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"We arrived in Slovenia, yesterday. Picked up our car and drove to Kranjska Gora. Today we walked from Rateče to Tromeja, where Italy, Austria and Slovenia meet." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-15-shrooms-of-slovenia    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:22:12

  • "We went hiking near Kranjska Gora. We walked from Rateče to Tromeja, where Italy, Austria and Slovenia meet and we saw many mushrooms. The views from the top were fascinating. It was a two hour steep hike up and a two and a half hour hike back down, mostly easier on the knees and feet. We climbed around 650 m of altitude." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-15-kranjska-gora    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:22:48

  • "Catastrophe Ethics examines what the author calls The Puzzle, a term for a problem that is caused by everybody's actions in aggregate, but that nobody can individually solve or influence by changing their own habits." gemini://capsulated.life/posts/2026-09-15-catastrophe-ethics.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:23:49

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

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:24:21

  • "Bolt industries' Ian Dunn is crowdfunding a hands-on way to learn about Ohm's Law — combining printed problems in theoretical calculation with real circuits you can measure with a multimeter to provide an answer key." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202609/20260915-trainer.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:25:03

  • ROOPHLOCH 2026: Phirst Phost! gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:26:16

  • "My phirst ROOPHLOCH twenty twenty six phost, yay exclamation point. I am transmitting on the Sonim XP three nine zero zero flip phone with the RK BT keyboard and it is not configured properly so I have missing characters, like numbers and some punctuation, joy..." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260915_rphlch    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:27:22

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1740.jpg    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:28:01

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2097.jpg    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:28:07

  • "but see comment about DRM - it is strategically important to focus on the DRM he caused" https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/16/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_185_Out_of_200_What_Reputation.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:31:12

  • "...the wife abuse and puppy breaking just shed more light on his character which was already bad enough to not just carry water for Microsoft but to put Microsoft friendly code into Linux so that the courts would let up on what Microsoft has been maneuvering to do against the boot loader" https://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:32:30

  • It's not a new idea for microsoft https://birdhouse.org/beos/byte/30-bootloader/ "I once preached peaceful coexistence with Windows. You may laugh at my expense -- I deserve it."    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:32:53

  • Security Experts Always Said That "Restricted Boot" Would Harm Security (It Was About Microsoft Remotely Controlling Hardware) http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/28/Security_Experts_Always_Said_That_Restricted_Boot_Would_Harm_Se.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:33:30

  • "That is the point to drive home again and again and again ..."; Canonical Has Withdrawn Ubuntu 24.04.5 Installer Due to a Critical Bug Connected to Microsoft-Controlled Restricted Boot and TPM https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/12/Canonical_Has_Withdrawn_Ubuntu_24_04_5_Installer_Due_to_a_Criti.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:34:26

  • "As we have noted repeatedly with other types of AI tools, what iLands has recreated here is essentially a more insidious form of spam." ☛ https://www.404media.co/ai-agent-platform-reinvents-spam-floods-inboxes-worldwide/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:40:21

  • "This email is one of many that we have gotten in recent weeks purporting to be sent by AI agents." ☛ https://www.404media.co/theres-a-100-chance-ai-agents-are-already-ruining-the-internet/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:40:30

  • "We ran this measurement from 5 to 11 August 2026, and recorded the following results: [...]" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/15/one-or-two-nameservers/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:40:39

  • Regarding the false accounting around LLMs see https://thenextweb.com/news/tech-giants-hidden-off-balance-sheet-debt-ai in relation to https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/16/AI_Slowdown_is_Code_Word_for_Bubble_Imploding_Trying_to_Make_Th.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:45:33

  • "very different circumstances of Bezos's bladder with the bladders of the hundreds of thousands of Amazon delivery and warehouse workers who are not allowed to pee at all." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/15/bitter-lemon-energy-drink/#dick-rocket-v-kidneys | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:46:56

  • "The high court said in a one-paragraph explanation that the government was “unlikely to succeed on the merits” and that the Trump administration’s efforts would introduce chaos and confusion as early voting gears up in many states." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-weeks-joseph-n-welch-award-goes | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:47:06

  • "The 40-hour workweek was established in law nearly 90 years ago. Since then, cell phones, the [Internet], and now AI have increased worker productivity, but the profits have been largely concentrated at the top by billionaires and corporations" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/bernie-sanders-reintroduces-bill-to-make-32-hour-workweek-new-federal-standard/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:47:37

  • "Sean spoke with Young about what Young’s research shows about whether the wealthy move away from higher taxes, why this tax proposal may be different, and the right way to tax the very rich." ☛ https://www.vox.com/podcasts/502769/california-billionaire-tax-proposition-40 | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:47:57

  • "In 2025, according to the complaint [PDF], the immigration court in San Francisco had 22 immigration judges." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/fired-immigration-judge-who-challenged-ice-arrest-of-unaccompanied-child-files-whistleblower-lawsuit/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:48:47

  • "Because the church sits on privately owned land inside reservation boundaries, efforts to force it out face complex jurisdictional limits, turning a local clash into a broader test of sovereignty and religious freedom" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-09-14/christian-pastor-called-arapaho-ceremonies-idol-worship-now-tribe-wants-her-church-gone | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:49:08

  • "just a mortgage and maybe a laptop (he keeps losing his suitcases and even his wallet)" https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_184_Out_of_200_A_Tiny_Law_Firm_That_Knows.shtml less than 24 hours later... no laptop either.    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:49:46

  • "Her charges stemmed from an incident in October 2025, when a horrific crash in DeBary, Florida killed three people, including a county official and his wife." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/police-flock-alpr-jails-completely-innocent-woman-florida | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:50:10

  • "Four years after Mahsa Amini died in police custody following her detention over Iran’s mandatory hijab law, increasing numbers of Iranian women are appearing in public without head scarves." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/four-years-after-mahsa-amini-s-death-iranian-women-defy-hijab-law/33856890.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:50:56

  • "The layoffs have affected news outlets including the Sacramento Bee, the Kansas City Star, the Charlotte Observer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and others." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-09-14/local-journalism-hit-by-another-wave-of-layoffs | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:51:42

  • "global terrorists." ☛ https://www.fir.at/en/ |    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:52:38

  • "Autistici/Inventati is a collective founded in 2001 around anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-capitalist and anti-militarist values." ☛ https://thelibre.news/autistici-inventati-us-sanctions/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:52:55

  • "The Gambia banned protests without permits following days of unrest over persistent electricity blackouts." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/14/2026/gambia-bans-protests-without-permits | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:53:29

  • "to strip their school libraries of any book that contains even a single description or depiction of sex, no matter how fleeting, no matter its context, and no matter its literary, artistic, political or scientific value." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/vonnegut-heirs-can-proceed-with-challenge-to-utah-book-removal-law/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:54:25

  • "This isn’t a matter of effort or time; it is a matter of care. As David Heinemeier Hansson wrote announcing DigitalOcean’s funding: [...]" ☛ https://vale.rocks/micros/20260915-0135 | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:55:52

  • "The report says AI builders are turning towards tangible benefits, rather than rhetoric, to get their projects approved." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/maryland-data-center-developers-offer-residents-biggest-ever-us-community-benefits-package-as-big-tech-seeks-to-quell-fears-usd110-million-deal-includes-usd30-million-elementary-school-water-reclamation-system-and-more | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:56:04

  • "OpenAI said it was working with Anthropic and Google on an idea originated from a proposal by Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260915-openai-anthropic-and-google-in-talks-to-create-a-standards-body-as-ai-fears-rise | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:56:33

  • "Perhaps that is the human portion of this little aviary: not to possess every motion, but to notice them." ☛ https://ericphanson.com/blog/2026/surely-it-is-so/ | Source: Eric P Hanson    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:56:55

  • "Adjusting the flight path for wind conditions could reduce fuel consumption and possibly save a few thousand dollars." ☛ https://tech.marksblogg.com/scikit-decide-openap-optimal-flight-planning.html | Source: Mark Litwintschik    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:58:14

  • "All worthwhile improvements, but they don’t cure the bill’s fundamental defects." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/no-to-crypto-ce3 | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 06:59:44

  • "Most of this token consumption, 3.2 billion over an eight-week period, came from the agent “re-reading its own working memory,” Hausfather wrote, which happens every time the tool takes a new step." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-agents-electricity-study-energy-refrigerator | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:00:14

  • "It's a slap in the face to all the work that's been going on" ☛ https://gothamist.com/news/data-center-spills-5k-gallons-of-diesel-into-new-jersey-meadowlands | Source: Gothamist    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:01:23

  • "The deployment of natural gas turbines in data centers isn’t good news for the communities living around them, though." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/us-ai-data-centers-projected-to-become-the-fifth-largest-natural-gas-consumer-in-the-world-by-2035-consumption-to-grow-by-15-billion-cubic-feet-per-day-as-demand-for-compute-increases | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:02:03

  • "The pipeline’s economics reveal who benefits from its construction, and it isn’t the ratepayers who will fund it." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/new-yorkers-defeated-a-pipeline-nearly-6-years-ago-or-so-they-thought/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:02:48

  • "Choosing to bury their heads in the sand on behalf of the citizens of this country and perhaps the planet at large" ☛ https://futurism.com/science-energy/trumps-epa-unlimited-greenhouse-gas | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:02:57

  • "To achieve the expansion, the telecommunications giant would increase its investment in the so-called Bell AI Fabric to $52 billion." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/bell-canada-ai-data-centre-size-expansion-investment-9.7343780 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:03:17

  • "One hundred years ago, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland tried to solve a similar problem." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/15/the-baltic-states-fear-a-russian-invasion-they-faced-the-same-threat-a-century-ago-and-failed-to-stop-it-historian-alexey-uvarov-explains-why-the-region-could-not-defend-itself-against-stalin | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:03:55

  • "The European Commission's document says the rules are aimed at allowing children to benefit from digital services while protecting them from online abuse" ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/eu-proposes-ban-social-media-ai-gaming-children-under-15-139035500.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:04:12

  • "The European Union will propose a ban restricting kids under 15 from accessing social media, video sharing platforms such as YouTube, AI chatbots, and even online games" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/15/eu-kids-act-ban-on-social-media-more/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:05:25

  • "CBO estimates the conflict has consumed between one-half and two-thirds of the U.S. inventory of certain missile-defense interceptors since June 2025" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/09/15/iran-war-has-cost-38-billion-depleted-two-thirds-of-us-missile-interceptors-cbo-says/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:05:56

  • "All of the accounts watched only a few minutes of content from each search term." ☛ https://peoplevsbig.tech/tiktoks-parental-controls-fail-to-protect-children-from-suicide-self-harm-and-eating-disorder-content/ | Source: People vs Big Tech    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:06:31

  • "A drone that just entered Lithuanian airspace was destroyed by NATO fighter jets." ☛ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/40378332/nato-jets-scramble-destroy-drone-putin-pal/ | Source: The Sun    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:06:48

  • "ChatGPT normalized what used to be met with some unease and a bit of apprehension. Now, nobody cares." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/apple-watch-listening-privacy/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:09:13

  • "The legal and technical architecture of modern mass surveillance, initially framed as a necessary defense against terrorist threats, has grown far beyond that justification and national security in general." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:10:05

  • "The easiest place to see a shift to mass surveillance was in the government’s decision immediately after 9/11 to collect Americans’ telephone records." ☛ https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough | Source: The Lawfare Institute    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:10:25

  • "All three of these charges were felonies" ☛ https://www.404media.co/charges-against-man-who-destroyed-3d-printed-decoy-flock-camera-drastically-reduced-after-state-admits-it-was-not-very-valuable/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:11:23

  • "The company filed an 8-K form with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday evening confirming that it became aware of a dark web post this month claiming to offer data stolen from CenterPoint Energy." ☛ https://therecord.media/centerpoint-energy-data-breach | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:12:09

  • "Lately I've been thinking about multi-factor authentication and policies around it (for reasons outside the scope of this entry)" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/MFAConsiderGoalsAndThreatModels | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:12:41

  • Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/iran-cyber-spies-use-fake-mri-scans-as-lure | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:13:05

  • "The CHOSEN BRICK malware itself only works on Windows systems and is designed to survive devices being rebooted by relaunching at login. It also adds exclusions to Microsoft Defender to reduce the chance of it being detected.    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:13:42

  • "A handful of people I follow and know about have announced their recent departure." ☛ https://daverupert.com/2026/09/i-wish-you-the-best-in-the-offline/ | Source: Dave Rupert    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:14:18

  • Calling bots "agents" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-09-15/ai-agents-invent-their-own-language-to-shut-humans-out.html | Source: El País http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/07/Servers_Became_Cloud_VR_Became_Metaverse_Now_Bots_Become_Agents.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:16:58

  • "resigned from Anthropic and is a former OpenAI employee" of fake person ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/ex-google-worker-adds-to-ai-alarm-warns-of-potential-to-kill-us-all/articleshow/134270139.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:17:24

  • "In a post on social media platform X" ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/google-researcher-says-ai-will-wipe-out-humanity-139036050.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:17:39

  • "AI Agents" = fancy narrative for BOTS ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bombarded-ai-agents-begging-ilands | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:18:03

  • "In the meantime, however, MaleCNS v1.0 has been enthusiastically received by online modders who have dropped the brain into a wide range of virtual environments and tasked it with different activities" ☛ https://www.404media.co/a-digital-fly-brain-has-taken-over-the-internet/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:18:34

  • "selling celebrity deepfake videos" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-seizes-a-dozen-celebrity-deepfake-websites/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:18:50

  • Slop "and data centers are incredibly unpopular." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/995917/data-center-nyt-midterm-poll-september | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:19:10

  • "If that’s happened to you, we’re sorry, and we appreciate your patience while we work to reduce the errors" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/why-is-the-internet-archive-blocking-users-blame-the-bots | Source: PC Mag    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:19:27

  • Bots in 'hey hi' clothing, lots of BOTS ☛ https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/15/an-update-on-wayback-machine-access/ | Source: Internet Archive    

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

  • "In this essay I’d like to discuss the role of AI-generated solutions in mathematics and why many mathematicians are justifiably concerned about a mismatch of values." ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/the-technical-debt-of-ai-generated-mathematics/ | Source: Terence Tao    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:21:07

  • "he’s used it to make fake photos and videos of himself, but that doesn’t explain his adamant refusal to regulate it." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-loves-ai | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:22:04

  • "So what explains Trump’s absolute refusal to regulate AI? Could it possibly be that he and his family have personal financial stakes in it?"    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:22:21

  • "Anyway, after having read Sylvia’s beautiful post Being imperfect is perfection, I thought to myself: to hell with it. I’ll just write the way it comes out of my mind, packaged with a Swenglish ribbon" ☛ https://robertbirming.com/understandable-enough/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:22:30

  • "Which makes it more than puzzling that Donald Trump is going all in on AI, claiming that concerns about its dangers are a “hoax” and opposing any kind of regulation." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-is-trump-still-boosting-ai | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:22:47

  • "I declined the call, which sent it to voicemail. The caller left this message: [...]" ☛ https://blog.kamens.us/2026/09/14/anatomy-of-a-recent-ai-robocall-and-how-i-responded-to-it/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:23:21

  • "LLM comments generally seem to suck: they are verbose, regardless of surrounding context, they seem to encode conversation decisions (like “do it this way, not that way”), and they tend to use made-up vocabulary or terms." ☛ https://danilafe.com/blog/comments_not_for_you/ | Source: Daniel Fedorin    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:25:12

  • "The AI vendors need to reduce expectations, because they’re all feeling the pinch. And they want to hit the stock market." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/14/9023/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:25:25

  • "A chatbot-mediated web comes with risks: less creativity, less uniqueness, less discovery." ☛ https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2026-09-15-im-worried-about-the-web/ |    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:25:36

  • "Since there are 32 numbers in each line of the cipher, Fable looked at the first number, went to the first numbered passage" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/09/14/fountain-pen-cyphral-distich.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:26:10

  • "A couple of days ago, I received an email from a throwaway address, whose author claims to be an ML Engineer at one of the frontier labs." ☛ https://nemin.hu/llm-letter/index.html |    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:26:23

  • "do you read the code?" ☛ https://zanlib.dev/blog/do-you-still-read-the-code/ | Source: Marek Chotoborski    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:28:01

  • Vendor Lock-in ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/240000-hit-by-data-breach-at-japans-digital-agency/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:28:38

  • "Gray and Haidt both believe that since at least the 1980s, increased restrictions on kids’ independence and unstructured play have damaged their resilience." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/995704/peter-gray-restoring-childhood-jonathan-haidt | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:28:59

  • [Old] "All that raw processing power meant that Harvest also needed nonstop rivers of data to run on." ☛ https://spectrum.ieee.org/cold-war-codebreaker-nsa-ibm | Source: IEEE    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:29:42

  • "First we needed a better image to measure, so I suggested to Fable that it should generate a test image." ☛ https://www.serpentine.com/posts/2026/x3-stripes/ |    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:29:59

  • "Hey, wait a minute. That’s another VGA LCD monitor. What a find! Someone else clearly didn’t care, but I’ll take you home, old friend." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/a-roadside-dell-1907fp-monitor/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:30:09

  • [Old] "I couldn't find any good summaries of this classic, which I found to be a void worth addressing as this book is an absolute must-read for anyone even vaguely involved in entrepreneurship and/or innovation." ☛ https://duartem.medium.com/summary-of-the-innovators-dilemma-b2118bca8354 |    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:35:12

  • "We are nearly one week into the 2026 – 2027 academic year at DePaul, and it’s a big one for me. I’m celebrating my thirtieth year at DePaul" ☛ https://ambersettle.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/thirty-years/ | Source: Amber Settle    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:36:07

  • "Anyway, upon reading the emails I immediately wanted the ground to swallow me up." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/its-never-too-late-to-learn | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:36:20

  • "Finnish Global Education Solutions" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/finnish-education-models-focus-on-holistic-development-of-children-highlighted/article71469634.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:36:44

  • "Current employees requested that NPR not use their names because they fear retribution for speaking to the media." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5964919 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:37:22

  • [Old] "In this post, we will explore just that and outline a way to conduct Dijkstra’s algorithm over the same algebraic representation alga uses, without first constructing an adjacency map." ☛ https://anekstein.com/posts/2026-08-22.html |    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:37:45

  • "The previous post looked at how to interpret cosine similarity, or equivalently angles between word vectors" ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/09/15/simple-approximation-for-spherical-cap-area/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:39:41

  • "These different ways are not meant to separate human mathematicians into “slow math” and “fast math” camps." ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/fast-math-slow-math/ | Source: Terence Tao    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:39:58

  • "Like many mathematicians, I was drawn to the field as a little girl by its aesthetics: questions that I found endlessly fascinating and arguments that struck me as delightful and elegant." ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/why-i-do-mathematical-research/ | Source: Terence Tao    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:40:53

  • "Young people across Europe and Canada are invited to participate in two fun coding missions" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/launching-astro-pi-2026-27-code-your-way-to-the-international-space-station/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:41:22

  • "This discovery consists of the first evidence of Diplodocus outside North America (Morrison Formation) and is one of the strongest piece of evidence that supports the exchange of continental faunas between North America and Europe during the Late Jurassic" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/spanish-scientists-find-first-evidence-of-diplodocus-dinosaur-in-europe/a-79277825 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:46:59

  • "My girlfriend recently asked me this question, and I had no great way of answering it." ☛ https://svenluijten.com/blog/does-anyone-read-your-website | Source: Sven Luijten    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:48:49

  • "Originally given to associates and customers at IBM, this notepad would be one of the first manifestations of branded corporate culture" ☛ https://chrisglass.com/2026/09/15/the-original-thinkpad/ | Source: Chris Glass    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:48:55

  • "The card features a hand-drawn labyrinth but also the domain name labyrinths.ca, at which there’s a website showing a lot of his work" ☛ https://danq.me/2026/09/15/postcards-and-labyrinths/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 07:49:04

  • "I was reading Johann Rehberger’s write-up of an attack on a coding agent last week. The payload is a file called struct.py inside a zip archive." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/09/15/shadowing-the-standard-library.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:00:50

  • "My first time hearing about rOpenSci was, interestingly, at a bird conference." ☛ https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/09/15/birthday-post-sunny/ | Source: rOpenSci    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:02:04

  • "Run Grubbs' test in R with grubbs.test() from the outliers package. Real mtcars example (G, U, p-value), when it applies, and what to do next." ☛ https://www.rstudiodatalab.com/2026/09/grubbs-test-in-R.html | Source: R Studio Data Lab    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:02:22

  • "How slow are they? Let me measure. I wrote a small C++ benchmark with a few kernels over arrays of 16384 values (small enough to fit in cache): [...]" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/15/subnormal-floating-point-numbers-are-expensive-on-intel-processors/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:02:46

  • "tidal is a music sequencer, implemented as a haskell library." ☛ https://glfmn.io/posts/tidal-innards/ | Source: Gwen Lofman    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:03:04

  • "One month from today (15th October) marks seventy years since the first Fortran manual was published, making it an extremely well established programming language for scientific computing." ☛ https://fortran-lang.org/news/2026/09-15-Fortran-birthday/ | Source: Fortran Lang    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:04:01

  • "The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed on September 11 that hackers are actively exploiting a maximum-severity flaw in GitLab’s development platform" ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/gitlab-flaw-cve-2026-85706-cisa-kev-exploited/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:04:44

  • "Artificial intelligence (AI) is already part of young people’s everyday lives, from the content recommended to them on social media to the generative AI tools they increasingly encounter." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/bring-ai-literacy-into-every-classroom-with-our-new-themed-resources/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:05:44

  • "When we talk about programming in “bare metal,” it basically means writing software that runs right on the hardware with no operating system or abstraction layers in between." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/15/hackaday-europe-2026-bare-metal-made-easy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:06:23

  • "The reason this keeps happening is because open-source projects are competing for one extraordinarily scarce resource: a programmer’s spoons (time and energy)." ☛ https://erikmcclure.com/blog/of-course-they-use-ai/ | Source: Eric McClure    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:06:54

  • "This has caused Windows users trying to install Tor Browser 15.0.21 and 15.0.22 from scratch to receive "bad signature" warnings." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15023/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:07:17

  • "A bit over a decade ago I switched Wandering Thoughts from HTTP to HTTPS, with a permanent redirect (conveniently dated by this entry)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FeedReadersAndRedirectsII | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:08:49

  • "Arc is the greatest web browser ever, and has been tragically moved-on-from by The Browser Company of New York-come-Atlassian." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2026/09/15/the-four-tiers-of-tab-importance/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:09:00

  • "Some of the hardest work on coreutils is knowing what to reject and providing appropriate justification to the contributors." ☛ https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rejected_requests.html | Source: GNU    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:09:52

  • "That should be plenty of time for him to rue the day he agreed to increase his monthly income by helping a SIM swap gang in their attempt to steal over half a million dollars." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/former-at-t-worker-jailed-sim-swap | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:10:35

  • "The electronic components are standard fare for a cyberdeck and include the UNO Q (2GB), a mini Bluetooth keyboard/touchpad device, a portable USB battery pack, and a 5” HDMI display." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/09/15/this-cyberdeck-is-a-puppet/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:11:32

  • "My use case is a little different though, since I don't want cameras outside, and I am not trying to protect my house." ☛ https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/building-a-better-dog-camera-part-1-raspberry-pi-with-nixos/ | Source: Matthew Brunelle    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:12:08

  • "After previously adopting a big Sony Trinitron CRT TV that had been trying to hitch a ride along the side of a road in Italy for at least six years" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/15/after-6-years-as-road-ornament-a-widescreen-sony-trinitron-lives-again/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:12:26

  • "Steam wands are used to froth milk into a velvety texture, and some machines require purging the wand before using it for best results." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/15/coffee-maker-steam-wand-gets-a-safe-outlet/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:15:36

  • "The Fedora project has announced the release of a development snapshot, Fedora 45 beta" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12953 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:17:25

  • "What is currently known as the Raspberry Pi Desktop has been around for over a decade now – it started out as a mildly customised version of the stock LXDE desktop" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-updated-look-for-the-raspberry-pi-desktop/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:18:41

  • "Veloren is built on an ECS (Entity Component System) rather than a more traditional object-oriented class hierarchy." ☛ https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/veloren | Source: Joshua Barretto    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:19:01

  • "Enforcing network sovereignty starts well before packets reach your router." ☛ https://fabricati-diem.inform.social/post/deshittification-as-a-service/ |    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:19:24

  • "My brother and I spent a lot of time designing our eBPF security agent to be really fast from the ground up, but recently we discovered we could make it much faster using memoization!" ☛ https://nathannaveen.dev/posts/dropping-ebpf-cpu-cost-by-90/ |    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:20:14

  • "Coming back home, I began finalizing the project before releasing its code publicly and it made me want to dig deeper into the crash issue." ☛ https://yuvalino.com/how-can-you-not-be-romantic-about-unix-domain-sockets |    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:20:36

  • "The nineteenth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out: [...]" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/15/www-19 | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:20:56

  • "Confidential computing" is not security or privacy, it's a plot to misleading companies and governments into outsourcing sensitive data to back doored and hostile platforms while ticking compliance boxes ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/achieving-data-sovereignty-saas-confidential-containers-and-quantum-safe-networking | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:23:20

  • Red Hat cannot stop selling proprietary software for Microsoft ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/azure-red-hat-openshift-hosted-control-planes-now-available-public-preview | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:23:50

  • "Fedora Linux continues to serve as an innovation engine across the open source ecosystem, bringing the newest kernel enhancements, security modernizations, desktop refinements, and developer tooling into the hands of our community." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/fedora-45-beta-now-available | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:24:01

  • Red Hat selling a perishing Ponzi scheme for IBM ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/opening-black-box-profiling-secured-agentic-pipeline-red-hat-openshift-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:24:48

  • Red Hat sells two lies, one about "sovereignty" and another about slop being intelligence; this is utterly embarrassing ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/datacenter-myth-why-sovereign-ai-demands-tenancy-model-not-just-geography | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:25:33

  • Get more Steam Deck / Steam Machine Verified games in the Fanatical Play on the Go Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/get-more-steam-deck-steam-machine-verified-games-in-the-fanatical-play-on-the-go-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:28:06

  • Khronos Group opens EU Entity to support European Projects with open standards | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/khronos-group-opens-eu-entity-to-support-european-projects-with-open-standards/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:28:34

  • JUJUTSU KAISEN RUMBLE: SURVIVATON delayed into 2027 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/jujutsu-kaisen-rumble-survivaton-delayed-into-2027/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:29:36

  • https://www.omglinux.com/ seems to have become defunct, same for omgchrome https://www.omgchrome.com/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:30:55

  • "Trump, 80, Appears to Forget About January 6 Altogether | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/215369/donald-trump-appears-forget-january-6    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:31:13

  • "Beatty Says Trump ‘Threw a Tantrum’ Over Kennedy Center Ruling - The Washington Sun" https://www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-house/joyce-beatty-donald-trump-tantrum-kennedy-center    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:31:25

  • "Anthropic Boasts It Would Be Profitable if You Ignore How Much It Costs to Develop AI" https://futurism.com/future-society/anthropic-claude-profit-ai-safety-development-finances lies. https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/16/AI_Slowdown_is_Code_Word_for_Bubble_Imploding_Trying_to_Make_Th.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:31:44

  • European Parliament gives EU democracy bill green light | "Europaparlamentet ger EU:s demokratisköld grönt ljus" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/15/europaparlamentet-ger-eus-demokratiskold-gront-ljus/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:32:12

  • BS hype https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/15/could-ai-really-wipe-out-humanity-and-hijack-the-internet see http://techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/The_Great_LLM_Delusion_Part_VI_Hype_Agent_Geoff_Hinton_Would_Ne.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/While_GAFAM_Microsoft_Disguise_Financial_Crisis_as_Investment_i.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:32:48

  • Orange Hitler "expresses support for Flock license-plate surveillance technology - The Washington Post" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/14/trump-expresses-support-flock-license-plate-surveillance-technology/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:33:04

  • "School Kids Forced To Fly Separatist Flag In Moldova's Breakaway Transdniester Region" https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-school-children-russian-propaganda-ceremony-transdniester-separatist-mr-nobody-putin/33854388.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:33:15

  • The Triple-i Initiative showcase returns October 8th | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-triple-i-initiative-showcase-returns-october-8th/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-triple-i-initiative-showcase-returns-october-8th/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:33:45

  • Digiphile's VR collection is back to celebrate the Steam Frame launch | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/digiphiles-vr-collection-is-back-to-celebrate-the-steam-frame-launch/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:34:06

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages gets a permanent price reduction | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/doom-the-dark-ages-gets-a-permanent-price-reduction/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:34:25

  • "Omarchy is not a secure distribution and should be taken off the Linux installation options - General Topics - Framework Community" https://community.frame.work/t/omarchy-is-not-a-secure-distribution-and-should-be-taken-off-the-linux-installation-options/77363    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:34:54

  • Heroic Games Launcher v2.22.2 brings fixes for Rockstar, Ubisoft and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/heroic-games-launcher-v2-22-2-brings-fixes-for-rockstar-ubisoft-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:38:39

  • Half-Life: Alyx ported to ARM64 for Steam Frame - update out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/half-life-alyx-ported-to-arm64-for-steam-frame-update-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/half-life-alyx-ported-to-arm64-for-steam-frame-update-out-now/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:43:09

  • SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta and SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview released - Valve continue working on NVIDIA support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-27-beta-and-steamos-3-9-1-preview-released-valve-continue-working-on-nvidia-support/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:43:28

  • "Don't Give Time and Money to Omarchy and DHH | TechTea" https://techtea.io/articles/2026/omarchy/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:48:52

  • "Trump Responds to AI Panic by Calling It a 'Hoax'" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-responds-ai-panic-hoax-1235626431/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:49:03

  • "I lived like a 90-year-old Italian for a month and my health was transformed" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/conditions/ageing/italy-blue-zone-village-transformed-health/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:49:24

  • "cheeto sez" is NOT journalism!!! https://yle.fi/a/74-20246367    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:49:41

  • "Introduction Releasing the RVA23 specification was a major milestone for the RISC-V community." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/evolution-of-the-risc-v-isa-what-next-after-rva23 | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:54:03

  • "Zenoh is a lightweight, high-performance communication protocol designed for robotics and distributed systems." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/bring-zenoh-to-ros-2-with-snaps | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:54:13

  • Kubernetes v1.37: Pod-Level Resource Managers graduated to Beta ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/09/15/kubernetes-v1-37-pod-level-resource-managers-beta/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:54:57

  • "Porting wolfIP: From Network Drivers to RTOS Integration" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/wolfssl-webinar-explores-wolfip-network-driver-and-rtos-integration/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:55:32

  • "MSI has detailed the MS-C9ZA, a compact fanless Edge AI Box PC based on NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin Nano 8GB module." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/fanless-industrial-pc-integrates-jetson-orin-nano-8gb-and-m-2-expansion/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:55:41

  • "Sipeed is preparing the SLogic32U3, a compact 32-channel logic analyzer designed for high-speed digital capture over USB 3.2 Gen2." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/32-channel-logic-analyzer-supports-1-4gs-s-sampling-and-usb-3-2-gen2-streaming/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:55:49

  • "During the month of August 2026, 17 users received 24 kudos, and 419 badges were awarded to 251 contributors. You can see stats for this and previous months." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/09/15/kudos-august/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 08:56:36

  • What Sort of Person Loses Data and Hardware? https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/16/what-sort-of-person-loses-data-and-hardware/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 09:04:23

  • LibreOffice Supports Languages Other Software Vendors Don’t ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/09/libreoffice-supports-languages-other-software-vendors-dont/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 09:10:02

  • Pluralistic: Everybody pees (15 Sep 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/15/bitter-lemon-energy-drink/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 09:10:13

  • LibreOffice 26.8 and the languages for which nobody is paid ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/15/lo-268-and-the-languages/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 09:10:31

  • Akira GNU/Linux – Niri-based rolling-release GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/akira-linux-niri-based-rolling-release-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 09:13:13

  • XBian – Debian-based media center Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/xbian-debian-based-media-center-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 09:13:44

  • Front page of BillBC today is AGAIN pushing "sez" (says) pieces for people who have no creds in computing and might have to explain their incest instead. What has happened to media?    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 09:27:01

  • Systemantics 1 https://cybershow.uk/content/episodes/systemantics1/systemantics1.html "Joh Gall's systemantics was published in 1975. It remains one of the most important and profound texts on why things don't work as they should."    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 09:30:33

  • Odysee seems broken for the last week    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:29:56

  • ClosedSlop Investigates Report Linking Hey Hi (AI) Agents to RubyGems Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/openai-investigates-report-linking-ai-agents-to-rubygems-attack/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:31:50

  • Rights group, relatives accuse China of using torture in prison ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/16/rights-group-relatives-accuse-china-of-using-torture-in-prison/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:32:21

  • Red Hat used to promote Free software, not GPL-violating slop ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/15/red-hat-developer-hub-preventing-compliance-violations-ai-coding-agents    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:34:10

  • QSB-119: Potential attacker-controlled format string in qvm-open-in-vm ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/09/15/qsb-119/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:34:39

  • Daniel Vrátil: I'm Going to Akademy! ☞ https://dvratil.cz/2026/09/im-going-to-akademy/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:35:01

  • Alif Semi Balletto B1 and Ensemble E1C StartKits feature Cortex-M55 + Ethos-U55 MCU for IoT and Edge Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/15/alif-semi-balletto-b1-and-ensemble-e1c-startkits-feature-cortex-m55-ethos-u55-mcu-for-iot-and-edge-ai/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:48:34

  • CVITEK CV1842H-P-based edge Hey Hi (AI) camera module offers night vision and AI-ISP support (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/16/cvitek-cv1842h-p-based-edge-ai-camera-module-offers-night-vision-and-ai-isp-support/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:48:42

  • Rune Goes Open Source, Looks to Share Revenue With Contributors ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/rune-open-source-ide/ "now available under GPLv3"    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:49:16

  • Indian police to query Surveillance Giant Google over 500,000 fake Gmail IDs linked to bomb hoax ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-police-to-query-google-over-500000-fake-gmail-ids-linked-to-bomb-hoax    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:54:01

  • Paul Tagliamonte: DESFire EV3 ☞ https://notes.pault.ag/desfire-ev3/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:54:32

  • Middle East live: Saudi Arabia accuses Houthi rebels of launching a drone strike on Mecca ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260916-middle-east-live-saudi-arabia-accuses-houthi-rebels-of-launching-a-drone-strike-on-mecca    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:59:04

  • Big public transport strike expected Wednesday in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/15.09.2026-big-public-transport-strike-expected-wednesday-in-latvia.a663246/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:59:22

  • First Hormuz, now the Red Sea? Oil spikes as Saudis sucked into Yemen spiral ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20260915-first-hormuz-now-the-red-sea-oil-spikes-as-saudis-sucked-into-yemen-spiral    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:59:39

  • Houthis Report Deadly Saudi Airstrikes as Kingdom Issues Mass Alerts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/world/middleeast/yemen-saudi-arabia-houthis-attacks.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:59:58

  • EPO Staff is Preparing to Take Up a Notch the Strikes and Other Industrial Actions Ahead of October's Meeting (It Can Help Oust the Corrupt Leadership) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/EPO_Staff_is_Preparing_to_Take_Up_a_Notch_the_Strikes_and_Other.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:00:08

  • Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill Teenager and Civil Defense Worker, Official Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/world/middleeast/gaza-strikes-israel.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:00:21

  • Media helicopter crashes in LA while covering bus collision, killing three ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260916-media-helicopter-crashes-in-la-while-covering-bus-collision-killing-three "including a pedestrian."    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:01:10

  • UN expert raises concern after female inmates report sexual harassment, threats and violence in California facility ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/un-expert-raises-concern-after-female-inmates-report-sexual-harassment-threats-and-violence-in-california-facility/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:01:42

  • Freexian Collaborators: Debian Contributions: Security-tracker git performance, OpenSSH GSS-API split, Incus replacing lxc in Debian CI and more! (by Anupa Ann Joseph) ☞ https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-08-2026/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:03:12

  • Microsoft OSI continues to promote slop plagiarism (with openwashing), i.e. it participates in a malicious Ponzi scheme in exchange for dirty, unethical money ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/we-must-open-the-frontier-osi-ofai-support-calls-for-the-u-s-to-develop-more-open-models    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:05:56

  • Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1094469/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:06:33

  • $1 Million Sandbox Challenge Uncovers Linux Kernel Flaws ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/1-million-sandbox-challenge-uncovers-linux-kernel-flaws/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:08:15

  • Syslog-ng repo for Amazon GNU/Linux 2023 updated to syslog-ng version 4.12 ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-for-amazon-linux-updated-to-4-12/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:13:48

  • Linux 7.3-rc3 Arrives With XFS SMB Security Fixes and a Continued Hey Hi (AI) Patch Surge ☞ https://www.ghacks.net/2026/09/15/linux-7-3-rc3-arrives-with-xfs%d0%b1-smb-security-fixes-and-a-continued-ai-patch-surge/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:16:45

  • Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 1 - At the Beginning (Torvalds Knew It Was Trouble) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_1_At_the_Beginning_Torval.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:17:01

  • unixcop.com is the Latest "Linux" Site to Have Become a Slopfarm After 2 Years of Death (Inactivity) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/15/unixcop_com_is_the_Latest_Linux_Site_to_Have_Become_a_Slopfarm_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:17:13

  • Fedora GNU/Linux Asahi Remix 45 brings Fashion Company Apple Silicon M3 support to GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/fedora-linux-asahi-remix-45-brings-apple-silicon-m3-support-to-linux/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:17:48

  • Raspberry Pi adds modern features to desktop OS ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/raspberry-pi-adds-modern-features-to-desktop-os/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:19:29

  • Super Productivity has become the best open source to‑do app on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.reallinuxuser.com/super-productivity-has-become-the-best-open-source-to-do-app-on-linux/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:20:29

  • Calculate 20260914 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calculate    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:21:02

  • Presence of forever chemicals in the environment threatens human rights, UN expert says ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/presence-of-forever-chemicals-in-the-environment-threatens-human-rights-un-expert-says/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:23:18

  • Vaccination rates drop to 10-year low for Michigan’s school–age children ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/vaccination-rates-drop-to-10-year-low-for-michigans-school-age-children/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:23:32

  • How many kindergarteners in your Michigan school are vaccinated? Find out here ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/how-many-kindergarteners-in-your-michigan-school-are-vaccinated-find-out-here/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:23:52

  • Spectators Horrified as Hyrox Athlete Recreates “Two Girls One Cup” at Live Competition ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/spectators-horrified-hyrox-athlete    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:25:42

  • South Korea’s SK Hynix union approves tentative wage deal with management, source says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-sk-hynix-union-approves-tentative-wage-deal-with-management-source-says    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:26:13

  • South Korea, Kazakhstan sign MoU on atomic energy, explore mineral trade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-kazakhstan-sign-mou-on-atomic-energy-explore-mineral-trade    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:26:52

  • North Korea says US-driven nuclear submarine push justifies its own weapons build-up ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-says-us-driven-nuclear-submarine-push-justifies-its-own-weapons-buildup    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:27:09

  • 1Password's Hey Hi (AI) patching benchmark is misleading ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/09/15/1passwords-ai-patching-benchmark-is-misleading/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:27:45

  • LCOS 0.5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lcos    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:28:38

  • Linux Projects Banning Hey Hi (AI) are Hypocritical and Stupid ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-projects-banning-ai-are-hypocritical    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:28:43

  • Lunduke OS Hits Beta ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lunduke-os-hits-beta    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:28:50

  • Optimizing CPU-side Rendering Code ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/rendering-cpu-optimizations/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:29:08

  • Dev snapshot: Godot 4.8 dev 6 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-8-dev-6/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:29:17

  • Buc-ee’s gas stops are beloved. But has its beaver become a ‘trademark bully’? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0915/buc-ees-trademark-disputes-beaver    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:29:37

  • Universal Music Sues DistroKid for Copyright Infringement and Deceptive Trade Practices, Says the Distributor ‘Is Flooding Platforms With AI-Generated Slop’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/15/universal-music-distrokid-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:30:35

  • How to Install and Configure Netdata for Lightweight Real-Time Server Monitoring ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-and-configure-netdata-for-lightweight-real-time-server-monitoring/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:34:06

  • RasPiOS 2026-09-15 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/raspios    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:34:56

  • recovery 2.6 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/recovery    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:35:05

  • Calculate 20260914 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calculate    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:35:14

  • Orion for GNU/Linux beta update lets you customise the toolbar ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/orion-browser-linux-043-update    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:35:57

  • KDE Plasma 6.8 Is Available for Beta Testing ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/kde-plasma-6-8-is-available-for-beta-testing/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:36:27

  • Ubuntu outsourced to Microsoft as if that is an actual accomplishment ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-rustification-coreutils-migration/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:37:32

  • Xbox Game Pass is "extremely poorly managed" and Doom should never have been part of it, says former producer https://www.gamesradar.com/games/xbox-game-pass-is-extremely-poorly-managed-and-doom-should-never-have-been-part-of-it-says-former-producer/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:40:15

  • Doom Games Should Not Have Been Added To Game Pass, Says Former Developer https://tech4gamers.com/doom-should-not-have-been-added-game-pass/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 13:40:43

  • Malaysia’s KLIA ride-hailing pickup surcharge slashed to flat 63 cent fee ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-klia-ride-hailing-pickup-surcharge-slashed-to-flat-63-cent-fee    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:06:14

  • Haze worsens in Malaysia, with 40 areas recording unhealthy air quality, including 7 in Johor ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/haze-worsens-in-malaysia-with-40-areas-recording-unhealthy-air-quality-including-7-in-johor    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:06:44

  • China defence minister urges nations to curb regressive historical trends ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-defence-minister-urges-nations-to-curb-regressive-historical-trends    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:07:16

  • China warns US space weapons could fuel arms race ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-warns-us-space-weapons-could-fuel-arms-race    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:07:25

  • Hong Kong unveils first five-year plan to boost jobs, homes and mainland China ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-unveils-first-five-year-plan-to-boost-jobs-homes-and-mainland-china-ties    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:07:47

  • Two Chinese Firms Used Binance to Launder Iranian Oil Money, US Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/technology/binance-iran-china.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:08:06

  • China restricts overseas travel to stop high tech from leaving ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0915/china-travel-restrictions-advanced-technology-ai    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:08:36

  • China’s factories rev up, but slower consumption fuels concerns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-factories-rev-up-but-slower-consumption-fuels-concerns    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:08:52

  • Fedora becoming an ocean of plagiarism, hype, and mindless buzzwords about bots ☞ https://jwheel.org/blog/2026/09/ai-alignment/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:10:43

  • This slop scam is also pushed by Coraline Ada Ehmke, which says a lot!    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:11:32

  • GNU Health: GNUHealthCon 2026 – XI Free Software and Social Medicine Conference ☞ https://my.gnusolidario.org/2026/09/15/gnuhealthcon-2026-xi-free-software-and-social-medicine-conference/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:12:13

  • Cuban salsa teacher linked to alleged Russian terror network across Europe – investigation ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3052410/cuban-salsa-teacher-linked-to-alleged-russian-terror-network-across-europe-investigation    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:13:12

  • One nation reaches for Europe. The other, for Russia. Both use the same tactics. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0915/armenia-georgia-pashinyan-russia-eu-europe    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:13:25

  • US diesel prices hit new record high as Convicted Felon seeks to blame Kyiv ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/video/20260915-us-diesel-prices-hit-new-record-high-as-trump-seeks-to-blame-kyiv    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:13:38

  • Firefox 156.0 is Out with Faster PDF Viewer & Better JPEG Loading ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/firefox-156-0-faster-pdf-better-jpeg/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:14:07

  • US acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/us-acknowledges-for-the-first-time-that-it-has-deployed-weapons-in-space    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:15:08

  • NATO jets down drone over Lithuania as Russian ship fires flares at Danish helicopter ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260915-nato-jets-down-drone-over-lithuania-as-russian-ship-fires-flares-at-danish-helicopter    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:15:19

  • France stalls EU Russia sanctions renewal over oligarch de-listing ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/france-stalls-eu-russia-sanctions-renewal-over-oligarch-de-listing    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:15:37

  • Carlos Garnacho: On mobile and peer pressure ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/carlosg/2026/09/15/on-mobile-and-peer-pressure/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:17:44

  • Kyrgyzstan Is Russia’s Trading Loophole ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000011077350/kyrgyzstan-is-russias-trading-loophole.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:18:12

  • Ukraine and Russia Say There Is No Energy Truce, Despite Convicted Felon’s Claims ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/world/europe/trump-energy-truce-ukraine-russia.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:18:24

  • It’s Boom Time in Kyrgyzstan, Courtesy in Part of the War in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/world/asia/kyrgyzstan-economy-russia-war.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:18:33

  • Ed Sheeran Championed Ukraine but Macklemore Says He 'Doesn't Take Sides' on Palestine, Ms Rachel Says He 'Caved' ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-us-tour-palestine-1819718    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:19:08

  • Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Removal Of Prosecutor-General Amid New Scandal ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-removal-ukraine-prosecutor-general-scandal/33853826.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:19:20

  • Explosive-Laden Drone Shot Down Over Lithuania As Russia, Ukraine Trade Strikes ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-strikes-nato-lithuania/33855738.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:19:29

  • Ukrainian Olympian Urges US To Bar Russian Athletes From 2028 Games ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-heraskevych-russian-athletes-us-visa-ban-los-angeles-olympics/33855970.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:19:46

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posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:20:07

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man's claim of energy truce in doubt as Russia hits Kyiv petrol station ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/video/20260915-trump-s-claim-of-energy-truce-in-doubt-as-russia-hits-kyiv-petrol-station    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:20:23

  • Analysts call for step-up in response to Russia after Denmark, Lithuania incidents ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/analysts-call-for-step-up-in-response-to-russia-after-denmark-lithuania-incidents    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:20:43

  • Russian war, African recruits ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/russian-war-african-recruits    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:20:56

  • Ukrainians are now stocking up on semiautomatic shotguns to take out Russian drones ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/09/15/opinion/ukrainians-are-now-stocking-up-on-semiautomatic-shotguns-to-take-out-russian-drones/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:21:15

  • LSM's campaign for Ukrainian rehabilitation raises 139 thousand euros ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/15.09.2026-lsms-campaign-for-ukrainian-rehabilitation-raises-139-thousand-euros.a663217/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:22:35

  • Fedora 45-beta ☞ https://distrowatch.com/fedora    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:22:45

  • 'Putin Is Watching': US House Panel Advances Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-house-panel-advances-russia-iran-sanctions-bill-putin/33855848.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:22:59

  • ‘Putin looking to see how far he can push NATO’ ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/video/20260915-putin-looking-to-see-how-far-he-can-push-nato    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:23:11

  • Viral Putin, Modimir and Pooh-tin selfie at BRICS summit is Slop ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260915-viral-putin-modi-and-xi-selfie-at-brics-summit-is-ai-generated    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:23:39

  • Former head of Chinese food and drug watchdog jailed for bribery ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/former-head-of-chinese-food-and-drug-watchdog-jailed-for-bribery    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:29:55

  • China got cool for foreigners. But can they find a job there? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-got-cool-for-foreigners-but-can-they-find-a-job-there    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:30:30

  • China's Humanoid Race Moves From Demos to Factory Floors as Robots Build Robots at 10-Minute Pace ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chinas-humanoid-robots-scale-commercial-production-1819960    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:31:02

  • Satellite Images Suggest China Is Building World's First Submarine Drone Mothership ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-mothership-giant-uncrewed-submarines-1819956    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:31:33

  • Police arrest man after multiple people wounded in China knife attack ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/15/police-arrest-man-after-multiple-people-wounded-in-china-knife-attack/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:31:45

  • A Century After Keeping Jewish Students Out, Universities Are Letting Them Be Pushed Out ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/09/a-century-after-keeping-jewish-students-out-universities-are-letting-them-be-pushed-out/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:33:08

  • Latvia and China talk by telephone ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/15.09.2026-latvia-and-china-talk-by-telephone.a663242/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:33:25

  • Metro editor exits as ‘radical change’ needed to curb losses ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/metro-editor-exits-as-radical-change-needed-to-curb-losses/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:38:44

  • Australia's Indigenous Population Was 7 Times Larger Than Estimated, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/australias-indigenous-population-was-7-times-larger-than-estimated-study-finds    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:39:18

  • First Evidence in Humans That BPA Can Alter Insulin Sensitivity ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-evidence-in-humans-that-bpa-can-alter-insulin-sensitivity    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:39:30

  • Scientists Successfully Test Underwater Solar Cells 32 Feet Below The South China Sea ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-successfully-test-underwater-solar-cells-32-feet-below-the-south-china-sea    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:39:56

  • "Hey Carmen @ Mission Libre: We'd be happy to read your voices in a professional studio. Please get in touch by a different email than tutanota mail server which rejects secure messages. (TLS is required, but was not offered by host tutanota.de)" https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:40:55

  • "I wasted my life reading all four volumes of Knuth when I should have been prompting. In just a few hours, so they say, you can vibe-code applications that previously only a team of experts could achieve." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/fermi/fermi.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:43:15

  • "Here's the paradox. Every day I hear online about how "The Internet is dying". How the world desperately needs a new search engine that works since Google turned truly evil. How Facebook or X-formerly-known-as-twitter is a fascist dumpster fire and we need new social platforms."    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:43:43

  • It's not false though https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/12/how-the-web-died/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:44:02

  • Metal Particles From Joint Replacements Can Reach Your Brain, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/metal-particles-from-joint-replacements-can-reach-your-brain-study-finds    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:46:41

  • Scientists Discover Strange 4-Stranded Genetic Structures in Human Blood ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-strange-4-stranded-genetic-structures-in-human-blood    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:46:51

  • 'Living Medication' May Have Restored Bone Strength in 10 Patients With Advanced Osteoporosis ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/living-medication-may-have-restored-bone-strength-in-10-patients-with-advanced-osteoporosis    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:46:59

  • Nasal Spray Derived From Human Placenta Protects Against Alzheimer's Decline, Study in Mice Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasal-spray-derived-from-human-placenta-protects-against-alzheimers-decline-study-in-mice-shows    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:47:08

  • Eerily Quiet: Hurricane Activity in The Atlantic Ocean Has Just Passed an Ominous Milestone ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/eerily-quiet-hurricane-activity-in-the-atlantic-ocean-has-just-passed-an-ominous-milestone    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:47:25

  • Latvian politicians tested in TV wargame-style show ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/media/15.09.2026-latvian-politicians-tested-in-tv-wargame-style-show.a663229/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:47:36

  • The Forrest Dump Administration Is Disappearing Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Growing Third Country Removal Campaign ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/the-trump-administration-is-disappearing-immigrants-and-asylum-seekers-in-growing-third-country-removal-campaign    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:47:52

  • Australian far-right leader Pauline Hanson sorry over ‘primitive’ indigenous comments ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-far-right-leader-pauline-hanson-sorry-over-primitive-indigenous-comments    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:48:10

  • Cash-strapped Japanese monks turn to investing as inflation worsens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/cash-strapped-japanese-monks-turn-to-investing-as-inflation-worsens    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:48:29

  • Dubai-built RHIBs now in service with Nigeria Customs Service ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/dubai-built-rhibs-now-in-service-with-nigeria-customs-service/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:49:09

  • Yemen’s Houthis Show Growing Sophistication and Self-Reliance in Weaponry ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/world/middleeast/yemen-houthis-weapons.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:49:28

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Defended Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers on Truth Social, and Commenters Clapped Back ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/trump-truth-social-ai-data-centers.html "social control media platform he founded were met with an unusual volume of criticism."    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:50:28

  • "As far as I can see there are; still exactly TWO shitty web browsers that spy on you; two mainstream smartphone OS, both contemptible malware; three or four web-servers that are hard to configure and choke on bots; nothing has changed in the mail-server space since the 1990s; the same Facebook, Insta, some federated stuff with no users and same-old same-old social crap"    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:52:20

  • "So are people saying the fascists have the network and search so locked down that nothing is discoverable and the work of millions of coders is invisible? I haven't heard that. Or is my lack of hearing it part of that too? :)" https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/fermi/fermi.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:52:53

  • "Is Github a place where good ideas go to die? Are root distros like Debian or Arch so ossified and insular that they never get single new, credible and exciting candidate in the apt-repo queue?"    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:53:50

  • "Or is the reality that vibe-coding continues to produce exactly nothing of any practical use whatsoever. That it can produce novelty-ware that breaks after a few hours, but hasn't solved a single actual, real-world problem?"    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:53:55

  • "Are distros too timid, and reviewers too risk-averse to even mention this alleged mountain of new application code ready to bloom like a thousand flowers? Or is there a cabal of conspirators suppressing all of it? "    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:54:00

  • Oslo gave Ressa a BS trophy, so now she is somehow some alleged "HEY HI" expert? Why quote her like an expert on this? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/limit-ai-now-or-humanity-will-lose-its-agency-says-nobel-laureate-ressa    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:55:38

  • Anf of course the media also parrots the pedo man, whose views on everything are apparently gold despite him never ever graduating from college. His main accomplishment is passing viruses around. http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/The_Epstein_Files_Don_t_Say_the_Ages_of_Those_Russian_Girls_Bil.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:57:03

  • Cutting-edge slop "apps" don't exist. Software that accepts slop patches gets worse.    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:58:21

  • It's like fast food. Fast, but bad.    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:58:36

  • Court orders North Korea to pay Seoul $41 million for blowing up office ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/court-orders-north-korea-pay-seoul-32-5-million-for-blowing-up-office-yonhap    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:59:38

  • Two lawsuits challenge Convicted Felon administration’s revised public charge rule for immigrants ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/two-separate-lawsuits-challenge-trump-administrations-revised-public-charge-rule-for-immigrants/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:00:15

  • Grow CRA Readiness: Find Your Path Through the European Union Cyber Resilience Act ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/09/15/grow-cra-readiness-find-your-path-through-the-european-union-cyber-resilience-act/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/11/Why_Cyber_Resilience_Act_CRA_Won_t_Work.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:01:00

  • NGO concerned about South China Morning Post reporter Minnie Chan, 3 years after apparent disappearance ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/15/ngo-concerned-about-south-china-morning-post-reporter-minnie-chan-3-years-after-apparent-disappearance/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:01:40

  • China projecting image of 'stabilising force in world politics', expert says ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/china-projecting-image-of-stabilising-force-in-world-politics-expert-says    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:02:00

  • pgAssistant 3.8.0 : continuous improvement loop for Postgres ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgassistant-380-continuous-improvement-loop-for-postgres-3378/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:02:58

  • Vondra: PostgreSQL development activity ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1094470/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:03:06

  • EasyOS: Audacious is back, more DE translations ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202609/audacious-is-back-more-de-translations.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:04:08

  • EasyOS: Fix system X cursor Chromium 151* ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202609/fix-system-x-cursor-chromium-151.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:04:22

  • Yves-Alexis Perez: IKEv1 protocol disabled in strongSwan package for Debian unstable ☞ http://www.corsac.net/?rub=blog&post=1617    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:05:23

  • The Servo Blog: Your Donations at Work: One Year of Sponsored Servo Development ☞ https://servo.org/blog/2026/09/15/one-year-of-sponsorship/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:06:06

  • Linux Matters #90: Ooh, you are nøughty ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/90/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:06:38

  • Thai Broadband Provider Hacked via Fortinet Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/thai-broadband-provider-hacked-via-fortinet-vulnerability/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:10:35

  • Texas Utility CenterPoint Energy Confirms Breach After Hacker Leaks Data ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/texas-utility-centerpoint-energy-confirms-breach-after-hacker-leaks-data/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:10:53

  • It’s “A Cat-astrophe”! (1919) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/cat-astrophe    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:12:09

  • MYWAI™ VILMA™ is designed to bring human-like learning to robots via one-shot demonstration ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/09/15/mywai-vilma-is-designed-to-bring-human-like-learning-to-robots-via-one-shot-demonstration/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:13:07

  • SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/dealbook/openai-new-funding-round.html MORE PUMPING!!! https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/TRILLIONS_And_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_Invest_toda.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:15:35

  • Microsoft rolls out emergency update for backdoored Windows 11's latest patch ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-september-2026-update-brings-many-long-requested-features-but-also-surfaces-fresh-bugs-windows-11-update-causes-crashes-on-amd-graphics-explorer-hang-ups-and-broken-third-party-integrations    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:16:17

  • Chatbots are not chatbots, they're surveillance ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-transcripts-are-reportedly-read-by-humans-to-improve-responses-including-those-with-personal-information-project-lilly-has-seen-openai-hire-hundreds-of-contractors-to-manually-review-logs    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:16:50

  • Project Lily: Proprietary Chaffbot Company Lets Humans Read Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Chats ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/project-lily-openai-humans-read-chatgpt-chats    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:17:15

  • ChatGPT Straight Up Tries to Gaslight User After Being Confronted About Its Obviously Wrong Answer ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-gaslight-users    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:17:37

  • 'Revolutionary change in American foreign policy': Canada pivoting towards EU, India and China ☞ http://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260915-revolutionary-change-in-american-foreign-policy-canada-pivoting-towards-eu-india-and-china    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:18:34

  • Meta Is Using Instagram Users’ Photos to Build a Universal Facial Recognition System for Its Hated Smart Glasses, Class Action Lawsuit Claims ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-instagram-users-photos-facial-recognition-lawsuit    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:19:44

  • On the NSA’s Supercomputer from the 1960s ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/on-the-nsas-supercomputer-from-the-1960s.html "specialized code breaking computer built in the 1960s by I.C.B.M. for the NSA"    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:20:08

  • Lawyer says private messages cited as 'obscenity' evidence against detained LGBTI+s ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/lawyer-says-private-messages-cited-as-obscenity-evidence-against-detained-lgbti-s-323477    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:20:52

  • Minecraft Legacy gets rewritten in C++ for PS2 and Wii ports — code is tuned so it works well even on the PS2’s meager 32MB of RAM ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/minecraft-legacy-gets-re-written-in-c-for-ps2-and-wii-ports-code-is-tuned-so-it-works-well-even-on-the-ps2s-meager-32mb-of-ram    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:29:47

  • Five-Year Plan: First of 3 planned university towns to see institutions move in by 2027/28 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/16/five-year-plan-first-of-3-planned-university-towns-to-see-institutions-move-in-by-2027-28/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:31:23

  • Cambodia and Thailand kick off maritime conciliation in Singapore with a fiery start ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-cambodia-maritime-conciliation-kicks-off    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:31:41

  • Michael Catanzaro: Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities in NetworkManager Plugins ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/09/15/privilege-escalation-vulnerabilities-in-networkmanager-plugins/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:32:56

  • Enabling responsive Hey Hi (AI) at SIDO 2026 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/enabling-responsive-ai-at-sido-2026.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:33:54

  • Apple Patches 200 Vulnerabilities With New iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27 Releases ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-200-vulnerabilities-with-new-ios-27-macos-golden-gate-27-releases/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:35:57

  • looks like a possible slop graphic https://yle.fi/a/74-20246624    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:36:49

  • Zooming in, examining the finer details, it could be a real photo. https://yle.fi/ shows only real photos.    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:38:17

  • Going out to pull some birds https://yle.fi/a/74-20246137    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:40:17

  • Software Patents: Velos H.265 video codec patent monopoly challenge granted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/14/velos-h265-video-codec-patent-challenge-granted    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:49:47

  • NovaCloud Licensing DASH patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/14/novacloud-licensing-dash-patent-challenged    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:50:12

  • Portsmouth networking patents being investigated ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/14/portsmouth-networking-patents-being-investigated    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:50:34

  • Magnetar/Atlantic IP entity, Croga Innovations, firewall patent monopoly confirmed invalid by PTAB ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/11/magnetaratlantic-ip-entity-croga-innovations-firewall-patent-confirmed-invalid-by-ptab    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:50:49

  • How is the hiring of one person newsworthy? It's not. This is marketing spam for a sponsor of this crooked publisher. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/pinsent-masons-hires-simmons-simmons-patent-attorney-for-london-ip-team/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:51:46

  • Denmark Says Russian Warship Fired Flares at Military Helicopter ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/world/europe/denmark-russia-flares-helicopter.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:53:47

  • Rubenerd Show 433: The digital dust episode ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/show433/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:55:19

  • ‘teen-only tobacco' ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-korea-to-explore-development-of-teen-only-smartphones-to-combat-digital-addiction    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:55:55

  • Ubuntu Noble's likely last point release lands, then loses its desktop download https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/14/ubuntu-nobles-likely-last-point-release-lands-then-loses-its-desktop-download/5296292 thanks, 'secure boot' https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/12/Canonical_Has_Withdrawn_Ubuntu_24_04_5_Installer_Due_to_a_Criti.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 15:59:40

  • This seems to be paid marketing disguised as a "review" https://www.wired.com/review/system76-pangolin-pro-linux-laptop/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:03:35

  • Running Linux 6.11 On The ESP32-S3 With A Few Tweaks https://hackaday.com/2026/09/15/running-linux-6-11-on-the-esp32-s3-with-a-few-tweaks/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:04:34

  • "If dictation is your favorite method of taking notes and Linux is your desktop OS, Speech Note is the perfect app for you. Here's how to get started." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/speech-note-linux-speech-to-text-note-taking-dictation/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:06:09

  • Linux Fu: Speak Up! https://hackaday.com/2026/09/15/linux-fu-speak-up/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:06:41

  • Sidero Labs launches Talos Enterprise Linux https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sidero-labs-launches-talos-enterprise-linux-302877045.html    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:07:16

  • Slop images, so maybe LLM slop too https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bambootoken-malware-controls-windows-and-linux-systems-via-mqtt/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:07:49

  • "Today, the Fedora Project released the beta version of the upcoming Fedora Linux 45 for public testing to give us a glimpse of the new features and report potential bugs." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-45-beta-released-with-linux-7-2-gnome-51-and-kde-plasma-6-7    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:08:09

  • "Want to ensure your Linux system can recover from a catastrophe? Consider a handy GUI app for your Btrfs filesystem. These are the three I recommend." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/best-guis-for-btrfs-snapshots/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:08:26

  • "The Raspberry Pi Foundation published today a new version of its Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi computers with dock support, a new screenshot tool, and more." https://9to5linux.com/latest-raspberry-pi-os-release-brings-dock-support-and-new-screenshot-tool    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:09:44

  • "With the release of Firefox 156 rolling out to all supported platforms, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 157, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements." https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-157-enters-public-beta-testing-with-brand-new-nova-design    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:11:06

  • Across Linux and QNX https://embeddedcomputing.com/technology/open-source/linux-freertos-related/cross-platform-mbsd-without-the-s-function-headache-using-coderexternaldependency-to-deploy-a-single-simulink-model-across-linux-and-qnx    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:12:19

  • Linux 7.3-rc3 arrives with XFS, SMB security fixes and [slop] patch surge https://betanews.com/article/linux-73-rc3-xfs-smb-security-fixes/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:12:58

  • Red Heron exploits Gitea n-day flaw in multinational campaign, exposing new Linux rootkit https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/red-heron-exploits-gitea-n-day-flaw-in-multinational-campaign-exposing-new-linux-rootkit/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:14:19

  • Sidero Labs Expands Talos Linux with Native Hypervisor and Direct Container Scheduling https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/50566-sidero-labs-expands-talos-linux-with-native-hypervisor-and-direct-container-scheduling    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:16:12

  • "Linux on desktop systems is in a great place right now. Whatever desktop system you have, you can probably slap a Linux distro of your choice on it right now, and have few if any issues." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-works-better-on-gaming-handhelds-than-laptopsand-thats-embarrassing/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:16:36

  • I Forced Myself to Use Omarchy Exclusively for a Weekend, and I Have Thoughts https://medium.com/@michaelswengel/i-forced-myself-to-use-omarchy-exclusively-for-a-weekend-and-i-have-thoughts-781c0731cbed    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:16:57

  • 7 pioneering Linux applications that never needed replacing https://www.howtogeek.com/pioneering-linux-applications-that-never-needed-replacing/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:17:20

  • https://www.makeuseof.com/the-biggest-linux-migration-happening-right-now-is-a-30000-pc-escape-from-microsoft/   

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:17:43

  • OpenRGB 1.0 Launches for Open-Source RGB Customization on Windows, Linux, and macOS https://www.techpowerup.com/352691/openrgb-1-0-launches-for-open-source-rgb-customization-on-windows-linux-and-macos    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:18:10

  • Fedora 45's beta is now available to download, and there's good news for fans of GNOME and KDE https://www.xda-developers.com/fedora-45s-beta-is-now-available-to-download-and-theres-good-news-for-fans-of-gnome-and-kde/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:18:29

  • Ventoy turned one USB stick into every installer I ever needed, and I couldn't live without it https://www.xda-developers.com/ventoy-turned-one-usb-stick-into-every-installer-ever-needed-and-couldnt-live-without/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:18:52

  • Raspberry Pi Modernizes Its Desktop OS https://www.thurrott.com/linux/341649/raspberry-pi-modernizes-its-desktop-os    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:19:20

  • "If you’re a KDE Plasma fan, prepare to be wowed: Version 6.8 is the slickest, smoothest release yet." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/kde-plasma-6-8-beta-experience/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:19:40

  • Slop https://www.ghacks.net/2026/09/15/linux-7-3-rc3-arrives-with-xfs%D0%B1-smb-security-fixes-and-a-continued-ai-patch-surge/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:19:53

  • Valve releases SteamOS 3.9.1 https://videocardz.com/newz/steamos-3-9-1-preview-brings-linux-7-2-plasma-6-7-3-and-handheld-fixes    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 16:20:20

  • Dios vuelve en una Harley gemini://acastillog.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-09-16_Dios-Harley.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 18:26:17

  • Desktop/Laptop: 'Secure' Boot (Kill Switch, Back Door, TPM/DRM) Kills Ubuntu Downloads, Wired Reviews System76 Pangolin Pro Linux Laptop http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/16/Desktop_Laptop_Secure_Boot_Kill_Switch_Back_Door_TPM_DRM_Kills_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 18:56:24

  • Canonical/Ubuntu: Trying to Dodge GPL/Copyleft With Poor-Quality Imitations Controlled by Microsoft, Formal Posts About ROS 2 and RISC-V ISA http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/16/Canonical_Ubuntu_Trying_to_Dodge_GPL_Copyleft_With_Poor_Quality.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 18:57:02

  • "these are my favorite "what the fuck is going on??" spreads to gain some insight into my own interiority and some direction as to how to proceed. both are four card spreads laid out in a square, a 2x2 grid. i feel the shape is a good map of the relationships of the spread positions." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/clarityspreads    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 19:00:06

  • "I generally avoid political discussions with, well, pretty much anyone. It was one of the topics no one ever raised at work, along with religion and salaries. So this week, when I unexpectedly found myself talking to a neighbour who bluntly stated his views about a very contentious topic, it rather took me by surprise." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/mundane_reality    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 19:00:46

  • "For now, the provisional conclusion is that 70 to 90 percent of the population has a clear preference for traditional architecture. This preference is surprisingly unchanged by other demographic features." gemini://whither.smol.pub/1789573552    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 19:01:32

  • "What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet." gemini://whither.smol.pub/1789571236    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 19:02:27

  • "This article has some merit, but doesn't totally get it right. Often these things look better in some metric but often it relies on looking at a single environmental problem and forgetting the others." gemini://whither.smol.pub/1789577757    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 19:03:37

  • Four Birds https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/16/9620/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 19:11:42

  • Employees of King are threatening to go on strike due to a conflict with management | WN Hub ⚓ https://wnhub.io/news/hr/item-52084 ䷉ Source: | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//wnhub.io/news/hr/item-52084    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 19:17:14

  • Nice change: ed the bird just came for seeds, still not brave enough to stay on the knob to eat directly    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 19:35:34

  • hearsayboy's laptop needs a new motherboard and he cannot afford to spend money to buy one ("it does absolutely nothing without the battery connected"). He wasted money on hired guns who send death threats. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/31/Spending_Over_a_Million_Bucks_on_Lawsuits_Abroad_When_There_s_a.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 20:22:47

  • 30 seconds ago HearsayBoy not only read what was published 2 mins ago but finished reading it and then wrote about it. He's clearly chronically refreshing Techrights instead of working to fix the laptop while deflecting ALL of the issues raised. So it is 1) true; 2) hurtful.    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 21:05:47

  • In many lawsuits everyone, both parties end up broke. HearsayGarrett was warned this would happen. He was warned about it five years ago: https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/25/timewasting-letters/ he's just bitter. He's not even respectful enough to show up in Court.    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 21:07:56

  • And he's aware that trying to discharge his own debt would immediately result in foreclosure. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/31/Spending_Over_a_Million_Bucks_on_Lawsuits_Abroad_When_There_s_a.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 21:09:08

  • This Security Issue Is Too Funny To Ignore https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=DYu9391lVP0    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 21:42:30

  • food insecurity https://www.dw.com/en/how-climate-change-and-food-insecurity-could-fuel-future-conflicts/a-78871431    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 21:43:00

  • Manchester United Crisis https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/16/manchester-united-crisis/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 22:48:21

  • Shouting at Me Doesn't Mean I'm Wrong https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/16/shouting-at-me-doesnt-mean-im-wrong/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 23:03:48

  • "Measurement and instrumentation specialist Tektronix has announced a new entry in its 7 Series DPO digital storage oscilloscope family — and claims it's the world's first model to offer eight channels with over 6GHz of bandwidth per channel: the DPO718AX." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202609/20260916-tek.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 23:37:55

  • Imagine proclaiming to be ACPI expert and not knowing how to fix laptop. Then saying you're security expert WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT (except maybe a Wikipedia vanity page set up to be like "substitute" for facts)    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 23:38:51

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

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 23:41:28

  • Keeping Things Simple, Stupid https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/16/keeping-things-simple-stupid/    

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 23:53:43
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