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posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 05:48:04

  • Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365 https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/09/switzerland-tests-a-foss-escape-route-from-microsoft-365/5294878    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:14:59

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1737.jpg    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:21:04

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posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:21:10

  • Swiss Federal Government is ditching Microsoft on thousands of devices to switch to open source https://www.techradar.com/pro/swiss-federal-government-is-ditching-microsoft-on-thousands-of-devices-to-switch-to-open-source    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:24:12

  • Switzerland takes a Swiss Army knife to Microsoft 365 https://www.zdnet.com/business/switzerland-replaces-microsoft-365-open-source-opendesk/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:24:33

  • Switzerland trials ditching Microsoft and using free and open-source software, available for 'around 3,000 employees' from the end of 2027 https://www.pcgamer.com/software/switzerland-trials-ditching-microsoft-and-using-free-and-open-source-software-available-for-around-3-000-employees-from-the-end-of-2027/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:24:59

  • Switzerland edges away from Microsoft with OpenDesk trial https://www.itpro.com/software/open-source/switzerland-edges-away-from-microsoft-with-opendesk-trial    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:25:23

  • Swiss government explores replacing Microsoft 365 with open-source software https://www.computerworld.com/article/4219743/swiss-authorities-want-to-replace-microsoft-365-with-open-source-software.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:25:50

  • Switzerland challenges Microsoft 365 with openDesk on 3,000 PCs https://pasqualepillitteri.it/en/news/15594/switzerland-opendesk-open-source-microsoft-365    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:26:18

  • Switzerland is paying $11 million to stop using Outlook and Teams https://www.techspot.com/news/113763-switzerland-paying-11-million-stop-using-outlook-teams.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:26:57

  • Switzerland is testing an open-source alternative to Microsoft 365 https://www.racunalniske-novice.com/en/svica-tests-open-source-alternative-to-microsoft-365/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:27:30

  • Mid-September https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/mid-september/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 06:49:05

  • "The most reliable way to lose a political battle is to let your adversary define the terms. For example, if you're an artist and you let your boss define the fight over AI" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/11/mazzucato-thought/#defining-the-debate | Source: CoryDoctorow    

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

  • "just like me, but the upside down version" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/deepfakes-wrecking-influencers-credibility | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:30:40

  • "the roll-out of 5G has been complicated by the fact that the military and security services have maintained exclusive control of the 3.4-3.8 GHz frequency range" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/11/russia-launches-first-5g-networks-after-years-of-delays-a93685 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:31:42

  • "According to a new survey by polling firm Gallup, a full 47 percent of Americans now say they want unions to have more influence than they do today." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/labor-union-support-gallup-ai-automation | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:32:26

  • "It doesn’t matter whether or not anyone believes Trump or his enablers. All that matters is that Trump believes it." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/11/dhs-claimed-it-had-found-16000-illegal-voters-in-nevada-now-its-admitting-its-less-than-200/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:32:57

  • "as a high school dropout who became a proud" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Books/2026/0911/harry-belafonte-daylight-come-joshua-jelly-schapiro | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:33:14

  • "That may be true in Mississippi—but on the state level in at least nine US states, and in more than a dozen other countries" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/you-dont-have-right-to-safe-drinking-water-trump-appointed-judge-rules/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:33:39

  • "The anger Michiganders are feeling is understandable. When I drove by the Saline Township data center, I felt it myself." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/umichs-playbook-in-ypsilanti-township-isnt-that-different-than-openais-in-saline/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:33:53

  • "The Pentagon has policies governing service members' conduct, including on social media, and disciplinary action may be taken when conduct is found to violate military regulations." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/pj-conner-man-accused-of-mocking-charlie-kirk-on-social-media-what-we-know-101789261586002.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:34:50

  • "The Tiananmen crackdown occurred on June 4, 1989" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/11/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-activists-sentenced-up-to-7-years-3-months-for-inciting-subversion/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:34:59

  • "totally unjust" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/11/people-will-be-shocked-and-angry-relatives-friends-of-jailed-tiananmen-activists-decry-unjust-sentences/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:37:51

  • "There’s just so much misinformation about [vaccines] out there, that it slows everything down and people wait longer" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/12/kids-are-back-in-classrooms-health-misinformation-could-shape-the-school-year-partner/ | Source: Salon    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:38:21

  • "When Microsoft's developers and engineers sit down to code, they can now choose to work in Rust" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/11/microsoft-annoints-rust-as-a-tier-1-internal-language/5295732 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:42:08

  • "I was astounded that he was so complacent about a technology he believed had a 10 percent chance of ending human life." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/isnt-a-10-percent-threat-of-extinction | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:42:26

  • "Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed for Social Security, Republicans have used “socialism” to scare Americans away from doing anything big that we need done." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/president-aoc | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:43:01

  • "Talarico is not trying to persuade Texans to stop being religious. He is not asking them to compartmentalize their religious beliefs." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/james-talarico-protestant-reform/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:43:20

  • "Cool, cool, cool. If I could offer my hot take, maybe someone should do something to, you know, stop this?" ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/215308/anthropic-ai-industry-apocalypse-coxon | Source: New Republic    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:43:30

  • "I’m guessing there aren’t many Techdirt readers from back then still reading today, but after a few hours of staring blankly at the TV " ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/11/since-9-11-fear-has-driven-our-politics-dont-let-it-drive-the-next-25-years/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:44:23

  • "Instead, technological advances and grassroots sentiment have been moving faster than politicians have been willing to act. Now some seem to be waking up." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/09/ai-dario-amodei-essay/688596/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:44:44

  • "The Perl and Raku Foundation is delighted to announce that HeroDevs has donated $10,000 to support our work." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/herodevs-donates-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/ | Source: Perl    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:45:14

  • "Sixty percent of open source maintainers are not paid for the work." ☛ https://seldo.com/posts/nobody-pays-for-open-source-we-can-force-them-to/ | Source: Laurie Voss    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:45:23

  • "The survivors will be sent to a breeding program with a goal of growing the genetic diversity of disease-tolerant elm trees." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-08-31/disease-that-decimated-american-elms-could-help-bring-them-back | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:46:07

  • "You would think that an industry buildout of this magnitude, billed as a revolution, would mean more vigilance from EPA" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994112/ai-data-center-pollution-health-epa | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:46:28

  • "At the urban site in Zurich, they found an average deposition of 881 particles per square meter per day." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-09-microplastics-fall-rural-switzerland-adding.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:46:38

  • "Gokhale acknowledges that his cause might not be the first or second priority for most communities. It might not even be third, he said." ☛ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/as-data-centers-expand-advocates-call-for-regulations-on-lights/ | Source: Mississippi Journalism and Education Group    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:46:59

  • "The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation set up the new rebate program with funding from the automaker Volkswagen, as part of a decade-old settlement." ☛ https://wpln.org/post/volkswagen-dieselgate-payout-continues-to-fund-ev-charging-in-tennessee/ | Source: Nashville Public Radio    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:48:01

  • "How difficult are these things to manufacture?" ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2026/09/12/#Orwell-atom-bomb | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:48:41

  • "I physically shuddered as Trump began that pledge, because it reminded me so much of another pledge to another ruler." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/11/we-do-not-swear-unconditional-obedience/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:49:47

  • "The county’s supervisor of elections, Mark Earley, called it “ridiculous.”" ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/215342/usps-tries-rejecting-county-ballot-spacing-issue | Source: New Republic    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:51:06

  • "terrorism experts" ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/csis-analyst-9-11/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:51:27

  • "Allegations of Russian interference in Hungary peaked before April’s election, with Hungarian media reporting that Russia’s embassy in Budapest was involved in espionage" ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2026/09/11/hungary-expels-ten-russian-diplomats-over-espionage-concerns | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:51:44

  • "Until May 2025, I liked PGP, and the GNU Privacy Guard. I poked at it in my free time a lot." ☛ https://media.ccc.de/v/2026-728-the-gpg-fail-aftermath-on-responsible-disclosure-gpg-and-the-state-of-security-in-2026 | Source: CCC    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:52:16

  • "I’ve never owned a regular television, so it’s no surprise that I’m out of touch with pricing." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/cheap_tv.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:52:55

  • "When the claims of the breach initially emerged, some cybersecurity experts believed it was tied to the recently confirmed breach involving the 153 million driver’s licenses" ☛ https://therecord.media/florida-shiny-hunters-motor-vehicle | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:53:05

  • "TikTok violated the state's consumer protection law by misleading users about how it filtered content for minors" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/texas-judge-rules-tiktok-misled-users-on-child-safety-feature/articleshow/134081284.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:53:31

  • "This is about the features themselves. This is about actually addressing the problem, the scrolling, the algorithms" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/california-governor-signs-law-to-limit-childrens-social-media-risks/articleshow/134082970.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:53:58

  • "The laws will penalize large social media companies up to $1 million per child if they are found negligent of harming children through their platforms" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/california-governor-signs-laws-aimed-at-protecting-kids-from-risks-of-social-media-ai-chatbots/articleshow/134047773.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:54:18

  • "I slightly loathe that in order to remain with a professional identity online, the best option is to have separate accounts." ☛ https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2026/split-identity/ | Source: Jacky Alciné    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:54:45

  • "By now, we’ve all become accustomed to AI industry figures issuing dire prophecies about the power of their products." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/dario-amodei-slow-down-ai-save-humanity/688610/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:56:07

  • Yes, plagiarism is BAD... mmmkay?    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:56:25

  • "For those who are not aware, Genetic Algorithms are a family of evolutionary algorithms that use a linear representation" ☛ https://wiki.alcidesfonseca.com/blog/stack-based-genetic-programming-is-slow/ | Source: Alcides Fonseca    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:56:41

  • "Before we continue it’s useful to examine how each of these major players define AGI today and how they frame the achievement of AGI." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/11/agi-benchmarks-eugenic-origins-by-valerie-veatch/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:57:02

  • "What I really appreciate about Dario’s post is that he lays out a scenario that is not a huge stretch but also one that describes a clear" ☛ https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/12/pdoom/ | Source: Armin Ronacher    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:57:24

  • "Given that AI insiders have mostly cooked their brains in this fashion" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/god-in-the-box/#llms-are-fake | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:57:53

  • "A lot of people online have interpreted this as the expected complaint from any field that gets automated: translators did it" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/ai-is-breaking-our-proxies-for-expertise/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:58:15

  • "Governments, institutions and societies from Washington to Beijing to New Delhi are grappling with the same unresolved questions." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/shoma-chaudhury-on-why-technology-needs-conscience-not-just-innovation/articleshow/134051852.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:59:14

  • "after reading up on the controversy around the Buckmaster–Alpöge case, the whole story came back to me and I realized that the answer I received from OpenAI was misleading, to say the least." ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/on-the-existence-of-non-sofic-groups/ | Source: Terence Tao    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:59:26

  • "They incorporate the company’s autonomous driving technology and lessons gathered through more than four years of work with the Marine Corps." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-marines-secure-12-ground-robots | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 09:59:48

  • "If there's one thing that AI models are remarkably good at, it's manipulation" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ai-scamming-humans | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:00:10

  • "The open-source project has a simulation of a male fruit fly brain and eyes, and shows it a standard-issue candlestick graph with historical pricing." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/engineer-turns-simulated-fly-brain-into-a-crypto-day-trader-posts-downloadable-sim-to-github-166-700-virtual-neurons-read-candlestick-charts-for-dopamine-hits | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:00:24

  • "A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside big labs." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/why-so-many-ai-researchers-think-the-machines-could-kill-everyone/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:00:42

  • "He also said that it was ‘absolutely’ possible to build an AI beyond human control." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994384/sam-altman-no-openai-ipo-ill-advised | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:01:02

  • "That is not a world we should want to be in. Should allow anyone to keep us in." ☛ https://tante.cc/2026/09/10/rediscovering-the-spark/ | Source: Jürgen Geuter    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:01:27

  • "The rest of the list is a reminder that high-trust infrastructure deserves the same attention even when exploitation has not been reported." ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/security-signal-weekly-september-5-11-2026/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:02:02

  • "When we look back at this time and history words like “courage,” “integrity,” and “ethics” aren’t words you’re going to be associating with U.S. tech industry leadership." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/apple-google-pathetically-buckle-to-trumps-dim-and-lazy-effort-to-rename-lake-ontario/?ref=going-flying.com | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:04:04

  • "From there, it gets more complicated." ☛ https://chrisamico.com/blog/2026-09-12/who-owns-my-stack/ | Source: Chris Amico    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:04:14

  • "Cheap to make, worms exploit software and password vulnerabilities and sap power as they move between machines" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ai-computer-worms-cybersecurity-9.7341021 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 10:04:35

  • "Microsoft Anoints Rust As A 'Tier 1' Internal Language - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/11/1727217 http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/04/Rust_Outsources_its_Financing_of_Financial_Control_to_Microsoft.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/10/Rust_is_Financially_and_Technically_Controlled_by_Microsoft_Rus.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:04:12

  • "Re: [DNG] Fwd: General resolution: LLM usage in Debian: Results" https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260913.103452.9ac82180.en.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:04:31

  • "For some clients, the tattoos they want removed carry a darker history — racist symbols, hate-related words and, in some cases, racist slogans." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/surprising-reason-more-people-are-getting-tattoos-removed/0w1ut89mf | Source: SBS    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:06:04

  • [Old] "On average, between 30-45% of the general populace died in the Black Death of 1348-50." ☛ https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtml | Source: BBC    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:06:10

  • "So, in the review, I listed that the drawing and painting experience is not terrible compare to almost all other aspect" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1173/gaomon-pd1161-v2-review-on-gnulinux | Source: David Revoy    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:07:11

  • "The connection to the TRS-80 computer is handled by a ribbon cable, while the HDD has its own built-in power supply, rated at 60 Watt." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/looking-at-a-trs-80-12-mb-external-hard-drive-from-1983/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:07:25

  • "..not blindly. Subversively. Subtle enough to stop naive loose people from looking too closely, and to start reasonable people thinking "those guys are too damned paranoid" or somesuch. The fanbois may be naive too, but their leadership are playing a few long games against us. " https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260913.103452.9ac82180.en.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:08:19

  • "The polymath has courage in that they are prepared to move outside the comfort zone of any given specialisation." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-09-12-courage-polymaths/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:09:42

  • "If you like to test and iterate on your theories as you work, software is a dream. I don’t need a lab, or equipment, or really anything other than any laptop ever made" ☛ https://matduggan.com/i-am-a-flat-rate-monthly-responsibility-service/ | Source: Mat Duggan    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:09:51

  • "The perspective of the painting; the painting of perspective; the perspective of the viewing. The contrasts of the colours between canvases. The contrasts of light between rooms." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/12/perspective | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:10:04

  • "People today have no attention span. They can't handle having a second screen near by. They don't appreciate character development." ☛ https://json.blog/2026/09/12/as-someone-who-watches-tv-the | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:11:55

  • "Which is where the dichotomy falls apart in my eyes. By the book, I’m an artisanal coder, since I don’t use LLMs." ☛ https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/dont-call-yourself-an-artisanal-programmer/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:13:59

  • "As tourism market executives note, digital nomads and remote work in general experienced an explosive increase during the pandemic" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1315003/digital-nomads-seeking-peace-and-quiet/ | Source: Greece    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:14:15

  • Seems like someone is unable to sleep again (puppy breaker). Staying up 3am, saying "phew"...    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:22:12

  • "The lens-like objects covering the surface of LAGEOS-1 are corner cube retroreflectors" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/the-heavy-disco-ball-satellite-designed-to-do-nothing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:31:41

  • "During this observation the spacecraft was at a distance of roughly 200000 km. The plot below shows the azimuth and elevation used for antenna tracking, and the distance to the object" ☛ https://destevez.net/2026/09/decoding-the-roman-space-telescope/ | Source: Daniel Estévez    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:31:54

  • "The next day, Esko Tikkala, an archaeologist at the nearby Lahti City Museums, arrived to inspect and excavate the artifacts." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-finnish-metal-detectorist-was-shocked-to-unearth-a-trove-of-viking-age-silver-in-his-hometown-then-his-detector-went-off-again-180989487/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:32:05

  • Enzo Maresca v Michael Carrick https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/enzo-maresca-v-michael-carrick/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:39:34

  • "Which makes it immediately clear why email is so bad at being a group chat." ☛ https://notes.zachmanson.com/email/ | Source: Zach Manson    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:39:39

  • "One thing I have done since is be a bit smarter about what I store." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/its-a-privilege-to-be-able-to-declutter/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:40:51

  • "Weirdly enough, I do remember where I was when Rick and Morty premiered." ☛ https://discardpile.pika.page/posts/thinking-back-on-rick-and-morty | Source: Kyle Labriola    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:41:06

  • "I’ve lost track of how many domains I’ve bought for a year and never used. “Buying” is the wrong terminology. “Renting” or “leasing” should be legally enforced." ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/09/12/RSS009/ | Source: David Bushell    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:54:50

  • "And so Abe pointed out after we had finished this" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/henry-farrell-and-abe-newman-on-weaponized | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:55:06

  • "Solod is a subset of Go that translates to regular C — with zero runtime, manual memory management, and source-level interop." ☛ https://antonz.org/solod-0.4/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:55:26

  • "To understand what I’m talking about we first must understand the typical adoption pathway for Pandas." ☛ https://eddie.codes/posts/pandas-should-go-extinct/ |    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:55:51

  • "where do I host them?" ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/aspeer/2026/09/running-perlpagi-applications-on-cloudflare-workers-via-webassembly.html | Source: Perl    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:56:14

  • "All Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 are affected." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/gitlab-vulnerability-exploited-one-day-after-disclosure/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:56:35

  • "either npm audit or a CVE being assigned is likely to trigger internal security mechanisms and prompt them to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible." ☛ https://soatok.blog/2026/09/12/the-v8-javascript-runtime-undermined-my-constant-time-javascript-library/ | Source: Dhole Moments    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:56:47

  • "Reactive UIs look deceptively easy in a small app where you can keep things in sync without much effort." ☛ https://yogthos.net/posts/2026-09-12-reactive-dataflow.html | Source: Dmitri Sotnikov    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:57:04

  • "LLVM 23.1 has been released." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/lld-23-elf-changes | Source: MaskRay    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:57:38

  • "xerbla_ is the error-handler in those two libraries, and by default it terminates the whole process." ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/ed_j/2026/09/adventures-with-fortran.html | Source: Perl    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:58:49

  • "The case isn't exactly about ownership, though; it's really about consumer disclosure and product representation." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/consumer-rights-wiki-documents-at-least-44-instances-in-which-sony-says-you-own-your-games-project-is-direct-assault-on-sonys-claim-in-recent-ownership-lawsuit | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:59:09

  • "While it may sound like jargon, experts say digital sovereignty can be defined simply." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/justasking/canada-digital-sovereignty-just-asking-9.7337778 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 13:59:40

  • "I don't know where the web goes from the current situation, especially the small and medium web (which to me includes kernel.org and VCS forges and ordinary businesses" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/OneWebFutureLessFeatures | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:00:12

  • "I see the two, a semantic layer and a context layer, working for distinct fields, and working hand in hand: [...]" ☛ https://www.ssp.sh/blog/semantic-context-layer-primer/ | Source: Simon Späti    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:00:45

  • "So how is Facebook and MJ12whatever accessing them? They’re not coming to them from organic links or spidering, so they must be doing something else." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/mediawiki-specific-crawler-spam/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:02:01

  • "If you have Emacs 31.1, you can follow along with this bug at home by putting the following text into a file, visiting the file, and then doing 'M-x goto-address'." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsDebuggingStandardBits | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:02:53

  • "These settings avoid unnecessary width calculations and initialization scans." ☛ https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-display-line-numbers-mode-performance/ | Source: James Cherti    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:03:01

  • "Even if you have a reliable Google Pixel phone predating long-term software support, like the Pixel 5 series, you shouldn't trust it" ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/collect-old-smartphones-follow-strict-rules-keep-data-safe/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:03:24

  • "At the center of the expansion is the CBAM 25, a carbon-fiber printing system that can produce strong, lightweight components without the expensive tooling required by conventional manufacturing processes." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/carbon-fiber-3d-printer-drone-mass-production | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:33:56

  • "The architecture is very simple– it just uses an accumulator register, ACCU, and goes from there. All mathematics and save/load operations go through ACCU." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-16-bit-homebrew-relay-computer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:35:33

  • "Although building a table saw out of LEGO is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you look at those colorful bits of plastic" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/making-an-air-powered-circular-saw-with-lego/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:36:17

  • "Apple hardware has always been proprietary, sometimes to an extreme." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/this-mac-is-open-source-hardware/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:36:49

  • "In the 1970s, floating-point arithmetic was a mess. Computer manufacturers had a dozen incompatible arithmetic standards." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2026/09/8087-microcode-reverse-engineering-fscale.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:37:42

  • "The victim has not had any control of her vehicle since she noticed the parental control profile added on the 1st November 2025" ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/deranged-stalker-woman-tesla-terrorize | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:38:21

  • "The accused has been the only one with access to the vehicle’s controls utilising the Tesla app." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/how-one-womans-tesla-was-remotely-controlled-and-harass-by-her-abusive-ex-partner-ntwnfb | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:38:31

  • "The NetBSD Guide" ☛ https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/ | Source: NetBSD    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:39:03

  • "This is a similar process to the one I employ for Examining My Halo Service Record." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/team-fortress-stats | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:41:23

  • "Back in early June I started getting emails from updown.io warning me of IPv6 ping issues to my CHR edge router." ☛ https://www.cavelab.dev/posts/multiple-ipv6-ra/ | Source: Thomas Jensen    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:41:48

  • "However, given the number of interesting things happening in the CSS layout space, I thought it might be fun to resurrect the project." ☛ https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/09/04/css-layout-news-in-the-atmosphere/ | Source: Rachel Andrew    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:42:05

  • "This post outlines the solution I decided on and implemented on this website. I’m not claiming this is a new or original idea" ☛ https://www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/2026/using-maths-to-balance-your-heading-styles/ | Source: Craig Abbott    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:42:16

  • "This surprised me last week, so I’m passing it on for what it’s worth." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/zfs-silently-discarding-invalid-acltype/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:43:42

  • "I used a public Linux kernel bug to make one CPU keep using a memory mapping after another CPU had removed it." ☛ https://blog.himanshuanand.com/2026/09/i-missed-one-tlb-shootdown/ | Source: Himanshu Anand    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:43:52

  • "Trump says he’s prioritizing Iran war over gas prices | Vox" https://www.vox.com/politics/502567/trump-iran-gas-prices-republican-midterm-convention    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:44:21

  • "Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue - The New York Times" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/arts/design/trump-smithsonian-washington-statue.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:44:33

  • "Swedish election could see far-right party join government for 1st time | CBC News" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sweden-election-9.7342101    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:44:45

  • "Sweden election: Far right eyes power for 1st time" https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-election-far-right-eyes-power-for-1st-time/a-79248599    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:44:56

  • "US delivery of HIMARS delayed, says Lithuanian military chief - LRT" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3049093/us-delivery-of-himars-delayed-says-lithuanian-military-chief    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 14:47:39

  • Water More Critical Than Food https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/water-more-critical-than-food/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:05:29

  • GTK 4.24 Released    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:12:23

  • "Open-source software lets you go right down to the metal." https://matduggan.com/i-am-a-flat-rate-monthly-responsibility-service/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:16:09

  • Gaomon PD1161 V2 - review on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1173/gaomon-pd1161-v2-review-on-gnulinux    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:16:29

  • Pluralistic: LLMs are real, Hey Hi (AI) is fake (12 Sep 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/god-in-the-box/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:17:05

  • Engineer turns simulated fly brain into a crypto day trader, posts downloadable sim to Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub — 166,700 virtual neurons read candlestick charts for dopamine hits ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/engineer-turns-simulated-fly-brain-into-a-crypto-day-trader-posts-downloadable-sim-to-github-166-700-virtual-neurons-read-candlestick-charts-for-dopamine-hits    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:17:23

  • Support for Unions Is Spiking as Hey Hi (AI) Threatens Jobs ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/labor-union-support-gallup-ai-automation    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:18:54

  • Handheld GNU/Linux computer offers i.MX95, Wi-Fi 6 and M.2 expansion ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/handheld-linux-computer-offers-i-mx95-wi-fi-6-and-m-2-expansion/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:19:40

  • Fedora IoT – container-based GNU/Linux distribution for edge devices ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fedora-iot-container-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:20:09

  • Exton 260912 "OpSuS" ☞ https://distrowatch.com/exton    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:24:26

  • Ditana 0.9.4-beta ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ditana    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:25:09

  • Neo6502 gains keyboard form factor with four USB hosts ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/neo6502-gains-keyboard-form-factor-with-four-usb-hosts/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:25:29

  • "The device includes a 2.4-inch color display, full QWERTY keyboard, GNSS positioning, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, USB Type-C, and a 2300mAh battery." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/lora-terminal-pairs-esp32-s3-with-lr1110-and-full-keyboard/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:26:55

  • "Olimex’s documentation lists the W65C02 at approximately 6.25MHz." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/neo6502-gains-keyboard-form-factor-with-four-usb-hosts/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:27:00

  • Proton Experimental updated with fixes for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, EA App, Borderlands 4 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/proton-experimental-updated-with-fixes-for-steins-gate-re-boot-ea-app-borderlands-4/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:27:26

  • Why Omarchy is Plain Disgusting and "AI Slop"    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:30:43

  • omarchy gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260913-omarchy.txt    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:30:48

  • "There is no end of software, apps and systems that all claim to offer the route to a well-organised, "mind like glass" life. Many of us will have been down this rabbit hole." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-12-todo    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:32:47

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

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:33:22

  • "There is nowhere capitalism is not pissing me off more right now than in food." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-09-13    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:34:04

  • "Does it really matter if I use Linux with a graphical UI rather than the command line? After all, for me Linux is just a replacement for Windows which allows me to use 10 and 15 year-old laptops without any problem, and I've been using it since Windows 7 was current." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/command_line    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:34:53

  • "To me, this happens often. Especially when I use GNU/Linux, that is much more transformative than FreeBSD (and BSD in general) and because I have been using it longer than the latter; as a matter of fact the my diving into FreeBSD has the same age of this capsule." gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:35:50

  • El búnker de las emociones gemini://caleb.subnet.city/gemlog/elbunkerdelasemociones.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:37:02

  • "On reflection this comment requires more work than may be necessary. Since the picked item is "going away" we need not move it elsewhere." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/09/13/pick-from-list.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 15:37:39

  • "installing ZorinOS for a friend's wife's computer. I have to make sure it's polished before I "turn on" the Finnish localization. After that, I can't find my way around the UI"    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 16:22:30

  • "... though how much time should be spent on foreclosureboy is another matter... perhaps it is good however to be crushing him like that. maybe he will wise up and fold"    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 16:38:01

  • (Anon on the SLAPP)    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 16:38:13

  • Fighting ‘Til the End Against the UK’s SLAPP Industry https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/fighting-til-the-end-against-the-uks-slapp-industry/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:11:23

  • We've not neglecting important topics due to the SLAPP series. There's no rush. The news is slower sometimes.    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:13:36

  • In fact, social control media, in hindsight, was the biggest waste of time, not the efforts to cover SLAPP    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:13:49

  • after the SLAPP against TechDirt the site did in fact focus a lot on the issue in the US    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:13:56

  • "SLAPP coverage is very important" and it's important to talk about the issue, the patterns, the tactics, not the players and hired guns du jour. They follow a similar "blueprint" or "playbook". Then, get politicians to amend laws so as to curtail them all at one fell swoop.    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:15:31

  • They won't give up without a long fight, so preparing for the fight is critical. It's feasible to win it with all the right allies. The SLAPP industry is only about 0.001% of the population and everyone hates it (more so if they cannot operate secretly).    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:16:41

  • Everyone stands to lose from the SLAPP industry except their prolific clients (trolls); their rare clients just go broke even if they "win" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_157_Out_of_200_What_is_a_Defamation_Troll.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:17:35

  • Recruitment of foreign nationals in Russia-Ukraine War amounts to human trafficking, Amnesty International says ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/recruitment-of-foreign-nationals-in-russia-ukraine-war-amounts-to-human-trafficking-amnesty-international-says/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:24:44

  • Zelenskyy Says Latest Russian Missile And Drone Attacks Targeted Civilian Sites Across Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-strikes-odesa-zapporizhzhia-missile-shahed-drones/33852877.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:24:52

  • UNDP warns Russian drone attacks on Chernobyl endangers the health and safety of millions ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/undp-warns-russian-drone-attacks-on-chernobyl-endangers-the-health-and-safety-of-millions/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:25:07

  • Is stolen grain from Ukraine being shipped via Latvia? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/09.09.2026-is-stolen-grain-from-ukraine-being-shipped-via-latvia.a662444/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:25:17

  • BRICS: What is in the joint statement from the 11 members? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260912-brics-what-is-in-the-joint-statement-from-the-11-members    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:25:31

  • BRICS nations urge 'maximum restraint' in Middle East war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260912-brics-nations-urge-maximum-restraint-in-middle-east-war    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:25:42

  • Wrapping up the LibreOffice Conference 2026! Next step, uploading videos… ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/12/wrapping-up-the-libreoffice-conference-2026-next-step-uploading-videos/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:26:17

  • Net Gain of 50 Gemini Capsules in Just One Month ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/11/Net_Gain_of_50_Gemini_Capsules_in_Just_One_Month.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:29:39

  • Lunduke Computer OS 0.4 is Here ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lunduke-computer-os-04-is-here    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:29:47

  • Felipe Borges: Wrapping up Surveillance Giant Google Summer of Code 2026 with GNOME! ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/feborges/wrapping-up-gsoc-2026-with-gnome/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:30:18

  • Linux Saloon 219 | Butterbian and ButterKnife Distribution Exploration ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/09/12/linux-saloon-219-butterbian-and-butterknife-distribution-exploration/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:30:35

  • Re-engineering YouTube for the Living Room: Bringing Chrobalt to RDK ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/re-engineering-youtube-for-the-living-room-bringing-“chrobalt”-to-rdk.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:30:56

  • Matthew J Garrett Put secure-boot and shim in GNU/Linux and It’s Breaking Systems Again ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/12/matthew-j-garrett-put-secure-boot-and-shim-in-linux-and-its-breaking-systems-again/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:32:54

  • Tracing the Path of Nepal’s Flood ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000011129754/tracing-the-path-of-nepals-flood.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:33:08

  • linuxstans 100% slop now. Dead site. RIP.    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:33:34

  • Self-host Odoo CRM on Ubuntu: Docker and Source Install Methods ☞ https://ostechnix.com/self-host-odoo-crm-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:33:59

  • Russian Strikes Kill 9 Across Ukraine, As Zelenskyy Offers To Meet Putin At Miami G20 ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-putin-trump-miami-g20-war-talks/33853066.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:34:25

  • Russia's Putin arrives in India as BRICS leaders begin talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260912-russia-s-putin-arrives-in-india-as-brics-leaders-begin-talks    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:34:37

  • Why people should avoid proprietary software ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/zoom-update-triggers-privacy-risk-by-slurping-linux-clipboards/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:36:22

  • Debian 13.7 point release patches critical security bugs ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-137-point-release-patches-critical-security-bugs/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:37:22

  • nakeDeb 1.6-202609 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nakedeb    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:48:55

  • KaOS 2026.09 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kaos    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:49:03

  • Debian Edu 13.7.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/debianedu    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:49:12

  • Debian 13.7.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/debian    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:49:20

  • Lilidog 26.09.12 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lilidog    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:49:29

  • Netdeep 4.10358 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/netdeep    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:49:37

  • FLinux 17.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/flinux    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:49:49

  • TROMjaro 2026.09.11 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tromjaro    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:49:58

  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: sanitizers 0.1.2 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/12#sanitizers_0.1.2    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:50:50

  • The V8 JavaScript Runtime Undermined My Constant-Time JavaScript Library ☞ https://soatok.blog/2026/09/12/the-v8-javascript-runtime-undermined-my-constant-time-javascript-library/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 17:51:09

  • Much Ado About Injunctions: Redux ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2026/09/much-ado-about-injunctions-redux/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 18:05:01

  • Rescuers searching for 140 people from Indonesia passenger ship, official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-passenger-ship-with-243-people-reported-missing-at-sea-agency-says    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 18:05:31

  • How Convicted Felon Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/us/politics/trump-free-speech.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 18:05:43

  • Matthias Klumpp: JPEG-XL as default in AppStream, and better media processing ☞ https://blog.tenstral.net/2026/09/jpeg-xl-appstream-and-better-media-processing.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 18:06:11

  • Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: second week of sep 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/09/12/misc-fedora-bits-second-week-of-sep-2026/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 18:12:09

  • data04: DEGRADED – oh and have I mentioned WatchGoose? ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2026/09/12/data04-degraded-oh-and-have-i-mentioned-watchgoose/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 19:52:45

  • United Deserved to Lose and Fernandes (Not Enzo) Deserved a Red Card for Literally ‘Kicking Arse’ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/united-deserved-to-lose-and-fernandes-not-enzo-deserved-a-red-cars-for-literally-kicking-arse/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 19:59:05

  • Hoping the Birds Will Return to the Depot at Mayfield https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/hoping-the-birds-will-return-to-the-depot-at-mayfield/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 20:07:06

  • OrangePi Zero 3W Review: Tiny Yet Powerful ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/orange-pi-zero-3w-review-tiny-yet-powerful/index.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 20:20:15

  • Republican Campaign Aide Is Fired Over Nazi Photo ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/us/politics/husted-political-director-nazi-photo.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 20:20:33

  • M5Stack Module13.2 LoRa-1262 expansion board integrates 14×10 mm Stamp LoRa-1262 module ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/13/m5stack-module13-2-lora-1262-expansion-board-integrates-14x10-mm-stamp-lora-1262-module/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 20:23:36

  • Children in flood-hit Nepal grapple with loss, cling to hope ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/children-in-flood-hit-nepal-grapple-with-loss-cling-to-hope    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 20:23:52

  • Pcbox updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Pcbox    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:09:50

  • BlueMoon Exploit Kit Chains Recent Chrome, backdoored Windows Zero-Days ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/bluemoon-exploit-kit-chains-recent-chrome-windows-zero-days/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:10:25

  • Ramayanapu Jagath: GSoC Final Report ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/jagathgsoc/2026/09/12/gsoc-final-report/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:10:58

  • LoRa terminal pairs ESP32-S3 with LR1110 and full keyboard ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/lora-terminal-pairs-esp32-s3-with-lr1110-and-full-keyboard/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:11:17

  • This Tiny Fingerprint Key Unlocks Linux, Approves SSH and Hey Hi (AI) Agents ☞ https://itsfoss.com/immurok-review/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:12:10

  • Judge Rules Homeland Security Plan to Cut FEMA Staff in Half Is Unlawful ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/us/politics/fema-cuts-homeland-security-trump-judge-rules.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:13:58

  • Aging Congress Is Completely Ill-Equipped to Regulate AI, or Seemingly Even Understand It ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/aging-congress-ai    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:14:19

  • Werner Herzog Demolishes Talentless Hacks Who Use Hey Hi (AI) to Imitate Other Filmmakers ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/werner-herzog-demolishes-talentless-hacks-who-use-ai-to-imitate-other-filmmakers    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:14:34

  • Anthropic boss calls for Hey Hi (AI) slowdown, Scam Altman and MElon agree ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260912-anthropic-boss-calls-for-ai-slowdown-altman-and-musk-agree    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:14:48

  • Anthropic Disrupts Iran's Use Of Claude To Spread Propaganda, Spy On Dissidents ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/anthropic-claude-iran-propaganda/33852428.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:14:59

  • Iran and Houthi rebels used Anthropic's Claude Hey Hi (AI) to target US warships and build hypersonic missiles — Houthi rebels also used the bot to code ballistic missile guidance systems ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/iran-and-houthi-rebels-used-anthropics-claude-ai-to-target-us-warships-and-build-hypersonic-missiles-houthi-rebels-also-used-the-bot-to-code-ballistic-missile-guidance-systems    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:15:13

  • Why It’s Difficult for Tech Companies to Rein In Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/technology/why-its-tough-for-tech-companies-to-keep-ai-out-of-trouble.html    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:16:08

  • The Atlantic Ocean Has a Hidden 'Heat Valve' That Controls Earth's Temperature – And It Could Be Closing ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-atlantic-ocean-has-a-hidden-heat-valve-that-controls-earths-temperature-and-it-could-be-closing    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:17:47

  • A Man Went to Hospital With Blood in His Urine. Doctors Found a Needle in His Heart. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-man-went-to-hospital-with-blood-in-his-urine-doctors-found-a-needle-in-his-heart    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:17:55

  • China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years ☞ https://futurism.com/space/china-deploys-space-junk-pollutes-orbit-hundreds-years    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:18:13

  • India wants to buy fewer Chinese imports, but keeps needing more ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-wants-to-buy-fewer-chinese-imports-but-keeps-needing-more    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:18:41

  • India's Modimir and China's Pooh-tin push business links, border peace as ties revive ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/indias-modi-and-chinas-xi-push-business-links-border-peace-as-ties-revive    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:18:53

  • ‘Pacific drugs highway’: Australia’s new plan to target cocaine traffickers moving through islands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/pacific-drugs-highway-australias-new-plan-to-target-cocaine-traffickers-moving-through-islands    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:19:02

  • Philippine ferry fire death toll jumps to 76 as identification process begins ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/first-bodies-of-philippines-ferry-fire-victims-land-as-toll-hits-35    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:19:21

  • Clearer skies return to parts of Malaysia but many remain cautious ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/clearer-skies-return-to-parts-of-malaysia-but-many-remain-cautious    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:19:42

  • South Korea’s expanded espionage law takes effect amid push to protect chip technology ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-expanded-espionage-law-takes-effect-amid-push-to-protect-chip-technology    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:20:05

  • South Korea approves jeans for civil service job interviews but says no to ties, formal dress shoes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-approves-jeans-for-civil-service-job-interviews-but-says-no-to-ties-formal-dress-shoes    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:20:18

  • North Korea fired projectile towards sea, says South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-launches-unidentified-projectile-toward-east-sea    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:20:30

  • GLP-1 Users Are Being Cruelly Shamed by Their Own Families ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/glp-1-users-cruelly-shamed-families    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:20:49

  • Scientists Gave Cash to Low-Income Moms, And It Altered Their Babies' Aging ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-gave-cash-to-low-income-moms-and-it-altered-their-babies-aging    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:21:13

  • Physicists Just Turned The Entire Planet Into a Dark Matter Detector – And Strange Signals Kept Turning Up ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-just-turned-the-entire-planet-into-a-dark-matter-detector-and-strange-signals-kept-turning-up    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:21:29

  • Astronomers Spotted a 'Bear' on Mars ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-spotted-a-bear-on-mars    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:21:40

  • Researchers Discover a Green Hydrogen 'Goldmine' Beneath Australia's Red Dirt ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-discover-a-green-hydrogen-goldmine-beneath-australias-red-dirt    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:21:49

  • A Worrying New Trait Has Appeared in an Isolated Cat Species on a Japanese Island ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-worrying-new-trait-has-appeared-in-an-isolated-cat-species-on-a-japanese-island    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:22:01

  • Search underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying more than 240 people after it loses contact ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/09/13/world-news/indonesian-passenger-ship-loses-contact-in-java-sea-carrying-241-people/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:22:33

  • Read and watched, week 37 2026 ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/read-and-watched-week-37-2026/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:23:55

  • fate gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/floor    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:25:53

  • "I tend to go through cycles of what I like to use. That's one reason why it's difficult for me to get rid of things I already own." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202609/20260913-never-settling.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:26:25

  • "The script wasn't very well written, it soon broke, I patched it up, for a while it trundled on. Then some time in 2023 the free service I used to access the newsgroup, AIOE, went down and the service stopped working again." gemini://gemini.bunburya.eu/gemlog/posts/2026-09-13-newsgroup-mirror-back.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:27:12

  • "John has also been thinking about plain text" gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-13-plain-text    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:27:50

  • 'Secure' boot = bricked system https://www.xda-developers.com/canonical-has-pulled-ubuntu-24045s-installer-because-it-blew-up-when-you-tried-an-extended-install/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:29:34

  • Also 'secure' boot: my spouse who is trans criticises me due to craziness (I am perfect, my critics are crazy) http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/26/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_88_Out_of_200_Brett_Wilson_LLP_is_Defamin.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:30:58

  • The "law" firm that thinks punching trans people is "funny" http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/19/The_Right_to_Punch_People_Apparently.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:31:38

  • Just call someone "nazi", then it's OK to punch 'em    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:31:56

  • I connected Termux to Tasker; now my phone runs Linux commands while I sleep https://www.androidpolice.com/connected-termux-to-tasker-and-phone-runs-linux-commands/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:32:38

  • PC gaming’s anti-cheat problem is getting ridiculous and Linux players are paying the price https://www.makeuseof.com/pc-gamings-anti-cheat-problem-is-getting-ridiculous-and-linux-players-are-paying-the-price/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:33:04

  • I finally found an easy way to run Windows apps on Linux without turning my desktop into a science project https://www.howtogeek.com/i-finally-found-an-easy-way-to-run-windows-apps-on-linux-without-turning-my-desktop-into-a-science-project/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:34:41

  • "Originally launched through Kickstarter in January 2026, the Mecha Comet was offered with either an NXP i.MX8M Plus or i.MX95 platform. The project was fully funded, and both configurations are now available through dedicated product pages on Mecha’s website." https://linuxgizmos.com/handheld-linux-computer-offers-i-mx95-wi-fi-6-and-m-2-expansion/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:35:23

  • "A laptop fingerprint sensor unlocks the laptop and usually stops there. Immurok wants to do quite a bit more than that." https://itsfoss.com/immurok-review/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:36:03

  • How I turned my Linux terminal sessions into daily speedrun challenges https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-turned-my-linux-terminal-sessions-into-daily-speedrun-challenges/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:37:05

  • I turned my Android phone into a real Linux machine with Debian https://www.makeuseof.com/i-turned-my-android-phone-into-a-real-linux-machine-with-debian/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:38:05

  • "The Debian Project announced today the general availability of Debian 13.7 as the seventh update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system series." https://9to5linux.com/debian-13-7-trixie-released-with-106-bug-fixes-and-107-security-updates    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:38:25

  • AMD Will Enable HDMI 2.1 by Default in Linux 7.4 With VRR and ALLM https://www.eteknix.com/amd-will-enable-hdmi-2-1-by-default-in-linux-7-4-with-vrr-and-allm/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:38:48

  • Omarchy M brings Linux to Apple Silicon Macs https://tbreak.com/omarchy-m-apple-silicon-linux/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:39:31

  • I ran Arch Linux for 5 years — Fedora does the same job with less work https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-is-a-better-arch-linux/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:40:27

  • Regarding Omarchy, Microsoft Lunduke: Omarchy is slop, slop is bad, but Omarchy is intolerance, and intolerance is good, hence Omarchy is good.    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:41:19

  • So to Microsoft Lunduke, it is about politics, not tech    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:41:37

  • So he should rename it "Lunduke Jewrnal", not "Journal", as his agenda is political, not tech    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:42:52

  • "The malware also generates network traffic over DNS-over-TLS on TCP port 853 to potentially reach remote infrastructure." https://socprime.com/active-threats/redtail-malware-payload-technical-analysis-and-behavior/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:43:47

  • IBC2026: EKT showcases linux-based ATSC 3.0 converter box https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/news-roundup/ibc2026-ekt-showcases-linux-based-atsc-3-0-converter-box/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/12/Linux_Based_ATSC_3_0_Converter_Box.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:44:17

  • “So keep believing we can win the game. Believe, stay in the game and we can win this game." https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/enzo-maresca-manchester-derby-written-verdict-63924926    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 21:55:51

  • No Mountain Too Tall to Climb https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/no-mountain-too-tall-to-climb/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 22:17:57

  • Lecturing in Absentia https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/lecturing-in-absentia/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 22:23:28

  • Stones Thrown in Glass Houses https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/stones-thrown-in-glass-houses/    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 22:45:37

  • Another round of layoffs at Microsoft next Wednesday? https://www.teamblind.com/post/another-round-of-layoffs-at-microsoft-next-wednesday-72716p5j    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 23:22:22

  • "Keep all your documents and ratings from past. Save them somewhere safe and you can access after you are let go. Also ask for everything you can in writing and also secretly covertly record your meetings with managers on your phone. There are many lawsuits getting settled over IBM’s misuse and we-ponizing of the PIP system. Google it" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2dsy4pc#replies    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 23:32:29

  • "I did, fought it because of illness in my family, got laid off soon after with a bunch of other people and received severance. I had never been so insulted in my professional life by the outrageous lies of my boss, it was an abusive period, and I will never forget it. However, I am now happily employed elsewhere, and my loving wife is healthy. Good luck to you, stay strong, quit or fight if it makes sense."    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 23:33:10

  • "The stupid manager called, few months later, asking if I would consider working for IBM again. No thanks ...."    

posted Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 23:33:37

  • the election in sweden is still too close to call -it may take a few days to sort out there - still unclear results    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 05:57:07
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