Roy Schestowitz

• "If a Codeberg repo has a "pages" branch with some HTML pages, they are available as a web site. I have a repo that generates some HTML, so that's a handy feature. One curious side effect us that I have two branches with no files in common and no common ancestor commit." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-10-06_Oh__I_knew_that_really_.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:24:59

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-07.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:25:23

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1786.jpg    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:26:58

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1436.jpg    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:27:04

• "I have very little self worth." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/selfworth    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:29:19

• Goodbye Web gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/goodbye-web.md    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:29:58

• Civil War gemini://tilde.club/~synduckate/gemlog/2025-10-06.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:30:43

• "Get the inside scoop on services and daemons." https://www.howtogeek.com/search/?q=linux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:47:02

• Raspberry Pi OS Just Got Its Debian Trixie Upgrade https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pi-os-just-got-its-trixie-upgrade/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:48:08

• 9 Practical Ways to Use the Linux seq Command https://www.howtogeek.com/practical-ways-to-use-the-linux-seq-command/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:49:20

• 3 Slick Linux Apps You Should Install This Weekend (October 3 - 5) https://www.howtogeek.com/cool-linux-apps-you-should-install-this-weekend-october-3/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:50:32

• "That sequence of strange symbols on the Bash command line must mean something, right? We're breaking down special characters and how to use them." https://www.howtogeek.com/439199/15-special-characters-you-need-to-know-for-bash/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:51:21

• Linux cp Command: My Most-Used Flags and Arguments https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-cp-command-my-most-used-flags-and-arguments/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:52:11

• "We'll show you how to make a graceful exit, rather than just unplugging your PC." https://www.howtogeek.com/411210/how-to-exit-the-vi-or-vim-editor/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:53:41

• "Make your Linux run a little faster with these kernel tweaks." https://www.xda-developers.com/kernel-tweaks-that-can-actually-improve-performance-on-linux/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:58:01

• "Linux truly is everywhere" https://www.xda-developers.com/unusual-linux-distros-built-one-purpose-why-you-should-try-them/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:58:22

• Haiku and SerenityOS aren’t daily drivers, but they’re the best weekend projects https://www.xda-developers.com/haiku-serenityos-arent-daily-drivers-best-weekend-projects/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:58:57

• I clustered budget-friendly devices into a Proxmox HA lab, and it's more useful than I thought https://www.xda-developers.com/i-clustered-cheap-devices-into-a-proxmox-ha-lab/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 04:59:43

• 7 reasons Proxmox is the best OS for your homelab https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-proxmox-best-os-for-your-homelab/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 05:00:19

• "Linux just got even better" https://www.xda-developers.com/vicinae-is-basically-raycast-for-linux-and-its-almost-everything-i-wanted/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 05:01:07

• "Learn about the key differences between MX Linux and AntiX that could change your mind about old PC distros." https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-why-i-would-pick-mx-linux-instead-of-antix-for-old-pcs/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 05:01:51

• "I just can't leave these apps behind" https://www.xda-developers.com/5-windows-apps-that-stop-me-from-switching-to-linux/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 05:02:19

• "COSMIC is off to a promising start" https://www.xda-developers.com/new-linux-distros-gives-us-what-microsoft-never-did-windows/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 05:02:54

• "Unix shell scripts do the exact same thing. As a consequence the shell script can be changed on the fly. The reasoning I heard for this was that shell scripts are supposed to emulate commands typed in at a terminal, hence the care taken (if you process trace a shell and watch how it does file I/O) to line up the offset at the beginning of the next line." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/10/07/linewise.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 07:08:31

• "The list includes Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, and General Dynamics." https://www.aol.com/deloitte-biggest-loser-doges-consulting-104137332.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 07:27:30

• "At the weekend Wine 10.16 was released finally answering all the questions on when NTSync will land - well it's here now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/wine-10-16-released-with-fast-synchronization-support-using-ntsync/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 07:44:48

• "The Unity team recently revealed a security issue in their game engine, with lots of developers scrambling to update their games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/unity-devs-are-scrambling-to-update-their-games-due-to-a-recent-security-issue/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 07:49:37

• "Buckshot Roulette meets Big Pharma in the latest game from Free Lives, and it's as grim as you might expect it to be with that sort of description." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/free-lives-terra-nil-broforce-released-a-demo-for-side-effects-thats-buckshot-roulette-meets-big-pharma/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 07:49:46

• "With no release date yet, the fan-made remake of Unreal named Unreal Redux looks like it's really coming along nicely." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/fan-made-unreal-remake-unreal-redux-shows-off-a-fancy-new-trailer/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 07:49:56

• "LEGO The Incredibles from TT Games / Warner Bros. recently had a small update to bring it up to an official Steam Deck Playable status." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/lego-the-incredibles-gets-a-small-update-to-improve-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 07:50:08

• "Mai: Child of Ages from developer Chubby Pixel launched recently, and an update has added official Native Linux support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/travel-through-time-in-the-action-adventure-mai-child-of-ages-now-with-linux-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 07:50:18

• "I love how delightfully silly Dogpile is as you drop various types of dogs into a vertical yard where they merge into bigger dogs." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/merge-dogs-to-make-bigger-dogs-in-the-roguelike-deckbuilder-dogpile/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 07:50:33

• "GOG have once again expanded their store with the release of the Crysis Remastered Trilogy, along with their promise of keeping the original Crysis working." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/crysis-remastered-trilogy-gets-a-gog-release-with-the-original-crysis-now-in-the-gog-preservation-program/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:03:37

• "Momentum Mod is an upcoming Source Engine game based on movement-oriented game modes from various games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/speed-is-the-name-of-the-game-in-the-source-engine-powered-momentum-mod/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:03:47

• "Revolution Software just revealed Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Reforged, a faithful reimagining of the the classic 1997 adventure game." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/broken-sword-ii-the-smoking-mirror-reforged-announced-from-revolution-software/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:03:56

• "Dinosaurs were able to suppress their cannibalistic urges and build a society, where of course it all goes to hell in GNAW." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/dino-society-is-about-to-fall-apart-in-the-pre-apocalyptic-action-adventure-gnaw/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:04:06

• "That’s a stark contrast to Altman’s latest stance, revealed in a blog post on Friday." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/06/sam-altman-sora-comments-reverse/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:13:34

• "The RIAA has submitted its latest overview of "notorious markets" to the U.S. Government." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/riaa-telegram-discord-are-notorious-hubs-for-pre-release-music-piracy/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:13:41

• "Digital Music News recently reported on the alarming scale of data discrepancies within the MLC (Mechanical Licensing Collective) database" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/06/muso-ai-catalog-audit-mlc-mismatch-solution/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:13:52

• "I will retire test-ipv6.com in December 2025." ☛ https://retire.test-ipv6.com/ |    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:17:26

• "America Online has ceased offering dialup access since first doing so in 1991 (using GeoWorks)" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-end-of-aol-dialup.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:17:41

• "But that disaster class in shitty governance shouldn’t overshadow all the other, terrible things Carr has been up to." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/06/when-hes-not-busy-censoring-comedians-brendan-carr-is-eliminating-free-wi-fi-for-poor-rural-school-kids/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:17:53

• "Read that again. Half of all economic activity in the United States depends on the spending decisions of one-tenth of the population." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/call-the-wealthys-bluff | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:18:13

• "As an answer to this perceived jobs apocalypse, he proposes that the government should institute a "robot tax" to be paid when workers are replaced" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/ai_job_losses_us_senate_report/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:18:25

• "It suggests that many people don’t realize how fast and aggressively the Trump administration is moving to end rule of law and convert America into a full-fledged autocracy." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/state-terror-american-style | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:19:08

• "A Russian soldier freed in a prisoner swap with Ukraine has been sentenced to four years in a penal colony after he gave interviews to a Ukrainian blogger" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/06/russian-soldier-sentenced-to-4-years-in-prison-after-giving-interviews-to-ukrainian-blogger-a90732 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:22:13

• "Even for a government run by Trump, Miller, and all of the Project 2025 architects" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-war-dissent-charlie-kirk-killing-1235440581/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:22:21

• "Long after the Soviet collapse, he remained in charge, a man believed to know where the party’s hidden billions were buried" ☛ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36921684/putin-newspaper-baron-mystery-death-russia/ | Source: The Sun    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:22:41

• "Today on the program, we celebrate Banned Books Week: Censorship Is So 1984, Read For Your Rights!" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/banned-books-week-censorship-1984/ | Source: Project Censored    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:23:07

• "Last week, however, the White House appeared to shift tactics. It offered an experiment in incentives and listening." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/1006/Trump-s-carrot-for-college-reform | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:23:27

• "I don’t know. I never had any indication that anyone thought I’d done anything wrong. So what happened is a mystery to me." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/10/06/a-mystery-to-me-eisenhower-library-director-ousted-after-sword-denial-but-he-doesnt-blame-trump/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:23:45

• "To call the state of digital affairs appalling is an insult to the word appalling." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/life/digital-dystopia.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:24:06

• "Which leads to Cory’s latest, out soon. When companies run out of inspiration, creativity and innovation, they revert to seeking monopoly." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/10/the-grid/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:24:17

• "Substack-based news publication The Free Press has been bought by Paramount for a reported $150m (£111m) in cash and stock." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/the-free-press-goes-from-zero-to-150m-valuation-in-five-years-on-substack/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:24:27

• "The official announcement came after months of speculation on the deal and Weiss’ high-profile role within the news division." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-10-06/free-press-co-founder-bari-weiss-named-editor-in-chief-of-cbs-news | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:24:39

• "Daniel Ek will officially step down as CEO of Spotify on January 1st, 2026 — then, it’s Ek is switching to big dog investor mode." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/06/spotify-ceo-life-after-spotify/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:24:52

• "Tesla Cybertruck crash in Piedmont" ☛ https://abc7news.com/post/piedmont-cybertruck-crash-tesla-krysta-tsukahara-lawsuit-elon-musk/17927213/ | Source: ABC    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:25:26

• "The car company’s doors are powered by a 12-volt battery." ☛ https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/tesla-sued-parents-say-cybertruck-trapped-21081738.php | Source: San Fancisco    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:25:47

• "About 10 months after a fiery Cybertruck crash in Piedmont killed three college students" ☛ https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/families-cybertruck-crash-sue-tesla-21083570.php | Source: SFGate    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:26:03

• "OpenAI will deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD's Instinct graphics processing units over multiple years and across multiple generations of hardware" ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/06/openai-amd-chip-deal-ai.html | Source: CNBC http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:26:35

• "The UK and northern Europe could experience much harsher winters, similar to parts of Canada, while the East coast of the USA could see dramatic sea level rises" ☛ https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/02/northatlantictippingpoint-.page |    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:27:00

• "The North Atlantic subpolar gyre plays a key role in transporting heat to the Northern Hemisphere" ☛ https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/massive-system-of-rotating-ocean-currents-in-the-north-atlantic-is-behaving-strangely-and-it-may-be-reaching-a-tipping-point | Source: Live Science    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:27:10

• "If just one percent of Starlink satellites [assuming the planned 30k constellation] die on station, that's still 300 satellites" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/starlink_vaporizes_satellites_daily/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:27:20

• "Democracy Completely Leaves" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/rob-reiner-trump-national-guard-ice-election-autocracy-1235441101/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:28:02

• "Democracy is a system; an idea." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/trumps-march-on-chicago | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:28:15

• "we spoke to him in his downtown office about ICE" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/brad-lander-wants-new-york-city-to | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:28:46

• "must-reads list" ☛ https://organizingmythoughts.org/must-reads-and-the-war-on-chicago/ | Source: Kelly Hayes    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:29:02

• "shooting rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protesters to “incite” residents and provide Trump the pretext to invoke the Insurrection Act." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/10/06/texas-national-guard-deploying-to-chicago-monday/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:29:36

• "Now, the ministry has confirmed that TikTok complied with the government’s request." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/06/tiktok-restored-indonesia/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:30:01

• "Arti 1.6.0 brings experimental support for circuit padding, mitigations for DropMark side channel attacks, improvements to congestion control" ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_6_0_released/ | Source: Tor    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:30:23

• "The Kazakh Interior Ministry said that Boqaev was added to the database incorrectly due to his resemblance to another individual." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/china-surveillance-hikvision-dahua-huawei-kazakhstan-ai-central-asia/33544093.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:31:00

• "Online privacy isn’t dead. But the tech giants make it a pain in the butt to achieve." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/opt-out-october-daily-tips-protect-your-privacy-and-security | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:31:09

• "According to the hugely popular messaging platform which has more than 200 million monthly users, the hackers breached a third-party customer service provider rather than gaining access to Discord directly." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/discord-users-data-stolen-by-hackers-in-third-party-data-breach | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:31:21

• "But I think this less and less. Partly this is because of safety concerns." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2923919/i-once-wanted-an-apple-smart-ring-i-wouldnt-buy-one-now.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:31:35

• "In the near future, according to a recent news release, Meta wants to systematically save and analyze its users’ conversations with the company’s own AI chatbot on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2931249/warning-meta-will-start-snooping-on-your-ai-chats-in-its-apps-in-december.html | Source: PC World    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:31:54

• "Slated to ship on October 30, the $20 Amazon Basics Smart Dimmer Switch and Remote is just that—a palm-sized remote that lets you control your Alexa-connected smart devices as well as trigger Alexa routines." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2931232/amazon-has-quietly-unveiled-a-20-alexa-remote.html | Source: PC World    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:32:19

• "OpenAI didn’t share details around any revenue-share agreements with Canva, Zillow, Spotify, and the other apps it highlighted today." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/openai-dev-day-sam-altman-chatgpt-apps/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:32:43

• "multiple and repeated, as well as continuing infringements" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/10/06/2025/meta-to-settle-data-protection-lawsuit-with-nigeria | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:33:07

• "abusive material" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/06/chat-control-is-back-on-the-menu-in-the-eu-it-still-must-be-stopped/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:33:26

• Openwashing ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/vibe-coding-is-the-new-open-source/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:33:51

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/beer-giant-asahi-says-data-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:34:09

• "The obvious has been spread around far and wide: Everyone knows the products they show are not the ones they actually use or like, they were paid to promote it and they got it for free." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/influencers/ | Source: Ava    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:34:47

• "Is social media in any form really worth the drama, and was it doomed to failure from the start?" ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/thinking-about-social-media/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:34:56

• "This is a long introduction to saying that I’m making a couple changes to my social media diet." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2025/10/05/our-attention.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:35:26

• "I’m not saying that these people are responsible for Lisa’s suicide, but I am saying that this fabricated bullshit is 100% having an effect on vulnerable people, like Lisa." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/a-frank-piece-about-influencers/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:37:05

• "whereupon she revealed that the only thing she is being measured on for Q4 is sales of copilot, so if that’s off the table the conversation is not interesting. LMAO" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/06/microsoft-forget-your-it-department-use-copilot-at-work-anyway/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:37:29

• "The widespread fear that AI would be used to manipulate the 2024 U.S. election seems rather quaint in a year where the president posts AI-generated images of himself as the pope on official White House accounts." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/ai-in-the-2026-midterm-elections.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:37:59

• "Here's the page for the report. The PDF now includes this note: [...]" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/deloitte-to-pay-money-back/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:38:32

• "Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/06/deloitte-to-pay-money-back-to-albanese-government-after-using-ai-in-440000-report | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:39:55

• "Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad" ☛ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/robin-williams-daughter-ai-recreations-gross-1236541633/ | Source: Variety    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:41:00

• "Altman commands a half-trillion-dollar startup that’s the tip of the spear for an out-of-control AI gold rush. Pretty much the entire world economy is tangled up in the hundreds of billions of investment being poured into the industry." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-warns-ai-industry-implosion | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:41:17

• "It had never been backed up externally." ☛ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/up-in-smoke-work-documents-of-191000-civil-servants-lost-in-data-centre-fire-in-south-korea | Source: The Straits Times    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:42:39

• "Names, usernames, email addresses, contact information, IP addresses, and billing information was compromised." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/discord-says-user-information-stolen-in-third-party-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:42:47

• "That zero-day is CVE-2025-61882, a critical flaw in Oracle E-Business Suite that enables an attacker without authentication to remotely access and compromise Oracle Concurrent Processing." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/clop-ransomware-oracle-customers-zero-day-flaw | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:43:04

• "The bug marks the latest twist in a saga that began when Oracle warned last week that Clop had been exploiting older, unpatched EBS flaws in a wave of extortion attacks." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/clop_oracle_ebs_zeroday/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:43:26

• "While the Unity vulnerability affects all major desktop and mobile operating systems, its risk level varies." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/unity-vulnerability-android-windows-linux-fix/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:43:40

• "Because the extra is passed as a command-line argument to Unity and any application can send the extra to a Unity application" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-and-steam-take-action-as-unity-vulnerability-puts-games-at-risk/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:44:00

• "After fans caused an uproar on social media, Amazon appeared to change the promotional images it uses for James Bond movies." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/amazon_007_without_golden_gun/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:44:13

• "Here is one of the biggest lessons: life really is short." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/10/06/leavings/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:45:08

• "This post is NOT sponsored, the products were bought with my hard-earned money." ☛ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/10/06/datablocks-white-label-drives/ | Source: Herman Õunapuu    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:45:31

• "On Monday, OpenAI said it would begin using AMD chips in the second half of next year as it built computer data centers." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/technology/openai-amd-chips.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:45:47

• "The researchers introduced a watchlike wristband that acts as a signal relay between the ring and the connected device." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/ultralow-power-picoring-wireless-wearable-mouse | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:45:57

• "Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’" ☛ https://www.404media.co/libraries-cant-get-their-loaned-books-back-because-of-trumps-tariffs/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:49:10

• "So what am I driving at? Well, I’ve been giving a ton of thought into what makes a school “awesome” versus “less awesome” (they really are all incredible)" ☛ https://catskull.net/a-few-thoughts-about-teaching-school.html | Source: Dave DeGraw    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:49:27

• "For the first time in half a century, America stands on the threshold of sending astronauts back to the Moon." ☛ https://theconversation.com/nasas-artemis-ii-mission-is-crucial-as-doubts-build-that-america-can-beat-china-back-to-the-moon-266385 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:49:57

• "The main problem is not people that take photos, that's never the problem. The problem is who curates them, and the aesthetic they decide to elevate." ☛ https://www.eliseomartelli.it/blog/2025-10-06-why-i-think-gear-isn-t-the-point | Source: Eliseo Martelli    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:50:09

• "My goal is to help you see quickly where each database works well and where it has some limits." ☛ https://www.paulox.net/2025/10/06/django-orm-comparison/ | Source: Paolo Melchiorre    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:52:56

• [Old] "Using git push remains one of my favorite ways of deploying software. It’s simple, effective, and you can stretch it significantly until you need more complex workflows." ☛ https://garrido.io/notes/simple-automated-deployments-git-push/ |    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:53:25

• "You don't need to know anything about Forth to follow along, aside from the fact it's a stack-oriented language." ☛ https://healeycodes.com/compiling-a-forth | Source: Andrew Healey    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:56:20

• "Nested cases in proofs increase cognitive load for the reader since they have to process not only the case recently stated but also all the case splits prior." ☛ https://brandonrozek.com/blog/flattening-cases-avoid-nesting-lean-4/ | Source: Brandon Rozek    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:56:29

• "I have watched the development of Zig way back in the early days when it was just Andrew Kelley posting his development streams." ☛ https://agentultra.com/blog/trying-zig-by-implementing-chip8/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:56:45

• "My personal answer to that question, however, would be Random." ☛ https://blog.julik.nl/2025/10/the-little-random-that-could | Source: Julik Tarkhanov    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:56:58

• "This year however I decided to embrace the approach of not waiting to have something perfect" ☛ https://www.paulox.net/2025/10/05/my-djangocon-us-2025/ | Source: Paolo Melchiorre    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:57:28

• "Do you see the problem? When the original groups table is dropped, the reports table’s on_delete: :cascade foreign key kicks in." ☛ https://kyrylo.org/software/2025/09/27/a-mere-add-foreign-key-can-wipe-out-your-whole-rails-sqlite-production-table.html |    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:57:59

• "The SHA256 hash algorithm, which has no known weaknesses, has been supported for SSHFP records since OpenSSH 6.1, released in 2012." ☛ https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-announce/2025-October/000164.html | Source: OpenSSH    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:58:37

• "I've spent a while getting my head around Darktable and digiKam. That's no small feat, honestly. What weird software." ☛ https://baty.blog/2025/10/is-my-photo-workflow-feasible-on-linux/ | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:58:56

• "Among the most visible improvements are better slider usability, fixes for crashes related to text outlines, improved transparency handling, and new theme color support for brush, font, and palette dockables." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gimp-3-0-6-officially-released-with-bug-fixes-and-ui-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:59:08

• "This version brings major DSCP (IPQoS) changes." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/openssh-10-1-new-dscp-handling-sha1-sshfp-deprecation-announced/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:59:22

• "The OpenSSH project has released OpenSSH 10.1, which is also the release that will be part of the upcoming OpenBSD 7.8 release." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251006105328 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:59:39

• "How can it be October already!? Time to look back and see what happened in third quarter of 2025." ☛ https://linuxphoneapps.org/blog/additions-of-q3-2025/ | Source: Linux Phone Apps    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 08:59:59

• [Old] "Join us today at 17.40 o’clock Sofia time at Open Source Hardware Association Show and Tell Live" ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/join-us-today-at-open-source-hardware-association-show-and-tell-live/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:04:13

• [Old] "QNX is a fascinating operating system. It was extremely well designed from the start, and while it has been rewritten" ☛ https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-qnx-operating-system | Source: Bradford Morgan White    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:04:39

• "CSF Firewall was shut down in August 2025. You can use its fork, Sentinel Firewall, instead: [...]" ☛ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-csf-config-server-firewall-on-debian-12/ | Source: HowTo Forge    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:05:19

• "Yesterday I wished for a way to do native "blind" WireGuard relaying, without needing to layer something on top of WireGuard." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/NATBasicUDPTraversal | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:05:29

• "I've been spending more of my spare time in recent years studying the Linux source tree to try to build a deeper understanding of how computers work." ☛ https://vkoskiv.com/first-linux-patch/ |    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:06:19

• [Old] "Podcasts are one of the few examples of media distribution that is both meaningfully decentralized and widely used." ☛ https://knotbin.leaflet.pub/3lx3uqveyj22f |    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:06:52

• "There has almost never been a better time to self-host. A little dive into what I host myself and how so." ☛ https://maxsommer.de/blog/self-hosting-is-cool-again/ | Source: Max Sommer    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:07:30

• "The math is almost offensive: a $350 consumer-grade mini PC provides the same computing power as $1,200 per month on Heroku." ☛ https://robertgreiner.com/the-server-in-the-closet/ |    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:07:53

• "For the longest time, I perceived self-hosting email as too difficult, but after doing it for one of my projects, I can say that it took me a few hours" ☛ https://maxadamski.com/blog/2025/10/email.html |    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:08:02

• Jane Goodall Will Live Forever ☛ https://therevelator.org/jane-goodall-will-live-forever/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:09:29

• Seattle ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/seattle-homeless-shelter-vacancies-civic-hotel | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:09:52

• "Diane Goodstein; South Carolina judge's home destroyed by fire; mere coincidence or few feathers ruffled?" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/diane-goodstein-south-carolina-judges-home-destroyed-by-fire-mere-coincidence-or-few-feathers-ruffled/articleshow/124329236.cms    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:10:07

• iophk: The US has in effect an economic draft and this is the outcome of the economy collapsing https://www.navytimes.com/news/recruiting/2025/10/01/navy-hits-historic-recruiting-numbers-with-more-ads-tattoo-approvals/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:10:24

• Colorado :/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719_19m2.pdf    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:10:51

• "Governor Pritzker Argues Trump Is Invading Illinois Out of Animus" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/06/governor-pritzker-argues-trump-is-invading-illinois-out-of-animus/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:11:01

• "EU-Überwachungspläne: Last-Minute-Petition gegen Chatkontrolle gestartet" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/eu-ueberwachungsplaene-last-minute-petition-gegen-chatkontrolle-gestartet/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Chat_Control_2_Them_Not_2_U.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:11:28

• "EU-Überwachungsgesetz: Kinderschutzbund stellt sich gegen Chatkontrolle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/eu-ueberwachungsgesetz-kinderschutzbund-stellt-sich-gegen-chatkontrolle/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/05/Chat_Control_2_Them_Not_2_U.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:11:39

• "Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 contracts near $200B, new awards slow" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/06/2025/saudi-arabias-vision-2030-contracts-near-200b-new-awards-slow    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:11:54

• "Democrats Still Have No Idea What Went Wrong" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/democratic-party-strategy-progressives/684453/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:12:01

• Enshitification of .DK | "Enshitifikation af .DK | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/enshitifikation-af-dk    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:12:37

• "Ukraine and Moldova trapped by the Hungarian veto" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/10/06/ukraine-and-moldova-trapped-by-the-hungarian-veto/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:12:51

• blacklists ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/10/06/the-weaponization-of-travel-blacklists/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:13:46

• Protesters In Chicago ☛ https://thedissenter.org/lawsuit-challenges-ices-brutal-silencing-of-press-protesters-in-chicago/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:14:11

• "Renault Set to Lay Off 3,000 Employees Amid Sector Challenges"    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:19:02

• Introducing Headlamp Plugin for Karpenter - Scaling and Visibility ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/10/06/introducing-headlamp-plugin-for-karpenter/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:22:04

• Purism Defends the Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-defends-the-fourth-amendment-in-the-digital-age/ | Source: Purism    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:22:49

• "Releases like Leap 16 can be used for aviation tracking and it is one of several use cases for the distribution." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/06/os-leap-ready-for-liftoff/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:23:11

• "This year, the Ubuntu Summit has the ambitious goal of extending its reach to everyone, no matter where they are in the world." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-clock-is-ticking-ubuntu-summit-25-10-is-just-around-the-corner | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:24:18

• "For the year 2025, statistics show a significant increase in the number of students from various fields, including engineering, computer science, medicine, and the social sciences" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-programs-for-students/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:24:52

• "Advertising can and should work better — for people, for publishers, and for brands." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/advertising/index-exchange-partnership/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:25:44

• The Texas GNU/Linux Fest Special | LINUX Unplugged 635 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/635/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:28:41

• Firefox Nightly: Smarter Search, Smoother Tools – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 190 ☞ https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2025/10/06/smarter-search-smoother-tools-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-190/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:29:24

• Backpacking in the Balkans - Part 2 ☞ https://carlschwan.eu/2025/10/06/backpacking-in-the-balkans-part-2/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:30:06

• Imprisoned journalist Fatih Altaylı pauses ‘Empty Chair’ YouTube broadcasts ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/imprisoned-journalist-fatih-altayli-pauses-empty-chair-youtube-broadcasts-312280    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:30:23

• Portable Gaming Take‑away from the Tokyo Game Show 2025 ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/portable-gaming-take-away-from-tokyo-game-show-2025/index.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:31:01

• Mozilla Thunderbird: VIDEO: Conversation View ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/10/video-conversation-view/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:31:35

• Modern games implementing N64-style graphics ☞ https://rubenerd.com/modern-games-implementing-nintendo-64-graphics/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:49:01

• How To Enable SSH Login Alerts on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/enable-ssh-login-alerts-debian-13/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:52:12

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

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:52:25

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

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:52:47

• How to Upgrade to openSUSE Leap 16 from Leap 15 ☞ https://idroot.us/upgrade-opensuse-leap-16-from-leap-15/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:53:03

• How to Install CSF (Config Server Firewall) on Debian 12 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-csf-config-server-firewall-on-debian-12/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:53:43

• How To Setup Rsyslog on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/setup-rsyslog-debian-13/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:54:00

• How To Install Scribus on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-scribus-debian-13/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:56:00

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

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:56:13

• How To Install WGDashboard on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-wgdashboard-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:56:25

• Political Violence. Threats to Free Speech. A Disinformation Crisis. We’ve Been Here Before. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/opinion/politics/how-to-save-the-american-experiment.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:56:47

• 🇨🇺 LibreOffice in Latin America: heading to Havana for the 2025 Latin American Congress ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10/06/%f0%9f%87%a8%f0%9f%87%ba-libreoffice-in-latin-america-heading-to-havana-for-the-2025-latin-american-congress/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 09:57:07

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1040991/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:00:00

• Linux 6.17 released, Bootlin contributions inside ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/linux-6-17-released-bootlin-contributions-inside/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:05:19

• OpenSSH 10.1: New DSCP Handling, SHA1 SSHFP Deprecation Announced ☞ https://linuxiac.com/openssh-10-1-new-dscp-handling-sha1-sshfp-deprecation-announced/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:06:50

• WGDashboard 4.3 WireGuard UI Adds Client-Side Dashboard ☞ https://linuxiac.com/wgdashboard-4-3-wireguard-ui-adds-client-side-dashboard/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:09:45

• Ugreen NASync DH4300 Plus Review ☞ https://mightygadget.co.uk/ugreen-nasync-dh4300-plus-review/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:10:43

• RIAA Singles Out Discord and Telegram as ‘Primary Mechanisms’ of Pre-Release Piracy in US Government Report ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/06/riaa-discord-telegram-pre-release-piracy/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:12:22

• Scam Altman Reverses Sora’s Opt-Out Copyright Structure—‘We Have Been Learning Quickly’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/06/sam-altman-sora-comments-reverse/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:12:44

• Suno Fires Back Against Major Labels’ Proposed Amended Complaint: ‘A Gambit to Try to Evade Application of the Fair Use Doctrine’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/06/suno-amended-lawsuit-retort/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:13:05

• Several suspects detained after smuggler balloons disrupt flights at Vilnius Airport ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2703158/several-suspects-detained-after-smuggler-balloons-disrupt-flights-at-vilnius-airport    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:13:34

• "Russia’s gasoline crisis in photos." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/06/long-lines-and-empty-pumps-russia-s-gasoline-crisis-in-photos | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:14:01

• "It’s clear the system doesn’t need smart people" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/06/it-s-clear-the-system-doesn-t-need-smart-people | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:14:24

• EU Edges Closer To New Visa Suspension Rules Amid Concerns Over Georgia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-new-visa-suspension-rules-concerns-georgia-russia/33551349.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:14:35

• "this fake news probably comes from a Russian covert influence network called Storm-1516." ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251006-is-emmanuel-macron-building-a-luxury-bunker-in-preparation-for-world-war-iii    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:15:14

• GIMP 3.0.6 Officially Released with Bug Fixes and UI Improvements ☞ https://linuxiac.com/gimp-3-0-6-officially-released-with-bug-fixes-and-ui-improvements/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:20:13

• Microsoft and Steam Take Action as Unity Vulnerability Puts Games at Risk ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-and-steam-take-action-as-unity-vulnerability-puts-games-at-risk/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:21:09

• Discord Says User Information Stolen in Third-Party Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/discord-says-user-information-stolen-in-third-party-data-breach/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:21:28

• AI in the 2026 Midterm Elections ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/ai-in-the-2026-midterm-elections.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:21:51

• Beer Giant Asahi Says Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/beer-giant-asahi-says-data-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:22:15

• TikTok Restored in Indonesia, Its Second-Largest Market—After Sharing Protester Data with the Government ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/06/tiktok-restored-indonesia/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:22:47

• The Free Press goes from zero to $150m valuation in five years on Substack ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/the-free-press-goes-from-zero-to-150m-valuation-in-five-years-on-substack/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:23:22

• Cool down with your Digital Dystopia, bro ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/life/digital-dystopia.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:23:38

• Baltic Assembly announces its annual prizes ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/06.10.2025-baltic-assembly-announces-its-annual-prizes.a617160/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:25:32

• We May Know Why Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance Really Sank ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/science/shackleton-endurance-antarctica.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:25:42

• Michigan cash aid program for moms and babies gets $270 million in new budget ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-cash-aid-program-for-moms-and-babies-gets-270-million-in-new-budget/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:31:16

• University switches student health insurance carrier ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/10/06/university-switches-student-health-insurance-carrier/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:31:29

• Addiction pilot project launched at Latvia's Children's Hospital ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/06.10.2025-addiction-pilot-project-launched-at-latvias-childrens-hospital.a617133/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:31:44

• Surge in domestic violence feared during long Chuseok holiday in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/surge-in-domestic-violence-feared-during-long-chuseok-holiday-in-south-korea    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:32:01

• Vietnam’s top leader To Lam to visit North Korea this week ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnams-top-leader-to-lam-to-visit-north-korea-this-week    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:32:18

• Vietnam’s top leader To Lam’s visit to North Korea signals proactive role in global affairs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/vietnams-top-leader-to-lams-visit-to-north-korea-signals-proactive-role-in-global-affairs    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:32:29

• Sabah dissolves state assembly, paving way for election led by PM Anwar’s ally GRS ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sabah-dissolves-state-assembly-paving-way-for-election-led-by-pm-anwars-ally-grs    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:33:20

• China Premier Li Qiang to visit North Korea for ruling party anniversary ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/China-Premier-Li-Qiang-to-visit-North-Korea-for-ruling-party-anniversary    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:34:07

• China exiles in Thailand lose hope, fearing Beijing’s long reach ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/07/china-exiles-in-thailand-lose-hope-fearing-beijings-long-reach/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:34:56

• Marine Park in Ontario Warns It May Euthanize Beluga Whales Without Cash Infusion ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/world/canada/marineland-canada-beluga-whales.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:35:31

• Chinese pressure shreds Taiwan’s relationship with South Africa ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-pressure-shreds-taiwans-relationship-with-south-africa    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:35:52

• China’s chip challenge: The race to match US tech ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-chip-challenge-the-race-to-match-us-tech    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:36:13

• How China waged an info war against US interests in Philippines ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/how-china-waged-an-infowar-against-us-interests-in-the-philippines    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:36:29

• One hiker dead, hundreds rescued after heavy snowfall in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/one-hiker-dead-hundreds-rescued-after-heavy-snowfall-in-china    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:36:46

• Malaysia’s durian exports to China hit $1.84 billion in seven years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-durian-exports-to-china-hit-1-84-billion-in-seven-years    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:37:22

• China takeover of Taiwan would threaten US too, Taiwan president says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-takeover-of-taiwan-would-threaten-us-too-taiwan-president-says    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:37:36

• EU says UN resolution only switched China representation, did not mention Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/EU-says-UN-resolution-only-switched-China-representation-did-not-mention-Taiwan    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:37:51

• Snowstorm traps hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest during China's national holiday ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251006-snowstorm-traps-hundreds-of-hikers-on-mount-everest-during-china-s-national-holiday    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:38:20

• What to expect from Australia–PNG defence treaty ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/what-to-expect-from-australia-png-defence-treaty/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:38:38

• Wikidata Launches Free Vector Database as Open Alternative to Closed Hey Hi (AI) Systems ☞ https://news.itsfoss.com/wikidata-launches-vector-database/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:38:58

• "No one will go unpunished" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/06/no-one-will-go-unpunished | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:39:33

• Blacklisted Russian Il-76 carried non-military cargo to Upington ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/blacklisted-russian-il-76-carried-non-military-cargo-to-upington/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:46:04

• "struggling to hold back Russia’s advance" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/06/as-gaps-widen-along-the-front-ukraine-is-reportedly-struggling-to-hold-back-russia-s-advance | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:46:35

• "slowed Russia’s advance in central Donbas" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/06/a-high-stakes-gamble | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:46:52

• "Historian Alexey Uvarov warns against looking for a ‘Franz Ferdinand moment’ in the Russian–Ukrainian war" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/07/dangers-of-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:47:18

• Ukraine’s Secret Weapons Spending Faces Questions After Internal Review ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/world/europe/ukraine-war-weapons-defense-contracts-payments.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:47:34

• Lithuania to cooperate with ICC on protecting witnesses in Ukraine war crimes cases ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2703491/lithuania-to-cooperate-with-icc-on-protecting-witnesses-in-ukraine-war-crimes-cases    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:47:46

• France prosecutors launch war crimes investigation after photojournalist death in Ukraine ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/france-prosecutors-launch-war-crimes-investigation-after-photojournalist-death-in-ukraine/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:48:09

• Feedback regarding AA batteries ☞ https://rubenerd.com/feedback-regarding-aa-batteries/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:48:20

• "New Cartridge For An Old Computer" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/a-new-cartridge-for-an-old-computer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:49:06

• UK’s former ambassador to Russia on provocations: retaliate on your terms, not theirs ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2691355/uk-s-former-ambassador-to-russia-on-provocations-retaliate-on-your-terms-not-theirs    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:49:26

• Russia Welcomes Convicted Felon’s Blessing of Proposal to Extend Caps on Nuclear Weapons ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/world/europe/russia-trump-putin-nuclear-caps.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:49:39

• Russia welcomes Convicted Felon's remark on Putin's offer to preserve nuclear arms limits ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/Russia-welcomes-Dihydroxyacetone Mans-remark-on-Putins-offer-to-preserve-nuclear-arms-limits    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:50:07

• Fake Economics and Clown Computing Circuses ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/Fake_Economics_and_Clown_Computing_Circuses.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:50:23

• Putin rejected Convicted Felon’s generous deal. Time to try peace through strength. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-rejected-trumps-generous-deal-time-to-try-peace-through-strength/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:50:49

• "FiberCircuits project" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/weaving-circuits-from-electronic-threads/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 10:51:30

• Recorded livestreams for retrocomputer stuff? ☞ https://rubenerd.com/recorded-livestreams-for-retrocomputing-stuff/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:10:47

• A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/harvard-professor-pellet-gun-synagogue.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:11:49

• Late Night GNU/Linux – Episode 354 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-354/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:14:16

• Linux User Space Episode 6:02: The Lizard and The Wyzyrd ☞ https://www.linuxuserspace.show/602    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:15:58

• Destination Linux 438: Jill's Treasure Hunt, Surveillance Giant Google vs F-Droid, Samsung Ads on Refrigerators ☞ https://destinationlinux.net/438    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:18:14

• GB News comment about LGBTQ+ including ‘paedos’ in breach of Ofcom code ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/gb-news-comment-about-lgbtq-including-paedos-in-breach-of-ofcom-code/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:21:07

• One Major Pollutant in Fossil Fuels Has Been Linked With ALS ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-major-pollutant-in-fossil-fuels-has-been-linked-with-als    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:21:53

• An Ancient Infection May Play a Critical Role in Our First Moments of Life ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-ancient-infection-may-play-a-critical-role-in-our-first-moments-of-life    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:22:07

• 'Grue Jay' Spotted in a Texas Backyard Is First-of-Its-Kind Hybrid ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/grue-jay-spotted-in-a-texas-backyard-is-first-of-its-kind-hybrid    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:22:22

• These 6 Common Habits Could Be Putting Your Bladder at Risk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/these-6-common-habits-could-be-putting-your-bladder-at-risk    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:22:44

• Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/several-psychiatric-disorders-share-the-same-root-cause-study-shows    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:23:05

• Your Life's Purpose Could Be Keeping Dementia at Bay, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-lifes-purpose-could-be-keeping-dementia-at-bay-study-finds    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:23:30

• Surprising Immune Cell Discovery Wins 2025 Nobel Prize. Here's The Science. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprising-immune-cell-discovery-wins-2025-nobel-prize-heres-the-science    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:25:00

• 126,000 Years Ago a Mammal Dragged Its Butt And Left a Unique Fossil ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/126000-years-ago-a-mammal-dragged-its-butt-and-left-a-unique-fossil    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:25:14

• Ancient Signal Confirms What The Very First Animals Truly Looked Like ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-signal-confirms-what-the-very-first-animals-truly-looked-like    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:25:26

• "Know Audio: Distortion Part Two" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/know-audio-distortion-part-two/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:25:51

• "Logitech POP Buttons Are About To Go Pop" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/logitech-pop-buttons-are-about-to-go-pop/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:26:10

• "Some parts of the world still have ample 2G coverage; for those of in North America, 2G is long gone and 3G has either faded into dusk or beginning its sunset." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/2g-gone-bring-it-back-yourself/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:26:33

• Qt (proprietary) shilling SLOP PLAGIARISM https://www.qt.io/blog/using-ai-code-assistants-to-generate-unit-tests-and-maximize-coverage    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:27:10

• OpenAI’s Sora 2 Already Melting Down Into Outrageous Drama ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sora-2-drama    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:29:14

• OpenAI’s Huge New Project Is Running Into Trouble Behind the Scenes ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-device-trouble    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:29:39

• Stalker Already Using OpenAI’s Sora 2 to Harass Victim ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/stalkers-using-openai-sora-2    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:29:56

• Consultants Forced to Pay Money Back After Getting Caught Using Hey Hi (AI) for Expensive “Report” ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/deloitte-government-ai-hallucinations    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:30:13

• Governor Pritzker Argues Convicted Felon Is Invading Illinois Out of Animus ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/06/governor-pritzker-argues-trump-is-invading-illinois-out-of-animus/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:30:56

• Pan-African Dreams, Post-Colonial Realities ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/13/the-second-emancipation-howard-w-french-book-review-slow-poison-mahmood-mamdani    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:31:28

• Optimize and deploy LLMs for production with OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/06/optimize-and-deploy-llms-production-openshift-ai    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:32:57

• Targetting a passing fad will end up discrediting oneself    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:33:33

• ICC convicts former militia leader of war crimes in Sudan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/icc-convicts-former-military-leader-of-war-crimes-in-sudan/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:34:43

• OpenSSH 10.1 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1040870/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:36:18

• CVE-2025-61594: URI Credential Leakage Bypass previous fixes ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/10/07/uri-cve-2025-61594/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:36:47

• Tomas Tomecek: First test of Claude Sonnet 4.5 for an agent that backports a patch for an RPM ☞ https://blog.tomecek.net/post/agentic-ai-claude-sonnet-4-5/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:37:39

• How Convicted Felon’s National Guard Deployments Break With Military Tradition ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010433782/how-trumps-national-guard-deployments-break-with-military-tradition.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:41:12

• Lawyer tries to hurl object at India’s chief justice over remark about Hindu god ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/lawyer-tries-to-hurl-object-at-indias-chief-justice-over-remark-about-hindu-god    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:41:31

• Cyberattacks hit 91% of universities and 43% of businesses in last 12 months in the UK — survey suggests more than 600,000 businesses, 61,000 charities affected ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/cyberattacks-hit-91-percent-of-universities-and-43-percent-of-businesses-in-last-12-months-in-the-uk-survey-suggests-more-than-600-000-businesses-61-000-charities-affected    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:42:41

• Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 63 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/07/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-63/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:43:11

• Madagascar president appoints army general as PM to defuse protests ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251006-madagascar-president-general-protests    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:43:47

• Maduro says Venezuela thwarted 'false flag' plot to bomb US embassy amid drug dispute ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251007-venezuela-foiled-false-flag-plot-us-embassy    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:43:54

• Food security should inform Australia’s regional engagement ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/food-security-should-inform-australias-regional-engagement/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 11:44:42

• Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day Exploited in Cl0p Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/oracle-e-business-suite-zero-day-exploited-in-cl0p-attacks/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:04:14

• Data Breach at Doctors Imaging Group Impacts 171,000 People ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/data-breach-at-doctors-imaging-group-impacts-171000-people/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:04:34

• Hackers Extorting Salesfarce After Stealing Data From Dozens of Customers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-extorting-salesforce-after-stealing-data-from-dozens-of-customers/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:04:51

• Commission approves Austrian scheme to support security of electricity supply ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2256    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:05:55

• Public Knowledge jumps the shark with a Ponzi scheme and Microsoft inside the Board ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-promotes-nat-purser-to-senior-policy-advocate-to-support-growing-ai-portfolio/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:13:16

• And advancing Microsoft ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/digitalinclusionweek/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:14:09

• Is the JCPA Coming Back? Why We Still Oppose the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/is-the-jcpa-coming-back-why-we-still-oppose-the-journalism-competition-preservation-act/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:14:48

• TTABlog Test: Is KARMA KRACKERS for Crackers Confusable with KARMA for Nuts? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/10/ttablog-test-is-karma-krackers-for.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:15:21

• ‘Easier than friendship’: South Korea’s Gen Z turns to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot for emotional support ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/easier-than-friendship-south-koreas-gen-z-turns-to-chatgpt-for-emotional-support    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:15:54

• wafer.space lets you design your custom silicon just for $7 per die (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/07/wafer-space-lets-you-design-your-custom-silicon-just-for-7-per-die/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:16:50

• GIMP 3.0.6 Released ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/10/06/gimp-3-0-6-released/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:17:30

• "Schlieren Imaging Systems" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/finding-simpler-schlieren-imaging-systems/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:18:04

• One Hostage’s Path to Healing and Advocacy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010415988/emily-damari.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:18:56

• A Former Israeli Hostage Is Freed From Hamas, but Not Captivity ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/world/middleeast/emily-damari-hostage-israel.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:19:15

• Bear cub attacks, injures Spanish tourist at Japan’s Shirakawa-go Unesco site ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/bear-cub-attacks-injures-spanish-tourist-at-japans-shirakawa-go-unesco-site    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:19:40

• The Guts and Glory of “Indian Rodeo” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-guts-and-glory-of-indian-rodeo    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:20:01

• Moroccan court upholds prison term for feminist over T-shirt slogan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251006-morocco-prison-term-feminist-t-shirt-slogan    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:20:45

• "However, as Simon Long, UX engineer at Raspberry Pi, points out, there have been fewer changes in newer versions of Debian, and most changes in the new version of Pi OS are cosmetic, although there are some interesting under-the-hood changes as well." ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/06/raspberry-pi-os-debian-13-trixie/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:21:22

• Quick and Dirty Analysis of Possible Oracle E-Business Suite Exploit Script (CVE-2025-61882) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32346    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:27:58

• Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/shutdown-republicans-trump-government.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:28:42

• Few women and minorities win seats in Syria's first parliament since fall of Assad ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20251006-few-women-and-minorities-win-seats-in-syria-s-first-parliament-since-fall-of-assad    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:28:56

• Bay Area Musician Event ‘Death to Spotify’ Gains Steam as Daniel Ek Pivots Away — Is This an Emerging Snowball for Spotify? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/06/bay-area-musician-event-death-to-spotify/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:29:14

• NASA Rover Appears to Catch Photo of Mysterious Interstellar Object From Surface of Mars ☞ https://futurism.com/space/nasa-mars-rover-photo-interstellar-object    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:34:26

• U-Boot v2025.10 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1041023/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:34:46

• dave – simple WebDAV server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dave-simple-webdav-server/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:42:06

• PixiEditor – universal 2D editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pixieditor-universal-2d-editor/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:42:41

• BURP – security testing ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/burp-security-testing/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:42:50

• Retrovol – volume setting program ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/retrovol-volume-setting-program/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:44:58

• 23 Best Free and Open Source Wallpaper Setters ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-wallpaper-setters/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:45:07

• BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC running Linux: Introduction to the Series ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bosgame-m4-plus-mini-pc-running-linux-introduction/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:45:14

• Cosmic Comics – comics and manga reader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cosmic-comics-comics-manga-reader/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:45:22

• IPFire 2.29 Core Update 197 Overhauls OpenVPN, Enables Power-Saving by Default ☞ https://ubuntupit.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-197-overhauls-openvpn-enables-power-saving-by-default/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:45:41

• Ubuntu Reveal Codename of Next Year’s 26.04 LTS ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/ubuntu-26-04-lts-codename-resolute-raccoon    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 12:47:32

• KDE neon testing now with Plasma 6.5 beta 2 ☞ https://blog.neon.kde.org/2025/10/06/kde-neon-testing-now-with-plasma-6-5-beta-2/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:11:31

• GIMP 3.0.6 Is Now Available for Download with Improved Photoshop Brush Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-0-6-is-now-available-for-download-with-improved-photoshop-brush-support    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:12:01

• Can't Recall the Syntax? Try These WYSIWYG Markdown Editors on GNU/Linux ☞ https://itsfoss.com/wysiwyg-markdown-editors/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:12:38

• Rust is Eating GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/Rust_is_Eating_Linux.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:12:48

• Most of the "Linux" Results This Morning in Surveillance Giant Google News Are LLM Slop From the Same Slopfarm, Plagiarising Phoronix ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/07/Most_of_the_Linux_Results_This_Morning_in_Google_News_Are_LLM_S.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:12:56

• XIVA Studio 2025-10-06 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/xivastudio    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:13:20

• openmamba 20251006 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:13:27

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, October 10, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-10-10-2025    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:13:54

• The clock is ticking: Ubuntu Summit 25.10 is just around the corner ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/the-clock-is-ticking-ubuntu-summit-25-10-is-just-around-the-corner    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:14:51

• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Codename Revealed: ‘Resolute Raccoon’ ☞ https://ubuntupit.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-codename-revealed-resolute-raccoon/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:15:31

• Kicksecure 18.0.4.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kicksecure    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:17:09

• GIMP 3.0.6 Update Patches Key UI, Security, and Platform-Specific Bugs ☞ https://ubuntupit.com/gimp-3-0-6-update-patches-key-ui-security-and-platform-specific-bugs/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:17:30

• Slopwatch: Fake Ubuntu 'Articles' and Surveillance Giant Google News Helps People Who Plagiarise Phoronix Using LLMs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/Slopwatch_Fake_Ubuntu_Articles_and_Google_News_Helps_People_Who.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:19:48

• GIMP 3.0.6 Fixed Printing Support for Flatpak & Snap [PPA updated] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/10/gimp-3-0-6-printing-flatpak/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:23:26

• Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 912 ☞ https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/10/06/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-912/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:24:37

• GIMP 3.0.6 Update is a Bug-Fix Backport Bonanza ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/gimp-3-0-6-update-fixes-bugs    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:25:41

• Gnoppix 25_10 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gnoppix    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:25:50

• CentOS 10-20251006 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/centos    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:26:05

• LF spam again https://www.linux.com/news/oct25-training-promo/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:28:38

• Fedora 43 Landing Emergency Change To Increase /boot Due To NVIDIA GPU Firmware & Other Bloat ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-43-Bigger-Boot-Firmware    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:29:08

• ChromeOS 16371.61.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/chromeos    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:29:36

• Fully-adhesive sticky notes from Muji ☞ https://rubenerd.com/full-adhesive-sticky-notes/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:31:27

• Global Call to Action: Open Heritage Statement Now Open for Signature ☞ https://creativecommons.org/2025/10/06/open-heritage-statement-now-open-for-signature/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:32:27

• Linus Torvalds Criticizes Rust Format Checking and Pull Request Formatting in DRM Merge ☞ https://news.itsfoss.com/linus-torvalds-criticizes-drm-merge/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:33:18

• "Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/google-confirms-non-adb-apk-installs-will-require-developer-registration/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:33:45

• House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary of potential abuses ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/house-dems-seek-info-about-ice-spyware-contract-wary-of-potential-abuses/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:34:21

• "Emily Fontaine brags about herself in the article but like so many IBM "leaders" she is now just another IBM DEI nothing burger. Below is her LinkedIn profile and you can she not only has she DONE NOTHING, she LISTS NOTHING! No details nada nothing! " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6z5jb5p    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:36:08

• "She has spent her whole career at IBM in do nothing jobs involving government and diversity and inclusion, No goals. No objectives, No strategies. No results. She popped out into this Head of VC role after following IBM CEO Arvind Krishna around for 2 years with her title as "IBM Office of the Chairman and CEO"?"    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:36:36

• "I guess that means she knew he liked his chai black with sugars? No responsibilities and no results?! The article says she fills her day watching Korean dramas? Drinking water? And 10 miles with her doodles? Ok then great job!"    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:37:08

• "Clearly far left DEI liberal activist who spends a good portion of her day reading political junk from the Wall Street Journal and The Economist. Went to Mount Holyoke and George Washington Univ and lives in DC swamp. Then listens to Washington DC political podcasts. No wonder IBM is such a woke dumpster fire."    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:37:34

• "Hmmm. AI? Certainly not IBM reality."    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:40:05

• openSUSE Leap 16 Released with 24 Months of Free Support and Major Modernization ☞ https://news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-leap-16-release/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:40:29

• Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/harvard-students-absenteeism.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:40:57

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Gave Partisan Speech to Navy Troops, as He Deployed Troops to U.S. Cities ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/trump-navy-portland-troops.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:41:13

• ‘At the service of the establishment’: Why an Indian comic envies Jimmy Kimmel, free speech in the US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/at-the-service-of-the-establishment-why-one-indian-comic-envies-jimmy-kimmel-and-free-speech-in-the    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:41:38

• India dispatch: social control media platform X to challenge Karnataka High Court ruling over free speech concerns ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/india-dispatch-social-media-platform-x-to-challenge-karnataka-high-court-ruling-over-free-speech-concerns/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:42:04

• Sheinbaum vows to defend sovereignty in defiant speech to 400,000 supporters ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sheinbaum-vows-sovereignty-speech-supporters-zocalo/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:42:25

• Four new stable kernels ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1040992/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:43:13

• "Could the anonymous comment from 5th October at 20:23:00 be a sales representative for Solve Intelligence? Rose, this is genuinely one of the best, most well-balanced, and non-promotional articles on the intersection of Hey Hi (AI) and patent monopoly law that I have read in a very long time." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/use-of-ai-in-patent-industry-spectre-of.html?showComment=1759742044520#c2329298040543214906    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:43:48

• "It is, and has always been, essential that patent monopoly attorneys understand and have a deep technical knowledge of the subject matter within the work product they produce. Something which unfortunately is not true for the vast majority of private practice attorneys who pretend that drafting the odd application in a field every now and again is enough to allow them to say..."    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:44:24

• "Every attorney I've spoken to who is a fan of extensively using LLMs is a generalist who has long since lost whatever deep technical expertise he/she may have once had" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/use-of-ai-in-patent-industry-spectre-of.html?showComment=1759798781209#c6562591469998886738    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:45:45

• IP Kat Gone Bonkers, Pushing Slop in Patents (Likely Illegal, With Severe Consequences) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/IP_Kat_Gone_Bonkers_Pushing_Slop_in_Patents_Likely_Illegal_With.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:46:01

• One person changing a job is not newsworthy, but this is a sponsor of this publisher, which used it to advanced illegalities like UPC ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/mewburn-ellis-hires-partner-from-simmons-simmons/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:47:11

• UPC is totally illegal, but this publisher got paid to promote this illegality ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-and-munich-court-limit-uk-jurisdiction-over-interim-patent-licences/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:47:51

• Rakudo Weekly 2025.40 Fosdem Calls ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/10/06/2025-40-fosdem-calls/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:48:54

• Indonesia ends search for victims of boarding school collapse, 61 dead ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/Indonesia-ends-search-for-victims-of-boarding-school-collapse-61-dead    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:49:19

• Analysing the state of Happy Eyeballs implementations ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/10/07/analysing-the-state-of-happy-eyeballs-implementations/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:50:17

• U.S. v. Google: What Each Side Argued for Fixing Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/technology/google-ad-tech-arguments.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:50:39

• Supreme Court, for Now, Rejects Surveillance Giant Google Bid to Block Changes to App Store ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/supreme-court-google-fortnite.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:50:50

• Showing how bloated and dumb UEFI is. It'll never be secure. https://www.tomshardware.com/software/programming/developer-recreates-classic-shoot-em-up-zaxxon-as-a-uefi-firmware-isometric-arcade-game-coded-in-x86-assembly-for-no-os-represents-total-freedom-from-big-tech    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:51:50

• Potential EU law sparks global concerns over end-to-end encryption for messaging apps ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/potential-eu-law-sparks-global-concerns-encryption-privacy/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:52:33

• Self-Hosting a BitWarden-Compatible Password Manager Service ☞ http://www.h-i-r.net/2025/10/self-hosting-bitwarden-compatible.html    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:54:13

• The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 245: Kate Robertson on Bill C-2’s Cross-Border Data Sharing Privacy Risks ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/law-bytes-podcast-episode-245/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:55:05

• Coming: A Repairable Printer With Refillable Ink Cartridges ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/10/coming-a-repairable-printer-with-refillable-ink-cartridges/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:55:40

• Pluralistic: Apple's unlawful evil (06 Oct 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/06/rogue-capitalism/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:56:20

• Decades of Studies Link Suicide Risk With Common Hair Loss Treatment ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/decades-of-studies-link-suicide-risk-with-common-hair-loss-treatment    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:56:43

• Evangelicalism in France : social control media used to attract young believers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251006-evangelicalism-in-france-social-media-used-to-attract-young-believers    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:57:12

• Which? vs Qualcomm: our collective action goes to Trial ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/qualcomm-smartphone-collective-claim-ajFjL4t8XA93    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:57:36

• "I've been reading a lot about various defenses against AI scraper bots. I trust that if you're the kind of person who reads my website, the problem needs no introduction - essentially, thousands of startups and established companies around the world are trying to invest in AI and LLMs" gemini://thehans255.com/gemlog/2025/brainstorms-for-ai-poisoning-techniques.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:59:09

• 🖼️ xkcd — Window Screen #3151 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3151.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 13:59:44

• Revisiting My Modern Retro Console Idea gemini://thehans255.com/gemlog/2025/revisiting-my-modern-retro-console-idea.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 14:00:44

• More Fun with Slide Rules gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251006-0.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 14:01:17

• 🔤SpellBinding — BCHKUSO Wordo: STABS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-07.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 14:02:02

• "Thrig suggests that I was wrong about shell scripts being read in their entirety at start up ...and talks about tracing and IO in a convincing way, and it sounds like I'd got it wrong. So I experimented." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-10-07_Self_editing_scripts.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 14:02:45

• "In sed's case, since it is creating a new file to write output to, it is creating a new inode that is separate from the one that the shell has open." gemini://thehans255.com/gemlog/2025/10-07-batch-vs-bash-and-the-pages-branch.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 14:03:26

• "I never thought a mobile game could get under my skin the way Evony: The King's Return did. At first, it was just something to fill a few spare minutes - build a little city, train some troops, join an alliance, and watch my kingdom slowly grow." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/the-addictive-pull-of-evony-the-kings-return/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 14:04:18

• [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-10-07.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 14:05:47

• [japan] [jp] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-10-06.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 14:07:18

• "Oh wow ! the first reply to the post has been deleted already.....guess that truth in advertising doesn't apply to IBM VPs, especially when their behavior is so shallow." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6z5jb5p    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 16:19:55

• Just call this what it is: Ponzi scheme, fraud, crime, media boosting corruption https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/stargate_openai_amd/?td=rt-3a    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 16:25:13

• This is a disgusting lie because about 30,000 got laid off and "HEY HI" is a lie. This is a plug, a lie, an INSULT. https://windowsreport.com/microsoft-layoffs-2025-over-15000-jobs-cut-amid-ai-expansion/    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 16:41:26

• Qualcomm bought Arduino    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 16:43:09

• Put another way, it was sold (out) to a software patents mobster    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 16:43:35

• "What's next, MediaTek buying Raspberry Pi and Realtek buying Intel NEX group?" https://x.com/AutisticShark69/status/1975551757045641219    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 16:46:05

• "Amin Bandali is a computing scientist and activist for user freedom, and a participant in various free software projects and communities. Bandali wears a few hats around the GNU Project and is a volunteer member of the Free Software Foundation SysOps team, a core organizer of the EmacsConf conference" https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf40-volunteer-panel    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 16:57:33

• "Right-wingers drooled over President Milei's brutal contempt for the Argentines that were not part of his preferred people. Now that he has collapsed the economy, they are not talking about him much." https://stallman.org/archives/2025-jul-oct.html#5_October_2025_(Argentina's_right-wing_economy)    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 17:22:02

• "The corrupter in chief sent Argentina 20 billion US dollars to slow the collapse. Did Congress approve that?" No.    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 17:22:26

• "New pun. Was removing Britain from the European Union a form of EU-thanasia?" https://stallman.org/archives/2025-jul-oct.html#5_October_2025_(New_pun:_Leaving_the_EU)    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 17:23:51

• "the Ruark R610 helpfully takes a usb stick and plays flac - shuffle works at the directory not drive level. i want freedom from the tyranny of deciding what to play next; i would like a better shuffle feature." gemini://gemini.mingmengtou.org/2025-10-07-still-finding-my-own-way.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 07, 2025 at 17:26:57