets-build-a-compressor-from-scratch/ | Source: Adolfo Ochagavía    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:34:27

  • "In a previous article, we presented the one-way ANOVA, the statistical test used to compare a quantitative variable between three groups or more" ☛ https://statsandr.com/blog/repeated-measures-anova-in-r/ | Source: Stats and R    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:34:44

  • "Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve is a plot that shows the performance of a binary classification model." ☛ https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/roc-auc-dca/ | Source: Ken Koon Wong    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:35:04

  • "Today, RPN calculators look like a nearly extinct species." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/im-not-dead-yet-reverse-polish-notation-calculators-you-can-still-buy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:35:33

  • "Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is usually discussed as something the world needs to get rid of." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-09-metal-2d-catalysts-extra-electrical.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:35:43

  • "I just checked and, as of this writing, that guidance is still in the document." ☛ https://www.olafalders.com/2026/09/02/the-united-states-is-not-america/ | Source: Olaf Alders    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:36:23

  • "But just because he’s saying them doesn’t automatically make them true." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/doing-things-with-words | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:36:28

  • "As the owners of the ColorChecker changed, so did the technology behind it." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/galleries-and-exhibitions/this-rainbow-chart-has-been-keeping-pro-photographers-in-check-for-50-years-colorchecker-is-celebrating-its-big-birthday-with-a-virtual-museum | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:38:15

  • "Several prominent Canadian sites displayed Lake America to Canadians over the weekend, including Hydro One’s outage map" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/09/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-why-asking-google-maps-to-defy-the-u-s-on-lake-ontario-would-undermine-canadian-digital-sovereignty/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:38:34

  • "A Z-test checks whether a sample mean is significantly different from a claimed population mean but it only works under one specific condition" ☛ https://www.rstudiodatalab.com/2026/09/z-test-in-r-complete-guide-with-one.html |    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:39:25

  • Anon: SWATTing is not a prank, it is attempted murder-by-cop gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/02/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_169_Out_of_200_Calling_People_Nazis.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:40:50

  • "The multiverse already solves exact pins, and provably well in O(n log n). However it had some caveats to the solution." ☛ https://fzakaria.com/2026/09/01/the-holy-grail-of-nixpkgs-version-ranges | Source: Farid Zakaria    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:40:59

  • "The question that matters is not how to make one part faster, but what a change does to the whole flow." ☛ https://jeroensangers.com/2026/09/01/you-optimise-a-system-by.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:41:19

  • Anon: there was an important link the other day relevant to this, but I can't find it it was some LLM or "AI" project being sponsored by LF gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/03/Linux_Foundation_is_Plagiarism_Hub_Linux_is_at_Risk_From_It.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:41:37

  • "In a recent article on std::inplace_vector, I mentioned that C++26 is generous with new containers. Here’s the other one: std::hive." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/09/02/cpp26-hive | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:41:51

  • "Ad blocking is turned off by default, and it can be turned on in the Firefox app by going to Settings > Browsing > Ad Blocker." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/01/firefox-ios-ad-blocker/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:51:34

  • "This version includes important security updates to Firefox." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a11/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:51:51

  • "There’s been a useful amount of movement since last week, although most of it is arriving through browser releases rather than grand announcements." ☛ https://csswizardry.com/2026/09/web-perf-wednesday-007-chrome-makes-busy-workers-measurable/ | Source: Harry Roberts    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:52:10

  • "If you rather want a security-patched older release branch, stay tuned for the follow-up Rock-solid curl announcement within a few days." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/09/02/curl-8-22-0/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:52:19

  • "The update also addresses nine high-severity security defects, including use-after-free, incorrect authorization, information leak, improper input validation, uninitialized resource, and buffer overflow weaknesses." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-and-firefox-updates-patch-dozens-of-vulnerabilities/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:53:54

  • "Emacs ships with default settings intended for backward compatibility and convenience over strict security." ☛ https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-security-settings/ | Source: James Cherti    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:54:37

  • "These thoughts have me no longer looking at a phone thinking if only I had that better camera" ☛ https://ljpuk.net/posts/the-camera-on-my-phone-didnt-matter-as-much-as-i-thought | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:55:15

  • "Watchy comes pre-loaded with firmware that demonstrates all the basic features. You can also try different watch faces and examples in Arduino." ☛ https://watchy.sqfmi.com/docs/getting-started |    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:56:00

  • "A “squisk” is a square disc, with one light-colored side and one dark-colored side." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/08/31/p-a-r-is-a-flip-squisk-display-that-draws-your-pixel-art/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:56:16

  • [Old] "So, the only way is to disassemble the machine, unsolder the flash chip containing the BIOS, and rewrite it with a new firmware." ☛ https://pulkomandy.tk/_/_/_Unlocking%20a%20Chromebook | Source: PulkoMandy    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:56:50

  • "Presumably with the massive cost savings of buying a Sears calculator over a TI one, this was deemed an acceptable trade-off." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/doubling-thermal-printer-resolution-by-wiggling/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:57:08

  • "It’s a fair point to make that the resolution of a consumer FDM printer may be close to its mechanical limit." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/__trashed-8/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 13:57:33

  • "Consequently, also considering that I’m really enjoying an OpenBSD-based infrastructure for other reasons" ☛ https://eliseomartelli.it/blog/2026-09-02-vybsd/ | Source: Eliseo Martelli    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:00:00

  • "There are days that I enjoy the RG just because of the Game Boy Advance SP nostalgia feels." ☛ https://gabz.blog/posts/lets-talk-retro-doodads | Source: Gabriel    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:01:11

  • "I produced¹ another version of the results graph, with all pairwise results and percentages, so that it's easier to read" ☛ https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2026/08/msg00362.html | Source: Debian    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:01:41

  • "Understand how the FreeBSD release cycle works, from CURRENT and STABLE branches to RELEASE versions, support timelines" ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/freebsd-release-cycle-and-upgrade-schedule/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:06:01

  • He misspelled "Russia" https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/spains-pm-sanchez-says-no-evidence-morocco-orchestrated-ceuta-border    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:06:26

  • "I feel like I righted a wrong in some small way recently." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/a-boxed-set-of-dr-dos-6/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:06:57

  • "Package managers generally use SAT solvers1 for dependency resolution, walking the solution space, backtracking on conflicts, to find a resolution." ☛ https://ryan.freumh.org/dependency-resolution-natural-join.html | Source: Ryan Gibb    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:09:43

  • "Enough said. In the following sections, we will learn how to apply these protections on a Linux server." ☛ https://ostechnix.com/ssh-hardening-brute-force-attacks-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:11:31

  • "No-Width Optional Break is not working. Replace with zero width space (Unicode 200B)." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/no-width-optional-break-is-not-working-workaround/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:13:38

  • "Resonance" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1170/resonance | Source: David Revoy    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:16:01

  • "We have two sorts of multi-user Linux machines; there are ones for general purpose logins and normal Unix stuff" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/StrictOvercommitNoLongerUsing | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:16:23

  • "This week Jonathan chats with Benjamin Samuels of Trail of Bits!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/02/floss-weekly-episode-880-the-two-wolves/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:16:54

  • No bailout for Datacenter Cartel: "Datacenter får inget statligt stöd i regeringens nya budgetförslag | Inrikes | Svenska Yle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/a/7-10104539    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:19:23

  • "Meta Settles States' Child-Safety Claims for $18B; Florida Rejects Deal as "Peanuts" - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/01/036208    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:19:35

  • "FOSS Force Interviews Richard Stallman - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/01/0310224    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:20:36

  • "Debian Votes To Let Contributors Code With AI - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/01/0255250 http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/02/News_About_Debian_based_Sparky_and_Debian_Has_Fallen_as_Slop_Pl.shtml    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:21:29

  • Leipzig drones: Suspects identified | "Leipziger Drohnenattacke: Fahnder ermitteln zwei Tatverdächtige - Politik - SZ.de" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/leipzig-drohnen-anschlag-sprengstoff-russland-ermittlungen-low-level-agenten-hybrider-krieg-li.3540108    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:22:02

  • "Congress Controls Executive Power - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/02/congress-controls-executive-power/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:22:13

  • "An Orbán Man, Now Working for China - by Jay Nordlinger" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/an-orban-man-now-working-for-china MinceR    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:22:28

  • "Angie Nixon Wants to Expand the Court, End the Filibuster, and Put ICE in Jail" https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/angie-nixon-wants-to-expand-the-court    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:22:47

  • "Two Democrats Vote to Save Republican Agenda in Major Embarrassment | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/215016/two-house-democrats-vote-save-republican-agenda    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:23:04

  • "Tim Curry's cause of death revealed - Los Angeles Times" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-09-02/tim-curry-cause-of-death-rocky-horror "According to People, the document also states Curry did not undergo surgery for either his coronary artery disease, kidney cancer or stroke."    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:24:04

  • "Data sovereignty concerns: Palantir chief says France's digital sovereignty push 'backfiring' - RTL Today" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/palantir-chief-says-frances-digital-sovereignty-push-backfiring-463058479    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:24:20

  • "Åldersgränser online och AI-frågor på gång i EU" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/02/aldersgranser-online-och-ai-fragor-pa-gang-i-eu/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:25:01

  • The State of the Union speech will start in 13 days ... https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/state-union_en    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:25:12

  • Kubernetes v1.37: Scale Workloads to Zero with HorizontalPodAutoscaler ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/09/02/kubernetes-v1-37-hpa-scale-to-zero-beta/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:28:33

  • "these updates help the platform that stages patches, enforces standards, and keeps disconnected estates under local control" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-satellite-620-limited-availability-early-access-containerized-management-and-post-quantum-cryptographic-enablement | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:29:10

  • "model cards can't tell you how the model will behave when someone tries to break it." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-risk-aware-model-deployment-looks-regulated-industries | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:29:26

  • "The challenge isn’t in applying the updates themselves; it’s being able to see, at any moment, which machines are actually current and which have quietly slipped behind." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/patch-linux-distributions-from-one-console/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:30:51

  • "Everything below was tested on Ubuntu 26.04 with shadow-utils. Where behavior differs on RHEL-based systems, I’ve called it out." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/usermod-command-examples-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:31:12

  • "August delivered a packed month of snapshots across the desktop, developer tooling, and security surface." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/09/02/tw-monthly-update-august/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:31:40

  • JSAUX Steam Machine E-Ink and Pixel Matrix panels get store pages, plus VOIDJOY SkyLark S1 Pro Portable Controller revealed | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/jsaux-steam-machine-e-ink-and-pixel-matrix-panels-get-store-pages-plus-voidjoy-skylark-s1-pro-portable-controller-revealed/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:32:51

  • Humble Choice for September 26 includes Frostpunk 2, SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/humble-choice-for-september-26-includes-frostpunk-2-sonic-x-shadow-generations/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:33:17

  • ONTOS, the next horror from Frictional Games has a new extended look | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ontos-the-next-horror-from-frictional-games-has-a-new-extended-look/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:33:37

  • Nexus Mods acquires the popular community site SteamDB | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/nexus-mods-acquires-the-popular-community-site-steamdb/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/nexus-mods-acquires-the-popular-community-site-steamdb/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:39:47

  • Dragon's Dogma 2 gets a big upgrade and Denuvo DRM removed | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/dragons-dogma-2-gets-a-big-upgrade-and-denuvo-drm-removed/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:40:09

  • Did Daniel Pocock do this run today or another man with the same name, 20 years younger? https://www.sportstimingsolutions.co.uk/results/blackpool-night-run-2026    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:42:08

  • s-box from Facepunch now has Native Linux support on Steam | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/s-box-from-facepunch-now-has-native-linux-support-on-steam/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:42:33

  • "Shit Runners Club Kendal" https://www.sportstimingsolutions.co.uk/results/blackpool-night-run-2026    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:48:52

  • A big Steam stable update is out with improvements for Remote Play, Steam Input and bug fixes | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/a-big-steam-stable-update-is-out-with-improvements-for-remote-play-steam-input-and-bug-fixes/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:49:35

  • SteamVR Beta 2.17.8 released to ready up for the Steam Frame - added support for USB streaming | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamvr-beta-2-17-8-released-to-ready-up-for-the-steam-frame-added-support-for-usb-streaming/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:50:16

  • Steam Linux user share dips below 4% for August 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-linux-user-share-dips-below-4-percent-for-august-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-linux-user-share-dips-below-4-percent-for-august-2026/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:50:24

  • "The board is based on Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52840 microcontroller, which integrates a 64MHz Arm Cortex-M4 processor with floating-point support" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/bluetooth-uwb-board-based-on-nrf52840-offers-10cm-accuracy/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 14:50:53

  • [Podcast] Measuring the impact of locally served root zone ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/03/podcast-measuring-the-impact-of-locally-served-root-zone/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:03:26

  • Can’t establish a connection to the server at stallman.org.    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:04:09

  • Resonance ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1170/resonance    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:04:23

  • "I was infected with the idea of becoming a recording engineer and building a studio where I could develop my own ideas as to what a studio should be like." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stewart    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:07:06

  • FreeBSD’s Release Cycle: What It Means for Your Upgrade Schedule ☞ https://klarasystems.com/articles/freebsd-release-cycle-and-upgrade-schedule/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:15:08

  • Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-and-firefox-updates-patch-dozens-of-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:16:40

  • curl 8.22.0 ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/09/02/curl-8-22-0/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:16:54

  • Thunderbird Blog: Thunderbird Desktop New Protocol Support: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Graph API ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/09/thunderbird-desktop-new-protocol-support-microsoft-graph-api/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:22:39

  • SPAM by slop https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/ai-agents-are-now-emailing-me-with-their-security-concerns.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:32:13

  • Burning Man Has a Meta Hey Hi (AI) Glasses Problem ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/burning-man-meta-glasses    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:33:05

  • U.K. Supreme Court Opens Door for Spyware Victims to Sue Foreign States ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/uk-supreme-court-opens-door-for-spyware-victims-to-sue-foreign-states/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:33:18

  • EU, NATO Seek Stronger Response To Russian Threat After Leipzig 'Escalation' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/europe-leipzig-drone-russia-threat-ukraine/33845626.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:33:48

  • Preserving freedom to govern in the face of economic coercion ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/preserving-freedom-to-govern-in-the-face-of-economic-coercion/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:36:54

  • Old and same as ever: society needs to be criticised by some people, esp. companies and rogue actors. But they won't like it, they will find that 'upsetting'. They will attack the messenger The role of the state is to protect the messenger.    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:39:18

  • Pluralistic: Unpermissioned research (02 Sep 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/scrape-scrope-scrap/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:40:05

  • In a Big Win, Surveillance Giant Google Won’t Have to Break Up Its Ad Tech Business, Court Rules ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/technology/google-ad-tech-remedies.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:40:37

  • When It Rains, It Pours: SOCAN Sues Suno for Allegedly ‘Engaging in Rampant Copyright Infringement on a Massive Scale’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/02/socan-suno-copyright-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:41:01

  • Justice Dept. Sides With Proprietary Chaffbot Company in New York Times Copyright Suit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/technology/justice-department-openai-copyright-suit.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:41:28

  • Eight stable kernels for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1092151/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:43:53

  • "Up earlyish, still a painful back - there is a thought that I should actually do the exercises from the physio - so tried that." https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-30.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:47:06

  • 2026-09-02 09:16: I've recently switched to Gnome's default apps for email etc. ☞ https://kevquirk.com/2026-09-02-0916    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:48:01

  • Hurdling Eligibility with a “Separable Interface” ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/hurdling-eligibility-with-a-separable-interface.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:48:26

  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppClassicExamples 0.1.5 on CRAN: Very Minor Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/02#rcppclassicexamples_0.1.5    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:51:03

  • A Patent Purchase Scam Targeting Patent Attorneys ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/a-patent-purchase-scam-targeting-patent-attorneys.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:51:40

  • Reverse dependencies as a zypper plugin ☞ https://bzoltan1.github.io/reverse-dependencies-as-a-zypper-plugin/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:52:55

  • Using syslog-ng with Elasticsearch 9.5 ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-elasticsearch-9-5/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:53:04

  • An Entire Forested Island Appeared and Disappeared So Inexplicably That Officials Thought It Was Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/entire-island-appears-disappears    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:58:14

  • The UK government is preparing to greenlight a new generation of hyperscale data centres but they have no idea what they are being used for ☞ https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/09/02/the-uk-government-is-preparing-to-greenlight-a-new-generation-of-hyperscale-data-centres-but-they-have-no-idea-what-they-are-being-used-for/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:58:34

  • Too weak, too strict: India's food warning labels draw fire from all sides ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/too-weak-too-strict-indias-food-warning-labels-draw-fire-from-all-sides    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 15:59:21

  • South Korea top court rules cinemas must provide audio, visual aids for people with disabilities ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-top-court-rules-cinemas-must-provide-audio-visual-aids-for-people-with-disabilities    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:00:35

  • North Korea ruling party revisions bolster Kim Jong Un’s control, report says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-ruling-party-revisions-bolster-kim-jong-uns-control-report-says    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:01:02

  • QR code scams on the rise in Malaysia, with $9.4 million in losses in first half of 2026 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/qr-code-scams-on-the-rise-in-malaysia-with-9-4-million-in-losses-in-first-half-of-2026    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:01:29

  • China restores access to Tibet disaster zone as highway reopens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-restores-road-access-to-tibet-disaster-zone-as-search-intensifies    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:02:29

  • Nepal sends climate bill to China, US and India after deadly floods ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/nepal-sends-climate-bill-to-china-us-and-india-after-deadly-floods    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:02:41

  • US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-china-arm-for-space-warfare-hunter-satellites-and-orbital-weapons    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:03:07

  • Tibet   

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:03:40

  • Nepal to rebuild early-warning system on China border after deadly flood, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/nepal-to-rebuild-early-warning-system-on-china-border-after-deadly-flood-sources-say    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:03:52

  • China’s waning appetite for oil is keeping emissions in check ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-waning-appetite-for-oil-is-keeping-emissions-in-check    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:04:06

  • Chair of Pacific leaders meeting urges united front on China missile test ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chair-of-pacific-leaders-meeting-urges-united-front-on-china-missile-test    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:04:26

  • China says it conducted survey of waters east of Taiwan in August ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-it-conducted-survey-of-waters-east-of-taiwan-last-month    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:04:44

  • China's EUV technology 'at a similar stage to ASML in 2004,' analyst claims — Beijing's semiconductor industry remains well behind Western rivals ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-euv-technology-at-a-similar-stage-to-asml-in-2004-analyst-claims-beijings-semiconductor-industry-remains-well-behind-western-rivals    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:05:07

  • Solomon Islands crisis: regional power rivalries spill into domestic politics ☞ https://rfa.org/english/pacific/2026/09/02/solomon-islands-no-confidence-wale/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:05:21

  • Lithuanian lawmakers’ China meeting rejected by Seimas board ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3040122/lithuanian-lawmakers-china-meeting-rejected-by-seimas-board    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:05:56

  • China’s Pooh-tin Jinping holds talks with Sisi in first Egypt visit in a decade ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/02/chinas-xi-jinping-holds-talks-with-sisi-in-first-egypt-visit-in-a-decade/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:06:16

  • How the Met’s Galliano Show Fell Apart ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/style/john-galliano-met-exhibition-cancel-anna-wintour.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:06:47

  • BREAKING: Physicists May Have Found The Best Evidence of Dark Matter Yet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/breaking-physicists-may-have-found-the-best-evidence-of-dark-matter-yet    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:10:16

  • Scientists Solve a Superconductor Mystery Hiding in Plain Sight ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-two-superconducting-states-hiding-as-one    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:10:26

  • Everyone Assumes DNA Shapes Your Personality. It Turns Out Something Else Is Doing Most of The Work ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/everyone-assumes-dna-shapes-your-personality-it-turns-out-something-else-is-doing-most-of-the-work    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:10:35

  • Haunting Encounter With Rare Bigfin Squid Caught 2 Miles Under The Waves ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/haunting-encounter-with-rare-bigfin-squid-caught-2-miles-under-the-waves    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:13:05

  • Astronomers Detect a 10-Sided Structure in Saturn's Atmosphere ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-spot-an-uncannily-geometric-10-sided-structure-in-saturns-atmosphere    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:13:17

  • Your Skull's Bone Marrow May Be Fueling Chronic Pain, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-source-of-chronic-pain-may-be-lurking-inside-your-skull-study-finds    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:13:50

  • Rare Ancient Treasure Trove Stolen – But Thieves Left The Most Valuable Item Behind ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-ancient-treasure-trove-stolen-but-thieves-left-behind-a-piece-of-metal-from-beyond-our-world    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:14:00

  • The Human Body May Age in Two Major Bursts, And a New Study Reveals What Drives Them ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-human-body-may-age-in-two-major-bursts-and-a-new-study-reveals-what-drives-them    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:14:10

  • Pyramid scheme, scam, lie, and press playing along with it here ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/ai-data-center-investment-projected-to-hit-usd32-trillion-by-2050-infrastructure-spending-estimated-to-exceed-capital-requirements-for-railways-electrification-or-the-internet    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:15:07

  • South Korea’s Lee calls for conditions to resume US-North Korea dialogue ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-lee-calls-for-conditions-to-resume-us-north-korea-dialogue    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:15:47

  • Jakarta police probe ‘intellectual actors’ behind Aug 27 unrest that left one dead ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jakarta-police-probe-intellectual-actors-behind-aug-27-unrest-that-left-one-dead    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:16:15

  • Ex-Hong Kong care home warden found guilty of raping intellectually disabled female resident ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/03/ex-hong-kong-care-home-warden-found-guilty-of-raping-intellectually-disabled-female-resident/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:17:11

  • Venice Film Festival opens with George Clooney, Murdoch film and geopolitics ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20260902-venice-film-festival-clooney-murdoch-film-geopolitics    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:18:06

  • UN and Red Cross International repeat call for rules on lethal autonomous weapons ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/un-and-red-cross-international-repeat-call-for-rules-on-lethal-autonomous-weapons/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:18:47

  • Anthropic Deliberately Trained an Extremely Misaligned, Reward-Seeking Hey Hi (AI) and It Did Some REALLY Bad Things ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-trained-misaligned-reward-seeking-ai    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:20:44

  • Meta Hit With Sweeping New Claims That Its Hey Hi (AI) Glasses Violated the Consent of “Millions” of Bystanders in Searing Lawsuit ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-lawsuit-ai-glasses-violated-consent-bystanders    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:21:18

  • New York Bans Hey Hi (AI) for Nearly 600,000 Students as Mamdani Pushes Back on Tech Industry Over Kids ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nyc-bans-generative-ai-schools-1817597    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:21:48

  • Human Rights Watch urges Chilean congress to reject President José Antonio Kast’s constitutional overhaul ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/human-rights-watch-urges-chilean-congress-to-reject-president-jose-antonio-kasts-constitutional-overhaul/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:25:02

  • Birger Schacht: Status update, July + August 2026 ☞ https://bisco.org/notes/status-update-july-august-2026/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:26:20

  • Before deciding how to power data centres, decide where to build them ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/before-deciding-how-to-power-data-centres-decide-where-to-build-them/ http://techrights.org/datacentre_bibliography.shtml    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:29:10

  • How to Open a Port in the Firewall on GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-open-a-port-in-the-firewall-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:29:31

  • Even The Daily Wire is Covering Omarchy GNU/Linux ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/even-the-daily-wire-is-covering-omarchy    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:29:50

  • Omarchy GNU/Linux is "Ethnic Cleansing" Says Trans Elementary OS Founder ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/omarchy-linux-is-ethnic-cleansing    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:30:04

  • Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1092149/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:31:14

  • One week of LibreOffice 26.8 – The stats! ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/02/one-week-of-libreoffice-26-8-the-stats/ "1,031,162 downloads This is the highest number of downloads"    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:32:17

  • Bad Bunny Scores a Huge Victory in ‘Frankenstein’ Reggaeton Infringement Lawsuit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/01/bad-bunny-victory-in-reggaeton-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:35:28

  • RCN Moves to Toss the Major Labels’ Marathon Lawsuit, Claiming They’ve Already ‘Dismissed Every Other Secondary Copyright Infringement Case Against an ISP’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/02/major-labels-rcn-suit-dismissal-push/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:36:00

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man’s DOJ Drops Another Legal Bomb; Declares Training Isn’t Infringement as Fair Use Battles Rage ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/02/doj-ai-policy/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:36:44

  • New Anaqua Report Reveals Surge in Hey Hi (AI) Semiconductor Patent Filings ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/2/new-anaqua-report-reveals-surge-in-ai-semiconductor-patent-filings    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:37:32

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posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:38:42

  • Unified Patents acquired by Anaqua, already used for marketing and slop hype by Anaqua    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:38:48

  • Zelensky warns airlines Russian skies not safe due to Ukraine drones ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/zelensky-warns-airlines-russian-skies-not-safe-due-to-ukraine-drones    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:39:03

  • Russia's Putin renames planned 'Power of Siberia 2' pipeline to 'Power of Baikal' pipeline, minister says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russias-putin-renames-planned-power-of-siberia-2-pipeline-to-power-of-baikal-pipeline-minister-says    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:39:20

  • This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 667 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/09/02/this-week-in-rust-667/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:39:54

  • Ukraine warns Russian airspace ‘not safe’ in message to UN aviation watchdog ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260902-un-civilian-flight-safety-russian-airspace-ukraine    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:41:51

  • Lithuanian FM urges EU to revisit use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3040193/lithuanian-fm-urges-eu-to-revisit-use-of-frozen-russian-assets-for-ukraine    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:42:03

  • Zelenskyy Urges ‘Accountability’ Following Kyiv Shootout Between Ukraine’s Security Agencies ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-shootout-security-agencies/33845793.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:42:18

  • Rubio Confirms Ukraine Patriot Talks As Experts Warn Production Is Years Away ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-ukraine-war-patriot-air-defense/33845802.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:42:34

  • Ukraine's Sanctions Czar In Washington As Russia Bill Hits House Wall Over Tariff Fears ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-us-house-sanctions-russia-bill/33844600.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:43:00

  • Attacks in Black Sea Threaten to Strangle Global Grain Supply ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/world/europe/russia-ukraine-port-attacks-farmers-grain.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:43:15

  • For These Children, Getting a Safe Education Means Going Underground ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/world/europe/ukraine-underground-schools.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:44:53

  • Premier League sets new transfer market record with more than €4 billion spent ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20260903-premier-league-sets-new-transfer-market-record-with-more-than-%E2%82%AC4-billion-spent    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:45:43

  • Zelenskyy Blasts 'Disgraceful' Kyiv Shoot-Out Between Ukraine’s Security Agencies ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-shootout-security-agencies/33845793.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:46:06

  • Rare train of Pacific cyclones fueled by historic El Nino ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260902-rare-train-of-pacific-cyclones-fueled-by-historic-el-nino    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:47:03

  • freeipmi @ Savannah: FreeIPMI 1.6.19 Released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10929    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:47:47

  • parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20260822 ('Ceuta') released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10930    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:48:07

  • "Manchester City broke the record for the most spent by a single club in one summer, with more than €500 million spent on new signings" https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/03/manchester-city-broke-the-record-for-the-most-spent-by-a-single-club-in-one-summer-with-more-than-e500-million-spent-on-new-signings/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:53:16

  • In Egypt, Pooh-tin Challenges America’s Influence in the Middle East ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/world/asia/china-egypt-xi-jinping-el-sisi.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:55:32

  • Netanyahu’s Israel Is Looking for a Fight in Every Direction ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/world/middleeast/netanyahu-israel-election.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:56:14

  • Harmeet Dhillon: Violating Customs and Laws to Do the Bidding of the Far Right ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/02/harmeet-dhillon-violating-customs-and-laws-to-do-the-bidding-of-the-far-right/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:56:33

  • China’s Pooh-tin urges new Middle East security framework during Egypt visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/egypt-welcomes-xi-as-beijing-expands-influence-in-middle-east    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:56:44

  • US sailors descend on Thai resort town Pattaya after months at sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/5000-us-sailors-arrive-in-thailand-after-months-at-sea    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:57:26

  • Palau urges ‘unified’ Pacific response to China missile test ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/palau-urges-unified-pacific-response-to-china-missile-test    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:57:47

  • Imprisoned Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to ‘foreign collusion’ ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2026/09/02/joshua-wong-guilty-plea-hong-kong-national-security-law/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:58:17

  • Lithuanian FM urges EU reconsider unanimity rule for foreign, security policy ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3040727/lithuanian-fm-urges-eu-reconsider-unanimity-rule-for-foreign-security-policy    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:59:04

  • City University of Hong Kong disciplinary panel probes orientation camp after viral video ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/02/city-university-of-hong-kong-disciplinary-panel-probes-orientation-camp-after-viral-video/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 16:59:50

  • Egypt welcomes Pooh-tin as Beijing expands influence in region ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260902-egypt-welcomes-xi-as-beijing-expands-influence-in-region    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:00:07

  • Spanish report flags Moroccan police's 'total permissiveness' in Ceuta migrant rush ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260902-spanish-report-flags-moroccan-police-s-total-permissiveness-in-ceuta-migrant-rush    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:00:30

  • Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/wyden-nsa-commercial-vpn-security-guidance/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:01:15

  • Rob Thomas sold ~1/3rd of his shares a few days ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/s/Gml6EXiZL8 What does he know? https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1j4e3pc http://techrights.org/n/2026/04/26/The_Man_IBMers_Regard_or_Already_See_as_Likely_Successor_of_Kri.shtml    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:13:22

  • "Hi I am in Software Labs and worked on a project with Hashicorp team for the last 6 months as a hashicorp team member. I had put Hashicorp on my resume as my company to get more calls. Now i have a verbal offer from another company." https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1w62w63/does_the_offer_lettertermination_letter_for/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:14:45

  • "I am worried that during background verification I might be caught. So just wanted to ask if the termination letter for Hashicorp employees contain Hashicorp or IBM Pvt limited" https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1w62w63/does_the_offer_lettertermination_letter_for/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:14:50

  • 23-Year-Old Sality P2P Botnet Disrupted ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/23-year-old-sality-p2p-botnet-disrupted/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:32:59

  • Malicious Virtualizor Update Served via BGP Hijacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/malicious-virtualizor-update-served-via-bgp-hijacking/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:33:47

  • Exploit Published for Fresh Cleo Harmony Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/exploit-published-for-fresh-cleo-harmony-vulnerability/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:34:09

  • Rockwell Automation Patches Over a Dozen Vulnerabilities Across Products ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/rockwell-automation-patches-over-a-dozen-vulnerabilities-across-products/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:34:30

  • UK Moves to Block High-Risk Tech Suppliers From Critical Infrastructure ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/uk-moves-to-block-high-risk-tech-suppliers-from-critical-infrastructure/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:34:56

  • FreeDesktop SDK 26.08 Released    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:35:17

  • How to Change Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi Details From the SD Card ☞ https://itsfoss.com/change-raspberry-pi-wi-fi-from-sd-card/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:36:00

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:36:36

  • Tails 7.12 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tails    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:36:51

  • US postal whistleblower warns thousands of midterm ballots could be lost ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260902-us-postal-whistleblower-warns-thousands-of-midterm-ballots-could-be-lost    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:37:20

  • Do Active Shooter Drills Help? Two Asian Nations Grapple With Gun Violence. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/world/asia/thailand-philippines-active-shooter-drills.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:38:26

  • LightMake L4 3D printer features four independent heads for simultaneous or multi-color printing (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/02/lightmake-l4-3d-printer-features-four-independent-printing-heads/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:39:18

  • Wireless Routers as Motion Detectors ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/wireless-routers-as-motion-detectors.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:42:19

  • Nepalis pin hopes on 'wall of the missing' in hunt for relatives after deadly flood ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/nepalis-pin-hopes-on-wall-of-the-missing-in-hunt-for-relatives-after-deadly-flood    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:42:45

  • The ‘Miracle House’ That Survived Nepal’s Floods ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/world/asia/nepal-flood-miracle-house-dhunge-bazaar.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:42:58

  • DIY ESP32-P4 weather station & air quality monitor connects to LoRa and ESP-NOW sensors, various weather Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/03/diy-esp32-p4-weather-station-air-quality-monitor-connects-to-lora-and-esp-now-sensors-various-weather-apis/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:44:16

  • Slop is not improving or modernising, it's legacy ☞ https://www.kdab.com/using-ai-to-modernize-or-migrate-code/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:45:30

  • Syrians Want Justice for Assad-Era Killings and Torture ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/middleeast/syria-justice-abuse-assad.html    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:46:30

  • Slop plagiarism advertised as solution rather than problem ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/02/lora-backdoor-threat-how-openshift-ai-mitigates-risk    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:47:20

  • Extend Layer 2 networks into Red Bait OpenShift Virtualization with BGP and EVPN ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/03/extend-layer-2-networks-into-red-hat-openshift-virtualization-with-bgp-and-evpn    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:47:41

  • Google’s Hey Hi (AI) Mode Is Ripping Shoppers Off With Vastly Higher Prices, Study Claims ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-mode-higher-prices-study    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:48:39

  • EDRi stands in solidarity with Autistici/Inventati after “terrorist” designation by the US government ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-solidarity-statement-autistici-inventati/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:49:08

  • EFF asks California governor to veto bill that would require online age verification — Electronic Frontier Foundation argues bill would result in privacy-invasive checks and step on First Amendment ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/eff-asks-california-governor-to-veto-bill-that-would-require-online-age-verification-electronic-frontier-foundation-argues-bill-would-result-in-privacy-invasive-checks-and-step-on-first-amendment    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:49:34

  • EFF asks California governor to veto bill that would require online age verification — Electronic Frontier Foundation argues bill would result in privacy-invasive checks ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/eff-asks-california-governor-to-veto-bill-that-would-require-online-age-verification-electronic-frontier-foundation-argues-bill-would-result-in-privacy-invasive-checks-and-step-on-first-amendment    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:49:52

  • Fresh strikes by US and Iran risk further destabilizing the global economy ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0902/us-iran-hormuz-jordan-strikes-war    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:50:21

  • Three Strikes: Did Todd Blanche’s DOJ Violate Jim Comey’s Attorney-Client Privilege a Third Time? ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/02/three-strikes-did-todd-blanches-doj-violate-jim-comeys-attorney-client-privilege-a-third-time/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:50:40

  • Everton Transfer Window Disaster Leaves Club Worse Off After Iliman Ndiaye Sale and Failed Folarin Balogun Move ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/everton-transfer-window-striker-shortage-balogun-deal-1817625    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:51:42

  • Videos and debris raise questions over alleged US strike on Iranian wedding ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260902-videos-and-debris-raise-questions-over-alleged-us-strike-on-iranian-wedding    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:51:51

  • Iran, US trade threats as Tehran blames Washington for wedding strike ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260903-iran-us-trade-threats-wedding-strike    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:51:59

  • Middle East live: Kuwait army says intercepting missile, drone attack from Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260903-mideast-live-kuwait-army-says-intercepting-missile-drone-attack-from-iran    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:52:24

  • Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/pegasus-novispy-variant-spyware-found-on-devices-of-serbian-activists/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:53:20

  • 14 students and opposition politicians targeted by spyware in Serbia ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/students-and-opposition-politicians-targeted-by-spyware-in-serbia/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:53:41

  • HarmonyOS goes international: Huawei aims to launch its OS outside China to challenge Android and iOS    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:54:20

  • Audacity 3.7.9 Released with FFmpeg 9 Support (Ubuntu PPA) ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/audacity-3-7-9-released-with-ffmpeg-9-support-ubuntu-ppa/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:54:49

  • Arduino’s Ubuntu-powered $299 edge Hey Hi (AI) board just sold out ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/arduino-ventuno-q-preorder    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:59:23

  • 'Linux' Foundation is Plagiarism Hub, GNU/Linux is at Risk From It ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/03/Linux_Foundation_is_Plagiarism_Hub_Linux_is_at_Risk_From_It.shtml    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 17:59:39

  • CERN set to switch over 2,200+ machines to Debian 13 ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/cern-set-to-switch-over-2200-machines-to-debian-13/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:00:51

  • An Honorless Move! Ubisoft Decides GNU/Linux isn't Worth the Effort ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/for-honor-drops-linux-support/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:03:03

  • 8 SSH Hardening Tips to Secure a GNU/Linux Server Against Brute-Force Attacks ☞ https://ostechnix.com/ssh-hardening-brute-force-attacks-linux/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:06:15

  • Incus 7.4 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1092229/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:06:39

  • GPIBee (UsbGpib V3) USB-to-GPIB adapter gains Ethernet (PoE), but launches as closed-source hardware ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/02/gpibee-usbgpib-v3-usb-to-gpib-adapter-gains-ethernet-poe-but-launches-as-closed-source-hardware/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:08:15

  • LLM slop, plagiarism mixed with some human element. Avoided. https://www.fosslinux.com/160765/why-cern-is-switching-from-rhel-to-debian.htm    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:09:39

  • Z-Test in R: Complete Guide with One-Sample & Two-Sample Examples ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/09/z-test-in-r-complete-guide-with-one-sample-two-sample-examples/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:12:36

  • "GNU/Linux implementation is still highly experimental" and GNU GIMP is better and no .NET ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/paintnet-finally-runs-on-linux-but-its-not-ready-for-daily-use-yet/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:15:40

  • Amnesty International decries Belarus crackdown on EHU students abroad and their families ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/amnesty-international-decries-belarus-crackdown-on-ehu-students-abroad-and-their-families/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:16:34

  • Russian Starlink rival flounders after entire batch of satellites fails to reach operational altitude — many of the 16 launched hit less than half their 870km target, and two are already falling back to Earth ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/space/russian-starlink-rival-flounders-after-entire-batch-of-satellites-fails-to-reach-operational-altitude-many-of-the-16-launched-hit-less-than-half-their-870km-target-and-two-are-already-falling-back-to-earth    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:17:06

  • FBI investigating 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses leaked on Russian cybercrime forum, including that of US SecDef Pete Hegseth ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/fbi-investigating-153-million-us-and-canadian-drivers-licenses-leaked-on-russian-cybercrime-forum-including-that-of-us-secdef-pete-hegseth-data-is-suspected-to-have-come-from-an-id-authentication-service-provider    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:17:50

  • Russian hacker faces up to 20 years in prison, following extradition and indictment over US phishing campaign that allegedly infected 80,000 PCs — hacker stole victims' data via remote access ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/russian-hacker-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-following-extradition-and-indictment-over-us-phishing-campaign-that-allegedly-infected-80-000-pcs-hacker-stole-victims-data-via-remote-access    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:18:02

  • Windows TCO ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/russian-hacker-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-following-extradition-and-indictment-over-us-phishing-campaign-that-allegedly-infected-80-000-pcs-hacker-stole-victims-data-via-remote-access    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:18:27

  • Russia blamed for explosive-laden drone found at German airport ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260902-russia-blamed-for-explosive-laden-drone-found-at-german-airport    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:18:56

  • US-Iran war: Old videos falsely claim to show new attacks on American bases ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/us-iran-war-old-videos-falsely-claim-to-show-new-attacks-on-american-bases-1    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:19:35

  • St Petersburg delegation paid respects to Russian sailors buried in Simon’s Town ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/military-history/st-petersburg-delegation-paid-respects-to-russian-sailors-buried-in-simons-town/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:20:15

  • Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/sality-botnet-dismantled/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:20:43

  • Pro-Russia author released from detention in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/02.09.2026-pro-russia-author-released-from-detention-in-latvia.a661456/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:20:58

  • Statement by President von der Leyen with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_26_1790    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:21:19

  • Greg KH Forewarns Of "Rough" Linux 7.3 Kernel Cycle Due To Continued Hey Hi (AI) Churn ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Rough-Cycle    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:23:40

  • LibreOffice 26.8 set a new first-week download record ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/libreoffice-download-record    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:24:45

  • Not Hey Hi (AI) and not secure, just a slop PR drive for a Ponzi scheme led by a GPU pusher ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/canonical-joins-open-secure-ai-alliance    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:25:55

  • CentOS 10-20260901.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/centos    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:26:07

  • TrueNAS 25.10.7 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/truenas    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:26:15

  • Puppy 2606-260901 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/puppy    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:26:25

  • umbrelOS 2.0.0-beta1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/umbrelos    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:26:31

  • Umbra 0.0.9 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/umbra    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:26:39

  • How to Try Omarchy Linux on a Mac, Without Installing Linux https://osxdaily.com/2026/09/01/try-omarchy-linux-mac-easy/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:29:24

  • Echo Acquires Minimus Assets As Hardened Open-Source Security Platform Expands Across Linux Distributions https://pulse2.com/echo-acquires-minimus-assets-as-hardened-open-source-security-platform-expands-across-linux-distributions/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:30:29

  • Linux 7.3-rc1 is a huge release, and now we know just how big these releases can get https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-73-rc1-is-a-huge-release-and-now-we-know-just-how-big-these-releases-can-get/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:30:52

  • California passes bill that won't require Linux and other open-source systems to follow the state's age verification law https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/california-passes-bill-that-wont-require-linux-and-other-open-source-systems-to-follow-the-states-age-verification-law/articleshow/133657420.cms    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:32:29

  • The best Linux distro for you probably isn't the one everyone recommends https://www.xda-developers.com/best-linux-distro-for-you-probably-isnt-one-everyone-recommends/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:38:10

  • "The company says that this latest move is to "ensure a safer environment for our players," as it can't "meaningfully deploy protection" on Linux." https://www.neowin.net/news/ubisoft-is-blocking-for-honor-on-linux-and-steam-deck/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:38:42

  • Linux was first announced August 25, 1991 https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/09/01/linux-was-first-announced-august-25-1991/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:39:11

  • Steam Deck proved Linux can game, but your PC still needs Windows https://www.makeuseof.com/valves-push-for-linux-based-gaming-is-both-a-boon-and-a-bane-for-pc-gamers/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:43:20

  • "This is your friendly reminder that Arch Linux 2026.09.01 is out now as a new ISO snapshot for September 2026, powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.2 kernel series." https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-2-is-now-available-for-download    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:43:45

  • "Most of these changes were available for testing in previous Beta builds of the Steam Client but now they're officially available for everyone. Your Steam app should prompt you to update." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/a-big-steam-stable-update-is-out-with-improvements-for-remote-play-steam-input-and-bug-fixes/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:44:32

  • "Their first own-brand controller is the VOIDJOY SkyLark S1 Pro Portable Controller. A really compact little device good for those of you travelling or if you just prefer something smaller." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/jsaux-steam-machine-e-ink-and-pixel-matrix-panels-get-store-pages-plus-voidjoy-skylark-s1-pro-portable-controller-revealed/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:45:02

  • SLOP code!! Haha, terrible idea. https://www.neowin.net/news/paintnet-finally-runs-on-linux-but-its-not-ready-for-daily-use-yet/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:45:35

  • "Gaming on Linux keeps getting better, Wine and the Proton compatibility layer keep opening up more of the Windows catalog, and community projects continue filling the gaps that big publishers leave behind." https://itsfoss.com/news/for-honor-drops-linux-support/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:45:59

  • "What exactly is it? Once hailed as the successor to Garry's Mod it's a mixture of a game platform and game editor (think a little like Roblox). Powered by Valve's Source 2, with s&box itself being open source." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/s-box-from-facepunch-now-has-native-linux-support-on-steam/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:46:24

  • RedHat Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/redhat-linux-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities_20260902    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:46:50

  • Slop hype from LF funded site and LF funded writer (LF is bribed by these slop companies to promote them) https://www.zdnet.com/tech/cve-2026-53362-fraggap-linux-kernel-exploit-openai-incident/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:48:21

  • Rootkits https://www.xda-developers.com/ubisoft-specifically-bans-linux-users-from-for-honor-because-it-cannot-meaningfully-deploy-protection/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 18:48:53

  • Re: No Way to Say No - Cameron Rye gemini://sava.rocks/blog/re-no-way-to-say-no-cameron-rye/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:25:55

  • "As he goes on to admit, it's very hard these days to "stay pure". But that doesn't mean we shouldn't try." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-03-no-smartphone    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:27:11

  • "Mrs k and I are on holiday in Somerset, near to the city of Wells. I love maps and navigation and my wife loves to drive, so when we go somewhere new we play to those strengths, but on this trip Google Maps has been the cause of a little tension." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/google_maps    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:28:03

  • "Reading was a big part of my childhood. I always was a very quiet kid. You could give me a book and leave me in the same corner for hours while I went through it. My grandparents had these big, leather-bound, beautifully illustrated books of classic stories. I devoured them." gemini://capsulated.life/posts/2026-09-03-what-are-you-reading.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:28:41

  • "I quit mainstream social media many years ago. I deleted the last account I owned, on Twitter, at the beginning of this year. I remember being very confused by all the talk about accelerationism, effective altruism, rationalism, longevity drugs, and going to Mars" gemini://capsulated.life/posts/2026-09-03-more-everything-forever.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:29:22

  • Welcome to Zombieland By Anonymous gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-09-03.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:31:00

  • "It contains antisemitic, racist, abusive and otherwise offensive language. Such statements are reproduced for documentary purposes and do not represent the views of Kol HaAm." gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-09-04.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:32:13

  • The Crossroads of Should and Must gemini://whither.smol.pub/1788433567    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:33:42

  • "I have been growing more and more careful about security as I develop new services for the Geminispace. I mostly write in C++, which is not known to be the safest language around." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/09-03-least-privilege-most-shenanigans.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:34:20

  • A Concrete Poem gemini://buster.smol.pub/a-concrete-poem-1    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:35:01

  • "I went through Solderpunk's phlog and his Gemini side-phlog. I'm glad that this material is still available because it offers a small window into Solderpunk's early thoughts about Gemini." gemini://capsulated.life/posts/2026-08-22-reflections-on-geminis-early-history.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 19:36:14

  • Dogs Bred to Become Weapons of War (or Cops) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/03/dogs-bred-to-become-weapons-of-war-or-cops/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 20:40:41

  • Richard Stallman Has Had Enough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiNrbhBxRUc    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 21:55:59

  • "The project should have a clear policy on LLM usage, ideally on the grounds of ethics." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/code-of-ethics.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 22:07:12

  • Quantum Tunneling Transistors Could Deliver a Big Boost to Energy Efficiency in Microchips gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202609/20260903-quantum.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 22:08:17

  • six dead mice gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/mice    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 22:09:33

  • "Qualtrics cuts 117 jobs tied to Seattle headquarters" " Software maker Qualtrics cuts 117 jobs in Seattle" https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/software-maker-qualtrics-cuts-117-jobs-in-seattle/    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 22:15:49

  • Must be hey hi layoffs, more so now that everything get rebranded "HEY HI"    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 22:16:17

  • 2020s: we replace workers with "hey hi"; 2030: our cows were not slaughtered, they were beamed up by ALIENS!    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 22:17:11

  • "PayPal Layoffs: Around 600 Jobs Cut in India"    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 22:17:37

  • Remember this: https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/paypal-reportedly-attracting-takeover-interest-after-stock-slump/cZRtwVsR4yF    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 22:17:58

  • Not new to layoffs http://techrights.org/n/2024/01/31/Links_31_01_2024_PayPal_Fires_2_500_Employees_and_Microsoft_Lay.shtml    

posted Thursday, September 03, 2026 at 22:18:29
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