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<description>bonum certa men certa</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Register MS Helps Prove the "AI" Frenzy in the Media is Evidence of Compromised Media, Not Legitimate "Revolution" (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/08/The_Register_MS_Helps_Prove_the_AI_Frenzy_in_the_Media_is_Evide.shtml</link>
<description>Ignore the hype and carry on</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Insiders on "Effectively Being Silently Laid Off From Microsoft" (updated)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/08/Microsoft_Insiders_on_Effectively_Being_Silently_Laid_Off_From_.shtml</link>
<description>People are laid off by the thousands without the media uttering a word or the companies confirming anything</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Microsoft Ban Should Go Further (Telecommunications Cybersecurity and Resilience Act Incompatible With Back Doors)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/09/The_Microsoft_Ban_Should_Go_Further_Telecommunications_Cybersec.shtml</link>
<description>it's not difficult to see where to start</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>When Americans Export a 'Suicide Mission' to Other Continents</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/09/When_Americans_Export_a_Suicide_Mission_to_Other_Continents.shtml</link>
<description>I worry that this culture of debt-taking and overconsumption is being spread from the US to Europe</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Register MS: "AI" Several Times in Same Headline, 31 Times in Page. The Register MS Was Paid to Do This.</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/09/The_Register_MS_AI_Several_Times_in_Same_Headline_31_Times_in_P.shtml</link>
<description>The phenomenon is commercial (paid media), not scientific</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Outcome of Microsoft Ban Was Predictable</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/09/The_Outcome_of_Microsoft_Ban_Was_Predictable.shtml</link>
<description>told you so</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/09/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 08, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/09/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_October_08_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Thursday, October 08, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 08/10/2026: Economical Thrashing, How I Killed the Earth, and Thoughts on Gemini</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/08/Gemini_Links_08_10_2026_Economical_Thrashing_How_I_Killed_the_E.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 08/10/2026: Wikimedia Bemoans Chaffbot Slop (Bots Sold as 'Agents') That Sabotage It, ICC's Taliban Warrants</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/08/Links_08_10_2026_Wikimedia_Bemoans_Chaffbot_Slop_Bots_Sold_as_A.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 08/10/2026: Slop Scammers (Pushers) Inflate Hosting Bills and "YouTube Testing Everything"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/08/Links_08_10_2026_Slop_Scammers_Pushers_Inflate_Hosting_Bills_an.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>London Became Synonymous With the Royal Courts of Justice</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/08/London_Became_Synonymous_With_the_Royal_Courts_of_Justice.shtml</link>
<description>London used to be a place where we go on holiday/retreat/break; nowadays we have only one destination there</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Brigading Against Women - Part XXIII - Extremism in the Mix and Getting the Police Involved</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/08/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XXIII_Extremism_in_the_Mix_and_Get.shtml</link>
<description>In 2012 I was getting heckled a lot for opposing back doors in Linux; it has not stopped since</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/08/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 07, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/08/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_October_07_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Wednesday, October 07, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft's XBox CEO Asha Sharma Tells Staff That Many Thousands of Layoffs Are in Fact "Return to Growth"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Microsoft_s_XBox_CEO_Asha_Sharma_Tells_Staff_That_That_Many_Tho.shtml</link>
<description>Get it? Layoffs are "growth".</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 07/10/2026: On Feeling Guilty Leaving the US, Multinet, and Limiting Net Usage</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Gemini_Links_07_10_2026_On_Feeling_Guilty_Leaving_the_US_Multin.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The Cyber Show Explains the Concept of "Data Rape"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/The_Cyber_Show_Explains_the_Concept_of_Data_Rape.shtml</link>
<description>a metaphor some might find crude</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FREE BEER is Still Online, But Barely Active</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/FREE_BEER_is_Still_Online_But_Barely_Active.shtml</link>
<description>25 years ago or even 20 years ago many spoke of open/free beer (or "COLA")</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Syria: GNU/Linux Has Surged to 8% "Market Share"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Syria_GNU_Linux_Has_Surged_to_8_Market_Share.shtml</link>
<description>I don't have a convincing explanation for this</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM Dimming Down the Lights on IBM Consulting, No Knowledge or Experience Required</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/IBM_Dimming_Down_the_Lights_on_IBM_Consulting_No_Knowledge_or_E.shtml</link>
<description>They just "ride" the (old) brand, that's all</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Statement on American SLAPP</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Statement_on_American_SLAPP.shtml</link>
<description>Crossposted from schestowitz.com</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Today The Register MS Published "SPONSORED FEATURE" and "SPONSORED POST" With "AI" 31 Times in Them</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Today_The_Register_MS_Published_SPONSORED_FEATURE_and_SPONSORED.shtml</link>
<description>This isn't a "Reality" or "Era of AI", it's a paid-for spam campaign</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 07/10/2026: Nostalgia, Neutral Map, and Shorthanding</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Gemini_Links_07_10_2026_Nostalgia_Neutral_Map_and_Shorthanding.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 07/10/2026: Unrest in France and Rumours of Plague in Russia</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Links_07_10_2026_Unrest_in_France_and_Rumours_of_Plague_in_Russ.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Brigading Against Women - Part XXII - The Lozza Problem (in Length)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XXII_The_Lozza_Problem_in_Length.shtml</link>
<description>Garrett's case was a waste of the Court's money</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>JavaScript in Richard Stallman's Web Site</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/JavaScript_in_Richard_Stallman_s_Web_Site.shtml</link>
<description>For search he is using CGI, not JavaScript</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>EPO's Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH) Plans Presentation Next Week (Coinciding With Apparent Coronation of 'Cocaine King' Campinos)</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/EPO_s_Local_Staff_Committee_The_Hague_LSCTH_Plans_Presentation_.shtml</link>
<description>They've  outsourced this session to the dictator's spying eye</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The GNOME Foundation's Code of Conduct Has Been Misused to Hide Corruption</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/The_GNOME_Foundation_s_Code_of_Conduct_Has_Been_Misused_to_Hide.shtml</link>
<description>People who value free speech and freedom of expression won't touch social control media with a 10-foot bargepole</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Voting for Freedom of the Press</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Voting_for_Freedom_of_the_Press.shtml</link>
<description>American elections happen every 4 years</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>What Brett Wilson LLP and Matt Garrett Don't Want People to See/Read</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/What_Brett_Wilson_LLP_and_Matt_Garrett_Don_t_Want_People_to_See.shtml</link>
<description>Book-burning is counterproductive</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Book-Burning Mindset Does Not Work</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Book_Burning_Mindset_Does_Not_Work.shtml</link>
<description>It makes the suppressed voices more widely known</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft's XBox in 'Freefall'</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Microsoft_s_XBox_in_Freefall.shtml</link>
<description>XBox is practically finished</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Slop is Plagiarism</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Slop_is_Plagiarism.shtml</link>
<description>Plagiarism is not "theft" and copyright infringement is not "piracy"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IBM is Almost Defunct</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/IBM_is_Almost_Defunct.shtml</link>
<description>IBM is doomed. It just tries to test how much more patience the shareholders have.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Criminalisation of Journalism</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Criminalisation_of_Journalism.shtml</link>
<description>"Journalist Derya Okatan arrested in Turkey for allegedly possessing classified material"</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Brigading Against Women - Part XXI - Hiding Behind the Veil of "Privacy" After Telling Nazi Things in IRC Channels of Techrights and Physically Threatening People</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Brigading_Against_Women_Part_XXI_Hiding_Behind_the_Veil_of_Priv.shtml</link>
<description>To merely explain an abuse (or crime) requires naming people; that's a fundamental tenet of reporting</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Links 07/10/2026: Quitting Smartphone and "Meta's Muse Is Spying on All Your Friends and Family"</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Links_07_10_2026_Quitting_Smartphone_and_Meta_s_Muse_Is_Spying_.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gemini Links 07/10/2026: Greed, In Praise of Zotero, and The de-Google Path</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Gemini_Links_07_10_2026_Greed_In_Praise_of_Zotero_and_The_de_Go.shtml</link>
<description>Links for the day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Over at Tux Machines...</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml</link>
<description>GNU/Linux news for the past day</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 06, 2026</title>
<link>https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_October_06_2026.shtml</link>
<description>IRC logs for Tuesday, October 06, 2026</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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