●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, September 04, 2026 ●● ● Sep 04 [00:26] *parsifal (~parsifal@kv2ix4zpkfb9i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Sep 04 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-030926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-030926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-030926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-030926.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, September 03, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-030926.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-030926.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-030926.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-030926.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, September 03, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-09-03.txt ● Sep 04 [05:46] TR News "I read a post by sava.rocks [0] and various replies on the geminispace BBS [1] about AI agents grabbing content from gopher and gemini using an MCP server developed last year. It really was just a matter of time before they infiltrated the smolnet." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2026-09-03-on-ai-infiltrating-the-smolnet [05:47] TR News head full of words gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/head_full_of_words [05:48] TR News "I've been silently enjoying the feed here for a long time, especially during the last weeks it seemed more alive around than ever (since I was around at least). Now something has indeed shifted in the air, since little campsite left us. Was there something I didn't notice?" gemini://flo.smol.pub/missing [05:49] TR News "In an attempt to become more familiar with the lore of the Forgotten Realms, I chose the Avatar series as a starting point. These are my thoughts about this series, and they will contain spoilers. If you haven't read the books, you might want to stop reading right now." gemini://capsulated.life/posts/2026-08-29-forgotten-realms-avatar-series.gmi [05:53] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 04/09/2026: Forgotten Realms Avatar Series and Slop Plagiarism's Footprint in Gopher/Geminispace https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Gemini_Links_04_09_2026_Forgotten_Realms_Avatar_Series_and_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Gemini_Links_04_09_2026_Forgotten_Realms_Avatar_Series_and_Slop.gmi [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 04/09/2026: Forgotten Realms Avatar Series and Slop Plagiarism's Footprint in Gopher/Geminispace [05:54] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray Snapshot 3 Is Now Available for Public Testing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Ubuntu_26_10_Stonking_Stingray_Snapshot_3_Is_Now_Available_for_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Ubuntu_26_10_Stonking_Stingray_Snapshot_3_Is_Now_Available_for_.gmi [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu 26.10 Stonking Stingray Snapshot 3 Is Now Available for Public Testing [05:56] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 03, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_September_03_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_September_03_2026.gmi [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 03, 2026 [05:58] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:58] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... ● Sep 04 [06:01] TR News GNU/Linux reached 17% in North America yesterday https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=north-america&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [06:07] TR News Still cant establish a connection to the server at stallman.org. Soon it'll be one week. [06:08] TR News Aaron Swartz died about 13 years ago and his site still works ok. http://www.aaronsw.com/ [06:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aaronsw.com | Aaron Swartz [06:18] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Continues to Grow in China https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/GNU_Linux_Continues_to_Grow_in_China.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/GNU_Linux_Continues_to_Grow_in_China.gmi [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Continues to Grow in China [06:32] TR News "by demoting a labor rights issue to a mere property rights issue, AI critics are setting workers up to fail." https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/scrape-scrope-scrap/#unpermissioned_research | Source: CoryDoctorow [06:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Unpermissioned research (02 Sep 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [06:32] TR News "I doubt anyone can look at the side-by-side and say the similarities are coincidence." https://dbushell.com/2026/09/04/plagiarism/ | Source: David Bushell [06:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dbushell.com | Plagiarism aint cool bro :( David Bushell Web Dev (UK) [06:32] TR News "Internet service provider RCN has asked a New Jersey federal court to reconsider a six-year-old ruling and dismiss the major record labels' piracy liability lawsuit." https://torrentfreak.com/rcn-urges-judge-to-toss-the-major-labels-last-piracy-liability-lawsuit/ | Source: Torrent Freak [06:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-RCN Urges Judge to Toss the Major Labels' 'Last' Piracy Liability Lawsuit * TorrentFreak [06:33] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.theverge.com/games/989978/nvidia-dlss-5-rtx-40 | Source: The Verge [06:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Nvidia will officially bring DLSS 5 to older GPUs but wont give gamers full control | The Verge [06:33] TR News "Which brings me to the post-Trump [Internet]. Trump isn't the first president to figure out that the [Internet] could be weaponized for geopolitical ends." https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/broken-arrows/#things-get-worse | Source: CoryDoctorow [06:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Preparing for a post-Trump internet (03 Sep 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [06:33] TR News "On 15 April 2026 Verisign proposed the destruction of the entire 3rd level of the '.name' hierarchy in order to simplify their administration." https://neil.fraser.name/news/2026/09/03/ | [06:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neil.fraser.name | Neil Fraser: News: .name Termination [06:43] TR News "The Consumer Rights Wiki documents anti-ownership and anti-consumer shenanigans ranging from planned obsolescence to subscription traps" https://boingboing.net/2026/09/01/consumer-rights-wiki-tracks-every-shady-and-sketchy-trick-they-pull.html | Source: BoingBoing [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boingboing.net | Consumer Rights Wiki tracks every shady and sketchy trick they pull - Boing Boing [06:43] TR News "Starting in the 1960s, at a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5718381 | Source: NPR [06:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92 [06:45] TR News "It was too heavy to play soccer in. It restricted him to a seventy-five-mile radius. It was visible under his clothes." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-twenty-year-old-is-dead-because | Source: Mike Brock [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | A Twenty-Year-Old is Dead Because the United States Government Put a Monitor on His Leg [06:49] TR News Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie. Gloria Steinem [06:50] TR News "More than 200 staffers at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the encyclopedia Wikipedia, have voted 158-14 to join the Communications Workers of America labor union." https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-workers-vote-on-whether-to-unionize/ | Source: Wired [06:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time | WIRED [06:50] TR News Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke . . . She will need her sisterhood. Gloria Steinem [06:55] TR News (NEW): Gloria Steinem Tackled Systemic Misogyny as an Activist and Journalist (Can be Both) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Gloria_Steinem_Tackled_Systemic_Misogyny_as_an_Activist_and_Jou.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Gloria_Steinem_Tackled_Systemic_Misogyny_as_an_Activist_and_Jou.gmi [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Gloria Steinem Tackled Systemic Misogyny as an Activist and Journalist (Can be Both) [06:56] TR News Freedom of Information https://cpj.org/2026/09/neither-free-nor-imprisoned-tunisias-journalists-in-legal-limbo/ | Source: CPJ [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Neither free nor imprisoned: Tunisias journalists in legal limbo - Committee to Protect Journalists [06:57] TR News "The deal is worth $285 million, more than twice GoPros market capitalization." https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/gopro-sold-at-a-bargain-price-after | Source: Jrme Marin [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cafetechinenglish.substack.com | GoPro sold at a bargain price after years of decline [06:57] TR News "The big takeaway from this primary season isnt one of generational change. Its the growing power of progressives, along with voters increasing suspicion of giant corporations, Big Tech, and the billionaire class." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-not-age | Source: Robert Reich [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Its Not Age - Robert Reich [06:58] TR News "Now, the former Microsoft CEO has been suspended by the NBA for a year, while the league says his team will forfeit five future draft picks and pay a $30 million fine, among other penalties." https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/989962/steve-ballmer-kawhi-leonard-pablo-torre-finds-out | Source: The Verge [06:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | The NBA explains Steve Ballmers jumbotron corruption scandal | The Verge [06:59] TR News "OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musks SpaceX acquired the AI coding startup." https://www.wired.com/story/openai-elon-musk-cursor-billion-revenue/ | Source: Wired [06:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk | WIRED [06:59] TR News "Frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI all experienced rare outages on Thursday morning, creating downtime for their corresponding AI chatbots" https://www.wired.com/story/nobody-is-saying-why-openai-and-anthropic-had-outages-today/ | Source: Wired [06:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nobody Is Saying Why OpenAI and Anthropic Had Outages Today | WIRED ● Sep 04 [07:01] TR News "A psychological operation is a coordinated effort by an interested party to move a target audience toward a specific belief by supplying that audience with framed information" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-ai-trade-is-a-psyop | Source: Mike Brock [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The AI Trade is a Psyop - by Mike Brock [07:01] TR News "BirdNET-Go uses a USB microphone to listen for birds. Using machine learning BirdNET-Go identifies the birds before pulling beautiful illustrations from a local database." https://blog.pimoroni.com/in-this-garden-a-raspberry-pi-is-keeping-an-ear-on-the-birds/ | Source: Pimoroni [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.pimoroni.com | In This Garden, a Raspberry Pi Is Keeping an Ear on the Birds [07:02] TR News "Dumonts camera design relies on the Seeed Studio MLX90640 thermal imaging sensor." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/09/03/building-a-diy-thermal-camera-for-work-and-play/ | Source: Arduino [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Building a DIY handheld thermal camera for work and play | Arduino Blog [07:02] TR News "A surprising number of things we use in everyday life retain most of their design cues from their 19th century ancestors." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/03/a-split-keyboard-designed-for-human-hands/ | Source: Hackaday [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Split Keyboard Designed For Human Hands | Hackaday [07:03] TR News "The most effective methods involve modifying the model itself to reduce or eliminate stress points." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/03/corners-lifting-on-3d-prints-guide-gives-prevention-tips/ | Source: Hackaday [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Corners Lifting On 3D Prints? Guide Gives Prevention Tips | Hackaday [07:03] TR News "At its heart are three integrated circuits, the familiar Si5351 as a transmit VFO, an Si4372 receiver, and an RP2040 tying it all together." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/03/a-thoroughly-modern-minimalist-transceiver/ | Source: Hackaday [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Thoroughly Modern Minimalist Transceiver | Hackaday [07:03] TR News "In Raspberry Pi Official Magazine #167, we used a trick with a capacitor to get a reading from an analogue sensor." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/build-an-internet-radio/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.com | Build an internet radio - Raspberry Pi [07:04] TR News "The primary challenge of rocket propulsion is the burden of needing to accelerate the spacecrafts own fuel, resulting in only a logarithmic gain in maximum speed as propellant is added to the spacecraft." https://avi-loeb.medium.com/detectable-flashes-from-light-sail-transport-systems-between-habitable-exoplanets-765ecb6f39f2 | Source: Avi Loeb [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://avi-loeb.medium.com/detectable-flashes-from-light-sail-transport-systems-between-habitable-exoplanets-765ecb6f39f2 ) [07:04] TR News "That dollar amount looks paltry today: From January 2025 through July 17 this year, Waymo racked up $957,008 in fines" https://sf.gazetteer.co/waymo-has-been-slapped-with-more-than-8300-parking-tickets-since-january-2025 | Source: Gazetteer, San Francisco, California [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sf.gazetteer.co | Waymo has been slapped with more than 8,300 parking tickets since January 2025 [07:04] TR News "I was gonna make a joke about how many parking tickets you thought a regular meatsack Non-Corporate person could get and still keep their license, but it turns out that the answer is infinitely many as long as you pay them." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/09/i-pay-my-parking-tickets-like-any-other-corporate-person-a-million-dollars-at-a-time/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/09/i-pay-my-parking-tickets-like-any-other-corporate-person-a-million-dollars-at-a-time/ ) [07:05] TR News "Testing for no power confirmed that the power had indeed been cut" https://hackaday.com/2026/09/03/how-to-avoid-getting-arc-flashed/ | Source: Hackaday [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How To Avoid Getting Arc Flashed | Hackaday [07:08] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Minimalist Transceiver, DIY, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Open_Hardware_Modding_Minimalist_Transceiver_DIY_Raspberry_Pi_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Open_Hardware_Modding_Minimalist_Transceiver_DIY_Raspberry_Pi_a.gmi [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Minimalist Transceiver, DIY, Raspberry Pi, and More [07:08] TR News "Our current infrastructure was built for a world that no longer exists. How do we build the power to survive when the systems we depend on fail us?" https://organizingmythoughts.org/organizing-for-survival-in-an-era-of-climate-chaos/ | Source: Kelly Hayes [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-organizingmythoughts.org | Organizing for Survival in an Era of Climate Chaos [07:08] TR News "The shift follows growing public resistance to data centers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere." https://insidetowers.com/midterm-candidates-rethink-data-centers-as-opposition-grows/ | Source: Inside Towers [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | Midterm Candidates Rethink Data Centers as Opposition Grows - Inside Towers [07:10] TR News "The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide." https://www.wired.com/story/2026-supersized-el-nino-impacts-worsen/ | Source: Wired [07:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The 2026 El Nio Is Being Supersized as Impacts Worsen | WIRED [07:11] TR News "Billionaire Lobby" https://jacobin.com/2026/09/california-proposition-40-billionaire-tax-lobby | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The Rise of the Billionaire Lobby [07:11] TR News "The group, which calls itself VantaCore, has targeted at least seven known victims, Russian cybersecurity firm F6 said in a report published this week." https://therecord.media/new-pro-ukraine-hacker-group-custom-ransomware-russia | Source: The Record [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | New pro-Ukraine hacker group targets Russian companies with custom ransomware | The Record from Recorded Future News [07:11] TR News "Theres more background here. Bessent, as much as or more than Trump, has been effectively an enemy of Ukraine from the beginning." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/imperialist-delusions-and-the-price | Source: Paul Krugman [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Imperialist Delusions and the Price of Fuel [07:12] TR News "The US slide into autocracy has been enabled at every step by pathetic tech executives that enthusiastically embraced a complete lack of ethics." https://karlbode.com/never-forget-how-eagerly-apple-and-google-coddled-fascism/ | Source: Karl Bode [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-karlbode.com | Never Forget How Eagerly Apple And Google Coddled Fascism [07:12] TR News "Dont Call It Hybrid." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/russia-is-at-war-with-the-west-dont | Source: The Next Move [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenextmove.org | Russia Is at War With the West. Dont Call It Hybrid. [07:12] TR News " but that wont change any minds" https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/04/the-us-navy-loses-another-war/ | Source: Crooked Timber [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | The US Navy loses another war Crooked Timber [07:13] TR News "A leaked report alleges some Moroccan police officers guided crossings into the Spanish enclave" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/03/leaked-spanish-report-claims-total-permissiveness-of-morocco-over-ceuta-crisis_6757116_4.html?srsltid=AfmBOoruP06jBUHOzNLLWqP6JJmmt22656OURwxyuaZfEvoDfUHHZqzm | Source: Le Monde [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 402 @ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/03/leaked-spanish-report-claims-total-permissiveness-of-morocco-over-ceuta-crisis_6757116_4.html?srsltid=AfmBOoruP06jBUHOzNLLWqP6JJmmt22656OURwxyuaZfEvoDfUHHZqzm ) [07:13] *FANTOM (~fantom@90.251.50.60) has left #boycottnovell-social [07:14] TR News "Next Tuesday, September 8th, we will do a C-tor release (0.4.9.12) containing fixes for a set of high severity issues" https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-dev-upcoming-c-tor-security-release-0-4-9-12/22075 | Source: Tor [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-forum.torproject.org | [tor-dev] Upcoming C-tor security release - 0.4.9.12 - tor-dev - Tor Project Forum [07:16] TR News (NEW): Grml 2026.09 Linux Distro Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.1, Based on Debian 14 Forky https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Grml_2026_09_Linux_Distro_Is_Out_with_Linux_Kernel_7_1_Based_on.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Grml_2026_09_Linux_Distro_Is_Out_with_Linux_Kernel_7_1_Based_on.gmi [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Grml 2026.09 Linux Distro Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.1, Based on Debian 14 Forky [07:21] TR News Blogging Not Dead in 2026 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/blogging-not-dead-in-2026/ [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Blogging Not Dead in 2026 [07:27] TR News EnzoFCs Next Home Test https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/enzofcs-next-home-test/ [07:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive EnzoFCs Next Home Test [07:27] TR News "Official sources: Surveying drone found along Finnish coast is thought to be Russian | Yle News | Yle" https://yle.fi/a/74-20244534 [07:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Official sources: Surveying drone found along Finnish coast is thought to be Russian | Yle News | Yle [07:37] TR News UK Government Says Start Stocking Up, But It Speaks of Weather, Not the War https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/uk-government-says-start-stocking-up-but-it-speaks-of-weather-not-the-war/ [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive UK Government Says Start Stocking Up, But It Speaks of Weather, Not the War [07:43] TR News (NEW): Tiny OSM-MF module runs Linux on Sitara AM67 and 4-TOPS AI https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Tiny_OSM_MF_module_runs_Linux_on_Sitara_AM67_and_4_TOPS_AI.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Tiny_OSM_MF_module_runs_Linux_on_Sitara_AM67_and_4_TOPS_AI.gmi [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tiny OSM-MF module runs Linux on Sitara AM67 and 4-TOPS AI [07:45] TR News More Food/Farms, Less Datacentres https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/more-foodfarms-less-datacentres/ [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive More Food/Farms, Less Datacentres ● Sep 04 [08:01] TR News (NEW): Droidian Debian-based Linux distribution for mobile devices https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Droidian_Debian_based_Linux_distribution_for_mobile_devices.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Droidian_Debian_based_Linux_distribution_for_mobile_devices.gmi [08:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Droidian Debian-based Linux distribution for mobile devices [08:05] TR News "Previously Windows simply kicked that decision down the road for a period of three days; now, you can opt out forever." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3223851/microsofts-onedrive-love-it-hate-it-manage-it.html | Source: PC World [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft OneDrive wants to back up everything. You dont have to let it | PCWorld [08:05] TR News "WIRED rebuilt Flocks latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officers browser." https://www.wired.com/story/flock-ai-search-user-interface/ | Source: Wired [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Is Flocks AI Search Tool for Cops | WIRED [08:05] TR News "The webinar shows just how routine the idea of always-on surveillance has become, and how casually it is used during extremely innocuous events." https://www.404media.co/flock-taught-cops-how-to-surveil-no-kings-protesters/ | Source: 404 Media [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters [08:05] TR News "At least 30 healthcare organizations were affected by the Aesto breach." https://therecord.media/health-data-aesto-cyberattack-leak | Source: The Record [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Health data of more than 9.5 million people leaked from Aesto record system | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:06] TR News "One effective form of attack on the Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure, including the root servers, is the so-called random name attack." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/04/what-part-of-no-is-so-hard-for-the-dns-understand/ | Source: APNIC [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | What part of 'No!' is so hard for the DNS understand? | APNIC Blog [08:06] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:07] TR News Windows TCO https://www.securityweek.com/manchester-airports-group-data-on-8-8-million-people-leaked-after-ransom-refusal/ | Source: Security Week [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Manchester Airports Group Data on 8.8 Million People Leaked After Ransom Refusal - SecurityWeek [08:07] TR News "I really enjoy any sort of photography, if you have read my blog for a while you will probably know this already." https://ljpuk.net/posts/where-do-i-share-my-photography | Source: Lee Peterson [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ljpuk.net | Where do I share my photography? - LJPUK [08:07] TR News "What made this particularly great though? Like Mr. Coyote traditionally communicates, every one of his answers was via a hand-held sign." https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/09/03/proof-reddit-isnt-always-terrible-wile-e-coyotes-ama/ | Source: Marty Day [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Proof Reddit Isnt Always Terrible: Wile E. Coyotes AMA blast-o-rama. [08:08] TR News "Now, TikTok is refusing to appear citing its own desire to avoid broader scrutiny of its child safety practices" https://www.theverge.com/policy/989769/tiktok-house-committee-china-kids-online-safety | Source: The Verge [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Congressman says TikTok backed out of a meeting to avoid child safety questions | The Verge [08:08] TR News "I'm pretty worried about how AI might change the world a lot very soon." https://www.jefftk.com/p/personal-effort-to-reduce-biorisk | Source: Jeff Kaufman [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jefftk.com | Personal Effort to Reduce Biorisk [08:09] TR News "Fast forward to September 2026, and memory supply constraints across the industry have pushed up prices, including for the Framework Desktop." https://frame.work/fi/en/blog/choosing-a-framwork-desktop-for-local-ai | Source: Framework Computer BV [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-frame.work | Framework | Choosing a Framework Desktop for Local AI: 32GB, 64GB, and [08:09] TR News "The startup used the approach to build a model that has rocketed to the top of ARC-AGI 3, a notoriously difficult competition for AI models. (They wouldnt tell me more because they want to win the contest.)" https://www.wired.com/story/russian-startup-mostik-ai-models-communication/ | Source: Wired [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-These Russian Mathematicians Taught AI Models How to Talk to Each Other Without Using Words | WIRED [08:10] TR News "We are being flooded with spam coming from fake gmail.com addresses at the moment." https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/03/dont-use-a-gmail-com-address/ | Source: Crooked Timber [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | Dont use a gmail.com address Crooked Timber [08:10] TR News [Old] "Welcome back. Its part 5 of my R for SEO series and I hope youre all finding it useful so far." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-5-common-excel-formulas-in-r/ | [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R For SEO Part 5: Common Excel Formulas In R | Ben Johnston [08:15] TR News (NEW): I loaded Ubuntu Touch on an old phone to "de-Google" my lifehere's where it all went wrong https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/I_loaded_Ubuntu_Touch_on_an_old_phone_to_de_Google_my_life_here.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/I_loaded_Ubuntu_Touch_on_an_old_phone_to_de_Google_my_life_here.gmi [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I loaded Ubuntu Touch on an old phone to "de-Google" my lifehere's where it all went wrong [08:15] TR News "At the Indian hospital, when I tried to book an appointment in advance, they were confused. Just come in, they said." https://sive.rs/inflow | Source: Derek Sivers [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sive.rs | Bangalore India hospital flow | Derek Sivers [08:16] TR News "Checking the transcript for more than a second never happens, because the excuse for the AI is the doctors dont have the time in the first place." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/03/uk-ai-medical-transcription-is-dangerous-and-doesnt-work/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Moth- er! She might, thought Winston, the terrible thing that. [08:17] TR News "On September 1, 1982, the Commodore 64 launched. Its name referred to the amount of memory it had on board: 64 kilobytes. And it was the first computer with 64K of memory to sell for under $600." https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-64-released-september-1-1982/ | Source: David L Farquhar [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dfarq.homeip.net | NO TITLE [08:17] TR News "It is fascinating to see this phenomenon happening again. Years ago, Apple's iPhone revenue wasn't so much based on how much demand there was in the market, it was literally how many iPhones they could manufacture." https://birchtree.me/blog/nvidia-is-doing-the-iphone-thing/ | Source: Matt Birchler [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | NVIDIA is doing the iPhone thing [08:18] TR News "The panels offer a color range from 2800-6500K." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/camera-lights/with-eyes-on-stalks-this-ingenious-camera-lighting-device-is-an-affordable-friend-for-macro-photography-and-bug-hunters | Source: Digital Camera World [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | With eyes on stalks, this ingenious camera lighting device is an affordable friend for macro photography and bug hunters | Digital Camera World [08:18] TR News "coil whine" https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/techie-creates-a-database-of-coil-whining-graphics-cards-power-supplies-and-liquid-cooler-pumps-open-source-project-wants-community-reports-of-affected-parts | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Techie creates a database of coil-whining graphics cards, power supplies, and liquid cooler pumps open-source project wants community reports of affected parts | Tom's Hardware [08:19] TR News "data center operators are expected to purchase new GPUs and related infrastructure every four to six years" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/ai-data-center-investment-projected-to-hit-usd32-trillion-by-2050-infrastructure-spending-estimated-to-exceed-capital-requirements-for-railways-electrification-or-the-internet | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | AI data center investment projected to hit $32 trillion by 2050 infrastructure spending estimated to exceed capital requirements for railways, electrification, or the internet | Tom's Hardware [08:20] TR News "Some of the most valuable conversations at RIPE Meetings happen when research meets operational problems." https://labs.ripe.net/author/jelena/bridging-the-gap-between-theory-and-practice-in-internet-operations/ | Source: RIPE [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-labs.ripe.net | Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Internet Operations | RIPE Labs [08:20] TR News (NEW): These awesome Linux distros run completely in RAM and barely touch your SSD https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/These_awesome_Linux_distros_run_completely_in_RAM_and_barely_to.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/These_awesome_Linux_distros_run_completely_in_RAM_and_barely_to.gmi [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines These awesome Linux distros run completely in RAM and barely touch your SSD [08:20] TR News "Package managers are numerous and diverse, yet all fundamentally solve the same problem, while remaining ad hoc and non-interoperable." https://ryan.freumh.org/package-calculus.html | Source: Ryan Gibb [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ryan.freumh.org | The Package Calculus [08:21] TR News "Seems perfectly reasonable. Then I tried to think about how you'd photograph a guitar from all the angles needed for a guitar to be have like a 3D object." https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/maths | Source: Jasper Tandy [08:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jasper.tandy.is | Jasper is blogging: Maths [08:21] TR News "The point is: content have become a catch-all term so broad as to be meaningless. A tweet is content." https://danq.me/2026/09/03/why-i-stopped-creating-content/ | Source: Dan Q [08:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danq.me | Why I Stopped Creating Content Dan Q [08:22] TR News "After the IndieWeb Zine Pop Up in May, I decided that I wanted to make a zine. I had already made a zine before, Quiet Edinburgh, but the zine was more of a booklet." https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/02/zine | Source: James G [08:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | this is me trying (to make a zine) - with words, wonder [08:22] TR News Yesterday, I decided to make a zine in a similar vein, except with some of my own tips for exploring galleries." https://jamesg.blog/2026/09/03/your-tiny-gallery-guide-a-zine | Source: James G [08:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Your tiny Gallery Guide (a zine) - with words, wonder [08:22] TR News "Infrastructure people understand this. They even have a shorthand for it: two nines, three nines, four nines. They intuitively grasp the difference because they swim in these numbers every day." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/stop-with-the-uptime-percentage/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [08:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jim-nielsen.com | Can We Stop With the Uptime Percentages? - Jim Nielsens Blog [08:23] TR News "Stay grounded. Write your way." https://robertbirming.com/do-your-worst/ | Source: Robert Birming [08:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertbirming.com | Do your worst Robert Birming [08:23] TR News "Just a quick reminder that today is Papa Was A Rolling Stone Day." https://troypatterson.me/2026/09/03/papa-was-a-rolling-stone/ | Source: Troy Patterson [08:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-troypatterson.me | Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Troy Patterson [08:25] TR News (NEW): I outgrew Linux Mint, but I didn't want a harder Linux distro https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/I_outgrew_Linux_Mint_but_I_didn_t_want_a_harder_Linux_distro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/I_outgrew_Linux_Mint_but_I_didn_t_want_a_harder_Linux_distro.gmi [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I outgrew Linux Mint, but I didn't want a harder Linux distro [08:40] TR News Techrights Buying From China https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Buying_From_China.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Buying_From_China.gmi [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Buying From China [08:45] TR News Techrights Links 04/09/2026: "The Rise of the Billionaire Lobby", the "Imperialist Delusions", and Digital Restrictions (DRM) From Nvidia https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Links_04_09_2026_The_Rise_of_the_Billionaire_Lobby_the_Imperial.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Links_04_09_2026_The_Rise_of_the_Billionaire_Lobby_the_Imperial.gmi [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 04/09/2026: "The Rise of the Billionaire Lobby", the "Imperialist Delusions", and Digital Restrictions (DRM) From Nvidia [08:48] TR News You do not need to go back and read the old article. We will review how maps behave and the concepts needed here before moving into the new runtime internals. [08:49] TR News "You do not need to go back and read the old article. We will review how maps behave and the concepts needed here before moving into the new runtime internals." https://victoriametrics.com/blog/go-swiss-table-map/ | Source: VictoriaMetrics [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-victoriametrics.com | How Swiss Tables Work in Gos Built-in Map [08:49] TR News "In Python, the dict data structure is the conventional key-value structure. E.g., you might store a list of names as keys and have their phone numbers as values." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/03/python-sets-and-dictionaries-can-have-quadratic-time-performance/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/03/python-sets-and-dictionaries-can-have-quadratic-time-performance/ ) ● Sep 04 [09:03] TR News (NEW): Tux Machines Opposes LLM Slop. This Upsets People Who Use Slop to Make 'Articles' and They Think the Problem is Me. https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Tux_Machines_Opposes_LLM_Slop_This_Upsets_People_Who_Use_Slop_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Tux_Machines_Opposes_LLM_Slop_This_Upsets_People_Who_Use_Slop_t.gmi [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tux Machines Opposes LLM Slop. This Upsets People Who Use Slop to Make 'Articles' and They Think the Problem is Me. [09:05] TR News Techrights Thieves Complain About the People They Steal From https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Thieves_Complain_About_the_People_They_Steal_From.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Thieves_Complain_About_the_People_They_Steal_From.gmi [09:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Thieves Complain About the People They Steal From [09:08] TR News "Welcome back, and were finally at the end of my R for SEO series, at least for now." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-10-seo-reporting-with-google-sheets-openrouter/ | [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R For SEO Part 10: SEO Reporting With Google Sheets & OpenRouter | Ben Johnston [09:08] TR News [Old] "This is going to be fairly important for our final piece, so its worth paying attention today." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-9-web-scraping-with-r-rvest/ | [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R for SEO Part 9: Web Scraping With R & Rvest [09:08] TR News [Old] "Applys are a more R-centric way of running functions across a range of data." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-8-apply-methods-in-r/ | [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R For SEO Part 8: Apply Methods in R, Lapply, Sapply, Mapply [09:08] TR News [Old] "If youve followed along so far, or youve tried some experimentation of your own, youve probably encountered loops and applys along the way." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-7-loops/ | [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R For SEO Part 7: Loops, For Loops While Loops In R [09:09] TR News [Old] "Wow, were at part 6 of my R for SEO series." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-6-using-apis-in-r/ | [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R For SEO Part 6: Using APIs In R | Ben Johnston [09:09] TR News [Old] "I know, again, that this piece is super late. The last eighteen months has been a lot, but hopefully the next few months will give me more time." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-4-functions/ | [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R For SEO Part 4: Functions | Ben Johnston [09:15] TR News (NEW): Yes, no AI is now a feature https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Yes_no_AI_is_now_a_feature.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Yes_no_AI_is_now_a_feature.gmi [09:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Yes, no AI is now a feature [09:18] TR News IBM CEO "Arvind retirement? What is the best guest estimate as to when AK will retire? Is there any chance at this point that RT will NOT be the new CEO?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1ney51a [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1ney51a ) [09:18] TR News [Old] "a combo plot and finally a really cool wordcloud with our search queries." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-3-data-visualisation-with-ggplot2-wordcloud/ | [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R For SEO Part 3: Data Visualisation With GGPlot2 & Wordcloud [09:18] TR News [Old] "Hello and welcome to part two of my series on using the R programming language for SEO. Hopefully you enjoyed part one and are raring to go with todays piece." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-2-packages-google-analytics-search-console/ | [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R For SEO P2: Packages, Google Analytics & Search Console With R [09:18] TR News [Old] "The R programming language has lots of benefits for SEOs, but it just doesnt get as much love in the space as Python." https://www.ben-johnston.co.uk/r-for-seo-part-1-basics/ | [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ben-johnston.co.uk | R For SEO Part 1: The Basics, Installation & Exploring Data [09:19] TR News "Something is definitely up I think the 3rd quarter numbers will be a disaster, but what do you expect when you totally re-org the Sales teams mid-year!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1j4e3pc [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1j4e3pc ) [09:19] TR News "Remember, the Clown in chief has an all hands next week on Wednesday, and the Clown in charge of Consulting has an all hands on Thursday. No word on if something's happening next week, but who knows? Here is the link to see all the Insider Transactions [09:19] TR News In https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/ibm/insider-activity [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-International Business Machines Corporation Common Stock (IBM) Insider Activity | Nasdaq [09:20] TR News "IBM is done, you can stick a fork in it." [09:20] TR News " I think you have hit the nail on the head. When you surprise the CFO and CEO right before an earnings announcement, you are playing with fire that may damage your future at IBM." [09:20] TR News "NOTE The sale was most likely scheduled months ago as Execs only get limited windows in which they are allowed to sell. One of those windows opened at the end on July, and that was most likely just after he got the news that his career just topped out" [09:21] TR News "Sounds like he's been informed he will not, in fact, be the next CEO. Arvind probably bringing on a cousin or nephew to hand off the role to." [09:21] TR News "The day they canceled our raises this year I immediately sold all my IBM shares. Only 200 shares and ones that I bought with my own money not some kind of grants but it felt great. Then the fact that the stock dropped some 20% in the next few days made it that much sweeter." [09:22] TR News "Ready to retire by the end of the year. Been asked to train some Indians to take over the responsibilities. Sad to see team members being PIPed and literally being pushed out the door to make room for Indians." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1gqc5k1 [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1gqc5k1 ) [09:22] TR News "Layoffs make stocks go up. Share holders love it. The general greenhorns in the market will chuck it up to AI." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1gqc5k1 [09:23] TR News "There is another reason, after a reorg or a layoff, clueless bosses will parachute into a team. Instead of learning, they will start pushing for nonsense. The senior ppl that know the product and the customers, will try to educate them, as as result , they will be labeled as negative, bad team players, legacy thinking , etc." [09:23] TR News "So they will be pushed out (often by ostracize them, making them to quit). Besides money , the only thing that IBM appreciates greatly are yes men." [09:23] TR News "AmberDB is an embedded, schema-driven NoSQL database engine for Perl, designed for applications that need structured records, fast indexed queries" https://blogs.perl.org/users/mcetin/2026/08/amberdb---an-embedded-nosql-database-engine-for-perl.html | Source: Perl [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AmberDB - An Embedded NoSQL Database Engine for Perl | mcetin [blogs.perl.org] [09:24] TR News "In a run of posts I have argued against a handful of things one at a time: splitting code across many repositories, long-lived feature branches" https://kore-nordmann.de/blog/how_to_guarantee_you_never_ship.html | [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kore-nordmann.de | How to Guarantee You Never Ship [09:24] TR News "This article has been updated with extra links to relevant sources." https://pulkomandy.tk/_/_/_A%20bicycle%20for%20the%20mind | Source: PulkoMandy [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pulkomandy.tk | A bicycle for the mind [09:26] TR News "I have been growing more and more careful about security as I develop new services for the Geminispace. I mostly write in C++, which is not known to be the safest language around." https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/09-03-least-privilege-most-shenanigans.gmi | Source: Martin Chang [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-clehaxze.tw | Least Privilege, Most Shenanigans - Martin's website/blog thingy [09:26] TR News "Federico Terraneo came to Hackaday Europe to discuss this very topic. He talks about kernel architecture, real-time operating systems, and how to best use C++ in the world of microcontrollers." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/03/hackaday-europe-2026-fluid-kernels-and-optimizing-c-for-mcus/ | Source: Hackaday [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hackaday Europe 2026: Fluid Kernels And Optimizing C++ For MCUs | Hackaday [09:27] TR News "I have just sent an open letter to the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation, the umbrella organisation for Wikipedia (and a number of other projects)" https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/21442.html#cutid1 | Source: Diziet [09:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dreamwidth.org | Captcha Check [09:28] TR News "The company said its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads after it announced Thursday that the name Lake Ontario would remain on its apps" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6063924-mapquest-tops-apple-google-maps-in-downloads-after-refusing-trumps-lake-america-change/?ref=ihnatko.com | Source: The Hill [09:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6063924-mapquest-tops-apple-google-maps-in-downloads-after-refusing-trumps-lake-america-change/?ref=ihnatko.com ) [09:29] TR News "When making decisions about which CC tool to use, weve long encouraged licensors to share their work under the most flexible CC license or tool applicable" https://creativecommons.org/2026/09/03/guidance-on-using-cc-licenses-in-an-ai-ecosystem/ | Source: Creative Commons [09:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-creativecommons.org | Guidance on Using CC Licenses in an AI Ecosystem - Creative Commons [09:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [09:29] TR News "I agree with the top HN commenter that Mozilla pisses me off so much because I care." https://tracydurnell.com/2026/09/02/when-rationality-clashes-with-emotions/ | Source: Tracy Durnell [09:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tracydurnell.com | The betrayal of perceived allies Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden [09:30] TR News "I was looking at my server stats (AWStats) to see if I could identify bot traffic easily. (Spoilers: no.)" https://tracydurnell.com/2026/09/03/distinguishing-human-readers-from-bot-traffic-with-server-side-stats/ | Source: Tracy Durnell [09:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tracydurnell.com | Distinguishing human readers from bot traffic with server-side stats Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden [09:30] TR News [Old] "When we run into jank like this as developers, the usual reaction is to wonder is my code slow? and start picking apart algorithms or looking for wasted computation." https://kciter.so/posts/the-expensive-main-thread/en/ | [09:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Browser's Main Thread Is Expensive | kciter.so [09:32] TR News "One of the things I love about the Emacs community is people's sense of humour and whimsy." https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/09/emacs-carnival-september-2026-games/ | Source: Sacha Chua [09:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sachachua.com | Emacs Carnival September 2026: Games :: Sacha Chua [09:32] TR News "I moved to it when money was tight, but I soon learned it also had value beyond its price." https://www.rubenerd.au/twenty-years-of-using-the-gnu-image-manipulation-program/ | Source: Ruben Schade [09:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Twenty years of using the GNU Image Manipulation Program, and remembering Fireworks [09:33] TR News "SonicWall customers have confronted a barrage of attacks for years, including five actively exploited vulnerabilities in SMA 1000 appliances since late 2025." https://cyberscoop.com/sonicwall-sma1000-zero-days-actively-exploited/ | Source: Scoop News Group [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Attackers exploit zero-days in consistently besieged SonicWall product | CyberScoop [09:33] TR News "I identified 14 commissary refrigeration/freezer outage reports attributed to the following military installations across 11 states" https://signalandsilence.substack.com/p/i-think-someone-hacked-the-commissary | [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-signalandsilence.substack.com | I Think the Military Commissary Freezers Were Hacked [09:33] TR News "Rather than generic certifications, our approach focuses on specialized learning paths broken down into core modular exams." https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-we-create-a-canonical-academy-exam | Source: Ubuntu [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How we create a Canonical Academy exam | Ubuntu [09:34] TR News "Firefox is moving to a 2-week release cadence starting in September, and so Tor Browser and Tails are doing the same. Tails 7.12 is the first release on this new cadence." https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_12/ | Source: Tor [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | New Release: Tails 7.12 | The Tor Project [09:34] TR News "CERN talked about this exciting news at the MiniDebConf that took place in Winterthur, Switzerland this past weekend." https://www.phoronix.com/news/CERN-Goes-Debian-Leaving-RHEL | Source: Phoronix [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CERN Transitioning Industrial Computers To Debian After Being A Longtime RHEL Institution - Phoronix [09:37] TR News "it removes all of the now-replaced" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/Fedora44DNFTransactionFailed | Source: University of Toronto [09:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [09:42] TR News "For many years now, I and others have been working on getting plasmashells open bug reports as accurate and actionable as possible." https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/03/bug-triaging-help-needed/ | Source: Nate Graham [09:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pointieststick.com | Bug triaging help needed Adventures in Linux and KDE [09:47] TR News Techrights We'll Never Do Slop! https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/We_ll_Never_Do_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/We_ll_Never_Do_Slop.gmi [09:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights We'll Never Do Slop! [09:48] TR News s/But they won't like it/But the companies and other rogue actors won't like it/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Thieves_Complain_About_the_People_They_Steal_From.shtml [09:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Thieves Complain About the People They Steal From [09:48] TR News "...there are few to no articles or news reports even mentioning the surveillance catastrophe marketed as electric vehicles. People _*want*_ electric vehicles, but the desire to avoid cameras, microphones, GB of telemetry, and other surveillance is stronger." [09:49] TR News "Vehicle manufacturers are trying to bury EVs with surveillance systems. If it fails, they win by going back to established ICE vehicles. If it succeeds, they win by enforcing microphones and cameras with live streams from both inside and outside the cars." [09:50] TR News "When I buy something, from a small kitchen appliance to a car, Im now forced to get formal confirmation by the seller that I will be able to use it without installing one, two or three different apps." [09:50] TR News "I kept the count: in the last year alone, I had to argue against the installation of 18 smartphone apps. Just in my toilet, Im supposed to have an app for the seat, an app for the flush and one for the ventilation." gemini://ploum.net/2026-09-02-i_dont_have_a_smartphone.gmi [09:51] TR News Give me a country where I can be free https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/01/give-me-a-country-where-i-can-be-free/ [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Give me a country where I can be free [09:52] TR News Protests greed and hoarding (1970s) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9bycauDeobw [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9bycauDeobw ) [09:57] TR News (NEW): I stopped getting lost in KDEs settings after finding these simple shortcuts https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/I_stopped_getting_lost_in_KDE_s_settings_after_finding_these_si.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/I_stopped_getting_lost_in_KDE_s_settings_after_finding_these_si.gmi [09:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I stopped getting lost in KDEs settings after finding these simple shortcuts ● Sep 04 [10:00] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Android_Leftovers.gmi [10:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [10:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:05] TR News (NEW): Hardware-accelerated Omarchy Linux comes to locked-down Apple Silicon https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Hardware_accelerated_Omarchy_Linux_comes_to_locked_down_Apple_S.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Hardware_accelerated_Omarchy_Linux_comes_to_locked_down_Apple_S.gmi [10:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Hardware-accelerated Omarchy Linux comes to locked-down Apple Silicon [10:10] TR News Techrights Corporate Media Will Always Glorify Its Owners (Corporations That Value Nothing But Capital) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Corporate_Media_Will_Always_Glorify_Its_Owners_Corporations_Tha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Corporate_Media_Will_Always_Glorify_Its_Owners_Corporations_Tha.gmi [10:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Corporate Media Will Always Glorify Its Owners (Corporations That Value Nothing But Capital) [10:20] TR News Erotica Is Not Music https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/erotica-is-not-music/ [10:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Erotica Is Not Music [10:21] TR News "Four new hacks this time, two by me: floppy, graphstat, amigajuggler and polarnight." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/09/xscreensaver-6-16/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [10:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/09/xscreensaver-6-16/ ) [10:22] TR News "Traceroute is a powerful tool for uncovering how packets travel across the Internet." https://labs.ripe.net/author/shk/when-traceroutes-lie-how-ttl-jumps-can-give-us-a-false-impression-of-the-internets-topology/ | Source: RIPE [10:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-labs.ripe.net | When Traceroutes Lie: How TTL Jumps Can Give Us a False Impression of the Internets Topology | RIPE Labs [10:22] TR News "A lot of things these days can report useful information about their status and health. Or at least their theoretical status and health." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/UPSBatteryReportingIssue | Source: University of Toronto [10:30] TR News "Trumps Bonkers Bullying of Canada Is Backfiring" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/o-canada-526 [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Trumps Bonkers Bullying of Canada Is Backfiring [10:30] TR News "Hegseth Must Go - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/hegseth-must-go [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Hegseth Must Go - Robert Reich [10:30] TR News blocked by gratuituous javascript https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/72105/building-a-customisable-handheld-arduino-thermal-imaging-camera [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/72105/building-a-customisable-handheld-arduino-thermal-imaging-camera ) [10:30] TR News "California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Linux Exemption From Age-Verification Law - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/02/0022223 [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Linux Exemption From Age-Verification Law - SoylentNews [10:31] TR News Oh noes! The programmer does not agree with me on politics!!!! https://codeandcake.dev/posts/2026-09-03-what-do-you-do [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-codeandcake.dev | Code and Cake - What do you do when your favorite programming language has a fascism problem? [10:45] TR News Techrights BRICS in the Windows: Brazil's GNU/Linux Share (as Measured by CDN) Has Hit Highest Point in a Month https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/BRICS_in_the_Windows_Brazil_s_GNU_Linux_Share_as_Measured_by_CD.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/BRICS_in_the_Windows_Brazil_s_GNU_Linux_Share_as_Measured_by_CD.gmi [10:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights BRICS in the Windows: Brazil's GNU/Linux Share (as Measured by CDN) Has Hit Highest Point in a Month [10:46] TR News GAFAM layoffs https://www.teamblind.com/post/am-i-rejected-google-htzxhe7g [10:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.teamblind.com | Am I rejected @Google? | Tech Industry - Blind [10:47] TR News "Senior Program manager- Was part of 4th round of layoff in my team at Amazon in the summer. Also grieved a parent passing at the same time. Hoping for better days." https://www.teamblind.com/post/layoff-support-jdisr2bi [10:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.teamblind.com | Layoff - support | Layoffs - Blind ● Sep 04 [11:00] TR News Techrights Microsoft Handing Out PIPs by the Thousands, Anxiety in GAFAM Building Up https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Microsoft_Handing_Out_PIPs_by_the_Thousands_Anxiety_in_GAFAM_Bu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Microsoft_Handing_Out_PIPs_by_the_Thousands_Anxiety_in_GAFAM_Bu.gmi [11:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Handing Out PIPs by the Thousands, Anxiety in GAFAM Building Up [11:20] TR News Slop and Scrapers Broke Stats https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/slop-and-scrapers-broke-stats/ [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Slop and Scrapers Broke Stats [11:31] TR News Time to resume EPO coverage ahead of the AC meeting. Maybe we can all 'Kongstad' Antonio the Unready. [11:32] TR News "When it comes to office suites, PCLinuxOS has that covered as well. Of course, you can ALWAYS use Google Docs as your office suite." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202609/editorial.html [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Welcome From The Chief Editor [11:33] TR News Nice parrots there [11:34] TR News PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202609/page13.html [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 13 [11:35] TR News Refill the glass https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202609/page12.html [11:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 12 [11:36] TR News Slop is a failure. If it fails, then best to avoid it, not add "rails". https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202609/page01.html [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 1 [11:41] TR News GIMP Tutorial: Remove A Background In A Glass Object https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202609/page03.html [11:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 3 [11:41] TR News Wiki Pick: Install Man Pages In PCLinuxOS https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202609/page07.html [11:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 7 [11:43] TR News Alternative Methods of Installing Typst Locally https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202609/page08.html [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 8 [11:44] TR News Tip Top Tips: Automatically Backup Your System When You Update https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202609/page09.html [11:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 9 [11:45] TR News mpv: Using The "Forgotten" Multimedia Player As An OTA TV Player https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202609/page05.html [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pclosmag.com | PCLinuxOS Magazine - Page 5 ● Sep 04 [12:24] TR News Techrights Warming Up for Investigative Journalism About the European Patent Office (EPO), Europe's Second-Largest and Probably Most Corrupt Institution in Europe https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Warming_Up_for_Investigative_Journalism_About_the_European_Pate.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Warming_Up_for_Investigative_Journalism_About_the_European_Pate.gmi [12:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Warming Up for Investigative Journalism About the European Patent Office (EPO), Europe's Second-Largest and Probably Most Corrupt Institution in Europe [12:41] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [12:50] TR News itch.io upgraded their app to support Steam shortcuts, a headless mode and linking existing downloads | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/itch-io-upgraded-their-app-to-support-steam-shortcuts-a-headless-mode-and-linking-existing-downloads/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itch.io upgraded their app to support Steam shortcuts, a headless mode and linking existing downloads | GamingOnLinux [12:50] TR News METRO 2039 arrives February 4, 2027 and there's a new trailer | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/metro-2039-arrives-february-4-2027-and-theres-a-new-trailer/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-METRO 2039 arrives February 4, 2027 and there's a new trailer | GamingOnLinux [12:51] TR News Rebounder is an ultra stylish precision-platformer comic-book world of ink, paper, and print | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/rebounder-is-an-ultra-stylish-precision-platformer-comic-book-world-of-ink-paper-and-print/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rebounder is an ultra stylish precision-platformer comic-book world of ink, paper, and print | GamingOnLinux [12:59] TR News Exploration-first JRPG with creature collecting - Stories of Somnia gets a first demo | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/exploration-first-jrpg-with-creature-collecting-stories-of-somnia-gets-a-first-demo/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Exploration-first JRPG with creature collecting - Stories of Somnia gets a first demo | GamingOnLinux ● Sep 04 [13:02] TR News Gloria Steinem: a life through the lens of the women she inspired https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/gloria-steinem-through-the-lens-of-the-women-she-inspired/ [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-faroutmagazine.co.uk | Gloria Steinem: a life through the lens of the women she inspired [13:03] TR News Infinity Bounce is a chaotic physics-based pinball-like incremental game | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/infinity-bounce-is-a-chaotic-physics-based-pinball-like-incremental-game/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Infinity Bounce is a chaotic physics-based pinball-like incremental game | GamingOnLinux [13:03] TR News ASCII-based traditional roguelike 'Rangedrifter' has such a damn cool style | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ascii-based-traditional-roguelike-rangedrifter-has-such-a-damn-cool-style/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ascii-based-traditional-roguelike-rangedrifter-has-such-a-damn-cool-style/ [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ASCII-based traditional roguelike 'Rangedrifter' has such a damn cool style | GamingOnLinux [13:12] TR News "Not an investigation, a smear campaign Dale Vince donated 5.7 million to Labour, and his companies later received 123 million in taxpayer subsidies." Now SLAPPing critics https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/21/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_157_Out_of_200_What_is_a_Defamation_Troll.shtml [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 157 Out of 200: What is a 'Defamation Troll'? [13:44] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 171 Out of 200: Talking About Corruption and Violence Against Women https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_171_Out_of_200_Talking_About_Corruption_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_171_Out_of_200_Talking_About_Corruption_a.gmi [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 171 Out of 200: Talking About Corruption and Violence Against Women [13:47] TR News Classic JRPG 'Blue Dragon' gets an unofficial open source native PC release | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/classic-jrpg-blue-dragon-gets-an-unofficial-open-source-native-pc-release/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Classic JRPG 'Blue Dragon' gets an unofficial open source native PC release | GamingOnLinux [13:47] TR News Wadjet Eye Games reveal vampire RPG 'Nighthawks' to release September 22 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/wadjet-eye-games-reveal-vampire-rpg-nighthawks-to-release-september-22/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/wadjet-eye-games-reveal-vampire-rpg-nighthawks-to-release-september-22/ [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wadjet Eye Games reveal vampire RPG 'Nighthawks' to release September 22 | GamingOnLinux [13:47] TR News Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace preservation project OpenPhantom adds Linux support via Wine / Proton | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-preservation-project-openphantom-adds-linux-support-via-wine-proton/ Source: GamingOnLinux [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace preservation project OpenPhantom adds Linux support via Wine / Proton | GamingOnLinux [13:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [13:54] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 26.2.6 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 30 Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/LibreOffice_26_2_6_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Released_with_More_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/LibreOffice_26_2_6_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Released_with_More_.gmi [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LibreOffice 26.2.6 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 30 Bug Fixes ● Sep 04 [14:07] TR News Moulting Sucks, It Makes Animals Look Unhealthy https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/moulting-sucks-it-makes-animals-look-unhealthy/ [14:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Moulting Sucks, It Makes Animals Look Unhealthy [14:09] TR News Planet News Roundup https://news.opensuse.org/2026/09/04/planet-roundup/ [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Planet News Roundup - openSUSE News [14:10] TR News "My name is Geetansh Goyal, and I was a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026 mentee with Uyuni and the openSUSE project." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/09/03/gsoc-2026-uyuni-mqtt-nodered/ | Source: OpenSUSE [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | GSoC 2026, Event-Driven Automation for Uyuni via MQTT and Node-RED - openSUSE News [14:11] TR News "The reComputer RK3576 compute module is based on Rockchips RK3576 SoC" https://linuxgizmos.com/rockchip-rk3576-module-powers-edge-ai-dev-kit-with-20-tops-rk1820-accelerator/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [14:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/rockchip-rk3576-module-powers-edge-ai-dev-kit-with-20-tops-rk1820-accelerator/ ) [14:11] TR News Kubernetes v1.37: DRA Updates https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/09/03/kubernetes-v1-37-dra-updates/ [14:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kubernetes.io | Kubernetes v1.37: DRA Updates | Kubernetes [14:12] TR News "Be a bit stubborn on the vision you have, but flexible on the details of how to get there." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/architecture-autonomy-how-ing-built-future-proof-tech-strategy | Source: Red Hat Official [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | The architecture of autonomy: How ING built a future-proof tech strategy [14:12] TR News "Tool calls give your agent hands." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/last-mile-problem-agentic-ai-why-tool-calling-reliability-harder-it-looks | Source: Red Hat Official [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | The last mile problem in agentic AI: Why tool calling reliability is harder than it looks [14:13] TR News IBM Red Hat shilling slop, not Linux [14:20] TR News Bug triaging help needed https://pointieststick.com/2026/09/03/bug-triaging-help-needed/ [14:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pointieststick.com | Bug triaging help needed Adventures in Linux and KDE [14:20] TR News How we create a Canonical Academy exam https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-we-create-a-canonical-academy-exam [14:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How we create a Canonical Academy exam | Ubuntu [14:21] TR News Building a DIY handheld thermal camera for work and play https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/09/03/building-a-diy-thermal-camera-for-work-and-play/ [14:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Building a DIY handheld thermal camera for work and play | Arduino Blog [14:21] TR News Twenty years of using the GNU Image Manipulation Program, and remembering Fireworks https://www.rubenerd.au/twenty-years-of-using-the-gnu-image-manipulation-program/ [14:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Twenty years of using the GNU Image Manipulation Program, and remembering Fireworks [14:22] TR News Guidance on Using CC Licenses in an Hey Hi (AI) Ecosystem https://creativecommons.org/2026/09/03/guidance-on-using-cc-licenses-in-an-ai-ecosystem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guidance-on-using-cc-licenses-in-an-ai-ecosystem [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-creativecommons.org | Guidance on Using CC Licenses in an AI Ecosystem - Creative Commons [14:23] TR News US min. wages $7.25/hour. Living without debt not feasible. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=yosp2VU2goc [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=yosp2VU2goc ) [14:24] TR News Python sets and dictionaries can have quadratic-time performance https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/03/python-sets-and-dictionaries-can-have-quadratic-time-performance/ [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/03/python-sets-and-dictionaries-can-have-quadratic-time-performance/ ) [14:25] TR News Can We Stop With the Uptime Percentages? https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/stop-with-the-uptime-percentage/ [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jim-nielsen.com | Can We Stop With the Uptime Percentages? - Jim Nielsens Blog [14:26] TR News Manchester Airports Group Data on 8.8 Million People Leaked After Ransom Refusal https://www.securityweek.com/manchester-airports-group-data-on-8-8-million-people-leaked-after-ransom-refusal/ [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Manchester Airports Group Data on 8.8 Million People Leaked After Ransom Refusal - SecurityWeek [14:26] TR News What part of No! is so hard for the DNS understand? https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/04/what-part-of-no-is-so-hard-for-the-dns-understand/ [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | What part of 'No!' is so hard for the DNS understand? | APNIC Blog [14:27] TR News Pluralistic: Preparing for a post-Dihydroxyacetone Man internet (03 Sep 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/broken-arrows/ [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Preparing for a post-Trump internet (03 Sep 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [14:29] TR News Droidian Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for mobile devices https://www.linuxlinks.com/droidian-debian-based-linux-distribution-mobile-devices/ [14:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Droidian Debian-based Linux distribution for mobile devices - LinuxLinks [14:30] TR News Tiny OSM-MF module runs GNU/Linux on Sitara AM67 and 4-TOPS Hey Hi (AI) https://linuxgizmos.com/tiny-osm-mf-module-runs-linux-on-sitara-am67x-with-4-tops-ai/ [14:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/tiny-osm-mf-module-runs-linux-on-sitara-am67x-with-4-tops-ai/ ) [14:33] TR News Tmux Fundamentals https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/tmux/ [14:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | Tmux Fundamentals: Free Course on Terminal Multiplexing [14:33] TR News Chapter 1: Why Tmux? Understanding Terminal Multiplexing https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/tmux-2/why-tmux/ [14:34] TR News Chapter 2: Get Tmux Running https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/tmux-2/get-tmux/ [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | Chapter 1: Why Tmux? Understanding Terminal Multiplexing [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | Chapter 2: Get Tmux Running [14:34] TR News Ubuntu Unity 26.10-snapshot3 https://distrowatch.com/ubuntuunity [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntuunity ) [14:34] TR News Mainstream 2.0.0 https://distrowatch.com/mainstream [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mainstream ) [14:35] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.36: Debian CERN Win, Faster Firefox, Free Bash Course, Grub Customization and More GNU/Linux Stuff https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-36/ [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | FOSS Weekly #26.36: Debian CERN Win, Faster Firefox, Free Bash Course, Grub Customization and More Linux Stuff [14:35] TR News ShrikeLinux 2026.09.03 https://distrowatch.com/shrikelinux [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/shrikelinux ) [14:35] TR News starkOS 20260904 https://distrowatch.com/starkos [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/starkos ) [14:35] TR News Ubuntu 26.10-snapshot3 https://distrowatch.com/ubuntu [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ubuntu ) [14:37] TR News 2,000 Vulnerabilities per GNU/Linux Release http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/2-000-Vulnerabilities-per-Linux-Release [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linux-magazine.com | 2,000 Vulnerabilities per Linux Release Linux Magazine [14:37] TR News GNU/Linux Continues to Grow in China https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/GNU_Linux_Continues_to_Grow_in_China.shtml [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Continues to Grow in China [14:37] TR News BRICS in the Windows: Brazil's GNU/Linux Share (as Measured by CDN) Has Hit Highest Point in a Month https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/BRICS_in_the_Windows_Brazil_s_GNU_Linux_Share_as_Measured_by_CD.shtml [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights BRICS in the Windows: Brazil's GNU/Linux Share (as Measured by CDN) Has Hit Highest Point in a Month [14:38] TR News SlyOS lightweight Arch-based distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/slyos-lightweight-arch-based-distribution/ [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SlyOS - lightweight Arch-based distribution - LinuxLinks [14:39] TR News Hyggshi OS customizable Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/hyggshi-os-customizable-debian-based-linux-distribution/ [14:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hyggshi OS - customizable Debian-based Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [14:39] TR News pychemqt chemical engineering process simulator https://www.linuxlinks.com/pychemqt-chemical-engineering-process-simulator/ [14:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pychemqt chemical engineering process simulator - LinuxLinks [14:40] TR News OpenEMM self-hosted web application for email marketing and email automation https://www.linuxlinks.com/openemm-email-marketing-automation/ [14:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenEMM - self-hosted web application for email marketing and email automation - LinuxLinks ● Sep 04 [15:04] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:07] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:26] *techrights-sec has quit (Quit: https://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. 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On the flip side, the amount of incompetence is mind blowing - people lack fundamental product and business skills here. Very concerned about we are all gonna get it if we dont get it together." [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1p28bac ) [15:55] TR News "Yeah people, the incompetence is mind blowing. And numbing. Everyone: start building up your badges. We've got to get our collective act together before this whole place gets flushed. Save rhe IBM shithole!" [15:55] TR News "I think most problems at IBM is because got rid of smart workers, especially Chinese. As result don't have talent needed because most employees lack intelligence maybe. This cause big problems." [15:55] TR News "Only bootlickers would care about employees unwilling and/or unable to do good work for this shithole. Isn't executive compensation already high enough?" "here is zero accountability there. Its where accountability goes to die" [15:56] TR News "The Office. Doing fu-k all" "This is very generic. Is it a Friday rant before labor day in the US ? "Very concerned about we are all gonna get it if we dont get it together." It is naive to believe, the path to destruction can be reversed." [15:58] TR News Who was the Last Good Leader This probably goes far back in time, but who do you consider the last good leader at IBM? This is probably somewhat subjective since there are multiple elements and differing opinions on what makes a good leader. [15:58] TR News "Who was the Last Good Leader" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1pbc1cm "This probably goes far back in time, but who do you consider the last good leader at IBM? This is probably somewhat subjective since there are multiple elements and differing opinions on what makes a good leader." [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1pbc1cm ) [15:59] TR News Europe targeted by spiralling campaign of sabotage - and Russia is the chief suspect https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y4g6meekro [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Europe targeted by spiralling campaign of sabotage and Russia is the chief suspect - BBC News ● Sep 04 [16:04] TR News When Your Own Government Tells You to Stockpile https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/when-your-own-government-tells-you-to-stockpile/ [16:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive When Your Own Government Tells You to Stockpile [16:05] TR News The need for European deterrence against Russia https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/09/04/the-need-for-european-deterrence-against-russia_6757160_23.html [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 402 @ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/09/04/the-need-for-european-deterrence-against-russia_6757160_23.html ) [16:10] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:13] TR News Techrights SPAM Disguised as Benchmark or Comparison: The Register MS "PARTNER CONTENT" is Getting Weirder by the Month https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/SPAM_Disguised_as_Benchmark_or_Comparison_The_Register_MS_PARTN.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/SPAM_Disguised_as_Benchmark_or_Comparison_The_Register_MS_PARTN.gmi [16:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SPAM Disguised as Benchmark or Comparison: The Register MS "PARTNER CONTENT" is Getting Weirder by the Month [16:13] TR News United Nations Concedes That Efforts to Arrest Climate Change Have Failed, and the Planet Is Now Spiraling Into Environmental Catastrophe https://futurism.com/science-energy/united-nations-failed-stop-severe-climate-change [16:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | United Nations Concedes That Efforts to Arrest Climate Change Have Failed, and the Planet Is Now Spiraling Into Environmental Catastrophe [16:14] TR News The Search for New Cures Is Broken https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/opinion/clinical-trials-drugs-science.html [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/opinion/clinical-trials-drugs-science.html ) [16:14] TR News Theres been a shift in where people earning STEM Ph.D.s are ending up https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/09/theres-been-a-shift-in-where-people-earning-stem-ph-d-s-are-ending-up/ "Today, we produce many more Ph.D.s in computer science, but about three-quarters of those Ph.D.s are going anywhere but academia" [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Theres been a shift in where people earning STEM Ph.D.s are ending up | Federal News Network [16:15] TR News UN raises concern for women and girls amid mounting death toll in Nepal floods https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/un-warns-mounting-death-toll-and-concern-for-women-and-girls-in-nepal-floods/ [16:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN raises concern for women and girls amid mounting death toll in Nepal floods - JURIST - News [16:16] TR News South Korean Prosecutors Push for Indictment of BTS Founder Bang Si-Hyuk Over Allegations of Fraud https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/03/south-korea-bang-si-hyuk-push-for-indictment/ [16:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/03/south-korea-bang-si-hyuk-push-for-indictment/ ) [16:16] TR News Haze From Indonesian Wildfires Blankets Parts of Malaysia, Philippines https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/asia/malaysia-philippines-haze-indonesia-singapore-wildfires.html [16:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/asia/malaysia-philippines-haze-indonesia-singapore-wildfires.html ) [16:17] TR News Malaysias Sarawak declares emergency in Serian district due to haze https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sarawaks-serian-district-hits-hazardous-api-reading-of-518-above-emergency-level [16:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Sarawaks Serian district records hazardous air pollutant index of 518 | The Straits Times [16:17] TR News Lake Ontario Is One of Many Bodies of Water Caught in a Naming Fight https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/americas/lake-ontario-bodies-of-water-naming-disputes-south-china-sea.html [16:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/americas/lake-ontario-bodies-of-water-naming-disputes-south-china-sea.html ) [16:18] TR News China Boycotts a Top Art Festival Over Taiwan Exhibition https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/asia/china-taiwan-gwangju-biennale.html [16:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/asia/china-taiwan-gwangju-biennale.html ) [16:18] TR News China urges France to halt fast-fashion law, warns of countermeasures https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-urges-france-to-halt-fast-fashion-law-warns-of-countermeasures [16:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China urges France to halt fast-fashion law, warns of countermeasures | The Straits Times [16:18] TR News China artists quit South Korea exhibition over Taiwan row https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-artists-quit-south-korea-exhibition-over-taiwan-row [16:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China artists quit South Korea exhibition over Taiwan row | The Straits Times [16:19] TR News Nepali survivor recounts 'fight through darkness' to escape flood-hit tunnel https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/nepali-survivor-recounts-fight-through-darkness-to-escape-flood-hit-tunnel [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Nepali survivor recounts 'fight through darkness' to escape flood-hit tunnel | The Straits Times [16:19] TR News Taiwan condemns Chinas wolf warrior behaviour at Pacific forum https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-condemns-chinas-wolf-warrior-behaviour-at-pacific-forum [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Taiwan condemns Chinas wolf warrior behaviour at Pacific forum | The Straits Times [16:19] TR News China Threatens France Over New Shein and Temu Levy as Paris Defends 'Eco-Friendly' Fashion Crackdown https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/france-anti-ultra-fast-fashion-law-shein-temu-1817910 [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | China Threatens France Over New Shein and Temu Levy as Paris Defends 'Eco-Friendly' Fashion Crackdown | IBTimes UK [16:22] TR News Palau urges unified Pacific response to Chinas intercontinental ballistic test https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/03/palau-urges-unified-pacific-response-to-chinas-intercontinental-ballistic-test/ [16:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Palau urges 'unified' Pacific response to China missile test [16:23] TR News Pacific leaders issue joint rebuke over China missile test https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/04/pacific-leaders-issue-joint-rebuke-over-china-missile-test/ [16:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Pacific leaders issue joint rebuke over China missile test [16:24] TR News They should have called it "AI" of "crypto", then be bailed out rather than arrested https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/04/singapore-says-china-arrests-52-citizens-in-pyramid-scheme-clampdown/ [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Singapore says China arrests 52 citizens in pyramid scheme clampdown [16:24] TR News China Installing Huge Facility That Turns Plastic Waste Into Jet Fuel https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-huge-facility-plastic-waste-jet-fuel-pyrolysis [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | China Installing Huge Facility That Turns Plastic Waste Into Jet Fuel [16:25] TR News 1Password Just Pledged $300,000 to DHH's Omarchy, and its Own Employees Aren't Happy https://itsfoss.com/news/1password-omarchy-pledge/ [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | 1Password Just Pledged $300,000 to DHH's Omarchy, and its Own Employees Aren't Happy [16:36] TR News Hype time https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-experiment-reveals-quantum-objects-do-obey-gravity [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wild Experiment Reveals Quantum Objects Do Obey Gravity : ScienceAlert [16:37] TR News digitalmusicnews gravitates towards spam as 'articles' https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/03/umusic-hotel-london-2026-launch/ [16:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/03/umusic-hotel-london-2026-launch/ ) [16:37] TR News Your Body Doesn't Age Steadily It Ages in Two Big Bursts, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/the-human-body-may-age-in-two-major-bursts-and-a-new-study-reveals-what-drives-them [16:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Human Body May Age in Two Major Bursts, And a New Study Reveals What Drives Them : ScienceAlert [16:38] TR News Scientists Find Parasites in Almost Every Fish From a Recent Tuna Haul 96% Were Infected https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-parasites-in-almost-every-fish-from-a-recent-tuna-haul-96-were-infected [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Find Parasites in Almost Every Fish From a Recent Tuna Haul 96% Were Infected : ScienceAlert [16:38] TR News Antique 'Fox Head' Bought at Auction Wasn't a Fox at All. It Was a Long-Extinct Species. https://www.sciencealert.com/antique-fox-head-bought-at-auction-wasnt-a-fox-at-all-it-was-a-long-extinct-species [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Antique 'Fox Head' Bought at Auction Wasn't a Fox at All. It Was a Long-Extinct Species. : ScienceAlert [16:40] TR News A Scientist Says We've Been Wrong About Where Life on Earth Began https://www.sciencealert.com/leading-theory-for-how-life-on-earth-began-is-highly-unlikely-says-contentious-new-paper [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Leading Theory For How Life on Earth Began Is 'Highly Unlikely', Says Contentious New Paper : ScienceAlert [16:40] TR News Cerebral Palsy Might Not Actually Be a Disease, Scientists Say https://www.sciencealert.com/cerebral-palsy-might-not-actually-be-a-disease-scientists-say [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cerebral Palsy Might Not Actually Be a Disease, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert [16:42] TR News Peppermint Oil Lowered Blood Pressure by 8 Points in Just 20 Days, Trial Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/peppermint-oil-lowered-blood-pressure-by-8-points-in-just-20-days-trial-finds [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Peppermint Oil Lowered Blood Pressure by 8 Points in Just 20 Days, Trial Finds : ScienceAlert [16:44] TR News There's Enough Rare Earth Metal in US Coal Waste to Cut China Out of The Supply Chain, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/the-us-could-have-a-100-billion-stash-of-rare-earth-elements-hiding-in-coal-waste [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The US Could Have a $100 Billion Stash of Rare Earth Elements Hiding in Coal Waste : ScienceAlert [16:46] TR News Experimental One-Dose Treatment Cuts 'Bad' Cholesterol by 52% in First Human Trial https://www.sciencealert.com/experimental-one-dose-treatment-cuts-bad-cholesterol-by-52-in-first-human-trial [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Experimental One-Dose Treatment Cuts 'Bad' Cholesterol by 52% in First Human Trial : ScienceAlert [16:46] TR News A Billion Tons of Ice Are Hiding Under Utah, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/a-billion-tons-of-ice-are-hiding-under-utah-study-finds [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Billion Tons of Ice Are Hiding Under Utah, Study Finds : ScienceAlert [16:47] TR News Mortgage Rates Hit 6.71%, Their Highest Level Since July 2025 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/mortgage-rates-housing.html MortgageBoy must work harder then. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/31/Spending_Over_a_Million_Bucks_on_Lawsuits_Abroad_When_There_s_a.shtml [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/mortgage-rates-housing.html ) [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Spending Over a Million Bucks on Lawsuits Abroad When There's a Big Mortgage to Pay in America [16:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:47] TR News "Nigel Farage filmed celebrating "illegal" foreign donations - Boing Boing" https://boingboing.net/2026/09/04/nigel-farage-filmed-celebrating-illegal-foreign-donations.html [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boingboing.net | Nigel Farage filmed celebrating "illegal" foreign donations - Boing Boing [16:48] TR News Audacity 4.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1092439/ [16:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Audacity 4.0 released [LWN.net] [16:49] TR News Bernie Sanders' New Hey Hi (AI) Bill Could Shut Down Companies and Jail Developers for 20 Years https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ban-superintelligent-ai-legislation-1817896 [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Bernie Sanders' New AI Bill Could Shut Down Companies and Jail Developers for 20 Years | IBTimes UK [16:49] TR News Iconic Packard Bell brand rises from the ashes after 13 years with the DotBook 14 at IFA https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/iconic-packard-bell-brand-rises-from-the-ashes-after-13-years-with-the-dotbook-14-at-ifa-colorful-and-affordable-intel-twin-lake-laptop-is-europe-only-for-now [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Iconic Packard Bell brand rises from the ashes after 13 years with the DotBook 14 at IFA colorful and affordable Intel Twin Lake laptop is Europe-only, for now | Tom's Hardware [16:51] TR News Chaos? For who? Plagiarists? https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbots-chatgpt-claude-grok-go-down [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | World Plunged Into Chaos as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Suddenly Go Down Simultaneously: "Finally I Can See the Sun!" [16:51] TR News EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on data center plans https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/09/epa-proposal-could-leave-the-public-in-the-dark-on-data-center-plans/ [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on data center plans | Federal News Network [16:52] TR News Nigel Farage Aide 'Suggests' Way Around Donations Law in Undercover Sting as Reform Leader Listens https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/undercover-investigation-reform-uk-foreign-donation-scheme-1817876 [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Nigel Farage Aide 'Suggests' Way Around Donations Law in Undercover Sting as Reform Leader Listens | IBTimes UK [16:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [16:53] TR News Saeima tightens up Latvia's e-identity laws https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/03.09.2026-saeima-tightens-up-latvias-e-identity-laws.a661633/ [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Saeima tightens up Latvia's e-identity laws / Article [16:54] TR News social control media https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/nyregion/mamdani-influencers-emilia-rowland.html [16:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/nyregion/mamdani-influencers-emilia-rowland.html ) [16:54] TR News Zohran Mamdani Bans Hey Hi (AI) for NYC Public School Students Up to Eighth Grade https://futurism.com/future-society/zohran-mamdani-bans-ai-for-nyc-public-school-students [16:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Zohran Mamdani Bans AI for NYC Public School Students Up to Eighth Grade [16:55] TR News Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About Hey Hi (AI) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/technology/openai-hugging-face-hacking.html [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/technology/openai-hugging-face-hacking.html ) ● Sep 04 [17:01] TR News Maybe the Last Chance to Sunbathe https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/maybe-the-last-chance-to-sunbathe/ [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Maybe the Last Chance to Sunbathe [17:06] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman's Web Site Back Online, But It Seems Like a 2-Month-Old Snapshot https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Richard_Stallmsn_s_Web_Site_Back_Online_But_It_Seems_Like_a_2_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/04/Richard_Stallmsn_s_Web_Site_Back_Online_But_It_Seems_Like_a_2_M.gmi [17:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Richard Stallman's Web Site Back Online, But It Seems Like a 2-Month-Old Snapshot [17:16] TR News Stallman.org Back Online After Long Downtime https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/04/stallman-org-back-online-after-long-downtime/ [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Stallman.org Back Online After Long Downtime [17:17] TR News Anon: So, RMS' team was not doing backups :( From what very little I know, it sounds like they lost the whole VM from administrative / bureaucratic failure [17:26] TR News (NEW): Richard Stallmans Stallman.org Back Online https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Richard_Stallman_s_Stallman_org_Back_Online.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/04/Richard_Stallman_s_Stallman_org_Back_Online.gmi [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Richard Stallmans Stallman.org Back Online [17:28] TR News This page was updated 5 hours ago https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | What is free software and why is it so important for society? Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [17:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:40] TR News Why your data is safer than you think on public Wi-Fi https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/why-your-data-is-safer-than-you-think-on-public-wi-fi/ [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pentestpartners.com | Why your data is safer than you think on public Wi-Fi | Pen Test Partners [17:41] TR News Angolans fleeing drought face arrest and deportation in Namibia, report says https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/amnesty-international-calls-for-protection-of-angolan-women-and-children-fleeing-drought-and-climate-change/ [17:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Angolans fleeing drought face arrest and deportation in Namibia, report says - JURIST - News [17:42] TR News Cisco Warns of Unpatched Secure Email Flaws, Patches Critical Switch Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-warns-of-unpatched-secure-email-flaws-patches-critical-switch-vulnerabilities/ [17:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cisco Warns of Unpatched Secure Email Flaws, Patches Critical Switch Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek [17:42] TR News Over 3 Million WordPress Sites Affected by Migration Plugin Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/over-3-million-wordpress-sites-affected-by-migration-plugin-vulnerability/ [17:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Over 3 Million WordPress Sites Affected by Migration Plugin Vulnerability - SecurityWeek [17:42] TR News 153 Million Driver License Images Offered on Dark Web https://www.securityweek.com/153-million-driver-license-images-offered-on-dark-web/ [17:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-153 Million Driver License Images Offered on Dark Web - SecurityWeek [17:43] TR News In This Garden, a Raspberry Pi Is Keeping an Ear on the Birds https://blog.pimoroni.com/in-this-garden-a-raspberry-pi-is-keeping-an-ear-on-the-birds/ [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.pimoroni.com | In This Garden, a Raspberry Pi Is Keeping an Ear on the Birds [17:43] TR News Arduino Core on Zephyr 1.0.0 is here! https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/09/03/arduino-core-on-zephyr-1-0-0-is-here/ [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Arduino Core on Zephyr 1.0.0 is here! | Arduino Blog [17:44] TR News SPDX Cryptographic Algorithm List: summer 2026 update https://toscalix.com/2026/09/03/spdx-cryptographic-algorithm-list-summer-2026-update/ [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SPDX Cryptographic Algorithm List: summer 2026 update toscalix [17:44] TR News Good News! CERN is Migrating Over 2,200 Control Systems to Debian 13 https://itsfoss.com/news/cern-debian-push/ [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Good News! CERN is Migrating Over 2,200 Control Systems to Debian 13 [17:45] TR News Building Your Race Calendar https://www.olafalders.com/2026/09/03/building-your-race-calendar/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.olafalders.com | Building Your Race Calendar Olaf Alders [17:45] TR News Postal Service finalizes election ballot mail portal https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/09/postal-service-finalizes-election-ballot-mail-portal/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Postal Service finalizes election ballot mail portal | Federal News Network [17:46] TR News ArduinoCore-Zephyr 1.0.0 adds support for Arduino VENTUNO Q, updates to Zephyr 4.4.1, and more https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/04/arduinocore-zephyr-1-0-0-adds-support-for-arduino-ventuno-q-updates-to-zephyr-4-4-1-and-more/ [17:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | ArduinoCore-Zephyr 1.0.0 adds support for Arduino VENTUNO Q, updates to Zephyr 4.4.1, and more - CNX Software [17:49] TR News Researching Employment Scams https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/researching-employment-scams.html [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Researching Employment Scams - Schneier on Security [17:50] TR News 'I've Never Seen Taylor Swift Do This': Olivia Rodrigo Accused of Refusing Photo With Israeli Fan https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/olivia-rodrigo-photo-refusal-debate-1817911 [17:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'I've Never Seen Taylor Swift Do This': Olivia Rodrigo Accused of Refusing Photo With Israeli Fan | IBTimes UK [17:50] TR News Gloria Steinem: A Life in Pictures https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/style/gloria-steinem-photos.html [17:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/style/gloria-steinem-photos.html ) [17:51] TR News Andy Simpkins: A quick experiment with vibe coding https://blog.koipond.org.uk/archives/386 [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.koipond.org.uk | A quick experiment with vibe coding Koipond [17:53] TR News Hong Kong police arrest 21 men, including private tutor, for sharing indecent images of children https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/04/hong-kong-police-arrest-21-men-including-private-tutor-for-sharing-indecent-images-of-children/ [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK police arrest 21 men for sharing indecent images of children [17:54] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: Firefox Profiler Deployment (September 3, 2026) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-profiler-deployment-september-3-2026/149360 [17:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-discourse.mozilla.org | Firefox Profiler Deployment (September 3, 2026) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [17:54] TR News Mozilla Performance Blog: Introducing PerfCompares Simple View https://blog.mozilla.org/performance/2026/09/03/introducing-perfcompares-simple-view/ [17:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Introducing PerfCompares Simple View Mozilla Performance [17:55] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppExamples 0.1.11 on CRAN: Very Minor Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/03#rcppexamples_0.1.11 [17:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [17:55] TR News Suspect detained for hate speech against Kurdish Amedspor fans https://bianet.org/haber/suspect-detained-for-hate-speech-against-kurdish-amedspor-fans-323106 [17:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Suspect detained for hate speech against Kurdish Amedspor fans [17:56] TR News Strings Attached: The House Hearing on Renewing USPTO Fee Setting Authority https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/09/strings-attached-the-house-hearing-on-renewing-uspto-fee-setting-authority.html [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Strings Attached: The House Hearing on Renewing USPTO Fee Setting Authority | Patently-O [17:56] TR News UBQS-IP file collaboration patent monopoly challenged https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/3/ubqs-ip-file-collaboration-patent-challenged [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | UBQS-IP file collaboration patent challenged Unified Patents [17:57] TR News DynaIP entity WirelessWerx IP geofencing patent monopoly challenge granted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/9/3/dynaip-entity-wirelesswerx-ip-geofencing-patent-challenge-granted [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | DynaIP entity WirelessWerx IP geofencing patent challenge granted Unified Patents [17:58] TR News A&O Shearman ramps up US patent monopoly practice with prominent judge https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/ao-shearman-ramps-up-us-patent-practice-with-prominent-judge/ [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | A&O Shearman ramps up US patent practice with prominent judge [17:59] TR News Kangaroo court of the corrupt EPO with the political appointee connected to the corruption, Carl Josefsson https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/g1-25-patent-holders-must-amend-patent-specifications-but-not-in-every-case/ [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | G1/25: Patent holders must amend patent specifications but not in every case [17:59] TR News Judges becoming employees in private law firms is classic corruption. It must never happen. ● Sep 04 [18:00] TR News Defying RAMageddon with the new Fairphone https://www.fairphone.com/stories/defying-ramageddon-with-the-new-fairphone [18:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Defying RAMageddon with the new Fairphone [18:01] TR News Then again, Albright was always a shill of patent trolls, now he's clearly "cashing in" from subverting a court [18:01] TR News The Bond Markets Are Pushing Up Rates. Will Central Banks Follow? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/business/bond-yields-rates-central-banks.html [18:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/business/bond-yields-rates-central-banks.html ) [18:09] TR News TinyGo 0.42 adds support for 87 Puya PY32 MCU variants and two EmbedFire boards https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/04/tinygo-0-42-adds-support-for-87-puya-py32-mcu-variants-and-two-embedfire-boards/ [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | TinyGo 0.42 adds support for 87 Puya PY32 MCU variants and two EmbedFire boards - CNX Software [18:10] TR News In Pursuit of Rights-Based Peace Journalism on Television: The 'Syria' Agenda https://bianet.org/haber/in-pursuit-of-rights-based-peace-journalism-on-television-the-syria-agenda-323042 [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | In Pursuit of Rights-Based Peace Journalism on Television: The 'Syria' Agenda [18:10] TR News CNBC latest to pull back from Hong Kong as local office closes, shows axed https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/04/cnbc-latest-to-pull-back-from-hong-kong-as-local-office-closes-shows-axed/ [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | CNBC latest to pull back from HK as local office closes, shows axed [18:11] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.98.1 https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/03/Rust-1.98.1/ [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.rust-lang.org | Announcing Rust 1.98.1 | Rust Blog [18:12] TR News BSD Now 679: It also goes to 11 https://www.bsdnow.tv/679 [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bsdnow.tv | BSD Now 679: It also goes to 11 [18:12] TR News Community consultation on increasing diversity in APNIC community leadership: Stage 1 report released https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/04/community-consultation-on-increasing-diversity-in-apnic-community-leadership-stage-1-report-released/ [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Community consultation on increasing diversity in APNIC community leadership: Stage 1 report released | APNIC Blog [18:13] TR News Evaluate Hey Hi (AI) agents ... Hey Hi (AI) ... lots of buzzwords, just mindless propaganda https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/03/evaluate-ai-agents-ibm-clear-evalhub-openshift-ai [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/03/evaluate-ai-agents-ibm-clear-evalhub-openshift-ai ) [18:14] TR News More nonsensical promotion of plagiarism engines https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/03/evaluating-llm-guardrail-configs-locally-with-evalhub [18:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/03/evaluating-llm-guardrail-configs-locally-with-evalhub ) [18:15] TR News Absolutely nothing but promotion of slop plagiarism in this blog that day https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/03/speeding-llm-inference-p-eagle-vllm-speculators [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/03/speeding-llm-inference-p-eagle-vllm-speculators ) [18:15] TR News They suggest using slop for security, which is a security risk in its own right https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/04/build-ai-assisted-firewall-workflows-ansible-automation-platform [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/04/build-ai-assisted-firewall-workflows-ansible-automation-platform ) [18:30] TR News Jon Chiappetta: Elliptic Curve Memory Refresher https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/elliptic-curve-memory-refresh/ [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossjon.wordpress.com | Elliptic Curve Memory Refresher | Jon's FOSS Blog [18:30] TR News Why the Courts Are Hesitant to Punish Tech Giants Like Meta and Surveillance Giant Google https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/google-antitrust-ad-tech-remedies-analysis.html [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/google-antitrust-ad-tech-remedies-analysis.html ) [18:30] TR News Flock cameras: How a police tool sparked a surveillance revolt in the US https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0904/flock-cameras-privacy-surveillance [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Flock cameras: How a police tool sparked a surveillance revolt in the US - CSMonitor.com [18:31] TR News California Pushes Bill to Ban Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot Toys for Kids https://www.cloudbooklet.com/california-to-ban-ai-chatbot-toys-for-kids [18:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-California Pushes Bill to Ban AI Chatbot Toys for Kids - Cloudbooklet [18:31] TR News How growing Israeli-Turkish tensions led to a strike on a Syrian air base https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0903/israel-turkey-syria-netanyahu-erdogan-iran-gaza [18:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Behind Israeli strike in Syria: A growing rivalry with Turkey - CSMonitor.com [18:32] TR News Tigray's fragile recovery at risk as drone strikes reignite war fears https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260904-tigray-s-fragile-recovery-at-risk-as-drone-strikes-reignite-war-fears [18:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260904-tigray-s-fragile-recovery-at-risk-as-drone-strikes-reignite-war-fears ) [18:33] TR News Week 12 + Week 13: Everything merged, Final GSoC blog https://ojasmaheshwari.github.io/b/2026/week-12-week-13-everything-merged-final-gsoc-blog [18:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ojasmaheshwari.github.io | Week 12 + Week 13: Everything merged, Final GSoC blog [18:34] TR News AI and the Public Sector: A Human Rights Approach https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/ai-and-the-public-sector-a-human-rights-approach/ [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | AI and the Public Sector: A Human Rights Approach | Open Rights Group [18:34] TR News ORG and MPs call for public sector use of Hey Hi (AI) to be regulated https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/org-and-mps-call-for-public-sector-use-of-ai-to-be-regulated/ [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | ORG and MPs call for public sector use of AI to be regulated | Open Rights Group [18:35] TR News Counting them is pointless, doing exercise is not https://www.rubenerd.au/back-up-to-ten-thousand-steps/ [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Back up to ten thousand steps [18:36] TR News Randal Schwartz on Perl and timestamps https://www.rubenerd.au/randal-schwartz-on-perl-and-timestamps/ [18:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Randal Schwartz on Perl and timestamps [18:37] TR News Names in common with lost friends https://www.rubenerd.au/names-in-common-with-lost-friends/ "I took my current social control media hiatus." [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Names in common with lost friends [18:38] TR News Audacity 4.0 released with brand-new look, clip editing features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/audacity-4-released [18:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Audacity 4.0 released with a modern interface and clip editing [18:38] TR News Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 3 is now available for testing https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-26-10-snapshot-3 [18:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 3 is now available for testing - OMG! Ubuntu [18:40] TR News (NEW): Linux drowning in ocean of slop (sloppy) commits and false reports, "Linux's strict memory overcommit mode" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/03/Linux_drowning_in_ocean_of_slop_sloppy_commits_and_false_report.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/03/Linux_drowning_in_ocean_of_slop_sloppy_commits_and_false_report.gmi [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux drowning in ocean of slop (sloppy) commits and false reports, "Linux's strict memory overcommit mode" [18:40] TR News Vivaldi 8.2 is out with a calculator in the address bar https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/vivaldi-8-2-released [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Vivaldi 8.2 is out with a calculator in the address bar - OMG! Ubuntu [18:41] TR News TickrCast An ESP32-S3 HUB75 LED ticker display with server-side rendering and OTA (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/03/tickrcast-esp32-s3-hub75-led-ticker-display-with-server-side-rendering-and-ota/ [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | TickrCast - An ESP32-S3 HUB75 LED ticker display with server-side rendering and OTA (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [18:41] TR News Jon Chiappetta: Finally got multi-queue batch-io linux kernel tun interface in C! https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/finally-got-multi-queue-batch-io-linux-kernel-tun-interface-in-c/ [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossjon.wordpress.com | Finally got multi-queue batch-io linux kernel tun interface in C! | Jon's FOSS Blog [18:42] TR News Made by slop; better avoided, experimental, use GNU's GIMP instead https://ostechnix.com/install-paint-net-on-ubuntu-linux/ [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Paint.NET Can Now Run on Linux: Here's How to Install It in Ubuntu - OSTechNix [18:42] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1092419/ [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [18:44] TR News Using slop (LLM) to develop something does not prove you're advancing or evolving, just like taking steroids does not make you stronger, it kills you because you cheat and destroy your health. [18:45] TR News 6 Best GNU/Linux Distros for Kids in 2026 https://linuxstans.com/best-linux-distros-for-kids/ [18:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxstans.com | 6 Best Linux Distros for Kids in 2026 (Ranked by Age) [18:45] TR News Slopfarm linuxsecurity(.com) is taking the spam with slop up a notch. No value in it, linuxsecurity is probably as rogue as the company behind it. [18:46] TR News linuxiac has been LLM slop for over a year [18:47] TR News Tether: Fashion Company Apple Continuity Like Experience Between iOS and GNU/Linux Desktop Machines https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/09/apple-continuity-linux/ [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tether: Apple Continuity Like Experience Between iOS and Linux Desktop Machines - InfoQ [18:48] TR News Potions in Mageia. 03 Elograf or how have voice dictation with Mageia https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/09/03/potions-in-mageia-03-elograf-or-how-have-voice-dictation-with-mageia/ [18:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mageia.org | Potions in Mageia. 03 Elograf or how have voice dictation with Mageia | Mageia Blog (English) [18:51] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: PerfCompare just deployed (Sept 3, 2026) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/perfcompare-just-deployed-sept-3-2026/149361 [18:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-discourse.mozilla.org | PerfCompare just deployed (Sept 3, 2026) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [18:52] TR News Yes, no Hey Hi (AI) is now a feature https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/ [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog [18:53] TR News Results from the survey about LibreOffice Base https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/09/03/results-from-the-survey-about-libreoffice-base/ [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-design.blog.documentfoundation.org | Results from the survey about LibreOffice Base - Design Community Blog [18:53] TR News The AMA Must Defend its Paywall on CPT Codes https://heathermeeker.com/2026/09/03/the-ama-must-defend-its-paywall-on-cpt-codes/ [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-heathermeeker.com | The AMA Must Defend its Paywall on CPT Codes Copyleft Currents [18:54] TR News Lithuanian parliament speaker urges contacts with Belarusian govt, but stronger sanctions https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3041330/lithuanian-parliament-speaker-urges-contacts-with-belarusian-govt-but-stronger-sanctions [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian parliament speaker urges contacts with Belarusian govt, but stronger sanctions - LRT [18:54] TR News Lithuanian intelligence sees no increased threat from Belarus https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3042067/lithuanian-intelligence-sees-no-increased-threat-from-belarus [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian intelligence sees no increased threat from Belarus - LRT [18:54] TR News Belarus conference to take place in Rga https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/03.09.2026-belarus-conference-to-take-place-in-riga.a661637/ [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Belarus conference to take place in Rga / Article [18:55] TR News Norway Seizes Russian Ship, Testing Moscow in the High Arctic https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/norway-russian-research-ship-arctic.html [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/norway-russian-research-ship-arctic.html ) [18:55] TR News The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/europe/russia-europe-nato-sabotage.html [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/europe/russia-europe-nato-sabotage.html ) [18:55] TR News Mongolia bears brunt of Russia's fuel crunch, official says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/mongolia-bears-brunt-of-russias-fuel-crunch-official-says [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Mongolia bears brunt of Russia's fuel crunch, official says | The Straits Times [18:55] TR News Prabowo offers Indonesia as Russias gateway to ASEAN https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/prabowo-offers-indonesia-as-russias-gateway-to-asean [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Indonesia as Russias gateway to ASEAN and Asia-Pacific trade | The Straits Times [18:55] TR News Vietnams globetrotting leader To Lam to visit Russia, France, US in September: Sources https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnams-globetrotter-leader-to-visit-russia-france-us-this-month-sources-say [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Vietnams globetrotting leader To Lam to visit Russia, France, US in September: Sources | The Straits Times [18:56] TR News Belarusian opposition leader says Russia could use Belarus to provoke NATO https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3041074/belarusian-opposition-leader-says-russia-could-use-belarus-to-provoke-nato [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Belarusian opposition leader says Russia could use Belarus to provoke NATO - LRT [18:57] TR News The New Jet-Powered Drones That Are Breeding Anxiety in Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-jet-powered-drones.html [18:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-jet-powered-drones.html ) [18:57] TR News Rival Ukrainian Intelligence Units Open Fire Against Each Other in Kyiv https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/rival-ukrainian-intelligence-units-open-fire-against-each-other-in-kyiv.html [18:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/rival-ukrainian-intelligence-units-open-fire-against-each-other-in-kyiv.html ) [18:57] TR News For Russia and Ukraine, an Escalating Spiral With No End in Sight https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/russia-ukraine-escalation.html [18:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/russia-ukraine-escalation.html ) [18:58] TR News U.S. Diesel Prices Set New High https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/business/diesel-price-record-oil-iran.html [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/business/diesel-price-record-oil-iran.html ) [18:58] TR News After Fighting Russia Fiercely, He Wants to Forge Ukraines Path to Peace https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/europe/ukraine-russia-talks-kyrylo-budanov.html [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/europe/ukraine-russia-talks-kyrylo-budanov.html ) [18:58] TR News Germany [18:58] TR News This week, Germany stopped putting up with Russias hybrid war https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0903/germany-russia-attacks-hybrid-warfare-drones-ukraine-war [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Germany is putting its foot down on Russias hybrid warfare - CSMonitor.com [18:59] TR News Test for the West as it anticipates more Russian interference https://www.csmonitor.com/Perspectives/Essays/2026/0904/russia-nato-ukraine-attacks-us-response [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The US and its allies are considering how to respond to Russian moves - CSMonitor.com [18:59] TR News Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/04/1143452/drone-data-wild-west/ [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace | MIT Technology Review [18:59] TR News Zelenskyy Blasts 'Disgraceful' Kyiv Shoot-Out Between Ukraine's Security Agencies https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-shootout-security-agencies/33845793.html [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Blasts 'Disgraceful' Kyiv Shoot-Out Between Ukraine's Security Agencies [18:59] TR News Zelenskyy Says US Envoys To Visit Kyiv, Moscow As Russia Again Strikes Ukraine's Capital https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-witkoff-kushner-trump-kyiv-russia/33846491.html [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Says US Envoys To Visit Kyiv, Moscow As Russia Again Strikes Ukraine's Capital ● Sep 04 [19:00] TR News Ukraine 'Optimistic' On Russia Sanctions Bill But Obstacles Loom https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-congress-vlasiuk-russia-sanctions-graham/33846754.html [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Ukraine 'Optimistic' On Russia Sanctions Bill But Obstacles Loom [19:00] TR News Lithuania tightens inspections of Russian grain amid concerns over Ukrainian cargo https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3042090/lithuania-tightens-inspections-of-russian-grain-amid-concerns-over-ukrainian-cargo [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania tightens inspections of Russian grain amid concerns over Ukrainian cargo - LRT [19:01] TR News Slop promotion, a sea of hype https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/04/configure-admission-fair-sharing-red-hat-build-kueue-1-4 [19:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/09/04/configure-admission-fair-sharing-red-hat-build-kueue-1-4 ) [19:02] TR News How to Search, Stream, and Download Anime Using ani-cli https://www.tecmint.com/ani-cli-watch-anime-linux-terminal/ [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | ani-cli: Search and Stream Anime from the Linux Command Line [19:03] TR News
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
Plus, your Friday news quiz.