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"The PHP Foundation has put out a blog entry explaining how the vulnerabilities disclosed today came about and why they took so long to fix." https://lwn.net/Articles/1102060/ https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/10/21/todays-php-security-release-and-how-were-strengthening-php-security/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:16:47

  • More vulnerabilities in widely deployed software https://lwn.net/Articles/1102044/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:17:19

  • So many women. Not. Just one. https://lwn.net/Articles/1099594/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:18:59

  • Slopping away with LLMs won't change that; it'll still be a men's club.    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:19:27

  • An update on Rust's project goals https://lwn.net/Articles/1098617/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:20:19

  • GCC development with large-language models https://lwn.net/Articles/1098672/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:20:55

  • Adding kernel control-flow-integrity checking to GCC https://lwn.net/Articles/1098670/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:21:52

  • Collaborating with out-of-tree tracers https://lwn.net/Articles/1099300/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:29:07

  • The [vx]swap showdown https://lwn.net/Articles/1098399/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:29:28

  • Expose only share links of a private service with caddy gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-caddy-forward-auth-public-share-links    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:35:20

  • "What kind if cigars do you like?" gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-10-21_Say_what_.gmi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:36:25

  • "A month ago I discovered typewriter-mode for Emacs and found it is helpful for my creativity and productivity. For some kinds of writing, at least, it is paradoxically useful not to be able to easily delete, edit, or relocate text." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20261021-0.gmi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:37:32

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1776.jpg    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:37:58

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2133.jpg    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:38:04

  • the weight of a man gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/the_weight_of_a_man    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:39:14

  • "I pose this question. How is it that it bothers me most on that a Holiday Inn was used, not a Marriott or a Hilton. Just a common Holiday Inn, with roaches and booted cars in the parking lot." gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20261018-holiday-inn.gmi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:40:00

  • "EBay to lay off 9% of workforce in push to simplify operations"    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:54:13

  • Why 9% and not 10%? Everybody knows...    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:55:11

  • "EBay will lay off about nine per cent of its workforce as the online marketplace looks to simplify operations and shift resources to its fastest-growing areas, CEO Jamie Iannone told staff in a memo that was reviewed by Reuters." https://www.nst.com.my/amp/business/corporate/2026/10/1560826/ebay-lay-9pct-workforce-push-simplify-operations-internal-memo    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:56:01

  • Reuters is Becoming Slop, Not a News Agency (Treat Reports From Reuters Sceptically) http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/21/Reuters_is_Becoming_Slop_Not_a_News_Agency_Treat_Reports_From_R.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 04:56:16

  • "Let’s brace ourselves - Let’s all brace ourselves from select cheerleading IBMers bragging about our 3Q 26 results on LinkedIn. There’s nothing to brag about, we all have lots more to do to grow the business so we don’t fall into the abyss of irrelevance. So STFU please." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5gkmz3r "Does this mean the planned RA is cancelled?"    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 06:25:29

  • BORROWING money to feed a PONZI scheme https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/to-help-world-gorge-on-gpus-nvidia-brings-cash-bucket-to-fatten-wafer-thin-supply-chain/5304623    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 06:48:38

  • More Time Indoors https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/22/more-time-indoors/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 07:14:53

  • Daniel Pocock’s Appeal https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/22/daniel-pococks-appeal/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 07:19:59

  • Manchester Has Never Been So Blue (Manchester United Crisis, Manchester City Winning Streak) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/22/manchester-has-never-been-so-blue-manchester-united-crisis-manchester-city-winning-streak/    

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

  • 90s art scene in the UK https://www.dw.com/en/90s-art-scene-in-the-uk-an-international-edgy-trendsetter/a-79581777    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 08:28:27

  • "You’re delusional. My only goal is to use IBM for a paycheck while doing as little as possible during my hunt for a better company to work for. IBM taught me that there is no sense in staying loyal to a bunch of jack@$$ executives who take millions of dollars in bonuses and incentives while continually making our lives harder year over year." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5gkmz3r#replies    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 08:33:21

  • "Yet that F’ing POS will still take his $30M in incentives next year for the terrible job he’s doing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5h1ex0s#replies "Is that what they call profit at IBM these days ?"    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 08:33:53

  • "profit" is the administration paying a billion dollars in bailout to lay off the quantum staff ("Anderon")    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 08:34:44

  • How a multibillion-dollar oilfield has ignited the UK-Argentina feud over the Falklands https://www.dw.com/en/how-a-multibillion-dollar-oilfield-has-ignited-the-uk-argentina-feud-over-the-falklands/a-79588973    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 08:41:47

  • Investment fails to inspire confidence https://www.dw.com/en/schools-crisis-in-france-investment-fails-to-inspire-confidence/a-79621916    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 08:46:51

  • world's happiest nation? https://www.dw.com/en/finland-the-world-s-happiest-nation-faces-a-glum-winter/a-79544348    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 08:47:38

  • 'Ragebait' https://www.dw.com/en/ragebait-is-the-2026-german-youth-word-of-the-year/a-79608158    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 08:48:32

  • shrinking https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-population-is-shrinking-but-not-everywhere/a-79615807    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 08:53:45

  • German 'lawfare': When lawsuits become a political weapon https://www.dw.com/en/german-lawfare-when-lawsuits-become-a-political-weapon/a-79615817 http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/02/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_125_Out_of_200_Litigants_in_Person_LIPs_H.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 09:01:03

  • "Walled Culture has just written about the possibility that recent AI breakthroughs might accelerate a move to open access, at least in the field of mathematics" ☛ https://walledculture.org/new-studies-confirm-todays-academic-publishing-system-is-a-terrible-deal-for-society/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:39:06

  • "Concord Music Group and fellow plaintiffs Capitol CMG, Universal Music" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/music-labels-clash-with-claude-over-copyrighted-lyrics/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:39:17

  • "Many wealthy individuals, including Zuckerberg, currently avoid significant tax payments by borrowing against their shares and taking low salaries" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-agrees-to-stay-in-california-despite-billionaires-tax-ballot-measure/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:40:47

  • "After massive public pressure generated by UltraViolet and other organizations against so-called “nudify” apps—and, specifically, the tech giant’s role in platforming them—App Store moves to prohibit these apps." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/apple-bans-nudify-apps-a-massive-victory-for-survivors | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:41:00

  • "Small protests like these have been cropping up across Delhi in recent weeks as the government struggles to keep a lid on a growing youth movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2026/1021/india-cockroach-protests-voting-rights | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:41:24

  • "The public backlash to data centers is moving so fast that politicians have been rushing to keep up." ☛ https://wpln.org/post/public-backlash-against-data-centers-is-rising-politicians-are-playing-catchup/ | Source: Nashville Public Radio    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:41:53

  • "The distance of protected bike lanes to be removed and restored to motor vehicle lanes, as approved by the Court of Appeal of Ontario on August 14." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/doug-ford-is-spending-a-lot-of-money-ripping-out-bike-lanes/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:42:32

  • [Old] "Billionaires aren’t just buying newspapers—they’re investing in bylines." ☛ https://newsliteracy.psu.edu/podcasts/news-for-hire-how-billionaires-are-rewriting-the-narrative |    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:43:07

  • "The threatened subpoenas are clearly designed to target BreakThrough for reporting and editorial viewpoints with which the Committee disagrees." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/press-freedom-groups-oppose-house-committee-threat-to-subpoena-breakthrough-news-staff/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:43:29

  • "Former employees of Christianity Today say new leadership has been pushing back on independent journalism." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/christianity-today-magazine-layoffs.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:43:41

  • "Arı had previously been detained on Mar 21 on the same charge and spent 75 days in pretrial detention before being released after his first hearing on Jun 5." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/journalist-ismail-ari-formally-arrested-on-disinformation-charges-324676 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:44:04

  • "The network has been entangled in legal action with Trump’s administration ever since the president issued its reporters a sudden ban from White House grounds a month ago" ☛ https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/still-denied-air-force-one-access-cnn-threatens-new-legal-action/ | Source: Middle Tennessee State University    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:45:20

  • "This surveillance bulletin to cops is the latest evidence that police around the country have been told to be on edge during public meetings" ☛ https://www.404media.co/cops-warned-to-look-for-suspicious-behavior-from-people-opposing-flock-at-city-council-meetings/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:45:34

  • "A political consultant who works with the Presidential Administration’s political bloc" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/21/the-kremlin-wants-russian-media-to-call-attacks-on-ukraine-s-energy-infrastructure-putin-strikes-the-inspiration-stalin | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:45:55

  • "Words like "no jobs" or "economically obsolete" don't really apply in these futures" ☛ https://www.jefftk.com/p/a-term-for-a-kind-of-human-economic-obsolescence | Source: Jeff Kaufman    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:47:06

  • "While most of the Charter statement repeats the statement for Bill C-63, which also included the duty to act responsibly, the duty to make certain content inaccessible" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/10/making-the-case-against-its-own-bill-what-the-governments-bill-c-34-charter-statement-reveals-about-the-constitutional-vulnerability-of-the-social-media-ban/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:47:17

  • "Violent protests will amount to something more than sheer destruction if they are supported by programmatic action." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/politics/2026-10-20-comment-violence-protest/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:47:51

  • "The TSA was established in the frantic aftermath of September 11, 2001. Since then, the TSA has spent a quarter-century perfecting top-down risk management on the ground." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/10/21/tsa-drone-regulations-bvlos-roundtables/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:48:10

  • "The billionaire told Meta’s board that he planned to list his Silicon Valley home for sale." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-california-wealth-tax.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:48:21

  • "Meanwhile, parent company ByteDance is scaling back." ☛ https://www.washingtonsun.com/influence/tiktok-usds-joint-venture-llc-lobbying-spending-ramps-up | Source: NOTUS Media LLC    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:48:29

  • "Independent senator David Pocock has called for a levy on data centres he says would raise $500 million by the end of the decade." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/were-siding-with-the-tech-bros-pococks-proposes-new-levy-on-big-players/qr2mfu41a | Source: SBS    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:48:36

  • "Measuring electric currents is an essential element of many electrical systems, but doing so in a way that is as nonintrusive as possible is not an easy problem to solve." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/every-type-of-current-sensor-explained/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:49:18

  • "Every year, traffic crashes kill more than one million people, and they’re the leading cause of death for children and young adults." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/21/1146141/eliminating-traffic-deaths-impossible-issue/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:49:44

  • "Today, we have a two-way separated bikeway on Division that ends at Catherine, leaving cyclists without safe access to the Broadway Bridge" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/city-council-moves-to-convert-carey-street-into-one-way-street-expand-bike-infrastructure/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:49:58

  • "New and proposed data centers are demanding a tremendous amount of electricity." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1015958/data-center-pollution-rising-report | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:50:51

  • "potential destruction after November 1, 2026." ☛ https://www.404media.co/west-virginia-american-chestnut-trees-data-center/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:51:03

  • "The reason illegal fishing continues is not complicated." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-10-illegal-fishing-african-satellite.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:51:15

  • "These are also examples of a circular economy." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-10-africans-reuse-recycle-resell-circular.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:52:56

  • "Here is the country’s thickest concentration of data centers—233 centers in all, over 3 percent of the county’s overall land mass." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/accidental-activists-data-center-alley/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:53:08

  • "Senior Environment Reporter Kelly House facilitated a discussion about one of the most controversial topics that will play a factor in races up and down the ballot: Data centers." ☛ https://bridgemi.com/events/elections-data-centers-education-take-center-stage-at-bridge-issues-summit/ | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:53:23

  • "The Black Death devastated medieval Europe, killing millions of people and transforming societies. But the pandemic also left a lasting mark on the natural environment." ☛ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/10/ancient-oaks-reveal-how-the-black-death-changed-europes-forests/ | Source: Medievalists.net    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 14:53:35

  • "The observation satellite, called Iceye-X36, is operated by Iceye, a multinational company with offices in the United States" ☛ https://news.err.ee/1610172082/mp-russian-satellite-s-shadowing-of-finnish-satellite-a-deliberate-provocation | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhääling    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:41:53

  • "It’s not clear what, exactly, the Russian satellite, called Kosmos 2612 or Cosmos 2612, intended to accomplish with its close approach." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/19/science/russian-satellite-iceye-x36-approach | Source: CNN    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:42:17

  • "The drones had lost their connection to pilots on the ground through Starshield" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/europe/starshield-starlink-ukraine.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:42:33

  • "Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that hindered Kyiv’s defense last week, US officials told The Wall Street Journal" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/10/20/2026/elon-musk-ordered-starlink-slowdown-in-ukraine-wsj-reports | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:42:49

  • "You can’t quite say that President Donald Trump is “turning” on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, because he never truly seemed to have Zelenskyy’s back." ☛ https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/506912/trump-zelensky-diesel | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:43:28

  • "A classified U.S. intelligence community assessment, which was shared with Congress in recent days" ☛ https://therecord.media/democrat-lawmakers-say-russia-is-aiming-to-undermine-party | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:49:40

  • [Old] "This New Right is heavily populated by people with graduate degrees" ☛ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets?srsltid=AYCX9vKWiWW2JYyjrz2NrMk9Yj13unRAUv1_iUTmiMQbguJrKpX5tKie | Source: Vanity Fair    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:49:54

  • "The survey was commissioned by two organisations working to protect children, Digirauha and the Itla Children's Foundation." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20252697 | Source: Yle    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:50:12

  • "Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin for the ninth time on Wednesday, at the Constantine Palace just outside St. Petersburg" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/it-was-always-an-emergency | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:50:27

  • "This year, we have coordinated several campaign actions to celebrate encryption." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-celebrates-global-encryption-day-2026/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:50:58

  • "A plurality believes the security risks outweigh the benefits of allowing law enforcement to access encrypted messages." ☛ https://cdt.org/insights/the-swedish-public-has-significant-concerns-about-allowing-law-enforcement-to-access-encrypted-messages/ | Source: Center for Democracy & Technology    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:51:56

  • "In a Tuesday ruling, Judge Denise Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said that OPM granted DOGE [sic] agents" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/opm-illegally-shared-millions-employee-records-doge-judge/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:52:14

  • "Like many online services, Muse has allowed users to share searches, conversations, images, and similar content with other people." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/a-design-flaw-in-share-links-exposes-users-personal-conversations-with-meta-muse/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:52:25

  • "The reason for Smith’s arrest, she learned later, was that a scammer had tricked someone on Facebook Marketplace into sending $1,000 to a CashApp account" ☛ https://www.404media.co/amanda-smith-opened-a-cashapp-in-her-name-she-faces-years-in-prison-cashapp-fraud/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:53:11

  • "And while you’re trying to comprehend this, an obligatory reminder of this timeless XKCD comic." ☛ https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/compromised-certificates/ | Source: Victor Kropp    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:53:47

  • "In the event of a certificate authority being compromised, the trust system of TLS/SSL (which encrypt a large volume of Internet traffic) is broken." ☛ https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/emudhra_tls_ssl_ca_compromise | Source: NetBSD    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:53:58

  • "Today Mastodon launched a major redesign and it doesn't work for me" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/UserCSSCanOnlyGoSoFar | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:54:49

  • "Meta’s total costs and expenses amounted to $51.61 billion, including the amount it agreed to pay as part of the settlement." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015877/meta-q3-2026-earnings-child-safety-settlement | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:55:06

  • "Translation: The Foursquare acquisition was a $0 outcome for equity holders – $0 for preferred, $0 for common." ☛ https://teendrama.substack.com/p/some-final-words-on-foursquare |    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:55:19

  • "EFF rolls out this crucial resource as state and local governments consider ill-advised laws that cut young people off from essential information and experiences." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/introducing-our-new-surveillance-self-defense-guide-online-privacy-parents-and | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:55:35

  • "The poisoned dataset" ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1181/the-poisoned-dataset | Source: David Revoy    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:56:48

  • "At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear a lab like Anthropic announce they’re discontinuing all employer-sponsored retirement benefits." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/skip-retirement-for-utopia/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:57:00

  • "All of this is compelling to software engineers, many of whom (like me) find some programs beautiful and are flattered to think of themselves as artists" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/laypeople-support-technical-fields-for-technology-not-art/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:57:16

  • "This led to four principles that shaped our patching-bugs and regression-hunt plugins: [...]" ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/10/21/your-ai-agent-fixed-the-bug-but-what-else-did-it-change/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:57:30

  • "AI-generated ZFS commands can look correct and still put your data, performance, and recovery options at risk." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/ai-generated-zfs-configuration-is-it-right/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:57:45

  • "The Pentagon office tapped in 2022 to oversee the military’s responsible use of artificial intelligence" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/10/21/pentagon-ai-oversight-office-struggles-to-keep-pace-with-departments-ambitions-gao-finds/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:58:06

  • "In a sweeping interview on The Builders with biographer Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk shared his latest reflections on artificial intelligence" ☛ https://pariganaka.com/elon-musk-humans-wont-be-in-control-when-ai-becomes-smarter-than-us/ | Source: Pariganaka    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:58:18

  • "Google said on Tuesday that several of its cloud computing services remained disrupted around London several hours after an outage began." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/technology/google-cloud-down-outage-europe.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:58:57

  • "As Fuller writes, it might be the very last one. I would also make a case for the lock sound." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/fuller-camera-shutter/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:59:11

  • "There is, however, a third factor behind Americans’ anger, and it isn’t getting nearly as much attention as it should." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-destroying-americans-healthcare | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:59:31

  • "Interpersonal relations, especially beyond tiny groups, are how we get to participate in culture and how we may contribute to its making." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-10-21-public-writing/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:59:40

  • "I own a set of free weights, but my notebook shows only a handful of weight workouts in 2020, and a few more in 2021. So why couldn’t I make the transition to home workouts?" ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2026/10/19/finding-invisible-barriers-to-new-habits/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 15:59:51

  • "This is my response to the Food Questions Challenge by James, which I really wanted to write about! I love food 😋 So, here are my answers: [...]" ☛ https://yashgarg.dev/posts/food-questions-challenge/ | Source: Yash Garg    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:00:07

  • "My weekend project was to fix a leaky valve and a leaky connection for the irrigation system at my house." ☛ https://nathangrigg.com/2026/10/leaky-pipes/ | Source: Nathan Grigg    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:00:28

  • "The benefit of the Genesis controller is that it uses DB-9 connectors that are readily available, and it’s got a simple pinout that is compatible with the Atari joystick port, too." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/sega-genesis-controllers-on-the-philips-cd-i/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:00:42

  • "One of the concerns she raised all the way back in 1983 had to do with deskilling." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/07-promoted-into-incompetence/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:46:10

  • "The stack also handles interruptions with ease." ☛ https://ratfactor.com/stack/ | Source: Dave Gauer    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:46:23

  • "Christian Gläßel and Adam Scharpf ask this question of military dictatorships, digging into historical data from Argentina and elsewhere." ☛ https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/forcing-and-detouring | Source: Mandy Brown    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:46:43

  • "Early in my first semester of law school, I didn’t know what the section sign was. I saw § everywhere." ☛ https://ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/10/21/that-weird-double-s-shape-things-we-forget-we-had-to-learn/ | Source: RIPS Law Librarian Blog    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:46:55

  • "There’s a new archive of all the papers from twenty-five years of the Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS)." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/workshop-on-economics-and-information-security-weis-archive.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:47:17

  • "It is often said that mathematics is a young person’s game, and that mathematicians do their best work early in their careers." ☛ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/21/mathematics-is-a-subject-for-the-young/ | Source: Terence Tao    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:47:36

  • "In this edited conversation, Singer describes how tech companies became decisive players in public education — and why parents and teachers should be wary." ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/10/should-parents-be-wary-of-silicon-valleys-influence-in-schools/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:47:47

  • "So apparently the NIST curves do not have a backdoor, but as with all encryption, the Achilles heel is human error." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/10/21/emudhra/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:48:09

  • "A couple of weeks ago, some crackhead threw a bottle at one of our second floor windows. We have no idea who this assclown is." ☛ https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/10/20.html | Source: DNA Lounge    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:48:47

  • "Higgins explains that this deliberate symmetry breaking fits the theme of the Ecclesiastes as a whole. There is order to the world, and yet we don’t have it all figured out." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/10/21/deliberate-imperfection/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:48:58

  • "Looking back, I regret not sticking with one domain and building a repository I could revisit. People like Jason Kottke kept going, and what a phenomenal life’s work that is." ☛ https://nazhamid.com/journal/absenter-again/ | Source: Naz Hamid    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:49:17

  • "The epic originated in ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) at least 4,000 years ago, and it begins with the eponymous demigod, king of Uruk, lording it over his subjects." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/20/gilgamesh-by-simon-armitage-review-an-ancient-epic-is-brilliantly-translated-for-our-times | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 16:49:30

  • "Last time I wrote about SNES games that I managed to play/finish with an actual cartridge." ☛ https://roytang.net/2026/10/snes-games-2/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:03:20

  • "So in case you missed the news from my last blog post (I haven’t exactly made it to the cover of Newsweek)" ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/10/21/ridiculous-last-minute-re-design/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:03:28

  • "Setting up a remote BirdNET microphone on a Raspberry Pi is a great way to pick up bird calls from the other end of the garden" ☛ https://www.jamesleighton.com/2026/10/setting-up-a-remote-birdnet-microphone-raspberry-pi/ | Source: James Leighton    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:05:26

  • "Small modular nuclear reactors were supposed to make nuclear power cheaper and faster to build." ☛ https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2026/10/its-not-going-well-for-small-modular.html | Source: Sabine Hossenfelder    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:06:09

  • "What I'm going to explain here is extremely obscure. So much in fact that I was able to find only a single instance of another person complaining" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-dpi-scale-reset.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:06:29

  • "A few years back I was fortunate enough to be a part of a rescue mission that took a group of arcade collectors to France to remove multiple arcade cabinets from a run down building." ☛ https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/10/20/atari-steeplechase-restoration/ | Source: The Arcade Blogger    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:08:13

  • "Rather than neon, this uses argon as the gas." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/making-a-five-segment-display-with-platinum-titanium-cathodes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:08:29

  • "It’s a simple desktop radio set, but instead of tuning in to AM or FM broadcast bands, it has an antenna for 2.4 GHz instead." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/10/21/building-a-simple-internet-radio/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:08:57

  • "We note that this currently will only work on iPad devices with a modern M-series chip. iPhones are not compatible because they use the A-series." ☛ https://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-running-directly-on-ipad-without-jailbreak-testflight-invitation/ | Source: RTL-SDR    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:09:18

  • "I switched from Elisp Repo Kit to Eldev." ☛ https://macadie.info/2026/10/21/i-updated-my-emacs-number-package/ | Source: Eric MacAdie    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:09:52

  • "Sheetmusic4J is a Java(FX) library to render and interact with sheet music. After MusicXML, MIDI, ABC and Guitar Pro, version 0.0.5 adds another format: LilyPond." ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/sheetmusic4j-0.0.5-lilypond/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:10:08

  • "To determine the language that corresponds with a post, I am using the “langdetect” Python package 2." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/10/21/brainstorming-multi-lingual-artemis | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:10:34

  • "Plenty has changed since last week, although the most useful development is a correction to some of my own long-standing advice." ☛ https://csswizardry.com/2026/10/web-perf-wednesday-014-performance-budgets-need-a-representative-worst/ | Source: Harry Roberts    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:12:20

  • "I wanted to add some extra security, but the people receiving a link should not have to install a VPN client or create an account, they must be able to click on it and see the content." ☛ https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-10-21-caddy-forward-auth-public-share-links.html | Source: Data Swamp    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:12:31

  • "Note: the updated revocation database can take some minutes to build on first browser startup." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15026/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:14:54

  • "Many websites use server-side languages to serve content, and of those that do, some sources (like W3Techs) estimate that almost 70 percent rely on PHP." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3266558/ai-helped-uncover-a-security-nightmare-in-the-webs-backbone-should-you-be-worried.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:15:21

  • "Especially in this era of AI tooling making exploit discovery easier." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/php-vulnerability-php2shell/ | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:15:40

  • "A while back I realized I wasn't being consistent with how I did... "stuff" here, like call outs, Youtube links, etc." ☛ https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/10/21/adding-a-pdf-display-to-eleventy | Source: Raymond Camden    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:16:23

  • "The best Hugo project structure is not the cleverest one. It is the one I can open after six months and understand without searching through three abstraction layers." ☛ https://ronaldsvilcins.com/2026/10/22/how-i-organize-my-hugo-site/ | Source: Ronalds Vilciņš    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:16:36

  • "Hackspace at the end of the Universe" ☛ https://arcan-fe.com/2026/10/21/arcan-fall-hackathon-report/ | Source: Arcan    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:17:09

  • "In our recent USENIX Security 2026 paper, we present TED, a Pulsing Denial-of-Service (PDoS) technique that turns permissive tunnel hosts into programmable delay lines." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/22/turning-ipv6-tunnels-into-programmable-delay-lines-for-pulsing-dos/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:17:41

  • "APNIC deployed support for managing Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Autonomous System Provider Authorization (ASPA) objects in June this year." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/22/your-most-pressing-questions-about-aspa-answered/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:17:57

  • "The previous version of the terms just said you licensed your content so Meta could serve it in your posts or ads on their websites" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/20/facebook-tries-to-grab-all-news-publisher-website-content-for-training-for-free/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:18:17

  • "C++26 ranges isn’t only about new view adaptors." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/10/21/cpp26-ranges-part-2-infrastructure | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:19:07

  • "Who is at risk: all PHP installations serving web requests, including PHP-FPM, Apache with mod_php, php-cgi, FrankenPHP and LiteSpeed." ☛ https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-20-1 | Source: PHP    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:19:38

  • "Why this happens is that like essentially every web framework and even web server" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FrameworksAndValidation | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:20:50

  • "The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 and collectively called PHP2Shell, score 9.2 on the CVSS v4.0 severity scale." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/ai-php2shell-disclosure-framework/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:20:59

  • "Word on the street is that these exploits have leaked, and that remote code can likely be executed all the way back to PHP 5" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/php-rce-exploit/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:21:12

  • "I’ve taken my family hosted PHP sites down for now" ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/case-screws-php2shell-and-emudhra-used-a-4-exponent/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:22:17

  • "DHH doesn't offer any compelling argument besides the usual and weak because I said so." ☛ https://makemeacto.cc/be-a-loser/ | Source: Sergio Visinoni    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:22:32

  • "The PHP security team will ship a security release on 21st October 2026, fixing two critical vulnerabilities, each rated 9.2 under CVSS v4.0." ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/php-critical-security-update-two-9-2-flaws/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:22:40

  • "Wednesday’s release of fixes for two critical vulnerabilities in PHP caused administrators and security staff to race to identify and patch vulnerable website" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-exploited-the-php-vulnerabilities-days-before-they-were-patched/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:24:37

  • "The two exploits are together known as PHP2Shell. They enable hackers to deploy malicious code on vulnerable servers." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/21/critical-php-vulnerabilities-send-organizations-scrambling-to-secure-their-systems/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:26:30

  • PHP2Shell ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/10/21/php2shell/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:26:39

  • "CI templates and golden paths remain foundational platform infrastructure. They standardize build environments, accelerate new-service creation" ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/ci-templates-standards-enforcement/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:29:58

  • "The change to the the code started off fairly mechanical: we should be able to do module_eval to generate a similar looking method: [...]" ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/rails-is-a-jit-compiler/ | Source: Max Bernstein    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:30:12

  • "In many dynamically typed programming languages, objects look like a big ol’ mapping of names to values." ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/object-shapes/ | Source: Max Bernstein    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:30:31

  • "Instead of building a list of dated deliverables, you can admit uncertainty in the future and build a roadmap comprised of objectives" ☛ https://michaelheap.com/your-roadmap-is-fiction/ | Source: Michael Heap    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:30:39

  • "CSS Subgrid is a good example. Subgrid is a super-powerful extension to CSS Grid which enables entirely new layouts." ☛ https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/interop-2027/ | Source: Jason W Comeau    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:31:17

  • Electronic Arts (EA) to shut down BioWare and cancel the next Mass Effect | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/electronic-arts-ea-to-shut-down-bioware-and-cancel-the-next-mass-effect/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:33:56

  • Stellaris: Willpower expansion set for launch on November 23 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/stellaris-willpower-expansion-set-for-launch-on-november-23/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/stellaris-willpower-expansion-set-for-launch-on-november-23/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:34:11

  • Combolands will take away all your free time | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/combolands-will-take-away-all-your-free-time/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/combolands-will-take-away-all-your-free-time/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:36:31

  • HEADCUTTER is a real juicy looking upcoming shooter | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/headcutter-is-a-real-juicy-looking-upcoming-shooter/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/headcutter-is-a-real-juicy-looking-upcoming-shooter/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:36:45

  • "Chat Control: Åtta av tio svenskar säger nej" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/10/21/chat-control-atta-av-tio-svenskar-sager-nej/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:36:59

  • likely not TEMPEST shielded https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/19/science/russian-satellite-iceye-x36-approach    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:37:11

  • "Canadian Officers Don’t Want to Serve in the U.S. Anymore - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/10/military-cooperation-canada-trump/689057/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:37:21

  • "Trump Falls Asleep After Declaring He’s Going to Crack Down on Fraud | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/216867/donald-trump-falls-asleep-crack-down-fraud    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:37:31

  • "jwz: Monkey paw curls" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/monkey-paw-curls/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:37:41

  • THE FINALS gets a huge update with enhanced destruction and a free for all mode | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/the-finals-gets-a-huge-update-with-enhanced-destruction-and-a-free-for-all-mode/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:49:54

  • OpenXR gets a cross-platform Spatial Windowing API | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/openxr-gets-a-cross-platform-spatial-windowing-api/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:50:16

  • RTS game Theatre of War: Rearmed set for release on December 9 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/rts-game-theatre-of-war-rearmed-set-for-release-on-december-9/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:50:41

  • Here's another 15 demos worth checking out in Steam Next Fest - October 2026 edition | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/heres-another-15-demos-worth-checking-out-in-steam-next-fest-october-2026-edition/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:51:13

  • Play with friends with the Social Multiplayer Games Collection from Digiphile | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/play-with-friends-with-the-social-multiplayer-games-collection-from-digiphile/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:51:44

  • Get more fun VR games in the Flat2VR Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/get-more-fun-vr-games-in-the-flat2vr-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/get-more-fun-vr-games-in-the-flat2vr-humble-bundle/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:52:14

  • Grotesque Engagement Farmers Are Using Hey Hi (AI) to Manipulate Real Arrest Footage So That Cops Grope Women ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tiktok-ai-deepfakes-cops-groping-women    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:55:39

  • All about slop these days ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-hp-empowering-physical-ai-bench-fleet | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:56:31

  • IBM Red Hat as slop reseller ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rhel-nvidia-delivers-trusted-foundation-next-gen-ai-workloads | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:56:47

  • Selling slop, not Linux ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/securing-ai-agents-enterprise-ai-factory-nvidia-bluefield-doca-argus-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:57:43

  • Slop, slop, slop ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-virtualization-achieves-nvidia-certified-hypervisor-status | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:58:20

  • Scaling multi-agent systems with hierarchical orchestration ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/21/scaling-multi-agent-systems-hierarchical-orchestration    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:01:43

  • High availability for everyone with multi-site Red Bait build of Keycloak on Red Bait OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/21/high-availability-for-everyone-with-multi-site-red-hat-build-of-keycloak-on-red-hat-openshift    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:01:53

  • Test Lightwell dependency upgrades locally ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/21/test-lightwell-dependency-upgrades-locally    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:03:36

  • Four stable kernels for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1101758/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:06:21

  • Supreme Court Patent Cases ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/10/supreme-court-patent-cases-2.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:07:29

  • $2,000 for Innovations In Memory patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/10/21/2000-for-innovations-in-memory-patent-prior-art    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:07:46

  • $2,000 for Indieriser creative content patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/10/21/2000-for-indieriser-creative-content-patent-prior-art    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:10:12

  • Software Patents ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/21/sony-patent-virtual-concerts-fake-fans/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:12:09

  • Steinar H. Gunderson: Decompilation patterns, part 18: Signed division ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2026-10-21-23-19_decompilation_patterns_part_18_signed_division.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:13:39

  • Maybe Vibe Coding Should Be Called “Cuck Coding” Because You Just Sit in a Chair and Watch ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/vibe-coding-cuck-coding    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:15:53

  • OpenAI Agents Silenced Security Team Alerts, Removed Misalignment Monitor ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/openai-agents-silenced-security-team-alerts-removed-misalignment-monitor/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:16:11

  • Meta fined $25 billion in New Mexico over Cambridge Analytica scandal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20261021-meta-fined-25-billion-new-mexico-cambridge-analytica-scandal    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:16:41

  • Government steps up censorship and imprisonment of journalists ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/government-steps-up-censorship-and-imprisonment-of-journalists-324648    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:16:56

  • Firefox Tooling Announcements: PerfCompare deployed (Oct 21st, 2026) ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/perfcompare-deployed-oct-21st-2026/149888    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:17:26

  • Firefox Tooling Announcements: Happy BMO Push Day! (20261021.1) ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/happy-bmo-push-day-20261021-1/149906    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:17:34

  • Citizen Lab Director Slams Convicted Felon Administration, ‘Techno-Fascist’ Executives ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/citizen-lab-director-slams-trump-administration-techno-fascist-executives/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:17:58

  • If your Plasma desktop forgets its DPI, here's a solution ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-dpi-scale-reset.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:18:50

  • Upgrade your PHP installs immediately to protect against php2shell ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/php-vulnerability-php2shell/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:28:42

  • Your most pressing questions about ASPA, answered ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/22/your-most-pressing-questions-about-aspa-answered/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:29:59

  • Turning IPv6 tunnels into programmable delay lines for pulsing DoS ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/22/turning-ipv6-tunnels-into-programmable-delay-lines-for-pulsing-dos/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:30:23

  • Case screws, PHP2Shell, and eMudhra⁴ ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/case-screws-php2shell-and-emudhra-used-a-4-exponent/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:30:50

  • Critical PHP vulnerabilities send organizations scrambling to secure their systems ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/21/critical-php-vulnerabilities-send-organizations-scrambling-to-secure-their-systems/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:31:07

  • Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS) Archive ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/workshop-on-economics-and-information-security-weis-archive.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:31:39

  • Your Hey Hi (AI) agent fixed the bug, but what else did it change? ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/10/21/your-ai-agent-fixed-the-bug-but-what-else-did-it-change/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:32:43

  • No Need for Retirement When Utopia Is Around the Corner ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/skip-retirement-for-utopia/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:33:01

  • The poisoned dataset ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1181/the-poisoned-dataset    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:33:16

  • eMudhra TLS/SSL CA compromise ☞ http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/emudhra_tls_ssl_ca_compromise    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:33:39

  • EDRi celebrates Global Encryption Day 2026 ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-celebrates-global-encryption-day-2026/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:34:16

  • When Starshield Cut Out, Ukrainian Drones Fell From the Skies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/europe/starshield-starlink-ukraine.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:34:42

  • This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 674 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/10/21/this-week-in-rust-674/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:36:50

  • qBittorrent 5.3.0 Released with I2P PeX Support & IP Range Ban ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/10/qbittorrent-5-3-0-released-with-i2p-pex-support-ip-range-ban/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:37:18

  • Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1102005/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:37:37

  • Google Hardens Chrome Against ClickFix Attacks, Insecure HTTP Connections ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-hardens-chrome-against-clickfix-attacks-insecure-http-connections/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:38:01

  • The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing rustup 1.29.2 ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/10/20/Rustup-1.29.2/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:41:52

  • Rust will fix all security issues... or NOT    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:42:31

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

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:43:03

  • Indian Root Certificate Authority Sets Private Key to 4 ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/indian-root-certificate-authority    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:43:19

  • LCOS 0.9.5 Has Landed! ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lcos-095-has-landed    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:43:28

  • 8 weeks, 9.4 million downloads ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/21/8-weeks-9-4-million-downloads/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:43:46

  • "On 2026-10-20 it was revealed, that several certificates of the eMudhra intermediate Certificate Authority have been compromised." ☛ https://archlinux.org/news/update-to-ca-certificates-mozilla-31311-1-to-prevent-man-in-the-middle-attacks/ | Source: ArchLinux    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:44:27

  • "PHP versions prior to 8.5.12 and 8.3.36 are affected by CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, which allow for remote code execution." ☛ https://archlinux.org/news/update-to-php-8512-andor-php-legacy-8336-to-prevent-remote-code-execution/ | Source: ArchLinux    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:44:43

  • "critical vulnerability fixes available" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/php2shell-vulnerability-fixes-available | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:45:28

  • "ADLINK’s I-Pi OSM IMX95 is an industrial development kit based on NXP’s six-core i.MX95 processor with an integrated 2 TOPS NPU." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/solder-down-com-brings-i-mx95-to-linux-dev-kit-2/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:45:48

  • Ubuntu rolls out php2shell, eMudhra certificate fixes ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-php2shell-emudhra-security-fixes    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:50:03

  • Firefox 158.0.1 brings eMudhra certificate security fixes ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/firefox-fixes-emudhra-secuity-issue    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:53:43

  • Debian-Based siduction 2026.1 “Big Crime” Released with GNU/Linux 7.2, KDE Plasma 6.7 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-siduction-2026-1-big-crime-released-with-linux-7-2-kde-plasma-6-7    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:54:06

  • Linux-based industrial Pi controller supports stackable I/O modules ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/linux-based-industrial-pi-controller-supports-stackable-i-o-modules/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:54:28

  • itsfoss takes 'Linux' Foundation cash to promote spam, still. 'Linux' Foundation is NOT FOSS.    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:55:03

  • DankMaterialShell Becomes Dux Shell as Dank GNU/Linux Rebrands to Dux Labs ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/dank-linux-dux-labs-rebrand/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:56:01

  • BleachBit 6.0.6 fixes admin cleaning on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/bleachbit-606-update-speed-boost    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:56:35

  • PS5 GNU/Linux hack now supports (some) newer firmware versions ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ps5-linux-hack-newer-firmware    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:57:09

  • siduction 2026.1.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/siduction    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:57:24

  • Essora 20261021 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/essora    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:57:34

  • Argent 1.5.4 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/argent    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:57:43

  • Maple 1.4.7 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/maple    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:57:57

  • Lightwhale 3.0.6 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lightwhale    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:58:06

  • AMD brings official Ryzen overclocking to GNU/Linux with AOD driver support ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/amd-brings-official-ryzen-overclocking-to-linux-with-aod-driver-support-no-official-app-but-third-party-options-should-arrive-soon    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:59:20

  • Upstreaming Tyr: Rust, DRM, and the Linux Kernel ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/10/21/upstreaming-tyr-rust-drm-and-the-linux-kernel/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 18:59:48

  • PHP patches released for two critical RCEs ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1102014/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:01:36

  • Canonical selling slop or optimising its message for slop ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/simplify-your-enterprise-kubernetes-and-govern-your-ai-agents-with-canonical    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:02:43

  • From personas to archetypes: a living, shared understanding of the people we build for (Part 1 of 2) ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/from-personas-to-archetypes    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:03:01

  • ORG Response to Ofcom Consultation: Giving users more choice, control and trust ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-response-to-ofcom-consultation-giving-users-more-choice-control-and-trust/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:03:28

  • "No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens ☞ https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/memory-safety/CVE-2026-94300/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:03:48

  • Upstreaming Tyr: Rust, DRM, and the Linux Kernel (Collabora) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1102024/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:04:21

  • A safety net for eBPF: adding KASAN support to JITed programs ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/a-safety-net-for-ebpf-adding-kasan-support-to-jited-programs/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:04:55

  • Apple filesystem linux driver ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202610/apple-filesystem-linux-driver.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:05:22

  • Phoenix Symphony to Suspend Their 2026-27 Season Due to Financial Strain ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/20/phoenix-symphony-suspends-2026-27-season/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:06:00

  • Busan’s celebrity shark Bukang-i back in canal again, a day after returning to sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/busans-celebrity-shark-bukang-i-back-in-canal-again-a-day-after-returning-to-sea    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:08:43

  • Random Ohio Town Turns Into Scene From ‘Silent Hill’ After Massive Chemical Leak ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/toledo-ohio-chemical-leak-explosion    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:09:13

  • Startup Deploys AI-Engineered Virus on Human Patient ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/startup-human-patient-ai-engineered-virus    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:09:31

  • Shark Returns to Sea After Over a Month Stuck in a South Korean Port Canal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/asia/south-korea-shark-bukangi-busan.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:11:04

  • Starbucks Hong Kong staff labels South Korean customer ‘Kim’ as ‘Kimchi’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/starbucks-hong-kong-staff-labels-south-korean-customer-kim-as-kimchi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:11:38

  • North Korea says ‘new firepower units’ in place, loudspeakers to return ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-tells-border-troops-to-take-resolute-action-if-south-threatens-their-safety    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:11:54

  • 5 years on, South Korea’s anti-stalking law confronts the violence it was meant to stop ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/5-years-on-south-koreas-anti-stalking-law-confronts-the-violence-it-was-meant-to-stop    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:12:13

  • DMZ dispute exposes deeper fault lines in US-South Korea alliance ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dmz-dispute-exposes-deeper-fault-lines-in-us-south-korea-alliance    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:12:32

  • S. Korea’s Yonsei University portal breach affects 10,000 local, international students and faculty ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-yonsei-university-portal-breach-affects-10000-local-international-students-and-faculty    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:12:56

  • Taiwan issues land warning ahead of arrival of powerful Typhoon Champi ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-issues-land-warning-ahead-of-arrival-of-powerful-typhoon-champi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:13:16

  • Transboundary haze law possible but enforcement a challenge, Malaysia Parliament told ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/transboundary-haze-law-possible-but-enforcement-a-challenge-malaysia-parliament-told    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:13:32

  • Malaysia bans civil servants from using mapping app Waze, citing links to Israel ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-bans-civil-servants-from-using-mapping-app-waze-citing-links-to-israel    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:13:50

  • Malaysia allows first export of raw rare earths under new rules ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-allows-first-export-of-raw-rare-earths-under-new-rules    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:14:19

  • Starbucks China will require purchases to sit in its cafes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/starbucks-china-will-require-purchases-to-sit-in-its-cafes    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:14:57

  • Taiwan indicts 5 for attack on comedian who satirised China’s Pooh-tin ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-indicts-5-for-attack-on-comedian-who-satirized-chinas-xi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:15:13

  • China’s coast guard monitors the Philippines resupplying vessel at disputed shoal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinas-coast-guard-monitors-the-philippines-resupplying-vessel-at-disputed-shoal    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:15:26

  • Taiwan probes organised crime links to China’s ‘transnational repression’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-probes-organised-crime-links-to-chinas-transnational-repression    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:15:34

  • Taiwan charges five over plot to run over comedian who joked about Pooh-tin Jinping ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/22/taiwan-charges-five-over-plot-to-run-over-comedian-who-joked-about-xi-jinping/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:21:34

  • Australia boosts defence ties with Timor-Leste, seeks to curb China’s regional influence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-boosts-defence-ties-with-timor-leste-seeks-to-curb-chinas-regional-influence    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:22:05

  • "insights on career in investigative journalism." ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders/what-ive-learned-democracy-for-sale-peter-geoghegan/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:22:39

  • Video is now literally at the heart of The Sun newsroom ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/video-is-now-literally-at-the-heart-of-the-sun-newsroom/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:23:56

  • Reform says it has reported ITV to the police over undercover investigation ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/reform-says-it-has-reported-itv-to-the-police-over-undercover-investigation/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:24:36

  • UK competition watchdog ‘very alive’ to risks from sweeping Meta scraping change ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-competition-chief-very-alive-to-risks-from-sweeping-meta-scraping-change/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:24:51

  • Lifestyle and news site for British Muslims Hyphen set to close ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/lifestyle-and-news-site-for-british-muslims-hyphen-set-to-close/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:25:19

  • Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Latest from Hyphen, BBC, Metro, Guardian, Future ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:25:36

  • Scientists Have Reconstructed The Face of The Oldest Known Homo Sapiens, And It Looks Very Familiar ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-reconstructed-the-face-of-the-oldest-known-homo-sapiens-and-it-looks-very-familiar    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:26:04

  • Scientists Found a Bizarre Pattern in Over 1,000 Cases of Alleged Human Reincarnation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-bizarre-pattern-in-over-1000-cases-of-alleged-human-reincarnation    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:26:45

  • Physicists Trapped a Particle of Antimatter And Kept It Caged For Months ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-trapped-a-particle-of-antimatter-and-kept-it-caged-for-months    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:27:14

  • Scientists Transplanted Huge Chunks of Wild Salt Marsh Into The World's Largest Wave Machine And Let a Simulated Extreme Storm Rip ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-transplanted-306-square-meters-of-wild-salt-marsh-into-the-worlds-largest-wave-machine-and-let-a-simulated-extreme-storm-rip    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:28:38

  • The 'Obesity Paradox' May Be a Measurement Problem, And Brain Scans Suggest Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/obesity-linked-to-twice-the-volume-of-brain-abnormalities-study-finds    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:28:59

  • One-Quarter of Data Centers Are Located in Water-Stressed Areas, Study Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-quarter-of-data-centers-are-located-in-water-stressed-areas-study-shows    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:29:16

  • 'Low-Oxygen' Drug Combination Reverses Parkinson's Symptoms in Mice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/low-oxygen-drug-combination-reverses-parkinsons-symptoms-in-mice    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:29:55

  • New Fossil Confirms a Human Ancestor Appeared 200,000 Years Earlier Than Expected ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-fossil-confirms-a-human-ancestor-appeared-200000-years-earlier-than-expected    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:30:14

  • We Shouldn’t Have to Give Up Our Safety Online to Be Safe ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/10/we-shouldnt-have-to-give-up-our-safety-online-to-be-safe/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:30:41

  • Thélyson Orélien's Quebec Publisher Cuts Ties Over Hey Hi (AI) Accusations ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/canada/thelyson-orelien-ai-publisher.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:31:14

  • Taiwan says China cyberattacks, disinformation up ahead of local elections ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/21/taiwan-says-china-cyberattacks-disinformation-up-ahead-of-local-elections/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:31:57

  • Canadian publisher drops author Orelien after confirming he used Hey Hi (AI) in debut novel ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20261021-canadian-publisher-drops-author-orelien-after-confirming-he-used-ai-in-debut-novel    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:32:12

  • Red Hat sponsored sites hypes up slop promotion deal with its sponsors ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/21/red-hat-and-nvidia-expand-their-partnership-to-secure-autonomous-ai-agents/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:33:04

  • Meta sued in Australian class-action lawsuit over alleged social control media harm to children ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/meta-sued-in-australia-class-action-over-alleged-social-media-harm-to-children    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:33:41

  • Chad Hugo v. Pharrell Williams Gets Even Uglier — Neptunes Co-Founders Clash Amid Intensifying Dismissal Dispute ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/21/chad-hugo-pharrell-williams-lawsuit-2/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:34:31

  • What’s holding up Washington’s $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan? ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/22/whats-holding-up-washingtons-14-billion-arms-sale-to-taiwan/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:35:02

  • Duterte impeachment: bribing elites is China’s strategy, military official says ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/10/21/philippines-duterte-impeachment-china-influence/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:36:04

  • Security advisory: CVE-2026-105923 - Null-pointer dereference in QTriangulator reachable through VectorImage ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-cve-2026-105923    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:36:29

  • Security advisory: CVE-2026-96432 - Null pointer dereference vulnerability in QNetworkAccessManager impacts Qt ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-cve-2026-96432    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:36:47

  • More vulnerabilities in widely deployed software ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1102044/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:37:17

  • Today's PHP Security Release, and How We're Strengthening PHP Security (PHP Foundation) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1102060/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:37:46

  • Browsers Block eMudhra Intermediate CAs Over Recoverable Private Keys ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/browsers-block-emudhra-intermediate-cas-over-recoverable-private-keys/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:38:49

  • High-Severity Flaws Exploited in Three Days as Ransomware Dominates Q3: Rapid7 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/high-severity-flaws-exploited-in-three-days-as-ransomware-dominates-q3-rapid7/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:39:13

  • PHP2Shell Patches Land as First Exploitation Attempts Hit Sensors ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/php2shell-patches-land-as-first-exploitation-attempts-hit-sensors/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:39:34

  • Discover the Qualcomm Academy new Hey Hi (AI) Associate Certification: Model to App at Maker Faire Rome! ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/10/21/discover-the-qualcomm-academy-new-ai-associate-certification-model-to-app-at-maker-faire-rome/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 19:59:41

  • Memory Bugs Account for Most of Chrome’s 353 New Security Fixes ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/memory-bugs-account-for-most-of-chromes-353-new-security-fixes/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:00:06

  • You Can Reserve This Small-Factor, De-Googled Phone for $30 ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/brax-wink-pre-order/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:00:33

  • French bond yields hit 24-year high after unrest ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/french-bond-yields-hit-24-year-high-after-unrest    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:01:19

  • cyber problems of too complex programs: keep php up to date, emergency update released ☞ https://dwaves.de/2026/10/21/cyber-problems-of-too-complex-programs-keep-php-up-to-date-emergency-update-released/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:01:35

  • Jesus Christ patch your shit now ☞ https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/memory-safety/CVE-2026-109618/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:01:48

  • Frontier Proprietary Chaffbot Company Model Exposes Stunning Exploit That Leaves Millions of Web Servers Open to Attack ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/openai-php-exploit-millions-web-servers    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:02:11

  • Printerpix and the not so private photo album ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/printerpix-and-the-not-so-private-photo-album/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:03:39

  • Hong Kong press group urges authorities to scrap new rules tightening media access to land records ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/21/hong-kong-press-group-urges-authorities-to-scrap-new-rules-tightening-media-access-to-land-records/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:04:11

  • GSC votes unanimously for University to investigate, apologize after Hey Hi (AI) photo controversy ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/10/21/gsc-ai-photo-controversy/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:04:31

  • Critical PHP Vulnerability (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619) [infocon yellow], (Wed, Oct 21st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33440    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:05:00

  • Critical PHP Security Release ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2026/10/critical-php-security-release/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:05:38

  • ESP-Mosaico – An ESP32-S31-based modular development platform for AI-assisted hardware creation ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/21/esp-mosaico-an-esp32-s31-based-modular-development-platform-for-ai-assisted-hardware-creation/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:06:03

  • Rotary encoder with 1.8-inch touch display gets upgrade to ESP32-S31 SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/22/rotary-encoder-with-1-8-inch-touch-display-gets-upgrade-to-esp32-s31-soc/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:06:31

  • The Star Labs StarBook Horizon is Qubes certified! ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/10/21/starlabs-starbook-horizon-qubes-certified/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:07:29

  • The Star Labs StarFighter is Qubes certified! ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/10/21/starlabs-starfighter-qubes-certified/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:07:52

  • PHP releases emergency fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/php-emergency-patches-php2shell-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:08:28

  • Who’s suing Hey Hi (AI) and who’s signing latest: Canadian publishers sue Anthropic, Reach and CNN are latest Surveillance Giant Google Hey Hi (AI) news partners ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:10:33

  • Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/technology/meta-penalty-new-mexico.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:10:58

  • Meta hit with $25 billion fine for deceiving users on privacy ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/21/meta-hit-with-25-billion-fine-for-deceiving-users-on-privacy/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:11:35

  • Drone Strike Kills More Than 150 in Abyei in Sudan’s Civil War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/africa/sudan-drone-strikes.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:11:51

  • U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After Elections ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/us-israel-renewed-iran-strikes.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:12:05

  • 'Neither the Sudanese military, nor the RSF take any acknowledgement of human life in this war' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/neither-the-sudanese-military-nor-the-rsf-take-any-acknowledgement-of-human-life-in-this-war    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:12:44

  • Sudan’s war escalates as UN warns of wider regional crisis ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20261021-sudan-s-war-escalates-as-un-warns-of-wider-regional-crisis    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:12:51

  • Openness in Hey Hi (AI) development: a path to long-term independence ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/openness-in-ai-development/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:13:35

  • Widespread PHP Flaw May Cause Many Site Outages Today ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/widespread-php-flaw-may-cause-many-site-outages-today/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:13:52

  • Orthodox Christians under Moscow Patriarchate must choose sides – Lithuanian president ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3089292/orthodox-christians-under-moscow-patriarchate-must-choose-sides-lithuanian-president    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:14:13

  • Mobile networks a problem in Latvian border area ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/21.10.2026-mobile-networks-a-problem-in-latvian-border-area.a668435/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:14:36

  • A Debt-Fueled “Doom Loop” ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/debt-france-protests-russia-us.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:14:53

  • Who Is Stephen James Hubbard, the American Released From Russian Jail? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/europe/who-stephen-hubbard-american-russia-prisoner-release.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:15:06

  • Japan sends senior diplomat to Russia over detained journalist ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-sends-senior-diplomat-to-russia-over-detained-journalist    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:15:13

  • Jensen Huang Nvidia GTC keynote disrupted by Greenpeace protest over chips in Russian drones ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/jensen-huang-nvidia-gtc-keynote-disrupted-by-greenpeace-protest-over-chips-in-russian-drones-what-are-you-doing-about-that-heckler-demands-before-being-thrown-out    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:15:22

  • Can the US still deter Russia? Lithuania navigates an uneasy alliance ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3088315/can-the-us-still-deter-russia-lithuania-navigates-an-uneasy-alliance    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:15:34

  • Lithuanian PM: Russia is testing limits of NATO’s Article 5 ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3089141/lithuanian-pm-russia-is-testing-limits-of-nato-s-article-5    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:15:41

  • In run-up to mass protests and riots, pro-Russian accounts amplified French anger, NGO finds ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/in-run-up-to-mass-protests-and-riots-pro-russian-accounts-amplified-french-anger-ngo-finds    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:15:49

  • In Convicted Felon’s Diplomacy, Insults Are a One-Way Street. Ukraine Is the Latest Example. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/trumps-diplomacy-insults.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:16:05

  • Rubio Says Starlink Access Is MElon's Decision as Ukraine Says Service Is Still Restricted ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rubio-says-ukraine-starlink-access-governed-spacex-contract-1827094    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:16:16

  • US Citizen Accused By Moscow Of Fighting For Ukraine Released From Russian Prison ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/stephen-hubbard-russia-us-prisoner-release-trump/33880760.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:16:31

  • Russian missiles hit Kyiv as Moscow signals readiness for peace talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20261022-russia-missiles-kyiv-ukraine-peace-talks    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:16:45

  • Russia frees retired Michigan teacher after over 4 years behind bars ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/russia-frees-retired-michigan-teacher-after-over-4-years-behind-bars/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:16:59

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Envoy Calls Putin a ‘Humanitarian’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/briefing/trump-russia-prisoner-release.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:17:19

  • What Putin Gains From Releasing an American Prisoner ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000011223251/what-putin-gains-from-releasing-an-american-prisoner.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:17:46

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Stiffs Nick Shirley: The Big Rewards Go to Putin’s Election Propagandists ☞ https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/21/trump-stiffs-nick-shirley-the-big-rewards-go-to-putins-election-propagandists/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:18:03

  • After Witkoff Meeting, Putin 'Ready To Resume' US-Led Peace Talks With Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-talks-witkoff-putin-ukraine/33880709.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:18:19

  • Kremlin says 'ready' to resume 3-way talks with US and Ukraine mid-November ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/kremlin-says-ready-to-resume-3-way-talks-with-us-and-ukraine-mid-november    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:18:28

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man faces fresh questions over ties to 'humanitarian' Putin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/trump-faces-fresh-questions-over-ties-to-humanitarian-putin    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:18:39

  • Putin agrees to resume three-way talks with Kyiv and Washington ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/putin-agrees-to-resume-three-way-talks-with-kyiv-and-washington    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:18:52

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man admin 'destroying' US democracy with 'autocratic, terrorist version of Christian nationalism' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20261021-trump-admin-destroying-us-democracy-with-autocratic-terrorist-version-of-christian-nationalism    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:19:05

  • Pluralistic: Adversarial interoperability is a team sport (21 Oct 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/21/brittle-individualism/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:20:04

  • Student suicides in South Korea rise 26% in three years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/student-suicides-in-south-korea-rise-26-in-three-years    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:20:20

  • Qubes OS Summit 2026: Nitrokey sponsorship; last call for tickets! ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/10/21/qubes-os-summit-2026-nitrokey-sponsorship-last-call-for-tickets/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:20:42

  • It seems like techrepublic became LLM slop https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-snapdragon-x2-linux-laptop-support/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:23:16

  • "siduction 2026.1 (codename Big Crime) has been released today as a major update to this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution featuring some of the latest and greatest technologies and desktop environments." https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-siduction-2026-1-big-crime-released-with-linux-7-2-kde-plasma-6-7    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:23:50

  • Ubuntu 26.10 is here, but should you leave 26.04 LTS for it? https://www.howtogeek.com/httpshowtogeekslackcomarchivesc0alxfddnjkp1792444276126259/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:24:32

  • Linux Won the Server Market. Why Is Its Desktop Still a Gamble? https://hackernoon.com/linux-won-the-server-market-why-is-its-desktop-still-a-gamble    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:26:54

  • Retroid Announced Linux Support for Pocket 6, Nova, and Duo Handheld Consoles https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/10/21/retroid-obieiavila-o-podderzke-linux-dlia-portativnyx-konsolei-pocket-6-nova-i-duo.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:27:40

  • Helldivers 2 still runs on Steam Deck and Linux after its switch to Easy Anti-Cheat https://mixed-news.com/en/helldivers-2-easy-anti-cheat-gameguard-steam-deck-linux-still-work/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:29:02

  • How to empty your hidden Linux trash folders to reclaim space: My 2 favorite ways https://www.zdnet.com/tech/how-to-empty-hidden-linux-trash-folders/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:30:36

  • I installed this Linux distro for gaming and stayed for something else https://www.makeuseof.com/i-installed-this-linux-distro-for-gaming-and-stayed-for-something-else/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:31:03

  • "CentOS roots give way to homegrown containers, AI tools, and a workstation edition we took for a spin" https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/20/openeuler-brings-chinas-enterprise-linux-ambitions-to-the-desktop/5304145    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:32:24

  • Promotion of slop on IBM's payroll, as IBM forces workers to slop https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/new-lf-research-survey-shows-generative-ai-cuts-open-source-coding-time-in-half-but-25-of-incoming-pull-requests-are-considered-ai-slop    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:33:35

  • KVM escape exposes broader attack surface in Linux networking https://www.csoonline.com/article/4237999/kvm-escape-exposes-broader-attack-surface-in-linux-networking.html    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:34:00

  • IBM mouthpiece https://www.techpowerup.com/353924/linux-foundation-finds-25-of-incoming-pull-requests-are-considered-ai-slop    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:34:41

  • Open-source Xodus Nexus runs PC Game Pass titles locally on Linux https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/open-source-xodus-nexus-runs-pc-game-pass-titles-locally-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:35:45

  • Resonite's Linux launcher stopped working with Proton 11 https://mixed-news.com/en/resonite-linux-launcher-proton-11-hybrid-apps-never-supported-860/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:36:05

  • Retroid Announces Linux Support For Pocket 6, Nova and Duo Handhelds https://retrododo.com/retroid-announces-linux-support-for-pocket-6-nova-and-duo-handhelds/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:36:33

  • "The SparkyLinux development team unveiled SparkyOS as a modern, portable, rolling release distribution based on Arch Linux and designed to run directly from a USB flash drive." https://9to5linux.com/sparkyos-unveiled-as-a-portable-arch-linux-based-sparkylinux-flavor    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 20:36:59

  • "Toybox, which specializes in child-friendly 3D-printing systems, has announced its first printer to offer automatic multi-material switching: the four-color Toybox Luna." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202610/20261022-toybox.gmi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:29:24

  • Building Major Tom, the missing macOS Gemini Client gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2026-10-22-building-major-tom.gmi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:29:56

  • "Out of all the Linux distributions I use regularly, only Debian still has a dedicated Gopher client in its standard software repository." gemini://kvibber.com/reviews/software/gopher-umn.gmi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:31:46

  • "A mailbox has now been running on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W from the ‘Solar Miniserver’ range alongside the Gemini Server for some time: Mystic BBS, accessible via Telnet, with message boards, file directories and the typical text-based screen with 80 by 25 characters." gemini://schreibfaultier.pollux.casa/blog/2026-10-22-solar-minibbs-part-1-install.en.gmi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:32:40

  • "Went shopping today. Imagine a street of glass-fronted shops of the bland, soulless, chainstore variety which make so many British town centres bland and soulless, one much like another." gemini://kdan.smol.pub/hawk_moth    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:33:20

  • "With Zig, I've sort of adopted the "handmade" manifesto, which is a nice change of pace for me." gemini://gem.unreliable.observer/zigging.gmi    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:34:01

  • "In the past, I've put together lists like this, and they all seem to revolve around KROQ-style goth music, which is cool but a bit limiting." gemini://gemini.sergio101.com/top-10-halloween-songs-for-2026/    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:34:39

  • "Click for details if you like, but I'm not actually here to discuss those.(FN1) I'm thinking about all plans that fall under the heading "exempt diesel fuel from taxes for a short period to deal with current economic pressures."" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-10-22    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:35:12

  • "It's been a little more than a year after I started the professional diagnosis of why I'm weird. To sum it up in a somewhat offensive sentence." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2857    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:35:48

  • "I'm having a few days on the isle of Anglesey in North Wales, one of my favourite places. You don't come to Wales in October for the weather, but today has been glorious, cool but bright, with a bracing breeze." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-10-22-anglesey    

posted Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 21:36:17
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