Roy Schestowitz

• "Microsoft Layoffs Announced for the Fifth Month in a Row as Employee Woes Mount"    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 22:37:47

• "Just the fact that they included that statement in the announcement says a lot." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4sjzgrt    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 22:47:02

• "I've been working with a software architect recently. And I'm not impressed. Architecture was for the built environment, and software is building things too, right? Right? Building bridges is fairly understood at this stage, but the requirements are obvious, leading to only sporadically seeing re-work." gemini://envs.net/~olap/musings-20250911.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 22:47:51

• "So does anyone remember XP - or extreme programming? The rough idea being that you write some code and then push it live, learn some stuff, and then throw away what you wrote and then write it again given you have learned more things" gemini://envs.net/~olap/musings-20250709.gmi   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 22:48:42

• How To Install Apache Spark on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-spark-fedora-42/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:35:03

• Gunnar Wolf: Saying _hi_ to my good Reproducible Builds friends while reading a magazine article ☞ https://gwolf.org/2025/09/saying-_hi_-to-my-good-reproducible-builds-friends-while-reading-a-magazine-article.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:35:55

• Appeals court rules Convicted Felon doesn’t have the authority to fire Copyright Office director ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2025/09/appeals-court-rules-trump-doesnt-have-the-authority-to-fire-copyright-office-director/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:36:51

• Appeals Court Reinstates US Copyright Office Director Fired by Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/10/appeals-court-reinstates-shira-perlmutter/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:37:08

• D.C. Circuit Says Perlmutter Can Resume Register Role Pending Lawsuit Against Convicted Felon ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/09/10/dc-circuit-perlmutter-resume-register-role-pending-lawsuit-trump/id=192106/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:37:34

• Shira Perlmutter is (Temporarily) Back in Charge at Copyright Office ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/perlmutter-temporarily-copyright.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:37:53

• Appeals Court Reinstates US Copyright Office Director Fired by Convicted Felon — In a 2-1 Decision ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/10/appeals-court-reinstates-shira-perlmutter/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:38:28

• Shira Perlmutter is (Temporarily) Back in Charge at Copyright Office ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/perlmutter-temporarily-copyright.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:38:50

• Release candidate: Godot 4.5 RC 2 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/release-candidate-godot-4-5-rc-2/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:39:21

• Open Source Leftists Celebrate Murder of Charlie Kirk ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/open-source-leftists-celebrate-murder    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:39:37

• How To Install GParted on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-gparted-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:40:19

• How To Install Gedit on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-gedit-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:40:37

• How To Install Suricata on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-suricata-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:40:56

• Being Conditioned to Accept Unreliable Computer Systems That Fail With Black Screen of Death (BSoD) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/11/Being_Conditioned_to_Accept_Unreliable_Computer_Systems_That_Fa.shtml    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:41:13

• Hulk Hogan leaves $5M estate and excludes daughter Brooke from will ☞ https://pagesix.com/video/hulk-hogan-leaves-5m-estate-and-excludes-daughter-brooke-from-will/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:42:22

• South Korean women sue US military in landmark forced prostitution lawsuit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-women-sue-us-military-in-landmark-prostitution-lawsuit    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:42:40

• "Why are posts mysteriously disappearing from this thread? There was one about foreign students attending our colleges and another one about Caterpillar IT using 10000 offshore IT people. Absolutely nothing derogatory in either reply and the replies only state the facts." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4qk5q13    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:55:53

• "Tariffs may be hard to manage, but corporate tax penalties are not. Just leverage heavy corporate taxes on corporations using offshore IT staff. If it gets to the point of thousands or tens of thousands, automatically tax the corporation an additional 30%. If the company is caught deliberately lying about their offshore workforce, double the penalties." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4qk5q13    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:56:14

• "I would door dash before I would go back to that [IBM] he-l hole." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3x5v9ag    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:56:48

• Will SoundExchange Lose Its Teeth? Rights Org Officially Appealing Its Loss Against SiriusXM After Judge Strips Its Enforcement Powers ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/08/soundexchange-officially-appealing-its-loss-against-siriusxm/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:58:04

• Star Wars Outlaws developer explains that Nintendo Switch 2 game cards are too slow for a physical game release — Snowdrop game engine uses disk data streaming to render the game world ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/star-wars-outlaws-developer-explains-that-nintendo-switch-2-game-cards-are-too-slow-for-a-physical-game-release-snowdrop-game-engine-uses-disk-data-streaming-to-render-the-game-world    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:59:02

• US appeals court denies states’ lawsuit regarding Convicted Felon-ordered layoffs ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/us-appeals-court-denies-states-lawsuit-regarding-trump-ordered-layoffs/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 04:59:39

• Jay-Z Accuser Battles to Maintain ‘Jane Doe’ Confidentiality ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/09/jay-z-accuser-jane-doe-status/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:00:01

• Democrats, Republicans take fight over blocked bills to Michigan Court of Appeals ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/democrats-republicans-take-fight-over-blocked-bills-to-michigan-court-of-appeals/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:00:30

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-09-12.gmi    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:01:42

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1411.jpg    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:02:11

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1761.jpg    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:02:20

• "I just watched this amusing video “Why Didn't America Go Metric? Now I Finally Get It [1]” where Busted Knuckle Woodworks goes into the history of the matric system and why the US (United States) doesn't use it." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/09/11.1    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:03:10

• "At this point, using Windows is nothing but a distant memory." gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-09/2025-09-11--rose-tinted-windows-and-clippy.txt    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:04:12

• "Absolute rollercoaster. I've not come across the idea of the abundance movement before. Sounds like a grand idea. Oh wait. "Broad Coalition" to the point of pointlessness. Yeah ... nah." gemini://tirohia.smol.pub/1757627766    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:05:43

• RMS the only one without MElonazi x.com account. Classy. https://x.com/web3privacy/status/1966070418395091317    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:10:17

• Jaguar Land Rover Admits Data Breach Caused by Recent Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/jaguar-land-rover-admits-data-breach-caused-by-recent-cyberattack/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:13:37

• Nepalis Worry About Security Forces’ Next Step After Crackdown Leaves 22 Dead ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/asia/nepal-security-forces-army-police.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:13:54

• Nvidia Accuses Rivals of Being Hey Hi (AI) Doomers as US Debates Sale of Chips to China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/technology/nvidia-china-chip-sales-ai-doomerism.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:14:18

• Poland Has Invoked NATO’s Article 4. What Comes Next? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/europe/what-is-nato-article-4.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:14:38

• Malaysia Deputy PM says Petronas received threat to ‘burn’ LNG facilities ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-deputy-pm-says-petronas-received-threat-to-burn-lng-facilities-state-media-reports    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:15:03

• A buyer’s guide to CHECK in 2025 ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/a-buyers-guide-to-check-in-2025/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:16:01

• Lithuanian FM says government program will be amended on China ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2670701/lithuanian-fm-says-government-program-will-be-amended-on-china    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:16:18

• Hong Kong rejects ‘unfounded, biased’ European Commission report on city ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/10/hong-kong-rejects-unfounded-biased-european-commission-report-on-city/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:16:42

• The economic context of France's 'Block Everything' protests ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250910-the-economic-context-of-france-s-block-everything-protests    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:22:45

• Full might of the law to be unleashed on those who target police – Mashatile ☞ https://www.protectionweb.co.za/police/full-might-of-the-law-to-be-unleashed-on-those-who-target-police-mashatile/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:23:12

• War zones and Geneva Rules: ICRC’s Youssef on Africa’s frontlines ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/war-zones-and-geneva-rules-icrcs-youssef-on-africas-frontlines/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:23:53

• Six killed in terrorist attack on Mocímboa da Praia town ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/six-killed-in-terrorist-attack-on-mocimboa-da-praia-town/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:24:17

• South Africa is being robbed and we’re all paying the price ☞ https://www.protectionweb.co.za/state-security/south-africa-is-being-robbed-and-were-all-paying-the-price/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:24:43

• World spends more on war than peace – Guterres ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/world-spends-more-on-war-than-peace-guterres/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:25:08

• Opinion | Michigan needs to lead, not fall behind, on carbon capture safety ☞ https://bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-michigan-needs-to-lead-not-fall-behind-on-carbon-capture-safety/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:25:38

• Microsoft is transmitting malware again ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/highly-popular-npm-packages-poisoned-in-new-supply-chain-attack/   

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:30:51

• Fortinet, Ivanti, Nvidia Release Security Updates ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-ivanti-nvidia-release-security-updates/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:31:39

• Public invited to “Sniff out the scheme!” via criminal excellence ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/10.09.2025-public-invited-to-sniff-out-the-scheme-via-criminal-excellence.a613226/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:32:12

• The Cat’s Maew: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/tamra-maew    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:32:47

• KDE Plasma 6.4.5, Bugfix Release for September ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.5/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:33:32

• Akademy 2025 ☞ https://blog.broulik.de/2025/09/akademy-2025/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:34:26

• TTABlog Test: Is APPARITION Confusable with PHANTOM for Wine? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/09/ttablog-test-is-apparition-confusable.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:35:30

• Microsoft key resale fight heads to court in the UK — case potentially puts cheap backdoored Windows keys at risk ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-resale-fight-heads-to-uk-court    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:37:41

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 81 vulnerabilities, none actively exploited ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-september-2025/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:38:10

• Microsoft to add Anthropic Hey Hi (AI) models — as rift with Proprietary Chaffbot Company grows: report ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/business/microsoft-to-add-anthropic-ai-models-as-rift-with-openai-grows-report/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:38:52

• Apple Faces Lawsuit over Alleged Hey Hi (AI) Training with Pirated Books ☞ https://www.datamation.com/artificial-intelligence/apple-lawsuit-ai-training/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:39:21

• Dumping Apple Music https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250909-0818    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:40:25

• Mike Blumenkrantz: Big Lifts ☞ https://www.supergoodcode.com/big-lifts/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:41:24

• "Not a good idea for the first time. Ventoy requires disabling secure boot so it doesn’t work without modifying bios/uefi config. It’s much easier with Ubuntu or Mint, distributions that support secure boot out of the box." https://x.com/jacekchmiel/status/1966353416973607105    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:42:52

• Pacific Island leaders back ‘ocean of peace’ at fraught summit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/pacific-island-leaders-back-ocean-of-peace-at-fraught-summit    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:55:17

• Observer cuts casual shifts amidst drop in pages for Sunday title ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/observer-cuts-casual-shifts-amidst-drop-in-pages-for-sunday-title/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:55:52

• ICS Patch Tuesday: Rockwell Automation Leads With 8 Security Advisories ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-rockwell-automation-leads-with-8-security-advisories/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 05:56:24

• "As much as I hate IBM, one good thing will come from this. Within the next couple of years, 90-95% of the "people" employed at Red Hat will be gone from that company, including the CEO. I celebrate their coming misery with the joy they celebrated the willful destruction of X11." https://x.com/Wll24986/status/1966338486379630602    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:17:09

• "Patents are curious things. [...] HR, accounting, for real it’s surprising it didn’t happen before… those are the first departments to go in any merge/takeover… no need for more than one…    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:17:57

• "The IT team, on one side you have IBM, on the other you have nothing. So, yeah, the brand will “live on”"    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:18:09

• ALL THIS SURVEILLANCE AND... "New clues in hunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c206zm81z4gt    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:19:24

• Mass Surveillance... it works against the dumber criminals. The smarter ones become serial killers.    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:20:00

• First Luigi, now this. You know society crumbles when so many people actively cheer for murderers.    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:21:31

• FreeBSD Foundation Q2 2025 Status Update ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-q2-2025-status-update/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:21:43

• FreeBSD Foundation Q1 2025 Status Update ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-q1-2025-status-update/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:21:54

• Luigi acted almost as if he wanted to get caught for fame. Going to McDonalds without changing appearance.    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:22:47

• Microsoft sends you malware ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/javascript-packages-with-billions-of-downloads-were-injected-with-malicious-code-in-worlds-largest-supply-chain-hack-geared-to-steal-crypto-a-phishing-email-is-all-it-took-to-undermine-npm-packages    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:23:36

• Belittling Microsoft TCO ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/open-source-npm-package-attack/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:25:12

• Best Open Source Security Tools for Modern Cybersecurity ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/best-open-source-security-tools/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:25:40

• Public Education as a Political Weapon: The Rise of Ryan Walters ☞ https://americanoversight.org/the-rise-of-ryan-walters/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:26:48

• When Cheeto say "HEY HI" his lips move like "JYNA"    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:27:34

• humanely dealing with humungus crawlers ☞ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/humanely-dealing-with-humungus-crawlers    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:28:49

• Debarshi Ray: Toolbx — about version numbers ☞ https://debarshiray.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/toolbx-about-version-numbers/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:30:16

• Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD": Bash functions for working with UV ☞ https://ankursinha.in/2025/09/10/bash-functions-for-working-with-uv.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:30:41

• Measuring Explicit Congestion Notification ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/11/measuring-explicit-congestion-notification/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:30:59

• "[Loop Invariant] wants to point out to us that there are things a proper debugger can do that you can’t do with print statements." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/11/debugging-vs-printing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:31:35

• "This has led many to dig into its ARM Cortex-M3-powered guts, including [Yukai Li] who recently tripped over a hidden section in the bootrom of the dual-core Sonix SNC73410 MCU that makes up most of the smarts inside this new Tamagotchi toy" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/10/using-an-mcus-own-debug-peripheral-to-defeat-bootrom-protection/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:31:56

• Viral image of Bansky mural featuring English flag is digitally altered ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250910-viral-image-of-bansky-mural-featuring-english-flag-is-fake    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:32:15

• Xubuntu Site Compromised ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/10/Xubuntu_Site_Compromised.shtml    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:32:38

• How Expanded 287(g) Program Turns Local Police Into Deportation Agents ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/how-expanded-287g-program-turns-local-police-into-deportation-agents    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:33:10

• Apples could be in short supply this season in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/11.09.2025-apples-could-be-in-short-supply-this-season-in-latvia.a613899/ "unfavourable weather conditions"    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:33:50

• Brazil Invited the World to the Amazon. It’s Become a Big Headache. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/climate/belem-cop30-amazon-hotels-united-nations.html   

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:34:29

• Recap: OpenSSF Community Day India 2025 ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/09/11/recap-openssf-community-day-india-2025/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:41:47

• Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS: Security, Encryption, and Delegation ☞ https://klarasystems.com/articles/keeping-data-safe-with-openzfs-security-encryption-delegation/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:42:36

• U.N. Reports Child Abuse by Terrorists, Security Forces in Burkina Faso ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/09/u-n-reports-child-abuse-by-terrorists-security-forces-in-burkina-faso/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-n-reports-child-abuse-by-terrorists-security-forces-in-burkina-faso    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:51:38

• Nepalis Worry About Security Forces’ Next Step After Crackdown Leaves 30 Dead ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/asia/nepal-security-forces-army-police.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:52:01

• Senators Demand Answers From Mark Kapo-berg on WhatsApp Security ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/technology/whatsapp-senators-letter-meta.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:52:31

• Quectel KCMCA6S industrial wM-bus modules target smart metering ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/11/quectel-kcmca6s-industrial-wm-bus-modules-target-smart-metering/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:53:08

• Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral threatened by terrorists? An old fake video resurfaces ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250910-paris-notre-dame-threatened-terrorists-old-fake-video    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:53:41

• Israel offers Australia a masterclass in special operations ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/israel-offers-australia-a-masterclass-in-special-operations/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:54:09

• The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI) ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1090/the-amphora-of-great-intelligence-agi    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:54:33

• Canadian Man Falsely Named as Charlie Kirk’s Shooter on Social Media ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/charlie-kirk-shooting-false-accusation.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:55:03

• 17 Hong Kong green groups petition for more progressive carbon emission cut target ahead of Policy Address ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/11/17-hong-kong-green-groups-petition-for-more-progressive-carbon-emission-cut-target-ahead-of-policy-address/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:55:32

• American Oversight Sues DHS for Records on Corey Lewandowski’s Shadow Role ☞ https://americanoversight.org/corey-lewandowski-dhs-public-records-foia-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:58:33

• Former feds sue OSC over its response to mass probationary firings ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2025/09/former-feds-sue-osc-over-its-response-to-mass-probationary-firings/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:58:57

• Bad Bunny Residency Draws to a Close After Bagging $200 Million for Puerto Rico’s Economy ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/10/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-tour/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 06:59:40

• Login.gov leans into its role as a ‘foundational’ anti-fraud tool ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/09/login-gov-leans-into-its-role-as-a-foundational-anti-fraud-tool/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:00:13

• For Nepal’s Protesters, Wealthy ‘Nepo Kids’ Are a Source of Outrage ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/asia/nepal-protests-nepo-kids-social-media.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:02:29

• Before and after photos show how protests damaged Nepal’s government buildings. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/world/nepal-protests/before-and-after-photos-show-how-protests-damaged-nepals-government-buildings    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:02:44

• Into the Sands of Time: Exploring Egypt’s White and Black Deserts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/travel/egypt-white-black-deserts.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:03:16

• Stephen Shore’s Precocious Adolescent Eye ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/stephen-shores-precocious-adolescent-eye    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:03:32

• Hong Kong housing chief defends public rental eviction mechanism after deaths of mother and son ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/09/hong-kong-housing-chief-defends-public-rental-eviction-mechanism-after-deaths-of-mother-and-son/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:03:54

• Hong Kong correctional chief calls New York Post op-ed alleging in-prison abuse ‘malicious smear’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/10/hong-kong-correctional-chief-calls-new-york-post-op-ed-alleging-in-prison-abuse-malicious-smear/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:04:27

• British, Chinese nationals suspected of smuggling military tech flee Serbia house arrest ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/10/british-chinese-nationals-suspected-of-smuggling-military-tech-flee-serbia-house-arrest/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:05:08

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday September 2025, (Tue, Sep 9th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32270    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:05:34

• Fixing Firmware Update Issues on Framework Laptop 13 ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2025/09/09/fixing-firmware-update-issues-on-framework-laptop-13/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:08:36

• Protests Against Nepal’s Social Media Ban Show Resistance to a Global Censorship Trend ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/asia/nepal-protests-social-media-ban-censorship.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:09:01

• Troops Deployed After Day of Violent Protests in Nepal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/asia/nepal-violent-protests-army.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:09:16

• Sven Hoexter: debian/watch version 5 is a beauty ☞ http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/deb_watch_v5/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:10:18

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSMC 0.2.9 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/09/09#rcppsmc_0.2.9    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:10:34

• How Graham Linehan’s Arrest Could Reshape Britain’s Free Speech Laws ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/europe/graham-linehan-free-speech-uk.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:10:55

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un greets troops overseas on founding day speech ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-greets-troops-overseas-on-founding-day-speech    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:11:12

• REPLAY: EU chief says Europe must 'fight for its future' in State of the Union address ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-replay-eu-chief-says-europe-must-fight-for-its-future-in-state-of-the-union-address    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:11:54

• Arm introduces Lumex platform with SME2-enabled C1 CPU for Edge AI, Mali-G1 GPU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/10/arm-introduces-lumex-platform-with-sme2-enabled-c1-cpu-for-edge-ai-mali-g1-gpu/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:12:31

• "This week Jonathan and Dan chat with Frank Vasquez and Chris Simmonds about Embedded Linux, and the 4th edition of the Mastering Embedded Linux Programming book. How has this space changed in the last 20 years, and what’s the latest in Embedded Linux?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/10/floss-weekly-episode-846-mastering-embedded-linux-programming/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:13:42

• CIQ Joins SUSE and Ubuntu by Including CUDA in Its Hey Hi (AI) GNU/Linux Distro ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/09/ciq-joins-suse-and-ubuntu-by-including-cuda-in-its-ai-linux-distro/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:14:28

• Bending Spoons snaps up struggling YouTube rival Vimeo in $1.38B deal ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/10/bending-spoons-snaps-struggling-youtube-rival-vimeo-1-38b-deal/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:15:11

• Videos of Charlie Kirk’s Shooting Spread Rapidly on Social Media ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/technology/charlie-kirk-shooting-videos-social-media.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:15:31

• "Brett Wilson and so their clients are evil" -Anon E-mail today    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:21:31

• Israel’s Strike on Hamas in Qatar: What to Know ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/middleeast/israel-attack-qatar-hamas.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:22:58

• Gulf Powers Question U.S. Protection After Israeli Strike on Qatari Soil ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/middleeast/israel-strike-qatar-us.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:23:32

• After Qatar, Israel Fires on Yemen: ‘Whoever Attacks Us, We Will Reach Them’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/middleeast/israel-houthi-yemen-strikes-qatar.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:23:56

• Doha strikes: what next for Gaza ceasefire talks? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-doha-strikes-what-next-for-gaza-ceasefire-talks   

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:24:17

• What to know about Convicted Felon’s war on drug trafficking from Venezuela ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/what-to-know-about-trumps-war-on-drug-trafficking-from-venezuela/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:24:48

• Three states team up in investigative sweep of companies flouting data opt-out laws ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/states-investigative-sweep-global-privacy-control-data-privacy/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:25:25

• Understanding Barriers to Accessing Heritage ☞ https://creativecommons.org/2025/09/10/understanding-barriers-to-accessing-heritage/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:26:23

• Abandoned Shopping Carts Do More Damage Than You Think ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/abandoned-shopping-carts-do-more-damage-than-you-think    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:28:39

• A Type of Fiber May Have Weight Loss Benefits Similar to Ozempic ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-type-of-fiber-may-have-weight-loss-benefits-similar-to-ozempic    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:28:51

• Life on Mars? NASA's Stunning Discovery Is The Best Evidence Yet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/life-on-mars-perseverance-discovery-is-the-best-evidence-yet    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:29:04

• Hawking's Bold Theory Confirmed by Loudest-Ever Black Hole Collision ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hawkings-bold-theory-confirmed-by-loudest-ever-black-hole-collision    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:29:20

• Macron protégé Lecornu named to handle budget crisis - something old or something new? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250910-macron-prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9-lecornu-named-to-handle-budget-crisis-something-old-or-something-new    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:29:52

• Dubious PR agencies are bombarding journalists with fake content ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/agencies-linked-to-missing-lottery-winners-bombard-journalists-with-fake-case-studies-ai/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:30:24

• China imposed punishment on Xiaohongshu over ‘trivial, negative’ content ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-imposed-punishment-on-xiaohongshu-over-content    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:30:50

• Philippines ‘strongly protests’ against China plan to create nature reserve in disputed shoal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-strongly-protests-against-china-plan-to-create-nature-reserve-in-disputed-shoal    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:33:20

• China says it will create nature reserve on disputed Scarborough Shoal ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/09/10/scarborough-shoal-nature-reserve-china/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:33:45

• Facing new China ‘grey-zone’ threat, Taiwan steps up sea cable patrols ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/facing-new-china-grey-zone-threat-taiwan-steps-up-sea-cable-patrols    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:34:02

• More young people in China going under the knife in quest for ‘beauty ideal’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/more-young-chinese-going-under-knife-in-quest-for-beauty-ideal    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:34:27

• Facing uncertain future in US, Chinese scholars ponder a return home ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0910/China-U.S.-research-science    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:35:05

• Underage driver arrested after police whip out submachine gun during car chase in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/underage-driver-arrested-after-police-whip-out-submachine-gun-during-car-chase-in-malaysia    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:35:56

• Calls grow for comprehensive study on bullying in Malaysian schools ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/calls-grow-for-comprehensive-study-on-bullying-in-malaysian-schools    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:36:30

• Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin fights for relevance via loose opposition bloc amid dissent in Bersatu ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ex-pm-muhyiddin-fights-to-stay-relevant-via-loose-opposition-coalition-amid-dissent-in-bersatu    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:37:13

• Steam’s Sept Client Update Boosts Overlay Performance in Vulkan/D3D12 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/steam-sept-client-update-boosts-overlay-performance-in-vulkan-d3d12/   

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:38:47

• GNOME 49 Release Candidate Restores X11 Support in GDM ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/gnome-49-release-candidate-restores-x11-support-in-gdm    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:39:14

• How Sui Move rethinks flash loan security ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/09/10/how-sui-move-rethinks-flash-loan-security/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:39:52

• Significant rise in suicide rate among Hong Kong men aged 25 to 39 in 2024, study finds ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/11/significant-rise-in-suicide-rate-among-hong-kong-men-aged-25-to-39-in-2024-study-finds/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:40:54

• "Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-suicide-highmark-bcbs-insurance-denials | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:42:50

• New Jersey Is the Latest State to Expand Access to Updated Covid Shots ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/nyregion/new-jersey-covid-vaccine-pharmacies.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:43:42

• Arm debuts AI-optimized Lumex chip lineup for mobile devices ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/10/arm-debuts-ai-optimized-lumex-chip-lineup-mobile-devices/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:44:34

• Japanese railway firms aim to attract passengers via unique station events ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-railway-firms-aim-to-attract-passengers-via-unique-station-events    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:45:20

• F-Fetch – fast and minimal system fetcher ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/f-fetch-fast-minimal-system-fetcher/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:46:21

• commitlint – lint commit messages ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/commitlint-lint-commit-messages/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:46:32

• IFM – Improved File Manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ifm-improved-file-manager/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:46:59

• Federal Circuit Delivers Major Reversal on “Software Per Se” Rejections in In re McFadden ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/delivers-reversal-rejections.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:48:50

• Converting Voluntary Dismissals: Federal Circuit Holds Sanctions Can Create Prevailing Party Status Under § 285 ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/converting-dismissals-prevailing.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:49:17

• Supreme Court Grants Cert in Parallel Cases from Federal Circuit and DC Circuit ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/supreme-parallel-federal.html   

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:49:45

• USPTO Comings and Goings ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/uspto-comings-goings.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:50:03

• "One problem that I see with these academic reports is that they are done by reputed researchers who analyze the topic from the angle of their academic speciality." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/expert-report-published-on-patent.html?showComment=1757338738717#c5110863054094583549    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:50:43

• "They unfortunately rarely incorporate the view of professionals from the private sector who are directly concerned, if only for feeding their thoughts about the functioning of an economic sector they too often only know [...]" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/expert-report-published-on-patent.html?showComment=1757338738717#c5110863054094583549    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:51:00

• Lobbying disguised as "studies". Bribes everywhere.    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:51:20

• EPO Workers Point Out that the EPO is Destroying the Planet Under the Guise of "Hey Hi" (It Also Grants Many Invalid Patents Illegally ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/08/EPO_Workers_Point_Out_that_the_EPO_is_Destroying_the_Planet_Und.shtml    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:51:52

• Japanese banks begin closing for lunch due to staffing shortages ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-banks-begin-closing-for-lunch-due-to-staffing-shortages    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:52:21

• Lithuanian president criticises new coalition’s ‘financial stability tax’ plans ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2670673/lithuanian-president-criticises-new-coalition-s-financial-stability-tax-plans   

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:52:50

• Fix for PC_HARDWARE_PROFILE ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/fix-for-pchardwareprofile.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:53:32

• EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.9 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/easyos-excalibur-series-version-709-released.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:53:44

• SeaMonkey 2.53.21 compiled in Easy Excalibur ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/seamonkey-25321-compiled-in-easy-excalibur.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:53:54

• Transfer Learning using ahead::ridge2f on synthetic stocks returns Pt.2: synthetic data generation ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/transfer-learning-using-aheadridge2f-on-synthetic-stocks-returns-pt-2-synthetic-data-generation/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:55:21

• R6 Interfaces For Backend: Define What, Not How ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/r6-interfaces-for-backend-define-what-not-how/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:55:46

• Little useless-useful R functions – Markov babbler ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/little-useless-useful-r-functions-markov-babbler/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:56:08

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Rust compiler performance survey 2025 results ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/10/rust-compiler-performance-survey-2025-results/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:56:35

• Three decades in kernelland ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1037477/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:57:02

• Microsoft lobbying and openwashing for a Ponzi scheme, funded by Microsoft ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/report-from-oss-eu-2025-and-ai_dev-whats-next-for-osaid    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:57:43

• New “LibreOffice Expert 2025/2026” magazines available for schools and local communities ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/09/new-libreoffice-expert-2025-2026-magazines-available-for-schools-and-local-communities/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:58:20

• Czech translation of LibreOffice Calc Guide 25.2 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/10/czech-translation-of-libreoffice-calc-guide-25-2/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 07:58:44

• "Look at Amazon" (layoffs as "RTO") https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4qv6003    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:01:23

• "Amazon doesn't give $200K RSU annual grants. They play it cheap." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4qm07s5    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:01:58

• Twenty One Pilots Trademark Suit Targets Temu Over Counterfeit Merch: ‘A Veritable Swamp of Infringing’ Products ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/10/twenty-one-pilots-temu-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:06:43

• Trader Joe’s Union Strikes Out at Ninth Circuit in Reversal of Trademark Infringement Win ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/09/09/trader-joe-union-strikes-ninth-circuit-reversal-trademark-infringement-win/id=192069/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:07:17

• USPTO Trademark Alert: TTAB Changes Deadline for Answer in Board Proceeding to 60 Days ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/09/uspto-trademark-alert-ttab-changes.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:08:03

• How Gen Z Protests Overturned a Government, and a Crackdown on TV Drug Ads ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/podcasts/the-headlines/nepal-protests-tv-drug-ads.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:08:38

• What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #39 – S2E16 Racing Against Quantum: The Urgent Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography with KeyFactor’s Crypto Experts ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2025/09/09/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-39-s2e16-racing-against-quantum-the-urgent-migration-to-post-quantum-cryptography-with-keyfactors-crypto-experts/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:09:48

• What an utterly stupid remark to make ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/alexei-bulazel-critical-infrastructure-security-tech-needs-to-be-as-good-as-our-smartphones/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:10:53

• Latvia's oncology centre renovation funds under debate ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/11.09.2025-latvias-oncology-centre-renovation-funds-under-debate.a613902/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:12:07

• Kennedy Report Won’t Solve America’s Food Issues, Experts Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/well/eat/maha-report-nutrition.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:12:20

• North Korea leader firming up status of daughter as successor: Seoul spy agency ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-leader-firming-up-status-of-daughter-as-successor-seoul-spy-agency-says    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:12:42

• Days before death, Convicted Felon ally Charlie Kirk debuted his conservative message in Asia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/days-before-death-trump-ally-charlie-kirk-debuted-his-conservative-message-in-asia    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:13:09

• South Korea’s Lee says immigration raid targeting Korean workers could hit US investment ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-lee-says-immigration-raid-targeting-korean-workers-could-hit-us-investment    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:13:22

• "In Textile!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/10/the-555-as-youve-never-seen-it-in-textile/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:18:44

• "Reverse Engineering" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/10/reverse-engineering-a-robot-mowers-fence/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:19:09

• From Deepfakes to Chatbots, Terrorists Embrace Hey Hi (AI) to Spread Propaganda ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/09/from-deepfakes-to-chatbots-terrorists-embrace-ai-to-spread-propaganda/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:19:45

• FPGA ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/10/65f02-is-an-fpga-6502-with-a-need-for-speed/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:20:09

• "High Superintendent Pay" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-charter-superintendent-pay-performance | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:23:19

• "DEI Concerns" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:23:37

• #SciArtSeptember: Algae ☞ https://rubenerd.com/sciartseptember-algae/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:24:01

• FSF News: Electronic Frontier Foundation, F-Droid, and Sugar Labs leaders to speak at FSF's fortieth anniversary ☞ http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf40-foundation-panel    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:24:15

• FSF Blogs: FSD meeting recap 2025-08-29 ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsd-meeting-recap-2025-08-29    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:24:42

• "it turns out, you should have asked [mmulet] who put together term.everything." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/10/everything-in-a-linux-terminal/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:28:50

• Slopwatch: Surveillance Giant Google News is Still Promoting Many Fake Articles About "Linux", in Effect Rewarding Misinformation and Plagiarism (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/11/Slopwatch_Google_News_is_Still_Promoting_Many_Fake_Articles_Abo.shtml    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:29:02

• FOSS Weekly #25.37: Mint 22.2 Released, Official KDE Distro, Kazeta GNU/Linux for 90s Gaming, Ubuntu 25.10's New Terminal and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-37/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:29:37

• Fwupd 2.0.15 Adds Support for NVIDIA ConnectX-6, ConnectX-7 and ConnectX-8 NICs ☞ https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-0-15-adds-support-for-nvidia-connectx-6-connectx-7-and-connectx-8-nics    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:30:03

• Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Dracut by Default ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/ubuntu-25-10-switches-to-dracut-by-default    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:31:01

• PNY preorder listing shows Nvidia DGX Spark at $4,299.99 ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/pny-preorder-listing-shows-nvidia-dgx-spark-at-4299-99/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:31:37

• Spotify (proprietary, DRM) promoted by OMG Joey☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/spotify-lossless-available-to-all-premium-subscribers    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:32:58

• extrox 115 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/extrox    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:33:19

• Video: LWN's Jon Corbet's presentation on Three Decades in Linux Kernelland ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-three-years-in-linux-kernelland.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 08:34:10

• Eating their own https://old.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/1nevm97/win_11_compatible_mobo_wont_let_me_set_up_secure/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 09:09:41

• "Commenting so when there is a bunch of critical infrastructure down tomorrow I can say I heard it here first" https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1nedey1/secureboot_certificate_will_expire_today/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 09:14:21

• "pure SQL" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/doom-multiplayer-tribute-gets-coded-in-pure-sql-and-runs-at-30fps-made-from-just-150-lines-of-code-in-less-than-a-month | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:20:32

• "Proton Experimental was updated for September 10th to bring more Windows game fixes to Linux Desktop, SteamOS and Steam Deck" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/proton-experimental-updated-for-dune-awakening-tales-of-berseria-arken-age-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:22:00

• "NVIDIA released driver version 580.82.09 which is the new recommended driver, although it only has a single fix but an important one for some users." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/nvidia-driver-580-82-09-released-for-linux-the-latest-recommended-driver/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:22:44

• "The Phunky Physics Humble Bundle is out now and it has 9 games all definitely worth grabbing." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/get-fun-physics-games-like-hardspace-shipbreaker-besiege-and-more-in-the-new-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:23:19

• "Team Fortress 2 is still set for a nice upgrade to the Mann vs. Machine (MvM) game mode, with Valve providing a brief update on it" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/no-date-yet-for-the-team-fortress-2-mvm-update-but-valve-still-working-on-it/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:25:00

• "You'll still be able to play The Spell Brigade with Valve's Proton, but the Native Linux version is no longer going to be supported or updated." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-spell-brigade-is-ending-native-linux-support-due-to-multiple-issues/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:25:49

• "Retro Windows style as a survivor-like action roguelite? Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional is giving me hilarious nostalgia." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/antivirus-survivors-2003-professional-is-like-an-infested-windows-xp-as-a-survivor-like-bullet-hell/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:26:39

• "Acclaim return as a game publisher and they recently held the first Acclaim Showcase, here's all that was announced during the event. In total nine games were shown off, some of which are already available." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/acclaim-returns-with-the-acclaim-showcase-heres-what-was-announced/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:28:11

• "If you have a wireless VR headset and a Linux system, you might be excited to know that Valve's Steam Link VR now appears to actually work." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/steam-link-vr-for-meta-quest-on-linux-now-appears-to-work-in-the-latest-updates/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:28:51

• ">With 65 items in total, the Capcom Retro Revival Pack Humble Bundle is an easy way to fill up your gaming collection without breaking the bank." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/get-a-whole-lot-of-capcom-classics-in-the-retro-revival-pack-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:29:44

• "Trump’s incompetence has created the conditions for more bloodshed" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/10/putin-has-a-dangerous-new-appetite-for-risk/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:30:46

• "Thank You Linus Tech Tips" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/thank-you-linus-tech-tips:4    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:31:04

• ""Guns Save Lives," He Wrote" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/11/guns-save-lives-he-wrote/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:31:47

• "Charlie Kirk’s Murder Is a Tragedy and a Disaster" https://jacobin.com/2025/09/charlie-kirk-murder-political-violence/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:32:25

• "The Killing of Charlie Kirk Is Part of a Terrible New Era of Political Violence" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/charlie-kirk-shooting-assassination-analysis/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:33:07

• "Politically-motivated violence: 'Threat to democracy': World reacts to killing of Trump ally Kirk" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2335761.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:33:26

• a small bit of good news https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/09/11/chat-control-2-tyskland-sager-nej/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:33:46

• "Deutscher Bundestag - Ausschuss befasst sich mit Stand bei der CSAM-Verordnung" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1108356    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:34:47

• So it doesn't say that... | "Det står der altså ikke... | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/det-staar-der-altsaa-ikke    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:35:45

• "Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/charlie-kirk-assassination-tragedy/   

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:36:04

• "Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way" https://www.404media.co/charlie-kirk-was-not-practicing-politics-the-right-way/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:36:25

• "Charlie Kirk died as he lived — making very little sense." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/death-of-a-troll/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:37:01

• iophk: this is pure spin. RC4 is only one example of many and not the reason for Wyden's letter https://thecyberexpress.com/ftc-to-investigate-msft-kerberoasting-flaws/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:38:17

• "What Can We Do About Kathy Hochul?" https://jacobin.com/2025/09/hochul-nyc-mamdani-centrist-democrats/   

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:38:53

• censorship https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/09/michigan-judge-urged-to-resign-over-facebook-comment-on-charlie-kirk-shooting.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:39:58

• "Photos: Nepal's “Gen Z” Protests" https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/09/photos-nepal-gen-z-protest/684168/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:40:44

• blocked by gratuitous javascript https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadas-new-minister-of-ai-must-not-be-naive-to-its-harms/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:41:52

• "Seventeen years had passed by the time Boston police knocked on Louise’s door to say they had identified the man who allegedly raped and stabbed her in October 2005." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:06:41

• "In May 2025, the European Union levied financial sanctions on the owners of Stark Industries Solutions Ltd." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/bulletproof-host-stark-industries-evades-eu-sanctions/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:07:12

• "top copyright official" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/appeals_court_blocks_trump_copyright_official_firing/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:22:12

• "Last year we shared that The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF)" ☛ https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/introducing-the-asfs-new-logo |    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:22:46

• "open letter" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/the-apache-software-foundation-unveils-new-oak-leaf-logo/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:23:02

• "Over the past few months" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/artists-left-spotify-ceo-daniel-ek-military-tech-1235425098/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:24:02

• "Officials said the blackout of [Internet] and cable services was set to continue, or even worsen" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/internet-outage-hits-secretariat-1903169 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:24:20

• "The owner of a store who would never think of planting tracking beacons" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/09/11/privacy-is-a-contract/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:24:29

• "The NTIA says 36 out of 56 states and territories have submitted Final Proposals" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/ntia-most-states-have-submitted-final-bead-proposals/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:24:37

• "At least 192 workers were killed on the job in August" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/six-child-workers-under-14-killed-on-the-job-in-turkey-in-one-month-311365 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:25:50

• "In addition to his intensive surveillance activity in France – in particular in Paris" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/09/11/snitch-in-left-wing-movements-in-france-exposed-he-is-said-to-have-operated-in-germany-and-belgium-as-well/ | Source: Site36    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:29:56

• "the first person I spoke" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-11/tunisian-man-recounts-13-days-in-ice-custody-downtown-l-a | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:30:13

• "Those dams continue to harm salmon and steelhead, according to Bill Arthur" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/states-tribes-revive-long-running-lawsuit-after-trump-nixes-fish-deal/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:30:52

• "probable cause" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/11/waymo-tells-cops-get-a-warrant/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:31:21

• "appeals of seven journalists in the Abzas Media case" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/azerbaijan-upholds-lengthy-sentences-for-7-journalists-from-abzas-media-and-rfe-rl/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:32:12

• "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Ihar Losik" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/rfe-journalist-ihar-losik-detention-belarus-prisoner-release/33527840.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:32:39

• "a highly respected veteran journalist and the founder and leader of SOS Journalistes" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/cpj-calls-on-haitian-authorities-to-ensure-media-leaders-protection-after-threats/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:32:58

• "border patrol and other federal agents" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/surprising-savagery-us-court-prohibits-attacks-on-journalists-covering-ice-protests/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:33:17

• "Nay Thway’s criticism was directed toward election laws introduced by Myanmar junta" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/man-sentenced-to-hard-labor-in-myanmar-for-criticizing-upcoming-elections/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:33:59

• "internal documents leaked from a little-known Chinese company" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-how-chinas-surveillance-industry-actually-works/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:38:35

• "FBI shared two blurry photos on X of a person of interest" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/776793/charlie-kirk-fbi-person-of-interest-photos-shooter | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:39:00

• "The trend highlights how chatbots often generate confident responses" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/false-ai-fact-checks-stir-online-chaos-after-kirk-assassination/articleshow/123841084.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:48:24

• "Microsoft has invested $13 billion in OpenAI since 2019" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/776884/openai-microsoft-mou | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:50:24

• "Inside, however, a group of disgruntled residents who disagreed with that diagnosis awaited him." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-10/trump-heckled-while-celebrating-first-month-of-his-washington-takeover-youre-the-hitler-of-our-time.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:50:43

• "famously flexible appendages" ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/octopus-arms-favored | Source: Science News    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:52:14

• "It reportedly centers on new data centers announced in July" ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/openais-staggering-numbers | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:54:33

• "Kuzelka was among a trio of speakers on the third leg of a five-stop town hall" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/09/10/nebraska-lawmaker-passenger-rail-advocates-host-town-hall-in-north-platte/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:54:59

• "First, pair bigger roofs with batteries." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/ensuring-rooftop-solar-for-every-household-101757597975993.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:55:21

• "So…my site has actually been live for 11 months now" ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2025/09/11/a-solar-farm-after-6-months-maintenance-report/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:55:51

• "As a teen, Franson hauled a water tank to spray down the dust on roads like this" ☛ https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/09/solar-fallowed-farmland-wicks/ | Source: California    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:56:19

• "The Southeast Asian country has drawn in data centre investments from US technology giants" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/malaysia-reins-in-data-centre-growth-complicating-chinas-ai-chip-access/articleshow/123841816.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:56:32

• "You have some old disks. Are they best reused as disks or recycled as metal?" ☛ https://petermoulding.com/recycling_old_disks_in_2025 |    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:57:01

• "When shocking news about how soon civilization might collapse is overshadowed by Taylor Swift’s engagement" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-change-taylor-swift-gulf-stream/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:57:25

• "the origin points of only seven out of the 32 rivers" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/water-found-at-origin-points-of-only-7-of-32-rivers-visited-by-mp-minister-1902903 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:58:01

• "In a procedural vote, senators voted 51-49 to table" ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/09/11/repub/us-senate-votes-down-measure-to-force-release-of-epstein-files/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:00:45

• "You have likely heard about the Presidential submissions to this anthology" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-epstein-birthday-book-is-even-worse-than-you-might-realize | Source: New Yorker    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:01:13

• "There are two major problems with the right’s rush to blame the incident" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/461314/charlie-kirk-death-trump-political-violence-source | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:01:24

• "In August 2023, Balaji resigned from OpenAI and began speaking publicly about his concerns." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/former-openai-employee-suchir-balaji-was-murdered-alleges-elon-musk/articleshow/123834134.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:02:01

• "The late 26-year-old software engineer had gone to the New York Times months before his passing" ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-openai-whistleblower-murdered | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:02:16

• "This year, for the first time in history" ☛ https://www.8ball.report/p/are-you-unc | Source: Sean Monahan    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:03:24

• "CCAs are uncrewed systems that would be launched from carriers" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/newsletters/2025/09/10/navy-awards-drone-contracts-to-the-big-five-defense-contractors/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:05:42

• "Political violence is incompatible with democracy." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-dangerous-moment | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:07:02

• "Many of the capital’s mighty institutions — a palace complex turned seat of government" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/asia/nepal-protests-fires.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:07:18

• "Government buildings, from the Supreme Court to ministers' homes" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-09-11/nepals-young-protesters-army-in-talks-to-decide-interim-leader | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:07:44

• "September 11, Wieslander also comments on the absent US response to the incident" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/insight-impact/in-the-news/wieslander-on-swedish-radio-3/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:08:02

• "The purpose of such a provocation is to rather conduct reconnaissance activities ... more dangerous steps" ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/09/11/russian-drones-in-poland-will-nato-pass-the-test/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:09:14

• "act of war.... Russia has been increasingly using Poland’s airspace in its bid to target Ukraine." ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/what-would-happen-if-nato-country-was-attacked-as-russia-commits-act-of-war-in-polish-airspace/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:09:43

• "The caretaker VVD minister announced this on Thursday before the start of a parliamentary debate." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/09/11/dutch-foreign-minister-summons-russian-ambassador-drone-incursion-poland | Source: NL Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:10:10

• "That’s because Russia’s war was never about terrorism or religious extremism, but colonial control. And that agenda received American blessing after 9/11." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/americas-biggest-post-911-failure | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:10:37

• "The Parliament of Nepal right now is Discord" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/asia/nepal-protest-genz-discord.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:12:54

• "His innovations aren't limited to the datacenter either, with his architectural contributions playing a significant role in the success of Intel's Core and Atom processor families as well." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/intel_loses_chief_architect/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:13:41

• "Public officials who went silent after Democratic lawmakers were executed in their homes are tripping over themselves to honor the man who franchised internet chan culture as politics." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-life-and-legacy-of-charlie-4chan/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:14:10

• "But Polish authorities have made clear that this time is different. They are treating this as a deliberate provocation, rather than an accident." ☛ https://www.vox.com/world-politics/461211/drones-poland-russia-ukraine | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:15:07

• "Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to the movement he created." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51373782/brazils-bolsonaro-guilty-of-coup-charges-court-majority-decides-in-landmark-trial | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:15:30

• "Rather than condemning violence and calling for unity, the president of the United States accused his political opposition of being accessories to murder." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/09/kirk-assassination-trump-response/684175/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:16:04

• "And in case there was any mistaking the official view of such pronouncements" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/did-trump-just-declare-war-on-the-american-left | Source: New Yorker    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:17:12

• "It also allows the department to validate and refine its own counter-uncrewed aircraft system sensors." ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/unmanned/2025/09/11/pentagon-stages-first-top-drone-school-for-operators-to-hone-skills/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:17:28

• "Palantir’s two main platforms are Foundry and Gotham. Each does different things." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/11/how-palantir-is-mapping-everyones-data-for-the-government/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:19:09

• "laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/eu_chat_control/ | Source: The Register UK   

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 13:19:45

• Covid-19 cases rise sharply in Lithuania as vaccination uptake remains low ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2674355/covid-19-cases-rise-sharply-in-lithuania-as-vaccination-uptake-remains-low    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:12:37

• Over-The-Counter Nasal Spray Cuts COVID Cases by Two-Thirds in Trial ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/over-the-counter-nasal-spray-cuts-covid-cases-by-two-thirds-in-trial    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:12:50

• Psychologists Watched 150 Episodes of Bluey. Here's What They Learned. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/psychologists-watched-150-episodes-of-bluey-heres-what-they-learned    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:15:01

• What our users make with Ubuntu Pro Episode 2 ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-our-users-make-with-ubuntu-pro-episode-2    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:15:52

• "Russia’s greatest jailbreaks" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/11/russia-s-greatest-jailbreaks | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:16:11

• "Latvia closes airspace along eastern border" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/11/latvia-closes-airspace-along-eastern-border-in-response-to-russian-drone-incursion-in-poland | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:16:18

• "Russia may raise VAT to 22 percent as war spending deepens budget deficit" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/11/russia-may-raise-vat-to-22-percent-as-war-spending-deepens-budget-deficit-the-bell | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:17:17

• "They let him die and washed their hands of it" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/11/they-let-him-die-and-washed-their-hands-of-it | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:17:30

• "Among the most prolific money laundering platforms" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/11/among-the-most-prolific-money-laundering-platforms | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:17:42

• "shuts all border crossings" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/12/poland-shuts-all-border-crossings-with-belarus-ahead-of-russian-belarusian-military-drills | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:17:53

• Clinical Trial To Transform Alzheimer's Diagnosis Launched in UK ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/clinical-trial-to-transform-alzheimers-diagnosis-launched-in-uk    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:18:49

• Your Pooping Habits Could Harm Your Health in 7 Ways, Research Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-pooping-habits-could-harm-your-health-in-7-ways-research-shows    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:18:57

• Spaceflight Accelerates Aging of Human Stem Cells, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/spaceflight-accelerates-aging-of-human-stem-cells-study-finds    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:19:05

• Octopuses Use Their Arms in Surprisingly Similar Ways to Us ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/octopuses-use-their-arms-in-surprisingly-similar-ways-to-us    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:19:26

• Astronomers Just Saw a Gamma-Ray Explosion Defy All Known Space Logic ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-just-saw-a-gamma-ray-explosion-defy-all-known-space-logic    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:19:40

• A Forgotten Cancer Is Rising in Young People, And Experts Are Puzzled ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-forgotten-cancer-is-rising-in-young-people-and-experts-are-puzzled    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:19:52

• Why Blue Eyes Aren't Really Blue (And What Makes Green So Rare) ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/why-blue-eyes-arent-really-blue-and-what-makes-green-so-rare    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:20:09

• To start winning in Canada, here’s how the Left can organize the suburbs ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/to-start-winning-in-canada-heres-how-the-left-can-organize-the-suburbs/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:23:28

• Vulnerability Management – common understanding and language enable teamwork ☞ https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/09/11/vulnerability-management-common-understanding-and-language-enable-teamwork/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:24:20

• "I was recently in Italy and I didn't see any millilitres. They used dl or cl, I assume to keep the numbers small." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-09-12_Familiarity_making_things_normal.gmi    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:27:50

• 🔤SpellBinding: AUELOPC Wordo: BLEBS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-09-12.gmi    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:29:49

• "This is a Western music theory thing, the notion being given a key, such as an A key, or A major, one then has a starting note, A, or the Tonic, and a fifth above that (a 3:2 frequency ratio, or roughly so depending on the tuning system) the Dominant." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/09/12/2dom.gmi    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:30:38

• nude gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/nude "that reminds me of Pennywise, you say"    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:31:43

• "i surprised myself this year, it's been good for reading so far! usually i either have zero brainspace to read or when i do i can't seem to find things that would be both readable and interesting to me personally." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/books    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:32:11

• Does it sell Microsoft malware? https://www.cltampa.com/news/ubuntu-food-truck-opens-in-st-petes-edge-district/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:34:16

• "Windows 11 25H2 not only falls behind two recent versions of Ubuntu Linux, but even occasionally trades spots with the older, mostly-identical Windows 11 24H2" https://hothardware.com/news/windows-11-25h2-vs-linux-benchmark    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:35:26

• "Three standout options are Linux Mint, Fedora KDE Plasma Edition, and Ubuntu Cinnamon. Each has unique strengths that make it worth considering, but only one emerges as the best fit for most users. By looking at how each performs in    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:35:52

• "everyday use, I've found that Ubuntu Cinnamon is the strongest candidate to fill this role." https://www.xda-developers.com/perfect-secondary-linux-os-ubuntu-cinnamon/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:36:00

• "Ubuntu replaces initramfs-tools with Dracut for a faster boot process." https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-switches-to-dracut/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:36:20

• "The Quokka is a small, furry, and perpetually smiling marsupial from Australia. It's very cute – and now it's freezing." https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/ubuntu_2510/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:36:38

• "Nice to see progress on it though, as eventually that will be another gap with Windows gaming closed off giving more people a chance to switch to Linux without losing access to streaming their VR games." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/steam-link-vr-for-meta-quest-on-linux-now-appears-to-work-in-the-latest-updates/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:38:30

• Intel Xe3 GPUs see up to 18% gains in Linux gaming with new Mesa patches, Cyberpunk and Borderlands 3 with issues https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-xe3-gpus-see-up-to-18-gains-in-linux-gaming-with-new-mesa-patches-cyberpunk-and-borderlands-3-with-issues    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:39:01

• Lenovo Legion Go S With SteamOS Review: Linux Gaming On The Go https://hothardware.com/reviews/legion-go-s-with-steamos-review    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:39:40

• "They're certainly not alone in facing these issues, I've seen a number of Unity game engine titles suffer from an increasing amount of problems lately. Seems Unity's Linux support isn't particularly great right now. Not all developers though, like Wheel World recently added a Native Linux version mentioning better performance." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-spell-brigade-is-ending-native-linux-support-due-to-multiple-issues/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:40:04

• "They're certainly not alone in facing these issues, I've seen a number of Unity game engine titles suffer from an increasing amount of problems lately. Seems Unity's Linux support isn't particularly great right now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-spell-brigade-is-ending-native-linux-support-due-to-multiple-issues/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:40:17

• "The change will affect users of the openSUSE Tumbleweed and openSUSE Slowroll editions." https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-to-disable-bcachefs-file-system-support-in-tumbleweed-with-linux-6-17    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:40:34

• My new favorite note-taking app for MacOS and Linux checks this crucial box - and it's free https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/my-new-favorite-note-taking-app-for-macos-and-linux-checks-this-crucial-box-and-its-free/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:40:58

• "Hopefully soon we'll actually finally see that VKD3D / DirectX12 game optimization actually in a released driver, but it might still be a few months away as NVIDIA never give an actual roadmap or timings on anything. Unlike Mesa, which has a dedicated release schedule." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/nvidia-driver-580-82-09-released-for-linux-the-latest-recommended-driver/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:41:33

• "The Slimbook ELEMENTAL mid-range laptop was also refreshed with the latest Intel Core 5 120U processor and up to 64 GB RAM." https://9to5linux.com/slimbook-refreshes-its-flagship-linux-laptop-introduces-slimbook-manjaro-iii    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:41:53

• "This release also adds a new experimental type of e1000 adapter (82583V), which requires the ICH9 chipset as MSIs are not supported by PIIX3." https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-2-adds-support-for-kvm-apis-on-linux-kernel-6-16-and-newer    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:42:10

• Don't switch to these 5 Linux distros when you finally leave Windows 10 https://www.makeuseof.com/dont-switch-linux-distros-leave-windows/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:42:38

• DISA STIG for Amazon Linux 2023 is now available https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/disa-stig-for-amazon-linux-2023-is-now-available/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:43:07

• Openwashing and greenwashing PR ploys https://insidehpc.com/2025/09/linux-foundation-energy-announces-new-members/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 21:43:59

• The F.B.I. Asked for Help Finding Charlie Kirk’s Killer ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/briefing/manhunt-charlie-kirk-inflation-data.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:06:41

• Central Bank cuts policy rate by 2.5 points to 40.50% ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/central-bank-cuts-policy-rate-by-2-5-points-to-40-50-311400    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:07:01

• How FOSS Projects Handle Legal Takedown Requests (F-Droid) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1037703/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:07:38

• Qt getting shitter by the day https://www.qt.io/blog/context-context-context-qt-ai-assistant-v0.9.5-is-out    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:08:05

• Taiwan increases defensive patrols around 24 undersea cables — closely monitoring '96 blacklisted China-linked boats' with 24-hour operations ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/taiwan-increases-undersea-cable-protection-patrols-closely-monitoring-96-blacklisted-china-linked-boats    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:08:30

• China’s internet regulator says social control media app Xiaohongshu issued ‘strict punishment’ over ‘negative’ posts ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/11/chinas-internet-regulator-says-social-media-app-xiaohongshu-issued-strict-punishment-over-negative-posts/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:08:52

• Publishers Launch Payment System to Make Hey Hi (AI) Companies Pay for Content ☞ https://www.datamation.com/artificial-intelligence/publishers-launch-ai-payment-system/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:09:11

• FTC questions OpenAI, Meta and others over child protections in Hey Hi (AI) companions ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/11/ftc-questions-openai-meta-others-child-protections-ai-companions/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:10:24

• Kash Patel Yapped His Mouth with a REAL Feeb ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/11/kash-patel-yapped-his-mouth-with-a-real-feeb/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:11:34

• Malaysia’s move towards nationwide vape ban draws mixed reaction from health experts, retailers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-move-toward-nationwide-vape-ban-is-good-for-health-bad-for-others    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:11:58

• Texas banned lab-grown meat. What’s next for the industry? ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/11/1123512/texas-lab-grown-meat/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:13:05

• FBI officials sue Convicted Felon Administration for unlawful termination ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/fbi-officials-sue-trump-administration-for-unlawful-termination/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:14:56

• Bad Bunny Says He Didn’t Tour Mainland US Because of Possible ICE Raids ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/11/bad-bunny-says-he-didnt-tour-mainland-us-because-of-possible-ice-raids/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:15:13

• Opinion | Michigan’s electoral system works. We just need to spread that message ☞ https://bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-michigans-electoral-system-works-we-just-need-to-spread-that-message/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:15:37

• Mamdani Meets Bloomberg, Once a Sworn Foe, for a ‘Cordial’ Discussion ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/nyregion/mamdani-bloomberg-mayor.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:16:00

• Mamdani Says He Will Apologize for Calling the N.Y.P.D. Racist in 2020 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/nyregion/mamdani-police-apology-floyd.html    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:16:28

• India pledges $680 million in economic support for Mauritius ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-pledges-680-million-in-economic-support-for-mauritius    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:16:50

• DDoS scrubbing service ironic target of massive attack it was built to prevent — hit with 1.5 billion packets per second from more than 11,000 distributed networks ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ddos-scrubbing-service-ironic-target-of-massive-attack-it-was-built-to-prevent-hit-with-1-5-billion-packets-per-second-from-more-than-11-000-distributed-networks    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:17:33

• US Sen. Durbin seeks to preserve Baltic Security Initiative ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2674268/us-sen-durbin-seeks-to-preserve-baltic-security-initiative    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:17:50

• CISA work not ‘degraded’ by Convicted Felon administration cuts, top agency official says ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-operational-strength-despite-cuts-nicholas-andersen-billington-cybersecurity-summit/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:18:38

• 100,000 Impacted by Cornwell Quality Tools Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/100000-impacted-by-cornwell-quality-tools-data-breach/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:19:40

• UK Train Operator LNER Warns Customers of Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/uk-train-operator-lner-warns-customers-of-data-breach/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:20:04

• Cisco Patches High-Severity IOS XR Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-high-severity-ios-xr-vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:20:17

• CISA ‘fired up’ to chart new vision for CVE program ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/09/cisa-fired-up-to-chart-new-vision-for-cve-program/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:22:06

• Baltic parliamentarians plead with U.S. Congress for Baltic Security Initiative funding ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/11.09.2025-baltic-parliamentarians-plead-with-us-congress-for-baltic-security-initiative-funding.a613929/    

posted Friday, September 12, 2025 at 23:22:21