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

• Annual EU report shows continued emphasis on national security that risks fundamental freedoms in Macao ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2044    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:10:33

• Pironman 5 Max Review: Best Raspberry Pi Case Money can Buy ☞ https://itsfoss.com/pironman-5-max-review/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:11:02

• Oddball Creature Has 229 Chromosome Pairs, a Record in The Animal Kingdom ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/oddball-creature-has-229-chromosome-pairs-a-record-in-the-animal-kingdom    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:12:53

• F.T.C. Starts Inquiry Into Hey Hi (AI) Chatbots and Child Safety ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/google-meta-chatgpt-ai-chatbots.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:13:14

• MOSAIC Opposer Fails to Prove Relatedness Between Vocational Training and its Entertainment Website ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/09/mosaic-opposer-fails-to-prove.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:13:36

• Critical Chrome Vulnerability Earns Researcher $43,000 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-chrome-vulnerability-earns-researcher-43000/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:14:02

• Defunct company deep in debt ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/openai-microsoft-deal.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:14:32

• Google, Amazon, and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Urge Supreme Court to Reverse Cox’s $1 Billion Infringement Ruling ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/11/big-tech-supreme-court-cox/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:15:07

• Senator Urges FTC Probe of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Over Security Failures ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/senator-urges-ftc-probe-of-microsoft-over-security-failures/ Rightly so https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/11/Ron_Wyden_Microsoft_Should_be_Held_Accountable_for_Security_Bre.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:16:25

• Renesas RL78/L23 16-bit MCU features segment LCD interface, SMS for low-power HMI systems ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/11/renesas-rl78-l23-16-bit-mcu-features-segment-lcd-interface-sms-for-low-power-hmi-systems/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:17:35

• "Secure Boot: Disabled" https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/1nfmaj4/pure_fedora_need_secure_boot/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:22:44

• Silicon Labs FG23L low-cost Arm Cortex-M33 SoC targets proprietary Sub-GHz IoT applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/12/silicon-labs-fg23l-low-cost-arm-cortex-m33-soc-targets-proprietary-sub-ghz-iot-applications/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:23:11

• Thai wildlife department to confine 5 lions that killed Bangkok zookeeper ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bangkok-zoo-vows-urgent-safety-review-after-zookeeper-killed-in-lion-attack    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:23:34

• Nepal’s social control media ban backfires as citizens nominate new leader in chat room ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/nepals-social-media-ban-backfires-as-citizens-nominate-new-leader-in-chat-room    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:24:16

• Rights group condemns Morocco jail sentence over blasphemy T-shirt ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/rights-group-condemns-morocco-jail-sentence-over-blasphemy-t-shirt/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:24:54

• Hong Kong legislature passes bill on legalising basketball betting ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/11/hong-kong-legislature-passes-bill-on-legalising-basketball-betting/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:25:14

• FBI releases photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk's shooting ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250911-fbi-releases-photos-of-person-of-interest-in-charlie-kirk-s-shooting    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:25:40

• Ivan Aivazovsky’s Miniature Seascapes (ca. 1887) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/aivazovsky-miniature-seascapes    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:26:00

• Christoph Berg: A Trip To Vienna With Surprises ☞ https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/a-trip-to-vienna-with-surprises/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:26:39

• DOOM multiplayer tribute gets coded in 'pure SQL' and runs at 30FPS — made from just 150 lines of code in less than a month ☞ 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    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:27:20

• Firefox Finally Introducing Matroska / MKV Playback Support ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Nightly-Matroska-MKV    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:27:34

• What von der Leyen’s call to ‘fight’ means for European energy and climate goals ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/what-von-der-leyens-call-to-fight-means-for-european-energy-and-climate-goals/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:27:56

• ACLU Back-to-School Bookshelf: Our Reading List to Build a More Perfect Union ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/aclu-back-to-school-bookshelf-our-reading-list-to-build-a-more-perfect-union    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:28:14

• Michael Meeks: 2025-09-08 Monday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-09-08.html Michael Meeks: 2025-09-09 Tuesday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-09-09.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:28:54

• Debian Trixie: the 2025 flavor release ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/debian-trixie-the-2025-flavor-release.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:29:14

• Congress Should Close Litigation Funding Loophole As Part of Government Funding Negotiations ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2025/09/congress-should-close-litigation-funding-loophole-as-part-of-government-funding-negotiations/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:29:38

• Sandoz challenges Bayer’s Xarelto strategy in damages claim ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/sandoz-challenges-bayers-xarelto-strategy-in-damages-claim/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:30:06

• Fairphone’s new cables and chargers are LONGTIME®-certified. Here’s what that means. ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/09/11/fairphones-new-cables-chargers-longtime-certification/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:30:49

• Kubernetes v1.34: Mutable CSI Node Allocatable Graduates to Beta ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/11/kubernetes-v1-34-mutable-csi-node-allocatable-count/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:31:14

• Kubernetes v1.34: Mutable CSI Node Allocatable Graduates to Beta

  The functionality for CSI drivers to update information about attachable volume count on the nodes, first introduced as Alpha in Kubernetes v1.33, has graduated to Beta in the Kubernetes v1.34 release! This marks a significant milestone in enhancing the accuracy of stateful pod scheduling by reducing failures due to outdated attachable volume capacity information.

  Traditionally, Kubernetes CSI drivers report a static maximum volume attachment limit when initializing. However, actual attachment capacities can change during a node's lifecycle for various reasons, such as:

     

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:32:14

• Open Source Friday with OpenSSF – Global Cyber Policy Working Group ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/09/11/open-source-friday-with-openssf-global-cyber-policy-working-group/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:32:49

• 100: The First Rule of System Administration ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24413    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:33:25

• Changing Maintainership of Clazy ☞ https://alex1701c.github.io/2025/09/11/maintainership.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:33:59

• Building Better Desktop Applications ☞ https://www.kdab.com/building-better-desktop-applications/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:34:08

• Fee resolution to assist Very Small Members with LDC graduation ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/12/fee-resolution-to-assist-very-small-members-with-ldc-graduation/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:34:25

• A new hand dryer review ☞ https://rubenerd.com/a-new-hand-dryer-review/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:34:49

• E. L. Konigsburg on learning ☞ https://rubenerd.com/e-l-konigsburg-on-learning/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:35:26

• #SciArtSeptember: Budding ☞ https://rubenerd.com/sciartseptember-budding/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:35:37

• Firefox Adding Surveillance Giant Google Lens, Stock Data, Hey Hi (AI) “Page Buddy” Features ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/firefox-google-lens-stock-market-ai-page-buddy-features Firefox promoting plagiarism at the expense of pages users might visit    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:36:35

• Warzone 2100 Released 4.6.0 with Spectator Host Mode ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/09/warzone-2100-released-4-6-0-with-spectator-host-mode/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:36:57

• Stop Wallpaper Moving when Switching Workspace in Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/09/stop-wallpaper-moving-when-switching-workspace/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:37:26

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

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:40:08

• Slopwatch: GNU/Linux Plagiarism, Slopfarms Still Infesting Surveillance Giant Google News, Many Images Are Fake ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/12/Slopwatch_Linux_Plagiarism_Slopfarms_Still_Infesting_Google_New.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:40:19

• KDE Gear 25.08.1 Released with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-08-1-released-with-more-improvements-for-your-favorite-kde-apps    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:40:28

• PipeWire 1.4.8 Brings Low Latency to FireWire Devices Using the ALSA Drivers ☞ https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-4-8-brings-low-latency-to-firewire-devices-using-the-alsa-drivers    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:40:37

• Slimbook Refreshes Its Flagship GNU/Linux Laptop, Introduces Slimbook Manjaro III ☞ https://9to5linux.com/slimbook-refreshes-its-flagship-linux-laptop-introduces-slimbook-manjaro-iii    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:41:00

• VirtualBox 7.2.2 Adds Support for KVM Hey Hi (AI) on GNU/Linux Kernel 6.16 and Newer ☞ https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-2-adds-support-for-kvm-apis-on-linux-kernel-6-16-and-newer    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:41:29

• openSUSE to Disable Bcachefs File System Support in Tumbleweed with GNU/Linux 6.17 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-to-disable-bcachefs-file-system-support-in-tumbleweed-with-linux-6-17    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:41:41

• Kiro 25.09.11.01 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kiro    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:42:16

• StartOS 0.4.0-alpha10 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/startos    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:42:23

• EU diplomat and opposition veteran among 52 political prisoners freed by Belarus ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250911-eu-diplomat-and-opposition-veteran-among-52-political-prisoners-freed-by-belarus    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:42:47

• Belarus opposition politician reportedly declines to cross into Lithuania after release ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2674907/belarus-opposition-politician-reportedly-declines-to-cross-into-lithuania-after-release    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:42:54

• Belarus frees 52 political prisoners, including Lithuanian citizens, Nausėda says ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2674593/belarus-frees-52-political-prisoners-including-lithuanian-citizens-nauseda-says    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:43:02

• "immediately returned to Belaru" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/12/if-donald-is-willing | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:43:24

• "Belarus releases 52 political prisoners after meeting with U.S. delegation" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/11/belarus-releases-52-political-prisoners-after-meeting-with-u-s-delegation | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:43:30

• Federal Judge Slashes Legal Fees in Napster Class Action Settlement — New Award Totals Just 1.4% of the Initially Sought Sum ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/11/napster-settlement-september-2025/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:44:01

• Snitch in left-wing movements in France exposed: He is said to have operated in Germany and Belgium as well ☞ 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/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:44:24

• First German trial on the “Budapest Complex” nearing its end with a martial demand: Hanna S. might face nine years in prison ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/09/09/first-german-trial-on-the-budapest-complex-nearing-its-end-with-a-martial-demand-hanna-s-might-face-nine-years-in-prison/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:44:39

• The Phrack, North Korea, & Proton Mail Story ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-phrack-north-korea-and-proton    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:45:05

• Leaked Email: I.C.B.M. Assimilating Red Bait Like The Borg ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/leaked-email-ibm-assimilating-red    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:45:12

• The Qubes documentation has successfully migrated to Read the Docs! ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/09/11/qubes-documentation-has-successfully-migrated-to-read-the-docs/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:45:36

• How to Extend Root Partition in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/increase-root-partition-linux/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:46:20

• 6 Best GNU/Linux Distros for Gaming and Playing backdoored Windows Games ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-distros-for-playing-windows-games/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:46:46

• KDE neon 20250911 is out☞ https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:48:24

• Secure boot issue. https://old.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/1nfie75/secure_boot_issue_m2_disappears_with_uefi/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 05:52:20

• "Explore how young people build AI literacy by critically analysing and designing AI to tackle real-world problems" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/promoting-young-peoples-agency-in-the-age-of-ai/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 06:03:30

• iophk: "An important point to hammer on is that CoCs were never intended for uniform or symmetric application." re gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/09/12/CoC_Gone_Wrong_Celebrating_Murder_OK_Complaining_About_the_Cele.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 06:34:48

• "Randomly chosen images from Geminispace" gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-09-13.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 06:53:06

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1412.jpg    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 06:53:28

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1762.jpg    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 06:53:32

• "If you support the state, you support violence. The state’s edicts can only be enforced by violence. There can be no states, and no borders, without the constant threat of violence." gemini://degrowther.smol.pub/20250912_violencd    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 06:54:09

• HOLIDAY RECAP gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-09-13Holiday_Recap.txt    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 08:27:53

• "The sample was uploaded from Poland to the malware-scanning platform VirusTotal, and ESET telemetry shows no signs of the malware being used in the wild yet." https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/12/hybridpetya-ransomware-secure-boot-bypass/?web_view=true    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:22:52

• "Is anyone with an acer laptop using secure boot without microsoft certificate?" https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/1nfoox3/is_anyone_with_an_acer_laptop_using_secure_boot/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:23:29

• "Secure boot" and performance https://old.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/1nfok1v/secure_boot_windows_11_update/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:25:04

• Introducing HybridPetya: Petya/NotPetya copycat with UEFI Secure Boot bypass https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/introducing-hybridpetya-petya-notpetya-copycat-uefi-secure-boot-bypass/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:28:00

• windows with its fake 'security' and back-doored encryption https://old.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/1nfovuj/i_am_in_the_middle_of_installing_windows_but_a/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:29:50

• "DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined has been revealed and it will be launching February 2026, and we already have Valve testing it on Steam Deck ahead of release." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/dragon-quest-vii-reimagined-announced-for-february-2026-already-rated-steam-deck-playable/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:32:46

• "Game store Fanatical has launched their latest Bundle Fest event, where they keep launching new bundles for you to fill up with some excellent games. GamingOnLinux is here to give you a run down of what's interesting." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/fanatical-bundle-fest-is-back-and-they-have-lots-of-goodies-for-you/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:32:58

• "Could be a fun twist for the genre. Steel Knight's ARMIS takes the ideas of Vampire Survivors with the upgrade system and tweaks it to be like a mecha anime." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/steel-knights-armis-turns-vampire-survivors-into-an-anime-inspired-mecha-shooter/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:33:11

• "Dicey Bugs is a cute looking roguelite bug-catching strategy game, it just released from ProdigalSon Games and has Linux / Steam Deck support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/catch-bugs-and-fight-both-sides-of-the-battles-in-dicey-bugs-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:33:26

• "Inspired by the style of 90s animation, Nanuka: Secret of the Shattering Moon really does look great with the blend of action-platforming and some huge enemies." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/nanuka-secret-of-the-shattering-moon-looks-great-in-the-new-trailer/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:33:39

• "Berserker's Domain seems like it's going to rock when it's released! A shooter inspired by Quake, Doom, ULTRAKILL, and Blood with a roguelike twist. The developer just recently put up a demo (works with Proton) and it's a bloody good time." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/you-have-to-try-the-demo-for-berserkers-domain-if-you-love-boomer-shooters/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:34:04

• "Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is releasing soon on September 25th, and you'll be able to try it out again on September 17 with a new demo. Unlike their previous tests of their networking, this demo will be single-player only." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/sonic-racing-crossworlds-is-getting-a-demo-on-september-17/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:35:13

• "Arena Breakout: Infinite releases soon from Morefun Studios and sadly, this is yet another online multiplayer title that will not work on Linux / SteamOS." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/anti-cheat-looks-like-a-no-go-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-for-arena-breakout-infinite/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:38:24

• "THE FINALS is a popular online shooter which has the anti-cheat enabled for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck and with Season 8 it has a lot new." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-finals-gets-a-huge-upgrade-for-season-8-plus-anti-cheat-changes-confirmed/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:38:51

• "Here's your chance to bag some great games, while also helping the important work from SpecialEffect during the One Special Day Steam Event. An awesome charity doing amazing work to bring gaming fun to those with physical disabilities." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/specialeffects-charity-one-special-day-steam-event-is-live-to-help-gamers-with-physical-disabilities/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:39:37

• ai slop celebrated by msm? https://variety.com/2025/film/global/ai-generated-doc-post-truth-warsaw-fest-launch-trailer-1236515869/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:46:10

• "A Democratic government shutdown would be a dangerous mistake" https://www.vox.com/politics/461357/charlie-kirk-government-shutdown-filibuster-ezra-klein    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:46:25

• "Can Meta Read WhatsApp? What the Lawsuit Alleges" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/can-meta-read-whatsapp-what-the-lawsuit:9    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:46:37

• projection tactics? https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/islamophobia-report-handed-down-as-envoy-calls-for-urgent-action/zo982rvwu    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:46:58

• iophk: short term gain in exchange for permanent loss https://yle.fi/a/74-20182536    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:47:17

• old: "The 6th Anniversary of the Peter Thiel / Hulk Hogan / Gawker Case: What Have We Learned? – Legal Funding Journal" https://legalfundingjournal.com/the-6th-anniversary-of-the-peter-thiel-hulk-hogan-gawker-case-what-have-we-learned/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/12/The_Mind_of_the_Hulk_Hogan_of_UEFI.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/11/UEFI_9_11_Aftermath_Part_IV_The_Hulk_Hogan_of_UEFI_and_His_Hide.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:47:39

• "Investigate POTUS’ Health Cover-Up" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/12/investigate-potus-health-cover-up/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:47:49

• computing.co.uk blocked by gratuitous javascript https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/burger-king-accused-of-silencing-security-researcher-with-copyright-claim-after-flaws-exposed    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:48:03

• "Chatkontrolle: Noch hält sich Widerstand" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/chatkontrolle-noch-haelt-sich-widerstand/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:48:30

• "How to Canonize a White Supremacist" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-white-supremacist/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:48:41

• "It is rude of me to say all of this, because we live in a culture where manners are often valued more than truth." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:49:21

• "Bolsonaro was Sentenced to 27 Years for Plotting a Coup in Brazil. What Comes Next?" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/americas/bolsonaro-sentenced-prison-brazil.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:49:29

• "US deploys MQ-9 Reaper drones to the Caribbean" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/mq9-reaper-drones-caribbean/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:49:38

• "The medal created by Marines when ‘s--- hit the fan’ on Guadalcanal" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/09/12/the-medal-created-by-marines-when-s-hit-the-fan-on-guadalcanal/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:49:49

• "Was the fall of Constantinople responsible for modern Mexico? - Mexico News Daily" https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/was-the-fall-of-constantinople-responsible-for-modern-mexico/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:50:00

• "‘Everything they earn by killing, they throw away on prostitutes’: How Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine are reshaping St. Petersburg’s sex trade" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/12/everything-they-earn-by-killing-they-throw-away-on-prostitutes    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:50:20

• Green Party UK became another Greta. It dropped its green agenda "because Israel".    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:52:52

• iophk: "On another topic, it seems that the alleged Kirk assassin is an accelerationist or at lest extreme, off-the-chart, far right."    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:55:38

• iophk: "All of the former green parties have been derailed, AFAIK. and now support Iran's Hamas and oil interests. No longer any pretense of defending the environment."    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:55:51

• Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault ☛ https://fair.org/home/alex-main-on-venezuelan-boat-assault/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 09:59:57

• "NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protest" ☛ https://fair.org/home/when-trump-took-over-dc-nyt-first-ignored-then-belittled-protests/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00:08

• "MAGA’s Culture of Violence" ☛ https://fair.org/home/kirk-coverage-downplayed-magas-culture-of-violence/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00:19

• "predictive policing" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/09/12/america-brought-predictive-policing-to-china/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:02:12

• Pangolin ☛ https://therevelator.org/save-temmincks-pangolin/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:02:27

• iophk: In the "news" on TV the other day the cheeto mussolini was slurring his speech very badly like a very drunk individual. I presume another stroke?    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:03:06

• "A former employee of a disc manufacturing company in Memphis who stole hundreds of DVDs and Blu-ray discs, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison by a Memphis federal court." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/employee-who-leaked-spider-man-blu-ray-sentenced-to-nearly-5-years-in-prison/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:15:13

• "For the copyright infringement offenses, to which the defendant pleaded guilty, the court handed down a 21-month sentence to be served concurrently." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/employee-who-leaked-spider-man-blu-ray-sentenced-to-nearly-5-years-in-prison-on-gun-charge/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:15:22

• "Before I go farther, let me drop a whopper of a disclaimer." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-settlement-books-copyright/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:16:02

• "For years, textbook prices have burdened students already struggling with loans and sky-high tuition costs. Now Wall Street is taking over the market, tightening its grip on a staple campus institution: the college bookstore." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/09/wall-street-college-bookstore-education/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:16:19

• "The most immediate potential payoff would have been search ad revenues that Apple might have earned in an alternate timeline where they competed with Google instead of getting paid off by them." ☛ https://stratechery.com/2025/iphones-17-and-the-sugar-water-trap/ | Source: Stratechery    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:19:25

• "Brussels announced on Friday that it has accepted Microsoft's concessions, formally ending a five-year investigation triggered by a 2020 complaint from Slack, now owned by Salesforce." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/eu_regulators_let_microsoft_off/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:19:41

• "Microsoft has avoided a fine from the European Commission after it was charged with EU antitrust violations for bundling its Teams app with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/776968/microsoft-teams-eu-commitments-avoid-fine | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:19:55

• "The proceedings were initiated due to the inclusion of Microsoft Teams in the Office suites." ☛ https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/71444933/eu-decides-on-teams-bundling-alfaview-welcomes-eu-commitments-for-microsoft?publisherId=69821505&lang=en | Source: STT Viestintäpalvelut Oy    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:20:21

• "as well as allow customers with long-term licenses to switch to suites without Teams" ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/12/microsoft-avoids-big-fine-as-eu-accepts-deal-to-unbundle-teams.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:21:00

• "The firm pledged to sell versions of its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites without Teams and at a lower price than the version including the conferencing app, according to the commission" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-says-it-accepts-microsofts-commitments-to-address-competition-concerns-over-teams-platform/articleshow/123847405.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:21:30

• "The legally binding commitments will remain in force for up to 10 years and allow the company to avoid a potentially hefty fine." ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/microsoft-resolves-european-union-probe-teams-125506541 | Source: ABC    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:21:44

• "UK viewers don’t need to have paid the licence fee to watch most things on Netflix - however live events still require you to be covered by one." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/netflix-tv-licence-warning-boxing-5312217 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:26:41

• "The music industry hit rock bottom in 2014, unable to transition to the digital era, but 11 years later it has returned to record revenues." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-09-13/from-cds-to-spotify-how-the-music-industry-has-started-making-money-again.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:27:01

• "At this point what do we know about who killed Charlie Kirk, and why?" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/waving-the-bloody-shirt | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:27:28

• "Federal officers in army-green neck gaiters or other face coverings have jumped out of vans and cars to detain individuals across California this summer as part of President Trump’s mass deportation program, prompting a wave of criticism from Democratic leaders." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-12/bill-banning-masks-on-law-enforcement-officers-passes-state-legislature | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:28:06

• "The problem is that ICE does not say what it accepts as definitive proof of legal status." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/09/ice-papers-proof-immigration-status-kavanaugh/684183/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:28:24

• "The work at the centres involves personal interviews and biometrics which he said cannot be done by men on Afghan women, he added." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-09-12/taliban-clampdown-on-women-forces-un-to-close-aid-centres-for-afghan-returnees | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:28:34

• "The Taliban has deployed armed guards outside the UN compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, preventing local female staff from attending work." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/afghanistan-earthquake-taliban-un-women-b2825381.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:28:49

• "The Taliban-run madrasahs promote extremist religious instruction, raising fears that it could radicalize a new generation of Afghans." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-children-refugee-camp-pakistan-taliban-education-fears/33527798.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:29:07

• "CBS' new corporate owner has taken a series of concrete steps to address the concerns of the news division's sharpest critics — particularly President Trump and his allies." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5537152 | Source: NPR    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:30:06

• "Phara, a reporter with the local TSP 68 TV Online, and Sopheap, a journalist with Battambang Post TV Online, were arrested separately on July 31 after returning from reporting on a Cambodia-Thailand border dispute in Uddar Meanchey province, news reports said." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/two-cambodian-journalists-detained-over-border-conflict-coverage/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:30:19

• [Old] "I didn’t pick this Gawker vs. Hogan case because it was simple and clean. I picked it because it was difficult and on the edges of free speech. That’s where the most interesting stuff is." ☛ https://www.vogue.com/article/hulk-hogan-gawker-peter-thiel-nobody-speak-brian-knappenberger |    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:30:33

• [Old] "Unknown to the jury or public, Thiel had secretly bankrolled Bollea’s legal case to the tune of about $10m. In 2007 Gawker had published a story revealing Thiel was gay." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/26/paypal-co-founder-peter-thiel-admits-bankrolling-hulk-hogan-gawker-lawsuit | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:30:54

• [Old] "But as we now know, Bollea had help. Peter Thiel has admitted to paying the lawyers as part of a larger, ongoing project to literally destroy Gawker. Many have already written about the dangerous precedent set by this case." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2016/08/gawker-peter-thiel-bollea-torts-lawsuit | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:31:20

• [Old] "In the book’s biggest revelation, Holiday reports for the first time that a twentysomething acquaintance of Thiel’s" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/02/hogan-thiel-gawker-trial/554132/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:31:41

• [Old] "Backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, who had been outed as gay by the outlet, Hogan sued Gawker, a news and gossip site, after it published a surreptitiously videotaped sexual encounter between Hogan and the wife of a former friend." ☛ https://text.npr.org/2025/07/28/nx-s1-5479230/the-legacy-of-hulk-hogans-sex-tape-scandal | Source: NPR    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:32:06

• [Old] "Hulk Hogan, a former wrestler whose real name is Terry Bolleau, sued Gawker Media for invasion of privacy after it published a sex tape of him and friend’s wife." ☛ https://firstamendmentwatch.org/deep-dive/hulk-hogan-v-gawker-invasion-of-privacy-free-speech-in-a-digital-world/ |    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:32:24

• "This Note explores the strategy employed by actors like Thiel, who have weaponized third-party litigation funding as a means of attacking and silencing an already weakened free press." ☛ https://repository.law.miami.edu/umlr/vol72/iss1/7/ |    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:32:52

• "MintPress is one of the last remaining investigative media outlets in the United States willing to expose the individuals, think tanks, lobby groups, and foreign governments driving wars, expanding the police state, exploiting resources, and waging economic warfare at home and abroad." ☛ https://www.mintpressnews.com/mintpress-news-faces-shutdown-amid-unprecedented-attacks-on-truth/290423/ | Source: Mint Press News    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:33:34

• "The irony of this termination and a slew of similar firings over the past 24 hours is that Kirk and Turning Point USA, the conservative youth group he co-founded, branded themselves as the ultimate defenders of free speech." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/charlie-kirk-death-people-fired-comments-1235425832/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:34:54

• "[Balji’s] mother claims he was murdered on your orders." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/777666/tucker-carlson-altman-openai-interview | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:35:24

• "advocate for open debate" ☛ https://www.404media.co/comcast-nbcuniversal-email-charlie-kirk/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:35:40

• "Marine Corps officials are investigating whether a recruiter made an insulting social media post about conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed on Wednesday while giving a speech in Utah" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-recruiter-investigation/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:36:25

• "The operator of Wikipedia said on Friday it would not appeal its defeat last month in a legal challenge to Britain's Online Safety Act, which sets tough new requirements for platforms and has been criticised for potentially curtailing free speech." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/wikipedia-will-not-appeal-dismissal-of-its-uk-online-safety-act-challenge/articleshow/123857227.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:36:40

• Reminder: The Microsoft Person Who Used OpenAI for En Masse GPL Violations Told the Whistleblower to Kill Herself http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Reminder_The_Microsoft_Person_Who_Used_OpenAI_for_En_Masse_GPL_.shtml https://www.theverge.com/news/777666/tucker-carlson-altman-openai-interview?    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:37:51

• "Online posts also shared fake headlines about the killing, or real headlines with fake timestamps to claim the media had advance knowledge of the plan." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/charlie-kirk-killing-rumors-misinformation-rampant-on-social-media/articleshow/123841259.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:38:38

• "At press time, though, Grok's posts claiming Kirk survived the shooting are still live on X." ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-grok-charlie-kirk-misinformation | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:38:48

• "In one of the largest cloud contracts ever signed, OpenAI has inked a deal with Oracle to purchase $300 billion worth of computing power over the next five years, according to WSJ." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/openai-signs-contract-to-buy-usd300-billion-worth-of-oracle-computing-power-over-the-next-five-years-company-needs-4-5-gigawatts-of-power-enough-to-power-four-million-homes | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:39:28

• "and labor groups in OpenAI's operating states of California and Delaware are lobbying attorneys general to crack down on the tech giant's restructuring efforts." ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-execs-upset | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:39:45

• "I’m not going to argue that any of these CEOs, Cook included, are playing this situation right. But it really shows the profound power imbalance. The president of the United States is so astonishingly powerful." ☛ https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/09/10/trump-hosts-dinner-humiliating-tech-ceos | Source: John Gruber    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:39:59

• "CalypsoAI has developed a platform designed to use agentic red teaming, real-time defenses, and automated security enforcement to secure AI at inference (ie, while the AI is in a live, operational state)." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/f5-to-acquire-calypsoai-for-180-million/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:40:12

• "Then on Thursday, news broke that Paramount, the media conglomerate Ellison's family now controls, is preparing a bid to buy out the storied Warner Bros Discovery, threatening overnight to dominate Hollywood and culture." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/larry-ellison-is-back-on-top-48-years-after-he-co-founded-oracle/articleshow/123846421.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:40:24

• "While Tutu did have some lacerations from the ropes, Cottrell said they were fairly superficial" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/humpback-whale-tangled-fishing-gear-1.7631753 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:41:07

• "Take a look at authoritative assessments of the state of anthropogenic climate chang" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/fire_up_gas_turbines_ai_race/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:42:01

• "When SUVs first came along, I craved one." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/09/12/car-goes/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:42:12

• "And if you can go on Saturday 20th or Sunday 21st you can ride the small-scale railway there!" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/12/transport-museum-depot/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:42:23

• "A few days ago, I was able to tick one more item from my impossible list: traveling on the front cabin of a subway train." ☛ https://hacdias.com/2025/09/10/autonomous-trains/ | Source: Henrique Dias    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:42:32

• "Will this speech—aimed to set the political priorities for the year ahead—inspire European nations to align country policies and investments towards a unified energy front?" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/what-von-der-leyens-call-to-fight-means-for-european-energy-and-climate-goals/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:43:05

• "In its motion filed in federal court yesterday, the EPA asked the court to axe its determinations to regulate and enforceable standards for four PFAS chemicals: GenX, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFBS." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/epa-seeks-to-roll-back-pfas-drinking-water-rules-keeping-millions-exposed-to-toxic-forever-chemicals-in-tap-water | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:43:18

• "The mathematics of modern warfare economics have been turned completely upside down, and it’s largely due to drones that cost less than most people’s monthly rent." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/09/12/warfare-economics-drones/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:44:29

• "More than 100,000 citizens have now gathered to discuss the crisis in a Discord channel, which has become so influential that it is being livestreamed on news sites" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/12/2025/nepal-crisis-unfolds-on-gaming-site-discord | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:45:00

• "comprehensive plan that also includes more games in the courtyard, board games in the library, soccer, tennis, basketball, and even championships" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/no-tiktok-no-instagram-chile-school-phone-ban-revives-real-world-bonds-1903209 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:45:14

• "Data signal jammed, phones that are no longer ‘smart’, and no more Instagram, TikTok or anything like it — the rule is strict but the children say they are feeling freer after a school in the South American nation of Chile implemented this on campus for some students." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/this-country-is-trying-to-ban-social-media-at-school-heres-how-thats-going-101757669375576.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:45:41

• "The ruling was issued under Article 8/A of Law No. 5651, which allows for content restrictions to protect national security and public order, İFÖD reported. This is a common justification in Turkey for access bans. The name of the court has not yet been disclosed." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/turkish-court-orders-access-ban-on-grok-over-national-security-concerns-311424 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:46:51

• "But here's what makes the gaslighting particularly spectacular: Kirk himself spent years engaging in exactly the kind of rhetoric that Trump now claims is exclusively a left-wing problem." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-gaslighting-spectacular-trumps | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:47:11

• "The use of popular digital platforms to criticize the government in this way was probably a key reason for the authorities’ botched clampdown on social media" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/12/after-30-deaths-in-protests-triggered-by-nepals-social-media-ban-145000-people-debate-the-countrys-future-in-discord-chatroom/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:47:42

• "Days of violent protests have left the Himalayan former kingdom without a functioning government and with many of its institutions in ruins." ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/they-burned-it-nepal-s-capital-is-choked-with-smoke-and-gripped-by-fear-20250912-p5mun8.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:48:43

• "The Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that the armed group Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel) has demonstrated a concerning increase in attacks against civilians, reporting that since March, the group has illegally executed 127 people in western Niger." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/rights-group-warns-of-increasing-violence-from-extremist-group-in-niger/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:48:53

• "At issue is an FCC order that required Verizon to pay $46.9 million after prison telecom contractor Securus Technologies Inc. let a law enforcement officer track wireless customers without authorization." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/appeals-court-upholds-verizons-nearly-47-million-fine/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:50:05

• "The result would be a "checkpoint society" where identity checks become an unavoidable part of daily life, Big Brother Watch says." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/privacy_activists_warn_uk_digital_id_risks/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:50:21

• "The San Francisco Police Commission, the Board of Supervisors, and Mayor Daniel Lurie have signed off on Larsen’s $9.4 million gift of a new Real-Time Investigations Center." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/san-francisco-gets-invasive-billionaire-bought-surveillance-hq | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:50:35

• "But all that sounds like a problem for future you. It makes money this morning. This afternoon can take care of itself." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/12/cursor-looks-into-selling-your-data-for-ai-training/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:50:58

• "The new Live Translation functionality requires AirPods updated with the latest firmware to pair with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone running iOS 26 or later, so iPhone 15 Pro and newer models are supported." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/11/airpods-live-translation-eu-restricted/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:51:28

• "Most of the people downloading VPNs are adults that do not trust the age assurance industry." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:53:45

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2021/0319/Extortion-of-therapy-patients-in-Finland-shakes-culture-of-privacy | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:54:51

• Windows TCO: "Kivimäki, who denied all the charges, has been in custody since 2023, when he was arrested in France and extradited to Finland." ☛ https://therecord.media/finland-vastaamo-hacker-free-during-appeal-conviction | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:55:07

• "As you can probably see, the theories get more cynical and, frankly, a touch conspiratorial." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/four-theories-of-meta/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:57:26

• "It’s a question that Americans across the country – and across political differences – are asking today after a week of gruesomely violent acts filled social media feeds." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025/0912/charlie-kirk-iryna-zarutska-social-media | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:57:42

• "During a press briefing on Friday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said investigators spoke with Robinson’s roommate" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/777614/discord-charlie-kirk-shooting-tyler-robinson | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:57:54

• "To understand that lasting influence — why he resonated with Gen Z — it might be helpful to break down the elements of his appeal: [...]" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/461498/charlie-kirk-remade-gen-z-transform-conservative-youth-politics-legacy | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:58:17

• "This is the algorithmic [Internet] at work. It abhors an information vacuum and, in the absence of facts or credible information, gaps are quickly filled with rage bait, conspiracy theorizing, doomerism, and vitriol." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/09/charlie-kirk-assassination-online-reaction/684201/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:59:03

• "Traditional ideological divides — once centred on policy disagreements — have morphed into a deeper, more personal animosity. That anger is amplified by a mix of social media, conspiracy theories and personal grievances." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/people-starting-to-act-out-how-the-charlie-kirk-shooting-suggests-a-vicious-spiral-in-the-us/a105398va | Source: SBS    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:59:18

• "Chatbots give answers that are almost right — then they hallucinate some nonsense, Siri does something stupid, and the owner gets annoyed. But chatbot answers tend to be reality-but-wrong, not completely detached. Wikipedia gets a high weight in the training data, for instance. The bots don’t start at wild-arsed conspiracy theories." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/11/apple-retrains-siri-ai-for-the-trump-anti-woke-era/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:00:12

• "Wei criticized the current AI development model across Asia, which closely mirrors the American path of using compute GPUs from Nvidia or AMD for training large language models such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/top-china-silicon-figure-calls-on-country-to-stop-using-nvidia-gpus-for-ai-says-current-ai-development-model-could-become-lethal-if-not-addressed | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:00:26

• "The Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard is intended to provide websites with a programmatic way to present web crawlers with licensing terms, and to gate site access based on license compliance, which may require payment." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/rsl_content_grabbing_ai_digital_licensing/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:00:43

• "The correct thing for them to do is stop the global race toward really dangerous AI that we're all involved in." ☛ https://futurism.com/agi-hunger-strike-protest | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:01:00

• "Anything you send home, you have to assume is being AI'ed." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/as-ai-tools-reshape-education-schools-struggle-with-how-to-draw-the-line-on-cheating/articleshow/123842996.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:01:44

• "A few thoughts about this." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/09/12/is-deep-research-deep-is-it-research/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:02:17

• "With AI-generated videos everywhere, let's take a moment to talk about the tech that makes them work." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/12/1123562/how-do-ai-models-generate-videos/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:02:50

• "It also turns out that the less a model sees a fact during training, the more likely it is to hallucinate when asked about it." ☛ https://theconversation.com/why-openais-solution-to-ai-hallucinations-would-kill-chatgpt-tomorrow-265107 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:03:26

• "On June 30, 2025, Morgan Stanley announced that it had helped raise $10 billion in debt and equity for xAI." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/elon-musk-ai-saudi-funding/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:03:42

• "AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor" ☛ https://futurism.com/google-ai-trained-humans | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:03:56

• "Now, above is the iOS 26 version. Buttons are squashed together and it’s easy to tap the wrong one. The interface just looks worse." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/09/12/do-not-update-to-ios-26-if-you-use-larger-text-on-your-iphone/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:04:28

• "The arrangement promises Google AI, data analytics, and cybersecurity, all in sovereign datacenters built in the UK. Defense intelligence and national security specialists will also use the systems to share secure information between UK partners" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/google_cloud_mod_contract/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:04:40

• "I went into today’s testing of the latest iOS 26 Appleseed beta and I lasted less than a day. I impulsively decided to install it 30 minutes before I had to leave home for an appointment, current Lee doesn’t like future Lee!" ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/09/13/i-lasted-less-than-a-day-on-ios-26/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:05:12

• "Passengers of the UK's state-owned London North Eastern Railway (LNER) have been warned to be vigilant after cybercriminals accessed traveller's contact details and some information about past journeys." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/british-rail-passengers-hack-signals-failure | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:05:33

• "expanding the purpose and reach of the system to address any account compromise within the broader technology ecosystem may increase stakeholder willingness to invest in overcoming the technological, governance, and viability challenges." ☛ https://securityandtechnology.org/virtual-library/report/improving-private-sector-cyber-victim-notification-and-support/ | Source: IST    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:06:01

• "A new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya was able to exploit a patched vulnerability to bypass Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot on unrevoked Windows systems" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/hopefully_just_a_poc_hybridpetya/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:06:30

• "has remained closed since July after an unknown attacker tampered with all five machines' digital payment system, allowing residents to wash their clothes for free" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/jailbroken_laundry_machines/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:06:37

• "During a press briefing to discuss his "Make America Healthy Again" commission's latest report on Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services secretary speculated about what caused a "sudden onset" of gun violence that kicked off in the 1990s." ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-mass-shootings-video-games | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:11:57

• "brain rot" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-smartphone-overuse-really-rot-your-brain-180987329/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:12:12

• "Oxytocin also has calming effects in humans and animals, as it suppresses the stress hormone cortisol and activates the parasympathetic nervous system (the rest and digest system) to help the body relax." ☛ https://theconversation.com/what-owning-a-cat-does-to-your-brain-and-theirs-264396 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:12:24

• "So, I decided to write-up my current online fail-safes, along with my plans for keeping most things running smoothly after I’m gone." ☛ https://btxx.org/posts/planning-ahead/ | Source: Brad Taunt    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:12:42

• "The things that helped me then are the same things that will help me now in my compulsive news consumption now: Spend time IRL with people. Talk to random people. Co-regulate in person with old friends you feel safe with. Touch literal grass and wait in lines with people without your phone." ☛ https://smallcypress.bearblog.dev/new-post-new/ | Source: Small Cypress    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:13:10

• "solar-powered highway infrastructure including chargers, roadside weather stations, and traffic cameras" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-warns-hidden-radios-may-be-embedded-solar-powered-highway-infrastructure-2025-09-10/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:14:07

• "Equipment used for transportation in the US is the latest critical infrastructure technology to have its security scrutinized." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/undocumented-radios-found-solar-powered-devices | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:15:00

• "Wisdom arises from foolishness, from errors and wrongs. From regret. Do not let anyone take your regret from you! Do not dishonor it by flinching when it shows its face. It is both what made you who you are, and a tool for weaving a different world." ☛ https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/to-live | Source: Mandy Brown    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:16:43

• "A coalition of over 20 Democratic attorneys general sued Trump in April to block the March executive order titled “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” claiming that the president was far overreaching his authority." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/first-circuit-refuses-to-lift-block-on-trump-order-targeting-libraries-museums/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:16:54

• "This is the 107th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Jack Baty and his blog, baty.net" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-jack-baty | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:17:04

• "How you can build your own CubeSat" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/cubesats-are-fascinating-learning-tools-space | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:25:02

• "On September 10, researchers secured the 71-foot-long vessel inside a large, vibration-resistant crate, which was attached to a track mounted on the ceiling." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-best-preserved-viking-ship-in-the-world-just-survived-its-treacherous-final-journey-180987335/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:25:23

• "Extend-the-end (EtE) is a new pattern that is still finding its feet in the real world. Here's a deep-dive and discussion of the use cases that I see on the forum & Discord." ☛ https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0133-extend-the-end-deep-dive/ | Source: Johnny Decimal    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:25:47

• Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2025-09-12 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/09/12/gnome-foundation-update-2025-09-12/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:32:13

• This Week in GNOME: #216 Growing Community ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/09/twig-216/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:34:18

• Alice Mikhaylenko: Libadwaita 1.8 ☞ https://nyaa.place/blog/libadwaita-1-8    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:35:24

• Immich 1.142 Brings Default Beta Timeline, New Resume-All Button ☞ https://linuxiac.com/immich-1-142-brings-default-beta-timeline/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:36:35

• https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/three_new_microkernels/   

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 12:05:50

• HybridPetya: More proof that Secure Boot bypasses are not just an urban legend https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/hopefully_just_a_poc_hybridpetya/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 12:07:21

• "A recently discovered ransomware strain called HybridPetya can bypass the UEFI Secure Boot feature to install a malicious application on the EFI System Partition." https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-hybridpetya-ransomware-can-bypass-uefi-secure-boot/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 12:08:36

• HybridPetya Crypto-Locker Outsmarts UEFI Secure Boot https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/hybridpetya-crypto-locker-outsmarts-uefi-secure-boot-a-29437    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 12:08:48

• 1 hour ago: "Secure boot has always been useless" https://x.com/TinaAzureM/status/1966795934769025492    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 12:15:34

• "If Secure Boot is just useless, IME is a literal backdoor, which is much worse" https://x.com/404Alta/status/1966746863417139296    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 12:16:22

• "Secure boot is just a way for Microsoft and other PC manufacturers to sell you on new hardware. Guarantee all this does is introduce "Secure Boot 2.0!" and a mandate to update if you want you're device to remain "secure"" https://x.com/skblackwell/status/1966746202692534464    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 12:16:48

• https://x.com/Pettan_Enjoyer/status/1966744855712874970   

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 12:17:32

• "secure boot IS useless, it has always been useless." https://x.com/Pettan_Enjoyer/status/1966744855712874970    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 12:17:38

• Trashed probably not due to secure boot https://old.reddit.com/r/PcBuild/comments/1nfavym/pc_wont_boot_or_give_any_signal_to_the_usbs_or/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:15:28

• Fedora https://old.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/1nf7guz/internal_ssd_not_detected_after_update/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:16:43

• "In BIOS I disabled secure boot and configured the boot chain to what the image displays" https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1nf80fc/install_difficulty_wsecond_machine/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:18:16

• "Faceit app notifies error: Secure Boot" https://old.reddit.com/r/pchelp/comments/1nfjkm4/i_cant_access_bios_monitor_stays_black/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:19:19

• "And yeah it looks like my machine is scheduled to update every wednesday so that must've been what happened" https://old.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/1nej6p2/os_hangs_on_boot_worked_fine_for_the_past_year/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:21:11

• GRUB UEFI not detected after GPT setup https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=9545    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:33:40

• "Yes. Satya make good curry." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4y5g7a7    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:52:22

• Gates is not smart, he got arrested twice already and his wife dumped him over https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:52:57

• Microsoft is in trouble: Giving money to OpenAI to pay that money back to Microsoft (circular financing) to fake revenue, so while the company craters it gets to pretend that it invests in (paying itself!) and somehow, despite massive losses in "AI", the company is somehow "sky-high". You can tell a Ponzi scheme when you see one.    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:56:12

• "Microsoft’s Nadella wants to rebuild trust with staff after 9,000 layoffs" is false headline. Should say after 30,000. This year alone.    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:57:36

• Wall Street has turned FULL PONZI. Just look at Oracle.    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 13:58:35

• "Immich, an open-source self-hosted photo and video backup solution, has just released version 1.142. This update comes with a significant change: the beta timeline is now the default." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/immich-1-142-brings-default-beta-timeline/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:00:02

• "Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain, has a few new features. Below is a summary of the features now available to all users" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/09/11/artemis-changelog-7 | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:00:25

• "One of the more common requests we get for our RSS to email feature is the ability to add multiple RSS feeds" ☛ https://buttondown.com/blog/rssrssrssrss | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:00:39

• "Now I can use the Tidyverse for efficient filtering and analysis of my data: [...]" ☛ https://pacha.dev/blog/2025/09/12/tariffs/index.html |    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:01:20

• "Mullenweg initially owned the WordPress source code and trademark and now also runs Automattic" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-grants-partial-motion-to-dismiss-in-case-over-wordpress-trademark/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:01:53

• "I have wanted to write a blog post about this for the longest time because despite having a full-text search engine on my site" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/09/12/creating-a-searchable-archive-page | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:02:01

• "The BSDCan 2025 video playlist is now complete and available on both Peertube and Youtube." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250912124932 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:03:06

• "As with any analytical project, we invested significant time in obtaining and integrating data for our neighbourhood-level modeling." ☛ https://matt.routleynet.org/2025/09/12/toronto-election-data.html | Source: Matt Routley    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:03:40

• "I downloaded the data from the Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos" ☛ https://pacha.dev/blog/2025/09/11/desaparecidos/ |    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:04:11

• "This post is about a particular issue I ran into while calling libtb_client.so (from Tigerbeetle 0.16.33) from Haskell." ☛ https://agentultra.com/blog/linking-zig-from-haskell/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:04:50

• "This year I spent a bit of time playing with Python, after having mostly ignored it since 2005 when was learning it originally." ☛ https://batsov.com/articles/2025/09/12/why-i-chose-ruby-over-python/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:05:26

• "CVSS is a scoring system for the severity of a software vulnerability." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/infinite-precision-cvss | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:07:32

• "The main highlight – SMB3 Unix Extensions are now enabled by default. That means Linux and UNIX clients gain proper POSIX semantics—things like correct permission handling, symlinks, hardlinks, and special file types—without extra configuration." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/samba-4-23-released-with-smb3-unix-extensions-enabled-by-default/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:07:36

• "Without divulging any youthful indiscretions, I recently was going back through some of my personal archives and came across a disc I burned around 2002 with some music stored on it." ☛ https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/09/12/ace/ | Source: Tyler Thorsted    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:07:42

• "Dark Water Foundation got attendees to make miniature palm-sized underwater rovers using Lego, 35mm film canisters, and some small brushed DC motors." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/build-a-tiny-open-source-underwater-vehicle/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:08:30

• "Using the newly data from the newly released moteus performance analysis tool, we’ve gone and updated the rated output currents for each moteus controller." ☛ https://blog.mjbots.com/2025/09/11/updated-moteus-output-specifications/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:08:37

• "First, the team confirmed that work on LMDE 7, codenamed “Gigi,” is already moving quickly. As you expect, this upcoming release will be based on Debian 13 “Trixie” and will also bring in the improvements introduced with Linux Mint 22.2." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-confirms-lmde-7-beta-release-this-month/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:09:49

• "I figured the easiest way to understand this was to re-enact the sequence of events that happens when installing a Debian 12 box." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/09/12/tz/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:10:47

• "The maintainers of openSUSE have made a decision over the future of the radical new bcachefs" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/opensuse_to_drop_bcachefs_support/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:12:17

• "Over a month after its previous 6.17 release, KDE announced the launch of Frameworks 6.18" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-18-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:13:30

• "After yesterday's entry where I discovered it, I went and implemented Tony Finch's exponential rate limiting for HTTP request rate limiting in DWiki" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/RatelimitExponentialNotes | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:14:37

• "The (huge) benefit of this is that attributes can be used with any CSS property in any element, instead of just in the content in pseudo-elements." ☛ https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68081/using-attr-with-types | Source: Alvaro Montoro    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:14:50

• "Recently, I encountered a weird little problem. An inconsistent little problem, too." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-vmugfx-error.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:15:58

• "If it's not the manufacturer breaking them via the cloud that I don't want to use anyway" ☛ https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/09/passing-device-freebsd-jail-with-stable-name/ | Source: Feld    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:16:05

• "Bcachefs Linux filesystem moves from in-kernel delivery to DKMS modules. Here’s how it impacts Debian, Arch, Fedora, and openSUSE users." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/bcachefs-transitioning-to-dkms-packaging/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:16:41

• "The below featured highlights listed on the community’s blog feed aggregator are from September 6 to today." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/09/12/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:19:30

• Abuse of Process https://oldsquare.co.uk/hcpc-v-dr-jt-case-stayed-at-first-instance-as-an-abuse-of-process/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:23:52

• "The increase in delays to cases coming before first instance Tribunals is likely to see a consequent increase in the number of abuse of process applications. The decision, whilst only a first instance one, is a sage reminder of the risks associated with delay and the potential injustice that can be caused to anyone subject to the kind of “lamentable” failings identified in Dr. JT’s case."    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:25:00

• Sponsored feature = SPAM https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/vmware_customers_say_byebye/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:35:04

• And yet more SPONSORED SPAM https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/09/rethinking_application_delivery_hybrid/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 14:35:41

• Kubernetes v1.34: Autoconfiguration for Node Cgroup Driver Goes GA ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/12/kubernetes-v1-34-cri-cgroup-driver-lookup-now-ga/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:44:52

• Invisible Dependencies, Visible Damage: The Case for Supply Chain Hygiene ☞ https://puri.sm/posts/invisible-dependencies-visible-damage-the-case-for-supply-chain-hygiene/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:46:31

• Trustworthy digital identities can set the standards for secure benefits provision in the US ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/trustworthy-digital-identities-can-set-the-standards-for-secure-benefits-provision-in-the-us/ surveillance    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:47:13

• Greenpeace finds a third of Hong Kong heat shelters not air-conditioned, urges gov’t to set minimum standards ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/12/greenpeace-finds-a-third-of-hong-kong-heat-shelters-not-air-conditioned-urges-govt-to-set-minimum-standards/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:47:39

• China pilots village surveillance in Solomon Islands, seeks stability ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/china-pilots-village-surveillance-in-solomon-islands-seeks-stability    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:48:04

• Deploy a lightweight Hey Hi (AI) model with Hey Hi (AI) Inference Server containerization ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/09/12/deploy-lightweight-ai-model-ai-inference-server-containerization    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:48:41

• "Today's IT leaders face intense pressure to accelerate innovation while managing a complex mix of technologies." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/navigating-complexity-delivering-value | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:49:17

• "Enterprise technology leaders face a central challenge: building the future while managing the present." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/openshift-vision-and-execution | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:49:32

• "EU Cyber Resilience Act" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/eu-cyber-resilience-acts-impact-open-source-security | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:49:46

• Run Qwen3-Next on vLLM with Red Bait AI: A step-by-step guide ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/09/12/run-qwen3-next-vllm-red-hat-ai-step-step-guide    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:53:28

• How to implement observability with Python and Llama Stack ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/09/12/how-implement-observability-python-and-llama-stack    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 16:55:17

• green   

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:02:57

• Greenwashing a Ponzi scheme that uses up all the power https://diginomica.com/us-ai-action-plan-part-3-how-be-fast-sustainable-and-efficient-just-dont-call-it-green https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-september-12-2025-red-hat    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:03:02

• KDE Ships Frameworks 6.18.0 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.18.0/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:04:00

• South Korean airport workers to strike from Sept 19 to Oct 9, sparking concerns for travellers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-airport-workers-to-strike-from-sept-19-to-oct-9-sparking-concerns-for-travellers    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:04:35

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

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:09:21

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

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:09:52

• Proprietary spyware controlled by a hostile company; use BigBlueButton, Jami, Ring, and Jitsi instead ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-teams-debian-13/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:10:56

• How To Disable Root Login Over SSH on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-root-login-over-ssh-debian-13/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:11:06

• How To Install OpenSearch on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-opensearch-fedora-42/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:13:56

• How To Install Proton VPN on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-proton-vpn-almalinux-10/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:14:14

• How to Setup ERPNext v15 on Ubuntu 24.04 & 22.04 ☞ https://tecadmin.net/how-to-setup-erpnext-on-ubuntu/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:14:42

• How To Install MEAN Stack on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mean-stack-almalinux-10/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:15:19

• How To Install Chkrootkit on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-chkrootkit-fedora-42/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:15:35

• “Surveillance Pricing” Hurts Consumers, Incentivizes More Corporate Spying on Them ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/surveillance-pricing    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:16:21

• XLibre Trolls Leftists, Renames FirstScreenPtr() to MasterScreen() ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/xlibre-trolls-leftists-renames-firstscreenptr    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:17:30

• Internet Archive in Settlement Negotiations with Universal ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/internet-archive-in-settlement-negotiations    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:17:35

• Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD": 2025: Week --37 update ☞ https://ankursinha.in/2025/09/12/2025-week-37-update.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:29:12

• How to resolve common compatibility issues with ODF files ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/12/how-to-resolve-odf-compatibility-issues/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:30:32

• Akademy 2025 - My first talk! ☞ https://akselmo.dev/posts/akademy-2025/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:32:22

• Forced Disappearances in Chile (1973-1989) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/forced-disappearances-in-chile-1973-1989/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:37:35

• Faster Clinical Trial Reporting: A Beginner’s Guide to Implementing CDISC SDTM and ADaM Standards with Open-Source R Packages ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/faster-clinical-trial-reporting-a-beginners-guide-to-implementing-cdisc-sdtm-and-adam-standards-with-open-source-r-packages/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:38:37

• How much can Hell Toupée’s Tariffs Impact Canadian Households? ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/how-much-can-president-trumps-tariffs-impact-canadian-households/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:38:58

• Monthly News – August 2025 ☞ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4879    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:39:20

• Luxury Brand Chrome Hearts Files Trademark Suit Against Neil Young Over New Backing Band Name ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/12/neil-young-lawsuit-chrome-hearts/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:40:53

• Use tcpdump to Monitor HTTP Traffic and Extract Sensitive Data like Password and Cookies ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/tcpdump-http-traffic-analysis/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:41:14

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.26: tcpdump for cookie capture, GUI for Podman, diff command mastery and more ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-26/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:41:34

• NetworkManager 1.54.1 Released with Global DNS Overwrite ☞ https://linuxiac.com/networkmanager-1-54-1-released-with-global-dns-overwrite/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:42:22

• Fwupd 2.0.16 Released with New Search Feature ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fwupd-2-0-16-released-with-new-search-feature/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:42:46

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/37 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/09/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-37/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:43:28

• Remi Collet: 🎲 PHP version 8.3.26RC1 and 8.4.13RC1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/09/12/PHP-version-8.3.26RC1-and-8.4.13RC1    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:43:43

• Celebrating the Community: OpenSSF at Open Source Summit and OpenSSF Community Day Europe Recap ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/09/12/celebrating-the-community-openssf-at-open-source-summit-and-openssf-community-day-europe-recap/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:43:56

• What is nproc and nofile in ulimits? ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/what-is-nproc-and-nofile-in-ulimits/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:44:17

• Coreboot status for TUXEDO laptops — update from support https://old.reddit.com/r/tuxedocomputers/comments/1neesh2/coreboot_status_for_tuxedo_laptops_update_from/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:50:31

• "Wasn't there a recent windows update that killed SSDs?" https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1nfgq78/thinkpad_t14_stuck_in_boot_menu/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:52:13

• 25 Strong Free and Open Source Chess Engines ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-chess-engines/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:52:21

• Vicinae – native launcher for the desktop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vicinae-native-launcher-desktop/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:52:28

• Directory Lister – browse and share folders ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/directory-lister-browse-share-folders/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:52:34

• aurutils – helper tools for the AUR ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/aurutils-helper-tools-aur/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 17:52:40

• IPv6 OpenVPN Server Setup on proprietary trap AWS EC2 using Rocky GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.lisenet.com/2025/ipv6-openvpn-server-setup-on-aws-ec2-using-rocky-linux/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:11:18

• 23 Best Free and Open Source DNS Servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-dns-servers/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:11:28

• jinjalint – prototype linter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jinjalint-prototype-linter/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:11:59

• Minisforum Hey Hi (AI) X1 Pro: Jan – Chat with Hey Hi (AI) without privacy concerns ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/minisforum-ai-x1-pro-jan-chat-ai/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:12:09

• NovProg – graph your progress in writing a novel ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/novprog-graph-progress-novel/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:12:16

• Explaining (in Length and Depth) the Damage Matthew Garrett Did to GNU/Linux and to GNU/Linux Users (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/12/Explaining_in_Length_and_Depth_the_Damage_Matthew_Garrett_Did_t.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:12:23

• Linux Mint 22.3 release will be a short cycle, immediate focus is LMDE 7 ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-mint-223-release-will-be-a-short-cycle-immediate-focus-is-lmde-7/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:13:04

• Ubuntu Added NVIDIA 580 Driver Support for 24.04, 22.04 & 25.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/09/ubuntu-added-nvidia-580-driver/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:15:02

• 1,500 vehicles ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/12/crossing-denied | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:16:09

• 'People Are Simply Being Destroyed': Freed Belarusian Prisoners Describe Brutal Conditions ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-prisoners-release-lukashenko/33528798.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:16:54

• US lifting sanctions on Belavia is a test for EU sanctions policy – Lithuanian FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2675177/us-lifting-sanctions-on-belavia-is-a-test-for-eu-sanctions-policy-lithuanian-fm    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:17:04

• Lithuania could shut Belarus border immediately in case of provocation – minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2675352/lithuania-could-shut-belarus-border-immediately-in-case-of-provocation-minister    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:17:12

• Lithuania to remain firm on Belarusian fertilizer sanctions – PM-designate ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2675520/lithuania-to-remain-firm-on-belarusian-fertilizer-sanctions-pm-designate    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:17:46

• Tsikhanouskaya: release of prisoners is not real freedom, it is also forced deportation ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2675710/tsikhanouskaya-release-of-prisoners-is-not-real-freedom-it-is-also-forced-deportation    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:18:45

• "Now, as looked likely, bcachefs has been demoted to being externally maintained, after a decade of effort to get the code merged." https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/three_new_microkernels/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:21:06

• Belarus frees 8 more journalists as US eases sanctions on state airline ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/belarus-frees-8-more-journalists-as-us-eases-sanctions-on-state-airline/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:21:21

• Stop the World: Exiled Belarusian democracy leader urges Convicted Felon to help free political prisoners, pressure dictator Lukashenko ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/stop-the-world-exiled-belarusian-democracy-leader-urges-trump-to-help-free-political-prisoners-pressure-dictator-lukashenko/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:21:45

• Large amount of cash found with Belarus-Latvia border crosser ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/12.09.2025-large-amount-of-cash-found-with-belarus-latvia-border-crosser.a614180/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:22:01

• "With Windows 10 support dwindling and Windows 11 still feeling like a work in progress four years after launch, switching to Linux is one of the best ways of ensuring Microsoft doesn't kill your computer. However, the transition isn't as simple as installing another OS on your system and calling it a day." https://www.makeuseof.com/tips-transition-windows-linux-easier/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:24:56

• "It's going to be using Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE), which is one of the most annoying anti-cheat systems when it comes to supporting Linux. Multiple games as listed on our dedicated anti-cheat page use it and either only work on Steam Deck or don't work at all." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/anti-cheat-looks-like-a-no-go-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-for-arena-breakout-infinite/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:25:15

• "Linux Mint 22.3 will ship with the long-anticipated application menu for the Cinnamon desktop environment and a new status applet." https://9to5linux.com/lmde-7-will-be-based-on-debian-13-linux-mint-22-3-planned-for-december    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:25:32

• Crypto = SCAM. https://cryptonews.com/news/new-malware-exploits-fake-job-ads-to-hit-crypto-wallets-on-windows-mac-linux/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:26:12

• Intel Panther Lake Xe3 GPU gets up to an 18% gaming boost in Linux thanks to new patches https://www.club386.com/intel-panther-lake-xe3-gpu-gets-up-to-an-18-gaming-boost-in-linux-thanks-to-new-patches/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:26:36

• Scam deflecting blame to other scams https://decrypt.co/news-explorer?pinned=1159427&title=stealthy-malware-strain-targeting-crypto-wallets-on-windows-linux-and-macos-systems    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:27:25

• "The maintainers of openSUSE have made a decision over the future of the radical new bcachefs filesystem when openSUSE's distros are concerned: to disable it." https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/opensuse_to_drop_bcachefs_support/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:27:47

• Steam Deck Owners Can Use This Free App To Play Non-Steam Games https://www.bgr.com/1963649/steam-deck-free-app-heroic-launcher-play-non-steam-games/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:28:13

• "This release ships with KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) 14.1.5 desktop environments." https://9to5linux.com/q4os-6-1-distro-is-out-based-on-debian-13-with-kde-plasma-and-trinity-desktops    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:28:41

• CHILLYHELL macOS Backdoor and ZynorRAT RAT Threaten macOS, Windows, and Linux Systems https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/chillyhell-macos-backdoor-and-zynorrat.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:29:08

• "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/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 18:29:33

• Intel GNU/Linux Graphics Driver Seeing 2~5% Faster Shader Compilation Times, Up To ~20% ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.3-Faster-Intel-Shader    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:39:26

• Kyiv ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/12/prince-harry-visits-kyiv-for-the-first-time-in-surprise-visit | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:42:07

• "simulated nuclear strike planning" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/12/russia-and-belarus-begin-military-exercises-near-nato-borders-including-simulated-nuclear-strike-planning | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:42:23

• "Russian Central Bank lowers interest rate to 17 percent in third consecutive cut" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/12/russian-central-bank-lowers-interest-rate-to-17-percent-in-third-consecutive-cut | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:42:40

• "accepting $15.5 million in bribes from major contractor" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/13/russia-s-former-deputy-defense-minister-charged-with-accepting-15-5-million-in-bribes-from-major-contractor | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:42:52

• NATO bulks up defence on eastern flank after Russian drone incursion in Poland ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250912-nato-launches-eastern-sentry-defence-mission-after-russian-drone-incursion-in-poland    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:43:04

• 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Far East ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/asia/russia-earthquake.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:43:27

• NATO Steps Up Defenses After Russian Drones Violate Polish Airspace ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/europe/nato-eastern-europe-drone-defenses.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:43:42

• Longer truck queues expected in Lithuania after Poland shuts Belarus border ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2675157/longer-truck-queues-expected-in-lithuania-after-poland-shuts-belarus-border    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:43:51

• Drone incursions in Poland: 'A provocation and a test from Russia' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250912-drone-incursions-in-poland-a-provocation-and-a-test-from-russia    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:44:03

• NATO launches 'Eastern Sentry' defence mission after Russian drone incursion in Poland ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250912-nato-launches-eastern-sentry-defence-mission-after-russian-drone-incursion-in-poland    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:44:21

• 'Zapad' exercises start in Russia and Belarus, provocations possible ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/12.09.2025-zapad-exercises-start-in-russia-and-belarus-provocations-possible.a614179/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:44:32

• "St. Petersburg’s sex trade" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/12/everything-they-earn-by-killing-they-throw-away-on-prostitutes | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:45:08

• Prince Harry Meets War Veterans in Surprise Visit to Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/europe/prince-harry-ukraine-kyiv-war.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:45:22

• Supporters of Ukraine Anti-Corruption Investigator Call His Jailing Absurd ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/europe/ukraine-corruption.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:45:36

• Moscow ignores war in Ukraine to celebrate summer ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0912/summer-moscow-festival-anniversary-war-ukraine    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:45:45

• Pause at One Hundred Miles per Hour ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/artist-at-large/pause-at-one-hundred-miles-per-hour    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:45:57

• Allies Rally To Poland's Defense After Russian Drones Violate Airspace ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/france-germany-poland-russia-drones-ukraine-nato/33528082.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:46:08

• Compromise Reached As EU Approves Blacklist Rollover For 6 Months ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/compromise-reached-eu-blacklist-roll-over-approved-russia--six-monthssanctions/33528712.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:46:34

• NATO Launches 'Eastern Sentry' To Bolster Defenses Near Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-poland-eastern-flank-russia-ukraine-grynkewich/33529049.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:46:49

• EU releases €40 million to shield Ukraine's civilians from the winter cold ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2088    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:47:13

• What next for Mali as Wagner fails to defeat insurgents? ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/what-next-for-mali-as-wagner-fails-to-defeat-insurgents/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:47:35

• Opposition to Putin Pulls Up European Leaders Dragged Down at Home ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/europe/europe-starmer-macron-merz.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:47:57

• PelicanHPC 6.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pelicanhpc https://sourceforge.net/projects/pelicanhpc/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 19:48:49

• Dihydroxyacetone Man says patience with Putin 'running out fast' over Ukraine war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250912-trump-says-patience-with-putin-running-out-fast-over-ukraine-war    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:03:22

• Putin’s French soldiers: A lot of noise over a handful of fighters ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250912-putin-french-soldiers-handful-fighters-russia-ukraine    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:03:40

• Refracta 12.4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/refracta    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:04:16

• Q4OS 6.1 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/q4os    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:04:22

• GNOME 49: New Apps, Lock Screen Features and Design Changes ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-49-new-features    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:05:19

• Calculate 20250911 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calculate    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:05:25

• BigLinux 2025-09-12 is also out☞ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:05:35

• Varun R Mallya: PythonBPF - Writing eBPF Programs in Pure Python ☞ https://xeon.me/gnome/pythonbpf/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:06:19

• BeagleBone Green Eco Receives Refresh with Gigabit Ethernet and 16GB eMMC ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/beaglebone-green-eco-receives-refresh-with-gigabit-ethernet-and-16gb-emmc/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:07:33

• Jetway B420UADN1 Compact Box PC with defective chip maker Intel N97, DDR5, and Configurable Security ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/jetway-b420uadn1-compact-box-pc-with-intel-n97-ddr5-and-configurable-security/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:07:49

• Exploring Ansible Modules ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/ansible-modules/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:09:45

• LMDE 7 Will Be Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”, GNU/Linux Mint 22.3 Planned for December ☞ https://9to5linux.com/lmde-7-will-be-based-on-debian-13-linux-mint-22-3-planned-for-december    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:10:50

• Q4OS 6.1 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 with KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktops ☞ https://9to5linux.com/q4os-6-1-distro-is-out-based-on-debian-13-with-kde-plasma-and-trinity-desktops    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:10:56

• Dash to Panel GNOME Shell Extension Gets GNOME 49 Support and New Features ☞ https://9to5linux.com/dash-to-panel-gnome-shell-extension-gets-gnome-49-support-and-new-features    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:11:17

• KDE Frameworks 6.18 Lets You Use Your Laptop’s Copilot Key for Launching Apps ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-18-lets-you-use-your-laptops-copilot-key-for-launching-apps    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:11:30

• Debian 13 "Trixie": Collabora's contributions that made the 2025 release ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/debian-trixie-the-2025-flavor-release.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:15:31

• Michael Meeks: 2025-09-12 Friday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-09-12.html Michael Meeks: 2025-09-11 Thursday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-09-11.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:16:25

• Forgetting the Evidence: How Sherman Lost on Obviousness Before and After LKQ ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/forgetting-evidence-obviousness.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:16:57

• EPO grants patents on life ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/toolgen-and-barentskrans-step-up-crispr-battle-against-vertex/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:18:30

• California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/california-scientific-research-bond.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:18:56

• Investigate POTUS’ Health Cover-Up ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/12/investigate-potus-health-cover-up/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:19:15

• Freexian Collaborators: Using JavaScript in Debusine without depending on JavaScript (by Enrico Zini) ☞ https://www.freexian.com/blog/debusine-and-javascript/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:19:58

• "Within the past few days, I've been trying to use edbrowse more and more. Why? Because it can do a whole lot of stuff. Even the latest release, 3.8.9, can do IRC. It also does mail, file modification, etc. That's a lot. And it would be all in one interface." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250913-using_edbrowse.txt    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:27:02

• "Today marks the fifth anniversary of the first release of Lagrange." gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2025-09_lagrange-five.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:27:46

• "This is the fourth blog post about my Bash Golf series. This series is random Bash tips, tricks, and weirdnesses I have encountered over time." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:28:13

• Lagrange 1.19.2 released gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Lagrange/32655    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:29:13

• 🖼️ xkcd: Mantle Model #3141 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3141.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:30:00

• 🔤SpellBinding: AFIMRSY Wordo: PRIMO gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-09-13.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:30:27

• "i had my first no internet sunday last week and i have to say it was great. so much so, i'm considering doing multiple days a week, or at least half-days? i caught up on many home tasks and neglected chores. i read a lot, almost the entire time i wasn't jobbing." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/nointernetsunday    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:31:32

• [cat] gemini://glider0413.smol.pub/1757788650 https://cats.karsten.ws/cb897293-91ce-451c-be16-b5b9b7b07ef1.jpg    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:32:35

• Illegal patent court, which needs to be abolished ASAP or EU will look little better than Russia https://legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/patent-blog/strategic-missteps-and-legal-lessons-how-alexions-eculizumab-patent-fared-in-the-uk-and-upc/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:34:29

• Those are not rights and this is an illegal "court" https://legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/patent-blog/substantiating-infringement-or-risk-thereof-at-the-upc-divide-conquer-or-one-to-rule-them-all/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:35:14

• "It is easy to be able to know someone by asking what the most important principle they hold is. Or perhaps what is the most important object, or most important relationship or whatever other thing is for them." gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/second_most_important.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:36:14

• Joys of secure boot https://old.reddit.com/r/pchelp/comments/1nfzhrr/windows_wont_load_up_after_enabling_secure_boot/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:39:40

• BIOS _used_ to be simple https://old.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/1nfs2rr/how_to_enable_secure_boot_on_msi_b150_ms7971/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:40:19

• "it compromises the entire secure boot process" https://x.com/TechLeaksZone/status/1966921186060972448    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:41:48

• "Is secure boot disabled in BIOS Settings?" https://forum.zorin.com/t/trying-zorin-os-on-thinkpad-t60/50868    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:43:11

• After the stroke of Trump's pen Trump had a stroke?    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 20:51:37

• LOL. Vista 11 no longer supported. UPGRADE NOW. https://www.reddit.com/r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt/comments/1ng6tv0/are_you_sure_about_that/#lightbox    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:15:45

• Weird https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1nf8xre/linux_mint_install_past_680_unable_to_boot_past/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:34:12

• "this was purchased without an OS and all settings such a secure boot on the BIOS were switched off before installing." https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1nfkdes/mint_222_freezing_on_strix_halo_laptop/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:35:55

• WiFIRCard – A credit card-sized WiFi and IR-controlled dual relay board (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/12/wifircard-credit-card-sized-wifi-and-ir-controlled-dual-relay-board/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:39:40

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: crates.io phishing campaign ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/12/crates-io-phishing-campaign/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:40:12

• Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #509 - 1TB of data and a brand-new book introducing young children to programming ☞ https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/763K7638iaKOUHVN99SAqx97Ww    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:40:31

• Building Hey Hi (AI) that works: Red Bait shares how ecosystem approach can be ‘the glue’ in federal innovation ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-insights/2025/09/building-ai-that-works-redhat-shares-how-ecosystem-approach-can-be-the-glue-in-federal-innovation/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:41:28

• "IBM was almost most valuable in the world ?? Sadly, not any more....unless you mean the lies spouted by the crook Cramer. LOL !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4zdkep3    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:44:14

• "Only way IBM'll ever even approach those glory days is if it changes its name to International Co-k Su-ka Machines. Be truth in advertising." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4zdkep3    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:44:19

• Canada https://www.financialexpress.com/business/investing-abroad-indian-students-face-high-rejection-rate-for-canada-study-permits-3974152/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:46:10

• "Turns out UEFI is no obstacle for viruses - HybridPetya bypasses its protection. So UEFI is basically a useless thing that just bricks devices. The geniuses who added time-bombed certificates to UEFI truly deserve the award for "Creator of Shitware"" https://x.com/r57zone/status/1966924642322354215    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:53:03

• Under pressure, EU's von der Leyen gives key speech: Did State of the Union deliver? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250912-under-pressure-eu-s-von-der-leyen-gives-key-speech-did-state-of-the-union-deliver    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:55:57

• Media giant Can Holding seized in major financial crimes investigation ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/media-giant-can-holding-seized-in-major-financial-crimes-investigation-311385    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:57:37

• Hong Kong passes sweeping tobacco control bill, eyes eventual ban on sale of flavoured cigarettes ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/12/hong-kong-passes-sweeping-tobacco-control-bill-to-cut-smoking-rate/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:58:30

• 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 Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:59:12

• The Perilous Path to Escape Gaza City ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/world/middleeast/gaza-city-fleeing.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:59:30

• Qatar Prime Minister to Meet Convicted Felon Officials After Israeli Strikes in Doha ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/world/middleeast/qatar-prime-minister-trump-rubio.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 21:59:54

• A Cyberattack Victim Notification Framework ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/a-cyberattack-victim-notification-framework.html    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 22:00:30

• UN official condemns escalation after Israel strike on Hamas in Qatar ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/un-official-condemns-escalation-after-israel-strike-on-hamas-in-qatar/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 22:02:00

• Was Convicted Felon’s strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat legal? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/was-trumps-strike-on-an-alleged-venezuelan-drug-boat-legal/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 22:02:29

• Boeing workers reject their latest contract offer, extending strike at three Midwest plants ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-industry/2025/09/boeing-workers-reject-their-latest-contract-offer-extending-strike-at-three-midwest-plants/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 22:02:56

• In Other News: $900k for XSS Bugs, HybridPetya Malware, Burger King Censors Research ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-900k-for-xss-bugs-hybridpetya-malware-burger-king-censors-research/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 22:03:21

• Charlie Kirk, The Doha attacks, Can ‘Lecornichon’ get France out of a pickle? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20250912-charlie-kirk-the-doha-attacks-can-lecornichon-get-france-out-of-a-pickle    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 22:03:47

• Apple Sends Fresh Wave of Spyware Notifications to French Users ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-sends-fresh-wave-of-spyware-notifications-to-french-users/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 22:04:14

• Spyware Installed on Kenyan Filmmakers Phones in Police Custody ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/09/spyware-installed-on-kenyan-filmmakers-phones-in-police-custody/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 22:04:32

• Alley Chaggar: Final Report ☞ https://alleych.github.io/gnome/final-report/    

posted Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 22:04:58

• Christoph Berg: The Cost of TDE and Checksums in PGEE ☞ https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/the-cost-of-tde-and-checksums-in-pgee/    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:52:04

• France credit score downgraded to lowest on record amid political crisis ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250913-france-credit-score-downgraded-lowest-on-record-amid-political-crisis-lecornu-macron-budget    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:52:27

• Commission accepts commitments offered by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft to address competition concerns related to Teams ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2048 http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/13/European_Authorities_Already_Bribed_and_Infiltrated_by_Microsof.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:52:58

• Microsoft avoids EU fine by agreeing to unbundle Teams from Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/12/microsoft-avoids-eu-fine-agreeing-unbundle-teams-microsoft-365/    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:53:14

• Who’s suing Hey Hi (AI) and who’s signing: Encyclopedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster and Japanese newsbrand sue Perplexity ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:54:28

• 7 Hey Hi (AI) Giants Face US Government Crackdown over Kids’ Safety ☞ https://www.datamation.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-giants-face-government-crackdown/    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:55:11

• CAMPANARIO for Alcoholic Beverages Except Beer Confusable with BELL TOWER for Beer, Says TTAB ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/09/campanario-for-alcoholic-beverages.html    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:55:51

• ISPs Rally in Cox v. Sony Supreme Court Battle — As the ACLU, EFF, U.S. Government, and Many Others Submit Briefs of Their Own ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/12/cox-communications-supreme-court-isp-briefs/    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:56:27

• Amazon says bug caused select Echo Show devices to use tons of data — widgets caching large images caused gigabytes of internet usage ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/amazon-says-bug-caused-select-echo-show-devices-to-use-tons-of-data-widgets-caching-large-images-caused-gigabytes-of-internet-usage    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:56:45

• Michael Ablassmeier: qmpbackup and proxmox 9 ☞ https://abbbi.github.io//pve9-qmpbackup/    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:57:24

• CubeSats are fascinating learning tools for space ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/cubesats-are-fascinating-learning-tools-space    

posted Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 02:58:28