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  • "While the lambda lab is only really served over gopher/gemini, since 2019 I have kept a small web presence online as well. This was mostly because the emacs package repositories expect projects to have a web page, but I also found it nice to be able to run a small gitweb instance to make my code repositories accessible via http." gemini://thelambdalab.xyz/phlog/2025-12-06-Is-nowhere-safe-anymore%3F.txt    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 03:50:29


  • Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-07.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 03:50:50


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1497.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 03:52:20


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1847.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 03:52:25


  • A real lazy Saturday gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/lazySaturday    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:01:41


  • NO TIME TO TYPE gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-12-07No_Time_to_Type.txt    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:02:23


  • Small update gemini://melyanna.net/2025-12-06-small-update    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:03:02


  • "While the lambda lab is only really served over gopher/gemini, since 2019 I have kept a small web presence online as well." gopher://thelambdalab.xyz:70/0/phlog/2025-12-06-Is-nowhere-safe-anymore%3F.txt    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:04:26


  • "This is the 8th blog post about the f3s series for my self-hosting demands in a home lab. f3s? The "f" stands for FreeBSD, and the "3s" stands for k3s, the Kubernetes distribution I use on FreeBSD-based physical machines." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.gmi    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:05:21


  • surveillance https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-data-law-sparks-surveillance-press-freedom-fears/a-74923737    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:10:51


  • ESA plans for German astronaut to head to moon https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-esa-plans-for-german-astronaut-to-head-to-moon/live-74920351    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:11:23


  • Can US health care solve its cost crisis by copying Europe? https://www.dw.com/en/can-us-health-care-solve-its-cost-crisis-by-copying-europe/a-74923088    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:12:20


  • Burnout ttps://www.dw.com/en/burnout-from-casual-sex-has-women-rethinking-hookup-culture/a-74906762    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:12:40


  • sharp dip in net migration https://www.dw.com/en/british-government-welcomes-sharp-dip-in-net-migration/a-74931639    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:13:03


  • effective HIV antibody https://www.dw.com/en/german-researchers-find-highly-effective-hiv-antibody/a-74363818    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:14:23


  • flights disrupted https://www.dw.com/en/airbus-orders-software-changes-to-widely-used-a320-fleet-flights-disrupted/a-74946959    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:14:55


  • German pesticide maker https://www.dw.com/en/why-a-german-pesticide-maker-sacrifices-profits-for-being-nice-to-insects/a-74869659    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:15:45


  • public unrest https://www.dw.com/en/iran-gasoline-price-hike-risks-more-public-unrest/a-74936945    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:16:31


  • General Availability of AlmaLinux OS 10.1 Stable! https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-11-24-almalinux_101_release/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:17:23


  • Ultramarine 43 is Cooking with Gas https://blog.fyralabs.com/ultramarine-43-release/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:17:49


  • CentOS 10-20251124, ROSA 13.1, arcOS 22.2.0, and ZimaOS 1.5.2 released    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:19:01


  • Distribution Release: ROSA 13.1 https://rosa.ru/ntts-it-rosa-obieiavliaet-o-vypuske-os-rosa-fresh-13-1/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:19:26


  • Oracle 9.7 and ZimaOS 1.5.2 out    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:19:45


  • "We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 10.1." https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-10-1-ga-release    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:20:18


  • Parch 2025-11-26 is out    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:20:33


  • Distribution Release: Pardus 25.0 https://gonullu.pardus.org.tr/pardus-25-bilge-yayimlandi/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:20:58


  • AV Linux 25, BlueOnyx 5121r-20251127, and AnduinOS 1.4.1 out    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:21:25


  • AV Linux and MX Moksha 25 Released! https://www.bandshed.net/2025/11/27/av-linux-and-mx-moksha-25-released/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:22:20


  • Solus 4.8, VailuxOS 1.5.1, and MiniOS 5.1.0 released    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:22:58


  • 4MLinux 50.0 STABLE released. https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com/2025/11/4mlinux-500-stable-released.html    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:23:40


  • "We’re nearing the holiday season, and what better way to kick it off than by releasing new Solus ISOs? This release is called Opportunity, for all the new opportunities that are open to us. A lot has happened since we released Solus 4.7 at the beginning of this year, so let’s go over the changes." https://getsol.us/2025/11/29/solus-4-8-released/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:24:10


  • The long wait is over, Ganymede has arrived https://endeavouros.com/news/the-long-wait-is-over-ganymede-has-arrived/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:24:39


  • NixOS 25.11, Vitalinux 3.4, Armbian 25.11.1 and NebiOS 10.1 are out    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:25:04


  • Armbian v25.11 Improving the base, unlocking new options https://blog.armbian.com/v25-11-improving-the-base-unlocking-new-options/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:26:16


  • "Hey everyone, we are jopejoe1 and Leona Maroni, the release managers of the newest release of NixOS. We are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 25.11 “Xantusia”." https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-2511/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:27:15


  • CachyOS November 2025 Release https://cachyos.org/blog/2511-november-release/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:27:58


  • ExTiX 25.12, Kiro 25.12.01.01, DynFi 4.11, and Dr.Parted 25.12 are out    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:29:12


  • Snapshot of RustOS https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/11/the-first-snapshot-of-ubuntu-26-04-lts-released/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:33:22


  • SEC Voluntarily Dismisses SolarWinds Litigation https://www.insideprivacy.com/cybersecurity-2/sec-voluntarily-dismisses-solarwinds-litigation/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:34:09


  • hackers or crackers? https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/967140/dilg-to-probe-alleged-data-breach-by-hackers/story/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:34:55


  • Too late, damage done https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/business/bank-data-hack.html    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:35:26


  • Microsoft TCO https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shai-hulud-malware-infects-500-npm-packages-leaks-secrets-on-github/ http://techrights.org/o/2022/02/28/microsoft-github-expose-part-xviii-the-story-of-npm/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:36:26


  • The other bubble https://www.thelocal.dk/20251125/denmarks-central-bank-warns-home-buyers-against-banking-on-future-prices    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:38:10


  • illegal debt collection https://cphpost.dk/2025-11-28/news/round-up/government-to-punish-banks-for-illegal-debt-collection/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:38:20


  • COP30 Fails to Confront Drivers of Climate Crisis https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/24/cop30-fails-to-confront-drivers-of-climate-crisis    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:39:06


  • College dropout and pervert Epsteingate "Attacking Climate Science" https://truthout.org/articles/why-is-bill-gates-attacking-climate-science/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:39:40


  • Climate Science https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/25/the-war-of-the-ai-moguls-on-climate-science/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:39:50


  • Salt the Earth https://jacobin.com/2025/11/organizing-labor-climate-unions-salting/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:40:01


  • unlimited clean energy https://www.vox.com/climate/470389/energy-abundance-solar-wind-nuclear-desalination-food-climate    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:40:12


  • Environment Minister https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-26/analysis-brazil-environment-minister-climate-summit-star-faces-political-struggle-at-home    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:40:25


  • Climate Litigants https://www.truthdig.com/articles/indigenous-climate-litigants-keep-fighting/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:40:38


  • COP30 Measures of Climate Adaptation Progress Should Center Rights https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/26/cop30-measures-of-climate-adaptation-progress-should-center-rights    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:40:51


  • COP30 Kicked the Climate Can Down the Road Once Again https://jacobin.com/2025/11/cop30-climate-change-trump-brazil/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-cop30-9.6994258    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:41:07


  • Cheeto Mussolini’s Second Term Dispels Any Notion of CEOs Saving Us From Climate Crisis https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-second-term-dispels-any-notion-of-ceos-saving-us-from-climate-crisis/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:41:23


  • Climate Protest Disruption https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-29/australia-climate-change-protest-disrupts-shipping-at-coal-port-21-arrested    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:41:34


  • 1000 years of climate change https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/how-an-ancient-civilisation-survived-1000-years-of-climate-change-20251130-p5njlx.html    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:41:45


  • Switzerland: Voters reject climate tax in referendum https://www.dw.com/en/switzerland-voters-reject-climate-tax-in-referendum/a-74959419    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:42:02


  • Solar energy protects German vineyards from climate change https://www.dw.com/en/solar-energy-protects-german-vineyards-from-climate-change/a-74849301    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:42:14


  • Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/12/2/20976180/climate-change-best-charities-effective-philanthropy    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:42:26


  • Possible Energy Exploration https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-26/lebanon-cyprus-sign-maritime-demarcation-deal-paving-way-for-possible-energy-exploration    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:42:58


  • US communities fight to save solar and wind energy projects https://www.dw.com/en/us-communities-fight-to-save-solar-and-wind-energy-projects/a-74882730    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:43:11


  • Energy Policy https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/26/energy-policy-and-the-politics-of-american-decline/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:43:22


  • Here's what to know about Canada's landmark energy agreement with Alberta https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-alberta-energy-agreement-pipeline-9.6994715    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:43:35


  • 'poor choice of words' https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/energy-minister-hodgson-apologizes-zoom-comment-coastal-first-nations-9.6997207    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:43:48


  • Non-Gravitational Acceleration: 3I/ATLAS Showed The Extra Energy Michio Kaku Predicted https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/non-gravitational-acceleration-3i-atlas-showed-extra-energy-michio-kaku-predicted-1758928    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:44:00


  • New Data on Censorship and Harassment of Brazil’s Educators https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/24/new-data-on-censorship-and-harassment-of-brazils-educators    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:49:09


  • Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely https://truthout.org/articles/educators-worry-palestine-censorship-could-reshape-public-education-entirely/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:49:16


  • Cinematic Censorship https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/01/rivettes-the-nun-a-note-on-cinematic-censorship/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:49:38


  • Punishment for Off-Campus Speech https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/eff-arizona-federal-court-protect-public-school-students-surveillance-and    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:50:08


  • Free-Speech Twitter? https://off-guardian.org/2025/11/26/soft-censorship-on-free-speech-twitter/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:50:26


  • "The group’s call for an inquiry from the technology committee focuses on the regulator’s failure to investigate the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the 2022 leak of data belonging to Afghans who had worked for the British government." https://therecord.media/privacy-regulator-ico-collapse    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:52:18


  • So it has become like SRA and 'Action Fraud'    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:52:33


  • Little Rock Psychologist Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Defrauding Medicare and Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield https://www.justice.gov/usao-edar/pr/little-rock-psychologist-indicted-federal-grand-jury-defrauding-medicare-and-arkansas    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:53:18


  • ‘Trickery and f…ery’: Agency under fire over senior manager’s ‘serious’ privacy breach https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360902712/trickery-and-fery-agency-under-fire-over-senior-managers-serious-privacy-breach    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:53:43


  • Dos-Op exposes the Nova RaaS gang https://databreaches.net/2025/11/30/breaking-dos-op-exposes-the-nova-raas-gang/    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:57:54


  • "South Korean news reports have suggested that no malicious code has been found on Coupang’s internal systems. Reported suspicions for the breach are centering on a former employee." https://therecord.media/coupang-south-korea-data-breach    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 04:58:49


  • African Swine Fever Near Barcelona https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-01/spain-mobilises-military-against-swine-fever-says-contaminated-sandwich-could-be-cause    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:02:43


  • solar power revolution https://www.dw.com/en/africa-s-solar-power-revolution-is-finally-happening/a-74795571    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:04:02


  • school-issued laptop https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/school-laptop-predators-chromebook-roblox-9.69900    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:05:31


  • Khan's sister tells DW officials denying jail visits https://www.dw.com/en/imran-khan-s-sister-tells-dw-officials-denying-jail-visits/a-74971830    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:08:00


  • whale detection devices https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/whale-detection-technology-on-b-c-s-coast-9.6990987    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:09:27


  • Oilpatch drilling slows as oil and natural gas prices sink https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/wti-wcs-enserva-2026-forecast-9.6993382    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:15:49


  • Experts warn the devil is in the details with Alberta's 'experiment' to expand private health care https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-dual-practice-health-care-reaction-9.6992504    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:17:27


  • 80 drug overdoses in 24 hours https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/naloxone-runs-out-bc-shelter-9.6992470    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:17:56


  • e-bikes https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/coroner-s-office-calls-for-clearer-definition-of-e-bikes-in-ontario-9.6993435    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:18:39


  • Christmas party moving online https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuit-christmas-party-ottawa-virtual-9.6995338    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:19:14


  • First Nations Denounce Canada PM’s Tar Sands Deal Made Without Their Consent https://truthout.org/articles/first-nations-denounce-canada-pms-tar-sands-deal-made-without-their-consent/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alaska-tribes-sue-b-c-9.6997183    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:21:36


  • Southeast Asian time https://www.dw.com/en/are-southeast-asian-time-zones-all-wrong/a-74906212    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:23:37


  • [slop] music [sic] creates unease as it tops the charts https://www.dw.com/en/ai-music-creates-unease-as-it-tops-the-charts/a-74841513    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:24:07


  • 'media offenders' https://www.dw.com/en/white-house-launches-tracker-to-call-out-media-offenders/a-74954883    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:24:31


  • corruption in flood projects https://www.dw.com/en/philippines-thousands-protest-corruption-in-flood-projects/a-74956055    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:25:00


  • 'rage bait' https://www.dw.com/en/oxford-names-rage-bait-as-word-of-the-year-2025/a-74963784    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:25:53


  • a bubble about to burst? https://www.dw.com/en/is-the-gold-rally-a-bubble-about-to-burst/a-74913059    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:26:28


  • "AI is code for outsource to India and no jobs for Americans." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbt3ax7f    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:30:37


  • "I would not be surprised if AI becomes a dot com type bubble but much worse. It takes an insane amount of energy to power those centers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbt3ax7f    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:30:54


  • "Or maybe someone emerges as an Anti AI Advocate and that brings it down. In any case, Alvind and IBM were late to the party as usual. But him, Krabanaugh, and Joanne Wrong and the rest of the pipmunks will get a bigger bloated perk package for 2026. They are pr0stitutes to Wall Street. Even if IBM lost money and could not pay a dividend. They see workforce cuts and those evil Emm Effers get rewarded" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbt3ax7f    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:31:02


  • "Or maybe someone emerges as an Anti AI Advocate and that brings it down. In any case, Alvind and IBM were late to the party as usual. But him, Krabanaugh, and Joanne Wrong and the rest of the pipmunks will get a bigger bloated perk package for 2026. They are pr0stitutes to Wall Street. Even if IBM lost money and could not pay a dividend."    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:31:13


  • "They see workforce cuts and those evil Emm Effers get rewarded" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbt3ax7f    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:31:18


  • "Richard Stallman suggested the name POSIX to the IEEE instead of the former IEEE-IX" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:32:13


  • "Meta Slashes Metaverse Ambitions: $70 Billion Losses Trigger 30% Budget Cuts and Layoffs"    

posted Sunday, December 07, 2025 at 05:33:06



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