[Meme] Importing Corruption, Voting Fodder, and More
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-02-13 01:47:44 UTC
- Modified: 2022-02-13 01:47:44 UTC
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Links 14/07/2026: Plagiarism Spun as "Training", Zelensky Announces Leadership Shuffle
- Links for the day
- The Register MS Has Just Published "AI" Webspam That Mentions "AI" 54 Times. It Was Paid to Do This.
- Who pays for all this "AI" hype or "buzz"?
- Gemini Links 14/07/2026: Self-Advocacy Online; "The Internet Is Dead: How the Web Lost Its Human Soul"
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 13, 2026
- IRC logs for Monday, July 13, 2026
- Modern Technology Harms Women More Than Men (Because the 'Tech Bros' Who Dominate STEM Have a Poor View of Women)
- “Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we're doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance.”
- Internet Relay Chat Trolls Are Not Expressing Opinions, They Are Saboteurs
- For the record
- Links 14/07/2026: "The Freedom of Information Act Is in Serious Trouble"; Irish Datacenters Use Up Almost 25% of Total Energy
- Links for the day
- The Register MS: "AI" Puff Pieces for Sale, Not Journalism at All, Just "Webspam"
- The Register MS isn't the sole culprit
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 12, 2026
- IRC logs for Sunday, July 12, 2026
- How We Do Techrights (and What's Changing Next Week)
- Many former news sites no longer yield much non-meaningless news (not anymore); there's a gap to be filled
- Links 12/07/2026: Palantir Unrest and Wireshark 4.6.7
- Links for the day
- Links 12/07/2026: New Instrument Time and PalmOS Experiences in 2026
- Links for the day
- Red Hat Staff Says IBM Policy Has Stigmatised Him as a Tool and a Slopper With Plagiarism Tools
- IBM is killing Red Hat with slop
- Freedom of Choice or Freedom Versus Choice (or When All Choices Are Incompatible With Freedom)
- When some business asserts that it gives people different options, then it can rightly argue that it offers some choices, but that is not the same as freedom
- Techrights IRC Turns 5 Without a “Code of Conduct”, “Code of Conduct Committee”, and All Those Bureaucratic Nightmares
- 18+ years if one counts our time in Freenode as well
- Why U No Use AI???
- Many hype waves come and go
- There Are Still Slopfarms in Google News
- Google is trying to participate in if not lead this pyramid scheme
- The Cyber Show Explains How Slop and Promotion of Slop is About Taking Control Away From Computer Users
- "On making a trustworthy machine"
- Keeping Available the Site at All Times
- Informal arrangements and crowdfunding keep our work available despite resistance (including from people who break the law)
- What If "Era of AI" and "AI Revolution" (Fake News) Never Happened?
- So how much longer before the bust (or bubble-burst)?
- GNU/Linux Approaches 5% in Australia
- 5% by year's end?
- Europe/EU is Moving Towards Independence, Fast to Adopt Free Software
- More and more states (governments, public sector) in Germany are dumping Microsoft
- GNU/Linux Grows at the Expense of Windows
- People who want to get work done already left Windows
- Tux Machines Growing as a Volunteers-Run Site
- Historically the site did not have many original stories, but this changed as the audience grew and the site gained more recognition
- Links 12/07/2026: European Commission Versus ‘Addictive Design’, "Google Loses Final Appeal Over $4.7 Billion EU Android Antitrust Fine"
- Links for the day
- GNU/Linux Market Share Increases Some More Today, statCounter Measures It at 7.3%
- Will more such thresholds and records be broken?
- Gemini Links 12/07/2026: Studying Languages and 2026 Old Computer Challenge (OCC)
- Links for the day
- EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XIII - At the EPO, Cocaine Addicts and Their Friends Are "Protected Class"
- What does that tell us about the EPO?
- Increasing Output by Focusing on Originals
- It's probably more important to carry on with these than it is to keep abreast of non-crucial news
- Amid Strikes and Industrial Actions, Young Professionals at the European Patent Office (EPO) Kept on 'Short Leash', According to the Local Staff Committee The Hague
- Issues affecting Young Professionals
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 11, 2026
- IRC logs for Saturday, July 11, 2026
