●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 03, 2025 ●● ● Jan 03 [01:14] *HappyNewYear2025 has quit (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [01:14] *happynewyear2025 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Jan 03 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-020125.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-020125.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-020125.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-020125.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, January 02, 2025 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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[04:57] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights ● Jan 03 [05:13] TR News Techrights The Free Software Foundation Extends Cutoff Date (Two More Weeks), Raises About 330,000 Dollars https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/The_Free_Software_Foundation_Extends_Cutoff_Date_Two_More_Weeks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/The_Free_Software_Foundation_Extends_Cutoff_Date_Two_More_Weeks.gmi [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Free Software Foundation Extends Cutoff Date (Two More Weeks), Raises About 330,000 Dollars [05:15] TR News "Wondering ? What percentage of IBMers invest in IBM stock?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vUbE4Xe Ponzi scheme to increase "value" of IBM by gambling with workers' money [05:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vUbE4Xe ) [05:15] TR News "There's the ESPP program that gives folks a 15% discount on shares, so probably a surprising amount in raw numbers. In terms of those who actually hold onto those shares... given your employment is tied to the company you're investing in, you've almost got double exposure to them - doesn't feel like a wise thing to hold onto for a long duration." [05:16] TR News "Agree with the above. I take advantage of the ESPP but transfer to my brokerage and sell immediately." Some don't, so IBM can fake its supposed value at other people's expense. [05:29] TR News Techrights In Mexico, Windows Down to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Up to All-Time High https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Mexico_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_Up_to_All_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Mexico_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_Up_to_All_Time.gmi [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Mexico, Windows Down to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Up to All-Time High [05:36] TR News Techrights Canada: Windows at All-Time Lows, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Rise to Almost 8% https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Canada_Windows_at_All_Time_Lows_ChromeOS_and_GNU_Linux_Rise_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Canada_Windows_at_All_Time_Lows_ChromeOS_and_GNU_Linux_Rise_to_.gmi [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Canada: Windows at All-Time Lows, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Rise to Almost 8% [05:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [05:59] TR News Techrights In Hong Kong and Taiwan People Flock to GNU/Linux (Unlike Windows, GNU/Linux Doesn't Capture Screenshots of Everything You Do and Add Back Doors to Encryption) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Hong_Kong_and_Taiwan_People_Flock_to_GNU_Linux_Unlike_Window.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Hong_Kong_and_Taiwan_People_Flock_to_GNU_Linux_Unlike_Window.gmi [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Hong Kong and Taiwan People Flock to GNU/Linux (Unlike Windows, GNU/Linux Doesn't Capture Screenshots of Everything You Do and Add Back Doors to Encryption) ● Jan 03 [06:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [06:14] TR News Techrights [Meme] Be a Good and Obedient Citizen. 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[06:17] TR News "A lot of this movement can likely still be explained by the overall drop in Simplified Chinese once again, which saw a 3.53% change." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/linux-user-share-on-steam-ended-2024-on-a-high-note/ [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux user share on Steam ended 2024 on a high note | GamingOnLinux [06:17] TR News "With this release UMU-Protonfixes, their database of specific tweaks for games, was also updated with more games and some fixes added or removed (no longer needed) for" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ge-proton-9-22-released-with-lots-of-game-fixes-for-linux-steam-deck/ [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GE-Proton 9-22 released with lots of game fixes for Linux / Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [06:18] TR News "Now, just over two years later on 23 December 2024, the commit has finally been pushed again. In the message accompanying it, Hartman explained how this ancient Windows XP-era Microsoft protocol is no longer necessary and it also makes the system insecure and vulnerable to threats." https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-removing-an-outdated-insecure-microsoft-usb-network-protocol-thats-still-on-windows/ [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.neowin.net | Linux removing an outdated, insecure Microsoft USB network protocol that's still on Windows - Neowin [06:18] TR News "So 2025 should be another golden year for Ubuntu, those of us using it, and the Linux and open-source community as a whole." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/what-do-you-want-to-see-from-ubuntu-in-2025 [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | What Do You Want to See From Ubuntu in 2025? - OMG! Ubuntu [06:19] TR News covering [06:19] TR News Why is MSM not covering those topics? No bribe from 'advertisers'? https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-most-popular-linux-gaming-articles-of-2024/ [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The most popular Linux gaming articles of 2024 | GamingOnLinux [06:19] TR News "The Nobar Project released today Nobara 41 as the latest version of this Fedora-based Linux distribution for gamers that features unique, in-house tools and lots of performance improvements." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-based-nobara-41-gaming-distro-switches-to-open-source-nvidia-driver [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fedora-Based Nobara 41 Gaming Distro Switches to Open-Source NVIDIA Driver - 9to5Linux [06:19] TR News "Many hardcore Linux users love tiling window managers meant to optimize screen space for productivity. But I'm fine with regular stacking window behavior. Here's why." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-im-not-sold-on-linux-tiling-window-managers/ [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Why I'm Not Sold on Linux Tiling Window Managers [06:33] TR News Techrights [Meme] Crushing Free Speech Before Even Taking Public Office... https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Meme_Crushing_Free_Speech_Before_Even_Taking_Public_Office.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Meme_Crushing_Free_Speech_Before_Even_Taking_Public_Office.gmi [06:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Meme] Crushing Free Speech Before Even Taking Public Office... [06:45] TR News Techrights A Golden Opportunity that Canonical and IBM Intentionally Ignore (in Order to Appease Microsoft) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/A_Golden_Opportunity_that_Canonical_and_IBM_Intentionally_Ignor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/A_Golden_Opportunity_that_Canonical_and_IBM_Intentionally_Ignor.gmi [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights A Golden Opportunity that Canonical and IBM Intentionally Ignore (in Order to Appease Microsoft) ● Jan 03 [07:00] TR News Techrights Jeff Bezos (Washington Post) Spreads Political Propaganda Against the Internet (and the Web) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Jeff_Bezos_Washington_Post_Spreads_Political_Propaganda_Against.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Jeff_Bezos_Washington_Post_Spreads_Political_Propaganda_Against.gmi [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Jeff Bezos (Washington Post) Spreads Political Propaganda Against the Internet (and the Web) [07:23] TR News Techrights [Memes] Two Dictators. 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[07:45] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Rose to 5% in Belgium (It Was 1.66% Last January) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/GNU_Linux_Rose_to_5_in_Belgium_It_Was_1_66_Last_January.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/GNU_Linux_Rose_to_5_in_Belgium_It_Was_1_66_Last_January.gmi [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Rose to 5% in Belgium (It Was 1.66% Last January) [07:47] TR News Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit : NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/01/03/g-s1-40940/apple-settle-lawsuit-siri-privacy "Apple isn't acknowledging wrongdoing in the settlement, which still must be approved by a U.S. District judge. Lawyers in the case have proposed scheduling a Feb. 14 court hearing to review the terms." [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.npr.org | Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit : NPR [07:47] TR News "If Y2K happened today, it would be far, far worse" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/twentyfive_years_y2k/ [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | If Y2K happened today, it would be far, far worse The Register [07:48] TR News iophk: The 1LzYear 2038 problem is going to be a big problem because embedded devices with 32-bit time are still being deployed and it is quite feasible that a large number of them will still be in use by then. [07:48] TR News "64-bit Time on OpenBSD" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20130813072244 https://www.openbsd.org/55.html [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | 64-bit Time on OpenBSD [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openbsd.org | OpenBSD 5.5 ● Jan 03 [08:07] TR News (NEW): 5 lightweight Linux distributions with very low system requirements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/5_lightweight_Linux_distributions_with_very_low_system_requirem.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/5_lightweight_Linux_distributions_with_very_low_system_requirem.gmi [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 5 lightweight Linux distributions with very low system requirements [08:10] TR News (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 6.12.8, Linux 6.6.69, and Linux 6.1.123 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_12_8_Linux_6_6_69_and_Linux_6_1_123.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_12_8_Linux_6_6_69_and_Linux_6_1_123.gmi [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Stable kernels: Linux 6.12.8, Linux 6.6.69, and Linux 6.1.123 [08:13] TR News Techrights Slow News, But Not Slow for Us https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Slow_News_But_Not_Slow_for_Us.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Slow_News_But_Not_Slow_for_Us.gmi [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slow News, But Not Slow for Us [08:20] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:24] TR News (NEW): GNOME vs. KDE Plasma: Top Linux Desktops Compared https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/GNOME_vs_KDE_Plasma_Top_Linux_Desktops_Compared.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/GNOME_vs_KDE_Plasma_Top_Linux_Desktops_Compared.gmi [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNOME vs. KDE Plasma: Top Linux Desktops Compared [08:30] TR News iophk: The LA Times also turns NN into partisanship rather than as a matter affecting _*all*_ US residents and citizens: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-01-02/fccs-net-neutrality-rules-struck-down-blow-to-president-biden http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Jeff_Bezos_Washington_Post_Spreads_Political_Propaganda_Against.shtml [08:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | FCC's net neutrality rules struck down, in another blow to Biden administration - Los Angeles Times [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Jeff Bezos (Washington Post) Spreads Political Propaganda Against the Internet (and the Web) ● Jan 03 [09:00] TR News Techrights Engineering Things to Last 70 Years in an 8-Bit, 16-Bit, and 32-Bit World https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Engineering_Things_to_Last_70_Years_in_an_8_Bit_16_Bit_and_32_B.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Engineering_Things_to_Last_70_Years_in_an_8_Bit_16_Bit_and_32_B.gmi [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Engineering Things to Last 70 Years in an 8-Bit, 16-Bit, and 32-Bit World [09:06] TR News "The community-build of Proton, GE-Proton, was updated with a new version that updates various upstream components and adds plenty of game fixes for Linux desktop and Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ge-proton-9-22-released-with-lots-of-game-fixes-for-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:06] TR News "Another year is finished and so Valve have now put up the results of The Steam Awards for 2024. No surprises on most of them." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/heres-the-winners-of-2024-the-steam-awards-with-god-of-war-ragnarok-the-best-game-on-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Here's the winners of 2024 The Steam Awards with God of War Ragnarok the Best Game on Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [09:06] TR News "Valve have put up the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2024, which shows that the Linux share ended 2024 in December with a nice boost." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/linux-user-share-on-steam-ended-2024-on-a-high-note/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux user share on Steam ended 2024 on a high note | GamingOnLinux [09:07] TR News "After many months of work there's a lot new in this release for the free and open source game that continues to impress." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/veloren-the-free-and-open-source-action-adventure-rpg-update-017-brings-plenty-new-to-explore/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Veloren the free and open source action-adventure RPG update 0.17 brings plenty new to explore | GamingOnLinux [09:08] TR News "While Steam continues to grow with it repeatedly breaking the concurrent online user counts throughout 2024, we also saw 2024 as the biggest in terms of game releases ever too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/valve-saw-a-record-breaking-nearly-19-000-games-released-on-steam-in-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve saw a record-breaking 19,000 games released on Steam in 2024 | GamingOnLinux [09:09] TR News "2025 is shaping up to be potentially one of the most exciting in recent memory, with more rumours about Half-Life 3 being a very real thing." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/half-life-3-rumours-are-about-again-after-a-teaser-from-g-mans-voice-actor/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Half-Life 3 rumours are about again after a teaser from G-Man's voice actor | GamingOnLinux [09:18] TR News "Palworld is enjoying a nice resurgence after the release of the Feybreak major update with a huge increase in players. Going from around a regular 45,000 players online to around 200,000 concurrent players." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/while-palworld-enjoys-a-resurgence-valve-dropped-the-rating-to-steam-deck-unsupported/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-While Palworld enjoys a resurgence Valve dropped the rating to Steam Deck Unsupported | GamingOnLinux [09:18] TR News "The first new Humble Bundle of games for 2025 is here, and it's starting you off with some typing and language adventures to sink your fingers into" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/grab-some-typing-adventures-and-language-learning-in-the-latest-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Grab some typing adventures and language learning in the latest Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [09:18] TR News "Developer Eric Barone "ConcernedApe", has updated the Stardew Valley website with some new figures showing the pixel-art farming life-sim has only continued to grow." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/stardew-valley-hits-over-41-million-sales-with-millions-sold-during-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stardew Valley hits over 41 million sales with millions sold during 2024 | GamingOnLinux [09:21] TR News (NEW): Games: Stardew Valley, Humble Bundle, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Games_Stardew_Valley_Humble_Bundle_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Games_Stardew_Valley_Humble_Bundle_and_More.gmi [09:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Stardew Valley, Humble Bundle, and More [09:36] TR News "Somali security forces fend off Islamic State attack in Puntland" https://www.voanews.com/a/somali-security-forces-fend-off-islamic-state-attack-in-puntland/7920275.html [09:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | Somali security forces fend off Islamic State attack in Puntland [09:37] TR News "Trump claims US is global laughing stock following attacks; Johnson prepares for crucial House speaker vote: Live" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-updates-inauguration-elon-musk-b2672807.html [09:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | Johnson steels for crucial House speaker vote as Trump rages on about laughing stock America: Live updates | The Independent [09:37] TR News "Terrorism is spreading in west Africa foreign and regional collaboration are needed to fight the threat - defenceWeb" https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/terrorism-is-spreading-in-west-africa-foreign-and-regional-collaboration-are-needed-to-fight-the-threat/ [09:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.defenceweb.co.za | Terrorism is spreading in west Africa foreign and regional collaboration are needed to fight the threat - defenceWeb [09:37] TR News "Russias gas supply to Europe halted after Ukraine transit deal expires" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/01/russia-gas-flow-europe-cut-ukraine/ [09:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/01/russia-gas-flow-europe-cut-ukraine/ ) [09:37] TR News "Syrian ministers visit Saudi Arabia to reset regional ties" https://www.semafor.com/article/01/02/2025/syrian-ministers-visit-saudi-arabia-as-country-seeks-to-reset-regional-ties [09:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Syrian ministers visit Saudi Arabia to reset regional ties | Semafor [09:37] TR News "Everything we know about Shamsud Din Jabbar, accused suspect in New Orleans attack - lonestarlive.com" https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/01/everything-we-know-about-shamsud-din-jabbar-accused-suspect-in-new-orleans-attack.html [09:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Everything we know about Shamsud Din Jabbar, accused suspect in New Orleans attack - lonestarlive.com [09:39] TR News "Last year, the Rolling Stones went on tour again and were sponsored byI am seriousthe AARP." https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/01/the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-should-not-exist/681201/ ("The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Should Not Exist") [09:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Should Not Exist - The Atlantic [09:40] TR News They make is sound like a 'democrat' thing https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/02/us-appeals-court-slaps-down-biden-backed-net-neutrality-laws/ ("US Appeals Court Slaps Down Biden-Backed Net Neutrality Laws") http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Jeff_Bezos_Washington_Post_Spreads_Political_Propaganda_Against.shtml [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/02/us-appeals-court-slaps-down-biden-backed-net-neutrality-laws/ ) [09:40] TR News "Legal expert untangles Supreme Court and Project 2025 on FFRF TV show Freedom From Religion Foundation" https://ffrf.org/news/releases/legal-expert-untangles-supreme-court-and-project-2025-on-ffrf-tv-show/ [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ffrf.org | Legal expert untangles Supreme Court and Project 2025 on FFRF TV show Freedom From Religion Foundation [09:42] TR News "Clean" https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/02/midwest-wins-funding-for-a-new-hydrogen-hub-not-everyone-is-convinced-its-clean/ | Source: DeSmog [09:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Midwest Wins Funding for a New Hydrogen Hub. Not Everyone Is Convinced Its 'Clean.' - DeSmog [09:43] TR News "From space-themed games to digital art, discover our hands-on activities that inspire young coders to learn and build essential skills." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/ready-to-remix-favourite-projects-to-tinker-with/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [09:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.org | Ready to remix? Favourite projects to tinker with - Raspberry Pi Foundation [09:44] TR News "Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them" https://www.propublica.org/article/us-navy-shipbuilding-donald-trump | Source: Pro Publica [09:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | Donald Trump Wants to Build More Navy Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them. ProPublica [09:48] TR News "In 2022, a group of Israel-based TV companies obtained a court order in the U.S. It compelled every ISP in the country to block three resilient pirate sites that blocking in Israel had failed to stop." https://torrentfreak.com/tv-group-couldnt-force-u-s-isps-to-block-pirates-uk-isps-may-offer-help-250102/ | Source: Torrent Freak [09:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TV Group Couldn't Force U.S. ISPs to Block Pirates, UK ISPs May Offer Help * TorrentFreak [09:56] TR News "Its a new year and Im between jobs" https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2025/too-many-subscriptions/ | Source: Luke Harris [09:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lkhrs.com | Too many subscriptions (2025 edition) | Luke's Wild Website [09:56] TR News "What this extended exercise did, more than anything" https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/listen-to-what | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [09:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeremycherfas.net | Listen to What | Jeremy Cherfas ● Jan 03 [10:05] TR News "struck down the Federal Communications Commissions landmark net neutrality rules" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/technology/net-neutrality-rules-fcc.html | Source: New York Times [10:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | FCCs Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals Court - The New York Times [10:05] TR News "formally killed the FCC's April order" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/fcc_net_neutrality_rules_killed/ | Source: The Register UK [10:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Court decision kills net neutrality in the US yet again The Register [10:06] TR News "ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority" https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/2/24334309/net-neutrality-struck-down-sixth-circuit-chevron-deference | Source: The Verge [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Net neutrality eviscerated by appeals court ruling - The Verge [10:06] TR News "cited the Supreme Court's June decision in a case known as Loper Bright to overturn a 1984 precedent" https://www.voanews.com/a/us-appeals-court-blocks-biden-administration-effort-to-restore-net-neutrality-rules/7922331.html | Source: VOA News [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | US appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net neutrality rules [10:06] TR News "For these reasons, we grant the petitions for review and set aside the FCCs Safeguarding Order." https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pdf | [10:36] TR News "Prosecutors said Vu suffered a brain bleed and a broken neck and eye socket." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/oklahoma-ag-steps-up-to-ensure-cop-who-broke-71-year-old-mans-neck-wont-face-criminal-charges/ | Source: Techdirt [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Oklahoma AG Steps Up To Ensure Cop Who Broke 71-Year-Old Mans Neck Wont Face Criminal Charges | Techdirt [10:36] TR News tortured https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-kurdish-three-kurdish-women-reportedly-tortured-in-turkish-prison/7922595.html | Source: VOA News [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | VOA Kurdish: Three Kurdish women reportedly tortured in Turkish prison [10:37] TR News "The reporting focus and responsibility needs to be flipped." https://phys.org/news/2025-01-modern-slavery-endemic-global-chains.html | Source: Omicron Limited [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-modern-slavery-endemic-global-chains.html ) [10:37] TR News "randomised drug testing" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fintech-company-begin-drug-testing-swedish-employees-january-ahead-ipo-move-1729808 | Source: International Business Times [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | FinTech Company to Begin Drug Testing Swedish Employees In January Ahead of IPO Move | IBTimes UK [10:38] TR News "A millennium ago, India was still a Buddhist headwater. Various schools flowed north and east, to China and Japan" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/13/mandalas-mapping-the-buddhist-art-of-tibet-art-review-met | Source: New Yorker [10:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet, Reviewed | The New Yorker [10:39] TR News "Parvais Jabbar, executive director of the London-based NGO called the Death Penalty Project" https://www.voanews.com/a/zimbabwe-president-signs-death-penalty-abolition-into-law/7920263.html | Source: VOA News [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | Zimbabwe president signs death penalty abolition into law [10:39] TR News "Salem announced the sale was part of a strategic decision to exit the contemporary Christian music format and pay off the entirety of the companys long-term debt." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/01/atlanta-christian-radio-wfsh-shutting-down/ | Source: Digital Music News [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/01/atlanta-christian-radio-wfsh-shutting-down/ ) [10:40] TR News "A former Computer Weekly journalist who helped kick off the titles reporting on the Post Office scandal has been recognised in the Kings New Year honours list for 2025." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-year-honours-2025-computer-weekly/ | Source: Press Gazette [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Ex-Computer Weekly journalist given OBE for Post Office reporting - Press Gazette [10:43] TR News "Both journalists appealed their conviction, but their cases remain pending in the North Carolina Court of Appeals." https://thedissenter.org/in-us-court-asheville-blade-journalists-sue-over-illegal-arrests/ | Source: The Dissenter [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thedissenter.org | Asheville Blade Journalists Sue Over Illegal Arrests [10:43] TR News "With the exception of ABC News being weird and just throwing cash at Trump for no apparent reason, every libel lawsuit filed by Donald Trump (or his various business holdings) has failed." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/court-tosses-another-bogus-libel-lawsuit-brought-against-the-washington-post-by-donald-trump/ | Source: Techdirt [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Court Tosses Another Bogus Libel Lawsuit Brought Against The Washington Post By Donald Trump | Techdirt [10:55] TR News "Enforced disappearances continue to endanger their lives" https://cpj.org/2025/01/al-qaeda-executes-yemeni-journalist-after-9-years-of-enforced-disappearance/ | Source: CPJ [10:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Al-Qaeda executes Yemeni journalist after 9 years of enforced disappearance - Committee to Protect Journalists [10:56] TR News Malaysia, the world's capital of Net censorship https://itwire.com/it-industry-news/market/ict-market-revenue-in-malaysia-to-witness-15-5-cagr-over-2023-28,-forecasts-globaldata.html | Source: IT Wire [10:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-iTWire - ICT market revenue in Malaysia to witness 15.5% CAGR over 2023-28, forecasts GlobalData [10:56] TR News "This is following a trend that has seen more than a dozen states lose access to the incredibly popular NSFW site." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2563010/best-vpn-for-florida-pornhub-workarounds.html | Source: PC World [10:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Best VPN for Florida: Pornhub workarounds | PCWorld [10:57] TR News "When Elon Musk launched his latest crusade against Wikipedia this Christmas Eve, it wasnt just another of the billionaires frequent Twitter tantrums." https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/ | Source: Molly White [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.citationneeded.news | Elon Musk and the rights war on Wikipedia [10:57] TR News "There are no winners here. There are only varying levels of losses. The government sustains the most." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/censorious-citizen-partially-prevails-in-lawsuit-against-equally-censorious-govt-officials/ | Source: Techdirt [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Censorial Citizen Partially Prevails In Lawsuit Against Equally Censorial Govt Officials | Techdirt [10:58] TR News "Musks legal threats over these headlines are not just baseless, but dangerous. They show a disregard for free speech and an attempt to intimidate the press. And unfortunately, hes not alone in pushing this censorial theory" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/elon-musk-doesnt-like-some-headlines-but-that-doesnt-make-them-defamatory/ | Source: Techdirt [10:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Elon Musk Doesnt Like Some Headlines. But That Doesnt Make Them Defamatory | Techdirt [10:59] TR News "The billionaire, an advisor to the incoming Trump administration, has been tapped to run the new Department [sic] of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tasked with reducing government spending." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/musk-flummoxes-internet-with-kekius-maximus-persona/articleshow/116846285.cms | Source: India Times [10:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Elon Musk: Elon Musk flummoxes internet with 'Kekius Maximus' persona - The Economic Times [10:59] TR News "About half of the 2,200 employees at TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona come from Taiwan." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/50-percent-of-tsmcs-arizona-employees-are-from-taiwan-despite-recent-controversies-company-plans-to-hire-more-us-workers-over-time | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | 50% of TSMC's Arizona employees are from Taiwan, despite recent controversies company plans to hire more US workers over time | Tom's Hardware ● Jan 03 [11:00] TR News "Meta is shaking up its policy team ahead of President-elect Donald Trumps inauguration, with global policy head Nick Clegg stepping down after seven years at the company." https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/2/24334432/meta-trump-friendly-policy-chief-joel-kaplan-nick-clegg | Source: The Verge [11:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Meta appoints new Trump-friendly policy chief - The Verge [11:01] TR News "Among the minerals are antimony (which is used in night-vision goggles and bullets), gallium (precision-guided weapons and radar systems), and germanium (powerful sensors that are mounted on tanks, ships and helicopters)." https://www.thenation.com/article/world/china-export-minerals-trump-tariffs/ | Source: The Nation [11:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Beijing Calls Washingtons Bluff on Strategic Metals | The Nation [11:01] TR News "Twenty years ago next week, Oracle closed the $10.3 billion deal to buy HR and finance software specialist PeopleSoft after a fraught, drawn-out, hostile takeover." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/twenty_years_since_oracle_bought_peoplesoft/ | Source: The Register UK [11:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | 20 years since Oracle bought two software rivals in one The Register [11:03] TR News "Ethiopian wolves love to roam the flower fields of the Bale Mountains in the south of this African country." https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-01-02/the-strange-ethiopian-nectar-eating-wolf-a-predator-that-may-also-act-as-a-pollinator.html | Source: El Pas [11:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | The strange Ethiopian nectar-eating wolf: A predator that may also act as a pollinator | Science | EL PAS English [11:06] TR News "Policymakers need to carefully guide the future consumption of electricity by AI datacenters" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/schneider_datacenter_consumption/ | Source: The Register UK [11:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Schneider report looks at how AI energy demand may play out The Register [11:07] TR News "Theyre not alone, of course. Cargo shipping is responsible for about 3% of the worlds annual greenhouse-gas emissions, and at the current rate of growth, the global industry could account for 10% of emissions by 2050." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/02/1108651/wind-shipping-decarbonize-climate-change/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [11:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | How wind tech hopes to help decarbonize cargo shipping | MIT Technology Review [11:07] TR News "Uber previously attempted to develop its own driverless cars; however, the project was abandoned in 2020. Since then, Uber has partnered with independent driverless car makers Waymo and Cruise in the US and Wayve in Great Britain." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uber-ceo-open-tesla-collaboration-amid-robotaxi-race-because-competing-elon-musk-no-easy-matter-1729819 | Source: International Business Times [11:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Uber CEO Open To Tesla Collaboration Amid Robotaxi Race Because 'Competing With Elon Musk Is No Easy Matter' | IBTimes UK [11:07] TR News "I was trying to clear the Replace Battery warning on my UPS after recently replacing the batteries." https://dan.langille.org/2025/01/02/eaton-5px-console-booting-screen-shots/ | Source: Dan Langille [11:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | Eaton 5PX console booting screen shots Dan Langille's Other Diary [11:08] TR News "Other existing backers including billionaire Bill Gates" https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/ai-powered-mineral-exploration-company-kobold-metals-raises-527m/ | Source: Silicon Angle https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html [11:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI-powered mineral exploration company KoBold Metals raises $527M - SiliconANGLE [11:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past - The New York Times [11:09] TR News iophk: Malaysia is the censorship capitol of the world and the epicenter of online sharia enforcement via being the recipient of moderation outsourcing for social control media companies like Bytedance and Meta ● Jan 03 [12:30] *cmb has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:30] *cmb (~cmb@y67qhiej8ixa6.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 03 [13:43] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 03 [14:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 03 [15:32] TR News "statement posted to social media" https://nypost.com/2025/01/03/us-news/new-orleans-terrorist-shamsud-din-jabbars-houston-mosque-masjid-bilal-urge-members-to-refer-fbi-inquiries-to-cair/ | Source: NYPost [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar's Houston mosque, Masjid Bilal, urge members to refer FBI inquiries to CAIR [15:33] TR News "most ISIS-linked attacks have occurred in the Middle East and Europe" https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5063940-list-islamic-state-inspired-attacks-usa/ | Source: The Hill [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5063940-list-islamic-state-inspired-attacks-usa/ ) [15:34] TR News "Even then, officials in the Trump administration were more sanguine than their boss" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/02/isis-shadow-trump-islamic-state/ | Source: The Washington Post [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/02/isis-shadow-trump-islamic-state/ ) [15:34] TR News "He also explains how ISIS preys on people with specific skills and character traits" https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/02/veteran-ex-military-easy-isis-radicalization-new-orleans-terror-attack/ | Source: TMZ [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tmz.com | Vet Says Ex-Military Are Easy Target For ISIS Radicalization [15:34] TR News " left 15 people dead" https://www.vox.com/world-politics/393110/new-orleans-isis-jabbar | Source: Vox [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New Orleans attack: What does it mean to join ISIS in 2025? | Vox [15:35] TR News "Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/02/the-influence-on-european-union-politics-of-chinas-expanding-digital-presence/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-moderndiplomacy.eu | The Influence on European Union Politics of Chinas Expanding Digital Presence - Modern Diplomacy [15:35] TR News "Speaking on day one of the inaugural Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Conference, organised by defenceWeb" https://www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/commercial-satellites-are-changing-the-battlespace-and-the-balance-of-power/ | Source: Defence Web [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.defenceweb.co.za | Commercial satellites are changing the battlespace and the balance of power - defenceWeb [15:35] TR News "a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/albania-tiktok-ban-sparks-debate-over-freedom-of-speech/articleshow/116880945.cms | Source: India Times [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Albania TikTok ban sparks debate over freedom of speech - The Economic Times [15:36] TR News "newly chosen regulators at the Federal Communications Commission" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-companies-face-global-tug-of-war-over-free-speech/articleshow/116869912.cms | Source: India Times [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | free speech: Social media companies face global tug-of-war over free speech - The Economic Times [15:37] TR News "Don't. In production, you should use something stable, audited, and updated." https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/rolling-your-own-crypto/ | Source: No Flatreaud [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nflatrea.bearblog.dev | Rolling your own crypto | No Flatreaud [15:38] TR News "Ive been included in so many hacks Ive literally lost track of the companies now offering me a year of free credit reporting." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/02/health-giant-ascension-informs-5-6-million-patients-their-sensitive-data-was-compromised-6-months-ago/ | Source: Techdirt [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Health Giant Ascension Informs 5.6 Million Patients Their Sensitive Data Was Compromised 6 Months Ago | Techdirt [15:39] TR News "Virtual private networks, or VPNs, are one of the most effective ways to keep your data private and secure while online." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2547145/future-of-vpns-decentralized-and-post-quantum.html | Source: PC World [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The future of VPNs: Decentralized and post-quantum security | PCWorld [15:39] TR News "Court filings [PDF] reference that California requires consent from both parties for recordings." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/apple_siri_lawsuit/ | Source: The Register UK [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Apple offers $95M settlement in Siri privacy lawsuit The Register [15:39] TR News "While I once hoped 2017 would be the year of privacy, 2024 closes on a troubling note, a likely decrease in privacy standards across the web." https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/biggest-privacy-erosion-in-10-years-on-googles-policy-change-towards-fingerprinting/ | Source: Lukasz Olejnik [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.lukaszolejnik.com | Biggest Privacy Erosion in 10 Years? On Googles Policy Change Towards Fingerprinting [15:39] TR News "Fingerprinting" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/google-is-allowing-device-fingerprinting.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Google Is Allowing Device Fingerprinting - Schneier on Security [15:40] TR News "Surveillance capabilities used and justified by extreme circumstances often trickle down to be used on lesser crimes" https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-uses-cybertruck-explosion-to-show-tesla-can-remotely-unlock-and-monitor-vehicles/ | Source: 404 Media [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Elon Musk Uses Cybertruck Explosion to Show Tesla Can Remotely Unlock and Monitor Vehicles [15:40] TR News "Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices." https://www.securityweek.com/apple-to-pay-95-million-to-settle-lawsuit-accusing-siri-of-snoopy-eavesdropping/ | Source: Security Week [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-to-pay-95-million-to-settle-lawsuit-accusing-siri-of-snoopy-eavesdropping/ ) [15:40] TR News "A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires approval by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White." https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-pay-95-million-settle-siri-privacy-lawsuit-2025-01-02/ | Source: Reuters [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-pay-95-million-settle-siri-privacy-lawsuit-2025-01-02/ ) [15:46] TR News Windows TCO: "Windows 11 24H2 is still causing problems with multifunction devices despite Microsoft marking an issue with the eSCL scan protocol as resolved." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/scanner_canon_windows_update/ | Source: The Register UK [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | A New Year's surprise from Microsoft: Scanners stop working The Register [15:46] TR News Windows TCO: "The Tokyo-based company said in a statement that its system was targeted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack" https://therecord.media/ntt-docomo-japan-mobile-carrier-ddos-incident | Source: The Record [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Japan's largest mobile carrier says cyberattack disrupted some services | The Record from Recorded Future News [15:48] TR News "exploiting a photograph of vomit to fraudulently charge" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uber-driver-exposed-using-fake-vomit-photo-scam-customer-out-80-cleaning-fee-1729833 | Source: International Business Times [15:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Uber Driver Exposed for Using Fake Vomit Photo to Scam Customer Out of 80 Cleaning Fee | IBTimes UK [15:48] TR News "Over the last year, Meta has been developing and promoting various new AI tools across Facebook" https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/meta-plans-flood-social-media-ai-generated-users-content/ | Source: Silicon Angle [15:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Meta plans to flood social media with AI-generated users and content - SiliconANGLE [15:49] TR News "In its brief, Encode argues that OpenAIs restructuring would undermine its longheld commitment" https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/encode-godfather-ai-join-elon-musks-bid-block-openais-profit-switch/ | Source: Silicon Angle [15:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Encode and the 'godfather of AI' join Elon Musk's bid to block OpenAI's for-profit switch - SiliconANGLE [15:49] TR News "Sometimes you just want to put a word on something. Crystalize it into a coherent shape so we can talk about it better." https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/01/01/cyren.html | Source: Drew Breunig [15:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dbreunig.com | Beware the Cyrens Song | Drew Breunig [15:50] TR News "Facebook is a dying mall. You go on to talk to your old high school buddies and meet a wall of ads" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/02/facebook-who-needs-users-we-have-ai-slop/ | Source: Pivot to AI [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Facebook: Who needs users? We have AI slop! Pivot to AI [15:50] TR News "Even though Windows 11's percentage of the pie is still bigger than it was this time last year" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/windows_10_grows/ | Source: The Register UK [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | With 10 months of support remaining, Win 10 still dominates The Register [15:51] TR News "Two years on, the consequences of the Texas abortion ban are almost too grim to contemplate" https://futurism.com/neoscope/babies-dumpsters-abortion-ban | Source: Futurism [15:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Babies Being Found in Dumpsters After Texas Abortion Ban [15:51] TR News "Whether theres a pattern or common link in these tragedies is not clear." https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/28/abandoned-baby-texas-abortion-ban/ | Source: The Washington Post [15:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/28/abandoned-baby-texas-abortion-ban/ ) [15:52] TR News "VNS has shown promise for treating depression before, evidence of its success hasn't always been clear cut" https://www.sciencealert.com/vagus-nerve-stimulation-shows-lasting-effects-in-people-with-severe-depression | Source: Science Alert [15:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Vagus Nerve Stimulation Shows Lasting Effects in People With Severe Depression : ScienceAlert [15:53] TR News "The Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom" https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/01/judge-upholds-californias-ban-addictive-feeds-children/ | Source: Silicon Angle [15:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Judge upholds most of Californias ban on addictive feeds for children - SiliconANGLE [15:54] TR News "Their work was widely read by the construction industry yet simultaneously marginalized." https://www.wired.com/story/boring-cities-are-bad-for-your-health/ | Source: Wired [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-It's Official: Boring Cities Are Bad for Your Health | WIRED [15:54] TR News "a link between the amount of fine particulate matter" https://www.ecowatch.com/air-pollution-slower-marathon-times.html | Source: EcoWatch [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution Linked to Slower Marathon Times - EcoWatch [15:56] TR News "When youre packing for your next adventure, a travel drone might just be your ultimate travel companion." https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/01/02/the-best-travel-drones-of-2025/ | Source: The Drone Girl [15:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/01/02/the-best-travel-drones-of-2025/ ) [15:57] TR News "My scanning experience so far: Hardbacks: almost all scan." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01/isbn/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [15:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jwz.org | jwz: ISBN [15:59] TR News "The annual Quadrantids meteor shower is hitting peak visibility, with around 25 meteors per hour, one expert says." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-02/quadrantids-meteors-shower-southern-california-best-viewing-time | Source: Los Angeles Times [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Quadrantids meteor shower: Best viewing time for Southern California - Los Angeles Times ● Jan 03 [16:00] TR News "There might not be a mysterious 'dark' force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all." https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-energy-may-not-exist-something-stranger-might-explain-the-universe | Source: Science Alert [16:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dark Energy May Not Exist: Something Stranger Might Explain The Universe : ScienceAlert [16:00] TR News "Why, they ask, does the inner brain process thought at about 10 bits per second while the outer brain" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/01/boffins_peg_brain_data_rate/ | Source: The Register UK [16:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Boffins ponder meager brain data rate of 10 bits per second The Register [16:03] TR News "We will not be playing Glastonbury on this tour because it is a corporate turn-off, and not for me like it used to be" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/01/neil-young-drops-out-of-glastonbury/ | Source: Digital Music News [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/01/neil-young-drops-out-of-glastonbury/ ) [16:03] TR News "The Chrome Hearts and I were looking forward to playing Glastonbury, one of my all time favorite outdoor gigs" https://variety.com/2025/music/global/neil-young-pulls-out-glastonbury-bbc-corporate-control-1236263684/ | Source: Variety [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-variety.com | Neil Young Pulls Out of Glastonbury, Blames BBC's 'Corporate Control' [16:03] TR News "79-year-old musician" https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2263833.html | Source: RTL [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Folk legend: Neil Young dumps Glastonbury alleging 'BBC control' [16:05] TR News "BBC... wanted us to do a lot of things in a way we were not interested in" https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/neil-young-dumps-glastonbury-alleging-bbc-control-101735821302736.html | Source: Hindustan Times [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hindustantimes.com | Neil Young dumps Glastonbury alleging 'BBC control' - Hindustan Times [16:06] TR News "The 79-year-old Canadian musican wrote a letter on Tuesday on his website, Neil Young Archives" https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/02/neil-young-pulls-out-of-glastonbury-festival-2025-bbc | Source: The Guardian UK [16:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury 2025, claiming festival is under corporate control of BBC | Neil Young | The Guardian [16:06] TR News "Steve Hoffman was living a very ordinary life in Shoreview when he decided to do something quite extraordinary in 2012" https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/02/steve-hoffman-memoir-season-for-that/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press [16:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.twincities.com | Steve Hoffman book 'Season for That': MN family relocates to France [16:07] TR News "While the Goat may have originated in Sder, a neighborhood in Stockholm, local historians in Gvle say he was conceived" https://www.commondreams.org/further/the-gavle-goat-lives | Source: Common Dreams [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Further | The Gvle Goat Lives | Opinion [16:07] TR News "Another eventful year comes to an end. As it has become tradition, here's my recap of 2024." https://stefanzweifel.dev/posts/2024/12/31/recap-2024/ | Source: Stefan Zweifel [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Recap 2024 | stefanzweifel.dev [16:08] TR News Yesterday marked the end of a month and year." https://thenewleafjournal.com/december-2024-at-the-new-leaf-journal/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewleafjournal.com | December 2024 at The New Leaf Journal [16:08] TR News "Welcome to my fifth annual review of the year that was at The New Leaf Journal." https://thenewleafjournal.com/01-02-24-the-81-most-visited-articles-of-2024/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewleafjournal.com | The 81 Most-Visited Articles of 2024 The New Leaf Journal [16:09] TR News "Heres to another dull year!" https://crys.site/blog/2025/2024-in-retrospect/ | Source: Micha Sapka [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crys.site | 2024 in retrospect [16:11] TR News (NEW): Fossify File Manager: Open Source Replacement to Files by Google on Android https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Fossify_File_Manager_Open_Source_Replacement_to_Files_by_Google.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Fossify_File_Manager_Open_Source_Replacement_to_Files_by_Google.gmi [16:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fossify File Manager: Open Source Replacement to Files by Google on Android [16:12] TR News "I love end-of-year posts and reading everyones posts." https://micro.webology.dev/2025/01/01/year-in-review-short-version.html | Source: Jeff Triplett [16:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-micro.webology.dev | Year in review (short version) - It was a good year - Jeff Triplett's Micro.blog [16:12] TR News "There's a temptation to review the whole year, not the month, which I shall try to resist." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/monthly-report-2024-12 | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [16:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeremycherfas.net | Monthly report: December 2024 | Jeremy Cherfas [16:13] TR News "My last monthly summary of 2024! What was I up to this month? Well, a lot!" https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/december-2024-summary/ | Source: Joel Chrono [16:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-joelchrono.xyz | December 2024 Summary [16:13] TR News "I've dumped all the other interesting links I couldn't get to write about this year below for your reading pleasure" https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-1-2-25/ | Source: Makoism [16:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-makoism.com | Espresso Shots 1-2-25 [16:16] TR News (NEW): Caddy 2.9 Web & Reverse Proxy Server Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Caddy_2_9_Web_Reverse_Proxy_Server_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Caddy_2_9_Web_Reverse_Proxy_Server_Released.gmi [16:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Caddy 2.9 Web & Reverse Proxy Server Released [16:16] TR News (NEW): PCLinuxOS Magazine and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/PCLinuxOS_Magazine_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/PCLinuxOS_Magazine_and_More.gmi [16:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines PCLinuxOS Magazine and More [16:19] TR News Techrights Links 03/01/2025: Neil Young Drops Out of Glastonbury and MElon Attacking the Free Press https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Links_03_01_2025_Neil_Young_Drops_Out_of_Glastonbury_and_MElon_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Links_03_01_2025_Neil_Young_Drops_Out_of_Glastonbury_and_MElon_.gmi [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 03/01/2025: Neil Young Drops Out of Glastonbury and MElon Attacking the Free Press [16:19] TR News (NEW): 3 reasons Linux is the best alternative to Windows for gamers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/3_reasons_Linux_is_the_best_alternative_to_Windows_for_gamers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/3_reasons_Linux_is_the_best_alternative_to_Windows_for_gamers.gmi [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 3 reasons Linux is the best alternative to Windows for gamers [16:20] TR News SpellBinding: EFLNTUV Wordo: ABORT gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2025-01-03.gmi [16:21] TR News The Night Circus gemini://gmi.hedy.dev/posts/the-night-circus.gmi [16:22] TR News censorship and tracking gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250103-censorship_and_tracking.txt [16:22] TR News I met myself gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2439 [16:23] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1513.jpg [16:23] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1163.jpg [16:24] TR News Resolution January 02nd, 2024 gopher://gopher.black:70/1/phlog/20240102-resolution [16:25] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 25.2 RC1 is available for testing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/LibreOffice_25_2_RC1_is_available_for_testing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/LibreOffice_25_2_RC1_is_available_for_testing.gmi [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LibreOffice 25.2 RC1 is available for testing [16:25] TR News Electronic goals for 2025 gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/electronic-goals-for-2025.gmi [16:25] TR News Using GNU Emacs Key Bindings in GNU Midnight Commander's Mcedit gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/emacs-keybindings-midnight-commander-mcedit.md [16:30] TR News (NEW): Arch-Based Distros Dominate the Linux Gaming Scene https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Arch_Based_Distros_Dominate_the_Linux_Gaming_Scene.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Arch_Based_Distros_Dominate_the_Linux_Gaming_Scene.gmi [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Arch-Based Distros Dominate the Linux Gaming Scene [16:36] TR News "With RSS, theres no algorithmnew things appear when you check and theyre sorted by site and chronological order." https://schwarztech.net/articles/rss-and-email-might-save-some-of-us-from-social-media-rot | Source: SchwarzTech [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schwarztech.net | SchwarzTechArticle: RSS and Email Might Save Some of Us From Social Media Rot [16:36] TR News "Wi-Fi 8 is coming, but it looks set to focus on greater reliability rather than on pushing the bandwidth ever higher" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/wifi_8_feature/ | Source: The Register UK [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Next-gen Wi-Fi to focus on giving users the best connection The Register [16:43] TR News "How do you efficiently get the last part of a space-separated string in Rust?" https://qsantos.fr/2025/01/01/rust-gotcha-last-on-doubleendediterator/ | Source: Quentin Santos [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-qsantos.fr | Rust Gotcha: last() on DoubleEndedIterator - Quentin Santos [16:43] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/Android_Leftovers.gmi [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [16:49] TR News "Its easy to misunderstand the idea of agile and the minimum viable product. We shouldnt forget that the unspoken rule is: Dont ship junk." https://seths.blog/2025/01/winging-it/ | Source: Seth Godin [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | Winging it | Seth's Blog ● Jan 03 [17:04] TR News "Advent of Code (AoC) 2024 was my first advent of code. I chose OCaml to solve this years puzzles. I used it before on online judge websites (e.g., Hackerrank) and felt productive with the language." https://mmapped.blog/posts/35-aoc-2024 | Source: Roman Kashitsyn [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mmapped.blog | Advent of Code 2024 [17:04] TR News "a serious problem, and how seriously it was taken by serious people." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/insider/y2k-crisis.html | Source: New York Times [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Inside the Y2K Crisis That Never Was, 25 Years Later - The New York Times [17:05] TR News "If not for the herculean effort with which they greeted a potentially sisyphean task, we might have been way worse off." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/twentyfive_years_y2k/ | Source: The Register UK [17:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | If Y2K happened today, it would be far, far worse The Register [17:05] TR News "AI wont replace software engineers" https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/01/02/normware | Source: Tim Kellogg [17:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timkellogg.me | Normware: The Decline of Software Engineering - Tim Kellogg [17:11] TR News "I'm seeing a stream of "year in review" blog posts about all sorts of topics pop up to coincide with the start of 2025." https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/a-year-in-review-flask-in-2024 | Source: Miguel Grinberg [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.miguelgrinberg.com | A Year In Review: Flask in 2024 - miguelgrinberg.com [17:12] TR News "Most strings today in software are Unicode strings. It means that you can include mathematical symbols" https://lemire.me/blog/2025/01/02/how-does-your-url-parser-handle-unicode/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/01/02/how-does-your-url-parser-handle-unicode/ ) [17:12] TR News "Every so often I read something that says or suggests that the big combined browser and platform vendors" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/ModernWebWhyNoNiceThings | Source: University of Toronto [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/ModernWebWhyNoNiceThings [17:15] TR News "Sharma says the meter is built around an MQ135 air quality sensor. This module works with various controllers and can operate efficiently using a Pico 2." https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/monitor-air-quality-on-the-go-with-the-raspberry-pi-pico-2 | Source: Tom's Hardware [17:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Monitor air quality on the go with the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 | Tom's Hardware [17:16] TR News "The Raspberry Pi is an excellent choice for makers who want to tinker with eInk displays." https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/you-can-customize-this-raspberry-pi-eink-display-with-tons-of-cool-plugins | Source: Tom's Hardware [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | You can customize this Raspberry Pi eInk display with tons of cool plugins | Tom's Hardware [17:16] TR News "RISC-V has been talked up as a challenger to Arm and x86, offering an open royalty-free architecture that promises flexibility and innovation without licensing costs." https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/riscv_journey_to_mainstream/ | Source: The Register UK [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | RISC-V is making moves, but how will it hit the mainstream? The Register [17:17] TR News "I wrote a few posts last year talking about my desire for a portable computer in a slab form-factor I could use while commuting on the train." https://rubenerd.com/the-tanmatsu-portable-terminal/ | Source: Ruben Schade [17:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: The Tanmatsu portable RISC-V terminal [17:17] TR News "Keeping an eye on your network activity is an important part of network security, but did you ever consider it could be an important element of design?" https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-project-visualizes-your-real-time-network-traffic-in-the-most-beautiful-way | Source: Tom's Hardware [17:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | This Raspberry Pi project visualizes your real-time network traffic in the most beautiful way | Tom's Hardware [17:17] TR News "Its time to announce support for yet another encoder type in moteus, this time the MA600 precision tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) sensor." https://jpieper.com/2025/01/02/ma600-encoder-support-in-moteus/ | Source: J Pieper [17:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jpieper.com | MA600 encoder support in moteus | A Modicum of Fun [17:19] TR News "Demolition of IBM building begins ... An apt metaphor for the company itself: condemned for 20 years and now finally being demolished. https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/broome-county/demolition-of-ibm-building-begins/ " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgpeqhqq [17:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/broome-county/demolition-of-ibm-building-begins/ ) [17:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgpeqhqq ) [17:20] TR News "And we know how poorly they manage and monitor NW infrastructure at IBM. IBM CIO could never do anything right. LOL !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp [17:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1wfs0utp ) [17:21] TR News "It should be ZERO. WE have enough talented but unemployed Americans thanks to the crooks who runs big business and insist on getting bigger H1B quotas and abusing the system. (Like Trump's TESLA buddy, Elmer Fudd)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf [17:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf ) [17:21] TR News "I sincerely doubt any of these "reported" numbers are accurate like the number of jobs created (off by 800,000) or the number of illegal aliens." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jggm3tqf [17:21] TR News "So, everybody in the world wants to come to the US to study in US Universities which are believed to be the best, yet we are unable to churn out people who are talents?!?!?! It is a joke, right?" [17:22] TR News "if you are a foreigner and acquire a degree in a US University, you should get a green card upon graduation. This H1-B visa cr-p is a total abuse and does not benefit the people having one or the US Citizenship/Green Card holders since the H1-B visa program depress salaries overall. Not good for this country." [17:23] TR News "Sad what it's become. I remember being in Endicott in 1984 and IBM was everywhere. At noontime the sidewalks would be full of workers and a sea of white shirts and ties. Endicott was a thriving little town then." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jgpeqhqq [17:24] TR News Demolition of IBM building begins https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/broome-county/demolition-of-ibm-building-begins/ "Broome County began the largest demolition project in its history this morning at the birthplace of IBM." [17:25] TR News "This is painful news for me to share. I know it will be even more difficult for you to read," Intel gears up for 15,000 layoffs in devastating cost cut [17:26] TR News Microsoft layoffs: A timeline of job cuts throughout the software giant's history https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-layoffs http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_-_Layoffs/#July_2023 [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.businessinsider.com | Microsoft Layoffs: Timeline of Job Cuts Through Company History - Business Insider [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft - Layoffs [17:33] TR News "Whilst commit numbers aren't a perfect measure of anything whatsoever" http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/i-measured-kdes-commit-stats-and-the-results-surprised-me/ | Source: David Edmundson [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.davidedmundson.co.uk | I measured KDEs commit stats and the results surprised me! David Edmundson's Web Log [17:36] TR News "While I have been a member of the Goodreads site for a long time, my usage has been sporadic." https://bobmonsour.com/blog/building-the-book-page/ | Source: Bob Monsour [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bobmonsour.com | How I built the Books page [17:36] TR News "Before I got too far, I wanted to get a sense of what the final maps would look like." https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2024-08-20-labels-on-maps/ | Source: Amit Patel [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redblobgames.com | Labels on Maps [17:37] TR News "Once upon a time (a long time ago), filtering and rejecting email based on the SMTP envelope sender" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/SMTPRejectOnFromHeader | Source: University of Toronto [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | Chris's Wiki :: blog/spam/SMTPRejectOnFromHeader [17:37] TR News zabbix [17:37] TR News "Zabbix is a free and open-source monitoring solution for IT infrastructure." https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-zabbix-on-debian-12-server/ | Source: HowTo Forge [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtoforge.com | How to Install Zabbix on Debian 12 Server [17:38] TR News How to Install Zeek Network Security Monitoring Tool on Ubuntu 24.04 https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-zeek-network-security-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-24-04/ [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtoforge.com | How to Install Zeek Network Security Monitoring Tool on Ubuntu 24.04 [17:38] TR News How to Install VMware Workstation on Linux Mint 22 https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-vmware-workstation-on-linux-mint-22/ [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | How to Install VMware Workstation on Linux Mint 22 [17:38] TR News Three of the best: How to https://blog.apnic.net/2025/01/03/three-of-the-best-how-to-7/ [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Three of the best: 'How to...' | APNIC Blog [17:40] TR News How To Install KDE Plasma on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-kde-plasma-rocky-linux-9/ [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install KDE Plasma on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [17:40] TR News How To Install WordPress on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-wordpress-rocky-linux-9/ [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install WordPress on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [17:40] TR News How To Install Shadowsocks on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-shadowsocks-rocky-linux-9/ [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Shadowsocks on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [17:40] TR News How To Setup Bind Server on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/setup-bind-server-debian-12/ [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Setup Bind Server on Debian 12 - idroot [17:43] TR News 10 GNU/Linux System Administrators New Years Resolutions for 2025 https://www.tecmint.com/linux-sysadmins-new-year-resolutions/ [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | 10 Linux SysAdmins New Years Resolutions for 2025 [17:44] TR News How To Install LibreOffice on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-libreoffice-centos-stream-10/ [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install LibreOffice on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [17:45] TR News How To Install UrBackup on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-urbackup-ubuntu-24-04/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install UrBackup on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - idroot [17:45] TR News How To Install Odoo on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-odoo-linux-mint-22/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Odoo on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [17:46] TR News How To Install Postfix on Manjaro https://idroot.us/install-postfix-manjaro/ [17:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Postfix on Manjaro - idroot [17:46] TR News How To Install OpenVPN Server on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-openvpn-server-centos-stream-10/ [17:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install OpenVPN Server on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [17:46] TR News How To Install Apache Solr on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-apache-solr-centos-stream-10/ [17:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Apache Solr on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [17:47] TR News My Gemini Editing Setup with Vim gemini://gem.sdf.org/beej/blog/2025-01-02-vimblog.gmi [17:49] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 03/01/2025: GNU Emacs Key Bindings in GNU Midnight Commander's Mcedit and Gemini Editing Setup with Vim https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Gemini_Links_03_01_2025_GNU_Emacs_Key_Bindings_in_GNU_Midnight_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Gemini_Links_03_01_2025_GNU_Emacs_Key_Bindings_in_GNU_Midnight_.gmi [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 03/01/2025: GNU Emacs Key Bindings in GNU Midnight Commander's Mcedit and Gemini Editing Setup with Vim [17:50] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/today_s_howtos.gmi [17:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [17:56] TR News Mozilla Localization (L10N): Mozilla Localization in 2024 https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2025/01/02/mozilla-localization-in-2024/ [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Mozilla Localization in 2024 Mozilla L10N ● Jan 03 [18:08] TR News (NEW): For This New Year, 2025, We Need More Writers Out There https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/For_This_New_Year_2025_We_Need_More_Writers_Out_There.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/03/For_This_New_Year_2025_We_Need_More_Writers_Out_There.gmi [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines For This New Year, 2025, We Need More Writers Out There [18:11] TR News Want to Tweak Advanced Settings in GNOME? Try Refine https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/refine-advanced-tweak-tool-for-gnome [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Want to Tweak Advanced Settings in GNOME? Try Refine - OMG! Ubuntu [18:13] TR News "The PicoPD Pro is a compact development board with the RP2040 microcontroller" https://linuxgizmos.com/picopd-pro-usb-pd-3-1-development-board-with-pps-and-avs-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/picopd-pro-usb-pd-3-1-development-board-with-pps-and-avs-support/ ) [18:14] TR News Microsoft FakeHub: Identity Theft in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub (Microsoft Won't Bother Addressing It; It Gives a False Impression of Adoption by GNU/Linux Veterans) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Microsoft_FakeHub_Identity_Theft_in_Microsoft_GitHub_Microsoft_.shtml [18:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft FakeHub: Identity Theft in Microsoft GitHub (Microsoft Won't Bother Addressing It; It Gives a False Impression of Adoption by GNU/Linux Veterans) [18:15] TR News GNU/Linux Usage in Europe Leaps Above 6% in 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Usage_in_Europe_Leaps_Above_6_in_2025.shtml [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Usage in Europe Leaps Above 6% in 2025 [18:15] TR News GNU/Linux Leaps to 6% in the United States of America (Not Even Counting ChromeOS) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Leaps_to_6_in_the_United_States_of_America_Not_Even_C.shtml [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Leaps to 6% in the United States of America (Not Even Counting ChromeOS) [18:15] TR News GNU/Linux Measured at 4.4% in South America and 3.34% in Africa, Based on 2025's Preliminary Data https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_4_4_in_South_America_and_3_34_in_Africa_B.shtml [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Measured at 4.4% in South America and 3.34% in Africa, Based on 2025's Preliminary Data [18:18] TR News Seems Like GNU/Linux Usage Doubled in Japan Last Year https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Seems_Like_GNU_Linux_Usage_Doubled_in_Japan_Last_Year.shtml [18:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Seems Like GNU/Linux Usage Doubled in Japan Last Year [18:18] TR News Even Worse Than Racism at the 'Linux' Foundation https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Even_Worse_Than_Racism_at_the_Linux_Foundation.shtml [18:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Even Worse Than Racism at the Linux Foundation [18:19] TR News GNU/Linux Gained About 0.5% Last Year, According to StatCounter (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/GNU_Linux_Gained_About_0_5_Last_Year_According_to_StatCounter.shtml [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Gained About 0.5% Last Year, According to StatCounter [18:19] TR News GNU/Linux Back to 5% in 2025 (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Back_to_5_in_2025.shtml [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Back to 5% in 2025 [18:19] TR News GNU/Linux Reaches 5% in Indonesia (Population Size Near 300 Million) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_Reaches_5_in_Indonesia_Population_Size_Near_300_Milli.shtml [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Reaches 5% in Indonesia (Population Size Near 300 Million) [18:19] TR News GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Australia Tripled in 5 Years? That's How statCounter Sees It.... (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_in_Australia_Tripled_in_5_Years_That_s_H.shtml [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Australia Tripled in 5 Years? That's How statCounter Sees It.... [18:20] TR News How to Install NetBeans IDE 24 in Ubuntu / Debian https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/install-netbeans-ide-ubuntu-debian/ [18:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | How to Install NetBeans IDE 24 in Ubuntu / Debian | UbuntuHandbook [18:36] TR News In Mexico, backdoored Windows Down to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Up to All-Time High https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Mexico_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_Up_to_All_Time.shtml [18:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Mexico, Windows Down to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Up to All-Time High [18:36] TR News Canada: backdoored Windows at All-Time Lows, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Rise to Almost 8% https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Canada_Windows_at_All_Time_Lows_ChromeOS_and_GNU_Linux_Rise_to_.shtml [18:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Canada: Windows at All-Time Lows, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Rise to Almost 8% [18:37] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 3, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-01-03-irc [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 3, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [18:37] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 10, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-01-10-irc [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 10, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [18:38] TR News ANNOUNCE pig: The Postgres Extension Wizard https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/announce-pig-the-postgres-extension-wizard-2988/ [18:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: ANNOUNCE pig: The Postgres Extension Wizard [18:38] TR News Rally Racing Game Stunt Rally 3.3 Added 3 New Tracks https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/stuntrally-3-3-new-tracks/ [18:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Rally Racing Game Stunt Rally 3.3 Added 3 New Tracks | UbuntuHandbook [18:39] TR News Refrigeration: my greatest invention of modern times https://rubenerd.com/the-greatest-inventions-of-modern-times/ [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Refrigeration: my greatest invention of modern times [18:40] TR News Gary Castle was tempted by clipboard parts https://rubenerd.com/gary-discovers-clipboard-parts/ [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Gary Castle was tempted by clipboard parts [18:42] TR News This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 580 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/01/01/this-week-in-rust-580/ [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-this-week-in-rust.org | This Week in Rust 580 This Week in Rust [18:42] TR News A mercenary client collapses https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/podcast/a-mercenary-client-collapses/ [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | A mercenary client collapses - Atlantic Council [18:42] TR News BSD Now 592: Wohoo, FreeBSD 14.2 https://www.bsdnow.tv/592 [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bsdnow.tv | BSD Now 592: Wohoo, FreeBSD 14.2 [18:43] TR News Armed drones in Rojava: Activists support Kurdish units with donations for unmanned systems https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/02/armed-drones-in-rojava-activists-support-kurdish-units-with-donations-for-unmanned-systems/ [18:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digit.site36.net | Armed drones in Rojava: Activists support Kurdish units with donations for unmanned systems | Matthias Monroy [18:44] TR News German police kill excavator driver after rampage; 2024 now peak of police fatal shootings since 1976 https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/02/german-police-kill-excavator-driver-after-rampage-2024-now-peak-of-police-fatal-shootings-since-1976/ [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digit.site36.net | German police kill excavator driver after rampage; 2024 now peak of police fatal shootings since 1976 | Matthias Monroy [18:44] TR News At least ten deaths after police used Taser in Germany: Introduction in further federal states to come https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/02/at-least-ten-deaths-after-police-used-taser-in-germany-introduction-in-further-federal-states-to-come/ [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digit.site36.net | At least ten deaths after police used Taser in Germany: Introduction in further federal states to come | Matthias Monroy [18:45] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients - 2025-01-01 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-01-01-edition/index.html [18:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients - 2025-01-01 Edition [18:54] TR News Techrights A Salad of Microsoft FUD Against Linux, Published by LinuxSecurity.com Using LLM Slop/Copypasta https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/A_Salad_of_Microsoft_FUD_Against_Linux_Published_by_LinuxSecuri.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/A_Salad_of_Microsoft_FUD_Against_Linux_Published_by_LinuxSecuri.gmi [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights A Salad of Microsoft FUD Against Linux, Published by LinuxSecurity.com Using LLM Slop/Copypasta ● Jan 03 [19:04] TR News Techrights Apple 'Articles' That Aren't... Just SPAM From Beta'News', Generated by LLMs https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Apple_Articles_That_Aren_t_Just_SPAM_From_Beta_News_Generated_b.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/Apple_Articles_That_Aren_t_Just_SPAM_From_Beta_News_Generated_b.gmi [19:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Apple 'Articles' That Aren't... Just SPAM From Beta'News', Generated by LLMs [19:04] TR News Ultimate Media Downloader for Linux: The All-in-One Tool for Downloading Videos and Audio from 1300+ Sites https://medevel.com/ultimate-media-downloader-linux/ [19:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medevel.com | Ultimate Media Downloader for Linux: The All-in-One Tool for Downloading Videos and Audio from 1300+ Sites [19:05] TR News On the future of i386 on Debian http://q-funk.blogspot.com/2025/01/on-future-of-i386-on-debian.html [19:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-q-funk.blogspot.com | Funkyware: ITCetera: On the future of i386 on Debian [19:06] TR News "transgender performers from Thailand" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/police-in-russia-s-far-east-detain-club-staff-over-alleged-events-featuring-transgender-performers-from-thailand | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Police in Russias Far East detain club staff over alleged events featuring transgender performers from Thailand Meduza [19:06] TR News "rehabilitating Nazism" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/russian-authorities-launch-rehabilitating-nazism-case-over-children-throwing-snow-at-eternal-flame-monument | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian authorities launch rehabilitating Nazism case over children throwing snow at eternal flame monument Meduza [19:06] TR News "This must be a terrible mistake" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/02/this-must-be-a-terrible-mistake | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | This must be a terrible mistake Russia doesnt have enough doctors but that hasnt stopped the authorities from arresting physicians on dubious charges Meduza [19:07] TR News Russia is making a fragile pivot from Syria to Libya. The West should beware falling into a new trap. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/russia-syria-haftar-libya/ [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Russia is making a fragile pivot from Syria to Libya. The West should beware falling into a new trap. - Atlantic Council [19:07] TR News Debate Over U.S. Sanctions on Russia For Ukraine War Intensifies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/business/economy/russia-sanctions-ukraine.html [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Debate Over U.S. Sanctions on Russia For Ukraine War Intensifies - The New York Times [19:09] TR News "first accident involving heavy fuel oil" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/03/russian-officials-say-kerch-strait-spill-is-world-s-first-accident-involving-heavy-fuel-oil | Source: Meduza [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian officials say Kerch Strait spill is worlds first accident involving heavy fuel oil Meduza [19:10] TR News "Russian drone strikes on Kyiv region" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/03/one-killed-several-injured-in-russian-drone-strikes-on-kyiv-region | Source: Meduza [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | One killed, several injured in Russian drone strikes on Kyiv region Meduza [19:10] TR News "Russia launches 72 drones at Ukraine in overnight attack" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/russia-launches-72-drones-at-ukraine-in-overnight-attack | Source: Meduza [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russia launches 72 drones at Ukraine in overnight attack Meduza [19:11] TR News All-time low for Windows in India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/india/#monthly-200901-202501 [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats [19:12] TR News Gazprom https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/gazprom-ends-gas-transit-to-e-u-through-ukraine | Source: Meduza [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Gazprom ends gas transit to E.U. through Ukraine Meduza [19:12] TR News Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Is Preparing To Reestablish Diplomatic Ties With Syria https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-syria-diplomatic-ties-zelenskiy-hts-assad-toppled/33261278.html [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Is Preparing To Reestablish Diplomatic Ties With Syria [19:12] TR News Thousands In Moldova's Transdniester Scramble For Heat, Hot Water After Russian Gas Flow Ends https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-transdniester-gas-crisis-russian-supply-cut-january-2025/33261347.html [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Thousands In Moldova's Transdniester Scramble For Heat, Hot Water After Russian Gas Flow Ends [19:12] TR News "The most difficult year A military expert, a political scientist, and a sociologist weigh in on how Russias war changed Ukraine in 2024" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/02/the-most-difficult-year | Source: Meduza [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | The most difficult year A military expert, a political scientist, and a sociologist weigh in on how Russias war changed Ukraine in 2024 Meduza [19:13] TR News "Russian court orders Yandex to remove maps and photos of oil refinery due to Ukrainian drone threat" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/03/russian-court-orders-yandex-to-remove-maps-and-photos-of-oil-refinery-due-to-ukrainian-drone-threat | Source: Meduza [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian court orders Yandex to remove maps and photos of oil refinery due to Ukrainian drone threat Meduza [19:13] TR News Moldovan Electricity Provider Says Demand Will Be Met On Third Day After Halt In Russian Gas Supplies https://www.rferl.org/a/33261939.html [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Moldovan Electricity Provider Says Demand Will Be Met On Third Day After Halt In Russian Gas Supplies [19:14] TR News pressure on Microsoft http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/keep-putting-pressure-on-microsoft [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Keep putting pressure on Microsoft Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [19:15] TR News This has struck a nerve at Microsoft https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/keep_putting_pressure_microsoft [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.defectivebydesign.org | Keep putting pressure on Microsoft | Defective by Design [19:15] TR News Federal Trade Commission Launches Investigation Into Microsofts Practices https://truthout.org/articles/federal-trade-commission-launches-investigation-into-microsofts-practices/ [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Federal Trade Commission Launches Investigation Into Microsofts Practices | Truthout [19:17] TR News Linux Ate My RAM, What Do I Do? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=_w8oJ8vw8EM [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_w8oJ8vw8EM ) [19:18] TR News Why Does This Linux Package Even Exist! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=PL7PeH52Quc [19:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PL7PeH52Quc ) [19:18] TR News 2025 Truly Is The Year Of Linux Gaming https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=aHDBGq0Za5k [19:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=aHDBGq0Za5k ) [19:19] TR News Are People On Social Media Trolls...Or Just Stupid? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=3zWyoYf9JXc [19:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=3zWyoYf9JXc ) [19:19] TR News siduction 24.1.0 overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=zA_3TsRDkT8 [19:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=zA_3TsRDkT8 ) [19:20] TR News [Meme] The Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Syndrome https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/01/Meme_The_Microsoft_Syndrome.shtml [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Meme] The Microsoft Syndrome [19:20] TR News CyberShow Blog Upgraded, RSS Feed Added 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finger [19:22] TR News Windows Falls to 22.5% Worldwide, Android Up to 48% https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Windows_Falls_to_22_5_Worldwide_Android_Up_to_48.shtml [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Windows Falls to 22.5% Worldwide, Android Up to 48% [19:24] TR News Xi Jinpings talk of rainbows belies simmering public anger over Chinas economy https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/02/china-xi-new-year-speech-economy/ [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/02/china-xi-new-year-speech-economy/ ) [19:24] TR News Tens of Billions of Dollars Down the Drain (Microsoft Lost the Search "Arms Race" or Market) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Tens_of_Billions_of_Dollars_Down_the_Drain_Microsoft_Lost_the_S.shtml [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Tens of Billions of Dollars Down the Drain (Microsoft Lost the Search "Arms Race" or Market) [19:25] TR News Microsoft Plummets to New Lows in Azerbaijan https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Microsoft_Plummets_to_New_Lows_in_Azerbaijan.shtml [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Plummets to New Lows in Azerbaijan [19:25] TR News The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth https://harishpillay.com/2025/01/03/the-past-was-erased-the-erasure-was-forgotten-the-lie-became-the-truth/ [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-harishpillay.com | The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth life one degree north, one-o-three degrees east [19:26] TR News For Software Freedom (and for Broader Personal Freedom), the Goalposts Are Moving https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/For_Software_Freedom_and_for_Broader_Personal_Freedom_the_Goalp.shtml [19:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights For Software Freedom (and for Broader Personal Freedom), the Goalposts Are Moving [19:26] TR News Microsoft Especially Important to Phoronix (It Also Gives Gifts to Phoronix) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Microsoft_Especially_Important_to_Phoronix_It_Also_Gives_Gifts_.shtml [19:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Especially Important to Phoronix (It Also Gives Gifts to Phoronix) [19:26] TR News It's Not Just MElon X, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, All Social Control Media is Basically a Digital Weapon https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/It_s_Not_Just_MElon_X_President_Frank_Walter_Steinmeier_All_Soc.shtml [19:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It's Not Just MElon X, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, All Social Control Media is Basically a Digital Weapon [19:28] TR News 71: The Great State of Soviet Texas https://mwl.io/archives/23938 [19:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mwl.io | 71: The Great State of Soviet Texas Michael W Lucas [19:28] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1003983/ [19:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [19:39] TR News Qt Safe Renderer 2.1 Certified https://www.qt.io/blog/qsr-2.1-certified [19:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Qt Safe Renderer 2.1 Certified [19:39] TR News NerdFetch fetch script using Nerdfonts https://www.linuxlinks.com/nerdfetch-fetch-script-nerdfonts/ [19:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NerdFetch - fetch script using Nerdfonts - LinuxLinks [19:40] TR News Dynamips emulate Cisco routers https://www.linuxlinks.com/dynamips-emulate-cisco-routers/ [19:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dynamips - emulate Cisco routers - LinuxLinks [19:41] TR News Rust-Traverse terminal based file explorer https://www.linuxlinks.com/rust-traverse-terminal-based-file-explorer/ [19:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rust-Traverse - terminal based file explorer - LinuxLinks [19:51] TR News Kathar lightweight network emulation system https://www.linuxlinks.com/kathara-lightweight-network-emulation-system/ [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kathar - lightweight network emulation system - LinuxLinks [19:52] TR News Jay Wayland compositor https://www.linuxlinks.com/jay-wayland-compositor/ [19:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Jay - Wayland compositor - LinuxLinks [19:53] TR News Gaza Cease-Fire Before Trumps Inauguration Looks Unlikely https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-cease-fire-trump.html [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Gaza Cease-Fire Before Trumps Inauguration Looks Unlikely - The New York Times [19:53] TR News Report shows thousands of Israeli soldiers stopped serving in combat roles https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-report-shows-thousands-of-israeli-soldiers-stopped-serving-in-combat-roles [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-report-shows-thousands-of-israeli-soldiers-stopped-serving-in-combat-roles ) [19:53] TR News Israel threatens to step up Gaza strikes https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-israel-threatens-to-step-up-gaza-strikes [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-israel-threatens-to-step-up-gaza-strikes ) [19:53] TR News Gaza police chief among at least 43 killed in Israeli air strikes https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250102-israeli-air-strikes-in-humanitarian-zone-kill-gaza-police-chief-medics-say [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250102-israeli-air-strikes-in-humanitarian-zone-kill-gaza-police-chief-medics-say ) ● Jan 03 [20:01] TR News Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdropping 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We will PAY you $100,000,000.... BECAUSE WE DID NOTHING WRONG! [20:04] TR News Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities December 2024 http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2025/01/02/floss-activities/ [20:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bonedaddy.net | FLOSS Activities December 2024 [20:04] TR News airBaltic likely to ask for more public money, says official https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/02.01.2025-airbaltic-likely-to-ask-for-more-public-money-says-official.a582137/ [20:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | airBaltic likely to ask for more public money, says official / Article [20:04] TR News The whole point is were trying to teach pedagogical reflections on Hey Hi (AI) grading https://criticaledtech.com/2025/01/02/the-whole-point-is-were-trying-to-teach-pedagogical-reflections-on-ai-grading/ [20:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-criticaledtech.com | The whole point is were trying to teach pedagogical reflections on AI grading Critical Studies of EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY [20:06] TR News Godot got money from Microsoft to work for Microsoft. This isn't hard to see. https://godotengine.org/article/godotsharp-packages-net8/ Bribes work. [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-godotengine.org | Godot C# packages move to .NET 8 Godot Engine [20:07] TR News We Need Something More Like DMOZ, Not Search Engines and Bill-Funded Wikipedia (Censoring Unfaltering Information About Powerful People and Institutions) https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/We_Need_Something_More_Like_DMOZ_Not_Search_Engines_and_Bill_Fu.shtml [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights We Need Something More Like DMOZ, Not Search Engines and Bill-Funded Wikipedia (Censoring Unfaltering Information About Powerful People and Institutions) [20:07] TR News Gulf of Guinea navies turn to drones for surveillance https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/gulf-of-guinea-navies-turn-to-drones-for-surveillance/ [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.defenceweb.co.za | Gulf of Guinea navies turn to drones for surveillance - defenceWeb [20:09] TR News A New Year gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-01-03_newyear.txt [20:09] TR News Security Hoop gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/01/03/security-hoop.gmi [20:10] TR News Electronic goals for 2025 gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/electronic-goals-for-2025.txt [20:11] TR News "It's night. I have no wristwatch nor clocks around, but I guess it's 11pm, somehow I feel it." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2440 [20:12] TR News Colour me gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2441 [20:14] TR News Legal cases loom over Philippines allegedly unconstitutional 2025 budget https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/legal-cases-loom-over-philippines-unconstitutional-2025-budget [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Legal cases loom over Philippines allegedly unconstitutional 2025 budget | The Straits Times [20:14] TR News Minnesota abortion numbers rose in 2023, driven by out-of-state recipients https://www.twincities.com/2025/01/02/minnesota-abortion-numbers-rose-in-2023-driven-by-out-of-state-recipients/ [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.twincities.com | Minnesota abortion numbers rose in 2023, driven by out-of-state recipients Twin Cities [20:14] TR News Key changes in Lithuania from health checks to travel restrictions https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2451377/key-changes-in-lithuania-from-health-checks-to-travel-restrictions [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Key changes in Lithuania from health checks to travel restrictions - LRT [20:15] TR News Three serious fireworks injuries this New Year's Eve in Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/02.01.2025-three-serious-fireworks-injuries-this-new-years-eve-in-latvia.a582045/ [20:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Three serious fireworks injuries this New Year's Eve in Latvia / Article ● Jan 03 [03:11] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 03 [05:43] psydruid https://sinhalaguide.com/new-study-reveals-how-stray-dogs-in-chernobyl-managed-to-survive-40-years-of-radiation-through-genetic-adaptations/ [05:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-sinhalaguide.com | New study reveals how stray dogs in Chernobyl managed to survive 40 years of radiation through genetic adaptations [05:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Jan 03 [06:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 03 [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techpol [09:36] TR News "Somali security forces fend off Islamic State attack in Puntland" https://www.voanews.com/a/somali-security-forces-fend-off-islamic-state-attack-in-puntland/7920275.html [09:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.voanews.com | Somali security forces fend off Islamic State attack in Puntland [09:37] TR News "Trump claims US is global laughing stock following attacks; Johnson prepares for crucial House speaker vote: Live" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-updates-inauguration-elon-musk-b2672807.html [09:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.independent.co.uk | Johnson steels for crucial House speaker vote as Trump rages on about laughing stock America: Live updates | The Independent [09:37] TR News "Terrorism is spreading in west Africa foreign and regional collaboration are needed to fight the threat - defenceWeb" https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/terrorism-is-spreading-in-west-africa-foreign-and-regional-collaboration-are-needed-to-fight-the-threat/ [09:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.defenceweb.co.za | Terrorism is spreading in west Africa foreign and regional collaboration are needed to fight the threat - defenceWeb [09:37] TR News "Russias gas supply to Europe halted after Ukraine transit deal expires" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/01/russia-gas-flow-europe-cut-ukraine/ [09:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/01/russia-gas-flow-europe-cut-ukraine/ ) [09:37] TR News "Syrian ministers visit Saudi Arabia to reset regional ties" https://www.semafor.com/article/01/02/2025/syrian-ministers-visit-saudi-arabia-as-country-seeks-to-reset-regional-ties [09:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Syrian ministers visit Saudi Arabia to reset regional ties | Semafor [09:37] TR News "Everything we know about Shamsud Din Jabbar, accused suspect in New Orleans attack - lonestarlive.com" https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/01/everything-we-know-about-shamsud-din-jabbar-accused-suspect-in-new-orleans-attack.html [09:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Everything we know about Shamsud Din Jabbar, accused suspect in New Orleans attack - lonestarlive.com [09:40] TR News "Legal expert untangles Supreme Court and Project 2025 on FFRF TV show Freedom From Religion Foundation" https://ffrf.org/news/releases/legal-expert-untangles-supreme-court-and-project-2025-on-ffrf-tv-show/ [09:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-ffrf.org | Legal expert untangles Supreme Court and Project 2025 on FFRF TV show Freedom From Religion Foundation [09:44] TR News "Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them" https://www.propublica.org/article/us-navy-shipbuilding-donald-trump | Source: Pro Publica [09:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.propublica.org | Donald Trump Wants to Build More Navy Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them. ProPublica ● Jan 03 [10:36] TR News tortured https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-kurdish-three-kurdish-women-reportedly-tortured-in-turkish-prison/7922595.html | Source: VOA News [10:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.voanews.com | VOA Kurdish: Three Kurdish women reportedly tortured in Turkish prison [10:38] TR News "A millennium ago, India was still a Buddhist headwater. Various schools flowed north and east, to China and Japan" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/13/mandalas-mapping-the-buddhist-art-of-tibet-art-review-met | Source: New Yorker [10:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.newyorker.com | Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet, Reviewed | The New Yorker [10:39] TR News "Parvais Jabbar, executive director of the London-based NGO called the Death Penalty Project" https://www.voanews.com/a/zimbabwe-president-signs-death-penalty-abolition-into-law/7920263.html | Source: VOA News [10:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.voanews.com | Zimbabwe president signs death penalty abolition into law ● Jan 03 [13:43] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 03 [14:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 03 [15:14] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:31] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techpol [15:32] TR News "statement posted to social media" https://nypost.com/2025/01/03/us-news/new-orleans-terrorist-shamsud-din-jabbars-houston-mosque-masjid-bilal-urge-members-to-refer-fbi-inquiries-to-cair/ | Source: NYPost [15:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-nypost.com | New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar's Houston mosque, Masjid Bilal, urge members to refer FBI inquiries to CAIR [15:33] TR News "most ISIS-linked attacks have occurred in the Middle East and Europe" https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5063940-list-islamic-state-inspired-attacks-usa/ | Source: The Hill [15:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5063940-list-islamic-state-inspired-attacks-usa/ ) [15:34] TR News "Even then, officials in the Trump administration were more sanguine than their boss" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/02/isis-shadow-trump-islamic-state/ | Source: The Washington Post [15:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/02/isis-shadow-trump-islamic-state/ ) [15:34] TR News "He also explains how ISIS preys on people with specific skills and character traits" https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/02/veteran-ex-military-easy-isis-radicalization-new-orleans-terror-attack/ | Source: TMZ [15:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.tmz.com | Vet Says Ex-Military Are Easy Target For ISIS Radicalization [15:34] TR News " left 15 people dead" https://www.vox.com/world-politics/393110/new-orleans-isis-jabbar | Source: Vox [15:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-New Orleans attack: What does it mean to join ISIS in 2025? | Vox [15:37] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 03 [16:12] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techpol [16:22] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 03 [18:31] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techpol [18:42] TR News A mercenary client collapses https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/podcast/a-mercenary-client-collapses/ [18:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | A mercenary client collapses - Atlantic Council [18:43] TR News Armed drones in Rojava: Activists support Kurdish units with donations for unmanned systems https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/02/armed-drones-in-rojava-activists-support-kurdish-units-with-donations-for-unmanned-systems/ [18:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-digit.site36.net | Armed drones in Rojava: Activists support Kurdish units with donations for unmanned systems | Matthias Monroy [18:44] TR News German police kill excavator driver after rampage; 2024 now peak of police fatal shootings since 1976 https://digit.site36.net/2025/01/02/german-police-kill-excavator-driver-after-rampage-2024-now-peak-of-police-fatal-shootings-since-1976/ [18:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-digit.site36.net | German police kill excavator driver after rampage; 2024 now peak of police fatal shootings since 1976 | Matthias Monroy ● Jan 03 [19:06] TR News "transgender performers from Thailand" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/police-in-russia-s-far-east-detain-club-staff-over-alleged-events-featuring-transgender-performers-from-thailand | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Police in Russias Far East detain club staff over alleged events featuring transgender performers from Thailand Meduza [19:06] TR News "rehabilitating Nazism" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/russian-authorities-launch-rehabilitating-nazism-case-over-children-throwing-snow-at-eternal-flame-monument | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Russian authorities launch rehabilitating Nazism case over children throwing snow at eternal flame monument Meduza [19:06] TR News "This must be a terrible mistake" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/02/this-must-be-a-terrible-mistake | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | This must be a terrible mistake Russia doesnt have enough doctors but that hasnt stopped the authorities from arresting physicians on dubious charges Meduza [19:07] TR News Russia is making a fragile pivot from Syria to Libya. 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The West should beware falling into a new trap. - Atlantic Council [19:07] TR News Debate Over U.S. Sanctions on Russia For Ukraine War Intensifies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/business/economy/russia-sanctions-ukraine.html [19:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Debate Over U.S. Sanctions on Russia For Ukraine War Intensifies - The New York Times [19:09] TR News "first accident involving heavy fuel oil" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/03/russian-officials-say-kerch-strait-spill-is-world-s-first-accident-involving-heavy-fuel-oil | Source: Meduza [19:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Russian officials say Kerch Strait spill is worlds first accident involving heavy fuel oil Meduza [19:10] TR News "Russian drone strikes on Kyiv region" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/03/one-killed-several-injured-in-russian-drone-strikes-on-kyiv-region | Source: Meduza [19:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | One killed, several injured in Russian drone strikes on Kyiv region Meduza [19:10] TR News "Russia launches 72 drones at Ukraine in overnight attack" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/russia-launches-72-drones-at-ukraine-in-overnight-attack | Source: Meduza [19:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Russia launches 72 drones at Ukraine in overnight attack Meduza [19:12] TR News Gazprom https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/02/gazprom-ends-gas-transit-to-e-u-through-ukraine | Source: Meduza [19:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Gazprom ends gas transit to E.U. through Ukraine Meduza [19:12] TR News Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Is Preparing To Reestablish Diplomatic Ties With Syria https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-syria-diplomatic-ties-zelenskiy-hts-assad-toppled/33261278.html [19:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Is Preparing To Reestablish Diplomatic Ties With Syria [19:12] TR News Thousands In Moldova's Transdniester Scramble For Heat, Hot Water After Russian Gas Flow Ends https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-transdniester-gas-crisis-russian-supply-cut-january-2025/33261347.html [19:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Thousands In Moldova's Transdniester Scramble For Heat, Hot Water After Russian Gas Flow Ends [19:12] TR News "The most difficult year A military expert, a political scientist, and a sociologist weigh in on how Russias war changed Ukraine in 2024" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/02/the-most-difficult-year | Source: Meduza [19:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | The most difficult year A military expert, a political scientist, and a sociologist weigh in on how Russias war changed Ukraine in 2024 Meduza [19:28] TR News 71: The Great State of Soviet Texas https://mwl.io/archives/23938 [19:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol-mwl.io | 71: The Great State of Soviet Texas Michael W Lucas [19:53] TR News Gaza Cease-Fire Before Trumps Inauguration Looks Unlikely https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-cease-fire-trump.html [19:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Gaza Cease-Fire Before Trumps Inauguration Looks Unlikely - The New York Times [19:53] TR News Report shows thousands of Israeli soldiers stopped serving in combat roles https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-report-shows-thousands-of-israeli-soldiers-stopped-serving-in-combat-roles [19:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-report-shows-thousands-of-israeli-soldiers-stopped-serving-in-combat-roles ) [19:53] TR News Israel threatens to step up Gaza strikes https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-israel-threatens-to-step-up-gaza-strikes [19:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250102-israel-threatens-to-step-up-gaza-strikes ) [19:53] TR News Gaza police chief among at least 43 killed in Israeli air strikes https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250102-israeli-air-strikes-in-humanitarian-zone-kill-gaza-police-chief-medics-say [19:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250102-israeli-air-strikes-in-humanitarian-zone-kill-gaza-police-chief-medics-say ) ● Jan 03 [20:05] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:26] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techpol [20:30] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)