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Almost 3.6k now: "There are 5274 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 3583 of them." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:20:17

  • impossible gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/impossible    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:21:06

  • "Another post about things I've been listening to on the radio (mainly BBC Radio 3, Night Tracks). Very folk themed." gemini://spool-five.com/gemlog/2026-10-12-on_the_radio.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:22:44

  • "About two weeks ago, my six-year-old desktop computer was fried by a power surge." gemini://juliette.zone/gemlog/return-to-old-laptop.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:23:20

  • "That the observations of a Roman volcanologist would differ from those of a modern volcanologist strikes me as dubious given that, based on the explanation of a phenomena given by Pliny the Elder, a modern geologist calls similar eruptions Plinian." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/10/12/modern-science.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:24:42

  • "I don't write about work very much. That's probably for the best. Work is something I do out of need to provide. I have so many passion hobbies and interest they should be the focus of my writing here." gopher://gopher.black/1/phlog/20261011-what-i-m-doing-at-work/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:26:38

  • "I have not had a gaming computer for a long time and this felt like a good compromise: not high end enough to run graphics-heavy games, but good enough to play Baldur's Gate 3, so absolutely perfect for my needs." gemini://melyanna.net/2026-10-11-autumn-is-here    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:27:18

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2123.jpg    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:28:00

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1766.jpg    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:28:05

  • "A really good measure of how wrecked you are is your body’s “heart rate variability” (HRV). This is the difference between the gap between your heart beats. So if you imagine: BEAT (GAP) BEAT (GAP) BEAT (GAP), HRV is the difference of length of those gaps" gemini://eve.smol.pub/trying-out-the-nurosym-vagus-nerve-stimulator-for-a-couple-of-weeks    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:29:07

  • "I have been playing around with Pangolin, a really nice management system for exposing internal services over HTTPS." gemini://eve.smol.pub/pangolin-newt-gerbil-and-custom-ports    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:29:51

  • "I have a number of large collections of 1960s colour slides which appear to have found their way to eBay after someone died." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/lud_dites    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:31:12

  • Goodbye For Now gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20261012-goodbye-for-now.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:32:03

  • "I have a script (a custom static site generator) that produces the output at https://ticitaci.com – a page for the record label on which I have released music (and that I really, really love)." gemini://eve.smol.pub/using-a-public-api-or-the-instability-of-musicbrainz-ids    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:32:54

  • Goodbye For Now gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20261012-goodbye-for-now.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:54:38

  • "I have a script (a custom static site generator) that produces the output at https://ticitaci.com – a page for the record label on which I have released music (and that I really, really love)." gemini://eve.smol.pub/using-a-public-api-or-the-instability-of-musicbrainz-ids    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:54:47

  • willthekid — Nome gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/nome    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:56:30

  • "Would dolphins calculate a different speed of light? This revisits the strong/weak fugitive envelope hypothesis from above, but of course the speed of light is an abstraction and thus must be utter nonsense" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/10/12/modern-science.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:57:32

  • On reading too much outrage about AI gemini://timeinbetween.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-10-12-on-reading-too-much-outrage-about-ai.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:58:34

  • DangerSign gemini://kodaro.it/msf/comics/047.DangerSign.jpg    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:59:03

  • planning in joplin gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20261012    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 01:59:32

  • "It's been a while since I worked on my Clojure libraries, so I would like to give a little update on that. Two of them got a new release, and one got a debut release on Clojars." gemini://theparanoidtimes.org/blog/2026/10/12/clojure-oss-update/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:00:17

  • "Years of doomscrolling on internet for that sweet dopamine has caused us to be more and more impatient." gemini://akselmo.dev/gemlog/2026-10-12-patience.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:01:00

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

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:01:21

  • Aragorn spinning in a chair gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/10/12/wheeeee/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:01:53

  • A bad year for tomatoes, but a good one for mushrooms gemini://theunixzoo.co.uk/gemlog/2026/2026-10-12-bad-tomatoes-good-mushrooms.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:02:35

  • Receta: Frangollo Canario gemini://caleb.subnet.city/gemlog/recetadefrangollo.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:02:54

  • "Like the gemlog above, I am also tired of the internet and where its going. The path laid out for the new social norms dictates that AI will take over the current paradigms for the net" gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20261012-goodbye-for-now.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:04:22

  • "What do we do when those we read daily dissappear? I have many logs that I don't interact with but check up on often. Some I look forward to reading updates. Does the writer need constant feedback to continue writing? Do WE need constant writing to know someone is okay?"    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:04:52

  • "This is a fork of ox-gemini package. The main objective of this fork is to add support for org-id, so this package can be used with Org Roam. This content is created and maintained in Emacs org mode. This ox-gemini fork is used with `org-publish' to publish this site simultaneously in both gemini and http version." gemini://prabu.freeddns.org/20261011150111-ox_gemini.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:07:01

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2124.jpg    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:07:50

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1767.jpg    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:07:55

  • It says "reorganizes its business for the AI era" when actually laying off the people who do "AI" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-10-13/ty-article/.premium/microsoft-to-lay-off-dozens-of-employees-at-its-israeli-development-center/000001a1-3106-d438-a7a1-b7ce7ff80000 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/12/Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Again_October_2026_So_Called_AI_Units.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:35:27

  • No new strip in 2+ months already https://analognowhere.com/_/archive    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:36:08

  • South America: GNU/Linux at 4% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=52w&loc=south-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:42:43

  • Today: "We're doing some maintenance to our optical network in telehouse. Only the management is affected during a reboot period. We do not expect this to be service affecting."    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 02:43:16

  • ManCity Back on Topic (Football) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/mancity-back-on-topic-football/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 03:02:38

  • Almost every article in The Register MS is now "AI" something because BRIBES impact coverage.    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 03:21:26

  • The Register MS is paid to whitewash plagiarism (basically).    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 03:22:03

  • So the rotting "media industry" is now trying to profit from the attack on itself.    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 03:22:24

  • Pocock's fight against Reform UK Party Limited is progressing, update yesterday    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 03:34:12

  • CR-2026-007405: Holding Reform UK Party Limited Accountable https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/cr-2026-007405-holding-reform-uk-party-limited-accountable/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 03:50:09

  • Germans' biggest fear is the high cost of living https://www.dw.com/en/germans-biggest-fear-is-the-high-cost-of-living-an-annual-study-finds/a-79497762    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 03:55:28

  • 400 schools closed as student protests continue https://www.dw.com/en/france-400-schools-closed-as-student-protests-continue/a-79512732    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 03:56:16

  • has the next financial crisis begun? https://www.dw.com/en/euro-plummets-against-us-dollar-has-the-next-financial-crisis-begun/a-79549031    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 03:58:23

  • Job Scams Soar 258% https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/biocatch-report-mobile-banking-scams-employment-fraud-1823172    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 04:00:06

  • police their own disciplinary matters https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/26/banks-police-disciplinary-matters-dutch-foundation-winds    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 04:00:45

  • "Goodbye Mark Stephens AKA Bob Cringely - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/10/12/0342220    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:00:34

  • "The Entertainment Software Association has asked the U.S. Government to label the Denuvo cracker ‘voices38’ as a notorious piracy market." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/game-industry-asks-u-s-to-flag-denuvo-cracker-voices38-as-notorious-piracy-threat/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:01:37

  • "Emily Covington, a spokeswoman for the department, said group boycotts among business competitors might violate U.S. law." ☛ https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/doj-investigating-whether-white-house-tv-pools-coverage-halt-violated-antitrust-law/ | Source: Middle Tennessee State University    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:01:56

  • "Property rights are capitalism's holy sacrament, so of course, it's natural to treasure any property right you can lay claim to." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/12/termination-of-transfer/#lord-british | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:02:32

  • "Technically, at least. This was the 23rd Annual Convention of the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA), which represents tens of thousands of cops in local departments from coast to coast." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-infiltrated-a-police-union-convention | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:02:48

  • "a representative 200 MW AI training campus" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-ai-crowd-out-jobs | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:03:01

  • "US law enforcement agents obtained authorization to use a controversial surveillance device capable of intercepting cell phone signals to find and arrest a 21-year-old college student" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/feds-got-warrants-to-use-fake-cell-towers-to-hunt-down-don-lemons-producer/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:03:15

  • "In September, workers in White Plains, New York, won the first union at any of AutoZone’s nearly seven thousand US stores, despite an aggressive anti-union campaign." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/10/autozone-organizing-drive-election-firings | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:03:25

  • "Columbus Day tells a story that skips what came before 1492 and what came after. Before the United States existed, Indigenous nations governed and cared for these lands." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-people-are-resisting-erasure-from-schools-media-and-our-land/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:03:37

  • "I oblige any Catholics assigned to the firing squad to request to be excused from this action contrary to the teaching of the Church" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2026/10/12/catholics-in-us-army-must-not-participate-in-firing-squad-prominent-archbishop-says/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:03:53

  • "The US military generally enjoys a good reputation in the world" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-10-12/archbishop-of-u-s-military-says-catholic-soldiers-should-not-serve-on-firing-squad | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:04:04

  • "He joins other Catholic leaders in speaking out against the death penalty and the livestream plans." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/news/utah/religion/archbishop-of-the-us-military-says-catholic-soldiers-should-not-serve-on-firing-squad/51635463 | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:04:24

  • "In New Delhi, where the main protests broke out, at least 35 journalists were detained over the course of the next two days" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/10/at-least-37-journalists-detained-several-assaulted-while-covering-protests-against-indias-election-chief/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:04:46

  • "Well, it turns out that, rather ironically, for legislation marketed as being about freedom and individual autonomy in the online world" ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/10/is-the-digital-duty-of-care-a-censorship-regime/ | Source: Spectator AU    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:05:05

  • "Russia and the Central African Republic (CAR) have signed a resolution on teaching Russian in the CAR’s schools, the Russian Education Ministry’s press office said" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/12/russian-mercenaries-have-operated-in-the-central-african-republic-since-2017-now-russian-lessons-are-coming-to-three-of-its-public-schools | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:05:33

  • "Next week, Albertans will vote on whether to launch a formal separation referendum." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/youtube-influencers-are-cashing-in-on-alberta-separatism/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:05:42

  • "I've befriended some of the most thoughtful, brilliant, curious, eccentric, and sincere people I've ever met in the tech industry." ☛ https://mrmarket.lol/what-the-fuck-happened-to-nerds/ |    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:06:05

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posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:06:19

  • "It was not surprising to me that the Deno company got acquired. They were funded by venture capital investment and there were lots of signs in 2026 that the business was not healthy." ☛ https://brettcodes.com/the-disappointing-death-of-deno/ | Source: Brett Chalupa    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:06:26

  • "I can’t tell you what was said in the meetings because the Commission required Chatham House rules" ☛ https://brucelawson.co.uk/2026/eu-eu-its-off-to-work-we-go/ | Source: Bruce Lawson    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:06:37

  • "But here is the thing: the rich and famous losing interest in the good stuff does not oblige the rest of us to. If anything, it frees up the room." ☛ https://blog.julik.nl/2026/10/the-weimar-of-ruby | Source: Julik Tarkhanov    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:06:47

  • "The Russian Orthodox Church has historically functioned as an instrument of state security services, adapting from the Soviet-era KGB to modern geopolitical objectives under the Kremlin." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/10/12/the-church-as-an-instrument-of-the-kremlins-hybrid-influence/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:06:58

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posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:07:14

  • "Swedish multinational telecoms firm Telia is planning to cut 900 jobs in a number of countries, with more than 350 of them in Finland." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20251080 | Source: Yle    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:07:19

  • "But in my opinion, and I think from the perspective of a lot of left and post-Keynesian economists, there’s kind of a fallacy here." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/10/phillips-curve-inflation-unemployment-labor | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:10:55

  • "The wild cat conservation group Panthera has spotted a highly elusive jaguar thanks to the use of trail cameras for the second time this year." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/nature-and-wildlife-photography/jaguars-strike-again-conservationists-spot-majestic-feline-for-the-second-time-this-year-using-120-camera-traps | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:11:27

  • "After basking in the glow, we headed into town and luckily found coffee before packing our bags" ☛ https://chrisglass.com/2026/10/11/sunrise-on-the-mountains/ | Source: Chris Glass    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:11:37

  • "DW and the European Data Journalism Network evaluated more than a decade's worth of data from more than 100 reports and sources on public transit" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/data-analysis-cleaner-electric-transportation-environment-health-not-hitting-eu-emissions-targets/a-79406721 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:12:06

  • "The so-called Regional Transportation Optimization plan the agency rolled out last year has reduced pickup times at more than 15,000 post offices" ☛ https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/10/12/usps-mail-ballot-vote-absentee-2026-election-november/ | Source: Votebeat    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:12:38

  • "there were absolutely entries on the field" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/darpa-lift-challenge-won-by-helicopter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:12:46

  • "I thought that would be such an easy thing. Like, we can all agree to do ethical research and make sure it's for the better of all humans" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/they-war-gamed-dimming-the-sun-it-went-even-worse-than-you-think/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:14:16

  • "It’s interesting to note that these hand-wringing, sky-is-falling pieces unfailingly focus on external issues." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/10/books-publishing-reading-mass-market-paperback | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:15:01

  • "Computer scientist Raphael Wimmer says he suspects the source diagram shared by Zdechovský is AI-generated" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009594/russian-bots-yandex-outage-drone-strikes-debunk | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:15:09

  • "After Ukrainian forces struck several data centres belonging to Russian [Internet] services giant Yandex" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/russian-troll-decline/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:15:22

  • "The Sierra Club is not asking the court to stop water deliveries or reduce the amount of water available to San Francisco customers." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/10/12/sierra-club-sues-san-francisco-over-water-demand-forecasts/ | Source: Western Water    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:17:17

  • "The sharp drop in Yandex’s “bot traffic,” tech researchers say, comes in fact mostly from Yandex’s own web crawlers" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-says-yandex-strikes-crippled-pro-kremlin-bots-but-tech-experts-call-evidence-weak/33875054.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:18:31

  • "Each strike caused widespread outages across the Russian [Internet]. The disruptions temporarily took down Yandex’s own services, including Yandex Go" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/cards/ukrainian-drone-strikes-have-plunged-russia-s-internet-into-crisis-meduza-explains-why-the-damage-has-been-so-extensive-and-why-a-full-recovery-will-likely-take-months | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:18:52

  • "the attack comes from within." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/palabra/2026/10/what-happens-when-a-government-destroys-the-institutions-it-was-built-to-protect.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:19:08

  • "Musk has more than a passing interest in the Texas Senate race" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/elon-musk-james-talarico-lies/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:21:33

  • "Democrats responded to the news by accusing Republicans of using vast amounts of cash to mask their shortcomings." ☛ https://www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/elon-musk-millions-donations-midterms-republican-party | Source: NOTUS Media LLC    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:21:59

  • "A third Yandex data center in Russia was hit by Ukrainian drones over the weekend, forcing it to shut down and causing further disruptions to cloud services" ☛ https://therecord.media/ukraine-strikes-third-yandex-data-center | Source: The Record    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:22:09

  • [Old] "Post Quantum Edition" ☛ https://www.latacora.com/blog/post-quantum-cryptographic-right-answers/#encrypting-data | Source: Latacora LLC    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:22:53

  • [Old] "But if you’re a developer and not a cryptography engineer, you shouldn’t do any of that." ☛ https://www.latacora.com/blog/cryptographic-right-answers/ | Source: Latacora LLC    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:23:26

  • [Old] "Thanks to my background as FreeBSD Security Officer, as a cryptographic researcher, and as the author of the Tarsnap secure online backup system" ☛ https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2009-06-11-cryptographic-right-answers.html | Source: Daemonology    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:23:56

  • "Cryptographic Right Answers" ☛ https://words.filippo.io/right-answers/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:24:08

  • "And on the software level; installed fonts, extensions, system info… " ☛ https://royfish.dev/fingerprints-are-the-new-cookies |    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:24:46

  • "An AI company now lets cops take a photo and nearly instantly figure out what specific home it was taken in" ☛ https://www.404media.co/cops-can-creep-on-airbnb/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:24:56

  • "It is the biggest fine the Norwegian authority has issued, and targets the advertising middlemen rather than the app itself." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/norway-fines-microsofts-xandr-9-6-million-over-grindr-data-sharing/articleshow/134892745.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:25:09

  • "In September, hackers from a group called ShinyHunters announced that they stole a trove of FBI data about its own agents. It was an intelligence disaster." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/fbi-arrests-suspect-in-fbi-hacking-case.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:25:31

  • "just because a social network feels like it’s good in one sense doesn’t mean it’s good in numerous others." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/10/12/x-social-media-monoliths-critique/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:26:17

  • "Why I'm Going Back to Twitter" ☛ https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-10-12-open-letter/ | Source: Dan Sinker    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:26:25

  • Social Control Media = waste of time + addiction    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:26:43

  • "Going further, it turned out that slop benchmarks are also, well, slop, as they only measure throughput, disregarding other properties of the system." ☛ https://itsallaboutthebit.com/i-am-sorry-but-you-still-have-to-think/ |    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:28:03

  • "Here are some notes on what we could expect for this kind of swarm intelligence." ☛ https://kk.org/thetechnium/swarm-intelligence/ | Source: Kevin Kelly    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:28:43

  • "From the very beginning, software engineering has been about automating other people’s work." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/software-engineers-dont-get-to-be-luddites-about-ai/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:29:46

  • "This is not quite a position paper, though, and I think it is best to open the floor for discussion now, and reach detailed conclusions on what to do later." ☛ https://valuevar.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/mathematics-and-the-ai-crisis/ |    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:30:02

  • "We would not accept that timeline for any other security incident, and AI agents should not be an exception." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/ai-agent-software-supply-chain-security-op-ed/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:30:31

  • "The poll found that 65% of respondents oppose the construction of such facilities." ☛ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101226_data_centers_midterms/data-center-backlash-set-sway-midterm-elections/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:30:46

  • "We are researchers who have been studying political advertising through the Wesleyan Media Project since 2010." ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2026/10/weve-tracked-80m-of-spending-on-almost-170-ai-generated-political-ads-this-year-its-weird/ | Source: MinnPost    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:31:29

  • "Many videos claiming to show an attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport have gone viral online." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-viral-videos-falsely-linked-to-riyadh-airport-attacks/a-79643037 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:31:39

  • "I care about the decline of coupling and marriage not because I consider myself a strict evangelist of matrimony" ☛ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/are-men-the-problem | Source: Derek Thompson    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:32:04

  • "When you first learn to program, memory seems pretty straightforward. You have a bunch of bytes, each with an address." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/your-computer-memory-is-a-lie/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:32:23

  • "LTO-5 is already well out of date in the professional world, after all– a new server install would be debating the merits of LTO-9 versus LTO-10" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/backup-tapes-come-back-to-the-homelab/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:32:35

  • "With the comeback of compact cameras, cult favorite models released years ago have been having a real moment." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/this-7-year-old-compact-camera-beats-newer-rivals-to-become-the-no-1-in-japan-even-outselling-a-cult-favorite-travel-zoom-from-the-same-brand | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:32:46

  • "If you buy an external SSD or a USB stick today that’s being offered at a bargain price with astronomical storage capacities, you should be rather skeptical." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3251958/your-ssd-might-be-lying-about-its-storage-capacity-heres-how-to-check.html | Source: PC World    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:33:18

  • "I should first make it clear that the above list is certainly not intended to be a criticism of any of these positions; I hope I have given each one a fair treatment." ☛ https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/to-grieve-or-not-to-grieve/ |    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:33:55

  • "A few days ago I wrote about topological models of modal logic. If you find general topology more familiar than modal logic, this correspondence could be helpful." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/10/12/categorical-models-of-logics/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:34:04

  • "Here’s the curve of all players, including the 500 previous champions. To win the day, you need to get through that dip that most players don’t achieve" ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/10/the-best-in-the-world-is-a-local-problem/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:35:32

  • What Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame and SteamOS verified ratings mean | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/what-steam-deck-steam-machine-steam-frame-and-steamos-verified-ratings-mean/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:39:55

  • Pimax to improve Linux VR support, announces Crystal Pro headset and their own Steam Machine | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/pimax-to-improve-linux-vr-support-announces-crystal-pro-headset-and-their-own-steam-machine/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:40:13

  • SEEDS - Echoes Beneath the Sands is an upcoming survival game about terraforming and restoring life | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/seeds-echoes-beneath-the-sands-is-an-upcoming-survival-game-about-terraforming-and-restoring-life/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:40:34

  • "it became apparent that many of the long distance network's challenges could be greatly simplified by using digital signaling" ☛ https://computer.rip/2026-10-12-plesiochronous.html | Source: J B Crawford    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:41:11

  • "While the answers there explore how to support this case, I think we can simplify the design and make our lives considerably easier." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/patch-field-mask/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:41:42

  • "These changes are in the development version. To follow along, install it from my R-universe: [...]" ☛ https://fromthebottomoftheheap.net/2026/10/12/permute-partitions-and-formulas/ |    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:42:07

  • "this is an incomplete list of some incompatibilities between c as it's written in the standard and c as it exists in the real world for people who use gcc/clang + glibc/musl." ☛ https://sebsite.pw/w/20261012-notstdc.html | Source: Sebastian    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:42:31

  • "The git-commitflow tool is an interactive command-line interface that combines git add, git diff, git commit, and git push into a single, mistake-proof workflow." ☛ https://www.jamescherti.com/git-commitflow/ | Source: James Cherti    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:42:40

  • "It’s currently 10287 bytes of code, or 19552 bytes as a complete tape image - which, given I’ve been working on this since December 13th last year, means my average rate of code-production is a paltry ~ 455 bytes per week!" ☛ https://www.markround.com/blog/2026/zx-spectrum-intro | Source: Mark Dastmalchi-Round    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:43:06

  • "One can’t see the forest for the trees." ☛ https://www.philipzucker.com/categorical_multiterms/ | Source: Philip Zucker    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:43:15

  • "I decided to write this blog post to help show the light on some of my fellow curl maintainers." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/10/12/the-2026-curl-team/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:43:26

  • "Translation is not as simple as swapping each English word for a French one." ☛ https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-attention-the-essence-of-intelligence-20261012/ | Source: Quanta Magazine    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:43:36

  • Cardsharp has you play Blackjack in a dark room where you might lose a finger | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/cardsharp-has-you-play-blackjack-in-a-dark-room-where-you-might-lose-a-finger/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:44:25

  • ScummVM 2026.4 brings nearly 200 newly supported retro games | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/scummvm-2026-4-brings-nearly-200-newly-supported-retro-games/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/scummvm-2026-4-brings-nearly-200-newly-supported-retro-games/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:45:07

  • "The U.S. Census has been in the headlines lately" ☛ https://blog.archive.org/2026/10/12/the-people-counted-browse-raw-census-records-at-the-internet-archive/ | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:46:15

  • "The Raspberry Jams in Santiago del Estero grew out of a shared passion." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/bringing-computing-to-rural-schools-in-argentina/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:52:41

  • "When you save an URL in Readeck, it is cleared of bloat. When you open a saved URL you get to see it like in the reader-mode of your browser." ☛ https://box.matto.nl/readeck-is-a-great-tool.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:53:00

  • "Myna is still under active development, so you should expect some rough edges." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/myna-speech-to-text-technology-preview-available | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:53:21

  • "The philosophy behind this package is simple: use the built-in functions Emacs already provides to do what complex third-party packages do." ☛ https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-wizard-el/ | Source: James Cherti    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:53:43

  • "The org-ibullet Emacs package provides a minor mode that enhances org-mode by displaying headings bullets as UTF-8 characters." ☛ https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-org-ibullets/ | Source: James Cherti    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:53:54

  • "People have been having lots of fun playing Emacs Golf over in r/emacs. Check out the "Fun" category for some examples of people comparing how few keystrokes they need in order to get something done." ☛ https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/10/2026-10-12-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:54:03

  • "Six years ago I fixed the power supply and case fan in my 68EC030-based Alpha Microsystems Eagle 300, a more modernized and substantially faster Alpha Micro running AMOS, their unique DEC-inspired multiuser operating system." ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/10/refurb-weekend-ii-alpha-micro-eagle-300.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:54:30

  • "This resulted in an inability to print with Voxel PLA until [Thomas] removed this sequence manually from the g-code." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/the-prusa-core-one-indx-a-troubled-multi-extruder-upgrade/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:55:31

  • "This article is about using EFI’s Simple File Protocol to read and write files, and to query storage volumes." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/efitest5.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 05:55:50

  • "These articles are about using a Linux workstation to develop bare-metal applications for a PC-type computer with UEFI firmware." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/efitest_index.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:00:21

  • "I shall continue to do so, even though more sophisticated frameworks are available." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/efitest4.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:00:29

  • "The radio works on the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz bands, depending upon which version of the device — and thus which radio chip — you have." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/wifi-router-does-software-defined-radio/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:00:42

  • "French broadcaster BFMTV reported that about 300 Intermarché and Netto stores and fewer than 100 Coopérative U stores were affected." ☛ https://therecord.media/cyberattack-disrupts-refridgeration-in-france | Source: The Record    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:00:51

  • Plasma (wayland) ☛ https://dt.iki.fi/kde-snippets | Source: DT    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:01:34

  • "Zenodante's Quake for RP2350 is a port of the seminal first person shooter's single-player campaign. Yes, Quake on a microcontroller!" ☛ https://blog.pimoroni.com/classic-1990s-pc-shooter-quake-runs-on-pimoroni-explorer/ | Source: Pimoroni    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:01:57

  • Design and customize your own space platform in the auto-battler NebulArena | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/design-and-customize-your-own-space-platform-in-the-auto-battler-nebularena/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:02:18

  • runz is a top-down roguelite arena shooter where every bullet in your magazine matters | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/runz-is-a-top-down-roguelite-arena-shooter-where-every-bullet-in-your-magazine-matters/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:02:54

  • Brews - Kings is an upcoming city-builder about brewing | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/brews-kings-is-an-upcoming-city-builder-about-brewing/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:02:59

  • "In case the above doesn’t immediately make sense, here’s the explanation: In his excellent 2004 novel Going Postal [...]" ☛ https://citizen428.net/blog/x-clacks-overhead-gnu-terry-pratchett/ | Source: Michael Kohl    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:03:39

  • "What if I told you, you could use CSS to insert and tweak icons without touching any HTML?" ☛ https://lea.verou.me/blog/2026/icons/ | Source: Lea Verou    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:03:48

  • "Teams turn these business needs into measurable targets through service-level objectives (SLOs), such as availability and transaction latency" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/chaos-engineering-practice-lessons-enterprise-customers | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:04:36

  • "Reducing technical debt" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/developer-first-innovation-reducing-technical-debt-red-hat-enterprise-linux | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:04:45

  • "For example, they could run docker run -v /:/host and access or modify host files because the Docker daemon (dockerd) runs with root privileges and executes requests received through its socket." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/podman-vs-docker-rootless-containers/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:05:06

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

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:05:25

  • We laughed a lot about that back then... | "Det grined' vi meget af dengang… | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/det-grined-vi-meget-af-dengang    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:05:53

  • iophk: why do they bother with this stenography? .ru is still bombing electrical infrastructure https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5998614    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:06:10

  • social control media https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/democrats-republicans-midterms-bullshit-talarico-omar    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:07:00

  • "Arithmetic Suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/arithmetic-suffers-from-trump-derangement    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:07:11

  • "Microsoft to Lay off Dozens of Employees at Its Israeli Development Center - Israel News" https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-10-13/ty-article/.premium/microsoft-to-lay-off-dozens-of-employees-at-its-israeli-development-center/000001a1-3106-d438-a7a1-b7ce7ff80000    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:07:20

  • "Mark Carney’s Plans Are Bigger Than Trump | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/article/216347/mark-carney-plans-trump-europe-global-game    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:07:31

  • "Ken Paxton’s security for travel cost taxpayers millions. Just 1 in 6 trips had stated business - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/10/11/ken-paxtons-security-for-travel-cost-taxpayers-millions-just-1-in-6-of-his-trips-stated-business-partner/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:07:44

  • "Federal raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home raises plenty of questions - MinnPost" https://www.minnpost.com/national/washington/2026/10/federal-raid-on-rep-ilhan-omars-home-raises-plenty-of-questions/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:07:56

  • banksters https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hall-woodford-nobel-economics-9.7377888 see https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/05/Nobel_Season_is_Plutocracy_Week.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:08:16

  • SVT wants to know what you are watching | "SVT vill veta vad du tittar på" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/10/12/svt-vill-veta-vad-du-tittar-pa/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:08:47

  • Ruby 4.1.0-preview1 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/10/12/ruby-4-1-0-preview1-released/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:11:07

  • Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1099949/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:11:23

  • I Built a WordPress Site on a GNU/Linux VPS… Then Made It FAST ☞ https://linuxhint.com/i-built-a-wordpress-site-on-a-linux-vps-then-made-it-fast/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:14:20

  • Amid Terrifying Readings, Experts Fear El Niño Is About to Wreak Havoc ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/experts-fear-el-nino-wreak-havoc    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:19:20

  • An Earth-Sized Planet Could Survive With 2 Suns Just 16 Light-Years Away ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-earth-sized-planet-could-survive-with-2-suns-just-16-light-years-away    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:19:40

  • The Times’s New Space Editor Has Her Eye on the Cosmos ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/insider/new-york-times-space-editor-victoria-jaggard.html    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:19:51

  • Linux 7.3-rc7 patch packs a slightly strange diffstat with half its code in selftests ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-73-rc7-patch-packs-a-slightly-strange-diffstat-with-half-its-code-in-selftests/?utm_source=rss    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:20:44

  • openKylin 3.0 Released with Expanded Hey Hi (AI) Integration ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/openKylin-3.0-Released-with-Expanded-AI-Integration    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:21:43

  • DigitalOcean Ends Open Source Credits Program ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/DigitalOcean-Ends-Open-Source-Credits-Program    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:22:02

  • ShredOS 2025.11_32 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/shredos    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:22:31

  • OSINT VM 2026.10 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/osintvm    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:22:40

  • Ultimate 2026.10.12 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ultimate    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:22:47

  • Linus Torvalds becomes proprietary software marketer like Guido van Icaza ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linus-torvalds-claude-code-linux/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:24:19

  • Slopfest ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-ai-agent-skills-directory-proposal/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/23/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_8_In_Conclusion.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:25:00

  • Facebook releases Muse Gadgets SDK for ESP32 and Raspberry Pi/Linux-based devices ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/12/facebook-releases-muse-gadgets-sdk-for-esp32-and-raspberry-pi-linux-based-devices/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:25:19

  • Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc7 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1099798/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:25:29

  • Active Matter: Review on GNU/Linux and Steam Deck ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/active-matter-review-on-linux-and-steam-deck/index.html    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:26:07

  • ScummVM 2026.4.0 "Never-slop" is released on the 25th anniversary ☞ https://www.scummvm.org/news/20261011/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:27:52

  • This Quarter in KDE Digital Sovereignty: Q3 2026 ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/10/11/this-quarter-in-kde-digital-sovereignty-q3-2026/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:28:34

  • extrox 20261011 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/extrox    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:28:51

  • Canonical Websites Disrupted in Second DDoS Attack This Year ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/canonical-websites-disrupted-in-second-ddos-attack-this-year/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:32:29

  • data04: DEGRADED – S7KGNU0Y912955D again ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2026/10/12/data04-degraded-s7kgnu0y912955d-again/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:32:50

  • Krita Monthly Report - October 2026 ☞ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/monthly-report-2610/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:33:27

  • PlugMate and PlugClaw Review – Thumb-sized Android-based private computers with optional Ubuntu/OpenClaw support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/12/plugmate-and-plugclaw-review-thumb-sized-android-based-private-computers-with-optional-ubuntu-openclaw-support/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:34:04

  • Ubuntu releases tech preview of Myna, its Hey Hi (AI) voice dictation tool ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-release-myna-tech-preview    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:34:41

  • Ubuntu 27.04 codename revealed as ‘Tenacious T-Rex’ ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-2704-is-tenacious-t-rex    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:36:03

  • Firefox 158 released with JPEG XL support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/firefox-158-released-with-jpeg-xl-support    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:36:29

  • Late Night Linux – Episode 407 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-407/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:38:28

  • Linux User Space: We'll Bootc About That (Season 7 Episode 2) ☞ https://www.linuxuserspace.show/702    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:38:37

  • 'It's clear that Moscow is just playing with Washington', analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20261012-it-s-clear-that-moscow-is-just-playing-with-washington-analyst-says    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:39:06

  • 'It's clear that Moscow is just playing with Washington', analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/it-s-clear-that-moscow-is-just-playing-with-washington-analyst-says    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:39:18

  • Lithuania says Convicted Felon-Putin diesel deal weakens Western position on Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3080189/lithuania-says-trump-putin-diesel-deal-weakens-western-position-on-russia    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:39:26

  • Delta, the software that locates an enemy soldier and sends three drones to neutralize them in seconds ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/delta-the-software-that-locates-an-enemy-soldier-and-sends-three-drones-to-neutralize-them-in-seconds/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:40:09

  • 'Increasingly evident' Russia won't accept 'energy ceasefire': Zelensky ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/increasingly-evident-russia-won-t-accept-energy-ceasefire-zelensky    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:40:22

  • 'A lot of Ukrainians are feeling extremely betrayed' by Convicted Felon's Russian diesel deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/a-lot-of-ukrainians-are-feeling-extremely-betrayed-by-trump-s-russian-diesel-deal    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:40:32

  • Lithuanian PM: We should ask Ukraine to strike more Russian data centres ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3080239/lithuanian-pm-we-should-ask-ukraine-to-strike-more-russian-data-centres    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:40:42

  • After Convicted Felon’s lash at Zelensky, EU’s Kubilius says Europe needs independent peace strategy ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3080117/after-trump-s-lash-at-zelensky-eu-s-kubilius-says-europe-needs-independent-peace-strategy    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:40:51

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Defends Russian Diesel Deal Despite Backlash ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-russia-diesel-deal-ukraine-cease-fire/33875531.html    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:41:01

  • Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Stop Refinery Attacks If Russia Halts Energy Strikes ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-energy-ceasefire-trump-ukraine-russia/33874639.html    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:41:10

  • Zelenskyy Says Russian Strikes Continue Amid Convicted Felon Cease-Fire Call; Moscow Mum ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-energy-ceasefire-trump-ukraine-russia/33874639.html    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:41:59

  • Kash Patel Colluded with Russian Spies to Frame Jim Comey, and He Probably Will Again ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/11/kash-patel-colluded-with-russian-spies-to-frame-jim-comey-and-he-probably-will-again/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:42:46

  • Rīga Cathedral will restore its historic chime ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/12.10.2026-riga-cathedral-will-restore-its-historic-chime.a667145/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:42:54

  • 'Black Russian' sabotage group is probably a front, experts suggest ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/12.10.2026-black-russian-sabotage-group-is-probably-a-front-experts-suggest.a667255/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:43:04

  • Kiwi TCMS: Feature spotlight: TestPlan multi-clone & deep-clone ☞ https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2026/10/12/feature-spotlight-testplan-multi-clone-deep-clone/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:43:40

  • IBM Red Hat promoting slop again ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/12/build-ai-matching-engine-docling-granite-openshift-ai    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:44:10

  • Resource delegation review update: Q3 2026 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/12/resource-delegation-review-update-q3-2026/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:44:24

  • Maytham Alsudany: Menus without JavaScript ☞ https://maytham.aezign.au/blog/menus-without-javascript    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:44:49

  • Six new pups arrive on Pentulive | Yle News | Yle ⚓ https://yle.fi/a/74-20251119 ䷉ Source: YLE | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//yle.fi/a/74-20251119    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:45:28

  • Completely Unused Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Accounts Are Telling Users They’re in the Top Percentiles of Intelligence ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/unused-chatgpt-accounts-top-percentiles-intelligence    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:47:12

  • Maytham Alsudany: There's more to CSS for underlining ☞ https://maytham.aezign.au/blog/underlining-in-css    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:47:54

  • Latvian Border Guard: Migration control going better but risks still there ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/12.10.2026-latvian-border-guard-migration-control-going-better-but-risks-still-there.a667103/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:48:24

  • Bricksforge WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/bricksforge-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:49:22

  • iRhythm Data Breach Impacts at Least 360,000 People ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/irhythm-data-breach-impacts-over-360000-people/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:50:56

  • Mastermind of 15,000-Mule Cybercrime Laundering Network Pleads Guilty in US ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/mastermind-of-15000-mule-cybercrime-laundering-network-pleads-guilty-in-us/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:51:04

  • Windows TCO: Ransomware Response Expert Arrested in ShinyHunters FBI Hack Probe ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-response-expert-arrested-in-shinyhunters-fbi-hack-probe/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:51:27

  • Critical SonicWall Vulnerability Exploited Days After Disclosure ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-sonicwall-vulnerability-exploited-days-after-disclosure/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:51:50

  • A plea not to use uv-build ☞ https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2026/10/12/a-plea-not-to-use-uv-build/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:52:26

  • UN expert urges Ghana to reform housing policy and halt forced evictions ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/10/un-expert-urges-ghana-to-reform-housing-policy-and-halt-forced-evictions/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:53:03

  • PTAB Law School Moot Court Competition Set for Spring 2027 ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/10/ptab-law-school-moot-court-competition-set-for-spring-2027.html    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:53:20

  • Why Does IBD Keep Flaring Up? Scientists Found a Clue in The Gut Lining ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/why-does-ibd-keep-flaring-up-scientists-found-a-clue-in-the-gut-lining    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:53:59

  • Indigenous People's Day: What We Inherit, What We Reclaim, and What We Choose to Pass On ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/indigenous-peoples-day-what-we-inherit-what-we-reclaim-and-what-we-choose-to-pass-on    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:54:24

  • Lithuanian lawmakers propose legal protection against Hey Hi (AI) voice cloning ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3080130/lithuanian-lawmakers-propose-legal-protection-against-ai-voice-cloning    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:54:58

  • Rajeesh K Nambiar: ICFK 2026: Calligraphy Festival ☞ https://rajeeshknambiar.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/icfk-2026-calligraphy-festival/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:55:35

  • Rakudo Weekly 2026.41 Riscy Business ☞ https://rakuweekly.blog/2026/10/12/2026-41-riscy-business/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:56:39

  • Let’s Encrypt Cuts Default Certificate Validity to 64 Days Ahead of 45-Day Switch ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/lets-encrypt-cuts-default-certificate-validity-to-64-days-ahead-of-45-day-switch/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 06:57:48

  • French supermarkets suffer refrigerator shutdown after 'unprecedented' cyberattack ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/french-supermarkets-suffer-refrigerator-shutdown-after-unprecedented-cyberattack https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/24/Appliances_Should_be_Dumb.shtml    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:03:04

  • 'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-delivery-and-store-prices-also-impacted-by-incident    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:03:20

  • South Korean cybersecurity institute staff caught playing StarCraft while bosses away ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-cybersecurity-institute-staff-caught-playing-starcraft-while-bosses-away    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:03:47

  • Ransomware negotiator arrested on federal charges as FBI probes hacking of personnel files ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/10/11/tech/ransomware-negotiator-arrested-on-federal-charges-as-fbi-probes-hacking-of-personnel-files/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:04:15

  • Who’s suing Hey Hi (AI) and who’s signing latest: Reach latest Surveillance Giant Google Hey Hi (AI) news partner, USA Today Co sues Proprietary Chaffbot Company ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:05:44

  • Flock can now issue CVEs for its own products. Should we trust it? ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/flock-cve-numbering-authority-cna/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:06:07

  • The EU KIDS Act Should Make Services Safer, Not Create an Internet Badge ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/10/the-eu-kids-act-should-make-services-safer-not-create-an-internet-badge/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:07:17

  • Ranking: Who in the EU Parliament fights for your privacy – and who for Big Tech?! ☞ https://noyb.eu/en/ranking-who-eu-parliament-fights-your-privacy-and-who-big-tech    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:08:12

  • New Zealand bank in free speech row over ‘explicit’ sheep memes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-bank-in-free-speech-row-over-explicit-sheep-memes    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:09:25

  • Steinar H. Gunderson: Decompilation patterns part 9, sign extension ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2026-10-12-22-12_decompilation_patterns_part_9_sign_extension.html    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:09:57

  • Marijuana Linked to Rampant Violence ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/marijuana-linked-to-violence    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:21:11

  • North Korea fires missiles days after South Korea’s hypersonic test ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-fires-unidentified-projectile-toward-sea-off-its-east-coast-seoul-says    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:21:51

  • No plans for female conscription, South Korean military manpower chief says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/no-plans-for-female-conscription-south-korean-military-manpower-chief-says    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:22:02

  • North Korea test-fires tactical ballistic missile, KCNA says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-test-fires-tactical-ballistic-missile-kcna-says    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:22:12

  • Exclusive: North Korean army video says K-drama watchers deserve to be executed ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2026/10/12/north-korea-military-video-foreign-media/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:22:32

  • AirAsia in talks with Malaysian government over potential funding support, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/airasia-in-talks-with-malaysian-government-over-potential-funding-support-sources-say    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:23:11

  • Taiwan says it is closely monitoring series of Chinese live-fire drills ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-says-it-is-closely-monitoring-series-of-chinese-live-fire-drills    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:23:35

  • China sanctions Paraguay, Belize ministers over Taiwan ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-sanctions-paraguay-belize-ministers-over-taiwan-ties    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:23:44

  • TrendForce expects declining global laptop shipments to slow manufacturing exodus from China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/trendforce-expects-declining-global-laptop-shipments-to-slow-manufacturing-exodus-from-china-rising-cpu-dram-and-ssd-costs-will-make-up-68-percent-of-mainstream-notebook-bom    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:24:14

  • Taiwan ‘preparing for the worst’ as China begins live-fire drills ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/12/taiwan-preparing-for-the-worst-as-china-begins-live-fire-drills/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:24:46

  • openEuler is Revamping the Development Experience of the Open Source Community With an Hey Hi (AI) Toolchain ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/openeuler-rebuilding-ai-developer-workflow/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:25:10

  • Anon: will the campaign deal with the causes? i.e. outlook, sharepoint, iis, and mso? https://osha.europa.eu/en/about-eu-osha/press-room/eu-osha-launches-its-healthy-workplaces-campaign-26-28-together-mental-health-work    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:53:41

  • "My generation lived throught the iterations and can always 'remember the good old times', but we eventually succumb to the socio-norms. Our kids though, have been part of the new system since the beggining and now that they are adults, it shows." gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20261013-dopamine-nation.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:56:39

  • "So I had seen the #forkiverse hashtag a while back and didn't really pay attention, then didn't notice it disappear. I had zero clue what it was about, and although once upon a time I kept up with what the latest fedi meme was that time is long behind me now." gemini://lowkey.party/gemlog/20261013-10k-users-how-many-moderators/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:57:13

  • "I hope you'll excuse me for saying that "The Secret of the Candlesticks" is a bit of an odd duck. It starts out as a comedic adaptation of Les Misérables with Uncle Scrooge as Jean McJean, Daisette, Donaldius Duckmercy and the rest." gemini://kvibber.com/les-mis/reviews/uncle-scrooge.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:57:50

  • "It's the Kokuyo Jibun Techo in B6 slim and is it such a cute size! Almost as small as the grid. I had been prepared by review vids on youtube, or so I thought." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/261012stuff.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:58:32

  • "I spent the morning bashing my head against a brick wall, trying to sort out a problem with my Lando install. This worked on Friday, but by Monday was misbehaving. I hadn’t touched the codebase, but every time I hit the primary URL, I got: “404 page not found”." gemini://eve.smol.pub/lando-giving-404-page-not-found    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 07:59:52

  • "It turns out that the problem here is a missing symbolic link. That is, the file phpinfo.php has been linked, but the target does not exist. So phpinfo.php’s symbolic link does not resolve correctly." gemini://eve.smol.pub/error-failed-to-build-failed-to-solve-failed-to-compute-cache-key-failed-to-calculate-checksum-of-ref-xxyyzz    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:00:30

  • "Today I had a weird problem. Our BuddyPress activity stream comments were just not working. When you clicked the reply icon, then typed a response and pressed “post”, it simply grayed out and never succeeded." gemini://eve.smol.pub/handling-403-errors-in-buddypresss-new-activity-comment    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:01:07

  • New York Times among surge of sign-ups to publisher Hey Hi (AI) coalition SPUR ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-york-times-among-surge-of-sign-ups-to-publisher-ai-coalition-spur/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:04:49

  • Lifting Weights Changes Your Fat Long Before You Lose Weight – at Least in Mice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/just-7-days-of-strength-training-starts-shrinking-fat-cells-in-mice    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:05:20

  • LineageOS 24 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1099950/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:05:48

  • NexPhone, the multi-OS smartphone, delayed until 2027 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/nexphone-delay-march-2027    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:07:10

  • Gentoo Is Looking for Infrastructure Sponsors ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/10/gentoo-is-looking-for-infrastructure-sponsors/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:07:32

  • Rubenerd Show 435: The hippopotamus episode ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/show435/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:08:09

  • ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’ Infringement Case Against Travis Scott Goes Poof After Years of Litigation ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/12/travis-scott-alright-lawsuit-dismissed/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:08:53

  • Atlantic/WMG Sues Ray-Ban Owner Luxottica, Demands Over $64 Million in Damages as Social Media Infringement Crackdown Continues ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/12/warner-music-essilorluxottica-lawsuit/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:09:06

  • Privacy win: Norwegian Authority fines Microsoft’s Xandr € 8.5 Million ☞ https://noyb.eu/en/privacy-win-norwegian-authority-fines-microsofts-xandr-eu-85-million    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:09:36

  • The Content Moderation Feature Is Out For Everyone ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2026/10/12/details_content_moderation_feature//    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:10:50

  • UGS raises concerns over StanfordNext and Hey Hi (AI) misuse ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/10/11/ugs-stanfordnext-ai-misuse/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:11:10

  • Walter White Jr. Dies https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rj-mitte-breaking-bad-actor-dies-aged-34-1825180    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:12:02

  • Watch This Court Battle: Interscope/UMG Sues Summer Walker for $50 Million as Ugly Contract Dispute Intensifies ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/12/interscope-umg-summer-walker-lawsuit/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:13:50

  • DistroKid Extends Response Deadline, Removes Certain Tracks Amid UMG Lawsuit — But How Many Non-AI Uploads Are Being Pulled? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/12/distrokid-v-umg-removals/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:14:08

  • A Core Demographic of People Who Love AI: Pedophiles ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/core-demographic-people-love-ai-pedophiles    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:14:40

  • Physicists Built a Black Hole in a Lab. Then It Swallowed Sound. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-built-a-black-hole-in-a-lab-then-it-swallowed-sound    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:15:18

  • A Mysterious Signal Reached Us From When The Universe Was Just 3 Billion Years Old. Its Home Galaxy Surprised Astronomers. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious-signal-reached-us-from-when-the-universe-was-just-3-billion-years-old-its-home-galaxy-surprised-astronomers    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:15:32

  • Bones, Liver, And Blood Fats All Shift Abruptly at Menopause, Huge Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bones-liver-and-blood-fats-all-shift-abruptly-at-menopause-huge-study-finds    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:15:46

  • "Ubuntu remains the most recognizable name in desktop Linux, yet a distro built on top of it often does a better job for everyday users. Linux Mint takes Ubuntu’s foundation and turns it into something friendlier, which says a lot about where Canonical’s priorities lie." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-doesnt-care-enough-about-desktop-users-and-linux-mint-is-the-proof/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:17:28

  • This phone runs Android, Linux, and Windows, but it's just been delayed https://www.androidauthority.com/nexphone-runs-android-linux-windows-delay-3721704/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:17:43

  • Can a Samsung phone replace my laptop for coding? Termux and DeX say yes https://www.androidpolice.com/can-samsung-phone-replace-laptop-for-coding-termux-dex-say-yes/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:19:20

  • Disorganized files? Don’t search the void – try tags instead https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/tag-files-manager-disorganized-folders/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:19:52

  • "Today, Mozilla has published the final builds of the Firefox 158 open-source web browser ahead of its official unveiling on October 13th, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements." https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-158-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:20:14

  • pasqualepillitteri turns out to be LLM slop! Ouch.    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:21:35

  • Taskwarrior turned my Linux terminal into a retro to-do list that syncs with Google Calendar and Keep https://www.howtogeek.com/taskwarrior-linux-terminal-retro-todo-list-syncs-google-calendar-keep/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:21:50

  • 3 Linux commands you've overlooked for too long (but can memorize in seconds) https://www.howtogeek.com/3-linux-commands-youve-overlooked-for-too-long-but-can-memorize-in-seconds/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:22:07

  • LLM slop https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/researchers-publish-working-exploit-for.html    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:22:35

  • The sites that talk about Torvalds adopting slop are themselves slop sites    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:22:57

  • "A polished Linux terminal rarely arrives preconfigured. The Linux terminal fits most people, but the setups people admire are assembled piece by piece around stuff like Zsh and Oh My Zsh." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-best-linux-terminal-isnt-something-you-can-download-you-have-to-build-it-yourself-like-this/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:24:04

  • Connected Car News: Geotab, Applied Intuition, Honda, Linux Foundation, Trio-Tech, Chiplytics & LG https://www.autoconnectedcar.com/2026/10/connected-car-news-geotab-applied-intuition-honda-linux-foundation-trio-tech-chiplytics-lg/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:24:43

  • Valve's promised Linux VR fixes are in a beta, and its changelog misspells one of them https://mixed-news.com/en/steamvr-beta-2-18-3-linux-fixes-amd-grey-colours-vulkan/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:25:12

  • AMD says a Radeon crash fix is planned, and its own tables date it to July 20 https://mixed-news.com/en/amd-sb-6034-cve-2026-43603-radeon-linux-null-pointer-dereference/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:25:29

  • Tropical Fish https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/tropical-fish/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:53:34

  • Keeping Our Country Free https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/keeping-our-country-free/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 08:59:07

  • Maybe another company to add to the list of the companies going down in flames might be SAP?    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 14:05:43

  • Hypothesis: _*ALL*_ companies dependent on perpetrating Microsoft scams are bleeding out    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 14:05:49

  • Cuts for schools and pensions but 60M available to give (indirectly) to Putin: https://yle.fi/a/74-20251297    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 14:05:58

  • Turning off IRC bot, site traffic heavy, resulting in timeouts    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 14:07:03

  • Norway Fines Microsoft's Xandr $9.6 Million Over Sharing Grindr Users' Sensitive Data https://www.ghacks.net/2026/10/13/norway-fines-microsofts-xandr-9-6-million-over-sharing-grindr-users-sensitive-data/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 14:48:27

  • IBM layoffs: "One. It will happen sometime in the next 3-4 weeks. PIPs, however, will happen continuously and without end." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4rbbdt3    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 15:15:43

  • "Wasn’t it officially stated one will happen in November?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4rbbdt3    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 15:15:56

  • https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/the-green-eyed-bird/   

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 15:26:09

  • The Green-Eyed Bird https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/the-green-eyed-bird/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 15:26:17

  • Noisy People at Gyms https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/noisy-people-at-gyms/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 16:41:18

  • One upside of when bad things happen is that there are good articles to write and document about those things    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 17:26:18

  • One might call this the "Carlin Freak Show" hypothesis/thesis - it makes life funner    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 17:27:31

  • IRC is Not Dying, Quit Repeating This FUD https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/irc-is-not-dying-quit-repeating-this-fud/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 17:35:49

  • In Safe Hands https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/in-safe-hands/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 17:47:28

  • Xmas in Two Months https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/xmas-in-two-months/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 17:57:13

  • hearsayboy months ago: I have trouble sleeping. today: I dream of being at bars. drunkard.    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 18:33:21

  • "Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it." -- George Bernard Shaw    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 18:42:14

  • Techrights will "keep the eye on the restricted-boot-ball" https://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 18:42:29

  • Dictator Can Make Obama US President Again https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/dictator-can-make-obama-us-president-again/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 18:48:50

  • "Obama was, in practice, Bush III. Though some of that was the hardboiled racism which manifested in several ways in congress including the Republicans only every doing the opposite of what Obama wanted for no other reason than that it was the opposite of what he wanted. They did 180s several times when he tried to throw them a bone. s/Is the current/If the current/"    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 19:03:04

  • itwire = llm slop, spam https://itwire.com/business-it-news/data/hammerspace-says-production-ai-dies-in-the-data-layer-and-its-fix-already-ships-in-your-linux-kernel    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 19:17:34

  • phoronix has site capacity issues now, error pages. Must be the slop bots hammering away at ALL the pages, even from 22 years ago!    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 19:39:17

  • End of Garden Season https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/13/end-of-garden-season/    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 19:45:34

  • We'll be home most of the morning and afternoon tomorrow. More articles.    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 20:15:13

  • "In America, you can contest anything and sue anyone for any reason. Would it be successful? We don't know, but considering this policy comes from the president admin, most likely NO." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4ntsfwg#replies    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 20:43:46

  • "Nadella is safe, but he should not be. The stock has dropped $187 since last July due to the financial analysts labeling Microsoft an AI loser. It's CapEx infrastructure spending is excessive, with no clear return-on-investment timeline." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krm3xjjd#replies    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 20:44:18

  • "There has been a major furore in recent days on social media about the rise in AI citations that have been hallucinated. These citations appear in manuscripts sent out for peer review, and even in the published literature." gemini://eve.smol.pub/on-citations-ai-and-not-reading    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 21:07:14

  • "Italian startup V-Control is preparing to launch a crowdfunding campaign for a system-on-module designed to provide an accessible platform for the development and testing of power electronic converter designs: the V-SoM." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202610/20261013-vsom.gmi    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 21:25:15

  • "When I grew up, we felt that skepticism was new and we wielded it against the religious fundamentalists. Now a new generation is growing up and wields it against us." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-10-13-no-fascists    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 21:26:21

  • difficult years https://www.dw.com/en/after-several-difficult-years-economists-now-expect-german-economy-to-grow/a-79418591    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 22:40:00

  • Internet disrupted https://www.dw.com/en/ethiopia-internet-disrupted-in-tigray-amid-conflict-escalation/a-79424191    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 22:40:35

  • EU pulls sponsorship from Disinfo2026 event in Lithuania https://www.dw.com/en/eu-pulls-sponsorship-from-disinfo2026-event-in-lithuania/a-79599615    

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 22:41:49
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