Roy Schestowitz

• 🔤SpellBinding: ACDEXVT Wordo: REALM gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-24.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:08:56

• "The largest collection of free stuff on the internet! This is quite the rabbit hole..." gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:09:53

• "This blog post describes my hackathon efforts adding observability to X-RAG, the extensible Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) platform built by my brother Florian." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-12-24-x-rag-observability-hackathon.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:10:34

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-25.gmi    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:11:15

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1865.jpg    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:11:44

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1515.jpg    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:11:48

• "My process of hibernation happens when I am sick or when I feel like I need a lot of rest." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/hibernation    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:12:45

• "What I do is that I stay in bed, and try to go back to sleep. As long as I can go back to sleep I do so. I do that for a few days, normally during vacation like right now."    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:13:15

• Someone was VERY eager to ruin xmas for libera.chat staff http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-241225.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:28:49

• "seems that H J is one of Alvind's toadies who can't pass muster, so they are reinventing him to be the cat with 9 lives. LOL !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:30:50

• "The posting about Krabanaugh and Alvind's potential ties to Epstein disappeared from here too. Too funny ! nothing but a thin skinned CEO and CFO." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kd8je3ae    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:31:22

• iophk: Excellent, but hopefully they can eventually effect a systemic change there at the EPO because what is needed is policy level support for Open Standards as well as Free and Open Source Software.    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:18:07

• At some scope or level, all those things are connected: standard, anti-monopoly, freedom, anticorruption    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:18:14

• Misses the point that running Free software on top of NSA back doors is sort of dumb and lame https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/25/go_foss_keep_your_os/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:43:12

• "Yes, and that machine was exceptionally good; by far the best laptop i ever owned: mate screen, good keyboard, small and lightweight for the time, and exceptionally open and well supported for Linux despite being a mips arch. I would gladly get myself another one if I could." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363707    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:43:49

• "Didn't Richard Stallman use a Lemote Loongson computer before? https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html "    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:44:05

• Proton Experimental brings improvements for Farlight 84, CHRONO TRIGGER and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/proton-experimental-brings-improvements-for-farlight-84-chrono-trigger-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:52:28

• "Kennedy Center Christmas Eve concert canceled after Trump name change" https://www.twincities.com/2025/12/24/kennedy-center-concert-canceled/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:52:43

• WTH is this "hey hi" rubbish? https://michiganadvance.com/2025/12/22/governor-whitmer-earns-an-ai-incomplete/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:53:08

• "Saudi Arabia steps up number of executions for second year" https://www.semafor.com/article/12/22/2025/saudi-arabia-steps-up-number-of-executions-for-second-year    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:53:18

• "No Republican has won a competitive federal race in NV since Trump seized control of the party • Nevada Current" https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/24/no-republican-has-won-a-competitive-federal-race-in-nv-since-trump-seized-control-of-the-party/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:53:28

• "Donald Trump Rants CBS Should Put Stephen Colbert 'To Sleep'" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/trump-stephen-colbert-tirade-cbs-cancel-late-night-tv-1235490368/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:53:44

• "Lashing out at opposition: Trump takes Christmas Eve shot at 'radical left scum'" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/trump-takes-christmas-eve-shot-at-radical-left-scum-936282886    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:53:57

• "I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you | dansinker.com" https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-12-24-fairytale/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:54:06

• "Xmas movies" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/xmas-movies/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:54:14

• "Merry Christmas!" https://hamatti.org/posts/merry-christmas-2025/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:54:23

• microsoft mono :/ https://linuxiac.com/pinta-3-1-image-editor-brings-new-grid-selection-tools-and-more/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:54:47

• "Ending the American Dream - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/ending-the-american-dream/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:54:57

• "The Christmas Narrative Is About Charity and Love, Not Greed and Self-Dealing" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/christmas-pope-leo-xiv-john-fugelsang/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:55:06

• "The Bible says little about Jesus’ childhood • Michigan Advance" https://michiganadvance.com/2025/12/24/the-bible-says-little-about-jesus-childhood/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 09:55:17

• Going boldly into the COSMIC desktop environment https://lwn.net/Articles/1050268/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:06:59

• The rest of the 6.19 merge window https://lwn.net/Articles/1049424/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:08:31

• 5 New GNU/Linux Distributions We Discovered in 2025 ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/new-distros-2025/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:13:14

• FSF News: Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations ☞ http://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-receives-historic-private-donations    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:14:04

• My Holiday Hopes for GNU/Linux and Open Source ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/my-holiday-hopes-for-linux-and-open-source/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:15:42

• Daniel Lange: Getting scanning to work with Gimp on Trixie ☞ https://daniel-lange.com/archives/195-Getting-scanning-to-work-with-Gimp-on-Trixie.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:16:28

• Linux postmarketOS 25.12 Adds More Devices and UI Updates ☞ https://www.ghacks.net/2025/12/24/linux-postmarketos-25-12-adds-more-devices-and-ui-updates/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:16:41

• Firefox is Adding Split View for Tabs, Here’s How to Enable It ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/enable-firefox-split-view-feature    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:18:18

• "In what appears to be the largest music leak in history" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-backed-up-spotify-plans-to-release-300tb-music-archive/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:21:21

• [Old] "Does the use of copyrighted material to train LLMs fall within the US copyright law’s provisions of fair use?" ☛ https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20250626/index.html |    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:21:31

• "YggTorrent, the largest francophone torrent community, faces widespread pushback after it introduced a paid 'Turbo Mode' for €86 this week." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/french-torrent-giant-yggtorrent-faces-user-revolt-after-introducing-paid-turbo-mode/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:21:40

• "One of the little-known but extremely telling episodes in the history of modern copyright, discussed in Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available), concerns the Marrakesh Treaty." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/23/40-years-of-copyright-obstruction-to-human-rights-and-social-justice/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 10:21:49

• "On Monday, Skydance-owned Paramount announced that Larry Ellison" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2025/12/22/ellison-guarantees-billions-warner-bros/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:25:55

• "the antitrust authority said in a statement" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/italy-antitrust-agency-fines-apple-116-million-over-privacy-feature-apple-announces-appeal/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:26:10

• "Now, Larry Ellison is trying to help buy his son a media empire so they can rule Hollywood and news together." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/business/media/larry-david-ellison-warner-bros-discovery-cbs.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:26:26

• "Whenever I tell people I’m getting back into tapes, their faces immediately light up." ☛ https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:27:02

• "EFF's How to Fix the Internet podcast offers a better way forward." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/effs-how-fix-internet-podcast-2025-review | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:27:21

• "Without the legal system or due process on their side, communities across the country have banded together to warn residents about ICE raids and make federal agents’ jobs more difficult." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/blow-the-whistle/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:27:47

• "Its plan to warehouse immigrants has shades of Nazi concentration camps and America's shameful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:28:06

• "ICE aims to modify the warehouses and create separate housing units with showers and bathrooms, dining areas, medical units, recreation areas" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/ice-documents-expose-plan-to-hold-80000-people-in-warehouses/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:28:28

• "The UN Special Rapporteur on torture raised concerns on Wednesday about the detention conditions of Bushra Bibi Khan, the wife of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/un-raises-concerns-over-detention-conditions-of-imran-khans-wife-in-pakistan/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:28:45

• "In 2024, EFF wrote our initial blog about what could go wrong when police let AI write police reports." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/ai-police-reports-year-review | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:29:26

• "The release of lawyer and commentator Sonia Dahmani in late 2025 offered a brief moment of relief in Tunisia’s escalating crackdown on dissent." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/12/the-law-powering-tunisias-crackdown-on-the-press/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:29:50

• "That’s why I’m excited to join the Arkansas Advocate as its editor-in-chief." ☛ https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/21/transparency-requires-more-eyes-keeping-watch-thats-why-the-arkansas-advocate-is-here/ | Source: Arkansas Advocate    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:30:12

• "his analogy, as you’ve no doubt guessed, describes what has happened at CBS News." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/bari-weiss-cecot-60-minutes/685450/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:30:22

• "On Saturday, Bari Weiss—CBS News’s editor-in-chief—killed a 60 Minutes story about men deported to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/bari-weiss-is-not-on-the-level | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:53:02

• "After four months of restless waiting, filmmaker Kiwi Chow received a dreaded, but not altogether unexpected, message: Hong Kong censors had banned his new movie from reaching the big screen." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/25/banned-film-exposes-hong-kongs-censorship-trend-director-says/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:53:10

• "The legislation in the Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 has three key elements: creating an offence for displaying terrorist symbols" ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/i-back-it-100-per-cent-minns-defends-two-week-ban-on-protests-20251225-p5nq2g.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:53:22

• "Bluntly, it looks very much like Weiss, who’d previously run a small magazine that devoted a lot of its time to accusing advocates for Palestinian rights of antisemitism" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/12/cbs-60-minutes-weiss-cecot/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:53:58

• "historicide." ☛ https://washingtonspectator.org/historicide/ | Source: The Washington Spectator    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:54:13

• "That’s how one Democratic lobbyist described their advice to clients." ☛ https://www.notus.org/donald-trump/truth-social-lobbying-k-street-corporate-guidance | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:54:26

• "it creates an unneeded notice-and-takedown system that threatens free expression, user privacy, and due process, without meaningfully addressing the problem it seeks to solve." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/politicians-rushed-through-online-speech-solution-victims-deserve-better | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 11:54:40

• "If needed, we will respond swiftly and decisively to defend our regulatory autonomy against unjustified ​measures" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-24/eu-says-it-strongly-condemns-u-s-visa-ban-on-european-individuals | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:11:56

• "One trick I’ve been reaching for is RAII Guards. Per the unofficial Rust Design Patterns book: [...]" ☛ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/23/RAII-Guards-and-Newtypes-in-Rust/ | Source: Ben Congdon    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:12:04

• "But this “Heritage American” business is a scam." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/heritage-americans-and-the-american | Source: The Next Move    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:12:17

• "The problem of misinformation in the current age, argues political scientist Samuel Bagg" ☛ https://www.volts.wtf/p/the-cure-for-misinformation-is-not |    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:20:16

• "The overall point of Bagg’s work, though, is that we cannot bring people around to our point of view by reasoning and objective facts." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/youre-unlikely-to-change-someones-mind-by-arguing-with-them | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:20:25

• "The offshoring rush offers a cautionary tale that federal leaders should revisit." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/12/the-hidden-cost-of-launching-ai-initiatives-without-strategic-clarity/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:20:35

• "This is the top 10 for 2025, with stories listed in chronological order." ☛ https://www.h2-view.com/story/your-most-read-hydrogen-mobility-stories-in-2025/2135760.article/ | Source: H2 View    

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

• "Trump’s Department of the Interior just halted construction on all five offshore wind projects underway in the United States" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-administration-pauses-construction-on-all-offshore-wind-projects-in-us | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:21:27

• "An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-doomsday-glacier-is-getting-closer-and-closer-to-irreversible-collapse/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:21:44

• "No one can guarantee that the shelter facility will remain standing after that. That is the main threat" ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/chornobyl-protective-structure-could-collapse-following-russian-strikes-plant-director-warns/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:21:56

• "It technically does." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/when-disaster-recovery-becomes-a-luxury-good/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:22:22

• "Experts say restoration success hinges on two things: The engineering has to work and the people of Florida have to be willing to pay for the job to be finished." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-12-years-america-everglades.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:25:49

• "Kessler syndrome" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/12/23/2025/chinese-and-starlink-satellites-nearly-collide-in-space | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:25:58

• "The discrepancy between what was promised and what was delivered is staggering." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jeffrey-epstein-exposed-most-important-missing-file-that-could-take-down-doj-1764915 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:26:19

• "Imagine having all the power but none of the brains. That’s the current administration, the one that behaves like a blind, enraged bull set loose in its own china shop." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/22/doj-temporarily-deletes-trump-photo-from-epstein-files-ensuring-everyone-knew-about-the-deletion/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:27:07

• "The Times found that many of DOGE's [sic] largest claimed savings were wrong." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/23/musk-promised-2-trillion-in-cuts-spending-went-up.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:27:39

• "the documents released by Trump’s own Justice Department—including flight logs and emails—told a different story." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/12/trump-epstein-files-justice-department-redactions/685455/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:28:07

• "damaging stories about them to damage their credibility when they tried to go public with their stories of being trafficked and sexually abused." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/eptein-files-easily-unredacted | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:28:26

• "Due to the mas volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/epstein-documents-release-may-take-few-weeks-doj-says/a-75298261 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:28:50

• "a note implicating Trump purportedly written by Epstein that the department later declared to be fake and an email from a prosecutor claiming Trump flew on Epstein’s private jet more times than previously reported" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/12/23/repub/trump-appears-in-several-files-of-latest-epstein-release/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:29:21

• "A rigorous analysis of the figures presented has revealed that many of the touted savings were based on flawed logic or double-counting." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musks-doge-failed-its-mission-reducing-federal-spending-savings-claimed-were-largely-1765696 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:29:35

• "The segment did not change the official ruling; however, experts, family members, and a large portion of the public have never been convinced." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/graphic-jeffrey-epstein-death-photos-continue-fuel-murder-claims-amidst-epstein-files-controversy-1765708 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:30:09

• Overpopulation ☛ https://zottmann.org/2025/12/25/cities-are-organisms.html | Source: Carlo Zottmann    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:30:31

• "In her written decision Tuesday" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/12/24/hamtramcks-37-mishandled-ballots-shouldnt-be-counted-judge-rules/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:30:59

• "So, with that, using sturdy Durham whaling boats (pictured above) and hardy New England sailors to pilot them" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/the-times-that-try-mens-souls/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:31:15

• "TikTok Spin Off Deal" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/12/24/tiktok-spin-off-deal/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:31:30

• "A recent think tank report warns Estonia could be targeted" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/rutte-pistorius-warning-war-russia/33630822.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:31:52

• "Maiduguri is the capital of the northeastern Borno state" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/nigeria-explosion-rocks-borno-mosque-during-evening-prayers/a-75297926 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:32:00

• "In January 2025, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its proposed update to HIPAA" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/industry-oppose-hipaa-security-rule-overhaul | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:32:26

• "dedicated “executor” script designed to intercept and capture" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/urban-vpn-proxy-surreptitiously-intercepts-ai-chats.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:33:09

• "Unfortunately, there is one big problem: [...]" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/consenter/ | Source: Ava    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:33:35

• "The EU has extended its adequacy decision, allowing data sharing with and from the UK" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/eu_uk_data_adequacy/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:33:42

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/around_1000_systems_compromised_in/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:41:15

• "Tea Tyme -- or Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, IRL -- was arrested Tuesday in Zion, IL and booked for 2 felonies ... reckless homicide and aggravated use of communications resulting in death." ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/24/tiktoker-tea-tyme-arrest/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:41:37

• "The most damning piece of evidence surfaced when members of the public alerted investigators to a screen recording from the account 'Tea_Tyme_3'." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/i-just-hit-somebody-tiktoker-tea-tyme-arrested-after-allegedly-killing-man-while-livestreaming-1765691 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:45:19

• "I used to have FOMO but these days you’re more likely to find me in a calm state of ROMO." ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/who-suffers-fomo-any-more-i-m-more-likely-to-have-romo-20251201-p5njr6.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:45:33

• "And that might be even more troubling than a survival drive, because no one knows how to stop the systems." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/ais-big-red-button-doesnt-work-and-the-reason-is-even-more-troubling | Source: Science Alert    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:45:55

• "This is a strange state of affairs, and in many ways unlike previous technological upheavals. When personal computers or smartphones or the internet hit the business world it was mostly quite clear how you might want to use them." ☛ https://buttondown.com/apperceptive/archive/ai-is-bad-ux/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:46:06

• "With all of these limitations, jingle writers focus on measurable, proven qualities." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/jingle-music-ai/685443/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:46:30

• "This was the start of deVine, a new app started by Henshaw-Plath and funded by Dorsey that is hoping to bring Vine back to audiences old and new." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/vine-reboot-devine-jack-dorsey-tech-1235488715/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:46:40

• "One insurance adjuster who spoke to the publication says they were sent dozens of certificates as part of a loss claim on a large collection of paintings." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-fraud-fine-art | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:50:43

• "I don’t know if I experience boredom." ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/12/24/strix-dead-ends | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:51:08

• "In the following post shares the approach I took to add llms.txt for my Astro-based blog." ☛ https://amanhimself.dev/blog/add-llms-txt-to-an-astro-blog/ | Source: Aman Mittal    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:51:46

• "The scene opens on a cozy winter morning, in the corner of a room with a chimney and a festively decorated tree, in black, because made by the Gothic Sorceress. The Gothic Sorceress, in her black nightie looks excited and a bit mischievous. " ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1109/holiday-special | Source: David Revoy    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:52:29

• "A surge of AI-generated content is frustrating Pinterest users and left some questioning whether the platform still works at all." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/pinterst-ai-slop-content/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:52:53

• "The allegation comes from U.K. security firm Pen Test Partners LLP, which said it identified multiple vulnerabilities in Eurostar’s AI-powered chatbot earlier this year." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/24/researchers-say-eurostar-accused-blackmail-ai-chatbot-flaw-disclosure/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:53:15

• "As the industry steps into 2026, memory prices show no sign of calming down. DDR5 RAM now costs so much that custom PC builders face a blunt choice." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/culture/ddr5-costs-drive-byor-pc-builds | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:53:54

• "It is the season of overindulgence, and no one has overindulged like the tech industry: this year, it has burned through roughly $1.5 trillion in AI, a level of spending usually reserved for wartime." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/24/ai_spending_cooling_off/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:54:19

• "The AI bubble could take down our entire economy if and when it bursts. Please have a look at our latest video and share: [...]" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-ai-bubble-will-burst | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:54:42

• "Fresh concerns have emerged regarding PlayStation's ongoing security troubles" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/playstation-security-shock-psn-accounts-hacked-even-2fa-enabled-1765714 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:55:41

• "This isn't really confirmed" ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/change-gmail-email-address-soon/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:55:54

• "addictive" ☛ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-psychosis-startup-images | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:56:13

• "Duncan told the bot he was hesitant because of his past drug addiction, but the AI then deployed its silver-tongue" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/man-chatgpt-psychosis | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:56:22

• "When you're in the kitchen, you have two requirements in the cloth department." ☛ https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0179-tea-towels/ | Source: Johnny Decimal    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:57:05

• "These added layers of data can be combined with a person’s electronic medical records, which include their structured and unstructured notes, lab results, scans, genetic results, wearable sensors, and environmental data." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/data-holds-the-key-in-slowing-age-related-illnesses/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:57:25

• "Although that rule hasn’t taken effect, the US Department of Justice last week issued a memo in which Joshua Craddock of the Office of Legal Counsel concludes that the 2022 policy wasn’t legally valid." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-quietly-bans-veterans-abortion-care-even-for-rape-and-health-risks/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:57:39

• "The hardy lights, made by electrics company Philips, were purchased at the local Halfords store and cost 18 shillings" ☛ https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/john-christmas-lights-bought-69-10722947 | Source: StokeonTrentLive    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:58:23

• [Old] "I joined GitLab in October 2015, and left in December 2021 after working there for a little more than six years." ☛ https://yorickpeterse.com/articles/what-it-was-like-working-for-gitlab/ | Source: Yorick Peterse    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 12:59:28

• "I’d previously used Cyanoacrylates (CA) glue on crumbly rocks, but it’s not great: The glue pools on crevices and gives the rock a constantly wet and glossy appearance." ☛ https://maurycyz.com/projects/dusty_rocks/ | Source: Maury    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:00:02

• "So I started digging." ☛ https://jeroensangers.com/2025/12/24/when-ordinary-travel-plans-collide.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:00:17

• "The latter point is highly significant – if any engineers can't work out where the spacecraft is" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/24/nasa_tries_trundlebot_mastcam_to/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:00:37

• "I hope they bring you some moments of mindful relaxation this holiday season. We'll publish the answers on Monday December 29 and add a link to them here." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/mathematician-shares-10-festive-brain-teasers-that-anyone-can-try | Source: Science Alert    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:00:53

• [Old] "Blogging and RSS moved into the mainstream in 2003, helped by the emergence of consumer-friendly RSS Readers like NetNewsWire and Bloglines." ☛ https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-2003/ |    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:01:35

• "Now it’s time to make some bets for 2026. I do this not to prove how great my prognostication muscles are, but to shine a spotlight on trends I think are vital, spur discussions, and give some attention to projects that have earned it. As always, I try to make these as quantifiable, verifiable and crisp as I can." ☛ https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/12/23/my-open-social-web-predictions.html |    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:01:45

• [Old] "My colleagues and friends know that I prefer to communicate with them via email rather than chat messaging. There are many benefits in such a choice. You may want to consider them and adopt the same stance." ☛ https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20250926/index.html |    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:01:58

• "I usually trust my father’s judgement. But on his choice of Christmas film, he is wrong." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2025/12/the-muppets-christmas-carol-is-the-best-dickens-adaptation | Source: New Statesman    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:02:15

• "Tim's 2026 predictions are worth paying attention to - and form a great map for following where the open social web is going." ☛ https://werd.io/my-2026-open-social-web-predictions/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:02:26

• "It’s been a hectic, busy month, truly so so busy, but I blogged every day for Blogvent! In case you missed it, my goal was to blog daily in December." ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/blogvent-wrap-up-2025/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:02:41

• "This is the inverse of my recent post about stuff I'd like to dump in 2026. It is inspired by Jon’s blog where he added an invest list under his own to dump list." ☛ https://mark.hysted.com/things-i-will-spend-more-time-on-in-2026/ | Source: Mark Hysted    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:02:52

• "The thing about being a “long term reader” kind of stunned me." ☛ https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/more-about-noise/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:05:42

• "Kitty 0.45 GPU-accelerated terminal introduces a new keyboard-first file selector kitten with fast navigation and rich previews for text, images, videos, and e-books." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kitty-terminal-0-45-released-with-new-keyboard-first-file-selector-kitten/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:07:05

• "The update adds sorting and filtering by user-modified date, accompanied by a corresponding search operator, such as userdate:PT1H for the past hour. It also introduces sorting by article length, an advanced search form, and an overview of dates with the most unread articles." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/freshrss-1-28-feed-aggregator-released-with-new-sorting-options/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:07:37

• "release of Hugo as a Mac-native pkg" ☛ https://www.madboa.com/blog/2025/12/24/hugo-pkg-install/ | Source: Paul Heinlein    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:08:08

• "I lean toward the Bull case, but not because I want to protect the old way of doing things." ☛ https://joost.blog/wordpress-architecture-base-ai/ | Source: Joost de Valk    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:08:27

• "A while back, Chrome proposed and implemented what are called user agent hints" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/HTTPSecCHUAHeaderNotes | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:09:27

• "we asked fellows from the recent 2025 program to reflect on their experiences" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/24/2025-apnic-fellows-in-their-own-words/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:09:54

• "These incredible acts of generosity are a true gift in a challenging time for many" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-receives-historic-private-donations | Source: FSF    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:10:29

• "said Zoë Kooyman, executive director of the FSF"... whose salary nearly doubled :/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:10:51

• "It proves that software freedom is recognized more and more as a principal issue today, at the core of several other social movements people care about like privacy, ownership, and the right to repair."   

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:11:03

• "It proves that software freedom is recognized more and more as a principal issue today, at the core of several other social movements people care about like privacy, ownership, and the right to repair."    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:11:10

• "These extraordinary donations, both made to the FSF in the cryptocurrency Monero, are among some of the largest private gifts ever made to the organization. The donors wish to remain anonymous"    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:11:18

• FSF / Software Freedom will become more mainstream is tech becomes more evil    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:11:56

• (if)    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:12:04

• Golazo – follow football games ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/golazo-follow-football-games/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:15:03

• "The main motivation for graphics drivers is to allow applications to utilize your hardware efficiently." ☛ https://timur.hu/blog/2025/how-do-graphics-drivers-work | Source: Timur Kristóf    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:16:50

• "I’m using wish to serve this over ssh and using bubbletea to render the interface. I’ve been working on a several of ssh games so this was all familiar territory for me." ☛ https://eieio.games/blog/tiny-christmas/ | Source: Nolen Royalty    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:17:31

• "A look back at what it took for me to reach 0% Steam play time on Windows, even though I've been using Linux since I was a kid." ☛ https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/my-second-year-of-the-linux-desktop-for-gaming/ | Source: Matthew Brunelle    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:17:46

• "The Fourth Research Edition Unix came out of the famous AT&T Bell Laboratories in November 1973. " ☛ https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20251223/?yc261223 |    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:24:01

• "First, though, why you might want to get the hell away from Windows while the going is good." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/what_linux_desktop_really_needs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:24:36

• "I’ve been a ThinkPad fan for a long time; I really love their entire lineup." ☛ https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-installation-on-a-thinkpad-x200-tablet-in-2025/ |    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:25:13

• "Indeed it is not. However, using an email client as the only way of modifying bugs (which is how the Debian bug tracker works) is not only a bad idea, it is terrible idea." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/12/an-uncomfortable-but-necessary.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:25:48

• "The 8.x series of OpenMediaVault is based on the stable Debian 13 release: [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12685 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:25:58

• "The new version is based on Debian 13 and comes with KDE Plasma as the default desktop: [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12684 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:26:10

• "This version replaces Firefox with LibreWolf as the default web browser and Thunderbird with Betterbird as the preferred email client: [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12683 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:26:28

• "counterintelligence for civil society" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/24/1129294/ronald-deibert-citizen-lab-digital-threats-spies-cybersecurity/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:27:04

• "Package managers keep falling for this. And it keeps not working out." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/24/package-managers-keep-using-git-as-a-database.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:27:55

• "Half the trouble with documenting things like this for publication is that a ton of my experience and methods are so ingrained that I don’t even notice them anymore." ☛ https://sneak.berlin/20240610/code-styleguide/ | Source: Jeffrey Paul    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:28:08

• "Every now and then a compiler will surprise me with a really smart trick. When I first saw this optimisation I could hardly believe it." ☛ https://xania.org/202512/24-cunning-clang | Source: Matt Godbolt    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:28:31

• "The standard wisdom is that switch statements compile to jump tables. And they do - when the compiler can’t find something cleverer to do instead." ☛ https://xania.org/202512/23-switching-it-up | Source: Matt Godbolt    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:28:46

• "By now in this series, we’ve spent time looking at the major standard clocks and their behavior." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/12/24/clocks-part-5-conversions | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:29:01

• "Large, rapidly-moving tech companies are constantly operating in the “fog of war” about their own systems." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/nobody-knows-how-software-products-work/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:29:20

• "The personal information of 21,000 customers was stolen after [intruders] compromised Red Hat’s GitLab instances." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/nissan-confirms-impact-from-red-hat-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:29:41

• "The work of Heydon Pickering comes to mind, and his incredible effort to explain every HTML element in alphabetical order." ☛ https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/23/ | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:30:38

• "All computational graph features discussed here are provided by “Graph”, [AAp1]." ☛ https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/24/day-24-maze-making-using-graphs/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:30:52

• "Hello again! I return during this week of winter solstice to tell you about my experience participating in the Langjam Gamejam." ☛ https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/23/day-23-a-day-late-and-a-fish-short/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:31:07

• "The computations in this document are done with the Raku package “Math::NumberTheory”, [AAp1]." ☛ https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/22/day-22-numerically-2026-is-unremarkable-yet-happy/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:31:17

• "I wanted to be able to quickly make note of someone's birthday without having to know their year of birth" ☛ https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/creating-yearly-reminders-from-the-macos-terminal | Source: Balthazar Rouberol    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:31:41

• "But even if you used the NTP timing servers they run, they were never off by more than 5 microseconds." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/nist-was-5-%CE%BCs-utc-after-last-weeks-power-cut | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:32:03

• "Since their introduction in the 1980s, UUIDs have adopted several versions, of which you should encounter just three in macOS and Macs: version 4, by far the most common, version 5 and special fixed UUIDs." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2025/12/24/explainer-uuids/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:32:28

• "Brian got his hands on an old Lorenz 15 teletype machine, which was made in the 1950s." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/12/24/arduino-speaks-teletype-to-an-old-lorenz-15/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:33:26

• "In contrast, Framework laptops has many supposed benefits: they're upgradable, repairable, actively work on Linux" ☛ https://yorickpeterse.com/articles/im-returning-my-framework-16/ | Source: Yorick Peterse    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:33:33

• "Compression shrinks data, encryption obfuscates it. Should you compress or encrypt first? If you get this wrong and you will waste CPU, storage, and bandwidth. Pick wisely." ☛ https://kmcd.dev/posts/encryption-vs-compression/ | Source: Kevin McDonald    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:39:54

• "Let me ask you a fundamental question: do you pay attention to HTML semantics?" ☛ https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/24/ | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:40:05

• "I want to wake and log into a Ubuntu/Debian box from a Windows computer." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/wake-on-lan-again/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:41:50

• "So in 2026, instead of trying to define what a podcast is, I think we need to stop using the word altogether." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/842457/podcast-show-name-change | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:42:16

• "Meduza remembers seven journalists the world lost in 2025" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/24/gone-too-soon | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:43:23

• "Can it really be that simple? According to a recent article in Elektor, [Burkhard Kainka] says yes." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/roll-your-own-hall-effect-sensor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:44:07

• "There are plenty of lovely e-readers out on the market that come with an nice big e-paper display." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/diy-e-reader-folds-open-like-a-book/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:44:20

• "Key to efficient hardware emulation is an efficient mapping to the underlying CPU’s opcodes." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/abusing-x86-simd-instructions-to-optimize-playstation-3-emulation/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:44:30

• "20 points to peace" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/24/20-points-to-peace | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:46:10

• "Lights under fire" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/25/lights-under-fire | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:46:24

• Aflac breach exposes personal and health data of more than 22M people ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/24/aflac-breach-exposes-personal-health-data-22m-people/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:47:13

• "Disposable cameras are a fun way to get into classical photography. However, they can also be a valuable source of interesting parts that can be put to other uses." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/disposable-camera-viewfinder-becomes-3d-printed-lens/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:47:35

• RAII Guards and Newtypes in Rust ☞ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/23/RAII-Guards-and-Newtypes-in-Rust/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:48:17

• EU warns of possible action after the US bars five Europeans combating online hate ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251224-eu-warns-of-possible-action-after-the-us-bars-five-europeans-combating-online-hate    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:49:15

• Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/epstein-files-redactions-doj.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:49:41

• William Durand: You can lead a horse to water but... ☞ https://williamdurand.fr/2025/12/24/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-but/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:50:43

• How to deploy and benchmark vLLM with GuideLLM on Kubernetes ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/24/how-deploy-and-benchmark-vllm-guidellm-kubernetes    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:51:17

• OpenMediaVault 8 NAS Launches With Debian 13 Upgrade ☞ https://linuxiac.com/openmediavault-8-nas-launches-with-debian-13-upgrade/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:55:03

• Ruby 4.0.0 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/12/25/ruby-4-0-0-released/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 13:59:04

• Parrot OS 7.0 Released With KDE Plasma 6, Wayland, and Debian 13 Base ☞ https://linuxiac.com/parrot-os-7-0-released-with-kde-plasma-6-wayland-and-debian-13-base/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:06:22

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1051862/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:07:03

• FOSS Weekly #25.52: Free eBook, GNU/Linux in 2026, New Distros of 2025 and a Lot More Before the Year Ends ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-52/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:07:19

• We Have Another New GNU/Linux Phone Before 2025 Ends...And It's Not For You (or Me) ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/void-phone-vx1/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:08:12

• sticks – modern, lightweight CLI tool for managing C and C++ projects ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sticks-modern-lightweight-cli-tool-managing-c-cplusplus-projects/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:08:46

• liskvork – modern multi-platform gomoku game server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/liskvork-modern-multi-platform-gomoku-game-server/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:08:52

• nak – nostr army knife ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nak-nostr-army-knife/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:09:33

• Nekobox – GUI proxy utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nekobox-gui-proxy-utility/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:09:41

• BizHawk – multi-system emulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bizhawk-multi-system-emulator/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:09:52

• dirmap – tool for generating a directory map ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dirmap-tool-generating-directory-map/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:10:29

• fuss – quick staging dirty git files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fuss-quick-staging-dirty-git-files/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:10:37

• Season’s Greetings from LinuxLinks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/seasons-greetings-merry-christmas/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:10:44

• PixelTerm-C – terminal image viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pixelterm-c-terminal-image-viewer/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:10:50

• Abuse of women, tolerance of abuse of women, and exploitation of women are solid proof of Debian Project being misogynistic. And this is why it attracts barely 1% females. Women are outnumbered by people who don't know what gender they are.    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:12:43

• Dove – configuration and modifications for Mozilla Thunderbird ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dove-configuration-modifications-mozilla-thunderbird/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:12:54

• lux – package manager for Lua ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lux-package-manager-lua/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:13:01

• 52 years later, only known copy of Unix v4 recovered from randomly found tape, now up and running on a system ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/unix-v4-recovered-from-randomly-found-tape-at-university-of-utah-only-known-copy-of-first-os-version-with-kernel-and-core-utilities-written-in-c    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:13:33

• Judge in Vizio Case Rules on Issue Irrelevant to Rights Under Copyleft ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/24/vizio-msa-irrelevant-ruling/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:14:44

• So sfconservancy.org has, in effect, seen what it's like when Judges are misled into ruling not on core matters; sort of like their associates, or even OJ Simpson trying to deal with whether a cop was racist, not whether he murdered somebody    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:17:46

• Because this seems to be just a game where the outcome is determined by how much money gets sunken onto lawyers by the sides https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/22/They_ve_Already_Spent_Close_to_a_Million_Dollars_on_Lawyers_and.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:19:18

• Or how many "new" frivolous cases can be opened to drain the legal budget of the other side. http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_and_Matthew_J_Garrett_Join_Forces_.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:20:54

• Three Trademark Cases That Mattered in 2025 and What to Watch for Next Year ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/12/24/three-trademark-cases-that-mattered-2025-watch-next-year/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:21:22

• Anti-fascist Gino released in Paris – but must appear in court again on 28 January ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/12/24/anti-fascist-gino-released-in-paris-but-must-appear-in-court-again-on-28-january/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:21:44

• Blast Kills Three in Moscow Near Site of General’s Car Bombing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/world/europe/moscow-bomb-blast-police-officers.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:21:59

• AlterOS 2025.7.6 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alteros    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:22:10

• At UN, Russia and China blast US conduct toward Venezuela ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/24/at-un-russia-and-china-blast-us-conduct-toward-venezuela/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:22:36

• Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Cyberattack on French Postal Service ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/pro-russian-hackers-claim-cyberattack-on-french-postal-service/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:23:03

• Holidays Can Break Your Routine: Here's How to Keep Exercising ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/holidays-can-break-your-routine-heres-how-to-keep-exercising    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:25:30

• Here’s What Is in the 20-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/world/europe/what-is-in-the-20-point-ukraine-peace-plan.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:25:49

• Zelensky Open to Pulling Back Troops in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace Deal With Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/world/europe/zelensky-demilitarized-zone-offer.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:26:05

• Why Russia Is Likely to Reject the New US-Ukrainian Peace Plan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/world/europe/russia-ukraine-peace-plan.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:26:15

• North Korean POWs in Ukraine seeking ‘new life’ in South ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korean-pows-in-ukraine-seeking-new-life-in-south    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:26:25

• Energy, Civilian Infrastructure Hit In Overnight Russian Strikes On Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/energy-russian-strikes-ukraine/33631722.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:27:46

• Zelenskyy Unveils 20-Point Peace Plan With Security Guarantees And EU Path For Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskyy-peace-plan-war-russia/33631782.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:27:59

• Zelensky unveils new US-backed, 20-point plan to end the war in Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251224-zelensky-reveals-new-us-backed-plan-to-end-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:28:10

• France slams US visa ban as row over European 'censorship' deepens ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251224-france-slams-us-visa-ban-as-row-over-european-censorship-deepens    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:28:29

• Ukraine: Zelensky reveals revised 20-point US plan to end Russian war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251224-ukraine-zelensky-reveals-revised-20-point-us-plan-to-end-russian-war    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:28:42

• Zelensky reveals US-Ukraine plan to end Russian invasion ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251224-zelensky-reveals-us-ukraine-plan-to-end-russian-invasion    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:28:58

• Ukraine's Zelensky awaits Russian answer to revised US-peace plan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251224-ukraine-s-zelensky-awaits-russian-answer-to-revised-us-peace-plan    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:29:12

• The art of war is undergoing a technological revolution in Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-art-of-war-is-undergoing-a-technological-revolution-in-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:29:31

• Another lesson from Ukraine for Taiwan’s friends: the power of surveillance ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/another-lesson-from-ukraine-for-taiwans-friends-the-power-of-surveillance/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:31:17

• Editors’ picks for 2025: ‘Ukraine’s air force has survived. Taiwan’s almost certainly couldn’t’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2025-ukraines-air-force-has-survived-taiwans-almost-certainly-couldnt/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:31:58

• Latvian electricity company sends fleet of vehicles to maintain Ukraine's energy network ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/24.12.2025-latvian-electricity-company-sends-fleet-of-vehicles-to-maintain-ukraines-energy-network.a627731/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:32:08

• Putin hails ‘invincible friendship’ with N. Korea in New Year letter: KCNA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/putin-hails-invincible-friendship-with-n-korea-in-new-year-letter-kcna    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:32:19

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 631 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/12/24/this-week-in-rust-631/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:32:36

• Happy Holidays from FOSS Force to You! ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/happy-holidays-from-foss-force-to-you/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:33:46

• China Is Shifting Its Nuclear Forces to Swifter Footing, Pentagon Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/world/asia/china-nuclear-forces-pentagon-report.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:34:25

• UN torture expert raises concerns over detention conditions of Imran Khan’s wife in Pakistan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/un-raises-concerns-over-detention-conditions-of-imran-khans-wife-in-pakistan/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:34:56

• Uncles Tremble as Man Invents Vaccine Delivered by Beer ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/vaccines-yeast-beer-experiment    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:35:34

• VA in 2026 looks to get EHR rollout back on track, embark on health care reorganization ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2025/12/va-in-2026-looks-to-get-ehr-rollout-back-on-track-embark-on-health-care-reorganization/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:35:55

• ​North Korea Unveils the Completed Hull of What It Calls a Nuclear Submarine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-submarine.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:36:54

• Man in South Korea investigated after fiddling with airplane emergency door ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/man-in-south-korea-investigated-after-fiddling-with-airplane-emergency-door    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:38:03

• US warned Japan of N. Korean contingency during 1994 crisis, archives show ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-warned-japan-of-n-korean-contingency-during-1994-crisis-archives-show    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:38:11

• ‘Key to the White House’: South Korea President Lee receives golden key from Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/key-to-the-white-house-south-korea-president-lee-receives-golden-key-from-trump    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:38:28

• Who holds the largest share in health expenditures in Turkey? ☞ https://bianet.org/yazi/who-holds-the-largest-share-in-health-expenditures-in-turkey-314895    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:38:50

• Australia cancels British man’s visa after charges that Nazi symbol was displayed ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-cancels-british-mans-visa-after-charges-of-displaying-nazi-symbol    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:39:28

• Belgium applies to intervene in ICJ genocide case against Israel ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/belgium-applies-to-intervene-in-icj-genocide-case-against-israel/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:40:04

• TACO says China chip policies unfair but will delay tariffs to 2027 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/25/us-says-china-chip-policies-unfair-but-will-delay-tariffs-to-2027/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:40:45

• What Parents in China See in Hey Hi (AI) Toys ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000010595407/china-ai-toy-chatbot.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:41:08

• Peng Peiyun, 95, Dies; Official Renounced China’s One-Child Policy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/world/asia/peng-peiyun-dead.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:41:19

• Why China, a One-Party State, Is Backing Elections in This Country ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/world/asia/china-myanmar-election.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:41:46

• China strongly warned Japan not to send official to Taiwan in 1994, archives show ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-strongly-warned-japan-not-to-send-official-to-taiwan-in-1994-archive    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:42:04

• Taiwanese smugglers controlled vessel that damaged subsea cables, says China after probe ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-probe-finds-taiwanese-smugglers-controlled-vessel-that-damaged-subsea-cables    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:42:21

• China police crack down on errant private cinemas over alleged sex services ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-police-crack-down-on-errant-private-cinemas-over-alleged-sex-services    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:42:54

• ....cinemas as the new "massage parlours"? Now that cinemas lack actual potential to compete?    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:45:30

• China's reverse-engineered Frankenstein EUV chipmaking tool hasn't produced a single chip ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-reverse-engineered-frankenstein-euv-chipmaking-tool-hasnt-produced-a-single-chip-sanctions-busting-experiment-is-still-years-away-from-becoming-operational    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:46:05

• China condemns US seizure of Venezuela-linked tankers ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/china-condemns-us-seizure-of-venezuela-oil-tankers/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:46:25

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Chip Embargo Against China Is Backfiring Spectacularly ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/trump-china-ai-chip-investors    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:47:19

• "We seldom talk about 3D printing lenses because most techniques can’t possibly produce transparent parts of optical quality." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/mesh-lens-lets-your-camera-make-weird-pixel-art/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:48:09

• "Printing metal as easily as it is to printed with thermoplastics has been a dream for a very long time, with options for hobbyists being very scarce." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/24/printing-with-metal-on-the-ender-3-using-only-a-friction-wheel/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:48:19

• "These days, sim racing is more realistic than ever." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/25/building-a-high-performance-shifter-for-sim-racing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:48:30

• Mail Carriers Keep Making the Rounds, Despite a Murky Future ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/style/mail-carriers-keep-making-the-rounds-despite-a-murky-future.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:55:14

• China manga convention bars Japanese content amid tensions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-manga-convention-bars-japanese-content-amid-tensions    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:55:30

• Supercomputers Just Revealed What Really Happens Near a Black Hole ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/supercomputers-just-revealed-what-really-happens-near-a-black-hole    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:55:46

• Ancient 'Wet Lava Ball' Exoplanet Defies Expectations ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-wet-lava-ball-exoplanet-defies-expectations    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 14:55:53

• Ludicrous Lemon-Shaped World Is Like Nothing We've Ever Seen ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ludicrous-lemon-shaped-world-is-like-nothing-weve-ever-seen    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:04:19

• There's Always Room For Dessert, And Science Can Explain Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-always-room-for-dessert-and-science-can-explain-why    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:04:33

• Inflammatory Times Square billboard proclaiming ‘Jesus is Palestinian’ slammed by holiday tourists: ‘A divisive message’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/24/us-news/times-square-billboard-proclaiming-jesus-is-palestinian-slammed-by-holiday-tourists-a-divisive-message/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:04:58

• TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Mere Descriptiveness Appeals Turn Out? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/ttablog-test-how-did-these-three-mere.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:06:05

• Gitmal – static page generator for Git repositories ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gitmal-static-page-generator-git-repositories/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:06:35

• DragonOS Noble_R8 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/dragonos    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:09:54

• Mono is Microsoft, no good... ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/pinta-3-1-released-with-axonometric-grid-context-menu-for-layers/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:10:13

• Same goes for this ☞ https://9to5linux.com/pinta-3-1-open-source-paint-app-released-with-new-cells-effect-axonometric-grid    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:10:48

• Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma, RISC-V Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/parrot-7-0-ethical-hacking-distro-released-with-kde-plasma-risc-v-support    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:12:27

• CentOS 10-20251223 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/centos    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:12:38

• extrox 2.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/extrox    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:12:57

• OmegaLinux 3.3 is out also ☞ https://distrowatch.com/omegalinux    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:13:04

• kaiini helping to eradicate X11 ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayback-0.3    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:13:31

• But x11 won't die. Because loads of people want x11.    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:14:04

• Wayland and Rust are like Microsoft: lots of temporary hype. The main developer of Wayland, IBM, is a "dinobaby".    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:14:47

• Or like Microsoft Mono.    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:15:01

• Mono did not replace C++. Nor will Rust. Shame Torvalds is no longer permitted to call those "security-safe" or "memory-safe" cultists "masturbating moneys".    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:16:07

• Heck, some of the core developers might actually FEEL and THINK that they ARE, in fact, monkeys.    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:16:30

• And Mono means monkey.    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:16:40

• billg called a company after his genitals. Miguel calls a project after his inner self. https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/20/Did_Bill_Gates_Lobby_to_Blur_the_Face_of_the_Young_Woman_He_Ope.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:18:05

• One can see why billg would find "allure" in the "small women" of Epstein. http://techrights.org/o/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:18:36

• Libreboot 26.01-rc1 is out    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:19:09

• Tai Po fire: Remains of 5 more Indonesian domestic workers repatriated ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/24/tai-po-fire-remains-of-5-more-indonesian-domestic-workers-repatriated/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:19:34

• CrowPi 3 Hey Hi (AI) Learning Kit is powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 SBC, works with Arduino Nano, BillBC Micro:bit, and Raspberry Pi Pico boards ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/24/crowpi-3-ai-learning-kit-is-powered-by-a-raspberry-pi-5-sbc-works-with-arduino-nano-bbc-microbit-and-raspberry-pi-pico-boards/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:20:18

• Urban VPN Proxy Surreptitiously Intercepts Hey Hi (AI) Chats ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/urban-vpn-proxy-surreptitiously-intercepts-ai-chats.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:20:40

• QEMU 10.2 Released    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:52:18

• "BUT DIS IS NOT IN RUST !!!!!"    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:52:34

• "BUT DIS NOT IN GITHUB, MAN !!!"    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:52:55

• Just blame "Russia", not the holes https://hackwarenews.com/la-poste-and-la-banque-postale-targeted-by-a-massive-cyberattack/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:53:38

• Maybe 2026 Will be the Last Year of António Campinos ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/24/Maybe_2026_Will_be_the_Last_Year_of_Antonio_Campinos.shtml    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:53:53

• Because behind every Soviet there's a Russian, behind every Russian there's a Soviet?    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:54:40

• Chromium on MediaTek Genio 700 and 720: from test plans to real‑world performance ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/chromium-hardware-codecs-on-mediatek-genio-700-and-720-from-test-plans-to-real‑world-performance.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:55:13

• US actions will not stop EU from moderating online hate and disinformation, commissioner says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251224-us-actions-will-not-stop-eu-moderating-online-hate-disinformation-commissioner-says    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:56:21

• They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/business/europe-us-online-censorship-free-speech.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:56:29

• They interfere with Cheeto's master, Vlad the impaler    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:56:51

• tomshardware now runs on auto-mode, with a stream of spam disguised as 'articles'. Take a break, better than spam, "Tom"...    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:58:10

• Mouse Study Suggests Nose-Picking Has a Surprising Link With Alzheimer's ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mouse-study-suggests-nose-picking-has-a-surprising-link-with-alzheimers    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:00:46

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un views submarine construction, oversees missile launch: KCNA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-oversees-test-firing-of-long-range-missile-kcna-says    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:01:24

• Holiday special ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1109/holiday-special    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:01:57

• From sambal to swank: Why a Malaysian food influencer’s upmarket move struck a nerve ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/from-sambal-to-swank-why-a-malaysian-food-influencers-upmarket-move-struck-a-nerve    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:02:36

• Firefly CAM-3576 series – Tiny Rockchip RK3576 SBCs for commercial, industrial, and automotive applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/24/firefly-cam-3576-series-tiny-rockchip-rk3576-sbcs-for-commercial-industrial-and-automotive-applications/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:02:59

• Lattice Semi MachXO4 FPGA family offers up to 9400 LUTs, 448 kb user flash, improved “hot socketing” ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/24/lattice-semi-machxo4-fpga-family-offers-up-to-9400-luts-448-kb-user-flash-improved-hot-socketing/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:03:38

• Christmas celebrations muted at Bondi as Australians grieve after deadly shooting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/christmas-celebrations-muted-at-bondi-as-australians-grieve-after-deadly-shooting    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:04:00

• READ AS: they run out of 1) money. 2) time. 3) ideas. https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/24/report-openai-explores-ways-monetize-chatgpt-conversational-ads/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:11:34

• This is back-doored☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-forced-slow-software-accelerated-bitlocker-on-windows-but-expects-to-nearly-double-storage-performance-and-improve-battery-life-with-new-cpu-hardware-accelerated-crypto-new-feature-requires-new-cpus-that-arent-available-on-the-market-yet    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:12:32

• see http://techrights.org/o/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/ http://techrights.org/o/2015/11/14/microsoft-bitlocker-has-bugback-doors-windows-laptopdesktop-encryption-just-a-farce/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:13:00

• Harmonizing compliance: How oversight modernization can strengthen America’s cyber resilience ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/12/harmonizing-compliance-how-oversight-modernization-can-strengthen-americas-cyber-resilience/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:14:23

• Researchers say Eurostar accused them of blackmail over Hey Hi (AI) chatbot flaw disclosure ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/24/researchers-say-eurostar-accused-blackmail-ai-chatbot-flaw-disclosure/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:14:42

• Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/starvation-as-a-weapon-of-war-how-ethiopia-created-a-famine-in-tigray/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:15:12

• UN Security Council alarmed by worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/un-security-council-alarmed-by-worsening-humanitarian-crisis-in-sudan/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:16:53

• Several killed in blast at mosque in northeast Nigeria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251224-several-killed-in-blast-at-mosque-in-northeast-nigeria    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:17:07

• Police step up security ahead of Christmas and New Year in Indonesia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/police-step-up-security-ahead-of-christmas-new-year-in-indonesia    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:18:00

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Downplays Hey Hi (AI) Risks, Ignoring Economists’ Concerns ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/politics/trump-artificial-intelligence-economy-risks.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:18:29

• FAKE sum. This is PATENTS. Licensing. Just strokes of pen. No REAL money. https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-license-technology-inference-chip-startup-groq-reported-20b-deal/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:20:45

• Jaspersoft is now no more    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:21:06

• Grimes Says She Has Hey Hi (AI) Psychosis, Recommends You Should Get it Too ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grimes-ai-psychosis    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:22:34

• Christmas celebrations muted at Bondi as Australians grieve after deadly shooting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/christmas-celebrations-muted-at-bondi-as-australians-grieve-after-deadly-shooting    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:23:12

• China social control media thrashes one-child policy after population control czar dies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-social-media-thrashes-one-child-policy-after-population-control-czar-dies    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:23:39

• Australian State Passes ‘Extraordinary’ Gun and Protest Laws After Bondi Attack ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/world/australia/nsw-gun-protest-laws.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:26:51

• Australia’s New South Wales passes tougher gun, anti-terror laws after Bondi Beach shooting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-state-passes-tougher-gun-anti-terror-laws-after-bondi-beach-shooting    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:26:59

• Car with Hanukkah sign set ablaze in Melbourne ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/car-with-hanukkah-sign-set-ablaze-in-melbourne    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:27:19

• Why all the running? Sporting craze draws in record numbers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20251224-why-all-the-running-sporting-craze-draws-in-record-numbers    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:27:48

• Seems foolish https://www.zdnet.com/article/canonicals-ubuntu-telemetry/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:39:16

• Elementary OS 8.1 rolls out with a stronger focus on system security https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/24/elementary-os-8-1-released/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:39:45

• "Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Secure Session as default and many other improvements." https://itsfoss.com/news/elementary-os-8-1-release/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:40:36

• CachyOS vs. Nobara: Which obscure Linux distro is right for you? https://www.zdnet.com/article/cachyos-vs-nobara-which-is-right-for-you/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:44:38

• My 5 favorite distros of Linux past - and why I'm still thinking about them https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-distros-no-loger-exist/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:45:04

• "I still remember with fondness when the only privacy concern I had when it came to my computer is that my dad would go sniffing through my files while I was at school. Which is why I had a BIOS and Windows login password!" https://www.howtogeek.com/the-only-truly-private-pc-is-a-linux-pc/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:45:44

• Arch Linux Drops Support for NVIDIA Pascal and Older GPUs https://www.techpowerup.com/344385/arch-linux-drops-support-for-nvidia-pascal-and-older-gpus    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:46:06

• "FuriLabs launches enterprise-only VX1 with MDM capabilities for companies." https://itsfoss.com/news/void-phone-vx1/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:46:32

• I run my favorite Windows apps on Linux, and this free tool makes it effortless https://www.makeuseof.com/free-tool-effortlessly-run-my-favorite-windows-apps-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:48:36

• "The postmarketOS project has released version 25.12, bringing incremental but meaningful improvements to its Linux distribution for phones and tablets. The update does not turn postmarketOS into a drop-in replacement for Android or iOS" https://www.ghacks.net/2025/12/24/linux-postmarketos-25-12-adds-more-devices-and-ui-updates/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:49:05

• The Void Phone VX1 is Open-Source for Greater Control https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/void-phone-vx1    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:49:31

• "No, this is not a list of all the new distros that came up in 2025. We are listing the ones we covered throughout this year." https://itsfoss.com/news/new-distros-2025/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:50:47

• This fresh new text editor is the nano replacement I've been waiting for https://www.zdnet.com/article/nano-alternative-linux-macos-fresh-text-editor-with-gui/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:51:14

• Void Phone VX1 promises data privacy thanks to Linux, hard switch for camera, microphone and 5G https://www.notebookcheck.net/Void-Phone-VX1-promises-data-privacy-thanks-to-Linux-hard-switch-for-camera-microphone-and-5G.1191816.0.html    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:52:13

• Alternative NAS operating system OpenMediaVault got a big Christmas Eve update https://www.howtogeek.com/alternative-nas-operating-system-openmediavault-version-8-released/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:55:45

• "postmarketOS, the Linux distribution for phones and tablets, just released a new major update. It's still not a full-fledged replacement for Android or iOS, but now it has more supported hardware, an upgraded package manager, and new versions of GNOME and KDE." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-phones-are-getting-even-better-with-postmarketos-25-12/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:56:05

• "Linux 6.19 breathes new life into AMD AMD GCN 1.0 and GCN 1.1 graphics cards." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/legacy-amd-gpus-receive-30-percent-performance-boost-thanks-to-latest-linux-kernel-update-finally-drops-obsolete-radeon-graphics-driver-for-gcn-1-0-and-gcn-1-1-cards-after-more-than-two-decades    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:56:39

• FACEBOK IS a game! https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-deploys-the-steam-decks-linux-scheduler-across-its-data-centers-valves-low-latency-scheduler-perfect-for-managing-metas-workloads-at-massive-data-centers    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:56:59

• "The year is almost over and so it’s time to let you know what we enjoyed the most this year while gaming on Linux. Doing things a little differently this time, I pulled in some long-time contributors in the community from moderators to article contributors to give their picks too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/heres-our-2025-goty-picks/    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 16:57:24

• "There is a deep feeling of being cool. Like it's really cool to not watch tv, only awesome people do that..." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/tvDetox    

posted Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 05:14:24