'The Linux Gamer' a Marketing Lamer?

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-07-06 14:28:08 UTC
Modified: 2022-07-06 14:30:25 UTC

Summary: The YouTube channel formerly known as The Linux Gamer became just Gardiner Bryant or "TLG" and it's not even acting like an organic, grassroots effort but more like a marketing operation; is Bryant a PR operative?

Meanwhile, Spamnil has bought himself another round of clickfraud in YouTube. The Linux Foundation passes money to a fraud and it does the same itself.

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The Media Needs to Speak of Slop as a Climate Issue Like It Did With Bitcoin: But the slop industry keeps paying the media to play along with the hype
XBox is Practically 'Dead Man Walking' at This Point: writings on the wall
SLAPP Censorship - Part 128 Out of 200: Making Laws Work for Britain, Not Oversensitive Americans Looking for 'Revenge' by Lawfare: The SLAPPs are intended to protect corporations (employers like Microsoft)
DW Documentary About Julian Assange Turns 2: It was released just days after Assange had turned 53 and about two weeks after he had left the UK
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The Story of the European Patent Office (EPO) Wagging the Dog (EU): The aim of the series is to properly inform the world - not just Europeans - how Europe's second-largest institution is run [...] How did a corporate hub of monopolies become so detached from the Rule of Law?
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SLAPP Censorship - Part 129 Out of 200: Iranian Tactics: Hunger for revenge compels people to do overzealous, irrational things
Quiet Week: Many in the US are still enjoying an extended weekend
IBM's Fall: IBM's fate is closely connected to that of the Free software movement because of the salaries
Social Dialogue at the European Patent Office (EPO) is Dead, the Strikes and Work Stoppage-Like Actions Carry on: What next for the EPO?
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 05, 2026: IRC logs for Sunday, July 05, 2026
Links 05/07/2026: Shadows of the Upper Peninsula and 2026 Old Computer Challenge: Links for the day
Not Everything Should be Electric: technology has become detrimental to society
Gemini Links 05/07/2026: Eye of the Beholder and Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alhena 5.6.5: Links for the day
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The 9-Step IBM Algorithm: Gaming Wall Street While Shedding Off Staff and Bribing the Mainstream Media to Play Along: Any time IBM preaches manners (e.g. CoC) to the community remember that IBM works closely with and flatters the dictator
They Could Never Kill the Ideas of Richard Stallman (RMS), But They Are Still Trying: Killing an idea is harder than killing a person and killing a person is illegal
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Confidentiality at Risk With Slop 'Coding': People who continue to cheer for slop aren't just misguided fanbis and fangurls
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France is Winning the Race Against Windows: France instructs, then orders, government agencies to adopt GNU/Linux
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American Independence Needs Independent Media: The American regime's hostility towards media is an international problem
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Links 04/07/2026: 2026 Old Computer Challenge and Trying Gopher: Links for the day
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Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, July 03, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, July 03, 2026

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