Too soon to declare a recession? https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-no-recession-cd-howe-call-9.7224560
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Rebooting into new kernel soon, IRC outage for 2 mins at most
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:29:43
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javascript TCO : "Pluralistic: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for mercenary spyware (17 Oct 2026)" https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/17/mercenary-spyware/#discover-tech
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:34:49
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"On Wednesday, Netflix told staff it was laying off about 6% of its workforce, or roughly a thousand people, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/netflix-losing-battle-screen-time/287359/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:37:33
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"The user has to be logged in and authenticated; we use SMS and OTP authentication. Sending out that many SMSs across the country in a short span of time is a problem statement of its own" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/live-streaming-engineering-lessons/ | Source: The New Stack
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:37:44
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"The Xbox 360 has been cracked open multiple times over the years" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/modder-finishes-nine-year-xbox-360-voltage-glitch-mod-with-a-usd4-microcontroller-cracks-the-console-open-tiny-microcontroller-dumps-nand-and-flashes-timing-files-to-bypass-cpu-cryptography | Source: Tom's Hardware
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:37:59
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"Hammack’s specific concern that too many businesses have pricing power, which is leading to excessive wage growth." ☛ https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-the-federal-reserve-secretly | Source: Matt Stoller
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:39:11
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"With that said, I want to offer some cautionary thoughts on the largesse from the company that has become the leading corporate supporter of American journalism, OpenAI." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/newsrooms-journalism-openai-funding/689043/ | Source: The Atlantic
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:40:34
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"THR noted that the supposed rule violation was not explicitly laid out, and that TikTok had not commented on this ban." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-permabans-musk-film-account-2000827320 | Source: Gizmodo
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:40:50
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">Even beyond the film’s account suspension on TikTok, the 3-hour-and-45-minute has already faced it’s fair share of controversy ahead of its release." ☛ https://variety.com/2026/film/news/musk-documentary-tiktok-account-permanently-suspended-1236914995/ | Source: Variety
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:41:02
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"Ads promoting the trailer for “Musk” — directed by Oscar-winner filmmaker Alex Gibney — were initially rejected by Meta and YouTube as well, though those platforms eventually allowed the ad" ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/tiktok-permanently-bans-musk-documentary-advertising-account/ | Source: TechCrunch
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:41:14
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"TikTok has banned the Musk film advertising account, citing a repeated pattern of political content that violates its policies." ☛ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/musk-movie-tiktok-banned-theaters-showtimes-1236734308/ | Source: Hollywood Reporter
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:41:26
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"While TikTok has no official affiliation with Elon Musk, part owner Larry Ellison appears in the film via a text message offering to help Musk fund his Twitter purchase." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013453/tiktok-bans-alex-gibneys-musk-documentary | Source: The Verge
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:41:37
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"The term “inactivation” signifies that the group is being decommissioned for an indeterminate period during some form of restructuring and reorganization" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/10/16/us-armys-8th-psychological-operations-group-inactivated/ | Source: Sightline Media Group
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:42:14
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"It is about locality and the society it supports. It also extends to generations yet to be and to the rest of the species on this planet." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-10-17-ai-despair-adaptability-community/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:42:37
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"Musk declined to be interviewed for the film." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/article/216453/watching-musk-feels-like-trapped-simulation-alex-gibney-doc | Source: New Republic
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:42:57
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"After more than 30 years as a DER SPIEGEL correspondent in the US, I am leaving. The country that I thought I knew no longer exists. It was an illusion - and it is being replaced by the unknown." ☛ https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/leaving-the-us-the-erosion-of-my-american-dream-a-509fdb80-9895-4612-a6b7-5c2f253982f4#ref=rss | Source: Spiegel
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:43:14
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"The first part of this expansion happened last year when the Mendocino Railway, better known as the Skunk Train" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2026-10-15/redwood-country-tall-trees-stiff-drinks-skunk-train | Source: Los Angeles Times
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:43:33
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"That efficiency is why trawling has become central to some of the world’s largest commercial fisheries." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/10/trawl-fishing-catches-huge-amounts-of-seafood-it-can-also-devastate-the-seafloor.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:44:03
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"Our world is so incredibly wrong-headed and misguided. Trains don’t run better with these. No one is helped. They use electricity and electronics and rare minerals." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/metrovision | Source: Idiomdrottning
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:44:15
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"The phenomenon, the authors note, occurs even under normal environmental conditions, without the need for sunlight or other agents that cause plastic degradation." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-react-with-water-new-study-says-thats-a-problem-for-biology/ | Source: Wired
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:44:41
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"Programs will teach residents how to conserve water and reduce waste." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/10/15/california-libraries-take-on-water-waste-and-climate-change/ | Source: Western Water
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:45:05
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"US corporate lobbyists launched a two-year “blitz” to postpone and weaken the world’s most progressive legislation to protect forests, according to a new investigation by the environmental watchdog Mighty Earth." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/17/us-corporate-lobbyists-europe-deforestation | Source: The Guardian UK
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:45:19
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"JNIM and Islamic State Sahel Province have fought across the borderlands of Mali" ☛ https://www.riotimesonline.com/jnim-islamic-state-sahel-rivalry-explained-2026/ | Source: The Rio Times Online
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:45:55
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"This violence shows nobody is protected — not Palestinians, not journalists and not diplomats" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/world/middleeast/israeli-settlers-attack-palestinians-diplomats-west-bank.html | Source: New York Times
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:46:23
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"They were there to assess the situation on the ground after almost near daily attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians trying to bring in their olive harvest." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c962ydpmjm3zo | Source: BBC
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:46:40
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"The group had joined the olive harvest on lands belonging to the Christian town of Taybeh" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/17/israeli-settlers-attack-european-diplomats-in-west-bank | Source: The Guardian UK
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:47:05
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"Settlers attacked the group of European diplomats in the village of Taybeh" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/17/middleeast/west-bank-diplomats-attacked-intl | Source: CNN
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:47:26
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"Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked a convoy of European diplomats and beat up a visiting French mayor" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israeli-settlers-attack-european-diplomats-in-west-bank-french-mayor-beaten-12200387#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:47:39
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"How do you get kids to stop spending so much time in the virtual world? It’s pretty obvious: Give them back the real one." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-10-17/kids-technology-real-world-interaction-third-places | Source: Los Angeles Times
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:47:57
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"The payment went to the Senate Leadership Fund, or SLF, rather than directly to Paxton's campaign" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-donation-ken-paxton-senate-campaign-1826182 | Source: International Business Times
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:48:16
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"It’s an impeachable offense." ☛ https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/17/reject-trumps-latest-attempt-to-be-the-king/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:48:33
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"The Baltic Assembly will discuss security of the Baltic States and strengthening defence cooperation" ☛ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/16.10.2026-baltic-assembly-to-meet-in-tallinn.a667946/ | Source: Latvia
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:48:51
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"“OpenAI put Arizonans’ safety at risk by failing to implement adequate user protections or transparency measures" ☛ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101526_az_sues_openai/arizona-sues-openai-over-dangers-chatgpt-poses-children/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:49:04
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"This is absurd. This is irresponsible. And almost no one outside Silicon Valley wants this future." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/ai-regulation-transhumanism-oligarchs/689013/ | Source: The Atlantic
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:49:17
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"Most of the planet with incomes equivalent to €5,000 a month (nearly $5,600) by 2100. Average temperatures only 1.8 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-10-17/thomas-piketty-the-future-billionaires-are-preparing-for-us-is-dystopian.html | Source: El País
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:49:38
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"Protesters gathered across the United States for the latest "No Kings" demonstrations as Americans begin casting ballots ahead of the November 3 midterm elections." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/no-kings-rallies-push-early-voting-ahead-of-us-midterm-elections/a-79690502 | Source: Deutsche Welle
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:49:56
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"Krasotkin was due to be released on September 17 but was again kept in custody." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/17/russian-mathematician-semyon-krasotkin-charged-with-treason-over-26-in-paid-telegram-reactions-to-ukrainian-and-opposition-channels | Source: Meduza
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:51:14
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"Last fall, we sued on behalf of three major labor unions to stop this surveillance program." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/our-lawsuit-against-trump-administrations-social-media-surveillance-moves-forward | Source: EFF
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:51:23
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"the Internet." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/digital-privacy-salazar-paramount/ | Source: The Nation
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:51:33
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"Normally trust is earned, but somehow we often blindly trust what a company states on their privacy policy. As a contractor, I have personally been at several places where the privacy policy was laughed at, it was a joke" ☛ https://unixdigest.com/articles/do-you-think-you-can-trust-the-privacy-policy-of-a-company-or-project.html | Source: UNIXdigest
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:52:30
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"Oh, Canada. The Great White North is the latest country to contemplate legislation that could essentially mandate backdoors and increase data retention in encrypted services." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-encryption-is-getting-squeezed-from-all-sides/ | Source: Wired
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:52:42
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"When this system was first tested, CBP officers staffed the cameras." ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/10/17/sfo-elected-to-pay-for-dhs-facial-recognition-system/ | Source: Papers Please
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:52:56
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"The real flaw is that the model can’t tell the difference between text it’s supposed to read and instructions it’s supposed to follow." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agent-sucker-phishing-emails | Source: Futurism
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:53:25
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"That was a stressful couple of calls. At first you feel panic because maybe some money had been lost, so it may be hard to think straight." ☛ https://roytang.net/2026/10/phishing-call/ | Source: Roy Tang
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:53:34
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Microsoft Entrapment and addiction ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/gitsquatting/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:54:07
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Windows TCO ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/when-your-ransomware-negotiator-works-other-side | Source: Dark Reading
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:54:37
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"In other words, it's what happens when slop drowns out the signal in an endless sea of noise." ☛ https://maevyn.codes/decoherence |
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:55:20
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"Others simply aren't worried about the health costs." ☛ https://www.businessinsider.com/smoking-cigarettes-silicon-valley-counterculture-2026-9 | Source: Business Insider
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:55:31
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"Palantir itself has stocked vending machines in its Washington D.C. office with free nicotine pouches for its employees 21 and older, Fortune previously reported." ☛ https://fortune.com/2026/10/13/palantir-cto-shyam-sankar-ai-researchers-smoking-cigarettes-cure-cancer-artificial-general-intelligence-silicon-valley-mass-psychosis-effective-altruism/ | Source: Fortune
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:55:47
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"SHYAM SANKAR: Yes, correct. And you believe he's speaking as a technically informed individual who does this work, it's a scientific critique" ☛ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shyam-sankar-chief-technology-officer-palantir-face-the-nation-transcript-10-11-2026/ | Source: CBS
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:56:01
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"How can writing be like proof-of-work? When I’m writing something at work, it’s not always to communicate an idea." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/writing-is-no-longer-proof-of-work/ | Source: Sean Goedecke
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:56:11
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"The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/math-ai-terence-tao.html | Source: New York Times
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:56:20
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"That’s been my biggest lesson from this rabbit hole." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3261985/the-better-i-get-at-ai-the-less-i-trust-it.html | Source: PC World
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:56:31
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"very little of that expertise exists in a format that AI systems can learn from." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-lab-offers-free-plumbing-and-hvac-repairs-across-three-cities-to-train-ai-robots-wearable-sensors-record-video-of-repair-work-for-robotics-training-free-services-also-include-electrical-work-air-duct-cleaning-and-carpet-cleaning | Source: Tom's Hardware
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:56:58
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"The decomp.dev community that tracks and centralizes game decompilation progress is shutting down its public index and leaderboard" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/game-decompilation-tracker-decomp-dev-shuts-its-public-leaderboard-saying-ai-has-broken-the-community-its-creator-blames-forks-that-use-ai-to-finish-other-teams-projects-and-races-to-ship-rough-pc-ports | Source: Tom's Hardware
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:57:11
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"Participants work primarily from their home units and travel to Monterey three times. The fellowship becomes their primary duty, although their commands retain administrative control, according to the message." ☛ https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-10-16/marine-corps-ai-fellowship-23169378.html | Source: Stars And Stripes
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:57:21
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"collective dementia of humankind." ☛ https://pariganaka.com/the-impending-collective-dementia-yuval-noah-hararis-stark-warning-on-ai/ | Source: Pariganaka
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:57:34
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"The deployment marks a major escalation in U.S. troop presence in the region and a surge in conventional forces, as Washington looks to send more personnel into more countries." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-10th-mountain-division-latin-america/ | Source: Task And Purpose
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:58:03
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"Nigeria’s Alpha Jet episode exposes a distinction that is becoming more urgent across African defense: possessing a platform is not the same as controlling the capability it represents." ☛ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/africa-buys-and-makes-weapons-but-who-controls-them/ | Source: Defence Web
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:58:17
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"More than half of all [Internet] users have installed an ad-blocker; Doc Searls calls it the largest consumer boycott in history." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/17/mercenary-spyware/#discover-tech | Source: CoryDoctorow
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:58:34
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"Over a four-month period, the company’s ads were shown on nearly 200,000 unique websites and in Android/iOS apps in dozens of countries." ☛ https://www.csoonline.com/article/4236143/no-click-required-how-the-ad-industry-became-a-pipeline-for-mercenary-spyware.html | Source: CSO
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:58:51
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"Yes, this is a publication for mainstream “corporate security decision-makers.” Online ads are a subset of online security risks now." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/hey-look-over-there-security-risk/ | Source: Don Marti
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:59:02
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"scientists found that those who had turned to vaping after quitting traditional cigarettes developed lung cancer at a rate about 56 percent higher" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/vaping-strongly-linked-to-lung-cancer | Source: Futurism
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:59:26
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"Turning the crank pushes the blood through winding channels preloaded with reagents for the A, B and Rh blood groups." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-10-cranked-device-blood-red-cell.html | Source: Omicron Limited
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 05:59:40
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"The NEC V20 was a 16-bit CPU released in 1984. It is pin-compatible with the Intel 8088, and clones the 8088's instruction set." ☛ https://martypc.blogspot.com/2024/05/exploring-nec-v20-cpu.html | Source: Adventures in PC Emulation
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:00:00
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"It’s no secret that I’m a systems guy, and one of the most fascinating systems ever devised is the railroad" ☛ https://loudpoet.com/2026/10/17/personal-news-mission-accomplished/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:00:20
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"I think one of the most valuable things I learned, as I became the youngest high school graduate of my department, then got a bachelor’s degree" ☛ https://alexsirac.com/writober-2026-%e2%88%92-contraption/ | Source: Alex Sirac
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:00:35
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"The image was captured in June 2025 at Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm near Windhoek in Namibia." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/astrophotography/peering-through-the-heart-of-a-dying-star-photographer-kfir-simon-found-a-host-of-distant-galaxies-hiding-in-plain-sight | Source: Digital Camera World
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:00:50
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"The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/why-ai-isnt-ready-to-tackle-our-convoluted-genomes/ | Source: Wired
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:00:59
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"a breakthrough in the way that we can manipulate and study neural circuit behaviors" ☛ https://www.the-scientist.com/why-did-optogenetics-win-the-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-75148 | Source: LabX Media Group
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:01:10
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"As you can imagine, slaving over manuscripts isn't the only thing I do on a computer." ☛ http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2026/10/bizarre-blanets-and-other-weir.html | Source: Antipope
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:01:30
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"They began in systems allowed to broker credentials, inspect traffic, deliver updates, or manage physical equipment." ☛ https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/security-signal-weekly-october-10-16-2026/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:01:40
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"As anyone who knows me is aware, I have more than a couple of projects going at any one time, but over these 16 years, Birchtree is the one constant that has never gone away." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/birchtree-is-16-years-old-today-and-the-nicest-thing-someone-said-to-me-this-year/ | Source: Matt Birchler
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:01:55
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"Today marks the three-hundredth short story I’ve published, one per week, over the last (almost) six years." ☛ https://mattgemmell.com/three-hundred-stories-later/ |
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:02:06
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"Then for the next three days I attended Kernel Recipes." ☛ https://nfraprado.net/post/this-month-from-paris-to-lauterbrunnen.html | Source: Nícolas F R A Prado
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:02:51
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"I set my terminal’s font to Iosevka this morning after skimming this thread on HN." ☛ https://sals.place/blog/coats-of-paint/ | Source: Sal
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:03:04
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"If you’re not proud of it, don’t serve it." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/10/the-race-to-the-bottom-feels-inevitable/ | Source: Seth Godin
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:03:17
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"created one of the most earliest self-portrait projects in the history of photography" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/these-19th-century-selfies-might-just-be-the-most-important-photographs-youve-never-heard-of | Source: Digital Camera World
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:03:29
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[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1772.jpg
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:07:23
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[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2129.jpg
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:07:28
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"On IRC, Benjamin Wil mentioned how he had spent a week at a movie festival and I remembered going to the movies a lot." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-10-17-movies
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:08:03
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"Around a week and a half ago, on October 8th, I was going to work on the last bits of my Game Boy Tarot card reader project (I'm nearly done with it and have been slowly working on a dev log post about it)." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/oops-i-accidentally-learned-to-mentally-calculate-every-easter-date.gmi
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:08:41
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Artcraft - A Tear in Reality gemini://schreibfaultier.pollux.casa/blog/2026-10-17-artcraft-tear-in-reality.en.gmi
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:11:18
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"And yes, I am like this. The one thing I can actually point at when wondering about ADHS. (There's more instances that make me wonder, but I could never point at them later…)" gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/261017areyou.gmi
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:11:53
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"Yesterday the postman brought me a new toy. I've been tempted by the Lilygo T-Deck Plus for a while. Last week I gave in. It's a gadget with all sorts of capabilities, but my interest is in using it as a portable terminal so that I can access my plain text files on the go." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-10-17-tdeck
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:12:24
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on_a_loop gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/on_a_loop
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:12:56
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"Ah, funny story here. Or not so funny for those involved, which, alas, did not involve Very Important People in Washington getting their most richly deserved comeuppance." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/10/18/cool-shit.gmi
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:13:44
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"A frequent discussion that I have had with an academic colleague, but also with various team members at Knowledge Commons and also with those at OLH, pertains to the use of “AI writing detectors” to unearth cheating students and/or dishonest academic researchers." gemini://eve.smol.pub/on-not-using-ai-detectors
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:14:42
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"An article in Science reports the discovery of an ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment. They extracted its DNA. Now, I do know that viruses, obviously, have histories." gemini://eve.smol.pub/not-now-ancient-sheep-virus-found-hiding-in-medieval-parchment
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:15:19
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"NIST published a set of elliptic curves for cryptography in 2000. The seeds for the curves were supplied by the NSA" ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/10/17/nist-curves-exonorated/ | Source: John D Cook
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:32:48
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"Armadillo is a powerful and expressive C++ template library for linear algebra and scientific computing." ☛ https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/10/17/#rcpparmadillo_15.6.2-1 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:33:09
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"This will be a mostly commented-code illustration of real-time arpeggiation." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/adventures-in-real-time-midi/ | Source: Perl
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:33:33
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"Donald Knuth wrote “premature optimization is the root of all evil” in 1974, in a paper called “Structured Programming with go to Statements”." ☛ https://blog.veitheller.de/bitter.html | Source: Veit Heller
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:33:57
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"What I like about this is that it, like CBMC, is flexible for many use cases (standalone assembly verification, translation validation" ☛ https://www.philipzucker.com/asmc_cpp/ | Source: Philip Zucker
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:34:05
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"I should have triple checked before pushing the revised XML templates live, but I failed to pick up on one of the very specific date syntax errors in the Tag URI I used for the ID field (Atom) and GUID field (RSS)." ☛ https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/1017-2202/ | Source: Naty S
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:34:46
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"No algorithm, no timeline, no engagement bait. Just feeds you chose." ☛ https://toolbox.rss.here.now/ |
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:35:18
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"I did one other thing this week. My robots.txt file only permits crawling from a small number of bots." ☛ https://blog.altos.au/post/autobanning-bad-requests-part-3/ | Source: Jon
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:35:25
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"iftop confirmed that my outbound bandwidth was saturated - I'm on an ancient copper 40/10 Mbps ADSL line, so it is not that hard to do." ☛ https://koldfront.dk/attack_of_the_crawlers_1997 | Source: Adam Sjøgren
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:35:34
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original style was quite good and made Linux a global, technological success. His new fond style is making a dog's breakfast of things including developer relations and the actual code base."
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:36:11
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"when picking on Linus' new found style of leadership it might help to pick on the new found style rather than his original style. His original style was quite good and made Linux a global, technological success. His new fond style is making a dog's breakfast of things including developer relations and the actual code base."
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:36:19
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"As I switched to Emacs (with Doom Emacs) as my main code editor" ☛ https://helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2026-10-17-emacs-org-copy-block-contents/ | Source: Helen Chong
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:36:52
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"XScreenSaver is the standard screen saver collection shipped on most Linux and Unix systems running the X11 Window System, since its first release in 1992." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 06:37:01
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"The distinction is important here, because hardware labs are obviously much harder to scale than software." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/lower-android-development-cost | Source: Ubuntu
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 10:30:49
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"Classic DOS games never ran from within stand-up arcade cabinets in dollhouses, but [Juha Lilja] imagines a world in which they did." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-dollhouse-arcade-cabinet-runs-remote-dos-games/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 10:31:42
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"In the final prototype of the drone such details had to be measured directly, with super-fast adjustments to the motor’s speed only possible with custom controller code and a lot of trial and error." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/building-a-flying-drone-with-a-single-propeller/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 10:31:53
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"[Andrzej Górski]’s inspiration came from one component, and the main component of the project, an old e-ink display." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-oldputer-gives-old-eyes-relief-with-e-ink-display/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 10:32:13
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"At this point, folks have already started to use the capabilities for broadcasting digital TV signals, voice signals, FM Hell, and other hijinks." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/discovering-sdrs-everywhere/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 10:39:20
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"The chopping board isn’t made of great material, instead it’s a set of strips of wood, we’re guessing probably bamboo or rubberwood, glued together." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/17/making-one-fender-from-another/ | Source: Hackaday
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 10:39:34
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"Not feeling well, but wanting to do something. This means tinkering with site, because that makes me happy even when unwell." ☛ https://vonexplaino.com/blog/posts/article/2026/10/style-tidying.html | Source: Colin Morris
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 10:52:47
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"For a decade, two ways of measuring how fast the universe expands have given different answers, a problem known as the “Hubble tension”." ☛ https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-universe-was-born-magnetic.html | Source: Sabine Hossenfelder
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 10:53:05
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High Court: secret trial collapses due to confidentiality breaches https://danielpocock.com/en/high-court-secret-trial-collapses-confidentiality-breaches/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:05:22
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Valve fix Zero Company crashing on Steam Machine with the latest major game update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/valve-fix-zero-company-crashing-on-steam-machine-with-the-latest-major-game-update/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:06:18
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Steam Client Beta for October 16 brings another round of startup performance improvements | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-client-beta-for-october-16-brings-another-round-of-startup-performance-improvements/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:07:05
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SteamOS 3.9.3 Beta arrives with improved support for Steam Frame wireless adapter | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamos-3-9-3-beta-arrives-with-improved-support-for-steam-frame-wireless-adapter/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:08:15
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Wine 11.20 brings more improvements for ARM64EC, XML validation and CDROMs | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/wine-11-20-brings-more-improvements-for-arm64ec-xml-validation-and-cdroms/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:08:31
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Last case activity: 16 Oct 2026 https://caseboard.io/cases/d2fe1130-b63b-4d0b-9461-c0f971992dc2
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:10:03
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Seems Reform UK spent a lot of money getting nowhere
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:10:24
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Pocock spent 200 pounds, Reform UK spent over 20,000. So live and learn.
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:14:41
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It looks like ubuntubuzz.com has just become a slopfarm
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:17:24
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Correction/update: based on 7 new 'articles', it is almost certainly a slopfarm now. The slop is not even attributed to Ade, who is a fan of Techrights and Tux Machines. Seems like botspam.
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:19:24
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"LILYGO’s latest e-paper development board pairs an ESP32-S3 with a 4.7-inch display offering 960 × 540 resolution and 16-level grayscale." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/lilygo-t5-e-paper-basic-adopts-4-7-inch-display-for-embedded-projects/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:20:54
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"Adafruit has previewed Floppsy Rev D, an RP2350-based floppy disk archiver and emulator designed to preserve and access legacy computer storage media." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/adafruit-floppsy-rev-d-revives-floppy-disk-archiving-with-rp2350/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:21:03
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"This week highlights KDE’s 30th anniversary and the premiere of the KDE documentary, the launch of Plasma 6.8 as the 30th Anniversary Edition, five Tumbleweed snapshots headlined by Linux Kernel 7.2.9, Samba 4.25.0 and LibreOffice 26.8.1.1" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/10/17/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:21:55
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DW participates in the hypesters' pyramid scheme. no such thing as "homegrown AI" https://www.dw.com/en/eu-promotes-sovereign-trusted-ai-as-it-struggles-to-catch-us-and-china/a-79667770
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:23:28
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"Amerikansk ekspert: »Trump kommer ikke til at acceptere at være en lame duck«" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://politiken.dk/internationalt/art10996119/Amerikansk-ekspert-%C2%BBTrump-kommer-ikke-til-at-acceptere-at-v%C3%A6re-en-lame-duck%C2%AB
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:23:43
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Lies; while marketed as "extra" hours, it is merely an excuse to eliminate staffing https://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota/2026/10/some-rural-libraries-are-letting-their-users-visit-during-unstaffed-hours/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:24:10
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"The Bad News on Inflation Just Keeps Coming" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-bad-news-on-inflation-just-keeps
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:24:21
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"The Kash Patel Impeachment Referral Inside the Employment Lawsuit - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/16/the-kash-patel-impeachment-referral-inside-the-employment-lawsuit/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:24:30
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"Naomi Klein: “Why wouldn’t fascism look like us?” - New Statesman" https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2026/10/naomi-klein-why-wouldnt-fascism-look-like-us
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:25:52
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"The result was an oil deal that experts say is a desperate move of political theater, a plea to voters that hurts U.S. interests in the long run." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-diesel-deal-russia-gas-prices-1235644071/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:26:16
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Game decompilation hub freezes leaderboard after Hey Hi (AI) turns progress into a hollow numbers game amid explosion of 'AI slop' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/game-decompilation-tracker-decomp-dev-shuts-its-public-leaderboard-saying-ai-has-broken-the-community-its-creator-blames-forks-that-use-ai-to-finish-other-teams-projects-and-races-to-ship-rough-pc-ports
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:34:29
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AI lab offers free plumbing and HVAC repairs across three cities to train Hey Hi (AI) robots ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-lab-offers-free-plumbing-and-hvac-repairs-across-three-cities-to-train-ai-robots-wearable-sensors-record-video-of-repair-work-for-robotics-training-free-services-also-include-electrical-work-air-duct-cleaning-and-carpet-cleaning
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:35:03
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Using an Hey Hi (AI) Agent Makes You a Sucker for Phishing Emails ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agent-sucker-phishing-emails
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:36:07
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Modder finishes nine-year Xbox 360 voltage glitch mod with a $4 microcontroller, cracks the console open ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/modder-finishes-nine-year-xbox-360-voltage-glitch-mod-with-a-usd4-microcontroller-cracks-the-console-open-tiny-microcontroller-dumps-nand-and-flashes-timing-files-to-bypass-cpu-cryptography
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:37:11
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Some October 2026 quality of life changes ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/some-october-2026-quality-of-life-changes/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:39:50
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Western brands under pressure as ‘pre-owned’ luxury booms in China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/18/western-brands-under-pressure-as-pre-owned-luxury-booms-in-china/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:44:47
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Dihydroxyacetone Man Offers Putin Economic Relief in Hopes That Russia Will Return the Favor ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/business/trump-russia-sanctions-congress.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:47:37
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Rubio says Convicted Felon to 'analyze' global impact of Russia sanctions during pause ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261018-rubio-says-trump-russia-sanctions-waiver-designed-to-analyze-global-impact
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:47:50
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Ukraine war: "Mothers of Kherson" opera opens in Poland ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-ukraine-war-mothers-of-kherson-opera-opens-in-poland
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:48:00
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Russia hails Convicted Felon waiving sanctions as 'historic' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-russia-hails-trump-waiving-sanctions-as-historic
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:48:24
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Putin won over USA ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-civilians-killed-attack/33878396.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:48:45
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Dihydroxyacetone Man Waives Graham Act Sanctions On Russia Before They Take Effect ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-waives-graham-act-sanctions-on-russia/33878335.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:48:58
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U.S. Floats Lifeline to Russia: Allowing More Gas Sales to Europe ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/politics/russia-gas-trump.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:49:17
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Why I Canceled Russian Culture for Myself ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/opinion/ukraine-russian-culture.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:49:30
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Open Source Licensing Case in Russia ☞ https://heathermeeker.com/2026/10/17/open-source-licensing-case-in-russia/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:49:57
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Rubio says Convicted Felon to take up to 60 days to weigh Russia sanctions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/rubio-says-trump-to-take-up-to-60-days-to-weigh-russia-sanctions
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:50:13
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Graham Breaks With Convicted Felon Over Russia Sanctions Law Her Brother Championed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/politics/graham-trump-russia-sanctions-law.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:50:28
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Dihydroxyacetone Man Signs Order Waiving New Russia Sanctions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/trump-order-russia-sanctions.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:50:40
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How To Install OpenRGB on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openrgb-ubuntu-26-04/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:51:05
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You Know That Terrifying Global Warning Threshold They’ve Been Worried About for a Decade? Climate Change Is Speeding Up So Much That Now We’re Due to Cross It In Just Over a Year ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/global-warning-threshold-climate-change-speeding-up-2028
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:52:07
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Kenya reports third Ebola case, contact tracing continues ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-kenya-reports-third-ebola-case-contact-tracing-continues
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:52:33
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Black Market Retatrutide Linked to Multiple Deaths ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/black-market-retatrutide-peptides-drugs-fda-deaths
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:52:42
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Malaysians advised to postpone non-essential travel to France amid demonstrations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysians-advised-to-postpone-non-essential-travel-to-france-amid-demonstrations
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:55:11
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Malaysia Airlines to resume flights to Saudi Arabia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-airlines-to-resume-flights-to-saudi-arabia
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:55:36
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Malaysia exploring using drones to deliver critical cargo to remote communities ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-exploring-using-drones-to-deliver-critical-cargo-to-remote-communities
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:56:42
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Western brands under pressure as ‘pre-owned’ luxury booms in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/western-brands-under-pressure-as-pre-owned-luxury-booms-in-china
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:57:23
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Create a compressed tar of a folder, but only include files in sorted order with minimal metadata ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/44553/create-a-compressed-tar-of-a-folder-but-only-include-files-in-sorted-order-with-minimal-metadata
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 11:57:48
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Tiny Specks of Chornobyl's Nuclear Fuel Are Still Intact After 40 Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/after-40-years-chornobyls-radioactive-particles-are-surprisingly-stable
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 15:19:45
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Cat Owners: There's a Parasite You've Probably Never Heard Of, And It's More Common in Winter ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-another-cat-parasite-that-can-infect-humans-a-huge-study-reveals-how-common-it-is
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 15:20:04
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2,200-Year-Old Fingerprints Reveal Who Really Built China's Mysterious Terracotta Army ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/2200-year-old-fingerprints-reveal-who-really-built-chinas-mysterious-terracotta-army
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 15:20:42
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Alcohol Doesn't Just Affect Neurons – It Triggers Immune Cells to Destroy The Brain's Structural Matrix, Mouse Study Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/alcohol-doesnt-just-affect-neurons-it-triggers-immune-cells-to-destroy-the-brains-structural-matrix-mouse-study-shows
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:20:22
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Scientists Discover an Erectile Dysfunction Drug Could Also Regenerate Muscle ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-an-erectile-dysfunction-drug-could-also-regenerate-muscle
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:20:36
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Earth's Core Is Leaking All Sorts of Materials That Have Been Trapped Since Our Planet's Birth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-core-is-leaking-all-sorts-of-materials-that-have-been-trapped-since-our-planets-birth
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:22:53
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Crafty Proprietary Chaffbot Company agent willingly stole crypto from an account it didn't own to complete a task during test ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-agent-took-eth-from-another-account-without-authorization-justified-stealing-in-its-chain-of-thought
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:25:28
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Man Shows Up to Hey Hi (AI) Job Interview With His Own Helicopter Hey Hi (AI) to Interview for Him ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/man-shows-up-ai-job-interview-own-ai
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:26:05
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‘Standing up for democracy’: Atlanta ‘No Kings’ rally draws Convicted Felon critics ahead of midterms ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261018-standing-up-for-democracy-atlanta-no-kings-rally-draws-trump-critics-ahead-of-us-midterms
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:26:24
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Iran Says Supertanker Hit Mine In Strait of Hormuz ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-live-blog-trump-middle-east/33803414.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:27:05
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Why are fewer Mexicans having children? Financial strain, security concerns and fears for the future ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/why-are-fewer-mexicans-having-children-financial-strain-security-concerns-fears-future/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:27:59
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Tellico Turns 25! ☞ https://tellico-project.org/tellico-turns-25/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:28:17
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New Templates Celebrating Tellico at 25 ☞ https://tellico-project.org/new-templates-celebrating-tellico-at-25/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:28:45
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Brazil: Amazon deforestation at 40-year low ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261017-brazil-amazon-deforestation-at-40-year-low
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:33:07
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Amazon Has Now Deployed Over 1 Million Robots, Which Is Bad News for Its 1.5 Million Workers ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-robotics-automation-warehouse-labor-safety
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:33:32
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crecheck v6.0 has been released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/crecheck-v60-has-been-released-3407/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:34:32
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FOSDEM PGDay 2027: two days of PostgreSQL, with calls for papers and sponsors now open! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/fosdem-pgday-2027-two-days-of-postgresql-with-calls-for-papers-and-sponsors-now-open-3412/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:34:51
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Countdown 'til Torvalds 'agrees' it's "utterly stupid" not to accept PRs from Microsoft GitHub and that way it'll attract more prolific sloppers, which is exactly what Linux needs (apparently)
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:36:13
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The Slackware Cloud Server, in real life ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/the-slackware-cloud-server-in-real-life/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:36:44
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pg_utl_smtp v2.0 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_utl_smtp-v20-released-3395/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:37:06
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pg_hint_plan v1.9.0 Released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_hint_plan-v190-released-3408/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:37:22
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Corrupt officials. Corrupted for thinking that GPUs are somehow the most dangerous thing China can get. Shows how slop hypesters hijacked foreign politics. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/taiwan-targets-illicit-ai-server-exports-to-china-with-five-year-prison-terms-strict-new-controls-follow-us-tariff-deal-and-super-micro-raid
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:38:32
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Monthly production report for September 2026 ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1180/monthly-production-report-for-september-2026
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:38:54
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Physicists Simulated What Might Happen When Two Wormholes Collide, And Things Got Weird ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-simulated-what-might-happen-when-two-wormholes-collide-and-things-got-weird
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:39:18
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Think Your Dog Disturbs Your Sleep? It May Be The Other Way Around ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/think-your-dog-disturbs-your-sleep-it-may-be-the-other-way-around
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:41:28
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Thousands of Handwritten Records Recovered From Archives Reveal The True Scale of Warming in The Congo ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/thousands-of-handwritten-records-recovered-from-archives-reveal-the-true-scale-of-warming-in-the-congo
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:41:51
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A New Injection Makes Fat Cells Self-Destruct, And Might Prevent GLP-1 Weight Regain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-injection-makes-fat-cells-self-destruct-and-might-prevent-glp-1-weight-regain
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:42:14
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WIP: KDE builder dashboard ☞ https://cukic.co/2026/10/17/kde-builder-dashboard
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:44:41
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M5Stack PaperDIY Kits pair an ESP32-S3 MCU with a 4.7-inch e-Paper display ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/18/m5stack-paperdiy-kits-pair-an-esp32-s3-mcu-with-a-4-7-inch-e-paper-display/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:45:11
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Old records, new troubles: Vietnam’s tax clean-up catches taxpayers off guard ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/old-records-new-troubles-vietnams-tax-clean-up-catches-taxpayers-off-guard
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:45:53
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Open Transport Community Conference 2026 ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/10/17/open-transport-community-conference-2026.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:52:39
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Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: mid october 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/10/17/misc-fedora-bits-mid-october-2026/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:53:05
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Israeli Ad Firm Doubled as Candiru’s Zero-Click Spyware Delivery Channel ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/israeli-ad-firm-doubled-as-candirus-zero-click-spyware-delivery-channel/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:53:31
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A hidden Hello Kitty at this coffee shop ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/a-hidden-hello-kitty-at-this-coffee-shop/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:55:22
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eBay US turning back shipments to Australia ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/ebay-us-not-shipping-to-australia/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:56:24
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Exploring Fagan Park ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/exploring-fagan-park/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:56:41
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Now Playing Card shows media info for multiple apps at a time ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/gnome-now-playing-card-extension
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:57:15
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FunOS 26.10 ☞ https://funos.org/funos-26-10/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:57:34
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libunistring @ Savannah: GNU libunistring-1.5 released ☞ savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10947
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:58:27
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PeaZip 11.4 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Various Improvements ☞ https://9to5linux.com/peazip-11-4-open-source-archive-manager-released-with-various-improvements
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:59:11
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Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.1 Rolls Out with Support for Volla Tablet, Various Updates ☞ https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-2-1-rolls-out-with-support-for-volla-tablet-various-updates
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:59:20
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GNOME 50.6 Desktop Environment Released with Fixes for Nautilus, GNOME Shell ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-6-desktop-environment-released-with-fixes-for-nautilus-gnome-shell
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 16:59:27
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FunOS 26.10 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/funos
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:03:32
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AOSC 20261017 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/aosc
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:03:41
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MuliOS 26.07.03S ☞ https://distrowatch.com/mulios
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:03:49
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Skorpion 3.5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/skorpion
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:03:58
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Slack Book revitalization effort – collaborators wanted ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/slack-book-revitalization-effort-collaborators-wanted/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:04:25
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ErgenOS – Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution focused on gaming and recovery ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ergenos-arch-based-linux-distribution/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:07:59
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The KDE Documentary ☞ https://mschlander.wordpress.com/2026/10/17/the-kde-documentary/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:08:58
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Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2026/42 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/10/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-42/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:09:14
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Linux Saloon 224 | Open Mic Night ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/10/17/linux-saloon-224-open-mic-night/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:10:48
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Maxim Burgerhout: How to build zellij on Fedora 44 ☞ https://100things.wzzrd.com/2026/10/17/building-zellij-on-fedora-44.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:15:28
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HOWTO boot from a full-disk encrypted Slackware and only enter a passphrase once ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/howto-boot-from-a-full-disk-encrypted-slackware-and-only-enter-a-passphrase-once/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:15:57
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Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" Launches With GNOME 51, Linux 7.3 and Optional Speech-to-Text Feature https://www.techpowerup.com/353803/ubuntu-26-10-stonking-stingray-launches-with-gnome-51-linux-7-3-and-optional-speech-to-text-feature
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:17:43
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"The GNOME Project released GNOME 50.6 as the sixth maintenance update to the latest GNOME 50 “Tokyo” desktop environment series to fix more bugs across various core apps and components." https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-6-desktop-environment-released-with-fixes-for-nautilus-gnome-shell
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:18:17
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Ubuntu clearly isn't the best Linux distro: here's how it became the most popular anyway https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-clearly-isnt-the-best-linux-distro-heres-how-it-became-the-most-popular-anyway/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:19:30
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I switched to Fedora expecting a polished desktop and got half-finished features instead https://www.howtogeek.com/i-switched-to-fedora-expecting-a-polished-desktop-and-got-half-finished-features-instead/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:22:27
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His scanner wouldn’t work on Linux — so he let Claude study the Windows driver https://thenewstack.io/claude-code-linux-driver/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:23:02
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Absolute garbage https://www.thurrott.com/a-i/342973/starling-releases-free-linux-desktop-office-apps-terminal-and-sdk
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:23:40
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"Think of it as a list of operating systems that are friends with Tux🐧 but not friendly enough to call him inside for a cup of tea." https://itsfoss.com/open-source-non-linux-os/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:24:03
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openExpress brings Garmin updates, maps and apps to Linux https://the5krunner.com/2026/10/17/openexpress-garmin-express-linux/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:24:34
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Steam's overlay freezes Linux games on alt-tab, and Valve has merged four reports https://mixed-news.com/en/steam-overlay-alt-tab-freeze-linux-13709-13682/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:25:54
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"PeaZip 11.4 has been released today as a new point release in the latest PeaZip 11 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform archive manager for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms." https://9to5linux.com/peazip-11-4-open-source-archive-manager-released-with-various-improvements
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:26:16
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"From the creators of the Shelly package manager for Arch Linux, I am happy to introduce you to Devario OS, a modern Linux distro based on Arch Linux and built around in-house projects." https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-devario-os-a-modern-shelly-first-linux-distro-based-on-arch-linux
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:26:57
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Run Linux on iPad with LinPad https://osxdaily.com/2026/10/16/run-linux-on-ipad-with-linpad/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:27:17
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These 3 Linux distros have officially replaced CentOS https://www.howtogeek.com/these-3-linux-distros-have-officially-replaced-centos/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:28:31
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Steam Tests Native 64-Bit Linux Client To Fix A Decade Of Headaches https://hothardware.com/news/steam-tests-native-64-bit-linux-client-to-fix-a-decade-of-headaches
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:28:55
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Slop hypesters https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/ai-campaign-targets-linux-infrastructure/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:31:07
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"Hospitals. Places of recovery and rest, where the sick can recuperate through somnolent slumber." gemini://eve.smol.pub/whats-that-sound
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:56:00
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"As many of you know, I am currently in hospital. This is a factual rundown of how I got here, what’s been tried, and what the next steps are in the treatment of my current illness." gemini://eve.smol.pub/a-further-health-update
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:56:32
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books that I've read and can recommend gemini://soviet.circumlunar.space/pjvm/notes/nonfiction-books.gmi
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:57:56
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ego flashes, pangs of deja vu, memory is hurting me now gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2855
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:59:10
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"For years my favorite way to play Tetris was the NES version. That version is being used in the Classic Tetris World Championship." gemini://kobel.fyi/en/2026-10-18-apotris-my-new-favorite-way-to-play-tetris.gmi
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 17:59:46
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"Trying out the 24/7 Type&Talk (Typepals.com), but apparently it is too early in the U.S. for anyone to join. Majority of the members there are located in the U.S., and probably this all-day, all-week event doesn't draw too much at-tension, unlike the special events like the monthly "Postcard exchange" for example." gemini://flo.smol.pub/going-postal
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 18:00:27
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"I've lived in my current house for almost 6 years. That entire time, I've been lucky to have a 1 Gbps fiber optic internet connection. And for that entire time, my IP address has been the same. " gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2026-10-18-failing-assumptions.gmi
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 18:01:02
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Firefox, Librewolf, and More https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/18/firefox-librewolf-and-more/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 18:19:52
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A Glance at Insolvency Petition Against Nigel Farage Reveals Conflict of Interest https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/18/a-glance-at-insolvency-petition-against-nigel-farage-reveals-conflict-of-interest/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 18:32:52
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Swatting is Illegal, Even When Attempted From Another Continent https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/18/swatting-is-illegal-even-when-attempted-from-another-continent/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 19:51:51
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misinformation https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-10/news/round-up/defense-minister-calls-russian-tv-report-misinformation/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:12:52
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Social control media https://www.dw.com/en/uk-s-burnham-accuses-russia-of-meddling-in-brexit-vote/a-79635264
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:13:13
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Cloudflare Data Misread https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cloudflare-data-russian-bots-ukraine-strikes-1825197
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:14:54
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“Russian bots” https://off-guardian.org/2026/10/13/russian-bots-burning-data-centres-partitioning-the-internet/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:15:16
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Ukrainian journalists detained in Austria https://cpj.org/2026/10/ukrainian-journalists-detained-in-austria-authorities-must-urgently-explain-why/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:16:17
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From Brussels to Bolzano: Router Freedom, young hackers and our community https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202610.en.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:18:40
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Juice https://xkcd.com/3308/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:18:52
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Dogcatcher https://xkcd.com/3309/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:19:21
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Rejected Space Mission Profiles https://xkcd.com/3310/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:19:36
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Planet Database https://xkcd.com/3311/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:20:21
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AI Agent Reportedly Deletes an Entire Season of Reality TV Show https://gizmodo.com/ai-agent-reportedly-deletes-an-entire-season-of-reality-tv-show-2000826600
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:21:48
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Reader: "Be careful with the following news item. Some reports say the loss was caused by human error." AI agent reportedly wipes entire season of Swedish TV show before premiere - as presenter says 'I knew AI would be the death of me' https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/ai-agent-reportedly-wipes-entire-151656684.html
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:22:03
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around noon local time yesterday (Oct 16.): There was some error and the true magnitude was 6.9 not 9.9 as initially estimated. A 6.9 quake has only 1/32,000 of the energy of a 9.9 quake.
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:22:36
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...Earthquake alert issued in Japan; canceled in short order: The Japan Meteorological Agency sent out an urgent earthquake alert around noon local time yesterday (Oct 16.): There was some error and the true magnitude was 6.9 not 9.9 as initially estimated. A 6.9 quake has only 1/32,000 of the energy of a 9.9 quake.
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:22:44
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Japan agency cancels mistakenly issued M9.9 quake alert, transit disrupted https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/88418 JMA issues alert after wrongly estimating quake magnitude at 9.9 - Asahi Shimbun https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16970952
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:22:59
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Bots are run by humans or set up by them. http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/07/Servers_Became_Cloud_VR_Became_Metaverse_Now_Bots_Become_Agents.shtml
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:23:41
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It is a human error to let bots handle critical tasks based on belief in buzzwords and hype
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:24:29
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Earthquake alert issued in Japan; canceled in short order. Two more articles. The Meteorological Agency explains what happened. Japan Meteorological Agency Holds Pressers on Why M9.9 Quake Warning Was Issued, Rescinded on Friday https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20261017-354198/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:25:43
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"The Japan Meteorological Agency revoked a warning for an earthquake on Friday just eight minutes after issuing it, having mistakenly estimated that it would register the maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale from Hokkaido to the Tokai region."
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:26:10
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Nerves rattled in Japan as alert for magnitude 9.9 quake withdrawn minutes later https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/16/japan/jma-earthquake-warning/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:26:31
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"Ayataka Ebita, the head of the JMA's earthquake and tsunami observation division, said at a press briefing that the agency's system had erroneously placed the quake's epicenter off the Kuril Islands and overestimated its magnitude, triggering the initial warning. The agency ruled out a possible cyberattack."
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:27:02
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""We are currently investigating the cause and will provide an explanation as soon as it is determined," Ebita said."
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:27:09
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"JMA said at another briefing that the cause of overestimation was due to applying a magnitude formula designed for domestic earthquakes to one occurring far from Japan. It also used different estimated quake locations to calculate the magnitude and predict shaking, although both calculations should have used the same location. Further details remained under investigation."
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:27:21
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"How do I EXPLAIN TO MY SON that in the 1990s you paid $600 - not $6,000 - for a decent laptop???" https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/10/16/benchmarked-nvidias-rtx-spark-notebook-delivers-serious-local-ai-compute-at-a-price/5303621
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:58:32
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"How do I EXPLAIN TO MY SON that in the 1990s the PC with a 100MHz CPU could do voice synthesis just fine without calling it HEY HI?"
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 20:59:11
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"How do I EXPLAIN TO MY SON that in the 1990s the Register UK was about the UK and not some American satellite selling Microsoft and its latest pyramid scheme?"
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:00:07
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"How do I EXPLAIN TO MY SON that in the 1990s the company called Red Hat was selling "Linux" and not Azure with 'confidential' back doors"?
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:02:13
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"I happened upon a startup founder who was standing on the sidewalk, selling off a fleet of factory-wrapped Steelcase Leap chairs ($50 each!) and a dozen racks of servers with as much of his customers’ data as I wanted ($250 per server or $1000 for a rack)." https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:03:23
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"The bubble was terrible. VCs and scammers scooped up billions from pension funds and other institutional investors and wasted it on obviously doomed startups. But after all that “irrational exuberance” burned away, the ashes proved a fertile ground for new growth." Now: https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/04/Worse_Than_Taking_Your_Job_the_Slop_Pyramid_Scheme_Will_Take_Yo.shtml
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:04:35
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Your pension is "super intelligent" now, according to the Super Demented US President, Vladimir. V. Putin http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/29/Pensions_Tied_to_Ponzi_Schemes_Are_Themselves_Ponzi_Schemes.shtml
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:05:27
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Wikipedia is a catalogue of BS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pets_of_Vladimir_Putin
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:06:36
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The page leaves out Donald J Trump
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:06:54
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'Media' parroting bad people, calling that news https://businessupturn.com/technology/internet/flock-ceo-says-surveillance-backlash-shouldnt-pause-progress-as-company-cuts-jobs/
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:20:13
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"CEO Garrett"... another one who says he sells safety and security.. while doing EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE!
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:21:16
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HOBBIES, AGAIN gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-10-18RE_Hobbies_Again.txt "I also remember at my school reunion a few years later, in an attempt to start a conversation I could actually participate in, asking a girl "do you have any hobbies?" and just getting an awkward look back. I don't know whether I should try and learn from that or not."
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:30:59
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"I remember thinking, long, long ago, before Gamergate, that gamers were responsible for what was wrong with computing." gemini://carcosa.net/journal/20261018-gamers-are-the-problem.gmi
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:31:47
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"And why did they spike? Because of demand for fast RAM for the GPUs used for LLMs. GPUs that were originally developed for? Whose technological arc over the last twenty years was determined by what? By, of course, the never-ending Red Queen's race to produce ever faster coprocessors for /video games/."
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:32:26
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"Again, the gamers are responsible for our current dystopia. Without their demand for ever faster GPUs, the brute-force approach to AI would have remained as technically infeasible as it was theoretically inelegant."
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:32:51
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No, ML is NOTHING NEW. What's new is this stupidity: borrow trillions of dollars WITH NO PROSPECTS of recovering that "investment", then bribe the media to play along and inflate the bubble by barking "ERA" "ARMS RACE" "SUPERINTELLIGENCE"
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:34:00
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less reliance on big tech gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-10-18
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:34:46
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The War Above gemini://hans.gerwitz.com/gemlog/2026-10-17-space-war.gmi
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:36:50
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"I wrote about this just a couple of years ago (disclosure: I was working for Crossref at the time). The digital scholarly record is far worse preserved that we like to imagine. Crossref could be a much better enforcer on this." gemini://eve.smol.pub/crossref-member-practices-feedback-without-digital-preservation-there-is-no-digital-persistence
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:41:00
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"I think often on this, on preservation, from Thomas Jefferson (slave owner) in 1791: “let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use”. It’s a well-known, perhaps overused quotation." gemini://eve.smol.pub/vaults-and-locks-that-fence-them-from-the-public-eye-and-use
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:41:54
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"Surprisingly, I managed to make an appearance in the business section of the BBC News website, of all places. When I returned from lunch at the British Library last week, a camera crew were asking people to define various jargon terms used in the pension industry." gemini://eve.smol.pub/bbc-news-fathoming-financial-terms
posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 21:43:59
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s/Linus is not in control of Linux/Linus is not in control of Linux any more/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/18/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_VII_Weekend_Abuse_Reported_to_B.shtml
posted Monday, October 19, 2026 at 05:45:19
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s/when I opposed back doors in Linux/when I opposed back doors in Linux, including Restricted Boot/
posted Monday, October 19, 2026 at 05:45:24
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