Roy Schestowitz

• "I feel like the big difference between the Pluribus hivemind vs either of the two most obvious comparisons—Meta’s social networks and LLM’s like ChatGPT—is that those two are corporate-owned." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/pluribus    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:36:36

• "I know this blog has been quiet lately. But I think the posts will pick up in volume a bit, even if they're not exactly LONG posts. I wanted to take a moment to announce a new project I'm working on." gemini://agnos.is/posts/keepassrx.gmi    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:37:25

• two segments https://theconversation.com/why-we-used-to-sleep-in-two-segments-and-how-the-modern-shift-changed-our-sense-of-time-267909    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:39:00

• making art https://theconversation.com/were-neanderthals-capable-of-making-art-268239    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:39:23

• How the first animals evolved https://theconversation.com/how-the-first-animals-evolved-a-new-clue-from-a-tiny-relative-268238    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:39:55

• IBM: It's like a circus watching the financial manipulation going on. They just rearrange chairs Titanic here. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9e05cat    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:41:30

• "right; because McKinsey says so and Gerstner came from McKinsey and McKinsey has been proxy running IBM since the G Man came in 4-1-93. I would wager Arvind goes there. Here they tell the world "India Is The Workforce For The World". SMH. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ga-krrYgak " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9fpc9zq    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:42:09

• "everything is being sent to INDIA and VIETNAM" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9fpc9zq    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:42:30

• "Anyone who was RA'd still abiding by the RTO 3 day mandatory badging in?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9fkmt5b    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:45:06

• "IBM’s debt bubble - Is Alvind purposely trying to pork up the balance sheet so much , he wants more obligations ? I was told the company needs to be leaner and they need to bring down costs but what the he11 are these acquisitions for ? Just good press? Bragging rights ? Make it make sense" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:46:20

• "The devil is in the details, Bankruptcy laws and creditors. Infrastructure will be sold separately to the Indians. Power11 was a fiasco and Power12 is dismal, apparently." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:46:35

• "Echoing the fact that most employees in India are doing nothing that brings value or business to IBM. I was forced to train many they brought on as "writers" who could barely speak English and made content worse as IBM settled for publishing garbage quality." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9egpm45    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:47:55

• "The incompetent cabal of whites and Indians managing IBM love to surrounded by mediocrity. They love the herd of sheep that worship them and eat the stupid dribble spewed by the racists (whites/Indians). The cabal (whites/Indians) is getting rid of top performers so stupidity and mediocrity can prevail." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9fnq3b3    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:51:33

• "I have known people who turn down a promotion because they figure that a higher band level will put a bigger target on their back. That is the point @a8 was trying to make. When there are insecure, incompetent and racists running the show, Good people are afrad and prefer to stay in the shadows not to be hit by stupidity. So everyone looses." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9fnq3b3    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:52:05

• "We lost our top performer - I'm sure there's some logic behind getting rid of the best performer on our team, but I sure as he-l can't figure it out. I guess that's why those on top are paid the big bucks. /sarcasm [...] it's not just a bigger target, but also the employee will become a target whole sooner."    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:52:33

• "IBM is over-leveraged, slow-growing, late to cloud/AI, and burdened by bureaucracy, which puts it fundamentally behind faster-growing, leaner, and more innovative competitors. Its dividend makes it look stable, but underneath, it’s a company struggling to reinvent itself in a market dominated by nimbler players." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9cnjcte    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:53:04

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1818.jpg    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:54:14

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1468.jpg    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:54:20

• "I’m still waiting another month+ for 26.2 (I usually only get a chance to upgrade my main machine over Christmas break), but this’ll be a nice reason to update the phone OS as well (iPadOS gets proper multitasking and macOS gets 24-bit color in Terminal.app)." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 00:55:16

• "Job market wobbles with higher layoffs and cooler hiring"    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 01:52:55

• "Microsoft laid off techie after 14 years, her first reaction was pure happiness | Hindustan Times"    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 01:53:31

• "Wells Fargo continues to cut employment as other Iowa companies also report layoffs"    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 01:54:10

• "Indeed announces second round of layoffs in four months"    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 01:55:28

• The Economic Times: "Fresh day fresh layoffs: TripAdvisor to cut 20% staff - here are the departments affected"    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 01:56:18

• "Verizon’s ‘bold’ new direction will apparently include mass layoffs"    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 01:56:54

• "In the most compelling case of trickery, I've examined how Adrian von Bidder-Senn died, age 32, on the same day as our wedding." https://danielpocock.com/en/catholic-pro-life-teaching-includes-artificial-intelligence-risks/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 02:47:34

• "it's not just a bigger target, but also the employee will become a target whole sooner." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9fnq3b3    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 03:32:56

• "Never forget that blockchain will save us all!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9cnjcte    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 03:33:20

• "Let’s be honest: it’s greed. It’s short-term stock manipulation disguised as “strategy.” It’s executives enriching themselves while destroying livelihoods and morale. IBM’s biggest problem isn’t competition — it’s leadership that has completely lost its soul." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 03:34:13

• "I’ve spent years watching IBM from the inside — seeing brilliant minds automate, innovate, and create magic out of code and collaboration. I’ve seen people stay up all night fixing things that no one outside their team would ever notice, just because they cared. That’s what built this company. That’s what made IBM great." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g4w0yr    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 03:34:35

• "But somewhere along the way, leadership lost its soul. They started calling layoffs “transformation” and selling fear as “efficiency.” They talk about “upskilling” while dismantling the very workforce that carried this place through decades of change. They preach “AI and automation” like prophets, but what they’re really doing is using technology as a smokescreen for greed."    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 03:34:46

• "I’m afraid this is just the beginning - the only thing left for them to do is cut some more. There’s no turning this sh-tshow of a company toward the future." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g4w0yr    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 03:35:35

• Seems new: "En este episodio de Compilando Podcast recordamos los más de cuarenta años del proyecto GNU y la figura de Richard Stallman, el impulsor del Software Libre y su filosofía ética y técnica." https://open.spotify.com/episode/1EvsVpBM5irHIcEOztrtpi?si=Y56ZSgYfTu6lJCbPls9nCw&nd=1&dlsi=4f089d6f2eae4ae0    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:26:33

• China’s new controls on rare earths create challenges for the west’s plans for green tech https://theconversation.com/chinas-new-controls-on-rare-earths-create-challenges-for-the-wests-plans-for-green-tech-268241    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:33:39

• branded as witches https://theconversation.com/women-folk-healers-were-branded-as-witches-but-their-treatments-may-have-been-medically-sound-266406    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:34:04

• ‘do no harm’ ethic must include the planet https://theconversation.com/why-healthcares-do-no-harm-ethic-must-include-the-planet-262908    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:34:49

• What do spiders really get up to on Halloween? https://theconversation.com/what-do-spiders-really-get-up-to-on-halloween-265520    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:35:29

• Only years ago Microsoft Lunduke told people told people to BOYCOTT YouTube. Now he's boosting YouTube: "Hey @YouTube @YouTubeCreators Is there some reason why you are blocking ALL comments on this video? So far there have been 100 comments made (in the first 28 minutes of the video being live)... and they all disappear as fast as people post them." https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/1986909408438198385    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:37:58

• IOW, he embraces the thing he tells OTHERS to boycott. Foolish, opportunistic hypocrite.    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:38:43

• world’s largest predator https://theconversation.com/new-miniature-t-rex-rewrites-the-history-of-the-worlds-largest-predator-268678    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:44:14

• teen friendships may predict self harm https://theconversation.com/how-teen-friendships-may-predict-self-harm-267553    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:46:52

• narcissism ruins teamwork https://theconversation.com/how-narcissism-ruins-teamwork-and-why-it-matters-in-the-workplace-268460    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:47:08

• Winner, Name that Ware September 2025 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/winner-name-that-ware-september-2025/ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/name-that-ware-october-2025/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:47:41

• AWS Is Down Again https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/aws-down-again-amazon-failure-renders-huge-portion-internet-unusable-1751074    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:48:12

• GAFAM company with 160 billion dollars in debt and not much real value https://cphpost.dk/2025-10-29/news/round-up/amazon-cuts-14000-jobs-to-streamline-organization/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:48:49

• These companies' "Value" is the false belief they have "Trillions" in "Value" (it is hence circular, it's like a pyramid scheme)    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:49:50

• 'Dodgy' Apps Starting Today https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazon-fire-sticks-crack-down-illegal-streaming-update-block-dodgy-apps-starting-today-1751570    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:50:16

• Company deep in debt marries another company deep in debt https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-11-03/openai-and-amazon-sign-38b-deal-for-ai-computing-power    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:50:39

• KEEPING CIRCULAR FINANCING (read: Ponzi scheme) going https://www.datamation.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-openai-deal/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:51:08

• Draining Practices: Amazon, Water Consumption and Data Centers https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/04/draining-practices-amazon-water-consumption-and-data-centers/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:51:41

• But this is an American company working for US spies and US oligarchs https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-confirmed-sovereign-support-european-union    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:53:16

• "At Red Hat, Scott McCarty is senior principal product manager for RHEL Server" and now he promotes slop plagiarism instead of GNU/Linux https://www.infoworld.com/article/4074090/agentic-ai-is-complex-not-complicated.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 04:54:19

• Slop garbage https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ai-modular-building-blocks-scalable-repeatable-model-customization    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:09:43

• More slop from a site that takes bribes from Red Hat for PR trash https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/31/kubernetes-cloud-native-enterprise-ai-deployment-kubeconna/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:10:17

• This week in PSC (205) https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2025/10/this-week-in-psc-205-2025-10-28.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:11:31

• YARA Malware Scanner https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/yara-malware-scanner    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:11:47

• ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.33 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2025/10/announce-perlwiki-v-133-mojoliciouswiki-v-108.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:11:57

• The Good, Bad and Ugly Perl and Gemini Cli https://blogs.perl.org/users/itcharlie/2025/10/the-good-bad-and-ugly-perl-and-gemini-cli.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:12:09

• I made a multiple-insert as well as other methods for Mojo::Pg https://blogs.perl.org/users/karjala/2025/10/i-made-a-multiple-insert-as-well-as-other-methods-for-mojopg.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:12:23

• OpenAPI::Linter https://blogs.perl.org/users/mohammad_s_anwar/2025/11/openapilinter.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:12:44

• unregistered trade marks http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/basmati-decision-in-kenya-disregards.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:13:14

• Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/sufficiency-at-priority-date-study.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:13:33

• three-stripe position marks http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/adidas-v-thom-browne-court-of-appeal.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:17:21

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (44/2025): Night Lights https://linmob.net/weekly-update-44-2025/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:18:07

• Linux Gamers on Steam Finally Cross Over the 3% Mark https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/11/03/048228/linux-gamers-on-steam-finally-cross-over-the-3-mark http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/11/02/Linux_gamers_on_Steam_finally_cross_over_the_3_mark.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:19:03

• Linux Ported to WebAssembly, Boots in a Browser Tab https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/11/03/0610234/linux-ported-to-webassembly-boots-in-a-browser-tab    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:19:33

• Effective Ways to Append Text to Files in Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/append-text-file-linux/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 05:20:08

• -borrowing exceeds print at Vancouver libraries https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-public-library-ebooks-exceed-physical-copy-borrows-9.6965318    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:41:18

• Alberta whisky https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-whisky-dale-nally-david-farran-eau-claire-9.6965284    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:41:53

• The family can't get the pics deleted https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/photo-windsor-street-photography-ethics-9.6955403    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:42:40

• active betting https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-investigates-over-150-referees-for-active-betting-including-super-lig-officials-312954    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:43:36

• Turkey seizes control of critical broadcaster TELE1, arrests editor-in-chief https://cpj.org/2025/10/turkey-seizes-control-of-critical-broadcaster-tele1-arrests-editor-in-chief/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:43:59

• "not sure what you mean by Power11 and Power12. Power11 just came out. Power12 is rumored to be in planning. It could be IBM's Power business went from a $10B business to a $2B business. Power architecture came out in 1988 with AS/400 and RS/6000 so 37 years is one heck of a run but IBM let the ecosystem of software for them get stale and x86 pretty much took over the world..."    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:44:36

• ""it’s leadership that has completely lost its soul" [IBM is people who are] skillless, greedy, no integrity, and no fear of reprisal" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:45:08

• https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-suspends-150-referees-over-betting-313106 Turkey suspends 150 referees over betting    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:46:09

• COP31 Hosting Standoff https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-01/australia-pm-writes-to-turkeys-erdogan-about-cop31-hosting-standoff    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:46:52

• taken into custody Hakan Akay upon arrival in Turkey https://bianet.org/haber/kurdish-musician-taken-into-custody-hakan-akay-upon-arrival-in-turkey-313157    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:47:21

• Saudi Arabia: Release 10 Nubian Egyptian Men Immediately https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/28/saudi-arabia-release-10-nubian-egyptian-men-immediately    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:48:25

• French company Lafarge on trial for ‘financing terrorism’ in Syria https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/french-company-lafarge-on-trial-for-financing-terrorism-in-syria-82044    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:50:11

• Internet Censorship https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:50:52

• Free Speech Concerns https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-11-03/california-law-to-protect-jewish-students-faces-challenge-over-free-speech-concerns    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:51:29

• Warlord https://www.projectcensored.org/ai-warlord-eric-schmidt-money-media-maim/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:51:52

• door-to-door scams https://www.michigandaily.com/news/public-safety/ann-arbor-residents-warn-of-door-to-door-scams-claiming-to-be-from-dte-energy    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:55:09

• Energy giant Cox announces US $4.2B plan for wind and solar farms in Nuevo León https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/cox-awind-and-solar-farms-in-nuevo-leon/ nuclear fusion https://www.dw.com/en/germany-bets-billions-on-nuclear-fusion-to-secure-clean-energy-future/a-74522109    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:55:40

• turtle https://www.vox.com/climate/466231/sea-turtle-iucn-conservation    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:56:14

• Countries are making progress on climate, but not fast enough https://www.dw.com/en/countries-are-making-progress-on-climate-but-not-fast-enough/a-74521812    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:56:55

• “a Warning Siren” https://truthout.org/articles/un-climate-progress-report-ahead-of-cop30-is-a-warning-siren/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:57:08

• climate change is making us sick https://www.dw.com/en/how-climate-change-is-making-us-sick/a-74519829    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:57:24

• Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Executives https://truthout.org/video/hurricanes-should-be-named-after-fossil-fuel-executives-climate-activist-says/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:57:35

• What US school kids are learning about climate https://www.dw.com/en/what-us-school-kids-are-learning-about-climate/a-74513592 US Will Not Send Officials to COP30 Climate Talks, White House Says https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-31/us-will-not-send-officials-to-cop30-climate-talks-white-house-says    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:58:15

• Rotterdam’s climate center https://nltimes.nl/2025/11/02/run-alpha-males-ex-employees-toxic-work-culture-rotterdams-climate-center    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:58:52

• Cheeto Mussolini’s anti-climate agenda is making it more expensive to own a car https://www.vox.com/climate/467215/trump-gasoline-prices-fuel-economy-evs-climate    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:59:08

• Michigan’s muted fall foliage may be a symptom of climate change https://www.michigandaily.com/news/research/michigans-muted-fall-foliage-may-be-a-symptom-of-climate-change/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:59:32

• disinformation https://www.dw.com/en/push-to-counter-disinformation-at-cop30-climate-summit/a-74539051    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 06:59:42

• Devastation https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/03/with-hurricane-melissa-capitalism-and-climate-chaos-bring-devastation-to-jamaica/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:00:02

• CBS News Guts Climate Team as New Conservative Management Takes Charge https://truthout.org/articles/cbs-news-guts-climate-team-as-new-conservative-management-takes-charge/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:00:23

• Alito Has a Financial Stake in a Supreme Court Climate Case https://jacobin.com/2025/11/alito-financial-stake-climate-case/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:00:40

• How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-pretty-ugly-history-how-exxon-exported-climate-denial-to-the-global-south/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:01:19

• IPRs eliminate patents that should not have been granted at all https://patentdocs.org/2025/10/27/inland-diamond-products-v-cherry-optical-a-gap-between-iprs-and-district-courts/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:02:28

• new way to get a loan https://www.vox.com/money/466428/open-banking-credit-lending-economics    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:03:22

• "Stop outsourcing jobs to Asia. No innovation outside USA. They are just into services. IBM culture is getting destroyed by ceo. Outsourcing and cutting headcount’s in USA is their mantra to increase profits !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9grten7    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:13:01

• Kangaroo Courts of EPO exist to bypass the law and write the law for dictators and corporate masters: Has G1/23 harmoniously recast the European law of enablement? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/11/guest-post-has-g123-harmoniously-recast.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:14:00

• Court of Appeal dismisses invalidity challenge http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/11/babek-v-iceland-court-of-appeal.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:14:26

• Basmati saga continues as New Zealand upholds rejection of certification mark http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/11/basmati-saga-continues-as-new-zealand.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:15:10

• Same beat, different rights: US Court of Appeals says that it matters whether you copy a musical work or a sound recording http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/same-beat-different-rights-us-court-of.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:15:32

• Amsterdam turns 750 with cake and festivities https://www.dw.com/en/amsterdam-turns-750-with-cake-and-festivities/a-74511370    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:16:38

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-11-08.gmi    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:26:58

• "It was the farthest north I have ever driven, let alone by myself since I made the road trip all the way from Utah to New Hampshire." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2731    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:28:08

• "There was no bread left at lunchtime." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-11-08_Lunch.gmi    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:28:44

• "Richard Stallman got tied up in this, so there is your Linux connection. ... 1m ago. Try reading the Wikipedia article about Richard Stallman :,)." https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/comments/1oqvvz0/uh_oh/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:31:18

• This happened because Techrights asked him to say something about it https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/richard-stallman-calls-ubuntu-spyware-because-it-tracks-searches/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 07:35:29

• Tanzania: Who's silencing the power of youth and women's votes? https://www.dw.com/en/tanzania-who-s-silencing-the-power-of-youth-and-women-s-votes/a-74522014    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:39:17

• Sudan: After RSF takeover, atrocities feared in Darfur https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-after-rsf-takeover-atrocities-feared-in-darfur/a-74527711    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:40:44

• Another plastic surgery practice fell prey to a cyberattack that acquired patient photos and info https://databreaches.net/2025/10/27/another-plastic-surgery-practice-fell-prey-to-a-cyberattack-that-acquired-patient-photos-and-info/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:42:24

• US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty https://therecord.media/us-declines-signing-cybercrime-treaty    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:43:34

• Some lower-tier ransomware gangs have formed a new RaaS alliance — or have they? https://databreaches.net/2025/10/28/some-lower-tier-ransomware-gangs-have-formed-a-new-raas-alliance-or-have-they    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:44:14

• Safaricom-Backed M-TIBA Victim of a Possible Data Breach Affecting Millions of Kenyans https://www.dawan.africa/news/massive-data-breach-hits-safaricom-backed-m-tiba-exposing-millions-of-kenyan-patients-records    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:44:50

• The 4TB time bomb: when EY’s cloud went public (and what it taught us) https://www.neosecurity.nl/blog/ey-data-leak-4tb-sql-server-backup    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:45:27

• Alan Turing institute launches new mission to protect UK from cyber-attacks https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/28/alan-turing-institute-launches-new-mission-to-protect-uk-from-cyber-attacks    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:46:30

• Snowflake Loses Two More Bids to Dismiss Data Breach Plaintiffs https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/snowflake-loses-two-more-bids-to-dismiss-data-breach-plaintiffs    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:47:06

• Revealed: Afghan data breach after MoD official left laptop open on train https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/afghan-ministry-of-defence-data-breach-taliban-b2853652.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:47:55

• Legal Aid Agency chief admits difficulties understanding impact of cyberattack https://www.publictechnology.net/2025/10/31/news/legal-aid-agency-chief-admits-difficulties-understanding-impact-of-cyberattack/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:48:30

• Landmark civil penalty of AU$5.8 million issued under Australia’s Privacy Act https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/publications/landmark-civil-penalty-of-au58-million-issued-under-australias-privacy-act    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:49:10

• How many courts have had sealed and sensitive files exposed by one vendor’s error? https://databreaches.net/2025/10/31/how-many-courts-have-had-sealed-and-sensitive-files-exposed-by-one-vendors-error/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:50:45

• Veradigm’s Breach Claims Under Scrutiny After Dark Web Leak https://databreaches.net/2025/11/01/veradigms-breach-claims-under-scrutiny-after-dark-web-leak/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:51:52

• Woman charged after NHS patients’ records accessed in data breach https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/woman-charged-after-nhs-patients-36172090.amp    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:52:43

• University of Pennsylvania says it wasn’t hacked after a vulgar email was sent to campus community. They were wrong https://databreaches.net/2025/11/02/university-of-pennsylvania-says-it-wasnt-hacked-after-a-vulgar-email-was-sent-to-campus-community/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:54:53

• Two years after an audit highlighted significant concerns, North Salem Central School District leaves sensitive student data at risk https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/09/26/north-salem-central-school-district-audit-follow-2022m-140-f    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:55:42

• ‘People have had to move house’: Inside the British Library, two years on from devastating cyber attack https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/british-library-strike-cyber-attack-b2855495.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:56:25

• Canadian woman stuck since 2021 in Mauritius after passport withheld https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canadian-woman-stuck-since-2021-in-indian-ocean-country-after-passport/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:57:09

• Chicago firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/11/02/crytpo-cryptocurrency-crime-chicago-digital-mint-ransom-ransomware-hack    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:57:49

• Microsoft Deploys a Fix to Azure Cloud Service That's Hit With Outage https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-10-29/microsoft-azure-experiencing-outage-due-to-dns-issue    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 08:59:47

• Microsoft Azure Outage Cause 'Suspected': AWS Also Suffer Devastating Issues at the Same Time https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-azure-outage-cause-suspected-aws-also-suffer-devastating-issues-same-time-1751081    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:00:27

• NS hit by Microsoft Cloud outage; Travel planner, ticket machines affected https://nltimes.nl/2025/10/29/ns-hit-microsoft-cloud-outage-travel-planner-ticket-machines-affected    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:00:58

• Microsoft Earnings Suggest OpenAI Lost $11.5 Billion Last Quarter https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/microsoft_earnings_q1_26_openai_loss/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:01:25

• Loss of Trust in U.S. Prompts International Criminal Court to Ditch Microsoft 365 for Open Source Alternative https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-international-criminal-court-is-ditching-microsoft-software-for-an-open-source-alternative    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:02:02

• Microsoft: Getting Margins From AI Means Sometimes Saying No https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/10/31/microsoft-getting-margins-from-ai-means-sometimes-saying-no/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:02:37

• New games to claim from Amazon Prime via Luna for November 2025 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/new-games-to-claim-from-amazon-prime-via-luna-for-november-2025/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:07:40

• Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 4 is out now with lots of bug fixes and a major controller input change | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/hollow-knight-silksong-patch-4-is-out-now-with-lots-of-bug-fixes-and-a-major-controller-input-change/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:07:56

• Co-op climbing game PEAK gets a big update with a new Roots biome | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/co-op-climbing-game-peak-gets-a-big-update-with-a-new-roots-biome/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:11:20

• Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is getting delisted starting November 15 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/battlestar-galactica-deadlock-is-getting-delisted-starting-november-15/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:11:49

• "Developer Warns Users That Fake Download Site is Hosting Windows 11 Upgrade Bypass Tool" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/11/06/0317205 see 1st comment    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:12:35

• "I'm not sure that "person declares site is dodgy" really hits the mark as news. Surely there are half a million dodgy sites already available for gullible marks. The simple promise that this will beat those pesky TPM checks proves there is a complete lack of understanding about what Trust is (the letter T in TPM stands for Trusted)."    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:13:11

• Grab the Telltale Collection from Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/grab-the-telltale-collection-from-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/grab-the-telltale-collection-from-humble-bundle/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:13:30

• Lexispell is a roguelike word game where strategy meets physics | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/lexispell-is-a-roguelike-word-game-where-strategy-meets-physics/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/lexispell-is-a-roguelike-word-game-where-strategy-meets-physics/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:21:44

• Mass Effect's SSV Normandy SR1 Returns to No Man's Sky with a re-run of previous expeditions | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/mass-effects-ssv-normandy-sr1-returns-to-no-mans-sky-with-a-re-run-of-previous-expeditions/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:22:06

• OpenMW 0.50.0 for Morrowind is out with more enhancements and better gamepad support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/openmw-0-50-0-for-morrowind-is-out-with-more-enhancements-and-better-gamepad-support/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:25:08

• Steam's wider store page refresh is live with plans to improve the home page on the way | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/steams-wider-store-page-refresh-is-live-with-plans-to-improve-the-home-page-on-the-way/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:30:53

• iophk: PBS pushing the Microsoft party line https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/11/06/0710228 "Study Concludes Cybersecurity Training Doesn't Work" https://news.tuxmachines.org/node/158485    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:31:36

• antifa https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/11/07/selma-van-de-perre-jewish-dutch-resistance-agent-nazis/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:32:38

• "So we could have had a million millionaires or one Elon Musk? - Superdavey" https://superdavey.com/posts/2025-11-07-so-we-could-have    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:32:52

• "Trump’s Approval Ratings Have Hit a New Low" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-approval-ratings-low/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:33:01

• "EU tightening visa rules for Russian nationals, citing security risks" https://kyivindependent.com/eu-tightening-visa-rules-for-russian-nationals/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:33:18

• "Chat Control: How Your Privacy Was Saved" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/chat-control-how-your-privacy-was-saved:c    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:33:27

• Government reaches agreement on ban on social media for young people | "Regeringen indgår aftale om forbud mod sociale medier for unge - Jyllands-Posten" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE18720601/regeringen-indgaar-aftale-om-forbud-mod-sociale-medier-for-unge/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:33:52

• "Trump pardons Tennessee speaker who created fake businessman to steal taxpayer money" https://boingboing.net/2025/11/07/trump-pardons-tennessee-speaker-who-created-fake-businessman-to-steal-taxpayer-money.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:34:15

• "As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-executions-war-on-drugs.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:34:24

• "Tyler Lemons Caught Jack Eckenrode Committing a Capstone Crime" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/07/tyler-lemons-caught-jack-eckenrode-committing-a-capstone-crime/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:34:33

• "Moves That Matter: The People Make Their Moves" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/moves-that-matter-the-people-make    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:34:43

• "The voices of SNAP" https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/snap-recipients-funding-lapse-shutdown    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:34:54

• "Trump Tariff Trouble - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-tariff-trouble    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:35:09

• "Some of who a person is goes into the stuff they make. - Exploding Comma" https://explodingcomma.com/posts/some-of-who-a-person-is-goes-into-the-stuff-they-make    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:35:27

• "The Danish government has decided to introduce an age limit of 15 for social media, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) announced." | "Sociala medier-förbud i Danmark | SVT Nyheter" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/snabbkollen/sociala-medier-forbud-i-danmark    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:35:58

• "What the El Fasher massacre means for the future of Sudan" https://www.vox.com/politics/467923/sudan-el-fasher-war-ceasefire    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:36:08

• "No Monarchs!" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/no-monarchs/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:36:24

• "Air Force’s new top enlisted leader has security forces background" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-david-wolfe/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:36:36

• iophk: no, it's a vector for LLM slop https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/business/media/ai-news-media.html nytimes already admitted doing some slop. This is the end of nytimes...    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:37:07

• "Opinion | Trump Is Resurrecting the Gatsby Era. The Hangover Could Be Brutal." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/opinion/donald-trump-great-gatsby-roating-20s-sec.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:37:17

• "What happens to your body after you drink a can of Coke" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/diet/nutrition/what-cola-does-to-your-body/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:37:31

• The state should leave ordinary, honest people alone. | "Staten skall lämna vanligt hederligt folk ifred" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/11/07/staten-skall-lamna-vanligt-hederligt-folk-ifred/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:38:02

• "Police say there are 17,500 active gang [sic] criminals in Sweden" https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/police-say-there-are-17-500-active-gang-criminals-in-sweden    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:38:12

• iophk: bullshit. if security is not baked in from the earliest design stages, then the code needs to be thrown out and started over so that it is https://zed.dev/blog/ai-70-problem-addy-osmani http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/24/Vibe_Coding_Doesn_t_Work.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:38:58

• BS: "His experiences reveal a pattern: AI can rapidly produce 70% of a solution, but that final 30% – edge cases, security, production integration – remains as challenging as ever. Meanwhile, trust in AI-generated code is declining even as adoption increases."    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:39:17

• iophk: notice that making cars, let alone good cars, is not on that list expect more pump-n-dump scams https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5596440    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:39:40

• Ponzi scheme: "Among other targets, he would have to raise the company's market capitalization, the value of all its stock put together, from about $1.5 trillion today to above $8.5 trillion."    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:40:06

• "The Trump Administration Needs to Be Isolated in Its Anti-Science Actions" ☛ https://fair.org/home/the-trump-administration-needs-to-be-isolated-in-its-anti-science-actions/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:43:26

• "Voting Rights Act" ☛ https://fair.org/home/madiba-dennie-on-voting-rights-act-in-danger/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:43:44

• "the Lesson of Mamdani’s Victory Is to Take No Lessons" ☛ https://fair.org/home/for-establishment-press-the-lesson-of-mamdanis-victory-is-to-take-no-lessons/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:43:55

• Birding ☛ https://therevelator.org/birding-blind-spot/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:44:21

• "Proposal to Settle Epic and Google Antitrust Case" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/11/06/proposal-to-settle-epic-and-google-antitrust-case/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:46:44

• "prohibits ISPs from treating traffic differently for commercial reasons. And that's exactly what's happening here" ☛ https://euobserver.com/digital/ar5da666d9 | Source: EU Observer    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:47:24

• "On Wednesday (5 November), the groups held a talk to outline their complaint and why it's important for Europe's net neutrality." ☛ https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/press/deutsche-telekom-case-shines-light-on-two-speed-internet/ | Source: Stanford University    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:47:31

• "It's confusing, there's no common sense in how they're rolling this out" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/snowbirds-us-registration-requirement-9.6970003 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:47:54

• "improper hijab." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/11/iran-hijab/684839/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:48:12

• "Artworks by enslaved Black Americans are often absent from repatriation conversations in the United States, according to George Fatheree" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-enslaved-man-made-thousands-of-ceramic-pots-now-a-boston-museum-has-returned-two-of-them-to-his-descendants-180987642/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:48:42

• "According to the museum, he began signing and dating his work in the 1830s. Drake was also a poet and often inscribed his pots with verse." ☛ https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/10/29/mfa-resolves-ownership-for-vessels-by-enslaved-potter-david-drake | Source: WBUR Radio    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:49:13

• "Led by Erik Prince, Donald Trump ally and founder of the notorious mercenary firm Blackwater" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/11/ice-trump-deportations-private-contractors/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:49:28

• "The Death of the Social Contract and the Enshittification of Jobs" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/07/postwar-social-contract/#a-defense-of-social-contracts | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:49:52

• [Old] "Members of the Science News Media Guild, workers who publish Science News and Science News Explores will conduct a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, November 5th." ☛ https://wbng.org/2025/11/05/science-news-media-guild-will-strike-on-november-5th/ | Source: Washingon-Baltimore News Guild    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:50:19

• "Teen media is experiencing yet another blow, and some observers say that’s a big deal for both teens and adults." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/teen-vogue-closure-politics-9.6971202 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:52:11

• "Telegraph spends more than £30m on still-unfinished takeover process in two years." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/telegraph-revenue-and-profit-flat-in-2024-amid-ongoing-ownership-limbo/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:52:43

• "We’re in 50 countries and much of the audience that is accessing us is doing so through print, particularly abroad" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/newsweek-editor-jennifer-cunningham-redesign-magazine/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:52:59

• "Iran’s imprisonment of Parviz Sedaghat and his colleagues represents yet another attempt to criminalize critical thought and independent journalism" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/11/iranian-authorities-arrest-economist-and-editor-parviz-sedaghat-amid-crackdown/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:53:19

• "The DMN Lecture honors three former faculty members — Chandler Davis, Clement Markert and Mark Nickerson — who were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1954" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/umich-hosts-35th-annual-dmn-lecture-on-academic-and-intellectual-freedom-in-an-authoritarian-age/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:53:42

• "allows districts to make the majority of their classroom collections publicly visible—supporting transparency and access—while helping them identify a small subset of titles that might require review under state guidelines." ☛ https://www.404media.co/ai-is-supercharging-the-war-on-libraries-education-and-human-knowledge/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:53:58

• "One widely shared clip created by AI and circulating on social media showed Belem, the Amazonian city hosting COP this year, under water" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/disinformation-rife-ahead-of-climate-summit-in-brazil/a-74539051 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:55:44

• "Over the last year, you have prioritised core features over security features time and again." ☛ https://embeddeduse.com/2025/11/07/surviving-the-eu-cyber-resilience-act/ | Source: Burkhard Stubert    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:56:07

• "The word “culture” is shorthand for a society’s way of life, its traditions, its values. It is inherently a generalization. Whenever we visit a new place, all of its differences are highlighted." ☛ https://lmnt.me/blog/it-hurts-the-face.html | Source: Louie Mantia    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:56:54

• "Under the CLOUD Act, US authorities can compel access to information held by American cloud providers irrespective of where in the world that data is housed." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/microsoft_announces_strengthening_of_sovereignty/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:57:06

• "As power concentrates, democracy withers and authoritarianism thrives. Algorithms tuned for "engagement" amplify fear, outrage, and division—because that’s what keeps us clicking" ☛ https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/slow-software-for-a-burning-world/ |    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:57:28

• "I realize that this sounds somewhat unsophisticated. Yet—though this may be counterintuitive—I also believe that it is the model of political engagement that will produce the best results." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/do-what-you-believe-in | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 09:58:33

• "CBO occasionally faces threats to its network and continually monitors to address those threats." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-government-shutdown-is-a-ticking-cybersecurity-time-bomb/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:02:06

• "Some US tech giants are abandoning their decade-long practice of publishing statistics about the gender and racial makeup of their workforce." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-microsoft-and-meta-have-stopped-publishing-workforce-diversity-data/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:04:30

• "The relationship is worth mentioning because Wu—law professor, former FTC adviser, and Joe Biden’s special assistant for technology and competition policy—just published a book called The Age of Extraction—a high-minded companion to Doctorow’s gritty polemic" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/tim-wu-age-of-extraction/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:04:44

• "With Google reportedly now paying Apple US $20 billion per year to be the default search engine on iPhones" ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/data/apple-in-talks-with-google-to-use-gemini-as-basis-for-siri-2-0-in-us-$1-billion-deal.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:05:21

• "In partnership with Emirates tech company G42, Microsoft is building the first stage of a 5-gigawatt US-UAE AI campus using Nvidia GPUs." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/microsoft-massive-ai-push-uae-security-concerns | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:05:37

• "A U.S. judge on Thursday approved a request by the Justice Department to dismiss a criminal case against Boeing stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people including 18 Canadians." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/boeing-criminal-case-agreement-9.6969078 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:05:48

• Finance through politics: "Nancy Pelosi’s trades over the years have been so good that a startup was created to allow investors to directly mirror her portfolio" ☛ https://www.404media.co/nancy-pelosi-one-of-the-greatest-wall-street-investors-of-all-time-announces-retirement/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:07:57

• "Nearly half of respondents (48 percent) cite power access as the biggest scheduling constraint, with grid connection wait times stretching years." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/supply_chain_woes_and_power/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:08:41

• "Half a century ago, on an unseasonably warm fall day, the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald set off from the western edge of Lake Superior with a cargo full of iron ore." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-edmund-fitzgerald-sank-half-a-century-ago-were-still-fascinated-180987648/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:08:57

• "The results showed that by grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue." ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/467770/election-2025-results-democrats-electricity-prices-trump | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:09:09

• "This event is about community" ☛ https://www.reformer.com/sports/cranksgiving-encourages-bicycling-community-to-pedal-with-purpose/article_e8c3a768-9e1a-480e-8cd6-36176fbd38f5.html | Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:09:30

• "Leaders from dozens of countries arrived in the Amazon city this week as scientists confirmed the Paris Agreement’s safer warming limit will be exceeded." ☛ https://ticotimes.net/2025/11/06/un-chief-warns-of-moral-failure-as-cop30-tackles-missed-climate-goals | Source: Cost Rica    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:09:59

• "If you don’t trust the government, you’re not going to trust its messaging." ☛ https://ethanzuckerman.com/2025/11/07/how-do-we-communicate-about-climate-without-shaming-audiences/ | Source: Ethan Zuckerman    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:10:22

• "Brazil has stressed that each country would pursue its own course to "transition away from fossil fuels"—a pact made by all nations at a previous COP in Dubai in 2023." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-11-earth-longer-sustain-intensive-fossil.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:10:31

• "homegrown streaming platform Kick to its list of social media platforms" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251107-australia-banning-children-under-16-from-social-media-can-they-enforce-it | Source: France24    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:12:49

• "I would say yes. There is a shortage of pilots, but even more so, a shortage of motivated individuals." ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2025/11/07/of-fiber-optics-and-fpvs-6-questions-with-a-ukrainian-drone-trainer/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:13:05

• "cannot use partisan messaging in employees’ out-of-office replies" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/judge-rules-against-education-department-automatic-email-replies-shutdown/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:13:34

• "Russia could buy leftover uranium from Niger" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/11/07/2025/russia-could-buy-leftover-uranium-from-niger-france-warns | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:13:53

• "Global War on Terror" ☛ https://fair.org/home/remembering-dick-cheney-polarizing-war-criminal/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:14:12

• "This isn’t exhaustive, but if you’ve got recommendations I didn’t mention, send them my way." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/my-atomic-rabbithole/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:14:30

• "coalition of parties from both the right and left" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/denmarks-government-aims-to-ban-access-to-social-media-for-children-aged-under-15/article70253518.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:15:04

• "ban access" ☛ https://apnews.com/article/denmark-social-media-ban-children-7862d2a8cc590b4969c8931a01adc7f4 | Source: Associated Press    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:16:09

• "Ministry of Digitalisation by Minister of Digitalisation Caroline Stage" ☛ https://cphpost.dk/2025-11-07/news/round-up/denmark-introduces-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15-with-parental-exemptions/ | Source: Copenhagen Post    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:16:31

• "coalition of parties on both right and left are making it clear that children should not be left alone" ☛ https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/denmark-govt-mulls-ban-on-social-media-access-for-children-under-15-125110701904_1.html | Source: Business Standard    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:16:56

• "If you don't want your teens to be looking at their phones at the dinner table, you should not be taking out your phone at the dinner table either" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5564069 | Source: NPR    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:18:52

• "The new Commission builds on the Atlantic Council’s pioneering work on the geopolitics of artificial intelligence." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/news/press-releases/atlantic-council-launches-geotech-commission-on-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:19:10

• "Others accused Noem of violating the nation’s federal ethics laws, specifically the Hatch Act." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/hatch-act-trump-admin-violating-dems-shutdown-1235460985/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:20:31

• "According to him, counting votes is at the heart of democracy and moving election data abroad could erode trust in the democratic process." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20192778 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:20:41

• [Old] "Earlier this year we announced our intent to provide certificate revocation information exclusively via Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs)" ☛ https://letsencrypt.org/2024/12/05/ending-ocsp | Source: Let's Encrypt    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:21:11

• "EPIC recommended that the California DOJ prioritize privacy- and speech-protective age assurance methods and standards in the rulemaking." ☛ https://epic.org/epic-recommends-privacy-protective-age-assurance-standards-in-comments-to-the-california-doj/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:21:59

• "Lawmakers have called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Flock Safety, a company that operates license plate-scanning cameras" ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/lawmakers-say-stolen-police-logins-are-exposing-flock-surveillance-cameras-to-hackers/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:22:06

• "The other main theory for the delay was that Apple had not yet shown the regulators how the feature complied with the GDPR." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/11/06/airpods-live-translation-expands-to-the-eu/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:22:17

• "This is not the first time the government has tried to exempt political parties from standard privacy laws." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-the-liberal-and-conservative-parties-have-quietly-colluded-to-undermine-the-privacy-rights-of-canadians/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:22:32

• "Tsai is referencing Apple’s Digital Markets Act press release. After listing the features delayed in the E.U." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/tsai-live-translation/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:22:54

• "I am not turning on my webcam to do a gesture so I can access your website." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/captcha-increasingly-invisible/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:23:21

• "The official Kubuntu site is currently inaccessible due to an HTTPS setup issue, but the real concern isn’t the certificate itself" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kubuntu-website-inaccessible-due-to-ssl-configuration-mistake/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:24:13

• "Over the past few decades, it’s become easier and easier to create fake receipts." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/11/faking-receipts-with-ai.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:24:22

• Windows TCO: "The dropper, PROMPTFLUX (VirusTotal), was written in VBScript and uses an embedded decoy installer for obfuscation." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/ai-malware-detected-in-cyberattacks/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:26:47

• Windows TCO: "Last month, the Department of Justice indicted Kevin Tyler Martin and another unnamed employee" ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/doj-accuses-us-ransomware-negotiators-of-launching-their-own-ransomware-attacks/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:27:00

• Windows TCO: "The report does not name the ransomware gang behind the attack nor the ransom demand." ☛ https://therecord.media/nevada-declined-ransom-breach | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:27:14

• "its owner Snap Inc. of filing a new lawsuit in federal court to avoid the state’s enforcement of new social media laws while there is still pending civil enforcement in different courts." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/utah-defends-social-media-child-protection-laws-against-snapchat-suit/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:29:16

• "For them, the TikTok predator's case is not an isolated crime but a reminder of a crisis that the UK still struggles to confront." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-grooming-crisis-deepens-tiktok-predator-gets-9-years-assaulting-schoolgirl-while-national-1753097 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:29:38

• "As long as algorithms continue to push users toward hate, spiraling them down rabbit holes and increasing their use time, this problem will worsen." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/11/06/how-long-does-it-take-for-instagram-to-push-you-down-the-alt-right-pipeline.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:29:51

• "Your chatbot may be leaking" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/multiple-chatgpt-security-bugs-rampant-data-theft | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:30:35

• "Farah explained she was stunned by the chatbot's behaviour. She later recreated parts of the conversation in a video, warning other parents about the risks." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-gone-too-far-chatbot-accused-asking-minor-nudes-1753074 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:30:58

• "Fake science is a growing problem as AI gathers pace: One recent analysis suggested 15% of all cancer research papers may be fraudulent." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/11/07/2025/around-40-of-research-papers-may-be-fraudulent-study-says | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:31:31

• "The scale of the investment is so large it is distorting the economy." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/07/the-futile-future-of-the-gigawatt-datacenter-by-nicholas-weaver/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:32:05

• "Shares in Chinese self-driving start-ups Pony.AI and WeRide tumbled on their Hong Kong debuts Thursday, after raising more than US$1.1 billion, with experts warning China is not yet ready for a mass rollout of robotaxis." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/07/chinas-robotaxi-firms-sink-on-hong-kong-debut/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:32:34

• [Old] "Open-source software advocate Eric S Raymond has penned an argument that the triumph of Linux on the desktop is imminent because Microsoft will soon tire of Windows." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/28/eric_raymond_linux_beats_windows_prediction/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:33:06

• "Kevin Boone: Two years without Google, et al. – has it been worth it?" ☛ https://kevinboone.me/degoogled-two-years.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:33:19

• "The data breach exposed student names, races, coded medical conditions and whether they received special education accommodations. It impacted students in 49 states and three million in California alone." ☛ https://therecord.media/ed-tech-company-fined-5-million-data-breach-security-practices | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:33:33

• "A month after a self-propagating worm was discovered in the open source NPM code repository, a similar worm has been found targeting Visual Studio Code extensions in open marketplaces." ☛ https://www.infoworld.com/article/4076668/self-propagating-worm-found-in-marketplaces-for-visual-studio-code-extensions.html | Source: InfoWorld    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:34:15

• "Well, it's time to try to fix the problem. I've talked about this before, so you can look at my existing guides as the starting point. If these suggestions work for you, awesome." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/iphone-ios-26-linux-mount.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:34:29

• "But TeleMessage was not replaced with a similar archival tool, per Weissman." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/homeland-security-records-electronic-messages-archived-screenshots/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:34:53

• "Flow control in switch application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) presents unique challenges." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/11/07/flow-control-in-switch-asics-part-3-notes-on-flow-control/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:36:07

• [Old] "OBS is a real-time video editor, letting you combine multiple video sources." ☛ https://www.scs.stanford.edu/~dm/blog/hide-webcam.html |    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:36:20

• How To Install Kdenlive on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kdenlive-fedora-43/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:36:54

• How To Install ClipGrab on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-clipgrab-fedora-43/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:37:06

• How To Install Alacritty on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-alacritty-almalinux-10/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:37:29

• "The cases, filed in California state courts, claim that ChatGPT, which is used by 800 million people, is a flawed product." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/technology/chatgpt-lawsuit-suicides-delusions.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:38:35

• "There are lots of disturbing details in this report, but this response is one of the things I found most upsetting in the entire story" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/openai-mental-health-lawsuits/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:39:58

• "After launching the InfinityBook Pro 15 (Intel) model last month" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-unveils-infinitybook-max-15-linux-laptop/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:40:22

• "After crunching the numbers, the company decided to build its own racks full of Mac Minis and house them in a Malaysian datacenter." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/grab_macos_cloud_repatriation_savings/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:40:29

• Graber: Introducing IncusOS! ☞ https://stgraber.org/2025/11/07/introducing-incusos/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:42:23

• "The problem is that most learners don't understand they're burning out their mental muscle. They just keep pushing and expecting different results." ☛ https://devansh.bearblog.dev/art-of-learning/ | Source: Devansh Batham    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:42:43

• "Lately work has been a source of comfort. My life has been tumultuous this year, but the pleasures of work have remained constant." ☛ https://ankursethi.com/blog/the-solace-of-work/ | Source: Ankur Sethi    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:42:53

• "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Robb Knight, whose blog can be found at rknight.me." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/robb-knight | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:43:03

• "Techpaladin Software is hiring!" ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2025/11/07/techpaladin-is-looking-for-a-passionate-plasma-hacker/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:43:31

• "The tech industry tells us that chatbots and new A.I. search tools will supercharge the way we learn and thrive, and that anyone who ignores the technology risks being left behind." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/technology/personaltech/ai-social-media-brain-rot.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:43:57

• "The US administration has proposed a 24 per cent cut to NASA’s budget, which would make it the smallest NASA budget since before human spaceflight programs began in 1961." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/bobs-blog-nasa-budget-cuts-9.6971123 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:46:41

• "After a decade-long excavation at a remote site in Kenya, scientists have unearthed evidence that our early human relatives continuously fashioned the same tools across thousands of generations" ☛ https://www.404media.co/advanced-2-5-million-year-old-tools-may-rewrite-human-history/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:46:55

• "Analysis is different. As is education" ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/strong-opinions-never-published/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:47:20

• "This website, and also gr36.com, has taken on many forms over the years. I often look back at the internet archive and marvel at how undecided I have been about it." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/blogging-for-more-than-a-decade/ | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:47:43

• "The most meme-able elements of the "Frankenstein" story — the lightning-bolt resurrection (with Victor Frankenstein screaming "It's alive!!!")" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/what-pop-culture-got-wrong-about-frankenstein/a-74653161 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:53:44

• "In July 2024, I started gathering cool links from around the web, with the best stuff I've read or watched during each month." ☛ https://fantinel.dev/blog/a-new-home-for-cool-links | Source: Matt Fantinel    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:54:00

• "The tonal curve is a fundamental tool for understanding and manipulating contrast in photography." ☛ https://mihobu.lol/tonal-curves | Source: Michael Burkhardt    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:54:11

• "Paris moved Wednesday to suspend the digital platform after its anti-fraud unit discovered that Shein, a Singapore-based company which was originally founded in China, was selling the items." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251107-shein-s-childlike-sex-dolls-not-acceptable-visiting-french-minister-tells-chinese-hosts | Source: France24    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:54:44

• "France urges EU sanctions over 'childlike' sex dolls" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/shein-france-urges-eu-sanctions-over-childlike-sex-dolls/a-74648063 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:54:57

• Kubuntu Website Inaccessible Due to SSL Configuration Mistake ☞ https://linuxiac.com/kubuntu-website-inaccessible-due-to-ssl-configuration-mistake/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:55:07

• How To Install Python on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-python-fedora-43/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:55:33

• How To Install NVIDIA Drivers on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nvidia-drivers-fedora-43/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:55:45

• How To Install AMD Radeon Drivers on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-amd-radeon-drivers-fedora-43/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:55:57

• 🔤SpellBinding: BEWNOSG Wordo: QUEER gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-11-08.gmi    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 10:59:31

• Kdenlive 25.08.3 released ☞ https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.08.3/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:07:58

• "Kdenlive 25.08.3 has been released as the third maintenance update in the 25.08 series, part of the wider KDE Gear 25.08.3 application bundle." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kdenlive-25-08-3-arrives-with-stability-fixes-and-svg-file-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:08:17

• This Week in GNOME: #224 Reduced Motion ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/11/twig-224/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:08:52

• GuiMan – frontend for Pacman and AUR ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/guiman-frontend-pacman-aur/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:12:16

• wolfSSH – small, fast, portable SSH implementation ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wolfssh-small-fast-portable-ssh-implementation/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:12:22

• 11 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Bibliography Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-based-bibliography-tools/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:12:30

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, November 14, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-11-14-irc    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:15:57

• Misinformation/Disinformation Disguised as Information About GNU General Public Licenses (GNU GPL) Usage ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/07/Misinformation_Disinformation_Disguised_as_Information_About_GN.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:16:05

• "The proposal that led to this doesn't seem to currently be visible in a mainline commit in the Go proposal repository" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoExplicitMemoryFreeing | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:16:25

• "Well, let us be rebellious and instead seek inaccessibility; more precisely the pole of inaccessibility of France (the Hexagon)" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/11/inaccessibility/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:17:02

• [Old] "Back in 1976 (around the same time most of the languages in this series were born), Wirth wrote a book titled Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs." ☛ https://zserge.com/posts/langs-pl0/ | Source: Serge Zaitsev    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:17:30

• [Old] "Created by Arthur Whitney the language is known for its terse and cryptic syntax. But it fixes one “issue” with APL – K uses ASCII symbols." ☛ https://zserge.com/posts/langs-apl/ | Source: Serge Zaitsev    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:18:00

• [Old] "Interestingly, the original Lisp syntax wasn’t the parentheses-heavy version we know today. It started with M-expressions: car[cons[A,B]], which looks more like how modern languages call functions." ☛ https://zserge.com/posts/langs-lisp/ | Source: Serge Zaitsev    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:20:20

• [Old] "MOUSE, created in 1976, is often recommended as a good starting point for writing your first interpreter." ☛ https://zserge.com/posts/langs-mouse/ | Source: Serge Zaitsev    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:20:34

• "Meet BASIC, the king of home computing in the late 1970s. Originally designed to promote computer literacy in schools, BASIC inspired a whole generation of professional software engineers." ☛ https://zserge.com/posts/langs-basic/ | Source: Serge Zaitsev    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:47:52

• [Old] "I once read a discussion on Hacker News where someone suggested that every programmer, over their lifetime, should implement six programming languages: an assembler, a version of BASIC, a flavour of Lisp, a Forth, and a subset of C." ☛ https://zserge.com/posts/langs-asm/ | Source: Serge Zaitsev    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:48:07

• [Old] "Over the last 25 years, I’ve written a lot of event-driven code in C++. A typical example of event-driven code is registering a callback that gets invoked every time a socket has data to be read." ☛ https://www.scs.stanford.edu/~dm/blog/c++-coroutines.html |    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:48:26

• "As an amateur compiler developer, one of the decisions I struggle with is choosing the right compiler target." ☛ https://abhinavsarkar.net/notes/2025-compiler-backend-survey/ |    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 11:48:39

• "In our new study published in FACETS, we built a first-ever database of IAs for mines and quarries across Canada." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-11-years-canada-oversight.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:02:40

• "Still, you can do a lot of spatial stuff in R, grounded in the sf package and its many friends. Plus you get the benefit of all the data manipulation and analysis stuff that R is really good at." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/11/mamdani-vs-sliwa-and-cuomo/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:02:51

• "The main reason for doing this is that, from the point of view of the election, precincts aren’t real." ☛ https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/11/06/mamdani-vs-sliwa-and-cuomo/ | Source: Kieran Healy    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:03:00

• "For further information, browse the conference websites." ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what-is-bsd-come-to-conference-to-find.html | Source: BSDly    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:03:39

• "After far too long, I was once again able to attend an IndieWeb Camp in real life, and it was another great experience." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/indieweb-camp-berlin-2025 | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:03:45

• "I switched from Jekyll to Hugo as my static site generator of choice recently." ☛ https://pjg1.site/jekyll-to-hugo.html | Source: Piya Gehi    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:04:18

• [Old] "I started off writing plain HTML, then switching to writing in markdown and using pandoc to convert to HTML" ☛ https://ryan.freumh.org/how-this-site-is-built.html |    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:04:25

• "My efforts have been focused on building emacs into the workflow of essentially everything I do, as long as it doesn’t involve heavy video or media, I try my very best to accomplish it in emacs." ☛ https://joshblais.com/blog/how-i-am-deeply-integrating-emacs/ |    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:09:06

• "The popular open-source e-book management tool, Calibre, has just released version 8.14, with the update’s highlight being an enhanced Tolino driver support, ensuring full compatibility with the latest Tolino firmware." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-14-e-book-manager-adds-tolino-firmware-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:09:20

• "To be specific, it's by and large abandoning the idea of well done installs of software on shared servers." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/ContainersAbandonInstalling | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:09:58

• "If you’ve ever wished your Raspberry Pi could level up into a full-blown industrial human–machine interface (HMI), SECO just made it happen." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-power-meets-industrial-smarts-seco-pi-vision-10-1-cm5/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:14:02

• "The console’s form-factor recalls the design of a classic Game Boy" ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/troubleshooting-amberelec-install-on-anbernic-rg351v/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:14:20

• "I’m often asked why I’m not building Radiant on top of Linux. After all, it’s a solid foundation on which to build a computer." ☛ https://radiant.computer/notes/why-not-linux/ | Source: The Radiant Computer Team    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:15:30

• "A unique and very important find at the University of Utah: while cleaning out some storage rooms" ☛ https://www.osnews.com/story/143719/tape-containing-unix-v4-found/ | Source: OS News    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:15:41

• "This is particularly exciting because there is no known complete V4 image" ☛ https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/unix-v4-tape-found-at-the-university-of-utah/5400 |    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:15:58

• "This post is just a quick guide to get your OpenBSD desktop or laptop up-and-running with the GNOME desktop environment quickly." ☛ https://btxx.org/posts/openbsd-gnome/ | Source: Brad Taunt    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:16:54

• "Nearly two months after the previous 0.51 release, Hyprland, a favorite among fans of eye-pleasing tiling window compositors" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/hyprland-0-52-adds-input-rotation-forceidle-and-rendering-tweaks/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:17:05

• "I'm hosting a new podcast for Corelight. Check out my first episode with our field CTO, Vince Stoffer. Expect new episodes every two weeks." ☛ https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2025/11/im-hosting-new-podcast.html | Source: Tao Security Blog    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:17:22

• "Increasingly, businesses, schools, and government institutions deploy Firefox at scale for security, resilience, and data sovereignty." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-support-for-organizations/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:18:28

• "The below featured highlights listed on the community’s blog feed aggregator are from November 1 to 6." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/11/07/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:18:39

• Lawsuits Blame Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot for Suicides and Harmful Delusions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/technology/chatgpt-lawsuit-suicides-delusions.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:21:46

• ChatGPT’s Dark Side Encouraged Wave of Suicides, Grieving Families Say ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-suicides-lawsuits    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:22:02

• There’s Only One State That is Asking the Right Questions About Digital Identity ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/digital-id-utah    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:22:47

• Gateway API 1.4: New Features ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11/06/gateway-api-v1-4/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:23:39

• Michael Meeks: 2025-11-07 Friday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-11-07.html "I'd never considered to check the staff for bogus employees before, I wonder how many companies do that; kudos to Darshan for the catch."    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:26:29

• GTK Adds "Reduced Motion" Accessibility Option To Follow macOS, backdoored Windows & Others ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-Reduced-Motion    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:26:45

• Taiwan vice-president makes rare trip to Europe for Parliament speech ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-vice-president-makes-rare-trip-to-europe-for-parliament-speech    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 13:28:16

• IBM layoffs were everywhere though, not a single city https://hoodline.com/2025/11/ibm-and-infineon-announce-over-100-job-cuts-in-san-jose-as-bay-area-tech-sector-tightens-belt/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:23:05

• " https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1orjjtq/never_seen_ibm_expand_this_fast/ IBM India unit doubled in size over last few months. Arvind gutting the entire West for the benefit of his homeland." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9hq52gz    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:43:05

• "Woke up fast after the layoff - Being laid off blindsided me. As it seems, I was a little bit arrogant and far too comfortable. I guess this sm--k in the face is what I needed to reframe my perspective and to make sure I invested my time and energy in a way to still do a good job but not make work my entire personality. I plan to take that lesson with me to my next job." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9hfmk62    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:43:34

• "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9hfmk62    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:43:51

• IBM CEO "AK is going to announce his retirement as CEO in late January after Q4 earnings come out. He'll stay on a little longer as Chairman before handing that over to the new CEO. He just has to keep the charade going a little while longer. If IBM collapses the day after he leaves he doesn't care, not his problem any more." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:48:28

• "IBM Success stories from 40-50 years ago don’t guarantee current success, especially in IT. Tech industry is too fast to be conservative and to repeat itself" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:48:41

• "Estimates of IBMs debt as of today is around 67 Billion Dollars - How does Kavanaugh keep his job?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:49:23

• "He’s the Effing CEO and these acquisitions have not paid off at all - It’s just to keep IBM in the news and bragging rights - Another acquisition of a company nobody ever heard of - And then there is Alvind who got played like a fiddle - He’s the worst negotiator ever. Agreeing to a bloated premium to buy Red Hat - That g00ber was the architect of that calamity" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:49:28

• "Seems like Alvind and the PipMunks are acting like Tony Montana in the last scenes of Scarface with their erratic behavior - And notice the timing - Right before The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays - This was all done intentionally - They’re greedy soulless heartless monsters" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9grten7    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:50:16

• "Something feels off lately at IBM Software India. The BU I’m in used to be lean and efficient now it’s doubled in size within months. Never seen this kind of hiring frenzy before. Part of me’s impressed, but part of me’s nervous… what if this blows up later? Comp’s solid though, definitely above market." https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1orjjtq/never_seen_ibm_expand_this_fast/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:51:22

• "Yes, IBM is offshoring jobs to India. Is it sustainable, maybe, depends on the turn over. It costs big bucks to move a component to a brand new team. If the long term attrition rate is manageable, team India will continue to grow. Conversely, if the turn over is too high, IBM India will shrink. Note, this is not IBM's first push into India. (High attrition was factor why it wasn't a success then.)"    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:52:10

• Social media giants must stand trial on addiction claims https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/07/social-media-giants-must-stand-trial-on-addiction-claims-2/amp/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:53:11

• Victor Ma: Surveillance Giant Google Summer of Code final report ☞ https://victorma.ca/posts/gsoc-9/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:54:22

• Fix multiple entries in woof-installed-packages ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202511/fix-multiple-entries-in-woof-installed-packages.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 14:54:54

• First ousting himself as gay, now sharing his medical conditions ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/nov/06/juggluco-foss-continuous-glucose-montior-diabetes/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:03:02

• Which of course he can do, but seems like better for his personal site, not SFC http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/11/06/juggluco-foss-continuous-glucose-montior-diabetes.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:03:57

• Minsk will let stranded Lithuanian trucks return, says haulers’ association ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2738057/minsk-will-let-stranded-lithuanian-trucks-return-says-haulers-association    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:04:43

• Belarus still blocking Lithuanian trucks despite talks on border corridor – PM adviser ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2738244/belarus-still-blocking-lithuanian-trucks-despite-talks-on-border-corridor-pm-adviser    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:05:46

• 73 people tried to cross Latvian border illegally in one day ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/07.11.2025-73-people-tried-to-cross-latvian-border-illegally-in-one-day.a621573/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:05:57

• Daugava water checks ongoing after oil fire in Belarus ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/environment/07.11.2025-daugava-water-checks-ongoing-after-oil-fire-in-belarus.a621575/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:06:10

• Cox Again Fires Back Against Label Claims Ahead of High-Stakes Supreme Court Argument, Insists It ‘Has No Fondness for Copyright Infringement’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/07/cox-v-sony-music-supreme-court-case/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:06:35

• Music Publishers Seek to Reopen NBA Copyright Infringement Case on ‘Newly Discovery Evidence, Fraud, and Misrepresentation’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/06/music-publishers-nba-copyright-case/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:06:48

• TTABlog Celebrates 21st Anniversary ! ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ttablog-celebrates-21st-anniversary.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:08:14

• Precedential No. 10: TTAB Explains How to Submit Video Evidence, Reverses 2(d) Refusal of GASPER ROOFING Over JASPER CONTRACTORS ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/precedential-no-10-ttab-explains-how-to.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:08:38

• Long-term archiving with ODF: a future-proof strategy ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/11/07/long-term-archiving-with-odf/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:08:56

• GNOME Declares War on Framework Computer ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/gnome-declares-war-on-framework-computer    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:09:06

• Fix for cpp and gcc pulled into easy.sfs ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202511/fix-for-cpp-and-gcc-pulled-into-easysfs.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:09:45

• Balancer hack analysis and guidance for the DeFi ecosystem ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/11/07/balancer-hack-analysis-and-guidance-for-the-defi-ecosystem/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:10:44

• gnu linux the magic of bash how to generate a index.html gallery from folder of pictures generate-gallery-index.html.sh ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/11/07/gnu-linux-the-magic-of-bash-how-to-generate-a-index-html-gallery-from-folder-of-pictures-generate-gallery-index-html-sh/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:12:01

• How to Stream to AirPlay Speakers from GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/how-to-stream-to-airplay-speakers-from-linux.56906/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:12:23

• How to Install Python 3.14 on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxtuto.com/how-to-install-python-3-14-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:12:38

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 45, 2025 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-45-2025/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:13:58

• Ytui-music – TUI YouTube Music Player ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ytui-music-tui-youtube-music-player/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:14:42

• Linux.org YouTube channel update ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/linux-org-youtube-channel-update.58695/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:14:56

• "Poked at some hacking in the evening." ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-11-06.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:15:31

• "confirming TPM is not neccesary." ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/youtuber-gets-battlefield-6-running-on-12-year-old-amd-fx-9590-cpu-playable-at-40-fps-in-786p-with-an-rx-5700-gpu-experiment-reveals-only-secureboot-not-tpm-is-necessary-for-javelin-anti-cheat    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:15:47

• Computo – A Journal for Transparent and Reproducible Research in Statistics and Machine Learning ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/11/computo-a-journal-for-transparent-and-reproducible-research-in-statistics-and-machine-learning/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:16:22

• CUPS setup fix ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202511/cups-setup-fix.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:16:41

• Automate VM golden image builds for OpenShift with Packer ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/11/07/automate-vm-golden-image-builds-openshift-packer    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:17:12

• "trucks remain stranded at the Russia-Kazakhstan border" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/07/chaos-and-corruption-take-hold-as-thousands-of-trucks-remain-stranded-at-the-russia-kazakhstan-border | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:17:54

• "Russian oil sanctions exemption" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/08/trump-considers-a-russian-oil-sanctions-exemption-for-his-good-chum-seeking-reelection-in-hungary | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:18:11

• ZFS Snapshots Explained: Access File Versions Instantly on GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/zfs-snapshots-explained-access-file-versions-instantly-on-linux    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:19:17

• Linux Commands Tutorial ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/linux-commands-tutorial    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:19:28

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.34: CNCF Project Hands-on, Better split Command, Local proprietary trap AWS Cloud Stack and More ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-34/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:19:43

• Russian Jailed for Placing Tiny Antiwar Signs in a Market Says She Would Do it Again ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/world/europe/russia-protester-antiwar-aleksandra-skochilenko.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:19:56

• Why Germany Is Still Divided When It Comes to Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/world/europe/germany-russia-divide.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:20:08

• Deep Beneath Helsinki, the Playgrounds Are Really Bomb Shelters ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/realestate/deep-beneath-helsinki-the-playgrounds-are-really-bomb-shelters.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:20:20

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Signals Openness to Exempting Hungary from Russian Oil Sanctions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/world/europe/trump-orban-meeting-russia-sanctions.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:20:31

• In Cozying Up to Convicted Felon, Leaders Hedge Their Reliance on Moscow and Beijing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/central-asia-leaders-trump.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:20:42

• Hypersonic Missiles, Imperial Wars, and Resistance: The New US-Russia Clash in Latin America ☞ https://www.mintpressnews.com/russia-us-venezuela-caribbean-showdown/290555/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:21:04

• Brussels restricts Schengen visas for Russian nationals ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2738117/brussels-restricts-schengen-visas-for-russian-nationals    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:21:18

• Viktor Orban is meeting The Insurrectionist as "Orban fatigue" grows at home ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251107-viktor-orban-is-meeting-donald-trump-as-orban-fatigue-grows-at-home    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:21:37

• How are US sanctions on Russian oil impacting Hungary? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251107-how-are-us-sanctions-on-russian-oil-impacting-hungary    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:21:47

• Dihydroxyacetone Man says open to exempting Orban's Hungary from Russia oil sanctions ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251107-trump-open-exempting-orban-s-hungary-russia-oil-sanctions    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:21:57

• 'France importing Russian gas sends the wrong message': Latvian FM Braže ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20251107-france-importing-russian-gas-sends-the-wrong-message-latvian-fm-bra%C5%BEe    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:22:30

• Russian national pleads guilty to breaking into networks for Yanluowang ransomware attacks ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/russian-aleksei-volkov-yanluowang-ransomware/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:22:54

• Post-training methods for language models ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/11/04/post-training-methods-language-models    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:23:45

• Dominion Harbor entity, Bunker Hill, third EV patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/11/7/dominion-harbor-entity-bunker-hill-third-ev-patent-prior-art-found http://techrights.org/wiki/Dominion_Harbor/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:24:33

• Landfall Android Spyware Targeted Samsung Phones via Zero-Day ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/landfall-android-spyware-targeted-samsung-phones-via-zero-day/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:24:52

• New Landfall spyware apparently targeting Samsung phones in Middle East ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/landfall-spyware-samsung-phones-palo-alto-networks-unit-42/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:25:07

• Latvian e-sports stars hope to Counter-Strike it lucky in Budapest ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/sport/07.11.2025-latvian-e-sports-stars-hope-to-counter-strike-it-lucky-in-budapest.a621594/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:27:16

• EU ministers strike deal on binding 2040 emissions target ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/eu-ministers-strike-deal-on-binding-2040-emissions-target/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:27:49

• "It hasn’t received much attention, but the government and official opposition - ie. the Liberals and Conservatives - have been quietly working to pass legislation that undermine the privacy rights of Canadians" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-the-liberal-and-conservative-parties-have-quietly-colluded-to-undermine-the-privacy-rights-of-canadians/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:28:23

• Killing brand recognition, the last remaining asset of Firefox, will they also rename Firefox next? ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/firefox-new-mascot-brand-refresh    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:29:42

• Report: Government data mining has gone too far – and Hey Hi (AI) will make it worse ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/government-data-mining-has-gone-too-far-ai-will-make-it-worse/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:30:09

• Scammers Continue to Prey on StubHub’s Privacy Issues—Here’s the Latest Fraud Trap ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/06/stubhub-privacy-nightmare-scammers/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:30:21

• ""Bluewashing" they call it. IBM has destroyed some many good products that way." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9hypt3k    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:33:25

• How a satellite image allegedly showing atrocities in Sudan was misinterpreted ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251107-satellite-image-atrocities-sudan-el-fasher-misinterpreted    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:33:52

• Calibre 8.14 Open-Source E-Book Manager Updates the Tolino Driver and Fixes Bugs ☞ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-14-open-source-e-book-manager-updates-the-tolino-driver-and-fixes-bugs    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:34:14

• TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 15 Gen10 GNU/Linux Laptop Announced with AMD Ryzen Hey Hi (AI) 300 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-max-15-gen10-linux-laptop-announced-with-amd-ryzen-ai-300    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:34:27

• Solar-powered PV PI HAT delivers continuous off-grid operation for Raspberry Pi projects ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/solar-powered-pv-pi-hat-delivers-continuous-off-grid-operation-for-raspberry-pi-projects/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:34:39

• Linux Mint 22.3 is Adding New System Hardware Tool ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/linux-mint-new-system-info-app    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:35:03

• Endless 6.0.8 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/endless    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:36:18

• HackerOS 3.6 also released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/hackeros    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:36:24

• StartOS 0.4.0 reaches alpha12 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/startos    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:36:37

• LXQt 2.3.0 Released with Enhanced Wayland Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/11/lxqt-2-3-0-released-with-enhanced-wayland-support/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:37:25

• Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, Brian Fagioli, and Surveillance Giant Google News Boosting WebProNews (All Slopfarms) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/07/Slopwatch_LinuxSecurity_Brian_Fagioli_and_Google_News_Boosting_.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:37:32

• The Register MS, Payroll First ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/07/The_Register_MS_Payroll_First.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:37:40

• Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli Targets "Linux" With LLMs, Surveillance Giant Google News Helps Blame "Linux" for Amazon WorkSpaces Flaws ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/07/Slopwatch_Brian_Fagioli_Targets_Linux_With_LLMs_Google_News_Hel.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:37:46

• Linux software management made simple with Discover ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-software-management-made-simple-with-discover    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:38:30

• Installing Gentoo GNU/Linux with OpenRC ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/installing-gentoo-linux-with-openrc.56907/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:38:55

• System76 Galago Pro Review: Great laptop, disappointing longevity ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/system76-galago-pro-review-great-laptop-disappointing-longevity.58697/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:39:23

• Dropbear – lightweight SSH server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dropbear-lightweight-ssh-server/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:39:43

• Swirc – console based ICB and IRC client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/swirc-console-based-icb-irc-client/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:39:58

• Meshtastic – decentralized mesh networking ecosystem ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/meshtastic-decentralized-mesh-networking-ecosystem/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:40:21

• Arch GNU/Linux MCP Server – Arch GNU/Linux MCP (Model Context Protocol) ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/arch-linux-mcp-server/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:40:36

• Xaric – IRC client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xaric-irc-client/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:40:53

• Calls – make phone and SIP calls ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/calls-make-phone-sip-calls/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:42:45

• Linux Mint's upcoming changes include a redesigned Cinnamon Start Menu, a System Information tool ☞ https://www.ghacks.net/2025/11/07/linux-mints-upcoming-changes-include-a-customizable-cinnamon-start-menu-a-system-information-tool/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:43:26

• Remi Collet: 🎲 📝 Redis version 8.4 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/11/04/Redis-version-8.4    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:44:06

• Remi Collet: 🎲 PHP version 8.3.28RC1 and 8.4.15RC1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/11/07/PHP-version-8.3.28RC1-and-8.4.15RC1    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:44:14

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/45 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/11/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-45/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:44:55

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1045612/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:45:21

• Google Releases Magika 1.0: AI-Powered File Type Detection Tool ☞ https://linuxiac.com/google-releases-magika-1-0-ai-powered-file-type-detection-tool/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:46:58

• A to Z Hands-on Guide to Building and Publishing an Open Source Project to CNCF ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/cncf-project-guide/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:47:14

• Latvia sends seized Russian fertilizers to Bangladesh ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/07.11.2025-latvia-sends-seized-russian-fertilizers-to-bangladesh.a621644/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:47:28

• Russian Soldier Gets Life In Prison In Ukraine For Battlefield Execution ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/first-russian-soldier-life-prison-shooting-ukraine-war-crime/33583863.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:47:38

• Orban Says Hungary Received US Exemption On Russian Energy ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary--us-orban-trump-russia-ukraine-sanctions/33584332.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:47:53

• Russia's aerial assault on Ukraine shows no sign of slowing down ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251107-russia-s-aerial-assault-on-ukraine-shows-no-sign-of-slowing-down    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:48:04

• Suspected South African mercenaries in Donbas call for government help ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/suspected-south-african-mercenaries-in-donbas-call-for-government-help/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:49:06

• Destructive Russian Cyberattacks on Ukraine Expand to Grain Sector ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/destructive-russian-cyberattacks-on-ukraine-expand-to-grain-sector/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:49:19

• "BIOS Detectives Find Ghost Of Previously Unknown PC" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/08/bios-detectives-find-ghost-of-previously-unknown-pc/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:49:45

• "doesn’t want to boast" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/08/putin-s-envoy-doesn-t-want-to-boast-claims-he-fought-off-a-ukrainian-armored-vehicle-with-a-sniper-rifle | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:50:14

• What’s the point of a retro case “???” ☞ https://rubenerd.com/whats-the-point-of-a-retro-case/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:55:04

• More coockoo eggs in your "cancer", sir https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-RAMDAX-Linux-Driver    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:56:26

• Sexual Assault of Mexico’s President Exposes Challenges of Her Equality Push ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/world/americas/mexico-sheinbaum-women-abuse.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:56:46

• Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/immigration-raid-los-angeles-toddler.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:58:13

• Flow control in switch ASICs: Part 3 — Notes on flow control ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/11/07/flow-control-in-switch-asics-part-3-notes-on-flow-control/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:58:45

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Admin Says It’s Not Bailing Out the Hey Hi (AI) Industry Regardless of How Hard It Crashes ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-admin-no-ai-bailout    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:59:26

• Scam Altman backs away from OpenAI's statements about possible U.S. gov't Hey Hi (AI) industry bailouts — company continues to lobby for financial support from the industry ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/sam-altman-distances-openai-from-data-center-bailout-talk    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 15:59:40

• FreeBSD 15.0-BETA5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/freebsd https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2025-October/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:01:47

• Rust's "Memory Safety" Talking Point Ought to be Discarded in Light of Fil-C ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/06/Rust_s_Memory_Safety_Talking_Point_Ought_to_be_Discarded_in_Lig.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:02:24

• "Hackaday Editors Tom Nardi and Al Williams spent the weekend at Supercon and had to catch up on all the great hacks. Listen in as they talk about their favorites." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/hackaday-podcast-episode-344-board-with-lasers-op-amp-torture-and-farewell-supercon-9/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:03:58

• J. B. Pritzker Sounds the Alarm ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/what-resistance-means-to-governor-j-b-pritzker    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:05:02

• Just How Bad Was Convicted Felon’s Very Bad Night? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-election.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:05:10

• Infringment battle Seoul Viosys vs. expert Klein comes to an end ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/infringment-battle-seoul-viosys-vs-expert-klein-comes-to-an-end/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:08:27

• Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2025-11-07 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/11/07/gnome-foundation-update-2025-11-07/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/31/IBM_Has_Takes_Control_of_GNOME.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:13:41

• Spam or marketing disguised as news; follow the money ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/ones-to-watch-germany-2025-svenja-schwandt/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:15:44

• "It's a good decision and the ratio decidendi is in my view not so much about judicial finesse than about principle: what is commercially available should not be patented. Think about a manufacturer that has to take a thirty year old product from the market because a competitor obtained a valid patent monopoly that covers that very product."    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:16:01

• From http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/11/guest-post-has-g123-harmoniously-recast.html?showComment=1762501647915#c1076301043977840021    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:16:06

• Australia Now Has So Much Solar Power That It’s Giving Electricity Out for Free ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/australia-solar-power-free-electricity    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:17:41

• NASA Staff Horrified at Plan to Throw Out Incredibly Specialized Science Equipment Like Garbage ☞ https://futurism.com/space/nasa-staff-throw-out-science-equipment-garbage    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:17:52

• Democrats Scale Back Shutdown Demands, but G.O.P. Digs In ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/shutdown-democrats-schumer-thune.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:18:48

• US Congress urged to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/rights-groups-demand-us-congress-to-extend-affordable-care-act-subsidies/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:19:00

• Michigan has $321M for school safety. The catch: Districts must waive rights ☞ https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-has-321m-for-school-safety-the-catch-districts-must-waive-rights/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:19:12

• Cuts to US emergency food aid are straining global relief efforts and reshaping the State Department ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/11/cuts-to-us-emergency-food-aid-are-straining-global-relief-efforts-and-reshaping-the-state-department/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:19:35

• Republicans swat down Democratic offer to end shutdown as impasse continues into 38th day ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2025/11/democrats-consider-prolonging-the-shutdown-as-republicans-prepare-new-bills-without-health-care-fix/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:19:52

• How endearing. US president who shut down government to avoid discussing his child sex scandals (Epstein) and then when people protest he expresses a desire to spread diarrhea over the citizens of the country. Can't make this up. True story. This isn't a world superpower but an illusion of a former one.    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:21:51

• And this is what _GAFAM_ has _FUNDED_! https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:22:34

• At least three dead in South Korea power plant collapse as rescue efforts continue ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/one-worker-dead-six-trapped-after-south-korea-power-plant-incident    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:23:01

• North Korea fires unidentified ballistic missile: Seoul military ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-south-korea-and-japan-say    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:23:13

• South Korea seeks US fuel for domestically built nuclear-powered submarine, official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-seeks-us-fuel-for-domestically-built-nuclear-powered-submarine-official-says    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:25:18

• Through cooperation, Australia and South Korea can lead in the age of autonomy ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/through-cooperation-australia-and-south-korea-can-lead-in-the-age-of-autonomy/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:25:32

• China’s New Aircraft Carrier Enters Service, a Sign of Naval Ambitions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier-military-navy.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:26:00

• China Resumes Some Chip Exports, Easing Fears of a Global Crunch ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/business/china-nexperia-autos-chips.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:26:14

• Indonesia’s anti-graft agency pushes ahead with probe into Whoosh high-speed rail ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-anti-graft-agency-pushes-ahead-with-probe-into-whoosh-high-speed-rail    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:26:50

• Japan resumes seafood exports to China after Beijing eases 2023 ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-resumes-seafood-exports-to-china-after-beijing-eases-2023-ban    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:27:04

• China’s largest aircraft carrier enters service in key milestone for its naval ambitions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-largest-aircraft-carrier-enters-service-in-key-milestone-for-chinas-naval-ambitions    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:27:19

• China starts work on easing rare earth export rules but short of Convicted Felon hopes, say sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-starts-work-on-easing-rare-earth-export-rules-but-short-of-trump-hopes-sources-say    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:27:35

• China investing over $14 million in synthetic quartz manufacturing to diversify away from US dependency ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/the-world-is-overly-reliant-on-one-us-located-mine-for-critical-chipmaking-material-but-china-is-working-to-break-the-stranglehold-china-investing-over-usd14-million-in-synthetic-quartz-manufacturing-to-diversify-away-from-us-dependency    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:27:46

• Dutch government allegedly folds to supply chain pressure, will relinquish control of Nexperia in China spat — reports say deal contingent upon China allowing firm to resume chip exports ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/dutch-government-allegedly-folds-to-supply-chain-pressure-will-relinquish-control-of-nexperia-in-china-spat-reports-say-deal-contingent-upon-china-allowing-firm-to-resume-chip-exports    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:27:54

• China suspends rare-earth export control measures, easing key flashpoint in US-China trade war — one-year reprieve allows for trade talks with the U.S. to continue ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-suspends-rare-earth-export-control-measures-easing-key-flashpoint-in-us-china-trade-war-one-year-reprieve-allows-for-trade-talks-with-the-u-s-to-continue    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:28:37

• China’s third aircraft carrier enters service ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/07/chinas-third-aircraft-carrier-enters-service/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:29:01

• CISAC Reports Record 2024 Music Collections as Digital, Live, and Background Royalties Hit All-Time Highs ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/06/cisac-music-collections-2024-report/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:29:36

• Pharmaceuticals are China’s next trade weapon ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/sinographs/pharmaceuticals-are-chinas-next-trade-weapon/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:29:53

• Tajikistan ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/07/the-watchman-in-the-valley | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:30:11

• "Over 10,000 gathered in Riga to protest Latvia’s withdrawal from a key anti-violence treaty." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/07/over-10-000-gathered-in-riga-to-protest-latvia-s-withdrawal-from-a-key-anti-violence-treaty-meduza-asked-them-why-they-came-out | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:30:25

• Many tourism firms in Finnish Lapland violate labour laws, say union and hospitality association https://yle.fi/a/74-20192902    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:32:12

• A Neuroscientist Reveals How Beauty Ideals Are Rewiring Your Brain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-neuroscientist-reveals-how-beauty-ideals-are-rewiring-your-brain    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:33:54

• Tyler Lemons Caught Jack Eckenrode Committing a Capstone Crime ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/07/tyler-lemons-caught-jack-eckenrode-committing-a-capstone-crime/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:34:15

• Former tabloid editor’s ‘life-affirming’ job delivering good news ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/former-tabloid-editors-life-affirming-job-delivering-good-news/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:34:51

• Giant Analysis Reveals The Deadliest Risks of Tropical Cyclones ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-analysis-reveals-the-deadliest-risks-of-tropical-cyclones    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:35:31

• Using Tobacco With Cannabis Is Tied to Unique Brain Changes, Small Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/using-tobacco-with-cannabis-is-tied-to-unique-brain-changes-small-study-finds    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:35:40

• Common Supplement Shows Concerning Link to Heart Failure ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-supplement-shows-concerning-link-to-heart-failure    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:35:48

• Dentists Could Soon 'Regrow' Your Tooth Enamel With a Simple Gel ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dentists-could-soon-regrow-your-tooth-enamel-with-a-simple-gel    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:35:57

• Human Arms Keep Growing an Extra Artery, Showing We're Still Evolving ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-evolving-a-median-forearm-artery    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:36:05

• Physicists Use a Single Molecule as a Tiny Particle Collider ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-use-a-single-molecule-as-a-tiny-particle-collider    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:36:14

• Scientists Reveal a Clever Trick to Help Win Rock, Paper, Scissors ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-a-clever-trick-to-help-win-rock-paper-scissors    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:36:22

• 'Holy Grail' Forensics Breakthrough Lifts Fingerprints From Bullet Cases ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/holy-grail-forensics-breakthrough-lifts-fingerprints-from-bullet-cases    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:36:35

• Ravi Dwivedi: A Bad Day in Malaysia ☞ https://ravidwivedi.in/posts/a-bad-day-in-malaysia/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:37:13

• Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 308 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-308-released/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:37:50

• Installing an ERP and CRM with Odoo on Raspberry Pi ☞ https://peppe8o.com/odoo-raspberry-pi/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:38:26

• Brazil’s BR-319 highway, a road to division in the heart of the Amazon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20251107-brazil-s-br-319-highway-a-road-to-division-in-the-heart-of-the-amazon    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:38:43

• Social Security considers pausing more work, as shutdown takes a toll on employees ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/11/social-security-considers-pausing-more-work-as-shutdown-takes-a-toll-on-employees/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:39:49

• Yeske helped change what complying with zero trust means ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/ask-the-cio/2025/11/yeske-helped-change-what-complying-with-zero-trust-means/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:40:07

• The Congressional Budget Office was hacked. It says it has implemented new security measures ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/11/the-congressional-budget-office-was-hacked-it-says-it-has-implemented-new-security-measures/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:40:36

• In Other News: Controversial Ransomware Report, Gootloader Returns, More AN0M Arrests ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-controversial-ransomware-report-gootloader-returns-more-an0m-arrests/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:40:56

• Data Exposure Vulnerability Found in Deep Learning Tool Keras ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/data-exposure-vulnerability-found-in-deep-learning-tool-keras/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:41:17

• ClickFix Attacks Against macOS Users Evolving ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/clickfix-attacks-against-macos-users-evolving/ "now they are tailored for macOS"    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:41:37

• The Congressional Budget Office Was Hacked. It Says It Has Implemented New Security Measures ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/the-congressional-budget-office-was-hacked-it-says-it-has-implemented-new-security-measures/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:42:18

• Congressional Budget Office breached by suspected foreign hackers ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/07/congressional-budget-office-breached-suspected-foreign-hackers/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:42:36

• 18 Arrested in Crackdown on Credit Card Fraud Rings ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/18-arrested-in-crackdown-on-credit-card-fraud-rings/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:42:50

• Is there a Christian genocide in Nigeria? Evidence shows all faiths are under attack by terrorists ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/is-there-a-christian-genocide-in-nigeria-evidence-shows-all-faiths-are-under-attack-by-terrorists/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:43:16

• France urges nationals to leave Mali temporarily amid jihadist fuel blockade ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251107-france-urges-french-nationals-to-leave-mali-amid-worsening-security-situation    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:43:28

• Community Snapshot—October ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/11/community-snapshot-october/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:43:46

• Chrome 142 Update Patches High-Severity Flaws ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-142-update-patches-high-severity-flaws/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:44:10

• Kids & Teens Safety Regulations for Hey Hi (AI) Chatbots Could Backfire ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/kids-teens-safety-regulations-for-ai-chatbots-could-backfire/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:44:31

• November Software Releases: Plasma Camera & Plasma Settings ☞ https://plasma-mobile.org/2025/11/06/releases-25-11/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:45:15

• "It’s a bit of a truism that bigger sensors lead to better pictures when it comes to photography. Of course everyone who isn’t a photographer knows that moar megapixles is moar better." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/medium-format-3-gigapixel-camera-puts-it-all-on-the-line-sensor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:45:42

• Hong Kong police launch manhunt and make 2 arrests after customs officers stabbed during drugs raid – report ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/07/hong-kong-police-launch-manhunt-and-make-2-arrests-after-customs-officers-stabbed-during-drugs-raid-report/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:46:21

• China’s robotaxi firms sink on Hong Kong debut ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/07/chinas-robotaxi-firms-sink-on-hong-kong-debut/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:46:40

• Scientists Recreate Rare Pigment Behind Octopus 'Superpowers' ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-recreate-rare-pigment-behind-octopus-superpowers    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:46:54

• "possibly the most expensive game ever made." https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251107-gta-vi-video-game-delayed-again-until-november-2026    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:47:22

• Faking Receipts with Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/11/faking-receipts-with-ai.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:48:07

• Company that takes bribes from Microsoft GitHub and also from Microsoft to relay misinformation based on data controlled only by Microsoft ☞ https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2025/11/07/github-2025/ https://techrights.org/o/2022/03/30/microsoft-osi-and-redmonk/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:49:50

• Ponzi schemes with money passing around are not viable at the end ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/07/despite-big-ai-infrastructure-deals-investors-get-nervous-payoff/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:50:40

• US federal judge orders officials to improve conditions for immigration detainees in Illinois facility ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/us-federal-judge-orders-officials-to-improve-conditions-for-immigration-detainees-in-illinois-facility/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:51:04

• Rights group expresses concern over threatened abortion access in Europe ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/amnesty-international-raises-concern-over-threatened-abortion-access-in-europe/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:51:29

• Exploiting AgTech connectivity to corner the grain market ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/exploiting-agtech-connectivity-to-corner-the-grain-market/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:52:49

• North Korea threatens 'offensive action', condemns US-South Korea security talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-threatens-offensive-action-condemns-us-south-korea-security-talks    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:53:53

• U.N. Security Council Removes Syria’s President From Sanctions List ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/world/middleeast/unsc-syria-al-shara-sanctions-removed.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:54:07

• US military slams ‘destabilising’ North Korea missile launch; North Korea threatens 'offensive action' ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-threatens-offensive-action-condemns-us-south-korea-security-talks    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:54:12

• Those hair plugs destroyed brain cells https://futurism.com/future-society/elon-musk-zohran-mamdani-liar    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 16:58:09

• Rebels Post Videos of Mass Killings in Darfur as the World Watches ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-fall-of-el-fasher    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:01:00

• Monitor Docker Containers Across Servers With Beszel ☞ https://thenewstack.io/monitor-docker-containers-across-servers-with-beszel/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:01:50

• Lydia Harris Moves to Revive Her $107 Million Death Row Lawsuit Against Snoop Dogg, Lucian Grainge, Jimmy Iovine, et al ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/06/lydia-harris-death-row-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:06:18

• Hong Kong’s ‘patriots only’ legislative race draws 161 nominees as 35 current lawmakers bow out ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/07/hong-kongs-patriots-only-legislative-race-draws-161-nominees-as-35-current-lawmakers-bow-out/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:07:46

• Construction of coastal elevator at Bali’s Nusa Penida halted for breaching laws ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/construction-of-balis-nusa-penida-coastal-elevator-suspended-for-breaching-laws    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:08:11

• OpenAI is dying ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-financial-support-government http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:09:28

• siliconangle relays UTTER LIES for Kapo-berg https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/07/meta-announces-plans-spend-600b-us-three-years/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:09:51

• it does not have such money; it's a fictional figure, fake news, but some bribed sites will relay that for a fee    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:10:24

• "The word to remember is “Disposable”" at IBM https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9hfmk62    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:11:44

• Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of Hey Hi (AI) Slop in Court Filings ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/business/lawyers-ai-vigilantes.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:12:14

• OpenAI calls for CHIPS Act tax credit to be extended to Hey Hi (AI) data centers ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/11/07/openai-calls-chips-act-tax-credit-extended-ai-data-centers/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:12:43

• ‘It all depends on your luck’: Myanmar scam hub sweep triggers fraudster recruitment rush ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/08/it-all-depends-on-your-luck-myanmar-scam-hub-sweep-triggers-fraudster-recruitment-rush/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:13:24

• "Pushing A 555 To The Limit" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/2025-component-abuse-challenge-pushing-a-555-to-the-limit/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:14:20

• "The lightsaber was one of the coolest and most iconic visual effects from the original Star Wars, and people have been trying to get that particular piece of movie magic off the silver screen for about 40 years now." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/screen-accurate-lightsaber-as-a-practical-effect/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:15:00

• "Finding older versions of particular software can be a real chore, all too often only made possible by the sheer grace and benevolence of their creators. At the same time older versions of software can be the only way to dodge undesirable ‘upgrades’" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/oldversion-com-archive-facing-shutdown-due-to-financing-issues/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:15:19

• "Over on Hackaday.IO our hacker [bornach] has his entry into the Component Abuse Challenge: Inductors are Wireless Power Sources." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/2025-component-abuse-challenge-using-inductors-to-steal-power-from-qi-wireless-charging-base-station/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:15:32

• 3 handy Linux apps you must try this weekend (November 7 - 9) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-worth-installing-this-weekend-november-7/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:16:24

• How much RAM does your Linux PC really need? My expert advice for 2025 https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-much-ram-does-your-linux-pc-really-need-my-expert-advice-for-2025/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:18:11

• "I’ve been using Linux for well over a quarter of a century (oh my god, I am old!), and I’ve used a fair few different means to install and manage software." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-software-management-made-simple-with-discover    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:18:49

• Microsoft propagandist Davey Winder blames "Linux" https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/11/07/amazon-confirms-cloud-authentication-security-issue---heres-the-fix/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/07/Slopwatch_Brian_Fagioli_Targets_Linux_With_LLMs_Google_News_Hel.shtml    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:20:13

• "When people ask me what the best Linux distro is for Windows escapees, I always point them towards Linux Mint. Sure, there are plenty of distros out there, and the only "wrong choice" is sticking with one you dislike" https://www.xda-developers.com/best-linux-distro-windows-10-escapees-getting-little-bit-better/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:20:39

• "The popular Arch Installer script, more commonly known by its package name archinstall, got an update this week that will make installing Arch Linux a little bit easier for those who don't have a wired connection to the internet." https://www.howtogeek.com/arch-linux-is-getting-easier-to-install/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:20:57

• "The next iteration of Linux Mint is going to make some interesting changes to the user experience, including a redesigned Start Menu for Cinnamon. Clement Lefebvre, aka Clem, the project and development team leader of the distro has published some details about the upcoming features." https://www.ghacks.net/2025/11/07/linux-mints-upcoming-changes-include-a-customizable-cinnamon-start-menu-a-system-information-tool/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:21:36

• Tuxedo Launches InfinityBook Max 15: Ryzen AI 9 Linux Laptop with RTX 5070 Graphics https://www.techpowerup.com/342712/tuxedo-launches-infinitybook-max-15-ryzen-ai-9-linux-laptop-with-rtx-5070-graphics    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:22:02

• I found a Linux tool for private browsing that isn’t a VPN or Tor https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-tool-for-private-browsing-that-isnt-vpn-or-tor/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:23:07

• AWS is not Linux, it is proprietary stuff https://thecyberexpress.com/amazon-workspaces-cve-2025-12779/    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:24:14

• "The laptop also features NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 dedicated graphics with 8 GB GDDR7 VRAM." https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-max-15-gen10-linux-laptop-announced-with-amd-ryzen-ai-300    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:24:29

• Chasing hype www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rocky-linux-from-ciq-becomes-the-first-linux-distribution-authorized-to-deliver-complete-nvidia-ai-software-stack-for-modern-ai-hpc-and-cloud-native-workloads-302606797.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:24:52

• 7 Linux commands that have been deprecated Linux commands https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/7-linux-commands-deprecated-linux-123014764.html    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:25:35

• reflexión gemini://text.eapl.mx/exigirse-y-mejorar    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:46:49

• "I will be updating the site quite a bit, to remove old content, reorganize pages, and add new information. To start, I've moved the "What is Gemini?" page to the top of the homepage, and completely removed the content about Gementions. It was a good idea, but it no longer holds my interest, and I don't think I will be working on it further." gemini://agnos.is/posts/website-updates.gmi    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:47:20

• 🖼️ xkcd: Earthquake Prediction Flowchart #3165 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3165.gmi    

posted Saturday, November 08, 2025 at 17:47:59

• "So we are somewhat-closer to mid-21st-century. And I feel like we never left the stone age as far as even simple tools go." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/stack/34249    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:38:02

• "My oldest daughter's best friend is part American, so she got invited to a serious Halloween party, including trick-or-treating." gemini://smol.diy/gemlog/question_nov_2025.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:39:20

• "According to some reports Niamh Sweeney, a former senior Meta lobbyist, is set to join the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) as a commissioner in October. Now this might sound like a small role just for Ireland, but Ireland is responsible for regulating all businesses located in Ireland." gemini://kavka.wrote.re/post/is-this-really-possible-former-meta-lobbyist-named-dpc-commissioner-2025-11-02/    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:39:59

• Complexity squared gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20251108-complexity_squared.txt "I still like my job, but it has been really stressful and demanding the past few months. Also my FB team sucks. I hope you are doing better. Also I typed this on my Pinephone with PMOS + Sway."    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:44:50

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1469.jpg    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:45:24

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1819.jpg    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:45:32

• "Remember when "Agile" was going to save us? Remember all those id--tic Agile classes we were required to take? I guess "Stand-up Meetings" and "Mood Marbles" weren't the magic answers after all, huh?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:46:20

• "Correction to my OP - Krabanaugh is the CFO - Chief FawkUp Officer" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:46:50

• "Remember how we had to get those useless badges for that as well as Design Thinking - Think 40? More like Stink 40" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9g9fsex    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:46:56

• "Alvind is just saying that to get the negative attention away from him - He’s a b1tch beholden to his masters on Wall Street - And also he’s an arrogant D00sh bag. Ever hear him on his office hours ? Just a Pompous j3rk - Krabanaugh is a f@t useless overpaid bean counter - Ever hear him talk ? How the eff did he ever climb the corporate ladder ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9herx18    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:47:55

• "Krabanaugh must have kissed a lot of backsides (including those of Gin 'n Tonic and Alvind) to move up the corporate ladder. Nothing else makes sense for a fat schmuck who can't even take courses and classes that he inflicts on others in the name of "education"." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9herx18    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:48:00

• "No I got RA’d and totally complied 100 percent to RTO. So the opposite, even if you think you are doing everything right they might whack you regardless." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9fkmt5b    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:48:36

• "Yes when I got RA’d Tuesday wasn’t at all surprised. You have to be reaaaaally loved by your leaders to be protected from the dreaded RA list. One little mistake and ur goner." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9egpm45    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:49:12

• "Weird how we only see in the external media and zilch internally not even a basic email." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9e0afe9    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:49:40

• "Yes me too I felt the morale was so low and everyone constantly worried about next RA. Now that it happened I am glad to be gone soon, had enough of this long slide of decline and weirdness." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9dpasx6    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:50:07

• "Wow so much for the press release excuse" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9c7e42g    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:50:38

• "I am mostly upset at the direct manager who is intellectually mediocre and technically incompetent, who I was supposed to "trust". He ended up being a racist, patronizing useless POS. So the blame should be equally distributed." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9hfmk62    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:51:27

• "Unless they realize one day that you are the person who made it all work...and tell you that, and understand that you should be kept - Agree.....loyalty is a long forgotten idea within companies and families" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9hfmk62    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:51:44

• "Outplacement assistance - My Manager was pitching one of the “benefits” from my RA - I haven’t even looked at what was in my RA Letter - Are they reputable? Or is it more of a Resume chop shop?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9jkx6q2    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:53:28

• 'My ex-wife cheated on me and after we divorced offered to pay for my psychotherapy if I did it with her new lover the therapist. Is that a good deal or what?!"    

posted Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 00:53:54