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Brief stargazing 5am gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260925-0.gmi "The temperature was a little below freezing, and it felt cold enough that I had to put on my hat, my light jacket, and my winter jacket, to feel comfortable."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:41:45

  • "As I work on different projects, I need to change environment variables on a per-project basis." gopher://phlog.z3bra.org/0/autoload-environment-variables.txt    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:42:32

  • "I have long said my hidden superpower is my ability to predict trends. I started noticing this superpower in fourth grade, when I got mocked for my extremely "uncool" outfits." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-09-25    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:43:38

  • "I spent my whole working life with a large firm of accountants. The technology used for internal and external communications, for team working and the recording of knowledge and decision making, changed many times during that period." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/dicta_phone    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:44:23

  • "I am currently on my trip back home from a conference week in France and more specifically Lyon, which is that far in the south that we had 25-30 degrees near the end of September - sweet." gemini://gemini.enthusi.de/ram/ram_2026-09-25.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:45:19

  • "The other day, yesterday morning to be exact, I was thinking it would be pretty neat if Lagrange could be compiled with Emscripten so it could run locally as a web page." gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2026/09/emscripten-lagrange.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:46:31

  • I've read a Book about Shorthand from 1796 gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260924mosengeil.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:47:19

  • "Health insurance isn't a fun topic to write about, but it's an important one because here in the United States it touches all of our lives." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/insurance.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:48:25

  • good at math gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/good_at_math    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:49:11

  • "This is not for lack of ideas. I want this to be a place for the writing I do not necessarily want next to my CV, a podcast with friends, the music I make, and anything else that comes to mind. So why is its content limited to the rare post?" gemini://juliette.zone/gemlog/what-should-i-do-here.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:49:52

  • North America: Windows down to pitiful 60% in desktops https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 05:59:27

  • China: GNU/Linux at 9.2% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=2d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=CN    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 06:00:39

  • Daniel Pocock Petition to Put Reform UK Party Limited in Administration in Social Control Media https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/daniel-pocock-petition-to-put-reform-uk-party-limited-in-administration-in-social-control-media/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 06:11:45

  • Unconditionally Against Racism https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/unconditionally-against-racism/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 06:14:01

  • Microsoft CEO On Recent Xbox Layoffs: ‘There’s Some Amount Of Streamlining Asha Is Doing…Which Is Great To See’ https://kotaku.com/microsoft-ceo-on-recent-xbox-layoffs-theres-some-amount-of-streamlining-asha-is-doing-which-is-great-to-see-2000737217    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 06:26:16

  • Amid mass Xbox layoffs, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the "streamlining" is "great to see" https://www.gamesradar.com/games/amid-mass-xbox-layoffs-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-says-the-streamlining-is-great-to-see/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 06:26:40

  • "IBM is best described as a shithole's shithole. Go ahead and accept the offer if you like that kind of thing," https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3dnnbm0    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 07:20:34

  • "It is not the place people outside think it is. It’s been coasting on an image cultivated in the 1980s and it’s very much no longer the place to be. In general too it’s no longer prestigious" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3dnnbm0    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 07:21:09

  • "As far as culture, innovation, work/ life balance, technology leadership, employee morale. Just to name a few . It doesn’t get much lower. It is so mismanaged. So top heavy with bad leaders. The ship is going down faster every year. I spent 18 years there. I would not recommend it unless you are a fresh grad and looking for experience to put on your resume."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 07:21:19

  • Responses to: "Hi everyone. I've been reading posts here recently because I have an offer from IBM and I'm trying to decide if I should accept it. (I don't feel comfortable giving any specifics.) There are a lot of negative posts here. Some are crude and I wonder if that's just for comic effect or a reflection of how things are at IBM. Is IBM really that bad? Thanks in advance for any thoughts."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 07:21:53

  • "keep in mind that the true numbers are still yet lower. That's because people like me who were "retired" last December have a years worth of cobra and therefore IBM medical and dental. That means that all of us who were forcibly retired, would be shown as active in this model. That makes some of these numbers an additional year out of date." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3a9s7rs    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 07:22:54

  • Littered with slop images, not just LLM 'code' https://lemire.me/blog/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 07:52:06

  • You Lose the Ability to Think and Forget Skills https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/you-lose-the-ability-to-think-and-forget-skills/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 07:58:31

  • "Thus, to a very good approximation, getting a PhD amounted to writing a thesis.But we have a problem. AI can write something that looks quite a bit like a thesis. With a bit of prompting, you can produce something that looks like a PhD thesis.I have been telling everyone I can that we have a big problem."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:05:51

  • "Apparently other people have realized this as well. People at Harvard are now saying that a thesis is insufficient for a PhD." https://lemire.me/blog/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:06:00

  • "You might need to pass a comprehensive examination that checks whether you have a basic understanding of the field. A few students fail at this point, but not many.Then you write a thesis and defend it."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:06:19

  • "In theory, you could write a strong thesis and still fail the oral defense. That is uncommon. The defense is typically a public event, and there may be guests. Failing a student at that stage would be a public humiliation. I have seen students who could not answer basic questions still receive their PhDs because the thesis itself was good enough."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:06:36

  • "model laundering" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1000758/suno-sony-umg-lawsuit-ai-music | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:09:28

  • Software Patents ☛ https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=179033204702840&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:10:21

  • "That’s in response to Ezra Klein’s sit-down with Jensen Huang, head of Nvidia, in which Huang happily admits he doesn’t know his zipcode or phone number." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/just-get-one-of-your-people-to-do-it-for-you | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:11:39

  • Lemire has HIMSELF become slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/26/Making_Oneself_Obsolete_With_Slop.shtml https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/you-lose-the-ability-to-think-and-forget-skills/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:12:17

  • Anon: "In grad school I always asked questions in presentations, specifically to define in plain English any and all of the buzzwords I had noted being used. That eventually spread to the other students and for a while the institution was rather lower bullshit than usual."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:12:31

  • "These days, however, the institution using the name of the old one is a malicious, harmful joke. It is incapable of doing anything useful and does only damage any more."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:12:45

  • "Let's play Facebook."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:12:52

  • "Let's deploy Microsoft instead of getting work done."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:12:59

  • Lemire calls LLMs "AI". This means he doesn't quite understand what AI means.    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:13:20

  • "The confirmation came from McClatchy, publishers of 29 papers in 14 states, including a number of the old Knight-Ridder offerings." ☛ https://dicktofel.substack.com/p/mcclatchy-cutting-newsrooms-says | Source: Richard J Tofel    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:14:02

  • "Although the FBI reportedly opened an investigation into her killing in November 2022, it has made no progress nearly four years later." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/09/cpj-urges-us-senators-to-seek-accountability-for-israels-killing-of-journalist-shireen-abu-akleh/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:14:18

  • "almost without question." ☛ https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/503797/white-house-press-ban-hearing | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:14:55

  • "By noon he had backed down." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/25/years-before-his-cnn-and-politico-ban-trump-yanked-my-press-pass/ | Source: Salon    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:15:06

  • "Weed On Purpose, Not Only After a Fight" ☛ https://bookriot.com/florida-education-commissioner-demands-book-bans/ | Source: Book Riot    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:17:35

  • "Five Years of Relentless Attacks on the Freedom to Read" ☛ https://raforall.blogspot.com/2026/09/reflection-on-five-years-of-relentless.html | Source: Becky Spratford    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:17:48

  • "Israeli directors of “NAZA,” a documentary about soldiers’ killing of Gaza civilians." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-israeli-filmmakers-behind-naza-might-lose-their-citizenship/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:18:14

  • "Over 100 protesters were arrested near the United Nations in New York on Thursday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the General Assembly." ☛ https://truthout.org/video/over-100-protesters-arrested-at-peaceful-sit-in-ahead-of-netanyahus-un-speech/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:18:36

  • "I had fully intended to respect the seven day grace period without mentioning the petition on my blog or anywhere else." ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/winding-up-petition-leaked-before-service-reform-uk-party-limited/ | Source: Daniel Pocock    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:19:26

  • "Now, I’m not a China expert, but…" ☛ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/how-china-sees-ai | Source: Derek Thompson    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:19:46

  • "Techbros literally out here trying to disrupt the fraternity rape-house: [...]" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/09/disruption-ai/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:20:00

  • "will continue to serve as the foundation of the federal government’s engagement with Jewish communities and its work to fight antisemitism." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/09/a-definition-that-meets-the-moment-federal-government-recognizes-antisemitism-includes-anti-zionism/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:20:13

  • "Don’t start fights. Being pleasant to work with (particularly when you don’t get your way) covers many sins." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/advice-to-a-beginning-software-engineer/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:20:28

  • "The capital will arrive in two tranches. Nscale expects to receive $2.26 billion in the near future from a consortium that includes Third Point, Apollo, Citadel and more than a dozen other institutional investors." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/25/ai-data-center-builder-nscale-raises-3-36b-ahead-of-ipo/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:20:43

  • "With power applied the switch starts up as normal, including its 1.3″ touch screen that provides direct port information as well as a fancy screensaver cum QR code" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/reviving-the-poe-feature-on-a-ubiquiti-switch/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:21:48

  • "Just recently, I encountered a weird issue, for the first time in my computing life." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/laptop-power-charging-not-charging.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:21:57

  • "Despite the predictions that no one would ever put build data centers in space, Google is starting on Thursday" ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/09/25/dawn-dusk-orbit/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:22:44

  • "the overwhelming majority of nuclear waste is low- and intermediate-level waste (LLW and ILW) churned out by hospitals, laboratories and various industries." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/the-low-level-waste-dumps-in-the-atlantic-have-become-ecosystems/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:24:04

  • "While clearly limited, the orbiting server is set to handle AI requests for up to a year, although it will remain in orbit for up to six years." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/google-is-blasting-an-experimental-ai-data-center-into-orbit-first-satellite-will-feature-just-four-tensor-processing-units | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:24:17

  • "Atrazine is the second most widely used herbicide in the US after glyphosate." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/pesticide-linked-to-cancer-pollutes-25-percent-of-us-river-and-stream-miles/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:24:39

  • "A huge portion, 79%, of all data centers globally are exposed to acute risk from severe, climate-induced weather events." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/18/data-center-climate-change-study.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:24:50

  • "Climate change impacts are one problem: Data centers consume huge volumes of water, leaving them exposed to drought, and many are being planned in places that are prone to floods, fires, tornadoes, or other disasters." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/24/2026/data-centers-have-an-insurance-problem | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:25:04

  • "Twenty four hours later and the mainstream British media dare not mention it. Are they in shock or did the lawyers from Reform obtain a super-injunction?" ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/media-silence-deafening-reform-uk-brink-administration/ | Source: Daniel Pocock    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:28:50

  • "Shortly before Congress left for its August recess, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved a bill that would abolish the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE)." ☛ https://americanoversight.org/cigie-inspectors-general-oversight-bill-2026/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:29:05

  • libreplanet-discuss is heavily moderated https://techrights.org/n/2024/05/16/The_FSF_Ought_to_Protest_Against_UEFI_Secure_Boot_Like_It_Used_.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/10/This_Year_for_the_First_Time_Since_August_2019_Bill_Gates_MIT_S.shtml https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=libreplanet-discuss&set1=body    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:33:38

  • Anon: "was also surprised to find the FSF irc chans are practically dead and suppose they are no longer comfortable "operating in the open", as it were."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:34:12

  • EPO series will resume today    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:38:38

  • "The US government is arguing that it should be involved in the case to protect American companies." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-is-trying-to-get-musk-and-x-out-of-a-dollar137-million-eu-fine/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:42:40

  • "Democracies do not die from a single blow. They die from a political alphabet" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/the-alphabet-of-democracys-destruction | Source: The Next Move    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:42:48

  • "Because Social Security data was never intended for verifying voter eligibility" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/scotus-greenlights-the-misuse-of-social-security-data | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:43:16

  • "I keep clicking the button myself despite knowing better." ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/09/25/pausing-standard-site/ | Source: David Bushell    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:44:44

  • "I'm choosing not to. And I'm also choosing not to think too hard about it." ☛ https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-09-25 | Source: Dr Molly Tov    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:45:01

  • "That was one of the most shocking things that I learned from my reporting, actually. I had assumed that these were largely frat kids." ☛ https://www.vox.com/podcasts/504011/burnerverse-maddie-kowalski-online-harassment | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:45:13

  • "But she warned against the dangers of politicians becoming "AI puppets"." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20248236 | Source: Yle    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:45:39

  • "Thus, to a very good approximation, getting a PhD amounted to writing a thesis.But we have a problem. AI can write something that looks quite a bit like a thesis." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/26/a-thesis-isnt-enough-for-a-phd/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:46:06

  • "Whether you have a white-collar job or not, commodified intelligence fundamentally makes workers more replaceable, and this is bad for them." ☛ https://herecomesthemoon.net/2026/09/commodified-intelligence/ | Source: Mond    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:46:24

  • "The definitive test for generative AIs: which creates the most accurate ass. There are several models available and you can read the prompt." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/llm-assbench/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:46:37

  • "This week, it was the KDE project’s turn to end up in the crossfire while trying to propose a policy on the use (or non-use) of AI in its code." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/ai-kde-plasma/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:46:50

  • "makes many points echoing several already made recently here and elsewhere." ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/iciam-statement-on-mathematics-and-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: Terence Tao    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:47:14

  • "Predictions of the future are often laughable when reviewed in the years for which they are made." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/did-the-bbc-and-sir-clive-get-it-right-twenty-years-ago/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:47:31

  • "high-fidelity research platforms that simulate and monitor real-world AI security scenarios" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1000644/irregular-rogue-ai-cyberattacks-hacking-openai-meta-anthropic-google | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:47:58

  • "Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law after an agent hacked into its health statistics portal in the first widely known incident of an AI agent hacking a government website." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/openai-agent-hacked-australias-health-service-their-government-found-out-months-later/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:48:13

  • "If the industry doesn’t start to fix this issue soon, someone else will try — such as the U.S. government" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/25/more-agents-go-rogue-but-ai-companies-arent-slowing-down-yet/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:48:40

  • "Short-term boom could lead to a longer-term drought and removal of important works from circulation." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/japanese-used-bookstores-see-5x-sales-surge-as-books-are-being-bought-by-the-ton-one-50-ton-order-sent-to-the-us-for-ai-scanning-and-destruction-multitude-of-suspicious-bulk-buys-thought-to-end-up-in-foreign-ai-scan-and-shred-facilities | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:48:54

  • "Oracle Corp. is moving to shield itself from racking up expenses on a massive data center being built in New Mexico, adding a fresh wrinkle to a project beset by opposition and regulatory setbacks." ☛ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-24/oracle-cites-force-majeure-to-shield-itself-on-controversial-data-center | Source: Bloomberg    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:49:09

  • "The latest wobble, reported this morning by Bloomberg and confirmed by Semafor, comes from Oracle" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/24/2026/ais-financial-jenga-towers-start-to-wobble | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:50:41

  • "Volkswagen is recalling 49,958 Tiguans over a software fault in the body control module" ☛ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article317319987.html | Source: Miami Herald    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:53:17

  • "When retrieving a repository over the "dumb" transfer protocol, Git makes certain HTTP requests with the FAILONERROR option set" ☛ https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/macos_cant_clone_dumb_git_repos_over_http2 | Source: Ayer    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:53:34

  • "You can turn off Apple Intelligence features like Siri AI (Beta),* summarization features, and more." ☛ https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mchlb2e44f94/mac | Source: Apple Inc    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:53:48

  • "The CICC is an attached agency of the DICT. The restriction was removed on Thursday, Sept. 24." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/ban-on-discord-lifted-dict-cicc/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:54:03

  • "A practical question poses itself. As the cook, I have to determine whether the meat is well done. That means tasting it." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/09/our-family-no-longer-is-a-vegetarian-one/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:56:11

  • "Over the next couple of weeks in theaters across the world, the public will be able to see this 80-minute crash course in Lavender" ☛ https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/naza-documentary-idf-gaza | Source: Marisa Kabas    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:56:21

  • "The new Radial Gradient filters come in a three-pack – one blue, one red, and one orange" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/lens-filters/these-photos-feel-like-the-1970s-they-were-taken-with-a-modern-digital-camera-and-a-set-of-very-unusual-filters | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:57:03

  • "I am working my way through reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s blog, which she began in 2010" ☛ https://michellebarker.co.uk/writing/blogging-like-ursula-k-le-guin/ | Source: Michelle Barker    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:57:30

  • "Somewhere between a missed connection, talking about how to combat institutional amnesia, and a morning of reconsidering the power of storytelling" ☛ https://ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/a-cleveland-story-2026-aall-annual-meeting-recap/ | Source: RIPS Law Librarian Blog    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:57:48

  • "That’s why you can’t just wait until someone’s finished talking and ask all your questions at once." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/you-should-all-be-asking-way-more-questions/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:58:11

  • "It brought together twenty-four senior mathematicians from across the discipline, along with several current PhD students and postdocs" ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/recommendations-of-the-summit-on-phd-math-education-in-the-age-of-ai/ | Source: Terence Tao    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:58:36

  • [Old] "I didn’t really know Om, but I’ve been reading him for the best part of a quarter of a century." ☛ https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/06/the-passing-of-om-malik/ |    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:59:02

  • [Old] "I knew Om contained multitudes, but sitting by his side these last few weeks, I’ve been amazed to learn how many deep and completely separate communities he was part of." ☛ https://ma.tt/2026/06/om-forever/ | Source: Matt Mullenweg    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:59:19

  • "Thank you to everyone who expressed interest in shaping OmFest. We’re still working out some details, but we’ve got a Luma registration page for the event up." ☛ https://ma.tt/2026/08/omfest-registration/ | Source: Matt Mullenweg    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 08:59:35

  • "The Fibonacci sequence is so-called because in Western mathematics is first appears in connection with a problem from Fibonacci's 1202 book Liber Abaci." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2026/09/25/#fibonacci-word-2 | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 09:01:02

  • "I peeked at the code and saw a Webmention endpoint hiding in there and nearly fell over" ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2026/09/25/okay-typosphere-who-else-is-using-their-typewriter-to-converse-with-others-via-web-and-webmention/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 09:02:27

  • "The purpose of Grok/X IS to promote Musk-flavored fascism." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/09/24/The-Purpose-Isnt-What-It-Does | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 09:02:35

  • "Beginning with OS X Mavericks 10.9, Apple started transitioning file services to using Server Message Block (SMB)" ☛ https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/apple-filing-protocol-removed-from-macos-golden-gate/ | Source: Rich Trouton    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:42:19

  • "I went with uppercase MTWRFSU for odd weeks and lowercase mtwrfsu of even weeks." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/arvelie | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:42:50

  • "Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of September 2026. This was a big month with the release of JavaFX 27!" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/javafx-links-of-september-2026/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:43:20

  • "It’s a useful capability for all sorts of reasons. If you want to use an e-graph as an theorem prover backend for another system it’s table stakes." ☛ https://www.philipzucker.com/proof_uf/ | Source: Philip Zucker    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:44:31

  • "Not all that long ago by my standards, I wrote about how PyPy had been quietly working for me" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/PyPyGivingUpForNow | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:44:56

  • "This technical article explores an end-to-end, reproducible quantitative pipeline built in R." ☛ https://datageeek.com/2026/09/25/quantitative-event-driven-modeling-btc-balance-sheet-shocks-with-sec-edgar-filings-in-r/ | Source: DataGeeek    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:45:46

  • "In my daily life I do a lot of debugging, reverse engineering, and software development. For some of these tasks, understanding how computer works in unnecessary detail is, well, sometimes useful." ☛ https://pulkomandy.tk/_/_/_Unsollicited%20advice%20about%20stackframes | Source: PulkoMandy    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:46:07

  • "Git is a staple in my development workflow, so you'd think I'd use it the same way most other developers do, but I don't." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/how-i-develop-pure-commons-apps | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:46:26

  • "He sees a clear need, he knows this needs to happen." ☛ https://www.ryansinger.co/a-primer-for-operators-who-need-software/ |    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:46:53

  • "Right now we barely even articulate that the exchange exists, let alone that it establishes a long-term, subtle, and implicit relationship between maintainer and user" ☛ https://blog.glyph.im/2026/09/who-is-open-source-about.html | Source: Glyph    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:47:30

  • "We saw Denmark's government move from Windows to Linux back in 2025, followed by France and Switzerland earlier this year." ☛ https://www.xda-developers.com/the-netherlands-joins-europes-gradual-migration-from-windows-to-linux-on-government-pcs/ | Source: XDA    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:47:59

  • "It is a framework that looks to tackle the government's digital stack" ☛ https://itsfoss.com/news/netherlands-dawo-initiative/ | Source: It's FOSS    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:48:33

  • "The government of the Netherlands plans to replace Microsoft's Windows and other software with a custom Linux-based operating system and IT suite named DAWO (Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid)." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/09/25/dutch-government-to-replace-microsoft-windows-with-nixos-based-operating-system.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:48:52

  • "Exactly twenty-five years ago today. Within all their fancy release presentations and videos there are barely no mentions of curl." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/09/25/25-years-on-apple-computers/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:51:29

  • "Homebrew, which I help maintain, has run macOS formula builds under sandbox-exec since 2015." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/09/24/package-manager-sandboxing.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:51:56

  • "Because Denote files are standard files, we do not provide the equivalent of a find-file command to directly open a file in the denote-directory." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-09-25-emacs-denote-find-file/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:52:08

  • "Packet radio is a particularly fun part of the ham radio hobby." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/pi-pico-recreates-the-heathkit-pocket-packet/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:52:35

  • "Unboxed STEM Club consists of three friends aged 10 to 13 who meet up each weekend, along with two enthusiastic dads." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/sensea-underwater-camera-raspberry-pi-official-magazine-170/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:52:45

  • "I'm not entirely certain if all BSDs use the exact same format and as far as I know there are differences among architectures, so let's be specific here: I'm looking at NetBSD 11 on x86_64." ☛ https://movq.de/blog/postings/2026-09-25/0/POSTING-en.html | Source: Peter Hofmann    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:53:06

  • "An early draft. This is our first attempt at piecing together the chronology and the code of the early Star Trek games." ☛ https://decwar.org/Star-Trek-Emulations/ |    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:53:38

  • "An early draft. This is our first attempt at piecing together the chronology and the code of the early Star Trek games." ☛ https://decwar.org/Star-Trek-Emulations/ |    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:53:50

  • "Solastro is a longtime WoW player who told 404 Media he found the Asmongold related spam in WoW: Forever intolerable." ☛ https://www.404media.co/this-world-of-warcraft-forever-mod-blocks-all-interactions-with-asmongold-fans/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:54:03

  • "I'm developing OpenStint, an SDR-based lap timing solution for rc racing and motorsport, which [RTL-SDR.COM] presented during the summer" ☛ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/demod-analyzer-analyze-digital-modulation-bpsk-qpsk-16-qam-in-iq-files/ | Source: RTL-SDR    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:54:29

  • "I’ve been backing up my home directories on my NetBSD machines to my FreeBSD backup server using rsync(1)." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/diff-ing-netbsd-and-freebsd-zfs-zpool-features/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:54:50

  • "I will join Sacha Chua and Pedro A. Aranda Gutierrez to talk about Emacs. Specifically, Pedro will elaborate on work related to the Org LaTeX exporter." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-09-25-emacs-live-sacha-pedro/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:55:11

  • "This week, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams had a lot to talk about." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/25/hackaday-podcast-episode-388-ram-swapping-on-raspberry-pi-raindrops-on-radar-and-a-fine-mesh/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:55:26

  • SteamOS 3.8.28 stable released with big improvements for Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more hardware support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-28-stable-released-with-big-improvements-for-steam-deck-steam-machine-and-more-hardware-support/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:58:18

  • ARC Raiders Frozen Trail update sounds awesome, and they're going to test a PvE mode | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/arc-raiders-frozen-trail-update-sounds-awesome-and-theyre-going-to-test-a-pve-mode/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:58:46

  • Get your DRM-free goodies in the GOG Autumn Sale | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/get-your-drm-free-goodies-in-the-gog-autumn-sale/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:59:22

  • Get some spooky games, god games and more across some great Humble Bundles | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/get-some-spooky-games-god-games-and-more-across-some-great-humble-bundles/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 12:59:30

  • "Wave of Suicide Attempts on USS Lincoln Expose Horror of Trump’s War | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/215810/suicide-attempts-uss-lincoln-iran-war    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:00:17

  • "God is inefficient - Ben Tsai" https://bentsai.org/posts/god-is-inefficient    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:00:33

  • tiguan https://www.autoblog.com/news/vw-tiguan-recalled-as-software-may-kill-engine-lights-and-camera    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:00:52

  • Did you know that colors can be illegal to use? Here's why | "Visste du att färger kan vara olagliga att använda? Det här beror det på | Inrikes | Svenska Yle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/a/7-10105680    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:02:02

  • The Media as Repeater of Lies From Slop Pushers ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/25/the-media-as-repeater-of-lies-from-slop-pushers/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:07:32

  • Two stable kernels for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1096818/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:07:59

  • Michael Meeks: 2026-09-19 Saturday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-09-19.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:11:24

  • Things Not to Measure in Quantity Alone (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Things_Not_to_Measure_in_Quantity_Alone.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:11:37

  • UPC is itself illegal ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-court-of-appeal-rules-on-its-jurisdiction-over-pre-granted-patents/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:12:49

  • PM urges Lithuanian banks to prepare for payments during national mobilisation ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3063274/pm-urges-lithuanian-banks-to-prepare-for-payments-during-national-mobilisation    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:13:59

  • Deadly New Strikes In Russia's War On Ukraine As Spillover Concerns Mount ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraie-russia-attacks-civilians-killed-drone-threats/33864157.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:14:36

  • Zelenskyy calls for pressure on Russia, warns that war’s impact is spreading beyond Ukraine ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/zelenskyy-calls-for-pressure-on-russia-and-warns-wars-impact-is-spreading-beyond-ukraine/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:14:57

  • EU releases €6.6 billion for members arming Ukraine as seven killed in Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260925-eu-releases-%E2%82%AC6-6-billion-for-members-arming-ukraine-as-five-killed-in-kyiv    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:15:08

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) Harm Atrocity Survivors in DRC, Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine: PHR Amicus Brief ☞ https://phr.org/news/trump-administration-sanctions-on-international-criminal-court-icc-harm-atrocity-survivors-in-drc-gaza-myanmar-ukraine-phr-amicus-brief/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:15:52

  • Three for the Weekend: Symphony, Ukraine, Anatomy ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/25.09.2026-three-for-the-weekend-symphony-ukraine-anatomy.a664753/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:16:11

  • This Week in GNOME: #267 A New Era ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/09/twig-267/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:17:02

  • Russian Attacks Destroy Ukrainian Books ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000011148419/russian-attacks-destroy-ukrainian-books.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:17:27

  • Stuck on the Battlefield, Russia Wages ‘Total War’ on Ukraine’s Economy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-economy.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:17:39

  • Russian Attacks Destroy Millions of Books, the Heart of Ukrainian Culture ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world/europe/russia-ukraine-books-attacks.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:17:51

  • Childhood in wartime ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Perspectives/From-the-Editors/2026/0925/ukraine-war-children    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:18:02

  • Russian city names found painted over on Latvia's road signs ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/25.09.2026-russian-city-names-found-painted-over-on-latvias-road-signs.a664789/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:18:17

  • Young organs may not be a fountain of youth for recipients ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/25/1145083/young-organs-may-not-be-a-fountain-of-youth-for-recipients/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:18:44

  • A Russian Software Company Duped the Secret Service, U.S. Prosecutors Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world/europe/russia-software-arrest.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:19:01

  • Can we still call Russia’s strategy against the EU hybrid? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3061146/can-we-still-call-russia-s-strategy-against-the-eu-hybrid    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:19:13

  • U.S. Soldier Gets 70 Months in Prison for AT&T, Verizon Extortions ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/u-s-soldier-gets-70-months-in-prison-for-att-verizon-extortions/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:19:39

  • Pluralistic: Itch scratching (25 Sep 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/25/other-people/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:19:52

  • Exton 260925 "LFS" ☞ https://distrowatch.com/exton    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:20:33

  • A Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke OS (LCOS) is Not Even in Top 100 in DisroWatch, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke Just Games the Numbers Like Linspire Did (and Got 'Banned' for It) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/A_Microsoft_Lunduke_OS_LCOS_is_Not_Even_in_Top_100_in_DisroWatc.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:21:03

  • Managing edge solutions with Red Hat: A layered approach ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/25/managing-edge-solutions-red-hat-layered-approach    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:22:00

  • Don't let TEEs break your MPC ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/09/25/dont-let-tees-break-your-mpc/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:22:34

  • Diff’ing NetBSD and FreeBSD ZFS zpool features ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/diff-ing-netbsd-and-freebsd-zfs-zpool-features/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:25:23

  • 25 years on Fashion Company Apple computers ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/09/25/25-years-on-apple-computers/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:26:29

  • How I Develop Pure Commons Apps ☞ https://kevquirk.com/how-i-develop-pure-commons-apps    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:27:18

  • Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1096637/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:30:25

  • End of Support for Mageia 9 https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/09/25/end-of-support-for-mageia-9/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:33:39

  • Red Hat Enterprise GNU/Linux 10 STIG automation now matches DISA STIG V1R2 ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-stig-automation-now-matches-disa-stig-v1r2    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:35:24

  • This Week in Plasma: Akademy Special ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/09/26/this-week-in-plasma-akademy-special/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:36:38

  • How was a 15-year-old able to bring a rifle to school? ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/how-was-a-15-year-old-able-to-bring-a-rifle-to-school-323789    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:38:19

  • North Korea Suspected in $351 Million Bitget Crypto Heist ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/north-korea-suspected-in-351-million-bitget-crypto-heist/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:39:30

  • CISA Election Security Plan Flags Patching Barriers, Voter Database Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-election-security-plan-flags-patching-barriers-voter-database-attacks/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:42:57

  • ‘SalesBleed’ Flaws in Salesfarce Agentforce Enabled Zero-Click Data Exfiltration ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/salesbleed-flaws-in-salesforce-agentforce-enabled-zero-click-data-exfiltration/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:43:29

  • Roundcube Webmail Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/roundcube-webmail-vulnerability-in-attackers-crosshairs/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:43:44

  • European Patent Office (EPO) Corruption, EPO Series: “A Tale of Two Antónios” https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/european-patent-office-epo-corruption-epo-series-a-tale-of-two-antonios/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 13:56:22

  • Blacklisting Sites That Use Slop https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/blacklisting-sites-that-use-slop/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:14:06

  • Stanford updates package retrieval system following security concerns ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/09/25/packages-update/ "The previous QR code system raised concerns of possible theft."    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:18:21

  • A summary from the 2026 Git Contributors' Summit ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1096819/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:18:47

  • Questioning Hong Kong’s lack of a banned book list is ‘soft resistance’ – outgoing nat. security police chief ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/25/questioning-hong-kongs-lack-of-a-banned-book-list-is-soft-resistance-outgoing-nat-security-police-chief/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:19:35

  • Hong Kong 47: Ex-district councillor says he has ‘no regrets’ after release from prison ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/25/hong-kong-47-ex-district-councillor-says-he-has-no-regrets-after-release-from-prison/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:19:56

  • Colombia’s anti-drug policies could deepen racial discrimination, UN experts warn ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/colombias-anti-drug-policies-could-deepen-racial-discrimination-un-experts-warn/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:20:21

  • Lithuania and Philippines agree to coordinate labour migration ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3063303/lithuania-and-philippines-agree-to-coordinate-labour-migration    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:20:39

  • EC says it is ‘carefully assessing’ Baltic request for €500 million in drone defences ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3063141/ec-says-it-is-carefully-assessing-baltic-request-for-eur500-million-in-drone-defences    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:21:07

  • Lithuania launches largest annual mobilisation drills, tests wartime supply system ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3063110/lithuania-launches-largest-annual-mobilisation-drills-tests-wartime-supply-system    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:21:26

  • Australia steps up response to Hey Hi (AI) after Proprietary Chaffbot Company bot breaches health system database ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-steps-up-response-to-ai-after-openai-bot-breaches-health-system-database    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:21:54

  • Asus confirms eShop data breach exposed customer order records and contact details ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/asus-online-store-hit-by-data-breach-customer-contact-details-and-order-information-revealed    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:22:10

  • Pakistan thwarts border attack, several Taliban dead, security sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistan-thwarts-border-attack-several-taliban-dead-security-sources-say    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:22:30

  • Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world/middleeast/netanyahu-warning-oct-7-uae.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:23:02

  • Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 331 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-331-released/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:23:55

  • Judges Warn That AI-Generated Lawslop Is Getting So Bad It’s Threatening Courts’ Ability to Function ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/judges-florida-court-warn-ai-law-slop-threatening-judicial    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:24:45

  • New Jersey hits Microsoft-linked Hey Hi (AI) data center with record fine for 62 unpermitted power generators, issues 45-day shutdown deadline ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/new-jersey-fines-data-center-for-using-unpermitted-power-generators-microsoft-linked-site-also-in-trouble-with-community-for-noise-pollution-other-issues    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:26:47

  • Nintendo wins $4.5 million lawsuit against Switch pirate by default ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-wins-usd4-5-million-lawsuit-against-switch-pirate-by-default-defendant-allegedly-moderated-r-switchpirates-and-sold-pirated-switch-games    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:27:42

  • Another slopper for the slop bin https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/faster-app-icon-retrieval/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:28:20

  • "AkademyES 2026’s 30/20 anniversary gathering and KDE’s Marknote notebook, a sleep-mode fix for openSUSE Leap, the Flip Clock plasmoid, a weeklybeats track and more." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/09/25/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:29:58

  • "This quickstart takes on a document problem most people outside of aviation never see: the aircraft lease." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-manage-aircraft-leases-ai-agents | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:30:16

  • "While the updated profile automates the technical configuration requirements of the STIG" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-stig-automation-now-matches-disa-stig-v1r2 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:30:30

  • bots with slop are not "AI"; it's a hyped thing, a term that misleads by design.    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:31:14

  • Build golden path CI/CD workflows in Red Bait Developer Hub ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/25/build-golden-path-cicd-workflows-red-hat-developer-hub    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:32:11

  • "GL.iNet has unveiled the Mango 2 (GL-MG1300), a compact travel router with dual-band Wi-Fi 5, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/pocket-sized-openwrt-router-offers-dual-band-wi-fi-5-and-gigabit-ethernet-2/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:49:10

  • "ARK Electronics recently showcased the ARKV6X-RT, an NDAA-compliant flight controller based on the FMUV6X-RT and Pixhawk Autopilot Bus open standards." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/open-source-flight-controller-pairs-i-mx-rt1176-with-pixhawk-pab-compatibility/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:49:20

  • Microsoft Mono trap; better remaining dead ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/banshee-music-player-snap-ubuntu Alan Pope giving a helping hand to Microsoft    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:50:55

  • StratOS 2026.09.25 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/stratos    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:51:10

  • XBian 2026.09.25 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/xbian    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:51:20

  • VailuxOS 1.6.1.3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/vailuxos    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:51:49

  • NagisinnraLinux 1.0.8 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nagisinnra    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:52:01

  • Samba 4.25 Released    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:52:14

  • The Impact of Digital Sovereignty on Open Source Companies ☞ https://www.linux.com/contributed/the-impact-of-digital-sovereignty-on-open-source-companies/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:53:25

  • KDE for People Initiative Calls for Hey Hi (AI) Ban in Plasma ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/KDE-for-People-Initiative-Calls-for-AI-Ban-in-Plasma    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:54:41

  • Remi Collet: 🛡️ PHP version 8.2.34, 8.3.35, 8.4.26 and 8.5.11 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2026/09/25/PHP-version-8.2.34-8.3.35-8.4.26-8.5.11    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:55:13

  • 100% slop, very obvious now. https://ostechnix.com/linux-commands-on-macos/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:56:15

  • or _*plonked*_ with no hesitation, no grace period, this is the chief editor as the culprit    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:57:02

  • Windows, Linux, Android File Notification Systems Leak User Activity ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/windows-linux-android-file-notification-systems-leak-user-activity/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 14:58:08

  • On This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/science/raccoons-toys-cozumel-mexico-research.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:00:02

  • India orders crackdown on nicotine pouches, citing health risks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-orders-crackdown-on-nicotine-pouches-citing-health-risks-letter-shows    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:00:15

  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says That Sacrificing Our Children’s Minds to Hey Hi (AI) Is a Price He’s Willing to Pay ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/nvidia-jensen-huang-children-cognitive-minds-ai-harms    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:00:49

  • Cold War comrades Vietnam, North Korea pledge to deepen defence cooperation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/vietnam-and-north-korea-pledge-closer-defence-ties-during-hanoi-talks    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:01:03

  • Diego Escalante Urrelo: LLM Policies: Progress At All Costs ☞ https://diegoe.be/2026/09/25/llm-policies-progress-at-all-costs/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:02:13

  • I'm starting HomelabFest (in St. Louis, Sep 2027) ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/homelabfest-announcement/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:02:57

  • Mike Blumenkrantz: That Time I Fought Draw And Won ☞ https://www.supergoodcode.com/that-time-i-fought-draw-and-won/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:04:25

  • iOS ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/things-that-have-never-worked-for-me-on-ios/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:04:53

  • Windows TCO: A Closer Look at Malware From the Macfinger ClickFix Campaign, (Fri, Sep 25th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33368    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:06:11

  • Scientists in Malaysia discover gecko species unknown to science in Sabah ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/scientists-in-malaysia-discover-gecko-species-unknown-to-science-in-sabah    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:06:49

  • Haze in Malaysia: Kuching marathon cancelled ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/haze-in-malaysia-kuching-marathon-cancelled    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:07:17

  • That matcha in your cup? It probably didn’t come from Japan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/matcha-is-putting-this-corner-of-china-on-the-map-and-drawing-its-locals-home    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:17:54

  • Explainer-What is 'Taiwan independence' and is Taiwan already independent? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/explainer-what-is-taiwan-independence-and-is-taiwan-already-independent5    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:18:49

  • Philippines accuses China of obstructing resupply mission in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-accuses-china-of-obstructing-resupply-mission-in-south-china-sea    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:19:11

  • How openEuler Is Reinventing the OS Foundation for the Hey Hi (AI) Era with SuperPoD and UnifiedBus ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/openeuler-unifiedbus/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:21:04

  • This Tiny SBC Lets You Swap Interface Modules for Voice, Vision or Sensing ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/vicharak-axon-lite/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:21:27

  • At Canada’s largest Hey Hi (AI) summit, who’s buying the hype? ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/at-canadas-largest-ai-summit-whos-buying-the-hype/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:23:33

  • Qt WebEngine Separate Release ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-webengine-will-release-separate    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:24:22

  • OpenAI Agents Hacked Into an Australian Government Website. Who’s Responsible? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world/australia/openai-hack-australia.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:25:09

  • Saudi Arabia Open to Possibly Developing Nuclear Weapons ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/politics/saudi-arabia-nuclear-weapons.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:25:27

  • Pakistani, Saudi, Turkish chiefs discuss closer military ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistani-saudi-turkish-chiefs-discuss-closer-military-ties    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:25:41

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posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:27:22

  • evolving the narrative today: s/ GGG (Garrett, Graveley/ GGG ("restricted boot" Garrett, Graveley/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:27:28

  • Because we forgot restricted boot again https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/26/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_III_Racism_Looms_Large_Not_Just_Se.shtml the correlation between technical sabotage and psychotic behaviour does matter    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:28:17

  • The EPO series will be back in some hours... maybe tonight or late at night    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:28:43

  • Nvidia CEO Says Hey Hi (AI) Companies Will Be Sued to Death If Their Frontier Models Keep Doing Horrible Things ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ceo-ai-companies-sued-liability    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:31:03

  • Murder Trial Struggles to Keep Composure as Lawyers Play Horrendous Love Songs Caleb Flynn AI-Generated for His Mistress ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/caleb-flynn-ai-song-mistress    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:31:30

  • Compact Long-Wave Infrared camera pairs STM32N6 MCU with Lynred ATI320 thermal sensor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/25/compact-long-wave-infrared-camera-pairs-stm32n6-mcu-with-lynred-ati320-thermal-sensor/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:35:01

  • Gov’t refutes animal activist’s claims over stray dog culling following fatal mauling ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/25/govt-refutes-animal-activists-claims-over-stray-dog-culling-following-fatal-mauling/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:35:49

  • Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.21.0 Released ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-21-0-released/149582    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:36:31

  • CBS News misuses photo of Stanford Daily reporter in segment on students’ Hey Hi (AI) alteration ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/09/24/cbs-misuses-photo-students-ai/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:37:07

  • Seems like IBM spam, paid for via the LF hub ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/09/25/how-does-ibm-turn-open-source-participation-into-enterprise-and-career-value/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:40:37

  • KryonOS turns ESP32 boards into JavaScript-powered mini computer ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/26/kryonos-turns-esp32-boards-into-javascript-powered-mini-computer/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:42:05

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man administration asks Supreme Court again to allow expedited third-country deportations ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-again-to-allow-expedited-third-country-deportations/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:42:43

  • APNIC 62 Policy SIG reviews seven policy proposals, with two reaching consensus ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/25/apnic-62-policy-sig-reviews-seven-policy-proposals-with-two-reaching-consensus/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:43:11

  • Why does Puppy Breaker foolishly admit - inter alia - that he is working with vile people who strangle women and worse?    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:43:50

  • (Unless he's drunk all day and night)    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:44:07

  • The Register MS Promotes Slop for Banned Companies That Put Chinese Back Doors in Things, "AI" Mentioned 37 Times in One Page! ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/The_Register_MS_Promotes_Slop_for_Banned_Companies_That_Put_Chi.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:44:27

  • Supreme Court sides with Convicted Felon administration on voter citizenship checks ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-administration-on-voter-citizenship-checks/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:45:24

  • Supreme Court permits states to use SAVE database for citizenship checks ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/supreme-court-save-database-voter-citizenship/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:45:39

  • PI’s response to the UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology on data regulation in the age of Hey Hi (AI) and other data-intensive technologies ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5868/pis-response-uk-department-science-innovation-technology-data-regulation-age-ai-and    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:46:02

  • Beaches Are Disappearing in Southern California as El Niño Bears Down ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/el-nino-california-beach-erosion.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:47:25

  • Telecoms disruption raises fears as heavy fighting strikes Ethiopia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260925-telecoms-disruption-raises-fears-as-heavy-fighting-strikes-ethiopia    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:48:12

  • RustDesk 1.5.0 is out with Screen Zoom and Pan Lock for Mobile ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/rustdesk-1-5-0-is-out-with-screen-zoom-and-pan-lock-for-mobile/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:48:52

  • Ubuntu 26.10 beta released delayed by a week ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-beta-release-delay    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:49:52

  • In Other News: Clop Leak Site Takeover, Docker Botnet Hunts Hey Hi (AI) Keys, Water Utility Exposure ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-clop-leak-site-takeover-docker-botnet-hunts-ai-keys-water-utility-exposure/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:50:24

  • Seems like marketing spam for a partner ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/09/almalinuxs-new-beefed-up-high-performance-hardware-and-software-certification/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:52:09

  • Even Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Boosters Start to Doubt XBox Will Exist (It's Being Phased Out, Just Not "Officially") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Even_Microsoft_Boosters_Start_to_Doubt_XBox_Will_Exist_It_s_Bei.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:52:24

  • Even Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Boosters Start to Doubt XBox Will Exist (It's Being Phased Out, Just Not "Officially") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/Even_Microsoft_Boosters_Start_to_Doubt_XBox_Will_Exist_It_s_Bei.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:52:54

  • Cambodia to target scam ‘masterminds’ as critics question crackdown’s effectiveness ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/cambodia-to-target-scam-masterminds-as-critics-question-crackdowns-effectiveness    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:53:08

  • TikTok to Pay Alabama $100 Million to Settle Social Control Media Addiction Claims ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/technology/tiktok-alabama-child-safety-settlement.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:54:49

  • Empty tolerance: Stanford’s real free speech problem ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/09/24/empty-tolerance/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 15:57:17

  • Qualcomm Unleashes Linux On Snapdragon X2 With NPU And GPU Support https://hothardware.com/news/qualcomm-unleashes-linux-on-snapdragon-x2-with-npu-and-gpu-support    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:13:48

  • Used as a slop enabler, hardly a badge of honour https://the-decoder.com/metas-muse-agent-gives-every-user-a-full-cloud-computer-running-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:15:10

  • They use the term superintelligence to describe something that does not even have any intelligence at all; it's all buzzwords now    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:16:01

  • Qualcomm Hops on the Linux Train as PC Users Have Another Way to Say ‘Screw Windows’ https://gizmodo.com/qualcomm-hops-on-the-linux-train-as-pc-users-have-another-way-to-say-screw-windows-2000816240    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:17:15

  • SPEC puts Linux workstations on the professional graphics scoreboard https://www.jonpeddie.com/news/spec-puts-linux-workstations-on-the-professional-graphics-scoreboard/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:17:48

  • I automated my entire Linux desktop with 4 bash scripts—and reclaimed hours every week https://www.howtogeek.com/these-bash-scripts-save-me-time-every-day-on-linux-heres-how-to-use-them/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:18:42

  • "If U.S. threats to occupy Greenland had European countries thinking about digital sovereignty, the Trump Administration forced the issue itself by imposing sanctions against the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Microsoft reportedly cut off email and other services to its lead prosecutor" https://boingboing.net/2026/09/25/dutch-government-to-replace-microsoft-windows-with-nixos-based-operating-system.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:19:39

  • FSR 4.1.1 worked natively on RDNA 2 in Linux earlier than on Windows https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/fsr-4-1-1-nativno-zarabotal-na-rdna-2-v-linux-ranshe-windows    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:20:13

  • "The announcement mentions that Qualcomm engineers have been working on upstream Linux since Snapdragon Summit 2025 (in September, one year ago). So far, the work includes low-level SoC enablement and porting the Snapdragon X2 Series reference hardware." https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/25/qualcomm-releases-linux-developer-preview-snapdragon-x2/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:21:07

  • Netherlands Builds Linux Government Workplace After Cloud Access Fears https://www.gadgetreview.com/netherlands-builds-linux-government-workplace-after-cloud-access-fears    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:22:01

  • Reported Intel Xe driver changes target two VRAM issues in Linux 7.4 https://www.neoteo.com/en/reported-intel-xe-driver-changes-target-two-vram-issues-in-linux-74    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:23:48

  • This site might be a slopfarm, not sure yet    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:24:25

  • Dutch government creates its own Linux-based productivity system https://cybernews.com/tech/dutch-government-sovereignty/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:25:21

  • Nederland maakt soeverein alternatief voor Windows en Office op basis van Linux https://tweakers.net/reviews/15334/nederland-maakt-soeverein-alternatief-voor-windows-en-office-op-basis-van-linux.html psydroid    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:25:56

  • The Netherlands is starting to ditch Windows in favor of Linux for its government systems https://www.pcguide.com/pro/news-pro/the-netherlands-is-starting-to-ditch-windows-in-favor-of-linux-for-its-government-systems/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:26:30

  • The Netherlands joins Europe's gradual migration from Windows to Linux on government PCs https://www.xda-developers.com/the-netherlands-joins-europes-gradual-migration-from-windows-to-linux-on-government-pcs/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:27:04

  • "Hence, their response to this is DAWO, short for Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid, or Digital Autonomous Work Environment for Government in English." https://itsfoss.com/news/netherlands-dawo-initiative/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:28:19

  • "There are hundreds, if not more, Linux distros out there, but not all of them get the same amount of attention. Sure, Linux Mint might be the best Linux distro to start with if you're just switching from Windows, but for a more experienced user, Linux has a lot more to offer." https://www.makeuseof.com/niche-linux-distros-that-deserve-way-more-attention/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:28:36

  • Asahi fork embraces LLMs and lands Linux on the M4 Mac mini https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/25/asahi-fork-embraces-llms-and-lands-linux-on-the-m4-mac-mini/5298931    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:29:04

  • QSM603FCP smart board supports AIoT for Android, Linux https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/bus-systems-sbcs/qsm603fcp-smart-board-supports-aiot-for-android-linux-2026-09/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:29:33

  • "Shelly 3.1.5 is out today as a new maintenance update in the Shelly 3.1 series of this modern, open-source, and free pacman alternative for Arch Linux and derivatives." https://9to5linux.com/shelly-3-1-5-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-adds-atoll-powered-aur-browser    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:30:32

  • 'Decades-old' bugs found affecting Windows, Android, macOS and Linux — but the OS makers don't see it as a big deal https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/decades-old-bugs-found-affecting-windows-android-macos-and-linux-but-the-os-makers-dont-see-it-as-a-big-deal    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:31:50

  • "Microsoft even said it was by design"    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:32:29

  • Swift and Wells Fargo join Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48470/swift-and-wells-fargo-join-linux-foundation-decentralized-trust    

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

  • paid spam, that's all this company ever does https://www.mysanantonio.com/shopping/article/internxt-100tb-lifetime-cloud-storage-deal-22447091.php    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:34:36

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2107.jpg    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:36:51

  • "Ctrl+Shift+3 has been going well. I’ve enjoyed building it and meeting people who appreciate the minimal text only flavor. Since it’s text only, emojis have been something I’ve thought about since day one." gemini://wilcosky.smol.pub/emojicon    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 17:40:17

  • "For whatever reason, I've been craving(?) mechanical solutions. No electronics, just pure simple and complex machines. Maybe I'm preparing for the AIpocolypse. Maybe I'm just bored and want to go even more old school. Maybe I'm crazy." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260926-going_mechanical.txt    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 17:40:55

  • "I've written open-source software. All used to feed this, and further the death of expertise. It makes me a little sick. At least my other interests (writing poetry, playing music) are untouchable. Writers have, happily, largely rejected this AI dogshit, at least the wider community of poets." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/9-26.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 17:42:08

  • "I have a new phone - it comes with six years of updates, so I haven't rooted it. I may do later if Google messes up the registered developers thing and stops me using F-Droid apos." gemini://rochelimit.uk/gemlog.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 17:43:15

  • Microsoft Xbox layoffs: Halo Cinematic Director fired days after promotion — ‘Pretty wild’ https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-halo-cinematic-director-fired-days-after-promotion-pretty-wild-11790396500899.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 17:50:07

  • Brigading Against Women - Part IV - Death Threats, Threats to Women, and Threats for Pointing Out, Correctly and Based on Hard Evidence, That Garrett and Lozza Talk to Each Other About Me Every Year (for 4 Years) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/26/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_IV_Death_Threats_Threats_to_Women_.shtml    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 19:06:29

  • Next up: EPO bombshell    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 19:15:50

  • As it is rather long, it'll take some time (as usual)    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 19:18:43

  • Microsoft should not promote people whom it knows a day later would be sacked https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-halo-cinematic-director-fired-days-after-promotion-pretty-wild-11790396500899.html    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 19:19:12

  • Investigative Journalism Today https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/investigative-journalism-today/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 21:38:24

  • Reform UK is Like Brett Wilson LLP: Funded by Americans That Seek to Ruin Britain’s Democracy and Press Culture https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/reform-uk-is-like-brett-wilson-llp-funded-by-americans-that-seek-to-ruin-britains-democracy-and-press-culture/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 22:15:29

  • Malaysia not so high in terms of GNU/Linux usage https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=MY&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 22:35:34

  • Man City’s Fate https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/man-citys-fate/    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 23:05:49

  • The asymmetry of today's web gopher://movq.de/0/phlog/2026/2026-09/2026-09-26--the-asymmetry-of-todays-web.txt    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 23:08:14

  • "Following the bookbinder's retreat where I had the chance to feel and touch some fish leather another participant had made, I finally acquired fish skin yesterday." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260926fish.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 23:09:27

  • "Last week I was trying to build a convenient utility around ruby's `ri` utility which can be used to navigate the ruby documentation in the terminal. Having the doc in the terminal is convenient but I'm finding the interactive mode does not fit my tastes. Added decided to complement it with the `fzf` fuzzy finder." gemini://bluk.eu/j/2026-09-26.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 23:10:05

  • actionfilm gemini://leng.dromland.se/gemlog/20260926-Talmystik.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 23:10:34

  • "Square black or white box. Glass side panel. RGB fans pulsing through rainbow colors like every machine has to be a rave. That's what almost every PC case looks like today." gemini://schreibfaultier.pollux.casa/blog/2026-09-25-computer-cases-creativity.en.gmi    

posted Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 23:11:14

  • Anon: what's another example of 'submarine patents' besides the LZW compression GIF?    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 05:47:49

  • Code of Censorship mentioned in EPO again: https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/26/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Temporary_Public_Office_or_Pe.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 05:48:12
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