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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Not a Security Expert If You Cannot Manage to Keep Online a Simple Two-User Mastodon Instance Somebody Else Built (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Not_a_Security_Expert_If_You_Cannot_Manage_to_Keep_Online_a_Sim.shtml</link>
<description>From uptime of ~99% to maybe 80%</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Has All the Symptoms of a Dying Company (Mass Layoffs of the People Who Built the Company) (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Microsoft_Has_All_the_Symptoms_of_a_Dying_Company_Mass_Layoffs_.shtml</link>
<description>the company's debt is going through the ceiling</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>For Effective 'Finlandisation' (Not Digital Sovereignty) to Be Replaced by Autonomy Finland Needs to Think Like GNU (Software Freedom), Not Linux (Openwashing Source, Plus LLM Slop and Killswitches) (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/For_Effective_Finlandisation_Digital_Sovereignty_Finland_Needs_.shtml</link>
<description>What is 'Finlandisation'?</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM's Kyndryl in Trouble: Mass Layoffs, Payroll Problems, Buybacks (in Company Whose Debt is Almost Twice Its Total Value), and Soon $9 Per Share (Down Over 80%) (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/IBM_s_Kyndryl_in_Trouble_Mass_Layoffs_Payroll_Problems_Buybacks.shtml</link>
<description>Kyndryl is done. Stick a fork in it.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 09:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>ICYMI: GNU/Linux Did Not Start in Finland (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/ICYMI_GNU_Linux_Did_Not_Start_in_Finland.shtml</link>
<description>If we're honest/true to ourselves, we need to recognise history for what it is, not what some corporations (like GAFAM) want it to be</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Codecs and Software Patents - Part VII - Entering Phase II, the Battle Against Companies That Normalise Taxed (by Patents on Mathematics) Codecs (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Codecs_and_Software_Patents_Part_VII_Entering_Phase_II_the_Batt.shtml</link>
<description>In the next few part we'll deal with the impact on Free software, including the GNU  Project</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>LLM Slop is Not Reliable, Constitutes No Process of 'Thinking'; There's No Thought Process at All, No Grasp or Understanding, Let Alone Context</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/LLM_Slop_is_Not_Reliable_Constitutes_No_Process_of_Thinking_The.shtml</link>
<description>Lies have become the "business model" [...] More people ought to talk about it and explain to other people what LLMs really are</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Focus is Important, Focus is Everything</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Focus_is_Important_Focus_is_Everything.shtml</link>
<description>We are still running 6 multi-part series in tandem</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Guest Post on False Marketing and PR Blitzes by Anthropic</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Guest_Post_on_False_Marketing_and_PR_Blitzes_by_Anthropic.shtml</link>
<description>A lot of people my age are just tired of the nonsense</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 15/05/2026: UK antitrust regulator is officially investigating Microsoft Office, Anthropic’s Fraudulent Lies About Mythoslop Don't Withstand Scrutiny</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Links_15_05_2026_UK_antitrust_regulator_is_officially_investiga.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 10:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM is Googlebombing the Media With Fake Numbers to Promote Fake Technology</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/IBM_is_Googlebombing_the_Media_With_Fake_Numbers_to_Promote_Fak.shtml</link>
<description>a classic example of why much of today's media cannot be trusted (anymore)</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Up to 10,000 Microsoft Layoffs in a Couple of Months</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Up_to_10_000_Microsoft_Layoffs_in_a_Couple_of_Months.shtml</link>
<description>Many ways to skin a cat</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Truth Hurts. People Hurt by Truth Aren't Entitled to Compensation.</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Truth_Hurts_People_Hurt_by_Truth_Aren_t_Entitled_to_Compensatio.shtml</link>
<description>Family members aren't exempt</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 07:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 77 Out of 200: They Never Knew How to Handle Women (Except to Attack Them)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_77_Out_of_200_They_Never_Knew_How_to_Hand.shtml</link>
<description>The case against us was really quite simple</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Update on Sirius Open Source in 2026 (When Your Former Employer Commits Crimes and Nobody is Held Accountable)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Update_on_Sirius_Open_Source_in_2026_When_Your_Former_Employer_.shtml</link>
<description>I did not envision myself spending several years (even 4 years after leaving that company) challenging the system for tolerating and even covering up corruption</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXIII - Cocaine Use at the EPO's Top-Level Management "Adds Up" and Worsens Things "Over Time"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXIII_Cocaine_Use_at_t.shtml</link>
<description>"cocaine use knocks the IQ down permanently a tiny  bit with each use.  Over time that adds up."</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 15/05/2026: Slop Fatigue and Banning LLM Use</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Gemini_Links_15_05_2026_Slop_Fatigue_and_Banning_LLM_Use.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 14, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/15/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_May_14_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Thursday, May 14, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 03:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 14/05/2026: Health Science, Cheeto Meets Pooh, and Facebook Staff Loathing the CEO</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/Links_14_05_2026_Health_Science_Cheeto_Meets_Pooh_and_Facebook_.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 14/05/2026: Early Morning Practice and Number to Roman Numeral Converter</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/Gemini_Links_14_05_2026_Early_Morning_Practice_and_Number_to_Ro.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FSF Advertises the Father of Software Freedom Giving a Talk in Germany (a Digital Sovereignty Interest Hub, Sponsor of Free Software)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/FSF_Advertises_the_Father_of_Software_Freedom_Giving_a_Talk_in_.shtml</link>
<description>Free Software vs malware and the need for reverse engineering</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Cybershow (UK) Shaping Up to be a Neat and Very Large Gemini Capsule</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/Cybershow_UK_Shaping_Up_to_be_a_Neat_and_Very_Large_Gemini_Caps.shtml</link>
<description>If only more platforms did the same, plenty of energy would be spared, "old" machines would be totally suitable (even with 20 tabs open), as we'd focus on substance, not bells and whistles</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>SLAPP Censorship - Part 76 Out of 200: The Problem With the United Kingdom Allowing Americans to File Lawsuits by Proxy (Relayed by "Hired Guns")</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_76_Out_of_200_The_Problem_With_the_United.shtml</link>
<description>Solicitors in UK warned not to act as ‘hired guns’ to silence critics of super-rich</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>When Microsoft's LinkedIn Goes Offline All Your Fake Friends/Connections and Manufactured 'Status' Will be Gone</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/When_Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_Goes_Offline_All_Your_Fake_Friends_Co.shtml</link>
<description>Many people quit social control media because they recognise it for what it truly is</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Major Setback for IBM in the Courtroom, the Demolition of IBM is Proving Costly</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/Major_Setback_for_IBM_in_the_Courtroom_the_Demolition_of_IBM_is.shtml</link>
<description>Kyndryl is a sign of how IBM ("mother ship") is run and where IBM is heading</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 14/05/2026: Willful Ignorance and Mass Layoffs at Microsoft</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/Links_14_05_2026_Willful_Ignorance_and_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsof.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 08:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 14/05/2026: Rewatching V for Vendetta, JPEG XL, and Platform Migrations</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/Gemini_Links_14_05_2026_Rewatching_V_for_Vendetta_JPEG_XL_and_P.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 08:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXII - What the Science Says About Cocaine in the Workplace (EPO President, Mr. Campinos, Please Take Note)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXII_What_the_Science_.shtml</link>
<description>What the science says</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>European Patent Office (EPO) President, Mr. Campinos, Ignoring Its Staff While Protecting His Friends</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/European_Patent_Office_EPO_President_Mr_Campinos_Ignoring_Its_S.shtml</link>
<description>the President is covering up cocaine use while ignoring his own workers</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 04:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Slop Cannot Replace Everybody (the Story of Perl and Universities)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/Slop_Cannot_Replace_Everybody_the_Story_of_Perl_and_Universitie.shtml</link>
<description>Quantity where abundance exists is without merit; quality is what people opt for as they have limited time and patience</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 04:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 13, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/14/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_May_13_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Wednesday, May 13, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 13/05/2026: Sudan War Enters Fourth Year and Strait of Hormuz Leaves Safe Passage a Gamble</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/Links_13_05_2026_Sudan_War_Enters_Fourth_Year_and_Strait_of_Hor.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 13/05/2026: Useless Protests and Foofaraw on Geminispace</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/Gemini_Links_13_05_2026_Useless_Protests_and_Foofaraw_on_Gemini.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Mainstream Media: Microsoft Says No Layoffs. Microsoft: OK, There Are Layoffs.</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/Mainstream_Media_Microsoft_Says_No_Layoffs_Microsoft_OK_There_A.shtml</link>
<description>Where is Waggener Edstrom/Frank Shaw now?</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM's Kyndryl Down Almost 20% in 5 Days, IBM Down 35% in About 6 Months, Further 'Staff Reductions' at Red Hat (Problems Paying Salaries!)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/IBM_s_Kyndryl_Down_Almost_20_in_5_Days_IBM_Down_35_in_About_6_M.shtml</link>
<description>Will this year's festivities be Krishna's last?</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>More Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, Only Weeks After the "Buyout" Nonsense (Glorified Severance to Highest-Paid American Staff)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/More_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Only_Weeks_After_the_Buyout_Nons.shtml</link>
<description>Next up it is LinkedIn</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM is in a Freefall, When Will IBM's CEO Fall on His Sword?</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/IBM_is_in_a_Freefall_When_Will_IBM_s_CEO_Fall_on_His_Sword.shtml</link>
<description>Since he controls the Board, is anyone in a position to fire him?</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>At GitLab, "AI" is "All India"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/At_GitLab_AI_is_All_India.shtml</link>
<description>It says "as much as 30%," but they also hire and it's clear what demography is targeted</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Verified Accounts of Microsoft Offering 'Retirement' (Layoffs) to People in Their 40s, Over Two Decades Earlier Than Retirement Age</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/Verified_Accounts_of_Microsoft_Offering_Retirement_Layoffs_to_P.shtml</link>
<description>It's not even about performance, it's about age (or "cost" as well as location; they cheapen the labour)</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 13/05/2026: Slop Turns Into 2008-Style Subprime Bubble, Mass Layoffs at Starbucks</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/Links_13_05_2026_Slop_Turns_Into_2008_Style_Subprime_Bubble_Mas.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 07:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>They Don't Like the Layoffs, So They Are Rebranding Them</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/They_Don_t_Like_the_Layoffs_So_They_Are_Rebranding_Them.shtml</link>
<description>Layoffs are layoffs</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM Downgraded as the Shares Sink to New Lows</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/IBM_Downgraded_as_the_Shares_Sink_to_New_Lows.shtml</link>
<description>The current strategy of IBM is financial engineering, wage reductions, and mass layoffs that the corporate media refuses to even write about</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 04:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 12, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_May_12_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Tuesday, May 12, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 13/05/2026: TUIs and Internet Radio</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/Gemini_Links_13_05_2026_TUIs_and_Internet_Radio.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>How the European Patent Office Became a Crime and Corruption Hub, One of Europe's Biggest</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/13/How_the_European_Patent_Office_Became_a_Crime_and_Corruption_Hu.shtml</link>
<description>incomplete outline</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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