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"In my computing life, I prefer light-weight tools that are not distracting. I like them to do one thing, and one thing well, with only a few controls on the screen. I like to concentrate on content, usually text. I don't like anything that tries to distract me." gemini://leetaur.com/gemlog/entries/2026-09-26.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 05:59:18

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

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 06:00:17

  • "I don't suppose it really matters. I don't have any illusions of a breathless world desperately waiting for my latest wisdom. But I've enjoyed posting at smol.pub and over the years I've learned that doing things that I enjoy just because I enjoy them is a good for me." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-26-writing    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 06:01:00

  • "ROOPHLOCH got announced early this year, so I've been aware of it for quite possibly over a month now, and again I am getting to it only at the end of the month." gemini://carcosa.net/journal/20260926-ROOPHLOCH.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 06:01:26

  • "Jacobs decided to go through the math again. For the fourth time. Three angles, two logarithms, and a converging solution. Everything still works out, on paper." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260926-1.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 06:01:59

  • "Last night (2026-09-25) was only partly cloudy and the full harvest moon shone brightly to the SE, so I was eager to give my new (used) gskyer refractor a try — the 90mm which I found at a second-hand store last year." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260926-0.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 06:02:29

  • Age of Bikes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/age-of-bikes/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 06:35:30

  • Doing What It Takes to Protect Democracy https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/doing-what-it-takes-to-protect-democracy/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 06:41:01

  • Some 'submarine patents' examples. No longer covers in media. Media blackout. https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=submarine+patents&set1=any    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 10:52:14

  • Europe: 6.2% GNU/Linux now https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=europe&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 11:57:15

  • Feels Like Autumn, Even Winter https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/feels-like-autumn-even-winter/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:32:53

  • Software Patents ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/an-nvidia-chatbot-could-one-day-help-developers-better-optimize-their-games-patent-filing-show-requests-can-be-made-in-plain-english | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:34:57

  • "Doing the same thing for the Raspberry Pi isn’t as easy. You never know what, if any, peripherals are connected" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/26/the-least-annoying-of-all-evils/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:36:30

  • "Earlier on, I discovered that the Next Conference site, which I contributed to for over 14 years, was now redirecting to the homepage of Accenture in Germany." ☛ https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/09/14-years-of-my-work-just-vanished-from-the-web/ | Source: Adam Tinworth    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:36:59

  • "Tibetans gathered near the Chinese embassy in Washington on Thursday to protest Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrived on the South Lawn of the White House to meet with U.S. President Trump." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2026/09/24/tibet-protest-xi-jinping-china-washington-trump-photos/ | Source: RFA    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:38:20

  • "I’ve decided to try something new, not because I don’t like Solarized, but just to try and adapt my eyes to different themes." ☛ https://christiano.dev/post/a_colour_palette_journey/ | Source: Christiano Anderson    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:39:48

  • "That's a 30° clockwise hue rotation coupled with a 15% reduction in saturation. Why those numbers?" ☛ https://danq.me/2026/09/26/visited-links/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:40:01

  • "The result of all of these changes, enacted by H. R. 1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/09/billionaire-tax-seiu-regan-california | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:40:27

  • "…If we’re cucked, as I argue, then the solution is to see the algogarchic [algorithmic + oligarchic] project not as productive or future-facing at all" ☛ https://daniel.industries/2026/09/26/the-cuck-internet-theory/ | Source: Daniel Miller    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:41:23

  • "You know how this very column has illustrated that Lurie’s administration wants to turn SF into Manhattan?" ☛ https://48hills.org/2026/09/drama-masks-theres-a-flesh-eating-alien-plant-inside-the-queer-theater/ | Source: San Francisco, California    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:41:37

  • "Almost immediately, the AI shark tank started circling, eager to shape the president’s musings into something concrete, something that would benefit — them." ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-announces-new-ai-force | Source: Ken Klippenstein    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:41:52

  • [Old] "negative letter on ODF received by the Malaysian standards organization was written either by Microsoft, or a Microsoft business partner or a Microsoft affiliated organization (Initiative for Software Choice and IASA)." ☛ https://web.archive.org/web/20081110141947/http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/06/the-weed-whispe.html | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:42:21

  • "These are comments I wrote to a friend in the summer of 2022." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/books/2026-09-26-comments-dao-pattern-simple-life/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:42:42

  • "When we looked into it, we found that the greenhouse gas emissions embedded in participants’ diets had fallen by more than half." ☛ https://therevelator.org/climate-policy-diet/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:43:16

  • "McCullin says he has covered nearly every major global conflict during his decades-long career, including being wounded by a mortar in Cambodia" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/books/i-want-my-picture-to-hurt-you-now-90-renowned-vietnam-war-photographer-don-mccullin-shares-why-he-wants-to-create-photos-to-lose-sleep-over-and-why-he-hates-his-most-famous-photograph | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:44:01

  • "Data centers are considered critical infrastructure as modern society increasingly relies on online services." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/russia-bombs-ukrainian-data-centers-in-latest-escalation-100-000-households-lose-connectivity-as-firms-migrate-data-abroad-zelensky-says-ordinary-life-is-simply-a-target | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:44:50

  • "Europe isn’t out of the woods yet. A victory for the National Rally in the French election next year would pose some significant problems." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/25/ny-times-should-look-across-the-hudson-not-across-the-atlantic/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:45:11

  • "Succession, like the best satire, trades in biting truth. The show is directly inspired by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, a defining force in modern American politics." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/the-billionaires-are-winning/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:53:10

  • "European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said Friday that it is the EU's "sovereign right" to draft legislation aimed at protecting its citizens" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-justice-dept-musk-x-eu-9.7358411 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:55:05

  • "An Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/first-us-trial-against-tiktok-to-test-claims-platform-fueled-teen-mental-health-crisis/articleshow/134482163.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:55:12

  • "The settlement involves TikTok adding several child safety measures to its platform including time limits and increased parental control." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/tiktok-agrees-to-settle-with-alabama-state-over-teen-safety/a-79440240 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:55:28

  • "The changes will only apply in Alabama. It marks the platform's first settlement with a US state." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmgjqq54dlx0o | Source: BBC    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:55:56

  • "Through the settlement, TikTok will make several platform-level changes for teen users in Alabama" ☛ https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/tiktok-settles-lawsuit-alabama-100-million-implement-safety-136771409 | Source: ABC    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:56:07

  • "Under the settlement, TikTok will send $100 million to Alabama and could possibly pay up to $300 million in total if other states accept similar agreements." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/tiktok-agrees-to-teen-limits-in-us-settlement-following-meta-2089221854 | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:56:23

  • "The Finnish Air Force says the enhanced cooperation now allows joint identification missions and Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) fighters to operate from each other’s air bases" ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/finland-sweden-launch-first-joint-intercept-of-russian-jets-over-gulf-of-finland/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:56:44

  • "Russia is no longer only meddling in elections or hacking networks: Germany found explosives-laden drones at its Leipzig Airport in an apparent Moscow-backed sabotage plot." ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/no-longer-hybrid-as-russian-sabotage-grows-bolder-europe-lacks-red-lines/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:57:30

  • "EU leaders commissioned the report last year to assess progress in strengthening Europe’s defenses." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/25/eu-defense-agency-says-europe-is-rearming-too-slowly-to-be-ready-to-defend-against-russia-by-2030 | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:57:38

  • "The report examined age-based restrictions on digital media in more than 40 countries and compared smartphone policies in schools across 110 countries." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/national/news/ban-smartphones-schools-restrict-social-media-kids-national-policy-139147456.html | Source: Bhaskar English    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:57:55

  • "The attack only works against the textbook (or "raw") variant of RSA" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/novel-attack-on-rsa-cryptography-might-bring-computation-requirements-for-cracking-down-to-manageable-levels | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:58:28

  • "I'm not arguing for boycotts, I know that people are bound to different platforms for different, compelling reasons." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/become-worthless-to-tech-companies | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:59:03

  • "Getting past the app store gatekeeper felt like a victory, but the real battle was just beginning." ☛ https://fabricati-diem.inform.social/post/deshittification-as-a-service-part3-the-cold-boot-consent-trap-in-three-acts/ | Source: Fabricati Diem    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 12:59:27

  • "The European Union on Friday said it will pursue a €120 million fine against the X social network after the US Justice Department said it supported the efforts of X owner Elon Musk to have the case annulled." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260925-eu-vows-to-pursue-%E2%82%AC120-million-fine-on-x-after-us-backs-musk-s-court-challenge | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:02:41

  • [Old] "A “me, too” AI product will not save it. And, frankly, given how toxic it has become, that might be a good thing." ☛ https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/07/does-meta-have-the-stink-of-death-about-it/ | Source: Adam Tinworth    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:03:08

  • "With these seismic changes, I will continue to make the argument that craft defined as caring about the quality of output (independent of the tools used to generate the output) is more important than ever" ☛ https://www.zachleat.com/web/ai-websites/ |    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:08:20

  • "it caught the imagination of the internet, over September there has been all kinds of wild nonsense (impressive nonsense!)" ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2026/09/26/connectome | Source: Matt Webb    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:08:44

  • "Improper usage of AI offloads thinking, understanding and learning, thus mortgaging future mathematical development." ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/a-value-based-approach-to-mathematics/ | Source: Terence Tao    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:08:55

  • "with some of my work focusing on web performance, i’ve grown attached to certain optimisations in areas like web font management" ☛ https://lukealexdavis.co.uk/recortes/choosing-web-fonts-by-file-size/ | Source: Luke Davis    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:09:20

  • "It's not only of potential benefit for the animals, which get additional shade." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/why-farmers-are-pairing-crops-with-solar-panels/a-79233970 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:25:57

  • "We are into the process of starting proper cultivation of sea buckthorn." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/sea-buckthorn-ladakh-s-wonder-berry-is-all-set-to-undergo-systematic-cultivation-101790365881115.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:26:16

  • "Recklessness Rewarded: I blew $1,800 in one night by chasing my losses with bigger bets, a classic sign of problem gambling." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/draftkings-sports-gambling-problem-vip-fanduel | Source: Pro Publica    

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

  • "A bit of context: Dutch universities are publicly funded, and while finances are currently tight" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/26/how-to-run-the-ivory-tower/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:29:52

  • "A new Danish research project is examining how Viking ships can be preserved for generations to come while reducing the considerable amount of energy museums use to protect ancient wooden vessels." ☛ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/09/how-do-you-preserve-a-viking-ship-for-1000-more-years/ | Source: Medievalists.net    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:32:26

  • "This made me think. A while back I was reading Lamport’s new book, A Science of Concurrent Programs, and was doing pretty well until getting completely shut down by section 5.1, Possibility and Accuracy." ☛ https://ahelwer.ca/post/2026-09-26-reachability/ | Source: Andrew Helwer    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:32:32

  • "I've fully retrained my fingers to type Win-E rather than alt-tab when I want to get at a graphic filesystem and every time I do, I get the tiniest little pleasant jolt of pleasure." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/25/other-people/#right-there | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:32:59

  • "This is a quick refresher on Go concurrency, not a beginner's guide" ☛ https://antonz.org/go-concurrency-distilled/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:39:17

  • "Pretty much all Unix terminal emulators allow you to change the font from the command line when you start the program" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/TerminalVisualChangesPerHost | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:39:57

  • "(see the very end for notes on what i did and didn't decide to include in this list)" ☛ https://sebsite.pw/w/20260927-pysyntax.html | Source: Sebastian    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:40:20

  • "Write a script to convert the given string to palindrome by adding characters in front of it." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/convert-product.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:40:42

  • "Tell me you don’t understand software without literally using those words!!!" ☛ https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/coding-is-not-solved | Source: Alex Ewerlöf    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:41:03

  • "Releases, advisories, and articles from across the package management world" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/09/26/this-week-in-package-management.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:41:30

  • "As of now I’m trying to stop adding new features and syntax." ☛ https://lzon.ca/posts/algoma/algoma-docs/ | Source: Lzon    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:41:46

  • "here's something really cursed i made a while back. the goal here is to create a portable way to obtain the value of errno from outside of c, without using a wrapper function written in c." ☛ https://sebsite.pw/w/20260925-errno.html | Source: Sebastian    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:41:56

  • Software Freedom ☛ https://thenewstack.io/avoiding-vendor-lock-in/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:42:21

  • "There are ten public training courses left in 2026, running through October and November." ☛ https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/autumn-2026-training-courses/ | Source: Jumping Rivers    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:42:57

  • "The goal is to explore what can be done and whether it makes sense to have that as a feature that users can enable, either directly in denote.el or as a separate package." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-09-26-emacs-experiment-denote-cache/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:43:28

  • "By examining the circuitry and microcode of the 8087, I can explain the algorithm behind the tangent instruction, called FPTAN." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2026/09/8087-tangent-cordic.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:44:08

  • "The microprocessor itself is a little unusual, being a transport triggered architecture design with two busses." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/26/you-can-make-a-microprocessor-thats-all-your-own/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:44:27

  • "Released in February 1981, the game stood out with the addition of some interesting features like letting players buy extra lives per quarter for up to seven lives." ☛ https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/09/25/resurrecting-midways-ms-gorf/ | Source: The Arcade Blogger    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:45:23

  • "Every page has one main scroll container that scrolls the page itself: the root scroll container, or root scroller for short." ☛ https://polypane.app/blog/the-root-scroller-and-how-not-to-lose-it/ | Source: Polypane B V    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:47:17

  • "My end goal is to have a webpage that lists all the words I’ve looked up since I started including them in my weeknotes." ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2026/09/26/learning-scripting-by-scraping-my-own-website/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:47:22

  • "Every page has one main scroll container that scrolls the page itself: the root scroll container, or root scroller for short." ☛ https://polypane.app/blog/the-root-scroller-and-how-not-to-lose-it/ | Source: Polypane B V    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:48:38

  • "My end goal is to have a webpage that lists all the words I’ve looked up since I started including them in my weeknotes." ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2026/09/26/learning-scripting-by-scraping-my-own-website/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:48:51

  • "Since the PS5 is powered by AMD’s Zen 2 hardware, it uses the x86-64 architecture" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/open-source-anyps5-dumps-emulation-to-run-playstation-5-console-games-natively-on-pc-amd-zen-2-architecture-enables-proton-like-binary-translation-for-windows-and-linux | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:49:29

  • SteamOS 0.4.1 Beta for Steam Frame fixes some nuisance bugs | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-0-4-1-beta-for-steam-frame-fixes-some-nuisance-bugs/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:51:40

  • Steam Client Beta - September 25th brings more Remote Play and Linux fixes | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steam-client-beta-september-25th-brings-more-remote-play-and-linux-fixes/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:52:34

  • SteamOS 3.9.2 Beta brings fixes for VRR, VR Streaming, Remote Play, Boot Time and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-9-2-beta-brings-fixes-for-vrr-vr-streaming-remote-play-boot-time-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:52:57

  • Proton Experimental brings fixes for Crysis, Crysis Wars, CEG-protected games, early support for 32bit OpenXR | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-crysis-crysis-wars-ceg-protected-games-early-support-for-32bit-openxr/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:53:32

  • EU Kids Act: All children's guardians must be registered | "EU Kids Act: Alla barns vårdnadshavare måste registreras" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/24/eu-kids-act-alla-barns-vardnadshavare-maste-verifieras/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:57:25

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posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:57:36

  • "Mary Peltola’s Staffers Can’t Stop Complaining - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/peltola-democratic-staffers-complain/688770/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:58:11

  • "Top Saudi Cleric Calls Fight Against Houthis a Religious Duty - The New York Times" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world/middleeast/saudi-mufti-houthis-yemen-war.html    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:58:27

  • sarcasm? Sad day... GIF patent dead at 20 https://www.kyzer.me.uk/essays/giflzw/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:58:48

  • "Rusty thoughts on "Parse, don't validate" - Eli Bendersky's website" https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/rusty-thoughts-on-parse-dont-validate/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:59:03

  • "California Tightens Datacenter Rules on Water and Power - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/26/0152214    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:59:17

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

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:59:38

  • "How the U.S. and Russia weakened a global effort to regulate killer AI - The Washington Post" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/26/how-us-russia-weakened-global-effort-regulate-killer-ai/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:59:49

  • "An Argument in Three Costumes - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/an-argument-in-three-costumes    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 13:59:59

  • "Knowing this was most likely malware... it is 2026, so let us use AI for malware analysis. In the OpenBSD VM, I copied the repository into a separate account with no doas access, masked the normal account's home permissions (good that I did that; we will see why later), and gave the current logged-in account permit nopass account to drop (drop is the account name with no privileges)."    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 14:01:13

  • "I forked the VM and basically gave it this prompt: https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/09-25-psa-angelnovas-interview-malware-and-its-north-koera-connection.gmi ("PSA: AngelNova’s Interview Malware and Its North Korea Connection - Martin's website/blog thingy")    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 14:01:19

  • Open-source AnyPS5 dumps emulation to run PlayStation 5 console games natively on PC ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/open-source-anyps5-dumps-emulation-to-run-playstation-5-console-games-natively-on-pc-amd-zen-2-architecture-enables-proton-like-binary-translation-for-windows-and-linux    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 14:10:42

  • Novel attack slashes computing power needed to crack textbook RSA cryptography ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/novel-attack-on-rsa-cryptography-might-bring-computation-requirements-for-cracking-down-to-manageable-levels    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 14:12:03

  • Russia bombs Ukrainian data centers in latest escalation ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/russia-bombs-ukrainian-data-centers-in-latest-escalation-100-000-households-lose-connectivity-as-firms-migrate-data-abroad-zelensky-says-ordinary-life-is-simply-a-target    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 14:12:20

  • UK Government Enforcement Reform https://danielpocock.com/en/uk-government-enforcement-reform/ "On face value, it appears quite un-democratic for the Government to use its powers to help liquidate a rival political party. But Rupert Lowe has told us Reform UK is not a real political party anyway. He calls it a cult."    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:23:17

  • Covering Abuse and Lawfare Twice Per Day https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/covering-abuse-and-lawfare-twice-per-day/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:30:05

  • Nvidia patents Hey Hi (AI) chatbot to streamline PC game optimization ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/an-nvidia-chatbot-could-one-day-help-developers-better-optimize-their-games-patent-filing-show-requests-can-be-made-in-plain-english    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:32:51

  • 'We're not giving up': Beset by climate change, island nations act as warming world's conscience ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2026/0926/climate-change-united-nations    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:33:21

  • Scientists Say They’ve Found Remnants of Huge Life-Giving Continent Beneath Antarctica ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/remnants-huge-continent-beneath-antarctica    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:33:53

  • Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Full of Human Beings Into Industrial-Scale Air Fryers ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/climate-change-prisons-incarceration    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:34:19

  • OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian Hey Hi (AI) probe ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/openai-anthropic-ceos-called-to-appear-at-australian-ai-probe    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:34:39

  • Malaysia-made luxury foods for less? Meet the farmers behind its caviar, wagyu and melons ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/famous-for-cheap-eats-malaysia-takes-on-the-luxury-market-with-caviar-wagyu-and-melons    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:35:20

  • Go-kart accident in Malaysia sparks call for nationwide safety review ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/go-kart-accident-in-malaysia-sparks-call-for-nationwide-safety-review    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:35:41

  • The strange, ancient bird hiding in Mexico’s cloud forests ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/horned-guan-mexico-strange-birds/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:36:35

  • Meta Desperately Wants People to Lust After Its Muse Mascot, But It’s Just Not Happening ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/people-are-already-lusting-after-metas-new-ai-assistant-muse    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:41:37

  • Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: fourth week of sep 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/09/26/misc-fedora-bits-fourth-week-of-sep-2026/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:42:58

  • The New Enemy ☞ https://kevquirk.com/the-new-enemy-liam-scott-3    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:44:45

  • Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2026/39 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/09/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-39/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:54:46

  • This might be slop or partly slop ☞ https://linuxstans.com/dutch-government-ditches-windows-for-nixos-following-frances-lead/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/09/linuxstans_com_Died_Then_Came_Back_as_Slop_LLM_Junk.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 15:57:58

  • Merlot – lightweight GNU/Linux distribution for running backdoored Windows applications ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/merlot-lightweight-linux-distribution-windows-applications/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:10:51

  • The Former GNU/Linux News Site ostechnix.com is LLM Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/26/The_Former_Linux_News_Site_ostechnix_com_is_LLM_Slop.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:14:47

  • Jordan Petridis: Introducing Toolpak ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/26/introducing-toolpak/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:15:24

  • Fastfetch 2.69.0 Released with GIF and APNG Animated Logo Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/fastfetch-2-69-0-released-gif-apng-animated-logo/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:16:32

  • Era, the new Rust-based calendar for GNOME, is now in beta ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/era-rust-calendar-gnome-beta    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:17:05

  • Sponsored piece? ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/almalinux-software-certification-launched/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:18:40

  • ESP-Mosaico centers dual-core RISC-V ESP32-S31 around a 2.16-inch square AMOLED ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp-mosaico-places-dual-core-risc-v-esp32-s31-behind-a-2-16-inch-square-amoled/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:28:49

  • ESP32-S3 powers EWatch smartwatch with open drivers and DIY options ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-s3-powers-ewatch-smartwatch-with-open-drivers-and-diy-options/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:29:12

  • SLAPP Censorship - Part 200 Out of 200: Will GNU Boot Undo the Technical Damage Caused by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Garrett? (And Garrett's Litigation Allies From Microsoft) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/25/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_200_Out_of_200_Will_GNU_Boot_Undo_the_Tec.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:29:42

  • Pulsar 1.2-beta ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pulsar    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:30:08

  • Peropesis 3.3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/peropesis    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:30:16

  • JRescue 2026.09.26 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/jrescue    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:30:24

  • GDB 18.1 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1096897/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:30:41

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

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:31:08

  • how to enable LibreOffice Writer DarkMode? Yes! :D ☞ https://dwaves.de/2026/09/27/how-to-enable-libreoffice-writer-darkmode-yes-d/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:32:00

  • LILYGO T-Dongle-C5 – An ESP32-C5 USB dongle with microSD card slot, optional 0.96-inch OLED ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/27/lilygo-t-dongle-c5-an-esp32-c5-usb-dongle-with-microsd-card-slot-optional-0-96-inch-oled/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:34:23

  • Welcome Tamás Zolnai, new LibreOffice Online developer ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/26/welcome-tamas-zolnai-new-libreoffice-online-developer/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:34:56

  • He Ran a Top Lady Gaga Fan Page. Then He Vanished. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/world/europe/lady-gaga-daily-founder-belarus-prison.html    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:38:11

  • MagOS 2025_20260925 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/magos    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:44:50

  • Russian Foreign Minister Vows Russia Will See Ukraine War Through ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/world/europe/russia-germany-lavrov-ukraine-war.html    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:45:04

  • The US wants a Ukraine peace deal. Here’s why Russia isn’t biting. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0926/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-donbas-europe-trump    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:45:15

  • Zelenskyy Calls On Convicted Felon To Enact Russia Sanctions After Deadly Attacks Across Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-sanctions-attacks/33864871.html    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:45:22

  • At least 16 people killed as Russia and Ukraine trade deadly air strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260926-at-least-16-people-killed-as-russia-and-ukraine-trade-deadly-air-strikes    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:45:37

  • Zelenskyy Says Russia Not Ready To End War, Cites Spending On Jet-Powered Drones ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-drones-russia-unkraine-putin-trump-un/33864937.html    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:45:46

  • Data Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding Community ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/data-center-operator-microsoft-new-jersey-generators-exhaust    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:51:43

  • OpenAI Tried to Hide Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Giving Extremely Specific Advice to a School Shooter on How to Maximize Casualties. The Logs Are Horrific. ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-advice-school-shooter-tumbler-ridge    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:52:33

  • Because Qualcomm moves to GNU/Linux? https://www.tomshardware.com/tablets/microsoft-surface/microsoft-quietly-drops-copilot-branding-from-its-new-laptops-surface-cvp-confirms-new-devices-meet-hardware-requirements-but-lack-controversial-branding    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:53:21

  • Akademy 2026 – A Recap ☞ https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/akademy-2026-a-recap/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:54:20

  • Latvia has room for improvement in recognising scam e-mails ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/26.09.2026-latvia-has-room-for-improvement-in-recognising-scam-e-mails.a664890/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:54:40

  • New x47.c backdoored Windows Botnet Weaponizes xAI Grok, Hey Hi (AI) API Draining ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-x47-c-windows-botnet-weaponizes-xai-grok-ai-api-draining/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:55:06

  • Attack On Security Checkpoint In Pakistan Kills 13, Injures Dozens More ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-deadly-attack-afghanistan/33864917.html    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:55:38

  • Six Dead After Explosion in Athens Tourist District ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world/europe/athens-tourists-explosion.html    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:56:34

  • Provost of Dartmouth Busted Using Hey Hi (AI) for His Own Writing in Newspapers and Academic Journals ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/provost-dartmouth-busted-ai-newspapers-academic-journals    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:57:40

  • █████ https://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/rss.xml ██████████████████████ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:10:00 +0800 ███████ Japanese anime actor fights Fentanylware (CheeTok) over Hey Hi (AI) voice cloning    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:59:21

  • "The lawsuit was filed by Kenjiro Tsuda, known for his starring roles in mega-franchises including Jujutsu Kaisen and Yu-Gi-Oh!" ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-anime-actor-fights-tiktok-over-ai-voice-cloning    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:59:34

  • Sites That Do LLM Slop (and Images) Will Perish and Go Offline ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/26/sites-that-do-llm-slop-and-images-will-perish-and-go-offline/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 16:59:43

  • Goodbye, Windows: The Netherlands Is Building Its Own Linux for Government https://www.trendingtopics.eu/netherlands-dawo-linux-government/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 17:05:26

  • "The Dutch government's structured response is DAWO, short for Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid, or Digital Autonomous Government Work Environment." https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/netherlands-builds-linux-government-workplace-171410956.html    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 17:06:06

  • "PeaZip 11.3 has been released today as a new point release in the latest PeaZip 11 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform archive manager for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms." https://9to5linux.com/peazip-11-3-archive-manager-improves-zpaq-support-adds-new-themes    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 17:07:06

  • How I built a functional Linux system with just 50MB of disk space https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-built-a-functional-linux-system-with-just-50mb-of-disk-space/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 17:07:25

  • If this is you, you should consider switching to Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/if-this-is-you-you-should-switch-to-linux/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 17:09:21

  • Brigading Against Women - Part VI - On Garrett and Lozza, Defamation, Attempts to Crack My Wife's Accounts, Social Engineering to Try to Take Sites Offline, Subscribing Us to Mountains of SPAM https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/27/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_VI_On_Garrett_and_Lozza_Defamation.shtml    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 18:06:42

  • "Many people have seen the recent news about Reform UK party receiving two donations of £36 million each. Therefore, it is quite a shock to see the party simultaneously being subject to a winding up petition under the Insolvency Act." https://danielpocock.com/en/gem-of-tanzania-nigel-farage-mega-donations/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 18:14:33

  • GNU/Linux about 5% in Ethiopia https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=ET&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 18:36:40

  • Same in Haiti https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HT&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 18:37:31

  • Add Android and Windows is down to 18% "market share" https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=HT    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 18:38:02

  • Health Before Optics https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/27/health-before-optics/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 20:40:23

  • "I still use the MNT Pocket Reform a lot. I recently took it along on a trip, as my "emergency" laptop, but also as my chill-out activity late at night in the hotel room, working on a little something instead of reading a book." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-27-pocket-reform    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:20:25

  • "For me GTD was lifesaving. More than once actually. I would be dead if I hadn’t found it. When I was getting into GTD, one of the things I liked to read for entertainment was productivity blogs." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/reading-about-productivity    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:20:57

  • "I just realized that I’ve been pretty reckless and unempathetic as I advocate for handwriting and paper. I have “stenography privilege” since I can write shorthand." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/longhand    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:21:39

  • "I haven't talked about EVs in awhile on this here phlog of mine. Frankly because I have been pretty disappointed in their progress...at least in the USA." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2026-09-26    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:22:28

  • "A phone detox for my daughter." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/teeter    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:23:11

  • "September 2026 was one of the most turbulent months ever in my life. I just didn't get a chance to participate in ROOPHLOCH:" gopher://movq.de/0/phlog/2026/2026-09/2026-09-27--probably-missed-roophloch-2026.txt    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:23:58

  • "My work life has gone in a very different direction, but I suspect we're pretty-much contemporaries. Many of the experiences described in the piece remind me very much of my own." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-27-beginning    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:25:30

  • "3 years hence, I've finally gotten around to publishing my website as a capsule. Some will find this approach distasteful, but I hope it's a positive contribution to Geminispace." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2852    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:26:25

  • "I am committed to an open, indie internet, enjoy fringe cultures, and can be nostalgic for old technology. So Gemini is right in my interests." gemini://hans.gerwitz.com/capsule/    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:27:00

  • "I bought On Writing Well because I expected it to deliver on its promise. I wanted a book that would help me improve my writing, and I'm a satisfied customer." gemini://capsulated.life/posts/2026-09-27-on-writing-well.gmi    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:27:41

  • In The Case Of the People in the Weird Route of Deltarune (up to Ch. 5) gemini://cyi1341.smol.pub/itco3    

posted Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 21:28:26
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