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Tue 16:56:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): OpenVPN 2.7.1 Released with New Features, Improvements, and Bug Fixes ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/OpenVPN_2_7_1_Released_with_New_Features_Improvements_and_Bug_F.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/OpenVPN_2_7_1_Released_with_New_Features_Improvements_and_Bug_F.gmi ∎
Tue 16:56:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IBM trolls using LLM slop. "ah the dreaded AI Em dash. You scoundrel!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmx05579#replies
Tue 17:10:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Chaff, Slop and Spam Help Distract From Parallel Crises at IBM ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Chaff_Slop_and_Spam_Help_Distract_From_Parallel_Crises_at_IBM.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Chaff_Slop_and_Spam_Help_Distract_From_Parallel_Crises_at_IBM.gmi ∎
Tue 17:12:09 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/iran-conflict-forces-bitcoin-mining-operators-to-pivot-to-ai-infrastructure-btc-network-sees-the-first-quarterly-hashrate-drop-since-2020
Tue 17:13:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sahil Dhiman: MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026 ☞ https://blog.sahilister.in/2026/03/minidebconf-kanpur-2026/
Tue 17:16:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 004 - Databricks Investigating Alleged Compromise, TeamPCP Runs Dual Ransomware Operations, and AstraZeneca Data Released, (Mon, Mar 30th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32846
Tue 17:18:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Disclosed but Still Secret? The Federal Circuit Weighs Patent Publications Against Trade Secret Claims ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/disclosed-but-still-secret-the-federal-circuit-weighs-patent-publications-against-trade-secret-claims.html
Tue 17:19:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dominion Harbor entity, Bunker Hill, EV battery patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/29/dominion-harbor-entity-bunker-hill-ev-battery-patent-challenged
Tue 17:20:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Athena Security firewall patent monopoly campaign - invalidity charts coming soon ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/30/athena-security-firewall-patent-campaign-invalidity-charts-coming-soon
Tue 17:20:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ NUC and Preu Bohlig overturn slow juicer ruling on appeal ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/nuc-and-preu-bohlig-overturn-slow-juicer-ruling-on-appeal/
Tue 17:21:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ All airline passengers limited to 2 power banks ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/31/all-airline-passengers-limited-to-2-power-banks/
Tue 17:21:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ As usual, slop companies = DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT DEBT https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/30/llm-developer-mistral-ai-raises-830m-debt-financing-add-data-center-capacity/
Tue 17:22:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Revolut Bank ordered to hand over details of more than 300 Sky TV subscribers connected to piracy operation — TV provider expected to pursue subscribers who paid for illicit 'IPTV is Easy' service in unprecedented move ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/tv-providers/sky-wins-irish-court-order-forcing-revolut-to-unmask-over-300-pirate-iptv-subscribers
Tue 17:23:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ OpenAI Codex vulnerability enabled Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub token theft via command injection, report finds ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/30/openai-codex-vulnerability-enabled-github-token-theft-via-command-injection-report-finds/
Tue 17:25:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ HIBP Mega Update: Passkeys, k-Anonymity Searches, Massive Speed Enhancements and a Bulk Domain Verification API ☞ https://www.troyhunt.com/passkeys-k-anonymity-searches-massive-speed-enhancements-bulk-domain-verification-api/
Tue 17:29:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "it doesn't tell the real story." https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-minimum-ram-requirement/
Tue 17:30:04 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] <admfubar> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/iran-conflict-forces-bitcoin-mining-operators-to-pivot-to-ai-infrastructure-btc-network-sees-the-first-quarterly-hashrate-drop-since-2020
Tue 17:30:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] what is this "hey hi" arch?
Tue 17:30:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they talk in buzzwords, as usual
Tue 17:30:22 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] very 'cryptic'
Tue 17:30:37 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ corporate speak
Tue 17:30:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Slave of Microsoft Canonical? No more. https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-mate-lead-martin-wimpress-steps-down-and-seeks-a-successor-after-12-years/
Tue 17:31:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ubuntu was my first distro—here's why we went our separate ways https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-was-my-first-distroheres-why-we-went-our-separate-ways/
Tue 17:31:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] admfubar: yes
Tue 17:31:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] as noted this morningh
Tue 17:31:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] in some article
Tue 17:31:37 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "cloud"
Tue 17:31:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] seems to have become
Tue 17:31:45 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "AI workloads"
Tue 17:31:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "AI datacentres"
Tue 17:31:56 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] something "AI"
Tue 17:32:05 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] and then they neglect "cloud"
Tue 17:32:11 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] talk about growth in this new "thing"
Tue 17:32:54 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ gotta keep the investors pacified...
Tue 17:33:26 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes, i was just about to say something like that
Tue 17:33:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "it's growing"
Tue 17:33:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "keep pouring in money"
Tue 17:34:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GAFAM in the cross hairs, almost literally https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/microsoft-google-apple-and-other-us-companies-under-threat-iran-says-will-target-these-cos-in-region/articleshow/129930569.cms
Tue 17:35:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SystemRescue 13 updates its kernel to Linux 6.18 LTS, adds new recovery tools - Help Net Security ⚓ https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/30/systemrescue-13-released/ ䷉ Source: Help Net Security | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/30/systemrescue-13-released/
Tue 17:36:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This hidden Linux feature makes Windows look embarrassing for developers https://www.howtogeek.com/this-hidden-linux-feature-makes-windows-look-embarrassing-for-developers/
Tue 17:36:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): SystemRescue 13 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8.1, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/SystemRescue_13_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_GParted_1_8.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/28/SystemRescue_13_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_18_LTS_GParted_1_8.gmi ∎
Tue 17:36:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linus Torvalds says Linux 7.0's calm was a mirage as rc6 refuses to settle down https://www.xda-developers.com/linus-torvalds-says-linux-7-0-calm-was-a-mirage-as-rc6-refuses-to-settle-down/
Tue 17:38:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Patching Paradox Driving Most Breaches https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-patching-paradox-driving-most-breaches-177700.html
Tue 17:38:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The sixth release candidate for Linux 7.0 sees a spike in fixes, potentially driven by AI coding tools, leaving the final launch date uncertain." https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-expresses-concerns-over-unusually-large-linux-70-rc6-patch-count/
Tue 17:39:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Proprietary https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260330208364/en/Tech-Soft-3D-Announces-Full-Launch-of-HOOPS-AI-Adding-Embeddings-Linux-Support
Tue 17:40:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Stop distro-hopping. It won’t fix your Linux problems https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-distro-hopping-why-switching-linux-distributions-rarely-solves-anything/
Tue 17:40:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 5 Linux Mint desktop widgets that save me time and help me get more done https://www.howtogeek.com/must-have-linux-mint-desklets/
Tue 17:41:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Slop about slop? https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3744583655145473
Tue 17:42:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mullvad Browser's testers now get access to updates every four weeks, also on Linux ARM devices https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/mullvad-browsers-testers-now-get-access-to-updates-every-four-weeks-also-on-linux-arm-devices
Tue 17:44:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Proprietary Software, Microsoft Slop, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Proprietary_Software_Microsoft_Slop_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Proprietary_Software_Microsoft_Slop_and_More.gmi ∎
Tue 17:45:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 5 Linux Mint extensions that finally made my desktop feel complete https://www.howtogeek.com/must-have-linux-mint-extensions/
Tue 17:46:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎
Tue 17:48:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 17:49:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Tue 17:51:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Seeed Studio, Raspberry Pi, Coreboot 26.03, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Open_Hardware_Modding_Seeed_Studio_Raspberry_Pi_Coreboot_26_03_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Open_Hardware_Modding_Seeed_Studio_Raspberry_Pi_Coreboot_26_03_.gmi ∎
Tue 17:53:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): MiniDebConf and Canonical/Ubuntu News ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/MiniDebConf_and_Canonical_Ubuntu_News.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/MiniDebConf_and_Canonical_Ubuntu_News.gmi ∎
Tue 17:54:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free Software Directory Meeting and LibreLocal Meetups in Montreal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and Milan ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Free_Software_Directory_Meeting_and_LibreLocal_Meetups_in_Montr.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Free_Software_Directory_Meeting_and_LibreLocal_Meetups_in_Montr.gmi ∎
Tue 17:54:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): New Release: Elive 3.8.50 Stable ’Retrowave’ is released! ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/New_Release_Elive_3_8_50_Stable_Retrowave_is_released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/New_Release_Elive_3_8_50_Stable_Retrowave_is_released.gmi ∎
Tue 17:56:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Web Browsing, Open Data, and Standards ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Web_Browsing_Open_Data_and_Standards.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Web_Browsing_Open_Data_and_Standards.gmi ∎
Tue 17:58:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast, Late Night Linux, and Linux User Space ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Audiocasts_Shows_mintCast_Late_Night_Linux_and_Linux_User_Space.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/Audiocasts_Shows_mintCast_Late_Night_Linux_and_Linux_User_Space.gmi ∎
Tue 17:58:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎
Tue 18:01:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ iophk: Iran is threatening serious action against those companies tomorrow. Those that stayed on FOSS will soon have a pronounced advantage over fools who fell for the GAFAM lies. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/microsoft-google-apple-and-other-us-companies-under-threat-iran-says-will-target-these-cos-in-region/articleshow/129930569.cms
Tue 18:02:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 31/03/2026: More Energy Shortages Noted, Taylor Swift Faces Trademark Infringement Suit ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Links_31_03_2026_More_Energy_Shortages_Noted_Taylor_Swift_Faces.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Links_31_03_2026_More_Energy_Shortages_Noted_Taylor_Swift_Faces.gmi ∎
Tue 18:31:52 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/iran-pseudo-ransomware-pay2key-operations
Tue 18:43:54 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.datagubbe.se/aipixels/
Tue 18:46:50 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ your robot needs a shave.... https://www.discovermagazine.com/seals-intricate-and-sensitive-whiskers-could-one-day-help-robotics-navigate-in-the-dark-48896
Tue 18:48:09 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ and if you think that is an issue... wait till it wears the wrong trousers...
Tue 18:49:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Slopfarms Persist, But Google Seems to Have Delisted Many ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Slopfarms_Persist_But_Google_Seems_to_Have_Delisted_Many.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Slopfarms_Persist_But_Google_Seems_to_Have_Delisted_Many.gmi ∎
Tue 18:51:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-03-31.gmi gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-03-30.gmi
Tue 18:51:29 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://forum.f-droid.org/t/the-arceuslandic-laws-and-their-affects-on-f-droid/33325
Tue 18:52:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Rob's Gemini Capsule launched into orbit five years ago today." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202603/20260331-five-years-on-gemini.gmi
Tue 18:53:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For literal decades, I have used Firefox as my daily web browser. Unfortunately, they have been pivoting hard into AI stuff lately, which I'm not a fan of. There aren't many options in the browser world, so I'm not sure that anything else will be any better, but I've been feeling an obligation recently to try something different." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/emptyhallway/gournal/20260331.gmi
Tue 18:53:02 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ "ai" will turn you into donald trump? https://www.firstpost.com/tech/ai-chatbots-may-be-making-users-more-self-centred-warns-stanford-study-on-sycophancy-risks-13994484.html
Tue 18:53:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I regret to inform you that my cat (Luna) has unionized. After extensive negotiations (and several bites), we've reached an agreement: I continue to provide food, warmth, and admiration, and in return, the cat continues to ... exist loudly. However, there is a new clause: coffee must be provided. Not for me. For the cat. Don't ask questions." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/the-cat-has-demands/
Tue 18:54:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I don't expect anyone else but me to actually use this - or more precisely to be able to use it. I didn't have time to package it any way, so the program is just launched by cloning the repo and saying python main.py. And it really requires understanding of my mental model of it, and understanding my mental state is often a challenge for myself, not to mention others." gemini://pv.smol.pub/offlfirsoch-2026-entry
Tue 18:59:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 31/03/2026: Five Years on Gemini (Rob's Gemini Capsule), OFFLIFIRSOCH 2026, and More ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2026_Five_Years_on_Gemini_Rob_s_Gemini_Capsu.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/Gemini_Links_31_03_2026_Five_Years_on_Gemini_Rob_s_Gemini_Capsu.gmi ∎
Tue 19:01:11 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ starlink, starbirght, first starlink i see explode tonight.... https://futurism.com/space/second-spacex-satellite-anomaly
Tue 19:03:10 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/future-society/larry-ellison-yacht-protest
Tue 19:04:37 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/hsbc-bank-warns-tesla-stock-collapse
Tue 19:09:49 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/see-the-computers-that-powered-the-voyager-space-program/
Tue 19:14:22 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/solar-balconies-take-europe-by-storm/
Tue 19:17:05 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/31/cybersecurity-design-failures-not-human-error/
Tue 19:37:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Oracle lays off up to 30,000 with 6 a.m. email" https://boingboing.net/2026/03/31/oracle-fired-up-to-30000-people-with-a-6-a-m-email-signed-oracle-leadership.html
Tue 19:44:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – SLAPP Censorship - Part 29 Out of 200: Violent Language Won't Go Away When You Use It in Your Site, Blog, and Social Control Media ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_29_Out_of_200_Violent_Language_Won_t_Go_A.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_29_Out_of_200_Violent_Language_Won_t_Go_A.gmi ∎
Tue 19:51:34 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/31/open-letter-to-european-citizens/
Tue 19:53:15 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ peek-a-boo.... https://thedebrief.org/in-a-landmark-physics-first-scientists-observe-atoms-existing-in-two-separate-places-at-the-same-time/
Tue 20:01:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – In Time for April Fools (and Easter), 30,000 Oracle 'Pink Slips' While People Are Asleep ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/In_Time_for_April_Fools_and_Easter_30_000_Oracle_Pink_Slips_Whi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/In_Time_for_April_Fools_and_Easter_30_000_Oracle_Pink_Slips_Whi.gmi ∎
Tue 20:25:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ -- because if you look for the helpers, you'll know that there's hope. https://entertainment.time.com/2013/04/16/the-backstory-the-moving-mr-rogers-clip-everyone-is-talking-about/ "Fred Rogers 'Helpers' Clip | TIME.com"
Tue 20:33:48 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-dubious-ai-detectors-pay-humanize.html
Tue 20:35:33 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-facade-solar-panels-walls-generate.html
Tue 20:37:43 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ soon you can make a robot scream in pain.... https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-artificial-pain-closer-memristor-links.html
Tue 20:38:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): April Showers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/April_Showers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/April_Showers.gmi ∎
Tue 20:42:09 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-simulations-reveal-power-grid.html
Tue 20:46:35 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://blog.thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app
Tue 20:52:02 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://petapixel.com/2026/03/27/sony-shuts-down-nearly-its-entire-memory-card-business-due-to-ssd-shortage/
Tue 20:56:50 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/30/0219229/rivian-and-lucid-win-right-to-sell-their-evs-directly-to-buyers-in-washington-state
Tue 20:58:27 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260328043603.htm
Tue 21:09:49 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://electrek.co/2026/03/29/this-friendly-robot-just-installed-100-mw-of-solar-power/
Tue 21:14:19 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/29/0249241/what-made-bell-labs-so-successful
Tue 21:40:33 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ i'm shutting down here, raining sideways here and tornado sires are going off
Tue 21:40:35 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ laters
Tue 23:22:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): AerynOS 2026.03 Released with the Latest GNOME 50 Desktop Environment ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/AerynOS_2026_03_Released_with_the_Latest_GNOME_50_Desktop_Envir.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/AerynOS_2026_03_Released_with_the_Latest_GNOME_50_Desktop_Envir.gmi ∎
Wed 01:46:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-310326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-310326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-310326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-310326.txt
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Wed 01:48:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-310326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-310326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-310326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-310326.txt
Wed 01:49:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-310326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-310326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-310326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-310326.txt
Wed 01:50:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-03-31.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-03-31.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Wed 01:51:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-03-31.txt
Wed 02:22:55 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ :)
Wed 02:27:13 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/new-quantum-computing-advances-heighten-threat-to-elliptic-curve-cryptosystems/
Wed 02:30:18 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/costco-sued-for-seeking-refunds-on-tariffs-customers-paid/
Wed 02:31:36 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/03/gm-idles-electric-truck-factory-lays-off-1300-workers-for-a-month/
Wed 02:52:39 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Kubuntu comes with Neochat for Matrix but not Konversation for IRC now, by default.
Wed 02:52:52 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ MinceR: Greetings fellow citizen, what's your boggle?
Wed 02:53:03 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I would like to invite you to dinner with me at Taco Bell.
Wed 02:54:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Week
Wed 02:55:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Anon: It's still Holy Week.
Wed 02:55:29 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Oh, my mistake.
Wed 02:55:34 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Easter dinner at Taco Bell.
Wed 02:55:53 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/03/food/pepsico-cutting-snack-prices-affordability
Wed 02:56:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: From the looks of it they've cut the size of the bags another 15% too.
Wed 02:56:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Satellite Pollution https://xkcd.com/3225/
Wed 02:56:27 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I tried some of those Doritos NKD yesterday.
Wed 02:56:35 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The junk food industry is going MAHA.
Wed 02:56:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Centimeter Wavelengths https://xkcd.com/3224/
Wed 02:56:55 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They replaced "artificial colors and flavors" with "natural" and it's still junk.
Wed 02:57:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Inflation Timeline https://xkcd.com/3223/
Wed 02:57:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ While also projecting industry self-regulation.
Wed 02:57:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] absurd
Wed 02:57:36 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] they serve shareholders
Wed 02:58:02 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: Well, now instead of "red number whatever" its like crushed tomato powder or somthing.
Wed 02:58:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Things like that.
Wed 02:58:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And "natural" spices instead of whatever I guess.
Wed 02:58:29 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They taste a bit different but still more or less like Doritos.
Wed 02:58:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ American and Brazilian journalists threatened over Ukraine reporting https://cpj.org/2026/03/american-and-brazilian-journalists-threatened-over-ukraine-reporting/
Wed 02:58:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Journalist Anna Kalyuzhna harassed over Facebook post on Ukraine assault regiments ttps://cpj.org/2026/03/journalist-anna-kalyuzhna-harassed-over-facebook-post-on-ukraine-assault-regiments/
Wed 02:58:57 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: The synthetic dyes maybe be harmless, they might not be.
Wed 02:59:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ There's been shockingly little research into this.
Wed 02:59:34 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But the problem is that the junk food industry uses dyes to make unhealthy food more visually appealing.
Wed 02:59:48 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ *might be
Wed 02:59:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ fruit slop https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ai-fruit-slop-videos-instagram-tiktok-9.714256
Wed 03:00:03 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So it's an aside.
Wed 03:00:06 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It's a side show.
Wed 03:00:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The dyes are to make stuff that's already bad for you look "good".
Wed 03:00:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TikToker helped funnel money to North Korea https://www.theage.com.au/national/how-an-american-tiktoker-helped-funnel-money-to-north-korea-20260329-p5zjll.html
Wed 03:00:26 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So if you take them out, the stuff is still bad.
Wed 03:00:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ If you replace them with another food coloring agent that's "natural" it still accomplishes making something bad look "good"
Wed 03:01:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So they don't care.
Wed 03:01:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ in a Russian psychiatric hospital after criticizing the president https://www.dw.com/en/ilya-remeslo-formerly-a-pro-putin-blogger-has-ended-up-in-a-russian-psychiatric-hospital-after-criticizing-the-president-what-happened/a-76457533
Wed 03:01:15 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ We're at the level of "Doritos" that we were with cigarettes in the 70s and 80s.
Wed 03:01:25 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Light.....Low Tar.....Less Nicotine.
Wed 03:01:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But it was still a cigarette.
Wed 03:01:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ release of Ukrainian journalists detained by Russia https://cpj.org/2026/03/cpj-urges-us-congress-trump-administration-to-prioritize-release-of-ukrainian-journalists-detained-by-russia/
Wed 03:02:01 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They convinced people through trickery that smoking wasn't as dangerous, when it was every bit as dangerous as it was.
Wed 03:02:18 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ My friend's mother fell for that and started smoking "Misty" cigarettes.
Wed 03:02:20 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Less tar.
Wed 03:02:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ LeakBase’s “Chucky” detained in Russia https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/26879969
Wed 03:02:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And she still developed lung disease.
Wed 03:02:44 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And the second hand smoke all over the house got her son to start smoking too.
Wed 03:04:07 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Can people be happy without deliberately inhaling poison?
Wed 03:04:14 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Now it's vapes and marijuana.
Wed 03:04:28 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: Marijuana isn't why Brandon Lobster is insane
Wed 03:04:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But I'm certain it's not done anything to help.
Wed 03:04:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ He needs psychiatric medication
Wed 03:05:01 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Not Canada throwing weed and weird cosmetic surgery at him.
Wed 03:06:07 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/health-effects/mental-health.html
Wed 03:06:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Their own government fully admits that mariijuana is likely to cause or aggravate existing mental health problems.
Wed 03:06:45 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Yet it sells it to mentally ill people anyway, for the tax revenue.
Wed 03:07:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Throwing weed at mentally ill people isn't doing them a favor. It's hurting them more.
Wed 03:08:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The government loves taxes on gambling, cigarettes, booze, and weed.
Wed 03:08:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Wed 03:08:06 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Rich people tend not to do it.
Wed 03:08:16 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And it allows them to extract revenue from people who are utterly broke.
Wed 03:08:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_March_31_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_March_31_2026.gmi ∎
Wed 03:08:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Wed 03:08:45 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The closest thing I ever do to gambling is if there's a free contest entry or something.
Wed 03:09:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I got a couple free entries to a contest to win an SUV today.
Wed 03:09:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ But if it cost even $1 to enter the contest, I wouldn't have.
Wed 03:09:33 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ When you're dealing with odds that are in the millions to one, it's not worth even $1.
Wed 03:10:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If Arvind were to die tomorrow, I would celebrate with fireworks and buy myself a cruise around the world. I hate that MFer basturd so much. I can't wait to find out where he is buried so I can help the flowers bloom. All natural. What a stain on humanity. Fu ck you Arvind, you piece of sh-t." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn2r2pnj#replies
Wed 03:11:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Oracle announced 18% worldwide layoffs today (29k heads). This does not bode well for blue as they usually play follow the leader" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmrejfgh#replies
Wed 03:13:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I know Robbie "Don't I look mahvelpous in a hoodie and sneakers like Jesus in a Hoodie" Thomas's writing anywhere! Thats Robbie right there (or should I say in here) in this forum lurking around praising ain't life grand at IBM. Suppose it could be worse and you could be part of the Oarcle 20% RIF OUCH. Can the world "afford the damage AI" is causing and will cause?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmx05579#replies
Wed 03:13:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "IBM is the Epstein Island of companies. Arvind likes em young."
Wed 03:25:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Sounds Like Red Hat (IBM) Layoffs in Slop Clothing ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Sounds_Like_Red_Hat_IBM_Layoffs_in_Slop_Clothing.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Sounds_Like_Red_Hat_IBM_Layoffs_in_Slop_Clothing.gmi ∎
Wed 03:25:41 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: There have been small hints that Walmart is admitting we're in a recession.
Wed 03:26:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They brought back a 6.4 ounce tube of toothpaste for 78 cents.
Wed 03:26:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ah, does it taste bad?
Wed 03:26:23 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I haven't seen "Close Up" toothpaste on the shelves in over 20 years.
Wed 03:26:40 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It was always a bargain brand. The millionaire down the block from my grandparents used it though.
Wed 03:27:18 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I picked up some full sized sticks of deodorant for $1.75 again the other day.
Wed 03:27:34 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ For a while they didn't want to sell you anything unless it was like 1.6 ounces for $4.98.
Wed 03:27:41 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ These were 2.7 ounce.
Wed 03:28:12 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Walmart also went back to stocking safety razor systems.
Wed 03:28:24 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They got rid of those in the late 90s.
Wed 03:29:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Oracle lays off 12,000 employees in India; another round likely in a month https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/oracle-lays-off-12-000-employees-in-india-another-round-likely-in-a-month-126033101247_1.html
Wed 03:30:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Partners: Oracle Layoffs Are ‘Huge’ Channel Opportunity https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2026/partners-oracle-layoffs-are-huge-channel-opportunity
Wed 03:30:48 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: I went to safety razor blades over two years ago.
Wed 03:31:38 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They're roughly 8 cents a blade in bulk. They last about 5 shaves for me. But my hair is very hard on blades. I go through a $3.50 Mach 3 head in about 6-7 shaves.
Wed 03:32:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Nothing to do with "hey hi" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/oracle_cuts_jobs/
Wed 03:32:57 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The Mach 3 is harder to nick yourself with so you can shave faster with it, but that's the main advantage.
Wed 03:33:11 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Back when I started using them, they used higher quality steel.
Wed 03:33:24 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I put a head on the razor and it lasted about a month.
Wed 03:33:35 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So the quality has definitely gone down, but not the price.
Wed 03:33:46 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ They used to say Made In USA, now they say Made in Brazil.
Wed 03:37:57 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ My neighbor still hasn't gotten his plate sticker. It expired in January.
Wed 03:38:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Maybe he doesn't have car insurance.
Wed 03:38:18 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You know, you have to prioritize buying skunk weed at the dispensery.
Wed 03:38:24 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ Like Brandon Lobster.
Wed 03:39:44 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/comments/1s6ji40/whats_the_status_of_baguette_these_days/
Wed 03:40:08 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: I'm going to nuke the Crostini install and start over when I get the ChromeOS 147 update.
Wed 03:40:17 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ That will switch to Baguette and Debian Trixie.
Wed 03:40:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft Under Investigation by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for Abusive Tactics ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_Under_Investigation_by_the_UK_s_Competition_and_Marke.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_Under_Investigation_by_the_UK_s_Competition_and_Marke.gmi ∎
Wed 03:40:41 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Baguette?
Wed 03:41:23 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It's basically Crostini, but without LXC.
Wed 03:41:31 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It's just Debian in KVM directly.
Wed 03:41:47 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It will be the default for new "Linux" environments in ChromeOS 147.
Wed 03:43:51 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: I'm hoping it fixes some longstandting problems in Crostini, like no Vulkan support.
Wed 03:44:12 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You could get Vulkan to work, but you had to use a different Linux distribution in Crostini, not Debian.
Wed 03:44:42 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The only Vulkan support in Debian 12 in Crostini is llvmpipe.
Wed 03:57:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Lots of Layoffs at IBM, "Media Blackout" About Mass Layoffs at IBM's HashiCorp and Confluent Last Month ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Lots_of_Layoffs_at_IBM_Media_Blackout_About_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Lots_of_Layoffs_at_IBM_Media_Blackout_About_Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM.gmi ∎
Wed 04:00:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Vista 11 only 12% "market share" in US https://analytics.usa.gov/
Wed 04:20:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ amazon
Wed 04:20:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-plans-smartphone-comeback-more-than-decade-after-fire-phone-flop-2026-03-20/
Wed 04:22:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-04-01.gmi
Wed 04:25:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Today is March 31st, 2026 and I haven't made a blog post in five months. I know, that's a long time and I should be making more frequent updates. That's why I'm making this one. Here's what's happened since October." gemini://breebee.smol.pub/status_update_03_31_2026
Wed 04:26:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "No, we need a bogeyman, dragging away women and children. Big bad bogeyman with stringy hair and stained camisoles. Bargain bin bogeyman with chipped nails and too much eyeliner. Brash bitty bogeyman trying too hard or not hard enough, failing too hard or not hard enough." gemini://ardea.smol.pub/2026-03-31-bogeywoman
Wed 04:26:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So someone tried to graft a new type system onto Perl (which by the by is a "closed, strong and statically typed language") with perhaps predictable results." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/04/01/type-systems.gmi
Wed 04:27:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For the past few months I've been slowly building up a list of Brazilian networks to block [1], and if the theory of why it's happening is true [2], then it's going to be a long slog of banning Brazilian networks for, if not months, then years (with a reported 21,000+ ISPs in Brazil … yeah)." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/03/31.1
Wed 04:28:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ An offline Maidenhead grid converter gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/an-offline-maidenhead-grid-converter.gmi
Wed 04:29:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ atrial fibrillation gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/atrial_fibrillation
Wed 04:30:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I know I'm not supposed to get too excited about space launches. I know things could be delayed or postponed up to the last second (almost literally). I know that today's weather briefing put the chances of launching tomorrow at only 80 percent." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-03-31
Wed 04:30:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The 90s (ish) popularised the idea that, to protect yourself against spies, you could meet your trusted associates in real life and physically verify their identity as you digitally signed each others’ PGP keys. Thanks to the magic of mathematics, your Quake serialz could be exchanged in peace and your super-important IRC logs could be assuredly untampered-with." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/03/31/key-signing-party/
Wed 04:31:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I inherited my Mom's sewing machine, as her retinitis pigmetosa has progressed to the point that she can no longer sew. I have no history of sewing, but I'm trying some odd projects to see if I can accumulate a bit of skill. I should probably have started with hand sewing, as I'm finding machine sewing a very difficult and fussy thing." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2803
Wed 04:32:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I think one of the most important questions that AI brings to light is one that could actually be asked about virtually any world-consuming technology: How was it possible that it could come to dominate everything and no one seemingly had any say in the matter?" gemini://beyondneolithic.life/posts/ai-capital.gmi
Wed 04:37:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 01/04/2026: Hallucinations, Stitching, and Type Systems ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Gemini_Links_01_04_2026_Hallucinations_Stitching_and_Type_Syste.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Gemini_Links_01_04_2026_Hallucinations_Stitching_and_Type_Syste.gmi ∎
Wed 04:50:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – The Real Reason Many Sites and Forums Shun Microsoft Lunduke ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/The_Real_Reason_Many_Sites_and_Forums_Shun_Microsoft_Lunduke.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/The_Real_Reason_Many_Sites_and_Forums_Shun_Microsoft_Lunduke.gmi ∎
Wed 05:05:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Oracle Lays Off Because of Debt and Commercial Issues, Not Slop ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Oracle_Lays_Off_Because_of_Debt_and_Commercial_Issues_Not_Slop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Oracle_Lays_Off_Because_of_Debt_and_Commercial_Issues_Not_Slop.gmi ∎
Wed 05:10:04 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: New York City finally got rid of the MetroCard this year.
Wed 05:10:20 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You can cash them out or move the fare, but you can't use the card anymore.
Wed 05:10:39 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ That was the part of the transit system that required OS/2.
Wed 05:14:10 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: Oracle apparently fired over 30,000 employees yesterday at 6 AM by e-mail.
Wed 05:22:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Free Speech in the United Kingdom When "Chilling Effect" is Increasingly Prevalent ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Free_Speech_in_the_United_Kingdom_When_Chilling_Effect_is_Incre.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Free_Speech_in_the_United_Kingdom_When_Chilling_Effect_is_Incre.gmi ∎
Wed 05:30:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes
Wed 05:30:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] 6am
Wed 05:30:30 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] people sleep
Wed 05:33:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Two pieces landed in my reading queue recently that, taken together, crystallized something I’ve been trying to articulate for a while." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/31/what-ai-asks-of-open-access/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing
Wed 05:34:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The case has sparked demonstrations across the country in Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and elsewhere" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/sexualised-deepfakes-targeting-actress-spur-german-metoo-moment/articleshow/129927696.cms | Source: India Times
Wed 05:35:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: Those people that own that Holiday Inn I was just at were very nice.
Wed 05:35:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Of course, sophisticated predictive data doesn’t guarantee sellouts, but it dramatically improves the chances of a capacity crowd" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/31/giggin-predictive-concert-booking-full-houses/ | Source: Digital Music News
Wed 05:35:15 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ It was storming very badly the last couple of nights.
Wed 05:35:38 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ A food delivery driver came in soaking wet and they ran and got him some towels and asked him to please help himself to some coffee and snacks.
Wed 05:35:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ cables
Wed 05:36:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "People often think that the internet runs through satellites, but the reality is different. About 95 to 97% of the world's data is transferred through fiber optic cables." ☛ https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/business/news/risk-of-internet-disruption-worldwide-including-india-137580441.html | Source: Bhaskar English
Wed 05:36:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "U.S. Representative April McClain Delaney (D-MD) has introduced four bipartisan bills aimed at lowering costs in rural America and expanding broadband access." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/md-congresswoman-introduces-bills-to-expand-rural-broadband/ | Source: Inside Towers
Wed 05:37:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The so-called Big Beautiful Bill that Republicans passed last year cut over $1 trillion from Medicaid and health care spending" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-health-care-cuts-fund-iran-war-1235538768/ | Source: Rolling Stone
Wed 05:37:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This perception is widespread." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/03/recognition-redistribution-identity-fraser-butler/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Wed 05:38:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A year into this deportation program, it’s safe to say that the joint work of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, US Border Patrol, and other federal agencies have reshaped American life, from coast-to-coast, in both dramatic and more quiet ways." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/483983/immigration-ice-changed-america-economy-tsa-chicago-charlotte-arizona-enforcement-immigrant-life | Source: Vox
Wed 05:38:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "NBC published a confirmation from the Marine Corps that this is “the first time in recent memory that federal law enforcement agencies have supported base access operations,” as well as DHS statements saying ICE planned no on-site arrests as part of its work." ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/31/marines-warn-of-ice-presence-at-parris-island-boot-camp-events/ | Source: USMC
Wed 05:39:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The journalist was identified as freelancer Shelly Kittleson by one of the outlets she worked for." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/us-journalist-kidnapped-in-baghdad-and-security-forces-hunt-captors-1947723 | Source: Deccan Chronicle
Wed 05:39:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In February 2026, a ruling from Peru’s Constitutional Tribunal, the country’s highest court, saw Urresti walk free on March 3 and announce his return to politics" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/03/daughter-of-slain-peruvian-journalist-hugo-bustios-calls-release-of-convicted-mastermind-an-insult-to-justice/ | Source: CPJ
Wed 05:39:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Barack Obama appointee determined that, while the president may criticize reporting, fund other speech or impose limits on federal grants, it may not use government power to punish disfavored expression." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-blocks-trump-thump-of-npr-pbs-funding/ | Source: Court House News
Wed 05:40:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Because the First Amendment does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type" ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2026/03/31/repub/trump-order-to-block-npr-pbs-funding-was-unlawful-judge-rules/ | Source: Alabama Reflector
Wed 05:41:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Choi Shuk-fong, 66, took the witness stand on Monday to give testimony for Chow Hang-tung, a former leader of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/30/ex-hong-kong-journalist-who-witnessed-tiananmen-crackdown-testifies-in-vigil-activists-subversion-trial/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
Wed 05:41:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "An individual with ties to the Iranian-aligned militia group Kataib Hezballah believed to be involved in the kidnapping has been taken into custody by Iraqi authorities" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260331-us-journalist-kidnapped-in-baghdad-by-suspected-iranian-backed-armed-group | Source: France24
Wed 05:42:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There is more. The European rights NGO Liberties notes that last year “political figures” targeted journalists with not just legal attacks but also physical intimidation and smear campaigns." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/mar/31/can-europes-public-service-media-survive-attacks-by-the-far-right | Source: The Guardian UK
Wed 05:42:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In letters sent to the three schools, the Department of Justice (DOJ) requested data on the last seven years of admitted classes at the medical schools, threatening to withhold federal funding if the schools do not comply by turning over the data requested by April 24" ☛ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/03/30/trump-administration-requests-medical-school-admissions-data/ | Source: Stanford University
Wed 05:43:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That evening, when I left the museum, I joined the protests and for the first time in my life encountered tear gas and rubber bullets." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/03/31/pussy-riot-co-founder-nadya-tolokonnikova-on-her-support-for-ukraine-her-onlyfans-work-and-the-council-of-europe-s-russia-platform | Source: Meduza
Wed 05:43:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Iran announced the execution of two political prisoners on March 31, a day after the death penalty was also carried out on two others, in a sign that the clerical authorities are stepping up a crackdown on internal opposition in the country." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-war-executions-repression/33721498.html | Source: RFERL
Wed 05:44:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "unparalleled access to the Trump Administration." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/30/the-white-house-apps-propaganda-is-the-least-alarming-thing-about-it/ | Source: Techdirt
Wed 05:44:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That man is, of course, President Donald Trump, who rolled out AI-generated renderings for his future presidential library by way of Truth Social" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/03/trump-presidential-library-kings-gold/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
Wed 05:48:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "exodus continues" ☛ https://electrek.co/2026/03/30/tesla-cybercab-assembly-leader-mark-lupkey-leaves/ | Source: Electrek
Wed 05:48:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If anybody goes to Disney World with their family for spring break, or goes to a beach somewhere, or anywhere on vacation, and you see any one of the 535 members of Congress, take a picture and send it to us" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lindsey-graham-disney-world-airport-1235539113/ | Source: Rolling Stone
Wed 05:50:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ False, misleading narrative https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/ibm-workforce-changes-2026-explained-why-is-ibm-cutting-jobs-while-planning-to-hire-more-here-are-the-roles-its-hiring-for-and-what-it-plans-next/articleshow/129829235.cms
Wed 05:50:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "Tech hype relies on “technodeterminism”—the idea that a technology, once conceived of and sufficiently developed, will spread throughout society due to the efficiencies it creates." ☛ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/72486/escaping-the-tech-hype-cycle |
Wed 06:01:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "helping millions of Americans make sense of the radical shifts in their country." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/doonesbury-garry-trudeau-found-way-inform-entertain-generation-newspaper-readers-one-panel-time-180988410/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Wed 06:01:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Banks are equally unimpressed, with analysts warning that the situation is set to get even worse." ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/hsbc-bank-warns-tesla-stock-collapse | Source: Futurism
Wed 06:07:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Wildlife and nature photographer Kiran Simpson has taken home the top prize at the Scottish Nature Photography Awards (SNPA)" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/hes-done-it-again-14-year-old-photographer-wins-major-award-with-macro-spider-shot-i-ran-inside-to-grab-my-camera-knowing-it-might-be-gone-by-the-time-i-got-back | Source: Digital Camera World
Wed 06:07:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – What IBM and EPO Workers Have in Common: European Media Not Covering Very Major News (Press Became Dysfunctional) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/What_IBM_and_EPO_Workers_Have_in_Common_European_Media_Not_Cove.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/What_IBM_and_EPO_Workers_Have_in_Common_European_Media_Not_Cove.gmi ∎
Wed 06:18:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): OSPO Notes: Open Source Governance — Who Decides, and How ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/OSPO_Notes_Open_Source_Governance_Who_Decides_and_How.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/OSPO_Notes_Open_Source_Governance_Who_Decides_and_How.gmi ∎
Wed 06:20:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Six Months ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Six_Months.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Six_Months.gmi ∎
Wed 06:21:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Those in apartments or rented accommodations had largely been left out of the solar revolution." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/solar-balconies-take-europe-by-storm/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 06:21:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In normal times, about 20 percent of the world’s oil production passes through the Strait of Hormuz." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oil-crisis-is-about-to-get-physical | Source: Paul Krugman
Wed 06:21:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The fragments of Starlink satellite 34343 will join the tens of thousands of pieces of orbital debris that other satellites and the International Space Station constantly dodge." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/31/another-starlink-satellite-has-exploded.html | Source: BoingBoing
Wed 06:22:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Reporters at TechCrunch have confirmed that at least some of the leaked emails did originate from Patel's Gmail account by verifying the message headers." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/iranian-hackers-breach-fbi-directors-personal-email-post-cv-and-photos-online | Source: Bitdefender
Wed 06:23:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "Each year, there is a date that goes unnoticed by many, and yet, it marks the turning point in the global ecological calendar, highlighting the growing imbalance between human demand and the planet’s available resources." ☛ https://unu.edu/ehs/article/what-earth-overshoot-day-and-why-does-it-matter | Source: United Nations University
Wed 06:23:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "Each year, Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when we have used all the biological resources that the Earth can renew during the entire year." ☛ https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/updates/earth-overshoot-day/ | Source: UN Environment Programme
Wed 06:23:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Community Pressure Drives Population Pressure" ☛ https://overpopulation-project.com/because-everyone-else-is-not-doing-it/ | Source: Overpopulation
Wed 06:24:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The nuclear family is a modern invention. It emerged just a few hundred years ago and slowly proliferated across the world. That shift, coupled with other demographic changes, have weakened community ties." ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pronatalists-babies-birth-rate-family | Source: Science News
Wed 06:24:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Both houses of parliament seem to have different visions for the ban, meaning they will likely need to reach a compromise before it can become law." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/france-eyes-ban-on-social-media-for-under-15s-11293872#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV
Wed 06:25:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): ONLYOFFICE Gets Forked as "Made in Europe", Sparks Licensing and Trust Debate ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/ONLYOFFICE_Gets_Forked_as_Made_in_Europe_Sparks_Licensing_and_T.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/ONLYOFFICE_Gets_Forked_as_Made_in_Europe_Sparks_Licensing_and_T.gmi ∎
Wed 06:25:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When everything can be clipped, edited and weaponized, social media shapes debate, erodes trust and encourages performance over results." ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2026/03/middle-aisle-social-media-is-poisoning-the-minnesota-legislature/ | Source: MinnPost
Wed 06:32:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In the past several years, the world has been busy with the migration to post-quantum cryptography" ☛ https://www.feistyduck.com/newsletter/issue_135_web_pki_reimagined_with_merkle_tree_certificates | Source: Feisty Duck
Wed 06:33:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): This month in KDE Linux: March 2026 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/This_month_in_KDE_Linux_March_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/This_month_in_KDE_Linux_March_2026.gmi ∎
Wed 06:33:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "There will also be stickers on the car window listing which electronic payment methods are accepted." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/01/all-hong-kong-taxis-must-now-accept-at-least-2-forms-of-e-payment/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
Wed 06:34:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yesterday, I had the chance to witness someone who's one of the most dedicated, competent advocates for privacy and digital rights bring that message to a whole new platform." ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2026/03/31/defending-privacy-daily/ | Source: Anil Dash
Wed 06:34:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "While much of the focus on lawful access and subscriber information has centred on the reduced standards for obtaining an order for such information from Canadian telecom and Internet providers" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/scoping-in-the-tech-giants-bill-c-22s-international-production-order-and-the-shift-to-a-less-privacy-protective-cross-border-disclosure-system/ | Source: Michael Geist
Wed 06:35:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "They claim Amazon retains the snippets of audio even after confirming it wasn’t meant for Alexa and sometimes denies requests to delete the recordings." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/amazon-wins-partial-dismissal-in-alexa-wiretapping-class-action/ | Source: Court House News
Wed 06:36:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Now, some companies are using personal data to set individualized prices for customers, a tactic known as surveillance pricing." ☛ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/033126_surveillance_pricing/your-personal-data-might-set-your-grocery-prices-states-aim-crack-down/ | Source: Tuscon Sentinel
Wed 06:36:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Mandatory DNA collection provisions in Senate Bill 116 would apply to anyone charged with a misdemeanor or above who is subject to an ICE immigration detainer." ☛ https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/03/30/under-no-warrant-dna-collection-any-georgians-genetic-data-could-end-up-in-police-custody/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder
Wed 06:36:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Publicly available information on the internet and social media platforms is used for intelligence gathering." ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/personal-data-isnt-collected-home-ministry-on-security-agencies-using-open-source-intelligence-from-public-sources/article70808426.ece | Source: The Hindu
Wed 06:36:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Krita 5.3.1 Released! ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Krita_5_3_1_Released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Krita_5_3_1_Released.gmi ∎
Wed 06:37:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "After publicly calling for the release of the Kazakh rights movement Atazhurt, Bagdat Togysbayev was detained for five days by police. But what struck him as odd wasn't being behind bars, it was how his phone worked afterward." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-phone-unlocking-activist-crackdowns/33719830.html | Source: RFERL
Wed 06:37:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub): "After a team member summoned Copilot to correct a typo in a PR of mine, Copilot edited my PR description to include and ad for itself and Raycast." ☛ https://notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edited-an-ad-into-my-pr/ |
Wed 06:37:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/whatsapp_message_bad_msi_packages/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 06:38:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Why did this happen? That’s in dispute. At first it appeared that the mods of r/PaulMcCartney had kicked Sir Paul from the subreddit dedicated to him." ☛ https://www.404media.co/paul-mccartney-banned-from-reddit-after-promoting-himself-in-paul-mccartney-subreddit/ | Source: 404 Media
Wed 06:40:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): JSP Educa – Linux distribution for use in the educational field ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/JSP_Educa_Linux_distribution_for_use_in_the_educational_field.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/JSP_Educa_Linux_distribution_for_use_in_the_educational_field.gmi ∎
Wed 06:40:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Repeat] "Attie, which interim CEO Toni Schneider referred to as a “new product” that’s “not part of the Bluesky app” in an interview with TechCrunch" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bluesky-users-disgust-new-ai | Source: Futurism
Wed 06:40:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For the last two years, technologists have ominously predicted that AI coding agents will be responsible for a deluge of security vulnerabilities. They were right! Just, not for the reasons they thought." ☛ https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/03/30/vulnerability-research-is-cooked/ |
Wed 06:41:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "the novelty wore off. that’s it. that’s the whole thing." ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/sora-shutting-down/ | Source: Alex & Manu
Wed 06:44:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Anthropic accidentally shipped “map” files with Claude Code. these map files are meant for debugging—they let you reverse-engineer minified code back to readable source." ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/the-claude-code-leak-what-happened-and-why-it-matters/ | Source: Alex & Manu
Wed 06:44:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That said, Claude Code's source isn't a complete mystery, and while this exposure gives us a look at a fresh iteration of Claude Code straight from the leaky bucket, it's not blowing the lid off of something that was a secret until now." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/anthropic_claude_code_source_code/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 06:44:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I write a monthly column for Prospect Magazine in the UK, covering the social implications of information technology." ☛ https://ethanzuckerman.com/2026/03/31/recent-writing-as-of-march-2026/ | Source: Ethan Zuckerman
Wed 06:45:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The idea has prompted sharp critiques: Cory Doctorow proposes we understand this new paradigm as including both centaurs—smart humans given powerful computers to handle tedious and repetitive aspects of work—and “reverse-centaurs”" ☛ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/ai/72868/artificial-intelligence-no-substitute-for-real-learning |
Wed 06:47:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The tepid, conformist nature of your AI-assisted prose will only make my unexpected bons mots stand out more sharply." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/go-ahead-and-use-ai-it-will-only | Source: Hamilton Nolan
Wed 06:48:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The February hearing, convened by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation" ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-robotaxis-driven-remotely | Source: Futurism
Wed 06:48:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Wed 06:50:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GIMP 3.2.2 Released ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GIMP_3_2_2_Released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/29/GIMP_3_2_2_Released.gmi ∎
Wed 06:51:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Setting up mutt for use with Microsoft o365 using OAuth2 is a pain, but fortunately there are helper scripts and helpful blog posts available." ☛ https://www.netmeister.org/blog/mutt-reset-terminal.html | Source: Jan Schaumann
Wed 06:51:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If anyone still harbored any illusions about it, it is way past time to ditch two long-held ideas about Apple." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3102583/apple-at-50.html | Source: Macworld
Wed 06:52:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Happy World Backup Day! Wait, you didn’t know it’s World Backup Day? Well, it is! And you know how you can celebrate?" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3102505/dear-apple-i-have-two-wishes-for-world-backup-day.html | Source: Macworld
Wed 06:52:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System was due for completion in 2016. Ten years later, the software for controlling the military’s GPS satellites still doesn’t work." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-militarys-gps-software-is-an-8-billion-mess/ | Source: Wired
Wed 06:53:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Ware for February 2026 is a WITRN C5. Congrats to Tim for guessing it, email me for your prize!" ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2026/winner-name-that-ware-february-2026/ | Source: Bunnie Huang
Wed 06:53:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The door to digital sovereignty is open, please come in ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/The_door_to_digital_sovereignty_is_open_please_come_in.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/The_door_to_digital_sovereignty_is_open_please_come_in.gmi ∎
Wed 06:53:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This ware malfunctioned, so I took it apart to see what’s going on and now it’s this month’s Name that Ware. As it would be far too easy to guess if I showed the whole circuit board, this is just a portion of the whole ware." ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2026/name-that-ware-march-2026/ | Source: Bunnie Huang
Wed 06:53:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "RAM is suddenly so expensive because memory is powering the AI boom." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/laptop-electronics-ram-ai-tax/686628/ | Source: The Atlantic
Wed 06:54:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I mentioned recently that at work, we're retaining old systems that we would have normally discarded." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/RetainingOldSystems2026 | Source: University of Toronto
Wed 06:54:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s likely that Hackaday has a readership with the highest percentage of oscilloscope ownership among any in the world, and we’re guessing that most of you who fit in that bracket have a modern digital instrument on your bench." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/an-oscilloscope-the-way-they-used-to-be/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 06:54:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "UV printing in general is a bit of a maintenance hog, which has helped keep it from hobbyist use. UV ink doesn’t really like sitting idle in a machine, but the E1 automates cleaning and flushing of the print head as well as having swappable cartridges for each ink." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/refill-uv-printer-ink-cartridges-like-its-the-late-90s/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 06:54:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The cores Arm uses in the AGI are also surprisingly light on Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) features compared to the AVX extensions found on modern x86 server processors." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/intel_arm_agi_cpu/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 06:55:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I am not that dynamic, just so you know. I just want to help my students to become whatever they can be" ☛ https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/2026/03/teaching-tools/ | Source: Bobby Hiltz
Wed 06:55:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yesterday I filled in for the elementary principal. I miss the structure and pace of the principal role." ☛ https://troypatterson.me/2026/03/31/reflecting-on-principal-for-a-day/ | Source: Troy Patterson
Wed 07:00:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): These are the 6 worst Linux recommendations I keep hearing—here's why they're wrong ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/These_are_the_6_worst_Linux_recommendations_I_keep_hearing_here.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/These_are_the_6_worst_Linux_recommendations_I_keep_hearing_here.gmi ∎
Wed 07:00:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Between 2019 and 2021, Low-tech Magazine published three books containing selections of articles from the website, spanning 14 years (2007-2021)." ☛ https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/03/low-tech-magazine-the-uncompressed-book-series/ | Source: Low Tech Mag
Wed 07:03:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GParted Live – small bootable Linux distribution ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/GParted_Live_small_bootable_Linux_distribution.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/GParted_Live_small_bootable_Linux_distribution.gmi ∎
Wed 07:05:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "drowning in AI slop" ☛ https://davidoks.blog/p/how-citations-ruined-science | Source: David Oks
Wed 07:05:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is my third set of monthly notes for this year." ☛ https://susam.net/26c.html | Source: SusamPal
Wed 07:06:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If I were in school and mixed up these two I would be admonished." ☛ https://notes.zachmanson.com/its/ |
Wed 07:06:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Internet spaces I tend to inhabit have more polarisation than at many other recent times, and little explication of the worldviews that lead to different premises for discussion, that in turn lead to the polarisation and disagreement." ☛ https://www.sicpers.info/2026/03/art-or-tool/ | Source: SICP
Wed 07:06:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That's how long I was stuck at the train station of Montpelier Saint-Roch (France) yesterday because of a massive fire near the railway in Sète city." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1134/the-matchbox-kingdom | Source: David Revoy
Wed 07:07:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Meet the third model: the Winchester Mystery House." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/03/26/winchester-mystery-house.html | Source: Drew Breunig
Wed 07:08:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): How Small Can A Linux Executable Be? ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/How_Small_Can_A_Linux_Executable_Be.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/How_Small_Can_A_Linux_Executable_Be.gmi ∎
Wed 07:10:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The debate has historically crystallised on a rigid duality in interpreting the two films." ☛ https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/the-day-after/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni
Wed 07:10:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A sort of guerrilla arts group, “Secret Handshake” have seeded Washington with provocative temporary statues over the last year, including one depicting Trump with his former friend, the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/golden-toilet-statue-mocks-trump-near-renovated-white-house-167217555 | Source: RTL
Wed 07:13:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): CachyOS just dethroned Arch Linux on ProtonDB, and Linux gamers are finally noticing ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/26/CachyOS_just_dethroned_Arch_Linux_on_ProtonDB_and_Linux_gamers_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/26/CachyOS_just_dethroned_Arch_Linux_on_ProtonDB_and_Linux_gamers_.gmi ∎
Wed 07:14:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 01/04/2026: Microsoft GitHub Now Pushing Ads Into People's Code/Commits, Earth Overshoot Day Draws Nearer ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Links_01_04_2026_Microsoft_GitHub_Now_Pushing_Ads_Into_People_s.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Links_01_04_2026_Microsoft_GitHub_Now_Pushing_Ads_Into_People_s.gmi ∎
Wed 07:19:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Red Hat: Latin-1 character set under threat from Bishop Michael Martin, North Carolina ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Red_Hat_Latin_1_character_set_under_threat_from_Bishop_Michael_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Red_Hat_Latin_1_character_set_under_threat_from_Bishop_Michael_.gmi ∎
Wed 07:21:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): You’re probably ready for Arch Linux. Here’s #HowTo tell ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/You_re_probably_ready_for_Arch_Linux_Here_s_how_to_tell.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/You_re_probably_ready_for_Arch_Linux_Here_s_how_to_tell.gmi ∎
Wed 07:27:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): CachyOS beats Windows 11 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Space Marine 2 in a new gaming benchmark ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/CachyOS_beats_Windows_11_in_Cyberpunk_2077_and_Space_Marine_2_i.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/CachyOS_beats_Windows_11_in_Cyberpunk_2077_and_Space_Marine_2_i.gmi ∎
Wed 07:32:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Elive 3.8.50 Stable ‘Retrowave’ is released! ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Elive_3_8_50_Stable_Retrowave_is_released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Elive_3_8_50_Stable_Retrowave_is_released.gmi ∎
Wed 07:32:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IBM "Headcount Reductions" by Early Retirement and Death ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/IBM_Headcount_Reductions_by_Early_Retirement_and_Death.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/IBM_Headcount_Reductions_by_Early_Retirement_and_Death.gmi ∎
Wed 07:35:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The upshot is phew, we solved this problem, why am I writing about it." ☛ https://mcyoung.xyz/2026/03/31/shame/ | Source: Miguel Young de la Sota
Wed 07:36:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you need fast, content-based retrieval of large amounts of documents, your best option is to use a full-text indexer." ☛ https://hister.org/posts/data-indexing-in-golang | Source: Hister
Wed 07:36:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Grep can be used as a timer, and can be blocking." ☛ https://notes.zachmanson.com/grep-timer/ |
Wed 07:37:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Both sets of commits represent the same amount of work. The only difference is the two minutes it took to write a real commit message instead of a placeholder." ☛ https://chrismaiorana.com/git-commits-tell-the-story/ |
Wed 07:37:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Most programs on developer machines use less as a fallback pager if PAGER isn’t set. If you want everything to be dumped to your terminal directly, set your PAGER environment variable to cat." ☛ https://theleo.zone/posts/pager/ |
Wed 07:38:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "Web development is an exercise in distributed execution of program, where some parts of your program execute in a (mostly) trusted environment on the server and some execute on a untrusted environment on the client." ☛ https://notes.zachmanson.com/web-development/ |
Wed 07:38:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "i had keybindings for everything. i could navigate my terminal blindfolded." ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/why-i-stopped-using-fancy-dev-tools/ | Source: Alex & Manu
Wed 07:38:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Our codebase is roughly 2 million lines of Haskell, once you strip out comments and such." ☛ https://blog.haskell.org/a-couple-million-lines-of-haskell/ | Source: Haskell
Wed 07:40:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Slimbook Creative Linux laptop packs RTX 5070, Thunderbolt 4 and 99 Wh battery into 1.9 kg chassis ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Slimbook_Creative_Linux_laptop_packs_RTX_5070_Thunderbolt_4_and.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Slimbook_Creative_Linux_laptop_packs_RTX_5070_Thunderbolt_4_and.gmi ∎
Wed 07:52:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Read More: https://www.bgr.com/2136133/android-auto-new-feature-ev-trip-planning-supported-car-brands/ ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 07:55:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Yesterday the axios package was compromised on npm." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/31/npms-defaults-are-bad.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
Wed 07:55:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Good day! Today (tonight), some notes on the last couple months of Wastrel, my ahead-of-time WebAssembly compiler." ☛ https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/03/31/wastrelly-wabbits | Source: Andy Wingo
Wed 07:55:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Most local-first software focuses almost exclusively on the first two. I’m certainly guilty of it." ☛ https://jakelazaroff.com/words/building-more-resilient-local-first-software-with-atproto/ | Source: Jake Lazaroff
Wed 07:55:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Supply Chain Attack on Axios Pulls Malicious Dependency from npm (via) Useful writeup of today's supply chain attack against Axios, the HTTP client NPM package with 101 million weekly downloads." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/31/supply-chain-attack-on-axios/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison
Wed 07:56:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The attacker altered the account’s registered email to a ProtonMail address and used the npm CLI to publish the compromised packages." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/axios-supply-chain-attack-npm-malware/ | Source: Cyble Inc
Wed 07:56:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) joined several other researchers in attributing the attack to a North Korean threat actor they call UNC1069. SentinelOne found the same group using macOS-based malware in attacks dating back to 2023." ☛ https://therecord.media/google-links-axios-supply-chain-attack-north-korea | Source: The Record
Wed 07:56:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "axios is the most popular JavaScript HTTP client library with over 100 million weekly downloads." ☛ https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/axios-compromised-on-npm-malicious-versions-drop-remote-access-trojan |
Wed 07:57:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Axios JavaScript NPM package was recently compromised, representing one of the highest impact supply chain attacks against the open source development ecosystem in recent months." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/axios-npm-package-compromised-precision-attack | Source: Dark Reading
Wed 07:57:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "npm being a package manager for JavaScript" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/axios-software-developer-tool-attack-compromise/ | Source: Scoop News Group
Wed 07:58:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ NPM is Microsoft, so Microsoft transmits malware http://techrights.org/o/2022/02/28/microsoft-github-expose-part-xviii-the-story-of-npm/
Wed 07:58:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "No, they do not. This is the mvc mistake all over again. Those layers represent boundaries between technologies, not logical concerns." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/mvc-mistake | Source: Chris
Wed 07:58:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "With ever increasing sizes of various programs (video games being notorious for this), the question of size optimization comes up more and more often." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/how-small-can-a-linux-executable-be/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 07:59:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "These conditions are not optional. They are a fundamental part of using the software legally and ethically." ☛ https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/onlyoffice-flags-license-violations-in-euro-office-project-by-nextcloud-and-ionos |
Wed 08:00:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So, why isn’t this a no-brainer? There are many static site generators, including classics like Hugo and Jekyll." ☛ https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/there-is-absolutely-nothing-wrong-with-web/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva
Wed 08:00:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When your ANALYZE commands start taking minutes and your indexes consume more RAM than your data, you aren’t facing a Postgres bug; you’re facing an architectural mismatch." ☛ https://lorbic.com/clickhouse-vs-postgres-log-storage/ | Source: Vikash Patel
Wed 08:01:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Reflecting back, the first quarter of the year has been a mix of deep technical focus and forward-looking planning." ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/03/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-march-2026/ | Source: Thunderbird
Wed 08:01:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For simpler clients, my server supports gopher: [...]" ☛ https://maurycyz.com/misc/gopher/ | Source: Maury
Wed 08:02:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "XScreenSaver 6.15 is out now, including iOS and Android. A whopping thirteen new savers this time: [...]" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/03/xscreensaver-6-15/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
Wed 08:02:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I want to get better at learning with other people's help, so I'm going to experiment with engaging Prot as an Emacs coach. Our first session is this week." ☛ https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/03/thinking-about-coaching-goals-with-prot/ |
Wed 08:02:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I maintain a strict privacy policy with everyone I meet. Specifically, I do not say anything about our meeting. But since Sacha has already published this information, I am happy to do this in the open." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-03-31-emacs-coaching-with-sacha-chua/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
Wed 08:02:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It was extremely tricky to figure this out, since none of the Krita developers actually use these external applications... But it should be fixed now!" ☛ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.1-released/ | Source: Krita
Wed 08:03:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Ferus-Comelo built SomnoSphere around an Arduino® UNO™ Q." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/31/somnosphere-is-an-intelligent-bedside-lamp-that-helps-you-sleep-better/ | Source: Arduino
Wed 08:03:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Keeping your filament safely away from moisture exposure is one of the most crucial aspects of getting a good 3D print" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/improving-fdm-filament-drying-with-a-spot-of-vacuum/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 08:04:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The exception is the four MAX7219 LED matrices whose faces are hidden behind a featureless red panel, and for good reason." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/led-matrix-clock-proudly-shows-its-inner-wiring/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 08:04:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Of course, reverse-engineering one of these protocols is a hacker community classic. Today, [Zac Turner] shows us how this GPS drone can be autonomously controlled by a simple Arduino program or Python script." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/03/31/reverse-engineering-the-holy-stone-h120d-drone/ | Source: Hackaday
Wed 08:04:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The latter statistic might cause concern among the hobbyist community, who would otherwise be delighted at the company's success." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/raspberry_pi_fy_2025/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 08:05:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "An unknown technical problem caused a number of robotaxis owned by the Chinese tech giant Baidu to freeze on Tuesday in the middle of traffic" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/robotaxi-outage-in-china-leaves-passengers-stuck-in-cars-on-highways/ | Source: Wired
Wed 08:05:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Ubuntu MATE was made an official Ubuntu flavour in 2015, and its first official long-term support (LTS) release arrived the following year." ☛ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-needs-new-maintainer | Source: OMG Ubuntu
Wed 08:06:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Canonical engineer Julian Klode proposes dropping support for /boot on btrfs, HFS+, XFS and ZFS filesystems, alongside GRUB’s JPEG and PNG image parsers, ahead of Ubuntu 26.10." ☛ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-grub-secure-boot-luks-changes | Source: OMG Ubuntu
Wed 08:06:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Suppose, not entirely hypothetically, that you've made local changes to an Ubuntu package using dgit and now Ubuntu has come out with an update to that package that you want to switch to, with your local changes still on top." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/DgitUpdatingDebsWithChanges | Source: University of Toronto
Wed 08:07:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Canonical has just released the beta of the next Ubuntu LTS – but what's grabbed the attention of many is that it features GNOME 50 as its default desktop environment. And GNOME 50 no longer supports Google Drive." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/ubuntu_2604_beta/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 08:07:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "An internal memo dispatched by senior execs at Red Hat suggests the software biz is starting to push AI tooling within its Global Engineering department." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/red_hat_ai_dev/ | Source: The Register UK
Wed 08:08:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Plan 9 was designed to run as a network of machines: authentication servers, file servers, cpu servers and terminals. File servers just serve files over the network" ☛ https://www.ueber.net/who/mjl/plan9/plan9-obsd.html |
Wed 08:08:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Some times ago, I acquired an ODROID HC4 arm64 board and installed OpenBSD 7.2 on it. I used it for a moment but there were issues when running with two disks so I stopped using it." ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/running-openbsd-7.8-on-odroid-hc4/ | Source: TuMFatig
Wed 08:08:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Whether I used the USB/ETH hat or not, the system seem to halt after some time idling. According to a message on the HDMI output, something bad happens about DWC2." ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/openbsd-7.8-on-raspberry-pi-zero-2w/ | Source: TuMFatig
Wed 08:09:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Fortunately, you can make a router out of basically anything resembling a computer." ☛ https://nbailey.ca/post/router/ |
Wed 08:09:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Web browsers ship new features all the time, but what fun is it if we can’t build silly and fun things with them?" ☛ https://css-tricks.com/abusing-customizable-selects/ | Source: CSS Tricks
Wed 08:10:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Simple goal: take advantage of my home router's WireGuard support and have one of my external servers connect using this, and pass all traffic from a certain user through that interface." ☛ https://muxup.com/2026q1/minipost-routing-a-linux-users-traffic-through-a-wireguard-interface | Source: Muxup
Wed 08:10:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In this post, we highlight research that shows erroneous outbound traffic (traffic initiated by internal hosts that elicit no response) is a powerful and underused signal for uncovering silent anomalies." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/01/the-potential-of-erroneous-outbound-traffic/ | Source: APNIC
Wed 08:10:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The second new piece of the software-defined performance puzzle, Dynamic Multi Frame Generation (MFG) with 5X and 6X modes" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/we-go-hands-on-with-nvidias-dlss-4-5-dynamic-multi-frame-generation-and-its-5x-and-6x-multipliers-more-generated-frames-now-tailor-made-for-your-monitors-refresh-rate | Source: Tom's Hardware
Wed 08:10:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Open YouTube, type "home lab" and you'll find dozens of enthusiasts running Proxmox on their home server." ☛ https://aumont.fr/posts/proxmox-overkill/ | Source: Mathieu Aumont
Wed 08:11:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This week we focus on your feedback! Your calls go to the front of the line, your emails answered!" ☛ https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/485 | Source: The Ask Noah Show
Wed 08:11:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Lawful access is back. The decades-long battle has entered a new phase with the introduction of Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-263-the-lawful-access-act-roundtable-with-david-fraser-and-robert-diab/ | Source: Michael Geist
Wed 11:37:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Flashpoint update for ARC Raiders has lots of the good stuff | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/the-flashpoint-update-for-arc-raiders-has-lots-of-the-good-stuff/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/the-flashpoint-update-for-arc-raiders-has-lots-of-the-good-stuff/
Wed 11:37:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Virtual hangout game Rec Room is shutting down in June | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/virtual-hangout-game-rec-room-is-shutting-down-in-june/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/virtual-hangout-game-rec-room-is-shutting-down-in-june/
Wed 11:38:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fans of Portal and first-person puzzlers will definitely want to check out He Who Watches | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/fans-of-portal-and-first-person-puzzlers-will-definitely-want-to-check-out-he-who-watches/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:39:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Diablo 2-inspired auto-battle dungeon crawler Skull Horde launches April 10 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/diablo-2-inspired-auto-battle-dungeon-crawler-skull-horde-launches-april-10/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:40:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/heretic-ii-has-a-new-reverse-engineered-source-port/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:42:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Exposing Villains Ep.1: Morgan Reed" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/exposing-villains-ep.1-morgan-reed:6?view=shorts
Wed 11:43:31 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ > Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port
Wed 11:43:32 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ nice
Wed 11:45:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Lakehopper looks like a wonderful casual seaplane flight simulator | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lakehopper-looks-like-a-wonderful-casual-seaplane-flight-simulator/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:45:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Money is life and everything in SUPER DEBT, an unrelenting horror themed bullet-hell roguelike | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/money-is-life-and-everything-in-super-debt-an-unrelenting-horror-themed-bullet-hell-roguelike/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:46:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir sues Ubisoft over The Crew shutdown | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/french-consumer-group-ufc-que-choisir-sues-ubisoft-over-the-crew-shutdown/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Wed 11:47:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Is Ubuntu Ending Encryption (along with ZFS, Btrfs and More?)" https://odysee.com/@switchedtolinux:0/is-ubuntu-ending-encryption-(along-with:6
Wed 11:48:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Number of AI Chatbots Ignoring Human Instructions is Increasing" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/03/30/1454213
Wed 11:48:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Objections to systemd age-attestation changes go overboard" https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1064706/ba8e449d224f5067/
Wed 11:48:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Enslaved at Microsoft https://carlosbecker.com/posts/github/
Wed 11:50:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Canonical is Microsoft reseller https://ubuntu.com//blog/manage-ubuntu-fleets-active-directory
Wed 11:51:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ iophk: Masnick carrying water for the CCP https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/31/free-speech-experts-jonathan-haidts-moral-panic-is-as-old-as-democracy-itself/
Wed 11:57:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Age verification or opinion verification? https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/31/alderskontroll-eller-asiktskontroll/ "Ålderskontroll eller åsiktskontroll?"
Wed 12:04:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ iophl: +1 Bruce Perens is still around ... he recently posted to the Devuan list; -1 Bruce Perens is pushing Microsoft Rust politics
Wed 12:04:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Lakehopper, Skull Horde, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Games_Lakehopper_Skull_Horde_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Games_Lakehopper_Skull_Horde_and_More.gmi ∎
Wed 12:04:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ iophk: "Artemis 2 livestream Watch 4 astronauts launch to the moon April 1" https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/artemis-2-astronauts-are-launching-to-the-moon-on-april-1-watch-it-live "Artemis 2 livestream Watch 4 astronauts launch to the moon April 1"
Wed 12:05:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Seeed Studio has launched an 8-inch HMI device combining a touch display, wireless connectivity, and multimedia hardware in a single platform." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/seeed-studio-reterminal-d1001-targets-hmi-systems-with-esp32-p4-and-integrated-display/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
Wed 12:05:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Open Container Initiative defines open specifications for image formats, container runtimes, and distribution, helping organizations avoid vendor lock-in." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/using-containers-bring-software-engineering-rigor-ai-workloads | Source: Red Hat Official
Wed 12:05:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Instead of a collaborative rollout that got our users excited about what’s possible, we created a culture of apprehension." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/our-journey-ai-centricity-part-2-crafting-strategy-scales | Source: Red Hat Official
Wed 12:06:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For this article, I used the opentelemetry-tracing application included in the official JBoss EAP Quickstarts." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/jboss-eap-xp-60-achieving-observability-opentelemetry | Source: Red Hat Official
Wed 12:07:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 66% of Red Hat's blog posts are pushing slop, not Linux
Wed 12:08:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The ‘df‘ command stands for “disk filesystem“, it is used to get a full summary of available and used disk space usage of the file system on the Linux system." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/df-command-linux-disk-space/ | Source: TecMint
Wed 12:14:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to get raw device mapping with OpenShift Virtualization ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/31/how-get-raw-device-mapping-openshift-virtualization
Wed 12:15:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Unlocking efficiency: A guide to operator cache configuration on Red Bait OpenShift and Kubernetes ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/31/unlocking-efficiency-guide-operator-cache-configuration-red-hat-openshift-and
Wed 12:19:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): IBM Red Hat is Selling Slop/Plagiarism, OpenShift, and JBoss ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/IBM_Red_Hat_is_Selling_Slop_Plagiarism_OpenShift_and_JBoss.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/IBM_Red_Hat_is_Selling_Slop_Plagiarism_OpenShift_and_JBoss.gmi ∎
Wed 12:19:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Krita 5.3.1 Released! ☞ https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.1-released/
Wed 12:20:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ JSP Educa – GNU/Linux distribution for use in the educational field ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jsp-educa-linux-distribution/
Wed 12:20:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ddcui – graphical user interface for ddcutil ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ddcui-graphical-user-interface-ddcutil/
Wed 12:21:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Nautobot – flexible source of truth for networking ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nautobot-flexible-source-truth-networking/
Wed 12:21:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Parler-TTS – lightweight text-to-speech (TTS) model ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/parler-tts-lightweight-text-speech-tts-model/
Wed 12:21:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GParted Live – small bootable GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gparted-live-small-bootable-linux-distribution/
Wed 12:22:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Moshi – speech-text foundation model and full-duplex spoken dialogue framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/moshi-speech-text-foundation/
Wed 12:22:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Nextcloud Bookmarks – collect and organise bookmarks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nextcloud-bookmarks-collect-organise-bookmarks/
Wed 12:22:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Orpheus-FastAPI – high-performance self-hosted text-to-speech server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/orpheus-fastapi-high-performance-self-hosted-text-speech-server/
Wed 12:22:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ unFTP – modern FTP(S) server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/unftp-modern-ftps-server/
Wed 12:23:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ gscreenshot – screenshot utility for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gscreenshot-screenshot-utility-linux/
Wed 12:23:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2026 Updates ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software-march-2026-updates/
Wed 12:23:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 16 Useful Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Column-Oriented Databases ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-linux-column-oriented-databases/
Wed 12:24:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Raspberry Pi Imager – create bootable media ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/raspberry-pi-imager-create-bootable-media/
Wed 12:28:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Thunderbird Blog: Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: March 2026 ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/03/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-march-2026/
Wed 12:34:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Servo Blog: February in Servo: faster layout, pause and resume scripts, and more! ☞ https://servo.org/blog/2026/03/31/february-in-servo/
Wed 12:41:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Thomas Lange: FAIme using apt-cacher-ng ☞ http://blog.fai-project.org/posts/acng/
Wed 12:42:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Vulnerability Research Is Cooked (sockpuppet.org) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065586/
Wed 12:43:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065585/
Wed 12:43:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Artemis 2 livestream Watch 4 astronauts launch to the moon April 1"
Wed 12:44:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install Redis on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-redis-on-ubuntu-26-04
Wed 12:45:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install GCC and Compile C/C++ Programs on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gcc-and-compile-c-c-programs-on-ubuntu-26-04
Wed 12:45:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install .deb Packages on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-deb-packages-on-ubuntu-26-04
Wed 12:45:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Configure Automatic Security Updates on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-automatic-security-updates-on-ubuntu-26-04
Wed 12:46:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Configuring Network Bridge on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/configuring-network-bridge-fedora-43/
Wed 12:47:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install Zenmap on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-zenmap-debian-13/
Wed 12:49:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Cardi B and Warner Music Prevail in ‘Enough (Miami)’ Copyright Battle — Judge Says Third Amended Complaint Would Be ‘Futile’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/31/cardi-b-lawsuit-win/
Wed 12:54:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Benjamin Mako Hill: Quote #75514 ☞ https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/quote-75514
Wed 13:01:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Matters: VNC? No way! ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/78/
Wed 13:03:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ My new toy: Back to high-end audio ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/new-toy-back-to-high-end-audio/
Wed 13:03:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Self-hosting a Mastodon instance? ☞ https://rubenerd.com/self-hosting-a-mastodon-instance/
Wed 13:04:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 27 Best Free and Open Source JSON Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-json-tools/
Wed 13:04:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 10 Best Free and Open Source Font Editors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-font-editors/
Wed 13:05:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FunOS 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) Beta Released ☞ https://funos.org/funos-26-04-beta-released/
Wed 13:05:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I No Longer Have the Passion" Ubuntu MATE Creator Wants to Hand Over Project ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-mate-leadership-crisis/
Wed 13:06:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I am not in the United States ☞ https://rubenerd.com/i-am-not-in-the-united-states/
Wed 13:07:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Notes from March 2026 ☞ https://evanhahn.com/notes-from-march-2026/
Wed 13:08:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Venom Stealer Raises Stakes With Continuous Credential Harvesting ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/venom-stealer-raises-stakes-with-continuous-credential-harvesting/
Wed 13:08:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ NPM is Microsoft http://techrights.org/o/2022/02/28/microsoft-github-expose-part-xviii-the-story-of-npm/ ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/31/hackers-compromise-popular-axios-javascript-library-hidden-malware/
Wed 13:09:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Breaking records, breaking connections: internet shutdowns in EECA in 2025 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/breaking-records-breaking-connections-internet-shutdowns-in-eeca-in-2025/
Wed 13:10:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Blocking millions in MENA: internet shutdowns in 2025 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/blocking-millions-in-mena-internet-shutdowns-in-2025/
Wed 13:10:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ One region, half the world’s shutdowns: internet shutdowns in the Asia Pacific in 2025 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/one-region-half-the-worlds-shutdowns-internet-shutdowns-in-the-asia-pacific-in-2025/
Wed 13:10:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Resilience and resistance: internet shutdowns in Africa in 2025 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/resilience-and-resistance-internet-shutdowns-in-africa-in-2025/
Wed 13:11:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rising and resisting in the darkness: internet shutdowns in 2025 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/rising-and-resisting-in-the-darkness-internet-shutdowns-in-2025/
Wed 13:11:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rising repression meets global resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/keepiton-2025-report/
Wed 13:12:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ When repression meets resistance: internet shutdowns in 2025 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/internet-shutdowns-2025/
Wed 13:22:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rights group condemns trial of Chinese artist whose works criticise Mao ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/31/rights-group-condemns-trial-of-chinese-artist-whose-works-criticise-mao/
Wed 13:25:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ US fuel prices surge past $4 a gallon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260331-us-fuel-prices-surge-past-4-a-gallon
Wed 13:26:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Art or tool? ☞ https://www.sicpers.info/2026/03/art-or-tool/
Wed 13:28:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Anthropic accidentally exposes Claude Code source code in npm packaging error ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/31/anthropic-accidentally-exposes-claude-code-source-code-npm-packaging-error/
Wed 13:29:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Students Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Tests ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/students-renting-smart-glasses-cheat-tests
Wed 13:30:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MTV Lawsuit Against Nick Cannon Program Moves to Discovery — With Some Critical Claims Tossed Out ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/31/mtv-lawsuit-against-nick-cannon-discovery/
Wed 13:38:43 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2006-07-27
Wed 13:47:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Closing statements in Tiananmen vigil group trial set for May, as activist again barred from referring to 1989 ‘massacre’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/31/closing-statements-in-tiananmen-vigil-group-trial-set-for-may-as-activist-again-barred-from-referring-to-1989-massacre/
Wed 13:48:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ StrongSwan Flaw Allows Unauthenticated Attackers to Crash VPNs ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/strongswan-flaw-allows-unauthenticated-attackers-to-crash-vpns/
Wed 13:48:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Exploitation of Critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS Flaw Begins ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/exploitation-of-critical-fortinet-forticlient-ems-flaw-begins/
Wed 13:51:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Toradex OSM and Lino SoMs – 30×30mm NXP i.MX 93/i.MX 91 modules with solder-down or B2B connector designs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/03/31/toradex-osm-and-lino-soms-30x30mm-nxp-i-mx-93-i-mx-91-modules-with-solder-down-or-b2b-connector-designs/
Wed 13:52:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Low-tech Magazine: The Uncompressed Book Series ☞ https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/03/low-tech-magazine-the-uncompressed-book-series/
Wed 13:52:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Application Control Bypass for Data Exfiltration, (Tue, Mar 31st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32850
Wed 13:53:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.10.0 Released ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-10-0-released/147778
Wed 13:53:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Stolen Logins Are Fueling Everything From Ransomware to Nation-State Cyberattacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/stolen-logins-are-fueling-everything-from-ransomware-to-nation-state-cyberattacks/
Wed 13:54:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Junichi Uekawa: April already. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2026-Apr-1.html.en#2026-Apr-1-08:27:51
Wed 13:56:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UPC is illegal. This is coverage of a kangaroo court passed by a corrupt lobby. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/court-of-appeal-upholds-pi-against-sinocare-and-menarini/
Wed 13:56:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Chinese car makers take Avanci licence for connected cars ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/chinese-car-makers-take-avanci-licence-for-connected-cars/
Wed 13:57:10 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/
Wed 13:58:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Lloyds Data Security Incident Impacts 450,000 Individuals ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/lloyds-data-security-incident-impacts-450000-individuals/
Wed 13:58:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rakudo Weekly 2026.13 Release #191 ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/03/31/2026-13-release-191/
Wed 13:59:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Apertis v2026: A modern foundation for industrial embedded development ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/apertis-v2026-modern-foundation-industrial-embedded-development.html
Wed 14:01:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ bianet editor Ayşegül Başar receives Metin Göktepe journalism award ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/bianet-editor-aysegul-basar-receives-metin-goktepe-journalism-award-318205
Wed 14:02:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ C.J. Collier: Finding: Promoting SeaBIOS Cloud Images to UEFI Secure Boot (Proxmox) ☞ https://wp.c9h.org/cj/?p=2133
Wed 14:03:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Transparency and explainability for algorithmic decisions at work ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5752/transparency-and-explainability-algorithmic-decisions-work
Wed 14:04:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Code of Conduct Report 2023 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-code-of-conduct-report-2023/
Wed 14:06:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TikTok and Cameo Team Up to Give Creators More In-App Monetization Opportunities ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/31/tiktok-cameo-partnership/
Wed 14:07:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Google Slashes Quantum Resource Requirements for Breaking Cryptocurrency Encryption ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-slashes-quantum-resource-requirements-for-breaking-cryptocurrency-encryption/
Wed 14:21:29 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://lkml.org/lkml/2026/4/1/1284
Wed 14:26:14 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] microsoft
Wed 14:26:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Brauner is microsoft
Wed 14:26:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] tthis is lennart et al
Wed 14:26:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] the microsoft proxies
Wed 14:26:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] MinceR: http://techrights.org/i/2026/01/Microsoft-Amtable.png
Wed 14:27:00 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] thanks for spotting that
Wed 14:27:26 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ the lkml one is april fools
Wed 14:27:41 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ or at least they're trying to pass it off as april fools
Wed 14:28:13 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] oh wait
Wed 14:28:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] never midn then
Wed 14:28:20 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] i did not open it yet
Wed 14:28:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] but
Wed 14:28:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it IS april fools
Wed 14:28:27 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] so theyt arte troll
Wed 14:28:29 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] trolls
Wed 14:28:31 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ the shithub one was archived on the 8th and yesterday, so that probably isn't
Wed 14:31:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] trollsthat was IBM:
Wed 14:31:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/20/systemd_is_essentially_a_corporate_IBM_Redhat_project_and_corpo.shtml
Wed 14:36:29 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260401131226.4011156-1-mjguzik@gmail.com/T/#u
Wed 14:39:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_Uses_April_Fools_to_Joke_About_Inserting_Age_Verifica.shtml
Wed 14:39:54 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] does it make sense, MinceR ?
Wed 14:40:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Microsoft Uses April Fools to 'Joke' About Inserting "Age Verification" (Surveillance) Into Linux ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_Uses_April_Fools_to_Joke_About_Inserting_Age_Verifica.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_Uses_April_Fools_to_Joke_About_Inserting_Age_Verifica.gmi ∎
Wed 14:40:38 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ sort of, but i don't think that the goal is particularly to prevent the creation of files by underage people at this point
Wed 14:41:06 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ i think they're shooting for forcing browsers and the like attest that you're over 18 years old to web services
Wed 14:41:12 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ and this patch doesn't really fit into that
Wed 14:41:36 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ but it's hard to speculate regarding the interests of the ASPD enjoyers that are trying to run our lives
Wed 14:42:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] time will tell
Wed 14:42:16 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] from what i remember
Wed 14:42:19 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] their goal is that
Wed 14:42:21 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] as a company
Wed 14:42:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] under the guise of "trusted"
Wed 14:42:31 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] towards "attestation"
Wed 14:53:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – French judgment: parasitisme by FSFE & Matthias Kirschner (CO23.002709) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/French_judgment_parasitisme_by_FSFE_Matthias_Kirschner_CO23_002.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/French_judgment_parasitisme_by_FSFE_Matthias_Kirschner_CO23_002.gmi ∎
Wed 14:58:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Losing Debian: Sruthi Chandran election flop ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Losing_Debian_Sruthi_Chandran_election_flop.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Losing_Debian_Sruthi_Chandran_election_flop.gmi ∎
Wed 15:05:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Ge-z, the only long term bet that Alvind makes is to sneak in a bigger bonus for himself and his Pipmunks in January 2027." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmx05579#replies
Wed 15:05:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "bull's droppings ! Alvind is down to cutting his way to growth (layoffs !) and even that isn't working. The rest of the stuff you mentioned - hybrid cloud, AI - has little traction for IBM compared to other tech companies. In short, IBM and Alvind are not the winner as you claim. And we all know that Krabanaugh cooks the books." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmx05579#replies
Wed 15:05:42 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ Ge'ez
Wed 15:07:32 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it is a bad word
Wed 15:07:34 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] it's censored by thelayoff
Wed 15:07:38 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not jiz
Wed 15:07:40 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] "geez"
Wed 15:07:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] bad word
Wed 15:07:44 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] is jesus also a bad word
Wed 15:07:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ??
Wed 15:08:05 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ :>
Wed 15:08:08 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ of course
Wed 15:08:25 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] who makes the list of words to censor there?
Wed 15:08:27 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] probably not x-ian
Wed 15:09:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] done with links for now, will do articles soon-ish
Wed 15:12:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Honestly, I'm not really sure what I should write about. I have so much to say but so little ways to say it. Words just don't come easy to me like they do for some. And when they do I tend to ramble on and on without really saying much of anything." gemini://breebee.smol.pub/clearing_my_head_04_01_2026
Wed 15:13:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Whether you are in the breakroom, at the butcher or are watching TV people talk about it." gemini://iam.jeroened.be/gemlog/sacred.gmi
Wed 15:14:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "well. i'll assume i am not alone, for despite the loneliness of this moment, through the power of time travel, i am able to ~connect~ with You through these glyphic transmissions, in the tongue of the timebound humankind, to attempt to .... Connect.... or... to be seen.... ?" gemini://voidrane.smol.pub/1775031236
Wed 15:15:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I did NOT want a snack until I remembered that I couldn't have one. I'm on antibiotics with time limits before and after where food is not allowed, and the reverse psychology is really beating me up." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-01-14_No_snack_for_you.gmi
Wed 15:16:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "My wife uses online tools to generate marketing material and I found that the assets she downloads (images and videos) are generally way too large for use on social media or web. "Easy!", I thought, I'll just teach her to use the terminal and then she can use my shell scripts to resize images and videos to perfection!" gemini://tobykurien.com/articles/2026-01-14-zenity.gmi
Wed 15:19:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This will be a significant downside not just for Ubuntu – the world's most popular Linux distro, which runs on a significant number of web servers and developer environments – but for any and all distros that have updated to the GNOME 50 desktop." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/ubuntu_2604_beta/
Wed 15:19:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Minimal installs have this reputation of being clean, focused, almost virtuous, like your computer is about to fix its life and start making better decisions." https://www.makeuseof.com/did-minimal-ubuntu-install-stripped-out-every-pre-installed-app/
Wed 15:20:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Martin Wimpress is looking to handover the project due to lack of time and interests." https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-mate-leadership-crisis/
Wed 15:21:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Showing how Microsoft is using WSL as a weapon against Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-to-leave-windows-for-linux-this-is-what-stopped-me/
Wed 15:21:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft upgrades its EEE attack on GNU/Linux https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/31/microsoft-to-upgrade-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-with-faster-file-access-better-networking-and-easier-setup/
Wed 15:22:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Developer Martin Wimpress has announced their intention to move on from Ubuntu MATE, and so the distribution is looking for fresh faces." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-seeking-maintainers-as-the-creator-looks-to-move-on/
Wed 15:23:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ You’re probably ready for Arch Linux. Here’s how to tell https://www.howtogeek.com/youre-ready-for-arch-linux-if-you-stop-fearing-the-command-line/
Wed 15:23:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CachyOS vs Windows 11 gaming test shows Linux leading in Cyberpunk 2077, Space Marine 2 and more https://www.notebookcheck.net/CachyOS-vs-Windows-11-gaming-test-shows-Linux-leading-in-Cyberpunk-2077-Space-Marine-2-and-more.1262946.0.html
Wed 15:24:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ sounds like slop https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3746785463845376
Wed 15:25:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I switched to CachyOS, and I’m not sure if I want to go back to vanilla Arch https://www.makeuseof.com/switched-to-cachyos-not-sure-if-i-want-to-go-back-to-vanilla-arch/
Wed 15:25:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ These are the 6 worst Linux recommendations I keep hearing—here's why they're wrong https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-the-worst-linux-recommendations-ive-heard/
Wed 15:26:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Archinstall 4.0 finally makes installing Arch Linux bearable for normal people https://www.xda-developers.com/archinstall-40-finally-makes-installing-arch-linux-bearable/
Wed 15:27:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Decades-long Microsoft propaganda site pretending that back doors and outsourcing to the US is "sovereignty" https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2026/03/31/sovereign-cloud-azure-local-and-azure-linux.aspx
Wed 15:28:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Forget the Steam Deck, This Custom-Built Handheld Runs a Full Linux Desktop in Your Palms https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/03/30/forget-the-steam-deck-this-custom-built-handheld-runs-a-full-linux-desktop-in-your-palms/
Wed 15:30:12 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ pretty sure the steam deck does that too
Wed 15:30:23 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] KDE
Wed 15:30:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] yes, with plasma
Wed 15:32:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I installed this Arch-based distro my way in under 5 minutes - so can you https://www.zdnet.com/article/prism-linux-arch-based-distro-has-killer-installer/
Wed 15:36:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Microsoft NPM Causes Security Catastrophes, Microsoft Transmits Malware to Sites and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_NPM_Causes_Security_Catastrophes_Microsoft_Transmits_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_NPM_Causes_Security_Catastrophes_Microsoft_Transmits_.gmi ∎
Wed 15:37:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This release adds a new username-only flag argument to make OpenVPN only query for the username and send a dummy password to the server." https://9to5linux.com/openvpn-2-7-1-released-with-new-features-improvements-and-bug-fixes
Wed 15:38:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "GNOME 48.10 was also released as the last maintenance update in the GNOME 48 desktop environment series." https://9to5linux.com/gnome-49-5-is-out-to-improve-accessibility-of-app-folders-in-gnome-shell
Wed 15:38:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ben Might Have Built the Ultimate Handheld PC That Can Run Full Desktop Software https://www.techeblog.com/ben-ultimate-handheld-pc-linux/
Wed 15:39:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Debian-Based Elive Linux Distro Is Back with First Stable Release in Seven Years" https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-elive-linux-distro-is-back-with-first-stable-release-in-seven-years
Wed 15:40:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For a while, I used three different document apps, and each has felt invaluable. One scanned, one read PDFs, and the last annotated PDFs. I didn't complain because it worked. But switching to GNOME Document Scanner has made me realize that I've been overcomplicating things for years." https://www.makeuseof.com/installed-one-linux-app-id-never-heard-replaced-three-tools/
Wed 15:40:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Archinstall 4.0 will be the default installer for the upcoming Arch Linux 2026.04.01 ISO snapshot that will be released on April 1st, 2026." https://9to5linux.com/archinstall-4-0-arch-linux-installer-released-with-new-textual-ui
Wed 15:42:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Artemis 2 livestream Watch 4 astronauts launch to the moon April 1" https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Board_of_Trustees_Approves_Closure_of_Wikinews
Wed 15:43:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): "Custom-Built Handheld Runs a Full Linux Desktop in Your Palms" and a Look at CentOS-Based Webminal ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/_Custom_Built_Handheld_Runs_a_Full_Linux_Desktop_in_Your_Palms_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/_Custom_Built_Handheld_Runs_a_Full_Linux_Desktop_in_Your_Palms_.gmi ∎
Wed 15:44:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Seeed, Raspberry Pi, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Open_Hardware_Modding_Seeed_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Open_Hardware_Modding_Seeed_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi ∎
Wed 15:44:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎
Wed 15:46:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): OpenBSD Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/OpenBSD_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/OpenBSD_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 15:48:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Arch Linux’s April 2026 ISO Is Out Now with Linux Kernel 6.19 and Archinstall 4.1 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Arch_Linux_s_April_2026_ISO_Is_Out_Now_with_Linux_Kernel_6_19_a.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Arch_Linux_s_April_2026_ISO_Is_Out_Now_with_Linux_Kernel_6_19_a.gmi ∎
Wed 15:54:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Debian: Thomas Lange's FAIme, Junichi Uekawa, and Debian-based Apertis v2026 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Debian_Thomas_Lange_s_FAIme_Junichi_Uekawa_and_Debian_based_Ape.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Debian_Thomas_Lange_s_FAIme_Junichi_Uekawa_and_Debian_based_Ape.gmi ∎
Wed 15:56:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mozilla: Servo Report, MozPhab 2.10.0 Released, Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Mozilla_Servo_Report_MozPhab_2_10_0_Released_Thunderbird_Monthl.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Mozilla_Servo_Report_MozPhab_2_10_0_Released_Thunderbird_Monthl.gmi ∎
Wed 15:56:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 16:06:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 16:08:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 16:10:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Matters, Ask Noah, and The Law Bytes Podcast ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Matters_Ask_Noah_and_The_Law_Bytes_Podca.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Matters_Ask_Noah_and_The_Law_Bytes_Podca.gmi ∎
Wed 16:11:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎
Wed 16:18:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 01/04/2026: "Sacred Week of Cycling" and Zenity for Scripts ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Gemini_Links_01_04_2026_Sacred_Week_of_Cycling_and_Zenity_for_S.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Gemini_Links_01_04_2026_Sacred_Week_of_Cycling_and_Zenity_for_S.gmi ∎
Wed 16:22:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 01/04/2026: Quantum Hype (Turing and Google), "US Fuel Prices Surge Past $4 a Gallon" ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Links_01_04_2026_Quantum_Hype_Turing_and_Google_US_Fuel_Prices_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Links_01_04_2026_Quantum_Hype_Turing_and_Google_US_Fuel_Prices_.gmi ∎
Wed 16:24:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Parish was found to have: made complaints about his client's conduct to security and intelligence organisations and offered to retract them if the client paid his fees; published or allowed to be published press releases relating to his former client accusing them of fraud" https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicitor-suspended-over-court-order-breaches/5126385.article
Wed 16:43:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Hardly Seeing Slopfarms Today, Even in Google News ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Hardly_Seeing_Slopfarms_Today_Even_in_Google_News.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Hardly_Seeing_Slopfarms_Today_Even_in_Google_News.gmi ∎
Wed 16:45:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "...and WhatsApp group..." https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Losing_Debian_Sruthi_Chandran_election_flop.shtml :/
Wed 16:55:30 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (cat) https://imgur.com/gallery/baby-gurt-being-stupid-photogenic-m35WUIx
Wed 17:00:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – What Happens When Some Large News Sites Turn to Slop and Spew Out Nonsense ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/What_Happens_When_Some_Large_News_Sites_Turn_to_Slop_and_Spew_O.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/What_Happens_When_Some_Large_News_Sites_Turn_to_Slop_and_Spew_O.gmi ∎
Wed 17:02:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Banu Chandra Reddy, 32, a software engineer from Telangana, hanged himself to death in his apartment on Monday. Shortly after, his wife Bibi Shaziya Siraj, a techie who worked at IBM, jumped from the 17th floor of their building." https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/behind-techie-couples-suicide-in-bengaluru-job-loss-due-to-ai-11297015
Wed 17:02:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Behind Techie Couple's Suicide In Bengaluru, Job Loss Due To AI
Wed 17:13:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IBM Facilities Now Deemed Legitimate (Military) Target, Along With GAFAM Bases ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/IBM_Facilities_Now_Deemed_Legitimate_Military_Target_Along_With.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/IBM_Facilities_Now_Deemed_Legitimate_Military_Target_Along_With.gmi ∎
Wed 17:25:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Wrongthink Detector and Filter in "Think About the Children" Clothing ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Wrongthink_Detector_and_Filter_in_Think_About_the_Children_Clot.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Wrongthink_Detector_and_Filter_in_Think_About_the_Children_Clot.gmi ∎
Wed 17:29:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ mathematical crimes https://theconversation.com/the-mathematical-crimes-of-the-young-sherlock-holmes-series-278812
Wed 17:29:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bug https://theconversation.com/landmark-lawsuit-finds-that-social-media-addiction-is-a-feature-not-a-bug-279390
Wed 17:29:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ already affecting UK farmers and food production https://theconversation.com/how-the-war-in-iran-is-already-affecting-uk-farmers-and-food-production-279032
Wed 17:31:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Prosecco GI http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/eu-and-australia-finally-reach.html
Wed 17:32:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MAN v Rolls-Royce – How not to advertise your mark http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/man-v-rolls-royce-how-not-to-advertise.html
Wed 17:33:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ From 17 to 61 Languages: Resurrecting and Modernizing PetaMem's Number Conversion Suite https://blogs.perl.org/users/petamem/2026/03/lingua-revival.html
Wed 17:33:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ PerlOnJava Gets a CPAN Client https://blogs.perl.org/users/flavio_s_glock/2026/03/perlonjava-gets-a-cpan-client.html
Wed 17:34:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ March articles on beautiful Perl features https://blogs.perl.org/users/dami/2026/03/march-articles-on-beautiful-perl-features.html
Wed 17:34:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Wear your trade mark on your sleeve http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/guest-post-wear-your-trade-mark-on-your.html
Wed 17:35:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Navigation satellites https://www.dw.com/en/navigation-satellites-guide-the-world-and-its-wars/a-76399668
Wed 17:37:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ raids https://www.dw.com/en/nationwide-raids-over-berlin-arson-attack-that-left-thousands-without-power/a-76501757
Wed 17:37:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (13/2026): Spring Cleaning https://linmob.net/weekly-update-13-2026/
Wed 17:46:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ T-Mobile cuts more jobs following 393 layoffs earlier this year
Wed 18:28:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Daily Show" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=QkC1aK7jfLo John Stewart interviews Cindy Cohn
Wed 18:30:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ WSJ (Murdoch) publishing spam for Microsoft about Singapore... to present slop will still be a thing in 2029
Wed 18:49:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – 'Modern' Cars Not a Rosy Industry ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Modern_Cars_Not_a_Rosy_Industry.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Modern_Cars_Not_a_Rosy_Industry.gmi ∎
Wed 18:50:32 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://explosm.net/comics/doug#comic
Wed 18:53:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Two very misleading buzzwords http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/is-ai-ip-software-just-expensive.html
Wed 18:53:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CJEU http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/ag-emiliou-advises-cjeu-to-rule-that.html
Wed 18:54:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ NASA plans moon base instead of orbital lunar station https://www.dw.com/en/nasa-plans-moon-base-instead-of-orbital-lunar-station/a-76510267
Wed 18:55:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ free trade deal https://www.dw.com/en/australia-and-eu-strike-free-trade-deal/a-76496671
Wed 18:56:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ White House App Found Tracking Users' Exact Location Every 4.5 Minutes via Third-Party Server https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/white-house-app-gps-tracking-controversy-1788974
Wed 18:57:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Obnam: client for server, part 2 https://obnam.org/blog/2026/12-client/
Wed 18:58:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Misinformation/Disinformation https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/putin-paralympic-party-conspiracy-theories-1788006
Wed 18:58:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ multiplicity without pluralism https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-s-media-landscape-multiplicity-without-pluralism-318078
Wed 19:28:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This year is the first year I've actually tried to participate in OFFLFIRSOCH, and I think I overestimated the time I'd have to work on it." gemini://carcosa.net/journal/20260401-OFFLFIRSOCH.gmi
Wed 20:07:35 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ bork bork bork.... https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/sweden-goes-back-to-basics-swapping-screens-for-books-in-the-classroom/
Wed 20:19:48 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.commodore.net/post/commodore-reveals-follow-up-to-the-universally-acclaimed-commodore-64-ultimate
Wed 20:28:44 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ Commodore paper shredder? April fools joke I assume?
Wed 20:29:16 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ sounds like it
Wed 20:29:28 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ :0
Wed 20:29:32 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ :)
Wed 20:32:10 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] commie-dorable
Wed 20:32:42 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/laptop-electronics-ram-ai-tax/686628/
Wed 20:32:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ American apocalypse: The end 'feels personal and imminent' https://www.dw.com/en/american-apocalypse-the-end-feels-personal-and-imminent/a-76508264
Wed 20:32:54 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ of course it is april fools
Wed 20:33:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Volkswagen to switch from cars to defense at key plan https://www.dw.com/en/report-volkswagen-to-switch-from-cars-to-defense-at-key-plant/a-76520877
Wed 20:35:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Germany's green reputation https://www.dw.com/en/germany-s-green-reputation-hits-a-crossroads/a-76529540
Wed 20:37:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ First Amendment https://www.projectcensored.org/evangelical-conspiracy-first-amendment/
Wed 20:37:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ social media censorship https://www.dw.com/en/india-sees-spike-in-social-media-censorship-amid-iran-war/a-76527249
Wed 20:38:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Speech, controversy and freedom at UMich https://www.michigandaily.com/web/data/speech-controversy-and-freedom-at-umich/
Wed 20:39:52 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=FR1DFYNolCg
Wed 20:40:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Plop Linux 26.1 https://download.plop.at/ploplinux/26.1/Changelog.txt
Wed 20:40:13 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ A little late for the UK....I thought April fools was only to 12pm.
Wed 20:40:53 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] since when?
Wed 20:41:16 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ I dont know....
Wed 20:41:45 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ it was when I remember it from school...12pm that was the deadline...
Wed 20:41:51 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://yewtu.be/watch?v=FR1DFYNolCg
Wed 20:42:01 │ 〖Goblin〗 │ maybe that was just London schools.
Wed 20:42:24 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] I'm DONE caring about consumer rights
Wed 20:42:28 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] -Louis
Wed 20:42:33 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] april 1st
Wed 20:44:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "New year, new release - Kali 2026.1 is here! There is everything from a fresh coat of paint to a nod to our roots, with normal ongoing improvements." https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2026-1-release/
Wed 20:46:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Chris Short: OSPO Notes: How to find your community https://chrisshort.net/ospo-notes-how-to-find-your-community/
Wed 20:46:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ social media addiction https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/social-media-trial-la-9.7141920
Wed 20:47:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 20-Year-Old Wins $6M https://www.theage.com.au/world/meta-and-youtube-found-liable-for-social-media-addiction-20260326-p5zis5.html https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/landmark-verdict-social-media-giants-pay-6m-addiction-case-1788520
Wed 20:47:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Here’s the catch. https://www.vox.com/politics/484228/meta-instagram-youtube-verdict-social-media-free-speech
Wed 20:48:42 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ well it was only about 4:30 in the afternoon here when i posted it
Wed 20:48:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ KDE Plasma 6.6 First Look https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=pe8DXLxFRQY
Wed 20:49:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alacritty: A GPU-Accelerated Terminal for Linux https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=GsREF_GO2-g
Wed 20:49:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ranking Linux desktop environments for 2026 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=IiluQ6dJyL8
Wed 20:50:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Yazi: A Terminal-Based File Manager That’s Actually Useful https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ePLK-87_Le4
Wed 20:50:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux troubleshooting strategies every sysadmin needs https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/zb4ZoM6HBsA
Wed 20:50:37 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://fossforce.com/2026/04/must-be-april-fools-day-gentoo-says-its-moving-to-hurd/
Wed 20:51:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Linux Age Verification situation is escalating https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=IYtqghw3LVY
Wed 20:51:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Linux Desktops Matter https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=FULccJN5pUs
Wed 20:51:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fuzzel Is A Run Launcher For Wayland Desktops https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=4am_n25wOuI
Wed 20:52:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I installed Linux for someone who would never do it themselves https://www.makeuseof.com/i-installed-linux-for-someone-who-would-never-do-it-themselves/
Wed 20:53:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ISPs Don't Have To Be Copyright Enforcers https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/supreme-court-agrees-eff-isps-dont-have-be-copyright-enforcers
Wed 20:53:30 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-centers-temperature-spikes
Wed 20:53:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Near-Verbatim Copies of Published Books https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-models-reproduce-copyrighted-books-study-1788933
Wed 20:55:10 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/students-renting-smart-glasses-cheat-tests
Wed 21:05:53 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/good-or-bad
Wed 21:08:01 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/the-story-that-rocked-the-world-ten-years-of-the-panama-papers-part-1/
Wed 21:10:21 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.ifixit.com/News/116447/a-new-colorado-bill-could-blow-a-hole-in-the-nations-strongest-right-to-repair-law
Wed 21:12:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – SLAPP Censorship - Part 30 Out of 200: The Time We Reported Abuse to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and It Was Escalated to Its Cybercrime Unit ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_30_Out_of_200_The_Time_We_Reported_Abuse_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_30_Out_of_200_The_Time_We_Reported_Abuse_.gmi ∎
Wed 21:59:54 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ whatsa da appa?... https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/01/whatsapp-notifies-hundreds-of-users-who-installed-a-fake-app-that-was-actually-government-spyware/
Wed 22:01:58 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ since it is mad of sunflower seed shells... does this make them solar powered? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-04-rechargeable-batteries-sunflower-seed-shells.html
Wed 22:04:08 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-cars-roads-safely-runners-reveals.html
Wed 22:05:50 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-popular-kids-apps-deceptive-tactics.html
Wed 22:07:43 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://prospect.org/2026/03/31/organized-money-california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-ticketmaster-live-nation-amazon-meta-tiktok-paramount-warner/
Wed 22:08:57 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/01/1935240/cloudflare-announces-emdash-as-open-source-spiritual-successor-to-wordpress?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Wed 22:10:23 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/01/1516246/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-for-forking-its-project-without-approval?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Wed 22:10:47 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://slashdot.org/story/26/04/01/0619250/ceo-of-americas-largest-public-hospital-system-says-hes-ready-to-replace-radiologists-with-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Wed 22:13:04 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/irish-co-founded-icarus-to-test-robot-labour-in-space-mission
Wed 22:29:58 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/is-hackback-official-us-cybersecurity-strategy.html
Wed 22:37:31 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ the lamb open the seventh seal, and silence covered the sky.... https://petapixel.com/2026/03/31/apocalyptic-scenes-in-australia-as-the-sky-turn-red/
Wed 22:40:03 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ fucking lamb
Wed 23:28:58 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2006-07-30
Thu 00:07:00 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD2pDOXOqgg
Thu 01:46:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techpol + social irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-010426.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-010426.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-010426.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-010426.txt
Thu 01:47:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techrights irc ■ Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-010426.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-010426.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-010426.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-010426.txt
Thu 01:48:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 boycottnovell irc ■ Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-010426.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-010426.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-010426.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-010426.txt
Thu 01:49:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🅸🆁🅲 techbytes irc ■ Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-010426.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-010426.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-010426.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-010426.txt
Thu 01:49:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2026-04-01.txt | 🅶🅴🅼🅸🅽🅸 gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2026-04-01.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)
Thu 01:50:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ✩░▒▓▆▅▃▂▁Tux Machines 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍▁▂▃▅▆▓▒░✩ Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! 🅷🆃🆃🅿: http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-04-01.txt
Thu 01:58:40 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.neowin.net/reports/samsung-ssd-software-update-you-must-install-completely-breaks-on-windows-11-25h2-24h2/
Thu 03:15:41 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: This thing with the Supreme Court today was the dumbest fucking shit I've ever seen.
Thu 03:16:05 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ You could tell that most of the judges were annoyed that they were being asked to compare an executive order to the Fourteenth Amendment Citizenship Clause.
Thu 03:16:22 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And especially since they settled it with the Wong Kim Ark decision in 1898.
Thu 03:16:41 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ The Solicitor General is such an idiot that he started using Wong Kim Ark as precedent.
Thu 03:17:15 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ My guess is this will be 7-2 or 8-1 in favor of upholding Wong Kim Ark.
Thu 03:17:26 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ And Trump will have a meltdown and attack the courts again.
Thu 03:57:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): AerynOS 2026.03 Released with the Latest GNOME 50 Desktop Environment ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/AerynOS_2026_03_Released_with_the_Latest_GNOME_50_Desktop_Envir.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/31/AerynOS_2026_03_Released_with_the_Latest_GNOME_50_Desktop_Envir.gmi ∎
Thu 03:57:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Netrunner 26 Released with XLibre Xserver, Based on Debian 13 “Trixie” ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Netrunner_26_Released_with_XLibre_Xserver_Based_on_Debian_13_Tr.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Netrunner_26_Released_with_XLibre_Xserver_Based_on_Debian_13_Tr.gmi ∎
Thu 05:12:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Paris Court of Appeal has confirmed that third-party DNS providers can be legally compelled to block access to domain names to stop piracy." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/google-cloudflare-cisco-lose-pirate-site-dns-blocking-appeal-in-france/ | Source: Torrent Freak
Thu 05:12:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Indeed: if VPN blocks become an option, there will inevitably be more calls to use them for a wider range of material." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/01/copyright-industry-continues-its-efforts-to-ban-vpns/ | Source: Techdirt
Thu 05:12:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Telegraph spent £50,000 on counsel and pre-trial documents for three county court small claims hearings, and has racked up another £18,000 preparing for other hearings, according to documents shared with Leidig." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/agency-faces-100000-legal-costs-from-mail-and-telegraph-over-200-pictures-claim/ | Source: Press Gazette
Thu 05:12:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Australia’s Parliament has passed the Copyright Amendment Bill 2026, thereby setting the stage for loosened “orphan works” restrictions and an expanded educational licensing framework covering online learning." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/01/copyright-amendment-bill-2026-australia/ | Source: Digital Music News
Thu 05:12:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "X now argues that a recent 9-0 Supreme Court ruling in a case involving Cox Communications effectively “dooms” the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by major music publishers against the platform." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/31/elon-musk-x-supreme-court-music-publishers/ | Source: Digital Music News
Thu 05:13:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "FFII gifts Macron’s EU law glasses to Unified Patent Court Judges" ☛ https://ffii.org/ffii-gifts-macrons-reading-glasses-to-unified-patent-court-judges/ | Source: Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
Thu 05:14:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://predr.ag/blog/the-self-cancelling-subscription/ |
Thu 05:14:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ heads up: "The crisis will arrive slowly, then all at once" https://www.semafor.com/article/03/31/2026/the-crisis-will-arrive-slowly-then-all-at-once the buffer is emptying
Thu 05:15:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "NVIDIA just announced something quite interesting, in the form of an upcoming update for their GPU drivers for Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-announce-a-preview-of-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-on-linux-good-for-hdr/
Thu 05:16:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Grab some great strategy games in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/grab-some-great-strategy-games-in-the-strategy-minds-collection-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 05:16:43 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/optiscaler-tool-gets-a-huge-new-release-with-more-upscaling-and-frame-generation-goodies/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 05:17:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "TVs require walmart accounts to work now" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/tvs-require-walmart-accounts-to-work-now:d
Thu 05:17:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Devuan - Linux Committed to No Age Attestation" https://odysee.com/@switchedtolinux:0/devuan-linux-committed-to-no-age:b
Thu 05:17:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ microsoft is getting desperate about ODF https://www.pcworld.com/article/3099136/you-have-enough-subscriptions-this-permanent-microsoft-office-license-is-under-20.html
Thu 05:19:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Powell issues a warning on U.S. debt" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/04/powell-issues-a-warning-on-u-s-debt/
Thu 05:20:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Fears of global aluminum shortages intensify" https://www.semafor.com/article/03/31/2026/fears-of-global-aluminum-shortages-intensify
Thu 05:21:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ European Parliament wants to ban "naked AI" | "Europaparlamentet vill förbjuda »naken-AI«" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/04/01/europaparlamentet-vill-forbjuda-naken-ai/
Thu 05:22:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners arrives on Steam | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sprint-city-from-the-creators-of-speedrunners-arrives-on-steam/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sprint-city-from-the-creators-of-speedrunners-arrives-on-steam/
Thu 05:22:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ BOXROOM is a clever casual room builder to give your Steam games a shelf | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/boxroom-is-a-clever-casual-room-builder-to-give-your-steam-games-a-shelf/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/boxroom-is-a-clever-casual-room-builder-to-give-your-steam-games-a-shelf/
Thu 05:23:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ If you love horror boomer shooters keep BLIGHTEN on your radar | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/if-you-love-horror-boomer-shooters-keep-blighten-on-your-radar/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/if-you-love-horror-boomer-shooters-keep-blighten-on-your-radar/
Thu 05:27:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ As expected - Slay the Spire 2 leads the way for the most played Steam Deck games for March 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/as-expected-slay-the-spire-2-leads-the-way-for-the-most-played-steam-deck-games-for-march-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 05:27:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Raspberry Pi prices rise again, along with a new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 announced | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/raspberry-pi-prices-rise-again-along-with-a-new-3gb-raspberry-pi-4-announced/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux
Thu 05:27:50 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: TransUnion just deleted all my bankruptcy accounts immediately as I asked for Early Exclusion.
Thu 05:29:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: SpeedRunners, BOXROOM, BLIGHTEN, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Games_SpeedRunners_BOXROOM_BLIGHTEN_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Games_SpeedRunners_BOXROOM_BLIGHTEN_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 05:29:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s that time of the year again. When we vote to extend the warrantless mass surveillance of FISA Section 702, and collectively pretend that this temporary power is, again, only going to be temporary." ☛ https://nbtv.substack.com/p/are-warrants-optional-now | Source: Ludlow Institute
Thu 05:30:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Now, in a new filing, the states say the Trump administration appears to have ignored the court’s order limiting what information ICE is allowed to have." ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/01/repub/states-say-ice-pulled-medicaid-data-despite-court-order/ | Source: Maine Morning Star
Thu 05:30:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Canada Post said on Monday that it's moving ahead with a transformation plan that includes a transition to community mailboxes, eventually ending home delivery." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-community-mailboxes-questions-9.7148787 | Source: CBC
Thu 05:31:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "All of the UK’s biggest political stories, both print and broadcast, have been approved by the outlets’ political editors." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/uk-political-editors/ | Source: Press Gazette
Thu 05:38:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Judge Randolph Moss for the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia issued a permanent injunction blocking the Trump administration from “implementing or enforcing” the executive order." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/court-voids-trumps-executive-order-that-defunded-npr-pbs/ | Source: The Dissenter
Thu 05:39:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Trump has been a critic of NPR and PBS for ages, claiming their news coverage is biased against him." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/31/trump-npr-pbs-funding-unconstitutional/ | Source: Digital Music News
Thu 05:39:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Reporter has a century of history, recently marking its 100th year of publication. It is an example of how student newspapers are holding on as hallmarks of campus life at Minnesota colleges and universities." ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/education/2026/04/student-newspapers-against-the-tide-keep-journalism-alive-on-minnesota-campuses/ | Source: MinnPost
Thu 05:39:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "the pressure on press and freedom of expression cannot be explained by these latest arrests alone." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/for-journalists-in-turkey-fighting-court-cases-is-becoming-part-of-the-job-318244 | Source: BIA Net
Thu 05:40:36 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I'm going to pull a new auto insurance quote right now and see if I can give my premium another buzz cut.
Thu 05:41:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Rutherford County Library Board voted 8-3 on Monday evening to fire library system director Luanne James." ☛ https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-librarian-fired-lgbtq-books-09ea65c6b6fe299a0759aa7af37bb870 | Source: Associated Press
Thu 05:42:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Rutherford County Library Board in Tennessee voted 8-3 on Monday to fire the county's library director, Luanne James, after she refused to comply with an order to remove 190 books that "promote gender confusion" from the children's section." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/01/tennessee-librarian-fired-after-refusing-to-move-books-that-promote-gender-confusion.html | Source: BoingBoing
Thu 05:42:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Seth Todd pleaded no contest to second-degree attempted disorderly conduct on Monday, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office has announced." ☛ https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/authorities-temporarily-prohibit-portland-frog-from-being-near-ice-facility/ | Source: Nexstar Media Group Inc
Thu 05:42:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Police say the man behind the viral frog costume ignored orders to leave the street during a January protest, earning himself probation and a three-block exclusion zone from a local ICE facility." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/04/01/portland-declares-inflatable-frog-a-public-safety-threat.html | Source: BoingBoing
Thu 05:43:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I think my posts are being filtered and no one can see them. It’s liberating and kind of frustrating at the same time." ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2026/04/01/i-think-my-posts-are/ | Source: Mandaris Moore
Thu 05:43:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "While institutions around Britain are still sleeping, still insisting on using Microsoft because it's entrenched into civic infrastructure" ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cantsay/ | Source: The Cyber Show
Thu 05:43:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Russian anti-war activist Roman Evseev, who resides in Georgia, has said he was subjected to pressure by Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Vladikavkaz after a brief trip to Russia in December 2025" ☛ https://oc-media.org/fsb-in-vladikavkaz-targets-russian-anti-war-activist-in-georgia/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media
Thu 05:45:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The family says there have been several A.I.-generated videos and posts circulating online containing false and misleading information about Chuck's death" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/01/chuck-norris-family-upset-with-ai-videos-post-death/ | Source: TMZ
Thu 05:49:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A truce in the Manjaro governance struggle [LWN.net] https://lwn.net/Articles/1063717/
Thu 05:50:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Slop in Linux https://lwn.net/Articles/1063303/
Thu 05:50:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A PHP license change is imminent [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1063993/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1063993/
Thu 05:51:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Tracking when BPF programs may sleep [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1062868/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1062868/
Thu 05:52:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Taking on debt allows the company to limit dilution for its founders and shareholders at a time of massive capital needs. But the strategy carries risks: it ultimately requires generating enough revenue to repay creditors." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/why-mistral-ai-is-taking-on-debt | Source: Jérôme Marin
Thu 05:52:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The FCC has begun a proceeding aiming to require carriers that have offshore call centers to bring them back to the U.S." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/fcc-proposes-call-center-onshoring/ | Source: Inside Towers
Thu 05:52:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.2.0." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_2_0_released/ | Source: Tor
Thu 05:53:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Oracle has reportedly begun mass layoffs based on reports by various people who worked at the company." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/oracle-believed-to-have-cut-10-000-positions-across-multiple-divisions-as-mass-layoffs-begin-company-is-reportedly-reducing-headcount-as-it-makes-massive-investments-in-ai | Source: Tom's Hardware
Thu 05:53:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "By the time the students arrived and we were helping them identify the macros, little black stoneflies were hatching and landing on them." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2026/03/31/trout-in-the-classroom-2026-releases/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett
Thu 05:56:43 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ schestowitz[TR3]: I do hate the foreign call centers.
Thu 05:56:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ the next door gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/the_next_door
Thu 05:56:55 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ I've always wondered how many jobs that's cost us.
Thu 05:57:06 │ 〖IsambardPrince〗 │ So that the CEOs can save money and pay themselves more.
Thu 05:57:15 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] not the scammers?
Thu 05:58:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I have been watching NASA's livestream since this morning. My cell phone carrier probably hates me for all the data I've used today. Anyway, some observations from earlier today: [...]" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-04-01
Thu 05:59:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Greetings, fans of offline computing who are temporarily slumming it online in order to read this! The first quarter of the year has already passed us by which means the window of eligibility for OFFLFIRSOCH 2026 had closed." gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/offlfirsoch-2026-round-up.gmi
Thu 05:59:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So various legacy web sources give the SEA to CDG airport distance as 8073 km (roughly 1605225 rods), though I cannot figure out where that number comes from, as it does not line up with any of the Earth radius estimates for kluging a great circle distance onto a not-a-sphere, or I've made a math error somewhere." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/04/02/great-circle.gmi
Thu 06:01:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This is the 9th post in the f3s series about my self-hosting home lab. f3s? The "f" stands for FreeBSD, and the "3s" stands for k3s, the Kubernetes distribution I use on FreeBSD-based physical machines." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-04-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-9.gmi
Thu 06:03:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So Brandlin dropped $1,000 on two commercial-grade reflective signs — 30 inches, identical spec to the city's — and went out at 1:30 a.m. on March 14 to bolt them in. Police grabbed him while he was working on the second one." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/03/31/california-dad-faces-felony-charges-for-installing-stop-signs.html | Source: BoingBoing
Thu 06:03:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Old] "The bike, built by former Ann Arborite Mark Nobilette, allows for two additional riders to hook onto the back, after removing their front tires, as “pusher” bikes, and keeps the piano stable behind Mr. B." ☛ https://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/mr-bs-joybox-express/ |
Thu 06:04:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Unlike most card readers, the device comes in a unique puck-shaped enclosure. At first glance, there is a rubber “handle” and a USB-C port on the side and that’s about it." ☛ https://schwarztech.net/reviews/anker-maggo-usb-c-adapter-3-in-1-card-reader | Source: SchwarzTech
Thu 06:04:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But there’s a third option: We’re on borrowed time. The buffer provided by oil already at sea and releases from national reserves “is now being exhausted in real time,” write the usually sanguine experts at Rystad Energy." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/03/31/2026/the-crisis-will-arrive-slowly-then-all-at-once | Source: Semafor Inc
Thu 06:04:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Part of the reason for this is that many buildings have communal laundries where washing machines and dryers (as well as water and heating) are provided and the cost is included in the rent." ☛ https://theconversation.com/how-swedens-communal-laundries-shield-renters-from-rising-energy-bills-279415 | Source: The Conversation
Thu 06:04:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In 2025, the total data centre capacity in the country reached the 1,700 MW mark, driven by a record 440 MW of new supply addition." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/data-centre-segment-may-attract-investment-commitment-of-54-billion-this-year-cbre/articleshow/129947561.cms | Source: India Times
Thu 06:07:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 01, 2026 ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_April_01_2026.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_April_01_2026.gmi ∎
Thu 06:08:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎
Thu 06:08:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Over at Tux Machines... ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi ∎
Thu 06:18:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Dr. Andy Farnell on Microsoft Silencing or Deplatforming Opposition in the UK and Elsewhere ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Dr_Andy_Farnell_on_Microsoft_Silencing_or_Deplatforming_Opposit.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Dr_Andy_Farnell_on_Microsoft_Silencing_or_Deplatforming_Opposit.gmi ∎
Thu 06:19:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The latest mishap occurred at about 560km above the Earth, an increasingly crowded area known as low Earth orbit where over 24,000 objects, including debris and about 10,000 Starlink satellites, are currently being tracked." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/science/903906/another-starlink-satellite-has-inexplicably-exploded | Source: The Verge
Thu 06:19:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At least one construction project,Opens in a new tab. a proposed 17-mile, $60 million pipeline to supply gas to power the data center, relies on the state’s approval of the air quality permits to move forward." ☛ https://www.western-water.com/2026/03/30/new-mexico-delays-decision-on-data-center-air-permits/ | Source: Western Water
Thu 06:20:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The data centers at the heart of the AI boom are producing so much heat that they’re spiking land temperatures for miles around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, new research suggests." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-centers-temperature-spikes | Source: Futurism
Thu 06:22:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Technology companies, including Microsoft, are rushing to secure electricity supply for their rapidly expanding data centres that would power generative artificial intelligence services such as ChatGPT and Copilot." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-chevron-and-engine-no-1-sign-exclusive-deal-for-power-supply/articleshow/129945056.cms | Source: India Times
Thu 06:22:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The zones of seabed marked off for potential development total 69 million acres (280,000 square kilometers) in two distinct geographical areas east and west of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/pacific/2026/04/01/us-china-rare-earths-competition-guam-pacific/ | Source: RFA
Thu 06:23:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Archinstall 4.0 Arch Linux Installer Released with New Textual UI ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/Archinstall_4_0_Arch_Linux_Installer_Released_with_New_Textual_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/30/Archinstall_4_0_Arch_Linux_Installer_Released_with_New_Textual_.gmi ∎
Thu 06:24:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "According to the FT report, the investment discussed by Hegseth’s broker did not ultimately go ahead as the fund, which launched in May last year" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-defense-secretary-hegseths-broker-looked-buy-defense-fund-before-iran-attack-2026-03-30/ | Source: Reuters
Thu 06:25:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Overpopulation: "Each year, Overshoot Day marks the point at which the planet's annual biocapacity would be exhausted if everyone consumed as much as the residents of that country." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20218531 | Source: YLE
Thu 06:28:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Javi-OS – Debian-based Linux distribution ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Javi_OS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Javi_OS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi ∎
Thu 06:28:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): PLD Linux – RPM-based Linux distribution ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/PLD_Linux_RPM_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/PLD_Linux_RPM_based_Linux_distribution.gmi ∎
Thu 06:33:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In an essay for Lawfare, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert warns that the Trump administration may authorize private firms to undertake offensive cyber operations (OCOs)" ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/the-perils-of-privatized-cyberwarfare/ | Source: Citizen Lab
Thu 06:34:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Sparky news 2026/03 ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Sparky_news_2026_03.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Sparky_news_2026_03.gmi ∎
Thu 06:35:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At the outset, it is important to be clear about what an authorization for private companies to conduct OCOs would entail." ☛ https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-perils-of-privatized-cyberwarfare | Source: The Lawfare Institute
Thu 06:39:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Huawei HarmonyOS PC can now run Linux-based tools ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Huawei_HarmonyOS_PC_can_now_run_Linux_based_tools.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Huawei_HarmonyOS_PC_can_now_run_Linux_based_tools.gmi ∎
Thu 06:42:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Only a handful of countries produce helium. The United States and Qatar together supply nearly 90 percent." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/no-helium-no-chips-why-australia-needs-to-make-the-gas-again/ | Source: The Strategist
Thu 06:42:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "As the hare-brained conflict enters its fifth week, the tech industry is raising alarm about a growing shortage of helium" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/helium-ai-iran-war | Source: Futurism
Thu 06:46:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When the interview finally took place, Choudhury was shown an image of the suspect, another South Asian man." ☛ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/72853/rise-facial-recognition-policing | Source: Prospect
Thu 06:46:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We followed up with a network traffic analysis that confirmed the app sends your IP address, timezone, device model, OS version, session count, session duration, and a persistent unique identifier to OneSignal on every launch" ☛ https://www.atomic.computer/blog/white-house-app-security-analysis/ |
Thu 06:47:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Last week I talked about personally-identifiable information (PII) in the context of a data breach. It reminded me of the three questions I always ask in relation to PII: [...]" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/questions-to-ask-about-pii/ | Source: Ruben Schade
Thu 06:47:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Reminder: The Tor Browser Alpha release-channel is for testing only. As such, Tor Browser Alpha is not intended for general use because it is more likely to include bugs affecting usability, security, and privacy." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a5/ | Source: Tor
Thu 06:48:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The new “generic clearance” approved by OMB spares USCIS from having to justify the purpose, relevance, and legality of demanding social media account information separately for each USCIS form or web page on which this information is demanded." ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/04/01/omb-gives-blanket-approval-for-uscis-social-media-surveillance/ | Source: Papers Please
Thu 06:48:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ [Anon] There should still be snow here this time of year but there is not: "Meteorologists record-high temperatures in March" https://yle.fi/a/74-20218571
Thu 06:50:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In coding, a “pull request” is when you write a code patch to a piece of software and ask the project maintainer to pull it in" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/31/github-copilot-puts-ads-into-pull-requests/ | Source: Pivot to AI
Thu 06:50:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "RedLine can steal a wide variety of information from affected computer systems, including account details and passwords saved in browsers" ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/redline-malware-developer-extradited | Source: Bitdefender
Thu 06:53:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free and Open Source Software ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ∎
Thu 06:59:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I hear Spotify is the new hotness, let's see if they will take our money: [...]" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/03/internet-advertising-is-going-great/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
Thu 07:00:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The web and social networks have created a new way to communicate and bond." ☛ https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_doc_20260304_quo-vadis-humanits_en.html |
Thu 07:00:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): New Color Mode Coming to GIMP ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/New_Color_Mode_Coming_to_GIMP.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/New_Color_Mode_Coming_to_GIMP.gmi ∎
Thu 07:00:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you didn’t like the manosphere before" ☛ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/01/opinion/louis-theroux-inside-the-manosphere/ | Source: Boston Globe
Thu 07:00:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Education and safeguarding specialists say the impact is increasingly being felt in classrooms, where online content is being repeated, shared and normalised." ☛ https://thehighlandtimes.com/experts-warn-schools-must-act-as-misogyny-spreads-among-young-people/ |
Thu 07:00:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I look at it more like with cigarette smoking. Like social media to me is like secondhand smoke sometimes" ☛ https://www.thewrap.com/culture-lifestyle/culture/daily-show-cindy-cohn-ai-social-media-x-meta-video/ | Source: The Wrap
Thu 07:01:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Australian Greens have introduced a new bill into Parliament which they say will create a Digital Duty of Care and force social media companies to make their algorithmic feeds an opt-in choice for users." ☛ https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/technology-regulation/greens-take-aim-at-big-tech-after-govt-social-media-ban-fails.html | Source: IT Wire
Thu 07:03:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux updates were painfully slow until I switched one setting ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Linux_updates_were_painfully_slow_until_I_switched_one_setting.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Linux_updates_were_painfully_slow_until_I_switched_one_setting.gmi ∎
Thu 07:04:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But my English sucks. And writing in English wastes my time. And I don’t think in English – if only! So I write my content in Italian first and then translate it." ☛ https://mzll.it/2026/03/slop-and-translations/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo
Thu 07:04:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "When you write a document or essay, you are posing a question and then answering it." ☛ https://alexhwoods.com/dont-let-ai-write-for-you/ |
Thu 07:04:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "According to Kate Holterhoff, Ph.D., a senior analyst at the consultancy Red Monk, the barrier to entry is now extremely low, making it easier to game the traditional incentive model for participating in open source." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/ai-slop-open-source/ | Source: The New Stack
Thu 07:05:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The Linux backup tool nobody talks about—and why it beats every official sync app ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/The_Linux_backup_tool_nobody_talks_about_and_why_it_beats_every.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/The_Linux_backup_tool_nobody_talks_about_and_why_it_beats_every.gmi ∎
Thu 07:05:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Rarely has a research paper moved markets this much. Over the past week, memory chip giants have seen their shares slide, wiping out part of the spectacular gains accumulated over the past year." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/google-spooks-the-memory-chip-market | Source: Jérôme Marin
Thu 07:05:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Unless the DRAM pricing situation changes radically, I think the hobbyist SBC market is dying—or at least on life support. And I don't just mean Raspberry Pis, but all SBC vendors." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/dram-pricing-is-killing-the-hobbyist-sbc-market/ | Source: Jeff Geerling
Thu 07:05:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "You have to wonder why workslop like this even exists." ☛ https://everythingchanges.us/blog/mouthwords/ | Source: Mandy Brown
Thu 07:06:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I don't know if it's a law of nature, but it definitely seems to be a law of the tech space that once you start talking about building a super app, you're kind of flailing as a business." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/openai-against-the-world/ | Source: Matt Birchler
Thu 07:06:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-lie-cheat-steal-protect-other-models-research/ | Source: Wired
Thu 07:06:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The assumption was correct for human-authored commands" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/claude_code_rule_cap_raises/ | Source: The Register UK
Thu 07:07:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Everything is getting more expensive" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/pc-makers-report-surging-prices-across-different-components-increasing-costs-are-going-beyond-memory-chip-and-processors-now-affecting-pcbs-plastic-materials-and-more | Source: Tom's Hardware
Thu 07:07:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The server segment is driving demand in this market, with North American cloud providers ramping AI inference infrastructure and buying up high-capacity RDIMMs in volume, TrendForce said." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/dram-and-nand-contract-prices-to-climb-again-in-q2 | Source: Tom's Hardware
Thu 07:08:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The leak of basic source code — the second slip-up in just a week — triggered a discussion in the community around new revelations of how Anthropic’s popular coding agent works." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-accidentally-releases-source-code-for-claude-ai-agent/articleshow/129940277.cms | Source: India Times
Thu 07:08:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But the glaring cybersecurity implications of giving an AI agent full access over a computer to carry out complex tasks" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-development-claude-code-leak | Source: Futurism
Thu 07:09:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Apollo Go is Baidu’s driverless taxi service which began charging for rides in Beijing in 2021 and operates in designated areas across several cities." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/01/chinese-robotaxis-stall-in-apparent-malfunction-police-say/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
Thu 07:09:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The commission insists the ban doesn’t affect consumer Wi-Fi routers that are currently on sale or in your home, only future products." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/fccs-router-ban-quietly-places-an-expiration-date-on-home-internet-security | Source: PC Mag
Thu 07:10:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "and the macbook neo? it’s fanless which sounds great in theory. silent! no noise! but what that actually means is that the second you try to do anything slightly demanding, it gets warm" ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/the-macbook-neo-disappointment/ | Source: Alex & Manu
Thu 07:10:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "macOS and iOS lined up with how I liked to use my computers and up until iOS 26 I really enjoyed it." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2026/04/01/on-apple-at-50/ | Source: Lee Peterson
Thu 07:10:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Apple turns 50 today, so I thought I'd take some time to think back on some of the most memorable Apple product announcements. I'm relying entirely on my own memory, so forgive me if I get some small details wrong." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-at-50-my-most-memorable-product-announcements/ | Source: Matt Birchler
Thu 07:11:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Some might attribute that to a particular way of marketing itself which, while true, also emphasizes how important that identity is: when its messaging does not match the products, services, experience, or expected corporate behaviour, it is noticeable." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/upgrade-origin-of-apple/ | Source: Nick Heer
Thu 07:11:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I almost never buy e-books, but I decided to spring for an electronic copy of David Pogue's Apple: The First 50 Years to see if I even wanted to bother with the hardcover" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/03/mini-review-david-pogues-apple-first-50.html | Source: Old VCR
Thu 07:11:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s funny because few companies have the weird little community attached that Apple does. Among the biggest companies in the United States, I don’t think Amazon, Walmart, or even Microsoft have people discussing the inner-workings and thinking about the lore." ☛ https://schwarztech.net/articles/apple-at-fifty | Source: SchwarzTech
Thu 07:12:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Apple is one of just a handful of modern tech companies with roots in the 1970s, and it’s hard to overstate the differences between the early days of the company and where it is today." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2026/04/apple-50-years/ | Source: Stephen Hackett
Thu 07:12:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Apple's prestigious annual design awards end up awarding many indie developers each year too." ☛ https://blog.viditb.com/why-i-root-for-a-companys-success/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava
Thu 07:13:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "You know what they say — you can’t keep a good website down." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/oldversion-is-back-and-better-than-ever/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 07:13:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "a couple of days." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3104521/teenagers-gemini-mistake-locks-entire-family-out-of-google-accounts.html | Source: PC World
Thu 07:13:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "An Iranian strike has reportedly hit a cloud computing facility in Bahrain linked to Amazon Web Services, marking a rare instance of digital infrastructure being directly impacted in an active conflict zone." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/culture/iran-strike-aws-bahrain-cloud-infrastructure | Source: Interesting Engineering
Thu 07:14:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "At the time, the Apple-1 delivered a surprising amount of convenience for personal computing. Even though you still had to bring many components, the board was built and tested." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/apple-turns-50-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-tech-companies-started-with-hobbyist-computers | Source: Tom's Hardware
Thu 07:14:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Jobs, a 21-year-old college dropout, and Wozniak, a 25-year-old Hewlett-Packard employee, each received a 45 per cent stake in Apple, with the remaining 10 per cent going to their 41-year-old adviser, Ron Wayne." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apples-50-year-odyssey-has-redefined-technology-pop-culture-and-comeback-stories/articleshow/129952460.cms | Source: India Times
Thu 07:14:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "That’s when I decided to start an experiment: can I improve my focus by giving up my big monitor?" ☛ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/04/01/focus/ | Source: Herman Õunapuu
Thu 07:15:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "NASA is going back to the Moon! We’ll follow the crew of Artemis II every step of the way." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/following-artemis-iis-journey-around-the-moon/ | Source: Hackaday
Thu 07:15:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Amidst the growing reliance on Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) for synchronizing data across distributed networks" ☛ https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3785142 | Source: ACM
Thu 07:16:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Project Gemini is a protocol and document format for Internet document delivery." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/jgemini.html | Source: Kevin Boone
Thu 07:16:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "JGemini started life as a Java-based graphical browser for the “small net” Gemini protocol." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/jgemini2.html | Source: Kevin Boone
Thu 07:18:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 07:18:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "It’s a rare designer who operates at both the macro of strategy and culture and organisations, and the micro of craft and taste and interactions." ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2026/03/28/architecture | Source: Matt Webb
Thu 07:19:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Granted, streaming platforms pay their artists a pittance, remove songs from your playlists at a whim, and churn out slop, but physical media is also fun in its own right." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/im-no-audiophile/ | Source: Ruben Schade
Thu 07:19:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "While gopher is usually seen as a proto-web, it's really closer to FTP. It has no markup format, no links and no URLs. Files are arranged in a hierarchically, and can be in any format." ☛ https://maurycyz.com/projects/gopher/ | Source: Maury
Thu 07:19:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And this works pretty well. Transparent orgs tend to delegate more effectively, have higher accountability, less politics, faster trust, and just plain ship more" ☛ https://allenpike.com/2026/the-rise-of-transparency/ | Source: Allen Pike
Thu 07:20:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "From a purely selfish perspective it’s never been easier to stand out and assert yourself as an authority." ☛ https://dbushell.com/2026/04/01/i-quit-the-clankers-won/ | Source: David Bushell
Thu 07:20:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So let’s just get cut to the chase: The two pizzas fulfill such totally different roles that comparing them is silly, and the more interesting comparison is New York Pizza versus Chicago style hot dogs." ☛ https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/pizza/ | Source: Hillel Wayne
Thu 07:20:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Seven Hills of Edinburgh challenge invites participants to hike up seven designated hills in Edinburgh within a day." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/04/01/seven-hills | Source: James G
Thu 07:21:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Here are my notes, which I’m glad I made because it took me months to get round to finishing reading this." ☛ https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2026/04/01/gary-cox-existentialist/ | Source: Phil Gyford
Thu 07:21:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Melton’s taxonomy is compelling, and her parallels to IT systems are fascinating." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/a-taxonomy-of-cognitive-security.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
Thu 07:21:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I've come to understand that your own opinion and experience are ultimately what matter. In the end, what counts is that you are happy with what you do, not what others expect of you." ☛ https://yordi.me/standing-ovations-are-optional/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost
Thu 07:26:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Last year's crop did not disappoint, and neither did the classics we keep coming back to. Here are our 10 favorites, old and new." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/our-favorite-april-fools-for-photographers-ever-from-fake-news-to-dream-cameras | Source: Digital Camera World
Thu 07:26:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Land of Hope and Dreams" ☛ https://variety.com/2026/music/news/bruce-springsteen-tour-concert-review-minneapolis-opener-1236704266/ | Source: Variety
Thu 07:27:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "But what if the release itself is not successful?" ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/04/01/when-a-destructor-throws | Source: Sandor Dargo
Thu 07:27:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I figure we’re overdue a security post on here, so here’s a quick one" ☛ https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2026-03-31-watch-out-for-missed-warnings-on-vendor-cpp-toolchains.html |
Thu 07:30:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update and Raspberry Pi Prices Rise Again ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Open_Hardware_Modding_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_and_R.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Open_Hardware_Modding_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_and_R.gmi ∎
Thu 07:30:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 07:33:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Latest From LWN (Outside Paywall) About Security, Kernel, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Latest_From_LWN_Outside_Paywall_About_Security_Kernel_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Latest_From_LWN_Outside_Paywall_About_Security_Kernel_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 07:41:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Recent Videos/Shows About GNU/Linux ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Recent_Videos_Shows_About_GNU_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Recent_Videos_Shows_About_GNU_Linux.gmi ∎
Thu 07:43:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers and Free Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/GNU_Linux_Leftovers_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/GNU_Linux_Leftovers_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 07:45:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 02/04/2026: Kubernetes With FreeBSD, OFFLFIRSOCH, and Great Circle Distance ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Gemini_Links_02_04_2026_Kubernetes_With_FreeBSD_OFFLFIRSOCH_and.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Gemini_Links_02_04_2026_Kubernetes_With_FreeBSD_OFFLFIRSOCH_and.gmi ∎
Thu 07:47:27 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 02/04/2026: Apple Turns 50, Efforts To Ban VPNs ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Links_02_04_2026_Apple_Turns_50_Efforts_To_Ban_VPNs.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Links_02_04_2026_Apple_Turns_50_Efforts_To_Ban_VPNs.gmi ∎
Thu 07:54:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "DrupalCon was in Chicago this year." ☛ https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/drupalcon2026.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell
Thu 07:54:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Netdev 0x1A, like all the previous netdev conferences, is a conference of the netdev community, by the netdev community, for the netdev community." ☛ https://netdevconf.info/0x1A/ |
Thu 07:57:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Michael W. Lucas is speaking tonight at NYCBUG and it’s streaming, so you can see it too. He also has launched a new 10-days-only Kickstarter for “Networking for System Administrators: The Defenestrated Edition“." ☛ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/04/01/michael-w-lucas-on-air-and-in-print/ | Source: DragonFly BSD Digest
Thu 07:57:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "We have now reached the end of the European Astro Pi Challenge 2025/2026 cycle and it’s been a busy and rewarding time for the Raspberry Pi Foundation team." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/highlights-from-astro-pi-2025-2026-community-events/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
Thu 08:08:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Page builders promise speed, but usually not the kind that matters most." ☛ https://remkusdevries.com/wordpress-page-builders-and-performance/ | Source: Remkus de Vries
Thu 08:12:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "in EmDash, plugins run in isolated sandboxes called Dynamic Workers. they can’t just hook into everything like WordPress plugins do." ☛ https://alexandmanu.com/blog/cloudflare-emdash-soulja-boy-tellin-me-to-watch-myself/ | Source: Alex & Manu
Thu 08:12:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "EmDash is the most interesting thing to happen to content management in years." ☛ https://joost.blog/emdash-cms/ | Source: Joost de Valk
Thu 08:18:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Perplexity is one of the most widely used AI chatbots. Mozilla has now integrated this AI into its Firefox browser." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3097959/perplexity-ai-is-now-in-firefox-how-to-use-disable-or-remove-it.html | Source: PC World
Thu 08:22:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I haven't written about Gemini in a long time. The late AI wave has gotten me really concerned about the future of humanity." ☛ https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/04-01-gemini-as-the-final-founteir-of-human-cognition.gmi | Source: Martin Chang
Thu 08:23:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This package is not what I had in mind when I started this project! It’s quite a large collection of utilities and it’s going to take me a while to get through them all." ☛ https://ratfactor.com/slackware/pkgblog/coreutils | Source: Dave Gauer
Thu 08:24:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Every time I mention that you don't really need custom router firmware anymore, someone reminds me that OpenWrt is still going strong." ☛ https://www.xda-developers.com/your-old-router-becomes-treasure-from-one-piece-of-software-openwrt/ | Source: XDA
Thu 08:24:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "If you’ve never used it, OpenWrt is an alternative firmware for wireless routers, access points, network switches, and other embedded devices, powered by the Linux kernel." ☛ https://www.howtogeek.com/openwrt-latest-update-adds-a-piece-of-alpine-linux/ | Source: HowTo Geek
Thu 08:24:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In the release notes, OpenWrt provides an overview of the changes." ☛ https://www.heise.de/en/news/OpenWrt-Version-25-12-0-brings-package-manager-change-11204407.html | Source: Heise
Thu 08:24:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "And yet, there are Debian-based rolling release distributions, such as Sparky Linux" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/sparky-linux-9-brings-a-rolling-release-to-debian/ | Source: The New Stack
Thu 08:26:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Did you notice a new name in the To: line of one of the previous emails?" ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/m88k3.html | Source: Miod Vallat
Thu 08:27:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Welcome to the March 2026 edition of development news for KDE Linux, KDE’s up-and-coming general-purpose operating system." ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2026/03/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-march-2026/ | Source: Nate Graham
Thu 08:28:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Plakar is really cool and easy going to use, on OpenBSD has some limitations (for now, I am taking care of bothering op@ enough to fix them all), specially on the concurrency and the amount of open files" ☛ https://x61.sh/log/2026/03/25032026151800-plakar.html | Source: GonzaloR
Thu 08:28:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Before getting into routing, I want to cover how Tailscale connects devices in the first place. I’ve been comparing it to a VPN, but Tailscale is really a mesh network with a control plane on top of WireGuard." ☛ https://tech.stonecharioteer.com/posts/2026/tailscale-exit-nodes/ |
Thu 08:28:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This city is built with CSS. No SVG. No images. No HTML. Just gradients... and a bit of patience." ☛ https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68093/css-in-city | Source: Alvaro Montoro
Thu 08:29:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "For the past few months I've been slowly building up a list of Brazilian networks to block" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2026/03/31.1 | Source: Sean Conner
Thu 08:29:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Cindy Cohn ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/welcome-daily-show-viewers-learn-more-about-eff-and-privacys-defender | Source: EFF
Thu 08:30:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "In this episode of PING, APNIC Chief Scientist Geoff Huston discusses an emerging concern about how the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/04/02/podcast-what-does-bcp-really-mean/ | Source: APNIC
Thu 08:30:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Recently, I had to guide my family through the complexities of my SMB-grade internet setup — a system that, much to their frustration, has no traditional “off” switch." ☛ https://www.androidauthority.com/home-server-dead-man-switch-3648903/ | Source: Android Authority
Thu 08:46:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Andy Wingo: wastrelly wabbits ☞ https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/03/31/wastrelly-wabbits
Thu 08:46:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNOME Shell and Mutter Development: What is new in GNOME Kiosk 50 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2026/04/01/what-is-new-in-gnome-kiosk-50/
Thu 08:47:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This month in KDE Linux: March 2026 ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2026/03/31/this-month-in-kde-linux-march-2026/
Thu 08:49:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Get raw device mapping (RDM) disks with OpenShift Virtualization ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/31/how-get-raw-device-mapping-openshift-virtualization
Thu 08:50:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mozilla Localization (L10N): Localizer Spotlight: Cláudio ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2026/04/01/localizer-spotlight-claudio/
Thu 08:57:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ StartOS 0.4.0-beta0 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/startos
Thu 08:57:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alien-OS 26.04 is also released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alienos
Thu 08:58:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Netrunner 26 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/netrunner
Thu 08:58:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Puppy 260401 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/puppy
Thu 09:00:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The Leap 15 journey began it journey on May 25, 2018, when 15.0 was released as a fresh community build on top of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/04/01/leap-15-eol/ | Source: OpenSUSE
Thu 09:01:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "8x H200 offline: 36,396 tokens per second, the leading H200 result, 13% faster than the next closest submission" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ai-tops-mlperf-inference-v60-vllm-qwen3-vl-whisper-and-gpt-oss-120b | Source: Red Hat Official
Thu 09:01:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "From where I sit—leading strategy and operations for AI Platform Core Components (AIPCC), an engineering function within Red Hat’s AI Engineering organization—that shift changes everything." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-customers-are-choosing-red-hat-ai-real-business-outcomes | Source: Red Hat Official
Thu 09:02:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Only slop promotion in Red Hat's site yesterday
Thu 09:03:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Unsloth and Training Hub: Lightning-fast LoRA and QLoRA fine-tuning ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/01/unsloth-and-training-hub-lightning-fast-lora-and-qlora-fine-tuning
Thu 09:04:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Blast radius validation: Large and small Red Bait OpenShift nodes ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/02/blast-radius-validation-large-and-small-red-hat-openshift-nodes
Thu 09:04:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Sprint City and Lakehopper - 2026-04-01 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-04-01-edition/index.html
Thu 09:06:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Bootable containers: Reduce friction with Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux image mode ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/01/bootable-containers-reduce-friction-red-hat-enterprise-linux-image-mode
Thu 09:07:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ lsof Command in Linux: List Open Files and Network Connections ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/lsof-command-in-linux/
Thu 09:07:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ lsof Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/lsof/
Thu 09:08:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ lsof Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/lsof/
Thu 09:08:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ PLD GNU/Linux – RPM-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pld-linux-rpm-based-linux-distribution/
Thu 09:09:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Javi-OS – Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/javi-os-debian-linux-distribution/
Thu 09:14:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New Color Mode Coming to GIMP ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/04/01/new-color-mode-coming-to-gimp/
Thu 09:15:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rapid Photo Downloader – photo and video downloader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rapid-photo-downloader-photo-video/
Thu 09:16:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Nacos – dynamic service discovery, configuration management, and service governance ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nacos-dynamic-service-discovery-configuration-management-service-governance/
Thu 09:16:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ eNMS – Enterprise Network Management System ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/enms-enterprise-network-management-system/
Thu 09:16:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MeerK40t – laser cutting software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/meerk40t-laser-cutting-software/
Thu 09:17:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Handy – offline speech-to-text application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/handy-offline-speech-to-text-application/
Thu 09:17:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ PsiTransfer – self-hosted file sharing solution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/psitransfer-self-hosted-file-sharing-solution/
Thu 09:17:44 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ camera-streamer – low-latency camera streaming project for Raspberry Pi systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/camera-streamer-low-latency-camera-streaming-project/
Thu 09:18:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ grimblast – helper for screenshots within Hyprland ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/grimblast-helper-screenshots-hyprland/
Thu 09:18:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MeloTTS – high-quality multi-lingual text-to-speech library ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/melotts-high-quality-multi-lingual-text-to-speech-library/
Thu 09:18:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 20 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Speech Synthesis Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/speechtools/
Thu 09:19:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Daphne – audio player and music library manager for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/daphne-audio-player-music-library-manager-linux/
Thu 09:19:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ rawk – POSIX compatible AWK written in Rust ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rawk-posix-compatible-awk/
Thu 09:19:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Briefkasten – self-hosted bookmarking application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/briefkasten-self-hosted-bookmarking-application/
Thu 09:20:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 26 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Plotting Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-free-plotting-tools/
Thu 09:20:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Metadata Cleaner – inspect and remove hidden metadata from files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/metadata-cleaner-inspect-remove-hidden-metadata-files/
Thu 09:25:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 13 Best Free GNU/Linux Screen Capture GUI Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/screencapture/
Thu 09:29:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft Uses April Fools to 'Joke' About Inserting "Age Verification" (Surveillance) Into GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_Uses_April_Fools_to_Joke_About_Inserting_Age_Verifica.shtml
Thu 09:30:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Red Hat Hey Hi (AI) tops MLPerf Inference v6.0 with vLLM on Qwen3-VL, Whisper, and GPT-OSS-120B ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ai-tops-mlperf-inference-v60-vllm-qwen3-vl-whisper-and-gpt-oss-120b
Thu 09:30:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Sparky news 2026/03 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2026-03/
Thu 09:31:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ My new toy: April 1 syslog-ng performance tests ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/new-toy-1st-of-april-syslog-ng-performance-tests/
Thu 09:32:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Prank https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/04/01/gentoo-hurd.html
Thu 09:33:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in March 2026 ☞ https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/04/01/foss-activity-in-march-2026.html
Thu 09:37:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UK monarchs’ longevity against their people: a demographically correct reanalysis ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/03/uk-monarchs-longevity-against-their-people-a-demographically-correct-reanalysis/
Thu 09:38:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNU/Linux Will Thrive as Long as It's Modular, Not Monolithic ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/31/GNU_Linux_Will_Thrive_as_Long_as_It_s_Modular_Not_Monolithic.shtml
Thu 09:43:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install OpenVPN on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openvpn-opensuse/
Thu 09:43:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install NRPE on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nrpe-ubuntu-24-04/
Thu 09:43:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How To Install DirectAdmin on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-directadmin-debian-13/
Thu 09:44:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Use Tmux Terminal Multiplexer on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-use-tmux-terminal-multiplexer-on-ubuntu-26-04
Thu 09:44:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install and Configure Git on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-and-configure-git-on-ubuntu-26-04
Thu 09:45:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install MariaDB on Fedora GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mariadb-on-fedora-linux/
Thu 09:46:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ How to Install Composer on Fedora GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-composer-on-fedora-linux/
Thu 09:46:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Real Reason Many Sites and Forums Shun Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/The_Real_Reason_Many_Sites_and_Forums_Shun_Microsoft_Lunduke.shtml
Thu 09:51:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Euro-Office: sovereign in name only, or in reality too? ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/01/euro-office/
Thu 09:51:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Comment about Collabora blog post ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/01/comment-about-collabora-blog-post/
Thu 09:52:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Open Letter to European Citizens ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/31/open-letter-to-european-citizens/
Thu 09:57:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Turbulence at The Document Foundation ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065908/
Thu 10:04:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Maintenance release: Godot 4.6.2 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-6-2/
Thu 10:09:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065814/
Thu 10:09:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 645 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/04/01/this-week-in-rust-645/
Thu 10:10:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon jailed for 1 month for contempt of court ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/02/hong-kong-businessman-jason-poon-jailed-for-1-month-for-contempt-of-court/
Thu 10:18:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ DRAM prices predicted to jump 63% in Q2, NAND up to 75% — follows 95% jumps in Q1, Trendforce says Hey Hi (AI) server demand keeps supply tight ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/dram-and-nand-contract-prices-to-climb-again-in-q2
Thu 10:24:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ No helium, no chips: why Australia needs to make the gas again ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/no-helium-no-chips-why-australia-needs-to-make-the-gas-again/
Thu 10:24:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Iran War Has Cut Off Supply of a Gas the Hey Hi (AI) Industry Desperately Needs ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/helium-ai-iran-war
Thu 10:25:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Pluralistic: Convicted Felonismo vs minilateralism (01 Apr 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/01/minilateralism/
Thu 10:30:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-centers-temperature-spikes
Thu 10:39:13 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Arch 2026.04.01 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/arch
Thu 10:39:26 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ZimaOS 1.6.0-beta2 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/zimaos
Thu 10:40:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dr.Parted 26.04 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/drparted
Thu 10:40:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ EznixOS 260401 as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/eznixos
Thu 10:41:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Raspberry Pi Introduces 3GB Pi 4 Amid Price Increases ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-introduces-3gb-pi-4-amid-price-increases/
Thu 10:42:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Raspberry Pi CM5 TV Stick Lite Adapts Compute Module 5 for HDMI Dongle Use ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-tv-stick-lite-adapts-compute-module-5-for-hdmi-dongle-use/
Thu 10:42:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ObsidianOS 2026.03.31 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/obsidianos
Thu 10:42:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Kiro 26.04.01.01 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kiro
Thu 10:43:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GIMP 3.2.2 Released with UI/UX Improvements & Bug Fixes [PPA Updated] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/03/gimp-3-2-2-released-with-ui-ux-improvements-bug-fixes-ppa-updated/
Thu 10:44:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Textype – terminal typing tutor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/textype-terminal-typing-tutor/
Thu 10:45:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 17 Best Free GNU/Linux Speech Recognition Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-speech-recognition-tools-open-source-software/
Thu 10:45:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Webcam Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/webcam/
Thu 10:47:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ MidnightBSD 4.0.4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/midnightbsd
Thu 10:48:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF Blogs: March GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring eighteen new GNU releases: Autoconf, PSPP, and more! ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-march-gnu-spotlight
Thu 10:49:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Auckland, New Zealand ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-09-auckland-new-zealand
Thu 10:49:41 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-05-oviedo-asturias-spain
Thu 10:49:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-12-oviedo-asturias-spain
Thu 10:50:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-19-oviedo-asturias-spain
Thu 10:50:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FSF Events: LibreLocal meetup in Livermore, California, United States ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/meetup-2026-05-29-livermore-california-united-states
Thu 10:51:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Raspberry Pi’s eye-watering price rises & new 3GB RAM model ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/raspberry-pi-4-3gb-announced
Thu 10:56:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-2604-system-requriments
Thu 10:57:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Salt-N-Pepa Files Appeal Brief in UMG Termination Battle, Criticizes District Court Dismissal As ‘Riddled With Error’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/01/salt-n-pepa-universal-music-appeal/
Thu 11:02:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ A Cat-and-Mouse Game of Russian Internet Restrictions and Evasion ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/europe/russia-internet-restrictions.html
Thu 11:02:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Is Social Media the New Tobacco? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/social-media-ban-case-iran-trump-russia.html
Thu 11:03:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Truth-seeking Russians try to save Telegram ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0401/Truth-seeking-Russians-try-to-save-Telegram
Thu 11:07:07 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Putin’s Internet Blackout: A Chaotic Drive to Cut Off Russians From the World ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/europe/russia-putin-telegram-internet.html
Thu 11:07:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ pg_ivm 1.14 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_ivm-114-released-3265/
Thu 11:09:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Change of Platform Coming Soon to LinuxLinks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/change-platform-coming-soon-linuxlinks/
Thu 11:09:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Digi IX25 – A rugged 5G RedCap/eMBB industrial cellular router ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/01/digi-ix25-a-rugged-5g-redcap-embb-industrial-cellular-router/
Thu 11:10:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Dave Airlie: drm subsystem contributor numbers ☞ https://airlied.blogspot.com/2026/04/drm-subsystem-contributor-numbers.html
Thu 11:11:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Qt for Android Automotive 6.11 Released! ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.11-released
Thu 11:12:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Predatorgate: Breaking the chain of impunity of the spyware underworld ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/predatorgate-breaking-the-chain-of-impunity-of-the-spyware-underworld/
Thu 11:13:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Forrest Dump Administration Is Doing Something Horrifying to Workers at Nuclear Facilities ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/nuclear-workers-trump
Thu 11:13:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Could coffee be your secret pro-ageing health hero? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/could-coffee-be-your-secret-pro-ageing-health-hero-ak5OQ5c5oKR9
Thu 11:18:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Re: [DNG] Good thing we don't use systemd" https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260402.110532.565ce91c.en.html
Thu 11:23:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Can Science Predict When a Study Won’t Hold Up? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/science/ai-experiments-replication.html
Thu 11:24:16 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ satire: Supercharging our forums with Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/04/01/forums-upgrade.html
Thu 11:25:06 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Digital Inclusion and Indigenous Connectivity ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/04/digital-inclusion-and-indigenous-connectivity/
Thu 11:26:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Books of March 2026 ☞ https://box.matto.nl/books-of-march-2026.html
Thu 11:26:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Qt Creator 19 - CMake Update ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-19-cmake-update
Thu 11:27:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Servo 0.0.6 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065827/
Thu 11:31:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Reddit says publisher post views up 46% after Pro Tools rollout ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/reddit-says-publisher-post-views-up-46-after-pro-tools-rollout/
Thu 11:33:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UPC is illegal and this boosts it, this is PR ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/klaus-grabinski-economic-logic-suggests-the-upc-will-continue-to-grow/
Thu 11:33:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ AiPi affiliate Pedersen message distribution patent monopoly confirmed invalid by Fed. Circuit ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/3/26/aipi-affiliate-pedersen-message-distribution-patent-confirmed-invalid-by-fed-circuit
Thu 11:34:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Driving Innovation vehicle navigation patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/4/1/driving-innovation-vehicle-navigation-patent-prior-art-found
Thu 11:34:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Nexus Trap: Why Component Patents Struggle with Objective Indicia ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/the-nexus-trap-why-component-patents-struggle-with-objective-indicia.html
Thu 11:35:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Guest Post: Improving PERA’s Eligibility Exclusions ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/guest-post-improving-peras-eligibility-exclusions.html
Thu 11:35:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ USPTO’s April Fool’s Prank Says the Quiet Part Out Loud ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/04/usptos-april-fools-prank-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud.html
Thu 11:37:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Albanese Urges Australians to Remain Calm Amid Fuel Crisis ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/world/asia/australia-albanese-fuel-speech.html
Thu 11:38:48 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ UN condemns Türkiye for criminalizing human rights lawyers ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-condemns-turkiye-for-criminalizing-human-rights-lawyers/
Thu 11:39:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Automating test management with QASE ☞ https://bzoltan1.github.io/automating-test-management-with-qase/
Thu 11:40:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Joey Hess: banning all Anthropic employees ☞ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/banning_all_Anthropic_employees/
Thu 11:41:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.11.0 Released ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-11-0-released/147789
Thu 11:42:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Telink TL3228 – Low-power, low-latency dual-core RISC-V wireless MCU supports Bluetooth 6.0, 802.15.4, and 2.4 GHz proprietary ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/01/telink-tl3228-low-power-low-latency-dual-core-risc-v-wireless-mcu-supports-bluetooth-6-0-802-15-4-and-2-4-ghz-proprietary/
Thu 11:43:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ JetStream 3: A modern benchmark for high-performance, compute-intensive Web applications ☞ https://blog.chromium.org/2026/03/jetstream-3-a-modern-benchmark.html
Thu 11:44:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Thibault Martin: TIL that Sveltia is a good CMS for Astro ☞ https://ergaster.org/til/sveltia-cms-astro/
Thu 11:45:40 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/axios-npm-package-compromised-in-supply-chain-attack-that-deployed-a-cross-platform-rat
Thu 11:46:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Running OpenBSD 7.8 on ODROID HC4 ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/running-openbsd-7.8-on-odroid-hc4/
Thu 11:48:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ OpenBSD 7.8 on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/openbsd-7.8-on-raspberry-pi-zero-2w/
Thu 11:48:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Oracle Lays Off Because of Debt and Commercial Issues, Not Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Oracle_Lays_Off_Because_of_Debt_and_Commercial_Issues_Not_Slop.shtml
Thu 11:49:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ for 1 April 2026 ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24614
Thu 11:52:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Jeremy Cline: Fedora's aarch64 images support Secure Boot ☞ https://www.jcline.org/blog/fedora/2026/04/01/fedora-aarch64-secureboot.html https://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/
Thu 11:52:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The D&D alignments of developers w.r.t. Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://michel-slm.name/posts/2026-04-01-dnd-alignment-of-developers-wrt-ai/
Thu 11:53:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Implement a multicluster event exporter for enterprise automation ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/01/implement-multicluster-event-exporter-enterprise-automation
Thu 11:54:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CentOS March 2026 News ☞ https://blog.centos.org/2026/03/march-2026-news/
Thu 11:55:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 005 - First Confirmed Victim Disclosure, Post-Compromise Cloud Enumeration Documented, and Axios Attribution Narrows, (Wed, Apr 1st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32856
Thu 11:55:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/world/asia/china-space-moon-nasa-artemis.html
Thu 11:57:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Rubber Ducking ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1135/rubber-ducking
Thu 11:58:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Is “Hackback” Official US Cybersecurity Strategy? ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/is-hackback-official-us-cybersecurity-strategy.html
Thu 11:59:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Raspberry Pi 4 3GB launched for $83.75, further price increases announced across the board for 4GB+ RAM hardware ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/01/raspberry-pi-4-3gb-launched-for-83-75-further-price-increases-announced-across-the-board-for-4gb-ram-hardware/
Thu 12:01:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Apple’s Fitness Chief, Who Was Accused of Harassment, Is Retiring ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/apples-fitness-chief-who-was-accused-of-harassment-is-retiring.html
Thu 12:01:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Axios NPM Package Breached in North Korean Supply Chain Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/axios-npm-package-breached-in-north-korean-supply-chain-attack/
Thu 12:02:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Anthropic Goes Scorched Earth Against Infringers After Leaking Source Code ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/01/anthropic-leaked-code-scorched-earth/
Thu 12:02:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Microsoft issues emergency update for backdoored Windows 11 — fixes broken March preview update rollout from last week ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-issues-emergency-update-for-windows-11-fixes-broken-march-preview-update-rollout-from-last-week
Thu 12:03:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Oh, the Irony: Anthropic Goes Scorched Earth Against Infringers After Leaking Its Source Code ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/01/anthropic-leaked-code-scorched-earth/
Thu 12:04:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Exploited Zero-Day Among 21 Vulnerabilities Patched in Chrome ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/exploited-zero-day-among-21-vulnerabilities-patched-in-chrome/
Thu 12:05:23 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SWHID and pURL ☞ https://toscalix.com/2026/03/31/swhid-and-purl/
Thu 12:05:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SomnoSphere is an intelligent bedside lamp that helps you sleep better ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/31/somnosphere-is-an-intelligent-bedside-lamp-that-helps-you-sleep-better/
Thu 12:06:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Wayland Protocols 1.48 Released
Thu 12:07:05 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/histoires-prodigieuses
Thu 12:07:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Toy Giant Hasbro Hit by Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/toy-giant-hasbro-hit-by-cyberattack/
Thu 12:08:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ FBI Warns of Data Security Risks From China-Made Mobile Apps ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-warns-of-data-security-risks-from-china-made-mobile-apps/
Thu 12:08:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ US Charges Uranium Crypto Exchange Hacker ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-charges-uranium-crypto-exchange-hacker/
Thu 12:10:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Malicious Script That Gets Rid of ADS, (Wed, Apr 1st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32854
Thu 12:11:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New DeepLoad Malware Dropped in ClickFix Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-deepload-malware-dropped-in-clickfix-attacks/
Thu 12:13:38 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ SUEPO Central Made a Strike (or Striking) Success ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/30/SUEPO_Central_Made_a_Strike_or_Striking_Success.shtml
Thu 12:19:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New study reveals how young people are influenced by gamification features on Snapchat ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/new-study-reveals-how-young-people-are-influenced-by-gamification-features-on-snapchat/
Thu 12:20:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Harry privacy trial part of Hacked Off ‘political campaign’ says Mail ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/harry-privacy-trial-part-of-hacked-off-political-campaign-says-mail/
Thu 12:21:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Faster AI/ML container startup with additional storage in Red Bait OpenShift 4.22 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/02/faster-aiml-container-startup-additional-storage-red-hat-openshift-422
Thu 12:22:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNOME 50 Drops Surveillance Giant Google Drive Integration (For a Valid Reason) ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-drops-google-drive-support/
Thu 12:23:39 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Future share price plummets after warning Surveillance Giant Google traffic loss has worsened ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/why-future-share-price-is-so-low/
Thu 12:45:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ These Two Countries With Social Media Bans Aren’t Happy With Surveillance Giant Google and Meta ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/asia/indonesia-australia-social-media-ban.html
Thu 12:46:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Beyond guesswork: Generating accurate ingress firewall rules with oc commatrix ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/04/02/beyond-guesswork-generating-accurate-ingress-firewall-rules-oc-commatrix
Thu 13:04:30 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ South Korea's Lee urges prompt passage of $17 billion extra budget amid Middle East energy crisis ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-lee-urges-prompt-passage-of-17-billion-extra-budget-amid-middle-east-energy-crisis
Thu 13:05:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ‘It’s a new world. It’s the same Constitution’: Convicted Felon attends Supreme Court argument as justices appear skeptical to narrow birthright citizenship — SCOTUS dispatch ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/its-a-new-world-its-the-same-constitution-trump-attends-supreme-court-argument-as-justices-appear-skeptical-to-narrow-birthright-citizenship-scotus-dispatch/
Thu 13:05:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ WhatsApp Whistle-Blower Suit Is Dismissed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/whatsapp-whistle-blower-suit-is-dismissed.html
Thu 13:07:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Get serious about fuel security. We can’t rely on the US anymore ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/get-serious-about-fuel-security-we-cant-rely-on-the-us-anymore/
Thu 13:08:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ BIPOC educators’ program faces lawsuit alleging discrimination ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/04/01/bipoc-educators-program-faces-lawsuit-alleging-discrimination/
Thu 13:09:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Leaked Claude Code Shows Anthropic Building Mysterious “Tamagotchi” Feature Into It ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/leaked-claude-code-tamagotchi
Thu 13:10:00 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ NYT Cuts Ties With Writer as Scrutiny of Hey Hi (AI) Content Grows ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nyt-cuts-ties-with-writer-ai
Thu 13:11:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Malaysia’s public sector, govt-linked firms to work from home from April 15 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-public-sector-govt-linked-firms-to-work-from-home-from-april-15
Thu 13:11:25 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ (cat) https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/int/image/1773/38/1773384688916.jpg
Thu 13:11:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Malaysia’s PM Anwar urges crackdown on fake news over fuel prices ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-pm-anwar-urges-crackdown-on-fake-news-over-fuel-prices
Thu 13:12:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Robot Taxis Stop in Traffic in Chinese City, Stranding Travelers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/business/baidu-robotaxi-wuhan-china.html
Thu 13:13:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Fall of a Cambodian Money-Laundering Giant ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/world/asia/china-cambodia-huione-extradition.html
Thu 13:16:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Alleged scam boss extradited from Cambodia to China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/01/alleged-scam-boss-extradited-from-cambodia-to-china/
Thu 13:17:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Mexico’s soaring tech exports have taken the lead over the automotive sector ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexico-tech-exports-auto-sector/
Thu 13:17:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Euro-Office is a new European fork of ONLYOFFICE. Here’s why it was created, what it changes, and why it’s already controversial." https://itsfoss.com/news/onlyoffice-forked/
Thu 13:19:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Spectator made £6.6m loss in year Paul Marshall paid £100m for title ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/sale-costs-pushed-spectator-into-red-in-last-year-of-barclays-ownership/
Thu 13:39:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Source
Thu 13:39:11 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Is Linux Ready For Gaming? - A Challenge | GameGrin ⚓ https://www.gamegrin.com/articles/is-linux-ready-for-gaming-a-challenge/ ䷉ Source: gamegrin | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamegrin.com/articles/is-linux-ready-for-gaming-a-challenge/
Thu 13:40:19 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Slop https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3748150234989061
Thu 13:40:58 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Servers
Thu 13:41:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ImageMagick Zero-Day Enables RCE on Linux and WordPress Servers ⚓ https://hackread.com/imagemagick-zero-day-rce-linux-wordpress-servers/ ䷉ Source: Gray Dot Media Group | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//hackread.com/imagemagick-zero-day-rce-linux-wordpress-servers/
Thu 13:42:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Advanced Process Manager for Linux Earns a 49.5 Proof of Usefulness Score | HackerNoon ⚓ https://hackernoon.com/advanced-process-manager-for-linux-earns-a-495-proof-of-usefulness-score ䷉ Source: Hacker Noon | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//hackernoon.com/advanced-process-manager-for-linux-earns-a-495-proof-of-usefulness-score
Thu 13:42:35 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ The Linux backup tool nobody talks about—and why it beats every official sync app https://www.howtogeek.com/this-11-year-old-tool-is-faster-than-the-official-dropbox-or-google-drive-apps/
Thu 13:43:50 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Huawei HarmonyOS PC can now run Linux-based tools https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-harmonyos-pc-can-now-run-linux-based-tools/
Thu 13:44:31 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This project walks through the workflow of using AMD's new EDF tools for embedded Linux development on the Kria KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit." https://www.hackster.io/whitney-knitter/getting-started-with-amd-edf-on-kria-kv260-784334
Thu 13:44:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ I disabled this hidden setting and got a faster GNOME desktop https://www.makeuseof.com/gnome-tracker-was-silently-making-linux-system-worse-whole-time/
Thu 13:46:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ CachyOS beats Windows 11 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Space Marine 2 in a new gaming benchmark https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-beats-windows-11-cyberpunk-2077-space-marine-2/
Thu 13:48:29 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) https://securityaffairs.com/190221/security/attackers-hijack-axios-npm-account-to-spread-rat-malware.html
Thu 13:49:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ You’re probably ready for Arch Linux. Here’s#HowTo tell ⚓ https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/probably-ready-arch-linux-tell-143016989.html ䷉ Source: Yahoo | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/probably-ready-arch-linux-tell-143016989.html
Thu 13:49:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Slimbook Creative Linux laptop packs RTX 5070, Thunderbolt 4 and 99 Wh battery into 1.9 kg chassis https://www.notebookcheck.net/Slimbook-Creative-Linux-laptop-packs-RTX-5070-Thunderbolt-4-and-99-Wh-battery-into-1-9-kg-chassis.1263452.0.html
Thu 13:49:51 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "NVIDIA just launched their latest update to the cloud gaming service GeForce NOW, with version 2.0.83 bringing some big improvements overall." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/geforce-now-2-0-83-brings-improved-display-scaling-for-linux/
Thu 13:52:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "This release also features the latest KDE Plasma 6.6.3 desktop environment with the KDE Frameworks 6.24 and KDE Gear 25.12.3 software suites." https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-03-released-with-the-latest-gnome-50-desktop-environment
Thu 13:53:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ No internet? This 'survival computer' has everything you need offline - including AI https://www.zdnet.com/article/project-nomad-self-contained-offline-linux-distribution/
Thu 13:55:55 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Applications: Textype, Advanced Process Manager for Linux (APM), and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Applications_Textype_Advanced_Process_Manager_for_Linux_APM_and.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Applications_Textype_Advanced_Process_Manager_for_Linux_APM_and.gmi ∎
Thu 13:55:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎
Thu 14:00:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): CentOS March 2026 News, Only Slop Promotion at Red Hat, Fedora Promoting Back-doored Boot ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/CentOS_March_2026_News_Only_Slop_Promotion_at_Red_Hat_Fedora_Pr.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/CentOS_March_2026_News_Only_Slop_Promotion_at_Red_Hat_Fedora_Pr.gmi ∎
Thu 14:00:57 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNOME Shell and Mutter Development, Making GNOME Fasters ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/GNOME_Shell_and_Mutter_Development_Making_GNOME_Fasters.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/GNOME_Shell_and_Mutter_Development_Making_GNOME_Fasters.gmi ∎
Thu 14:05:59 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, Godot 4.6.2, and "Is Linux Ready For Gaming?" ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Games_New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds_Godot_4_6_2_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Games_New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds_Godot_4_6_2_.gmi ∎
Thu 14:12:42 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): New OpenWrt Releases and News About OpenWrt Project/s ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/New_OpenWrt_Releases_and_News_About_OpenWrt_Project_s.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/New_OpenWrt_Releases_and_News_About_OpenWrt_Project_s.gmi ∎
Thu 14:13:04 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Re: [DNG] Good thing we don't use systemd" https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260402.110532.565ce91c.en.html
Thu 14:13:34 │ 〖psydroid2〗 │ https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-04-02-ibm-announces-strategic-collaboration-with-arm-to-shape-the-future-of-enterprise-computing
Thu 14:14:22 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 14:14:25 │ 〖psydroid2〗 │ expensive POWER boxes now worth nothing
Thu 14:16:03 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): LibreLocal Events Coming Up in Auckland, Oviedo, and Livermore ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/LibreLocal_Events_Coming_Up_in_Auckland_Oviedo_and_Livermore.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/LibreLocal_Events_Coming_Up_in_Auckland_Oviedo_and_Livermore.gmi ∎
Thu 14:17:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Content Management Systems (CMS): Sveltia, EmDash, and WordPress ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Sveltia_EmDash_and_WordPress.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Sveltia_EmDash_and_WordPress.gmi ∎
Thu 14:17:45 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Education and Free Software: Astro Pi, DrupalCon, and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Education_and_Free_Software_Astro_Pi_DrupalCon_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Education_and_Free_Software_Astro_Pi_DrupalCon_and_More.gmi ∎
Thu 14:19:25 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Euro-Office, Comment About Collabora, and Open Letter to European Citizens ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Euro_Office_Comment_About_Collabora_and_Open_Letter_to_European.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Euro_Office_Comment_About_Collabora_and_Open_Letter_to_European.gmi ∎
Thu 14:20:52 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://ibb.co/TQcKb42
Thu 14:21:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 14:21:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Gemini, Web Browsers, and the Web ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Gemini_Web_Browsers_and_the_Web.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Gemini_Web_Browsers_and_the_Web.gmi ∎
Thu 14:22:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 14:24:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Microsoft NPM Causes Security Catastrophes, Microsoft Transmits Malware to Sites and More ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_NPM_Causes_Security_Catastrophes_Microsoft_Transmits_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/Microsoft_NPM_Causes_Security_Catastrophes_Microsoft_Transmits_.gmi ∎
Thu 14:24:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎
Thu 14:26:37 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Links 02/04/2026: Science News, Energy Scarcity, Oil Sold in Yuan ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Links_02_04_2026_Science_News_Energy_Scarcity_Oil_Sold_in_Yuan.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Links_02_04_2026_Science_News_Energy_Scarcity_Oil_Sold_in_Yuan.gmi ∎
Thu 14:33:00 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://petapixel.com/2026/04/02/ftc-says-okcupid-shared-three-million-user-photos-with-facial-recognition-firm/
Thu 15:14:40 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ https://apina.biz/73498.jpg?mode=sfw
Thu 15:57:09 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-african-workshop-reveals-ironworking-tradition-that-was-used-for-nearly-eight-centuries-48908
Thu 15:57:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ IDC as Microsoft lobby https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/study-says-microsoft-split-could-hurt-linux-firms/
Thu 15:58:46 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://apina.biz/73496.jpg?mode=sfw
Thu 16:04:35 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/science-energy/nuclear-workers-trump
Thu 16:05:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Steam Survey for Last Month Says 5.33% Use GNU/Linux ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Steam_Survey_for_Last_Month_Says_5_33_Use_GNU_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Steam_Survey_for_Last_Month_Says_5_33_Use_GNU_Linux.gmi ∎
Thu 16:06:23 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://futurism.com/future-society/china-ocean-research-ship
Thu 16:10:05 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/oldversion-is-back-and-better-than-ever/
Thu 16:23:48 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://xkcd.com/3227/
Thu 16:29:41 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ we sent them to the moon and the outlook s bad??? https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/artemis-ii-astronaut-finds-two-outlook-instances-running-on-computers-call-on-houston-to-fix-microsoft-anomaly-puzzled-caller-describes-two-outlooks-and-neither-one-of-those-are-working
Thu 16:29:53 │ 〖MinceR〗 │ always has been
Thu 16:30:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Can Economies Like the American One Hang On? ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Can_Economies_Like_the_American_One_Hang_On.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Can_Economies_Like_the_American_One_Hang_On.gmi ∎
Thu 16:30:16 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/artemis-ii-will-use-laser-beams-to-live-stream-4k-moon-footage-one-giant-step-beyond-the-s-band-radio-comms-of-the-apollo-era
Thu 16:32:29 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-launches-3gb-model-to-fight-increasing-dram-prices-flagship-500-model-now-costs-almost-as-much-as-a-mac-mini
Thu 16:38:59 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-rent-college-house-nightclub/
Thu 16:43:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – It Seems Like Google News Cracked Down on (Omitted, Delisted) a Lot of Slopfarms ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/It_Seems_Like_Google_News_Cracked_Down_on_Omitted_Delisted_a_Lo.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/It_Seems_Like_Google_News_Cracked_Down_on_Omitted_Delisted_a_Lo.gmi ∎
Thu 16:46:42 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kk1xk8ga
Thu 16:46:46 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] " sorry just now saw this. Been busy. I got the notice in early Nov like everyone else. My resume had already been updated as I had heard rumors of one last big one before the end of the year and with 20+ years on my back, I felt I was a target. I interviewed 2 times over the course of the month of Nov then hit Thanksgiving, so it slowed, then first week of Dec they scheduled last interview and then 2nd week of Dec, last day, Frid
Thu 16:46:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] ay, they called and offered my the job to start in mid-January with the next on-boarding class. That was it. So I accepted and just coasted until Dec 31st, cancelled all my vacation since I wasn't doing anything anyway. But I also did not announce I was leaving either, I left that to my my FLM and 2nd line who waited until the last minute and scrambled to find the people who I needed to KT over to, as they were out on PTO lol. In
Thu 16:46:47 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] the end I had two 1hr KT sessions that had to be recorded since they could not get some of the people since they were either literally traveling (thinking flying/driving) or out of the country with no laptop.
Thu 16:46:50 │ 〖schestowitz[TR3〗 │] Dec 31st I wiped my laptop (didn't need to, but did anyway) and shipped back that weekend. Signed severance package, week and change later got my severance and all my vacation paid (in the new year 2026 so no tax hit for 2025), then shredded my badge and Citi business card. That was it. Started the new job on Jan 20th, so two weeks and change of vacation right there."
Thu 16:48:32 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I have had nearly as long a tenure as Arvind, have as many patents and earned more awards. Yet Arvind had no problem burning my career to ash to pad his own pockets. I have a legacy of helping people; Arvind has a legacy of nothing but greed and turning his back on the American worker. Fu ck Arvind and anyone who supports this traitor to America." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn2r2pnj
Thu 16:50:14 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "No one deserves more hate than Arvind. An "immigrant" that destroys American jobs isn't one we need here. He is a traitor. End of story." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn2r2pnj
Thu 16:54:21 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Companies look to ARM for their low power cloud compute workloads where X86 is too expensive and/or too power intensive. IBM's brilliant idea is to convince them to run these workloads on a mainframe ARM emulator? This doesn't sound strategic, it sounds like IBM panicking because they're seeing more and more erosion of mainframe utilization at their key clients." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn73vh31
Thu 16:56:10 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Change is needed, admits watchdog boss ⚓ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/change-is-needed-admits-watchdog-boss-tfvp2bfn9 "Sarah Rapson says she accepts criticism of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, but transforming the regime will take time"
Thu 17:06:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Forking frenzy ensues after Euro-Office launch sparks OnlyOffice backlash https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/eurooffice_forks_onlyoffice/
Thu 17:09:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): ONLYOFFICE Gets Forked as "Made in Europe", Sparks Licensing and Trust Debate ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/ONLYOFFICE_Gets_Forked_as_Made_in_Europe_Sparks_Licensing_and_T.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/01/ONLYOFFICE_Gets_Forked_as_Made_in_Europe_Sparks_Licensing_and_T.gmi ∎
Thu 17:14:17 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "I posted a page of Geminispace images every day for a year, and it's over now." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-04-02_No_more_Picture_Pages.gmi
Thu 17:15:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "The instance is up and accepting submissions in the usual way. There is a light, informal sync with ew0k's instance for the time being, but no-one should rely on that sync mechanism working." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2026-04-02_re-antenna-packed-up--new-antenna-instance.gmi
Thu 17:15:53 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ 🖼️ xkcd: Creation #3227 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3227.gmi
Thu 17:16:34 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Blue Jays 4-2 to Start the Season gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/4-02.gmi
Thu 17:17:24 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "So Sleepycrow mentioned the `.well-known/fursona` scheme earlier, and I mentioned I couldn't find a way to read the data from a gemini server. Well, I made one. (See my previous post for the resolution to the TLS issue.)" gemini://rymden.no/tx/2026-04-02.gmi
Thu 17:18:33 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Our local cinema went all-in on this movie. Bespoke headrest covers, giant yellow ? cubes in the room, racks of Yoshi and Luma toys, full Mario livery on the corridors, a photo-op where you could sit in a little boat (was this even in the film?), and they even had a real life human announcer come in and give a welcome speech. Epic!" gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/04/01/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie/
Thu 17:19:28 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ speaking of space, we just had a launch gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/gritty/40796
Thu 17:25:18 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Gemini Links 02/04/2026: Super Mario Galaxy Movie and New Antenna Instance ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Gemini_Links_02_04_2026_Super_Mario_Galaxy_Movie_and_New_Antenn.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Gemini_Links_02_04_2026_Super_Mario_Galaxy_Movie_and_New_Antenn.gmi ∎
Thu 17:40:20 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – Low Morale at IBM and Perception of Destructive Management ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Low_Morale_at_IBM_and_Perception_of_Destructive_Management.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/Low_Morale_at_IBM_and_Perception_of_Destructive_Management.gmi ∎
Thu 17:43:03 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://www.neowin.net/news/men-are-ditching-tv-for-youtube-as-ai-usage-and-social-media-fatigue-grow/
Thu 17:43:48 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ that'll force them to upgrade... https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-says-downloading-new-outlook-may-be-necessary-to-send-emails-due-to-new-nasty-bug/
Thu 17:47:01 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – GNU/Linux Becoming More Universal ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/GNU_Linux_Becoming_More_Universal.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/GNU_Linux_Becoming_More_Universal.gmi ∎
Thu 17:55:02 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Denmark: Less Apple, More GNU/Linux ⇨ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Denmark_Less_Apple_More_GNU_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/02/Denmark_Less_Apple_More_GNU_Linux.gmi ∎
Thu 17:55:35 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://lwn.net/Articles/1065908/
Thu 17:58:03 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ is this why bees fly like a tesla on autopilot???? https://thedebrief.org/scientists-reveal-alcohol-is-widespread-in-the-nectar-from-flowers-pollinators-drink-all-day/
Thu 17:58:49 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ New lows for Windows https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/spain/#monthly-200902-202604
Thu 18:01:36 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Firefox measured as down again
Thu 18:03:15 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Unilever freezes global hiring for three months"
Thu 18:04:09 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ "Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time - NASA" top clip in https://analytics.usa.gov/
Thu 18:06:12 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ GNU/Linux up to 4.5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/malaysia/#monthly-200902-202604
Thu 18:06:15 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://thedebrief.org/direct-fusion-drive-first-plasma-achieved-in-the-race-for-a-propulsion-system-that-could-cut-the-travel-time-to-mars-in-half/
Thu 18:06:54 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ And above 4% in the neighbour https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/indonesia/#monthly-200902-202604
Thu 18:20:52 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://lwn.net/Articles/1064692/
Thu 18:21:10 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ https://pandoc.org/
Thu 18:40:52 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Problems continue for Microsoft there https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/07/Microsoft_s_Thailand_Problem.shtml https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/thailand/#monthly-200902-202604
Thu 18:41:53 │ 〖admfubar〗 │ boldly going where no one has gone before... https://futurism.com/space/moon-astronaut-space-toilet-jams
Thu 18:48:47 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – In Asia, Windows is in Its Teens (Below 20%) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/In_Asia_Windows_is_in_Its_Teens_Below_20.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/In_Asia_Windows_is_in_Its_Teens_Below_20.gmi ∎
Thu 18:57:08 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Techrights – SLAPP Censorship - Part 31 Out of 200: Speaking About 20+ Years of Alleged Harassment/Defamation and High-Profile 'Targets' of Garrett ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_31_Out_of_200_Speaking_About_20_Years_of_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/02/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_31_Out_of_200_Speaking_About_20_Years_of_.gmi ∎
Thu 19:04:56 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Fewer UK adults posting on social media, Ofcom finds https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqk718l4neo
Thu 19:06:46 │ 〖𝐈𝐑𝐂 TR NEWS〗 │ Social Media Stats United Kingdom https://gs.statcounter.com/social-media-stats/all/united-kingdom/#monthly-202002-202604 relative, not absolute
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