●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, February 03, 2025 ●● ● Feb 03 [00:19] TR News (NEW): Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.14 Release Candidate https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_6_14_Release_Candid.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_6_14_Release_Candid.gmi [00:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.14 Release Candidate ● Feb 03 [01:54] TR News Social Control Media contributes to this https://www.vox.com/culture/396686/facebook-instagram-tiktok-conservative-trump [01:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Will Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok censor anti-Trump speech? | Vox [01:54] TR News Avoid them; diversification is the wrong approach https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/social-media-chaos-canadian-business-owners-1.7440065 [01:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | TikTok, Meta 'chaos' reminds Canadian businesses of the value of diversification | CBC News [01:55] TR News TikTok boosting fascism in the US from Day One https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trump-tiktok-ban-democrats-youth/ [01:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Unfortunately, Trump Played the TikTok Ban Perfectly [01:56] TR News Cheeto Mussolini https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-01-25/trumps-q-a-on-air-force-one-goes-from-the-planes-color-scheme-to-the-fate-of-tiktok-and-canada [01:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-01-25/trumps-q-a-on-air-force-one-goes-from-the-planes-color-scheme-to-the-fate-of-tiktok-and-canada ) [01:56] TR News TikTok nonsense as "news" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-27/tiktok-star-taking-spanish-food-scene-by-storm [01:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-27/tiktok-star-taking-spanish-food-scene-by-storm ) [01:57] TR News South Sudan Lifts Suspension of Facebook and TikTok https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-01-28/south-sudan-lifts-suspension-of-facebook-and-tiktok [01:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-01-28/south-sudan-lifts-suspension-of-facebook-and-tiktok ) [01:58] TR News truthdig should quit promoting titok's propaganda then; it's not "free speech" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/romanian-election-undone-by-tiktok/ [01:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/romanian-election-undone-by-tiktok/ ) [01:58] TR News US-Born Girl Shot Dead by Father in Pakistan Over TikTok Videos, Say Police https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-29/us-born-girl-shot-dead-by-father-in-pakistan-over-tiktok-videos-say-police [01:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-29/us-born-girl-shot-dead-by-father-in-pakistan-over-tiktok-videos-say-police ) [01:59] TR News Microsoft-TikTok Edition... "rump sez" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/28/donald-trump-microsoft-tiktok-purchase-claims [01:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, Trump claims | TikTok | The Guardian ● Feb 03 [02:00] TR News My Spitball Theory on TikToks Current Semi-Reprieve in the U.S. https://daringfireball.net/2025/01/my_spitball_theory_on_tiktoks_current_semi-reprieve_in_the_us [02:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-daringfireball.net | Daring Fireball: My Spitball Theory on TikToks Current Semi-Reprieve in the U.S. [02:00] TR News China electing people worldwide via TikTok https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2025-01-31/worlds-most-popular-tiktok-personality-khaby-lame-joins-unicef-as-goodwill-ambassador [02:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2025-01-31/worlds-most-popular-tiktok-personality-khaby-lame-joins-unicef-as-goodwill-ambassador ) [02:02] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:02] TR News Pause in US Funding Puts Ukraine Programs at Risk https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/29/pause-us-funding-puts-ukraine-programs-risk [02:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hrw.org | Pause in US Funding Puts Ukraine Programs at Risk | Human Rights Watch [02:03] TR News 3 journalists fear accreditation limbo after detention by Ukrainian military ttps://cpj.org/2025/01/3-journalists-fear-accreditation-limbo-after-detention-by-ukrainian-military/ [02:04] TR News Muons https://xkcd.com/3043/ [02:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Muons [02:04] TR News Humidifier Review https://xkcd.com/3044/ [02:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Humidifier Review [02:05] TR News AlphaMove https://xkcd.com/3045/ [02:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: AlphaMove [02:06] TR News FSF-EEE: How South Tyrol is taking a step in the direction of software freedom https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-29.en.html [02:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fsfe.org | SFP#29: How South Tyrol is taking a step in the direction of software freedom - FSFE [02:24] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [02:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [02:24] TR News Techrights statCounter: In Canada, New Lows for Windows and Bing is Perishing https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_In_Canada_New_Lows_for_Windows_and_Bing_is_Perishin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_In_Canada_New_Lows_for_Windows_and_Bing_is_Perishin.gmi [02:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter: In Canada, New Lows for Windows and Bing is Perishing [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-020225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-020225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-020225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-020225.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, February 02, 2025 [02:49] TR News Techrights Copyleft is the Way to Go (Unless You're an Unpaid Volunteer of GAFAM) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Copyleft_is_the_Way_to_Go_Unless_You_re_an_Unpaid_Volunteer_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Copyleft_is_the_Way_to_Go_Unless_You_re_an_Unpaid_Volunteer_of_.gmi [02:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Copyleft is the Way to Go (Unless You're an Unpaid Volunteer of GAFAM) [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-02-02.txt [02:52] TR News Windows at 11% in India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/india/#monthly-200901-202502 [02:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share India | Statcounter Global Stats ● Feb 03 [03:04] TR News Techrights statCounter: New Record Highs for GNU/Linux in Its Birthplace https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_New_Record_Highs_for_GNU_Linux_in_Its_Birthplace.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_New_Record_Highs_for_GNU_Linux_in_Its_Birthplace.gmi [03:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter: New Record Highs for GNU/Linux in Its Birthplace [03:14] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 02, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_February_02_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_February_02_2025.gmi [03:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, February 02, 2025 [03:15] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:16] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:17] TR News (NEW): 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 2nd, 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_February_2nd_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_February_2nd_2025.gmi [03:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 2nd, 2025 [03:25] TR News Emmabunts DE6-alpha1 is released [03:26] TR News Solus 4.7 Released https://getsol.us/2025/01/26/solus-4-7-released/ [03:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-getsol.us | Solus 4.7 Released | Solus [03:27] TR News (NEW): Solus 4.7 Released with Linux 6.12 LTS, GNOME 47, KDE Plasma 6.2, and Xfce 4.20 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/26/Solus_4_7_Released_with_Linux_6_12_LTS_GNOME_47_KDE_Plasma_6_2_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/26/Solus_4_7_Released_with_Linux_6_12_LTS_GNOME_47_KDE_Plasma_6_2_.gmi [03:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Solus 4.7 Released with Linux 6.12 LTS, GNOME 47, KDE Plasma 6.2, and Xfce 4.20 [03:29] TR News Windows down to 16% in Pakistan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/pakistan/#monthly-200901-202502 [03:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Pakistan | Statcounter Global Stats [03:30] TR News Bing share is 0.6% in Belarus https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/belarus/#monthly-200902-202502 [03:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Search Engine Market Share Belarus | Statcounter Global Stats [03:44] TR News Techrights statCounter: Android Share in Operating Systems, Per Country https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_Android_Share_in_Operating_Systems_Per_Country.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_Android_Share_in_Operating_Systems_Per_Country.gmi [03:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter: Android Share in Operating Systems, Per Country ● Feb 03 [04:27] TR News KaOS 2025.01 https://kaosx.us/news/2025/kaos01/ [04:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kaosx.us | KaOS [04:29] TR News (NEW): KaOS Linux 2025.01 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.2 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/30/KaOS_Linux_2025_01_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_12_LTS_and_KDE_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/30/KaOS_Linux_2025_01_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_12_LTS_and_KDE_.gmi [04:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KaOS Linux 2025.01 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.2 [04:42] TR News Techrights At Microsoft, Promoting Back Doors, Proprietary Lock-in and Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Diversity ("Microsoft Philanthropy Team") https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.gmi [04:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights At Microsoft, Promoting Back Doors, Proprietary Lock-in and Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Diversity ("Microsoft Philanthropy Team") [04:57] TR News Techrights About 1 in 10 Laptops/Desktops in Venezuela and Cuba Uses GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/About_1_in_10_Laptops_Desktops_in_Venezuela_and_Cuba_Uses_GNU_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/About_1_in_10_Laptops_Desktops_in_Venezuela_and_Cuba_Uses_GNU_L.gmi [04:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights About 1 in 10 Laptops/Desktops in Venezuela and Cuba Uses GNU/Linux ● Feb 03 [05:02] TR News Distracts from the FACT that January layoffs at Microsoft were NOT only "performance-based" https://www.theverge.com/news/604850/microsofts-performance-based-layoffs https://www.hrkatha.com/news/layoff/immediate-dismissal-no-severance-for-underperforming-microsoft-staff/ [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Microsofts performance-based cuts have started. | The Verge [05:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hrkatha.com | Underperformers at Microsoft laid off with immediate effect [05:04] TR News statCounter is very bumpy [05:27] TR News Microsoft layoffs are ACCELERATING. Now they even looks for ways NOT to pay those whom they fire. http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Microsoft_s_Debt_Surged_by_More_Than_6_000_000_000_Dollars_in_J.shtml [05:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft's Debt Surged by More Than 6,000,000,000 Dollars in Just 3 Months [05:29] TR News Microsoft's latest Windows 11 upgrade is breaking PCs and users are furious https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/2007965/Windows-11-KB5050009-break-PCs [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft's latest Windows 11 upgrade is breaking PCs and users are furious | Express.co.uk [05:50] TR News Techrights statCounter's Numbers Make Sense Given Microsoft's Falling Windows/Client Revenue https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_s_Numbers_Make_Sense_Given_Microsoft_s_Falling_Wind.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_s_Numbers_Make_Sense_Given_Microsoft_s_Falling_Wind.gmi [05:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter's Numbers Make Sense Given Microsoft's Falling Windows/Client Revenue [05:58] TR News "The Birth of the American Empire" https://openpath.quest/2025/the-birth-of-the-american-empire/ [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openpath.quest | The Birth of the American Empire Open Path by Chad Whitacre [05:59] TR News "The dispensable nation Crooked Timber" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/01/the-dispensable-nation/ [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | The dispensable nation Crooked Timber [05:59] TR News "'Canadian rye over Kentucky bourbon, stay in Canada for vacation': Trudeau's appeal after Trump imposes tariffs - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/canadian-rye-over-kentucky-bourbon-stay-in-canada-for-vacation-trudeaus-appeal-after-trump-imposes-tariffs/articleshow/117851093.cms [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 'Canadian rye over Kentucky bourbon, stay in Canada for vacation': Trudeau's appeal after Trump imposes tariffs - The Times of India [05:59] TR News "RFK Jr.s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment" https://www.wired.com/story/rfk-jrs-organic-crusade-has-sparked-a-weird-political-realignment/ [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-RFK Jr.s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment | WIRED [05:59] TR News "Further | Slander and Racists and Unholy Rescindments Oh My | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/slander-and-racists-and-rescindments-oh-my [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Further | Slander and Racists and Unholy Rescindments Oh My | Opinion ● Feb 03 [06:00] TR News Nope, chatbots are NOT "research". This Bill Gates-bribed site is intentionally spreading lies for Scam Altman, whose younger sister sued him for sexual abuse https://www.theverge.com/news/604902/chagpt-deep-research-ai-agent [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | ChatGPTs agent can now do deep research for you | The Verge [06:01] TR News "The Democrats Show Why They Lost" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/dnc-meeting/681548/ [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Democrats Show Why They Lost - The Atlantic [06:01] TR News "Rubio pushes Panama to reduce Chinese influence over canal" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2025/0202/marco-rubio-panama-canal [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubio pushes Panama to reduce Chinese influence over canal - CSMonitor.com [06:01] TR News iophk: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) refuses to call out NSA for having broken the law https://www.axios.com/2025/02/02/gabbard-snowden-traitor-schmitt ("Eric Schmitt won't say whether Snowden is a traitor") http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Edward_Snowden_Has_Had_a_State_But_Not_a_Voice_for_10_Years_in_.shtml [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/02/gabbard-snowden-traitor-schmitt ) [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Edward Snowden Has Had a State But Not a Voice for 10 Years in Russia [06:02] TR News advertising https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/02/meduza-s-statement-on-the-advertising-campaign-and-the-ukrainian-community-s-reaction | Source: Meduza [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Meduza's statement on the advertising campaign and the Ukrainian community's reaction Meduza [06:03] TR News Poltava https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/02/see-the-aftermath-of-russia-s-deadly-missile-strike-on-ukraine-s-poltava | Source: Meduza [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | See the aftermath of Russias deadly missile strike on Ukraines Poltava Meduza [06:09] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2273294.html | Source: RTL [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration: Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for best audiobook [06:10] TR News "According to an analysis by RFE/RLs Radio Farda" https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-women-honor-killing-gender-violence/33300465.html | Source: RFERL [06:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | A Woman Is Killed Every Two Days In Iran As 'Femicide' Spreads, RFE/RL Investigation Shows [06:52] TR News "Eric Reinhart submitted a column critical of RFK Jr. to the troubled newspaper. What they printed under his byline bore little resemblance to what he submitted." https://newrepublic.com/article/191030/rfk-jr-op-ed-los-angeles-times | Source: New Republic [06:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | The RFK Jr. Op-Ed the Los Angeles Times Didnt Want You to Read | The New Republic [06:53] TR News "My original intention for this post ended above." https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/soon-shiong_la_times_propaganda_rag | Source: John Gruber [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-daringfireball.net | Daring Fireball: As if Anyone Needed Further Proof, Patrick Soon-Shiongs Los Angeles Times Is Now a Propaganda Rag (and Theyre Bad at HTML) [06:57] TR News "As news journalists, we follow a general convention of keeping our presence out of the stories we cover, focusing on those affected by a news event or important issue." https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/From-the-Editors/2025/0202/LA-fires-Ali-Martin-Francine-Kiefer | Source: CS Monitor [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-As LA fires raged, Monitor reporters became part of the story - CSMonitor.com [06:57] TR News "The downfall of Quartz is really something to behold. It was launched in 2012 as a digital-only offshoot of the Atlantic specifically intended for business and economic news." https://pxlnv.com/blog/quartz-ai-slop/ | Source: Nick Heer [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Quartzs A.I. Slop Pixel Envy [06:58] TR News "A settlement would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/business/media/paramount-trump-cbs-news-settlement.html | Source: New York Times [06:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over 60 Minutes Lawsuit - The New York Times ● Feb 03 [07:00] TR News "The reports that Paramount executives are even weighing a settlement has highlighted a deepening divide between CBS News staff and its parent company." https://www.semafor.com/article/02/02/2025/cbs-staffers-dread-trump-settlement | Source: Semafor Inc [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CBS staffers dread Trump settlement | Semafor [07:01] TR News Look what happens in Italy https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/italy/#monthly-200902-202502 [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Italy | Statcounter Global Stats [07:01] TR News "So here is my suggestion. Any content which is more than a year old should have a high threshold of proof when it comes to its removal by a moderation team. And anything more than five years old should have an absurdly high threshold of proof." https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/02/what-a-mistake-a-to-make-a/ | Source: John J Hoare [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dirtyfeed.org | What a Mistake-a to Make-a Dirty Feed [07:02] TR News "Last week, I finished reading an advance copy of Cory Doctorows Picks and Shovels" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/02/there-is-an-exit/ | Source: Crooked Timber [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | There is an exit Crooked Timber [07:02] TR News "All the same, taking these sorts of meetings falls in line with Bankman and Fried's staunch support for their con-spawn" https://futurism.com/the-byte/sbf-parents-trump-clemency | Source: Futurism [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Sam Bankman-Frieds Mommy and Daddy Have a New Plan: Suck Up to Trump Until He Pardons Her Beautiful Boy [07:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [07:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:10] TR News "But it is an INTOLERABLE thought that our government, police, defense, hospitals, and healthcare will soon be completely unable to communicate with each other without American approval!" https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/communicating-without-musk-and-trump-cloud-kootwijk/ | Source: Bert Hubert [07:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-berthub.eu | Communications without Musk and Trump: Cloud Kootwijk - Bert Hubert's writings [07:11] TR News "The letter, which has circulated widely on social media, has sparked debate over whether the technology giant is simply exercising its right to manage its workforce or engaging in insensitive cost-cutting measures at the expense of employee welfare." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsofts-termination-letter-underperforming-employees-guise-corporate-cost-cutting-1730657 | Source: International Business Times [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Microsoft's Termination Letter For Underperforming Employees: Guise For Corporate Cost-Cutting? | IBTimes UK [07:11] TR News "DOGE is not an official government department, but rather a special team within the Trump administration. It was put together by Musk under Trumps authority, and its mission is to fan out across federal agencies in order to seek ways to cut government spending" https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/02/elon-musk-cost-cutting-team-gain-access-sensitive-us-treasury-database/ | Source: Silicon Angle [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team gain access to sensitive US Treasury database - SiliconANGLE [07:13] TR News "Few things symbolize our national dysfunction more than the inability to stop minting this worthless currency" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/02/penny-musk-doge | Source: Axios [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/02/penny-musk-doge ) [07:14] TR News "India is now home to approximately 75 percent of the worlds tiger population" https://www.ecowatch.com/tiger-population-india-conservation.html | Source: EcoWatch [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Indias Tiger Population Doubled in 12 Years Thanks to Conservation Efforts - EcoWatch [07:14] TR News "Its something of a relief that the Eskom electricity price increases approved by energy regulator Nersa" https://techcentral.co.za/south-african-electricity-prices-doubled/258600/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | South African electricity prices have doubled since Covid - TechCentral [07:15] TR News "In a twist, the spectre of those Saharan nukes literally visited itself upon Europe in March 2022, when a desert storm blew dust clouds from the Algerian test site across the continent" https://www.404media.co/who-made-this-radioactive-saharan-dust-cloud/ | Source: 404 Media [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Who Made this Radioactive Saharan Dust Cloud? [07:15] TR News "Among those extreme weather events to which Mann referred are those aforementioned lethal heatwaves" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/02/heatwaves_future/ | Source: The Register UK [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Humans brought the heat. Earth decides we die The Register [07:15] TR News "Earlier in the month, the FMI said that Finland's climate has been warming faster than the global average, up by 3.4 degrees since the pre-industrial era." https://yle.fi/a/74-20140967 | Source: YLE [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | FMI: Finland warmed by 1.4C in first quarter of century | Yle News | Yle [07:15] TR News Overpopulation https://www.telesurenglish.net/severe-food-and-water-shortages-threaten-displaced-people-in-eastern-congo/ | Source: teleSUR [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.telesurenglish.net | Severe Food and Water Shortages Threaten Displaced People in Eastern Congo - teleSUR English [07:18] TR News "USAID did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication" https://fedscoop.com/usaid-website-goes-dark-staff-emails-deactivated-amid-doge-takeover-source-says/ | Source: Scoop News Group [07:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-USAID website goes dark, staff emails deactivated amid DOGE takeover, source says | FedScoop [07:18] TR News "Donald Trump ran 6 businesses that declared bankruptcy" https://finance.yahoo.com/news/were-watching-trumps-7th-bankruptcy-unfold-171903858.html | Source: Yahoo News [07:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-finance.yahoo.com | Were watching Trumps 7th bankruptcy unfold [07:18] TR News "opens new tab CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size" https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/ | Source: Reuters [07:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/ ) [07:19] TR News [Old] "Imagine if you could choose your citizenship the same way you choose your gym membership." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyl171lyewo | Source: BBC [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Bitcoin bros who want to crowdfund a new country - BBC News [07:19] TR News "The staggering figure was revealed after Musk submitted new filings to the Federal Election Commission" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-2024-election-b2690735.html | Source: The Independent UK [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | Elon Musk dropped nearly $300M supporting Donald Trump in 2024 | The Independent [07:20] TR News [Old] "most ambitious projects yet" https://www.wired.com/story/network-school-balaji-srinivasan/ | Source: Wired [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Mysterious School for the Network State Crowd Is Now in Session | WIRED [07:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [07:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:43] TR News (NEW): Review: siduction 2024.1.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Review_siduction_2024_1_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Review_siduction_2024_1_0.gmi [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Review: siduction 2024.1.0 [07:46] TR News (NEW): Uruk Linux full free, simple and lightweight distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Uruk_Linux_full_free_simple_and_lightweight_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Uruk_Linux_full_free_simple_and_lightweight_distribution.gmi [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Uruk Linux full free, simple and lightweight distribution [07:47] TR News "Illegal VPN services are unsurprisingly illegal to sell." https://torrentfreak.com/russia-vpn-crackdown-revelation-vpn-sites-hide-their-ip-addresses-250202/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Russia VPN Crackdown Revelation - VPN Sites Hide Their IP Addresses * TorrentFreak [07:47] TR News "The old adage "the camera never lies" was dispelled even in the film days" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/in-this-new-world-of-ai-photography-will-live-and-die-by-how-transparent-we-photographers-choose-to-be-about-the-images-we-create | Source: Digital Camera World [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | In this new world of AI, photography will live and die by how transparent we photographers choose to be about the images we create | Digital Camera World [07:51] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.14-rc1 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Linux_6_14_rc1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Linux_6_14_rc1.gmi [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux 6.14-rc1 [07:53] TR News Openwashing https://parker.micro.blog/2025/01/29/where-are-the-bluesky-clients.html | [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-parker.micro.blog | Parker Ortolani | Where are the Bluesky Clients? [07:54] TR News "The issue comes from the chain of logic that led police to identify Tolbert." https://futurism.com/police-facial-recognition-backfires-convict-murderer | Source: Futurism [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Police Use of Facial Recognition Backfires Spectacularly When It Renders Them Unable to Convict Alleged Murderer [07:54] TR News "According to Klarna, the company has saved the equivalent of $10 million annually using A.I. for its marketing needs, partly by reducing its reliance on human artists to generate images for advertising." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/business/why-is-this-ceo-bragging-about-replacing-humans-with-ai.html | Source: New York Times [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Why Is This C.E.O. Bragging About Replacing Humans With A.I.? - The New York Times [07:55] TR News "The word "photograph" mashes the two Greek words for light and writing together, an origin that both poetically and literally means writing with light." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/can-we-please-stop-calling-ai-generated-images-photographs | Source: Digital Camera World [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | Can we please stop calling AI-generated images photographs? | Digital Camera World [07:55] TR News "The first compliance deadline for the AI Act came into force Sunday, giving regulators the power to erase entire products if they decide its necessary to do so." https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/02/eu-now-enforcing-ai-act-banning-high-risk-ai-systems/ | Source: Silicon Angle [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The EU is now enforcing the AI Act, banning high-risk AI systems - SiliconANGLE [07:56] TR News "The Contec CMS8000, also sold as the Epsimed MN-120, contains a trio of vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-12248, CVSS 9.3; CVE-2025-0626, CVSS 7.5; and CVE-2025-0683, CVSS 5.9)" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/backdoored_contec_patient_monitors_leak_data/ | Source: The Register UK [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Medical monitoring machines spotted stealing patient data The Register [07:56] TR News "During the autumn prior to his death, the lawsuit explains" https://futurism.com/neoscope/unitedhealth-optum-inhaler-lawsuit | Source: Futurism [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Mother Says Her Son Died After UnitedHealth Jacked the Price of His Inhaler From $66 to $539 [07:56] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:57] TR News Sending Electronic Mail (Email) https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/sending-electronic-mail.html | Source: Vintage Everyday [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.vintag.es | Sending Electronic Mail (Email) From a Pay Phone in the 1980s ~ Vintage Everyday [07:57] TR News "I think you can figure out a lot about a person if you know what books have had the most impact on them." https://louplummer.lol/15-influential-books/ | Source: Lou Plummer [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-louplummer.lol | What Books Had the Greatest Influence on You? | Living Out Loud ● Feb 03 [08:03] TR News "When working with statistical data, ensuring that certain assumptions are met is critical to the validity of your results." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/levene-test-in-r-for-homogeneity-of-variances-step-by-step-guide/ | Source: Rlang [08:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Levene Test in R for Homogeneity of Variances | Step by Step Guide | R-bloggers [08:04] TR News "The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the largest known prime number, 2^136279841 1, having 41,024,320 decimal digits. Luke Durant, from San Jose, California, found the prime on October 12th." https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/2136279841-is-prime/ | Source: No Flatreaud [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nflatrea.bearblog.dev | 2^136279841 is prime ! | No Flatreaud [08:04] TR News "Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sectoreven if the Trump administrations funding pause is only temporary." https://www.wired.com/story/life-saving-research-risks-being-destroyed-by-the-federal-funding-freeze/ | Source: Wired [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Federal Funding Freeze Will Cause Lasting Damage to Medical Research | WIRED [08:04] TR News "Thus, the discovery of several sandstone fragments inscribed with runes at the grave field of Svingerud, Norway, is exciting" https://phys.org/news/2025-01-piecing-puzzle-world-earliest-datable.html | Source: Omicron Limited [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-piecing-puzzle-world-earliest-datable.html ) [08:05] TR News "When I first started doing GTD, one thing I tried to get good at right away was noping out." https://idiomdrottning.org/tried | Source: Idiomdrottning [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idiomdrottning.org | Enh, I tried [08:06] TR News "My bank uses a lot of security theatre in the way they engage with people online. Needless hoops, or obvious holes in their systems." https://seths.blog/2025/02/to-be-in-charge/ | Source: Seth Godin [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | To be in charge | Seth's Blog [08:06] TR News (NEW): Linux Icon Pack Papirus Gets First Update in 8 Months https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Linux_Icon_Pack_Papirus_Gets_First_Update_in_8_Months.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Linux_Icon_Pack_Papirus_Gets_First_Update_in_8_Months.gmi [08:06] TR News ""Deux Filles Nues" (Two Naked Girls), a graphic novel about a Nazi-looted painting won Best Comic Book at Frances Angoulme Festival on Saturday." https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250201-ex-charlie-hebdo-artist-wins-top-prize-at-comics-festival | Source: France24 [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Icon Pack Papirus Gets First Update in 8 Months [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250201-ex-charlie-hebdo-artist-wins-top-prize-at-comics-festival ) [08:07] TR News "I was digging through some old posts this past week, though, and came to a realization. I ran into some links of this sort of format: http://bjhess.com/b2blog/index.php." https://bjhess.com/posts/b2evolution | Source: Barry Hess [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://bjhess.com/b2blog/index.php ) [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bjhess.com | b2evolution - I am BARRY HESS [08:15] TR News "Im currently spending around $1-$2 per post just because I am only posting once or twice per week. It is difficult to justify that cost to myself, but I do like owning a domain and a blog." https://superdavey.com/posts/more-blogging-due-to-cost | [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-More Blogging due to cost - superdavey [08:15] TR News "It's 2024 now. It's been nearly three years since Sam died. I think about him often. About the relationship we had. About the person I looked up to for so much of my life. The person I didn't even know at the end." https://gkeenan.co/avgb/ive-missed-sam-for-a-very-long-time-or-pick-your-battles/ | Source: Keenan [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gkeenan.co | I've missed Sam for a long time (or: Pick Your Battles) [08:15] TR News "Im drawn to blogging because it makes me happy on several levels. I love sharing what Ive learned. I love entertaining people and spreading joy." https://www.timbornholdt.com/blog/blog-question-challenge | Source: Tim Bornholdt [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.timbornholdt.com | Blog question challenge [08:16] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:16] TR News "One more miserable month to go." https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/02/january-2025/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-brainbaking.com | Favourites of January 2025 | Brain Baking [08:17] TR News "In the letter, Hermann also asked that someone look for his cello and protect it from the Nazis." https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2474655/cello-that-survived-the-holocaust | Source: LRT [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Cello that survived the Holocaust - LRT [08:19] TR News "Other key findings from the 2025 State of Java Survey & Report include: [...]" https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-research/azul-2025-state-of-java-survey-report-88-of-enterprises-consider-leaving-oracle-java-for-alternatives-as-costs-and-concerns-continue-to-soar.html | Source: IT Wire [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-iTWire - Azul 2025 State of Java: 88% of enterprises consider leaving Oracle Java for alternatives [08:21] TR News "The main goals of software testing involve finding issues guaranteeing the quality of the software" https://thenewstack.io/introduction-to-software-testing/ | Source: The New Stack [08:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Introduction to Software Testing - The New Stack [08:21] TR News "In some sense I am OK with choroplethr being archived" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/choroplethr-is-scheduled-to-be-archived-from-cran/ | Source: Rlang [08:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Choroplethr is Scheduled to be Archived from CRAN | R-bloggers [08:21] TR News "As usual, I maintain lld/ELF and have added some notes" https://maskray.me/blog/2025-02-02-lld-20-elf-changes | Source: MaskRay [08:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maskray.me | lld 20 ELF changes | MaskRay [08:22] TR News "I have a somewhat different view." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/BuildSystemsAndAPIChanges | Source: University of Toronto [08:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | Chris's Wiki :: blog/programming/BuildSystemsAndAPIChanges [08:22] TR News "I was not happy with the manual process that I had been using" https://bobmonsour.com/blog/final-final-word-on-rss-entry-ids/ | Source: Bob Monsour [08:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bobmonsour.com | Ok, this is my 'final' final word on RSS entry IDs [08:22] TR News "That question takes me back to a time before security became such a mainstream news topic" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/02/security_design_choices/ | Source: The Register UK [08:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | What does it mean to build in security from the ground up? The Register [08:25] TR News Linux Icon Pack Papirus Gets First Update in 8 Months https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/papirus-icon-theme-update-feb-2025 [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Linux Icon Pack Papirus Gets First Update in 8 Months - OMG! Ubuntu [08:25] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [08:25] TR News "Hiding data inside Lorem Ipsum" https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/hiding-data-inside-lorem-ipsum/ | Source: No Flatreaud [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nflatrea.bearblog.dev | Hiding data inside Lorem Ipsum | No Flatreaud [08:26] TR News "Today, I discovered that two IPs had asked for 1000-entry ranges today, and the blog engine provided them." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/SpidersInventUnfortunateURLs | Source: University of Toronto [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/SpidersInventUnfortunateURLs [08:27] TR News How To Install Apache Guacamole on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-apache-guacamole-rocky-linux-9/ [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Apache Guacamole on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [08:27] TR News How To Install Mattermost on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-mattermost-debian-12/ [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Mattermost on Debian 12 - idroot [08:28] TR News How To Install Discord on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-discord-rocky-linux-9/ [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Discord on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [08:28] TR News How To Install Telnet on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-telnet-linux-mint-22/ [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Telnet on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [08:30] TR News How To Install VNC Server on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 https://idroot.us/install-vnc-server-rocky-linux-9/ [08:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install VNC Server on Rocky Linux 9 - idroot [08:30] TR News How To Install Timeshift on Linux Mint 22 https://idroot.us/install-timeshift-linux-mint-22/ [08:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Timeshift on Linux Mint 22 - idroot [08:30] TR News Arch GNU/Linux Discord Voting to Ban Links to X / Ex-Twitter (Because "Nazis") https://lunduke.substack.com/p/arch-linux-discord-voting-to-ban [08:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Arch Linux Discord Voting to Ban Links to X / Twitter (Because "Nazis") [08:31] TR News Dictator & Elon Force Government Programmers to Disable DEI Language Chat Bot https://lunduke.substack.com/p/trump-and-elon-force-government-programmers [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Trump & Elon Force Government Programmers to Disable DEI Language Chat Bot [08:40] TR News Attempt to install and run DeepSeek Hey Hi (AI) on Debian Sid (Trixie Alpha) VENV https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/02/attempt-install-and-run-deepseek-ai-on.html [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dbaxps.blogspot.com | Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Attempt to install and run DeepSeek AI on Debian Sid (Trixie Alpha) VENV [08:40] TR News 3 Months Ago Lupa Saw 4,200+ Unique Gemini Capsules; Now It Sees Nearly 4,400 https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/3_Months_Ago_Lupa_Saw_4_200_Unique_Gemini_Capsules_Now_It_Sees_.shtml [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 3 Months Ago Lupa Saw 4,200+ Unique Gemini Capsules; Now It Sees Nearly 4,400 [08:45] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/today_s_howtos.gmi [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [08:50] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/today_s_leftovers.gmi [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's leftovers [08:52] TR News Techrights Links 03/02/2025: USAID Under Attack, Vista 11 Breaking Itself Again https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Links_03_02_2025_USAID_Under_Attack_Vista_11_Breaking_Itself_Ag.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Links_03_02_2025_USAID_Under_Attack_Vista_11_Breaking_Itself_Ag.gmi [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 03/02/2025: USAID Under Attack, Vista 11 Breaking Itself Again [08:56] TR News "I spent yesterday working on my tilde.club site, adding more pages and copying over some stuff from here." gemini://tilde.club/~hammie/tiny-gemlog.gmi [08:57] TR News "I've been brooding this for a good while now. Actually, throughout my linux journey all I ever wanted was to build my ideal dream distro, if that is at all possible. I would like to build the best I can with the tools I have available, as parametrized by my own standards; what are those?" gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1738517154 [08:58] TR News "Yes capitalism is not all terrible, it is the people in it that are, regardless of how they partake in it." gemini://cyi1341.smol.pub/random47 [08:59] TR News "This might sound puzzling or even wrong. "The Raft of the Medusa," "Starry Night," "Melancholy and Mystery of a Street" ... these are all paintings, right?" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20250202-artisprocess.txt ● Feb 03 [09:00] TR News "Hello! This is a placeholder while I figure out the best way to automate some bits." gemini://tilde.club/~hammie/gemlog/2025-02-02.gmi [09:01] TR News "I really didn't expect to use PGP again... It has always been clunky and complicated, but unfortunately it's the battle tested solution we have..." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/i-have-a-pgp-key-again.gmi [09:02] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1544.jpg [09:02] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1194.jpg [09:02] TR News "Like many here I'm trying to wean myself off the modern web and engage more with the personal internet. It's not about going back to a perceived "better time" but instead a reaction to a number of different things: The corporatisation of social media, The modern social media algorithm" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2480 [09:03] TR News Artisanal code to solve an issue only I have gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/02/02.1 [09:04] TR News And now some metacommentary on the artisanal code I just wrote gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/02/02.2 [09:05] TR News Against psychological reductionism gemini://altesq.net/log/against_psychological_reductionism.gmi [09:06] TR News "Sure, Gemini is part of the Internet, but, well, if you read the things in here youll get an idea of why my Gemini stuff isnt in here." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/internet/ [09:06] TR News "I use Homebrew to get a lot of random small programs that I otherwise never would have bothered to get. However, the output of `brew list | wc -l` is currently up to the mid-200s, and a lot of these are mere dependencies of things I actually care about." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/programs/ [09:07] TR News "I have ideas about what my ideal operating system is. On this page are ideas that got removed or never made it into the ideal-OS page, but I think are still interesting and relevant." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/ideal-os/graveyard/ [09:07] TR News "Lots of capsules disappear in Geminispace. These are all ones that got yanked out of my bookmarks for not responding anymore. Im not entirely sure why Im keeping them around. Maybe theres a teeny chance that more than one will come back." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/gemini/rip/ [09:09] TR News "I havent owned a smartphone for nearly ten years, and I havent missed them one bit. I consider them to be dangerous for multiple reasons, some practical and some spiritual. Their widespread adoption is one of the sadder developments Ive been witness to." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2481 [09:12] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 03/02/2025: Art is Process, Smartphones, Internet, and More https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Gemini_Links_03_02_2025_Art_is_Process_Smartphones_Internet_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Gemini_Links_03_02_2025_Art_is_Process_Smartphones_Internet_and.gmi [09:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 03/02/2025: Art is Process, Smartphones, Internet, and More [09:14] TR News Maybe not LLM slop, for a change from this author https://betanews.com/2025/02/02/cachyos-february-2025-linux-update-nvidia-blackwell-arch/ [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-betanews.com | CachyOS February 2025 release is here to make Arch Linux more accessible [09:19] TR News Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/europe/russia-syria-bases.html [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria - The New York Times [09:19] TR News Monday Briefing: Convicted Felon Ends Protections for Venezuelans https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/briefing/trump-venezuela-syria-saudis-ukraine-civilians.html [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Monday Briefing: Trump Ends Protections for Venezuelans - The New York Times [09:19] TR News Ukraine Says at Least 18 Civilians Are Killed in Strikes https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-civilians-killed.html [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Ukraine Says at Least 18 Civilians Are Killed in Strikes - The New York Times [09:19] TR News Russia Accused Of Killing Own Citizens In Bombing Of Boarding School In Kursk https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-missile-strike-poltava-residential-building-ukraine-february-2024/33299439.html [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russia Accused Of Killing Own Citizens In Bombing Of Boarding School In Kursk [09:19] TR News Death Toll In Poltava Strike Rises To 14 As More Bodies Pulled From Rubble https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-missile-strike-poltava-death-toll-14-children/33300261.html [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Death Toll In Poltava Strike Rises To 14 As More Bodies Pulled From Rubble [09:19] TR News Russian air strikes leave several dead, damage energy infrastructure in Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-russia-fires-dozens-of-drones-and-missiles-at-ukraine [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-russia-fires-dozens-of-drones-and-missiles-at-ukraine ) [09:20] TR News Regional parliament speakers to discuss Russian sabotage and helping Ukraine https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/02.02.2025-regional-parliament-speakers-to-discuss-russian-sabotage-and-helping-ukraine.a586149/ [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Regional parliament speakers to discuss Russian sabotage and helping Ukraine / Article [09:20] TR News "Is Fire Conductive Enough To Power A Lamp" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/is-fire-conductive-enough-to-power-a-lamp/ | Source: Hackaday [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Is Fire Conductive Enough To Power A Lamp? | Hackaday [09:37] TR News Techrights It Seems Like BetaNews is Finally Deleting Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" by LLM Slop (aka Brian Fagioli) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/It_Seems_Like_BetaNews_is_Finally_Deleting_Fake_Articles_About_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/It_Seems_Like_BetaNews_is_Finally_Deleting_Fake_Articles_About_.gmi [09:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It Seems Like BetaNews is Finally Deleting Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" by LLM Slop (aka Brian Fagioli) [09:39] TR News "In August 2022, T-Mobile and SpaceX announced a bold plan to expand cellular connectivity across the US with the help of low-orbit satellites." https://www.androidauthority.com/t-mobile-starlink-satellite-connectivity-3207661/ | Source: Android Authority [09:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidauthority.com | T-mobile and Starlink satellite connectivity explained - Android Authority [09:39] TR News "Gurman isnt wrong, but using the phrase secretly working with SpaceX and T-Mobile makes it sound way more nefarious than it is." https://schwarztech.net/articles/no-apple-didnt-hand-over-your-iphone-to-elon-musk-in-ios-18-3 | Source: SchwarzTech [09:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schwarztech.net | SchwarzTechArticle: No, Apple Didnt Hand Over Your iPhone to Elon Musk in iOS 18.3 [09:49] TR News "Once Ive determined a retrocomputers operating state (less I mess something up later)" https://rubenerd.com/making-an-atari-ste-chip-manifest/ | Source: Ruben Schade [09:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Building an Atari 1040ST chip manifest [09:49] TR News "Back in the 2012s, hacking radio waves had become surprisingly accessible." https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/hijacking-radio-stations-using-raspberry-pi/ | Source: No Flatreaud [09:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nflatrea.bearblog.dev | Hijacking radio stations using Raspberry-Pi | No Flatreaud [09:50] TR News "The updated release now includes support for several popular arm64 UEFI devices." https://linuxiac.com/void-linux-february-iso-adds-apple-silicon-support/ | Source: Linuxiac [09:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Void Linux February ISO Adds Apple Silicon Support [09:51] TR News North Korea criticises Rubio, says it will respond strongly to US provocations https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-criticises-rubio-says-it-will-respond-strongly-to-us-provocations [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea criticises Rubio, says it will respond strongly to US provocations | The Straits Times [09:51] TR News KL sinkhole tragedy: Jalan Masjid India shopping area returns to life in time for the festive season https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-jalan-masjid-india-shopping-area-returns-to-life-five-months-after-sinkhole-tragedy [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | KL sinkhole tragedy: Jalan Masjid India shopping area returns to life in time for the festive season | The Straits Times [09:51] TR News Dictator plans talks over sweeping tariffs with Canada and Mexico https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250202-trump-trade-canada-mexico [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250202-trump-trade-canada-mexico ) [09:52] TR News Trade War Heats Up After Convicted Felon Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/us-tariffs-canada-china-mexico.html [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Trade War Heats Up After Trump Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates - The New York Times [09:52] TR News How things stand in China-US trade tensions as Convicted Felon 2.0 spawns tariffs https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-things-stand-in-china-us-trade-tensions-as-trump-2-0-spawns-tariffs [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | How things stand in China-US trade tensions as Trump 2.0 spawns tariffs | The Straits Times [09:52] TR News China shrugs off new Convicted Felon tariffs but bruising trade war looms https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-shrugs-off-new-trump-tariffs-but-bruising-trade-war-looms [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China shrugs off new Trump tariffs but bruising trade war looms | The Straits Times [09:52] TR News China denounces Convicted Felon tariff: Fentanyl is Americas problem https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-denounces-trump-tariff-fentanyl-is-americas-problem [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China denounces Trump tariff: Fentanyl is Americas problem | The Straits Times [09:52] TR News Beijing keeps door open for talks with Washington in measured response to tariff hike https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/beijing-keeps-door-open-for-talks-with-washington-in-measured-response-to-tariff-hike [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Beijing keeps door open for talks with Washington in measured response to tariff hike | The Straits Times [09:53] TR News Rubio Visits Panama Canal, Delivers Convicted Felon Warning on Chinese Involvement https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-trump-panama-canal-china/33300909.html [09:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Panama Plans To Leave China's Belt And Road After Rubio's Canal Visit [09:53] TR News Dictator Warns Americans Of Tariff 'Pain,' Threatens Wider Trade War With EU, U.K. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-tariff-canada-mexico-china-eu-britain/33300913.html [09:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Trump Warns Americans Of Tariff 'Pain,' Threatens Wider Trade War With EU, U.K. [09:53] TR News China shrugs off new Convicted Felon tariffs but bruising trade war looms https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/02/china-shrugs-off-new-trump-tariffs-but-bruising-trade-war-looms/ [09:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China shrugs off new Trump tariffs but bruising trade war looms | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP [09:53] TR News Dictator orders 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-trump-orders-25-percent-tariffs-on-canada [09:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-trump-orders-25-percent-tariffs-on-canada ) [09:53] TR News Dictator announces tariff hike on Chinese imports over opioid crisis https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-trump-levies-tariffs-on-china-over-opioid-crisis [09:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-trump-levies-tariffs-on-china-over-opioid-crisis ) [09:54] TR News The Arctic's 'Last Ice Area' May Vanish Even Faster Than Predicted https://www.sciencealert.com/the-arctics-last-ice-area-may-vanish-even-faster-than-predicted [09:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Arctic's 'Last Ice Area' May Vanish Even Faster Than Predicted : ScienceAlert [09:54] TR News Peeing Appears to Be Contagious in Humanity's Closest Relatives https://www.sciencealert.com/peeing-appears-to-be-contagious-in-humanitys-closest-relatives [09:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Peeing Appears to Be Contagious in Humanity's Closest Relatives : ScienceAlert [09:55] TR News Your Tonsils Can Actually Come Back After You've Had Them Removed https://www.sciencealert.com/your-tonsils-can-actually-come-back-after-youve-had-them-removed [09:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Your Tonsils Can Actually Come Back After You've Had Them Removed : ScienceAlert ● Feb 03 [11:20] TR News Earth's Underworld Is Full of Life, And It Goes Deeper Than We Ever Knew https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-underworld-is-full-of-life-and-it-goes-deeper-than-we-ever-knew [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Earth's Underworld Is Full of Life, And It Goes Deeper Than We Ever Knew : ScienceAlert [11:20] TR News Physicists Confirm The Existence of a Third Form of Magnetism https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-confirm-the-existence-of-a-third-form-of-magnetism [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Physicists Confirm The Existence of a Third Form of Magnetism : ScienceAlert [11:21] TR News A Type of Fiber Could Have Weight Loss Benefits Similar to Ozempic https://www.sciencealert.com/a-type-of-fiber-could-have-weight-loss-benefits-similar-to-ozempic [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Type of Fiber Could Have Weight Loss Benefits Similar to Ozempic : ScienceAlert [11:21] TR News Colossal 'Anomalies' in Earth's Mantle Aren't What We Thought https://www.sciencealert.com/colossal-anomalies-in-earths-mantle-arent-what-we-thought [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Colossal 'Anomalies' in Earth's Mantle Aren't What We Thought : ScienceAlert [11:21] TR News 80% of Americans With Dementia May Not Even Know They Have It https://www.sciencealert.com/80-of-americans-with-dementia-may-not-even-know-they-have-it [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-80% of Americans With Dementia May Not Even Know They Have It : ScienceAlert [11:24] TR News DeepSeek might not be as disruptive as claimed, firm reportedly has 50,000 Nvidia GPUs and spent $1.6 billion on buildouts https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/deepseek-might-not-be-as-disruptive-as-claimed-firm-reportedly-has-50-000-nvidia-gpus-and-spent-usd1-6-billion-on-buildouts [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | DeepSeek might not be as disruptive as claimed, firm reportedly has 50,000 Nvidia GPUs and spent $1.6 billion on buildouts | Tom's Hardware [11:25] TR News Drifting into danger: will we ever see the independent intelligence review? https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/drifting-into-danger-will-we-ever-see-the-independent-intelligence-review/ [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Drifting into danger: will we ever see the independent intelligence review? | The Strategist [11:26] TR News Minneapolis Settles With Woman Who Says Derek Chauvin Knelt on Her Back https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/minneapolis-settlement-derek-chauvin-lawsuit.html [11:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Minneapolis Settles With Woman Who Says Derek Chauvin Knelt on Her Back - The New York Times [11:26] TR News Israel ban on UNRWA enters into force despite global criticism https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/israel-ban-on-unrwa-enters-into-force-despite-global-criticism/ [11:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Israel ban on UNRWA enters into force despite global criticism - JURIST - News [11:27] TR News China sets to file lawsuit with WTO following Convicted Felons US tariffs measures https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/china-sets-to-file-lawsuit-with-wto-following-trumps-us-tariffs-measures/ [11:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | China sets to file lawsuit with WTO following Trump's US tariffs measures - JURIST - News [11:27] TR News French govt may face no-confidence vote as PM plans to bypass parliament https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-french-government-may-face-no-confidence-vote-as-pm-plans-to-bypass-parliament [11:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-french-government-may-face-no-confidence-vote-as-pm-plans-to-bypass-parliament ) [11:27] TR News Berlin rally draws thousands to denounce push for harsh new immigration rules https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250202-berlin-rally-draws-thousands-to-denounce-push-for-harsh-new-immigration-rules [11:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250202-berlin-rally-draws-thousands-to-denounce-push-for-harsh-new-immigration-rules ) [11:28] TR News Smartwatch as in spywatch? https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/custom-smartwatch-makes-diabetes-monitoring-easier-for-kids/ | Source: Hackaday [11:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Custom Smartwatch Makes Diabetes Monitoring Easier For Kids | Hackaday [11:28] TR News "Wearable Tech" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/wearable-tech-tips-directly-from-the-queen/ | Source: Hackaday [11:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wearable Tech Tips Directly From The Queen | Hackaday [11:28] TR News Giving A Proprietary Power Supply The Boot https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/giving-a-proprietary-power-supply-the-boot/ | Source: Hackaday [11:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Giving A Proprietary Power Supply The Boot | Hackaday [11:29] TR News Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/usaid-official-leave-musk.html [11:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team - The New York Times [11:29] TR News Dictator Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/trump-tariffs-global-economic-order.html [11:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Trump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order - The New York Times [11:30] TR News US top diplomat warns Panama to reduce Chinese business interests in Canal https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250202-us-top-diplomat-warns-panama-to-reduce-chinese-business-interests-in-canal [11:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250202-us-top-diplomat-warns-panama-to-reduce-chinese-business-interests-in-canal ) [11:30] TR News DRC security situation remains dire, SADC says after Goma falls to rebels https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/drc-security-situation-remains-dire-sadc-says-after-goma-falls-to-rebels/ [11:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.defenceweb.co.za | DRC security situation remains dire, SADC says after Goma falls to rebels - defenceWeb [11:30] TR News Silence from Canberra on threat to national security https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/silence-from-canberra-on-threat-to-national-security/ [11:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Silence from Canberra on threat to national security | The Strategist [11:30] TR News "mainframe" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/02/how-the-main-frame-became-the-mainframe-an-etymological-dissertation/ | Source: Hackaday [11:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How The Main Frame Became The Mainframe: An Etymological Dissertation | Hackaday [11:31] TR News "This is entrance exam season for Tokyo Junior High Schools. Good luck to those who are going through it now." http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2025-Feb-2.html.en#2025-Feb-2-14:56:37 [11:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.netfort.gr.jp | February. [11:32] TR News Dave Hibberd: SOTA Trip Reports: Feb 02, 2025 - Bennachie https://www.foxk.it/blog/bennachie-sota-25/ [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.foxk.it | SOTA Trip Reports: Feb 02, 2025 - Bennachie [11:35] TR News (NEW): Tech Heroes #8: Richard Stallman https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Tech_Heroes_8_Richard_Stallman.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Tech_Heroes_8_Richard_Stallman.gmi [11:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tech Heroes #8: Richard Stallman [11:37] TR News "Microsoft has initiated another round of layoffs, citing poor performance as the grounds for termination." https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/site/interstitial?return_to=%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fmicrosoft-layoffs-were-the-job-cuts-handled-poorly-44201 [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.peoplemattersglobal.com | People Matters Global - Interstitial Site People Matters Global [11:38] TR News "It's simply more of Microsoft's stack ranking being used to manage out employees. Shame on this trillion-dollar company for firing US employees with no severance or healthcare while importing replacements on H1B visas." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjx7vpsq Microsoft is deep in debt, but it hides this with a smokescreen [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjx7vpsq ) [11:45] TR News Microsoft's Termination Letter For Underperforming Employees: Guise For Corporate Cost-Cutting? https://www.inkl.com/news/microsoft-s-termination-letter-for-underperforming-employees-guise-for-corporate-cost-cutting [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.inkl.com | Microsoft's Termination Letter For Underperforming [11:46] TR News Buckle up! Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg warns employees of crazy year ahead https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/business/buckle-up-meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-warns-employees-of-crazy-year-ahead-44209 [11:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.peoplemattersglobal.com | People Matters Global - Interstitial Site People Matters Global [11:49] TR News Gunnar Wolf: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot is bullshit https://gwolf.org/2025/01/chatgpt-is-bullshit.html [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gwolf.org | Gunnar Wolf ChatGPT is bullshit [11:50] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppUUID 1.1.2 on CRAN: Newly Adopted Package http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/02/02#rcppuuid_1.1.2 [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box ● Feb 03 [12:00] TR News Polverine A compact, mikroBUS-compatible environmental sensing platform with PM 2.5 and gas sensors (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/03/polverine-compact-mikrobus-compatible-environment-sensing-platform-with-pm-25-and-gas-sensors/ [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Polverine - A compact, mikroBUS-compatible environmental sensing platform with PM 2.5 and gas sensors (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [12:00] TR News Fake "Review" also known as "SPAM" i.e. what is ruining tomshardware https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/gaming-keyboards/glorious-gmmk-3-review-customized-mainstream-gaming [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Glorious GMMK 3 Review: Customized mainstream gaming | Tom's Hardware [12:01] TR News SEARCHING for "reviews" or "best of" online (these days more so) is 99% guarantees to return PAID SPAM, NOT information [12:12] TR News Lessons for the End of the World https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/lessons-for-the-end-of-the-world [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Lessons for the End of the World | The New Yorker [12:15] TR News DeepSeek Hey Hi (AI) Is a Win for China, but a Danger to Party Control https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/asia/deepseek-china-ai-censorship.html [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | DeepSeek A.I. Is a Win for China, but a Danger to Party Control - The New York Times [12:19] pi [12:21] TR News The news in tech site used to be full of good stories; it gets worse every year and now it's offline, full of fillers, spam, LLM slop, even Grammys BS [12:22] TR News And NO, social control media did NOT replace the news. It gave a FALSE PROMISE (illusion) of having such potential, but that never happened. [12:23] TR News statCounter: In Canada, New Lows for backdoored Windows and Bing is Perishing https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_In_Canada_New_Lows_for_Windows_and_Bing_is_Perishin.shtml [12:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter: In Canada, New Lows for Windows and Bing is Perishing [12:23] TR News Copyleft is the Way to Go (Unless You're an Unpaid Volunteer of GAFAM) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Copyleft_is_the_Way_to_Go_Unless_You_re_an_Unpaid_Volunteer_of_.shtml [12:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Copyleft is the Way to Go (Unless You're an Unpaid Volunteer of GAFAM) [12:24] TR News ICYMI: Google is killing contracts of workers, a Trojan horse, now offers them "VOLUNTARY LAYOFFS". That's like asking some 50 year old grandma if she wants "VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA" because "you are f-ing old anyway!" [12:25] TR News Society also exercise economic euthanasia or economic eugenics. No need to explain how those work; the words say it all. You are poor? DIE FASTER. [12:27] TR News In health services in Europe the person served or one to secure a doctor's appointment is 1) one who shouts loudest, making a scene. 2) one who pretends best that his or her severity exceeds all else. 3) one who is well connected or threatens bad publicity to the private contractor [12:28] TR News So going back to Alphabet Agency Gulag (Google), it now treats its very own staff, some hard-working peasants of MBAs without any tech grasp, like a game of eugenics. Everyone disposable, please stay at work till 9pm and we'll still fire you... anyway. Sorry not sorry. [12:29] TR News Kapo-rberg on GAFAM "job security".... very very formal language: crazy year https://www.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/business/buckle-up-meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-warns-employees-of-crazy-year-ahead-44209 [12:31] TR News IBM Says That Half of Its "Assets" is Basically Pure Fiction ("Goodwill") https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/01/IBM_Says_That_Half_of_Its_Assets_is_Basically_Pure_Fiction_Good.shtml [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Says That Half of Its "Assets" is Basically Pure Fiction ("Goodwill") [12:31] TR News Hiring for Tech Roles Based on Perceived Loyalty is No Better Than Hiring to Meet Diversity Quotas https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/01/Hiring_for_Tech_Roles_Based_on_Perceived_Loyalty_is_No_Better_T.shtml [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Hiring for Tech Roles Based on Perceived Loyalty is No Better Than Hiring to Meet Diversity Quotas [12:31] TR News Windows Going South in the "Global South" (Africa and More) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Windows_Going_South_in_the_Global_South_Africa_and_More.shtml [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Windows Going South in the "Global South" (Africa and More) [12:31] TR News Microsoft Uses the Mindset of Drug Dealers and Pays 'News' Sites to Sell 'Drugs' https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Microsoft_Uses_the_Mindset_of_Drug_Dealers_and_Pays_News_Sites_.shtml [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Uses the Mindset of Drug Dealers and Pays 'News' Sites to Sell 'Drugs' [12:31] TR News Yandex Has Nearly Caught Up With Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Internationally, Bing Falls to Pre-LLM Hype Levels https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Yandex_Has_Nearly_Caught_Up_With_Microsoft_Internationally_Bing.shtml [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Yandex Has Nearly Caught Up With Microsoft Internationally, Bing Falls to Pre-LLM Hype Levels [12:32] TR News Kernel prepatch 6.14-rc1 https://lwn.net/Articles/1007547/ [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kernel prepatch 6.14-rc1 [LWN.net] [12:41] TR News 2024 Year in Review https://rickcarlino.com/2025/2024-year-in-review.html [12:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rickcarlino.com | 2024 Year in Review [12:42] TR News Adetoye Anointing: From Intern To Impact: Building A Future As An Engineer https://blogs.gnome.org/yorubad-dev/2025/02/02/from-intern-to-impact-building-a-future-as-an-engineer/ [12:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | From Intern To Impact: Building A Future As An Engineer ADETOYE ANOINTING [12:43] TR News Hamas tortured Yaren Bibas, father of youngest hostages, by taunting him about his family, but hes still clinging to hope: report https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/world-news/hamas-tortured-father-of-youngest-hostages-by-talking-about-his-family-but-hes-still-clinging-to-hope/ [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Hamas tortured father of youngest hostages by talking about his family, but he's still 'clinging to hope' [12:43] TR News US strikes in Somalia's Puntland kill 'key figures' from Islamic State group https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250202-us-strikes-somalia-puntland-kill-key-figures-islamic-state-group [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250202-us-strikes-somalia-puntland-kill-key-figures-islamic-state-group ) [12:44] TR News United employee, 64, critically injured after American Airlines airplane wing strikes tug vehicle at Chicago OHare Airport https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/us-news/united-employee-64-critically-injured-after-airplane-wing-strikes-tug-vehicle-at-chicago-ohare-airport/ [12:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | United employee, 64, critically injured after airplane wing strikes tug vehicle at Chicago O'Hare Airport [12:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [12:45] TR News Helicopters are loud https://rubenerd.com/helicopters-are-loud/ [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Helicopters are loud [12:45] TR News Colin Watson: Free software activity in January2025 https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2025-01.html [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.chiark.greenend.org.uk | Free software activity in January2025 | Colin Watson's blog [12:46] TR News GNOME Introduces New UI & Monospace Adwaita Fonts https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/gnome-introduces-new-ui-monospace-adwaita-fonts [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | GNOME Introduces New UI & Monospace Adwaita Fonts - OMG! Ubuntu [12:46] TR News GNU Binutils 2.44 Released https://lwn.net/Articles/1007541/ [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GNU Binutils 2.44 Released [LWN.net] [12:47] TR News Linus Torvalds Announces First GNU/Linux Kernel 6.14 Release Candidate https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-6-14-release-candidate [12:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.14 Release Candidate - 9to5Linux [12:47] TR News CachyOS ISO Snapshot for February 2025 Brings GNU/Linux Kernel 6.13, NVIDIA 570 Driver https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-snapshot-for-february-2025-brings-linux-kernel-6-13-nvidia-570-driver [12:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CachyOS ISO Snapshot for February 2025 Brings Linux Kernel 6.13, NVIDIA 570 Driver - 9to5Linux [12:48] TR News New Craft cache 25.01 published https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/02/new-craft-cache-25.01-published/ [12:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.kde.org | New Craft cache 25.01 published - KDE Blogs [12:48] TR News S.E.O. SPAM by Serial Sloppers With L.L.M. Garbage is Hurting GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/01/S_E_O_SPAM_by_Serial_Sloppers_With_L_L_M_Garbage_is_Hurting_Lin.shtml [12:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights S.E.O. SPAM by Serial Sloppers With L.L.M. Garbage is Hurting Linux [12:48] TR News Sharp Drop for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows This Month, Based on statCounter https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Sharp_Drop_for_Microsoft_Windows_This_Month_Based_on_statCounte.shtml [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Sharp Drop for Microsoft Windows This Month, Based on statCounter [12:49] TR News Germany's 'Share' of GNU/Linux Rises to All-Time High Based on This Surveyor https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Germany_s_Share_of_GNU_Linux_Rises_to_All_Time_High_Based_on_Th.shtml [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Germany's 'Share' of GNU/Linux Rises to All-Time High Based on This Surveyor [12:52] TR News Docfd TUI multiline fuzzy document finder https://www.linuxlinks.com/docfd-tui-multiline-fuzzy-document-finder/ [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Docfd - TUI multiline fuzzy document finder - LinuxLinks [12:52] TR News Black Python code formatter https://www.linuxlinks.com/black-python-code-formatter/ [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Black - Python code formatter - LinuxLinks [12:52] TR News 18 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Astronomy Apps https://www.linuxlinks.com/astronomy/ [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-18 Best Free and Open Source Linux Astronomy Apps - LinuxLinks [12:52] TR News Uruk GNU/Linux full free, simple and lightweight distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/uruk-linux-full-free-simple-lightweight-distribution/ [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Uruk Linux - full free, simple and lightweight distribution - LinuxLinks [12:53] TR News massCode code snippets manager for developers https://www.linuxlinks.com/masscode-code-snippets-manager-developers/ [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-massCode - code snippets manager for developers - LinuxLinks [12:54] TR News Slop is NOT Hey Hi (AI), it's just slop https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/02/02/How-I-Use-AI-Early-2025/ [12:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-benjamincongdon.me | How I Use AI: Early 2025 | Ben Congdon ● Feb 03 [13:01] TR News Intel sound avs driver still too immature https://bkhome.org/news/202502/intel-sound-avs-driver-still-too-immature.html [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Intel sound avs driver still too immature [13:02] TR News Ansible Archive Module: Compress Files and Directories https://linuxbuz.com/devops/ansible-archive-module [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxbuz.com | Ansible Archive Module: Compress Files and Directories [13:04] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:04] TR News Famous Criminal Bill Gates is buying more PUFF PIECES from Conde Nast, whose writers actually got arrested for raping kids. Maybe Conde Nast just doesn't mind Gates being the BFF of Jeffrey Epstein. What message does that send??? https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/bill-gates-on-his-new-memoir-and-dining-with-donald-trump-at-mar-a-lago [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Bill Gates and the New Trumpian Tech Oligarchs | The New Yorker [13:05] TR News Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 5 (Jan 27 Feb 2, 2025) https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-5-jan-27-feb-2-2025/ [13:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 5 (Jan 27 Feb 2, 2025) [13:05] TR News CachyOS Introduces Propeller Optimization and NVIDIA Blackwell Support https://linuxiac.com/cachyos-introduces-propeller-optimization-and-nvidia-blackwell-support/ [13:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | CachyOS Introduces Propeller Optimization and NVIDIA Blackwell Support [13:07] TR News Joachim Breitner: Coding on my eInk Tablet https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/815-Coding_on_my_eInk_Tablet [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.joachim-breitner.de | Coding on my eInk Tablet Blog Joachim Breitner's Homepage [13:07] TR News Linux Security: Scan Your Servers for Rootkits With Ease https://thenewstack.io/linux-security-scan-your-servers-for-rootkits-with-ease/ [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Linux Security: Scan Your Servers for Rootkits With Ease - The New Stack [13:08] TR News Khadas Mind 2 Hey Hi (AI) Maker Kit Review Part 3: Ubuntu 24.10 and the importance of power limits https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/02/khadas-mind-2-ai-maker-kit-review-part-3-ubuntu-24-10-and-the-importance-of-power-limits/ [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Khadas Mind 2 AI Maker Kit Review - Part 3: Ubuntu 24.10 and the importance of power limits - CNX Software [13:08] TR News Kryptor simple, modern, and secure file encryption and signing tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/kryptor-file-encryption-signing-tool/ [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Kryptor - simple, modern, and secure file encryption and signing tool - LinuxLinks [13:09] TR News Pygments generic syntax highlighter https://www.linuxlinks.com/pygments-generic-syntax-highlighter/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pygments - generic syntax highlighter - LinuxLinks [13:09] TR News The Way code snippets manager https://www.linuxlinks.com/the-way-code-snippets-manager/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Way - code snippets manager - LinuxLinks [13:09] TR News GNU/Linux up to 4.49% this month https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202502 [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [13:10] TR News Pluralistic: Petard, Part IV (03 Feb 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/02/rot-fungus-r-us/ [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Petard, Part IV (03 Feb 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [13:10] TR News And watch Windows in Europe https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/europe/#monthly-200902-202502 [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Europe | Statcounter Global Stats [13:11] TR News GNU/Linux 20% in Norway https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway/#monthly-200902-202502 7% in Greece https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/greece/#monthly-200902-202502 [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Norway | Statcounter Global Stats [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Greece | Statcounter Global Stats [13:12] TR News New all-time high in Mexico https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/mexico/#monthly-200902-202502 see http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/03/In_Mexico_Windows_Down_to_All_Time_Low_GNU_Linux_Up_to_All_Time.shtml [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Mexico | Statcounter Global Stats [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Mexico, Windows Down to All-Time Low, GNU/Linux Up to All-Time High [13:14] TR News Today Is EU Hey Hi (AI) Act Compliance Day Heres What You Can and Cannot Do https://fossforce.com/2025/02/today-is-eu-ai-act-compliance-day-heres-what-you-can-and-cannot-do/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Today Is EU AI Act Compliance Day - Here's What You Can and Cannot Do - FOSS Force [13:15] TR News "Added another quote from around 2010 found in Levy's Hackers - Heroes of the Computer Revolution regarding Stallman's suicidal thoughts." https://stallmansupport.org/updates.html [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-stallmansupport.org | Updates | Stallman Support [13:19] TR News openwashing https://weeraman.com/deepseek-r1-at-the-cusp-of-an-open-revolution/ [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-weeraman.com | DeepSeek-R1, at the cusp of an open revolution [13:21] TR News Oracle's Debt Soars to 100 Billion Dollars (12 Billion Added in Just 9 Months!) While Larry Ellison Backs Fascism for Bailouts, Graft, and "Contracts" https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Oracle_s_Debt_Soars_to_100_Billion_Dollars_12_Billion_Added_in_.shtml [13:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Oracle's Debt Soars to 100 Billion Dollars (12 Billion Added in Just 9 Months!) While Larry Ellison Backs Fascism for Bailouts, Graft, and "Contracts" [13:23] TR News "We've not been trained for this: life after the Newag DRM disclosure" https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-we-ve-not-been-trained-for-this-life-after-the-newag-drm-disclosure [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-We've not been trained for this: life after the Newag DRM disclosure - media.ccc.de [13:23] TR News and the initial presentation from 2023: "Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains: Reverse engineering a train to analyze a suspicious malfunction" https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains - media.ccc.de [13:35] TR News Sexism linked to social ills for men and women, finds largest cross-cultural study of its kind https://theconversation.com/sexism-linked-to-social-ills-for-men-and-women-finds-largest-cross-cultural-study-of-its-kind-247183 [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Sexism linked to social ills for men and women, finds largest cross-cultural study of its kind [13:36] TR News Emotions change our perception of time https://theconversation.com/emotions-change-our-perception-of-time-as-demonstrated-on-the-traitors-248254 [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Emotions change our perception of time as demonstrated on The Traitors [13:36] TR News Why neglecting your brain health can make it harder to achieve physical goals https://theconversation.com/why-neglecting-your-brain-health-can-make-it-harder-to-achieve-physical-goals-248043 [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Why neglecting your brain health can make it harder to achieve physical goals [13:38] TR News vertical farming https://theconversation.com/five-reasons-why-vertical-farming-is-still-the-future-despite-all-the-recent-business-failures-248270 [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Five reasons why vertical farming is still the future, despite all the recent business failures [13:39] TR News Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon? https://theconversation.com/will-the-us-get-to-mars-quicker-if-it-drops-or-delays-plans-to-visit-the-moon-248046 [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon? [13:39] TR News ocial media ban https://theconversation.com/australias-social-media-ban-shows-how-extreme-the-technology-debate-has-become-theres-a-better-way-245123 [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Australias social media ban shows how extreme the technology debate has become theres a better way [13:40] TR News airports https://theconversation.com/the-weird-psychology-of-airports-248357 [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | The weird psychology of airports [13:41] TR News boycott Amazon https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6621896 [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Threats to boycott Amazon are gaining momentum online. But could it actually happen? | CBC.ca [13:42] TR News We're back with a new in-vets-tigation; Amazon closure: CBC's Marketplace cheat sheet https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-cheat-sheet-jan-26-2025-1.7440436 [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | We're back with a new in-vets-tigation; Amazon closure: CBC's Marketplace cheat sheet | CBC News [13:42] TR News Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Secretly Tracking Consumers Through Cellphones https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-29/lawsuit-accuses-amazon-of-secretly-tracking-consumers-through-cellphones [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-29/lawsuit-accuses-amazon-of-secretly-tracking-consumers-through-cellphones ) [13:43] TR News Amazons Retribution in Quebec Should Be a Wake-Up Call https://jacobin.com/2025/01/amazon-quebec-union-busting-organizing/ [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Amazons Retribution in Quebec Should Be a Wake-Up Call [13:43] TR News Amazon Sues State Agency to Block Release of Company Records to Bezos-Owned Washington Post https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2025-01-30/amazon-sues-state-agency-to-block-release-of-company-records-to-bezos-owned-washington-post [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2025-01-30/amazon-sues-state-agency-to-block-release-of-company-records-to-bezos-owned-washington-post ) [13:44] TR News Amazons Quebec Exit May Be a Strategic Miscalculation https://jacobin.com/2025/01/amazon-quebec-exit-union-organizing/ [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Amazons Quebec Exit May Be a Strategic Miscalculation [13:45] TR News Illegal fake 'court' pretends it runs the whole world http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/upc-finds-that-it-has-jurisdiction-to.html [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | UPC finds that it has jurisdiction to consider infringement in the UK (UPC_CFI_355/2023) - The IPKat [13:45] TR News trademarks http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/ruff-outcome-as-bad-spaniels-found-to.html [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Ruff outcome as Bad Spaniels found to have tarnished Jack Daniel's trademarks - The IPKat [13:47] TR News This is an illegal 'court', but IPKat nowadays tries to legitimise the corruption which made it http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-upcs-first-decision-on-infringement.html [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The UPC's first decision on infringement by equivalence (Plant-e v Bioo, UPC_CFI_239/2023) - The IPKat [13:48] TR News The IP Kat people actively help EPO lies and injustice http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/no-delay-following-intervention-to.html [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | No delay following an intervention to an accelerated EPO appeal during parallel UPC proceedings (T 1841/23) - The IPKat [13:49] TR News Companies 'buying dinners' https://blogs.perl.org/users/vanhoesel/2025/01/post.html [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- Join the TPRF-Sponsored Perl & Raku Community Dinner at FOSDEM 2025! | vanHoesel [blogs.perl.org] [13:50] TR News Sonny Piers https://danielpocock.com/arrested-albanian-outreach-whistleblowers-sonny-piers-gnome-debian-connections/ [13:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | Arrested: Albanian Outreachy whistleblowers, Sonny Piers GNOME & Debian connections [13:50] TR News (NEW): Fwupd 2.0.5 Firmware Updater Adds Support for More ELAN Fingerprint Readers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Fwupd_2_0_5_Firmware_Updater_Adds_Support_for_More_ELAN_Fingerp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Fwupd_2_0_5_Firmware_Updater_Adds_Support_for_More_ELAN_Fingerp.gmi [13:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fwupd 2.0.5 Firmware Updater Adds Support for More ELAN Fingerprint Readers [13:51] TR News Is coffee misleading for tea? EUIPO thinks so! http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/is-coffee-misleading-for-tea-euipo.html [13:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Is coffee misleading for tea? EUIPO thinks so! - The IPKat [13:52] TR News (NEW): Coding on my eInk Tablet https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Coding_on_my_eInk_Tablet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Coding_on_my_eInk_Tablet.gmi [13:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Coding on my eInk Tablet [13:52] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Mozilla_Firefox_135_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Mozilla_Firefox_135_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.gmi [13:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New [13:54] TR News (NEW): Looking ahead at 2025 and Fedora Workstation and jobs on offer! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Looking_ahead_at_2025_and_Fedora_Workstation_and_jobs_on_offer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Looking_ahead_at_2025_and_Fedora_Workstation_and_jobs_on_offer.gmi [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Looking ahead at 2025 and Fedora Workstation and jobs on offer! [13:55] TR News far-right 'firewall' https://www.dw.com/en/will-german-conservative-merz-demolish-far-right-firewall/a-71403725 [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Will German conservative Merz demolish far-right 'firewall'? DW 01/24/2025 [13:56] TR News currency depreciation https://www.dw.com/en/why-brazil-s-currency-depreciation-is-back-to-haunt-lula/a-71391540 [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Brazil's currency depreciation is back to haunt Lula DW 01/24/2025 [13:58] TR News Sudan: Attack on hospital kills 70, says WHO chief https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-attack-on-hospital-kills-70-says-who-chief/a-71412001 [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sudan: Attack on hospital kills 70, says WHO chief DW 01/26/2025 ● Feb 03 [14:04] TR News 'nobody is untouchable' https://www.dw.com/en/sarkozy-corruption-trial-shows-nobody-is-untouchable/a-71394053 [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sarkozy corruption trial shows 'nobody is untouchable' DW 01/26/2025 [14:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [14:04] TR News propaganda https://www.dw.com/en/popular-turkish-tv-series-a-mix-of-commentary-propaganda/a-71374906 [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Popular Turkish TV series a mix of commentary, propaganda DW 01/26/2025 [14:08] TR News North Korea says it tested strategic cruise missiles https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-says-it-tested-strategic-cruise-missiles/a-71411651 [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-North Korea says it tested strategic cruise missiles DW 01/26/2025 [14:08] TR News India's Republic Day parade showcases military might https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-republic-day-parade-showcases-military-might/a-71413033 [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-India's Republic Day parade showcases military might DW 01/26/2025 [14:09] TR News UK format rights claim ends in Shambles http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/uk-format-rights-claim-ends-in-shambles.html [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | UK format rights claim ends in Shambles - The IPKat [14:10] TR News CJEU http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/cjeu-to-decide-whether-publishers-may.html [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | CJEU to decide whether publishers may receive CMO-run funds from private copying - The IPKat [14:14] TR News Thatchers v Aldi is the UK moving towards a tort of unfair competition? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/guest-post-thatchers-v-aldi-is-uk.html [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | [Guest Post] Thatchers v Aldi is the UK moving towards a tort of unfair competition? - The IPKat [14:17] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_and_More.gmi [14:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More [14:19] TR News (NEW): Weekly Wrap-Up and Debian Developmeent Reports https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Weekly_Wrap_Up_and_Debian_Developmeent_Reports.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Weekly_Wrap_Up_and_Debian_Developmeent_Reports.gmi [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Weekly Wrap-Up and Debian Developmeent Reports [14:21] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi [14:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:22] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's leftovers [14:31] TR News Techrights Links 03/02/2025: Microsoft's Termination Controversy and EU Hey Hi (AI) Act Compliance Day https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Links_03_02_2025_Microsoft_s_Termination_Controversy_and_EU_Hey.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Links_03_02_2025_Microsoft_s_Termination_Controversy_and_EU_Hey.gmi [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 03/02/2025: Microsoft's Termination Controversy and EU Hey Hi (AI) Act Compliance Day [14:40] TR News "I didn't even suppose that I'd have to write anything like this at any point in time. Yet here we are. This is a post for a specific parts of my audience, as that part recently got surprisingly large." gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-02-03-a-message-to-copycats.txt [14:41] TR News Teiresias It's Time to Eliminate the Letter X from the English Alphabet gemini://the-brannons.com/eks/ [14:43] TR News SpellBinding: CIYOPSM Wordo: TINES gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-03.gmi [14:54] TR News (NEW): Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.9 Released with Linux Kernel 6.13, Docker Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Slackware_Based_PorteuX_1_9_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_13_Doc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Slackware_Based_PorteuX_1_9_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_13_Doc.gmi [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.9 Released with Linux Kernel 6.13, Docker Support [14:55] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Feb 03 [15:00] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:04] TR News handcuffed in plane https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-condemns-us-after-deportees-arrive-handcuffed-in-plane/a-71411774 [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Brazil condemns US after deportees arrive handcuffed DW 01/26/2025 [15:28] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [15:50] TR News Techrights The Latest Microsoft Layoffs Are a Wake-up Call: The Company is Running Low on Money https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/The_Latest_Microsoft_Layoffs_Are_a_Wake_up_Call_The_Company_is_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/The_Latest_Microsoft_Layoffs_Are_a_Wake_up_Call_The_Company_is_.gmi [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Latest Microsoft Layoffs Are a Wake-up Call: The Company is Running Low on Money ● Feb 03 [16:05] TR News Techrights The Media Does Not Properly Report Microsoft Profits and Losses (It's Partly Intentional) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/The_Media_Does_Not_Properly_Report_Microsoft_Profits_and_Losses.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/The_Media_Does_Not_Properly_Report_Microsoft_Profits_and_Losses.gmi [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Media Does Not Properly Report Microsoft Profits and Losses (It's Partly Intentional) [16:07] TR News Another new all-time high for GNU/Linux in Brazil https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/brazil/#monthly-200902-202502 [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Brazil | Statcounter Global Stats [16:23] *eidos has quit (connection closed) [16:23] TR News Techrights statCounter: GNU/Linux Reaches New All-Time Highs in Brazil and Argentina, Android Has Reached 60% in South America https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Reaches_New_All_Time_Highs_in_Brazil_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Reaches_New_All_Time_Highs_in_Brazil_and_.gmi [16:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter: GNU/Linux Reaches New All-Time Highs in Brazil and Argentina, Android Has Reached 60% in South America [16:24] TR News "the failure of "ChatGPT" needs to be rubbed in when it is mentioned" -iophk http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt [16:31] TR News "I've decided to dub this "valvepunk liberalism". Maybe "hydraulic liberalism" would also work." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-02-02_valvepunk-liberalism.gmi [16:39] TR News "voice of the resistance" https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/journalist-asmin-we-will-continue-to-make-the-voice-of-the-resistance-in-tishrin-heard-77675 [16:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-anfenglishmobile.com | ANF | Journalist Asmn: We will continue to make the voice of the resistance in Tishrin heard [16:39] TR News Journalists Cihan Bilgin and Nazm Datan killed by Turkish airstrike https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/journalists-cihan-bilgin-and-nazim-dastan-killed-by-turkish-airstrike-commemorated-at-their-graves-77668 [16:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-anfenglishmobile.com | ANF | Journalists Cihan Bilgin and Nazm Datan killed by Turkish airstrike commemorated at their graves [16:43] TR News Nearly 30% of Syrians Want to Go Home, up From Almost Zero, UN Refugee Chief Says https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-25/nearly-30-of-syrians-want-to-go-home-up-from-almost-zero-un-refugee-chief-says [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-25/nearly-30-of-syrians-want-to-go-home-up-from-almost-zero-un-refugee-chief-says ) [16:45] TR News arrests dozens of journalists https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-arrests-dozens-of-politicians-journalists-public-figures-in-broad-crackdown-304077 [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Turkey arrests dozens of politicians, journalists, public figures in broad crackdown [16:45] TR News unionization declines https://bianet.org/haber/share-of-working-class-in-turkeys-population-grows-over-50-years-while-unionization-declines-304071 [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Share of working class in Turkeys population grows over 50 years while unionization declines [16:47] TR News A Nation on the Brink of Collapse https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/30/the-fragile-state-of-turkey-a-nation-on-the-brink-of-collapse/ [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-moderndiplomacy.eu | The Fragile State of Turkey: A Nation on the Brink of Collapse - Modern Diplomacy ● Feb 03 [17:15] TR News Techrights statCounter: Apple's iOS About to Exceed Windows in Terms of "Market Share" (Despite Windows Being 'Sold' for Less) https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_Apple_s_iOS_About_to_Exceed_Windows_in_Terms_of_Mar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_Apple_s_iOS_About_to_Exceed_Windows_in_Terms_of_Mar.gmi [17:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter: Apple's iOS About to Exceed Windows in Terms of "Market Share" (Despite Windows Being 'Sold' for Less) [17:18] TR News Christian F.K. Schaller: "Anyway, wanted to put this blog post together talking about what we are looking at for the new year and to let you all know that we are hiring." https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/02/03/looking-ahead-at-2025-and-fedora-workstation-and-jobs-on-offer/ HEY HI nonsense. No, thanks, GNOME. [17:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | Looking ahead at 2025 and Fedora Workstation and jobs on offer! | Christian F.K. Schaller [17:20] TR News Turkey Arrests Talent Manager Over Trying to Overthrow the Government https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-28/turkey-arrests-talent-manager-over-trying-to-overthrow-the-government [17:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-28/turkey-arrests-talent-manager-over-trying-to-overthrow-the-government ) [17:20] TR News Kurdish journalist sentenced to 6 years https://cpj.org/2025/01/kurdish-journalist-sentenced-to-6-years-3-months-on-terrorism-charges-in-turkey/ [17:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Kurdish journalist sentenced to 6 years, 3 months on terrorism charges in Turkey - Committee to Protect Journalists [17:22] TR News Fast food is local food, says journalist who took pictures of McDonald's all over the world https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/global-mcdonalds-photography-1.7447646 [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Fast food is local food, says journalist who took pictures of McDonald's all over the world | CBC Radio [17:24] TR News censorship of science https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/396911/trump-science-nih-censorship-blackout [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Is Trump censoring science? Why the NIH communications blackout is bad for science and us | Vox [17:25] TR News Bitter Economic Pills https://www.projectcensored.org/economic-pills-free-press/ [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/economic-pills-free-press/ ) [17:25] TR News All chatbots censor https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/deepseek-chatbot-chinese-censorship-1.7443419 see https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/ [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | DeepSeek seems to struggle with questions that would upset Chinese authorities | CBC News [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour: Exclusive | TIME [17:26] TR News censorship https://cpj.org/2025/01/journalists-covering-eastern-drc-conflict-face-death-threats-censorship/ [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Journalists covering eastern DRC conflict face death threats, censorship - Committee to Protect Journalists [17:27] TR News It does not work for email either; false uses cases by a Ponzi scheme builders https://www.vox.com/even-better/397448/chatgpt-obituary-speech-writing-gemini-claude-deepseek [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The people using ChatGPT to craft wedding speeches, sensitive texts, and even obituaries | Vox [17:28] TR News (use cases) http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Meme_Don_t_Worry_They_Say_There_s_7_Trillion_Dollars_Waiting_at.shtml [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Meme] Don't Worry, They Say There's 7 Trillion Dollars Waiting at the Top [17:29] TR News Just say it's "wrong", then get it censored? https://cpj.org/2025/01/free-speech-fears-mount-as-pakistans-senate-approves-bill-criminalizing-false-news/ [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Free speech fears mount as Pakistans Senate approves bill criminalizing false news - Committee to Protect Journalists [17:30] TR News Pierre Poilievre https://jacobin.com/2025/02/poilievre-friedman-neoliberalism-canada-converatives/ [17:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Pierre Poilievre Wants Radical Austerity for Canada [17:31] TR News Conservative Event in London https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-30/trump-energy-pick-wright-slated-to-speak-to-conservative-event-in-london [17:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-30/trump-energy-pick-wright-slated-to-speak-to-conservative-event-in-london ) [17:32] TR News Yes, just shut down the Ponzi scheme and let the market crash with this ludicrous bubble which destroys the planet and increases the prices of everything https://www.dw.com/en/can-we-fix-generative-ai-s-massive-energy-and-water-use/a-71459557 [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-What does DeepSeek mean for AI's environmental impact? DW 01/30/2025 [17:32] TR News marine animals save energy on long journeys https://theconversation.com/swimming-in-the-sweet-spot-how-marine-animals-save-energy-on-long-journeys-246833 [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Swimming in the sweet spot: how marine animals save energy on long journeys [17:35] TR News 190 climate activists arrested in Amsterdam highway protests https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/26/190-climate-activists-arrested-amsterdam-highway-protests cops for polluters [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | 190 climate activists arrested in Amsterdam highway protests | NL Times [17:35] TR News Hypocrisy of Celebrities on Climate Change https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/27/how-the-l-a-wildfires-exposed-the-hypocrisy-of-celebrities-on-climate-change/ [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-moderndiplomacy.eu | How the L.A. Wildfires Exposed the Hypocrisy of Celebrities on Climate Change - Modern Diplomacy [17:35] TR News 393538 [17:35] TR News "far-right environmentalist" https://www.vox.com/climate/393538/rfk-jr-maha-trump-environmenta-movement-far-right [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-RFK Jr. confirmation hearing: Far-right environmentalists see hope in Trump HHS pick | Vox [17:36] TR News Abolish Climate Disasters https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/27/abolish-climate-disasters/ [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Abolish Climate Disasters - CounterPunch.org [17:37] TR News rat-infested cities https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/more-bad-news-for-rat-infested-cities-climate-change-is-making-it-worse-1.7447368 [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | More bad news for rat-infested cities: Climate change is making it worse | CBC News [17:37] TR News Deleted All Web References to Climate Change https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trumps-epa-has-deleted-all-web-references-to-climate-change/ [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Trumps EPA Has Deleted All Web References to Climate Change [17:37] TR News The fracking frenzy in B.C and Texas is leading to record-breaking earthquakes https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/fracking-bc-texas-earthquakes-1.7447400 [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | The fracking frenzy in B.C and Texas is leading to record-breaking earthquakes | CBC News [17:38] TR News Amsterdam UMC takes Ronald Plasterk to court for patent fraud https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/27/amsterdam-umc-takes-ronald-plasterk-court-patent-fraud [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Amsterdam UMC takes Ronald Plasterk to court for patent fraud | NL Times [17:39] TR News approaches in patent obviousness: US and EU perspectives http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/guestpost-holistic-approaches-in-patent.html [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | GuestPost: Holistic approaches in patent obviousness: US and EU perspectives - The IPKat [17:40] TR News LibreOffice 25.2.0 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/libreoffice-25-2-auto-signature-odf14/ [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | LibreOffice 25.2.0 is out! Auto Signature, ODF 1.4, New Theming System | UbuntuHandbook [17:43] TR News Apple and debt https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/23/apple-removes-2024-from-next-gen-carplay-page/ [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple Removes '2024' Timeframe From Next-Generation CarPlay Page - MacRumors [17:44] TR News "Hahahahahaha that was a good one. When you cut 70 percent of ur workforce in the last 5 years and still put up abysmal financial numbers, your company is dead. Finito, finished and arrivederci." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk60emg1 [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk60emg1 ) [17:45] TR News "When adjusted for inflation, IBM is approximately at the same market cap as it was 13 years ago. Sounds more like a come back centenarian." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk60emg1 [17:45] TR News "The world may just grind to a halt even with IBM still around." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwy6gsq [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwy6gsq ) [17:48] TR News (NEW): Ardour 8.11 Open-Source DAW Is Out to Fix a Critical Workflow-Blocking Bug on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Ardour_8_11_Open_Source_DAW_Is_Out_to_Fix_a_Critical_Workflow_B.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Ardour_8_11_Open_Source_DAW_Is_Out_to_Fix_a_Critical_Workflow_B.gmi [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ardour 8.11 Open-Source DAW Is Out to Fix a Critical Workflow-Blocking Bug on Linux ● Feb 03 [18:10] TR News Techrights statCounter: In Web Browsers, Microsoft Collapses to Worst Levels in 2 Years! https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_In_Web_Browsers_Microsoft_Collapses_to_Worst_Levels.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_In_Web_Browsers_Microsoft_Collapses_to_Worst_Levels.gmi [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter: In Web Browsers, Microsoft Collapses to Worst Levels in 2 Years! [18:10] TR News Heroes of the Computer Revolution: "I'm the last survivor of a dead culture, and I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead" -RMS [18:11] TR News This new addition yesterday: https://stallmansupport.org/debunking-false-accusations-against-richard-stallman.html#ref7-rev [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-stallmansupport.org | Debunking False Accusation Against Richard Stallman | Stallman Support [18:12] TR News What RMS said about dead Jobs https://www.chip.com.tr/haber/steve-jobs-un-gidisi-onu-memnun-etti_29634.html [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.chip.com.tr | Steve Jobs'un gidii onu memnun etti! - CHIP Online [18:14] TR News "Similar to online AI detector tools, the add-on can analyse text (of 32 words or more) to identify patterns, traits, and tells common in AI generated or manipulated text. It uses Mozillas proprietary ApolloDFT engine and a set of open-source detection models." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/deepfake-is-an-ai-detector-firefox-addon [18:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Try Mozilla's New AI Detector Add-On for Firefox - OMG! Ubuntu [18:14] TR News "The change was reverted prior to the GNOME 47 due to various UI quirks, coverage issues, and compatibility (thus underlying the importance of testing things out prior to making wholesale changes)." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/gnome-introduces-new-ui-monospace-adwaita-fonts [18:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | GNOME Introduces New UI & Monospace Adwaita Fonts - OMG! Ubuntu [18:16] TR News "One of my favorite parts of being a Linux user is the lively community. A big part of that community is the Linux content creators who've guided me in the Linux realm. So I'm sharing some of the YouTube channels that have changed my perspective on Linux the most." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-became-a-better-linux-user-by-watching-these-youtube-channels/ [18:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I Became a Better Linux User by Watching These YouTube Channels [18:16] TR News "Arch Linux-based CachyOS has a new ISO snapshot, for February 2025, available for download with the latest and greatest Linux kernel, improved support for NVIDIA GPU users, and other enhancements." https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-snapshot-for-february-2025-brings-linux-kernel-6-13-nvidia-570-driver [18:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CachyOS ISO Snapshot for February 2025 Brings Linux Kernel 6.13, NVIDIA 570 Driver - 9to5Linux [18:17] TR News How to infect one's GNU/Linux with Microsoft https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-install-powershell-on-linux/ [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | How to Install PowerShell on Linux [18:17] TR News "As with many things, a typical Linux install offers a choice of filesystems, though the Ext4 filesystem is typically the default for most distros. What are the advantages of those other filesystems, and when should you choose them instead?" https://www.howtogeek.com/filesystems-on-linux-when-should-you-not-use-ext4/ [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Filesystems on Linux: When Should You Not Use Ext4? [18:19] TR News AMDs RDNA 4 GPUs Will Get Good Enough RADV Support With Mesa 25.0 Release, Will Only Lack Two Components https://wccftech.com/amd-rdna-4-gpus-will-get-good-enough-radv-support-with-mesa-25-0-release-will-only-lack-two-components/ [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wccftech.com | AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs Will Get "Good Enough" RADV Support With Mesa 25.0 Release, Will Only Lack Two Components [18:19] TR News "The Sims Legacy Collection includes: The Sims, The Sims 4 Throwback Fit Kit. Plus The Sims packs: The Sims Livin Large, , The Sims House Party, The Sims Hot Date, The Sims Vacation, The Sims Unleashed, The Sims Superstar and The Sims Makin Magic." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-sims-and-the-sims-2-officially-return-with-a-legacy-collection-for-each/ [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Sims and The Sims 2 officially return with a Legacy Collection for each | GamingOnLinux [18:19] TR News (NEW): I Tried the Ghostty Terminal on Linux. Does It Live Up to Its Hype? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/I_Tried_the_Ghostty_Terminal_on_Linux_Does_It_Live_Up_to_Its_Hy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/I_Tried_the_Ghostty_Terminal_on_Linux_Does_It_Live_Up_to_Its_Hy.gmi [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I Tried the Ghostty Terminal on Linux. Does It Live Up to Its Hype? [18:22] TR News "I have to be careful either way. I need a story... OK, dad's a peddler but he got sick and died. Simple enough, right?" gemini://bosque-protector.com/en/storygaming/muleboy/0006.gmi [18:43] TR News Techrights Disappointing 'Results' and Mass Layoffs (Without Severance Pay) Sank Microsoft, But It's a Lot Worse Than Shareholders Care to Realise https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Disappointing_Results_and_Mass_Layoffs_Without_Severance_Pay_Sa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Disappointing_Results_and_Mass_Layoffs_Without_Severance_Pay_Sa.gmi [18:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Disappointing 'Results' and Mass Layoffs (Without Severance Pay) Sank Microsoft, But It's a Lot Worse Than Shareholders Care to Realise ● Feb 03 [19:00] TR News Techrights Microsoft Bing Lies https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Microsoft_Bing_Lies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Microsoft_Bing_Lies.gmi [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Bing Lies [19:10] TR News Techrights ]All Efforts to Censor Techrights Have Always Failed https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/All_Efforts_to_Censor_Techrights_Have_Always_Failed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/All_Efforts_to_Censor_Techrights_Have_Always_Failed.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights ]All Efforts to Censor Techrights Have Always Failed [19:16] TR News Windows is down almost everywhere this year https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/japan/#monthly-200902-202502 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/australia/#monthly-200902-202502 [19:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Japan | Statcounter Global Stats [19:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Australia | Statcounter Global Stats [19:17] TR News Huge fall in Egypt https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/egypt/#monthly-200902-202502 [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Egypt | Statcounter Global Stats [19:19] TR News Windows has fallen to just 5% in Nigeria http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/11/After_a_Year_of_Layoffs_in_Microsoft_Nigeria_and_Microsoft_in_A.shtml latest even lower:https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/nigeria/#monthly-200902-202502 [19:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights After a Year of Layoffs in Microsoft Nigeria (and Microsoft in Africa at Large) Windows Falls to New Lows and Bing Falls to 0.46% "Market Share" [19:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Nigeria | Statcounter Global Stats [19:20] TR News Windows fell to new all-time low in South Africa, less than 10% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/south-africa/#monthly-200902-202502 [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share South Africa | Statcounter Global Stats [19:22] TR News "The same thing happened with Disney when the H1Bs showed up and the current IT employees were required to train their replacements or not be eligible for any severance. There eventually were Congressional hearings on this." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjyvqkfx [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjyvqkfx ) [19:22] TR News "No, they should have started overseas." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk5shqp7 [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk5shqp7 ) [19:29] TR News Little Sympathy https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-28/apple-finds-little-sympathy-from-german-judges-in-antitrust-appeal [19:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-28/apple-finds-little-sympathy-from-german-judges-in-antitrust-appeal ) [19:30] TR News DeepSeek Blocked on Apple and Google App Stores in Italy https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-01-29/deepseek-app-unavailable-in-apple-and-google-app-stores-in-italy but not GAGAM chatbots? [19:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-01-29/deepseek-app-unavailable-in-apple-and-google-app-stores-in-italy ) [19:31] TR News GalliumOS: The Best Linux for Chromebook https://pendrivelinux.com/galliumos-linux-for-chromebooks/ [19:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pendrivelinux.com | GalliumOS: The Best Linux for Chromebooks Boot from USB [19:32] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (04/2025): Nexx[sic!]-gen hardware by Liberux https://linmob.net/weekly-update-04-2025/ [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (04/2025): Nexx[sic!]-gen hardware by Liberux [19:35] TR News 5 Simple Tricks I Use to Make Good Use of Tmux in Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/tricks-use-tmux-in-linux/ [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | 5 Simple Tricks I Use to Make Good Use of Tmux in Linux - Make Tech Easier [19:35] TR News Alpine Linux joins Open Collective https://alpinelinux.org/posts/2025-01-30-alpine-linux-joins-open-collective.html [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-alpinelinux.org | Alpine Linux joins Open Collective | Alpine Linux [19:36] TR News Fedora Magazine: Contribute at the Fedora Linux Test Week for Kernel 6.13 https://fedoramagazine.org/contribute-at-the-fedora-linux-test-week-for-kernel-6-13/ [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fedoramagazine.org | Contribute at the Fedora Linux Test Week for Kernel 6.13 - Fedora Magazine [19:40] TR News Dutch sperm donor with 550 kids pushing incest, trad life on YouTube, parents say https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/28/dutch-sperm-donor-550-kids-pushing-incest-trad-life-youtube-parents-say [19:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Dutch sperm donor with 550 kids pushing incest, trad life on YouTube, parents say | NL Times [19:47] TR News KDE Is Ready To Claim Its Rightful Throne https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=YsnOoxLhves [19:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-inv.nadeko.net | KDE Is Ready To Claim Its Rightful Throne - Invidious [19:47] TR News I Love The COSMIC Desktop But... https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=hPN636VhRtM [19:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-inv.nadeko.net | I Love The COSMIC Desktop But... - Invidious [19:47] TR News The Arch Linux Results Are In, It's Really The Best https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=6lqRRG6vvEY [19:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-inv.nadeko.net | The Arch Linux Results Are In, It's Really The Best - Invidious [19:47] TR News A Quick Look At Solus 4.7 "Endurance" https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=SW2B5AT-vlU [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-inv.nadeko.net | A Quick Look At Solus 4.7 "Endurance" - Invidious [19:48] TR News elementary OS 8 Quick Overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=PtY4SMZiz7Y [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=PtY4SMZiz7Y ) [19:48] TR News One Step Closer To A Fully Wayland Desktop https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=DaNSbpaoXzc [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=DaNSbpaoXzc ) [19:48] TR News Linux Lite 7.2 Quick Overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=RMcI6KnIYZk [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=RMcI6KnIYZk ) [19:49] TR News Solus 4.7 overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=OL9yEUIirIY" [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-inv.nadeko.net | Solus 4.7 overview | Designed for Everyone. - Invidious [19:49] TR News NTSYNC will change Linux gaming forever (and other gaming news) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=qOjXYsWZuN8 [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-inv.nadeko.net | NTSYNC will change Linux gaming forever (and other gaming news) - Invidious [19:50] TR News Debian leaves X https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=k7QDZpAR1Gc [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-inv.nadeko.net | Mesa, Wayland & X.org in trouble, Debian leaves X, Facebook blocks Linux: Linux & Open Source News - Invidious [19:50] TR News I SWITCHED to Elementary OS 8 for 7 Days Can It Beat My Linux Mint? (For 2025) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=haQbZgr4LXQ [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-inv.nadeko.net | I SWITCHED to Elementary OS 8 for 7 Days Can It Beat My Linux Mint? (For 2025) - Invidious [19:50] TR News Useful Terminal Commands For Distro-Hoppers https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=A3csqlk8kFw [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=A3csqlk8kFw ) [19:50] TR News 10 Useful Linux Commands Every SysAdmin Needs to Know https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=5L7QMtXOs-M [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=5L7QMtXOs-M ) [19:55] TR News FSF fund-raising now near 430k dollars https://www.fsf.org/appeal https://my.fsf.org/donate [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Free software is an important building block to a free society Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-my.fsf.org | Support the Free Software Foundation | Free Software Foundation ● Feb 03 [20:06] TR News Facebook Flags Linux Topics As 'Cybersecurity Threats' https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/01/27/2120230/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | Facebook Flags Linux Topics As 'Cybersecurity Threats' - Slashdot [20:08] TR News "Smart" https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/how-garmin-watches-reveal-your-personal-data-and-what-you-can-do/ [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pentestpartners.com | How Garmin watches reveal your personal data, and what you can do | Pen Test Partners [20:09] TR News US FDA Identifies Cybersecurity Risks in Certain Patient Monitors https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-30/us-fda-identifies-cybersecurity-risks-in-certain-patient-monitors [20:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-30/us-fda-identifies-cybersecurity-risks-in-certain-patient-monitors ) [20:10] TR News ArchBang 2701 and Live Raizo 16.25.01.25 are out [20:11] TR News OPNsense 25.1 released https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=45460.0 [20:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-forum.opnsense.org | OPNsense 25.1 released [20:13] TR News CalculateLinux 20250129 is out [20:13] TR News (NEW): OPNsense Celebrates 10 Years with the 25.1 Ultimate Unicorn Release https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/30/OPNsense_Celebrates_10_Years_with_the_25_1_Ultimate_Unicorn_Rel.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/30/OPNsense_Celebrates_10_Years_with_the_25_1_Ultimate_Unicorn_Rel.gmi [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OPNsense Celebrates 10 Years with the 25.1 Ultimate Unicorn Release [20:13] TR News TrueNAS SCALE 24.10.2 https://www.truenas.com/docs/scale/24.10/gettingstarted/scalereleasenotes/#24102-changelog [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-24.10 (Electric Eel) Version Notes | TrueNAS Documentation Hub [20:14] TR News GParted 1.7.0 https://gparted.org/news.php?item=256 [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gparted.org | GParted -- News Item 256 [20:15] TR News Dr.Parted 25.02 is out [20:16] TR News Parrot 6.3 Release Notes https://parrotsec.org/blog/2025-01-31-parrot-6.3-release-notes/ [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-parrotsec.org | Parrot 6.3 Release Notes [20:16] TR News (NEW): GParted Live 1.7 Launches with Experimental Bcachefs Support, Linux 6.12 LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/GParted_Live_1_7_Launches_with_Experimental_Bcachefs_Support_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/31/GParted_Live_1_7_Launches_with_Experimental_Bcachefs_Support_Li.gmi [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GParted Live 1.7 Launches with Experimental Bcachefs Support, Linux 6.12 LTS [20:18] TR News (NEW): Parrot OS 6.3 Released with Enhanced Security, New Tools https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/02/Parrot_OS_6_3_Released_with_Enhanced_Security_New_Tools.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/02/Parrot_OS_6_3_Released_with_Enhanced_Security_New_Tools.gmi [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Parrot OS 6.3 Released with Enhanced Security, New Tools [20:20] TR News (NEW): Videos: Some New Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Videos_Some_New_Videos_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Videos_Some_New_Videos_About_GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software.gmi [20:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Videos: Some New Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software [20:21] TR News (NEW): Fedora and GNOME Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Fedora_and_GNOME_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/Fedora_and_GNOME_Leftovers.gmi [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora and GNOME Leftovers [20:21] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/today_s_howtos.1.gmi [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [20:23] TR News (NEW): AMD RDNA 4 GPUs to buck trend by getting near-perfect launch-day Linux support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/AMD_RDNA_4_GPUs_to_buck_trend_by_getting_near_perfect_launch_da.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/01/AMD_RDNA_4_GPUs_to_buck_trend_by_getting_near_perfect_launch_da.gmi [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines AMD RDNA 4 GPUs to buck trend by getting near-perfect launch-day Linux support [20:25] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/03/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [20:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [20:25] TR News Plague of dryness gemini://altesq.net/log/plague_of_dryness.gmi [20:26] TR News "Installing antiX Linux did everything I wanted it to do for my old de-googled Chromebook." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/candide/antiX.txt [20:30] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 03/02/2025: X-less English Alphabet and antiX https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Gemini_Links_03_02_2025_X_less_English_Alphabet_and_antiX.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Gemini_Links_03_02_2025_X_less_English_Alphabet_and_antiX.gmi [20:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 03/02/2025: X-less English Alphabet and antiX [20:32] TR News Techrights Links 03/02/2025: Recent Security Holes and Environmentalism https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Links_03_02_2025_Recent_Security_Holes_and_Environmentalism.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Links_03_02_2025_Recent_Security_Holes_and_Environmentalism.gmi [20:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 03/02/2025: Recent Security Holes and Environmentalism [20:52] TR News "Virtual Richard M Stallman" https://www.abbreviations.com/term/1630369/virtual-richard-m-stallman [20:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.abbreviations.com | VRMS - Virtual Richard M Stallman [20:57] TR News The animated rendition of RMS suggests he was fat in the early 80s, but he was not https://www.fsf.org/history/ [20:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | FSF History [20:58] TR News It also says "Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is established". But it clearly went the wrong way: http://techrights.org/o/2020/08/22/fsf-fsfe-dispute/ [20:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Leak: FSF/FSFE Trademark Dispute (FSF Demanding That FSFE Should Change the Organisation's Name) [20:59] TR News A month later "Free Software Foundation France is established" and 2 months later "Free Software Foundation India is established". They are barely active these days. ● Feb 03 [21:00] TR News "The appointment follows the departure of Bradley M. Kuhn, who is taking up the post of Chief Technology Officer at the newly created Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC)." Which he later attack by creating a clone, copycat, with misleading name. Then sued for trademark violation. https://www.fsf.org/news/new-executive-director.html [21:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | FSF announces new Executive Director Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [21:01] TR News This one is STILL online https://patentabsurdity.com/watch.html [21:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentabsurdity.com | Patent Absurdity How software patents broke the system [21:03] TR News "The list that attacks Richard has Microsoft, Google, OSI, Linux Foundation, Gnome Foundation and Ethical Source people on it! These people oppose Free Software ideologically (even if some of them do produce free software sometimes" https://linuxreviews.org/Libreboot_Maintainer_Leah_Rowe:_%22Defend_Richard_Stallman!%22 [21:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxreviews.org | Libreboot Maintainer Leah Rowe: "Defend Richard Stallman!" - LinuxReviews [21:04] TR News He calls it spyware because Techrights asked him to. Then Microsoft's shill Jono Bacon stepped in, because that's his role. https://thenextweb.com/news/richard-stallman-slams-ubuntu-as-spyware-prompting-canonicals-jono-bacon-to-call-fud http://techrights.org/o/2019/04/08/jono-bacon-works-for-microsoft/ [21:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenextweb.com | Richard Stallman Calls Ubuntu Spyware over Amazon Partnership [21:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Jono Bacon Works for Microsoft ● Feb 03 [05:58] TR News "The Birth of the American Empire" https://openpath.quest/2025/the-birth-of-the-american-empire/ [05:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol-openpath.quest | The Birth of the American Empire Open Path by Chad Whitacre [05:59] TR News "The dispensable nation Crooked Timber" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/01/the-dispensable-nation/ [05:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol-crookedtimber.org | The dispensable nation Crooked Timber [05:59] TR News "'Canadian rye over Kentucky bourbon, stay in Canada for vacation': Trudeau's appeal after Trump imposes tariffs - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/canadian-rye-over-kentucky-bourbon-stay-in-canada-for-vacation-trudeaus-appeal-after-trump-imposes-tariffs/articleshow/117851093.cms [05:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 'Canadian rye over Kentucky bourbon, stay in Canada for vacation': Trudeau's appeal after Trump imposes tariffs - The Times of India [05:59] TR News "RFK Jr.s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment" https://www.wired.com/story/rfk-jrs-organic-crusade-has-sparked-a-weird-political-realignment/ [05:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol-RFK Jr.s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment | WIRED ● Feb 03 [06:01] TR News "The Democrats Show Why They Lost" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/dnc-meeting/681548/ [06:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | The Democrats Show Why They Lost - The Atlantic [06:01] TR News "Rubio pushes Panama to reduce Chinese influence over canal" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2025/0202/marco-rubio-panama-canal [06:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Rubio pushes Panama to reduce Chinese influence over canal - CSMonitor.com [06:03] TR News Poltava https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/02/see-the-aftermath-of-russia-s-deadly-missile-strike-on-ukraine-s-poltava | Source: Meduza [06:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | See the aftermath of Russias deadly missile strike on Ukraines Poltava Meduza ● Feb 03 [07:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [07:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [07:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [07:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Feb 03 [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:05] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techpol [09:19] TR News Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/europe/russia-syria-bases.html [09:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria - The New York Times [09:19] TR News Monday Briefing: Convicted Felon Ends Protections for Venezuelans https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/briefing/trump-venezuela-syria-saudis-ukraine-civilians.html [09:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Monday Briefing: Trump Ends Protections for Venezuelans - The New York Times [09:19] TR News Ukraine Says at Least 18 Civilians Are Killed in Strikes https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-civilians-killed.html [09:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Ukraine Says at Least 18 Civilians Are Killed in Strikes - The New York Times [09:19] TR News Russia Accused Of Killing Own Citizens In Bombing Of Boarding School In Kursk https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-missile-strike-poltava-residential-building-ukraine-february-2024/33299439.html [09:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russia Accused Of Killing Own Citizens In Bombing Of Boarding School In Kursk [09:19] TR News Death Toll In Poltava Strike Rises To 14 As More Bodies Pulled From Rubble https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-missile-strike-poltava-death-toll-14-children/33300261.html [09:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Death Toll In Poltava Strike Rises To 14 As More Bodies Pulled From Rubble [09:19] TR News Russian air strikes leave several dead, damage energy infrastructure in Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-russia-fires-dozens-of-drones-and-missiles-at-ukraine [09:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250202-russia-fires-dozens-of-drones-and-missiles-at-ukraine ) [09:20] TR News Regional parliament speakers to discuss Russian sabotage and helping Ukraine https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/02.02.2025-regional-parliament-speakers-to-discuss-russian-sabotage-and-helping-ukraine.a586149/ [09:20] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Regional parliament speakers to discuss Russian sabotage and helping Ukraine / Article [09:51] TR News North Korea criticises Rubio, says it will respond strongly to US provocations https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-criticises-rubio-says-it-will-respond-strongly-to-us-provocations [09:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea criticises Rubio, says it will respond strongly to US provocations | The Straits Times [09:51] TR News KL sinkhole tragedy: Jalan Masjid India shopping area returns to life in time for the festive season https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-jalan-masjid-india-shopping-area-returns-to-life-five-months-after-sinkhole-tragedy [09:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | KL sinkhole tragedy: Jalan Masjid India shopping area returns to life in time for the festive season | The Straits Times [09:51] TR News Dictator plans talks over sweeping tariffs with Canada and Mexico https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250202-trump-trade-canada-mexico [09:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250202-trump-trade-canada-mexico ) [09:52] TR News Trade War Heats Up After Convicted Felon Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/world/us-tariffs-canada-china-mexico.html [09:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Trade War Heats Up After Trump Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates - 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The New York Times [11:29] TR News Dictator Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/us/politics/trump-tariffs-global-economic-order.html [11:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | Trump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order - The New York Times [11:30] TR News DRC security situation remains dire, SADC says after Goma falls to rebels https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/drc-security-situation-remains-dire-sadc-says-after-goma-falls-to-rebels/ [11:30] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.defenceweb.co.za | DRC security situation remains dire, SADC says after Goma falls to rebels - defenceWeb [11:30] TR News Silence from Canberra on threat to national security https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/silence-from-canberra-on-threat-to-national-security/ [11:30] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Silence from Canberra on threat to national security | The Strategist ● Feb 03 [12:43] TR News Hamas tortured Yaren Bibas, father of youngest hostages, by taunting him about his family, but hes still clinging to hope: report https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/world-news/hamas-tortured-father-of-youngest-hostages-by-talking-about-his-family-but-hes-still-clinging-to-hope/ [12:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-nypost.com | Hamas tortured father of youngest hostages by talking about his family, but he's still 'clinging to hope' [12:43] TR News US strikes in Somalia's Puntland kill 'key figures' from Islamic State group https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250202-us-strikes-somalia-puntland-kill-key-figures-islamic-state-group [12:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250202-us-strikes-somalia-puntland-kill-key-figures-islamic-state-group ) [12:44] TR News United employee, 64, critically injured after American Airlines airplane wing strikes tug vehicle at Chicago OHare Airport https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/us-news/united-employee-64-critically-injured-after-airplane-wing-strikes-tug-vehicle-at-chicago-ohare-airport/ [12:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-nypost.com | United employee, 64, critically injured after airplane wing strikes tug vehicle at Chicago O'Hare Airport [12:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Feb 03 [13:55] TR News far-right 'firewall' https://www.dw.com/en/will-german-conservative-merz-demolish-far-right-firewall/a-71403725 [13:55] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Will German conservative Merz demolish far-right 'firewall'? DW 01/24/2025 [13:58] TR News Sudan: Attack on hospital kills 70, says WHO chief https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-attack-on-hospital-kills-70-says-who-chief/a-71412001 [13:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Sudan: Attack on hospital kills 70, says WHO chief DW 01/26/2025 ● Feb 03 [14:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [14:08] TR News India's Republic Day parade showcases military might https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-republic-day-parade-showcases-military-might/a-71413033 [14:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-India's Republic Day parade showcases military might DW 01/26/2025 ● Feb 03 [15:16] MinceR well, if the democrats aren't refusing to cooperate with the CFU, that "firewall" is already history ● Feb 03 [16:03] nobody it's just election campaigning and strategy, since CDU seeks to attract voter segments contradicting each other [16:04] nobody that's why Merkel popped out of her retirement mole hole, to attract "grandmas against NAZIs" protesters, in parallel Merz seeks to attract "conservatives" sceptical towards migration policies [16:05] nobody the final outcome of some recent parliament dispute: NOTHING, no result, none at all, and 7 different political parties accusing each other [16:05] nobody for doing nothing [16:06] nobody finally, some corrupt bureaucracy is stamping fraudulent energy bills, to route cash-flow surplus into the corrupt apparatus of theirs [16:06] nobody just today, at christian conservative party convent, they argued with energy prices hitting five-fold that of USA [16:07] nobody USA electricity is billed with 5cents/kWh, while CDU speaker argued it was 15cents/kWh in germany [16:07] nobody nothing but lies and propaganda, on my electricity they stamped 60cents/kWh, and "cheap russian gas" hitting 150cents/kWH [16:08] nobody if i had not intervened at financial department, they seeked to max out on "cheap russian gas" with 300cents/kWh (September 2022) [16:09] nobody accounting fraud, corruption and extortion, that's considered "market economy", all else is "non-competitive", "un-productive" [16:10] MinceR "cheap russian gas" isn't cheap in orbanistan either [16:10] nobody accounting fraud and extortion, the russian gas argument is just a facade and distraction [16:11] nobody current propaganda consensus, it was supposedly "exploding energy prices" that hit german economy into recession [16:12] nobody just another propaganda lie, because the supposedly "competitive german industry" had greatly benefit from "industrial energy pricing" for decades [16:12] nobody but they outsourced massive-scale to china regardless [16:14] nobody corruption, accounting fraud, mis-management; among those 7 political parties to choose from, none of them would dare to namecall [16:15] nobody public tv comfortably arranged themselves with lies and propaganda too [16:15] nobody we've got two dozen public tv stations, none of them bothered to question the accounting fraud over russian gas and energy pricing [16:43] TR News Nearly 30% of Syrians Want to Go Home, up From Almost Zero, UN Refugee Chief Says https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-25/nearly-30-of-syrians-want-to-go-home-up-from-almost-zero-un-refugee-chief-says [16:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-25/nearly-30-of-syrians-want-to-go-home-up-from-almost-zero-un-refugee-chief-says ) [16:47] TR News A Nation on the Brink of Collapse https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/30/the-fragile-state-of-turkey-a-nation-on-the-brink-of-collapse/ [16:47] -TechPolBot/#techpol-moderndiplomacy.eu | The Fragile State of Turkey: A Nation on the Brink of Collapse - Modern Diplomacy ● Feb 03 [17:20] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Feb 03 [18:51] *jacobk (~quassel@6wygwq2t5e2hw.irc) has joined #techpol ● Feb 03 [21:00] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Feb 03 [22:23] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techpol [22:27] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)