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"Today we went for a hike from the canton of Glarus to the canton of Schwyz. We went to Braunwald, up with the funicular, and then on with a chairlift to Gumen." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-06-braunwald-glattal-alp    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 04:38:12

  • connect us gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/connect_us    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 04:39:03

  • "About 10 years ago, while visiting the beautiful city of Prague, I rediscovered the joy of taking photographs on film. Since then, I've acquired a little collection of cameras, from sophisticated SLRs through to simple pinholes, with quite a few stops in between." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-06-photography    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 04:39:41

  • "My parents are good people, and I think about this often. About how lucky I am to have had a childhood free from abuse, trauma, or neglect." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/recognizing-my-parents    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 04:40:20

  • We Love Manchester https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/07/we-love-manchester/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 06:46:51

  • Disabilities and All That (It’s Getting Worse) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/07/disabilities-and-all-that-its-getting-worse/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 07:00:29

  • Ish Sookun's feed is back https://sysadmin-journal.com/rss/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 07:24:43

  • after an absence    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 07:24:57

  • "I recently discovered a site called RSS Amplifier which syndicated 19 articles in full from my full-text ATOM feed to its own site and under its own banner without permission." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/rss-amplifier-re-publishes-19-full-nlj-articles-without-permission/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:53:03

  • "I recently discovered a site called RSS Amplifier which syndicated 19 articles in full from my full-text ATOM feed to its own site and under its own banner without permission." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/rss-amplifier-re-publishes-19-full-nlj-articles-without-permission/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:53:33

  • "The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/990932/seattle-times-newsday-lawsuit-openai-microsoft | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:53:42

  • "A.I. companies now compete with The Times as a source of information, the news outlet argued in its suit." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/technology/openai-microsoft-new-york-times-lawsuit.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:54:01

  • "A new UK industry report says illegal streaming costs the government the equivalent of 9,400 NHS nurse salaries a year." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/online-piracy-costs-the-uk-9400-nurses-a-year-if-pirates-keep-their-word/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:54:15

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://videocardz.com/newz/ubisoft-will-block-for-honor-on-steam-deck-and-linux-on-september-10-over-anti-cheat-limits | Source: Video Cardz    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:55:19

  • "Ubisoft has announced that For Honor is leaving the Linux platform. Starting September 10, the game will no longer be playable on Linux desktops or the Steam Deck." ☛ https://itsfoss.com/news/for-honor-drops-linux-support/ | Source: It's FOSS    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:55:29

  • "Linux is a different story, in that it's open-source and volunteers write code for it daily" ☛ https://www.xda-developers.com/ubisoft-banning-steam-deck-users-from-for-honor-reveals-how-expendable-linux-gamers-are/ | Source: XDA    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:55:36

  • "Indeed. I never made an argument to the contrary. Actually, I wrote about harmony in the family and also talked about solidarity in general" ☛ https://protesilaos.com/politics/2026-09-06-follow-up-comments-lie-feminist-socialism/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:59:07

  • blocked by gratuitous javascript (wasting electricity) https://www.bankingonclimatechaos.org/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 08:59:37

  • "The film wasn’t screened for critics or promoted heavily by 20th Century Fox, and it flopped hard at the box office." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/06/idiocracy-is-still-a-worthless-artifact-20-years-later/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 09:00:00

  • "But while some Republicans are turning tail on the issue even in the face of President Donald Trump’s vigorous support for data center construction" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/why-china-is-still-the-bogeyman-for-data-center-enthusiasts/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 09:00:21

  • "It’s a common enough fantasy: Leave the poisoned world behind. Start a bakery or a café. Join a commune." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/how-a-creative-mind-lives-in-nature/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 09:03:09

  • "Like most houses with solar, our house is capable of generating a lot of power, and it's basically useless [1] in a disaster." ☛ https://www.jefftk.com/p/considering-installing-a-solar-battery-system | Source: Jeff Kaufman    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 09:03:35

  • "Air traffic visualizers seem to be having a bit of a moment right now, and now that moment has come to the venerable NES thanks to [k6lcm]’s NES Radar project, which is open-source under the GPL on GitHub" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/06/nes-radar-tracks-flights-at-9600-baud/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 09:03:47

  • "About 20,045,225 Bitcoins had been mined as of June 19, 2026, according to Blockchain.com on-chain data, against the 21,000,000 BTC that will ever exist." ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/how-many-bitcoins-are-there/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 09:04:01

  • "The Council announced the pause last Friday in a communiqué issued after a meeting of its Datacenter Business Policy Committee" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/09/07/thailand-pauses-all-datacenter-builds-and-approvals/5294688 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 09:04:20

  • "A National Geographic employee took the group photo during the boarding process at the gate. It captured the last known images of these victims" ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/09/a-group-of-passengers-pose-for-picture.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:09:21

  • "There is still no native end-to-end encryption in Gmail in 2026." ☛ https://greycoder.com/how-to-send-encrypted-email-in-gmail-outlook-and-iphone-2026-guide/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:09:58

  • "The widespread backlash against AI-powered license plate readers, which allow police to track people over time" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5955778 | Source: NPR    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:10:29

  • "An additional realization is that some of what we might want isn't even about what an account is authorized for (its authorizations), it's about an account's capabilities." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/AuthorizationVsCapabilities | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:11:04

  • "A few months ago I wrote a blog post at work after us experiencing someone losing an API key to an attacker while only working locally." ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2026/09/07/a-healthy-amount-of-paranoia/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:11:13

  • "Who are the scammers registering these through?" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/the-purpose-of-dns-is-to-spread-scams/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:11:23

  • "Today, Isar Aerospace became the first commercial space company from Europe to successfully deliver satellites into orbit, on what was only its second flight." ☛ https://isaraerospace.com/press/history-for-european-spaceflight-isar-aerospace-reaches-orbit-and-deploys-payloads-on-second-flight |    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:11:57

  • "Until now, Europe has been largely reliant on Arianespace and Avio, which are largely funded by governments." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/science/990906/isar-aerospace-europe-orbital-rocket-launch | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:12:07

  • "By combining blog feeds with an upvote button and the promise to reveal the best blogposts by popular vote, feed aggregator Bubbles has replicated problems with metrics-based recommendation algorithms." ☛ https://osteophage.dreamwidth.org/15452.html | Source: Coyote    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:19:28

  • Evri Does Not Read Tickets, Staff Won't Fix Errors After Bots (Yes, Evri Uses Bots) Make Severe Mistakes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/07/evri-does-not-read-tickets-staff-wont-fix-errors-after-bots-yes-evri-uses-bots-make-severe-mistakes/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:30:56

  • "Yesterday alone I wasted almost 6 hours on the platform, and I think like 4 of them were just Shorts." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/deleted-youtube-again/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:31:06

  • "I heard he asked Jesse Eisenberg to reprise his role as Mark Zuckerberg, but Jesse turned it down because he didn't want to play such an evil person again." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2026/09/06.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:31:14

  • "There is a tremendous amount of AI and endless garbage being posted everyday and it’s been challenging to absorb and/or ignore" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/dolly-parton-sister-stella-ai-fake-instagram-b3045412.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:37:34

  • "It also doesn't help that the most prominent faces in the industry are now (and always have been)" ☛ https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2026/ease-genai-silicon/ | Source: Jacky Alciné    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:37:53

  • "Are you a tool user or a tool maker?" ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/09/homo-habilis/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:38:06

  • A Complicated Scenario https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/07/a-complicated-scenario/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:47:29

  • "wiki incident." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/06/openai-to-set-misalignment-disclosure-rules-after-agents-took-over-a-wiki/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:47:39

  • "Some created backup pages in case moderators deleted their posts, something that essentially turned a wiki into a persistent storage service for the said agents to share information." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-admits-to-wiki-incident-after-its-agents-were-discovered-using-a-programming-hub-to-communicate-says-more-transparency-is-needed-regarding-misalignments | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:47:57

  • "Some created backup pages in case moderators deleted their posts, something that essentially turned a wiki into a persistent storage service for the said agents to share information." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-admits-to-wiki-incident-after-its-agents-were-discovered-using-a-programming-hub-to-communicate-says-more-transparency-is-needed-regarding-misalignments    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:48:09

  • "swarms of agents will be deployed by malicious actors intentionally, with many optimizations and affordances provided for the swarm that were lacking in the OpenAI incident." ☛ https://siliconprairies.substack.com/p/openais-rogue-agents-are-a-normal |    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 12:48:27

  • "Schools now have a legal obligation to keep children off their mobile phones for the first time. But teachers disagree on which method is most effective" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mobile-phone-bans-school-uk-b3043975.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:06:13

  • "This year I picked the title "Sovereign by Design" for the panel discussion at the Developers Conference. Four panelists spent an hour and a half on one question." ☛ https://sysadmin-journal.com/sovereign-by-design-notes-from-the-panel-on-africas-data-cloud-and-ai-future | Source: Ish Sookun    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:06:25

  • "Hailing from a farming village in Kenya, Mr. Bundi moved to the capital, Nairobi, in 2011 to be the first in his family to attend university." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/technology/kenya-college-essays-ai.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:06:36

  • "Seeking a fresh start, Laura, Almanzo, and Rose packed their belongings into a covered wagon in 1894 and migrated south to Mansfield, Missouri." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2026/09/laura-almanzo.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:07:12

  • "The Chicago Public Library was happy to indulge all three possibilities." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/06/my-library-card-has-saved-me-1330-and-i-want-more/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:07:24

  • "Launched in 2018, the BepiColombo mission is actually carrying two separate craft: the ESA’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter from Japan." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/06/hackaday-links-september-6-2026/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:07:55

  • "Despite the target metal surface being coated with a protective layer, these charged droplets managed to gradually break down the coating, exposing the bare metal." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/06/how-charged-water-drops-induce-corrosion/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:08:02

  • "More precisely, I want to be able to automatically sync my files locally with Resilio Sync3" ☛ https://a.l3x.in/blog/my-travel-setup/ | Source: Alexander Fortin    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:09:59

  • "With lots of watts it took control, the first one of its kind." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/i-heard-it-i-heard-it-i-heard-it-on-the-superbox/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:10:05

  • "On the visitor’s end, they’ll be able to submit the web address of a post or page that links to your site." ☛ https://osteophage.neocities.org/projects/guides/webmentions | Source: Coyote    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:28:42

  • "This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #389." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/zigzag-reorder.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:31:22

  • "Yippee! I’m gonna do Triangles and use REPORT WRITER. Then reality screwed me from afar." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/cobol/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:35:10

  • "Earlier this week I was chatting with a friend about the skills I am learning from art history" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/06/complements-art-history-writing | Source: James G    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:35:52

  • "Metaphors like "a sinking ship" are often used to describe codebases, but are misleading." ☛ https://zachkehs.com/blog/theres_no_limit_to_how_bad_code_can_get/ |    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:36:11

  • "Much of the credit for the video production goes to Lee Johnson for recording all of them during the event. The postproduction happened thanks to ffmpeg." ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/max_maischein/2026/09/the-videos-of-the-german-perl-workshop-2026-are-online.html | Source: Perl    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:38:34

  • "I’ve always been interested in the design of ORMs - I wanted to know how they work, what the different approaches are, and how they can be used." ☛ https://noteflakes.com/articles/2026-09-05-beyond-orms | Source: Sharon Rosner    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:39:22

  • "Earlier this year I noticed my Artemis reader page (the page that lists posts published by sites to which I am subscribed) was loading slowly." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/06/timing-events-in-code | Source: James G    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:39:43

  • "I'm typing this in Emacs using a completely new config and it's so weird." ☛ https://baty.net/posts/2026/09/trying-a-new-emacs-config/ | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:40:36

  • "Linux really is wonderful in this respect. MacOS also supports pdfgrep." ☛ https://nrecursions.blogspot.com/2026/09/how-to-search-for-words-in-multiple-pdf.html | Source: N Recursions    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:40:47

  • "Now that there’s rarely any mystery to who’s calling, Gen Z has adopted a range of custom phone greetings — including no greeting at all." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/style/gen-z-alpha-phone-greetings-etiquette.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:43:30

  • "Expo Router’s submodule NativeTabs renders a real Material 3 navigation bar on Android and its native counterpart on iOS from one component tree." ☛ https://amanhimself.dev/blog/material-3-tab-bar-in-expo-router/ | Source: Aman Mittal    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:43:38

  • [Old] "I decided my tiny contribution to the effort would be to design a radiation monitor suitable for everyday civilian use." ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2012/safecast-geiger-counter-reference-design/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:53:20

  • "Well-Tempered Clavier" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/06/this-clavichord-is-a-well-tempered-project/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:53:31

  • "Resin 3D printing has opened up a whole new scale of resolution for hackers, but the technology can go still finer" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/06/printing-micron-scale-benchies-with-resin-and-turmeric/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:55:09

  • "Of course everyone knows commercial set-top boxes and “smart” TVs alike run Android, which is built atop a Linux kernel." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/06/is-this-the-year-of-the-linux-television/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:58:26

  • "This August, I accomplished what I wanted for many years: I deleted the last cgo dependency in Debian Code Search!" ☛ https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2026-09-06-dcs-fast-turbopfor-go-simd/ | Source: Michael Stapelberg    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:58:49

  • "This post is by no means a replacement for the NetBSD official guide." ☛ https://meanmicio.org/2026/09/06/netbsd-11-from-scratch/ |    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 13:59:58

  • "this will be the final release from the netbsd-9 stable branch and also marks the end-of-support for this branch." ☛ https://netbsd.org/releases/formal-9/NetBSD-9.5.html |    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:02:43

  • "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 9.5, the fifth (and final) release from the NetBSD 9 stable branch" ☛ https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_9_5_released_and | Source: NetBSD    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:02:50

  • "The NetBSD project has announced the fifth and final update to the NetBSD 9.x series. The NetBSD 9 series will no longer receive security updates. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12947 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:02:58

  • "[...] This week we begin with a look at Genuen, a completely free (as in freedom) distribution based on Devuan." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260907 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:03:18

  • "When and how CSS custom property values are calculated might not be what you expect, and it has a big impact on your styles." ☛ https://jakearchibald.com/2026/css-custom-property-compute-time/ | Source: Jake Archibald    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:13:07

  • "My Dell server is too old for a solid GPU, so a big photo import meant a stuck ML queue." ☛ https://jasontucker.blog/skip-the-gpu-upgrade-repurpose-a-gaming-pc-or-mac-for-immichs-ml-queue/ | Source: Jason Tucker    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:13:21

  • "My brain immediately saw this as a big challenge: how can I keep both the hero and posts-feed inputs in sync but still support inner forms?" ☛ https://fantinel.dev/blog/html-form-attribute | Source: Matt Fantinel    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:13:31

  • "Sony covers their tracks worse than werecoverdata" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/sony-covers-their-tracks-worse-than:f    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:14:26

  • Ubisoft decides Linux isn’t worth the effort https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/09/06/ubisoft-decides-linux-isnt-worth-the-effort/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:15:02

  • HEY HI hype! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/06/daniel-susskind-father-studies-ai-artificial-intelligence-what-parents-need-know    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:16:15

  • "Chat Control: Blandade signaler från partierna" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/06/chat-control-blandade-signaler-fran-partierna/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:16:22

  • "White House reviews candidates to replace Hegseth deputy, sources say" https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/09/05/white-house-reviews-candidates-to-replace-hegseth-deputy-sources-say/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:16:33

  • openwashing by Ecosia: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/04/the-search-company-that-plants-trees-just-launched-a-linux-browser-to-help-europe-battle-big-tech/5294345    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:31:53

  • Ecosia might or might not make a good search engine though, info needed https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/06/0321214    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:31:59

  • Year of Journalistic Accomplishments ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/06/year-of-journalistic-accomplishments/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:33:01

  • Enrico Zini: Migrating away from .org/.net/.com domains ☞ http://www.enricozini.org/blog/2026/migrating-away-from-org-net-com-domains    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:41:23

  • Interesting in https://aquaticmotiv.com/collections/assassin-snails today    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:43:03

  • Conflict resolution is “fun” ☞ https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/conflict-resolution-is-fun/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:48:56

  • U.S. Envoys Witkoff and Kushner Arrive in Kyiv After Talks With Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-witkoff-kushner-russia-putin.html    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:52:02

  • Zelenskyy Calls For Trilateral Negotiations With Russia After 'Substantial' Talks With US Envoys ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kushner-witkoff-putin-zelenskyy-ukraine-russia/33847622.html    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:52:13

  • 🔴 Convicted Felon's envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Kyiv after 'substantive' talks with Putin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260906-live-trump-s-envoys-head-to-ukraine-after-substantive-talks-with-putin    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:52:39

  • Association for Computing Machinery Cites Techrights in Relation to GemText and Gemini Protocol ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/06/Association_for_Computing_Machinery_Cites_Techrights_in_Relatio.shtml https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/06/cited-this-weekend-in-acm-association-for-computing-machinery/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:52:58

  • What Secret Audits Tell Us About How Ukraine’s Military Is Spending Its Money ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/europe/ukraine-military-audits-spending-weapons.html    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:53:22

  • In Ukraine, Fraud and Waste Are Rewarded With More Weapons Contracts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/europe/ukraine-war-weapons-fraud-corruption.html    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:54:02

  • Ukraine-Russia talks: What are the US objectives? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260906-ukraine-russia-talks-what-are-the-us-objectives    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:54:12

  • US envoys bring ‘more effective’ Ukraine peace proposals to Kyiv, official says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260907-us-envoys-more-effective-ukraine-peace-proposals-kyiv    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:56:12

  • The week in pictures: Nepal rescue operations, World Nomad Games and Russian strikes on Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260906-the-week-in-pictures-nepal-rescue-operations-world-nomad-games-and-russian-strikes-on-kyiv    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:58:00

  • Germany's far-right AfD clear frontrunner in eastern state vote ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260906-germany-s-far-right-afd-clear-frontrunner-in-eastern-state-vote-1    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:58:27

  • mintCast 492 – Episode 492 ☞ https://mintcast.org/492-episode-492/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 14:59:31

  • New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Onimusha and Moonlighter 2 - 2026-09-05 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-09-05-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:00:57

  • this is 12 years too late, we needed it already in 2015 https://yle.fi/a/74-20245017 (and one on the western border, too)    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:01:26

  • no worries, kushner is busy making piece and estate with moscow :) no need for fences; shields down, captain    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:02:44

  • indeed; there is a small bit of good news however: https://www.government.se/press-releases/2026/09/sweden-to-buy-us-artillery-rocket-system-and-enter-sweden-finland-cooperation-on-rocket-artillery/    

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

  • NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for netbsd-9 ☞ http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_9_5_released_and    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:10:00

  • OpenAI to set misalignment disclosure rules after agents took over a wiki ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/06/openai-to-set-misalignment-disclosure-rules-after-agents-took-over-a-wiki/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:15:04

  • LibreOffice talks at the Open Source Conference Luxembourg 2026 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/06/libreoffice-talks-at-the-open-source-conference-luxembourg-2026/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:19:17

  • Iustin Pop: Hey Hi (AI) agents aha moment ☞ https://k1024.org/posts/2026/2026-09-06-ai-agents-aha/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:23:55

  • It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis ☞ https://anubis.techaro.lol/blog/2026/anubis-wasm/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:26:14

  • Linux Saloon 218 | News Flight Night ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/09/05/linux-saloon-218-news-flight-night/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:29:54

  • KOL497 | Debate: “Should Free Cities Protect Intellectual Property?” Free Cities Foundation Annual Conference — Próspera, Honduras 2026 ☞ https://stephankinsella.com/as_paf_podcast/kol497-debate-should-free-cities-protect-intellectual-property-free-cities-prospera-2026/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:30:03

  • Zenwalk Current Milestone 2026 ☞ http://www.zenwalk.org/2026/09/zenwalk-current-milestone-2026.html    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 15:32:04

  • Live Raizo 17.26.09.06 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/liveraizo    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 16:57:58

  • CalamaroOS 20260906 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calamaroos    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 16:58:09

  • AgarimOS 20260906 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/agarimos    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 16:58:17

  • GNOME Sushi gets a GTK4 revamp, new features ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/gnome-sushi-gtk4-port    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 16:58:45

  • AfagOS 20260906 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/afagos    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 16:59:03

  • AbeirOS 20260906 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/abeiros    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 16:59:11

  • Calculate 20260906 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calculate    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 16:59:19

  • Soplos 2026.09 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/soplos    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 16:59:27

  • Linux 7.3-rc2 Scheduler Fix For Cache Aware Load Scheduling Misfits On Hybrid CPUs ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-rc2-Scheduler-Fixes    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:02:19

  • Linux 7.3-rc2 Released Following Another Busy Week ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-rc2-Released    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:02:37

  • People Who Enforce the GPL Banned From 'Linux' Foundation Board (After Bribes From Prolific GPL Violators), Now They're Banned From Giving Talks at Events ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/06/People_Who_Enforce_the_GPL_Banned_From_Linux_Foundation_Board_A.shtml    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:06:35

  • Lab test shows whether GNU/Linux really is faster than backdoored Windows 11 ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/lab-test-shows-whether-linux-really-is-faster-than-windows-11/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:07:24

  • Serf – decentralized service discovery and orchestration ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/serf-decentralized-service-discovery-orchestration/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:08:08

  • openSUSE MicroOS – immutable rolling-release GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/opensuse-microos-immutable-rolling-release-linux-distribution/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:08:26

  • GSoC 2026 Final Report | Modernizing Haiku's Bluetooth Stack: HID Profile Implementation ☞ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/mohammedrattia/2026-09-01_gsoc_2026_final_report/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:09:23

  • FreeCORE: TrueNAS Fork Maintaining Deeply Integrated Virtualization, Jails, and OpenZFS on FreeBSD ☞ https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/09/freecore-truenas-fork/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:10:27

  • Russell Coker: CoMaps ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/09/06/comaps/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:11:14

  • WyrmRSS – RSS and Atom feed reader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wyrmrss-rss-atom-feed-reader/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:11:34

  • A closing department store in Carlingford ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/a-closing-department-store-in-carlingford/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:13:07

  • Jon Chiappetta: AES-256 ARM Hardware Instruction Usage In C! ☞ https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2026/09/06/aes-256-arm-hardware-instruction-usage-in-c/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:27:38

  • Firefox redesign will arrive in v157 release ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/firefox-nova-redesign-coming-september    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:28:17

  • Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 3 is Available Over A Month Behind Schedule ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/__trashed-2/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:28:41

  • Bianco Apache / White Apache (1987) ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/06/bianco-apache-white-apache-1987/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:28:49

  • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says new destroyer will be part of nuclear response system ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-says-new-destroyer-will-be-part-of-nuclear-response-system    

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

  • Iran claims strike on US ship in Strait of Hormuz as fighting escalates ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260906-iran-claims-strike-on-us-ship-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-fighting-escalates    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:42:23

  • Middle East Live: Israel army orders evacuation of zone in south Lebanon ahead of strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260907-middle-east-live-israel-army-orders-evacuation-of-zone-in-south-lebanon-ahead-of-strikes    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:42:33

  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppFarmHash 0.0.4 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/06#rcppfarmhash_0.0.4    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:43:16

  • Dyson’s New Hey Hi (AI) Toothbrush Conducts Video Surveillance on the Inside of Your Mouth ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/dyson-ai-toothbrush-video-surveillance-mouth    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:43:39

  • Surveillance-Happy Police In Shambles After Convicted Felon Tariffs Makes Drones Absurdly Expensive ☞ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/surveillance-piolice-trump-tariffs-drones    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:43:54

  • Singapore police help with disaster victim identification in Nepal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/singapore-police-help-with-disaster-victim-identification-in-nepal    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:44:17

  • Reference architecture for HA scanning with Red Bait Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/07/reference-architecture-for-ha-scanning-with-red-hat-advanced-cluster-security-for-kubernetes    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:50:54

  • Death of Baloch student raises concerns amid enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, UN experts say ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/death-of-baloch-student-raises-concerns-amid-enforced-disappearances-and-extrajudicial-killings-un-experts-say/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:51:34

  • XIAO SAMD21 Plus and RP2350 Plus USB-C boards get additional GPIO pins, integrated Li-ion battery management ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/07/xiao-samd21-plus-and-rp2350-plus-usb-c-boards-get-additional-gpio-pins-integrated-li-ion-battery-management/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 17:57:22

  • Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc2 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1092757/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:00:46

  • Give us a Hong Kong-style Handover of Falklands from UK, says Argentinian leader ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/07/give-us-a-hong-kong-style-handover-of-falklands-from-uk-says-argentinian-leader/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:01:24

  • Steinar H. Gunderson: plocate 1.1.25 released ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2026-09-06-09-02_plocate_1_1_25_released.html    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:01:44

  • PS5 emulator can now run the console version of GTA V at up to 60 FPS on PC, but quickly crashes as tweakers continue to optimize — PS5 emulation advancing at an astronomical pace leading up to GTA VI launch ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/ps5-emulator-can-now-run-the-console-version-of-gta-v-at-up-to-60-fps-on-pc-but-quickly-crashes-as-tweakers-continue-to-optimize-ps5-emulation-advancing-at-an-astronomical-pace-leading-up-to-gta-vi-launch    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:02:06

  • Critical MikroTik Vulnerability - Patch Now, (Sun, Sep 6th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33314    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:02:48

  • China’s memories of Mao fade to nostalgia 50 years after his death ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/07/chinas-memories-of-mao-fade-to-nostalgia-50-years-after-his-death/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:03:32

  • Switzerland's Federal Government is Replacing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft on 3,000 Computers ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:05:37

  • Zenwalk Current Milestone 2026 UPDATED ISO IMAGE ☞ http://www.zenwalk.org/2026/09/zenwalk-current-milestone-2026-updated.html    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:07:07

  • Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport, killing at least five ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260906-amazon-cargo-plane-crashes-miami-airport-killing-at-least-five    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:07:50

  • Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 74 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/07/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-74/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:08:39

  • Senate Democrats urge Postal Service to halt implementation of new ballot restrictions ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/senate-democrats-urge-postal-service-to-halt-implementation-of-new-ballot-restrictions/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:09:23

  • Lazy Reading for 2026/09/06 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/09/06/lazy-reading-for-2026-09-06/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:11:01

  • Gout Is Surging in Young Men, And It Could Be Fueling Erectile Dysfunction Too ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/gout-is-surging-in-young-men-and-it-could-be-fueling-erectile-dysfunction-too    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:12:10

  • StartPage blocks the IP address if you append -site:facebook.com to the query    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:12:34

  • Scientists Find a Fungus That Could Protect The Body From Radiation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-a-fungus-that-could-protect-the-body-from-radiation    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:12:49

  • Arctic Rivers Are Defying What Scientists Thought They Knew About Erosion ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/arctic-rivers-are-defying-what-scientists-thought-they-knew-about-erosion    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:14:56

  • Statins Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Massive Type 2 Diabetes Study ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/statins-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk-in-massive-type-2-diabetes-study    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:15:56

  • Scientists Discover a Serious Problem With Sleep Trackers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-serious-problem-with-sleep-trackers    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:16:09

  • Scientists Are Trying to Define What 'Reversing Aging' Really Means ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-are-trying-to-define-what-reversing-aging-really-means    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:16:25

  • Extremely Rare 'Rapunzel Syndrome' Can Cause a Hairball So Large It Requires Surgery ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/extremely-rare-rapunzel-syndrome-can-cause-a-hairball-so-large-it-requires-surgery    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:16:41

  • A Warning Sign of Heart Attack And Stroke May Show Up on Your Face ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-warning-sign-of-heart-attack-and-stroke-may-show-up-on-your-face    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:16:51

  • ‘Mummy, mummy’: 5-year-old stuck in muddy sludge rescued three days after Nepal’s flood disaster ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/miracle-child-reunited-with-mum-and-dad-in-kathmandu-hospital-days-after-nepals-flash-floods    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:17:14

  • Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds but tough conditions persist ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/nepali-rescuers-buoyed-by-miracle-finds-but-tough-conditions-persist    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:17:26

  • At flood-destroyed China-Nepal border, no sign of a once-busy port ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/at-flood-destroyed-china-nepal-border-no-sign-of-a-once-busy-port-reuters-witnesses    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:17:35

  • A new claim on the Batanes, from an old Chinese playbook ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-new-claim-on-the-batanes-from-an-old-chinese-playbook/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:18:18

  • Philippines’ Teodoro says China could exploit cuts in US-South Korean exercises ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-teodoro-says-china-could-exploit-cuts-in-us-south-korean-exercises    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:18:51

  • US refutes PAS leader Hadi Awang’s claim of attempt to influence Malaysian politics ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/us-refutes-pas-leader-hadi-awangs-claim-of-attempt-to-influence-malaysian-politics    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:21:26

  • No rift between me and Anwar, says Malaysia DPM Zahid ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/no-rift-between-me-and-anwar-says-malaysia-dpm-zahid    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:21:36

  • Several sporting events in Malaysia put on hold amid haze ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/haze-puts-several-races-in-malaysia-on-hold    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:22:02

  • ‘Slumping’ South Korean corals worry divers, scientists studying climate change ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/slumping-south-korean-corals-worry-divers-scientists-studying-climate-change    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:22:22

  • Heat-related deaths in South Korea nearly quadruple in five years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/heat-related-deaths-in-south-korea-nearly-quadruple-in-five-years    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:22:55

  • Selangor bans open burning, to close schools if air quality index exceeds 200 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/selangor-bans-open-burning-to-close-schools-if-air-quality-index-exceeds-200    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:23:16

  • Wildfires, heatwaves threaten global air quality and health, UN warns ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20260907-wildfires-heatwaves-global-air-quality-health-un    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:23:32

  • "If you plan to make the jump from Windows to Linux yourself, I've written out the rules I learned in that formative first week. Hopefully you can make good use of them and don't make the same mistakes I did." https://www.xda-developers.com/hard-lessons-i-learned-in-my-first-week-on-linux-and-im-better-off-for-them/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:28:57

  • This 25-year old patent just expired—and Linux video playback is one step closer to being perfect https://www.howtogeek.com/patent-just-expired-linux-video-playback-is-closer-to-being-perfect/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:29:17

  • For Honor will stop working on the Steam Deck and Linux over anti-cheat concerns https://tech.sportskeeda.com/gaming-news/news-for-honor-will-stop-working-steam-deck-linux-anti-cheat-concerns    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:30:11

  • I've Been Gaming On Linux For Five Years - Is It Ready To Replace Windows? https://www.slashgear.com/2247543/gaming-on-linux-alternative-windows/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:31:19

  • Notes on an overheard conversation at a D&D game gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/09/06.1    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:35:41

  • "Restaurants, please don’t make halloumi, paneer, “grilloumi” or similar hard cheeses be your “vegetarian” option because they are almost twice as bad for the climate as even pork is (and pork is already super bad)." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/hard-cheeses    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:37:18

  • "We went out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner tonight. On the way listened to “Steak” from the Madagascar Jr. soundtrack that we sang along to all summer when he was doing the show at Upright." gemini://myoldtweets.smol.pub/daily-9-6-2026    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:38:05

  • "Every object comes with small jobs. Find somewhere for it. Keep it working. Move it out of the way. Software does this too, with accounts, updates, notifications and settings. Eventually a quiet evening has a maintenance queue." gemini://r13.xyz/blog/2026-09-06-enough-for-one-evening.gmi    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:38:46

  • Towards a plain text life gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-07-plain-text    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:39:44

  • "While at work on a fresh install the same settings defaulted to nice looking Swaybar icons, at home they were coloured and awkward. I fixed this this morning with a combination of: An explicit `font` declaration. Replacing emoji usage with icon unicode points." gemini://www.fosskers.ca/swaybar-icons.gmi    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:40:36

  • "If there are more bugs in the past, then being on the "bleeding edge" of your ecosystem at all times is the only responsible state, and you're likely to gravitate toward a rolling Linux distribution like Arch" gemini://www.fosskers.ca/past-future-bugs.gmi    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:41:23

  • "What is this place about? Serious things. That's the short answer. How long is the "long" one, you ask? Let me introduce you to the No Man's Land. Ever heard of it? It's the land that no one owns or has the rights to." gemini://aenu.smol.pub/nice-place-to-start    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 18:42:05

  • Welsh environment regulator's FoI blunder exposes diversity data of 2,000 staff https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/07/welsh-environment-regulators-foi-blunder-exposes-diversity-data-of-2000-staff/5294748    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 19:32:26

  • "This is far from a new discussion in Geminispace. Capsule operators in particular have been discussing the problem of scrapers and crawlers for a long time. As an operator myself, I'd like to share a few thoughts on the situation." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202609/20260907-thoughts-on-a-gemini-mcp.gmi    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 20:54:09

  • "My manager basically said I’m too valuable to the team to be given a promotion" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1y0mrrr "He didn't use those exact words, of course, but that was the gist of it. How do you even respond to something like that other than quitting? (Which I now fully intend to do as soon as I can find something else - and I wasn't planning on leaving any time soon.)"    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 20:56:05

  • "I get what you’re saying. I’m not surprised by that comment. Managers know that if you get promoted and get a pay raise, there is a good chance you’ll be on the RA list at some point due to making too much."    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 20:56:47

  • "But it is also a lame a-s excuse trying to make it sound like your manager is doing your favor. They should fight for you if they want to keep you.. just goes to show how dysfunctional that company is. On your way out the door just tell them “I am way too valuable not to take the promotion I got at my new job”"    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 20:56:53

  • "Getting placed in a higher band will make you more vulnerable to elimination"    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 20:57:32

  • Crytek Hit by More Layoffs in Turkey and Germany https://www.techpowerup.com/352448/crytek-hit-by-more-layoffs-in-turkey-and-germany?amp    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 21:00:29

  • Shell Upgrade Completed https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/07/shell-upgrade-completed/    

posted Monday, September 07, 2026 at 21:31:33
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