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Techrights in the Next Ten Years

Hulme Hall 2000
2000 when I started university



Summary: An outlook for Techrights and topics it will focus on, seeing that the nature of threats is evolving

10 years is a very long time, but we believe we've secured the next decade or even more (maybe 2 decades) for our writings, activism, campaigning etc. It's not about money but about persistence and focus. We're on steadier ground (more than ever before) and we have the capacity to expand to more protocols, shall the World Web Wide gradually go the way of the dodo (that's already happening to social control media, which this site always rejected).



"As for Free software (and GNU/Linux) advocacy, we do that in Daily Links and we produce material when time permits."Our top/utmost priority is exposing corruption and giving a voice to whistleblowers. As far as we're aware, we still maintain a 100% source protection track record. As for Free software (and GNU/Linux) advocacy, we do that in Daily Links and we produce material when time permits. It's not the highest priority, but it is still very important. Consensus that GNU/Linux is technically ahead (and very widely used) was reached about a decade ago. Most GNU/Linux users I know very well understand that the Linux Foundation does not speak for them. The Foundation is just a corporate, corrupting force of occupation against us. Resist this.

More than a decade ago we asked readers what issues to focus on. Patents were a common theme and there was consensus that we needed to tackle software patents (that was years before 35 U.S.C. €§ 101/Alice). Nowadays we barely write about the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It's not that it's not problematic, it's just not the top priority at this time.

Last year we finally put our code out there, in public, via Git over Gemini. This year we're finally, belatedly in fact, moving away from systemd and various other things that ought to be rejected.

"Our main 'value proposition' is that we can publish material no other Web site or news [sic] paper is willing to; we're uncompromising on freedom of expression and the public's right to know."Techrights is a very large site, but it not a 'mainstream' site (whatever that term even means). It's still read by many people -- over Gemini, over IPFS, in the form of a text bulletin, or even HTML (many read the HTML as RSS/XML). We've moved way ahead and aren't reliant on "old school" HTML over HTTP/S. We're also making extensive use of IRC and last summer we created our own IRC network. We recently began experimenting with MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) for real-time updates, both in Git and sites. More on that soon...

Since 2006 we withstood and survived all sorts of challenges. Seeing that the last Novell CEO is desperate to take us offline is a badge of honour. Of course he has no legal basis, none whatsoever.

Any whistleblower from any company (or organisation) should know we're all ears. We're devoted to protecting sources as we already have. Our main 'value proposition' is that we can publish material no other Web site or news [sic] paper is willing to; we're uncompromising on freedom of expression and the public's right to know.

Recent Techrights' Posts

SLAPP Censorship - Part 158 Out of 200: Making Alliances With Men Arrested for Strangling Women Was Always a Terrible Strategy
They work for American slop companies
 
Links 22/08/2026: Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Pay High Price for Frivolous Litigation in the UK
Links for the day
'Voluntary' Mass Layoffs at IBM/Red Hat
IBM does not want people to notice what truly goes on there
Another Round of GAFAM Layoffs, This Time Apple
Now Apple "is shutting down an entire Vision Pro team focused on developing gaming features for the mixed-reality headset."
Gemini Links 22/08/2026: The Bodyguard (1992), Minimalism, Backups, and IPFS
Links for the day
Links 22/08/2026: TikTok Settles With Feds, Harms Caused by Social Control Media Gaining Attention
Links for the day
New Data Shows Microsoft's XBox is Really Dying
XBox is a "burning platform"
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 21, 2026
IRC logs for Friday, August 21, 2026
Sources-First Publication
Thank you for keeping us on track
Ubuntu is Not Linux
I was one of the first users of Ubuntu
Links 21/08/2026: Outrage Over Politicians Who Support Slop-Feeding Data Centres, "America Is About to Get More Expensive"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 21/08/2026: Rain Coming Back and "Small Internet"
Links for the day
Mass Layoffs at IBM, But Mostly in Secret (PIPs and 'Voluntary' Redundancies)
Gerstner laid off a record number of people; Krishna tries to find 'innovative' new ways to cause workers to leave
Slop-ware: Nobody Knows What Code Goes Into Linux and Most Developers Cannot Understand the Rust Code (Even If They Tried)
So nobody is in charge
The Slop Pyramid Scheme (Not Boon!) Isn't Good for GNU/Linux, Even If the Plagiarism Engines (Framed as "Training" or "Intelligence") Almost Always Run GNU/Linux
We need the slop pop - we need the bubble to pop
North America: GNU/Linux Measured at 13%-15% Every Night
many (north) Americans use GNU/Linux at home and are using it to access the Web in the small hours of the morning
Links 21/08/2026: "Silicon Valley’s Billionaire Cults Are Coming for Democracy" and "Who’s Raking it in as the National Debt Explodes?"
Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 157 Out of 200: What is a 'Defamation Troll'?
"Defamation Mill" also
Northern Europe Leads the Pack in Abandoning Windows After Threats Made to Greenland (Says Clownflare Data)
Clownflare has a vast trove of data, so it cannot be easily dismissed as pure nonsense
Clownflare: In Past 12 Months Microsoft Windows Fell From ~80% to ~75% on Desktops/Laptops in Asia
Microsoft is deep in debt
Secret Layoffs at Microsoft, Apparently More Sites Will Shut Down Entirely
vindicates us and serves to affirm what we've said for over a month
The State of Slopfarms About "Linux" in August 2026
The Web needs serious cleanup, which curation can help deliver
IBM Offers Workers Some Money to Fire Themselves, It's Called "Next Step" and It's Allegedly 'Extended' (Not Enough Fools Have Fired Themselves)
Will IBM executives - including the CEO - ever be held accountable?
£5 Million Unsolicited/Undisclosed Bribes and What That Means to British Politics
It still remains unknown (disclosure denied) who helps fund the £1 million lawfare against us
[Satire] Pocock, Binface & nobodies vs Farage: defamation before UK High Court
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
The IBM Censorship Team, PIPs (Silent Layoffs) in IBM Europe
There seem to be many de facto layoffs going on at IBM right there
SLAPP Censorship - Part 156 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP Becoming Wilson FC
Now acting almost like one-person shop (lots of staff has fled this past year)
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 20, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, August 20, 2026
Gemini Links 21/08/2026: "Ensmallening the BigWeb", "Rust Dependencies"
Links for the day
Links 20/08/2026: 'Linux' Foundation Promoting Slop Hype for Money (Hype as a Service), Malaysia’s Exports Jump 38% Year-on-Year
Links for the day
Gemini Links 20/08/2026: A "Break From Routine" and "Modem Was the Problem"
Links for the day
Clownflare Reckons GNU/Linux is on Almost 1 in 10 Laptops/Desktops in Western Europe
Western Europe and China are leaving more of GAFAM behind them
Looking Ahead at September
Rianne and I look forward to a productive September
Links 20/08/2026: Facebook "Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians" and Facebook Faces "Social [Control] Media Addiction Trial"
Links for the day
Clownflare Sees GNU/Linux at 16% Market Share on Desktops/Laptops in Tajikistan
in Tajikistan it seems like adoption of GNU/Linux is exceptionally high, based on a very large data set associated with Web access
The Demise of Social Control Media Continues
Entering (anew) social control media in 2026 seems foolish
SLAPP Censorship - Part 155 Out of 200: Throwing Stones in Houses Made of Glass
character-assassination-as-a-service
Gemini Links 20/08/2026: Planners, Pantsing, Vinylyssee
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 19, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, August 19, 2026