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"I cannot find the 1980s-era journal article warning against speculative execution in CPUs. Do you have the link handy? It is relevant because "Spectre" has been an active problem for almost 20 years now, in part due to industry reliance on antiquated architectures (i.e. x86) due to industry reliance on paired, antiquated systems (i.e. microsoft)"    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:41:16

  • "Worse, there are company executives (with names and addresses) who have been bringing speculative execution (and the associated exploits and weaknesses) to modern architectures like Arm and RISC-V"    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:42:03

  • Techrights covered this over 5 years ago, maybe some of the articles about "sceptre" or similar have original URLs    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:43:42

  • was it IEEE or ACM or somewhere else? https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity26/presentation/gerlach https://support.arm.com/documentation/110280/3-0/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:44:05

  • The discovery was probably not some journal, unlike rawhammer    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:44:36

  • "it was a journal article from the 1980s warning against deploying speculative execution. It's just buried in the nearly infinite pile of chaff out there." https://techrights.org/search/query?search=Search&query1=speculative+execution&set1=any    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:45:46

  • x86 Drowning in Competition, Bug Doors, Complexity, and Bloat https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/19/x86_Drowning_in_Competition_Bug_Doors_Complexity_and_Bloat.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:46:23

  • "Well, there's another new attack in the Specte class in the news today."    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:49:53

  • Note that ARM is now also on the list due to degeneration of the architecture: https://www.securityweek.com/new-spectre-v2-variant-exposes-intel-amd-arm-cpus-to-data-leaks/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 05:59:31

  • SPOOKY ROOPHLOCH gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-09-29Spooky_ROOPHLOCH.txt    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:01:29

  • "Theory, methodology, and method are not synonyms. Theory tells you what counts as an object of study in the first place: religion is discourse, or practice, or a system of symbols. Methodology argues that a set of procedures fits that object." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/what-is-method    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:03:32

  • "On Friday, 17 November 2023, OpenAI's board fired its own CEO. The next day Marc Andreessen, one of the most powerful investors in technology, posted a single word: "e/acc!" Not a sentence; a faction." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/what-is-accelerationism    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:04:35

  • "Personally, I was never enamoured with the form factor. Too expensive, too thick and too fragile. But the small number of people I know who own one repeatedly and emphatically told me that they'd never go back to a candy-bar style phone." gemini://readme.fairlygood.net/gemlog/2026-09-29_who-will-buy-the-iphone-duo.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:05:19

  • "LLM's reek and so do their addicts... / LLM assisted/generated support emails.. / are people are so fucking lazy and stupid they can't write their own emails now?" gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-09-29.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:06:24

  • ":When I read over the email, there was formatting that I had (luckily) never seen before... It was odd, although there were still enough obviously-human elements to it, such as the use of Engrish, sentences formatted oddly (to a native speaker), etc."    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:07:01

  • "I was more concerned about potential data loss than the email, so I engaged with the user and tried my best to ignore this. I'll post the screen shots below, and you can decide if there was LLM assistance/authorship or not."    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:07:06

  • "I'm just getting comfy, don't mind me." gemini://envs.net/~tofu/gemlog/20260929-test-post.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:07:32

  • Sept 29 2 p.m. Jen’s Second Transplant gemini://cameronknight.smol.pub/1790704790    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:08:17

  • "A wise man once told me to let the universe take me down whatever path it takes me. Sometimes, I worry too much about the future, and less about the present. So, in June, I did just that - stayed focus on the present, and let the universe just guide me wherever." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2853    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:09:02

  • "In the end, though, I always landed back on Pixel phones running GrapheneOS, mainly because I want photos that stay sharp even with a bit of hand shake." gemini://blog.captaintouch.com/posts/2026-09-29-abusing-the-iphone-duo-hinge-api-to-play-flappy-bird.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:09:33

  • I won't gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/i_wont    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:09:56

  • "There was an old 4chan screenshot about how two different television shows handle smart people: one is about how a smart person models other smart people, and the other is how a stupid person models a smart person." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/smart-model-stupid.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:10:56

  • "The Billionaire is Wrong" Chess – a whistle-stop tour of chess variants and "mods" gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/biw-chess.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:11:58

  • I want to be a human. gemini://tilde.club/~silica/gemlog-en/2026-09-29_be-a-human.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:12:55

  • First Post gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20260929-first-post.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:13:24

  • how hard could a simple text game be gemini://thatit.be/2026-09-28-06-53-56.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:14:04

  • "I was writing about the game and went to clean up the source so I could release it to the general public and nuked my entire code base." gemini://thatit.be/2026-09-29-17-20-18.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:14:40

  • "Jet Lag is an online video series that runs episodes on Nebula, then YouTube a week later." gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/jet_lag_the_game_is_a_show_i_like.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:15:12

  • It looks like Microsoft Lunduke has become slop: slop code, slop text (chatbots)... That's what "Controlled Opposition" (Microsoft+Racism) looks like.    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:19:15

  • Momo a charming book gopher://box.matto.nl/0/momo-a-charming-book.txt    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:20:02

  • There will soon be 3.6k known and active capsules according to gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:21:22

  • Sleeping Birds (at the Home) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/sleeping-birds-at-the-home/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:36:03

  • TOMORROW: Red Hat IT is being moved to IBM effective Oct 1 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx924zkx    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:37:06

  • IBM mayhem. "PIPed after favorable mid-year review" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3jare07    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:52:20

  • It's not a PIP, it's a letter saying "leave the company"    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 06:52:37

  • They might be Russian, but people are not individually accountable (maybe collectively) for Putin    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 07:40:33

  • People who want to have sex with women in a coma (inebriated) are trying to make an argument that they're somehow the victim (of Techrights). Being intoxicated is one thing, insobriety to the point of passing out is another.    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 07:50:22

  • So Techrights will never look like the "bad guy" here, it's dealing with perverts and bad actors    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 07:50:44

  • Technology and Science Lose Ground to Charlatans https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/technology-and-science-lose-ground-to-charlatans/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 08:41:17

  • Durian and Peanut https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/durian-and-peanut/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 08:57:52

  • This is aging well so far https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 09:13:53

  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Pleased with Xbox Layoffs, Says They Are ‘Great to See’ https://www.tipranks.com/news/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-pleased-with-xbox-layoffs-says-they-are-great-to-see    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 09:58:48

  • Microsoft CEO Calls Layoffs "Streamlining" and Says Microsoft Layoffs Are "Great to See" http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/26/Microsoft_CEO_Calls_Layoffs_Streamlining_and_Says_Microsoft_Lay.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 09:59:04

  • Nadella has two-digit IQ. Microsoft Gender (In)Equality: Women Don't Ask for Raises https://techrights.org/o/2020/07/30/microsoft-gender-equality/index.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 09:59:49

  • Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) the Much Bigger Culprit https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/paris-saint-germain-psg-the-much-bigger-culprit/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:06:33

  • Addiction on the Net https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/addiction-on-the-net/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:11:10

  • "As I’ve written about before, Judge Bibas reached his ruling via a dramatic about-face. In 2023, he sent fair use to a jury." ☛ https://copyrightlately.com/thomson-reuters-v-ross-third-circuit/ | Source: CopyrightLately    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:13:20

  • "Music industry group IFPI has asked the European Commission to add the popular open source YouTube download tool yt-dlp to its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-wants-open-source-youtube-downloader-yt-dlp-on-eu-piracy-watch-list/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:13:29

  • "allowing brokers to bypass its ticket purchasing limits" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/28/bots-act-ticketmaster-ticketing-platforms/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:13:57

  • Digital Restrictions ☛ https://yashgarg.dev/posts/hijacking-ps5-rtmp-stream/ | Source: Yash Garg    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:14:25

  • "So before filing the subpoena targeting — among other entities — SEIU, liar Ryan Ribner had to swear that he was investigating terrorism or money laundering." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/29/after-assaulting-david-huerta-and-then-lying-about-it-ryan-ribner-lied-so-he-could-spy-on-seiu/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:15:24

  • "While automation is part of accessibility testing, experts said that it is not yet able to be a stand-in for human review" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/websites-jeopardy-amid-us-web-design-system-takeover-coalition-gsa/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:15:37

  • "Issued in March, its contents came as a shock even to the Postal Service’s lawyers." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/29/the-untold-origins-of-trumps-plan-to-sharply-restrict-mail-in-voting-partner/ | Source: Salon    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:15:54

  • "Every year, the night sky is becoming 10% brighter. Eighty per cent of people live under light-polluted skies." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/29/night-sky-darkness-city-regulation | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:16:50

  • "listeners in Beijing first tuned in to Radio Free Asia’s inaugural Mandarin broadcast on Sept. 29, 1996" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/about/releases/2026/09/29/rfa-builds-on-major-milestone/ | Source: RFA    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:17:33

  • "The White House's words and actions leave little doubt that it will immediately reinstitute a complete ban of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO if allowed the opportunity" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5984349 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:17:43

  • "They also come at a precarious moment for public trust in the media, with more Americans saying limits on the press can be justified to combat misinformation." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-09-29/with-bans-taunts-trump-escalates-his-assault-on-media | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:17:55

  • "Against President Donald Trump’s continued efforts to curtail free speech and a free press, American courts have used the First Amendment as a first defense, reported CNN’s Brian Stelter." ☛ https://freespeechcentermtsu.blogspot.com/2026/09/court-order-poor-view-get-with-god.html |    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:18:22

  • "In October 2022 the BBC cut 139 local radio jobs as it shifted investment towards online news." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-to-cut-local-radio-and-regional-tv-news-with-90-jobs-at-risk/ | Source: Press Gazette http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:18:44

  • "But we also all remember the brutal comedown." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/28/world-news-day-would-you-like-your-news-with-or-without-hallucinations/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:18:57

  • "It was not immediately clear how long this process might take." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-comedian-convicted-for-insulting-erdogan-in-show/a-79455759 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:20:15

  • "But on Friday, a story in the Hollywood Reporter said indie distributor Bleecker Street was rejected by all four companies when it attempted to buy ads on the platforms for the film." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/musk-documentary-ads-blocked-youtube-meta-tiktok-9.7361211 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:20:34

  • "Both newspapers did exactly what media outlets should do when faced with such intimidation." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/florida-senate-demanded-newspapers-destroy-report-on-insurance-companies-or-face-prosecution/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:20:54

  • "Even that limited response is vastly different from the uniform rejection from nine leading universities last year of the administration’s previous initiative, the Compact for Academic Excellence." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2026/0929/trump-colleges-education-principles | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:21:20

  • "was charged with treason" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/29/yes-i-regret-going-russian-it-specialist-returned-to-russia-to-visit-his-ailing-father-and-was-charged-with-treason-over-30-sent-to-his-ex-girlfriend-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:21:42

  • "After an argument between officials and people seeking access to the courtroom, the court opened another room where the proceedings could be followed through Turkey’s audiovisual court system." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/court-orders-comedian-deniz-goktass-release-after-sentences-for-insulting-erdogan-and-religion-323865 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:21:58

  • "Students at Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran rallied on September 28 against the country's hijab law" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-tehran-students-protest-hijab/33866456.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:22:08

  • "Signatories included Trump, Huang, Musk, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Amodei, and Brockman." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/nvidias-jensen-huang-calls-data-centers-superintelligence-factories-after-donald-trumps-ai-renaming-push-101790733074087.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:22:36

  • "publicity or propaganda." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-trump-airing-taxpayer-funded | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:22:46

  • "the state “gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry,” journalist Ronan Farrow reported" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/microsoft-goes-quiet-after-church-groups-ask-for-1-of-data-center-costs/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:23:10

  • "That all sounds lovely, at least on paper." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-shrivels-good-neighbor-community-first-ai-data-center | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:23:23

  • "Abu Dhabi-backed technology investor MGX is looking east for data center assets as the UAE capital’s deep pockets become central to the global AI buildout." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/28/2026/mgx-looks-for-data-center-assets-in-the-asia-pacific | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:23:44

  • "Republicans seem to be going all in on data centers, despite widespread public opposition." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/215930/mike-johnson-public-opinion-data-centers-psyop | Source: New Republic    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:24:00

  • "The plans, including the timing of the IPO, are subject to change, the people cautioned. DayOne declined to comment." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/data-centre-ipo-hopefuls-brave-tougher-market-as-investor-scrutiny-grows/articleshow/134521362.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:24:30

  • OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face [Breach] ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/openai-sued-over-the-hugging-face-hack/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:24:49

  • "What began as a moral panic over Silicon Valley chatbots and censorship has turned into a desperate campaign to douse the flames of a conservative grassroots rebellion against AI data centers." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/29/fox-news-tries-to-cool-conservative-anger-over-ai/ | Source: Salon    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:25:06

  • "Her investigations led to the discovery that the industry’s owners were now tech nerds and bankers, with no particular interest in pornography itself." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/29/patricia-nilsson-exposing-worlds-biggest-porn-bosses | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:26:17

  • "The Perl and Raku Foundation (TPRF) is grateful to announce a gift of $12,000 from NVIDIA in support of Perl and CPAN." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/nvidia-donates-12-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/ | Source: Perl    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:26:28

  • Slop and fakecoin slush funds to control Perl and Raku Foundation    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:26:52

  • "Small study uses local knowledge to identify 35 medicinal plants used by elephants in Kenya" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/elephants-medicinal-plants-9.7361488 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:27:24

  • "I’m on Snälltåget’s iconic red-shelled train, on the Swedish rail company’s new route from Malmö to Oslo – a 6.5-hour journey along Sweden’s picturesque western corridor." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/sep/29/saunas-cinnamon-buns-and-coastal-scenery-on-the-new-rail-route-from-malmo-to-oslo | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:28:07

  • "Data centres accounted for 4.4 per cent of U.S. electricity demand in 2023" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/data-centre-power-9.7355703 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:28:16

  • "Take energy. Without numbers that can be trusted, it's impossible to judge the environmental effect of using datacenters." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/09/28/open-source-datacenters-and-open-source-thinking-will-undo-self-inflicted-dc-damage/5299068 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:28:35

  • "Across the United States, forest, farmland and desert are being cleared to make way for the physical infrastructure that powers our technology." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/09/28/satellite-images-show-scale-americas-data-center-build-out/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:28:47

  • "I've also often said that the only true borders on earth are between land and water, and those are mutable, shifting, a meeting place as much as a marker of difference." ☛ https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/to-starve-a-whale-letter-from-a-hot-planet/ | Source: Rebecca Solnit    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:29:15

  • "Trump’s action is illegal because the law requires that the fuel economy standards be set at the “maximum feasible” level." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-administration-guts-mile-per-gallon-auto-rule | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:29:27

  • "When these minerals are oxidized, they release metals – iron, aluminum, manganese, zinc, nickel, cadmium, and rare earth elements – that can then seep into waterways, hence the rivers' rusty appearances." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/as-permafrost-melts-toxic-metals-are-poisoning-rivers-with-levels-70-times-higher-than-normal | Source: Science Alert    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:29:44

  • "In February 2017, a group of protesters gathered outside Masjid Toronto during Friday prayers, calling for a ban on Islam and blocking some worshippers from entering." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/09/the-wrong-target-why-the-cbc-should-be-asking-about-the-yom-kippur-protesters-not-the-journalist-who-reported-on-them/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:30:12

  • "Grynkewich also reiterated his concern that allies must be ready for conflicts in more than one region at the same time" ☛ https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2026-09-29/nato-eucom-grynkewich-23000655.html | Source: Stars And Stripes    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:31:52

  • "Other scientists are less enthusiastic about the finding, which is the first to come out of a research group formed by Anthropic earlier this year." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-says-it-discovered-a-crispr-like-system-now-what/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:32:23

  • "Russian forces continue to strike Ukrainian data centers." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/28/russia-keeps-attacking-ukrainian-data-centers-calling-it-a-mandatory-digital-detox | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:32:35

  • "Part of Ukraine’s critical digital infrastructure is being relocated underground, where it will be better protected from missiles and drones." ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/ukraine-prepares-for-major-internet-disruptions-as-russia-targets-data-centers/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:32:52

  • "Russia hit the headquarters of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile service provider on Sunday, the company told local media" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/russia-hits-ukraines-largest-mobile-provider-strikes-data-centres/articleshow/134540772.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:33:21

  • "Only information disclosed by energy companies themselves is exempt. However, as The Bell notes, the decree sets no penalties for violations." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/28/putin-bans-online-publication-of-fuel-export-and-oil-refinery-processing-data-in-a-bid-to-make-western-sanctions-harder-to-enforce | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:33:37

  • "66 miljarder euro i fel fickor varje år då piratismen gör comeback" x https://yle.fi/a/7-10105858    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:33:58

  • "Personal data is collected, processed, and even bought and sold, in astronomical volumes – every second, every day." ☛ https://www.imy.se/contentassets/c33bf3fcc657482e82ca96f0c88cacbd/eric-leijonram-keynote-speech-nordic-privacy-arena-2026.pdf | Source: Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:34:34

  • "Device linking, compromised endpoints, and mailbox access can expose private conversations while encryption keeps working." ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/eavesdropping-does-not-require-breaking-encryption/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:34:46

  • "Under the EU Council’s proposal, an authority could grant platforms a “license to scan” parts of their service—namely private chats and e-mails—for months at a time." ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-chat-control-governments-push-search-plans-to-permanently-legalise-chat-mass-scanning-in-final-trilogue-showdown/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:34:57

  • "Flock Safety generates plate reads and clips continuously." ☛ https://www.404media.co/surveillance-company-tells-cops-it-wants-to-add-facial-recognition-to-flock-cameras/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:35:10

  • "Around that time, I was asked to be on a panel debating whether or not it was good for employees to protest contracts like this with one of Palantir’s founders." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/29/reporting-confirms-stupid-over-reliance-on-palantir-ai-helped-lead-to-us-bombing-of-iranian-schoolgirls/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:35:37

  • [Old] "Rather than co-investing in generation, large users such as data centres and pharmaceutical firms typically secure power through long-term contracts." ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41841972.html | Source: Irish Examiner    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:38:21

  • "Getting tee-time reservations at L.A. municipal golf courses had long been difficult." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-27/newsom-signs-bill-banning-public-tee-time-brokers-at-public-golf-courses | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:38:31

  • "The partnership combines Microsoft’s Azure platform with Post’s local infrastructure and expertise." ☛ https://www.luxtimes.lu/businessandfinance/microsoft-and-post-launch-azure-extended-zone-to-boost-cloud-and-ai-in-luxembourg/162272837.html | Source: Mediahuis Group    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:38:42

  • Demand which is driven by DEBT is demand that won't last. GAFAM is toast.    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:39:41

  • "Political podcasts increasingly look and function like television." ☛ https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/political-podcast-ad-spending-tv-news-youtube/ | Source: The Wrap    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:39:51

  • "Feel free to use this as a reference to send to your favorite legislator or journalist the next time they’re getting fooled by Mark Zuckerberg." ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2026/09/29/facebook-fake-out/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:40:02

  • "For years, the group had advised the GIFCT on how to prevent platforms from becoming havens for the radical organizations and individuals blamed for some of the world’s worst mass violence." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/independent-advisers-resign-en-masse-from-big-techs-anti-terrorism-group/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:40:19

  • "The new Digital Journalist Scheme will employ 40 journalists on 18-month fixed-term contracts with a salary of £48,000." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-creates-40-jobs-to-train-journalists-as-content-creators/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:40:45

  • "The proposal is built around the following elements: social media age “delay”, safety by design, age assurance and parental responsibility, and strong enforcement. Each of these measures are concerning." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/29/eu-kids-act-wont-keep-the-internet-accountable-and-trustworthy/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:41:05

  • "These agents are supposed to be the perfect worker bees: available 24/7, never complaining, and providing superhuman intelligence." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agents-are-about-to-flood-the-workforce-no-ones-ready-for-it/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:42:12

  • "The tools at the center of the investment boom are Large Language Models (LLMs) that evolved from decades of language modeling based on the probabilistic pattern-matching of neural networks." ☛ https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2026/02/understanding-the-llm-bubble/ | Source: American Affairs Journal    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:43:25

  • "Muse does everything! It’ll go through your email! It’ll book appointments! It’ll even make phone calls for you, using AGI — A Guy Instead. Calls are made by humans in a call centre." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/28/metas-muse-ai-agent-a-hilarious-security-disaster/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:44:28

  • "Here's how the current prices stack up (per million tokens), along with the cost of two example agentic sessions." ☛ https://martinalderson.com/posts/ai-margin-collapse-gathering-pace/ | Source: Martin Alderson    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:44:41

  • "I got this flood of absolutely stupid crawler activity from what looks like someone's cable modem." ☛ https://www.going-flying.com/blog/ai-spammers.html | Source: Matthew J Ernisse    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:44:52

  • "I hadn’t been watching Gumroad. I kept them around to support VAT, and a handful of you used them." ☛ https://mwl.io/archives/24995 | Source: MWL    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:45:03

  • "Mathathon is centered around one question: how can we use AI to augment human understanding of mathematics?" ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/joint-statement-about-mathathon/ | Source: Terence Tao    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:45:24

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posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:48:56

  • "would basically be god-like powerful" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002238/openai-google-anthropic-ai-researchers-safety-interviews | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:49:02

  • "Bot activity during normal business hours can also negatively impact catalog performance for legitimate users" ☛ https://www.oif.ala.org/bots-attacking-scraping-library-catalogs/ | Source: American Library Association    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:49:14

  • "That’s right, Dallas homes were being judged by cameras and algorithms, assigning “blight” scores to homes the garbage trucks serviced." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/29/dallas-goes-dystopia-outfits-garbage-trucks-with-ai-cameras-to-generate-blight-citations/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:49:25

  • "Some US intelligence analysts took notice, the officials said." ☛ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-iran-school-attack/ | Source: Bloomberg    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:49:40

  • "In March, the 54-year-old Smith admitted to having used AI to generate thousands of songs and using bots to stream them billions of times." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/29/ai-streaming-scammer-potential-sentence/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:49:56

  • "Global growth is tracking at about 3% this year, exactly where it was expected to be 18 months ago, despite two wars, $100 oil, simmering trade battles, and higher borrowing costs." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/28/2026/imf-chief-warns-ai-boom-is-masking-economic-fragility-from-oil-shocks | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:51:33

  • "Yet there is a China-shaped hole in this narrative. The Asian superpower is portrayed as the difficult final participant in a governance system that the US and its allies must first create." ☛ https://theconversation.com/us-tech-leaders-are-urgently-calling-for-rules-on-ai-china-already-has-them-292965 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:51:59

  • "I’d bought an iPod in 2003 and almost since day 1 and experiencing iTunes on Windows I hankered after a Mac." ☛ https://www.iandick.com/20-years-of-mac/ | Source: Ian Dick    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:52:52

  • "It sits next to "retro", the Intel i7 10.13.6 Mini that still exists solely so I can run Illustrator CS6. (VirtualBox emulation is too slow.)" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/09/nomenclature/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:53:11

  • "The earliest known instance of CVE-2026-88772 exploitation occurred Sept. 3, Mandiant researchers told CyberScoop Tuesday." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/citrix-netscaler-zero-day-attacks-three-weeks-undetected/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:53:33

  • "It is one of the largest ever studies on the subject." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/28/high-screen-usage-in-children-linked-to-poorer-outcomes-major-study-suggests | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:54:09

  • "So the anger was at the unfairness. I remain technically obese, but I’m not obese enough to float easily in foamy surf." ☛ https://artlung.com/blog/2026/09/29/proj-on/ | Source: Joe Crawford    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:54:51

  • "A systematic review linking them to poor sleep, anxiety, lower academic performance, smoking, and substance use is prompting bans in several European nations." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1316540/energy-drinks-pose-growing-youth-health-risks/ | Source: Greece    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:55:11

  • "Branch Target Reuse (BTR) is a new Spectre v2 attack targeting JIT compilers in web browsers, language runtimes, and the operating system kernel" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/new-spectre-v2-variant-exposes-intel-amd-arm-cpus-to-data-leaks/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:56:03

  • [Old] "These types of attacks, called Meltdown and Spectre, were no ordinary bugs. At the time it was discovered" ☛ https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-spectre-and-meltdown-hacks-really-worked | Source: IEEE    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:56:47

  • [Old] "The vulnerabilities are astounding; I would argue they are one of the most important discoveries in computer science in the last 10–20 years." ☛ https://medium.com/@mattklein123/meltdown-spectre-explained-6bc8634cc0c2 | Source: Medium    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:57:11

  • "A mechanical TV — the kind that makes an image with a Nipkow disk and a single lamp with some help from persistence of vision — is easy enough to wrap your head around" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/29/electromechanical-tv-goes-3d-with-this-light-field-display/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:57:44

  • "The method starts out as a standard single-layer board in effect. Toner is ironed onto a copper board, in this case using a laminator" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/29/improved-double-sided-toner-transfer-method/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:58:06

  • "We seem to be on a theme of hybrid circuits! This aesthetically pleasing ware was submitted anonymously. Thank you, you know who you are!" ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2026/name-that-ware-september-2026/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:58:38

  • "The Ware for August 2026 is the “IC unit” from a Lafayette 150-in-1 “IC Electronic Project Kit”, part number 99-35107." ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2026/winner-name-that-ware-august-2026/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:58:59

  • "Academic and research libraries, as well as public libraries, historical societies, and other organizations" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/09/29/are-libraries-prepared-second-digital-transformation-distinctive-collections/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:59:38

  • "Originally, beginning in 2027, all first-year LSA students were going to be automatically enrolled in the program." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/lsa-pauses-first-semester-pass-no-credit-grading-pilot-program/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:02:57

  • "Rindal researches English language learning and has recently interviewed sixth- and 10th-graders about how they use English and perceive the language." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-09-norwegian-year-olds-british-english.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:03:18

  • "Their frame work identifies four clusters of positive outcomes from workplace boredom: [...]" ☛ https://ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/boredom-as-a-signal-not-a-problem-a-law-librarians-case-for-volunteering/ | Source: RIPS Law Librarian Blog    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:03:40

  • "You aren’t, of course, ever ‘done’. That’s the boring answer. You are just good enough to adapt and take wisdom with you." ☛ https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/09/mastery-wicked-problem/ | Source: Christian Tietze    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:03:57

  • "When you call me, my junior, and tell me about all the things that trouble you, it reminds me of all the times I mentioned above" ☛ https://abhi.now/blog/to-my-college-juniors/ | Source: Abhigyan Tripathi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:04:20

  • "The location of the discovery makes the coins particularly intriguing. Truso was a major early medieval trading settlement situated on Lake Druzno, less than 10 kilometres from modern Elbląg." ☛ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/09/medieval-arab-coins-found-near-viking-trading-centre-in-poland/ | Source: Medievalists.net    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:05:06

  • "To the dismay of the average physics student, experiments that demonstrate these fundamental laws of physics are still pretty hard to replicate without some solid time and monetary investment." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/29/testing-coulombs-law-and-similar-fundamentals-yourself-remains-tricky/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:05:23

  • "When starting out as a programmer, [Gabriel] used various tools that provided a camera somewhat automatically." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/29/the-deep-magic-of-3d-graphics-perspective/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:05:38

  • "This ablated the surface and sent a shockwave through the material that caused it to melt. Using X-ray diffraction data this entire process was followed, elucidating the exact melting temperature under such conditions." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/29/determining-diamonds-properties-under-extreme-pressures/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:06:02

  • "The system is in now—I have re-landscaped everything, and now the grass is growing again before winter and we feel much better." ☛ https://austinwhite.org/posts/i-buried-a-honda-civic-si-in-my-yard | Source: Austin White    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:06:47

  • "Next up is “algorithm”. Until recently an algorithm was a defined procedure, guaranteed to yield a correct answer to an appropriate class of problems given the right starting conditions and sufficient time." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/29/aggravated-by-algorithms/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:07:03

  • "Second, when I did listen, it was a choice. “Is this worth untangling right now?” Most times, the answer was still yes. But I was still deciding." ☛ https://danq.me/2026/09/29/tangled-earphones-were-a-feature-not-a-bug/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:07:19

  • "We’re witnessing the death of hosting in America. The share of adults who say they regularly have friends over has declined 70 percent since 1975" ☛ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-death-of-the-american-host | Source: Derek Thompson    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:07:29

  • "IMY launches safety app for young people on social media | IMY" https://www.imy.se/en/news/imy-launches-safety-app-for-young-people-on-social-media/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:08:56

  • ~10 min - note the collaboration by yellow press and social control media: 'COMPLETE DOOFUS': GOP’s Jack Smith ‘smoking gun’ CRUMBLES over Caitlin Clark game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhFJ0-KyKSk    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:10:26

  • "Chat Control – principfrågan" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/29/chat-control-principfragan/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:10:39

  • "Trump can't force election changes by blocking counterterrorism funds to states, judge says | WPLN News" https://wpln.org/post/trump-cant-force-election-changes-by-blocking-counterterrorism-funds-to-states-judge-says/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:10:58

  • "Trump rolls over for China's panda gift - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/09/28/trump-rolls-over-for-chinas-panda-gift/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:11:12

  • "Lone Republican Senator Derails a Bill to Prevent Demolition of the Kennedy Center - The Washington Sun" https://www.washingtonsun.com/metro/mike-lee-blocks-bill-kennedy-center-demolition    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:11:38

  • "Majority of voters want Democrats to take control of the House | Courthouse News Service" https://www.courthousenews.com/majority-of-voters-want-democrats-to-take-control-of-the-house/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:11:56

  • florida https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/25/news-organizations-publish-floridas-secret-examination-of-insurer-profits/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:12:19

  • "Abraham Lincoln strike group destroyer returns home after 301 days at sea | Stars and Stripes" https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-09-29/abraham-lincoln-strike-group-destroyer-22999541.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:12:31

  • "Trump Ads Could Be Grounds for Impeachment, Former WH Ethics Lawyer Says | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/trump-ads-could-be-grounds-for-impeachment-former-wh-ethics-lawyer-says/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:12:48

  • "Khanna Says Trump Impeachment About “Setting a Standard” of Accountability | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/khanna-says-trump-impeachment-about-setting-a-standard-of-accountability/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:13:05

  • Demented diaperman trying to float up a popping bubble https://www.theverge.com/policy/1002468/trump-ai-superintelligence-executive-order-ai    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:13:30

  • strikes out completely on the "cloud" recommendation, Azure was infamous for losing data and Amazon has admitted to it in the ME lately too; "cloud" is not a viable approach to long term preservation, however +1 for mention of open file formats and of OpenZFS https://www.pcworld.com/article/3233366/want-your-photos-to-survive-for-decades-a-digital-archivist-explains-what-to-do.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:14:04

  • Moratorium https://insidetowers.com/data-centers-reach-the-moratorium-moment/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:14:20

  • "The Beclowning of Scott Bessent - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclowning-of-scott-bessent    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:14:30

  • "The Press Was Too Charitable - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-press-was-too-charitable    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:14:40

  • Plagiarism https://siliconprairies.substack.com/p/anthropic-is-destructively-scanning https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/ipharms/ipharms.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:15:12

  • "Chat Control – för er, inte för oss" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/28/chat-control-for-er-inte-for-oss/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:15:23

  • "Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)" https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html blocked by gratuitous javascript    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:15:35

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1754.jpg    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:26:06

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2111.jpg    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:26:12

  • "So it ditches Gopher’s arcane menu syntax and strict menu/document hierarchy in favor of basic hypertext links that can be used anywhere." ☛ https://journal.kvibber.com/2026/09/why-gemini/ | Source: Kelson Vibber    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:28:37

  • "np.searchsorted is NumPy’s implementation of the binary search algorithm." ☛ https://blog.scientific-python.org/numpy/searchsorted/ | Source: Scientific Python Blog    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:29:01

  • [Old] "So I wrote a simple Perl script to extract sponsor names and addresses from an export spreadsheet and send a confirmation mail to the sponsor." ☛ https://mwl.io/archives/24272 | Source: MWL    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:29:27

  • "I think I managed to build quite a nice and interesting test suite recently; I’ll do my best to describe it in this post." ☛ https://reecoute.fr/tech_blog/2026-09-28_my-experience-writing-automated-tests-for-a-spa |    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:29:44

  • "I recently spent a week trying to figure out how to display a very large inheritance tree on a limited amount of screen space." ☛ https://lonami.dev/blog/tree-node-positioning/ | Source: Lonami    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:58:14

  • "A canary setting can pass inspection while the next release skips the canary." ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/one-canary-rule-three-systems/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 11:58:25

  • Corruption in Europe https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/corruption-in-europe/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:05:03

  • "The customer argues that the distributor's original import date is not something an ordinary buyer would necessarily know when making a purchase." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/zotac-denies-warranty-support-to-rtx-3060-owner-in-india-after-just-one-year-despite-offering-three-years-of-coverage-company-says-gpus-2023-import-date-takes-precedence-over-purchase-date | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:05:41

  • "The 2026 edition took place on 26th and 27th of September at NIMHANS Convention Center and it was amazing!" ☛ https://yashgarg.dev/posts/indiafoss-2026/ | Source: Yash Garg    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:06:03

  • "Now, I use my static site generator on my laptop. I have a Makefile with a few commands to help me build and publish my site: [...]" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/29/post-permalink-checks-bash | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:06:26

  • "Update Sep 2026: I moved my website to bearblog.dev and removed the buttons functionality. It was fun while it lasted!" ☛ https://laplab.me/posts/buttons/ | Source: Nikita Lapkov    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:06:34

  • "Recently, I’ve received a few messages from people seeing me playing around with other blogging tools, wondering if I’m planning on leaving Bear" ☛ https://robertbirming.com/no-place-like-home/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:06:45

  • "This release is signed using a new subkey." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15024/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:07:26

  • "Firefox’s newer interface uses very round, pill-shaped tabs and an address bar." ☛ https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/firefox-rounded-tabs-address-bar/ | Source: Alexander Deplov    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:07:34

  • "I gave Helix a spin, and it felt great to use right from the get-go. The keybindings are similar to Vim but different in some key ways." ☛ https://brettcodes.com/the-curious-case-of-the-helix-editor-and-why-its-my-go-to/ | Source: Brett Chalupa    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:08:29

  • "I think I will keep using it more. 1 month is not enough to be very comfortable with a tool to the point of making a definitive judgment." ☛ https://rmpr.xyz/30-days-writing-cpp-in-zed/ | Source: Mario Rufus    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:08:38

  • "A few days ago I announced that I am working on denote-data. The goal is to provide an opt-in, in-memory cache for Denote." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-09-29-emacs-denote-data-status-update/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:08:56

  • "The Thélyson Orélien controversy raises new questions about whether detection software can be trusted" ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/bestselling-novelist-dropped-from-major-prize-over-suspected-ai-use/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:09:11

  • "Once upon a time, if you wanted to have a custom IC, you went with a wheelbarrow full of money to a semiconductor company." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/the-fpga-chronicles-exploring-the-tang-nano-20k/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:09:36

  • "At its core, it’s a Raspberry Pi Zero2W. That’s rather overkill for an 8-bit virtual machine, but it’s what he had on hand, and it makes for an easy build." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/28/this-pico-8-handheld-is-no-fantasy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:10:10

  • "Today, we are delighted to announce that the Smart Display Module is available to buy now from our global network of Approved Resellers." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-smart-display-module-available-now-at-30/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:10:31

  • "Today, we are delighted to announce that the Smart Display Module is available to buy now from our global network of Approved Resellers." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-smart-display-module-available-now-at-30/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:10:45

  • "Integrating a Tiny FX instead of a Raspberry Pi Pico into a 1:43 scale Land Rover Series 1 is an easy task for him" ☛ https://blog.pimoroni.com/small-scale-big-impact-tiny-fx-adds-magic-to-model-builds/ | Source: Pimoroni    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:11:17

  • "Thanks to being subscribed to self-hosting and homelab feeds" ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/what-about-thinkcentre-m710q-m720q-and-bsd/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:11:41

  • "How do the experts who work on preserving all kinds of information for the future go about it, and do they have any advice for us mere mortals?" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3233366/want-your-photos-to-survive-for-decades-a-digital-archivist-explains-what-to-do.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:12:06

  • "Yesterday I wrote about an unexpected difference in how terminal programs handled 'backward line wrapping', which is sometimes known as 'reverse wrapping'" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/TerminfoAndAutomaticMargins | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:12:16

  • "If you are new to OpenBSD virtualization, read vm.conf(5) and vmctl(8) first." ☛ https://rsadowski.de/posts/2026/vmm-ubuntu26-setup/ | Source: Rafael Sadowski    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:13:11

  • "National Nurses United: Purging Palantir" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/national-nurses-united-purging-palantir/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:17:07

  • "In Episode 21, I chat with Joel, the author of joelchrono.xyz about, among other things, writing about video games, weeknotes, homepage and website design, and more." ☛ https://web-weaving.jamesg.blog/21 | Source: Wonders of Web Weaving    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:17:21

  • Mozilla Addons Blog: Nova is here: what changes for your Firefox theme ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/09/29/nova-is-here-what-changes-for-your-firefox-theme/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:22:27

  • "What comes to mind when you think of Firefox? Is it our best-in-class privacy features and ad blocking capabilities? Our partnerships with Wrexham, NVIDIA or Mistral? Or maybe our adorable mascot Kit?" ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/new-firefox-design-is-here/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:23:34

  • "I witnessed outside the Royal Courts of Justice the police lifting up elderly people in wheelchairs to arrest them for holding a sign, and I thought ultimately the system will repudiate this madness." https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/09/losing-my-religion/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:25:11

  • GNOME lost its CoC ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/conduct/2026/09/29/announcement-missed-coc-reports/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:30:04

  • Burnham sets out 'new path' for Britain, vows to seek consensus on ties with EU ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260929-burnham-sets-out-new-path-for-britain-vows-to-seek-consensus-on-ties-with-eu    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:30:44

  • "The names or nationalities of anyone involved, including the pilots who suffered injuries, and those who landed the plane" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw980g1lem5pt    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 12:41:23

  • EPO this week: "Save the date for the Annual General Meeting - Thursday 15 October 2026, 17:00'    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:09:43

  • "Please join us for the SUEPO TH Annual General Meeting (AGM) – in person only – followed by drinks and snacks with your union representatives who will be available to answer your questions and discuss any concerns or ideas you may have."    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:09:48

  • VolnOS – Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux desktop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/volnos-ubuntu-based-linux-desktop/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:18:13

  • Maze GNU/Linux – security and privacy-focused Arch-based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/maze-linux-security-privacy-focused-arch-based-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:18:51

  • Independence, or the end of the client state ☞ https://gaelduval.com/independence-the-end-of-the-client-state/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:19:18

  • Europa ist nicht kaputt. Noch will es kaum jemand. ☞ https://gaelduval.com/europa-ist-nicht-kaputt-noch-will-es-kaum-jemand/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:20:49

  • Ein Erbe für alle, finanziert aus Erbschaften ☞ https://gaelduval.com/ein-erbe-fuer-alle-finanziert-aus-erbschaften/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:20:57

  • L’Europe n’est pas en panne. Elle ne fait pas encore envie. ☞ https://gaelduval.com/leurope-nest-pas-en-panne-elle-ne-fait-pas-encore-envie/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:21:05

  • CrossOver 26.3 released for Mac and GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.wine-reviews.net/2026/09/crossover-263-released-for-mac-and-linux.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:23:00

  • CodeWeavers CrossOver discount code ☞ https://www.wine-reviews.net/2026/09/codeweavers-crossover-discount-code.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:23:22

  • CRA Tech Talk, 09/07/2026 ☞ https://openssf.org/policy/cra/2026/09/29/cra-tech-talk-09-07-2026/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:24:06

  • Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1097466/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:24:30

  • Linux May Soon Work on Snapdragon X2-Based PCs ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-May-Soon-Work-on-Snapdragon-X2-Based-PCs    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:25:10

  • Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/upgrade-your-desktop-ubuntu-26-04-lts    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:26:11

  • How To Install Flatpak on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-flatpak-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:30:04

  • antiX-26.1 released ☞ https://antixlinux.com/antix-26-1-released/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:48:18

  • XPQ4 20260924 "Free10" ☞ https://distrowatch.com/xpq4    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:48:26

  • FSF Blogs: FSF comments on Newsom's executive order on so-called artificial intelligence ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-comments-on-newsoms-california-executive-order    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:49:31

  • MidnightBSD 4.0.8 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/midnightbsd    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:49:41

  • Welcome Bogdan Buzea, new LibreOffice QA Analyst ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/29/welcome-bogdan-buzea-new-libreoffice-qa-analyst/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:50:25

  • New action plan for more Frontex and “crisis response”: EU Commission massively expands migration defence ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/09/29/new-action-plan-for-more-frontex-and-crisis-response-eu-commission-massively-expands-migration-defence/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:50:50

  • Sea-Watch recovers drowned people in the Mediterranean and criticises EU for increasing cooperation with Libyan units ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/09/29/sea-watch-recovers-drowned-people-in-the-mediterranean-and-criticises-eu-for-increasing-cooperation-with-libyan-units/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:51:27

  • VLC makes its ‘biggest security release ever’ ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/vlc-major-security-update    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:53:02

  • And we’re go – upgrades to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 finally enabled ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2604-upgrades-live-2404 "to address regressions in a recent version of rust-coreutils." https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2026-August/000326.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:54:59

  • Rust is good at breaking things that worked. Then they say, "BUT SECURITY".    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:55:53

  • Destroy Any Website is a browser game that does what it says ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/destroy-any-website-browser-game    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:57:19

  • Dev snapshot: Godot 4.8 dev 7 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-8-dev-7/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:57:31

  • How to Try Out 26.10’s Speech-to-Text App in Ubuntu 26.04 | 24.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/try-out-26-10s-speech-to-text-voice-typing-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:58:23

  • Firefox 157.0 is Available with Big UI Redesign & Compact Mode ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/firefox-157-0-is-available-with-big-ui-redesign-compact-mode/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 14:58:44

  • BitTorrent porn downloads bring costly surprise for users in Japan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/bittorrent-porn-downloads-bring-costly-surprise-for-users-in-japan    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:00:25

  • NCS Scores $1.9 Million Interim Judgment Over AEI Music Amid Ugly Contract Dispute — Full Trial Scheduled for Early 2028 ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/29/ncs-aei-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:00:53

  • IMPF and IMPEL Unite on Generative Hey Hi (AI) Licensing Principles and Call for Support From CMOs and Other Licensors ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/29/impf-and-impel-unite-generative-ai-licensing/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:01:13

  • As European leaders warn of Russian attacks, Lithuania sees no signs of new escalation ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3067436/as-european-leaders-warn-of-russian-attacks-lithuania-sees-no-signs-of-new-escalation    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:01:39

  • Mutiny in Niger Reveals Flawed Security Strategy ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/09/mutiny-in-niger-reveals-flawed-security-strategy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mutiny-in-niger-reveals-flawed-security-strategy    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:01:57

  • Dasha 1.8: index recommendations, I/O analysis, schema checks and log insights ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/dasha-18-index-recommendations-io-analysis-schema-checks-and-log-insights-3387/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:02:31

  • Estonia attributes attack on defence firm to Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3067270/estonia-attributes-attack-on-defence-firm-to-russia    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:02:44

  • Lithuania preparing for Russia's efforts to spread fear, divide society, PM says ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3067365/lithuania-preparing-for-russia-s-efforts-to-spread-fear-divide-society-pm-says    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:02:56

  • Vilnius dismisses new Russian threat over Kaliningrad as ‘psychological pressure’ ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3067404/vilnius-dismisses-new-russian-threat-over-kaliningrad-as-psychological-pressure    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:03:14

  • European Union imposes sanctions on 10 Russian officials over Yabloko ban ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/european-union-imposes-sanctions-on-10-russian-officials-over-yabloko-ban/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:03:31

  • Big growth in aggressor state grain transit via Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/29.09.2026-big-growth-in-aggressor-state-grain-transit-via-latvia.a665366/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:03:42

  • Mystery over UK airbase scare as police find 'quantity of petrol' but no explosives ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260929-mystery-over-uk-airbase-scare-as-police-find-quantity-of-petrol-but-no-explosives    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:04:16

  • French civil servants strike, demand additional budgetary resources ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260929-french-civil-servants-strike-demand-additional-budgetary-resources    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:04:33

  • UN alarmed by reports that Myanmar air strike killed 50 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/un-alarmed-by-reports-that-myanmar-air-strike-killed-50    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:04:55

  • Myanmar airstrike death toll hits 50 as families gather bodies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/death-toll-from-myanmar-airstrike-in-rakhine-state-rises-to-50    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:05:09

  • Dozens Killed in Myanmar Military Bombing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/world/asia/myanmar-airstrike-rakhine-market.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:05:18

  • SteamOS 0.4.2 Beta for Steam Frame brings streaming improvements | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-0-4-2-beta-for-steam-frame-brings-streaming-improvements/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:06:32

  • D7VK version 2.3 released and mature enough to now be in maintenance mode | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/d7vk-version-2-3-released-and-mature-enough-to-now-be-in-maintenance-mode/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:06:52

  • "Principal Research Engineer at the Huawei Munich Research Cente" ... now in Ubuntu... from CPC to Canonical https://archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedule/speaker/F9C7GD/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:08:37

  • When Places Go Missing or the “Enemy is Within” https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/when-places-go-missing-or-the-enemy-is-within/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:34:30

  • Valve made a Steam Frame Dongle troubleshooting script for Linux gamers | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/valve-made-a-steam-frame-dongle-troubleshooting-script-for-linux-gamers/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/valve-made-a-steam-frame-dongle-troubleshooting-script-for-linux-gamers/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:35:47

  • Check out Jarred Defense, a challenging maze-building tower defense game | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/check-out-jarred-defense-a-challenging-maze-building-tower-defense-game/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:36:14

  • "The module uses an M.2 2280 interface and is designed to handle local AI inference, including large language models, vision-language models, and computer vision workloads on embedded Linux and Android systems." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/forlinx-20-tops-m-2-ai-accelerator-supports-pcie-cascading-for-local-llm-inference/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:41:50

  • "ASRock Industrial has announced four compact platforms based on Intel Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake-U” processors." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/dual-2-5gbe-and-ddr5-6400-across-four-wildcat-lake-nuc-platforms/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:42:03

  • Trust a pilot with a knife with the security of air travel? https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/when-places-go-missing-or-the-enemy-is-within/ Trust one Debian person to secure the OS from bad people while he wants to stab colleagues? https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/30/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XII_Toxic_Masculinity_Hunting_Wome.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:45:28

  • "Service providers should start with one domain, then expand the same pattern." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/agentic-ai-network-operations-smarter-decisions-proven-automation | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:45:45

  • Slop instead of substance ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/balancing-open-science-and-data-privacy-enterprise-red-hat-openshift-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:46:15

  • Kubernetes ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-delivers-peak-performance-kubernetes-cpus-mlperf-inference-v61 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:46:42

  • More slop and bots promoted for the sake of hype and riding trends ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-red-hat-building-open-foundation-enterprise-agents-openclaw-enterprise | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:47:21

  • Accelerating growth at Ecosystem Success Day 2026 ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/accelerating-growth-ecosystem-success-day-2026    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:48:37

  • Marketing disguised as recommendation ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/partner-recognition-red-hats-placement-leader-2026-gartnerr-magic-quadranttm-container-management https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/partner-success-leveraging-red-hats-recognition-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-reports https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-named-leader-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-server-virtualization-platforms    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:50:04

  • Gartner Group is not objective, it is objectionable https://techrights.org/wiki/Gartner_Group/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:50:45

  • Slop promotion ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/29/how-we-cut-ci-failure-triage-from-hours-to-minutes-using-ai    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:53:00

  • More and more slop ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/29/red-team-your-ai-model-garak    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:53:25

  • And yet more slop and slopware ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/29/distributed-training-openshift-ai-34-kubeflow-trainer-v2    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:53:58

  • Slop hype finding a way inti things ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/30/ai-driven-networking-and-infrastructure-design-at-apnic-62/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:56:52

  • Killed by slop https://mwl.io/archives/24995    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:57:32

  • Store shuts down, fires all staff, figures it can use bots to pretend there's still something or someone operating, to keep clients (remaining ones) paying some more    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:59:48

  • I.e. slop as a scam enabler    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 15:59:59

  • Hackers Use Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Custom GPTs in ClickFix Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-use-chatgpt-custom-gpts-in-clickfix-attacks/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 16:00:30

  • "Don’t forget, tomorrow we’re also getting rid of all those bloody Anderon lot which, of course, isn’t a layoff, wink wink. Enjoy your last day as IBMers, lads. I can’t wait to just ghost the lot of them, give them the cold shoulder, and be done with the whole sorry bunch of rejects." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3rrf41f    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 16:23:58

  • "I think they are going to be good but a little poking and investigating deeper into the numbers will reveal that is all bullsh-t and accounting games TO make them look good. We love to play this three-card monte with our financials."    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 16:24:32

  • "Quarterly earning promise to be dismal. The slimy Indian blames AI"    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 16:24:36

  • Anderon as IBM Layoffs in Disguise (October 1st, 2026) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/anderon-as-ibm-layoffs-in-disguise-october-1st-2026/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 16:31:50

  • If ManCity is Guilty, the Establishment Needs to Similarly Crack Down on the Sham ‘Hey Hi’ ‘Industry’ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/if-mancity-is-guilty-the-establishment-needs-to-similarly-crack-down-on-the-sham-hey-hi-industry/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 16:38:27

  • Football and the UK’s High Court https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/30/football-and-the-uks-high-court/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 16:50:19

  • This was done as demo a year earlier, when the original group was still together. it was hated by Godley & Creme who felt the original arragement was awful, and it was shelved. This version was recorded for the 'Deceptive Bends' and is gorgeous." https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=C6sVT4J6mbg    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 17:01:36

  • Web Rendering Proxy gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 17:05:29

  • "The last time I posted something here I lamented that I felt like that there sometimes just isn't enough time. Not enough time to do all the things I want to do in that moment." gemini://tilde.club/~moendopi/gemlog/time.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 17:06:41

  • "I'm a latecomer who only came to know David Bowie after he had passed away, so I'm not sure I'm qualified to pass a proper verdict, but personally I quite like the three albums above." gemini://kotukoroom.net/blog/musings/never_let_me_down.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 17:08:19

  • "Do you know why reading other gemlogs / capsules fills you with a strong yearning of wanting to do the same?" gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20260929-gemcapsule-thoughts.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 17:08:55

  • "I'd been a little interested in Gemini for about a year, and now I've finally managed to build my own capsule. As of writing, I don't even have a website of my own, so I ended up supporting Gemini before HTTP. Probably a rare case." gemini://kotukoroom.net/blog/diary/hello_gemini.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 17:09:27

  • "Ask a working professional how they know what they know, and watch them apologize." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/what-counts-as-best-practice    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 17:11:21

  • "Vital materialism treats food, metals, electricity, and waste as participants rather than props, and Christian creation theology has fewer objections than you might expect." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/vital-materialism    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 17:12:38

  • "Won’t they still be ibm employees as it’s owned by IBM?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3rrf41f#replies    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:17:15

  • "no we won’t be. We signed new employment deals (contracts), getting new badges and also being moved to a different building and floor on site. We will no longer be IBM employees... They will turn into second class citizens kick fast and in a hurry. Magically poof overnight!"    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:17:37

  • MacArthur Foundation Announces 2026 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/arts/design/macarthur-foundation-announces-2026-genius-grant-winners.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:18:12

  • Scientists Alarmed by “Kelvin Wave” That Could Raise California Ocean Level by a Whole Foot ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-alarmed-kelvin-wave-el-nino-california-ecuador-ocean    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:18:28

  • Hong Kong authorities hail scheme for reducing sodium levels in bread by average of up to 17% ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/29/hong-kong-authorities-hail-scheme-for-reducing-sodium-levels-in-bread-by-average-of-up-to-17/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:18:57

  • North Korea operates secret detention facility beneath embassy in Beijing, says rights group ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-operates-secret-detention-facility-beneath-embassy-in-beijing-says-rights-group    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:21:46

  • Shark remains in Busan canal after rescue bid fails ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/shark-remains-in-busan-canal-after-rescue-bid-fails    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:22:19

  • South Korea says North Korean mines behind DMZ blast violated armistice ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-north-korean-mines-behind-dmz-blast-violated-armistice    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:22:40

  • Malaysia Begins Repatriation of Migrants to War-Torn Myanmar Despite Critics’ Warnings ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/world/asia/malaysia-repatriation-myanmar-migrants-asylum.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:22:53

  • Malaysia begins sending home Myanmar refugees, including children, despite safety concerns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/malaysia-begins-sending-home-myanmar-refugees-despite-safety-concerns    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:23:09

  • Pahang’s ‘piranha’ mystery: Unconfirmed reports trigger public alarm in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/unconfirmed-pahang-piranha-sightings-spark-public-alarm-concerns-over-invasive-species    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:23:35

  • China’s Quest for Critical Minerals Comes With Abuse ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/09/chinas-quest-for-critical-minerals-comes-with-abuse/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:24:47

  • How Indonesia can protect its interests in maritime cooperation with China ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-indonesia-can-protect-its-interests-in-maritime-cooperation-with-china/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:25:07

  • China’s Golden Week travel surge masks cautious consumer spending ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-golden-week-travel-surge-masks-cautious-consumer-spending    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:25:51

  • China opens rare joint military support centre in Laos ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-opens-rare-joint-military-support-centre-in-laos    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:26:18

  • China vows response if EU introduces moves targeting Chinese trade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-vows-response-if-eu-introduces-moves-targeting-chinese-trade    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:26:30

  • China says Taiwan is ‘desecrating the martyrs’ with its World War II history criticism ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-taiwan-is-desecrating-the-martyrs-with-its-world-war-two-history-criticism    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:26:39

  • China pressure accelerates Philippines-Taiwan ties, analysts say ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2026/09/29/taiwan-philippines-trade-office/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:26:52

  • Scientists Unveil Underwater Solar Panels ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/scientists-underwater-solar-panels-china-pervoskite    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:27:17

  • Popular Joint Supplement Linked to 25% Higher Dementia Risk in People With Early Memory Loss ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/popular-joint-supplement-linked-to-25-higher-dementia-risk    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:38:30

  • Scientists Triggered Alzheimer's-Like Changes in Monkeys. A Year Later, They Showed No Obvious Memory Loss. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-triggered-alzheimers-like-changes-in-monkeys-a-year-later-they-showed-no-obvious-memory-loss    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:38:39

  • A Change in Your Voice Could Foreshadow Cognitive Decline, Major Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-change-in-your-voice-could-foreshadow-cognitive-decline-major-study-finds    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:52:09

  • Primate Communication May Follow Grammar Patterns Once Thought Uniquely Human ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/primate-communication-may-follow-grammar-patterns-once-thought-uniquely-human    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:52:30

  • How You Eat Your Fruit Is Linked to Heart Health, Study of 371,000 Americans Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/how-you-eat-your-fruit-is-linked-to-heart-health-study-of-371000-americans-reveals    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:53:41

  • Your Questions Answered: How the ACLU Is Safeguarding the 2026 Midterms ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/your-questions-answered-how-the-aclu-is-safeguarding-the-2026-midterms    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:54:11

  • Calais Jungle: A child and 2 women killed during Channel crossing attempt ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260929-calais-jungle-a-child-and-2-women-killed-during-channel-crossing-attempt    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:54:46

  • Creative Industries Have Been Eviscerated by [Copyright Infringement in "AI" clothing], Data Shows ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/creative-work-labor-eviscerated-generative-ai-automation    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:56:38

  • Public service announcement or The Insurrectionist propaganda? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20260929-public-service-announcement-or-donald-trump-propaganda    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:57:27

  • Union sues EPA over termination of collective bargaining agreement ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2026/09/union-sues-epa-over-termination-of-collective-bargaining-agreement/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:58:05

  • OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing Hey Hi (AI) Models ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/technology/openai-warnings-security.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:59:33

  • Iran Threatens Energy Sites, Pens Letter To US Voters As It Awaits Official Response To Plan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-threatens-energy-sites-letter-us-voters-peace-plan/33866605.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 18:59:50

  • Nat. security police reportedly arrest independent journalist over ‘fake news’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/30/nat-security-police-reportedly-arrest-independent-journalist-over-fake-news/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:00:24

  • US forces leave Iraq, raising fears of Iran-backed militias amid power vacuum ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260930-us-forces-leave-iraq-raising-fears-of-iran-backed-militias-amid-power-vacuum    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:00:57

  • Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Impacts 3 Million People ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/pentagon-personnel-agency-data-breach-impacts-3-million-people/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:02:26

  • Anatomy Unzipped: John of Arderne’s Sweden Scroll (ca. 1425–35) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/arderne-scroll    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:03:20

  • New Study Shows What Really Happened After The Black Death Wiped Out Millions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-shows-what-really-happened-after-the-black-death-wiped-out-millions    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:05:56

  • IFPI Urges the EU to Include X on Its 2027 ‘Counterfeit and Piracy Watchlist,’ Says the Platform ‘Remains a Significant Concern for the Music Industry’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/29/ounterfeit-and-piracy-watchlist-2027/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:08:56

  • Anthropic CEO described Jensen Huang as 'kind of Convicted Felon-like' during 2022 meeting ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/anthropic-ceo-described-jensen-huang-as-kind-of-trump-like-during-2022-meeting-nvidia-ceo-reportedly-called-anthropic-executive-a-bean-counter-after-google-tpu-comparison    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:09:50

  • Woman Calls Police on Herself After Google’s Hey Hi (AI) Overviews Led Her to Poach Small Adorable Birds Out of Season ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/alaska-woman-police-google-ai-overview-poach-wilsons-snipes    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:10:38

  • Dozens sign petition calling on Chinese University of Hong Kong economist to apologise over ‘sexist’ talk ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/29/dozens-sign-petition-calling-on-chinese-university-of-hong-kong-economist-to-apologise-over-sexist-talk/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:11:12

  • A Black Hole Could Spit Itself Out of Its Own Hair, Leaving a Boson Star in Its Wake ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-black-hole-could-spit-itself-out-of-its-own-hair-leaving-a-boson-star-in-its-wake    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:12:03

  • Scans for Wordfence Protected Websites, (Tue, Sep 29th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33382    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:12:31

  • ESP32-C5 devkit features 3.5-inch touch LCD, optional camera and battery ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/30/esp32-c5-devkit-features-3-5-inch-touch-lcd-optional-camera-and-battery/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:13:02

  • Firefox in a New Skin! Nova Redesign Has Become The Default ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-nova-redesign/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:15:24

  • openSUSE Leap is The Immutable Distro Now, Leap Micro is Out ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/opensuse-leap-immutable/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:17:46

  • Tiny Wins for Packagers: End-of-Week Update (2026-09-25) ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2026/09/29/tiny-wins//    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:17:54

  • Prime Minister Andy Burnham Lays Out Plan to Change UK in Emotional Speech at Labour Conference ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/world/europe/andy-burnham-labour-conference-uk.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:18:23

  • Tie Goes to the Applicant: The USPTO’s SMED Flowchart ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/tie-goes-to-the-applicant-the-usptos-smed-flowchart.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:20:00

  • One Determination, Two Clocks: Crocs Asks the Supreme Court to Fix ITC Appeal Deadlines ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/one-determination-two-clocks-crocs-asks-the-supreme-court-to-fix-itc-appeal-deadlines.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:20:19

  • Wyoming Tech auto patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/29/wyoming-tech-auto-patent-challenged    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:20:48

  • Intel patent monopoly embeds MicroLEDs in chip packaging — technology may enable embedded optical interconnects through TGVs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/photonics/intel-patent-embeds-microleds-in-chip-packaging-technology-may-enable-embedded-optical-interconnects-through-tgvs    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:21:04

  • UPC is illegal and unconstitutional, so it should not be busy; it's invalid ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/the-fight-for-market-share-in-the-smart-vacuum-cleaner-industry-keeps-upc-busy/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:21:52

  • Introducing the Canvas2D Coding Skill for Agentic Development of Embedded Device UIs ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/introducing-the-canvas2d-coding-skill-for-agentic-development-of-embedded-device-uis    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:22:59

  • Firefox 157.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1097495/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:23:48

  • The Netherlands Picked NixOS. France Was Already Using It ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/france-nixos-move/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:24:42

  • Rakudo Weekly 2026.39 Mainstreamed ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/09/29/2026-39-mainstreamed/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:26:19

  • Using Device Linking to Eavesdrop on WhatsApp and Signal ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/using-device-linking-to-eavesdrop-on-whatsapp-and-signal.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:26:56

  • France intends to borrow record €340 billion as Covid-era debt comes due ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/business/20260929-france-intends-to-borrow-record-340-billion-euros-covid-era-debt-comes-due    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:31:59

  • Ugandan coronation under social control media scrutiny ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ugandan-coronation-under-social-media-scrutiny    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:32:15

  • Horrifying Research Finds What Happens to 12-Year-Olds Who Get Smart Phones ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/horryfing-research-12-year-old-smartphones    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:32:46

  • Florida teen getting haircut in middle of road for Fentanylware (CheeTok) video seriously injured when pickup involved in crash strikes him ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/us-news/florida-teen-struck-by-truck-while-recording-tiktok-haircut-in-middle-of-road/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:33:23

  • What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #74 – S3E26 Building the Agentic Future with Angie Jones ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/09/29/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-74-s3e26-building-the-agentic-future-with-angie-jones/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:34:13

  • podcast-dl – Download and Archive Podcasts from the Command Line ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/podcast-dl-download-archive-podcasts-command-line/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:35:44

  • Linux Matters: Old man hands ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/91/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:36:25

  • Pluralistic: Lindsay Owens's "Gouged" (29 Sep 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/29/algorithmic-wage-theft/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:37:14

  • "the question is no longer whether Hey Hi (AI) delivers value, but who will ultimately pay for it" ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/30/opinion-the-economics-of-ai/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:43:56

  • NXP FRDM-IMXRT1186 development board features i.MX RT1186 crossover MCU, four Ethernet ports ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/29/nxp-frdm-imxrt1186-development-board-features-i-mx-rt1186-crossover-mcu-four-ethernet-ports/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:46:40

  • AMD Embedded Computing Summit 2026 in Frankfurt ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/amd-embedded-computing-summit-2026-in-frankfurt.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:47:15

  • Lite 8.2-rc1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lite    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:48:59

  • Amnesty International accuses Malian armed forces and Wagner Group of war crimes ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/war-crimes-by-malian-armed-forces-and-wagner-group-spark-concern-amnesty-international-says/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:49:28

  • Since when is Microsoft an authority on security? ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-star-blizzard-redflick-phishing-campaigns/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:50:15

  • As Russia Targets Civilians, Pressure Mounts On Convicted Felon To Use Sanctions Powers ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-graham-legislation-russia-sanctions-congress/33866211.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:50:24

  • EU Foreign Policy Chief: Russian Mockery Of UN Meeting Shows It's Not Interested In Ending Ukraine War ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33865764.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:50:49

  • South Korea made no military aid pledge to Ukraine over transfer of North Koreans, lawmaker says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-made-no-military-aid-pledge-to-ukraine-over-transfer-of-north-koreans-lawmaker-says    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:51:02

  • Seoul suspects Ukraine’s Zelensky revealed North Korean POW transfer to win arms support ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-suspects-ukraines-zelensky-revealed-north-korean-pow-transfer-to-win-arms-support    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:51:12

  • Kyiv and Seoul share concerns over Pyongyang’s role in the Ukraine war. So why the diplomatic rift? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/kyiv-and-seoul-share-concerns-over-pyongyangs-role-in-the-ukraine-war-so-why-the-diplomatic-rift    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:51:23

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:51:35

  • Bomb by Bomb, the Slow Death of My Hometown in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/world/europe/ukraine-kramatorsk.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:51:47

  • What Life Looks Like in the ‘Fortress Cities’ Russia Is Trying to Break ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/world/europe/ukraine-donbas-emergency-workers.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:51:55

  • Estonia Says Arson at Defense Company Was ‘Deliberate’ Attack by Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/world/europe/estonia-russia-ukraine-milrem-fire.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:52:05

  • Live: Several people killed as Russia launches new round of strikes on Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260930-live-several-people-killed-as-russia-launches-new-round-of-strikes-on-kyiv    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:52:16

  • Russian Strikes Kill At Least Three, As Attacks On Ukraine Intensify ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drone-missile-stirke-ukraine-kyiv/33866974.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:52:26

  • 5 Years Ago (September 29, 2021) Richard Stallman's Talk in Ukraine Noted ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/29/5_Years_Ago_September_29_2021_Richard_Stallman_s_Talk_in_Ukrain.shtml    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:52:52

  • "Ubuntu's minimum system requirements—6GB of RAM and 25GB of storage space—are modest compared to Windows, but if you're working with an older PC, even that may be too much. If you've ever tried running the current release of Ubuntu on an old netbook or Optiplex, you've experienced it first hand." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-4-tiny-linux-distros-outperform-ubuntu-on-weak-hardware/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:55:03

  • Rust barrier https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-upgrade-ubuntu-24-04-lts-to-ubuntu-26-04-lts-heres-how    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 19:55:48

  • "And finally there's Leap Micro, the immutable, fixed-release counterpart to Leap, built for container hosts, edge devices, and virtual machine workloads. Its job was to bring immutability as well as stability to openSUSE without affecting Leap itself." https://itsfoss.com/news/opensuse-leap-immutable/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:01:18

  • "antiX Linux 26.1 (codename Stephen Kapos) is out today as a maintenance update to the antiX Linux 26 series, addressing bugs reported since the initial release and updating the kernels." https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-and-systemd-free-antix-linux-26-1-released-with-updated-kernels    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:01:41

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered-is-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered-is-out-now/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:02:18

  • "Bleach & Blood is another interesting retro horror slayer for fans of the PS1 era style, with a demo available to play it right now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ps1-inspired-retro-horror-bleach-blood-has-you-try-to-survive-a-night-shift-in-a-laundromat/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:02:41

  • Devil May Cry HD Collection will now work properly on SteamOS / Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/devil-may-cry-hd-collection-will-now-work-properly-on-steamos-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:02:58

  • The deeper you go the darker it gets in the roguelike shoot 'em up Earth Atlantis Abyss | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-deeper-you-go-the-darker-it-gets-in-the-roguelike-shoot-em-up-earth-atlantis-abyss/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:03:31

  • "Linux is on the rise, and if the signs continue pointing upward, we could finally be looking at the year of Linux on the desktop." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/linux-desktop-future-domination/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:04:27

  • Test your brain with the Programming Puzzles Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/test-your-brain-with-the-programming-puzzles-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/test-your-brain-with-the-programming-puzzles-humble-bundle/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:04:45

  • The truly hilarious co-op game How to Fish gets a first content update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-truly-hilarious-co-op-game-how-to-fish-gets-a-first-content-update/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-truly-hilarious-co-op-game-how-to-fish-gets-a-first-content-update/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:05:05

  • ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE shows online play not working on SteamOS / Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ace-combat-8-wings-of-theve-shows-online-play-not-working-on-steamos-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:05:27

  • Microsoft said it did this intentionally https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-notification-windows-linux-android-macos.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:06:05

  • "DAWO combines a Linux-based client with open source tools for cloud, communications, and collaborative work" https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/28/dutch-government-turns-to-nixos-for-a-sovereign-desktop/5299501    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:06:22

  • Valve has Made a Troubleshooting Script for Linux Steam Frame Users https://steamdeckhq.com/news/steam-frame-linux-troubleshooter/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:12:38

  • ANTI-Linux SLOP-fast, fake article that spreads FUD https://techaeris.com/2026/09/29/linux-audio-still-breaks-hearts-in-2026/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:13:16

  • Devil May Cry HD Collection is now compatible with SteamOS and Linux systems after a Capcom quick fix https://www.pcguide.com/news/devil-may-cry-hd-collection-is-now-compatible-with-steamos-and-linux-systems-after-a-capcom-quick-fix/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:13:53

  • The 1990s predictions about Linux that aged surprisingly well https://www.howtogeek.com/the-predictions-about-that-aged-surprisingly-well/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:14:11

  • 10ZiG Announces Support for Omnissa Horizon Client for Linux 2606, Delivering Up to 2x Video Performance Gains https://vmblog.com/news/10zig-announces-support-for-omnissa-horizon-client-for-linux-2606-delivering-up-to-2x-video-performance-gains/ https://www.prweb.com/releases/10zig-announces-support-for-omnissa-horizon-client-for-linux-2606-delivering-up-to-2x-video-performance-gains-302890039.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:15:03

  • "With the release of Firefox 157 rolling out to all supported platforms, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 158, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements." https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-158-enters-public-beta-testing-with-better-pdf-handling    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:15:22

  • "All the containers on a server go through the same Linux kernel, that of the host, whose job is to manage memory, CPU, and networking on their behalf." https://korben.info/en/linux-containers-when-isolation-no-longer-holds.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:16:21

  • 5 ways Linux breathed new life into my old gaming laptop https://www.howtogeek.com/5-ways-linux-breathed-new-life-into-my-old-gaming-laptop/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:16:36

  • This is not a Linux issue, it's a stupid, greedy, cheating hardware companies issue https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/new-spectre-v2-btr-attack-leaks-linux.html    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:17:28

  • The Dutch government is building its own Linux desktop on NixOS https://thenextweb.com/news/dutch-government-dawo-nixos-linux-desktop    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 20:17:47

  • Puff pieces today about the person demolishing Microsoft XBox. Because the media we all deserve is a Microsoft megaphone?    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 21:28:19

  • "It's happening at all companies. People are openly discussing it on company assets because they've had enough of not knowing. Hopefully, the pendulum swings back to something like the Y2K bo-m(LOL), but I highly doubt it. Save as much money as you can. Have enough money to sustain you for at least two years if you get fired." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m3j5bpp4#replies    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 21:31:37

  • So she can just shut it all down https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-ceo-insists-its-not-for-sale-amid-studio-closures-layoffs/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 22:41:20

  • "Richard M. Stallman, in his famous persona as Saint IGNUcius, discusses the rivalry between the Emacs and Vi text editors." https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd58imghLKz/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 22:43:55

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

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 22:52:29

  • About same as Czech Republic (6%) https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=CZ    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 22:54:05

  • The Two Row Wampum as Theory and Method gemini://adjb.smol.pub/two-row-wampum    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:11:29

  • "Is a budget spreadsheet ministry? Budgets are moral documents, so yes, and the whole argument sits inside that question. I will argue that how work gets theologized determines how workers get formed." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/theology-of-work-and-vocation    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:12:27

  • "Ong's Orality and Literacy (1982) is genuinely unsettling. Writing, he argues, is a technology: artificial, learned, tool-dependent. Arriving in an oral culture it hands people no new container for the same thoughts; it changes what thinking is." gemini://adjb.smol.pub/theology-of-technology-and-ai-formation    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:13:59

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

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:14:44

  • "And if that doesn’t count, I’m posting this while walking outdoors, using iOS Lagrange and my gnarly line-by-line text editor mlogging SCGI app." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/09/30/roophloch/    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:15:40

  • First Post; ROOPHLOCH 2026 gemini://aber-ehub.org.uk/~therainingmonkey/glog/2026-09-30%20First%20post;%20ROOPHLOCH%202026.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:16:18

  • "The tea tannin tanning seemed to have been finished, so I did the stretching. (Rolling up the hide and rolling the fish cigar between your hands is so much easier than running it over the table edge. Which I also did a few times for good measure.)" gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260930fish.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:17:06

  • "The previous round of work was mostly about getting the different game states into shape. Since then, the Alice version has gained sound, better timing around its messages, a small but important rule borrowed from the Lynx version, and one unexpectedly subtle keyboard fix." gemini://gemini.enthusi.de/alice/alice_2026-09-30.gmi    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:17:52

  • "I’ve noticed that when work gets complicated, I often find myself fixing something that isn’t very important." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-30-tinkering    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:18:23

  • end goal gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/end_goal    

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 23:19:09
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