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posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 03:33:55

  • "I was a little hesistant to admit this, but there have been a few occasions where my strattera dosage has caused EXTREME FATIGUE while driving." gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-10-22.gmi    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 03:34:43

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1777.jpg    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 03:35:33

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2134.jpg    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 03:35:38

  • Electronic Arts lays off 400 in latest blow to beleaguered gaming industry https://www.fastcompany.com/91628229/electronic-arts-lays-off-400-in-latest-blow-to-beleaguered-gaming-industry    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 03:44:53

  • Intercontinental Brigading - Part XII - Lawfare to Cover Up Microsoft's Restricted Boot Calamity (Microsoft as Authority Over Linux), Garrett Wants to Talk About Penises Instead https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/23/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XII_Lawfare_to_Cover_Up_Microso.shtml    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 04:59:07

  • Manchester City Council Customer Service Issues – Part I – Denying Access to Browsers That Aren’t GAFAM or Chrom*-based https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/23/manchester-city-council-customer-service-issues-part-i-denying-access-to-browsers-that-arent-gafam-or-chrom-based/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 05:22:43

  • It’s About the Back Doors, Not About Garrett (Who Promotes and Shoehorns Back Doors) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/23/its-about-the-back-doors-not-about-garrett-who-promotes-and-shoehorns-back-doors/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 05:30:11

  • Signal-to-Noise Ratio Improved https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/23/signal-to-noise-ratio-improved/    

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

  • Getting Back the Missing Hour https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/23/getting-back-the-missing-hour/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 06:05:07

  • Manchester City Council Customer Service Issues – Part II – No More Complaints by Paper, Only Digital and Without Tracking of Reports https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/23/manchester-city-council-customer-service-issues-part-ii-no-more-complaints-by-paper-only-digital-and-without-tracking-of-reports/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 06:51:13

  • "Russian media reported that the journalist would remain in custody at least until Dec. 12." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/20/japan-slams-lack-of-access-to-journalist-arrested-in-far-east-a94025 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:15:52

  • "Uncertainty over the exemption from the social media ban came up several times." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/10/regulator-first-rules-later-bill-c-34-debate-shows-the-government-wants-a-digital-safety-commission-before-it-figures-out-what-it-will-do/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:16:18

  • "This morning I gave a short presentation to the TPRF board about fundraising" ☛ https://www.olafalders.com/2026/10/22/the-perl-and-raku-foundation-by-the-numbers/ | Source: Olaf Alders    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:16:35

  • "The true risk lies in the 2027 harvest. If output is low, the safety net is gone, removing the main barrier against sudden price spikes." ☛ https://money.ca/news/economy/quebec-maple-syrup-strategic-reserve-empty |    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:16:55

  • "the planet is not going to tolerate much more from our species." ☛ https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-10-22 | Source: Dr Molly Tov    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:17:08

  • "Middle East Oil Exports Climb Back to Prewar Levels" ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/this-headline-is-the-biggest-scandal | Source: Ken Klippenstein    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:17:17

  • "live by the sword, die by the sword" ☛ https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/elon-musk-just-threatened-the-coming | Source: Matt Stoller    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:17:47

  • "I said on X that I support nationalizing SpaceX" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/too-big-to-nationalize | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:18:09

  • "However, given that there is now finger-pointing going on and there are credible statements that Musk himself was the instigator" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-time-to-take-starlink-away-from | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:18:23

  • " As I mentioned in an earlier post, eMudrha was using the numbers 4, 56, 115, 155, 156, 230, and 237 as secret keys." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/10/22/certificate-debacle/ | Source: John D Cook http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/21/Techrights_Was_Right_About_a_Fake_Security_Model_Built_Around_L.shtml    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:18:59

  • "Some jurisdictions have consent-based privacy laws." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/ccpa-and-cipa-on-the-same-site/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:20:44

  • "What’s important to know is that unlike with any other kind of login credential, you do not have ultimate control over your passkeys." ☛ https://nonfunctional.substack.com/p/passkeys-are-a-trap-do-not-use-them |    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:21:05

  • "It also doesn't help that passkeys require you to use a password manager, at which point it must be asked, doesn't a password manager solve a lot of the problems passkeys are supposed to solve anyway?" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/passkeys-are-a-trap-no-theyre-not/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:21:18

  • Social Control Media: "All that said, this doesn't mean the awful stuff on the platform has gone away." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/i-cant-believe-were-still-arguing-over-whether-x-is-for-jerks/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:21:45

  • "Gina Chua and Adiel Kaplan at the Tow-Knight Center for Journalism Futures have put together a report summarizing" ☛ https://werd.io/news-will-be-intermediated-by-ai-whats-next/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:22:14

  • "There are a few other steps that would need to be shown for the threat to hold. The bot has to scan the wider internet." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/22/ai-will-hack-all-the-tvs-by-the-end-of-2026-or-not/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:22:29

  • "I’ve been talking about my plans for iocaine 4.0 on the Fediverse, but following my development hellthreads is - I was told - a challenging exercise." ☛ https://chronicles.mad-scientist.club/tales/iocaine-4-0/ | Source: Gergely Nagy    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:22:48

  • "The trap is mixing up the stages. You walk out of a course feeling you understood everything, and you did: acquisition went well." ☛ https://jeroensangers.com/2026/10/22/learning-runs-through-acquiring-retaining.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:23:16

  • "Mark joined rOpenSci as a staff member in December 2019 to help us expand software peer review to statistical topics." ☛ https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/10/21/mark-building-machinery-software-review/ | Source: rOpenSci    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:23:25

  • "with x and y in F. Typically in cryptography the field F is the integers mod p where p is a very large prime number." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/10/22/the-number-of-points-on-an-elliptic-curve/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:23:56

  • "The program works like this: you create a short TOML file with the relevant data (URL, track timings)." ☛ https://neugierig.org/software/blog/2026/10/taper.html | Source: Evan Martin    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:24:18

  • "It's also not always the same 1%. Decent people have bad days. Someone who usually stops at a red light might run it accidentally when they're distracted and late for work." ☛ https://herman.bearblog.dev/if-people-would-just/ | Source: Herman Martinus    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:24:30

  • "It’s hard for me to get enthusiastic about the present or future because of…*gestures vaguely at everything*…but at the same time I want to be careful about being all doom-and-gloom." ☛ https://discardpile.pika.page/posts/post-where-i-try-to-say-something-nice-about-the-present-day | Source: Kyle Labriola    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:24:45

  • "There are ever-shifting circles. Friends in the middle, acquaintances on the outer edge, with gradations between. In between, friendquaintances." ☛ https://nazhamid.com/journal/what-is-a-friend/ | Source: Naz Hamid    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 08:24:54

  • "However, the infrastructure that supports such a long-standing and large-scale project inevitably accumulates technical debt." ☛ https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/04/08/r-universe-bioc/ | Source: rOpenSci    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:19:14

  • "Following this previous post and this discussion on Mastodon" ☛ https://modtools.wordpress.com/2026/10/22/automatically-center-a-projection-on-the-plotted-map/ |    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:20:06

  • "Complex architectures with multiple services require a lot of configuration." ☛ https://www.tweag.io/blog/2026-10-22-code-commons-x-nickel/ | Source: Modus Create LLC    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:20:50

  • "The hardest part of responding to eMudhra may be finding every piece of software that needs an update." ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/emudhra-compromise-verified-fix/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:21:03

  • "So that's the era we're in now. You maintain your site, keep your versions up-to-date," ☛ https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/phpocalypse-day-two | Source: Jasper Tandy    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:23:48

  • back to reality: "Accident Or Not, The No Kings Takedown Is Why You Shouldn't Rent Your Megaphone From Zuck - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/10/22/0139217    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:24:25

  • melon https://boingboing.net/2026/10/21/tom-the-dancing-bug-a-simpsonian-look-at-trump-putin-and-musk.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:24:38

  • "Another day of Internet security getting on the front page." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/insecurity-department/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:24:53

  • "I don't think this PHP vulnerability is that exploitable." ☛ https://danq.me/2026/10/22/there-isnt-an-easy-exploit-for-this-php-vulnerability/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:25:08

  • "I made a simple script to automatically convert a YAML file into a bunch of markdown files for a Jekyll collection" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/converting-yaml-to-jekyll-collection/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:27:06

  • "eMudhra generated eight of its intermediate CA certificates incorrectly" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/10/21/trust-stores-are-dependencies-too.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:27:34

  • "She'd never worked with electronics before, but this year she used Tiny FX to add lighting to the finished piece." ☛ https://blog.pimoroni.com/the-witch-who-makes-pub-goers-jump/ | Source: Pimoroni    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:28:03

  • "Native masonry layouts have been a long time coming to CSS and after years of debate over how they should work and fit into the language, we finally have display: grid-lanes." ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/native-masonry-layouts-with-css-grid-lanes/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:37:27

  • "Suppose, not hypothetically, that you have a DNS zone with two authoritative DNS servers that have independent copies of the zone data." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/DNSInconsistencyAndWeirdResults | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:37:59

  • "Nebula's app lets you download videos for offline viewing, which is fine on a phone or tablet. I wanted to watch some offline on my laptop though" ☛ https://www.jamesleighton.com/2026/10/how-to-download-nebula-videos/ | Source: James Leighton    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:38:22

  • "Synergy Logic has launched the SLM-RP4, a UL-listed industrial edge controller based on the Raspberry Pi 4 platform." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/linux-based-industrial-pi-controller-supports-stackable-i-o-modules/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:39:44

  • "LattePanda has announced the Sigma 2, an x86 single-board computer based on Intel’s Core Ultra X7 358H Panther Lake processor." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/panther-lake-linux-ready-sbc-delivers-180-tops-ai-and-64gb-ram/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:40:14

  • Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunners update brings improved modding, better HDR, new content and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/cyberpunk-2077-edgerunners-update-brings-improved-modding-better-hdr-new-content-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:44:38

  • Another set of 15 demos to try in Steam Next Fest - October 2026 edition | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/another-set-of-15-demos-to-try-in-steam-next-fest-october-2026-edition/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:46:11

  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV has an exciting new gameplay overview trailer | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/warhammer-40-000-dawn-of-war-iv-has-an-exciting-new-gameplay-overview-trailer/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:46:31

  • Serious Sam: The Third Encounter gets teased by Croteam and Devolver Digital | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/serious-sam-the-third-encounter-gets-teased-by-croteam-and-devolver-digital/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:46:49

  • "Linux Is a Pain. Huge Usability Issues in 10 Categories. Let's Fix It with ReadyLinux" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/readylinux-x:8    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:47:24

  • "El «AI slop» ya supone el 25% de las PR en el código abierto" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2026/10/21/codigo-abierto-ai-slop/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:52:31

  • "Indirect Prompt Injection Starts Turning Up in Webpage Headers - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/10/20/0337238    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:52:42

  • LF marketing spam for slop and false marketing thereof https://thenewstack.io/penai-cobol-migration-benchmark/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:53:05

  • "Open Thread: Someone's Not Living in Fascist Reality with Us - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/22/open-thread-someones-not-living-in-fascist-reality-with-us/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:53:17

  • Epic Games Launcher Preview is slowly becoming actually usable on Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-is-slowly-becoming-actually-usable-on-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-is-slowly-becoming-actually-usable-on-linux/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:56:35

  • SteamOS 3.9.4 Beta brings updates for security, hibernation and regression fixes | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamos-3-9-4-beta-brings-updates-for-security-hibernation-and-regression-fixes/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:57:56

  • Steam Client update fixes Vulkan games hanging after alt-tab, and a security update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steam-client-update-fixes-vulkan-games-hanging-after-alt-tab-and-a-security-update/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:58:14

  • SteamVR 2.18 brings Linux fixes, Steam Frame improvements, new Aurora environment | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamvr-2-18-brings-linux-fixes-steam-frame-improvements-new-aurora-environment/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 13:58:38

  • Can you really boost your immune system? What the science says ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/can-you-really-boost-your-immune-system-what-the-science-says-ahOr13j9hUyT    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:24:28

  • Ebola Outbreak in Africa Reaches Widest Expansion Ever ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/health/ebola-nigeria-congo-kenya.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:31:34

  • Key Convicted Felon Health Adviser Resigns Ahead of Midterm Elections ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/us/politics/calley-means-resigns-rfk-trump.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:31:48

  • Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sounded ‘fairly healthy’, son says after first call in years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/son-of-myanmars-suu-kyi-says-he-had-first-call-in-five-years    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:32:22

  • STEWARD project seeks to create oversight for Hey Hi (AI) in healthcare ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/10/22/steward-ai/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:32:45

  • Sheinbaum lauds 8% raise for healthcare workers as protests continue: Thursday’s mañanera recapped ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/sheinbaum-pay-raise-imss-protests-healthcare-workers-october-22-mananera/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:33:15

  • Shark nicknamed ‘Bukangi’ foils rescue attempts, returns to South Korean canal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/shark-nicknamed-bukangi-foils-rescue-attempts-returns-to-south-korean-canal    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:34:38

  • South Korean Constitutional Court upholds harsher penalties for killing parents ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-constitutional-court-upholds-harsher-penalties-for-killing-parents    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:35:17

  • Australia sanctions North Koreans over ‘fraudulent’ IT work, cybercrime ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-sanctions-north-koreans-over-fraudulent-it-work-cybercrime    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:35:40

  • Scientists turned art detectives date van Gogh's 'Starry Night' to actual night sky in 1889 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20261022-scientists-turn-art-detectives-trace-van-gogh-starry-night-actual-night-sky-1889    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:36:07

  • Malaysia Airports works with other agencies to curb wildlife smuggling ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-airports-works-with-other-agencies-to-curb-wildlife-smuggling    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:36:49

  • Malaysia’s TuJu highway navigation app hit by technical disruptions amid user surge ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-tuju-highway-navigation-app-hit-by-technical-disruptions-amid-user-surge    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:37:05

  • "proposed by Surveillance Giant Google AI" = LLM slop = crap ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/10/thin-xfs-lvs-provisioning-and-libvirt_062073568.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:37:48

  • How a Legal Backlash Against Big Tech Is Forcing Big Changes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/technology/tech-lawsuit-settlements-meta-google.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:38:53

  • pgCluu v5.0 has been released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgcluu-v50-has-been-released-3417/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:41:45

  • No repatriation if Rohingya returnees face persecution in Myanmar, says Malaysia’s Home Minister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/no-repatriation-if-returnees-face-persecution-in-myanmar-says-malaysias-home-minister    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:43:38

  • Meta's Muse Hey Hi (AI) Under Fire After Researchers Uncover 6,800 Share Links, Raising Privacy Concerns ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meta-muse-ai-sharing-links-privacy-concerns-1827190    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:44:02

  • How Technologies Move From Empowering to Imprisoning ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/from-empowering-to-imprisoning    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:44:13

  • The Witch Who Makes Pub-Goers Jump ☞ https://blog.pimoroni.com/the-witch-who-makes-pub-goers-jump/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:46:52

  • The Perl and Raku Foundation by the Numbers ☞ https://www.olafalders.com/2026/10/22/the-perl-and-raku-foundation-by-the-numbers/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:48:04

  • Panther Lake Linux-ready SBC delivers 180 TOPS Hey Hi (AI) and 64GB RAM ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/panther-lake-linux-ready-sbc-delivers-180-tops-ai-and-64gb-ram/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:48:40

  • "Red Hat OpenShift GitOps, built around Argo CD: Deploys and continuously reconciles all pattern components" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/buzzword-blueprint-implementing-zero-trust-red-hat-openshift-layered-zero-trust-validated-pattern | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:49:30

  • "For years, Red Hat and NEC have worked together to understand and address certificate management challenges in Red Hat OpenShift." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/simplifying-tls-certificate-management-red-hat-openshift-nec | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:49:44

  • "Mentorship and direct action: Offer dedicated re-skilling opportunities. Address underlying fear directly through psychological safety." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-develop-automation-driven-culture | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:50:14

  • Building Kubernetes resilience with Krkn: A 4-phase chaos engineering blueprint ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/22/kubernetes-resilience-with-krkn-4-phase-chaos-engineering-blueprint    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:51:13

  • IBM Red Hat selling slop, Microsoft, and back door surveillance ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/22/agentic-partners-integration-ai-support-agents-for-microsoft-azure-red-hat-openshift    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:51:54

  • “ignore the slop” ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/10/22/ignore-the-slop/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:52:43

  • 134: The Clunky NVMe Interface ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/25019    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:53:10

  • Ruby 4.0.8 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/10/22/ruby-4-0-8-released/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:53:33

  • "When you finally look at the kernel log, you find that the Linux OOM killer (Out-Of-Memory killer) ended the database process because the server ran out of RAM." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/stop-oom-killer-killing-apps/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:54:16

  • Red Diff is Good Diff ☞ https://blog.broulik.de/2026/10/red-diff-is-good-diff/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:54:47

  • Issabel – Rocky Linux-based PBX distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/issabel-rocky-linux-based-pbx-distribution/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:55:07

  • ZacOS 9 – Debian-based Linux distribution inspired by classic Mac OS https://www.linuxlinks.com/zacos-9-debian-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 14:59:09

  • Remi Collet: 🛡️ PHP version 8.2.35, 8.3.36, 8.4.27 and 8.5.12 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2026/10/22/PHP-version-8.2.35-8.3.36-8.4.27-8.5.12    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:01:59

  • Script dependencies with Nix ☞ https://entropicthoughts.com/python-dependencies-with-nix    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:02:46

  • Retro Atari VCS platform will end with the closure of its software store in February 2027 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/retro-atari-vcs-platform-will-end-with-the-closure-of-its-software-store-in-february-2027-os-update-will-be-released-removing-reliance-on-atari-servers-and-opening-up-homebrew-development    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:09:11

  • Unpatched Linux kernel vulnerabilities accidentally emailed to public mailing list ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/unpatched-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-accidentally-emailed-to-public-mailing-list/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:09:52

  • PwnEscape Poses VM Vulnerability ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/PwnEscape-Poses-VM-Vulnerability    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:11:55

  • Firefox Nightly: Three Cheers for Volunteers! – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 211 ☞ https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/10/22/three-cheers-for-volunteers-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-211/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:12:47

  • This Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/beamfs-linux-filesystem-proposal/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:13:17

  • Red Hat Funded a Report That Found a Quarter of Incoming Pull Requests May Be Hey Hi (AI) Slop ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/red-hat-lf-research-ai-slop-report/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:13:33

  • KeePassXC 2.8.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1102270/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:14:00

  • Local inference and benchmarking with Red Bait Hey Hi (AI) Inference ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/22/local-inference-and-benchmarking-red-hat-ai-inference    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:14:38

  • noyb win: German DPA finds microtargeting by major political parties illegal ☞ https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-german-dpa-finds-microtargeting-major-political-parties-illegal    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:15:36

  • Seduced by the camera hype ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202610/seduced-by-the-camera-hype.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:15:52

  • China carmakers go back to design basics with buttons and knobs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-carmakers-go-back-to-design-basics-with-buttons-and-knobs    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:48:18

  • TSMC is seeking chipmaking equipment that doesn't contain Chinese rare-earth magnets ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/tsmc-is-seeking-chipmaking-equipment-that-doesnt-contain-chinese-rare-earth-magnets-asks-suppliers-to-provide-alternative-motors-as-export-controls-threaten-fab-operations    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 16:48:52

  • Fails to note that the author does PR for LF (Linux Foundation) and by extension for Torvalds https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/10/23/torvalds-ai-is-fine-for-competent-devs-but-spare-us-the-drive-by-patches/5304357    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:03:48

  • This means that The Register MS is also, without disclosures, running LF PR    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:05:59

  • AI answer engines bypass local news outlets going straight to official sources ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/ai-answer-engines-bypass-local-news-outlets-going-straight-to-official-sources/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:07:47

  • Tommy Robinson wanted to ‘put pressure’ on Daily Mail journalists, he tells court ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/tommy-robinson-wanted-to-put-pressure-on-daily-mail-journalists-he-tells-court/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:11:44

  • Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1102265/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:12:39

  • FLinux 17.2 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/flinux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:20:11

  • F Linux!!    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:20:23

  • Unraid 7.3.4 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/unraid    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:20:33

  • NagisinnraLinux 1.0.9 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nagisinnra    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:20:51

  • Alpine 3.24.3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alpine    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:21:29

  • Canaima 9.0-beta ☞ https://distrowatch.com/canaima    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:21:37

  • Epic’s vibe-coded games launcher is available to test on Ubuntu ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/epic-confirm-fortnite-linux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:22:22

  • KeePassXC 2.8 released with Qt6, support for Wayland auto-type ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/keepassxc-2-8-auto-type-wayland    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:23:03

  • Terminal Text Editor: Like VS Code But in GNU/Linux Terminal ☞h https://itsfoss.com/terminal-text-editor/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:24:23

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

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:24:57

  • The Mozilla Blog: Still here, still yours: 5 reasons to choose Firefox ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/5-reasons-to-choose-firefox/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:25:15

  • How To Install WPS Office on Fedora 44 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-wps-office-fedora-44/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:25:44

  • Quick recap of the LibreOffice Conference 2026 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/22/quick-recap-of-the-libreoffice-conference-2026/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:26:08

  • Reservoir Fires Off Infringement and DMCA Suits Against Suno and Anthropic, Demanding Nearly $340 Million in Total Damages ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/22/reservoir-media-suno-anthropic-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:26:37

  • Eminem Ex-Employee Pleads Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement After Leaking Unreleased Tracks ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/22/former-eminem-employee-plea-copyright-infringement/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:27:19

  • A journalist finds a new beat: His imprisonment ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Arts-Culture/Books/2026/1022/evan-gershkovich-memoir-review-russia-prisoner    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:27:41

  • 17 Russian trawlers logged mapping undersea cables connecting the US and Europe ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/17-russian-trawlers-logged-mapping-undersea-cables-connecting-the-us-and-europe-over-500-incidents-of-russian-vessels-loitering-over-critical-communications-cables-reported-in-under-5-years    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:27:54

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Asked MElon to Reverse Limits on Ukraine’s Military Internet Use ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/us/politics/starshield-outage-ukraine-musk-trump.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:28:15

  • South Korea repatriates aid worker from Ukraine over safety, Yonhap says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-repatriates-aid-worker-from-ukraine-over-safety-yonhap-says    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:28:28

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Says MElon Has Lifted Starlink Restrictions On Ukraine After Kyiv Reported Ongoing Issues ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-starlink-starshield-congress/33881387.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:28:46

  • US Accuses Russia Of 'Deliberately Reckless' Move With Military Satellite Flyby ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-us-satellite-accusation-intelligence-threat/33881569.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:28:57

  • Germany arrests Ukrainian man suspected of spying on Lithuania brigade ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3090269/germany-arrests-ukrainian-man-suspected-of-spying-on-lithuania-brigade    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 17:29:07

  • Scientists Dug Into a Weird Patch on The Seafloor. They Unearthed a Watery Grave ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-dug-into-a-weird-patch-on-the-seafloor-they-unearthed-a-watery-grave    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 20:46:02

  • Herpes Virus Appears to Hijack The Brain's Immune Cells, And It Could Have Serious Consequences ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/herpes-virus-appears-to-hijack-the-brains-immune-cells-and-it-could-have-serious-consequences    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 20:46:17

  • A Common Supplement Displays a Concerning Link to Heart Failure ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-supplement-displays-a-concerning-link-to-heart-failure    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 20:46:38

  • Mysterious Star Pattern in Famous Van Gogh Painting Helps Solve a Century-Old Debate ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-star-pattern-in-famous-van-gogh-painting-solves-a-century-old-debate    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 20:46:57

  • SafeGrd: PostgreSQL backups that are restored and checked on a schedule ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/safegrd-postgresql-backups-that-are-restored-and-checked-on-a-schedule-3414/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 20:47:18

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man disinvited international election observers. Here’s what that could mean. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/1022/us-election-security-international-observers    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 20:47:58

  • GL.iNet Mango 2 mini travel router features AC1300 WiFi 5 and dual Gigabit Ethernet ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/22/gl-inet-mango-2-mini-travel-router-features-ac1300-wifi-5-and-dual-gigabit-ethernet/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 20:48:31

  • Third Hong Kong media outlet receives suspicious letter with unknown powder from UK ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/23/third-hong-kong-media-outlet-receives-suspicious-letter-with-unknown-powder-from-uk/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 20:49:32

  • NYC, New Webinar, Differential Testing ☞ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/nyc-new-webinar-differential-testing/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 20:51:04

  • BackupDrill: open-source Supabase Postgres backups with automated restore drills ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/backupdrill-open-source-supabase-postgres-backups-with-automated-restore-drills-3413/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:05:52

  • How Generative Hey Hi (AI) is Scaling Transnational Repression ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/how-generative-ai-is-scaling-transnational-repression/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:14:20

  • What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/technology/what-is-php-vulnerability-risks.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:26:48

  • PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/world/php-vulnerability-websites-cybersecurity-ai.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:26:58

  • Around 100 Lithuanian websites vulnerable to critical PHP flaw, cybersecurity chief says ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3090359/around-100-lithuanian-websites-vulnerable-to-critical-php-flaw-cybersecurity-chief-says    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:27:13

  • Preventing risks or quick response – what matters most in the age of cyberattacks? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/22.10.2026-preventing-risks-or-quick-response-what-matters-most-in-the-age-of-cyberattacks.a668619/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:27:22

  • More ways to code, more ways to create: PictoBlox expands Arduino support ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/10/22/more-ways-to-code-more-ways-to-create-pictoblox-expands-arduino-support/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:27:51

  • Japan’s banks and airlines pull digital services offline in scramble to fix PHP flaws ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japans-banks-and-airlines-pull-digital-services-offline-in-scramble-to-fix-php-flaws    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:28:19

  • BSD Now 686: Yell in your Shell ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/686    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:28:51

  • Building syslog-ng with bundled ivykis on FreeBSD ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-building-with-bundled-ivykis-on-freebsd/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:29:12

  • JUVE Patent gives a platform to a compromised patent trolls' judge who now compromises the system even further by entering the private sector. JUVE is part of the abuse in this system. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/alan-albright-weve-seen-an-enormous-shift-in-the-most-important-centres-for-ip/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:30:32

  • Two Board Decisions Reaching Past the Briefs ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/10/two-board-decisions-reaching-past-the-briefs.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:30:47

  • Announcing Istio 1.29.10 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.29.x/announcing-1.29.10/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:31:22

  • Announcing Istio 1.30.7 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.30.x/announcing-1.30.7/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:31:30

  • Announcing Istio 1.31.3 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.31.x/announcing-1.31.3/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:32:15

  • ISTIO-SECURITY-2026-008 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/security/istio-security-2026-008/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:32:27

  • Mozilla Localization (L10N): L10n Report: October Edition 2026 ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2026/10/22/l10n-report-october-edition-2026/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:32:52

  • pgrecon: open-source Oracle to PostgreSQL migration assessment and schema conversion ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgrecon-open-source-oracle-to-postgresql-migration-assessment-and-schema-conversion-3410/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:33:20

  • New Serious PHP Vulnerabilities Released and Patched ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/new-serious-php-vulnerabilities-released-and-patched.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:33:51

  • Ahead of US and Israeli elections, 3-day joint attack on Iran 'would not radically change conflict' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ahead-of-us-and-israeli-elections-3-day-joint-attack-on-iran-would-not-radically-change-conflict    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:34:05

  • Reports show US and Israel are planning new strikes on Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261022-reports-show-us-and-israel-plan-new-strikes-on-iran    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:34:13

  • Handful of Micron workers strike in Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/handful-of-micron-workers-strike-in-taiwan    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:34:27

  • Houthi Strike on Saudi Airport Kills 2 as U.S. Tells Some Diplomats to Leave ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/world/middleeast/saudi-houthis-yemen-dammam-airport.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:34:48

  • Italy Experiences Food and Fuel Shortages After Truckers on Strike Block Roads ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/world/europe/italy-protests-shortages-truckers.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:35:03

  • Still here, still yours: 5 reasons to choose Firefox ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/5-reasons-to-choose-firefox/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:35:24

  • How Technologies Move From Empowering to Imprisoning ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-technologies-move-from-empowering-to-imprisoning    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:37:02

  • Your Questions Answered: How Data Centers Erode Civil Rights and Civil Liberties ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/your-questions-answered-how-data-centers-erode-civil-liberties    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:37:09

  • nano @ Savannah: GNU nano 9.3 was released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10949    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:39:07

  • FSF Blogs: Election integrity requires free software ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-election-integrity-requires-free-software    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:39:25

  • Fooyin 0.14.0 Released with Drag and Drop Layout Editing ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/10/fooyin-0-14-0-released-with-drag-and-drop-layout-editing/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:39:56

  • Latvian bottle deposit donations pay for Ukrainian medical ground drones ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/22.10.2026-latvian-bottle-deposit-donations-pay-for-ukrainian-medical-ground-drones.a668623/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:40:07

  • Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/world/europe/putin-trump-ukraine-war.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:40:21

  • As midterms near and Putin beckons, Convicted Felon embraces big-power diplomacy ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2026/1022/midterms-trump-putin-ukraine-power-diplomacy    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:40:29

  • Global Encryption Day Summit 2026: Five Key Conversations on the Future of Digital Trust ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/10/global-encryption-day-summit-2026-five-key-conversations-on-the-future-of-digital-trust/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:41:01

  • Russia agrees to resume trilateral peace talks on Ukraine war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-agrees-to-resume-trilateral-peace-talks-on-ukraine-war    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:41:13

  • Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes after US envoy visit to the Kremlin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-and-russia-exchange-strikes-after-us-envoy-visit-to-the-kremlin    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:41:23

  • ‘No change’ in Russia’s attitude on war shown by deadly attacks, Zelensky says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20261022-no-change-russia-attitude-war-after-deadly-attacks-zelensky-says    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:42:34

  • RoboParty RP1 (ROBOTO 01) – A full-stack open-source humanoid robot with up to 30 degrees of freedom ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/23/roboparty-rp1-roboto-01-a-full-stack-open-source-humanoid-robot-with-up-to-30-degrees-of-freedom/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:43:11

  • UGS considers permanent free-speech policy, funding for First-Generation and Low-Income Week ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/10/22/ugs-considers-free-speech-policy/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:43:52

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Ordered to Testify Under Oath in $10 Billion BillBC Lawsuit After Cancelling Deposition ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-deposition-bbc-10bn-lawsuit-1827309    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:44:28

  • China’s Pooh-tin calls for qualitative improvement, measurable growth in economy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-calls-for-qualitative-improvement-measurable-growth-in-economy    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:44:55

  • Releasing version 25 ☞ https://agama-project.github.io/blog/2026/10/21/agama-25    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:45:10

  • FOSS Weekly #26.43: Kernel 7.3, Non-Linux OS, de-Googled Phone, DuxOS, Podcasts, De-bloating TVs, KDE Dock and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-43/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:45:49

  • Firefox Tooling Announcements: Firefox Profiler Deployment (October 22, 2026) ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-profiler-deployment-october-22-2026/149916    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:46:53

  • EA is closing BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, after more than 30 years ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/ea-is-closing-bioware-the-studio-behind-mass-effect-and-dragon-age-after-more-than-30-years-early-development-of-the-next-mass-effect-game-killed    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:47:14

  • A Strange Radio Signal in The Far Reaches of The Milky Way Is Behaving Like Nothing Else in The Galaxy ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-strange-radio-signal-in-the-far-reaches-of-the-milky-way-is-behaving-like-nothing-else-in-the-galaxy    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:56:31

  • Scientists Just Cracked a Quantum Mystery That's Puzzled Physicists For Decades ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-cracked-a-quantum-mystery-thats-puzzled-physicists-for-decades    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:56:39

  • One Habit May Delay Ovarian Aging – And a Drug Could Mimic Its Effects ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-habit-may-delay-ovarian-aging-and-a-drug-could-mimic-its-effects    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:56:48

  • Mole Rats Get Stressed When Earth's Magnetic Field Vanishes, Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mole-rats-get-stressed-when-earths-magnetic-field-vanishes-study-suggests    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:57:00

  • Lithuania will spend its military funding by year end, PM assures ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3090175/lithuania-will-spend-its-military-funding-by-year-end-pm-assures    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:57:44

  • What Global Data Tells Us About the Economics of IXPs ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/10/what-global-data-tells-us-about-the-economics-of-ixps/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:58:08

  • Hundreds of Protestors Descend on Meta Corporate Office Depicting Zuck as the Devil ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/protestors-meta-corporate-office-brazil-zuckerberg-devil    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:59:21

  • Head of Instagram Says He Has No Idea How to Deal With Wave of Horrible Hey Hi (AI) Slop ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/head-instagram-no-idea-ai-slop    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 21:59:42

  • There Are Signs of Serious Trouble in the Data Center Industry ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/signs-trouble-data-center-industry    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:00:21

  • Man Arrested After Telling Claude About Plans to Shoot Up Daycare ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/man-arrested-claude-plans-shoot-daycare    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:00:59

  • Millions of hacking attempts as companies, governments rush to patch critical PHP flaws ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/millions-of-hacking-attempts-as-companies-governments-rush-to-patch-php-flaws    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:01:20

  • US bans BYD from Okinawa air base over security concern, report says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-bans-byd-from-okinawa-air-base-over-security-concern-report-says    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:01:57

  • 480,000 phishing emails sent from a PC hidden behind a fridge in a Japanese hotel room ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/480-000-phishing-emails-sent-from-a-pc-hidden-behind-a-fridge-in-a-japanese-hotel-room-chinese-couple-arrested-over-fraud-operation-leaching-hotel-wi-fi    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:02:18

  • LTO roadmap extends to 365 TB per cartridge as tape storage refuses to die ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/lto-roadmap-extends-to-365-tb-per-cartridge-as-tape-storage-refuses-to-die-25-year-old-format-sees-400x-capacity-increase-without-changing-form-factor    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:02:35

  • Leaked private keys for eight CA certificates let any attacker impersonate any domain ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/leaked-private-keys-for-eight-ca-certificates-let-any-attacker-impersonate-any-domain-billions-of-older-devices-and-software-installations-may-be-vulnerable-after-round-of-fixes-patch-yours-immediately    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:02:50

  • PHP2Shell and what the Hey Hi (AI) headlines are missing ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/php2shell-and-what-the-ai-headlines-are-missing/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:03:29

  • Terrorist propaganda outpacing global efforts to stop it – UN ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/terrorist-propaganda-outpacing-global-efforts-to-stop-it-un/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:03:54

  • Encryption isn’t enough to protect data wherever it goes ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/vaultless-keyless-pseudonymization-cybersecurity-policy-op-ed/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:04:25

  • Who Checked It? Attestations, Gemara, and CRA Due Diligence ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/10/22/who-checked-it-attestations-gemara-and-cra-due-diligence/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/11/Why_Cyber_Resilience_Act_CRA_Won_t_Work.shtml    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:04:55

  • Oracle Patches Over 1,200 Vulnerabilities With October 2026 CPU ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/oracle-patches-over-1200-vulnerabilities-with-october-2026-cpu/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:05:30

  • PHP2Shell Exploitation Started Days Before Patches ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/php2shell-exploitation-started-days-before-patches/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:05:47

  • Cisco Patches 34 Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Products ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-34-vulnerabilities-across-multiple-products/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:06:07

  • Splunk, SolarWinds Release Fresh Security Updates ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/splunk-solarwinds-release-fresh-security-updates/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:06:18

  • Tech and Security Companies Respond to PHP2Shell Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/tech-and-security-companies-respond-to-php2shell-vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:09:02

  • Signal Vulnerability Lets Malicious Callers Block Hang-Ups ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/signal-vulnerability-lets-malicious-callers-block-hang-ups/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:09:16

  • Pentagon sued over data breach affecting more than 3 million people ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news/2026/10/pentagon-sued-over-data-breach-affecting-more-than-3-million-people/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:09:39

  • “Earth Not a Globe”: Parallax’s Zetetic Astronomy (1865) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/zetetic-astronomy    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:10:18

  • GAFAM agenda: we'll do all the coding, with back doors, using our bots https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Loosens-AGENTS-MD    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:10:58

  • Arduino® App Lab 0.11 is here ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/10/22/arduino-app-lab-0-11-is-here/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:11:14

  • Post by Lithuanian woman in Italy criticising communist youth goes viral ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3089090/post-by-lithuanian-woman-in-italy-criticising-communist-youth-goes-viral    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:11:35

  • MElon Reportedly Invests $1B in Skydance Four Years After Larry Ellison Backed His Ex-Twitter Takeover ☞ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musk-reportedly-invests-skydance-1827324    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:11:47

  • Review finds KPMG Australia mishandled whistleblower claims, pause on government work extended ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/review-finds-kpmg-australia-mishandled-whistleblower-claims-pause-on-government-work-extended    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:12:05

  • Suno v. MLC Subpoena Dispute Boils Over: Hey Hi (AI) Platform Demands Years’ Worth of DSP-Specific Streaming Data ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/22/suno-mlc-subpoena/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:12:52

  • Two CVSS 9.0 Linux KSMBD RCE Flaws Disclosed on Public Mailing Lists Before Kernel Fixes https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/two-cvss-90-linux-ksmbd-rce-flaws.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:15:03

  • Trying To Get Linux Running On A Nokia E6 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/22/trying-to-get-linux-running-on-a-nokia-e6/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:15:30

  • 3 obscure but cool Linux apps to install this weekend (October 23-25) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-install-this-weekend-october-23/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:16:09

  • AMD is reportedly working on a Ryzen overclocking driver for Linux https://www.tweaktown.com/news/114219/amd-is-reportedly-working-on-a-ryzen-overclocking-driver-for-linux/index.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:16:52

  • "Life's too short for dull desktops, and Xfce is so customizable that there's no excuse." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/top-linux-distros-xfce-desktop/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:17:21

  • AOD, The AMD Overclocking Driver For Ryzen Comes To Linux https://pcper.com/2026/10/aod-the-amd-overclocking-driver-for-ryzen-comes-to-linux/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:17:38

  • "Valve released a new stable Steam Client update today for all supported platforms with a few important changes and updates to improve the Vulkan game experience on Linux systems." https://9to5linux.com/latest-steam-client-update-improves-support-for-vulkan-games-on-linux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:18:04

  • "Epic Games recently announced a new in-development preview of the Epic Games Launcher, which has Linux support and recent updates have made it not so crap." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/epic-games-launcher-preview-is-slowly-becoming-actually-usable-on-linux/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:19:20

  • "Valve just released the latest stable SteamVR 2.18 update, bringing with it an assortment of fixes for all supported platforms including Steam Frame." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamvr-2-18-brings-linux-fixes-steam-frame-improvements-new-aurora-environment/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:19:44

  • Linux kernel vulnerabilities accidentally exposed on public mailing list before patches https://videocardz.com/newz/someone-accidentally-posted-unpatched-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-on-a-public-mailing-list    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:20:09

  • Linux KSMBD RCE Flaws Disclosed Unpatched by Trend Micro ZDI https://www.cyberkendra.com/2026/10/linux-ksmbd-rce-flaws-zdi-public-mailing-list.html    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:21:50

  • AMD Prepares Official Ryzen Overclocking Support for Linux https://www.eteknix.com/amd-prepares-official-ryzen-overclocking-support-for-linux/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:22:45

  • "DietPi 10.8 has been released today as a new stable version of this Linux distribution for single-board computers, adding support for new devices, new tools, and updates to DietPi-Software, DietPi-Network, and DietPi-Config." https://9to5linux.com/dietpi-10-8-released-with-new-tool-to-manage-wireguard-servers-and-clients    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:23:36

  • IBM Red Hat insists on promoting slop under the guise of "research" http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/What_Linux_Foundation_Research_is_Paid_Marketing.shtml https://itsfoss.com/news/red-hat-lf-research-ai-slop-report/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:26:48

  • "PipeWire 1.6.10 has been released today as the tenth maintenance update in the latest PipeWire 1.6 series of this open-source software for handling audio and video streams under Linux-based operating systems." https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-10-is-out-to-improve-jack-bluetooth-pulse-server-and-alsa-plugin    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:27:05

  • AMD Readies Official Ryzen Overclocking Driver for Linux https://www.techpowerup.com/353992/amd-readies-official-ryzen-overclocking-driver-for-linux    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:27:21

  • AMD brings official Ryzen overclocking to Linux with AOD driver support — no official app, but third-party options should arrive soon 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 Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:28:30

  • Steam is a better way to run Windows apps on Linux than Wine, and it's not just for games https://www.xda-developers.com/steam-better-way-run-windows-apps-linux-than-wine-not-just-games/    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:29:17

  • PR stunt https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/10/how-project-lightwell-protects-modern-open-source-enterprise-emerging-threats    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:33:40

  • So it seems like Torvalds reads and minds tuxmachines    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 22:45:05

  • Kernel: PwnEscape Poses VM Vulnerability, Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data, Linux Foundation Issues Face-Saving PR About Its Slopfest http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/23/Kernel_PwnEscape_Poses_VM_Vulnerability_Newly_Proposed_Linux_Fi.shtml    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 23:14:27

  • "I got accidentally sucked into #retrocomputing (or maybe more accurately #vintagecomputing) when some spring cleaning uncovered two old 2004-era laptops that were in storage." gemini://tobykurien.com/articles/2026-10-23-finding-uses-for-vintage-laptops.gmi    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 23:23:36

  • "Now is a particularly shitty time to work in tech. Never mind the fact that software development is becoming more and more of a machine-aided thing, people are now using Claude/etc to find severe flaws at scale." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/10-23.gmi    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 23:24:57

  • "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tianjin University have developed a "self-sensing" system capable of turning everyday items — including gloves — into motion-sensing "self-aware tools:" X-Hinges." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202610/20261023-xhinge.gmi    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 23:26:34

  • Pelos Pizza gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20261023-pelos-pizza.gmi    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 23:42:15

  • slow days gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20261023    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 23:45:06

  • "I'm running around a lot these days. Screen on, SCEE open, draining my battery. It's like Pokémon Go, but you're actually contributing to the public good. SCEE is Street Complete with advanced features. Street Complete shows you questions from OpenStreetMap about the environment around you." gemini://kobel.fyi/en/2026-10-23-the-joy-of-contributing-to-osm.gmi    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 23:45:44

  • "The whole world is out to kill us and that’s why you must die. Your holy sites and cities are belong to us." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/thorites    

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 23:46:37

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

posted Friday, October 23, 2026 at 23:47:23

  • "Sono riuscito ha creare anche una pagina web in GitHub…" gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/github    

posted Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 00:57:54

  • "So, the warranty form initially didn't work on their website, giving an error from hulkapps.com, presumably their form provider. A-ha, the first indication of claim-discouraging dark patterns to come, right?" gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/10/23/tough/    

posted Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 01:39:34

  • "Hey, so I have one of those crappy Samsung Washers (and the dryer too) with the annoying ringtones, mushy buttons, mold-prone door moulding, noisy spin cycle, the easy-to-lose liquid tray, corrosion promoting relay valves and finally, snowflake of a pump." gemini://smallword.space/gemlog/20261023-samsung-washer.gmi    

posted Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 01:40:14

  • "My brother and I were discussing how the differential system works in automobiles, and how during turns, the outer tire moves faster than the inner tire. He challenged me to come up with some kind of slide rule trick to easily figure out this difference of speed." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20261023-0.gmi    

posted Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 01:41:25

  • Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS) in Winter https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/10/24/malaysian-trumpet-snails-mts-in-winter/    

posted Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 01:55:00

  • Seems to be a slopfarm https://www.shanethegamer.com/news/xbox-coo-helen-chiang-leaves-microsoft-just-over-three-months-after-taking-the-job/    

posted Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 01:58:31

  • "as mentioned, many times over the years, Linus should take his trademark and walk. He certainly won't end up doing less coding that he is doing now." -Anon    

posted Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 06:01:56
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