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[02:40]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-030525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-030525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-030525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-030525.txt
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[02:41]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-030525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-030525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-030525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-030525.txt
[02:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, May 03, 2025
[02:42]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-030525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-030525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-030525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-030525.txt
[02:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, May 03, 2025
[02:43]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-030525.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-030525.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-030525.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-030525.txt
[02:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, May 03, 2025
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-05-03.txt
● May 04
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[05:09]	TR News	4MLinux 48.0 STABLE released. https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com/2025/04/4mlinux-480-stable-released.html
[05:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com | 4MLinux Releases: 4MLinux 48.0 STABLE released.
[05:10]	TR News	 (NEW):  4MLinux 48.0 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/4MLinux_48_0_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Powered_by_Linux_Ker.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/28/4MLinux_48_0_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Powered_by_Linux_Ker.gmi 
[05:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 4MLinux 48.0 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS
[05:11]	TR News	"Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: Army confirms military parade coinciding with Trump's birthday" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/7000-troops-tanks-parachute-jumps-military-parade-coinciding/story?id=121410722
[05:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-abcnews.go.com | Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: Army confirms military parade coinciding with Trump's birthday - ABC News
[05:15]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace Randomly chosen images from Geminispace
[05:15]	TR News	Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-04.gmi
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[05:17]	TR News	"Busy times! The unusual warm weather" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/030525.txt
[05:17]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1284.jpg
[05:17]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1634.jpg
[05:19]	TR News	Perfect Days gemini://m1n.smol.pub/perfect-days-0
[05:20]	TR News	"So I killed everything in that square meter of side garden. Then I transplanted some creeping thyme and oregano into the space - two species that will colonize that patch of garden like Puritans handing out smallpox blankets" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-05-03
[05:21]	TR News	La soledad gemini://m1n.smol.pub/loneliness
[05:22]	TR News	Active capsules now up to 3024, it was 3000 just 2 weeks ago gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi
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[05:31]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 03, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_May_03_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_May_03_2025.gmi 
[05:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 03, 2025
[05:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[05:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[05:34]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[05:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[05:35]	TR News	Windows still down steadily https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202505
[05:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
[05:50]	TR News	Archcraft Prime Release https://wiki.archcraft.io/news/49-news-release/
[05:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wiki.archcraft.io | Archcraft Prime Release | Archcraft
[05:51]	TR News	RebornOS 2025.04.26 is out https://rebornos.org/ https://rebornos.org/news/
[05:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rebornos.org | Home - RebornOS Linux
[05:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rebornos.org | News - RebornOS Linux
[05:53]	TR News	Volumio 3.804 is also out https://volumio.com/
[05:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Home - Volumio
[05:54]	TR News	"A usual reminder: this is a BETA release. It should not be used for production installations. The provided upgrade instructions should not be used on production machines unless you dont mind if something breaks. If you are looking to see how things going to work in stable, you are on the right track." https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-08-announcing-96-beta/
[05:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-almalinux.org | AlmaLinux OS - Forever-Free Enterprise-Grade Operating System
[05:54]	TR News	AlmaLinux 9.6 Beta Release Notes https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/9.6-beta.html
[05:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wiki.almalinux.org | 9.6 Beta | AlmaLinux Wiki
[05:55]	TR News	Obarun 2025.04.30 is out https://web.obarun.org/
[05:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-web.obarun.org | Obarun distribution
[05:56]	TR News	Mabox Linux April ISO refresh panel improvements, status indicator with dynamic menu https://maboxlinux.org/april-iso-refresh-panel-improvements-status-indicator-with-dynamic-menu/
[05:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maboxlinux.org | April ISO refresh - panel improvements, status indicator with dynamic menu | MaboxLinux
[05:57]	TR News	"Anduin OS 1.3 is released." https://news.anduinos.com/post/2025/4/30/announcing-anduinos-13
[05:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.anduinos.com | Announcing AnduinOS 1.3 - AnduinOS News
● May 04
[06:00]	TR News	DragonFly BSD 6.4.1 is out https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release64/
[06:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SSL connection timeout ( status 0 @ https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release64/ )
[06:01]	TR News	Distribution Release: ALT Workstation 11.0 https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/altlinux-announce-en/2025/000046.html
[06:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lists.altlinux.org | [altlinux-announce-en] Distribution Release: ALT Workstation 11.0
[06:02]	TR News	Dr.Parted 25.05 is out
[06:05]	TR News	databreaches.net is OFFLINE
[06:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  New Distro Releases: Archcraft Prime Release, Mabox Linux April ISO, and ALT Workstation 11.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/New_Distro_Releases_Archcraft_Prime_Release_Mabox_Linux_April_I.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/New_Distro_Releases_Archcraft_Prime_Release_Mabox_Linux_April_I.gmi 
[06:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines New Distro Releases: Archcraft Prime Release, Mabox Linux April ISO, and ALT Workstation 11.0
[06:06]	TR News	'extremist group' https://www.dw.com/en/israel-strikes-syria-extremist-group-threatening-druze-pm/a-72397983
[06:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Israel strikes Syria 'extremist group' threatening Druze: PM DW 04/30/2025
[06:07]	TR News	Stranded in Northeast Syria https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/30/trinidad-and-tobago-nationals-remain-stranded-northeast-syria
[06:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hrw.org | Trinidad and Tobago Nationals Remain Stranded in Northeast Syria | Human Rights Watch
[06:08]	TR News	a Few Remaining Reporters Kept Photos and Stories Flowing https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-28/as-communist-troops-streamed-into-saigon-a-few-remaining-reporters-kept-photos-and-stories-flowing
[06:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-28/as-communist-troops-streamed-into-saigon-a-few-remaining-reporters-kept-photos-and-stories-flowing )
[06:12]	TR News	Wrong way to use technology; with Danger/Sidekick, Microsoft permanently lost users' data https://www.maketecheasier.com/backup-update-lg-phone/
[06:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | How to Backup and Update Your LG Phone Before Servers Shut Down - Make Tech Easier
[06:16]	TR News	Microsoft a goner https://www.netcraft.com/blog/april-2025-web-server-survey/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/Microsoft_Has_Become_Almost_Extinct_in_Web_Servers_Netcraft_Now.shtml
[06:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-April 2025 Web Server Survey | Netcraft
[06:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Has Become Almost Extinct in Web Servers, Netcraft Now Ranks It in Only One Category (Microsoft Down Sharply), Deranked/Outranked in All the Rest
[06:17]	TR News	Class Dealignment https://jacobin.com/2025/05/canada-carney-election-class-dealignment/
[06:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Canadas Election Didnt Halt Class Dealignment
[06:18]	TR News	cellphone and internet down in Tumbler Ridge https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfire-northeast-bc-highway-1.7523748
[06:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Wildfires prompt evacuations in parts of Fort St. John, disrupt cellphone and internet in Tumbler Ridge | CBC News
[06:20]	TR News	How To Select A VPN Provider https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202505/page02.html
[06:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 2
[06:22]	TR News	Setup Your VPN's Servers Easily In NetworkManager https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202505/page05.html
[06:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 5
[06:23]	TR News	PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202505/page14.html
[06:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 14
[06:24]	TR News	"That means Linux users should get ready to recycle (as in repurpose) old, decrepit Windows 10 computers into powerhouse computers running Linux (hopefully, PCLinuxOS). https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202505/editorial.html
[06:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Welcome From The Chief Editor
[06:24]	TR News	GIMP Tutorial: Create A Word Art Logo https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202505/page06.html
[06:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 6
[06:25]	TR News	Wiki Pick: Numlock On At Login https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202505/page10.html
[06:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 10
[06:26]	TR News	"A United States District Court for the Northern District of California judge has signed off on a settlement agreement between HP and its customers, who sued the company for issuing firmware updates that prevented their printers from working with non-HP ink and toner" https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202505/page08.html
[06:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 8
[06:27]	TR News	Tip Top Tips: Fixing Filesystems Automatically After System Crash/Reset https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202505/page09.html
[06:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 9
[06:28]	TR News	"I have been experimenting off and on with Typst for six months, using it increasingly for my personal projects: letters, notes, and converting my old thesis. While learning new software, I find it more productive to adopt a hands-on, practical approach." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202505/page03.html
[06:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 3
[06:29]	TR News	child protective services crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/social-workers-resources-caseload-1.7522891
[06:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Why these N.S. social workers are worried kids are falling through the cracks | CBC News
[06:30]	TR News	Quebec to impose full ban on cellphones in schools https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-cell-phone-ban-1.7523543
[06:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Quebec to impose full ban on cellphones in schools | CBC News
[06:31]	TR News	Cybersecurity experts investigating suspicious activity in Iowa County network https://www.wkow.com/news/top-stories/cybersecurity-experts-investigating-suspicious-activity-in-iowa-county-network/article_49f84f1b-1ac1-48ca-9100-aecdd120cc94.html
[06:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 451 @ https://www.wkow.com/news/top-stories/cybersecurity-experts-investigating-suspicious-activity-in-iowa-county-network/article_49f84f1b-1ac1-48ca-9100-aecdd120cc94.html )
[06:32]	TR News	Raytheon Companies and Nightwing Group to Pay $8.4M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Non-Compliance with Cybersecurity Requirements in Federal Contracts https://databreaches.net/2025/05/01/raytheon-companies-and-nightwing-group-to-pay-8-4m-to-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations-relating-to-non-compliance-with-cybersecurity-requirements-in-federal-contracts/
[06:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/05/01/raytheon-companies-and-nightwing-group-to-pay-8-4m-to-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations-relating-to-non-compliance-with-cybersecurity-requirements-in-federal-contracts/ )
[06:35]	TR News	Signal controversy https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-waltz-signal-chat-1.7523700
[06:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Mike Waltz moves from security adviser to UN ambassador in wake of Signal controversy | CBC News
[06:38]	TR News	Google warns of data security risks if Chrome is sold off https://www.courthousenews.com/google-warns-of-data-security-risks-if-chrome-is-sold-off/ only Google protects your privacy??
[06:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/google-warns-of-data-security-risks-if-chrome-is-sold-off/ )
[06:40]	TR News	US Appeals Court Will Not Allow DOGE to Access Social Security Data https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-30/us-appeals-court-will-not-allow-doge-to-access-social-security-data
[06:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-30/us-appeals-court-will-not-allow-doge-to-access-social-security-data )
[06:43]	TR News	India Shuts Over Half of Kashmir Tourist Spots https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-29/india-shuts-over-half-of-kashmir-tourist-spots-in-security-review
[06:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-29/india-shuts-over-half-of-kashmir-tourist-spots-in-security-review )
[06:45]	TR News	Corporate America Boosts Security Spending After UnitedHealth Murder, Filings Show https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-28/analysis-corporate-america-boosts-security-spending-after-unitedhealth-murder-filings-show
[06:45]		-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/2025-04-28/analysis-corporate-america-boosts-security-spending-after-unitedhealth-murder-filings-show )
[06:47]	TR News	North Dakota Expands Data Security Requirements and Issues New Licensing Requirements for Brokers https://natlawreview.com/article/north-dakota-expands-data-security-requirements-and-issues-new-licensing
[06:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-natlawreview.com | North Dakota Enacts HB 1127 Overhauling Fintech Rules
[06:48]	TR News	HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation with Comprehensive Neurology, PC https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/ocr-hipaa-racap-np.html
[06:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/ocr-hipaa-racap-np.html )
[06:49]	TR News	Several more lawsuits filed against Frederick Health Hospital related to data breach, cybersecurity failures https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/health/hospitals_and_doctors/several-more-lawsuits-filed-against-fhh-related-to-data-breach-cybersecurity-failures/article_6507c226-72c9-5f83-b23f-5bef77b4cb49.html
[06:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 451 @ https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/health/hospitals_and_doctors/several-more-lawsuits-filed-against-fhh-related-to-data-breach-cybersecurity-failures/article_6507c226-72c9-5f83-b23f-5bef77b4cb49.html )
● May 04
[10:03]	TR News	"The Wine 10.7 development release is out now, and in the highlights they noted an interesting sounding performance improvement for select games." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/wine-10-7-released-with-an-interesting-loading-time-performance-improvement/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[10:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wine 10.7 released with an interesting loading time performance improvement | GamingOnLinux
[10:03]	TR News	"I cannot stop myself clicking play on Glass Cannon, it's a properly great and unique shoot 'em up experience that twists the genre in a fun way that's too easy to get obsessed with" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/glass-cannon-is-my-next-indie-obsession-a-chill-turn-based-shoot-em-up-roguelike-with-wild-weapon-combos/ | Source: GamingOnLinux
[10:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Glass Cannon is my next indie obsession, a chill turn-based shoot-em-up roguelike with wild weapon combos | GamingOnLinux
[10:06]	TR News	"An Interview With Bobby Kogan - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-bobby-kogan
[10:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | An Interview With Bobby Kogan - Paul Krugman
[10:07]	TR News	"The Post-Politics Behind Romanias Rising Far Right" https://jacobin.com/2025/05/georgescu-simion-romania-nationalism-ukraine/
[10:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The Post-Politics Behind Romanias Rising Far Right
[10:07]	TR News	"Russia's Medvedev Says Trump's Statement About US World War Two Role Was 'Pretentious Nonsense'" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-03/russias-medvedev-says-trumps-statement-about-us-world-war-two-role-was-pretentious-nonsense
[10:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-03/russias-medvedev-says-trumps-statement-about-us-world-war-two-role-was-pretentious-nonsense )
[10:07]	TR News	"This effectively means super-vendor-lock-in. Absolute nonsense." https://www.dedoimedo.com/life/passwords-passkeys.html ("Passwords are okay, impulsive Internet isn't") http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml
[10:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dedoimedo.com | Passwords are okay, impulsive Internet isn't
[10:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Passkeys Are Vendor Lock-in and Imperialism, Not Security, So Escape Them Before They Latch Onto Your Workflows
[10:08]	TR News	"Four Words I Never Imagined Id Say: Im Dying of Cancer - jarunmb.com" https://jarunmb.com/posts/four-words-i-never-imagined-id-say-im-dying-of-cancer
[10:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Four Words I Never Imagined Id Say: Im Dying of Cancer - jarunmb.com
[10:09]	TR News	"Who Do You Thank?" https://soylentnews.org/~nostyle/journal/19264
[10:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Journal of nostyle (11497)
[10:09]	TR News	"Introduction To Yarvin's Formalism" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/03/introduction-to-yarvins-formalism/
[10:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | Introduction To Yarvin's Formalism - emptywheel
[10:09]	TR News	"Today's Difficult Budget Negotiations Will Be Far More Difficult as Shelves Go Bare" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/02/todays-difficult-budget-negotiations-will-be-far-more-difficult-as-shelves-go-bare/
[10:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | Today's Difficult Budget Negotiations Will Be Far More Difficult as Shelves Go Bare - emptywheel
[10:09]	TR News	"Microsoft Goes To War With VSCode Forks" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/microsoft-goes-to-war-with-vscode-forks:1 iophk: fools paying the price for relying on microsoft code
[10:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Microsoft Goes To War With VSCode Forks
[10:10]	TR News	"The Judiciary Pushback Against Trumps Agenda" https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2025/05/judiciary-pushback-trump-washington-week/682690/
[10:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Judiciary Pushback Against Trumps Agenda - The Atlantic
[10:10]	TR News	"Woke or Not, Philanthropy Is a Great Deal for Big Tech" https://jacobin.com/2025/05/zuckerberg-wokeness-philanthropy-silicon-valley/ https://techrights.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation_Critique/
[10:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Woke or Not, Philanthropy Is a Great Deal for Big Tech
[10:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Gates Foundation Critique
[10:10]	TR News	"Microsoft is Forcing Passkeys" https://odysee.com/@switchedtolinux:0/microsoft-is-forcing-passkeys:7 http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml
[10:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Microsoft is Forcing Passkeys
[10:11]	TR News	"Magura V5, Russia Su-40, Putin, Zelensky: Video: $50 Million Russian Su-30 Jet Destroyed By Ukraine Naval Drone" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/magura-v5-russia-su-40-putin-zelensky-video-ukraine-naval-drone-destroys-50-million-russian-jet-over-black-sea-8325014
[10:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ndtv.com | Magura V5, Russia Su-40, Putin, Zelensky: Video: $50 Million Russian Su-30 Jet Destroyed By Ukraine Naval Drone
[10:20]	TR News	"Weve all seen those cheap bench power supply units (PSUs) for sale online, promising specifications that would cost at least a hundred dollars or more if it were a name brand model." https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/testing-a-cheap-bench-power-supply-sold-on-amazon/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Testing A Cheap Bench Power Supply Sold On Amazon | Hackaday
[10:37]	TR News	Commodore 64 retro combined with dumb hype https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/llm-ported-to-the-c64-kinda/ | Source: Hackaday
[10:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LLM Ported To The C64, Kinda | Hackaday
[10:42]	TR News	Russ Allbery: Review: The Book That Held Her Heart https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-593-43799-3.html
[10:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eyrie.org | Review: The Book That Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence
[10:43]	TR News	Andy Holmes: Opaque Governance https://www.andyholmes.ca/posts/opaque-governance/
[10:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-andyholmes.ca | Opaque Governance | Andy Holmes
[10:45]	TR News	Israel launches new strikes on Syria amid Druze tensions https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250503-israel-launches-more-then-20-new-strikes-across-syria-amidst-druze-tensions
[10:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250503-israel-launches-more-then-20-new-strikes-across-syria-amidst-druze-tensions )
[10:45]	TR News	At least 11 killed in Israeli strike on refugeecamp in Gaza https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-at-least-11-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-refugee-camp-in-gaza
[10:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-at-least-11-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-refugee-camp-in-gaza )
[10:46]	TR News	UN envoy condemns Israeli airstrikes in Syria amid Druze tensions https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-un-envoy-to-syria-condemns-israeli-military-intervention-amid-druze-tensions
[10:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-un-envoy-to-syria-condemns-israeli-military-intervention-amid-druze-tensions )
[10:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  [GNOME's] The Elephant in the Room https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/24/_GNOME_s_The_Elephant_in_the_Room.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/04/24/_GNOME_s_The_Elephant_in_the_Room.gmi 
[10:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines [GNOME's] The Elephant in the Room
[10:46]	TR News	World First: Japan Claims New Drone Can Induce Lightning Strikes https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-japan-claims-new-drone-can-induce-lightning-strikes
[10:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-World First: Japan Claims New Drone Can Induce Lightning Strikes : ScienceAlert
[10:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  FreeBSD 14.3-BETA1 Now Available https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/FreeBSD_14_3_BETA1_Now_Available.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/FreeBSD_14_3_BETA1_Now_Available.gmi 
[10:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FreeBSD 14.3-BETA1 Now Available
[10:53]	TR News	Russell Coker: Silly Job Titles https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/05/03/silly-job-titles/
[10:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-etbe.coker.com.au | Silly Job Titles etbe - Russell Coker
[10:54]	TR News	"combating online piracy [sic] of sports and other live events" https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14599-Combating-online-piracy-of-sports-and-other-live-events-assessment-of-the-May-2023-Commission-Recommendation_en | Source: European Commission
[10:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Have your say
[10:54]	TR News	"In the escalating war against online book piracy, Dutch takedown outfit Link-Busters continues to shatter records." https://torrentfreak.com/link-busters-reports-three-billionth-pirate-url-to-google-search/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[10:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Link-Busters Reports its Three Billionth 'Pirate' URL to Google Search * TorrentFreak
[10:55]	TR News	"During a trial examining Google's search dominance" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/google-can-train-search-ai-with-web-content-after-ai-opt-out/articleshow/120863599.cms | Source: India Times
[10:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Google can train search AI with web content after AI opt-out - The Economic Times
[10:56]	TR News	"That [Apple] thought this court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-05-02/ruling-apple-app-store-epic-games | Source: Los Angeles Times
[10:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | How a judge's scathing rebuke to Apple could change the app store - Los Angeles Times
[10:56]	TR News	"Google should not get away with rigging the online ad market, but forcing it to sell Chrome will do great damage to the web." https://world.hey.com/dhh/don-t-make-google-sell-chrome-93cefbc6 | Source: 37signals LLC
[10:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-world.hey.com | Don't make Google sell Chrome
[10:56]	TR News	Digital Restrictions (DRM): "Ive read that you can keep messing to find servers that may work but all of the ones I try fail." https://ljpuk.net/2025/05/02/f1tv-becomes-a-lot-more-difficult-to-watch-in-the-uk/ | Source: Lee Peterson
[10:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ljpuk.net | F1TV becomes a lot more difficult to watch in the UK LJPUK
[10:58]	TR News	"Protest organizer Christopher Basald, a member of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Nation of Texas tribe, said his ancestors have long been in the area, where the Rio Grande meets the Gulf of Mexico." https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-05-03/elon-musks-rocket-launch-site-starbase-on-its-way-to-becoming-a-texas-city-after-lopsided-early-voting-results | Source: Los Angeles Times
[10:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Musks bid to make SpaceX site a Texas city is approved - Los Angeles Times
[10:58]	TR News	"They opposed government proposals that include equal inheritance rights for women, a ban on polygamy, and recognition of sex workers as laborers." https://www.dw.com/en/bangladeshi-islamists-protest-womens-rights-proposal/a-72425960 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[10:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bangladeshi Islamists protest women's rights proposal DW 05/03/2025
[10:59]	TR News	"When news about Alhurra filtered out along with talk that even MBN might shut down many observers saw it as an own goal, a misguided rollback of U.S. soft power in the Middle East." https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-05-03/al-hurra-story | Source: Los Angeles Times
[10:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | U.S.-funded Arab news channel collapses amid budget cuts - Los Angeles Times
[10:59]	TR News	"On this World Press Freedom Day, we reaffirm the fundamental role of a free, independent, and safe press in democratic societies." https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/-/world-press-freedom-day-3-may-2025 | Source: Council Of Europe
[10:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/-/world-press-freedom-day-3-may-2025 )
● May 04
[11:00]	TR News	"European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Vice-President Sabine Verheyen and Culture and Education Committee Chair Nela Riehl stress the vital role of independent journalism." https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20250430IPR28178/world-press-freedom-day-3-may-defending-media-freedom-to-safeguard-democracy | Source: European Parliament
[11:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.europarl.europa.eu | World Press Freedom Day 3 May: defending media freedom to safeguard democracy | News | European Parliament
[11:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  Expecting Accountability In Open Source https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Expecting_Accountability_In_Open_Source.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Expecting_Accountability_In_Open_Source.gmi 
[11:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Expecting Accountability In Open Source
[11:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/I_installed_Linux_on_this_8_inch_mini_laptop_and_it_s_my_new_fa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/I_installed_Linux_on_this_8_inch_mini_laptop_and_it_s_my_new_fa.gmi 
[11:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing
[11:20]	TR News	"Radio Free Europe" https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/05/02/r-e-m-radio-free-europe/ |
[11:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-roughdraftatlanta.com | R.E.M.'s updated video honors World Press Freedom Day - Rough Draft Atlanta
[11:20]	TR News	"The heads of PBS, NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have all suggested that Trumps order is illegal, The AP reports." https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/05/heads-of-pbs-npr-say-trumps-order-to-cease-federal-funding-is-illegal.html | Source: Michigan News
[11:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Heads of PBS, NPR say Trumps order to cease federal funding is illegal - mlive.com
[11:21]	TR News	"Radio Free Asia will also terminate services in Tibetan, Burmese and English. It will maintain production in Mandarin, Cantonese, Khmer and Vietnamese" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/03/radio-free-asia-shuts-language-services-after-trump-cuts-including-uyghur-tibetan-content/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
[11:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | RFA shuts language services after Trump cuts, including Uyghur, Tibetan
[11:21]	TR News	"Than Htike Myint, a journalist from Myaelatt Athan News Agency, is one of hundreds of reporters arrested since the military coup in 2021." https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/05/02/myanmar-journalist-group-jailed/ | Source: RFA
[11:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Reporters group calls for release of Myanmar journalist jailed for 5 years Radio Free Asia
[11:22]	TR News	"When news media are financially strained, they are drawn into a race to attract audiences at the expense of quality reporting, and can fall prey to the oligarchs and public authorities who seek to exploit them" https://www.rfa.org/english/asia/2025/05/02/press-freedom/ | Source: RFA
[11:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Global press freedom ebbs to a new low Radio Free Asia
[11:23]	TR News	"[T]hese brave journalists, who have risked everything to speak truth to dictators abroad, may be silenced by the very nation whose belief in press freedom inspired them in the first place." https://www.rfa.org/english/about/releases/2025/05/02/rfa-announces-mass-layoffs-shutdown-of-major-language-services/ | Source: RFA
[11:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | RFA announces mass layoffs, shutdown of major language services Radio Free Asia
[11:24]	TR News	"the public interest" https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-fcc-brendan-carr-donald-trump/ | Source: Wired
[11:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGAs Censoring Machine | WIRED
[11:25]	TR News	[Old] "No government - regardless of which party is in power - should dictate what private universities can teach" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20z60vxvmjo | Source: BBC
[11:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.com | Harvard just stood up to Trump. How long can it last?
[11:25]	TR News	"But the roots of American higher education, and the essential role of our colleges and universities in the nations rise to global leadership, run deep." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/universities-special-standing/682670/ | Source: The Atlantic
[11:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Universities Deserve Special Standing - The Atlantic
[11:25]	TR News	"Jamal Khashoggi's Widow Speaks Out" https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/saturdayextra/a-fight-for-justice-jamal-khashoggi-s-widow-speaks-out/105188072 | Source: ABC
[11:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.abc.net.au | A Fight For Justice: Jamal Khashoggi's Widow Speaks Out - ABC listen
[11:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Peux OS is an Arch-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Peux_OS_is_an_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Peux_OS_is_an_Arch_based_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[11:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Peux OS is an Arch-based Linux distribution
[11:26]	TR News	[Old] "just a few months before his fateful decision to leave his homeland in 2017." https://responsiblestatecraft.org/jamal-khashoggi/ |
[11:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-responsiblestatecraft.org | Five years after Khashoggi's murder, MBS is laughing | Responsible Statecraft
[11:27]	TR News	"Not that Columbia can shield itself from the outside world: the Trump administration is waging a war to change higher education." https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2025/05/donald-trump-columbia-free-speech-gaza-anti-semitism | Source: New Statesman
[11:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newstatesman.com | Donald Trump vs Columbia - New Statesman
[11:27]	TR News	"In this post, I wanted to give some concrete examples of where human systems can go wrong in the same ways" https://blog.sshh.io/p/how-to-stop-your-human-from-hallucinating | Source: Shrivu Shankar
[11:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.sshh.io | How to Stop Your Human From Hallucinating
[11:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[11:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[11:32]	TR News	"Today, OpenAIs for-profit business" is effectively insolvent/bankrupt https://www.wired.com/story/open-ai-nonprofit-transition-activism/ | Source: Wired https://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml
[11:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Inside the Battle Over OpenAIs Corporate Restructuring | WIRED
[11:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XXVII The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages)
[11:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights OpenAI: If OpenAI Survives Another 2 Years, It'll be About 30 Billion Dollars in Cumulative Losses/Debt
[11:32]	TR News	"Those same goods are now subject to tariffs as high as 145 percent. In response to the change, Shein announced it would begin adjusting prices starting on April 25." https://www.wired.com/story/tariffs-temu-shein-trump-de-minimis/ | Source: Wired
[11:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Small Packages From Shein and Temu Are Now Subject to US Tariffs. Heres What to Know | WIRED
[11:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Oh No, My PC Monitor Goes Blank When Fullscreen On Endeavor OS Linux KDE Plasma! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Oh_No_My_PC_Monitor_Goes_Blank_When_Fullscreen_On_Endeavor_OS_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Oh_No_My_PC_Monitor_Goes_Blank_When_Fullscreen_On_Endeavor_OS_L.gmi 
[11:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Oh No, My PC Monitor Goes Blank When Fullscreen On Endeavor OS Linux KDE Plasma!
[11:33]	TR News	"I like Visas approach because its an AI-agnostic standard. I worry a lot about lock-in and monopolization of this space, so anything that lets people easily switch between AI models is good." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/privacy-for-agentic-ai.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[11:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Privacy for Agentic AI - Schneier on Security
[11:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  A Look at EXE: The Live Retro-Style Devuan Spin https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/A_Look_at_EXE_The_Live_Retro_Style_Devuan_Spin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/A_Look_at_EXE_The_Live_Retro_Style_Devuan_Spin.gmi 
[11:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines A Look at EXE: The Live Retro-Style Devuan Spin
● May 04
[12:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  SteamOS isn't the only way to game on Linux - here's 3 other distros to check out https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/SteamOS_isn_t_the_only_way_to_game_on_Linux_here_s_3_other_dist.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/SteamOS_isn_t_the_only_way_to_game_on_Linux_here_s_3_other_dist.gmi 
[12:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines SteamOS isn't the only way to game on Linux - here's 3 other distros to check out
[12:03]	TR News	"Europe's vulnerability doesn't end with card payments." https://www.dw.com/en/can-europe-wean-itself-off-us-credit-card-firms/a-72403227 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[12:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Can Europe wean itself off US credit card firms? DW 05/03/2025
[12:03]	TR News	"The WWF live stream offers a round-the-clock glimpse into the lives of the endangered Baltic ringed seals" https://yle.fi/a/74-20159324 | Source: YLE
[12:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Popular live stream of Finland's rare ringed seals returns for 10th year | Yle News | Yle
[12:04]	TR News	"Whats less predictable is how the presidents change of opinion could destabilize the American financial system." https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/05/who-can-stop-crypto-now/682654/ | Source: The Atlantic
[12:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Why Is Trump So Into Crypto? - The Atlantic
[12:04]	TR News	 (NEW):  8 Weird Things Ive Done With Linux Just Because I Could https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/8_Weird_Things_I_ve_Done_With_Linux_Just_Because_I_Could.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/8_Weird_Things_I_ve_Done_With_Linux_Just_Because_I_Could.gmi 
[12:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 8 Weird Things Ive Done With Linux Just Because I Could
[12:05]	TR News	"You cant just pick a date and expect it all to slot into place" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity-and-adventure/adventures-by-train-rail-journey/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[12:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity-and-adventure/adventures-by-train-rail-journey/ )
[12:05]	TR News	"His colleagues agree. Last month, the legislature unanimously passed a bill he sponsored to boost the tech, and Republican governor Spencer Cox signed it." https://www.wired.com/story/why-balcony-solar-hasnt-taken-off-in-the-us/ | Source: Wired
[12:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Balcony Solar Panels Havent Taken Off in the US | WIRED
[12:06]	TR News	"Although the bombs stopped dropping decades ago" https://jacobin.com/2025/05/agent-orange-vietnam-war-health/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[12:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The US Must Do More to Address the Impact of Agent Orange
[12:06]	TR News	"SignalGate had nothing to do with Signal." https://www.wired.com/story/mike-waltz-has-somehow-gotten-even-worse-at-using-signal/ | Source: Wired
[12:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Mike Waltz Has Somehow Gotten Even Worse at Using Signal | WIRED
[12:09]	TR News	"xplored using in 2024 but didnt need to, since he won." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/nc-supreme-court-gop-trump-allison-riggs-jefferson-griffin-1235330294/ | Source: Rolling Stone
[12:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Allison Riggs Fights For N.C. Supreme Court Seat She Won by 734 Votes
[12:10]	TR News	"the tipping point of the war." https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-03/europe-will-mark-v-e-days-80th-anniversary-as-once-unbreakable-bonds-with-the-us-are-under-pressure | Source: US News And World Report
[12:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-03/europe-will-mark-v-e-days-80th-anniversary-as-once-unbreakable-bonds-with-the-us-are-under-pressure )
[12:10]	TR News	"cushy government contracts awarded to his businesses" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-government-deals-trump-budget-slashed | Source: Futurism
[12:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Elon Musk Is Getting Huge New Government Deals While Everything Else Is Getting Slashed
[12:11]	TR News	"ultimately harnessed for nefarious state purposes" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/us-lawmakers-urge-sec-to-delist-alibaba-and-chinese-companies-report/articleshow/120852884.cms | Source: India Times
[12:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | US lawmakers urge SEC to delist Alibaba and Chinese companies: Report - The Economic Times
[12:11]	TR News	"In 2023 Irelands Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok which has 1.5 billion users worldwide 345 million euros for breaches of European rules on processing child data." https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/02/eu-fines-tiktok-530-million-euros-over-data-transfer-to-china/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
[12:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | TikTok fined 530 million euros in EU over data transfer to China
[12:12]	TR News	"Irelands Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) said TikTok, owned by Chinas ByteDance" https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1268714/tiktok-fined-530-mln-euros-by-eu-regulator-over-data-protection/ | Source: Greece
[12:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TikTok fined 530 mln euros by EU regulator over data protection | eKathimerini.com
[12:12]	TR News	"TikTok is the subsidiary of the Chinese tech giant ByteDance." https://www.dw.com/en/tiktok-faces-530-million-eu-fine-over-china-data-transfers/a-72420728 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[12:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TikTok faces 530 million EU fine over China data transfers DW 05/02/2025
[12:14]	TR News	"TikTok is a division of Chinese tech company ByteDance. But since its European headquarters is in Dublin, Irelands Data Protection Commission is the lead regulator in Europe for the platform." https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/04/china-denies-accessing-data-after-tiktok-hit-with-huge-eu-fine/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press
[12:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China denies accessing data after TikTok hit with huge EU fine
[12:15]	TR News	"Turkish president at odds with thousands of Turkish Cypriots who object to his attempts to undermine their secular way of life" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/erdogan-tells-protesters-against-islamification-in-northern-cyprus-they-will-fail | Source: The Guardian UK
[12:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Erdoan tells protesters against Islamification in northern Cyprus they will fail | Cyprus | The Guardian
[12:16]	TR News	"According to Romanian intelligence reports, foreign actors had manipulated social media platforms, especially TikTok, to benefit Georgescu" https://www.rferl.org/a/romania-president-election-ukraine-russia-vance-simion/33403006.html | Source: RFERL
[12:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | A Canceled Vote, Then A Banned Candidate. Now Romania Holds Election Rerun.
[12:17]	TR News	"Ill tell it Im UK based but referring location from a search result seems an odd way to do it. I can see why but asking me at some point might have been better." https://ljpuk.net/2025/05/02/chatgpt-doesnt-know-where-you-live-unless-you-tell-it/ | Source: Lee Peterson
[12:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ljpuk.net | ChatGPT doesnt know where you live unless you tell it LJPUK
[12:18]	TR News	"World opened the doors to its new San Francisco storefront with eight brand-new orbs ready for eyeballs to scan." https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-store-san-francisco/ | Source: Wired
[12:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Welcome to Sam Altmans Orb Store | WIRED
[12:23]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[12:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[12:35]	TR News	"Every few weeks, I come across an article telling us how passwords are bad and how we need to go "passwordless"" https://www.dedoimedo.com/life/passwords-passkeys.html | Source: Dedoimedo http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml
[12:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dedoimedo.com | Passwords are okay, impulsive Internet isn't
[12:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Passkeys Are Vendor Lock-in and Imperialism, Not Security, So Escape Them Before They Latch Onto Your Workflows
[12:35]	TR News	"Unfortunately, it doesnt seem like there will be another delay in the deadline this time." https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-03/dont-have-a-real-id-yet-that-could-cause-you-travel-headaches-after-may-7 | Source: US News And World Report
[12:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-03/dont-have-a-real-id-yet-that-could-cause-you-travel-headaches-after-may-7 )
[12:36]	TR News	Windows TCO https://therecord.media/us-indicts-yemeni-man-black-kingdom-ransomware | Source: The Record
[12:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | US indicts Yemeni man in Black Kingdom ransomware attacks | The Record from Recorded Future News
[12:36]	TR News	Windows TCO https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/03/how-hackers-wreaked-havoc-on-the-high-street/ | Source: The Telegraph UK
[12:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/03/how-hackers-wreaked-havoc-on-the-high-street/ )
[12:37]	TR News	Social Control Media https://www.manton.org/2025/05/03/metas-discovery-engine.html | Source: Manton Reece
[12:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.manton.org | Manton Reece - Meta's discovery engine
[12:51]	TR News	Techrights In the First 3 Months of 2025 GAFAM Debt Rose by More Than $14.4 Billion https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/In_the_First_3_Months_of_2025_GAFAM_Debt_Rose_by_More_Than_14_4.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/In_the_First_3_Months_of_2025_GAFAM_Debt_Rose_by_More_Than_14_4.gmi 
[12:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In the First 3 Months of 2025 GAFAM Debt Rose by More Than $14.4 Billion
[12:57]	TR News	"Joining the chorus of disapproval were fellow [Internet] researchers, who condemned what they saw as a plainly unethical experiment." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/reddit-ai-persuasion-experiment-ethics/682676/ | Source: The Atlantic
[12:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Secret AI Experiment That Sent Reddit Into a Frenzy - The Atlantic
[12:58]	TR News	"The report mostly blames ventures woes on President Trump and his tariffs but venture capitals problems are systemic and you could see them coming since the zero-interest-rate era." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[12:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | In 2025, venture capital cant pretend everything is fine any more Pivot to AI
[12:58]	TR News	"And they have no idea how to fix this. None at all. The reports only plan for the future is to cross their fingers and hope."
[12:58]	TR News	"They fill several roles for me: [...]" https://olano.dev/blog/augmentation-replacement/ | Source: Facundo Olano
[12:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Augmentation / Replacement | olano.dev
[12:59]	TR News	"Fast forward to today, and Ive let go of control and I let the AI handle a lot of my codebase. Not because I necessarily want to, but because Ive realized that programmers simply dont have a choice anymore." https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-and-programmers | Source: Namanyay Goel
[12:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nmn.gl | New Programmers Dont Really Have a Choice About AI | Ns Blog
[12:59]	TR News	"Parents will have the option to disable [Bard] entirely if they choose." https://www.androidpolice.com/google-gemini-ai-kids/ | Source: Android Police
[12:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | PSA: Googles Gemini AI is coming to your kids device, but you can turn it off
● May 04
[13:00]	TR News	"mong its murderer's row of AI developers are OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic, Perplexity, and Mistral along with other big names in tech like IBM, Samsung, and payment company Stripe" https://futurism.com/visa-ai-agents-your-credit-card | Source: Futurism
[13:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Visa Announces Plans to Give AI Agents Your Credit Card Information
[13:00]	TR News	"So, luckily I had the recovery stuff printed out, right? Well. On the recovery data, there are two fields, a separate login and password. The form on the website only has one field, called code." https://lostfocus.de/2025/05/03/234582/ | Source: Dominik Schwind
[13:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lostfocus.de | LostFocus
[13:01]	TR News	"Anyway, all this is preamble to say that while I havent read it yet, Im glad that Tom MacWright linked to Zanzibar, something I completely missed when it came out in 2019." https://json.blog/2025/05/02/im-off-for-the-weekend.html | Source: Jason Becker
[13:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-json.blog | I'm off for the weekend, but I'll be reading this paper on authorization
[13:01]	TR News	"Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies" https://futurism.com/facebook-beauty-targeted-ads | Source: Futurism
[13:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
[13:02]	TR News	"In the pantheon of intellectual dishonesty, few positions are as morally bankrupt as vaccine denialism." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/clear-thinking-v-robert-f-kennedy | Source: Mike Brock
[13:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | Clear Thinking v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr - by Mike Brock
[13:03]	TR News	"However, Coco-bot is still a work in progress." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/hyderabad-chronicle/going-coco-nuts-with-a-coco-bot-1876735 | Source: Deccan Chronicle
[13:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | Going Coco-Nuts with a Coco-Bot
[13:03]	TR News	"I'm working on a new build for a 2018 Dell EMC Poweredge T430 which will be running Unraid and hosting my Plex server" https://jasontucker.blog/homelab-dell-emc-poweredge-t430/ | Source: Jason Tucker
[13:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jasontucker.blog | Homelab - Dell EMC Poweredge T430
[13:03]	TR News	"Im not saying this prescriptively, like you should learn anatomy to become a better person (you should learn anatomy because its accessible and it rules), or that knowing anatomy makes people better." https://svpow.com/2025/05/02/being-an-anatomist-probably-made-me-a-better-person/ | Source: Matt Wedel
[13:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-svpow.com | Being an anatomist probably made me a better person | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week
[13:04]	TR News	"The policy discussions on early literacy are unfolding against a backdrop of alarming national reading proficiency levels." https://michiganadvance.com/2025/05/03/as-reading-scores-fall-states-turn-to-phonics-but-not-without-a-fight/ | Source: Michigan Advance
[13:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/05/03/as-reading-scores-fall-states-turn-to-phonics-but-not-without-a-fight/ )
[13:04]	TR News	"Also, it's worth pointing out that the book is a kid's book, and you'll be able to read it in 1015 minutes, and that I learned about it, and about Barbara Rose, when the author ended up in my Mastodon feed." https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/tar-paper-school.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell
[13:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ODonnellWeb The Girl From the Tar Paper School
[13:05]	TR News	"Since some years ago, a Doppler correction block has been available in gr-satellites." https://destevez.net/2025/05/time-dependent-delay-in-gnu-radio/ | Source: Daniel Estvez
[13:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-destevez.net | Time-dependent delay in GNU Radio Daniel Estvez
[13:05]	TR News	"volatile-rich cap" https://futurism.com/the-byte/cap-yellowstone-supervolcano | Source: Futurism
[13:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Scientists Say Something Is Corking the Yellowstone Supervolcano
[13:05]	TR News	"the so-called planar plant morphogenesis was explained by the egregious theorem" https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-05-02/mathematics-discovers-that-rose-petals-are-found-to-contain-a-unique-geometry.html | Source: El Pas
[13:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Mathematics discovers that rose petals are found to contain a unique geometry | Science | EL PAS English
[13:06]	TR News	"I even tried running Kubernetes on a Raspberry Pi" https://blog.yaakov.online/replacing-kubernetes-with-systemd/ |
[13:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.yaakov.online | Replacing Kubernetes with systemd
[13:10]	TR News	"Id wager (counts fingers) pretty much all websites need this ability, and all of them reach for different additional non-web-standard tooling to get it done. Thats weird." https://frontendmasters.com/blog/seeking-an-answer-why-cant-html-alone-do-includes/ | Source: Frontend Masters
[13:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-frontendmasters.com | Seeking an Answer: Why cant HTML alone do includes? Frontend Masters Blog
[13:11]	TR News	How To Install Apache on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-apache-fedora-42/
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Apache on Fedora 42 - idroot
[13:11]	TR News	How To Install Mautic on Debian 12 https://idroot.us/install-mautic-debian-12/
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Mautic on Debian 12 - idroot
[13:11]	TR News	How To Install GIMP on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-gimp-fedora-42/
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install GIMP on Fedora 42 - idroot
[13:15]	TR News	How To Disable IPv6 on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/disable-ipv6-fedora-42/
[13:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Disable IPv6 on Fedora 42 - idroot
[13:15]	TR News	How To Automount File Systems on GNU/Linux https://idroot.us/automount-file-systems-linux/
[13:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Automount File Systems on Linux - idroot
[13:15]	TR News	How To Install Puppet on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-puppet-fedora-42/
[13:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Puppet on Fedora 42 - idroot
[13:18]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[13:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos
[13:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
[13:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's leftovers
[13:21]	TR News	"Most people use Linux to learn, tinker, or build something useful. Ive used it to do things that range from mildly amusing to downright cursed. These arent best practices. Theyre not productive. They probably wont land you a job. But they will remind you why Linux is such a wild and wonderful system." https://www.howtogeek.com/weird-things-i-have-done-with-linux-just-because-i-could/
[13:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 8 Weird Things Ive Done With Linux Just Because I Could
[13:23]	TR News	LiveKit is an end-to-end stack for WebRTC https://www.linuxlinks.com/livekit-end-to-end-stack-webrtc/
[13:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LiveKit is an end-to-end stack for WebRTC - LinuxLinks
[13:24]	TR News	"The eight-inch Piccolo N150 may be small, but its sharp display and solid build prove it's far from a toy." https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-installed-linux-on-this-8-inch-mini-laptop-and-its-my-new-favorite-way-of-computing/
[13:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing | ZDNET
[13:24]	TR News	Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls to a Meager 9% "Market Share" in South Africa While GNU/Linux Rises Above 5% in Desktops/Laptops https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_a_Meager_9_Market_Share_in_South_Afr.shtml
[13:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls to a Meager 9% "Market Share" in South Africa While GNU/Linux Rises Above 5% in Desktops/Laptops
[13:24]	TR News	Data Shows Largest EU Economies Shifting to GNU/linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Data_Shows_Largest_EU_Economies_Shifting_to_GNU_linux.shtml
[13:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Data Shows Largest EU Economies Shifting to GNU/linux
[13:27]	TR News	Historical Artifacts gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20250503-artifacts.txt "Back on the bike again"
[13:28]	TR News	SpellBinding: CEFSLNK Wordo: FANNY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-04.gmi
[13:32]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 04/05/2025: Historical Artifacts and Date Calculations in POSIX Shell https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Gemini_Links_04_05_2025_Historical_Artifacts_and_Date_Calculati.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Gemini_Links_04_05_2025_Historical_Artifacts_and_Date_Calculati.gmi 
[13:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 04/05/2025: Historical Artifacts and Date Calculations in POSIX Shell
[13:35]	TR News	Techrights Links 04/05/2025: FCC Turning Into MAGAs Censoring Machine, SEC Pressured to Delist Chinese Companies https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Links_04_05_2025_FCC_Turning_Into_MAGA_s_Censoring_Machine_SEC_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Links_04_05_2025_FCC_Turning_Into_MAGA_s_Censoring_Machine_SEC_.gmi 
[13:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 04/05/2025: FCC Turning Into MAGAs Censoring Machine, SEC Pressured to Delist Chinese Companies
[13:39]	TR News	Ubuntu Unity 25.04 Brings Back Ubuntus Biggest Miss https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-unity-25-04-brings-back-ubuntus-biggest-miss/
[13:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Ubuntu Unity 25.04 Brings Back Ubuntu's Biggest Miss - The New Stack
[13:41]	TR News	Malicious Go Modules Deliver Disk-Wiping Linux Malware in Advanced Supply Chain Attack https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/malicious-go-modules-deliver-disk.html
[13:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/malicious-go-modules-deliver-disk.html )
[13:42]		*psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social
[13:43]	TR News	Blaming GitHub et al transmitting malware to users' PCs/servers on "go" and "Linux". Don't blame Microsoft, blame its victims?
[13:49]	TR News	"While SteamOS is nearly ready for a public beta, so that we can all enjoy Valve's gaming-focused Linux distribution without needing a Steam Deck, it's not the only way to play on a gaming-focused Linux distro." https://www.xda-developers.com/alternative-linux-distributions-to-steamos/
[13:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | 3 alternatives to SteamOS to check out for Linux gaming
[13:51]	TR News	"Linux distros can seem boring when you've been using them for a while. Another one? Are you nostalgic for the 1990s and early 2000s? A little-known distro called EXE may be what you're looking for. Is it for you?" https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-exe-live-linux-distro/
[13:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | What Is the EXE Linux Distro, and Should You Use It?
[13:51]	TR News	4 reasons every software enthusiast should try a Linux VM (even if you don't always use it) https://www.xda-developers.com/why-every-software-enthusiast-should-try-a-linux-vm/
[13:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | 4 reasons every software enthusiast should try a Linux VM (even if you don't always use it)
[13:54]	TR News	Morgan Stanley, Wayfair, UPS, and Meta layoffs. This is MAGA.
[13:55]	TR News	You point out Microsoft is losing money. Then Microsoft says, WE ARE INVESTING. OK, so the word "investing" now means the same as losing money. http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Microsoft_s_Debt_Grew_2_1_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_3_Months_.shtml
[13:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft's Debt Grew 2.1 Billion Dollars in the Past 3 Months Alone or 8.2 Billion in the Past Half a Year
● May 04
[14:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Minimise branding-related risks when your company has a commercial and an open source profile https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Minimise_branding_related_risks_when_your_company_has_a_commerc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Minimise_branding_related_risks_when_your_company_has_a_commerc.gmi 
[14:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Minimise branding-related risks when your company has a commercial and an open source profile
[14:20]	TR News	Techrights Many Reports About Microsoft's Financial Report/Performance Are False, Fake News, Churnalism/Parroting, and LLM Slop (Machine-Generated Lies) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Many_Reports_About_Microsoft_s_Financial_Report_Performance_Are.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Many_Reports_About_Microsoft_s_Financial_Report_Performance_Are.gmi 
[14:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Many Reports About Microsoft's Financial Report/Performance Are False, Fake News, Churnalism/Parroting, and LLM Slop (Machine-Generated Lies)
● May 04
[15:00]	TR News	"But what if the USB connection could be made wirelessly? For a few years, real honest-to-goodness wireless USB devices were actually a thing." https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/05/what-went-wrong-with-wireless-usb.html | Source: Old VCR
[15:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-oldvcr.blogspot.com | Old Vintage Computing Research: What went wrong with wireless USB
[15:01]	TR News	"Sun believed that the Extensible Markup Language (XML) format used for OpenOffice documents could make a general open standard for office application files" https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/03/20_years_open_document_format/ | Source: The Register UK
[15:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Open Document Format standard turns 20 The Register
[15:01]	TR News	"Digital sovereignty is of vital importance for data freedom. If governments and organisations use proprietary or pseudo-standard formats, they limit the tools that citizens can use to access data." https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/29/germany-committing-to-odf-and-open-document-standards/ | Source: Document Foundation
[15:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | Germany committing to ODF and open document standards - The Document Foundation Blog
[15:01]	TR News	"ODF is much more than a technical specification: it is a symbol of freedom of choice, support for interoperability and protection of users from the commercial strategies of Big Tech" https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/05/01/20-years-of-the-oasis-odf-standard/ | Source: Document Foundation
[15:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | Celebrating 20 Years of the OASIS Open Document Format (ODF) Standard - The Document Foundation Blog
[15:02]	TR News	"Tim Crook declines to rule out price rises as tariffs bite" https://www.macworld.com/article/2770515/tim-cook-declines-to-rule-out-price-rises-as-tariffs-bite.html
[15:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tim Cook declines to rule out price rises as tariffs bite | Macworld
[15:03]	TR News	iophk: Cook will ratchet up the prices higher and the quality lower -- yet again -- while being able to blame the tariffs for it. Yes, the tariffs will raise the prices (and that is bad enough on its own.) [...]
[15:03]	TR News	"...but it looks like Apple will use that as cover for gouging. Remember it was his goal a few years ago to inure the public to paying north of $1k for a stupid f-ing smartphone. Now he aims for $2.2k..."
[15:07]	TR News	"At the 2024 ELS, I gave a talk on adaptive hashing, which focusses on making general purpose hash tables faster and more robust at the same time." https://quotenil.com/adaptive-hashing.html |
[15:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-quotenil.com | Adaptive Hashing
[15:07]	TR News	"As a maintainer of ruby/spec I sometimes wonder how much each Ruby implementation contributes to ruby/spec. Without further ado, here it is: [...]" https://eregon.me/blog/2025/05/03/contributions-to-ruby-spec.html | Source: Benoit Daloze
[15:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eregon.me | Contributions to ruby/spec On the Edge of Ruby
[15:07]	TR News	"In C++, templates enable generic programming by allowing functions and classes to operate on different data types without sacrificing type safety." https://lemire.me/blog/2025/05/03/c20-concepts-for-nicer-compiler-errors/ | Source: Daniel Lemire
[15:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/05/03/c20-concepts-for-nicer-compiler-errors/ )
[15:08]	TR News	"This goes back, at least, as for as the 1972 paper On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules by D.L. Parnas." https://pid1.dev/posts/decoupling/ | Source: Malcom Coles
[15:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pid1.dev | Decoupling - pid1
[15:15]	TR News	"Well, this is tremendous news. The NIH is the biggest single funder of health research in the USA" https://svpow.com/2025/05/02/from-1-july-no-embargoes-on-nih-funded-publications/ | Source: Matt Wedel
[15:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-svpow.com | From 1 July, no embargoes on NIH-funded publications! | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week
[15:15]	TR News	"NIH Director is pushing the accelerator on policies" https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy |
[15:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nih.gov | Accelerating Access to Research Results: New Implementation Date for the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
[15:16]	TR News	"However, sometimes Wikidata entities are missing the OSM ID(s)." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/cross-checking-osm-ids-between-osm-and-wikidata/ | Source: Rlang
[15:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cross checking OSM IDs between OSM and Wikidata | R-bloggers
[15:19]	TR News	[Old] "The essence of copyright law, like other systems of property rules" https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html | Source: GNU
[15:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.gnu.org | Enforcing the GNU GPL - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
[15:19]	TR News	[Old] "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuits 2008 ruling on Jacobsen v. Katzer" https://dodcio.defense.gov/Open-Source-Software-FAQ/#q-are-oss-licenses-legally-enforceable | Source: US DOD
[15:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://dodcio.defense.gov/Open-Source-Software-FAQ/#q-are-oss-licenses-legally-enforceable )
[15:20]	TR News	documentfoundation
[15:20]	TR News	[Old] "The conference took place from 10 12 October 2024 in Belval, Esch-sur-Alzette" https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/28/tdfs-annual-report-2024-libreoffice-conference/ | Source: Document Foundation
[15:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | TDF's Annual Report 2024 LibreOffice Conference - The Document Foundation Blog
[15:35]	TR News	Windows rapidly down in capital of Europe this year https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/belgium/#monthly-200902-202505
[15:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Belgium | Statcounter Global Stats
[15:40]	TR News	"Im already coming up on my sixth anniversary with Hugo. Wow, time really does fly." https://blog.paranoidpenguin.net/2025/05/migrating-from-wordpress-to-hugo-5-years-9-months-later/ | Source: Roger Comply
[15:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.paranoidpenguin.net | Migrating from WordPress to Hugo: 5 years, 9 months later | ParanoidPenguin.net
[15:42]	TR News	"There is a set of things that you can do when working with a Postgres database" https://mccue.dev/pages/3-11-25-life-altering-postgresql-patterns?ref=labnotes.org | Source: Ethan McCue
[15:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mccue.dev | Life Altering Postgresql Patterns
[15:42]	TR News	"One of the core questions discussed in the breakouts and in the halls was how to broaden the geospatial audience." https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/05/03/duckdb-is-the-most-impactful-geospatial-software-in-a-decade.html | Source: Drew Breunig
[15:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dbreunig.com | DuckDB is Probably the Most Important Geospatial Software of the Last Decade | Drew Breunig
[15:43]	TR News	"I have been checking my server logs semi-regularly of late after an AI bot hit our site hard on two days in March." https://thenewleafjournal.com/checking-our-rss-service-subscriber-counts-in-server-logs/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal
[15:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewleafjournal.com | RSS Service Subscriber Counts in Server Logs The New Leaf Journal
[15:44]	TR News	"We store a massive amount of personal data on our phones." https://www.androidpolice.com/why-users-should-care-about-monthly-security-updates/ | Source: Android Police
[15:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | Why Android users should care more about monthly security updates
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[15:46]	TR News	"Ive had a few people send me things in to repair lately." https://linuxjedi.co.uk/amiga-4000-with-lots-of-little-problems/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings
[15:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxjedi.co.uk | Amiga 4000 With Lots of Little Problems - LinuxJedi's /dev/null
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[15:47]	TR News	"I explained how Arduino makes the life of its users easier by automatically resetting the board" https://qsantos.fr/2025/05/03/linux-always-toggles-dtr-rts/ | Source: Quentin Santos
[15:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-qsantos.fr | Linux always toggles DTR & RTS - Quentin Santos
[15:50]	TR News	iOS got bigger than Windows in Ireland https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/ireland/#monthly-200902-202505
[15:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Ireland | Statcounter Global Stats
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● May 04
[16:15]	TR News	Techrights statCounter Says Only One in 6 Web-Connected Clients in Hungary Are Using Windows, iOS Almost Bigger Than Windows Now https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/statCounter_Says_Only_One_in_6_Web_Connected_Clients_in_Hungary.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/statCounter_Says_Only_One_in_6_Web_Connected_Clients_in_Hungary.gmi 
[16:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights statCounter Says Only One in 6 Web-Connected Clients in Hungary Are Using Windows, iOS Almost Bigger Than Windows Now
[16:19]	TR News	"With Unity, there was an ultimate goal: desktop convergence." https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-unity-25-04-brings-back-ubuntus-biggest-miss/ | Source: The New Stack
[16:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Ubuntu Unity 25.04 Brings Back Ubuntu's Biggest Miss - The New Stack
[16:19]	TR News	"For a long time, the common perception was that 'Linux audio' was the punchline for a not particularly funny joke." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LinuxAudioWorksForMe | Source: University of Toronto
[16:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser
[16:20]	TR News	"Wine 10.7 is out now, featuring user fault fd support, float format conversion updates, PDB backend work, and 14 bug fixes." https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-7-released-with-improved-write-watch-performance/ | Source: Linuxiac
[16:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Wine 10.7 Released with Improved Write Watch Performance
[16:21]	TR News	This Week in Plasma: move by default when dragging-and-dropping https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/03/this-week-in-plasma-move-by-default-when-dragging-and-dropping/
[16:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.kde.org | This Week in Plasma: move by default when dragging-and-dropping - KDE Blogs
[16:21]	TR News	How Misinformation and Partisan New Media Changed a California Town https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/technology/news-misinformation-facebook-oakdale.html
[16:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/technology/news-misinformation-facebook-oakdale.html )
[16:22]	TR News	Daniel Lange: Make `apt` shut up about "modernize-sources" in Trixie https://daniel-lange.com/archives/192-Make-apt-shut-up-about-modernize-sources-in-Trixie.html
[16:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-daniel-lange.com | Make `apt` shut up about "modernize-sources" in Trixie | Daniel Lange's blog
[16:23]	TR News	Control a 3D printer with OctoPrint on Raspberry PI (Docker Installation) https://peppe8o.com/control-a-3d-printer-with-raspberry-docker-octopi-and-motioneye/
[16:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peppe8o.com | Control a 3D printer with OctoPrint on Raspberry PI (Docker Installation)
[16:25]	TR News	Realise that social control media is fake, a waste of time, and problem for people's health https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/what-to-do-when-your-friend-unfollows-you
[16:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | What to Do When Your Friend Unfollows You | The New Yorker
[16:25]	TR News	After Leading a Liberal Comeback, Carney Hits the Ground Running https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/canada/carney-new-government.html
[16:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/canada/carney-new-government.html )
[16:26]	TR News	Romania carries out NATO drills in Black Sea region https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-romania-votes-in-critical-presidential-rerun-with-far-right-candidate-poised-to-win
[16:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-romania-votes-in-critical-presidential-rerun-with-far-right-candidate-poised-to-win )
[16:27]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Sues Colorado and Denver Over Immigration Policies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/us/politics/trump-colorado-denver-lawsuit-immigration.html
[16:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/us/politics/trump-colorado-denver-lawsuit-immigration.html )
[16:27]	TR News	Scientists Could Have Solved a Massive Obstacle to Treating The Brain https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-could-have-solved-a-massive-obstacle-to-treating-the-brain
[16:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Could Have Solved a Massive Obstacle to Treating The Brain : ScienceAlert
[16:28]	TR News	Expert Reveals 2 Crucial Things to Track For Lasting Weight Loss https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-reveals-2-crucial-things-to-track-for-lasting-weight-loss
[16:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Expert Reveals 2 Crucial Things to Track For Lasting Weight Loss : ScienceAlert
[16:28]	TR News	This Sunlight Trick Can Reduce Morning Fatigue, Study Suggests https://www.sciencealert.com/this-sunlight-trick-can-reduce-morning-fatigue-study-suggests
[16:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Sunlight Trick Can Reduce Morning Fatigue, Study Suggests : ScienceAlert
[16:31]	TR News	Childhood Adversity May Damage The Brain's White Matter, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/childhood-adversity-may-damage-the-brains-white-matter-study-finds
[16:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Childhood Adversity May Damage The Brain's White Matter, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
[16:31]	TR News	Here's Why You Should Try 'Jeffing' to Run Longer And Farther https://www.sciencealert.com/heres-why-you-should-try-jeffing-to-run-longer-and-farther
[16:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Here's Why You Should Try 'Jeffing' to Run Longer And Farther : ScienceAlert
[16:32]	TR News	North Koreas Kim Jong Un visits tank factory, touts progress in Korean-style tanks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-visits-tank-factory-touts-progress-in-korean-style-tanks
[16:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim Jong Un visits tank factory, touts progress in Korean-style tanks | The Straits Times
[16:33]	TR News	"AnyCubic Printers" https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/hacking-different-sized-nozzles-for-anycubic-printers/ | Source: Hackaday
[16:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hacking Different Sized Nozzles For AnyCubic Printers | Hackaday
[16:33]	TR News	"Fatigue At Bedtime" https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/tablet-suspension-system-avoids-fatigue-at-bedtime/ | Source: Hackaday
[16:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tablet Suspension System Avoids Fatigue At Bedtime | Hackaday
[16:34]	TR News	"3D Printed Cable-Driven Mechanisms" https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/3d-printed-cable-driven-mechanisms-some-strings-attached/ | Source: Hackaday
[16:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-3D Printed Cable-Driven Mechanisms Some Strings Attached | Hackaday
[16:34]	TR News	7 Essential Logseq Plugins I Use and Recommend https://itsfoss.com/logseq-plugins/
[16:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | 7 Essential Logseq Plugins I Use and Recommend
[16:35]	TR News	This will hurt poor Americans the MOST https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/03/us-ends-tariff-exemption-for-low-cost-goods-from-china/
[16:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | US ends tariff exemption for low-cost goods from China
[16:35]	TR News	Australias re-elected government says US-China tussle will be top priority https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australias-re-elected-government-says-us-china-tussle-to-be-top-priority
[16:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australias re-elected government says US-China tussle will be top priority | The Straits Times
[16:35]	TR News	Vietnam opposes China, Philippines acts on disputed South China Sea reef https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/vietnam-opposes-china-philippines-acts-on-disputed-south-china-sea-reef
[16:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Vietnam opposes China, Philippines acts on disputed South China Sea reef | The Straits Times
[16:36]	TR News	You cant stop China from growing, says ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/you-cant-stop-china-from-growing-says-ex-malaysian-pm-mahathir
[16:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | You cant stop China from growing, says ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir | The Straits Times
[16:36]	TR News	As China Looks for Way Out of U.S. Trade Deadlock, Fentanyl Could Be Key https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/asia/us-china-tariffs-fentanyl.html
[16:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/asia/us-china-tariffs-fentanyl.html )
[16:56]	TR News	South Koreas conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-conservatives-pick-hardline-kim-moon-soo-as-presidential-candidate
[16:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate | The Straits Times
[16:57]	TR News	Fatal reflection: The fight against bird-window collisions at the University of Hong Kong https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/03/every-lost-life-is-a-lost-life-university-of-hong-kong-scholar-studies-why-campus-is-hotspot-for-bird-window-collisions/
[16:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Fatal reflection: The fight against bird-window collisions
[16:58]	TR News	"Not all clamp meters are the same, and this video shows just that. In a recent teardown by [Kerry Wong], the new Fnirsi DMC-100 proves that affordable doesnt mean boring." https://hackaday.com/2025/05/04/frnisi-dmc-100-a-clamp-meter-worth-cracking-open/ | Source: Hackaday
[16:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Frnisi DMC-100: A Clamp Meter Worth Cracking Open | Hackaday
● May 04
[17:00]	TR News	UN rights chief warns Hey Hi (AI) and censorship pose new threats to press freedom https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/un-rights-chief-warns-ai-and-censorship-pose-new-threats-to-press-freedom/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Today_is_World_Press_Freedom_Day_3rd_of_May.shtml
[17:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN rights chief warns AI and censorship pose new threats to press freedom - JURIST - News
[17:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Today is World Press Freedom Day, 3rd of May
[17:04]	TR News	Michael Meeks: 2025-05-01 Thursday https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-05-01.html "Spent some time reproducing and interesting problem and cutting a document down that shows that."
[17:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meeksfamily.uk | Stuff Michael Meeks is doing
[17:04]	TR News	Good News, Bad News: Groklaw is Back Online, SoylentNews Apparently Loses Editor https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Good_News_Bad_News_Groklaw_is_Back_Online_SoylentNews_Apparentl.shtml
[17:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Good News, Bad News: Groklaw is Back Online, SoylentNews Apparently Loses Editor
[17:05]	TR News	Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls Below Quarter in "Market Share" (While Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fakes Rising Dominance... in Buzzwords and Fake Accounting) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_Below_Quarter_in_Market_Share_While_Mic.shtml
[17:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Windows Falls Below Quarter in "Market Share" (While Microsoft Fakes Rising Dominance... in Buzzwords and Fake Accounting)
[17:05]	TR News	Microsoft President Panics Over Europe's Abandonment of Microsoft/GAFAM/Dihydroxyacetone Man's USA, These Figures Show Us Why https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Microsoft_President_Panics_Over_Europe_s_Abandonment_of_Microso.shtml
[17:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft President Panics Over Europe's Abandonment of Microsoft/GAFAM/Trump's USA, These Figures Show Us Why
[17:06]	TR News	Microsoft Says Demand/Budget for "AI" is Decreasing, Bing is Also Moving Down and Down This Year ("Bing Chat" Was an Utter Failure, People Want Sites, Not Slop) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Microsoft_Says_Demand_Budget_for_AI_is_Decreasing_Bing_is_Also_.shtml
[17:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Says Demand/Budget for "AI" is Decreasing, Bing is Also Moving Down and Down This Year ("Bing Chat" Was an Utter Failure, People Want Sites, Not Slop)
[17:06]	TR News	Corporate Media, a Cheerleader of Wall Street Facade, Spent Days Saying "META" and "MSFT" Lifted "the Market", But Their Debt Soared https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Corporate_Media_a_Cheerleader_of_Wall_Street_Facade_Spent_Days_.shtml
[17:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Corporate Media, a Cheerleader of Wall Street Facade, Spent Days Saying "META" and "MSFT" Lifted "the Market", But Their Debt Soared
[17:06]	TR News	Today is World Press Freedom Day, 3rd of May https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Today_is_World_Press_Freedom_Day_3rd_of_May.shtml
[17:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Today is World Press Freedom Day, 3rd of May
[17:07]	TR News	Why Law Firms and Courts in Particular Should Dump Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Why_Law_Firms_and_Courts_in_Particular_Should_Dump_Microsoft.shtml
[17:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Why Law Firms and Courts in Particular Should Dump Microsoft
[17:07]	TR News	Microsoft's Debt Grew 2.1 Billion Dollars in the Past 3 Months Alone or 8.2 Billion in the Past Half a Year https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Microsoft_s_Debt_Grew_2_1_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_3_Months_.shtml
[17:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft's Debt Grew 2.1 Billion Dollars in the Past 3 Months Alone or 8.2 Billion in the Past Half a Year
[17:08]	TR News	Windows Down in the Largest Countries, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Cannot Dodge This Reality Forever (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Windows_Down_in_the_Largest_Countries_Microsoft_Cannot_Dodge_Th.shtml
[17:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Windows Down in the Largest Countries, Microsoft Cannot Dodge This Reality Forever
[17:08]	TR News	Let's Put Slop In the Casket Once and for All (Call Out the Sites and People Who Produce and Spread Slop) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Let_s_Put_Slop_In_the_Casket_Once_and_for_All_Call_Out_the_Site.shtml
[17:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Let's Put Slop In the Casket Once and for All (Call Out the Sites and People Who Produce and Spread Slop)
[17:13]	TR News	Michael Meeks: 2025-05-02 Friday https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-05-02.html "Couple of solar-panel chaps showed up to estimate. Catch-up with Dave,"
[17:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meeksfamily.uk | Stuff Michael Meeks is doing
[17:14]	TR News	BSDCan Travel Fund Auction in honor of Mike Karels https://mwl.io/archives/24105
[17:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mwl.io | BSDCan Travel Fund Auction in honor of Mike Karels Michael W Lucas
[17:17]	TR News	Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda for KSA courtesy of KSA-funded DRM giant https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20250503-night-courier-saudi-thriller-captures-flipside-of-riyadh-s-leap-forward
[17:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20250503-night-courier-saudi-thriller-captures-flipside-of-riyadh-s-leap-forward )
[17:17]	TR News	"Woke" tech companies support beheading of women. Nothing more woke than punishing "witches".
[17:18]	TR News	Australias and Canadas Elections https://rubenerd.com/australia-and-canadas-elections/
[17:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Australias and Canadas Elections
[17:19]	TR News	Enable Rounded backdoored Windows Corner for KUbuntu KDE Plasma Desktop https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/rounded-windows-corners-kde-plasma/
[17:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Enable Rounded Windows Corner for KUbuntu KDE Plasma Desktop | UbuntuHandbook
[17:20]	TR News	Ubuntu Unity 25.04 Brings Back Ubuntus Biggest Miss https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-unity-25-04-brings-back-ubuntus-biggest-miss/
[17:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Ubuntu Unity 25.04 Brings Back Ubuntu's Biggest Miss - The New Stack
[17:21]	TR News	Seems like a lot of LLM slop is in this 'article' https://hamradio.my/2025/05/docker-vs-virtual-machines-what-every-ham-should-know/
[17:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Docker vs Virtual Machines: What Every Ham Should Know - Hamradio.my
[17:24]	TR News	A Plasma (Mobile) Sprint in Graz https://espi.dev/posts/2025/05/plasma-sprint/
[17:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-espi.dev | A Plasma (Mobile) Sprint in Graz | espidev
[17:27]	TR News	Pinot is a real-time analytics platform https://www.linuxlinks.com/pinot-real-time-analytics-platform/
[17:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pinot is a real-time analytics platform - LinuxLinks
[17:27]	TR News	Peux OS is an Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/peux-os-arch-based-linux-distribution/
[17:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Peux OS is an Arch-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks
[17:27]	TR News	LPub3D is an LDraw editor for LEGO style digital building instructions https://www.linuxlinks.com/lpub3d-ldraw-editor-lego-style-digital-building-instructions/
[17:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LPub3D is an LDraw editor for LEGO style digital building instructions - LinuxLinks
[17:29]	TR News	BorgTUI is a TUI and CLI to automate BorgBackup https://www.linuxlinks.com/borgtui-tui-cli-automate-borgbackup/
[17:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-BorgTUI is a TUI and CLI to automate BorgBackup - LinuxLinks
[17:31]	TR News	NVIDIA_OC overclocks NVIDIA GPUs https://www.linuxlinks.com/nvidia_oc-overclocks-nvidia-gpus/
[17:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA_OC overclocks NVIDIA GPUs - LinuxLinks
[17:31]	TR News	MeshLab processes and edits 3D triangular meshes https://www.linuxlinks.com/meshlab-processes-edits-3d-triangular-meshes/
[17:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-MeshLab processes and edits 3D triangular meshes - LinuxLinks
[17:35]	TR News	Implement Anubis to give the bots a harder time https://dan.langille.org/2025/05/03/implement-anubis-to-give-the-bots-a-harder-time/
[17:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | Implement Anubis to give the bots a harder time Dan Langille's Other Diary
[17:36]	TR News	Flathub, Plasma and sprinting https://www.proli.net/2025/05/03/flathub-plasma-and-sprinting%f0%9f%90%a7/
[17:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.proli.net | Flathub, Plasma and sprinting TheBlindCow
[17:40]	TR News	Windows 10 is ending How to switch from backdoored Windows 10 to GNU/Linux Mint in 10 easy steps https://www.reallinuxuser.com/windows-10-is-ending-how-to-switch-from-windows-10-to-linux-mint-in-10-easy-steps/
[17:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.reallinuxuser.com | Windows 10 is ending How to switch from Windows 10 to Linux Mint in 10 easy steps - Real Linux User
[17:46]	TR News	Happy 20th Birthday to OpenDocument Format (ODF) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/03/Happy_20th_Birthday_to_OpenDocument_Format_ODF.shtml
[17:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Happy 20th Birthday to OpenDocument Format (ODF)
[17:57]	TR News	Counter Claim Filed Against Adobe's Efforts to Silence Journalist https://lunduke.substack.com/p/counter-claim-filed-against-adobes
[17:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Counter Claim Filed Against Adobe's Efforts to Silence Journalist
[17:58]	TR News	Latvia's measles patient also travelled to Estonia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/03.05.2025-latvias-measles-patient-also-travelled-to-estonia.a597621/
[17:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia's measles patient also travelled to Estonia / Article
[17:58]	TR News	Romania set for presidential election re-run after annulled vote sparks political turmoil https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250503-romania-set-for-presidential-election-re-run-after-annulled-vote-sparks-political-turmoil
[17:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250503-romania-set-for-presidential-election-re-run-after-annulled-vote-sparks-political-turmoil )
● May 04
[18:01]	TR News	Ukraine Rejects Russian Call for a Three-Day Cease-Fire https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-talks.html
[18:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-talks.html )
[18:01]	TR News	US and Europes diverging views on how to end Russias war in Ukraine https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2551794/us-and-europe-s-diverging-views-on-how-to-end-russia-s-war-in-ukraine
[18:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | US and Europes diverging views on how to end Russias war in Ukraine - LRT
[18:03]	TR News	Ubuntu Blog: Ubuntu IoT Day in Singapore Unlock compliant and scalable innovation in edge Hey Hi (AI) https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-iot-day-singapore-2025
[18:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 404 @ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-iot-day-singapore-2025 )
[18:04]	TR News	Steven Deobald: The Everyone Environment https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/03/the-everyone-environment/
[18:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | The Everyone Environment The Everyone Environment
[18:05]	TR News	Moscow Seeks 'Definitive' Truce Response After Zelenskyy Dismisses Putin's Plan https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drone-missile-strikes-kharkiv-ukraine-donetsk-fighting/33403706.html
[18:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Moscow Seeks 'Definitive' Truce Response After Zelenskyy Dismisses Putin's Plan
[18:05]	TR News	Russia Strikes At Kyiv As Zelenskyy Calls For 30-Day 'Complete Silencing' Of Arms https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-putin-zelenskyy-ceasefire-donetsk-kyiv/33403915.html
[18:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian Air Strikes Target Kyiv As Zelenskyy Calls For 30-Day Cease-Fire
[18:06]	TR News	Zelensky says Putin's short truce is a 'theatrical performance' https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250503-zelensky-says-won-t-play-putin-s-games-with-short-truce
[18:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250503-zelensky-says-won-t-play-putin-s-games-with-short-truce )
[18:08]	TR News	On becoming living history https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/95105.html "learning and exploring, that the early history of GNU/Linux"
[18:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dreamwidth.org | Captcha Check
[18:11]	TR News	This Week in Linux 309: KDE Plasma's Future, openSUSE Leap 16, Trinity Desktop, Open Source Lab issues & more GNU/Linux news https://thisweekinlinux.com/309
[18:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-309: KDE Plasma's Future, openSUSE Leap 16, Trinity Desktop, Open Source Lab issues & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital
[18:11]	TR News	mintCast 460 Open Discussion https://mintcast.org/460-open-discussion/
[18:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mintcast.org | 460 Open Discussion mintCast
[18:12]	TR News	Linux Out Loud 110: GNU/Linux in the Wild: From the ISS to the Influencers https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-110/
[18:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-110: Linux in the Wild: From the ISS to the Influencers - Linux Out Loud - TuxDigital
[18:13]	TR News	This week in Linux 309: KDE Plasmas Future, openSUSE Leap 16, Trinity Desktop, Open Source Lab issues & more GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-309/
[18:14]	TR News	Knowing Whats Possible https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/knowing-whats-possible/ | Source: Hackaday
[18:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Knowing Whats Possible | Hackaday
[18:14]	TR News	The Insurrectionist Is Using the Presidency to Get Rich https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/donald-trump-is-using-the-presidency-to-get-rich
[18:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Donald Trump Is Using the Presidency to Get Rich | The New Yorker
[18:15]	TR News	Happy Belated 15th Anniversary! http://mandrivachronicles.blogspot.com/2025/05/happy-belated-15th-anniversary.html
[18:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mandrivachronicles.blogspot.com | Mandriva Linux Chronicles: Happy Belated 15th Anniversary!
[18:16]	TR News	Fix LibreOffice Scaling Issues on GNU/Linux https://cubiclenate.com/2025/05/03/fix-libreoffice-scaling-issues-on-linux/
[18:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cubiclenate.com | Fixing LibreOffice Scaling Issues on Linux with XCB
[18:17]	TR News	Captured State https://truthout.org/audio/how-to-fight-fascism-in-a-captured-state/
[18:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | How to Fight Fascism in a Captured State | Truthout
[18:19]	TR News	As usual, Slashdot as GAFAM megaphone in "Linux" section https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/29/1952237/oin-marks-20-years-of-defending-linux-and-open-source-from-patent-trolls see http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Disinformation_and_Marketing_Spam_From_and_For_OIN_GAFAM_s_and_.shtml
[18:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yro.slashdot.org | OIN Marks 20 Years of Defending Linux and Open Source From Patent Trolls - Slashdot
[18:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Disinformation and Marketing Spam From and For OIN (GAFAM's and IBM's Weapon Against Free Software Activists and Reformists Against Software Patents)
[18:19]	TR News	Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (17/2025): LAS and funding news https://linmob.net/weekly-update-17-2025/
[18:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (17/2025): LAS and funding news
[18:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: GNU-like Mobile Linux, Amiga, AnyCubic https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Open_Hardware_Modding_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Amiga_AnyCubic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Open_Hardware_Modding_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Amiga_AnyCubic.gmi 
[18:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: GNU-like Mobile Linux, Amiga, AnyCubic
[18:23]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/today_s_howtos.1.gmi 
[18:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos
[18:25]	TR News	 (NEW):  Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Out Loud, This week in Linux, and mintCast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Out_Loud_This_week_in_Linux_and_mintCast.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_Out_Loud_This_week_in_Linux_and_mintCast.gmi 
[18:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Out Loud, This week in Linux, and mintCast
[18:26]		*psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social
[18:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Wifislax Slackware-based live distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Wifislax_Slackware_based_live_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Wifislax_Slackware_based_live_distribution.gmi 
[18:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Wifislax Slackware-based live distribution
[18:28]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi 
[18:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[18:34]	TR News	 (NEW):  I tried Hannah Montana Linux in 2025 - heres how it went https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/I_tried_Hannah_Montana_Linux_in_2025_here_s_how_it_went.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/I_tried_Hannah_Montana_Linux_in_2025_here_s_how_it_went.gmi 
[18:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I tried Hannah Montana Linux in 2025 - heres how it went
[18:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  4 reasons every software enthusiast should try a Linux VM (even if you don't always use it) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/4_reasons_every_software_enthusiast_should_try_a_Linux_VM_even_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/4_reasons_every_software_enthusiast_should_try_a_Linux_VM_even_.gmi 
[18:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 4 reasons every software enthusiast should try a Linux VM (even if you don't always use it)
[18:36]	TR News	microsoft windows down to 15% in ghana https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/ghana/#monthly-200902-202505
[18:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Ghana | Statcounter Global Stats
[18:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Kernel to Drop Support for Legacy i486 and Early 586 CPUs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Linux_Kernel_to_Drop_Support_for_Legacy_i486_and_Early_586_CPUs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Linux_Kernel_to_Drop_Support_for_Legacy_i486_and_Early_586_CPUs.gmi 
[18:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Kernel to Drop Support for Legacy i486 and Early 586 CPUs
[18:40]	TR News	 (NEW):  Urgent - OSU Open Source Lab needs your help https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/01/Urgent_OSU_Open_Source_Lab_needs_your_help.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/01/Urgent_OSU_Open_Source_Lab_needs_your_help.gmi 
[18:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Urgent - OSU Open Source Lab needs your help
[18:41]	TR News	Lenovo May Be Avoiding the 'Windows Tax' By Offering Cheaper Laptops With Pre-Installed Linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/27/0127203/lenovo-may-be-avoiding-the-windows-tax-by-offering-cheaper-laptops-with-pre-installed-linux http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/20/Chinese_OEMs_and_World_s_Largest_Pave_a_Path_Out_of_Microsoft_W.shtml
[18:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | Lenovo May Be Avoiding the 'Windows Tax' By Offering Cheaper Laptops With Pre-Installed Linux - Slashdot
[18:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Chinese OEMs (and World's Largest) Pave a Path Out of Microsoft Windows
[18:43]	TR News	"Hatred" https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/27/0547245/linus-torvalds-expresses-his-hatred-for-case-insensitive-file-systems
[18:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | Linus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred For Case-Insensitive File-Systems - Slashdot
[18:43]	TR News	Torvalds "hates" things. Bill Espteingate "loves" things. http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/27/Slashdot_is_Once_Again_Publishing_Lies_and_Revisionism_for_Bill.shtml
[18:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slashdot is Once Again Publishing Lies and Revisionism for Bill Gates, Citing Microsoft's MSN to Rewrite History and Distract From the Jeffrey Epstein Crimes
[18:48]	TR News	God's angel himself, DoingGodsWork, Bill Espteingate http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.shtml
[18:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [Meme] "Well, Hes Dead So," Bill Gates Tells the Media (Which He Pays) About His Close Friend Jeffrey Epstein
[18:50]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[18:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[18:50]	TR News	Apple faces criminal sanctions https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/01/its-not-the-crime/
[18:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Apple faces criminal sanctions for defying App Store antitrust order (01 May 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[18:51]	TR News	"New Emojis"... says a lot about the intellectual level of people whom Apple targets https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apples-ios-184-1841-updates-bring-new-emojis-intelligence-features-carplay-glitches-persist-1733254
[18:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Apple's iOS 18.4 and 18.4.1 Updates Bring New Emojis and Intelligence Features, But CarPlay Glitches Persist | IBTimes UK
[18:52]	TR News	Court Sides With Fortnite Maker Epic as Apple Sanctioned for Defying Order in App Store Case https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-30/court-sides-with-fortnite-maker-epic-as-apple-sanctioned-for-defying-order-in-app-store-case
[18:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-30/court-sides-with-fortnite-maker-epic-as-apple-sanctioned-for-defying-order-in-app-store-case )
[18:53]	TR News	Apple Violated Order https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-30/us-judge-rules-apple-violated-order-to-reform-app-store
[18:53]		-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/2025-04-30/us-judge-rules-apple-violated-order-to-reform-app-store )
[18:53]	TR News	Apple lowering quality of products again https://www.ft.com/content/c2be45b8-cfad-4cbb-9a1a-bfd0626be372
[18:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ft.com | Subscribe to read
[18:54]	TR News	The choice between two underpaid slave labour pools https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apples-india-manufacturing-push-faces-spoilers-including-china
[18:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apples-india-manufacturing-push-faces-spoilers-including-china )
[18:55]	TR News	Is Microsoft Teams Unreliable? Employee Gets In Trouble After 'Toxic' Boss Calls Him Liar For Being Offline All Day https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-teams-unreliable-employee-gets-trouble-after-toxic-boss-calls-him-liar-being-1733278 spyware/bossware/malware
[18:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Is Microsoft Teams Unreliable? Employee Gets In Trouble After 'Toxic' Boss Calls Him Liar For Being Offline All Day | IBTimes UK
[18:56]	TR News	Bribery follows anywhere Microsoft moves https://nltimes.nl/2025/05/01/three-arrested-british-probe-bribery-around-microsoft-data-center-netherlands http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/01/It_s_Cheaper_to_Pay_Bribes_and_Produce_Press_Releases_Than_to_P.shtml
[18:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Three arrested in British probe into bribery around Microsoft data center in Netherlands | NL Times
[18:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It's Cheaper to Pay Bribes (and Produce Press Releases) Than to Pay Fines (After Lots of Negative Publicity)
[18:59]	TR News	Windows usage falls in Austria? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/austria/#monthly-200902-202505
[18:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Austria | Statcounter Global Stats
● May 04
[19:22]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Above 7% in Bulgaria, Rising Just Like in Most of Europe https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/GNU_Linux_Above_7_in_Bulgaria_Rising_Just_Like_in_Most_of_Europ.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/GNU_Linux_Above_7_in_Bulgaria_Rising_Just_Like_in_Most_of_Europ.gmi 
[19:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Above 7% in Bulgaria, Rising Just Like in Most of Europe
[19:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Ubuntu Unity 25.04 and Ubuntu IoT Day in Singapore https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Ubuntu_Unity_25_04_and_Ubuntu_IoT_Day_in_Singapore.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Ubuntu_Unity_25_04_and_Ubuntu_IoT_Day_in_Singapore.gmi 
[19:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu Unity 25.04 and Ubuntu IoT Day in Singapore
[19:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Standards.gmi 
[19:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
[19:30]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/05/04/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
[19:33]	TR News	Karma gemini://occidental.srht.site/gemlog/karma.gmi
[19:34]	TR News	Techrights Links 04/05/2025: Science, Conflicts, and Monopolies https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Links_04_05_2025_Science_Conflicts_and_Monopolies.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/05/04/Links_04_05_2025_Science_Conflicts_and_Monopolies.gmi 
[19:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 04/05/2025: Science, Conflicts, and Monopolies
[19:34]	TR News	"Clearly the much-loved British ban on XL Bully dogs has failed. It is widely ignored and people keep getting slaughtered and maimed by these disgusting animals and the people who harbour them." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-04_what-is-to-be-done-about-xl-bullies.gmi https://archive.ph/g0xCg
[19:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://archive.ph/g0xCg )
[19:35]	TR News	"As well as being living creatures, XL Bullies are commercially-produced lethal weapons. They have been bred specifically for random violence; this is not behaviour over which they have control or which they can be trained out of."
[19:35]	TR News	"They will for no reason simply go beserk one day and rip a granny's head open, and they have limited bite control - it is difficult for them to release prey after commencing to bite it."
[19:37]	TR News	La forteresse noire- Un film de Michael Mann- Avec Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Alberta Watson, Gabriel Byrne, Jurgen Prochnow. gemini://txt-vostfr.devloprog.org/log/la_forteresse_noire.gmi
[19:40]	TR News	Monopoly gemini://alex.corcoles.net/2025/05/jugando-al-monopoly/
[19:41]	TR News	"That which you do not wish for will ultimately return. And you must taste the waste, boy! Although they warn not caress the weasel, I get the feeling that's what they want, perhaps despite themselves." gemini://rooster.smol.pub/weenthree
[19:41]	TR News	Experimento, accidente y/o oscuridad programada? gemini://deivisdiaz.flounder.online/dependencia.gmi
[19:43]	TR News	"The Luddites werent anti-technology; they were anti-exploitation." gemini://quietsystems.smol.pub/qsys-007-labor The Luddites Were Right
[19:44]	TR News	"QuietSystems has always been about liminalityoperating in the in-between." gemini://quietsystems.smol.pub/qsys-009-cows
[19:45]	TR News	The Third Axis gemini://quietsystems.smol.pub/qsys-008-the-third-axis
[19:47]	TR News	Sticky Quinoa gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/05/04/sticky-quinoa.gmi
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[20:03]	TR News	"Major car maker to cut jobs as part of 1.4B cost-saving drive"
[20:04]	TR News	Slopfarm producing random hallucinations today https://www.techi.com/ibm-and-microsoft-expand-partnership-to-boost-ai-and-cloud/
[20:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techi.com | IBM and Microsoft Expand Partnership to Boost AI and Cloud | What It Means for IBM Stock
[20:10]	TR News	Former Disney employee who hacked Disney World restaurant menus in revenge sentenced to 3 years in federal prison https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/winter-garden-man-sentenced-3-years-federal-prison-conducting-series-cyber-intrusions
[20:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.justice.gov | Middle District of Florida | Winter Garden Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Federal Prison For Conducting Series Of Cyber Intrusions Against Former Employer | United States Department of Justice
[20:11]	TR News	HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Phishing Attack Breach with Health Care Network for $600,000 https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/ocr-hipaa-racap-pih.html
[20:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/ocr-hipaa-racap-pih.html )
[20:12]	TR News	DOGE Sued Over Record Keeping, Failing to Reply to FOIA Requests https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/doge-sued-over-record-keeping-failing-to-reply-to-foia-requests
[20:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.bloomberglaw.com | DOGE Sued Over Record Keeping, Failing to Reply to FOIA Requests
[20:13]	TR News	Scattered Spider Hacking Suspect Extradited to US From Spain https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/scattered-spider-hacking-suspect-extradited-to-us-from-spain
[20:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.bloomberglaw.com | Scattered Spider Hacking Suspect Extradited to US From Spain
[20:13]	TR News	FBI IC3, Verizon DBIR, Google M-Trends reports are outheres the conclusions! https://news.risky.biz/risky-bulletin-fbi-ic3-verizon-dbir-google-m-trends-reports-are-out-heres-the-conclusions/
[20:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.risky.biz | FBI IC3, Verizon DBIR, Google M-Trends reports are outhere's the conclusions!
[20:14]	TR News	ELENOR-corp Ransomware: A New Mimic Ransomware Variant Attacking the Healthcare Sector https://www.morphisec.com/blog/elenor-corp-mimic-ransomware-variant/
[20:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 502 @ https://www.morphisec.com/blog/elenor-corp-mimic-ransomware-variant/ )
[20:14]	TR News	Oregon DEQ wont say if ransomware group took employee data in cyberattack https://databreaches.net/2025/04/26/oregon-deq-wont-say-if-ransomware-group-took-employee-data-in-cyberattack/
[20:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2025/04/26/oregon-deq-wont-say-if-ransomware-group-took-employee-data-in-cyberattack/ )
[20:23]	TR News	Fordham is just a Microsoft-funded propaganda extravaganza http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/fordham-32-report-1-patents-in-pharma.html
[20:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Fordham 32 (Report 1): Patents in Pharma - The IPKat
[20:23]	TR News	Kangaroo Courts of the EPO at it again http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-plausibility-of-diagnostic.html
[20:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The plausibility of diagnostic inventions: No data, no patent (T 0589/22) - The IPKat
[20:25]	TR News	Rising Costs Send More Families to Food Banks ttps://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2025-05-01/funding-cuts-threaten-to-deepen-hunger-crisis-as-rising-costs-send-more-families-to-food-banks
[20:25]	TR News	The Long Game of Tony Blair: From Climate Optimism to Technocratic Control https://off-guardian.org/2025/05/01/the-long-game-of-tony-blair-from-climate-optimism-to-technocratic-control/
[20:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-off-guardian.org | The Long Game of Tony Blair: From Climate Optimism to Technocratic Control OffGuardian
[20:26]	TR News	Climate Actions https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2025-05-01/justice-department-sues-hawaii-michigan-over-plans-to-sue-fossil-fuel-companies-for-climate-harm
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[20:27]	TR News	Blair = KSA = oil https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/04/30/green-response-to-tony-blair-climate-change-committee-and-net-zero/
[20:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-greenparty.org.uk | Government must distance itself from Blair's latest 'dodgy dossier' say Greens - Green Party
[20:27]	TR News	South Korea's Deadly Fires Made Twice as Likely by Climate Change, Researchers Say https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-30/south-koreas-deadly-fires-made-twice-as-likely-by-climate-change-researchers-say
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[20:27]	TR News	How Cheeto Mussolini 2.0 Overturned Years of Climate Progress in 100 Days https://truthout.org/articles/how-trump-2-0-overturned-years-of-climate-progress-in-100-days/
[20:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | How Trump 2.0 Overturned Years of Climate Progress in 100 Days | Truthout
[20:28]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolini White House Dismisses All Contributors to National Climate Assessment https://truthout.org/articles/trump-white-house-dismisses-all-contributors-to-national-climate-assessment/
[20:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Trump White House Dismisses All Contributors to National Climate Assessment | Truthout
[20:28]	TR News	Worlds Top 111 Corporations Have Caused $28T in Climate Damages, Study Finds https://truthout.org/articles/worlds-top-111-corporations-have-caused-28t-in-climate-damages-study-finds/
[20:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Worlds Top 111 Corporations Have Caused $28T in Climate Damages, Study Finds | Truthout
[20:28]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolini boots climate scientists from climate science report https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/411048/trump-national-climate-assessment-scientists
[20:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump boots climate scientists from climate science report | Vox
[20:28]	TR News	US Dismisses All Authors of National Climate Assessment, Email Says https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-28/trump-administration-dismisses-all-authors-of-key-climate-report-email-says
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[20:29]	TR News	https://truthout.org/articles/will-scotus-let-agencies-skip-climate-analysis-when-approving-major-projects/
[20:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Will SCOTUS Let Agencies Skip Climate Analysis When Approving Major Projects? | Truthout
[20:29]	TR News	Will SCOTUS Let Agencies Skip Climate Analysis When Approving Major Projects? https://truthout.org/articles/will-scotus-let-agencies-skip-climate-analysis-when-approving-major-projects/
[20:34]	TR News	GAFAM burns the planet for its Ponzi scheme: https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-04-26/big-techs-soaring-energy-demands-are-making-coal-fired-power-plant-sites-attractive (Big Tech's Soaring Energy Demands Are Making Coal-Fired Power Plant Sites Attractive)
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[20:35]	TR News	More solar energy in Michigan will spark investment, job opportunities https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-more-solar-energy-michigan-will-spark-investment-job-opportunities
[20:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bridgemi.com | Opinion | More solar energy in Michigan will spark investment, job opportunities | Bridge Michigan
[20:36]	TR News	An energy superpower? Oilpatch skeptical of Carney's support for the sector https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/oil-sector-mark-carney-1.7521971
[20:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | An energy superpower? Oilpatch skeptical of Carney's support for the sector | CBC News
[20:36]	TR News	Carney is a corny carny
[20:37]	TR News	Singapore Orders Foreigners' Facebook Posts Taken Down Under New Election Rules https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-26/singapore-orders-foreigners-facebook-posts-taken-down-under-new-election-rules
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[20:39]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolini scales back US diplomacy in Africa https://www.dw.com/en/trump-scales-back-us-diplomacy-in-africa/a-72391480 blacks he's friends with literally adore Hitler ("Ye")
[20:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump scales back US diplomacy in Africa DW 04/30/2025
[20:41]	TR News	Agricultural frost severely impacts Turkey's export crops https://bianet.org/haber/agricultural-frost-severely-impacts-turkey-s-export-crops-says-mp-306798
[20:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Agricultural frost severely impacts Turkey's export crops, says MP
[20:41]	TR News	Crackdown https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-26/turkey-detains-47-members-of-istanbul-municipality-in-widening-crackdown
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[04:30]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/doge-white-house-republicans/
[04:30]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | White House 'in a bind' as it seeks GOP help with mess Elon Musk's DOGE created: report - Raw Story
[04:37]	admfubar	https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/04/investigative-series/scientology-the-cia-and-mk-ultra/
[04:37]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-unlimitedhangout.com | Scientology, The CIA, and MK-ULTRA
● May 04
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[06:06]	TR News	'extremist group' https://www.dw.com/en/israel-strikes-syria-extremist-group-threatening-druze-pm/a-72397983
[06:06]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Israel strikes Syria 'extremist group' threatening Druze: PM DW 04/30/2025
[06:07]	TR News	Stranded in Northeast Syria https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/30/trinidad-and-tobago-nationals-remain-stranded-northeast-syria
[06:07]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.hrw.org | Trinidad and Tobago Nationals Remain Stranded in Northeast Syria | Human Rights Watch
[06:17]	TR News	Class Dealignment https://jacobin.com/2025/05/canada-carney-election-class-dealignment/
[06:17]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | Canadas Election Didnt Halt Class Dealignment
[06:29]	TR News	child protective services crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/social-workers-resources-caseload-1.7522891
[06:29]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.cbc.ca | Why these N.S. social workers are worried kids are falling through the cracks | CBC News
[06:39]	admfubar	https://theintercept.com/2025/04/30/trump-auto-car-tariffs-tesla-elon-musk/
[06:39]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-theintercept.com | Trump Auto Tariff Relief Helps Tesla a Lot, Leaves Others Behind
[06:43]	TR News	India Shuts Over Half of Kashmir Tourist Spots https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-29/india-shuts-over-half-of-kashmir-tourist-spots-in-security-review
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[06:45]	TR News	Corporate America Boosts Security Spending After UnitedHealth Murder, Filings Show https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-28/analysis-corporate-america-boosts-security-spending-after-unitedhealth-murder-filings-show
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[10:06]	TR News	"An Interview With Bobby Kogan - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-bobby-kogan
[10:06]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | An Interview With Bobby Kogan - Paul Krugman
[10:07]	TR News	"The Post-Politics Behind Romanias Rising Far Right" https://jacobin.com/2025/05/georgescu-simion-romania-nationalism-ukraine/
[10:07]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | The Post-Politics Behind Romanias Rising Far Right
[10:07]	TR News	"Russia's Medvedev Says Trump's Statement About US World War Two Role Was 'Pretentious Nonsense'" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-03/russias-medvedev-says-trumps-statement-about-us-world-war-two-role-was-pretentious-nonsense
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[10:09]	TR News	"Introduction To Yarvin's Formalism" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/03/introduction-to-yarvins-formalism/
[10:09]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.emptywheel.net | Introduction To Yarvin's Formalism - emptywheel
[10:10]	TR News	"The Judiciary Pushback Against Trumps Agenda" https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2025/05/judiciary-pushback-trump-washington-week/682690/
[10:10]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | The Judiciary Pushback Against Trumps Agenda - The Atlantic
[10:11]	TR News	"Magura V5, Russia Su-40, Putin, Zelensky: Video: $50 Million Russian Su-30 Jet Destroyed By Ukraine Naval Drone" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/magura-v5-russia-su-40-putin-zelensky-video-ukraine-naval-drone-destroys-50-million-russian-jet-over-black-sea-8325014
[10:11]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ndtv.com | Magura V5, Russia Su-40, Putin, Zelensky: Video: $50 Million Russian Su-30 Jet Destroyed By Ukraine Naval Drone
[10:45]	TR News	Israel launches new strikes on Syria amid Druze tensions https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250503-israel-launches-more-then-20-new-strikes-across-syria-amidst-druze-tensions
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[10:45]	TR News	At least 11 killed in Israeli strike on refugeecamp in Gaza https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-at-least-11-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-refugee-camp-in-gaza
[10:45]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-at-least-11-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-refugee-camp-in-gaza )
[10:46]	TR News	UN envoy condemns Israeli airstrikes in Syria amid Druze tensions https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-un-envoy-to-syria-condemns-israeli-military-intervention-amid-druze-tensions
[10:46]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-un-envoy-to-syria-condemns-israeli-military-intervention-amid-druze-tensions )
● May 04
[12:15]	TR News	"Turkish president at odds with thousands of Turkish Cypriots who object to his attempts to undermine their secular way of life" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/erdogan-tells-protesters-against-islamification-in-northern-cyprus-they-will-fail | Source: The Guardian UK
[12:15]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Erdoan tells protesters against Islamification in northern Cyprus they will fail | Cyprus | The Guardian
[12:16]	TR News	"According to Romanian intelligence reports, foreign actors had manipulated social media platforms, especially TikTok, to benefit Georgescu" https://www.rferl.org/a/romania-president-election-ukraine-russia-vance-simion/33403006.html | Source: RFERL
[12:16]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | A Canceled Vote, Then A Banned Candidate. Now Romania Holds Election Rerun.
● May 04
[13:02]	TR News	"In the pantheon of intellectual dishonesty, few positions are as morally bankrupt as vaccine denialism." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/clear-thinking-v-robert-f-kennedy | Source: Mike Brock
[13:02]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.notesfromthecircus.com | Clear Thinking v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr - by Mike Brock
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[16:25]	TR News	After Leading a Liberal Comeback, Carney Hits the Ground Running https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/canada/carney-new-government.html
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[16:26]	TR News	Romania carries out NATO drills in Black Sea region https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250503-romania-votes-in-critical-presidential-rerun-with-far-right-candidate-poised-to-win
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[16:27]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Sues Colorado and Denver Over Immigration Policies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/us/politics/trump-colorado-denver-lawsuit-immigration.html
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[16:32]	TR News	North Koreas Kim Jong Un visits tank factory, touts progress in Korean-style tanks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-visits-tank-factory-touts-progress-in-korean-style-tanks
[16:32]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim Jong Un visits tank factory, touts progress in Korean-style tanks | The Straits Times
[16:35]	TR News	Vietnam opposes China, Philippines acts on disputed South China Sea reef https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/vietnam-opposes-china-philippines-acts-on-disputed-south-china-sea-reef
[16:35]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Vietnam opposes China, Philippines acts on disputed South China Sea reef | The Straits Times
[16:36]	TR News	You cant stop China from growing, says ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/you-cant-stop-china-from-growing-says-ex-malaysian-pm-mahathir
[16:36]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | You cant stop China from growing, says ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir | The Straits Times
[16:36]	TR News	As China Looks for Way Out of U.S. Trade Deadlock, Fentanyl Could Be Key https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/asia/us-china-tariffs-fentanyl.html
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[16:56]	TR News	South Koreas conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-conservatives-pick-hardline-kim-moon-soo-as-presidential-candidate
[16:56]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate | The Straits Times
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[17:18]	TR News	Australias and Canadas Elections https://rubenerd.com/australia-and-canadas-elections/
[17:18]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Rubenerd: Australias and Canadas Elections
[17:43]	liberty_box	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6j8ew1w0qo
[17:43]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.bbc.co.uk | Uppsala shooting: Swedes react to horror amid Walpurgis festival - BBC News
[17:58]	TR News	Romania set for presidential election re-run after annulled vote sparks political turmoil https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250503-romania-set-for-presidential-election-re-run-after-annulled-vote-sparks-political-turmoil
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● May 04
[18:01]	TR News	Ukraine Rejects Russian Call for a Three-Day Cease-Fire https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-talks.html
[18:01]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-talks.html )
[18:01]	TR News	US and Europes diverging views on how to end Russias war in Ukraine https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2551794/us-and-europe-s-diverging-views-on-how-to-end-russia-s-war-in-ukraine
[18:01]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | US and Europes diverging views on how to end Russias war in Ukraine - LRT
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[18:05]	TR News	Moscow Seeks 'Definitive' Truce Response After Zelenskyy Dismisses Putin's Plan https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drone-missile-strikes-kharkiv-ukraine-donetsk-fighting/33403706.html
[18:05]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Moscow Seeks 'Definitive' Truce Response After Zelenskyy Dismisses Putin's Plan
[18:05]	TR News	Russia Strikes At Kyiv As Zelenskyy Calls For 30-Day 'Complete Silencing' Of Arms https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-putin-zelenskyy-ceasefire-donetsk-kyiv/33403915.html
[18:05]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russian Air Strikes Target Kyiv As Zelenskyy Calls For 30-Day Cease-Fire
[18:06]	TR News	Zelensky says Putin's short truce is a 'theatrical performance' https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250503-zelensky-says-won-t-play-putin-s-games-with-short-truce
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[18:14]	TR News	The Insurrectionist Is Using the Presidency to Get Rich https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/donald-trump-is-using-the-presidency-to-get-rich
[18:14]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.newyorker.com | Donald Trump Is Using the Presidency to Get Rich | The New Yorker
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[20:39]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolini scales back US diplomacy in Africa https://www.dw.com/en/trump-scales-back-us-diplomacy-in-africa/a-72391480 blacks he's friends with literally adore Hitler ("Ye")
[20:39]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Trump scales back US diplomacy in Africa DW 04/30/2025
[20:41]	TR News	Crackdown https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-26/turkey-detains-47-members-of-istanbul-municipality-in-widening-crackdown
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[22:59]	admfubar	https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/02/fighting-oligarchy-the-idle-rich-and-the-vampire-economy/
[22:59]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Fighting Oligarchy: The Idle Rich and the Vampire Economy - CounterPunch.org
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[23:07]	whatA_	Just dropping the reminders here: https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/22/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_Fighting_for_the_Poor_and_Powerl.shtml
[23:07]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-techrights.org | Techrights Electronic Frontier Foundation: Fighting 'for the Poor and Powerless' While Taking Home $336,000 in Annual Salary
[23:07]	whatA_	https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/Microsoft_Sponsored_Inauguration_as_a_Reminder_to_Boycott_Micro.shtml
[23:07]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft-Sponsored Inauguration as a Reminder to Boycott Microsoft
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