Roy Schestowitz

• £6 million repaid to workers as Government cracks down on employers underpaying their staff https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-repaid-to-workers-as-government-cracks-down-on-employers-underpaying-their-staff    

posted Friday, October 17, 2025 at 18:18:48

• Their client is among the culprits http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/11/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Spreads_Trumpism_to_the_United_Kingdom_Looking.shtml now he attacks publishers that point out the fact he underpaid workers    

posted Friday, October 17, 2025 at 18:19:25

• "Make me. Otherwise, I'm going to stay on, rack up those fat paychecks, and do very little work. Have a nice day." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7qzchtm    

posted Friday, October 17, 2025 at 18:20:05

• Microsoft Portugal laying off staff https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2025-10-17/microsoft-portugal-laying-off-staff/903811    

posted Friday, October 17, 2025 at 18:21:53

• Ex-Call Of Duty Lead Developer Doesn't Think Microsoft Will Be Good For The Series https://www.thegamer.com/call-of-duty-glen-schofield-microsoft-bad-for-series/    

posted Friday, October 17, 2025 at 18:22:26

• "It's not been a heartening year for Xbox — layoffs, studio closures, price increases and project cancellations"    

posted Friday, October 17, 2025 at 18:23:58

• Avalanche closes UK studio as Contraband remains in limbo | KitGuru ⚓ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/avalanche-closes-uk-studio-as-contraband-remains-in-limbo/ ䷉ Source: KitGuru | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/avalanche-closes-uk-studio-as-contraband-remains-in-limbo/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:09:16

• Microsoft Is Repeating the Same Mistakes With Xbox Series X That Doomed the Xbox One https://comicbook.com/gaming/feature/microsoft-is-repeating-the-same-mistakes-with-xbox-series-x-that-doomed-the-xbox-one/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:09:35

• "Bring back the old Xbox Live subscriptions. Game Pass Basic or whatever was a bad idea." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7sk5w3v    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:10:37

• "As it turns out, a few weeks ago on September 25th, they put up a new video going over their anti-cheat work noting they're using "Full Lifecycle Anti-Cheat Protection"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/looks-like-farlight-84-is-now-broken-on-linux-with-their-latest-anti-cheat-video-calling-it-out/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:14:40

• "The GitHub repository isn't new" and gives Microsoft control, NSA also https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/nordvpn_linux_gui/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:15:21

• It's a Cisco issue, which they try to twist as "Linux" https://securityaffairs.com/183508/malware/operation-zero-disco-threat-actors-targets-cisco-snmp-flaw-to-drop-linux-rootkits.html https://www.scworld.com/brief/intrusions-with-cisco-snmp-bug-facilitate-linux-rootkit-deploymen    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:17:13

• This issue is in Jenkins https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/linkpro-linux-rootkit-uses-ebpf-to-hide.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:18:57

• Why an immutable distro is the perfect starting point for new Linux users https://www.xda-developers.com/why-an-immutable-distro-is-the-perfect-starting-point-for-new-linux-users/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:21:47

• "But even if you keep using your Windows desktop, you may find it interesting that Linux can still benefit your life. Aside from the fact that much of the internet runs on Linux servers, there are numerous tools you can use on your computer that are based on Linux, or allow you to use it without having to ditch Windows." https://www.xda-developers.com/you-can-benefit-from-linux-even-keep-using-windows/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:22:31

• Sidero Labs to Extend Scope of Talos Linux Platform for Kubernetes https://cloudnativenow.com/features/sidero-labs-to-extend-scope-of-talos-linux-platform-for-kubernetes/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:23:06

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1797.jpg    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:26:35

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1447.jpg    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:26:40

• "There's some things I really like talking about, that I have a really hard time talking about. This is especially the case for a topic like religion and spirituality." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/reality-and-fiction.gmi    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:28:16

• No, this would mean even more distraction and mental interruption gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/10/17/use-notifications-to-check-your-phone-less/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:29:04

• "The update didn't just add Linux support, it also translated the game into 12 new languages. Plus they added AMD FSR support, and a number of other improvements and bug fixes." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-popular-physics-sandbox-game-brick-rigs-has-added-native-linux-support/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:30:12

• "My Message to all Geminaut & GopherHoles via Martin Rue Station, and also for Cyberwalker (surfer user www Cyberspace), Spartacus, Nexian , Fingera & Fedizens" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2718    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:31:29

• The medium is the message gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2025-10-14-the-medium-is-the-message.gmi "The pace of modern life is definitely disproportionate to the human tempo. It is worth striving for balance in this regard. To limit information noise, online presence, to seek moments of calm and regeneration."    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 02:32:50

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-18.gmi    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 03:47:52

• These new slides are wrong. FSF is 1985, not 1984. https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/koha-3307488/3307488    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 04:29:04

• "Richard Stallman gave a lecture at my university today" https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ggwx1w/richard_stallman_gave_a_lecture_at_my_university/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 04:48:16

• 40 ans pour l'informatique libre https://linuxfr.org/news/40-ans-pour-l-informatique-libre-entretien-avec-richard-stallman    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 04:49:52

• "But mainstream media doesn't, they have gone so far to the left, that a literal tankie like Richard Stallman is seen as "far-right" in their books" https://x.com/QuantumShieldEU/status/1979048863496311239    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 04:51:01

• Richard Stallman: I differentiate between what I call artificial intelligence and what I call crap generators . Programs like ChatGPT are not intelligence. Intelligence means having the ability to know or understand something, at least in a narrow domain. But more than nothing. http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/10_Days_Ago_Richard_Stallman_Gave_a_Long_Interview_in_French_li.shtml    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 05:14:49

• SLOP garbage: "An AI take on Free Software Song by Richard Stallman." https://truefans.fm/free-software-song?tab=episodes&    

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

• "You also have the standard things that make a GNU/Linux a GNU/Linux, like the coreutils, glibc, bash, the GNU toolchain, and whatever other application software you want" https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1o9mzsj/how_gnu_can_you_make_gnulinux/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 07:20:59

• "First you need the kernel (the Linux part of GNU/Linux). Did you guys know that the FSF maintains a fully libre Linux kernel (linux-libre)? That's right, not only can you have GNU/Linux, you can have GNU Linux!" - lxo    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 07:21:40

• https://www.fsdaily.com/ is still online!    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 07:23:27

• "I'm back at WordCamp in a big room waiting for Matt Mullenweg to answer questions for the people here. Yesterday's presentation went really well, lots of smart people really interested, fantastic discussion after. A very nice web culture. I went with three slides to get started, and then talked, demo'd, answered questions, and listened to ideas." http://scripting.com/2025/10/17.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 07:27:19

• Looks like Farlight 84 is now broken on Linux with their latest anti-cheat video calling it out | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/looks-like-farlight-84-is-now-broken-on-linux-with-their-latest-anti-cheat-video-calling-it-out/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:16:37

• A famous meme comes to life in This Is Fine: Maximum Cope with a demo out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/a-famous-meme-comes-to-life-in-this-is-fine-maximum-cope-with-a-demo-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:16:55

• Assetto Corsa Rally announced for Early Access in November | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/assetto-corsa-rally-announced-for-early-access-in-november/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/assetto-corsa-rally-announced-for-early-access-in-november/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:22:32

• New trailer for Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown has a rather bald Borg crew member | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/new-trailer-for-star-trek-voyager-across-the-unknown-has-a-rather-bald-borg-crew-member/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:22:53

• Co-op adventure, town-building and survival game Necesse hits the big 1.0 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/co-op-adventure-town-building-and-survival-game-necesse-hits-the-big-1-0/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/co-op-adventure-town-building-and-survival-game-necesse-hits-the-big-1-0/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:33:10

• "Microsoft layoffs: My husband worked 25 years, rarely took leave, but was laid off by algorithm, says wife in viral post"    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:33:55

• "Microsoft laid her off. A layoff support group helped her"    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:34:14

• Microsoft rhymes with "layoffs" these days    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:34:29

• Two Point Museum meets Vampire Survivors in the latest crossover | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/two-point-museum-meets-vampire-survivors-in-the-latest-crossover/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/two-point-museum-meets-vampire-survivors-in-the-latest-crossover/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:34:43

• Fear of layoffs at Microsoft https://www.engadget.com/gaming/blizzard-teams-working-on-hearthstone-and-warcraft-rumble-unionize-182104024.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:37:15

• The popular physics sandbox game Brick Rigs has added Native Linux support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-popular-physics-sandbox-game-brick-rigs-has-added-native-linux-support/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:38:36

• Deep colony sim Stardeus adds a huge new narrative-focused update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/deep-colony-sim-stardeus-adds-a-huge-new-narrative-focused-update/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/deep-colony-sim-stardeus-adds-a-huge-new-narrative-focused-update/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:39:10

• Kaiju Cleaner Simulator will get you and friends to clean up massive titans together | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/kaiju-cleaner-simulator-will-get-you-and-friends-to-clean-up-massive-titans-together/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:40:30

• Get ready for Halloween with the Capcom Horror Bundle from Fanatical | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/get-ready-for-halloween-with-the-capcom-horror-bundle-from-fanatical/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/get-ready-for-halloween-with-the-capcom-horror-bundle-from-fanatical/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:40:56

• "The Birmingham preacher who urged 'no mercy' for Israeli fans amid fury at city's ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters attending Aston Villa match | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15201283/Muslim-preacher-Bimingham-mercy-Maccabi-Tel-Aviv-Aston-Villa.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:44:28

• "OneDrive’s AI is scanning your PHOTOS" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/onedrive%E2%80%99s-ai-is-scanning-your-photos:3    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:44:41

• "Trump meeting Putin in Budapest is blow to Europe" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/16/trump-meeting-putin-budapest-blow-europe-hungary-orban/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:45:03

• "Bose revokes functionality of smarttouch speakers" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/bose-revokes-functionality-of-smarttouch:2    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:45:13

• "America First? No, Billionaire Buddies First" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-first-no-billionaire-buddies    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:45:25

• "The Power Map of the Trump Regime - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-power-map-of-the-trump-regime    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:45:34

• "My aging, Trump's aging - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/my-aging-trumps-aging    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:45:46

• "‘Lawfare’ hits new levels, as Trump pursues those who pursued him" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1016/bolton-indictment-trump-james-comey    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:45:56

• "Selections from the New Trump Bible | Courthouse News Service" https://www.courthousenews.com/selections-from-the-new-trump-bible/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:46:07

• "Against The New Feudalism Of Algorithms And Oligarchs" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/16/against-the-new-feudalism-of-algorithms-and-oligarchs/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:46:17

• "TikTok seeks ads, agencies cautious about its potential sale - Ad Age" https://adage.com/technology/aa-tiktok-agencies-advertising/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:46:27

• This is how the bubble pops: they aim low, sex https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/fremtiden-ai-er-porno    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:46:48

• old: "The Internet Has Changed. Privacy Was Left Behind." https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/BRENDAN-EICH:9    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:47:01

• "Russell Vought: The Shadow President" https://werd.io/russell-vought-the-shadow-president/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:47:12

• Daniel Lemire promotes SLOP. iophk: has dan lost the plot? how old is he? https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/17/research-results-are-cultural-artifacts-not-public-goods/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:48:10

• "The Bolton Indictment" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/16/the-bolton-indictment/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:48:20

• "There’s no way around it: Putin takes precedence over Zelenskyy in Trump’s mind. No grinning photo ops are going to change that. But this handicap doesn’t mean Ukraine has to lose. Kyiv and its allies still have options." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/budapest-gambit-europes-trump-card    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:48:38

• iophk: microsoft injected mono into WINE and now it has hatched and is devouring the project from the inside https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-17-released-with-default-egl-renderer/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:49:10

• iophk: misrepresents microsoft as an authority rather than an unnecessary attack vector https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-russia-china-increasingly-using-ai-to-escalate-cyberattacks-on-the-us/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/11/Ron_Wyden_Microsoft_Should_be_Held_Accountable_for_Security_Bre.shtml    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:49:42

• CCIA v. Paxton WD Tex. SB2420 Complaint https://ccianet.org/library/ccia-v-paxton-wd-tex-sb2420-complaint/ blocked by gratuitous javascript    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:50:06

• What does “ad hoc” mean in chat control? https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/bundestagsdebatte-was-ist-bei-der-chatkontrolle-unter-anlassbezogen-zu-verstehen/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:50:28

• iophk: "reality" TV trains the mass public to internalize deception and dishonesty https://theconversation.com/why-the-traitors-is-still-a-masterclass-in-the-psychology-of-human-deception-267750    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:50:45

• "Prince Andrew says he's giving up his Duke of York title as Epstein allegations refuse to fade" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-10-17/prince-andrew-says-hes-giving-up-his-duke-of-york-title-as-epstein-allegations-refuse-to-fade    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:50:54

• "The Bolton Case Is Not Like the Others" https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/10/john-bolton-indictment-trump/684597/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:51:04

• "Why Americans Should Care About Trump’s Boat Strikes" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/boat-strikes-trump-venezuela/684583/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:51:14

• EU's new age verification explained | "EU:s nya ålderskontroll förklarad" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/10/17/eus-nya-alderskontroll-forklarad/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:51:42

• "‘Russia’s most effective spokesperson in the U.S.’ Alexander Dugin has peddled his mystical, anti-liberal philosophy for decades. Why is his profile growing now?" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/17/russia-s-most-effective-spokesperson-in-the-u-s    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:52:00

• Age limit for social media is being rolled out in the EU | "Åldersgräns för sociala media rullas ut i EU" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/10/16/aldersgrans-for-sociala-media-rullas-ut-i-eu/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:52:21

• Firefox 144 arrives with advanced profile management, new search options, and more | "Firefox 144 mejora perfiles, pestañas, búsquedas, contraseñas..." https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/10/16/firefox-144/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:52:41

• "Russia 'shoots down own Su-30SM fighter jet' during Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea, Sochi" https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-reported-in-occupied-donetsk-russias-sochi-amid-drone-attacks/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:52:51

• "EU left in the dark about Trump-Putin meeting within its borders, questions its point" https://kyivindependent.com/brussels-left-in-the-dark-about-trump-putin-meeting-within-its-borders-questions-whether-it-will-even-happen/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:53:21

• "Putin seeks more foreign fighters amid mounting Russian losses in Ukraine" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-seeks-more-foreign-fighters-amid-mounting-russian-losses-in-ukraine/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:53:33

• "Nature Has Other Ideas" ☛ https://therevelator.org/social-darwinism/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:54:33

• "Cybercriminals are abusing a widespread lack of authentication in the customer service platform Zendesk to flood targeted email inboxes with menacing messages that come from hundreds of Zendesk corporate customers simultaneously." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/10/email-bombs-exploit-lax-authentication-in-zendesk/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:58:27

• Blueprint to Crush the Left   

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 08:58:58

• "Our study shines a light on what has so far been hidden, revealing: [...]" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/10/17/an-italian-case-study-collateral-damage-from-live-event-site-blocking-with-piracy-shield/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:22:27

• "Japan bears a responsibility to take the lead on making rules [concerning AI and copyright infringement]" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/japan-government-openai-sora-2/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:22:49

• "There’s nothing like a zillion dollar company flying by the seat of its pants." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/10/mlk-jr-openai-sora/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:23:32

• "Sora is not the only text-to-video generative AI tool out there, but it has become popular for two main reasons." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/17/openai-sora-ai-videos-deepfake | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:23:53

• "California’s new law simply makes it so consumers can opt out of such deals, without retaliation from their landlords." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/17/broadband-monopolies-are-mad-because-california-wont-let-them-rip-off-apartment-dwellers/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:25:04

• "Twenty years ago, many big-city markets had multiple, independently owned network affiliates." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/media-oligarchy-trump-corruption/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:25:12

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/apple-m5-chip-makes-its-debut-in-new-macbook-pro-ipad-pro-models/272887/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:37:57

• Another vendor for Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/apple-m5-chip-smashes-snapdragon-x2-elite-in-early-single-thread-benchmarks-single-core-scores-rival-intels-core-ultra-9-285k-and-beat-amds-9950x3d-teasing-multi-core-potential-of-future-variants | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:38:11

• "ARRL’s Washington Counsel has reviewed the proposal and agrees that the deletions are to obsolete rules and will have no impact on today’s modern Amateur Radio Service" ☛ https://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-announces-intent-to-delete-minor-part-97-provisions | Source: ARRL    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:38:31

• A Satirical Guide to Surviving the Subscription Economy ☞ https://jxself.org/subscription-economy-survival-guide.shtml    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:39:07

• Michael Meeks: 2025-10-16 Thursday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-10-16.html "Out for new antibiotics"    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:41:11

• Michael Meeks: 2025-10-17 Friday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-10-17.html "Published the next strip exploring the somewhat perverse way that those who do the most work are often blamed for not having doing mor"    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:41:46

• Capable of Repetition, But Avoiding Review—USPTO New Regulation Not Reviewed By OIRA ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2025/10/capable-of-repetition-but-avoiding-review-uspto-new-regulation-not-reviewed-by-oira/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:43:28

• The Confidential Communication from UK's Ofcom to 4Chan ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-confidential-communication-from    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:44:54

• GNOME Foundation Discusses Refusing Funds from Framework Computer ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/gnome-foundation-discusses-refusing    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:45:01

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

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:46:58

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

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:47:10

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

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:47:23

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

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:47:40

• How To Install Lollypop Music Player on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-lollypop-music-player-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:49:02

• How To Install Roundcube Webmail on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-roundcube-webmail-debian-13/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:49:13

• An Expert Reveals How to Keep Your Brain Sharp as You Age ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-expert-reveals-how-to-keep-your-brain-sharp-as-you-age    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:49:50

• Stuff I read, week 42 2025 ☞ https://rubenerd.com/stuff-i-read-week-42-2025/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:50:12

• "Wrapping the label around the field is known as implicit association, and it’s a very common pattern: [...]" ☛ https://www.tpgi.com/should-form-labels-be-wrapped-or-separate/ |    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:50:53

• "This article isn’t about URL best practices you’ve read a hundred times (keeping URLs short, avoiding special characters, or using hyphens instead of underscores)." ☛ https://alfy.blog/2025/10/16/hidden-cost-of-url-design.html | Source: Ahmad Alfy    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:51:02

• "There is no official Chef Workstation (or CINC Workstation) release for FreeBSD" ☛ https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/10/installing-chef-workstation-on-freebsd/ | Source: Feld    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:52:20

• "The work is to be carried out by Stefan Sperling (stsp@) and Chirpy Software." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251017070142 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:52:28

• "This project delivers the second open-source implementation of WPA3, the current industry standard for Wi-Fi encryption, specifically for the OpenBSD operating system." ☛ https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenBSD-wifi-WPA3/ | Source: NLNet Foundation    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:52:36

• "All the npm/javascript software that are so painful to build and most of the time impossible to build on FreeBSD because some modules are not ported on FreeBSD" ☛ https://aumont.fr/posts/10-years-of-selfhosting/ | Source: Mathieu Aumont    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:54:15

• A Common Pain Relief Drug May Have Anti-Cancer Properties ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-pain-relief-drug-may-have-anti-cancer-properties    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:58:31

• Millions of Us Have Likely Lost Our Smell Without Even Realizing It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/millions-of-us-have-likely-lost-our-smell-without-even-realizing-it    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:58:40

• Alzheimer's And Cancer May Soon Be Treated With Sounds We Can't Hear ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-and-cancer-may-soon-be-treated-with-sounds-we-cant-hear    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:58:58

• Identical Twins Can Have Significant IQ Differences, Shock Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/identical-twins-can-have-significant-iq-differences-shock-study-reveals    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:59:12

• Up to 13% of Dementia Diagnoses May Actually Be a Treatable Condition ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/up-to-13-of-dementia-diagnoses-may-actually-be-a-treatable-condition    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:59:37

• Scientists Solved Chicago's 'Rat Hole' Mystery, And The Culprit Is Adorable ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-solved-chicagos-rat-hole-mystery-and-the-culprit-is-adorable    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 09:59:52

• Planet Y: A Hidden Earth-Size World Could Lurk Far Closer Than 'Planet Nine' ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/planet-y-a-hidden-earth-size-world-could-lurk-far-closer-than-planet-nine    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00:03

• Mysterious Blob of Darkness Found Lurking Deep in Distant Galaxy ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-blob-of-darkness-found-lurking-deep-in-distant-galaxy    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00:21

• Near-Complete Fossil in Argentina Is One of The World's Oldest Dinosaurs ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/near-complete-fossil-in-argentina-is-one-of-the-worlds-oldest-dinosaurs    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00:35

• Ofcom orders BillBC to air on TV finding that Gaza film broke broadcasting rules ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/ofcom-orders-bbc-to-air-on-tv-finding-that-gaza-film-broke-broadcasting-rules/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:01:43

• 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: 150 journalists laid off at NBC News ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:01:50

• Live Coverage: No Kings National Day of Action ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/live-coverage-no-kings-national-day-of-action    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:02:44

• "if you get stopped by the police" https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2025/06/KYR-Protest-1080x1920-1-865x1536.png    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:04:34

• Lithuania’s inflation above EU average in September – Eurostat ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2717210/lithuania-s-inflation-above-eu-average-in-september-eurostat    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:05:12

• Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/science/microbes-endangered-preservation.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:08:45

• Scientists Invent Room Temperature Ice ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-invent-room-temperature-ice    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:09:28

• Instagram Unveils Teen Safety Features for Hey Hi (AI) Chatbots ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/technology/instagram-teen-safety-features-ai-chatbots.html "chatbots affect mental health."    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:10:05

• Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/health/aca-health-insurance-costs.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:10:32

• Johor to step up efforts to weed out vape traders ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/johor-to-step-up-efforts-to-weed-out-vape-traders    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:11:08

• Smoking, vapes spark fire danger in Michigan ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/smoking-vapes-spark-fire-danger-in-michigan/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:11:27

• Lithuania temporarily restores top-level security for Belarus opposition leader ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2717376/lithuania-temporarily-restores-top-level-security-for-belarus-opposition-leader    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:12:20

• "Russia’s most effective spokesperson in the U.S." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/17/russia-s-most-effective-spokesperson-in-the-u-s | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:12:54

• "a military base shooting" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/17/budapest-memo-redux-a-military-base-shooting-and-nord-stream-shmord-shtream | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:13:21

• Russia Jails Street Band for Performing Antiwar Songs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/europe/russia-jails-street-band-for-performing-antiwar-songs.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:13:41

• Uncom 2025.10.12 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/uncom "Uncom OS is Russian commercial GNU/Linux distribution"    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:14:16

• India says it’s unaware of Convicted Felon-Modi conversation on Russian oil ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-says-unaware-of-trump-modi-conversation-on-russian-oil    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:15:26

• India tries to balance US, Russia ties in pursuit of Convicted Felon deal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-tries-to-balance-us-russia-ties-in-pursuit-of-trump-deal    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:15:58

• Polish teens learn to fly drones as Russian threat grows ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251017-polish-teens-learn-to-fly-drones-as-russian-threat-grows    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:16:13

• Good cranberry year in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/17.10.2025-good-cranberry-year-in-latvia.a618758/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:16:34

• Zelensky to Meet With Convicted Felon to Discuss Weapons and Peace Prospects for Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/europe/zelensky-trump-meeting-white-house-ukraine-war.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:19:04

• Meet the Designer Who Got Zelensky Into a Suit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-suit-fashion-designer.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:19:14

• Zelensky Pressed Convicted Felon for New Weapons ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/briefing/ukraine-trump-weapons-treasury-argentina.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:22:05

• Dihydroxyacetone Man - Zelensky: Ukrainian president to seek Tomhawk missiles in White House talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251017-trump-zelensky-ukrainian-president-to-seek-tomhawk-missiles-in-white-house-talks    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:22:17

• Governing Gaza, Ukraine, Hey Hi (AI) 'Slop,' and the Dead Internet Theory ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20251017-governing-gaza-ukraine-ai-slop-and-the-dead-internet-theory    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:22:47

• iophk: too many articles are 'cheeto sez' and mere stenography; worse, in the current regime there no one is following process and treats his utterances and bloviations as policy, thus violating the law of the land directly.    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:24:11

• Proprietary? https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Lenspect-Threat-Scanner    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:29:25

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1042452/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:35:04

• Windows TCO ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32380 | Source: SANS    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:35:32

• "Ideally you’re here because you followed the link in the slides. Otherwise this post might not make a lot of sense." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2025/10/talkin-tables-at-a11yto-conf.html | Source: Adrian Roselli    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:42:17

• "Esteban Rios, who had been wearing a hat and shirt that read “Proud Dad of a U.S. Marine,” was deported on Friday, his son said." ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2025/10/15/family-visit-to-camp-pendleton-ended-with-ice-deporting-marines-dad/ | Source: USMC    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:42:24

• "Yet firms like OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI pay millions in salaries to top talent. Why? Can’t others just study the papers and replicate?" Because they ran a PONZI SCHEME and FRAUD. They need people who enable that. https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/17/research-results-are-cultural-artifacts-not-public-goods/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:12:13

• "Of the 109 journalists who were detained over the past year, 82 were either formally arrested or subjected to judicial control measures" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/punitive-travel-restrictions-hinder-journalists-in-turkey-union-warns-312561 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:34:54

• "Herndon comes to Vox from the New York Times, where he distinguished himself as a sharp" ☛ https://www.vox.com/press-room/464712/astead-herndon-joins-vox | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:35:04

• "Potylo left the ICE facility with nothing more than a citation for failure to obey an officer of the law, which will require him to return to Portland at some future date." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-arrests-protest-comedian-robby-roadsteamer-jokes-1235449651/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:36:03

• "Millions of protesters will gather across the United States on Saturday, October 18" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-10-17/no-kings-protests-against-trump-on-october-18-what-you-need-to-know.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:36:20

• "We’re going to vigorously exercise our democratic rights peacefully and nonviolently" ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/10/17/repub/no-kings-day-expected-to-draw-millions-for-anti-trump-mass-protests/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:36:44

• "Organizers of Salt Lake City’s No Kings protest are canceling the march portion of Saturday’s event for safety reasons" ☛ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/10/15/safety-first-salt-lake-citys-no-kings-protest-changes-its-plan/ |    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:37:25

• "At least 30 No Kings protests are scheduled across Maine as part of more than 2,500 that will take place nationally." ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/16/tending-gardens-hitting-the-streets-mainers-plan-protests-across-the-state-saturday/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:37:51

• "Ten No Kings protests are planned in cities across North Dakota with more than 2,000 events scheduled nationwide." ☛ https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/10/17/10-no-kings-rallies-planned-for-north-dakota-on-saturday/ |    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:38:34

• "Storms are expected to start around midday Saturday, when many of the protests are scheduled, and will track across the state in the afternoon." ☛ https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/10/17/arkansas-protests-to-proceed-as-potential-storms-loom/ |    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:39:38

• "Dozens of groups are partnering with protest organizers nationwide. A Wednesday release from nokings.org says 2,500 protests are planned across the country." ☛ https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/16/doctor-teacher-mamaw-heres-what-anti-trump-protesters-say-in-kentucky/ |    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:40:28

• "But one thing about the protest in Downtown Las Vegas will be the same: Demonstrators will again be kept off the streets themselves and confined to sidewalks" ☛ https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/16/demonstrators-will-once-again-take-to-the-streets-well-sidewalks-at-lvs-no-kings-rally/ |    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:41:01

• "Republican leaders have linked — without evidence — the rallies, which are expected across 2,500 towns and cities, to terrorism and political violence." ☛ https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/no-kings-protest-trump-administration | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:41:08

• "These are, in other words, the people we need to frighten this weekend." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/dear-normies-time-to-stand-up/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:42:18

• "Why? Well, friends, first, because the hard-working organizers have asked you to play it their way" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/trump-no-kings-protests-democracy/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:42:27

• "The bans reflect a kind of moral turn, one that risks reviving conservative notions that predate the [Internet]." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-social-media-age-restrictions-internet.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:42:41

• "When I saw, at the end of last week, that the windows of the Brighton Centre were smashed in and daubed with paint for hosting Europe’s largest feminist conference, FiLiA" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/16/trans-book-banning-hypocrites-causing-violence/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:42:51

• "RubyGems and Bundler are essential official clients for rubygems.org and the Ruby ecosystem, bundled with the Ruby language for many years and functioning as part of the standard library." ☛ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/10/17/rubygems-repository-transition/ |    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:45:00

• "Scientific progress as cultural evolution. Adopting discoveries requires cultural updates—and it is far from easy. Einstein’s papers are public, yet reading them won’t make you Einstein." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/17/research-results-are-cultural-artifacts-not-public-goods/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:45:11

• "Not coincidentally, San Franciscans are suffering more than ever in just about every measurable way, and City Hall is simply ignoring their plight." ☛ https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/democrats-new-abundance-platform-isnt-playing-out-well-in-san-francisco | Source: Current Affairs    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:45:32

• "In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the assumption was that it would be democratic nations successfully using the web for global influence." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/new-foreign-influence-scare/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:45:47

• "It's pretty clear now that a lot of the unrest we're seeing—and the insecurity-induced radicalization—is due to an unprecedented civilizational energy transition that looks to be more or less irreversible at this point." ☛ http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/10/the-pivot-1.html | Source: Antipope    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:46:05

• "Intentional or not, by putting our sea otter conservation work in the spotlight" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-10-17/taylor-swift-monterey-bay-aquarium-sea-otter-shirt-fundraiser | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:46:52

• "Mireta’s algorithm mimics how slime mold efficiently distributes resources through branching networks. The startup’s founders think this approach could help connect subway stations, design bike lanes, or optimize factory assembly lines." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/17/1125223/slime-design-better-cities-mireta/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:47:30

• "This study demonstrates that the interface of a lithium electrode can be precisely controlled using only silver ions without going through a complex synthesis process" ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/ev-batteries-new-silver-ion-tech | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:47:46

• "The Cascade Advanced Energy Facility would use next-gen Xe-100 reactors to deliver 960 megawatts of carbon-free power — but it’s years from becoming reality." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/amazon-unveils-plans-for-modular-nuclear-plant-in-washington | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:48:03

• "First of all, the dollar is not the currency in any of these countries. Second, the charger in European countries is €65, which is more like $76 right now." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/macbook-pro-charger-brouhaha/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:48:40

• "For clarity, the law in question that goes into effect in April makes it required that certain classes of tech products, including laptops, to be sold to users with the option to not get a charging brick included." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/cheaper-macbooks-spark-outrage/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:48:57

• Amazon has twice as much debt than cash https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AMZN/balance-sheet/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:53:27

• "According to an annual study published by the UNDP together with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, 1.1 billion people" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-mn-poor-people-exposed-climate.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:55:06

• "“It’s the world’s temperature regulator,” said Valérie Courtois, executive director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative, which works on Indigenous-led conservation efforts in Canada." ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/464782/peat-hudson-bay-peatlands-renewable-energy-critical-minerals-carbon-sink | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:55:18

• "This vision benefits fossil-fuel companies because in the world of data centers, speed and reliability are key." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-data-centers-climate-change/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:55:30

• "The book, titled Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, was completed before Giuffre's tragic death in April 2025 and is scheduled for release on 21 October." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prince-andrew-shock-virginia-giuffre-claims-royal-had-orgy-jeffrey-epstein-eight-other-1748471 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:55:59

• "The figures were published after Los Angeles Times Media Group revealed plans to sell shares priced at $5,000 to investors to raise up to $500m." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/los-angeles-times-reveals-50m-loss-as-it-seeks-500m-investment/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:56:20

• "The BBC’s use of the son of a Hamas official as a narrator for a Gaza documentary amounted to a “serious breach” of the Broadcasting Code, Ofcom has ruled." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/ofcom-orders-bbc-to-air-on-tv-finding-that-gaza-film-broke-broadcasting-rules/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:57:15

• "For decades, the battle of Lima Site 85 — a top-secret American tactical air navigation radar site atop at 5,800-foot-high mountaintop 15 miles from the North Vietnamese border — would remain secret, unreported." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/10/17/he-was-awarded-a-silver-star-for-a-battle-the-us-said-never-happened/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:57:36

• "A few years ago, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. received the war diaries of Austrian Wehrmacht soldier Walter Materna, who was stationed in Berdychiv in 1941." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/holocaust-photo-1941-nazi-murderer-now-identified/a-74394285 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:57:49

• "Speaking at the opening, Fatih Şahin stated that the forum would focus on the ecological destruction in the Tigris, Euphrates, and Lake Van." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/ecology/2nd-mesopotamia-water-forum-in-amed-water-is-not-a-weapon-81766 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:58:54

• "Wars between drug gangs [sic] in the Nordic country are the origin of numerous shootings, bombings, and murders that have occurred around Marbella in recent years" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/spain/2025-10-17/swedish-mafias-settle-their-scores-with-gunfire-on-the-costa-del-sol.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 11:59:53

• "That statement is something advertisers are wary of since the current TikTok algorithm is what drives virality." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/17/trumps-tiktok-usa-deal-not-finished/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:00:19

• "We’ve already seen the First Amendment converted into a vehicle for punishment. For Trump and his supporters, the First Amendment only protects their speech" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/17/why-things-are-the-way-they-are/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:01:45

• "You're seeing some state-aligned actors use AI in different ways" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-hackers-ai-optimized-attack-taiwan | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:01:52

• "While Geese focuses on Europe’s economic and cultural independence, I’d extend the argument: the threat isn’t just monopolies, it’s authoritarianism." ☛ https://werd.io/europe-cant-defend-democracy-on-us-servers/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:04:57

• "European platforms that reject toxic algorithms and surveillance-grade data profiling constitute the foundation of digital-era democracy." ☛ https://www.techpolicy.press/europe-cant-defend-democracy-on-us-servers/ | Source: Tech Policy Press    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:05:19

• "He said the first stockpiles will be established in northern Sweden in the counties of Norrbotten, Vasterbotten, Vasternorrland, and Jämtland." ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/sweden-to-begin-stockpiling-food-as-it-prepares-for-war-with-russia/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:05:38

• "Starting Dec. 10, platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube could be fined up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million)" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/no-more-tiktok-or-instagram-for-under-16s-in-australia-from-december-platforms-face-massive-fines-1910773 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:05:48

• "TikTok is considered a unique gateway to advertise to Gen Z audiences, which spend between 110-115 minutes per day browsing the app." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/15/tiktok-usa-advertising-push/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:06:30

• "The court heard a challenge to a central pillar of the Voting Rights Act" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd67q9vq967o | Source: BBC    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:07:00

• "The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a case that could gut the Voting Rights Act by barring states from considering the racial makeup of voting population" ☛ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-argument-00608340 | Source: Politico LLC    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:07:17

• "The central problem that the VRA targeted was illiberal states" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/464480/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-trump-maga-federalism | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:07:45

• "When those in power bend the machinery of justice to their will, they rarely stop with their personal enemies." ☛ https://washingtonspectator.org/criminalizing-the-opposition/ | Source: The Washington Spectator    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:08:21

• "So what’s with all the government employees in the Trump administration putting out partisan propaganda during the shutdown?" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trump-regime-is-wildly-violating | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:08:55

• "Muslim prayer room" ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/muslim-prayer-room-has-been-set-up-in-the-heart-of-the-vatican-citys-500-year-old-library/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:09:11

• Satellite Traffic ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/a-surprising-amount-of-satellite-traffic-is-unencrypted.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:11:04

• "Researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Maryland scanned 39 of these satellites from a rooftop" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/satellites-are-exposing-unprotected-cellphone-and-military-data-study-finds-2000672091 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:11:22

• "Geosynchronous (GEO) satellite links provide IP backhaul to remote critical infrastructure for utilities, telecom, government, military, and commercial users." ☛ https://satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontlookup_ccs25_fullpaper.pdf |    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:11:38

• "In a paper published this week, researchers from the University of California San Diego and the University of Maryland College Park" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/unencrypted-satellite-ip-traffic/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:11:51

• "ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/17/ice-surveillance-immigrants-antifa/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:12:48

• "ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has built what is currently the most popular AI chatbot in China: Doubao." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/bytedances-ai-chatbot-is-quietly-gaining-traction-around-the-world/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:13:03

• "evidence collection and investigative work" ☛ https://therecord.media/ring-partner-flock-law-enforcement-video | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:13:24

• "If you share sensitive information in a dialogue with ChatGPT, Gemini, or other frontier models, it may be collected and used for training, even if it’s in a separate file that you uploaded during the conversation." ☛ https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/press/be-careful-what-you-tell-your-ai-chatbot/ | Source: Stanford University    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:13:51

• "On 3 July 2025, the General Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a resolution committing the ILO to adopt a Convention supplemented by a Recommendation" ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5693/pi-analysis-draft-ilo-convention-and-recommendation-platform-economy | Source: Privacy International    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:14:28

• "If Facebook wanting to look at your unpublished photos sounds familiar, it might be because we wrote about an early test in June." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/802102/meta-facebook-opt-in-ai-edits-photos-camera-roll | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:14:56

• "Under the law, users who cannot prove they are older than 18 years old must link their account to that of a parent or guardian." ☛ https://therecord.media/tech-industry-texas-age-gating | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:15:32

• "That sheriff has since been arrested and indicted on felony counts in an unrelated sexual harassment and whistleblower retaliation case." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/17/flock-safety-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-for-a-missing-person-it-was-an-abortion-investigation/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:15:52

• "Instagram is now adopting the same label for a teen-safety feature, but the possible outcomes are less discrete and obvious." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/instagram-pg-13-rating/684598/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:16:07

• "Needless to say, this requires ceding an alarming level of access to the AI — with your permission, of course." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-windows-11-ai-controlled | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:16:23

• "This new version allows for the use of passports and identity cards as onboarding methods, in addition to eIDs in order to generate a proof of age." ☛ https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-releases-enhanced-second-version-age-verification-blueprint | Source: European Commission    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:16:46

• "Snap, Google, Apple, and YouTube have received formal requests from the Commission, which is seeking details on how these platforms prevent minors from accessing content it deems harmful or illegal." ☛ https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-launches-new-push-for-digital-id-age-checks-and-big-tech-probe-under-digital-services-act | Source: Reclaim The Net    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:17:01

• "The goal of the age verification blueprint is to support the implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and its provisions to protect minors online." ☛ https://www.biometricupdate.com/202510/eu-updates-age-verification-blueprint-app-amid-debate-on-social-media-restrictions | Source: Biometric Update    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:17:18

• "It’s not our job to be used by social media, or to become tools of the algorithm." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/10/fermis-law/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:18:08

• "Citing First Amendment violations, the case is attempting to convince a federal court to end the program, which the EFF said has "silenced and frightened both citizens and noncitizens," and impacted the unions' ability to engage with members." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/17/labor_unions_surveillance_lawsuit/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:18:24

• "Since taking power, the Trump administration has created a mass surveillance program to monitor constitutionally protected speech by noncitizens lawfully present in the U.S. Using AI and other automated technologies" ☛ https://www.eff.org/press/releases/labor-unions-eff-sue-trump-administration-stop-surveillance-free-speech-online | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:18:47

• "The unions say this “vast surveillance apparatus” uses artificial intelligence and other automated technologies to conduct “viewpoint-based surveillance” of social media platforms." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/social-media-ai-surveillance-unions-state-dhs-lawsuit/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:19:12

• "Citizens are similarly refraining from speaking out online for fear of making targets of their family members, friends, and colleagues." ☛ https://www.eff.org/files/2025/10/16/uaw_v_dos_-_complaint.pdf | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:19:36

• "This dynamic is now playing out on the right." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/jd-vance-republican-group-chat/684580/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:20:01

• "In this study, we examine the dynamics of populist actors in a globalized information sphere, where global events shape domestic political discourse. Our study uncovers three key research findings." ☛ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05976-5 | Source: Nature    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:20:16

• "Protests began late last month in the country’s capital, Antananarivo, calling for the removal of Rajoelina, who gained power in a 2009 coup d'état. They were notably driven by Gen Z protesters." ☛ https://time.com/7325597/madagascar-coup-army-gen-z/ | Source: Time    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:20:32

• "Everything about this still seems like a bad idea. OpenAI has been scared of getting people too addicted to the chatbot — because they’re finally getting sued over the trail of dead bodies ChatGPT is leaving behind" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/16/ai-boyfriend-users-radicalise-against-openai-and-self-host-their-chatbot-companions/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:20:58

• "Against this backdrop, the term "workslop" has entered the conversation." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-10-ai-workslop-unnecessary-extra.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:21:11

• "OpenAI won't be the first to try to profit from sexualized AI. Sexual content was a top draw for AI tools almost as soon as the boom in AI-generated imagery and words erupted in 2022." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-10-17/sex-is-a-big-market-for-the-ai-industry-chatgpt-wont-be-the-first-to-tap-it | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:21:30

• "But that’s all, despite AI company revenues barely making a dent on balance sheets. And as the Wall Street Journal reports, it’s not just smaller AI firms losing copious amounts of money." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/economics-running-ai-company-disastrous | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:21:42

• "Almost all large language models (LLMs) train on Wikipedia datasets" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/10/17/wikipedia-losing-traffic-to-ai.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:22:11

• "On the other hand, this is not 100% up to Google. The EU AI Act requires AI firms to observe opt-outs, and that applies to any model offered in the EU, not just trained there." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/adding-a-content-signals-policy-to-this-site/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:22:29

• "It’s the main reason I’ve stopped even looking at switching to a Google Pixel, no escaping Gemini. Using an iPhone might be the best move with AI features opted out." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/10/16/an-ai-free-smartphone/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:22:42

• "As companies like OpenAI get more powerful, and as they try to pay back their investors, will AI be prone to the erosion of value that seems endemic to the tech apps we use today?" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/can-ai-escape-enshittification-trap/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:23:09

• "This serves as one of the attempts by scientists over time to explain the Fermi Paradox." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/alien-invasion-2025-scientists-say-aliens-might-living-among-usdisguised-ai-1748583 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:23:35

• "Recently, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff warned investors to avoid the "false prophets" of AI." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/17/vatican_seminar_calls_for_global/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:23:59

• "Over 5 million people have liked Spencer’s video on TikTok, where the hashtag #homelessmanprank populated more than 1,200 videos, most of them related to the recent trend." ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ai-homeless-man-prank-social-media-prompts-concern-local-authorities-rcna236550 | Source: NBC    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:24:22

• "This prank dehumanizes the homeless, causes the distressed recipient to panic and wastes police resources." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/police-warning-kids-ai-prank | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:24:35

• "Many of us lived through the Word Processing Wars of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. It was an overwhelming time of many options to choose from, each providing new features with each update, trying to become the leader in the word processing game." ☛ https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/10/17/textor/ | Source: Tyler Thorsted    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:25:23

• "Whilst rummaging around in a large box of cables (you’ve got one of those too, haven’t you?) the other day I found the first Apple product I ever bought, in 2003." ☛ https://probably.co.uk/posts/ipod-second-gen-in-2025/ | Source: Mark Phillips    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:25:41

• "No matter how you personally assess this risk, there is a simple remedy (besides never using public charging stations)." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2945482/you-should-activate-this-security-setting-on-your-iphone-immediately.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:26:10

• "The total fertility rate (TFR) in Africa has declined since about 1980, but the mean value is still 4.1, and 4.3 for Sub-Saharan Africa, compared to 1.9 and 1.8 for Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, respectively (UN Population Division 2024)." ☛ https://overpopulation-project.com/how-a-survey-in-developing-countries-might-reveal-hidden-fertility-norms/ | Source: Overpopulation    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:27:27

• "Less lucky are the Americans who rely on the government programs Trump has gutted to be able to “save” that sum." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-milei-bailout-government-cuts/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:27:42

• "There is no safe level of lead for human consumption, though it finds its way into many foods because lead is present in the environment." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/lead-protein-powders-shakes-9.6941833 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:27:57

• "That sound you hear? It’s the United States’ leadership role in space exploration disintegrating in real time." ☛ https://futurism.com/space/trump-nasa-mars-rover | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:29:29

• "The MIT team discovered a way to tune out that static using a technique they call global phase spectroscopy, which they described in a new study published in Nature." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/17/mit_boffins_double_the_precision/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:29:44

• "Some nine months into the Trump administration’s assault on academic science, Harvard’s public-health school has just about everything going against it that an American academic institution can." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/10/harvard-school-public-health/684576/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:30:01

• "I'm actually not 100% sure what I was publishing to all the way back then, but I got the birchtree.me URL back in 2012." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/15-years-of-birchtree/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:30:39

• "So, yes, I edit these posts. I hate it though. I’m overly judgmental (why would anyone want to read this nonsense), and I tend to grind my teeth through the entire experience." ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2025/editing-your-blog-posts-is-the-worst-part/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:31:11

• "I think he had a camera set up so he could watch it all. They moved it into these containers and then on ships over to the UK." ☛ https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/2122368/rod-stewart-set-up-spy-camera-railway | Source: Express    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:31:57

• "Rod, who would famously take railroad modelling supplies and kits out on the road to keep him occupied when touring, was keen to transport the layout to the famous couple’s residence in Essex during lockdown." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/security-cameras/rod-stewart-sets-up-camera-to-keep-an-eye-on-his-model-railroad-layout-as-it-embarks-on-transatlantic-journey | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:32:10

• TinySSH – minimalistic SSH server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tinyssh-minimalistic-ssh-server/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:34:53

• dyndnsc – dynamic dns update client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dyndnsc-dynamic-dns-update-client/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:35:18

• Vikunja – to-do app to organize your life ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vikunja-to-do-app-organize-life/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:36:01

• 5 Best Free and Open Source Markdown Linter Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-markdown-linter-tools/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:36:32

• MasVisGtk – audio analysis tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/masvisgtk-audio-analysis-tool/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:37:02

• "As we informed you, the latest Zorin OS 18 release landed just a few days ago" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-18-downloads-skyrocket-in-the-last-48-hours/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:38:11

• LineageOS – Android-based operating system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lineageos-android-based-operating-system/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:40:45

• Aeon Desktop – GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/aeon-desktop-linux-distribution/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:41:16

• 5 Best Free and Open Source Graphical SSH Frontends ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-ssh-frontends/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 12:42:43

• "Scotiabank Layoffs Canada: Hundreds of Employees Impacted Amid Strategic Restructuring"    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:40:18

• "The new function, arriving in the 2025 snapshot, is unprecedented for CSS." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/css-finally-gets-inline-conditional-logic-with-new-if-function/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:41:10

• [Old] "Nothing wrong with distinguishing syntax." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/syntax-highlighting-is-a-waste-of-an-information/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:42:42

• "Syntax highlighting is a tool. It can help you read code faster. Find things quicker. Orient yourself in a large file." ☛ https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/ | Source: Nikita Prokopov    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:42:52

• "I do not want my experimental code to end up in a repository. So this is where git exclude comes into play." ☛ https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2025/10/17/quick-tip-personal-django-management-command-with-git-exclude/ | Source: Marijke Luttekes    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:45:11

• [Old] "So I employed another kind of highlighting." ☛ https://wordsandbuttons.online/lexical_differential_highlighting_instead_of_syntax_highlighting.html |    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:45:28

• "Throughout the month of October, Internet Archive is celebrating an extraordinary milestone" ☛ https://www.cni.org/news/internet-archive-celebration-and-invitation | Source: Coalition for Networked Information    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:46:06

• "My second HackerBox arrived! This is my review of HackerBox 0119, Geopositioning which follows my review of the previous HackerBox 0118, More Human." ☛ https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/review-of-hackerbox-0119-geopositioning/ | Source: Matthew Brunelle    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:46:43

• "Who am I to argue with their editorial decisions, though?" ☛ https://flower.codes/2025/10/17/hacker-high-school.html | Source: Zach Flower    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:47:12

• "duckdb-mlpack is right an “MVP”, i.e. a minimally viable product (or demo). It just runs the adaboost classifier but does so on any dataset fitting the ‘rectangular’ setup with columns of features (real valued) and a final column (integer valued) of labels." ☛ https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/10/17/#ml_quacks_combining_duckdb_mlpack | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:48:35

• "The popular open-source e-book management tool, Calibre, has just released version 8.13, with the highlight of this update being a more convenient way to define search expressions in Virtual Libraries." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-13-released-with-virtual-library-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:49:19

• "On the web side, the slideshow shuffle feature now feels a lot smarter." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/immich-2-1-released-with-better-slideshow-shuffle-new-notifications/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:49:30

• "Hello again from the Thunderbird development team! This month’s sprints have been about focus and follow-through" ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/10/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-september-2025/ | Source: Thunderbird    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:49:45

• "They capture what 3D printing is all about, turning imagination into reality." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/print-in-two-and-a-bit-dimensions-for-build-your-own-kits/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:58:15

• "With Wipprecht’s guidance, the students brought their designs to life using Arduino UNO Rev3 boards to control components like LEDs and motors" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/17/tech-infused-high-fashion-meets-insectile-aesthetic/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:58:51

• "The AnduinOS team has announced the release of AnduinOS 1.4.0" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12603 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 13:59:35

• "Radxa has introduced the Orion O6N, a Nano ITX single board computer designed as a smaller and more power-efficient alternative to the earlier Orion O6." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-orion-o6n-brings-cix-p1-performance-to-a-smaller-nano-itx-form-factor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:00:28

• "The below featured highlights listed on the community’s blog feed aggregator are from October 11 to 17." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/17/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:01:03

• Optimizing energy efficiency on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/energy-efficient-computing-server-platforms-red-hat-enterprise-linux | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:01:29

• Report highlights worsening child poverty, abuse ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/report-highlights-worsening-child-poverty-abuse-312649    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:02:03

• Seoul declares end to 20-month medical crisis after doctors end walkout ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-declares-end-to-20-month-medical-crisis-after-doctors-end-walkout    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:02:31

• 60 South Koreans to return home after Cambodia detention ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/two-south-koreans-detained-in-cambodia-return-home-police    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:03:04

• Not everyone in Cambodia scam centres is an angel, South Korean missionary says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/Not-everyone-in-Cambodia-scam-centres-is-an-angel-South-Korean-missionary-says    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:03:13

• 64 South Koreans held in Cambodia return home on chartered flight: Police ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/64-south-koreans-held-in-cambodia-return-home-on-chartered-flight-police    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:03:35

• Deepening Malaysian football scandal resurfaces debate in S-E Asia over naturalised players ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/deepening-malaysian-football-scandal-resurfaces-debate-in-sea-over-naturalised-players    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:08:04

• Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown – using MElon’s Starlink ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/18/myanmar-scam-cities-booming-despite-crackdown-using-elon-musks-starlink/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:08:42

• China Ousts Senior General on Corruption Charges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/asia/china-military-general-he-corruption.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:08:56

• How a U.K. Spy Case Against China Abruptly Fell Apart ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/europe/uk-china-spy-case.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:09:14

• Taiwan bans officials attending Chinese events to mark island’s ‘retrocession’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-bans-officials-attending-chinese-events-to-mark-islands-retrocession    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:09:31

• China expels two top military leaders from Communist Party in anti-corruption purge ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-expels-two-top-generals-from-communist-party-in-anti-corruption-purge    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:09:49

• Canada and China discuss disputes over canola and EVs, says Ottawa ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/Canada-and-China-discuss-disputes-over-canola-and-EVs-says-Ottawa    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:10:08

• Japan has boundless supply of rare earths that can blunt China’s dominance but are costly to mine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-has-a-boundless-supply-of-rare-earths-that-can-blunt-chinas-dominance-but-they-are-costly-to    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:10:31

• Sweden demands China free jailed bookseller Gui Minhai ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/17/sweden-demands-china-free-jailed-bookseller-gui-minhai/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:11:08

• Renewable energy output overtakes coal, with China leading the way ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/people-profit/20251017-renewable-energy-output-overtakes-coal-with-china-leading-the-way    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:40:59

• China pledges to cut greenhouse emissions for the first time ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251017-china-pledges-to-cut-greenhouse-emissions-for-the-first-time    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:42:04

• DIY Telescope Uses Maker Tools ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/diy-telescope-uses-maker-tools/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:42:36

• "handheld radio telescope" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/radio-astronomy-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:43:00

• Holograms With Lasers ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/a-new-way-to-make-almost-holograms-with-lasers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:43:32

• Commercial LTS Qt 6.8.5 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/commercial-lts-qt-6.8.5-released    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:44:09

• "Channel Surfing" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/channel-surfing-nostalgia-machine/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:44:36

• Scam Altman Pushes Back on OpenAI’s Foray Into Smut ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-smut-response    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:46:02

• OpenAI Bans MLK Deepfakes After Disaster ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-bans-mlk-deepfakes    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:46:36

• Tennessee Officials Sue Over National Guard Presence in Memphis ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/politics/memphis-national-guard-lawsuit.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:47:03

• 24 US states sue Convicted Felon administration for termination of solar energy grant worth $7B ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/24-us-states-sue-trump-administration-for-termination-of-solar-energy-grant-worth-7b/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:47:42

• Lil Wayne Wins Major Court Victory Involving a $20 Million Contractual Claim — Decision Ends a Multi-Year Battle With His Former Attorney ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/16/lil-wayne-vs-former-attorney-lawsuit-victory/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:48:05

• Temu Fires Back Against MF Doom Estate, Moves to Dismiss Legal Action Over Counterfeit Merch ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/16/temu-vs-mf-doom-counterfeit-merch-case/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:48:39

• Lawsuit Seeks to Halt Pyramids Concerts Following Anyma Performance — Cairo Organization Criticizes ‘High-Frequency Vibrations’ and More ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/17/pyramids-concerts-lawsuit-october-2025/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:49:15

• Appeals Court Upholds French Montana Win in “Ain’t Worried About Nothin'” Suit — While Denying His Request for Nearly $300,000 in Attorneys’ Fees ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/17/french-montana-lawsuit-appeals-win/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:49:54

• The logs you’ll wish you had configured if (when) you are breached… ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/the-logs-youll-wish-you-had-configured-if-when-you-are-breached/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:51:25

• EPP’s Weber says France and Portugal should also pay for drone wall on EU’s east border ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2717082/epp-s-weber-says-france-and-portugal-should-also-pay-for-drone-wall-on-eu-s-east-border    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:51:48

• ‘We need to be on the same side,’ says defence minister after fallout over military budget ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2717160/we-need-to-be-on-the-same-side-says-defence-minister-after-fallout-over-military-budget    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:52:28

• Lithuania designates 26 restricted airspace zones to strengthen security ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2717369/lithuania-designates-26-restricted-airspace-zones-to-strengthen-security    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:52:50

• Dihydroxyacetone Man adviser Bolton surrenders to authorities on charges in classified information case ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251017-trump-adviser-bolton-surrenders-to-authorities-on-charges-in-classified-information-case    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:53:04

• "Economic Sciences" is a lie. Banksters are NOT scientists!! https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251017-philippe-aghion-competition-education-flex-security-the-pillars-of-a-successful-growth-structure http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_Does_Not_Exist_It_s_Propaganda_From_Sv.shtml    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:53:59

• Dihydroxyacetone Man foe John Bolton pleads not guilty to sharing government secrets ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251017-trump-foe-john-bolton-pleads-not-guilty-to-sharing-government-secrets    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:54:12

• John Bolton indictment says suspected Iranian hackers accessed his emails, issued threats ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/john-bolton-indictment-says-suspected-iranian-hackers-accessed-his-emails-issued-threats/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:54:37

• Gladinet Patches Exploited CentreStack Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/gladinet-patches-exploited-centrestack-vulnerability/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:55:05

• Vulnerabilities Allow Disruption of Phoenix Contact UPS Devices ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-allow-disruption-of-phoenix-contact-ups-devices/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:55:28

• Prosper Data Breach Impacts 17.6 Million Accounts ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/prosper-data-breach-impacts-17-6-million-accounts/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:55:44

• Hackers Steal Sensitive Data From Auction House Sotheby’s ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-steal-sensitive-data-from-auction-house-sothebys/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:56:09

• Over $3 Million in Prizes Offered at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/over-3-million-in-prizes-offered-at-pwn2own-automotive-2026/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:56:31

• DHS keeps paying 70,000 law enforcement officials amid shutdown using reconciliation funds ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/dhs-to-keep-paying-70000-law-enforcement-officials-amid-shutdown-using-reconciliation-law/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:57:01

• This Year’s Drop in International Students Portends Worse. Here’s What That Would Cost. ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-missing-students    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:57:47

• Licar updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Licar    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:58:02

• ChatGPT Is Already Stalling Out on New Subscribers ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-stalling-new-subscribers http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 14:59:15

• New PostgreSQL Contributors 2025 ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/new-postgresql-contributors-2025-3158/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:01:47

• Micron is preparing to exit China’s data center memory market completely, report claims — Beijing banned company's chips from 'critical information infrastructure' in 2023 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/reports-suggest-micron-is-preparing-to-exit-chinas-data-center-memory-market    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:02:12

• ‘Highest Ever’ Severity Score Assigned by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft to ASP.NET Core Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/highest-ever-severity-score-assigned-by-microsoft-to-asp-net-core-vulnerability/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:02:34

• ‘I ended up losing my mind’: Six days in solitary confinement at an ICE facility ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251017-usa-solitary-confinement-ice-detention-centre    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:02:57

• A Surprising Amount of Satellite Traffic Is Unencrypted ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/a-surprising-amount-of-satellite-traffic-is-unencrypted.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:03:22

• An Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/science/starfront-observatories-remote-astronomy.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:04:58

• Hong Kong Telecom ‘carefully reviewing’ order seeking to bar firm from operating in US ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/17/hong-kong-telecom-carefully-reviewing-order-seeking-to-bar-firm-from-operating-in-us/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:05:33

• Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2025-10-17 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/10/17/gnome-foundation-update-2025-10-17/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:06:15

• All Quiet on the PTAB Front: USPTO Proposes More Major Restrictions to Inter Partes Review Institution ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/10/proposes-restrictions-institution.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:06:42

• Prosecution Disclaimer Across Time: Later Continuation Statements Limit Already-Issued Patents ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/10/prosecution-disclaimer-continuation.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:07:13

• Unexplained and Unreviewable: The New Normal for IPR Institution ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/10/unexplained-unreviewable-institution.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:07:32

• First success for Chint in solar tech case as EPO revokes JingAo Solar patent monopoly ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/fsuccess-for-chint-in-solar-tech-case-epo-revokes-jingao-solar-patent/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:07:50

• The EPO's Central Staff Committee Presents Evidence That Staff Compensation Lowered While the Office Increases Income by Illegally Granting Invalid Patents ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/17/The_EPO_s_Central_Staff_Committee_Presents_Evidence_That_Staff_.shtml    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:08:04

• BUZZWORD sector! https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/17.10.2025-latvia-hopes-to-grow-fintech-sector-by-30.a618775/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:08:32

• Looking for Open Source Kindle Alternatives? Build it Yourself ☞ https://itsfoss.com/open-source-ebook-readers-options/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:09:20

• Bessent Stakes Credibility and Taxpayer Money on Argentina Bet ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/politics/trump-argentina-bailout-bessent.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:09:59

• Transition of RubyGems Repository Ownership ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1042480/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:13:12

• Bridging the Gap: Technical voices in global Internet policy ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/10/17/bridging-the-gap-technical-voices-in-global-internet-policy/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:13:32

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 42 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-42/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:14:06

• Iran Extends Internet Clampdown Beyond Wartime ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/middleeast/iran-shutdown-restrictions.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:14:39

• EU shelves child protection proposal over fears of mass surveillance ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2717233/eu-shelves-child-protection-proposal-over-fears-of-mass-surveillance    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:14:56

• Spotlight on Policy Working Group ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/10/18/wg-policy-spotlight-2025/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:15:18

• Why Docker Matters for Data Science ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/why-docker-matters-for-data-science/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:15:45

• A blueprint for success: How Danes je nov dan’s advocacy led to a commitment for a Public Hey Hi (AI) Registry in Slovenia ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/a-blueprint-for-success-how-danes-je-nov-dans-advocacy-led-to-a-commitment-for-a-public-ai-registry-in-slovenia/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:16:17

• The DMA is a success, it should be strengthened and expanded ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/the-dma-is-a-success-it-should-be-strengthened-and-expanded/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:16:44

• The Commission must uphold the Hey Hi (AI) Act and fundamental freedoms in Hungary ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/the-commission-must-uphold-the-ai-act-and-fundamental-freedoms-in-hungary/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:16:58

• Judge in the Bits of Freedom vs. Meta lawsuit: Meta must respect users’ choice ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/judge-in-the-bits-of-freedom-vs-meta-lawsuit-meta-must-respect-users-choice/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:17:18

• EDRi-gram, 16 October 2025 ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-16-october-2025/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:17:32

• Many States Regulate the Scanning of ID Barcodes; Why Don’t They Offer Similar Protections for Digital Driver’s Licenses? ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/state-barcode-laws    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:32:28

• "Fedora Cloud Looks To Switch /boot To Btrfs Subvolume" means more Oracle inside IBM    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:34:55

• U.S. Detains 2 Survivors of Latest Military Strike in Caribbean ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/politics/us-military-strike-survivors.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:35:20

• Senators Move to Force Vote to Bar Ground Strikes in Venezuela ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/politics/congress-venezuela-military-strikes.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:35:35

• In Other News: CrowdStrike Vulnerabilities, CISA Layoffs, Mango Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-crowdstrike-vulnerabilities-cisa-layoffs-mango-data-breach/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:37:11

• Despite Gaza Cease-Fire, Aid Deliveries Struggle ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/middleeast/gaza-food-delivery.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:38:48

• Russell Vought ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/video-who-is-russell-vought-trump-omb-shutdown | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:39:43

• "In a letter sent to the EPA on Thursday, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, cited a ProPublica story from last week that quoted government scientists saying the report had been ready for publishing in April but had yet to be released." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-report-chellie-pingree-letter | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:40:12

• Thunderbird 144 Update Delivers Assorted Fixes ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/thunderbird-144-update-fastmail-exchange-fixes    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:40:40

• Security Issues in Cisco and Jenkins Passed Off as "Linux" Problems ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/Security_Issues_in_Cisco_and_Jenkins_Passed_Off_as_Linux_Proble.shtml    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:45:01

• Calibre 8.13 Open-Source E-Book Manager Improves Library Export on GNU/Linux ☞ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-13-open-source-e-book-manager-improves-library-export-on-linux    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:45:40

• blendOS 421309ad is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/blendos    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:45:54

• "verified facts using AI assistance." But LLMs are notorious for getting facts WRONG, so it seems like a half lie. https://ubuntupit.com/why-i-finally-settled-on-linux-mint-cinnamon-after-testing-12-distros/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:47:27

• GIMP New Official Snap package ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/10/17/official-snap/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:49:18

• LRCGET – download synced LRC lyrics ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lrcget-download-synced-lrc-lyrics/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:50:47

• 16 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Password Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-based-password-managers/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:51:00

• 16 Best Free and Open Source File Synchronization Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-file-synchronization-tools/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:51:15

• iodéOS – Android operating system free from Surveillance Giant Google trackers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iodeos-android-operating-system-google-trackers/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:51:22

• Zorin OS 18 Downloads Skyrocket in the Last 48 Hours ☞ https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-18-downloads-skyrocket-in-the-last-48-hours/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:51:42

• Wine 10.17 Released with Default EGL Renderer and Updated Mono Engine ☞ https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-17-released-with-default-egl-renderer/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:51:58

• How to Fingerprint Websites With WhatWeb - A Practical, Hands-On Guide ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/whatweb-fingerprint-websites/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:52:50

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.31: syslog guide, snippet manager, screen command more ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-31/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:53:02

• Arch Linux: NVIDIA Drivers Installation ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/arch-linux-nvidia-drivers-installation    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:53:34

• Talos Linux: Bringing Immutability and Security to Kubernetes Operations ☞ https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/10/talos-linux-kubernetes/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:54:10

• Sidero Labs to Extend Scope of Talos GNU/Linux Platform for Kubernetes ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/sidero-labs-to-extend-scope-of-talos-linux-platform-for-kubernetes/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 15:54:28

• David Bremner: Hibernate on the pocket reform 13/n ☞ https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/hibernate-pocket-13/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:05:09

• A Personal Message from an Open Source Contributor ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/a-personal-message-from-an-open-source-contributor-5/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:06:12

• What’s new for Python in 2025? ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/whats-new-for-python-in-2025/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:06:54

• "Over on YouTube [Applied Science] shows us how to make an f/0.38 camera lens using an oil immersion microscope objective." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/f-0-38-camera-lens-made-with-oil-immersion-microscope-objective/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:08:28

• Remi Collet: 📝 Valkey version 9.0 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/10/17/Valkey-version-9.0    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:08:55

• Devastating Floods in Mexico Test President Claudia Sheinbaum ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/americas/mexico-floods-missing.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:09:07

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/42 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/10/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-42/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:09:33

• TTAB Deems Bottle Trade Dress a Mere Refinement of Existing Designs and so Not Inherently Distinctive ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/10/ttab-deems-bottle-trade-dress-mere.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:10:02

• "will E.U. sanctions block Trump’s summit?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/17/plans-vs-flight-bans | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:11:51

• After ‘Productive’ Call, Convicted Felon Plans Another Meeting With Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/trump-putin-cease-fire-ukraine.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:12:02

• Putin Plays to Convicted Felon’s Ego as U.S. Wavers on Ukraine Aid ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/world/europe/putin-trump-call-meeting-ukraine-russia.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:12:15

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Backs Off Suggestion to Give Tomahawks to Ukraine, Again Deferring to Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/politics/trump-zelensky-putin-tomahawks.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:12:27

• Live Updates: Convicted Felon Backs Off Tomahawk Suggestion After Zelensky Meeting ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/17/us/trump-news-zelensky    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:12:47

• Russian Drones, Missiles 'Still Terrorizing Ukraine,' Zelenskyy Says Ahead Of Meeting With Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-trump-russia-ukraine-tomahawks-putin/33562274.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:13:06

• Putin, Convicted Felon Plan Possible Budapest Summit As Zelenskyy Visits Washington ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-orban-putin-trump-summit-russia/33562567.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:13:18

• Ukraine's Bid To Get Tomahawk Appears To Falter As Convicted Felon Tells Two Sides To 'Make A Deal' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-tomahawk-putin-war-russia/33563269.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:13:33

• 'Illusions of a dictator: Putin hasn't given Convicted Felon anything and is making him look bad & look weak' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251017-illusions-of-a-dictator-putin-hasn-t-given-trump-anything-and-is-making-him-look-bad-look-weak    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:13:48

• Ukraine talks: Convicted Felon admits Putin may be playing for time ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251017-ukraine-talks-trump-admits-putin-may-be-playing-for-time    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:13:59

• 'Cruel irony': Convicted Felon-Putin meeting in Budapest, 'where Ukraine’s security was once guaranteed' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251017-cruel-irony-trump-putin-meeting-in-budapest-where-ukraine-s-security-was-once-guaranteed    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:14:11

• Allwinner T153-based industrial SoM and SBC feature a mix of Arm Cortex-A7 and RISC-V cores ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/17/allwinner-t153-based-industrial-som-and-sbc-feature-a-mix-of-arm-cortex-a7-and-risc-v-cores/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:15:00

• Body language expert breaks down ‘absolute shift’ in Convicted Felon & Zelensky meetings ☞ https://nypost.com/video/body-language-expert-breaks-down-absolute-shift-in-trump-zelensky-meetings/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:15:38

• LMDE 7 LV Setup per Daniel Wayne Armstrong (VENV) ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/10/lmde-7-lvm-setup-per-daniel-wayne.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:16:02

• Oligarchy = oligarchs on the currency, not presidents etc https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/new-us-usd1-coins-to-feature-steve-jobs-and-cray-1-supercomputer-us-mints-2026-american-innovation-program-to-memorialize-computing-history    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:16:58

• "It was Elliot and Dan on the podcast today, taking a look at the best the week had to offer in terms of your hacks." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/hackaday-podcast-episode-342-poopless-prints-radio-in-your-fillings-and-one-hyperspectral-pixel-at-a-time/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:18:19

• California Regulates Hey Hi (AI) Companions + Proprietary Chaffbot Company Investigates Its Critics + The Hard Fork Review of Slop ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/podcasts/california-regulates-ai-companions-openai-investigates-its-critics-the-hard-fork-review-of-slop.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:18:56

• This Week in GNOME: #221 Virus Season ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/10/twig-221/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:19:20

• How the Convicted Felon Administration Made Higher Education a Target ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/how-the-trump-administration-made-higher-education-a-target    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:19:42

• GIMP 3.0.6: What’s New, What’s Not — With Screenshots ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/10/gimp-3-0-6-whats-new-whats-not-with-screenshots/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:24:20

• "Boosting Voltage With Just A Wire" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/17/2025-component-abuse-challenge-boosting-voltage-with-just-a-wire/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:24:53

• Sam Thursfield: Status update, 17/10/2025 ☞ https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/status-update-17-10-2025/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:25:29

• Russell Vought ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/russ-vought-trump-shadow-president-omb | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:25:54

• Pakistan, Afghanistan extend ceasefire as Doha talks set to begin, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistan-afghanistan-extend-ceasefire-as-doha-talks-set-to-begin-sources-say    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:26:36

• Malaysia govt proposes banning smartphones for under-16s to tackle school violence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-govt-proposes-banning-smartphones-for-under-16s-to-tackle-school-violence    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:27:09

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Fentanylware (CheeTok) USA Deal Still Isn’t Over The Finish Line — And Congress Is Asking Questions ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/17/trumps-tiktok-usa-deal-not-finished/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:27:54

• TikTok comedian Steve Bridges dies suddenly at age 41 ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/10/17/entertainment/tiktok-comedian-steve-bridges-dies-suddenly-at-age-41/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:28:18

• openSFI Is A Very Interesting Collaboration Between AMD & defective chip maker Intel For Better Firmware Unification ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSFI    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:28:35

• 3 Obscure but Cool Linux Apps to Install This Weekend (October 17 - 19) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-install-this-weekend-october-17/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:35:09

• "This release also improves virtual libraries by allowing users to define their search expressions more comfortably in a multi-line edit box." https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-13-open-source-e-book-manager-improves-library-export-on-linux    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:36:07

• Free Steam playtest for upcoming extraction shooter kicks off with a bang — runs on Linux despite Easy Anti-Cheat https://www.notebookcheck.net/Free-Steam-playtest-for-upcoming-extraction-shooter-kicks-off-with-a-bang-runs-on-Linux-despite-Easy-Anti-Cheat.1141002.0.html    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:37:47

• pikkunetti gemini://sampsa.smol.pub/pikkunetti    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:56:16

• 🖼️ xkcd: Planetary Rings #3156 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3156.gmi    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:57:30

• "A short log of troubleshooting adventures with my Lenovo ThinkStation P510. What started as a simple click and no power mystery turned into a proper PSU replacement story." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/lenovo-p510-psu-troubles-temporary-and-permanent-fix/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:58:24

• "After the post linked above about the Lenovo P510 refusing to power on, I thought I had solved the issue by reseating the GPU and RAM and holding the power button for a while to clear things out." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/lenovo-p510-psu-troubles-temporary-and-permanent-fix/the-temporary-fix-wasnt-enough-psu-replacement/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:59:05

• 🔤SpellBinding: ADILOTU Wordo: FOOTY gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-18.gmi    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 16:59:39

• Steam Next Fest (October 2025) — Day 5 gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/steam_next_fest_(october_2025)_—_day_5.gmi    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 17:00:07

• "I recently ran into a frustrating issue with my Lenovo ThinkStation P510: The PSU would click when plugged in, but the system wouldn't power on. No fans, no lights, just a single faint click and silence." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/lenovo-p510-psu-troubles-temporary-and-permanent-fix/lenovo-p510-psu-click-no-power-until-press-reseat-fix/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 17:01:25

• "Experience the power of a lean, mean Linux machine that doesn't compromise on performance." https://www.makeuseof.com/smallest-fastest-linux-distro-works-for-everyday-stuff/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:08:52

• "My dying Dell Inspiron runs like new with this forgotten Linux distro." https://www.makeuseof.com/50mb-linux-os-dsl-for-old-pc/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:09:23

• I replaced Google Keep for my whole family with a free and open-source alternative https://www.makeuseof.com/replaced-google-keep-for-family-with-free-open-source-alternative/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:10:16

• "You don’t need a new laptop, just the right OS." https://www.makeuseof.com/old-windows-laptop-fast-again-lightweight-os/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:11:02

• "Plain Arch is great, but CachyOS makes all the right improvements" https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-best-arch-based-linux-distro/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:12:31

• "Tired of juggling multiple audio systems on Linux? This development unifies them all, offering a seamless experience like never before." https://www.xda-developers.com/goodbye-to-linux-audio-headaches-pipewire-simplifies-everything/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:12:59

• You should use Proxmox Backup Server if you have a PVE home lab https://www.xda-developers.com/you-should-use-proxmox-backup-server-if-you-have-a-pve-home-lab/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:13:34

• Terminal vs. Command Line vs. Shell vs. Console: Are They Really Different? https://www.howtogeek.com/terminal-vs-command-line-vs-shell-vs-console/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:14:39

• "It isn't as intuitive as a user interface, but it is more powerful." https://www.howtogeek.com/423709/how-to-see-all-devices-on-your-network-with-nmap-on-linux/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:15:35

• This man is NOT back. They just UPDATE or REPOST his 2023 articles now. https://www.howtogeek.com/author/david-mckay/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:16:50

• "Bazzite and CachyOS should be primary considerations for gamers looking to get out from under Microsoft" https://www.xda-developers.com/if-youre-choosing-a-linux-distro-for-gaming-try-these-two-first/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:18:12

• 4 Proxmox mistakes I made early on that I won't repeat again https://www.xda-developers.com/proxmox-mistakes-i-made-early-on-that-i-wont-repeat-again/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:18:48

• You Should Try This Open-Source Document Converter https://www.howtogeek.com/you-should-try-this-open-source-document-converter/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:19:48

• "It can be hard choosing a smart home platform at first glance, but if you look a little closer, then it’s clear that one stands out: Home Assistant. This is especially true given the context of cloud reliance. You only need to look at competing, proprietary platforms to see why." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-running-my-smart-home-without-the-cloudheres-what-happened/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:21:29

• 7 Open-Source Apps That Will Let You Cancel Pricey Subscriptions https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-apps-that-will-let-you-cancel-pricey-subscriptions/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:22:18

• "Another operating system says farewell to 32-bit x86." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-first-freebsd-15-beta-is-here-and-it-drops/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:23:01

• Just Starting Out in Bash Scripting? Here's How to Do It Right https://www.howtogeek.com/easy-tips-you-can-do-to-polish-your-bash-scripts/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:24:23

• "Find anything instantly" https://www.xda-developers.com/fsearch-like-everything-for-linux-its-amazing/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:25:17

• "Valve's neglect of long-standing issues hinders the Linux gaming revolution." https://www.xda-developers.com/steam-linux-annoying-bugs-need-fixed-asap/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:25:36

• "Here are some tweaks I always make to GNOME after installing a Linux distro." https://www.xda-developers.com/gnome-tweaks-that-i-cant-live-without/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:26:15

• 4 Ways to Pinpoint Inevitable Network Outages on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-pinpoint-inevitable-network-outages-on-linux/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:26:58

• Firefox 144 Arrives With New Tab Features, Profile Management, and More https://www.howtogeek.com/mozilla-firefox-144-new-tab-features-profile-management-more/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:27:50

• UGREEN's New Entry-Level NAS Devices Can Replace Your Google Photos Subscription https://www.howtogeek.com/ugreen-nasync-arm-products-launch/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:29:38

• "A new Debian release means a new Linux Mint release." https://www.howtogeek.com/lmde-7-is-here-without-32-bit-support/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:30:21

• https://www.xda-developers.com/things-transition-windows-linux/   

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:30:53

• "Breaking my own network on purpose taught me more about resilience than any guide or tutorial ever could." https://www.xda-developers.com/using-linux-simulate-internet-outages-home-lab-best-bad-idea/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:31:14

• "The Steam Decks' sleep mode is the superior sleep mode, and it should be available on all Windows and Linux devices." https://www.xda-developers.com/valves-steam-deck-sleep-mode-needs-to-come-to-windows-linux/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:31:37

• These 6 Tweaks Make the GNOME File Manager More Useful https://www.howtogeek.com/these-tweaks-make-the-gnome-file-manager-more-useful/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:32:21

• "Tired of being tethered to your PC or a portable monitor for Pi maintenance?" https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-use-my-raspberry-pis-terminal-from-my-android-phone/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:32:53

• "App management on Linux can be confusing for new users, and Flatpak simplifies it." https://www.xda-developers.com/5-reasons-why-linux-beginners-should-be-using-flatpak/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:34:06

• "With immutability comes a great environment for new users to get used to Linux" https://www.xda-developers.com/why-an-immutable-distro-is-the-perfect-starting-point-for-new-linux-users/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:34:25

• "One door closes, and another door opens." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-distro-you-should-use-windows-10-support-ends-today/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:35:02

• 4 Proxmox changes I made that delivered 90% of my reliability gains https://www.xda-developers.com/proxmox-changes-i-made-that-delivered-90-of-my-reliability-gains/    

posted Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 19:35:50