Roy Schestowitz

• Malaysian victim speaks of scam by ‘friend’, torture in Cambodia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-victim-speaks-of-scam-by-friend-torture-in-cambodia    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:38:05

• 108: Spent Decades Writing Scripts to Parse df(1) ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24495    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:38:44

• Call for Proposals open for POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/call-for-proposals-open-for-posette-an-event-for-postgres-2026-3188/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:39:28

• FreeBSD 14 and KDE ☞ https://euroquis.nl/kde/2025/12/03/freebsd14.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:40:22

• Technical Escape Velocity ☞ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/03/Technical-Escape-Velocity/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:41:20

• Quisk – Software Defined Radio transceiver ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/quisk-software-defined-radio-transceiver/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:42:49

• 24 Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to the Top Utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternativestotop/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:43:08

• Damselfly – photo management system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/damselfly-photo-management-system/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:43:24

• Lotion – unofficial Notion.so desktop application for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lotion-unofficial-notion-desktop-application-linux/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:45:09

• circuits – lightweight event driven application framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/circuits-lightweight-event-driven-application-framework/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:45:18

• "This post will be shared to my Fediverse audience through my @ploum@mamot.fr Mastodon account. But Pixelfed users will not see it. Even if they follow me, even if many people they follow boost it. Instead, they will see a picture of my broken keyboard that I posted a week ago." gemini://ploum.net/2025-12-04-pixelfed-against-fediverse.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:47:22

• 🔤SpellBinding — EGINOSV Wordo: DIPSO gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-04.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:48:00

• "It seems that Sector Disk Gopher has gone. It was a gopher hole where you could claim a sector of a floppy disk and store what you liked on it. I applied for a sector a while ago, but heard nothing. When I went to try again... gone." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-12-04_Homeless_dragon.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:49:44

• "The challenge was how fast can you eat 1 cup of dry cereal of your choice, along with up to 1/4 cup of milk of your choice. Thank you to all gemini-nauts who participated and sent in their results. Congratulations go to rin for her impressive showing." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/joneworlds/whatsnewjone.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:50:21

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-05.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:51:00

• "in essence any "big" platform which doesn't pander itself to a specific niche (i.e. tumblr, it has its flaws, but in comparison to the sites I mentioned it doesn't really hold a candle lol) is bound to - in one way or another - end up becoming nothing but a negative feedback loop" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2751    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:52:01

• 🖼️ xkcd: Inverted Catenaries #3176 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3176.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:53:06

• "Bulgarian open-hardware specialist Olimex has announced a new add-on for any of its boards that feature a UEXT expansion connector: a dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and Thread/Matter-compatible IEEE 802.15.4 module, powered by Espressif's ESP32-C5." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202512/20251204-uext.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:53:48

• I joined SDF last night gemini://koneida.com/unfiltered.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:55:24

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1845.jpg    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:55:47

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1495.jpg    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 02:55:55

• "it's time to show many of these unproductive managers and execs the door - they do nothing of value for the money they earn except perhaps to show up to meetings and contributing nothing. That's the IBM Way. Just look at the CIO organization under Joanne Wrong and you will know that it running on hot air. Contractors are a much better bet, as they are cheaper by the dozen." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbgvxp4m    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:12:16

• "As usual, Alvind is full of sh-t. no surprises there." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbh5mm2p    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:12:42

• On IBM: "I got RA'd two years ago. Filed immediately for unemployment in NYS and received a weekly check for 6 months. The good news is now the max payment in NY is $869 week, two years ago max was $504. Good luck." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kb3xw69j    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:13:13

• "F u c k Arvind. He is a complete piece of s h I t!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbj39ej9    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:14:13

• "Brutal warning for US workers as layoffs surge 24% - here are the jobs most at risk"    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:25:34

• "Meta abandons new WA sites"    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:26:03

• Meta pulls back on its metaverse dreams with deep budget cuts https://www.neowin.net/amp/meta-pulls-back-on-its-metaverse-dreams-with-deep-budget-cuts/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:26:34

• "Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Falling"    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:27:21

• Pegasus – graphical frontend for browsing your game library ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pegasus-graphical-frontend-browsing-game-library/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:27:44

• treex – fast, and customizable CLI directory viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/treex-fast-and-customizable-cli-directory-viewer/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:27:52

• Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: 3 Types of Cores ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/orange-pi-6-plus-single-board-computer-running-linux-types-cores/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:27:59

• sot – system observation tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sot-system-observation-tool/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:28:09

• 17 Best Free and Open Source Python Microframeworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-python-microframeworks/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:28:17

• Nemesis GNU/Linux – Artix-based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nemesis-linux-artix-based-distribution/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:28:25

• Syuzhet – R package ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/syuzhet-r-package/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:28:33

• Clastic – functional web framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/clastic-functional-web-framework/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:28:41

• Race Report: Seattle Marathon 2025 ☞ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/04/Race-Report-Seattle-Marathon-2025/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:29:44

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Lessons learned from the Rust Vision Doc process ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/03/lessons-learned-from-the-rust-vision-doc-process/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:30:24

• AI is Infringing on Your Civil Rights. Here’s How We Can Stop That ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/ai-is-infringing-on-your-civil-rights-heres-how-we-can-stop-that    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:30:56

• Your Questions Answered: How Jury Duty Protects Your Rights ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/your-questions-answered-how-jury-duty-protects-your-rights    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:31:28

• Swiss Data Protection Group Says US Cloud Giants Can't Meet Privacy Standards ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/privatim-declares-international-cloud-unsuitable/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:32:10

• There is No Future for Online Safety Without Privacy and Security ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/alexander-linton-interview/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:32:25

• When data relate to us? ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/when-data-relate-to-us/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:32:41

• Parrot 7.0-beta is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/parrot    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:32:53

• Latvia receives new airspace surveillance radars ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/04.12.2025-latvia-receives-new-airspace-surveillance-radars.a625023/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:33:10

• “I am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cannot express how sorry I am" ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/googles-agentic-ai-wipes-users-entire-hard-drive-without-permission-after-misinterpreting-instructions-to-clear-a-cache-i-am-deeply-deeply-sorry-this-is-a-critical-failure-on-my-part    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:34:06

• Announcing Istio 1.28.1 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.28.x/announcing-1.28.1/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:36:12

• China reports major IPv6 growth ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/04/china-reports-major-ipv6-growth/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:36:26

• SuperTuxKart Evolution: Karting without a hitch ☞ https://blog.supertuxkart.net/2025/12/karting-without-hitch.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:36:56

• Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in November 2025 ☞ https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2025/12/04/foss-activity-in-november-2025.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:37:54

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Marvel Cosmic Invasion - 2025-12-03 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-12-03-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:39:02

• OpenJDK 25 now available in Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux 10.1 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/04/openjdk-25-now-available-red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-1    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:39:25

• Migrating Red Bait Ansible Automation Platform: From RPM to container on Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/04/migrating-ansible-automation-platform-rpm-container    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:39:53

• Python 3.9 reaches end of life: What it means for RHEL users ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/04/python-39-reaches-end-life-what-it-means-rhel-users    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:40:50

• Modern CLI Tools: Time to Forget LS and CAT ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/modern-cli-tools-time-to-forget-ls-and-cat    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:41:26

• usbutils and mesa-utils packages added ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202512/usbutils-and-mesa-utils-packages-added.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:41:40

• Proxmox Launches Datacenter Manager 1.0 With Rust-Powered Interface ☞ https://linuxiac.com/proxmox-launches-datacenter-manager-1-0/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:42:54

• Proxmox Backup Server 4.1 Released With Kernel 6.17, ZFS 2.3 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/proxmox-backup-server-4-1-released-with-kernel-6-17-zfs-2-3/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:43:09

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049251/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:43:28

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049103/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:52:09

• Reddit Strangers Built an Open Source GNU/Linux Handheld, And They Want Your Help ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-platform-kit/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:52:52

• EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.34 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202512/easyos-excalibur-series-version-7034-released.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:53:26

• FOSS Weekly #25.49: Kernel 6.18 'LTS', Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Linus Torvalds on BSOD, Obsidian Distro and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-49/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 03:55:08

• His Group Made World-Class Measurements of Atomic Elements ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/science/lost-science-nist-atomic-measurements.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:08:22

• Prehistoric artifacts found amid search for long-lost castle in Northern Ireland ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/science/prehistoric-artifacts-found-amid-search-for-long-lost-irish-castle/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:08:34

• Poll Suggests Voters May Blame Republicans More if Affordable Care Act Subsidies Go Away ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/poll-republicans-health-insurance-subsidies-affordable-care-act.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:08:51

• Inside RFK Jr.’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/rfk-vaccines-hhs-trump.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:09:02

• Delhi records more than 200,000 respiratory illness cases due to toxic air ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/delhi-records-more-than-200000-respiratory-illness-cases-due-to-toxic-air    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:09:14

• US dispatch: Luigi Mangione defense seeks to suppress backpack evidence, alleged statements in first suppression hearing ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/us-dispatch-luigi-mangione-defense-seeks-to-suppress-backpack-evidence-alleged-statements-in-first-suppression-hearing/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:12:07

• Doctors, lawmakers urge Gretchen Whitmer to make stand for science, vaccines ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/doctors-lawmakers-urge-gretchen-whitmer-to-make-stand-for-science-vaccines/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:12:28

• Doctors admit to performing ‘non-standard’ gender-affirming surgeries on youth — including castrations ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/us-news/doctors-cop-to-performing-non-standard-gender-affirming-surgeries-on-youth-video/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:12:42

• Influenza levels edge closer to epidemic status in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/03.12.2025-influenza-levels-edge-closer-to-epidemic-status-in-latvia.a624953/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:13:34

• Get a smoke detector, firefighters urge public again ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/04.12.2025-get-a-smoke-detector-firefighters-urge-public-again.a625028/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:13:40

• Sudan: Following RSF attack on Zamzam, Amnesty International calls for investigation into war crimes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251204-sudan-following-rsf-attack-on-zamzam-amnesty-international-calls-for-investigation-into-war-crimes    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:13:52

• More IBM layoffs coming soon: "Manager asked for names a few weeks ago of low performers. They may be done for now, but they are preparing for the next round. This is all so sad and sickening. I don’t know how any of these executives sleep at night." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbktd1rn    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:26:02

• The MElonazi is ripping off and rewriting Wikipedia, e.g. https://grokipedia.com/page/Tivoization    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 04:43:37

• South Korea Says the U.S. Agreed to Help It Secure Fuel for Reactors ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/asia/south-korea-nuclear-reactor-fuel.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:43:53

• South Korean Parliament hosts ‘dark tour’ to revisit martial law sites on anniversary ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-parliament-hosts-dark-tour-to-revisit-martial-law-sites    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:44:06

• Victims in South Korea to get real-time location of stalkers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/victims-in-south-korea-to-get-real-time-location-of-stalkers    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:44:29

• S. Korean President Lee mulls over visit to Japan in mid-January: Sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-korean-president-lee-mulls-over-visit-to-japan-in-mid-january-sources    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:44:43

• Egypt receives first Hanwha K9 self-propelled howitzers ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/egypt-receives-first-hanwha-k9-self-propelled-howitzers/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:45:00

• Panda pair Chen Xing and Xiao Yue settling into new home in Malaysia; distinct personalities emerge ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/panda-pair-chen-xing-and-xiao-yue-settling-into-new-home-in-malaysia-distinct-personalities-emerge    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:45:13

• Bitcoin miners hunted after stealing $1.4 billion of electricity from Malaysia grid ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bitcoin-miners-hunted-after-stealing-1-4-billion-of-electricity-from-malaysia-grid    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:45:37

• Malaysia government to block under-16s from social control media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-government-to-block-under-16s-from-social-media-says-communications-minister    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:46:07

• Malaysian PM Anwar’s former aide Shamsul Iskandar claims trial to four counts of bribery ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-pm-anwars-former-aide-shamsul-iskandar-claims-trial-to-four-counts-of-bribery    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:46:21

• Malaysian villagers help keep lost elephant calf safe ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-villagers-help-keep-lost-elephant-calf-safe    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:46:41

• Malaysia charges PM's former aide with receiving bribes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/malaysia-charges-pms-former-aide-with-receiving-bribes    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:47:02

• Malaysian businessman pleads not guilty to bribing PM Anwar’s former aide ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-businessman-tei-pleads-not-guilty-to-bribing-pm-anwars-former-aide    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:47:09

• Australia leads world with under-16 social control media restriction ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251204-australia-leads-world-with-under-16-social-media-restriction    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:47:24

• Military Drones Face Barriers in Africa ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/12/military-drones-face-barriers-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=military-drones-face-barriers-in-africa    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:47:44

• Decades Later, China’s ‘Go Out’ Policy Fuels Ghana’s Galamsey Crisis ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/12/decades-later-chinas-go-out-policy-fuels-ghanas-galamsey-crisis/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:48:19

• Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/world/asia/taiwan-opposition-cheng-china.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:48:38

• A biographer mines the life of Pooh-tin Jinping’s father for clues to China today ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2025/1203/xi-jinping-china-history-joseph-torigian    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 07:48:54

• Xi courts Macron in diplomatic effort to isolate Japanese PM ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-courts-macron-in-diplomatic-effort-to-isolate-japanese-pm    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:01:20

• China massing military ships across region in show of maritime force, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-massing-military-ships-across-region-in-show-of-maritime-force-sources-say    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:01:37

• Japan stiffens defence resolve to protect long-term interests amid row with China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-stiffens-defence-resolve-to-protect-long-term-interests-amid-row-with-china    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:01:46

• Macron meets Pooh-tin in Beijing, in renewed pitch for European strategic autonomy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/macron-meets-xi-in-beijing-in-renewed-pitch-for-european-strategic-autonomy    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:03:45

• Nexperia’s standoff puts a core part of the chip supply chain under strain — U.S export controls and red tape may threaten consumer continuity without governance ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nexierpas-standoff-puts-a-core-part-of-the-chip-supply-chain-under-strain    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:06:15

• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang the Ponzi man ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-unsure-if-china-would-buy-its-h200-chips-if-restrictions-are-relaxed-as-beijing-prioritizes-homegrown-ai-solutions-we-dont-know-we-have-no-clue https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/28/Circular_Financing_in_NVidia_NVidia_Pays_Its_Clients_to_Buy_Fro.shtml    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:07:20

• Maybe Jensen Huang can PAY China to buy "his" chips, i.e. the usual fake demand or subsidised (by oneself) "sales".    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:08:07

• South Korea shouldn’t take sides in China, Japan spat, President Lee says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/03/south-korea-shouldnt-take-sides-in-china-japan-spat-president-lee-says/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:08:37

• US–China trade war traps China in structural imbalance spiral ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/us-china-trade-war-traps-china-in-structural-imbalance-spiral/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:08:52

• Chinese Man Unleashes Swarm of Flying Swords ☞ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/china-flying-sword-drone    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:09:29

• Windows TCO ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/torvalds-blue-screen-of-death/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:09:51

• "That New Color Printer" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/03/3d-printering-that-new-color-printer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:10:13

• "Back during WWII, Chrysler bodged five inline-6 engines together to create the powerful A57 multibank tank engine." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/03/franken-engine-plays-its-own-swan-song-at-15k-rpm/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:23:27

• Ride On With FOSS And GoldenCheetah ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/03/ride-on-with-foss-and-goldencheetah/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:24:28

• Visiting Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo Echoed Francis’s Message, Not His Style ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/europe/pope-leo-first-trip-francis-turkey-lebanon.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:25:00

• redesigned PCB is less than a quarter size of the already dinky PS One revision ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/enthusiast-modder-celebrates-playstations-31st-anniversary-in-style-creates-smallest-ever-motherboard-using-genuine-chips-redesigned-pcb-is-less-than-a-quarter-size-of-the-already-dinky-ps-one-revision    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:26:02

• Oligarchs owning and controlling MSM, just a much-needed reminder of who controls the press https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/the-economist-rothschild-stake-revenue-profit/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:26:55

• The Economist reveals revenue growth as Rothschild stake up for sale ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/the-economist-rothschild-stake-revenue-profit/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:27:34

• People Inc launch of MyRecipes proves publishers can beat LLMs ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/people-inc-launch-of-myrecipes-proves-publishers-can-beat-llms/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:27:42

• GB News pays substantial damages to Islamic Relief over false terrorism claim ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/gb-news-pays-substantial-damages-to-islamic-relief-over-false-terrorism-claim/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:29:03

• Dubious experts deployed by MyJobQuote published more than 600 times in UK press ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/dubious-experts-deployed-by-myjobquote-published-more-than-600-times-in-uk-press/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:29:38

• European country known for stunning women suffers drought of men — forcing would-be brides to ‘hire’ husbands for housework ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/lifestyle/husband-rentals-on-rise-in-this-country-due-to-man-drought/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:30:53

• Why don’t we get more scientific breakthroughs? ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/12/03/why-dont-we-get-more-scientific-breakthroughs/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:31:33

• 18,000 Tracks Discovered in World's Largest Dinosaur Tracksite ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/18000-tracks-discovered-in-worlds-largest-dinosaur-tracksite    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:31:50

• Almost All Space Telescope Images Could Soon Be Contaminated, NASA Warns ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/almost-all-space-telescope-images-could-soon-be-contaminated-nasa-warns    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:32:00

• 'Tornado' of Galaxies Could Be The Longest Spinning Structure Ever Seen ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tornado-of-galaxies-could-be-the-longest-spinning-structure-ever-seen    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:32:10

• Close Brush With 'Cosmic Dog' May Still Be Seen at Solar System's Edge ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/close-brush-with-cosmic-dog-may-still-be-seen-at-solar-systems-edge    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:32:18

• Your Driving Choices Could Be Hiding Signs of Future Cognitive Decline ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-driving-choices-could-be-hiding-signs-of-future-cognitive-decline    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:32:27

• Kimchi Targets Key Parts of Your Immune System, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/kimchi-targets-key-parts-of-your-immune-system-study-reveals    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:33:00

• New Tick-Borne Disease Discovered in Dogs May Pose a Risk to Humans ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-tick-borne-disease-discovered-in-dogs-may-pose-a-risk-to-humans    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:39:57

• Black Death's Carnage Traced to a Volcanic Eruption Half a World Away ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/black-deaths-carnage-traced-to-a-volcanic-eruption-half-a-world-away    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:40:06

• Why Magnetos ☞ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/02/Why-Magnetos/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:40:34

• Home Assistant 2025.12 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049142/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 08:42:12

• "Internet infrastructure company DDoS-Guard is concerned by the power granted to Spain's LaLiga in its fight against piracy." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/ddos-guard-laligas-piracy-blocks-test-whether-anyone-will-protect-the-internet-251203/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:19:04

• "Australia's Federal Court has responded to an urgent request by the major Hollywood studios, Netflix and Apple, to protect the movie “Wicked: For Good” from some of the world's most notorious pirate streaming sites." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/court-empowers-hollywood-in-race-to-block-wicked-for-good-piracy-251204/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:19:19

• "Did Breaking Rust “steal and borrow” from a human creator to pump out “Walk My Walk”?" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/04/blanco-brown-walk-my-walk/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:19:30

• "Experian Information Solutions, Equifax and TransUnion successfully had Sherman Act and Cartwright Act claims by two plaintiffs, Dr. Derrick Adams and Cape Emergency Physicians, dismissed." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/credit-agencies-must-face-some-antitrust-medical-debt-reporting-claims/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:20:13

• "It being Streaming Stat Season, I thought now would be a good time to offer a detailed breakdown of how much money we make from our music being streamed" ☛ https://loscampesinos.com/heres-how-much-money-los-camp-make-from-streaming/ |    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:20:34

• "Hundreds of Porsche vehicles across Russia have abruptly stopped functioning, triggering concern over potential security flaws in modern connected-car technology." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/porsche-russia-vehicle-tracking-system-failure/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:20:42

• "He believed a “smart” garage door should operate only over a local Wi-Fi network to protect a home’s privacy, so he started building his own system to plug into his garage door." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/personaltech/why-one-man-is-fighting-for-our-right-to-control-our-garage-door-openers.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:20:51

• "And out the window, right with it, is the ability to have a functioning open [Internet]" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/04/eus-top-court-just-made-it-literally-impossible-to-run-a-user-generated-content-platform-legally/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:21:33

• "Fast [Internet] adoption among Cyprus enterprises nearly doubles since 2021" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1288793/fast-internet-adoption-among-cyprus-enterprises-nearly-doubles-since-2021/ | Source: Greece    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:23:29

• "Kurlansky is up to something similar in “The Boston Way,” his new book about how 19th-century pacifists navigated the prospect of an American civil war to end slavery." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2025/1204/mark-kurlansky-the-boston-way | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:24:04

• "Unlike the Little Rock Nine, the Clinton 12 students were not picked by community leaders for the job of desegregation." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee/articles/2025-12-04/jo-ann-allen-boyce-who-wrote-a-book-about-her-experience-integrating-clinton-high-school-has-died | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:24:18

• "An annual report from the National Employment Law Project, a nonprofit advocating for workers’ rights, found that 88 jurisdictions will raise their minimum wages by the end of 2026." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/12/03/repub/dozens-of-cities-states-hiking-minimum-wages-in-2026-amid-federal-inaction/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:24:27

• "seeks to restrict journalists’ ability to do what journalists have always done — ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/media/new-york-times-pentagon-lawsuit.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:27:01

• "The Times — and NPR — are among the organizations that chose to give up their press passes rather than agree to the policy." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5631838 | Source: NPR    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:27:11

• "The entire Lead Podcasting management and production team will join The Walrus Lab and merge with The Walrus Podcasts." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-acquires-lead-podcasting/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:27:25

• "According to CPJ, at least 246 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israel since October 7, 2023, making it the deadliest period for journalists on record." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/12/members-of-congress-cpj-amnesty-international-usa-to-hold-press-conference-about-israels-systematic-targeting-of-journalists/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:28:00

• "The magazines, Alice Magazine and Nineteen Fifty-Six, were suspended on December 1. Alice Magazine is a fashion and wellness magazine that primarily focuses on women." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/university-of-alabama-shuts-down-two-student-magazines/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:28:09

• "Chinese journalist Su Yutong, who is based in Berlin and familiar with the case" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/12/chinese-journalist-du-bin-detained-for-third-time-held-since-october/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:28:32

• "Whatever the exact reason or the precise triggering event, Kirchner appears to have recently lost faith in the strategy of nonviolence, at least briefly." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/sam-kirchner-missing-stop-ai/685144/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:28:40

• "AI models can meaningfully sway voters on candidates and issues, including by using misinformation, and they are also evading detection in public surveys according to three new studies." ☛ https://www.404media.co/scientists-are-increasingly-worried-ai-will-sway-elections/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:44:52

• "Using this refreshed resource, kids can learn what copyright is and what rights copyright owners have: [...]" ☛ https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2025/12/copyright-is-for-kids-new-resource-for-parents-teachers-and-librarians/ | Source: US Library of Congress    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:44:59

• iophk: "ODF was in the news again, in a good way. MSO does not and has never supported ODF though. It will happily read the files but delete parts of them silently without warning or complaint..."    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:47:09

• "I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I mostly don’t link to Daring Fireball because I assume that anyone who reads Six Colors reads Daring Fireball. And if you don’t, you probably should." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/12/john-gruber-on-alan-dyes-departure/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:48:48

• "The two will be replaced by a single executive: Jennifer Newstead, who most recently served as Meta’s chief legal officer." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/12/apple-announces-departure-of-both-general-counsel-and-environmental-chief/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:48:58

• "Artificial intelligence is moving faster than any governance, policy or organisational system built to contain it." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/ai-is-already-leading-the-question-is-whether-we-are/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:49:16

• "In the spirit of not making it personal, I think it’s hard to pile all of Apple’s software design missteps over the last few years at the feet of Alan Dye" ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/12/in-a-major-coup-for-someone-alan-dye-leaves-apple/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:52:19

• "Alan Dye Leaving Apple for [Facecrook]" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/12/03/alan-dye-leaving-apple-for-meta/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:52:35

• "With Jackson’s retirement and Newstead coming on board, Apple is also making some organizational shifts and shifting some responsibilities to Williams’ COO replacement, Sabih Khan. As described by Apple: [...]" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/838712/apple-policy-lead-lisa-jackson-retiring | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:52:46

• "Game File reported last week that Microsoft will cease publication of its diversity and inclusion reports this year." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/838079/microsoft-diversity-and-inclusion-changes-notepad | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:53:03

• "Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 is built on Debian 13.2, uses Linux 6.17 as the default stable kernel, includes ZFS 2.3, and is written in Rust with a new Yew-based web interface." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/proxmox-launches-datacenter-manager-1-0/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:53:16

• "The cooling labor market bolsters the US Federal Reserve’s likely decision to trim interest rates next week, though sticky inflation complicates that call." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/12/04/2025/us-layoffs-this-year-topped-1-million-new-data-shows | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:53:33

• "TikTok’s data center in Brazil will be powered by wind energy from wind farms that are also under construction, according to the company." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-12-04/tiktoks-first-data-center-in-latin-america-will-be-in-brazil-and-will-run-entirely-on-wind-power.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:58:29

• "Flying is one of the main drivers of climate change. We wanted to design an alternative that people would actually want to use" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/dec/04/new-luxury-sleeper-bus-service-europe-twiliner-amsterdam-zurich | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:58:44

• "as the result of political pressure from both Congress and the White House" ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/bill-gates-backed-nuclear-reactor-approval-construction | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:58:58

• "In July, the Environmental Protection Agency began undoing a foundational legal basis that lets the agency limit climate pollution from cars." ☛ https://www.vox.com/climate/467215/trump-gasoline-prices-fuel-economy-evs-climate | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 09:59:13

• iophk: The recent BeOS links are quite relevant because they deal with platform independence    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:00:00

• "In a Nov. 19 release, the VA made clear its opposition to federal funding for green energy programs in general and charging stations in particular" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/veterans/2025/12/03/va-kills-boondoggle-biden-plan-to-put-ev-chargers-at-medical-centers/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:00:16

• "It alone is projected to use 2.2 gigawatts of power — almost 10% of Indiana’s entire current electricity demand." ☛ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/03/racing-is-not-winning-for-indiana-data-centers/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:00:25

• "In fact, on two of the most important breeding colonies of the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)—Dassen Island and Robben Island" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-12-penguins-starved-death-en-masse.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:00:58

• "But parents and advocates around the country say that, too often, kids are now spending recess in their classrooms, where they don’t get the full benefits that outdoor play can provide." ☛ https://www.vox.com/life/471062/indoor-recess-kids-school-climate-change-shade | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:01:59

• "Officials at the California Department of Water Resources have said the increase in federal pumping also could force reductions in what the state can deliver via the other main water system" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-12-04/trump-california-water-pumping-plan | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:02:11

• "Sometime in the next 15 days, the Justice Department is set to release a huge cache of files related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2025/12/how-to-read-the-epstein-files/685147/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:14:09

• "Epstein surrounded himself with influential politicians and celebrities, and had a well-documented friendship with Trump." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/12/03/repub/lawmakers-press-for-epstein-files-briefing-as-dems-release-photos-of-his-private-island/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:14:18

• "A Navy admiral told lawmakers Thursday that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/12/04/admiral-says-there-was-no-kill-them-all-order-in-boat-attack/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:15:41

• "On Tuesday, the Pentagon released an open call to industry to rapidly obtain and deploy over 300,000 small one-way-attack drones" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/unmanned/2025/12/03/pentagon-seeks-to-acquire-rapidly-field-over-300000-small-drones/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:15:55

• "He remained on the frontlines for almost a year, including combat in the Battle of the Bulge" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/d-day-vet-normandy-native-dies/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:18:03

• "Briefly chatting with an AI moved potential voters in three countries toward their less preferred candidate, researchers report December 4 in Nature." ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chatbots-facts-falsehood-sway-voters-ai | Source: Science News    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:18:23

• "The bots were effective. After talking with a pro-Trump bot, one in 35 people who initially said they would not vote for Trump flipped to saying they would." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/chatbots-changing-votes/685137/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:20:23

• "The following is a transcript of the episode: [...]" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2025/12/the-end-of-kids-on-social-media/685127/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:21:11

• "This year’s drill saw 29 allies, alongside seven partner nations, coordinate their responses to seven major storylines" ☛ https://therecord.media/nato-holds-largest-ever-cyberdefense-exercise-estonia | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:21:30

• "Make no mistake about what we’re witnessing: an active coup attempt against the constitutional order." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-note-from-the-circus-the-people | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:21:58

• Palantir CEO ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/palantir-ceo-says-making-war-crimes-constitutional-would-be-good-for-business/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:22:30

• "At the New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, Karp was asked about the worries over the unconstitutionality of the boat strikes." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo-says-making-war-crimes-constitutional-would-be-good-for-business-2000695162 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:22:47

• "The discussion reflected growing concern in European capitals over Washington's posture as the latest peace push moves forward." ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/exclusive-finnish-president-warns-europe-that-us-likely-talks-with-russia-while-negotiating-with-ukraine/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:23:24

• "The European Union plans to add Russia to its list of countries with a high risk of money laundering and terrorist financing, Politico reported this week." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/05/e-u-blacklisting-over-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-pushes-russia-further-into-pariah-status | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:23:47

• "Germany says Russia not moving to 'negotiating mode' on Ukraine European Commission presents plan to use Russian assets for Ukraine" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-germany-says-russia-resisting-negotiated-peace/live-74992928 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:24:13

• "serving a 45-year sentence in a U.S. priso" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-pardon-abuses-legalize-corruption-1235477609/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:24:53

• "How much did these billionaires give? Who approached them? Are they expecting something in return? Are they lobbying for other perks?" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/04/billionaires-financing-white-house-ballroom-wont-say-how-much-they-gave.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:25:08

• Confidentiality ☛ https://blog.brocas.org/2025/12/01/ACME-a-brief-history-of-one-of-the-protocols-which-has-changed-the-Internet-Security/ |    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:25:56

• "The right to data protection, enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, hinges on one question: what counts as information “about a person”?" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/when-data-relate-to-us/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:26:35

• "provide accurate residential addresses for non-public figures — a feature that could easily assist stalking, harassment, and other dangerous types of behavior." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-doxxing | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:27:12

• "Though we’ve had a full year to contemplate the idea of age-restricted social media platforms" ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/technology/facial-age-verification-can-it-be-fooled-and-how-safe-is-it-20251204-p5nkss.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:27:43

• "So-called ‘Pay or Okay’ systems are on the rise in Europe. Instead of giving users a choice to either accept or reject ad tracking, Pay or Okay systems require a payment if you want to refuse to give your “consent”." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-okay-study-users-prefer-tracking-free-third-option | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:28:07

• "So I made a choice. Privacy for functionality. Ideals for tools that work. Data for an assistant that assists. That's the trade. Some people make it without thinking. I made it knowing exactly what I was giving up." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/interoperability-is-the-feature/ | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:28:20

• "This statement provides massive backing for the Parliament’s Chief Negotiator, Javier Zarzalejos (EPP), who has united an unusually broad coalition ranging from the Left to the Right behind his position." ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-chat-control-twist-commissioner-sides-with-parliament-over-governments-boost-for-european-parlaments-strong-mandate/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:28:43

• "If you read this article you'll learn a lot about how weird and complex the European Union is. Ah, and everything about Chat Control too" ☛ https://thelibre.news/how-we-lost-the-fight-to-chat-control/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:29:11

• "Palantir announced the project Thursday morning, describing its objective with Chain Reaction as a complete rethink of the software stack underlying American energy infrastructure." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/palantir_chain_reaction/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:30:03

• "The quiet move marks the technology company’s latest expansion into federal government work, particularly in data management services." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/palantir-education-department-foreign-funding-influence-portal/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:30:26

• "EFF has warned for years that age-verification laws endanger free expression, privacy, and competition." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/04/a-surveillance-mandate-disguised-as-child-safety-why-the-guard-act-wont-keep-us-safe/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:31:11

• "It contains at least one good idea: improving consent rules so users can automatically set consent preferences that will apply across all sites." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/eus-new-digital-package-proposal-promises-red-tape-cuts-guts-gdpr-privacy-rights | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:31:32

• "But here comes the rub: first, the Council’s position allows for “voluntary” detection, where tech platforms can scan personal messages that aren’t end-to-end encrypted." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/after-years-controversy-eus-chat-control-nears-its-final-hurdle-what-know | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:31:44

• Windows TCO: "Microsoft has quietly closed off a critical Windows shortcut file bug long abused by espionage and cybercrime networks." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/microsoft_lnk_bug_fix/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:33:59

• Windows TCO: "Sekoia said another organization, which the researchers did not name, was targeted with a similar lure." ☛ https://therecord.media/phishing-attempt-reporters-without-borders-callisto-coldriver | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:34:59

• Windows TCO: "The hackers using the malware primarily target VMware vSphere and Windows environments." ☛ https://therecord.media/cisa-nsa-warn-brickstorm-china | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:35:13

• Windows TCO: "And that's why a new warning about the threat posed by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks should make you sit up and listen." ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/why-record-breaking-30-tbps-ddos-attack-concern-business | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:35:31

• "This is a grave abuse of the protocol: messages are silently dropped. It stands against everything the Fediverse is trying to do: allow users to communicate." ☛ https://ploum.net/2025-12-04-pixelfed-against-fediverse.html | Source: Lionel Dricot    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:36:34

• "Two former Australian prime ministers have thrown their support behind a campaign urging the government to give social media users more control over the content they see." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/social-media-no-algorithms-fix-your-feed/mcgli4264 | Source: SBS    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:36:50

• "Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group Rusich took to Telegram in mid-November to post a photo of one of its fighters posing in front of three bodies of Ukrainian soldiers." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251204-atrocity-competition-russian-neo-nazi-group-rusich-ukraine | Source: France24    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:37:22

• "The anger was obvious on social media, where topics such as democracy, corruption in Bulgaria, low wages for young doctors (who are leaving the country en masse) and the lack of press freedom began trending." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/bulgaria-anti-government-anti-graft-protests-gen-z-wont-stay-silent-borissov-and-peevski/a-74999252 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:37:40

• "Teenagers and young adults commit murders for online fame, apparently driven by hatred of society. The EU’s Counter-Terrorism Coordinator urgently calls for measures. Is this right-wing terrorism?" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/12/04/nihilistic-violence-warning-of-europes-new-terror-threat/ | Source: Site36    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:37:58

• "using a nonapproved commercially available messaging application to send nonpublic DoD information." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/838582/signalgate-pentagon-oig-report-pete-hegseth | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:38:30

• "were either not classified or that he could safely declassify and use to create an ‘unclassified summary’ to provide to the Signal chat participants." ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/pentagon/2025/12/04/ig-finds-hegseth-risked-endangering-houthi-mission-with-signal-use/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:39:02

• "strike times of manned U.S. aircraft over hostile territory over an unapproved, unsecure network approximately 2 to 4 hours before the execution of those strikes." ☛ https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/04/repub/signalgate-report-says-hegseth-created-a-risk-to-national-security-with-cellphone-messages/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:39:27

• "Sparked by a viral 2011 tweet comparing Detroit's need for a RoboCop statue to Philadelphia's Rocky statue, the project grew through massive community collaboration." ☛ https://www.dailydetroit.com/first-look-the-robocop-statue-arrives-in-detroit/ |    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:39:40

• "Within five minutes of joining TikTok, the French "teens" watched a video expressing sadness." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-12-tiktok-suicidal-content-france.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:40:05

• "Footage shared by influencer Alex Choi shows a Waymo rolling past the row of squad cars without a care in the world" ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-police-standoff | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:41:03

• "confidently assertive" ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-reprogram-robotaxis | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:41:24

• "And now, a new omen is casting a somehow even more ominous shadow over the future to come." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centers-ram-expensive | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:41:47

• "The surge in data-center memory and storage has forced us to prioritize larger, strategic customers." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/12/micron-shuts-down-crucial-consumer-brand-after-29-years/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:42:26

• "Memory price inflation comes for us all, and if you're not affected yet, just wait." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/ram-shortage-comes-us-all | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:42:46

• "Major manufacturers including Dell, Lenovo, HP, and HPE are planning price increases of around 15 percent for servers and 5 percent for PCs, according to channel sources." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/server_prices_15_percent_jump_memory_costs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:42:55

• "On Monday, DeepSeek released DeepSeek V3.2, another open-weight model that anyone can tinker with." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/deepseek-goes-high-while-bytedance-goes-wide/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:43:12

• "We’ve already seen how news outlets have gotten egg on their faces by using AI “journalists” who completely make up sources, quotes, facts, and other information." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/04/like-apple-googles-ai-news-tech-misinterprets-stories-generates-gibberish-headlines/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:43:44

• "This was a rather memorable interview. Cook’s “What would I do? I wouldn’t be in this situation” is one of the stone-coldest lines he’s ever zinged at a rival company." ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/dye_cook_blind_spot | Source: John Gruber    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:44:18

• "Russia has blocked Apple's (AAPL.O)" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/russia-imposes-restrictions-apples-facetime-app-agencies-say-2025-12-04/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:44:29

• "According to law enforcement agencies, FaceTime is being used to organise and carry out terrorist attacks in the country, recruit perpetrators, and commit fraud and other crimes against Russian citizens." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3001146/russia-blocks-facetime-in-ongoing-crackdown-of-foreign-tech-platforms.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:44:41

• "For a few years now, something has felt off with Apple’s software design." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3001046/apple-software-design-alan-dye-stephen-lemay.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:45:08

• "PRC-backed goons infected at least eight government services and IT organizations with Brickstorm backdoors" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/prc_spies_brickstrom_cisa/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:45:24

• "One year after UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed, the crisis in U.S. health care has gotten even worse — in ways both obvious and hidden." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5629211 | Source: NPR    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:53:36

• "Unfortunately, the kettle has developed an intermittent failure. Sometimes, but not all times, it will just tick off leaving warm but sub-desired temperature water." ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/solving-for-intermittent-failure/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:54:06

• "But it was their indirect advertising that made me a lifelong customer." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/pouring-one-out-for-crucial/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:54:18

• "With my recent unemployment, I’m returning to a blog post idea I had a few months ago." ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2025/life-is-just-a-series-of-reboots/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:55:28

• "If you didn't get your dream job, you might be able to blame your internet provider. Technical glitches on video calls in healthcare, job interviews, and parole hearings can affect real-world decisions, a study has found" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/glitchy_video_calls_research/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:55:49

• "Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants" ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2025/12/ala-welcomes-reinstatement-all-federal-imls-grants-libraries | Source: American Library Association    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:56:01

• "Award-winning librarian, author, and new host of the children’s program “Reading Rainbow” Mychal Threets will serve as Honorary Chair of the American Library Association’s National Library Week, April 19-25, 2026" ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2025/12/award-winning-librarian-and-reading-rainbow-host-mychal-threets-to-serve-as-2026-national-library-week-chair | Source: American Library Association    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:56:26

• "it’s unconstitutional to use race as a selection criterion in university admissions prompted the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees" ☛ https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/04/university-of-arkansas-continues-to-modify-scholarships-that-mention-diversity/ | Source: Arkansas Advocate    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:56:57

• "More than 30 members of the U.S. Senate Democratic caucus slammed the U.S. Education Department’s plans to shift several responsibilities to other Cabinet-level agencies in a letter to Secretary Linda McMahon." ☛ https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/04/repub/trumps-education-department-transfers-illegal-us-senate-dems-say/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:57:16

• "This is a non-exhaustive list of questions I often ask at the start of comms projects. I don’t ask all of these, every time, and sometimes I ask different ones. But these are some of my favourites." ☛ https://gilest.org/notes/comms-project-questions.html | Source: Giles Turnbull    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:58:11

• "This year, Vodafone customers made nearly 4 billion phone calls, chatting away for more than 9.9 billion minutes, the equivalent of spending approximately 18,955 years on the phone in 2025." ☛ https://itwire.com/it-industry-news/telecoms-and-nbn/australians-spent-over-18,000-years-on-the-phone-in-2025.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:58:28

• "The premise of the video—building the “perfect” Linux PC, as the title “Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds” suggests—is mostly just a vehicle for the conversation." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/when-linus-met-linus-insights-from-torvalds-conversation-with-ltt/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 10:58:48

• Buzzwords conflated with real things: "As automation and AI become increasingly interdependent, systems must be capable of cohesive information exchange." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/5-step-playbook-unified-automation-and-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:00:43

• IBM Red Hat is trying to prop up the lousy, worthless shares by painting everything with a brush called "AI" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-ambitions-meet-automation-reality-case-unified-automation-platform | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:01:28

• "The official publication of the new CIS Benchmark® for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is an important development for organizations running traditional virtual machines (VMs) alongside modern containers." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/cis-publishes-hardening-guidance-red-hat-openshift-virtualization | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:01:46

• Confidential computing is more like computers with back doors and intentionally misleading marketing messages: "Across both cloud and bare metal, OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.11 introduces features that harden your security posture and improve usability." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-sandboxed-containers-111-and-red-hat-build-trustee-10-accelerate-confidential-computing-across-hybrid-cloud | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:02:51

• Confidential computing is more like computers with back doors and intentionally misleading marketing messages: "Across both cloud and bare metal, OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.11 introduces features that harden your security posture and improve usability." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-sandboxed-containers-111-and-red-hat-build-trustee-10-accelerate-confidential-computing-across-hybrid-cloud | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:03:14

• Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 released for open source Linux graphics drivers | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-2-8-and-mesa-25-3-1-released-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:05:44

• Confidential computing is more like computers with back doors and intentionally misleading marketing messages: "Across both cloud and bare metal, OpenShift sandboxed containers 1.11 introduces features" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-sandboxed-containers-111-and-red-hat-build-trustee-10-accelerate-confidential-computing-across-hybrid-cloud | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:07:25

• Unreal Tournament 2004 is getting revived by OldUnreal with approval from Epic Games | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/unreal-tournament-2004-is-getting-revived-by-oldunreal-with-approval-from-epic-games/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:08:50

• Check out the demo for Chipmatic an upcoming mining and automation game | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/check-out-the-demo-for-chipmatic-an-upcoming-mining-and-automation-game/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:09:13

• The Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless mouse is a great reasonably priced pick | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-logitech-g305-lightspeed-wireless-mouse-is-a-great-reasonably-priced-pick/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:09:43

• Guild Wars Reforged has arrived on Steam | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/guild-wars-reforged-has-arrived-on-steam/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/guild-wars-reforged-has-arrived-on-steam/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:10:22

• Nadeko seems to be down for hours already (today)    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:13:12

• FIXKIN: A Long Way Home is a cozy, rhythmic, narrative road trip in a suddenly upside down world | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fixkin-a-long-way-home-is-a-cozy-rhythmic-narrative-road-trip-in-a-suddenly-upside-down-world/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:13:35

• Get some great Raw Fury games like Kathy Rain, Sable and more in a new Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/get-some-great-raw-fury-games-like-kathy-rain-sable-and-more-in-a-new-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:13:53

• Epic and Steam banned it but HORSES is out now on other stores | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/epic-and-steam-banned-it-but-horses-is-out-now-on-other-stores/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:15:55

• Four Total War classics join GOG in their Preservation Program with more on the way | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/four-total-war-classics-join-gog-in-their-preservation-program-with-more-on-the-way/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:16:13

• "Exposed: The Google Botnet – The Web Tracks You with a Single ID" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Exposed--The-Google-Botnet-%E2%80%93-The-Web-Tracks-You-with-a-Single-ID:8    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:30:55

• "Programming peaked" https://functional.computer/blog/programming-peaked    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:31:07

• "Tom the Dancing Bug: Did I speak out? Not me." https://boingboing.net/2025/12/03/tom-the-dancing-bug-did-i-speak-out-not-me.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:31:29

• "The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile - Invidious" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:31:45

• "Netflix Quietly Drops Support for Casting to Most TVs" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/03/1255251    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:31:57

• "Why Honduras Still Has No President Days After a Razor Thin Vote" https://ticotimes.net/2025/12/03/why-honduras-still-has-no-president-days-after-a-razor-thin-vote    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:32:15

• epo 'drop the bomb' moments starting soon    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:33:02

• Riksdag decision: The government can give itself power | "Riksdagsbeslut: Regeringen kan ge sig själv makt" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/12/04/riksdagsbeslut-regeringen-kan-ge-sig-sjalv-total-makt/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:33:30

• "Trump to pardon US congressperson charged with accepting Azerbaijani bribes" https://oc-media.org/trump-to-pardon-us-congressperson-charged-with-accepting-azerbaijani-bribes/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:33:43

• Linus builds a PC for Torvalds: this is the new computer of the creator of Linux | "Linus le monta un PC a Torvaldsy el resultado es épico" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/12/04/linus-le-monta-un-pc-a-torvalds/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:34:42

• knuckling under to vendor lock-in https://gregmorris.co.uk/interoperability-is-the-feature/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:35:00

• "Culture Wars Are For Cowards - by Hamilton Nolan" https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/culture-wars-are-for-cowards    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:35:29

• "Democracy and Vodka in Kyrgyzstan" https://thenewleafjournal.com/democracy-and-vodka-in-kyrgyzstan/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:35:43

• "Eggs, Lies and Gasoline - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/eggs-gas-and-lies    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:36:21

• "NYC*BUG Nov 2025: The Once and Future COBOL, James Lowden" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ldLIyticlNU    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:36:37

• "Why Trump and Hegseth are blowing up drug boats near Venezuela" https://www.vox.com/politics/471075/trump-hegseth-strike-venezuela-drug-boats-war    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:36:49

• "Trump’s newest immigration ideas show how the alt-right won" https://www.vox.com/politics/470967/trump-immigration-ban-third-world-alt-right    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:37:00

• thenation uses to blast Bill Epsteingate, now it runs bill sez SPAM https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/ai-climate-change-bill-gates/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bill-gates-philanthropy-misanthropy/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:38:12

• "A Desperate Trump Is Stirring Up Race Hatred" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-somalia-racism/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:38:23

• "Leaked conversation shows Europe’s distrust of US in Ukraine peace talks" https://www.semafor.com/article/12/04/2025/leaked-conversation-shows-europes-distrust-of-us-in-ukraine-peace-talks    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:38:48

• anti-fascist https://taskandpurpose.com/news/d-day-vet-normandy-native-dies/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:39:09

• "Former EU top diplomat accused in fraud investigation" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/former-eu-top-diplomat-accused-in-fraud-investigation/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:40:21

• REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Curtea de Apel Cluj (Court of Appeal, Cluj, Romania), made by decision of 15 June 2023, received at the Court on 3 August 2023, in the proceedings https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document_print.jsf?mode=req&pageIndex=0&docid=306764&part=1&doclang=EN&text=&dir=&occ=first&cid=14888943    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:41:03

• "Trump Administration Stops Fucking Around On Immigration, Hangs Official ‘Whites Only’ Sign" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/04/trump-administration-stops-fucking-around-on-immigration-hangs-official-whites-only-sign/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:41:21

• Did Epsteingate pay The Nation to get rid of his critic and post spam instead? Why did he vanish? https://www.thenation.com/authors/tim-schwab/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:42:59

• "Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Biological Diversity’s Jean Su about challenging COP30 narratives for the November 28, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript." ☛ https://fair.org/home/cops-are-about-the-public-vs-politicians-and-their-corporate-interests/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:44:57

• http://techrights.org/o/2020/08/24/bill-gates-bribery-of-the-media/   

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:47:02

• A New Tim Schwab Investigative Report on Bill Gates' Bribery of the Media and Beyond (for Hagiographies and Salesmanship) http://techrights.org/o/2020/08/24/bill-gates-bribery-of-the-media/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:47:08

• "Switzerland-based MetaComputing has announced a new ARM-based AI PC designed for the Framework Laptop 13 ecosystem." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/metacomputing-launches-45-tops-arm-linux-ready-pc-powered-by-cix-cp8180/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:55:51

• "The Badger model is an updated version of the e-paper badge released four years ago according to Pimoroni." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/pimoroni-unveils-badgeware-series-featuring-new-e-paper-ips-and-led-wearable-devices/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:56:09

• "The ST67W611M1 modules combine Qualcomm’s connectivity platform with the STM32 development ecosystem." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/stmicroelectronics-new-wifi-6-bluetooth-le-coprocessor-modules-add-matter-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:56:40

• "The kit integrates NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin NX 8GB, which includes a six-core Arm Cortex A78AE processor operating at 2 GHz and an Ampere based GPU with 1024 CUDA cores and 32 Tensor Cores." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-c200-orin-developer-kit-features-jetson-orin-nx-and-pcie-4-0-expansion/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:56:50

• iophk: I remember when both BYTE and ZDNet had awesome FOSS sections and had beats covering GNU/Linux    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 11:59:13

• Yesterday we discussed how Jose Rizal, in his mid 30s, was killed by firing line for merely writing things. The overall history goes in circles.    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:00:06

• daniel pocock is another "very stubborn "SOB". Like another Melbourne Uni guy, Julian Assange, his ordeal or battle for truth drew him to religion and they still cannot figure out how to silence them...    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:04:17

• "China-based phishing groups blamed for non-stop scam SMS messages about a supposed wayward package or unpaid toll fee are promoting a new offering, just in time for the holiday shopping season" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/12/sms-phishers-pivot-to-points-taxes-fake-retailers/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:11:40

• "In this article, I will follow a guide from IAB Tech Lab to create an Ads.txt file for a site which does not have authorized advertising system records" ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/adding-ads-txt-to-website-without-ads/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:12:00

• "ODF is an open, XML-based, vendor-neutral, royalty-free file format for office documents, such as text, spreadsheets, and presentations" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/oasis-approves-odf-1-4-advancing-vendor-neutral-document-standards/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:12:14

• [Old] "This post is about extending python code with Go." ☛ https://www.testingbranch.com/Extending_python_with_go/ | Source: Miguel Batista    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:19:20

• "I met Florian Enner a few times at Devoxx in Belgium, and each time he amazed me with his JavaFX demos!" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/2025-12-04-jfxinaction-florian-enner-robot-3d-charts/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:19:31

• "A short while ago, Santa Claus came to me for a short visit to drink a cup of tea together. That was very pleasant, but I had the idea that there was something more, knowing that he is always busy, especially these days." ☛ https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/05/day-5-tools-for-gnomegtk4/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:23:04

• "Speaking of Perl, List::MoreUtils has always been one of my more common imports, mostly for the uniq function: [...]" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/using-list-util-instead-of-list-moreutils/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:23:19

• Anon: "I hate finding new 'news' sites in the search results as many are slop, some are well-disguised and waste too much time sorting out" -at our end we stopped adding any new feeds as no pedigree means high risk of fake, no reputation to maintain or protect    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:24:29

• For IRC (if you know, anyone?): Is the "IT problem" at Edinburgh a Windows TCO incident? It is unrelated to today's clownflare outage.    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:25:10

• Anon: I add blogs after checking them and news sites if I've 1) seen them cited in another reputable site 2) checked to be sure ... The first step is important but not infallible.    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:25:52

• There are many reputable sites that, due to Google News, cite slopfarms as a legit source. It's an eyesore. And you do not want to be part of this problem, so better stay away from unvetted sites.    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:27:01

• "You are given an array of positive integers, @ints. Write a script to return the sum of all possible odd-length subarrays of the given array. A subarray is a contiguous subsequence of the array." ☛ https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/advent-calendar-2025-12-04/ | Source: The Weekly Challenge    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:27:17

• "Short for lib-www-perl. For historical reasons. Lost in the midst of time. It does all the heavy lifting of making web requests for us." ☛ https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-05.html | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:27:39

• "There is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in React Server Components. We recommend upgrading immediately." ☛ https://react.dev/blog/2025/12/03/critical-security-vulnerability-in-react-server-components |    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:28:10

• "The problem is that I always end up building in Rails. I love Rails and I'm not ashamed of that. I use it for everything that I want to get running quick." ☛ https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/a-new-project | Source: Jasper Tandy    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:28:18

• "When working on the source code, you likely think of dependencies in the graph as individual modules that import code from each other." ☛ https://www.tweag.io/blog/2025-12-04-the-anatomy-of-a-dependency-graph/ | Source: Modus Create LLC    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:28:40

• "Instead of just saying how many should be eliminated, we do it until there are no eliminations possible. This is highly reminiscent of a Conway Game of Life puzzle." ☛ https://arjenwiersma.nl/posts/20251204-aoc-2025-4/ | Source: Arjen Wiersma    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:28:53

• "There has to be a better way." ☛ https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2025/fast-by-default/ | Source: Web Performance Calendar    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:29:06

• "The database operates on ingredient IDs. It consists of a list of fresh ingredient ID ranges, a blank line, and a list of available ingredient IDs. For example: [...]" ☛ https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/5 | Source: AdventOfCode    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:29:17

• "In this example, there are 13 rolls of paper that can be accessed by a forklift (marked with x): [...]" ☛ https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/4 | Source: AdventOfCode    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:29:31

• "Let’s start by defining out terms. ‘Sideloading’ is a word used in the smartphone world for what would simply be called ‘installing software’ anywhere else." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/sideloading.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:30:08

• "The distinction between local-first and offline-first matters because it shifts the center of gravity in software architecture away from the cloud to the user’s local device." ☛ https://shortdiv.com/posts/local-first-is-not-offline-first/ |    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:30:17

• "Note that the recorded stream from the last event, The Once and Future COBOL, is available on YouTube and PeerTube." ☛ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/12/03/nycbug-holiday-party-lightning-talks-tips-tonight/ | Source: DragonFly BSD Digest    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:30:45

• "The PostgreSQL Hacking Workshop will be taking a well-earned Christmas break in December of 2025." ☛ https://rhaas.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-future-of-postgresql-hacking.html | Source: Robert Haas    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:30:55

• Still getting more EPO leaks. "Thanks, there will be a right time to tell each story ;-)"    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:45:16

• "It’s time to under-engineer Hmmarkdown!" ☛ https://dbushell.com/2025/12/04/deleting-code-for-performance/ | Source: David Bushell    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:46:19

• "So I am considering making the following changes: [...]" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/xscreensaver-and-pam/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:48:44

• "One of the most notable additions is support for FFmpeg 8, ensuring compatibility with the latest version of the multimedia framework." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/audacity-3-7-6-audio-editor-adds-ffmpeg-8-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:48:52

• "Until now, these were signed with an RSA2048 key, which is due to be deprecated in 2030. For future uploads, we are replacing it with an RSA4096 one with the following fingerprint: [...]" ☛ https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=394045 | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:50:44

• "GmbH has just unveiled its Backup Server 4.1, an open-source, enterprise-grade backup solution specifically designed for backing up VMs, containers, and physical hosts, bringing an updated Debian 13.2 base, a new stable Linux kernel 6.17, and ZFS 2.3." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/proxmox-backup-server-4-1-released-with-kernel-6-17-zfs-2-3/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:51:16

• "After roughly a decade of work, the base system can now be managed using pkg." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-15-why-youll-want-it/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:51:52

• "Install pipewire and some other software, remove PulseAudio and reboot. Has worked on several computers. Great to be free of PulseAudio." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/audio-on-linux-really-sucks-but-got-it-working/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:52:15

• "Given that it's such a mess, should we maybe just throw it out and start over with a totally different system?" ☛ https://pavpanchekha.com/blog/why-css-bad.html | Source: Pavel Panchekha    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:52:36

• "Additionally, this association only works when the input is nested inside the label." ☛ https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/5/ | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:52:45

• "FreeBSD is an OCI runtime, ZFS Disaster Recovery, Cleaning up Hammer, and some historical information, and more..." ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/640 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 12:55:58

• FreeBSD 15: Why You’ll Want It ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-15-why-youll-want-it/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:03:34

• Audacity 3.7.6 Audio Editor Adds FFmpeg 8 Support, Spectrogram Wavelet Analysis ☞ https://9to5linux.com/audacity-3-7-6-audio-editor-adds-ffmpeg-8-support-spectrogram-wavelet-analysis    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:03:59

• Raspberry Pi OS Now Lets You Safely Eject HDD and NVMe Drives Connected via USB ☞ https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-os-now-lets-you-safely-eject-hdd-and-nvme-drives-connected-via-usb    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:06:32

• OASIS Approves ODF 1.4, Advancing Vendor-Neutral Document Standards ☞ https://linuxiac.com/oasis-approves-odf-1-4-advancing-vendor-neutral-document-standards/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:07:44

• When Linus Met Linus: Insights from Torvalds’ Conversation with LTT ☞ https://linuxiac.com/when-linus-met-linus-insights-from-torvalds-conversation-with-ltt/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:08:47

• Pouring one out for Crucial ☞ https://rubenerd.com/pouring-one-out-for-crucial/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:09:39

• OK, so Germany voted for all men to go to the military, but... the world is doing OK. Come on, make MOAR babies... to join the Army and die against Putin.    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:13:02

• The RAM Shortage Comes for Us All ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/ram-shortage-comes-us-all    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:15:32

• "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his." - Patton    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:16:41

• AI Data Centers Are Making RAM Crushingly Expensive, Which Is Going to Skyrocket the Cost of Laptops, Tablets, and Gaming PCs ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centers-ram-expensive    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:17:10

• Nihilistic Violence: Warning of Europe’s New Terror Threat ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/12/04/nihilistic-violence-warning-of-europes-new-terror-threat/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:17:47

• Russian neo-Nazi group 'Rusich' regularly posts images of war crimes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251204-atrocity-competition-russian-neo-nazi-group-rusich-ukraine    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:18:17

• ‘Pay or Okay’ study: Users prefer a tracking-free “third option” ☞ https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-okay-study-users-prefer-tracking-free-third-option    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:19:11

• MElon’s Grok Hey Hi (AI) Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-doxxing    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:23:09

• AI is already leading. The question is whether we are ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/ai-is-already-leading-the-question-is-whether-we-are/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:24:46

• New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/business/media/new-york-times-pentagon-lawsuit.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:25:17

• Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/personaltech/why-one-man-is-fighting-for-our-right-to-control-our-garage-door-openers.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:25:56

• iophk: "It's kind of bad news though that the US shirked its obligations and allowed / required Germany to remilitarize. Assuming Putler and the Krenlin are dealt with, Germany will be a problem in future generations. The culture was changed but needed more time."    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:28:07

• iophk: "A similar approach would be needed for a conquered Moscovia but would need upwards of 100 years at least. It was starting to change there but Putler saw that and stressed the country socially, politically, and economically so that the population reverted back to their own traditional corruption, which is much easier for an autocrat to control and steer."    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:28:23

• OnlyOffice Desktop Editors 9.2 added Hey Hi (AI) Agent & Macro Recording ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-9-2-added-ai-agent-macro-recording/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:32:21

• NVIDIA 590.44.01 Beta Driver Released for Next New Feature Branch ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/nvidia-590-44-01-beta-driver-released-for-next-new-feature-branch/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:32:36

• Speed up Ubuntu PPA Apt Downloading in Ubuntu / GNU/Linux Mint ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/speed-up-ppa-downloading-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:33:07

• Steam Survey Signals Steep GNU/Linux Growth ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/02/Steam_Survey_Signals_Steep_GNU_Linux_Growth.shtml    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:33:31

• GeForce 590 driver branch is the first without feature support for GTX 9- and 10-series GPUs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/geforce-590-driver-branch-is-the-first-without-feature-support-for-gtx-9-and-10-series-gpus-linux-release-marks-the-end-of-the-line-for-graphics-cards-that-defined-an-era    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:43:41

• Pg_QoS v1.0.0-beta1 is out! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_qos-v100-beta1-is-out-3186/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:45:11

• EasyOS 7.0.34 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/easyos    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:46:20

• Proxmox 1.0 "Datacenter Manager" is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/proxmox    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:47:57

• Linux Bootloaders: Installing and Configuring rEFInd, Limine, and GRUB ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/linux-bootloaders-installing-and-configuring-refind-limine-and-grub.57750/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:49:02

• Screen video tutorial ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/screen-video-tutorial.59592/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:49:36

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

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:50:21

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

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:50:32

• How To Install SoftEther VPN Server on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-softether-vpn-server-debian-13/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 13:50:49

• Lithuanian PM: Belarus’ actions ‘could be recognised as terrorism’ ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2765280/lithuanian-pm-belarus-actions-could-be-recognised-as-terrorism    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:02:01

• Protests, sanctions, and ‘chaos’: pressure mounts on Lithuanian govt amid balloon crisis ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2765210/protests-sanctions-and-chaos-pressure-mounts-on-lithuanian-govt-amid-balloon-crisis    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:12:26

• Finnair cancels evening flights to Vilnius over balloon disruptions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2765092/finnair-cancels-evening-flights-to-vilnius-over-balloon-disruptions    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:12:44

• Vilnius Airport resumes operations after 3 overnight halts, delays possible ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2765069/vilnius-airport-resumes-operations-after-3-overnight-halts-delays-possible    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:13:32

• Lithuanian government mulls declaring emergency over smuggler balloons ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2764383/lithuanian-government-mulls-declaring-emergency-over-smuggler-balloons    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:13:49

• Industry leader warns against closing Vilnius Airport at night ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2764092/industry-leader-warns-against-closing-vilnius-airport-at-night    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:14:05

• Lithuania rejects Belarus’ claim of drone incursion as ‘fake news’ ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2764071/lithuania-rejects-belarus-claim-of-drone-incursion-as-fake-news    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:14:34

• "musician arrests" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/03/what-s-the-problem-russia-s-human-rights-chairman-on-censorship-blocked-apps-and-musician-arrests | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:14:53

• China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/china-japan-ww2-russia-gaza-pope.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:15:46

• Reuters story on Tajikistan discussing Russian help to guard its Afghan border is withdrawn ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/reuters-story-on-tajikistan-discussing-russian-help-to-guard-its-afghan-border-is-withdrawn    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:16:02

• Tajikistan Denies Talks With Russia To Guard Afghan Border After Deadly Attack On Chinese Workers ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-china-worker-killed-russia-troops-mining-taliban/33611762.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:16:12

• Hungary Vows Legal Fight After EU Agrees To Phase Out Russian Gas ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-russia-gas-hungary-supplies-halt/33611928.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:16:24

• Macron’s former adviser: we should have anticipated the threat posed by Russia better ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2763415/macron-s-former-adviser-we-should-have-anticipated-the-threat-posed-by-russia-better    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:16:34

• EU sets 2027 deadline to end Russian gas imports ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251204-eu-sets-2027-deadline-to-end-russian-gas-imports    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:16:44

• Sudan offers Russia Red Sea naval base in exchange for fighter jets ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/sudan-offers-russia-red-sea-naval-base-in-exchange-for-fighter-jets/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:17:08

• Reporters Without Borders Targeted by Russian Hackers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/reporters-without-borders-targeted-by-russian-hackers/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:21:20

• Fence along Latvia-Russia border should be completed at end of year ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/03.12.2025-fence-along-latvia-russia-border-should-be-completed-at-end-of-year.a624816/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:21:32

• Rietumu Banka faces potential loss of Russian assets ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/03.12.2025-rietumu-banka-faces-potential-loss-of-russian-assets.a624848/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:26:38

• Russian company owners in Latvia increasingly keen to change their nationality ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/03.12.2025-russian-company-owners-in-latvia-increasingly-keen-to-change-their-nationality.a624864/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:26:51

• Russian attacks cut power, heating for tens of thousands in southern Ukraine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russian-attacks-cut-power-heating-for-tens-of-thousands-in-southern-ukraine    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:27:13

• ‘Desperate’ South African Mercenaries Eager to Return from Russian War ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/12/desperate-south-african-mercenaries-eager-to-return-from-russian-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=desperate-south-african-mercenaries-eager-to-return-from-russian-war    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:27:49

• Stakes High, Europe Races to Save Its Financing Plan for Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-european-union-frozen-assets.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:28:26

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Faces Choices on Russia-Ukraine Talks as Peace Deal Deadline Passes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-russia-ukraine-deadline.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:28:39

• Macron Urges Pooh-tin to Help End War in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/world/asia/china-france-macron-ukraine.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:28:50

• "Krabanaugh and Joanne Wrong have Lifetime Achievement awards coming for effing so many people, in so short a span of time. A World class achievement. The awards will duly be sent to Armonk care of Alvind." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbn7ncjw    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:30:12

• "The IBM brown nosers on LinkedIn are just as bad. Fire them as they have clearly too much time on their hands…"    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:31:17

• "Truth be told, this is about the only way you move up at IBM these days. Nepotism, cronyism, cast system, buddy-buddy deals, and straight-up favoritism are runnin’ wild, even with all them ethics courses and “best practices” trainings they make us sit through. Heck, it’s gotten so obvious now they don’t even bother pretendin’ it ain’t happenin’ anymore."    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:31:37

• China, Russia discuss Ukraine, reach 'consensus' on Japan during Chinese minister's visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-russia-discuss-ukraine-reach-consensus-on-japan-during-chinese-ministers-visit    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:36:20

• Lithuanian FM: Russia will threaten NATO even after peace in Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2764229/lithuanian-fm-russia-will-threaten-nato-even-after-peace-in-ukraine    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:36:39

• UN General Assembly urges return of deported Ukraine children by Russia ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/un-general-assembly-urges-return-of-deported-ukraine-children-by-russia/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:36:56

• French President Macron calls on China to work for peace, rebalance trade ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/04/french-president-macron-calls-on-china-to-work-for-peace-rebalance-trade/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:37:06

• Beijing talks focus on trade, diplomacy, and ending Ukraine hostilities ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251204-beijing-talks-focus-on-trade-diplomacy-and-ending-ukraine-hostilities    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:37:31

• France and Germany warn US could 'betray' Ukraine in push for peace, Speigel reports ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251204-france-and-germany-warn-us-could-betray-ukraine-in-push-for-peace-speigel-reports    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:37:44

• Returning Ukraine’s abducted children should be central to any peace plan ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/returning-ukraines-abducted-children-should-be-central-to-any-peace-plan/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:38:02

• Ukrainian aid measures to be cut in 2026 in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/03.12.2025-ukrainian-aid-measures-to-be-cut-in-2026-in-latvia.a624881/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:38:13

• Five companies from Turkey ranked among world’s highest-earning arms producers ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/five-companies-from-turkey-ranked-among-worlds-highest-earning-arms-producers-314133    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:38:35

• Hugs and greetings: Vladimir Putin has just arrived in India for talks with Modimir ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251204-hugs-and-greetings-vladimir-putin-has-just-arrived-in-india-for-talks-with-modi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:38:58

• Europe Wants to Get the Word Out: Russia Is to Blame for Sabotage ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/europe/europe-russia-hybrid-attacks.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:39:12

• Weak Spots Are Few for Russia in Ukraine Peace Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-peace-deal.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:39:25

• The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine-trump.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:39:37

• What to Know About Putin’s Visit to India as Oil Trade Dries Up ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/asia/india-russia-putin-visit-arms.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:39:53

• Putin Must Have Authorized Novichok Poisoning in Salisbury, UK Inquiry Finds ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/world/europe/putin-novichok-salisbury-skripal-poisoning.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:40:42

• Old friends Putin and Modimir meet to do a deal, as Convicted Felon leans on both ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/1203/russia-india-putin-modi-oil-sanctions-trump    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:41:13

• India clinches $2.6 billion Russian submarine deal as Putin visits ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-clinches-2-6-billion-russia-submarine-deal-as-putin-visits    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:41:41

• Russia's Putin arrives in India for summit talks with PM Modimir ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russias-putin-arrives-in-india-for-summit-talks-with-pm-modi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:41:57

• Putin visits Delhi as Russia and India seek to increase and diversify trade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/putin-visits-delhi-as-russia-and-india-seek-to-increase-and-diversify-trade    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:42:36

• Zelenskyy Returns To Ukraine, Witkoff To US Without Post-Kremlin Talks Meeting ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-witkoff-putin-peace-proposal-trump/33611074.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:42:50

• Ukraine Peace Efforts Further Stalled After US-Kremlin Talks Make Little Headway ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33612090.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:43:01

• Ukrainian Officials Head To Brussels, Miami For Peace Talks As Putin Doubles Down On Demands ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-peace-witkoff-putin-talks/33612640.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:43:17

• ‘Putin should end the bluster’: NATO foreign ministers react to Kremlin’s threat ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2764370/putin-should-end-the-bluster-nato-foreign-ministers-react-to-kremlin-s-threat    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:43:32

• Putin's visit to India tests New Delhi's balancing act between East and West ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20251204-putin-s-visit-to-india-tests-new-delhi-s-balancing-act-between-east-and-west    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:43:48

• Putin bears 'moral responsibility' for 2018 Skripal poisoning, UK inquiry finds ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251204-putin-bears-moral-responsibility-for-deadly-2018-novichok-poisoning-uk-inquiry-finds    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:44:02

• Putin visits India to revive oil and arms trade ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251204-putin-visits-india-to-revive-oil-and-arms-trade    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:44:18

• MetaComputing Hey Hi (AI) PC with Framework Laptop 13 features CIX P1 12-core Arm processor with up to 45 TOPS ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/04/metacomputing-ai-pc-with-framework-laptop-13-features-cix-p1-12-core-arm-processor-with-up-to-45-tops/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:45:25

• "SOCification" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/03/floss-weekly-episode-857-socification/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:45:50

• Slop inside food is a RECIPE for DISASTER ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/people-profit/20251204-the-future-of-wine-has-hints-of-artificial-intelligence    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:46:56

• But then again, everything involving a computer these days is being spun as or branded "AI"    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:47:28

• Why Is Convicted Felon Targeting Venezuela? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/why-is-trump-targeting-venezuela    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:48:23

• IBM CEO warns that ongoing trillion-dollar Hey Hi (AI) data center buildout is unsustainable — says there is 'no way' that infrastructure costs can turn a profit ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/ibm-ceo-warns-trillion-dollar-ai-boom-unsustainable-at-current-infrastructure-costs http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/04/IBM_s_AK_Sez_Campaign.shtml    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:49:01

• Audiobookshelf – self-hosted audiobook and podcast server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/audiobookshelf-self-hosted-audiobook-podcast-server/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:49:32

• Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in November 2025 ☞ https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2025-11/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:50:12

• Looks Like Sony Music Won’t Be Settling With Udio Anytime Soon: Copyright Suit Chugs Along Despite Warner Music and Universal Music Resolutions ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/03/sony-music-udio-lawsuit-proceeds/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:52:44

• Warner Music Sues Pacsun Over Alleged ‘Blatant, Willful, and Repeated Copyright Infringement’ in Social Media Promo Videos ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/02/warner-music-pacsun-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:52:59

• Publishers versus AI: All the copyright monopoly legal rulings so far ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ai-legal-rulings/ Slop "AI companies have taken the world's journalism output without permission - but publishers are fighting back."    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:53:27

• AI Music Beef: Hook Music Says Suno Is Ripping Off Its Trademarks and IP with ‘Create Hook’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/02/hook-music-vs-suno-trademarks-ip/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:54:19

• TTAB Denies SMARTLING/EASYLING Cancellation Petition for Translation Software Due to Differences in Marks, Purchaser Sophistication, and Lack of Actual Confusion ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/ttab-denies-smartlingeasyling.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:55:21

• Mission-Center Delivers a Polished System Monitor for GNU/Linux Power Users ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/mission-center-delivers-a-polished-system-monitor-for-linux-power-users/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:56:09

• FOSS Force’s Top Ten for November ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/foss-forces-top-ten-for-november/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:56:19

• Is Pardus 25.0 Turkey’s Perfect Gift to GNU/Linux Users? ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/is-pardus-25-0-turkeys-perfect-gift-to-linux-users/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:56:30

• Balearics call for Frontex deployment: Number of refugee boat arrivals on the islands continues to rise ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/12/03/balearics-call-for-frontex-deployment-number-of-refugee-boat-arrivals-on-the-islands-continues-to-rise/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:57:24

• German Israel correspondent Sophie von der Tann remains cool – despite unfair and massive agitation ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/12/03/german-israel-correspondent-sophie-von-der-tann-remains-cool-despite-unfair-and-massive-agitation/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:57:35

• The Document Foundation announces the approval of the Open Document Format (ODF) v1.4 standard by OASIS Open ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/03/tdf-announces-odf-v14-as-oasis-standard/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:58:18

• Welcome Dan Williams, new LibreOffice Developer focusing on UI/UX ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/04/welcome-dan-williams-new-libreoffice-developer-focusing-on-ui-ux/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:58:42

• Half of GNU/Linux Users Stick with X11, Despite Years of Wayland Being Forced ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/half-of-linux-users-stick-with-x11    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:59:22

• Rust is a Cult ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/rust-is-a-cult    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 14:59:30

• Over 1.1M layoffs planned for this year — the highest level since 2020 pandemic ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/business/over-1-1-million-layoffs-planned-this-year-highest-level-since-2020-pandemic/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:00:07

• Ludwig Minelli, Founder of Swiss Assisted-Suicide Group, Dies at 92 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/europe/ludwig-minelli-dead.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:00:50

• Mini review of JOYROOM PODIX 140W 5-port USB GaN charger with power meter function ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/04/mini-review-of-joyroom-podix-140w-5-port-usb-gan-charger-with-power-meter-function/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:01:28

• Owning a Smartphone at Age 12 Is Linked to These Health Issues in Kids ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/owning-a-smartphone-at-age-12-is-linked-to-these-health-issues-in-kids    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:01:52

• Jorja Smith’s Label Rattles the Legal Cage — Might This Blow Up Suno’s Carefully-Laid Plans to Go Legit? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/02/suno-jorja-smith-label-rattles-legal-cage/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:03:09

• Moments ago: "it's called the IBM India Way ! Whoever follows those inconvenient things called IBM Business Conduct Guidelines (BCGs) is an outright fool. Honesty does not pay off where dishonest Indians are concerned or involved. That is why the inconvenient article about H1B visa fraud (MSN article) from India was removed from this site yesterday. Peace."    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:04:36

• And now this impacts of 'infects' Red hat too! More in https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbn7ncjw    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:05:01

• Page updated today, FSF honours its founder https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:06:30

• Vaccine Advisory Panel Again Postpones Vote on Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/health/cdc-vaccine-committee-newborns-hepatitis-b.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:33:46

• As Vaccine Panel Meets for Last Time This Year, American Oversight Warns HHS Is Violating Federal Law, Jeopardizing Childhood Health ☞ https://americanoversight.org/as-vaccine-panel-meets-for-last-time-this-year-american-oversight-warns-hhs-is-violating-federal-law-jeopardizing-childhood-health/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:34:04

• Forcing people to take experimental vaccines was a huge mistake as that turned many people who took vaccines for granted (and took vaccines, in general) into sceptics or critics    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:34:43

• Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/charles-norman-shay-dead.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:35:04

• Taiwan ‘very moved’ by Japanese prime minister’s support, premier says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-very-moved-by-japanese-prime-ministers-support-premier-says    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 15:35:48

• Xi joins Macron in southwest China on rare trip with a global leader outside Beijing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/xi-joins-macron-in-southwest-china-on-rare-trip-with-a-global-leader-outside-beijing    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:41:36

• The One Child Policy’s Legacy: A Surplus of Single Men ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/china-dating-men-one-child-policy.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:42:03

• ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/nyregion/chinese-father-son-migrants-separated.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:42:18

• Taiwan’s opposition leader, once for independence, turns towards China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwans-opposition-leader-once-for-independence-turns-toward-china    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:42:29

• China rejects Japan PM Takaichi’s reaffirmation of Taiwan stance ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-rejects-japan-pm-takaichis-reaffirmation-of-taiwan-stance    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:42:42

• Pandas and ping-pong: Macron to end China visit on lighter note ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pandas-and-ping-pong-macron-to-end-china-visit-on-lighter-note    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:46:35

• Japan rebuts China’s second letter to UN as spat keeps simmering ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-rebuts-chinas-second-letter-to-un-as-spat-keeps-simmering    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:46:49

• Are Patent Offices Being Inundated with Low-Quality AI-Generated ‘Slopplications’? ☞ https://blog.patentology.com.au/2025/12/are-patent-offices-being-inundated-with.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:47:22

• Vaccination encouraged amid rising flu cases in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/vaccination-encouraged-amid-rising-flu-cases-in-china    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:47:46

• China Halts Japanese Concerts and Cultural Events Over Taiwan; K-Pop Industry Remains On Edge ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/04/china-halts-japanese-concerts-events/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:48:00

• Meanderer trike wheel knuckle, take 2 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202512/meanderer-trike-wheel-knuckle-take-2.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:48:23

• But OSI's biggest sponsors are lobbying for software patents; they are part of the problem ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/patents-and-open-source-understanding-the-risks-and-available-solutions-2    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:52:29

• OFA Symposium 2025 and the Launch of the Open Technology Research Network (OTRN) ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/ofa-symposium-2025-and-the-launch-of-the-open-technology-research-network-otrn https://techrights.org/o/2021/01/31/openforum-europe-lf/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:53:27

• Cro provides commentary on LWN's Zig asynchronicity article ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049158/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:55:09

• Tyr – A Rust GPU driver for Arm Mali GPUs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/03/tyr-a-rust-gpu-driver-for-arm-mali-gpus/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:55:44

• YouTube’s Had Enough of Spotify Wrapped, Introducing ‘YouTube Recap’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/02/youtube-recap-debuts-spotify-wrapped-style-stats/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:56:08

• Hong Kong YouTuber arrested for sedition over ‘depraved’ Tai Po fire remarks – reports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/04/hong-kong-youtuber-arrested-for-sedition-over-depraved-tai-po-fire-remarks-reports/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:56:54

• Linux creator Torvalds thinks MElon is 'too stupid' to be working at a tech company ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-creator-torvalds-thinks-elon-musk-is-too-stupid-to-be-working-at-a-tech-company/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:57:35

• "What Happens When You Pump 30,000 Watts Into A Tungsten Incandescent Light Bulb?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/03/what-happens-when-you-pump-30000-watts-into-a-tungsten-incandescent-light-bulb/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 16:58:50

• Upgrade air-gapped OpenShift with self-signed certificates ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/03/upgrade-air-gapped-openshift-self-signed-certificates    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:00:00

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: crates.io: Malicious crates evm-units and uniswap-utils ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/03/crates.io-malicious-crates-evm-units-and-uniswap-utils/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:01:22

• Silicognition ManT1S ESP32 board supports T1S single-pair Ethernet for robotics and automation (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/03/silicognition-mant1s-esp32-board-t1s-single-pair-ethernet-for-automation-and-robotics/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:01:51

• Colin Watson: Free software activity in November 2025 ☞ https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2025-11.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:02:22

• Alpine GNU/Linux 3.23.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049299/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:04:47

• dusage – command-line disk usage information tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dusage-command-line-disk-usage-information-tool/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:06:02

• dnst – Domain Name System Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dnst-domain-name-system-tools/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:06:17

• Infer – static analyzer for Java, C, C++, and Objective-C ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/infer-static-analyzer/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:06:24

• makeself – make self-extractable archives ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/makeself-make-self-extractable-archives/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:06:33

• AVML – Acquire Volatile Memory for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/avml-acquire-volatile-memory-linux/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:06:43

• Thursday's supermoon will be the last of 2025. This is how to spot it ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20251204-thursday-s-supermoon-will-be-the-last-of-2025-this-is-how-to-spot-it    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:07:08

• How to Install PHP 8.4 on Debian GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/install-php-8-4-on-debian-linux/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:07:31

• Trivy – comprehensive and versatile security scanner ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/trivy-comprehensive-versatile-security-scanner/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:08:06

• InvoicePlane – self-hosting invoicing for freelancers and small businesses ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/invoiceplane-self-hosting-invoicing-freelancers-small-businesses/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:08:43

• Clone Dash – clone of Muse Dash game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/clone-dash-clone-muse-dash-game/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:08:51

• Ping Monitor – simple ping application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ping-monitor-simple-ping-application/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:09:01

• ObsidianOS 2025.12.04 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/obsidianos    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:09:33

• openmamba 20251205 is out as well☞ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:09:41

• Q4OS 6.4 is out☞ https://distrowatch.com/q4os    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:11:13

• RasPiOS 2025-12-04 is ready to download ☞ https://distrowatch.com/raspios    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:11:26

• Disinformation: Studies find Hey Hi (AI) chatbots have the persuasive power to change political opinions ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/04/studies-find-ai-chatbots-persuasive-power-change-political-opinions/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:11:53

• Intellexa remotely accessed Predator spyware customer systems, investigation finds ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/intellexa-remotely-accessed-predator-spyware-customer-systems-investigation-finds/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:13:44

• Officials warn about expansive, ongoing China espionage threat riding on Brickstorm malware ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/china-brickstorm-malware-cyber-espionage-campaign-cisa-dhs-alert/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:14:11

• Agencies, IT companies impacted by latest malware from China ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/12/agencies-it-companies-impacted-by-latest-malware-from-china/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:14:36

• American Oversight Sues for Hegseth “Kill Everybody” Boat-Strike Records ☞ https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-sues-for-hegseth-kill-everybody-boat-strike-records/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:15:03

• US military strike reignites scrutiny of Convicted Felon’s anti-drug campaign ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251205-us-military-strike-trump-anti-drug-campaign    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:15:11

• Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Convicted Felon’s Boat Attacks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/trump-boat-attacks-killings.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:15:22

• Boat Strike Video Shown to Lawmakers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/drug-boat-strikes-sept-2-video-congress.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:15:47

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Convicted Felonets Peace in Africa Amid War on Drug Boats, in Day of Dissonance ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/trump-congo-rwanda-boat-strikes.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:16:03

• Lawmakers Split on the Military’s Defense of Boat Strikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/briefing/boat-strikes-congress-reading-gifts.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:16:22

• "An Introduction To Analog Filtering" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/04/an-introduction-to-analog-filtering/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:16:56

• Epidemic Sound Expands Its Years-Running Meta Copyright Battle With New Lawsuit Alleging ‘Willful, Intentional and Purposeful’ Infringement ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/04/epidemic-sound-meta-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:18:29

• Bridging the gaps between protocol specifications and practice ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/05/bridging-the-gaps-between-protocol-specifications-and-practice/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:19:00

• Adding gmirror swap to FreeBSD 14.3 – r730-01 ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2025/12/04/adding-gmirror-swap-to-freebsd-14-3-r730-01/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:19:55

• Andreas Schneider: CMocka 2.0 Released: Enhancing Unit Testing in C ☞ https://blog.cryptomilk.org/2025/12/04/cmocka-2-0-released-enhancing-unit-testing-in-c/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:21:03

• Fedora 44 is Replacing Decades-Old Kernel Console with Safer, Modern Alternative ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-replacing-kernel-console/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:21:21

• Felipe Borges: One Project Selected for the December 2025 Outreachy Cohort with GNOME! ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/feborges/outreachy-dec2025-announcement/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:21:55

• "The Database Powering America’s Hospitals May Not Be What You Expect" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/03/the-database-powering-americas-hospitals-may-not-be-what-you-expect/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:23:03

• What to Know About Convicted Felon’s Threat of Military Action in Venezuela ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/americas/venezuela-strikes-maduro.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:23:40

• Deadly Attacks in Gaza Test Cease-Fire as Body of Another Captive Is Returned ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/world/middleeast/gaza-strikes-ceasefire.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:23:55

• The Furor Over Convicted Felon’s Boat Attacks and a Particular Follow-Up Strike, Explained ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/boat-strikes-trump-hegseth-caribbean.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:24:16

• U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:24:27

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s boat strikes already stirred debate. This ‘second strike,’ even more. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2025/1203/hegseth-second-drug-boat-strike    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:24:36

• Four Shots at an Unarmed Boat in Uncontested Waters ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/four-shots-at-an-unarmed-boat-in-uncontested-waters/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:24:52

• Combo-kernel-modules-firmware PET package ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202512/combo-kernel-modules-firmware-pet-package.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:25:45

• Netflix Defies Diddy’s Cease-and-Desist Over 50 Cent’s Docuseries; Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Responds to Accusations of Orchestrating a ‘Hit Piece’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/03/netflix-diddy-cease-and-desist-documentary/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:26:34

• Egyptian AH-64E Apache production moving forward ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/aerospace-aerospace/egyptian-ah-64e-apache-production-moving-forward/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:27:28

• Specific Hand Gestures Can Make You Instantly More Persuasive, Study Says ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/specific-hand-gestures-can-make-you-instantly-more-persuasive-study-says    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:28:07

• 'Holes' in Kim Kardashian's Brain Scan May Not Be What They Seem, Expert Says ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/holes-in-kim-kardashians-brain-scan-may-not-be-what-they-seem-expert-says    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:28:23

• Blackest Fabric Ever Made Absorbs 99.87% of All Light That Hits It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fabric-ever-made-absorbs-99-87-of-all-light-that-hits-it    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:28:35

• Your Gut Could Be Quietly Controlling Your Sleep, Research Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-gut-could-be-quietly-controlling-your-sleep-research-shows    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:28:47

• An Existing Vaccine Could Slow Dementia And Cut Death Risk by 30% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-existing-vaccine-could-slow-dementia-and-cut-death-risk-by-30    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:28:58

• Mysterious Figurine With Stitched Lips Found at 11,000-Year-Old Site ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-figurine-with-stitched-lips-found-at-11000-year-old-site    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:29:07

• "Less Bugfixing Noise": Last Kernel Release of 2025 is Here as an LTS ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-6-18/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:29:26

• Linux 6.18 LTS release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/01/linux-6-18-release-main-changes-arm-risc-v-and-mips-architectures/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:30:11

• Kernel 6.18: Tyr advances Rust in Linux ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-618-tyr-advances-rust-in-linux.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:30:50

• Valve is developing an Android compatibility layer for Linux, it's called Lepton ☞ https://www.ghacks.net/2025/12/03/valve-is-developing-an-android-compatibility-layer-for-linux-its-called-lepton/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:31:31

• [Beta] Linux Mint 22.3 Zena to be released soon ☞ https://www.ghacks.net/2025/12/03/linux-mint-22-3-zena-to-be-released-soon/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:31:54

• cmocka 2.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049199/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:32:39

• PgBouncer 1.25.1 released - Fixing a bunch of bugs before Christmas (including CVE-2025-12819) ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgbouncer-1251-released-fixing-a-bunch-of-bugs-before-christmas-including-cve-2025-12819-3189/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:33:27

• Jetway B420UADN1 fanless defective chip maker Intel N97 mini PC supports three 4K displays for kiosks and digital signage applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/04/jetway-b420uadn1-fanless-intel-n97-mini-pc-supports-three-4k-displays-for-kiosks-and-digital-signage-applications/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:34:17

• Vietnam, and where does one go from here? ☞ https://rubenerd.com/where-does-one-go-from-here/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:35:00

• Using List::Util instead of List::MoreUtils ☞ https://rubenerd.com/using-list-util-instead-of-list-moreutils/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:35:08

• SearXNG – privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/searxng-privacy-respecting-hackable-metasearch-engine/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:36:10

• Pushing the kernel forward at Linux Plumbers 2025 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/pushing-the-kernel-forward-at-linux-plumbers-2025.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:36:37

• Raspberry Pi OS December Update Adds Safe USB Drive Eject ☞ https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-os-december-update-adds-safe-usb-drive-eject/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:36:57

• Linux App Release Roundup (November 2025) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/linux-app-release-roundup-november-2025    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:37:38

• Canonical pushing Windows ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ubuntu-pro-wsl-free-personal-use    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:38:15

• KDE neon 20251204 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:39:24

• FunOS 26.04-snapshot1 is out also ☞ https://distrowatch.com/funos    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:39:33

• Iocaine – defense mechanism against unwanted scrapers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iocaine-defense-mechanism-against-unwanted-scrapers/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:39:53

• MyPhotoShare – static web photo, audio and video gallery ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/myphotoshare-static-web-photo-audio-and-video-gallery/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:40:28

• dtsl – Dustin’s Simple TUI Launcher ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dtsl-dustins-simple-tui-launcher/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:40:40

• TUISIC – simple TUI online music streaming software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tuisic-simple-tui-online-music-streaming-software/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:41:15

• 15 Best Free and Open Source Web Photo Gallery Solutions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/photogallery/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:41:23

• LinuxHub 3.1.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/linuxhub    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:41:49

• Alpine 3.23.0 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alpine    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:41:56

• Network Monitor – real-time network connection monitoring tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/network-monitor-real-time-network-connection-monitoring-tool/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:42:23

• ostt – Open Speech-to-Text ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ostt-open-speech-text/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:42:36

• Refracta 13.2 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/refracta    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:42:44

• Flora 20251203 is out too ☞ https://distrowatch.com/flora    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:42:53

• Michael Ablassmeier: libvirt 11.10 VIR_DOMAIN_BACKUP_BEGIN_PRESERVE_SHUTDOWN_DOMAIN ☞ https://abbbi.github.io//libvirt11/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:44:42

• Raspberry Pi 5 1GB Variant: Is It Worth $45? ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/raspberry-pi-5-1gb-worth-it/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:45:08

• Mesa 25.3.1 Release    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:45:30

• "U.S. Layoffs at Highest Levels Since the Pandemic"    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:54:52

• On IBM: "More layoffs in Minnesota are coming" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbac15p1    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 17:58:03

• Truly dumb puff piece https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/infrastructure/136737/red-hat-sees-ai-and-sovereignty-reshaping-hybrid-cloud/ IBM uses it https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-december-5-2025-red-hat    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:20:44

• IBM = GAFAM https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/optimize-cloud-costs-red-hat-openshift-virtualization-and-rosa-aws    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:21:16

• Red Hat has become a laughing stock parroting buzzwords https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmpp0Nb2tU0    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:21:51

• Red Hat selling lies and buzz https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-deliver-enhanced-ai-inference-across-aws    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:22:41

• Building an Internet for Everyone: Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/building-an-internet-for-everyone-celebrating-international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:28:18

• AS USUAL, conflating voice synthesis (which is NOT new) with some fancy, fashionable buzzwords https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/03/beanie-sigel-damaged-vocal-cords-ai-track/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:30:11

• Read: we at siliconangle receive bribes to pains SalesFARCE with the buzzwords brush, but reality is, we just participate in their FARCE https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/03/salesforces-ai-bets-gain-momentum-overall-growth-remains-sluggish/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:31:50

• (paint)    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:31:59

• AI-focused LOLOL☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/04/ai-focused-legal-startup-harvey-raises-160m-expand-platform-capabilities/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:33:26

• Fake (bribed) news site run by an Italian helps drive a Ponzi scheme. Very fitting.    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:34:06

• Anthropic’s “Soul Overview” for Claude Has Leaked ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-soul    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:34:53

• OpenAI Says ChatGPT’s Random Suggestion to Shop at Target Is Not an Ad ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-chatgpt-suggestion-shop-target-not-ad    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:35:24

• Computers Made From Human Brain Tissue Are Coming. Are We Prepared? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/computers-made-from-human-brain-tissue-are-coming-are-we-prepared    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:35:41

• Commission opens antitrust investigation into Meta's new policy regarding Hey Hi (AI) providers' access to WhatsApp ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2896    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:36:16

• Australia says the world will follow social control media ban as Meta starts blocking teens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-says-the-world-will-follow-social-media-ban-as-meta-starts-blocking-teens    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:37:55

• Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer Maqāmāt (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/maqamat    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:38:38

• Florida Republicans Start Redistricting Talks, but Some Aren’t in a Rush ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/florida-redistricting-republicans.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:38:56

• TTABlog Test: Is WISHBONES for a Casino Bar Confusable with WISHBONE FARMS for Restaurant Services? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/ttablog-test-is-wishbones-for-casino.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:42:32

• Future takes action on ‘Google Zero’ as revenue declines ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/future-takes-action-on-google-zero-as-revenue-declines/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:43:39

• Cybersecurity in focus: DOJ aggressively investigating contractors’ cybersecurity practices ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/12/cybersecurity-in-focus-doj-aggressively-investigating-contractors-cybersecurity-practices/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:46:28

• "Also, if you like It's FOSS and rely on Google search, please add us as your preferred source in Google. This way, you get reliable and more accurate information on Linux in this age of AI slop." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-49/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:47:25

• MS (Mark Shuttleworth) to volunteers: go in the bin, I don't like your contributions https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-wiki-rebuild-plan/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:47:57

• He also canned the FORUMS!    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:48:13

• But they adopt a CoC, so Canonical became 'mini-Microsoft' (not the blogger)    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:48:44

• OMGUbuntu: every poor of MS (Mark S. or MSFT) is gold. Microsoft: gold is poo, we want more GPUs that we don't even use!!    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:50:40

• Microsoft: we are 'worth' 4,000 billion dollars because we have 10 billion in the bank, 120 billion in debt, and a big pile of GPUs that we don't even use!!    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:51:37

• "BUT DE HEY HI'S!!"    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:52:04

• HEY HI, the 21st century's alchemy    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:52:51

• November Steam Hardware Survey: Linux OS at all-time high, RTX 5070 overtakes RTX 4070 https://videocardz.com/newz/november-steam-hardware-survey-linux-os-at-all-time-high-rtx-5070-overtakes-rtx-4070    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:55:47

• Steam hardware survey shows how Linux is slowly eating into Windows market share https://www.club386.com/steam-hardware-survey-shows-how-linux-is-slowly-eating-into-windows-market-share/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:56:05

• "The platform is built around the CP8180 SoC manufactured on a 6 nm process. It integrates a 12-core Arm CPU cluster combining Cortex-A720 and Cortex-A520 cores clocked up to 2.6 GHz" https://linuxgizmos.com/metacomputing-launches-45-tops-arm-linux-ready-pc-powered-by-cix-cp8180/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:56:31

• "A fully modular development tool that you can build, modify, and extend yourself." https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-platform-kit/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:56:51

• "Windows 11 is not the only OS to see a bump, as Linux also saw a 0.15% rise in users." https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/steam-november-survey-windows-11-linux-gains-windows-10-decline    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:58:17

• Valve’s Android-Linux Bridge For Steam Is Reportedly Called Lepton https://www.lowyat.net/2025/375204/valve-android-linux-bridge-lepton/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 18:58:33

• "A small team of developers is building a pocket-sized, modular computer with a 4.1 inch, 1080 x 480 pixel touchscreen display, an an STM32MP157 dual-core Arm Cortex-A7 processor, and 4GB of DDR3 memory." https://liliputing.com/this-modular-linux-device-is-an-open-source-handheld-with-a-4-1-inch-display/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:00:57

• "This release replaces linux-edge with linux-stable with an identical configuration as linux-lts while following stable instead of long-term releases." https://9to5linux.com/alpine-linux-3-23-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-gnome-49-kde-plasma-6-5    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:01:17

• Linux Gaming Hits Record 3.2% on Steam as Windows 10 Dies https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/linux-gaming-hits-record-3-2-on-steam-as-windows-10-dies    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:01:42

• New Stealthy Linux Malware Combines Mirai DDoS Botnet with Cryptominer https://thecyberexpress.com/linux-malware-mirai-botnet-cryptominer/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:02:16

• "The developers noted they've been trying to sort out a Native Linux version, but they've been facing some problems with it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/half-life-legacy-arrives-december-12-but-youll-need-proton-on-linux-due-to-native-linux-issues/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:02:41

• "notably Wine and Steam (for Proton). NTSync has been available in Wine since version 10.16 but is not currently used by the official Proton (GE-Proton can use it)." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fedora-linux-44-will-get-improved-ntsync-enabling-for-proton-wine/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:18:39

• 🔤SpellBinding: CGIKMNU Wordo: CHOPS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-05.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:27:13

• Bootleg Xmas II! gopher://baud.baby:70/0/phlog/fs20251205.txt    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:27:47

• "Swiss embedded computing specialist Toradex has announced the launch of two new computer-on-module (COM) families targeting industrial automation and the Internet of Things (IoT): OSM and Lino." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202512/20251205-toradex.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:29:05

• "It sounds quite grandiose, but it's really just about listening to what genuinely interests you, using your volitional muscles[1] and having the courage to pursue it if you have the means to do so (or after figuring out how to make it work)." gemini://capsule.bugwhisperer.dev/posts/exploring-the-world-of-molecular-dynamics.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:29:44

• "After more than a year of using Fedora, I decided to switch back to Void Linux[1]. This was all despite of my bold proclamations[2] against doing just that not so long ago. Why?" gemini://capsule.bugwhisperer.dev/posts/need-for-simpler-systems.gmi    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 19:30:17

• bianet editor Tuğçe Yılmaz's trial begins: 'My profession is put on trial' ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/bianet-editor-tugce-yilmaz-s-trial-begins-my-profession-is-put-on-trial-314161    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 21:45:43

• Human Trafficking a Complex Threat to Nigerian Security ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/12/human-trafficking-a-complex-threat-to-nigerian-security/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 21:47:23

• CLICKFRAUD SPAMNIL - it's a YouTube MIRACLE! :) videos NOBODY watches on the first day are SUDDENLY 'watched' (by bots, clickfraud) days later. TFiR is a scam site.    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 21:50:06

• A Devastating Fire Has Fueled a National Security Crackdown in Hong Kong ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/asia/hong-kong-fire-national-security-arrests.html    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 21:50:25

• In Arizona, a Democrat and a Republican fight to free an ICE detainee ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2025/1204/immigration-border-security-arizona-ice    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 21:50:35

• Of course SLAPPMatt is sympathetic towards SPAMNIL because gaming social control media using bots is a 'thing' (in some circles)... faking popularity and importance basically    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 21:51:18

• Pete Hegseth and the Radical Queer Wing of Al-Qaeda ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/pete-hegseth-and-the-radical-queer-wing-of-al-qaeda/    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 21:51:43

• US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce, FT says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-halted-plans-to-sanction-chinese-spy-agency-to-maintain-trade-truce-ft-says    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 21:52:04

• Taiwan to ban China’s Xiaohongshu app for one year on fraud concerns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-to-ban-chinas-xiaohongshu-app-for-one-year-on-fraud-concerns    

posted Friday, December 05, 2025 at 21:52:19