Roy Schestowitz

• get librewolf https://librewolf.net/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 05:55:11

• 14 Psychiatric Disorders Share 5 Genetic Roots, Major Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/14-psychiatric-disorders-share-5-genetic-roots-major-study-reveals    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 05:57:24

• The Woman in the Coldplay Concert Kiss Cam Video Is Ready to Talk ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/style/coldplay-concert-couple-kiss-cam-woman.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 05:58:25

• Iran’s President Says He Can’t Make ‘Miracles’ to Solve the Country’s Woes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/world/middleeast/iran-pezeshkian-domestic-foreign-crises.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 05:58:38

• Central bank cuts interest rate to 7% citing weak economic activity ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/central-bank-cuts-interest-rate-7/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 05:58:57

• Systemd v259 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1051163/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 05:59:15

• STM32 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/18/bare-metal-stm32-increasing-the-system-clock-and-running-dhrystone/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 05:59:43

• "Miracle Of Color TV" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/18/the-miracle-of-color-tv/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 05:59:57

• You Might Also Like: My Notes Blog ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/you-might-also-like-my-notes-blog/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:00:28

• University of Hong Kong professor steps down from associate deanship after AI-generated references scandal ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/18/university-of-hong-kong-professor-steps-down-from-associate-deanship-after-ai-generated-references-scandal/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:01:26

• Australia's gun control consensus frays after Bondi Beach attack ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australias-gun-control-consensus-frays-after-bondi-beach-attack    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:02:10

• Is Sony Music Going the Distance Against Udio? And Will Other Suno Deals Follow Warner Music’s Settlement? Remaining Litigants Tee Up Packed 2026 Case Schedules ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/18/sony-music-udio-suno-lawsuit-updates/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:02:24

• DOJ Pushes for Jury Trial in Live Nation Antitrust Battle — High-Stakes Summary Judgment Hearing Set for January 23rd ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/18/doj-live-nation-lawsuit-summary-judgment/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:02:39

• Couriers push for worker status in lawsuit against delivery platform ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/couriers-push-for-worker-status-in-lawsuit-against-delivery-platform-314669    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:02:56

• The National Security Letter Seamus Hughes Found When Looking for a Dan Richman Docket ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/18/the-national-security-letter-seamus-hughes-found-when-looking-for-a-dan-richman-docket/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:04:11

• Nigerians call for government action against worsening insecurity ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251218-nigerians-call-for-government-action-against-worsening-insecurity    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:04:28

• What next following Tanzania’s “National Catastrophe”? ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/what-next-following-tanzanias-national-catastrophe/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:04:50

• South Korea and Europe are stepping up on security cooperation. Here’s why. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/south-korea-and-europe-are-stepping-up-on-security-cooperation-heres-why/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:05:32

• Security integration without reassurance: Australia, Japan and the US ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/security-integration-without-reassurance-australia-japan-and-the-us/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:05:43

• China-Linked Hackers Exploiting Zero-Day in Cisco Security Gear ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/china-linked-hackers-exploiting-zero-day-in-cisco-security-gear/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:06:18

• SonicWall Patches Exploited SMA 1000 Zero-Day ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sonicwall-patches-exploited-sma-1000-zero-day/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:06:33

• 113,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Virginia Mental Health Authority ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/113000-impacted-by-data-breach-at-virginia-mental-health-authority/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:06:49

• CISA Warns of Exploited Flaw in Asus Update Tool ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-exploited-flaw-in-asus-update-tool/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:07:23

• HPE Patches Critical Flaw in IT Infrastructure Management Software ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hpe-patches-critical-flaw-in-it-infrastructure-management-software/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:07:30

• LTV: Pro-Kremlin activist detained by security service ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/18.12.2025-ltv-pro-kremlin-activist-detained-by-security-service.a626951/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:07:40

• The Upcoming Armbian Imager Tool is a Godsend for Non-Raspberry Pi SBC Owners ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/armbian-imager-quietly-debuts/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:08:12

• Facebook tests charging creators and businesses to post more than two links per month ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/facebook-tests-charging-creators-and-businesses-to-post-more-than-two-links-per-month/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:09:22

• Disinformation in Facebook ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-fake-french-coup-videos-go-viral-traced-to-burkinab%C3%A9-student    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:09:48

• Major Layoffs Hit Billboard, Rolling Stone, Variety as Penske Media Realigns ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/18/penske-media-major-layoffs/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:10:16

• Millions of Private Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Conversations Are Being Harvested and Sold for Profit ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbot-data-scraping    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:11:44

• When Asked to Generate an Alphabet Poster for Preschoolers, the Latest Version of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Just Flails Wildly ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-openai-alphabet-animals    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:12:15

• Birth rates are falling, but don’t blame dogs in strollers, Taiwan study suggests ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/birthrates-are-falling-but-dont-blame-dogs-in-strollers-taiwan-study-suggests    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:12:37

• Christmas ornaments: Did the French invent them? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251218-christmas-ornaments-did-the-french-invent-them    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:13:12

• Policymakers grapple with fallout from Chinese AI-enabled hack ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/ai-powered-cyber-attacks-claude-jailbreak-chinese-hackers/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:13:35

• Denmark Begins its Exit from Abusive Monopolist Microsoft — and This is Just the Beginning ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/denmark-road-traffic-authority-ditches-microsoft/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:13:53

• pg_llm_helper 0.1.0 - Troubleshooting errors with OpenAI's gpt-4o-mini model ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_llm_helper-010-troubleshooting-errors-with-openais-gpt-4o-mini-model-3194/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:15:48

• Apple will display more ads in App Store search results starting in 2026 ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/apple-will-display-more-ads-in-app-store-search-results-starting-in-2026/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:16:11

• Apple is deep in debt    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:16:36

• Overspent on products that flopped, such as Vision Pro    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:16:59

• tds_fdw - Write support is available for testing ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/tds_fdw-write-support-is-available-for-testing-3195/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:17:51

• Headphones – automated music downloader for NZB and Torrent ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/headphones-automated-music-downloader-nzb-torrent/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:18:34

• Lidarr – music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lidarr-music-collection-manager-usenet-bittorrent/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:18:40

• Viral videos question Morocco's AFCON stadiums after deadly floods ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251218-viral-videos-question-morocco-s-afcon-stadiums-after-deadly-floods    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:18:52

• Czech translation of LibreOffice Draw Guide 25.8 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/18/czech-translation-of-libreoffice-draw-guide-25-8/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:19:23

• Announcement of LibreOffice 25.8.4 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/18/libreoffice-25-8-4/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:19:56

• Joe Rogan Speechless When Guest Tells Him Podcasts Can Be AI-Generated Now ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/joe-rogan-speechless-ai-podcasts    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:20:57

• Pop!_OS 24.04’s New Scratch-Built Cosmic: Hands-On, With Screenshots ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/pop_os-24-04s-new-scratch-built-cosmic-hands-on-with-screenshots/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:21:25

• Michigan spent $49M to send essential workers to college. Few chose to attend ☞ https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-is-wrapping-up-a-covid-era-scholarship-for-essential-workers-heres-how-it-went/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:21:53

• LGBTI+ groups demand investigation into suspicious death of trans prisoner ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/lgbti-groups-demand-investigation-into-suspicious-death-of-trans-prisoner-314647    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:22:19

• "The way forward was obvious. He built a nostalgic digital video camera from scratch!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/18/nostalgic-camera-is-a-mashup-of-analog-video-gear/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:22:58

• TikTok Signs Agreements With Investors in Step Toward Avoiding a U.S. Ban ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/media/tiktok-deal-agreements-us-investors.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:23:25

• TikTok just signed the deal to hand US operations to Oracle-led investor group ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-just-signed-deal-hand-us-operations-oracle-led-investor-group/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:23:31

• Linux WAYYYYYY ahead https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/windows-server-2025-gains-native-nvme-support-14-years-after-its-introduction-groundbreaking-i-o-stack-drops-scsi-emulation-limitations-for-massive-throughput-and-cpu-efficiency-gains    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:24:09

• Vapourware, hype, or both https://hackwarenews.com/iphone-air-2-apple-would-be-preparing-a-major-repositioning/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:24:38

• firefox is a "Linux last" project, LibreWolf is s "Linux FIRST" project    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:28:04

• "I've babbled before about my GarageBand hobby. There's not a lot to add other than my collaborator and I also like writing and recording ridiculous Christmas songs. Merry Christmas." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20251219.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:41:05

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-20.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:41:47

• "Best viewed in Internet Explorer", gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-12-20The_Timewarp_Web.txt    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:42:35

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1510.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:43:08

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1860.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:43:12

• "I changed jobs back in 2022, taking a position that paid less and had fewer ways to increase compensation (OT, annual bonuses, etc)." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/12-19.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:44:32

• "Saturdays are special. They have potential, they are less rushed, they feel so much better. Sundays are good too, but there is a certain Sabbatine relaxation that does not feel good to extend." gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/space_and_ssh.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 06:45:14

• "Fair use is not just an excuse to copy—it’s a pillar of online speech protection, and disregarding it in order to lash out at a critic should have serious consequences." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/fair-use-right-ignoring-it-has-consequences | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:19:26

• "Hayase is a full-featured torrent streaming client optimized for anime content. The developer tried to stay clear of legal trouble by relying on user-installed extensions." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/crunchyroll-takedown-efforts-target-anime-torrent-client-hayase/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:19:35

• "With the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) set to kick off in Morocco on December 21, a "vast operation" against illegal IPTV services is reportedly in the works." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/vast-anti-iptv-piracy-operation-promised-ahead-of-afcon-2025-2512219/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:53:24

• "As a result, dozens of fan servers have stopped operating." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/online-gamings-final-boss-copyright-bully | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:53:39

• "Activity dating back to 2023 reveals malicious actors have impersonated senior U.S. state government, White House, and Cabinet level officials, as well as members of Congress to target individuals, including officials’ family members and personal acquaintances" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/fbi-says-ongoing-deepfake-impersonation-of-us-officials-dates-back-to-2023/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:54:03

• Software Patents ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/sony-ai-censorship-patent-playstation | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:54:26

• "Recent actions taken by U.S. courts, for example, have found Google illegally maintained its search monopoly" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/google-sues-serpapi/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:55:11

• "The Warner board is also nervous that the involvement of Saudi money in the hostile takeover attempt could generate more national security regulatory heat than they’d like, further complicating a deal." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/warner-bros-rejects-larry-ellisons-hostile-takeover-bid-trump-will-likely-intervene-in-2026-to-help-ellison-dominate-u-s-media/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:55:20

• "It’s important to recognize this as we see more and more media mergers. These mergers are not about quality, they’re about control." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/the-best-big-media-merger-is-no-merger-at-all/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:55:43

• "Funded through Ohio’s biennial budget, the project will connect to a central point of presence in Mansfield, allowing multiple providers to interconnect." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/ohio-to-issue-rfp-for-20m-route-30-fiber-project/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:56:09

• "Slavko Aleksic may have known whether snipers travelled to Bosnia during the conflict in the 1990s and paid for the chance to shoot citizens there" ☛ https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/key-witness-dies-sarajevo-investigation-bosnia-zsj2kqnbr | Source: Times Media Limited    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:57:19

• "I’m older now, and I now understand the dynamics of this story at a higher level." ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/12/19/chris-zolinski-remembrance/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:22:17

• "Kurdistan, divided and occupied by the regional powers of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, is a nation without a state." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/12/ocalan-pkk-kurds-turkey-iran-syria-iraq/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:22:30

• "ai is a bit of a scam - some mit study said 95% of the work has not been profitable for companies" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcpb0aa5    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:24:44

• "Update: Following the DHS’s decision to drop its proposal to deport the journalist to Uganda, CPJ calls on the agency to ensure that the journalist can stay in the U.S. while continuing the process of applying for asylum." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/12/chinese-citizen-journalist-seeking-asylum-in-u-s-could-faces-deportation/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:25:18

• "Zapeta, 56, was found dead on December 16 in a rural area known as El Aguacatal in the municipality of San Pablo Jocopilas, in Guatemala’s southern Suchitepéquez department, according to Guatemalan newspaper La Hora" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/12/guatemalan-journalist-found-dead-after-family-reported-death-threats/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:25:39

• "New research identifies the U.S. communities facing the double jeopardy of climate disaster and a lack of news sources." ☛ https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/12/19/climate-change-impact-on-local-news-outlets/index.html | Source: Northwestern University    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:25:48

• "Over the last 12 months, the Israeli army has been responsible for nearly half (43%) of all journalists killed worldwide." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/in-2025-the-israeli-army-was-the-worst-enemy-of-journalists/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:31:22

• "However, Woodcock’s attorneys have raised concerns about the ability of Thompson to be an unbiased investigator, and said so in a letter to her, as she was listed as a contributor to Project 2025" ☛ https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/19/us-judge-must-decide-if-kentucky-professor-can-return-to-teaching-after-criticizing-israel/ | Source: Kentucky Lantern    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:31:53

• "sunset Section 230" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/senators-want-to-hold-the-open-internet-hostage-demand-zuckerberg-write-the-ransom-note/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:32:39

• "GotaTun is a WireGuard® implementation written in Rust aimed at being fast, efficient and reliable." ☛ https://mullvad.net/en/blog/announcing-gotatun-the-future-of-wireguard-at-mullvad-vpn | Source: Mullvad VPN    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:33:08

• "Anthropic’s AI agent was the most prolific code contributor to Bun’s GitHub repository, submitting more merged pull requests than any human developer." ☛ https://robertgreiner.com/believe-the-checkbook/ | Source: Robert Greiner    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:33:16

• "Notes on debugging Rust microcontroller stack usage" ☛ https://destevez.net/2025/12/notes-on-debugging-rust-microcontroller-stack-usage/ | Source: Daniel Estévez    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:33:35

• "The president also dismissed all 15 members of the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), a nonpartisan government entity established in 2022 with a mandate to investigate the security failures behind major cybersecurity events" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/12/dismantling-defenses-trump-2-0-cyber-year-in-review/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:37:44

• "The Dutch government is telling people to prepare to be self-sufficient for at least 72 hours in case of a major emergency when many services (electricity, water, [Internet]) could be unavailable." ☛ https://blog.didierstevens.com/2025/12/20/using-a-usb-c-trigger-cable-to-power-an-fm-radio/ | Source: Didier Stevens    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:53:18

• "On Tuesday, SFMTA staff revealed revenue proposals that include raising the Clipper fare again — it just went up earlier this year" ☛ https://scott.mn/2025/12/19/sfmta_fare_increase/ | Source: Scott Feeney    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:53:32

• "In the 1980s, CREEM Magazine—Detroit’s legendary “America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine”—continued its iconic “Stars Cars” series." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/12/creem-stars-cars-1980s.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:53:44

• "Together, these rules have encouraged American manufacturers to build and sell heavier SUVs and utes." ☛ https://theconversation.com/australias-roads-are-full-of-giant-cars-and-everyone-pays-the-price-what-can-be-done-268212 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:55:00

• "This mishap comes a week after SpaceX reported a near miss with a Chinese satellite." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/847891/a-starlink-satellite-seems-to-have-exploded | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:55:09

• "Beyond the artistry and technical skill, Steidle is building a years-long visual record of ecosystem changes that scientists and conservationists can use." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/12/19/marine-conservation-drones/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:55:21

• "At the highest analyzed temperature increase, Earth would lose roughly 90 percent of these hulking" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-many-glaciers-will-survive-until-the-end-of-the-century-these-four-scenarios-show-its-not-looking-good-180987881/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:55:50

• "Wildfires may disappear from the landscape within weeks, but their hidden effects on the soil can persist for decades." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-12-wildfires-reshape-forest-soils-decades.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:56:24

• "It’s not easy to reconcile these realities, but it is possible and necessary to do so in a way that’s consistent with liberal democratic principles." ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/472664/decoupling-abundance-growth-meat-cars | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:56:54

• "The word unclassified potentially gives Trump and the CIA wide latitude to hold back Epstein-related materials that they claim are too sensitive to release." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jeffrey-epstein-cia-ties/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:58:58

• "The Trump Administration Says It Won’t Release All Epstein Files by Congress’ Deadline" ☛ https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/todd-blanche-trump-administration-epstein-files-deadline-delay | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:59:25

• "The way social media functions, this is inevitable. People will post anything they see that looks suspicious or damning, and the posts that express the most outrage will go the most viral." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/473090/epstein-files-release-news-trump-david-brooks | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:59:47

• "Friday, as the government reaches its legal deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein" ☛ https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-slams-trump-administration-efforts-to-erase-damning-facts-from-epstein-files-lawsuits/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:00:19

• "Here is a timeline of the Epstein investigations and the efforts to open up the government’s files: [...]" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2025/12/19/epstein-files-timeline/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:00:47

• "The Justice Department almost never discloses information it collected on a criminal suspect outside of a criminal judicial proceeding, and for very good reasons." ☛ https://www.vox.com/policy/469461/doj-case-against-releasing-jeffrey-epstein-files | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:01:24

• "The United States Department of Justice on Friday published the first of an unknown number of releases of documents related to infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-files-whats-in-doj-release-december-19/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:01:33

• "Here is what we know so far." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-files-public-timeline-release-deadline-b2887954.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:01:48

• "Why does Trump’s latest National Security Strategy, released this month, make no distinction between despotism and democracy?" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/after-almost-a-year-of-trump-ii-whats | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:03:39

• "If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/12/17/pentagon-escalates-probe-into-sen-mark-kelly-over-lawful-orders-video/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:03:49

• "The deal follows prolonged national security concerns raised by Washington since 2020." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/culture/bytedance-tiktok-us-operations-oracle | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:03:57

• "Our government under the previous prime minister forcibly closed domestic TikTok operations on national security grounds, though it did not ban the app." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/tiktok-future-canada/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:04:08

• "If October 7th shocked Israelis, post-October 7th has shocked World Jewry." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/12/shock-and-the-bondi-beach-chanukah-massacre/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:04:22

• "parallel societies." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/denmarks-ghetto-law-faces-scrutiny-after-eu-court-ruling/a-75230510 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:04:39

• "It is definitely concerning to hear criminals impersonating officers in such a manner, more so when they are claiming to be one of our employees" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/doxers-posing-as-cops-are-tricking-big-tech-firms-into-sharing-peoples-private-data/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:05:53

• "Privacy and surveillance experts and United States lawmakers from both parties on Thursday warned that the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s continued access to Americans’ communications" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/warnings-mount-in-congress-over-expanded-us-wiretap-powers/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:06:35

• "Look, Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t grown in a vat with genetically engineered surveillance and fraud powers." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/leaving-your-porch-light-on-during-an-air-raid/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:06:52

• Openwashing: "37signals recently launched a source-available software product that they choose to call open source, in open defiance of the Open Source Initiative’s Open Source Definition" ☛ https://openpath.quest/2025/something-big-happened-in-1998/ | Source: Chad Whitacre    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:07:37

• "Danish broadcaster DR said the attack on the water utility caused pipes to burst, leaving homes temporarily without water." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/denmark-blames-russia-for-cyberattacks-ahead-of-elections-and-on-water-utility/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:08:05

• "The summons followed a statement on Thursday by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS)" ☛ https://therecord.media/denmark-summons-russian-ambassador-cyberattack-elections | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:08:24

• "Last week we were alerted to suspicious activity in one of our online IT code libraries" ☛ https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/12/18/notification-of-cyber-and-data-breach.html | Source: uni Sydney    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:08:44

• "Preliminary findings indicate the compromised data includes personal information on around 20,500 current and former staff and affiliates" ☛ https://therecord.media/university-of-sydney-reports-data-breach | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:09:03

• "Steven Masada, assistant general counsel with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), said at the time that RaccoonO365’s kits have been used to steal at least 5,000 Microsoft credentials in 94 countries." ☛ https://therecord.media/nigeria-raccoon-developer-tip | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:09:16

• "No, I believe the real reason I succeed on Mastodon but sucked on Twitter is that the algorithm hated me." ☛ https://www.overmorrow.tech/the-algorithm-hates-me/ | Source: Max Leibman    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:10:02

• "It has been proved by studies, that social networks induce anxiety, and I felt it myself." ☛ https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2025/end-of-social-media/ | Source: Victor Kropp    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:10:14

• "Cabot said that while people on social media may have moved on, the consequences she had to endure are permanent." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/internet-has-moved-coldplay-kiss-cam-scandal-so-why-kristin-cabot-reigniting-drama-1764308 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:10:28

• "The UK's communications regulator found that in June 2025, just a third of those aged 18-34 agreed the [Internet] is good for society, down from 42 percent a year earlier." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/internet_bad_for_society/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:10:53

• "A lot of people are crying about prompt injection, but that isn’t the only risk posed by AI browsers." ☛ https://kanenarraway.com/posts/can-you-block-ai-browsers/ | Source: Kane Narraway    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:11:23

• "If a friend, acquaintance, or family member were to consistently exaggerate or lie to you, you’d quickly adopt a posture of discounting everything they say." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/a-in-ai-stands-for-amnesia/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:11:57

• "The first thing that blew my mind was how stupid the whole idea is." ☛ https://ploum.net/2025-12-19-prepare-for-that-world.html | Source: Lionel Dricot    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:12:26

• "Let me make two quick predictions for AI in 2026, and both of them are bad." ☛ https://iamvishnu.com/posts/predictions-2026-ai | Source: Vishnu Haridas    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:12:36

• "The difference between compilers and LLMs isn’t just about control or abstraction." ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/12/19/can-chatbots-craft-correct-code/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:12:48

• "Morris is correct, and there is an equally worrisome question looming in the distance: when does Apple permanently delete the user data it holds?" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-gift-card-safety/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:13:49

• "This leads me to three main thoughts on the topic." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/when-your-apple-id-gets-banned/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:14:03

• "I wrote earlier this week about the important security updates Apple just rolled out in its 26.2 operating system updates." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/12/apple-is-forcing-iphones-to-update-to-ios-26-to-patch-security-holes/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:14:29

• "Apple gave me access to this Mac Studio cluster to test RDMA over Thunderbolt, a new feature in macOS 26.2. The easiest way to test it is with Exo 1.0, an open source private AI clustering tool." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/15-tb-vram-on-mac-studio-rdma-over-thunderbolt-5 | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:15:18

• "Last time we looked at replacing GMail and Google Apps with equivalents from Proton. However, Google’s main source of revenue is advertising, mostly driven by Google Search." ☛ https://smist08.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/replacing-google-search-and-chrome/ | Source: Stephen Smith    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:15:39

• [Old] "Agent Orange is a 50-50 mixture of two ingredients, known as 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T." ☛ https://lailluminator.com/2024/05/26/agent-orange/ | Source: Louisiana Illuminator    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:16:36

• "The new discovery of the presence and extensive use of Agent Orange at the base was devastating in its implications, in addition to everything else we already knew." ☛ https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/letter-from-national-expert-calls-for-fort-ord-to-be-added-to-the-dod-list-of-locations-where-agent-orange-was-stored-and-used | Source: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:16:52

• "The ugly truth is, every time I attend an event that doesn’t have a mask policy, I get sick." ☛ https://mwl.io/archives/24509 | Source: MWL    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:17:33

• "A Marine’s final PFT score is the sum of the scores of the three events, with 300 being the highest possible total, and a minimum of 210 required under the new policy." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-gender-neutral-pft/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:17:52

• "So what follows are three general rules I learned from older people that lead to higher well-being." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/elderly-happiness-advice-stress/685290/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:18:06

• "Someone shared some AI graphics that I thought were interesting, but not labeled as Creative Commons." ☛ https://troypatterson.me/2025/12/19/ai-icons-to-inform-students/ | Source: Troy Patterson    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:19:15

• "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Kathleen Fisher, whose blog can be found at aspeckledtrout.com." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/kathleen-fisher | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:19:24

• "I changed jobs. After almost 20 years of mostly contracting, I am now mostly a full time civil servant, working on web standards for the Dutch government." ☛ https://hidde.blog/2025-review/ | Source: Hidde de Vries    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:19:32

• "just a tiny little glimpse into the language" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-linguists-are-creating-a-new-dictionary-of-ancient-celtic-languages-with-help-from-curse-tablets-and-roman-records-180987872/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:20:23

• "Using a shibboleth is distinct from pretending to know more about something than I actually do." ☛ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/18/Collecting-Shibboleths/ | Source: Ben Congdon    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:21:02

• "We don’t normally do one of these, but I think 2025 has been a stellar year for Piccalilli, so we wanted to get into what we’ve done and what we’re planning for next year" ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/wrapping-up-2025/ | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:21:31

• "Do what you can. Start local, organize and resist where you can." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/2025-in-review | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:21:43

• "So, welcome to The Blog Question Challenge." ☛ https://alexwolfe.ca/the-blog-question-challenge/ | Source: Alexandra Wolfe    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:22:53

• "If we’re in the business of being of service, we need to adjust ourselves to them, not the other way around." ☛ https://werd.io/lies-we-tell-ourselves/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:23:38

• "First, I took part in Advent of Code again, and thus my gallery of visualizations has a bunch of new entries." ☛ https://solhsa.com/oldernews2025.html#RAMBLING-ABOUT-AIS-GOALS-AND-STUFF | Source: Jari Komppa    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:23:58

• "I hadn’t changed the title in large part because I wasn’t sure how to do it easily, but today I figured out a way to create an exception such that /post could have its own title." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/12/19/a-small-fix | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:24:19

• "took the time to write" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/typing-is-physical-and-wonderful/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:24:38

• "Valve put up a Release Candidate for testing Proton 10.0-4, what will become the main version of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux / SteamOS" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-put-up-a-release-candidate-for-proton-10-0-4-with-lots-more-linux-steamos-gaming-fixes/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:34:31

• "The Tor Project is Making a Switch to Rust, Ditches C" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/17/0154226 rust is a bad joke    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:36:52

• "JK Rowling attacks Labour for blocking new trans guidance" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/12/19/jk-rowling-attacks-labour-for-blocking-new-trans-guidance/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:37:02

• "To paraphrase Thomas Hobbes, Trump’s speech was nasty, brutish, but, mercifully, short. Apparently it was short because the networks told him that they would only give him 15 minutes (although they didn’t cut away when he went over). It was a blizzard of lies. I can’t find a single factual assertion Trump made that was true." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lies-damned-lies-and-trump-speeches    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:37:24

• "Is the Trump administration just a reality TV show?" https://www.vox.com/politics/472762/reality-tv-bravofication-trump-susie-wiles-government-celebrity-influencer    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:37:53

• "Jumpmaster who saved soldier breaks down viral video" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/jumpmaster-save-paratrooper-video/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:38:08

• "The United States of Donald Trump" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2025/12/donald-trump-naming-american-institutions/685362/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:38:20

• "What Jeffrey Epstein Didn't Understand About ’Lolita’" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/02/jeffrey-epstein-nabokov-lolita/685320/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:38:42

• "Microsoft-frie computere rulles ud i staten: »Vi taler nærmest om en opgradering« | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/microsoft-frie-computere-rulles-ud-i-staten-vi-taler-naermest-om-en-opgradering paywall    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:38:50

• "Leselyst, treng deg på, her skal du motstand finne – Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2025/12/19/leselyst-treng-deg-pa-her-skal-du-motstand-finne/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:39:05

• "Starbucks Strike" ☛ https://fair.org/home/derek-seidman-on-starbucks-strike-mitch-jones-on-ai-vs-environment/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:40:11

• "ProPublica data reporter Ellis Simani (12/17/25) reviewed many of the mission statements that nonprofits included in tax filings sent to the IRS this year." ☛ https://fair.org/home/nonprofits-purge-websites-of-diversity-language-in-futile-attempt-to-appease-maga-inquisitors/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:40:48

• "public interest standard" ☛ https://fair.org/home/fcc-fights-first-amendment-and-democracy-itself/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:41:53

• "Janine Jackson interviewed Popular Information‘s Judd Legum and Citations Needed‘s Adam Johnson about gambling on the news for the December 12, 2025, episode of CounterSpin." ☛ https://fair.org/home/you-have-a-double-standard-about-which-populations-are-considered-roulette-chips/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:42:07

• "Quite often I find myself landing on gcc’s attributes documentation page. Not sure how that happens but this is always a gold mine." ☛ https://twdev.blog/2025/12/ccleanup/ | Source: Tomasz Wisniewski    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:42:32

• "Here is the final JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth for 2025… Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and experience with JavaFX. And we hope to see even more in the next year!" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/2025-12-19-javafx-links-of-december-2025/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:42:43

• "This blog contains opinions that are of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the strategy of their respective organizations." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/introducing-docorator-to-the-pharmaverse/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:43:13

• "More big cuts in state spending may be on the way" https://yle.fi/a/74-20200931 iophk: almost the exact sum wasted on M$ licensing, not including malware and more TCO    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:43:44

• "In many penetration testing assessments, it is common to encounter applications that support multiple user roles, such as admin, normal user, approver, and others." ☛ https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/12/18/integrating-abuse-case-scenarios-to-improve-authorization-testing/ | Source: NVISO Labs    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:53:44

• "The thing is, in all my attempts to use AI coding tools, they’ve never actually enabled me to move faster." ☛ https://davidcel.is/articles/writing-code-is-fun | Source: David Celis    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:53:57

• "Either way, it seems confusing in the event that there are multiple batch deletes in sequence. The first one might affect which objects match the predicate of the second one." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/12/18/batch-delete-in-swiftdata/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:54:23

• "The move to Open Access is not just a change in policy, but a reflection of ACM's commitment to its community" ☛ https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess | Source: ACM    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 09:55:23

• "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) was founded forty years ago in an effort to support GNU" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/we-cant-advocate-for-freedom-without-your-help | Source: FSF    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 10:08:18

• "So my mind was blown when I first came across a Gakken ‘denshi block’ kit, although I wasn’t to know that’s what it was for many years." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/denshi.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:49:30

• [Old] "I sleep just fine at night thank you." ☛ https://pierce.dev/notes/go-ahead-self-host-postgres | Source: Pierre 'delroth' Bourdoerce Freemann    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:49:57

• "While Mozilla’s sudden embracing of AI is disappointing for many Firefox fans, it’s perhaps unsurprising given the company’s recent struggles." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3017227/mozillas-new-ceo-ai-is-coming-to-firefox-but-you-can-turn-it-off.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:50:36

• "I've been using Firefox for over 20 years at this point, but after a stream of cock-ups, I'm thinking about moving on." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/is-firefox-firefucked/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:50:46

• "Mozilla right now." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1108/mozilla-right-now | Source: David Revoy    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:51:17

• "One of the most significant changes in Kodi 22 is the upgrade to FFmpeg 8, which underpins much of Kodi’s audio and video handling." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kodi-22-preview-shows-ffmpeg-8-upgrade-and-new-format-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:51:40

• "Less than three weeks after the previous 2.0.18 release, fwupd, an open-source tool designed to simplify firmware updates on Linux-based systems, has reached version 2.0.19." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fwupd-2-0-19-released-with-new-crc-tools-and-udev-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:51:49

• "Okay, what's new in this version?" ☛ https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-22-piers-alpha-2/ | Source: Kodi Foundation    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:51:59

• "The new service, available at debusine.debian.net, allows Debian Developers and Debian Maintainers to create APT-compatible repositories that function similarly to the well-known Ubuntu’s PPAs but are built specifically for the Debian ecosystem." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/debian-gets-its-own-ppa-like-system-as-debusine-repositories-launch/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:55:21

• "According to devs, the first alpha release is expected as soon as possible, followed by an initial beta in the first half of January 2026 and a second beta roughly a month later." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/mageia-linux-10-enters-alpha-phase-with-april-2026-release-target/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:55:49

• "As we look back on 2025, it is clear that this has been a year of meaningful progress for the FreeBSD Project and the FreeBSD Foundation." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/2025-software-development-and-infrastructure-support/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:57:14

• "In 2024 The Sovereign Tech Agency commissioned an ambitious body of work to strengthen and modernize the infrastructure that FreeBSD contributors depend on." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/infrastructure-modernization-commissioned-by-the-sovereign-tech-agency/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:57:36

• "If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to try FreeBSD on a laptop, take note – 2025 has brought transformative changes." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-closes-the-laptop-gap-year-one-project-update/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:57:54

• "Let’s look at the next set of changes. Note that these are from late 2020, so, while we covered only 10 changes in this blogpost series, we have already covered a timespan of almost 3 years." ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2025-12-19-the_gerrit_pending_review_iceberg_3/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:58:45

• "Wait, what. Mic drop? Dedoimedo built his own distro? No, nothing of the sort. And yet. Well, let me intrigue you." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-my-own-plasma-desktop.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 12:59:57

• "Cricket analytics is no longer limited to season averages and simple leaderboards." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/12/how-to-analyze-ball-by-ball-cricket-data-in-r-cricketdata/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:00:35

• "If you are looking for some quick aura farming snack for the tiktoks like something about how to get AI to spit out a snek game or a fluid sim, I only have one thing to say." ☛ https://dgerrells.com/blog/how-to-make-a-game-engine | Source: David Gerrells    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:00:50

• "Let’s try that again but in a more natural, sentence based structure: [...]" ☛ https://btxx.org/posts/hyperlinks/ | Source: Brad Taunt    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:01:12

• "To actually write semantic HTML, we need to know what elements mean beyond just what we infer from their tag names and how to use them. So, how do we find that out?" ☛ https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/19/ | Source: Markup from Hell    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:01:21

• "Today, we are going to build a keyserver to lookup age public keys. That part is boring." ☛ https://words.filippo.io/keyserver-tlog/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:01:34

• "(Or so I thought this would be about. Turns out this took me down a rabbit hole I wasn’t expecting)." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/finding-digital-houndstooth/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:01:44

• "On the Linux side, OpenZFS 2.4 supports kernels ranging from 4.18 up to 6.18, covering older enterprise distributions as well as the latest stable and development kernels" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/openzfs-2-4-extends-linux-kernel-support-to-6-18-and-supports-freebsd-14-16/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:02:17

• "You don't need the Wireguard route monitor; I don't really know why it exists. Perhaps this is solving an issue due to modern networking management on Linux, but it's causing me problems so here's the solution." ☛ https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/12/wireguard-freebsd-way/ | Source: Feld    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:02:39

• "Ceph has set the standard as the trusted, production-worthy open source storage for over a decade." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/microceph-why-its-the-superior-minio-alternative | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:06:58

• "But, what are BlueField DPUs? This leads to a broader question: what are DPUs and SmartNICs, and why is the ability to provision them through the BMC a significant advancement?" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/a-better-way-to-provision-nvidia-bluefield-dpus-at-scale-with-maas | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:07:15

• "At the same time, the explosion of AI and machine learning (ML) workloads is reshaping infrastructure requirements." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/attestation-vs-integrity-zero-trust-world | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:11:43

• "But a critical gap remains: visibility. How do you, as a business leader, prove the return on investment (ROI) and confidently decide where to invest your next dollar?" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/data-driven-automation-red-hat-ansible-automation-platform | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:13:10

• "Ford’s OpenShift strategy" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/fords-keyless-strategy-managing-200-red-hat-openshift-clusters | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:13:21

• "As organizations continue to modernize their infrastructure, Red Hat remains committed to providing a stable, certified, and high-performance foundation for Kubernetes workloads across diverse environments." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ga-support-red-hat-openshift-vmware-vsphere-foundation-9-and-vmware-cloud-foundation-9 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:13:37

• "As you likely know, we launched numerous new features and capabilities this year with RHEL 10, including image mode for RHEL" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-should-your-organization-standardize-red-hat-enterprise-linux-today | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:13:51

• FSF Blogs: We can't advocate for freedom without your help ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/we-cant-advocate-for-freedom-without-your-help    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:22:58

• Mozilla Privacy Blog: Behind the Manifesto: Moments that Mattered in our Fight for the Open Web (2025) ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/12/19/behind-the-manifesto-moments-that-mattered-in-our-fight-for-the-open-web-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:31:56

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: What do people love about Rust? ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/19/what-do-people-love-about-rust/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:33:22

• Firefox Nightly: Closing out 2025 Strong – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 193 ☞ https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2025/12/19/closing-out-2025-strong-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-193/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:34:18

• Commission proposes to extend Interim Regulation allowing providers to continue voluntary detection and reporting of child sexual abuse ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_3130    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:35:09

• U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/politics/us-islamic-state-strikes-syria.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:35:27

• US launches retaliatory strikes Islamic State group targets in Syria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251219-us-strikes-islamic-state-group-targets-in-syria-us-officials-say    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:35:40

• South Korean rail workers plan to go on strike from Dec 23 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-rail-workers-plan-to-go-on-strike-from-dec-23    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:35:55

• An 18-year miners’ strike comes to an end in Sonora ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/cananea-miners-strike-ends-sonora/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:36:24

• My Favorite Music of 2025 ☞ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/19/My-Favorite-Music-of-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:37:11

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1051384/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:37:25

• TTAB Upholds Three Refusals Because Applicant Provided its Counsel's Address, not its Domicile Address ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/ttab-upholds-three-refusals-because.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:38:11

• Dev snapshot: Godot 4.6 beta 2 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-6-beta-2/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:38:28

• The Role of ODF in the Era of Digital Identity and Authentication ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/19/the-role-of-odf-in-the-era-of-digital-identity-and-authentication/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:38:44

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

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:39:39

• How to Install GNU/Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS on Ubuntu 25.10 and Ubuntu 25.04 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/how-to-install-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-on-ubuntu-25-10-and-ubuntu-25-04    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:40:08

• How to Setup an L2TP/IPsec VPN Client on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/setup-l2tp-ipsec-vpn-client-in-linux/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:40:53

• How to Setup Your Own IPsec/L2TP VPN Server in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/create-own-ipsec-vpn-server-in-linux/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:41:13

• Furious Residents Say Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers Are Sucking Up the Great Lakes ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/data-centers-great-lakes    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:50:58

• Mangione’s Lawyers Take Issue With Bondi’s Ties to UnitedHealthcare ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/nyregion/luigi-mangione-pam-bondi-united-healthcare.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:51:39

• R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/health/kennedy-childhood-vaccine-schedule-denmark.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:51:51

• The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2025-in-review/the-role-of-doctors-is-changing-forever    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:51:58

• Man in South Korea stabs friend after believing he abused his dog ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/man-in-south-korea-stabs-friend-after-believing-he-abused-his-dog    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:52:14

• 240,000 victims of Coupang data leak sue South Korean company ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/240000-victims-of-coupang-data-leak-sue-south-korean-company    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:53:15

• North Korean hackers stole record $2 billion in crypto in 2025 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/north-korean-hackers-steal-a-record-usd2-billion-in-crypto-in-2025-including-single-heist-worth-usd1-5-billion-report-claims-rogue-state-accounts-for-60-percent-of-all-reported-crypto-thefts-this-year-usd6-75-billion-total-since-records-began    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:53:35

• Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/nyregion/child-father-deported-china-nyc.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:54:14

• China, US seek Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire ahead of ASEAN meeting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-us-seek-thailand-cambodia-ceasefire-ahead-of-asean-meeting    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:54:24

• China threatens ‘forceful measures’ over US arms sales package to Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-threatens-forceful-measures-over-us-arms-sales-package-to-taiwan    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:58:09

• China convicts 27 people for smuggling 166 tons of critical chipmaking element antimony ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-convicts-27-people-for-smuggling-antimony-166-tons-of-mineral-used-for-semiconductor-manufacturing-exported-without-licenses-court-decides    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 13:58:29

• Pakistan Launches Fourth Hangor Submarine In China ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-china-hangor-submarine-launch/33627916.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:00:02

• China threatens 'forceful measures' over $11.1 billion US arms sales package to Taiwan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251219-china-threatens-forceful-measures-over-11-1-billion-us-arms-sales-package-to-taiwan    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:00:16

• US arms package to Taiwan seen as a 'move to use Taiwan to contain China' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251219-us-arms-package-to-taiwan-seen-as-a-move-to-use-taiwan-to-contain-china    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:00:27

• Customers fill in to Beijing's new consumer robot shopping centre ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251219-customers-fill-in-to-beijing-consumer-robot-shopping-centre    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:00:46

• Otto Kekäläinen: Backtesting trailing stop-loss strategies with Python and market data ☞ https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/backtest-stop-loss-strategy-python/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:01:33

• K-beauty’s next chapter centres on ‘whole self’ wellness, according to Olive Young report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/k-beautys-next-chapter-centres-on-whole-self-wellness-according-to-olive-young-report    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:08:38

• Lobby journalists ‘furious’ as No 10 scraps afternoon briefing ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/lobby-journalists-warn-of-loss-of-scrutiny-as-no-10-scraps-afternoon-press-briefing/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:09:14

• The Fence raises funds to boost investigative content and expand team ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-fence-raises-funds-to-boost-investigative-content-and-expand-team/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:09:38

• Scientists Reveal How Tanning Beds Age Your Skin on a Genetic Level ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-tanning-beds-age-your-skin-on-a-genetic-level    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:10:42

• Antiperspirant vs Deodorant: An Expert Explains The Key Difference ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/antiperspirant-vs-deodorant-an-expert-explains-the-key-difference    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:10:53

• DNA From Ancient Hunter-Gatherers May Boost Your Odds of Living Past 100 ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-from-ancient-hunter-gatherers-may-boost-your-odds-of-living-past-100    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:11:17

• Cutting Back One Amino Acid Increased The Lifespan of Mice Up to 33% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cutting-back-one-amino-acid-increased-the-lifespan-of-mice-up-to-33    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:11:28

• 'Your Mouth And Your Heart Are Connected': Gum Disease Linked to Heart Risks ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-mouth-and-your-heart-are-connected-gum-disease-linked-to-heart-risks    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:11:47

• Why Holiday 'Rest' Doesn't Actually Restore Us, And What Works Better ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/why-holiday-rest-doesnt-actually-restore-us-and-what-works-better    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:12:04

• Most People Develop Diverticulosis in Their Gut by Age 80… So What Is It? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/most-people-develop-diverticulosis-in-their-gut-by-age-80-so-what-is-it-2    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:12:23

• Anon: "OpenBSD has no real donation options other than PayPal, so despite being a _*very*_ important project, that is a hard pass."    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:12:55

• Time Moves Faster on Mars, And Scientists Finally Know by How Much ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/time-moves-faster-on-mars-and-scientists-finally-know-by-how-much    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:13:04

• Mysterious Structure Identified Beneath Bermuda Could Explain Its Weird Geology ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-structure-identified-beneath-bermuda-could-explain-its-weird-geology    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:13:28

• Earth Has Two North Poles. How Does Santa Know Which One Is Home? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-has-two-north-poles-how-does-santa-know-which-one-is-home    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:13:39

• If You Need a Documentation Manager, Paperless-Ngx Is the Way To Go ☞ https://thenewstack.io/if-you-need-a-documentation-manager-paperless-ngx-is-the-way-to-go/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:14:28

• WSIS+20 Reaffirms Multistakeholder Governance and a Lasting IGF ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/wsis20-reaffirms-multistakeholder-governance-and-a-lasting-igf/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:14:55

• Australia debates new laws to restrict hate and suspend protests ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-debates-new-laws-to-restrict-hate-and-suspend-protests    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:15:54

• Avicii Estate Faces Lawsuit from Former Manager Ash Pournouri Over ‘Misdirected Attacks’ and Reputational Damage: ‘I Was Blamed and Judged in Public for Things I Didn’t Do’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/19/avicii-estate-ash-pournouri-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:16:49

• Lawsuits Allege Ozempic Is Causing Blindness ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ozempic-blindness-lawsuit    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:17:24

• Mamdani Revamps Hiring After Old Antisemitic Remarks Prompt Aide to Quit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/nyregion/mamdani-vetting-overhaul-da-costa-antisemitic.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:18:02

• "PostHog, Project Zero Refresh, And Thanks For All The Fish" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/this-week-in-security-posthog-project-zero-refresh-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:18:31

• Monitoring OpenShift Gateway API and Service Mesh with Kiali ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/19/monitoring-openshift-gateway-api-and-service-mesh-kiali    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:20:15

• Improve efficiency with OpenStack Services on OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/19/improve-efficiency-openstack-services-openshift    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:21:54

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

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:24:34

• The voice of the Mafia https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/the-mysterious-forces-steering-views-on-hacker-news/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/10/Y_Combinator_YC_Funds_Scams_Run_by_Scammers.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:25:37

• "Hacker News is neither unbiased nor free from censorship. While it generally remains hands-off with neutral content, the moment a post that’s critical or even just slightly negative towards projects or companies affiliated with Y Combinator (either directly or indirectly) gains traction, the platform’s moderation team will seemingly step in to significantly limit its reach."    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:27:20

• "Unfortunately, I don’t believe there’s anything the community can do about this, as Hacker News has maintained its position as a leading tech news institution for years, with little competition on the horizon. As search engines continue their decline and are increasingly replaced by similarly censored LLMs, the discoverability of tech content, especially slightly more critical pieces, is likely to become a significant challenge in the future."    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:27:48

• "My only advice is to keep in mind that, whenever you find yourself browsing Hacker News, you’re seeing a curated view of the current tech landscape that won’t necessarily represent the full picture."    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:27:55

• Fedora Community Blog: Community Update – Week 51 2025 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/community-update-week-51-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:30:55

• Mozilla Privacy Blog: Australia’s Social Media Ban: Why Age Limits Won’t Fix What Is Wrong With Online Platforms ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/12/19/australias-social-media-ban-why-age-limits-wont-fix-what-is-wrong-with-online-platforms/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:31:54

• TikTok Officially Signs Deals with Oracle, Silver Lake, & MGX to Sell Off US Business — Revamped ‘TikTok USA’ Expected Next Month ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-signs-deals-oracle-silver-lake-mgx/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:34:05

• TikTok signs joint venture deal to avert US ban threat ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/19/tiktok-signs-joint-venture-deal-to-avert-us-ban-threat/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:34:22

• AI Advertising Company Hacked ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/ai-advertising-company-hacked.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:34:59

• TikTok Accounts Are Using Hey Hi (AI) Slop to Sell Seeds to Plants That Don’t Exist ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tiktok-ai-slop-seeds-plants-dont-exist    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:35:45

• New York governor agrees to approve medically assisted suicide bill ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/new-york-governor-agrees-to-approve-medically-assisted-suicide-bill/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:36:43

• "Damnation For Spreadsheets" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/hackaday-podcast-episode-350-damnation-for-spreadsheets-praise-for-haiku-and-admiration-for-the-hacks-in-between/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:38:21

• Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Xmas Song ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/podcasts/hardfork-roomba-predictions-song.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 14:38:34

• "In a recent video, [Andrew Zonenberg] takes us through the process of decapsulating a PIC12F683 to take a peak at its CMOS implementation." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/decapsulating-a-pic12f683-to-examine-its-cmos-implementation/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:07:27

• Cheap 3D Printer Becomes CNC Wood Engraver ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/cheap-3d-printer-becomes-cnc-wood-engraver/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:07:42

• "easy to replicate using a 3D printer and common components." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/improving-the-cloud-chamber/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:08:18

• Gaza City Famine Averted, Global Experts Say, but Palestinians Face Major Difficulties Accessing Food ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/world/middleeast/gaza-hunger-report-israel.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:08:32

• Germany’s Christmas Markets Are Now Ringed With Security Barriers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/world/europe/germany-christmas-market-security-bollard-attacks.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:08:43

• How the T.S.A. Is Helping ICE ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010579727/how-the-tsa-is-helping-ice.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:08:50

• The next step was citizenship. Then these immigrants were pulled out of line. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1219/immigration-citizenship-ceremony-cancel-trump    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:09:04

• From Alsatians to autonomy: China seeks home-grown edge in police dogs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/from-alsatians-to-autonomy-china-seeks-home-grown-edge-in-police-dogs    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:09:37

• South Africans have lost trust in the police, in parliament and in political parties – what that means ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/south-africans-have-lost-trust-in-the-police-in-parliament-and-in-political-parties-what-that-means/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:10:01

• Nigeria’s new terror threat: JNIM is spreading but it’s not too late to act ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/nigerias-new-terror-threat-jnim-is-spreading-but-its-not-too-late-to-act/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:10:21

• Former incident responders plead guilty to ransomware attack spree ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/incident-responders-plead-guilty-ransomware-digitalmint/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:11:14

• Catching Malicious Package Releases Using a Transparency Log ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/12/19/catching-malicious-package-releases-using-a-transparency-log/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:11:29

• Employment needs to take center stage in Gaza security plans ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/employment-needs-to-take-center-stage-in-gaza-security-plans/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:12:01

• Colombia needs a strong private sector—and renewed government institutions at the helm ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/freedom-and-prosperity-around-the-world/colombia-needs-strong-private-sectorgovernment-institutions/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:12:38

• Israel Must Allow Access to Food and Health Care for Pregnant Women and Babies in Gaza: PHR and GHRC ☞ https://phr.org/news/israel-must-allow-access-to-food-and-health-care-for-pregnant-women-and-babies-in-gaza-phr-and-ghrc/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:13:14

• Red Hat Buys an Hey Hi (AI) Safety Company, Promises to Open Source Its Tech ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/red-hat-acquires-chatterbox-labs/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/17/Red_Hat_Wastes_Money_on_Slop_and_on_Slop_Pushers_While_Laying_O.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:13:41

• University of Sydney Data Breach Affects 27,000 Individuals ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/university-of-sydney-data-breach-affects-27000-individuals/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:14:10

• Chinese APT ‘LongNosedGoblin’ Targeting Asian Governments ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-longnosedgoblin-targeting-asian-governments/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:14:36

• Thailand Conference Launches International Initiative to Fight Online Scams ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/thailand-conference-launches-international-initiative-to-fight-online-scams/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:15:48

• Wine 11.0-rc3 Release    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:19:23

• "Rolling Your Own Offline Weather Station" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/915-mhz-forecast-rolling-your-own-offline-weather-station/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:19:43

• Google’s Hey Hi (AI) Summaries Are Destroying the Lives of Recipe Developers ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-summaries-destroying-recipe-developers    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:20:25

• future update will include tile removal option from WebOS ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/televisions/lg-says-microsoft-copilot-on-webos-tvs-is-a-browser-shortcut-not-a-built-in-app    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:21:20

• Bondi Beach gunmen's Philippines trip becomes focus of investigation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20251219-bondi-beach-gunmen-s-philippines-trip-becomes-focus-of-investigation    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:21:44

• Watch Out Elasticsearch! Tiger Data's PostgreSQL BM25 Search Extension Goes Open Source ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/tiger-data-pg-textsearch/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:22:05

• LILYGO T-Echo Plus off-grid LoRa communicator features a climbing hook for hiking, cycling, and remote communication ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/19/lilygo-t-echo-plus-off-grid-lora-communicator-features-a-climbing-hook-for-hiking-cycling-and-remote-communication/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:22:59

• Fanless Box PC features defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra 5/7/9 “Arrow Lake” CPU with up to 36 TOPS for Edge Hey Hi (AI) applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/19/fanless-box-pc-features-intel-core-ultra-5-7-9-arrow-lake-cpu-with-up-to-36-tops-for-edge-ai-applications/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:23:32

• Do you need 14 USB ports on your Raspberry Pi 5? ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/20/do-you-need-14-usb-ports-on-your-raspberry-pi-5/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:24:01

• "What about the US? Is IBM even a US based company? I am so confused? Will US tax payers money go to fund this?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcvxf0j7    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:27:10

• "I feel sorry for anyone falling for this IBM trash. An incompetent, mediocre teacher is more dangerous than students ignorance."    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:27:21

• "The American people are not going to blindly provide training opportunities to India's uneducated and get nothing back. The something for nothing from these Indian CEOs from IBM and Microsoft will come to an end. Even Trump isn't going to play his underhand H1B game too long while American lose their jobs by the hundreds of thousands."    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:27:39

• "Enough is enough. Call your local state representative and give them a earful of abuse or worse if you have lost you your job from any hi-tech company. If they fail to do the job of helping you to get a job, vote them out of office. It is that simple. That's why we pay taxes in the US. We don't need the Indian CEOs to be stealing jobs and moving them to India like Alvind has been doing."    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 17:27:45

• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to arrive in April with Linux 6.20 kernel https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-2604-lts-to-arrive-in-april-with-linux-620-kernel/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:37:03

• "Revived distro returns on Arch with KDE Plasma, global menus, and a familiar macOS-style sheen" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/pearos/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:39:29

• 3 cool and useful Linux apps to try this weekend (December 19 - 21) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-december-19/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:39:52

• Dedicated IP arrives on Surfshark's Linux apps – but how does it compare to its rivals? https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/vpns/dedicated-ip-arrives-on-surfsharks-linux-apps-but-how-does-it-compare-to-its-rivals    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:40:44

• Haha, you wish https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-made-me-appreciate-these-windows-features/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:41:21

• Those are not even FEATURES, those are myths    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:41:34

• or marketing talking points, not technical features    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:41:47

• 7 operating systems you should try on your virtual machine this weekend https://www.makeuseof.com/os-you-should-try-on-virtual-machine/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:42:17

• "2025 has easily been one of the strongest years for Linux on the desktop. As it keeps gaining traction, the need for a clear “go-to” distro is becoming more obvious than ever. Immutable distros, in particular, have really taken off recently, to the point where even I ended up ditching Ubuntu for one myself." https://www.makeuseof.com/you-keep-hearing-about-immutable-linux-heres-the-simple-explanation/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:42:50

• I've used Linux for decades, but I'd switch to FreeBSD for this one feature https://www.zdnet.com/article/freebsd-will-challenge-your-skills-and-make-you-learn-along-the-way/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:43:12

• "The Radxa Dragon Q6A is a credit card-sized computer that looks a lot like a Raspberry Pi" https://liliputing.com/radxa-dragon-q6a-is-an-arm-based-single-board-pc-with-windows-and-linux-support/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:44:02

• "ONLY"!!! TRUST RUST!! https://itsfoss.com/news/first-linux-kernel-rust-cve/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:44:32

• Attach A Full Size Lens To A Tiny Camera ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/attach-a-full-size-lens-to-a-tiny-camera/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:46:09

• Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/epstein-files-victims-reaction.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:46:29

• 6 Takeaways From the First Batch of the Epstein Files ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/politics/epstein-files-takeaways.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:46:41

• After deadly Tai Po fire, Hong Kong’s urban redevelopment body has no room for complacency ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/20/after-deadly-tai-po-fire-hong-kongs-urban-redevelopment-body-has-no-room-for-complacency/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:47:16

• Epstein files: 68 new photographs released ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251219-epstein-files-68-new-photographs-released    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:47:34

• Bill Epsteingate ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251220-epstein-files-opened-famous-faces-many-blacked-out-pages https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:48:04

• Windows TCO ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32580    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:48:59

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/world/middleeast/syria-trump-repeal-sanctions-caesar-act.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:49:28

• Dispatch from Riyadh: Why Syria is central to the Middle East’s future ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/dispatch-from-riyadh-why-syria-is-central-to-the-middle-easts-future/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:49:42

• Indiegogo Withholds $51K In Donations From MintPress in Financial Censorship Crackdown ☞ https://www.mintpressnews.com/indiegogo-financial-censorship-mintpress-donations/290602/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:57:43

• After Bondi Beach Shooting, Australia Debates New Laws to Restrict Speech and Protests ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/world/australia/new-laws-protests-hate-speech.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 20:57:59

• Kartik Mistry: KDE Needs You! ☞ https://0x1f1f.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/kde-needs-you/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:06:01

• The Catch-22 of Court Transparency: Why Public Access Needs a Dedicated Intervention Rule ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/transparency-dedicated-intervention.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:07:04

• Federal Circuit’s Top Precedents (2025): Claim Construction Classics and the Procedural Turn ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/precedents-construction-procedural.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:07:44

• StealthPath IP security patent monopoly campaign - invalidity charts coming soon ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/19/stealthpath-ip-security-patent-campaign-invalidity-charts-coming-soon    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:08:41

• App-Pop-Up GUI patent monopoly campaign - invalidity charts coming soon ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/19/app-pop-up-gui-patent-campaign-invalidity-charts-coming-soon    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:10:07

• Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2025-12-19 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/12/19/gnome-foundation-update-2025-12-19/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:10:52

• Prusa Research introduces the Open Community License to protect open source 3D Printing hardware — new rules aimed at addressing industry abuses ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/prusa-research-introduces-the-open-community-license-to-protect-open-source-3d-printing-hardware-new-rules-aimed-at-addressing-industry-abuses    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:11:33

• ESP32-P4 learning and prototyping kit features 7-inch touchscreen, comes with 16 modules and Hey Hi (AI) lessons ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/19/esp32-p4-learning-and-prototyping-kit-features-7-inch-touchscreen-comes-with-16-modules-and-ai-lessons/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:11:52

• Docker Makes 1,000 Hardened Images Free and Open Source ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/docker-makes-1000-hardened-images-free-and-open-source/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:12:25

• This Week in GNOME: #229 Good Rhythm ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/12/twig-229/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:13:03

• Is it really always the DNS? ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/19/is-it-really-always-the-dns/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:29:24

• What Surveillance Giant Google Photos? Self-Hosting Photo Storage with PhotoPrism Using Docker in My Homelab ☞ https://itsfoss.com/self-hosting-photoprism/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:30:24

• Kubernetes 1.35: In-Place Pod Resize Graduates to Stable ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/12/19/kubernetes-v1-35-in-place-pod-resize-ga/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:30:48

• In Other News: Docker Hey Hi (AI) Attack, Surveillance Giant Google Sues Chinese Cybercriminals, Coupang Hacked by Employee ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-docker-ai-attack-google-sues-chinese-cybercriminals-coupang-hacked-by-employee/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:31:37

• "The War on Privacy" is Real ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/The_War_on_Privacy_is_Real.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:31:52

• Online Age Restrictions Need Strong Rules and Independent Oversight ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/online-age-restrictions-need-strong-rules-and-independent-oversight/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:36:09

• French authorities arrest man for installing malware on a passenger ferry on behalf of 'a foreign power' — could have enabled external control of systems, including navigation ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/french-ferry-malware-arrest-exposes-fragile-boundaries-between-ship-it-and-navigation-systems    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:36:47

• Docker Makes Enterprise-Grade Hardened Images Free for All Developers ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/docker-hardened-images-open-sourced/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:37:34

• 🖼️ xkcd — Pole Vault Pole #3183 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3183.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:39:52

• 🔤SpellBinding — AELNYUQ Wordo: STUBS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-20.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:41:08

• "🎅✨ As Christmas is really close, I want to take a moment to wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas. Thank you for reading, sharing, and spending a bit of your time here throughout the year." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/merry-christmas-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:42:10

• "Factorio doesn't have a native FreeBSD build, but that doesn't mean you can't run it on FreeBSD. The Linuxulator, FreeBSD's Linux binary compatibility layer, handles Linux ELF binaries seamlessly." gemini://gemini.hofstede.it/freebsd_factorio_server.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:42:47

• Lexer gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/12/20/lexer.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:43:45

• More Bunker Hill EV patents prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/18/more-bunker-hill-ev-patents-prior-art-found    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:47:12

• ‘Kimwolf’ Android Botnet Ensnares 1.8 Million Devices ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/kimwolf-android-botnet-ensnares-1-8-million-devices/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:47:39

• Unified Patent Court is illegal. JUVE keeps promoting this Unified Patent Court, which is connected to corruption at the EPO, because it got paid to. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/hoyng-rokh-quinn-emanuel-secure-double-win-for-netflix-against-broadcom/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:48:47

• What We Built Together in 2025 ☞ https://creativecommons.org/2025/12/19/what-we-built-together-in-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-we-built-together-in-2025    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:49:04

• Kdenlive 25.12 Release Makes Vertical Video a First-Class Citizen ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/kdenlive-25-12-better-vertical-video-editing    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:50:18

• Incus 6.20 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/incus-6-20-container-and-virtual-machine-manager-released/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:51:09

• Kdenlive 25.12 Video Editor Adds New Docking System, Welcome Screen, and More ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kdenlive-25-12-video-editor-adds-new-docking-system-welcome-screen-and-more    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:51:38

• Fwupd 2.0.19 GNU/Linux Firmware Updater Supports Lenovo Sapphire Folio Keyboard ☞ https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-0-19-linux-firmware-updater-supports-lenovo-sapphire-folio-keyboard    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:52:11

• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Confirms its Kernel Version ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ubuntu-26-04-lts-kernel-version-confirmed    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:52:46

• XCP-ng 8.3.0-20250606.2 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/xcpng    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:54:00

• Linuxfx 11.25.12 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/linuxfx    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:54:06

• Mageia 10 Planning For April Release While Still Maintaining 32-bit Support ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mageia-10-April-2026-Plans    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:55:13

• Bluestar 6.18.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/bluestar    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:55:21

• Mint 22.3-beta is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/mint    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:55:33

• Linux Mint 22.3 Beta is Available to Download ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/linux-mint-22-3-beta-is-available-to-download/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:57:00

• Google Has Begun Linking to commandlinux.com in Surveillance Giant Google News, But It Seems to be a Slopfarm ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Google_Has_Begun_Linking_to_commandlinux_com_in_Google_News_But.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:57:17

• Microsoft Has Purchased Another 'Linux' Foundation Seat ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Microsoft_Has_Purchased_Another_Linux_Foundation_Seat.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:57:33

• Barbados: Significant Gains for GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Barbados_Significant_Gains_for_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:57:44

• 'Linux' Foundation: The Foundation Has Almost Nothing to Do With Linux, It Just Misuses the Name "Linux" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Linux_Foundation_The_Foundation_Has_Almost_Nothing_to_Do_With_L.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:58:00

• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to arrive in April with GNU/Linux 6.20 kernel ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-2604-lts-to-arrive-in-april-with-linux-620-kernel/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:58:31

• Updating your Linux Kernel: Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, and Arch ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/updating-your-linux-kernel-ubuntu-centos-fedora-and-arch.58121/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:59:02

• nfpm – deb, rpm, apk, ipk and arch GNU/Linux packager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nfpm-deb-rpm-apk-ipk-arch-linux-packager/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 21:59:55

• 6 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Reference Management Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/referencemanagementtools/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:00:04

• rehex – hex editor for reverse engineering ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rehex-hex-editor-reverse-engineering/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:00:14

• Confluent – handle essential bootstrap and operation of scale-out server configurations ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/confluent-handle-essential-bootstrap-operation-scale-out-server-configurations/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:00:22

• LibCSS – CSS parser and selection engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/libcss-css-parser-selection-engine/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:00:37

• 8 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Server Provisioning Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/serverprovisioning/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:00:52

• rusk – cross-platform terminal task manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rusk-cross-platform-terminal-task-manager/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:01:18

• pvetui – TUI For Proxmox virtual environment ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pvetui-tui-proxmox-virtual-environment/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:05:00

• 4 Useful Free and Open Source Code Formatters for Clojure ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-code-formatters-clojure/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:05:16

• Image Normalizer – batch-processing tool that resizes and compresses images ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/image-normalizer-batch-processing-tool/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:06:55

• 17 Top Free and Open Source Python Natural Language Processing Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/python-natural-language-processing-tools/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:07:31

• hys – RSS reader for digital minimalists ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hys-rss-reader-digital-minimalists/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:08:14

• cooklang-chef – CLI to manage cooklang recipes with extensions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cooklang-chef-cli-manage-cooklang-recipes/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:08:27

• "Whatever they steal, they’ll have to return" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/12/19/whatever-they-steal-they-ll-have-to-return-putin-says-e-u-using-frozen-russian-assets-to-support-ukraine-would-be-robbery | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:09:02

• "Putin rejects idea he’d bear responsibility for future deaths if he refuses Trump’s peace plan" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/12/19/we-didn-t-start-this-war-putin-denies-he-d-be-responsible-for-future-russian-deaths-if-he-rejects-trump-s-peace-plan | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:09:20

• "treats Russia with respect" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/12/19/putin-says-there-will-be-no-new-special-military-operations-if-the-west-treats-russia-with-respect | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:09:34

• "Meduza fact-checks Putin’s most problematic claims in today’s call-in marathon" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/20/balanced-budgets-and-broken-promises | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:09:51

• Regime change attempt ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:10:13

• Putin Projects Confidence On Ukraine War While Repeating Demands In 4 1/2-Hour Press Event ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/war-peace-putin-press-conference-show/33627811.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:10:24

• Zelensky and Putin issue warnings to each other and Europe ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251219-zelensky-and-putin-issue-warnings-to-each-other-and-europe    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:10:32

• Russia: Annual conference of Vladimir Putin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251219-russia-annual-conference-of-vladimir-putin    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:10:41

• Europe greenlights €90 billion of essential funding for Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ac_25_3142    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:11:11

• MikroTik gives major donation to help wounded Ukrainian defenders ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/19.12.2025-mikrotik-gives-major-donation-to-help-wounded-ukrainian-defenders.a627187/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:11:24

• Russia built a school-to-trenches conveyor belt for children. Is the West ready? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/19.12.2025-russia-built-a-school-to-trenches-conveyor-belt-for-children-is-the-west-ready.a627141/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:11:37

• Narrating the war: Analyzing Russia’s narratives for its invasion of Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorrow/narrating-the-war-analyzing-russias-narratives-for-its-invasion-of-ukraine/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:11:52

• Ukrainian national pleads guilty to Nefilim ransomware attacks ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/nefilim-ransomware-artem-stryzhak-guilty-plea/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:12:13

• Live: US, Russian officials to meet in Florida for more Ukraine talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251220-live-us-russian-officials-to-meet-in-florida-for-more-ukraine-talks    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:12:28

• EU ready to revisit Ukraine funding if new loan falls short – Lithuania’s president ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2780074/eu-ready-to-revisit-ukraine-funding-if-new-loan-falls-short-lithuania-s-president    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:12:38

• DESERT 5.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/desert    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:13:00

• For Ukraine and Taiwan, dissuasion in strength ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/1219/For-Ukraine-and-Taiwan-dissuasion-in-strength    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:13:09

• To Secure Money for Ukraine, Europe Had to Resort to a Messy Compromise ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/world/europe/eu-ukraine-russia-frozen-assets.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:13:18

• With New E.U. Loan, Ukraine Avoids Budget Crunch and Can Plan War Effort ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/world/europe/ukraine-russia-frozen-assets-loan.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:13:28

• Europe to Lend $105 Billion to Ukraine, Without Touching Russian Funds ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/world/europe/russia-eu-ukraine-frozen-assets.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:13:40

• "Gains in Kupyansk" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/20/gains-in-kupyansk-crisis-on-other-fronts | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:14:05

• US Shuts Down Crypto Exchange E-Note, Charges Russian Administrator ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-shuts-down-crypto-exchange-e-note-charges-russian-administrator/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:14:29

• How NATO and its partners should respond to Russia’s militarization of the wider Black Sea region ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/turkeysource/how-nato-and-its-partners-should-respond-to-russias-militarization-of-the-wider-black-sea-region/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:14:48

• The end of energy blackmail: Europe’s boldest move yet – opinion ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2779405/the-end-of-energy-blackmail-europe-s-boldest-move-yet-opinion    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:15:01

• Britain Is Preparing for Attacks on Its Soil. Critics Say It Must Move Faster. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/world/europe/uk-defense-russia.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:15:12

• Belarus releases political prisoners amid ongoing human rights concerns ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/belarus-releases-political-prisoners-amid-ongoing-human-rights-concerns/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:15:36

• Belarus seeks Lithuania’s opinion on planned radioactive waste facility ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2780325/belarus-seeks-lithuania-s-opinion-on-planned-radioactive-waste-facility    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:15:45

• Lithuania reports no new smuggling balloons despite favourable winds from Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2780290/lithuania-reports-no-new-smuggling-balloons-despite-favourable-winds-from-belarus    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:15:56

• Lithuanian police to take over security of Belarus opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2780059/lithuanian-police-to-take-over-security-of-belarus-opposition-leader-tsikhanouskaya    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:16:04

• Decentralized YouTube Alternative PeerTube Adds Creator Mode ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/peertube-8-release/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:16:27

• Ongoing YouTube, Surveillance Giant Google outage reported — outage spikes across popular services ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/ongoing-youtube-google-outage-reported-outage-spikes-across-popular-services    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:16:41

• Grok – web framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/grok-web-framework/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:18:52

• Story Architect – reinventing the screenwriting software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/story-architect-reinventing-screenwriting/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:19:00

• Clown Storage FUSE – user-space file system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cloud-storage-fuse-user-space-file-system/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:19:07

• 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Script Writing Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/scriptwriting/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:19:14

• Italy top court acquits deputy PM Matteo Salvini in ‘Open Arms’ case ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/italy-top-court-acquits-deputy-pm-matteo-salvini-in-open-arms-case/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:20:13

• Graham Platner Is Staying in the Race ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/graham-platner-is-staying-in-the-race    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:20:27

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy and Terminator 2D No Fate - 2025-12-17 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-12-17-edition/index.html    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:21:08

• Why does Linuxiac cover DRM and Windows news now? Where's "Linux"? ☞ https://linuxiac.com/steam-client-now-runs-fully-64-bit-on-windows-10-and-11/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:22:15

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/51 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/12/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-51/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:22:58

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.39: What You Get in 2026 and The Last Chance of 2025 ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-39/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:23:15

• Remi Collet: 🛡️ PHP version 8.1.34, 8.2.30, 8.3.29, 8.4.16, and 8.5.1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/12/19/PHP-version-8.1.34-8.2.30-8.3.29-8.4.16-and-8.5.1    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:23:40

• Reflex – library to build full-stack web apps in pure Python ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/reflex-library-build-full-stack-web-apps-python/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:24:41

• Resterm – terminal-based REST/GraphQL/gRPC/WebSocket/SSE client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/resterm-terminal-based-rest-graphql-grpc-websocket-sse-client/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:24:54

• Scan Tailor Advanced – interactive post-processing tool for scanned pages ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/scan-tailor-advanced-interactive-post-processing-tool-scanned-pages/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:25:03

• Gibson – serve your own blog in markdown ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gibson-serve-blog-markdown/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:25:11

• buttery – video editor with manual motion smoothing ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/buttery-video-editor-manual-motion-smoothing/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:25:18

• XGo – AI-native programming language ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xgo-ai-native-programming-language/    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:25:29

• IBM has been blindly doing whatever McKinsey tells them to do for 40 decades now since the G Man Lou Gerstner came in (he was @ McKinsey) 4-1-93. McKinsey people think and are told they are the smartest people on the planet. McKinsey here says "India is the Workforce for the World" in this 2 minute video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ga-krrYgak. SMH." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcvxf0j7    

posted Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 22:52:26