●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, February 05, 2026 ●● ● Feb 05 [01:23] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:27] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Feb 05 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-040226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-040226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-040226.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, February 04, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040226.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-040226.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-040226.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-040226.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, February 04, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-02-04.txt [02:58] TR News Open source for phones: postmarketOS [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1055391/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1055391/ [02:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Open source for phones: postmarketOS [LWN.net] [02:59] TR News Linux Kernel Runtime Guard reaches its 1.0 release https://lwn.net/Articles/1049295/ [02:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux Kernel Runtime Guard reaches its 1.0 release [LWN.net] ● Feb 05 [03:00] TR News Filesystem medley: EROFS, NTFS, and XFS https://lwn.net/Articles/1055062/ [03:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Filesystem medley: EROFS, NTFS, and XFS [LWN.net] [03:02] TR News (NEW): Who should vote in Fedora elections? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Who_should_vote_in_Fedora_elections.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Who_should_vote_in_Fedora_elections.gmi [03:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Who should vote in Fedora elections? [03:02] TR News Fedora and GPG 2.5 https://lwn.net/Articles/1055053/ [03:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fedora and GPG 2.5 [LWN.net] [03:02] TR News Implicit arguments for BPF kfuncs https://lwn.net/Articles/1055559/ [03:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Implicit arguments for BPF kfuncs [LWN.net] [03:04] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 04, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_February_04_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_February_04_2026.gmi [03:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 04, 2026 [03:05] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:06] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:09] TR News Bumped up by Google today: Microsoft cuts deeper into its workforce with another major round of layoffs https://www.aol.com/microsoft-cuts-deeper-workforce-another-165819949.html [03:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aol.com | NO TITLE [03:11] TR News Workday reveals around 400 staff soon won't have to work another day https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/workday_layoffs_400_jobs/ [03:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Workday layoffs to hit about 400 jobs The Register [03:11] TR News Has Jeff Bezos run out of money... or? https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/washington-post-lays-off-amazon-com-reporter-odonovan/ [03:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-talkingbiznews.com | Washington Post lays off Amazon.com reporter O'Donovan - Talking Biz News [03:12] TR News Jeff Bezos-Owned Washington Post Slashes a Third of Its Workforce https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/jeff-bezos-owned-washington-post-slashes-one-third-of-its-workforce/91297686 [03:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/jeff-bezos-owned-washington-post-slashes-one-third-of-its-workforce/91297686 ) [03:13] TR News Jeff Bezos fires Washington Post reporter tasked with covering AMAZON as part of devastating new cuts https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15528299/amp/Washington-Post-Layoffs-Amazon-reporter-fired-Caroline-ODonovan.html [03:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.co.uk | Jeff Bezos fires Washington Post reporter tasked with covering AMAZON as part of devastating new cuts [03:43] TR News Techrights Time for Change, More New Article, Less Curation https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Time_for_Change_More_New_Article_Less_Curation.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Time_for_Change_More_New_Article_Less_Curation.gmi [03:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Time for Change, More New Article, Less Curation ● Feb 05 [04:00] TR News Techrights Almost 1,600 EPO Employees Went on Strike Last Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Almost_1_600_EPO_Employees_Went_on_Strike_Last_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Almost_1_600_EPO_Employees_Went_on_Strike_Last_Week.gmi [04:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Almost 1,600 EPO Employees Went on Strike Last Week [04:04] TR News "I never expected people to understand this, but I am, and have been, under coersion from a Portuguese court decision, that degrades (a lot) my overall mood." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-02-04__Since_coersion.gmi [04:05] TR News "Mechanical engineering student Efaz Bhuiyn has built a device to help busy people workout just about anywhere and charge a phone while doing it: a 3D-printed workout machine that doubles as a generator." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202602/20260204-workout.gmi [04:06] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1557.jpg [04:06] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1907.jpg [04:06] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-05.gmi [04:07] TR News "I keep wanting to give an update on my little LVDT project, but I have had a lot of trouble getting the precision rectifier to work. This is the part that converts the signals from the secondary windings into DC voltages." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260204-0.gmi [04:08] TR News "I had ahead start at not spending this year because I was in hospital. I live in a country where healthcare is free at the point of use. Some people don't like this idea. WTF?" gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-02-04_Spending.gmi [04:10] TR News mean [04:10] TR News "People hate Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, but does that mean they can't judge their products harshly because of the men who made them?" gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260204-review_bombing_and_star_wars.txt [04:11] TR News Un da para recordar gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/relatos/undiapararecordar.gmi [04:12] TR News "There are a lot of "color comments" in the source code for ex-vi, which may lead one to wonder how the code works at all, or has as few crashes as it does. However, some of these comments may be lost in translation." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/02/04/lost-in-translation.gmi [04:13] TR News Movies Game gemini://jeffrey.cam/movies-game/ [04:13] TR News Adania Shibli gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/resenas/undetallemenor.gmi [04:16] TR News I am so annoyed with MSFT. Seriously considering moving elsewhere. This is just poor service. https://old.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/1qw4dd8/i_am_so_annoyed_with_msft_seriously_considering/ [04:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-old.reddit.com | I am so annoyed with MSFT. Seriously considering moving elsewhere. This is just poor service. : microsoft [04:21] TR News ANon: This morning it occurred to me to wonder how much of the liquidation of IBM by its own management is due to them being implicated multiple times in the Epstein files. [04:21] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 05/02/2026: Coercion, Antibiotics, and LVDT Project https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_Coercion_Antibiotics_and_LVDT_Project.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_Coercion_Antibiotics_and_LVDT_Project.gmi [04:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 05/02/2026: Coercion, Antibiotics, and LVDT Project [04:22] TR News We have article covering IBM+EPO shortly [04:24] TR News "As soon as I get the RSU shares, I dump them the next day. I do not pay from my own money to pay for IBM stock garbage." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n [04:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n ) [04:24] TR News "I am so glad I dump all my IBM stock at $318 a share... loving it!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgj7w26n ● Feb 05 [05:00] TR News On IBM's demolition: "Because those cosplaying as leaders and executives are burning the company for exceedingly short term stock boosts, it looks like they are liquidating the whole company for some personal, emergency cash." [05:00] TR News Third-world level stuff: "Savannah Guthrie ransom notes received by TMZ, CBS affiliate" https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/04/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-tmz-cbs-kold/88505697007/ [05:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/04/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-tmz-cbs-kold/88505697007/ ) [05:05] TR News Techrights Like Microsoft and IBM, the 'Alicante Mafia'-Governed EPO Does PIPs Nowadays (at the EPO, It's "Professional Incompetence Procedure") https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Like_Microsoft_and_IBM_the_Alicante_Mafia_Governed_EPO_Does_PIP.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Like_Microsoft_and_IBM_the_Alicante_Mafia_Governed_EPO_Does_PIP.gmi [05:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Like Microsoft and IBM, the 'Alicante Mafia'-Governed EPO Does PIPs Nowadays (at the EPO, It's "Professional Incompetence Procedure") [05:20] TR News (NEW): Keeping the Site and Capsule Accessible 100% of the Time https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_the_Site_and_Capsule_Accessible_100_of_the_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_the_Site_and_Capsule_Accessible_100_of_the_Time.gmi [05:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Keeping the Site and Capsule Accessible 100% of the Time [05:32] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Measured at 5.5% in Ecuador This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_5_in_Ecuador_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_5_in_Ecuador_This_Year.gmi [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured at 5.5% in Ecuador This Year [05:36] TR News Techrights JuristGate is for sale: three billion Swiss francs for a domain name https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/JuristGate_is_for_sale_three_billion_Swiss_francs_for_a_domain_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/JuristGate_is_for_sale_three_billion_Swiss_francs_for_a_domain_.gmi [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights JuristGate is for sale: three billion Swiss francs for a domain name [05:41] TR News Techrights "Sponsored by Azul" to Write Fake 'Article' About Azul, Quoting Azul Itself https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Sponsored_by_Azul_to_Write_Fake_Article_About_Azul_Quoting_Azul.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Sponsored_by_Azul_to_Write_Fake_Article_About_Azul_Quoting_Azul.gmi [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights "Sponsored by Azul" to Write Fake 'Article' About Azul, Quoting Azul Itself [05:45] TR News "FWIW the CIA World Factbook has been rugpulled. The site is gone, no warning." -Anon. Odd, is that because apache2 is expensive to keep going? "More like facts are not relevant in the Kremlin administration's world view. The Kremlin based party has not operated in a fact based manner since at least Little Bush but also to a certain extent the Reagan administration too." ● Feb 05 [06:00] TR News Techrights Linuxiac Not Rehabilitated, It's Still Full of LLM Slop (Part of a Trend) https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Linuxiac_Not_Rehabilitated_It_s_Still_Full_of_LLM_Slop_Part_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Linuxiac_Not_Rehabilitated_It_s_Still_Full_of_LLM_Slop_Part_of_.gmi [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linuxiac Not Rehabilitated, It's Still Full of LLM Slop (Part of a Trend) ● Feb 05 [07:10] TR News "Here is a success story: MS has turned a small cottage industry into a global giant with a multi-billion $ per year turnover: :P" -Anon https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-attacks-soar-30-percent/ [07:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Ransomware Attacks Have Soared 30% In Recent Months [07:13] TR News Explaining the Letter From JUDGE SYKES FRIXOU, Threatening Me Around the Time GNOME's Nat Friedman Lost His CEO Job at Microsoft GitHub and His Best Friend Got Arrested for Strangulation http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Explaining_the_Letter_From_JUDGE_SYKES_FRIXOU_Threatening_Me_Ar.shtml [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Explaining the Letter From JUDGE SYKES FRIXOU, Threatening Me Around the Time GNOME's Nat Friedman Lost His CEO Job at Microsoft GitHub and His Best Friend Got Arrested for Strangulation [07:16] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I've tried both Windows alternatives, and here's my winner https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Mint_vs_Zorin_OS_I_ve_tried_both_Windows_alternatives_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Mint_vs_Zorin_OS_I_ve_tried_both_Windows_alternatives_and.gmi [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I've tried both Windows alternatives, and here's my winner [07:16] TR News "NVIDIA has asked a federal court to dismiss an expanded copyright lawsuit" https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contact-with-annas-archive-doesnt-prove-copyright-infringement/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA: Contact With Anna's Archive Doesn't Prove Copyright Infringement * TorrentFreak [07:17] TR News "Secure Boot on an Apple silicon Mac is unlike anything youve seen in the past" https://eclecticlight.co/2026/02/03/what-happens-in-early-kernel-boot-on-apple-silicon/ | Source: Howard Oakley [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eclecticlight.co | What happens in early kernel boot on Apple silicon? The Eclectic Light Company [07:17] TR News "Periods of armed conflict often lead to renewed scrutiny of how the Internet functions and of the organisations involved in its coordination." https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/internet-coordination-in-times-of-war/ | Source: RIPE [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-labs.ripe.net | Internet Coordination in Times of War | RIPE Labs [07:17] TR News (NEW): Slimbook Titan report 8 - The rollercoaster goes up https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Slimbook_Titan_report_8_The_rollercoaster_goes_up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Slimbook_Titan_report_8_The_rollercoaster_goes_up.gmi [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Slimbook Titan report 8 - The rollercoaster goes up [07:21] TR News " 100 technology-related employees lost their collective bargaining protections" https://fedscoop.com/education-department-technology-chief-information-officer-union-collective-bargaining-agreement-trump-administration-protection-executive-order/ | Source: Scoop News Group [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Education IT, tech employees lose union protections | FedScoop [07:21] TR News "As a government professor who studies policing and state security forces, I believe its clear that ICE meets many but not all of the most salient definitions." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/ice-is-a-paramilitary-force-and-those-dont-end-well/ | Source: Techdirt [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ICE Is A Paramilitary Force, And Those Dont End Well | Techdirt [07:21] TR News "But I think the focus should be on the petitioners the folks who were detained who had no criminal records and were ordered released by the courts." https://json.blog/2026/02/04/just-the-conditions-of-his.html | Source: Jason Becker [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-json.blog | Just the conditions of his confinement [07:22] TR News (NEW): 2026 Krita Roadmap https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/2026_Krita_Roadmap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/2026_Krita_Roadmap.gmi [07:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 2026 Krita Roadmap [07:23] TR News "The New York Times is addicted to bothsidesing." https://fair.org/home/at-nyt-pretending-you-dont-know-makes-you-a-real-reporter/ | Source: FAIR [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fair.org | At NYT, Pretending You Dont Know Makes You a Real Reporter FAIR [07:23] TR News "In Minneapolis, years of robust labor and community organizing set the stage for the fierce pushback against federal immigration agents aggressive invasion" https://jacobin.com/2026/02/minneapolis-ice-protest-organizers-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The Minneapolis Strategy for Fighting ICE Is Worth Studying [07:23] TR News "The protests call for an overthrow of the government and come after what protesters say is a long history of oppression and violence from the regime." https://sundial.csun.edu/205653/news/theyre-dancing-on-dead-bodies-irans-internet-blackout-nears-4-weeks/ | Source: California State University Northridge [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sundial.csun.edu | Theyre dancing on dead bodies: Irans internet blackout nears 4 weeks Daily Sundial [07:24] TR News "Unfortunately, there is a gaping hole in the rule of law: when a federal agent violates the U.S. Constitution, it is increasingly difficult to sue them for damages." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/protecting-our-right-sue-federal-agents-who-violate-constitution | Source: EFF [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Protecting Our Right to Sue Federal Agents Who Violate the Constitution | Electronic Frontier Foundation [07:24] TR News "The legal foundation of American journalism contains a fundamental tension that Hermes emphasized repeatedly." https://www.lonestarlive.com/palabra/2026/02/first-amendment-offers-limited-protection-for-newsgathering-expert-says.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-First Amendment offers limited protection for newsgathering, expert says - lonestarlive.com [07:24] TR News "Nearly all news departments are being affected, executive editor Matt Murray told staff (read his full memo below)." https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/washington-post-cuts-one-third-of-all-staff-newsroom-sports-books-foreign/ | Source: Press Gazette [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Washington Post to cut one-third of all staff - Press Gazette [07:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [07:46] TR News "The Washington Posts decision to slash a third of its staff prompted an outcry in Washington and around the world." https://www.semafor.com/article/02/04/2026/post-cuts-ripple-through-us-journalism-industry | Source: Semafor Inc [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Post cuts ripple through US journalism industry | Semafor [07:46] TR News "one of Natansons alleged sources who had contacted her via the Signal messaging app." https://thedissenter.org/fbi-spied-on-washington-post-reporter-prior-to-raiding-their-home/ | Source: The Dissenter [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thedissenter.org | FBI Spied On Reporter Prior To Raiding Their Home [07:47] TR News "Lets be clear: billionaires like Jeff Bezos dont want a functioning press." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/jeff-bezos-is-destroying-whats-left-of-the-washington-post-to-please-our-dim-unpopular-autocrats/ | Source: Techdirt [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Jeff Bezos Is Destroying Whats Left Of The Washington Post To Please Our Dim, Unpopular Autocrats | Techdirt [07:47] TR News "Inama is represented by attorneys Elijah Watkins and Aaron Bell of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, as well as local attorneys Latonia Keith and McKay Cunningham." https://www.courthousenews.com/idaho-teacher-sues-over-banned-everyone-is-welcome-poster/ | Source: Court House News [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/idaho-teacher-sues-over-banned-everyone-is-welcome-poster/ ) [07:48] TR News "Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Sylvania Republican Sen. Max Burns, changes an exemption in state law dealing with the distribution of harmful materials to minors" https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/georgia-librarians-could-face-criminal-charges-for-harmful-materials/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/georgia-librarians-could-face-criminal-charges-for-harmful-materials/ ) [07:49] TR News "The argument? Higher management takes decisions on the basis of aggregated data that provide only an indirect" https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/04/a-modest-proposal-for-the-use-of-ai/ | Source: Crooked Timber [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | A modest proposal for the use of AI Crooked Timber [07:49] TR News "After getting the kids to school, walking the dog, prepping some rice for supper, and warming up my coffee (again), I opened the old RSS reader to see Dave Rupert" https://chrisenns.com/2026/02/everything-is-awful-and-why-isnt-anybody-doing-anything-about-it/ | Source: Chris Enns [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chrisenns.com | Everything is Awful And Why Isn't Anybody Doing Anything About It? [07:50] TR News "That said, on Sunday at FOSDEM 2026 here in Brussels, Alexey Milovidov, co-founder and CTO of ClickHouse was very precise about what interested him" https://thenewstack.io/the-weird-things-that-happened-when-clickhouse-replaced-c-with-rust/ | Source: The New Stack [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | The 'weird' things that happened when Clickhouse replaced C++ with Rust - The New Stack [07:50] TR News "Thats why the Heisman decided using a form of ranked choice voting." https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/02/ranked-choice-voting-works-for-the-heisman-can-work-for-indiana-too/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/02/ranked-choice-voting-works-for-the-heisman-can-work-for-indiana-too/ ) [07:51] TR News "Researchers from Japan have made a new system that can convert waste heat into electricity." https://interestingengineering.com/energy/waste-heat-electricity-thermoelectric-material | Source: Interesting Engineering [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | Waste heat to be turned into electricity with thermoelectric material [07:52] TR News "Its a fight flaring across the country, in red and blue states, from Oklahoma to Indiana to Pennsylvania, pitting big tech companies and their partners" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0204/data-centers-AI-electricity-costs | Source: CS Monitor [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-As tech companies race to build data centers, communities are pushing back - CSMonitor.com [07:52] TR News "The Army recently published a Request For Information on Autonomous Decontamination Systems (ADS) to see what might be out there in the existing commercial market" https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/army_bots_cleanup_ai_biological_chemical/ | Source: The Register UK [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | US Army seeks autonomous bio, chemical cleanup bots The Register [07:53] TR News "There have been a lot of complaints about both the competency and the logic behind the latest Epstein archive release by the DoJ" https://neosmart.net/blog/recreating-epstein-pdfs-from-raw-encoded-attachments/ | Source: Neo Smart [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neosmart.net | Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments | The NeoSmart FilesThe NeoSmart Files [07:53] TR News "Sloppy redaction leads to explosive claims, and difficult reputational consequences for cybersecurity vendors" https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-453/ | Source: Graham Cluley [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-grahamcluley.com | Smashing Security podcast #453: The Epstein Files didnt hide this hacker very well Graham Cluley [07:53] TR News "Okay, thats the technological side. What about the political / social aspect?" https://crookedtimber.org/2026/02/03/occasional-reason-to-be-cheerful-babies/ | Source: Crooked Timber [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | Occasional reason to be cheerful: Babies Crooked Timber [07:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:56] TR News "RIT has so far moved about 8,500 of 25,000 government workstations to its cloud computing service and plans to increase this to 15,000 over the next two years" https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/estonia_hedges_its_bets_on/ | Source: The Register UK [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Estonia tests Euro alternatives amid Microsoft rollout The Register [07:56] TR News "Our childrens brains are not for sale neither to American platforms nor to Chinese networks. Their dreams must not be dictated by algorithms." https://thecyberexpress.com/social-media-ban-for-children-france/ | Source: Cyble Inc [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | French Lawmakers Back Social Media Ban For Children [07:57] TR News "The Spain ban social media decision reflects a wider global shift: governments are finally admitting that social media has become too powerful" https://thecyberexpress.com/spain-ban-social-media-platforms-kids/ | Source: Cyble Inc [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Spain Ban Social Media Platforms For Children Under 16 [07:57] TR News "Failure to obey any court order will immediately terminate all funding for ICE or the Border Patrol" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/reining-in-ice | Source: Robert Reich [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Reining in ICE - Robert Reich [07:57] TR News "But it turns out that predictions of creeping authoritarianism both underestimated and overestimated MAGA." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/american-democracy-will-not-die-in | Source: Paul Krugman [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | American Democracy Will Not Die in Darkness [07:58] TR News "ISM has developed significant new sources of income through kidnapping for ransom, extortion, and by taking over artisanal and small-scale mining operations" https://adf-magazine.com/2026/02/islamic-state-expands-funding-in-mozambique/ | Source: ADF [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | Islamic State Expands Funding in Mozambique - Africa Defense Forum [07:58] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:58] TR News "In democracies, journalists dont get arrested" https://futurism.com/future-society/democracy-harvard-political-science | Source: Futurism [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Democracy Itself Is Falling Apart, Harvard Professor Warns [07:58] TR News "As news organizations, press freedom groups, and constitutional experts denounced the arrests as a brazen First Amendment violation" https://www.status.news/p/don-lemon-arrested-authoritarianism-donald-trump | Source: Status News LLC [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.status.news | This Is a New Dimension ● Feb 05 [08:00] TR News "It does not mean perfect anonymitybut its far better than paying with your Visa and real home address." https://greycoder.com/the-best-seedbox-providers-where-you-can-create-anonymous-accounts/ | Source: GreyCoder [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Best Seedbox Providers With Truly Anonymous Accounts 2026 - GreyCoder [08:02] TR News Windows TCO: "ReliaQuest Threat Research published research today detailing how attackers lured multiple users into running a Windows screensaver file" https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/attackers-use-screensavers-drop-malware-rmm-tools | Source: Dark Reading [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/attackers-use-screensavers-drop-malware-rmm-tools ) [08:02] TR News Windows TCO: "Ransomware groups claimed 2,018 attacks in the last three months of 2025, averaging just under 673 a month to end a record-setting year." https://thecyberexpress.com/ransomware-attacks-soar-30-percent/ | Source: Cyble Inc [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Ransomware Attacks Have Soared 30% In Recent Months [08:02] TR News Windows TCO: "Member groups are free to operate independently while also having access to DragonForce's considerable resources and services" https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ransomware-gang-full-godfather-cartel | Source: Dark Reading [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ransomware-gang-full-godfather-cartel ) [08:04] TR News "This article is the second in a two-part series on AI disclosures in scholarly publishing." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/why-authors-arent-disclosing-ai-use-and-what-publishers-should-not-do-about-it-part-2/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org | Part 2 - Why Authors Arent Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) do About It - The Scholarly Kitchen [08:04] TR News (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 3 and Old Bug Which "makes it impossible to print on Tuesdays" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_26_04_Snapshot_3_and_Old_Bug_Which_make.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Canonical_Ubuntu_Ubuntu_26_04_Snapshot_3_and_Old_Bug_Which_make.gmi [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 3 and Old Bug Which "makes it impossible to print on Tuesdays" [08:04] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:04] TR News "Before you read this post, ask yourself a question: When was the last time you truly thought hard?" https://www.jernesto.com/articles/thinking_hard | [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jernesto.com | I miss thinking hard. [08:04] TR News "A comic in four panels: [...]" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1119/everywhere | Source: David Revoy [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.davidrevoy.com | Everywhere... - David Revoy [08:05] TR News "They note that the prevalence of moderate to severe disempowerment is increasing over time" https://aphyr.com/posts/405-trudging-through-nonsense | Source: Kyle Kingsbury [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 451 @ https://aphyr.com/posts/405-trudging-through-nonsense ) [08:05] TR News "AI Consultation" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/02/aiconsultresults/ | Source: Michael Geist [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | An Illusion of Consensus: What the Government Isnt Saying About the Results of its AI Consultation - Michael Geist [08:06] TR News "French police raided the offices of the X social media platform today as European investigations grew into nonconsensual sexual deepfakes and potential child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated by Xs Grok AI chatbot." https://thecyberexpress.com/french-police-raid-x-grok-investigations/ | Source: Cyble Inc [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | French Police Raid X Offices As Grok Investigations Grow [08:06] TR News "That's likely a conservative estimate too, says Tollbit, as AI bots just keep getting better at seeming like humans when they navigate a website." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/ai_bot_traffic_web_browsers/ | Source: The Register UK [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | AI bot traffic closing in on human web visits, study finds The Register [08:06] TR News "PowerGPU, a system integrator known for its high-performance gaming PCs, just issued a devastating price warning on social media." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/pc-vendor-warns-of-upcoming-price-hikes-due-to-ssd-and-memory-volatility-powergpu-to-pass-costs-to-customers-once-existing-inventory-depletes | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | PC vendor warns of upcoming price hikes due to SSD and memory volatility PowerGPU to pass costs to customers once existing inventory depletes | Tom's Hardware [08:07] TR News "Another issue with LLMs, that of hallucinated citations, or HalluCitations, is well known." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/openais-new-scientific-writing-and-collaboration-workspace-prism-raises-fears-of-vibe-coded-academic-ai-slop/ | Source: Techdirt [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenAIs New Scientific Writing And Collaboration Workspace Prism Raises Fears Of Vibe-Coded Academic AI Slop | Techdirt [08:07] TR News "Google Authenticator on iOS, Android, and Blackberry." https://thenewleafjournal.com/itch-io-outdated-totp-2fa-app-recommendations/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewleafjournal.com | Itch.io Outdated TOTP 2FA App Recs The New Leaf Journal [08:08] TR News "Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++a widely used text editor for Windowswas compromised for six months by suspected China-state [attackers]" https://www.wired.com/story/notepad-plus-plus-china-hackers-update-infrastructure/ | Source: Wired [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Notepad++ Users, You May Have Been Hacked by China | WIRED [08:08] TR News "Salt Typhoons intrusion into telecom networks exposed major security weaknesses and put sensitive communications and data belonging to U.S. politicians and policymakers at risk." https://cyberscoop.com/cantwell-claims-telecoms-blocked-release-of-salt-typhoon-report/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cantwell claims telecoms blocked release of Salt Typhoon report | CyberScoop [08:09] TR News "As a result, I wrote to Mandiant requesting copies of these reports and other relevant documentation." https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/DA339F69-7721-4625-86AF-4551C2A83402 | Source: US Senate [08:09] TR News "The finding specifically concerns the group's malware that targets VMware ESXi." https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/nitrogen_ransomware_broken_decryptor/ | Source: The Register UK [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Nitrogen can't unlock its own ransomware after coding error The Register [08:10] TR News "All social media and news is off the phone and onto the MacBook so I dont immediately have it." https://ljpuk.net/2026/02/04/using-mostly-analog-tools/ | Source: Lee Peterson [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ljpuk.net | Using mostly Analog tools LJPUK [08:10] TR News "Now that the month has passed, I'm back to report that it continued like the first post ended" https://blog.avas.space/caffeine-conclusion/ | Source: Ava [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.avas.space | a month without caffeine - conclusion | ava's blog [08:11] TR News "In this narration, I will focus on only a subset of the MIPS-based systems. You might want to keep an eye on the timeline page as well." http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/sgi1.html | Source: Miod Vallat [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-miod.online.fr | OpenBSD on SGI, 1/6: A missed opportunity [08:13] TR News "This puts the Switch just 5 million units short of the PlayStation 2, the top selling game system of all time." https://birchtree.me/blog/the-massive-success-of-the-nintendo-switch/ | Source: Matt Birchler [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | The massive success of the Nintendo Switch [08:13] TR News "In my latest report, I mentioned a workaround to intermittent system freeze issue via general purpose event (GPE) interrupt blocking or masking" https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-titan-report-8.html | Source: Dedoimedo [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dedoimedo.com | Slimbook Titan report 8 - The rollercoaster goes up [08:14] TR News "I had time to kill so I wandered around the library finding memories in the stacks including the 1987 STOC Proceedings, home to my first conference paper" https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/02/sampling-oxford-cs-library.html | Source: Computational Complexity [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.computationalcomplexity.org | Computational Complexity: Sampling the Oxford CS Library [08:14] TR News "I screenshotted this glyph after blowing it up quite large, then inserted it inline with text as an image, adjusted its size" https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/word-alt-text-on-a-character-glyph/ | Source: Darren Goossens [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-darrengoossens.wordpress.com | Word alt text on a character/glyph DSPACE [08:17] TR News (NEW): LWN on Kernel, Fedora and GPG 2.5, and postmarketOS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/LWN_on_Kernel_Fedora_and_GPG_2_5_and_postmarketOS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/LWN_on_Kernel_Fedora_and_GPG_2_5_and_postmarketOS.gmi [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LWN on Kernel, Fedora and GPG 2.5, and postmarketOS [08:25] TR News "There is a new HTML element called geolocation. I checked it out and here's what I learned." https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/geolocation-element | Source: Manuel Matuzovi [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.matuzo.at | Introduction to the new HTML element - Manuel Matuzovic [08:25] TR News "Date and time management libraries in many programming languages are famously bad." https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/date-arithmetic-in-bash | Source: Miguel Grinberg [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.miguelgrinberg.com | Date Arithmetic in Bash - miguelgrinberg.com [08:26] TR News (NEW): Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows converts? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Zorin_OS_vs_Linux_Mint_Which_is_the_better_Linux_distro_for_Win.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Zorin_OS_vs_Linux_Mint_Which_is_the_better_Linux_distro_for_Win.gmi [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows converts? [08:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:27] TR News (NEW): Keeping an eye on your laptop battery on COSMIC Desktop just got a ton easier https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_an_eye_on_your_laptop_battery_on_COSMIC_Desktop_just_go.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Keeping_an_eye_on_your_laptop_battery_on_COSMIC_Desktop_just_go.gmi [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Keeping an eye on your laptop battery on COSMIC Desktop just got a ton easier [08:34] TR News (NEW): Gifts of Nature and Other Empathetic Human Beings https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Gifts_of_Nature_and_Other_Empathetic_Human_Beings.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Gifts_of_Nature_and_Other_Empathetic_Human_Beings.gmi [08:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Gifts of Nature and Other Empathetic Human Beings [08:39] TR News (NEW): Cine mpv frontend https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Cine_mpv_frontend.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Cine_mpv_frontend.gmi [08:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Cine mpv frontend [08:39] TR News "One of the reasons that you dont hear about Perl in the headlines is its reliability." https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/ | Source: Perl [08:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fastmail Donates USD 10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation [08:40] TR News "FOSDEM 2026 ran last weekend in Brussels with its usual dense schedule of talks across open source projects and communities." https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/04/package-management-at-fosdem-2026.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Package Management at FOSDEM 2026 | Andrew Nesbitt [08:40] TR News "AI is bringing an existential threat to a lot of B2B SaaS executives: How to keep asking customers for renewal, when every customer feels they can get something better built with vibe-coded AI products?" https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-killing-b2b-saas | Source: Namanyay Goel [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nmn.gl | AI is Killing B2B SaaS | Ns Blog [08:40] TR News "Time is time. We tend to think its simple to deal with it. But its more complex than it sounds. Both in programming and in real life" https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/02/04/clocks-part-10-conclusion | Source: Sandor Dargo [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sandordargo.com | Time in C++: Closing Thoughts | Sandor Dargo's Blog [08:43] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:43] TR News "In a bizarre act of cultural vandalism they've not just removed the entire site (including the archives of previous versions)" https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-simonwillison.net | Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell [08:43] TR News "One of CIAs oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset." https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/ | [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cia.gov | Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell - CIA [08:44] TR News "2026 is my 3rd FOSDEM attendance. And like most veterans of the events, I started to appreciate the people more than the talks." https://sluongng.substack.com/p/fosdem-26-my-hallway-track-takeaways | Source: Son Luong Ngoc [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sluongng.substack.com | FOSDEM 26 - My Hallway Track Takeaways - by Son Luong Ngoc [08:44] TR News "This year, I went with a coworker of mine, Timo, whos also quite active in the open source space." https://hacdias.com/2026/02/04/fosdem/ | Source: Henrique Dias [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hacdias.com | Surviving FOSDEM '26 - Henrique Dias [08:45] TR News Misleading / lying accepted by officials: https://www.hbl.fi/2026-02-05/microsoft-trump-kan-inte-stanga-digitala-tjanster-i-europa/ Sompi, any input on this? [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hbl.fi | Microsoft: Trump kan inte stnga digitala tjnster i Europa Hufvudstadsbladet [08:45] TR News "The story so far: WithKnown lost my images, and my previous experience was not as helpful as I hoped. Back to the blow-by-blow troubleshooting" https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/images-have-reappeared | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeremycherfas.net | Images Have Reappeared | Jeremy Cherfas [08:55] TR News "A growing number of websites, burned from an unhealthy relationship with Facebook (a company too large and incompetent to function)" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/whoops-websites-realize-that-killing-their-comment-sections-was-a-mistake/ | Source: Techdirt [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Whoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A Mistake | Techdirt [08:55] TR News "Here is how I view SQLites strengths, and how a hosted version undermines them. Even SQLite documentation states that once theres a network boundary..." https://monroeclinton.com/i-dont-buy-sqlite-in-the-cloud/ | Source: Monroe Clinton [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-monroeclinton.com | I Don't Buy SQLite in the Cloud | Monroe Clinton ● Feb 05 [09:04] TR News "Tor Browser 16.0a2 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a2/ | Source: Tor [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a2 | The Tor Project [09:06] TR News "I'm writing these words remotely via SSH using Zed's remote development feature. It's pretty cool" https://sals.place/remote-editing-in-zed/ | Source: Sal [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sals.place | Remote editing in Zed | Sal's [09:06] TR News "But it required me to buy myself a new one, as having a phone is now a civic duty." https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/my-new-mobile-phone/ | Source: Micha Sapka [09:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-michal.sapka.pl | My new mobile phone [09:07] TR News "We like this project, because it solves something weve all encountered at one time or another, and it does so in a novel way." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/a-keyboard-for-anything-without-a-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Keyboard For Anything, Without A Keyboard | Hackaday [09:07] TR News "Essentially, this is an ortholinear split with a built-in roller bar mouse, which basically acts like a cylindrical trackball." https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-rollermouse-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Keebin With Kristina: The One With The RollerMouse Keyboard | Hackaday [09:08] TR News "they use the GNOME forum to make a public libel attack against Sonny Piers" https://danielpocock.com/en/sexism-gnome-shaming-men-hiding-women/ | Source: Daniel Pocock [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | Sexism & GNOME: shaming men, hiding women, Sonny Piers update [09:08] TR News "An interesting change to IP behavior landed in FreeBSD 15, as I discovered by accident." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/SocketConnectToAnyMeaning | Source: University of Toronto [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [09:09] TR News "Today, instead of talking about the things we can do with ZFS, lets talk about OpenZFS monitoring and observability" https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-monitoring-and-observability-what-to-track-and-why-it-matters/ | Source: Klara [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-klarasystems.com | OpenZFS Monitoring and Observability [09:09] TR News "This week Jonathan chats with Olaf Andreas Schulte and Lars Kiesow about Opencast, the video management system for education" https://hackaday.com/2026/02/04/floss-weekly-episode-863-opencast-that-code-is-there-for-a-reason/ | Source: Hackaday [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FLOSS Weekly Episode 863: Opencast: That Code Is There For A Reason | Hackaday [09:10] TR News "COSMIC feature priorities are organized into Epochs, with each Epoch representing roughly six to eight months of focused development" https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-epoch-2-and-3-roadmap/ | Source: System76 [09:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.system76.com | COSMIC Epoch 2 and 3 Roadmap - System76 Blog [09:19] TR News Steam Machine - Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-machine-steam-frame-faq-ram-and-storage-crisis-to-blame-for-no-pricing-or-dates/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Machine & Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates | GamingOnLinux [09:20] TR News Winnie's Hole is a delightfully grim roguelite now in Early Access | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/winnies-hole-is-a-delightfully-grim-roguelite-now-in-early-access/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Winnie's Hole is a delightfully grim roguelite now in Early Access | GamingOnLinux [09:20] TR News Hyperslice is a fast, focused and extremely fun action arena roguelite | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/hyperslice-is-a-fast-focused-and-extremely-fun-action-arena-roguelite/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hyperslice is a fast, focused and extremely fun action arena roguelite | GamingOnLinux [09:21] TR News "This Looks Exactly Like A Massive Cover-Up" | Whitney Webb https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Gsw2byNTHak Anon: "she does explain why mainstream media avoids the topics, and the fact that she is covering this means the info is reaching new parts of the public" [09:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Gsw2byNTHak ) [09:23] TR News Google's Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/googles-project-genie-experiment-allows-creating-interactive-worlds-with-generative-ai/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Google's Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI | GamingOnLinux [09:23] TR News Epic Games Store saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/epic-games-store-saw-a-57-percent-increase-in-purchases-for-third-party-pc-games-in-2025/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Epic Games Store saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025 | GamingOnLinux [09:24] TR News Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy remaster gets a big upgrade | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/sphinx-and-the-cursed-mummy-remaster-gets-a-big-upgrade/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy remaster gets a big upgrade | GamingOnLinux [09:24] TR News "When 20-Year-Old Bill Gates Fought the 'Thieves' Who Stole His First Code" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/02/02/1228214 [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | When 20-Year-Old Bill Gates Fought the 'Thieves' Who Stole His First Code - SoylentNews [09:25] TR News "'You cannot reward monsters' US lawmakers demand increased pressure on Russia" https://kyivindependent.com/us-lawmakers-demand-increased-pressure-on-russia/ [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kyivindependent.com | 'You cannot reward monsters' US lawmakers demand increased pressure on Russia [09:25] TR News Large majority now sees the US as an adversary - not as an ally | "Stort flertal ser nu USA som modstander - ikke som allieret | Politik | DR" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/stort-flertal-ser-nu-usa-som-modstander-ikke-som-allieret [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-dr-dk.translate.goog | Stort flertal ser nu USA som modstander - ikke som allieret | Politik | DR [09:25] TR News "Let's Do a Detailed Review of Zorin -- Is This Good for Ex-Windows Users?" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Let's-Do-a-Detailed-Review-of-Zorin----Is-This-Good-for-Ex-Windows-Users-:6 [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Let's Do a Detailed Review of Zorin -- Is This Good for Ex-Windows Users? [09:26] TR News GAFAM site's false dichotomy. the correct answer is "none of the above" https://thenewstack.io/github-agent-hq/ [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | GitHub is letting developers choose between Copilot and its biggest rivals - The New Stack [09:26] TR News "Hail, Caesar? Hell, No - by Jay Nordlinger - The Next Move" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/hail-caesar-hell-no [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenextmove.org | Hail, Caesar? Hell, No - by Jay Nordlinger - The Next Move [09:27] TR News iophk: wrongly asserts there can be beneficial uses without the negatives https://criticaledtech.com/2026/02/05/dealing-with-the-educational-impact-of-australias-social-media-ban/ [09:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-criticaledtech.com | Dealing with the educational impact of Australias social media ban Critical Studies of EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY [09:27] TR News "Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/profiles-in-cowardice-tariff-edition [09:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition - Paul Krugman [09:27] TR News "Une perquisition est diligente ce jour dans les locaux franais de la plateforme X" https://www.tribunal-de-paris.justice.fr/sites/default/files/2026-02/20260203CPXFrance.pdf [09:28] TR News "Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-elections-fulton-county/ [09:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections | The Nation [09:28] TR News "Tariff Man Tumbles, Fumbles and Bumbles on Trade | Washington Spectator" https://washingtonspectator.org/tariff-man-tumbles-fumbles-and-bumbles-on-trade/ [09:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://washingtonspectator.org/tariff-man-tumbles-fumbles-and-bumbles-on-trade/ ) [09:28] TR News "Saudi steps up efforts to bring in dollars" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/03/2026/saudi-steps-up-efforts-to-bring-in-dollars [09:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Saudi steps up efforts to bring in dollars | Semafor [09:29] TR News EFF boosting sh-t and slop. WTH, EFF???? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/smart-ai-policy-means-understanding-its-real-harms-and-benefits https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/31/Google_Bribes_EFF_EFF_Promotes_LLM_Slop_as_Fair_Use_To_GAFAM_It.shtml [09:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Smart AI Policy Means Examing Its Real Harms and Benefits | Electronic Frontier Foundation [09:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google Bribes EFF. EFF Promotes LLM Slop as 'Fair Use'. To GAFAM It's a Low-Cost Lobby Hedge. [09:30] TR News Delivery - Beyond is a free new chaotic physics-based co-op game | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/delivery-beyond-is-a-free-new-chaotic-physics-based-co-op-game/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Delivery & Beyond is a free new chaotic physics-based co-op game | GamingOnLinux [09:31] TR News Resident Evil Village and more available in Humble Choice for February 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/resident-evil-village-and-more-available-in-humble-choice-for-february-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux [09:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Resident Evil Village and more available in Humble Choice for February 2026 | GamingOnLinux [09:31] TR News AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/amd-say-the-steam-machine-is-on-track-for-an-early-2026-release/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/amd-say-the-steam-machine-is-on-track-for-an-early-2026-release/ [09:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release | GamingOnLinux [09:33] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam Machines, Winnie's Hole, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Games_Steam_Machines_Winnie_s_Hole_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Games_Steam_Machines_Winnie_s_Hole_and_More.gmi [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Steam Machines, Winnie's Hole, and More [09:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [09:51] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [09:57] TR News "The meeting, accessible on the projects Jitsi channel, follows a recent draft proposal that outlines structural changes to how the project manages technical and community decisions" https://news.opensuse.org/2026/02/04/comm-to-discuss-new-gov-proposal/ | Source: OpenSUSE [09:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Community to Discuss New Governance Proposal - openSUSE News [09:57] TR News Canonical is selling Microsoft and slop. How very shameful. https://ubuntu.com//blog/sql-server-2025-on-ubuntu | Source: Ubuntu [09:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI meets SQL Server 2025 on Ubuntu | Ubuntu [09:58] TR News "To prepare for a quantum future, RHEL 10.1 improves defenses against such harvest now, decrypt later attacks and introduces post-quantum signatures for its packages." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-post-quantum-cryptography-rhel-101 | Source: Red Hat Official [09:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Whats new in post-quantum cryptography in RHEL 10.1 ● Feb 05 [10:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Feb 05 [11:36] TR News (NEW): KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/KDE_Gear_25_12_2_Brings_Improvements_to_Dolphin_NeoChat_Kate_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/KDE_Gear_25_12_2_Brings_Improvements_to_Dolphin_NeoChat_Kate_an.gmi [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps ● Feb 05 [12:13] TR News (NEW): Krita 6 Beta Digital Painting App Released with Wayland Color Management Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Krita_6_Beta_Digital_Painting_App_Released_with_Wayland_Color_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Krita_6_Beta_Digital_Painting_App_Released_with_Wayland_Color_M.gmi [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Krita 6 Beta Digital Painting App Released with Wayland Color Management Support ● Feb 05 [13:52] TR News slave labor making foreign investors even more rich: https://yle.fi/a/7-10092748 [13:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Servicefacket Pam: Matbud tjnar mindre n fyra euro i timmen | Inrikes | Svenska Yle [13:55] TR News Boeing layoffs: Aircraft maker cuts 300 defence supply-chain jobs https://www.firstpost.com/tech/layoffs-2026-boeing-to-cut-300-defence-supply-chain-jobs-as-workforce-reshapes-13976599.html [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Boeing layoffs: Aircraft maker cuts 300 defence supply-chain jobs Firstpost ● Feb 05 [14:02] TR News evolution of sleep https://theconversation.com/what-an-ancient-jellyfish-can-teach-us-about-the-evolution-of-sleep-273307 [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | What an ancient jellyfish can teach us about the evolution of sleep [14:03] TR News Now we know different https://theconversation.com/scientists-once-thought-the-brain-couldnt-be-changed-now-we-know-different-271252 [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Scientists once thought the brain couldnt be changed. Now we know different [14:04] TR News Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge https://theconversation.com/regulating-sexual-content-online-has-always-been-a-challenge-how-we-got-here-274149 [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Regulating sexual content online has always been a challenge how we got here [14:05] TR News Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate but public understanding lags behind https://theconversation.com/facial-recognition-technology-used-by-police-is-now-very-accurate-but-public-understanding-lags-behind-274652 [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate but public understanding lags behind [14:06] TR News Amazon to Close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-01-27/amazon-to-close-amazon-go-and-amazon-fresh-to-concentrate-on-whole-foods-and-grocery-delivery [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-01-27/amazon-to-close-amazon-go-and-amazon-fresh-to-concentrate-on-whole-foods-and-grocery-delivery ) [14:07] TR News Coupang https://jacobin.com/2026/01/coupang-amazon-korea-financialization-precarity/ [14:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Coupang, South Koreas Amazon, Is Copying Its Worst Habits [14:08] TR News Perl.Wiki V 1.39 & Mojolicious.Wiki V 1.13 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/02/announce-perlwiki-v-139-mojoliciouswiki-v-113.html [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.39 & Mojolicious.Wiki V 1.13 | Ron Savage [blogs.perl.org] [14:09] TR News Copyright maybe, not "Intellectual Property" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/guest-book-review-feminist.html [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | [Guest Book Review] A Feminist Reconstruction of Intellectual Property Laws in Music - The IPKat [14:11] TR News Resources 1.10.0 Released with Monitoring Support for AMD NPU https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/resources-1-10-0-released-with-monitoring-support-for-amd-npu/ [14:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Resources 1.10.0 Released with Monitoring Support for AMD NPU | UbuntuHandbook [14:13] TR News (NEW): New Releases: Tiling Shell 17.3, Resources 1.10, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/New_Releases_Tiling_Shell_17_3_Resources_1_10_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/02/New_Releases_Tiling_Shell_17_3_Resources_1_10_and_More.gmi [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines New Releases: Tiling Shell 17.3, Resources 1.10, and More [14:18] TR News Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming a breach that happened years ago https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/business/booz-allen-contracts-treasury [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edition.cnn.com | Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming Trump tax return leak | CNN Business [14:23] TR News Savannah Best Buy employee says hacker group blackmailed him into theft ring scheme https://www.wjcl.com/article/savannah-best-buy-theft-ring/70144185 [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 451 @ https://www.wjcl.com/article/savannah-best-buy-theft-ring/70144185 ) [14:24] TR News AI digital helper Lena Health breach exposed some Houston Methodist patients medical info https://databreaches.net/2026/01/28/ai-digital-helper-lena-health-breach-exposed-some-houston-methodist-patients-medical-info/ [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI digital helper Lena Health breach exposed some Houston Methodist patients medical info (1) DataBreaches.Net [14:25] TR News heat dome https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/how-the-record-breaking-heat-dome-enveloped-australia-20260123-p5nwjr.html [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Heat dome explained: How record breaking heatwave swept across Australia [14:25] TR News Energy Dept Climate Group Violated Law https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-01-30/us-federal-court-says-energy-dept-climate-group-violated-law [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-01-30/us-federal-court-says-energy-dept-climate-group-violated-law ) [14:31] TR News Polar bears https://www.vox.com/climate/476873/polar-bears-ice-climate-change-svalbard-research-seals-biodiversity https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/polar-bears-barents-sea-svalbard-climate-9.7066053 [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Polar bears and climate change: New research in Norway has scientists baffled | Vox [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | No sea ice, no problem for these Barents Sea bears for now | CBC Climate Change News [14:34] TR News Most Swedes want government action on climate change https://www.thelocal.se/20260129/most-swedes-want-government-action-on-climate-change [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thelocal.se | Most Swedes want government action on climate change [14:35] TR News Hikers spot hundreds of flowers blooming on Jan. 1 in U.K. https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-plant-hunt-9.7066302 [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Hikers spot hundreds of flowers blooming on Jan. 1 in U.K. | CBC Climate Change News [14:36] TR News Animals Are Climate Allies. So Why Are We Leaving Them Out of Climate Policy? https://therevelator.org/animals-climate-allies/ [14:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therevelator.org | Animals Are Climate Allies. So Why Are We Leaving Them Out of Climate Policy? The Revelator [14:36] TR News Bonaire https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/28/dutch-government-ordered-protect-bonaire-residents-climate-change-court-rules https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bonaire-climate-change-hague-9.7064791 [14:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Dutch government ordered to protect Bonaire residents from climate change, court rules | NL Times [14:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Netherlands must cut CO2 to protect Caribbean island of Bonaire, court rules | CBC News [14:37] TR News .... Wash Post Reports ... Wash Post punished by its pervy owner https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/us-national-parks-told-to-remove-signs-on-mistreatment-of-native-americans-climate-wash-post-reports" [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/us-national-parks-told-to-remove-signs-on-mistreatment-of-native-americans-climate-wash-post-reports ) [14:41] TR News Youre not paranoid: lawyers ARE coming to get you. https://databreaches.net/2026/01/29/youre-not-paranoid-lawyers-are-coming-to-get-you/ [14:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Youre not paranoid: lawyers ARE coming to get you. DataBreaches.Net [14:43] TR News
  • January 26, 2026, EmmaDE5 1.05: an update focused on accessibility!
    [14:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emmabuntus.org | January 26, 2026, EmmaDE5 1.05: an update focused on accessibility! Emmabunts [14:44] TR News DietPi 10.0 https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_0/ [14:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DietPi v10.0 - DietPi.com Docs [14:45] TR News (NEW): Emmabunts Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Emmabuntus_Debian_Edition_5_Gets_New_Accessibility_Features_Deb.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/26/Emmabuntus_Debian_Edition_5_Gets_New_Accessibility_Features_Deb.gmi [14:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Emmabunts Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base [14:47] TR News South Korea's 'fake news' law tests press autonomy https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-s-fake-news-law-tests-press-autonomy/a-75677742 [14:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | South Korea's 'fake news' law tests press autonomy [14:47] TR News Plastic emissions could double health damage by 2040 https://www.dw.com/en/plastic-emissions-could-double-health-damage-by-2040/a-75677138 [14:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Plastic emissions could double health damage by 2040 [14:49] TR News decarbonized cars https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hyundai-hydrogen-energy-canada-9.7068353 [14:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Hyundai interested in Canada's hydrogen energy as it bets on decarbonized cars | CBC Accessibility [14:50] TR News The ACLU Wants to Shrink Workers Speech Protections https://jacobin.com/2026/01/aclu-speech-protections-labor-nlrb/ [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The ACLU Wants to Shrink Workers Speech Protections [14:51] TR News Free speech for me but not for thee ttps://off-guardian.org/2026/01/29/free-speech-for-me-but-not-for-thee/ [14:53] TR News The Hidden Cost of [Slop]: How Data Centers Are Straining Water, Power, and Communities https://www.projectcensored.org/ai-data-centers-water-power-communities/ [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/ai-data-centers-water-power-communities/ ) [14:53] TR News DRC journalists besieged in year of rebel rule https://cpj.org/2026/01/threats-exile-censorship-drc-journalists-besieged-in-year-of-rebel-rule/ [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Threats, exile, censorship: DRC journalists besieged in year of rebel rule - Committee to Protect Journalists [14:57] TR News Shadow economy grows to over $500B https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-shadow-economy-grows-to-over-500b/live-75671587 [14:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany news: Shadow economy grows to over $500B [14:58] TR News ban social media for under-15s https://www.dw.com/en/france-s-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-social-media-for-under-15s/a-75669653 [14:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | France's lawmakers vote to ban social media for under-15s ● Feb 05 [15:02] TR News skilled worker gap https://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-s-skilled-worker-gap-exposes-migration-hurdles/a-75206488 [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | How Germany's skilled worker gap exposes migration hurdles [15:02] TR News Deutsche Bank raided in money laundering probe https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-deutsche-bank-raided-in-money-laundering-probe/live-75687631 [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany news: Deutsche Bank raided in money laundering probe [15:02] TR News Turkey's textile industry in crisis https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-s-textile-industry-in-crisis/a-75684427 [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Turkey's textile industry crushed by China and Bangladesh [15:03] TR News Sweden denies Turkey request to hear journalist facing terror charges https://www.thelocal.se/20260130/sweden-denies-turkey-request-to-hear-journalist-facing-terror-charges [15:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thelocal.se | Sweden denies Turkey request to hear journalist facing terror charges [15:04] TR News struggle of independent media in Turkey https://bianet.org/haber/report-highlights-survival-struggle-of-independent-media-in-turkey-amid-pressure-uncertainty-316099 [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Report highlights survival struggle of independent media in Turkey amid pressure, uncertainty [15:11] TR News "With Win 11, Microsoft has a hand in my digital pants. Maybe both hands." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr [15:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgf892xr ) [15:12] TR News deficit concerns https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/credit-rating-downgrade-budget-9.7068759 [15:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Nova Scotia's credit rating downgraded amid deficit concerns | CBC News [15:15] TR News Slop steals energy, not only information or works of actual people https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ai-data-centres-competitive-bid-process-bc-9.7069103 [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | AI, data centre companies will have to compete for electricity in B.C. | CBC News [15:16] TR News Microsoft loses billions in biggest stock drop in 6 years https://cphpost.dk/2026-01-30/news/round-up/microsoft-loses-billions-in-biggest-stock-drop-in-6-years/ [15:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-01-30/news/round-up/microsoft-loses-billions-in-biggest-stock-drop-in-6-years/ ) [15:18] TR News Linux Mint 22.3: Whats New (And Whats Not) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=B-h4UHrD8b0 [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=B-h4UHrD8b0 ) [15:18] TR News CachyOS 251129 Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/uP0EJBNHtX0 [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/shorts/uP0EJBNHtX0 ) [15:19] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:19] TR News MouseTiler: The Most Unique Linux Tiling I've Ever Seen https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=mhZDxNQiFSQ [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mhZDxNQiFSQ ) [15:20] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:20] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (05/2026): Farewell, FOSDEM! https://linmob.net/weekly-update-05-2026/ [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (05/2026): Farewell, FOSDEM! [15:26] TR News Can it protect its citizens? https://www.dw.com/en/the-eu-takes-on-musk-s-ai-that-undresses-women-can-it-protect-its-citizens/a-75709719 [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Can the EU take on Musk over AI 'undressing' feature? [15:28] TR News TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/tiktok-settles-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-ahead-of-trial [15:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-27/tiktok-settles-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-ahead-of-trial ) [15:29] TR News TikTok settles landmark lawsuit over youth addiction claims https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tiktok-settles-landmark-social-media-trial-youth-addiction-9.7063272 [15:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | TikTok settles landmark lawsuit over youth addiction claims | CBC News [15:29] TR News Social Control Media: The new TikTok is freaking people out https://www.vox.com/technology/476985/trump-tiktok-censorship-ice-epstein-outage [15:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Is Trumps new TikTok censoring users? | Vox [15:30] TR News New US TikTok Spinoff Will Be Controlled by Cheeto Mussolini-Aligned Billionaires https://scheerpost.com/2026/01/29/new-us-tiktok-spinoff-will-be-controlled-by-trump-aligned-billionaires/ [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scheerpost.com | New US TikTok Spinoff Will Be Controlled by Trump-Aligned Billionaires [15:33] TR News after filming protest at Minnesota church https://www.dw.com/en/don-lemon-arrested-after-filming-protest-at-minnesota-church/a-75731587 [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Don Lemon arrested after filming protest at Minnesota church [15:35] TR News Trading card shops, collectors face rising thefts https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trading-card-shop-thefts-9.706743 [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 404 @ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trading-card-shop-thefts-9.706743 ) [15:36] TR News failing to support drivershttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/accessible-cabs-dwindling-toronto-9.7065512 [15:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [15:40] TR News Panama port ruling https://www.dw.com/en/china-to-take-necessary-action-after-panama-port-ruling/a-75724866 [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | China to take 'necessary action' after Panama port ruling [15:41] TR News deep-sea mining https://www.dw.com/en/the-hidden-money-behind-deep-sea-mining/a-75723552 [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | The hidden money behind deep-sea mining [15:43] TR News Belarus: Snow and cold used to torture political prisoners https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-snow-and-cold-used-to-torture-political-prisoners/a-75717969 [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Belarus: Snow and cold used to torture political prisoners [15:44] TR News Philippines: Are terror laws being used to silence critics? https://www.dw.com/en/philippines-are-terror-laws-being-used-to-silence-critics/a-75729580 [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Philippines: Are terror laws being used to silence critics? [15:45] TR News gold and silver prices suddenly collapsed https://www.dw.com/en/why-gold-and-silver-prices-suddenly-collapsed/a-75758156 [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Why gold and silver prices suddenly collapsed [15:46] TR News Adam Price: Manage an Offline Music Library with Linux https://maprys.net/posts/music-library-linux/ [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maprys.net | Manage an Offline Music Library with Linux [15:47] TR News Linux User Space Episode 6:07: New WebKids on the Block https://www.linuxuserspace.show/607 [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxuserspace.show | Linux User Space: Episode 6:07: New WebKids on the Block [15:48] TR News This Week in Linux https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-334/ [15:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-334: What if Linus leaves Linux?, Open Gaming Collective, Xfce + Wayland, GOG.com & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital [15:48] TR News Oracle and Facebook lad pushing slop into Linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/02/0718228/linux-kernel-developer-chris-masons-new-initiative-ai-prompts-for-code-reviews [15:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | Linux Kernel Developer Chris Mason's New Initiative: AI Prompts for Code Reviews - Slashdot [15:49] TR News How to Fix A Stop Job is Running Message During Shutdown in Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-a-stop-job-is-running-message-linux/ [15:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | How to Fix "A Stop Job is Running" Message During Shutdown in Linux - Make Tech Easier [15:50] TR News Alpine 3.20.9, 3.21.6, 3.22.3 and 3.23.3 released https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.9-3.21.6-3.22.3-3.23.3-released.html [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-alpinelinux.org | Alpine 3.20.9, 3.21.6, 3.22.3 and 3.23.3 released | Alpine Linux [15:58] TR News iophk: Probably so busy redacting cheeto that they missed the important stuff https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260205-disastrous-release-of-epstein-files-exposes-nude-photos-and-names-of-victims [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260205-disastrous-release-of-epstein-files-exposes-nude-photos-and-names-of-victims ) ● Feb 05 [16:02] TR News Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in January 2026 https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/02/04/foss-activity-in-january-2026.html [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.decadent.org.uk | FOSS activity in January 2026 | Better living through software [16:02] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations [16:02] TR News 2026 Krita Roadmap https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/roadmap-2026/ [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krita.org | 404 Page not found | Krita [16:04] TR News Thousands of LEO satellites wont save us (but good regulation will) https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/04/thousands-of-leo-satellites-wont-save-us-but-good-regulation-will/ [16:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Thousands of LEO satellites wont save us (but good regulation will) | APNIC Blog [16:04] TR News NetGent: Agent-based automation of network application workflows https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/05/netgent-agent-based-automation-of-network-application-workflows/ [16:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | NetGent: Agent-based automation of network application workflows | APNIC Blog [16:06] TR News Vulnerabilities Allowed Full Compromise of Surveillance Giant Google Looker Instances https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-allowed-full-compromise-of-google-looker-instances/ [16:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-allowed-full-compromise-of-google-looker-instances/ ) [16:07] TR News UK adequacy decision: a risk for the future and a lesson to be learnt https://edri.org/our-work/uk-adequacy-decision-a-risk-for-the-future-and-a-lesson-to-be-learnt/ [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | UK adequacy decision - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [16:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:07] TR News The EU Commission is gutting net neutrality https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-commission-is-gutting-net-neutrality/ [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | The EU Commission is gutting net neutrality - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [16:08] TR News #DIDit: EDRi members spark movement for alternatives to Big Tech https://edri.org/our-work/didit-edri-members-spark-movement-for-alternatives-to-big-tech/ [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | #DIDit: EDRi members spark movement for alternatives to Big Tech - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [16:08] TR News Open Letter: Civil society concerned about extensive and indiscriminate data retention regime in Switzerland https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-civil-society-concerned-about-extensive-and-indiscriminate-data-retention-regime-in-switzerland/ [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | Civil society concerned about extensive data retention in Switzerland - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [16:09] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:09] TR News Mozilla Localization (L10N): Localizer spotlight: Oliver https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2026/02/04/localizer-spotlight-oliver/ [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Localizer spotlight: Oliver Mozilla L10N [16:10] TR News Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1057247/ [16:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Wednesday [LWN.net] [16:14] TR News (NEW): 3 Fedora features that make other Linux distros feel outdated https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/3_Fedora_features_that_make_other_Linux_distros_feel_outdated.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/3_Fedora_features_that_make_other_Linux_distros_feel_outdated.gmi [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 3 Fedora features that make other Linux distros feel outdated [16:15] TR News Rights group condemns US Military attack on Venezuela and President Maduros crimes https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/rights-group-condemns-us-military-attack-on-venezuela-and-president-maduros-crimes/ [16:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Amnesty International condemns both US attack on Venezuela and President Maduro's crimes - JURIST - News [16:15] TR News Dozens die in Nigeria's deadliest attack in months https://www.france24.com/en/gunmen-kill-over-160-in-new-nigeria-attack [16:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/gunmen-kill-over-160-in-new-nigeria-attack ) [16:16] TR News Dave Airlie: nouveau: a tale of two bugs https://airlied.blogspot.com/2026/02/nouveau-tale-of-two-bugs.html [16:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-airlied.blogspot.com | nouveau: a tale of two bugs [16:19] TR News Microsoft's VS Code in Ubuntu's Snap Format Eats Up Disk Space Like Bloatware Even After Removal https://itsfoss.com/news/vscode-snap-disk-space-issue/ [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Microsoft's VS Code in Ubuntu's Snap Format Eats Up Disk Space Like Bloatware Even After Removal [16:22] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi [16:22] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Canonical: Selling Slop, Proprietary Software, Spyware, and Bloatware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Microsoft_Canonical_Selling_Slop_Proprietary_Software_Spyware_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Microsoft_Canonical_Selling_Slop_Proprietary_Software_Spyware_a.gmi [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Microsoft Canonical: Selling Slop, Proprietary Software, Spyware, and Bloatware [16:22] TR News COSMIC Desktop 1.0.5 finally adds an option to show battery percentage in the panel https://www.neowin.net/news/cosmic-desktop-105-finally-adds-an-option-to-show-battery-percentage-in-the-panel/ [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/cosmic-desktop-105-finally-adds-an-option-to-show-battery-percentage-in-the-panel/ ) [16:24] TR News JetBrains drops X11 for Wayland as default in IntelliJ-based IDEs https://www.neowin.net/news/jetbrains-drops-x11-for-wayland-as-default-in-intellij-based-ides/ [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/jetbrains-drops-x11-for-wayland-as-default-in-intellij-based-ides/ ) [16:25] TR News dcat terminal-based 3D model viewer https://www.linuxlinks.com/dcat-terminal-based-3d-model-viewer/ [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dcat - terminal-based 3D model viewer - LinuxLinks [16:25] TR News 6 Top Free and Open Source Scala Web Frameworks https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-scala-web-frameworks/ [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-6 Top Free and Open Source Scala Web Frameworks - LinuxLinks [16:25] TR News Cine mpv frontend https://www.linuxlinks.com/cine-mpv-frontend/ [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cine - mpv frontend - LinuxLinks [16:27] TR News 17 Must-Have Tools for Ubuntu Users in 2026 https://www.tecmint.com/ubuntu-apps-for-beginners/ [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | 17 Best Ubuntu Apps for Beginners in 2026 (Essential Tools) [16:28] TR News How To Install ImageMagick on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-imagemagick-debian-13/ [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install ImageMagick on Debian 13 - idroot [16:28] TR News How To Install Navidrome on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-navidrome-fedora-43/ [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Navidrome on Fedora 43 - idroot [16:29] TR News LibreOffice 26.2 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1057256/ [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LibreOffice 26.2 released [LWN.net] [16:30] TR News Time for a $3.1 Billion (and Change) Mega-Case? Court Considers Consolidating Concord v. Anthropic Infringement Lawsuits https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/concord-v-anthropic-consolidation-motion/ [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/concord-v-anthropic-consolidation-motion/ ) [16:30] TR News EU Legislators Call for an End to Coercive Rights Buy-Outs by American VOD Giants Like DRM spreader Netflix https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/eu-legislators-rights-buy-outs/ [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/03/eu-legislators-rights-buy-outs/ ) [16:31] TR News NVIDIA Claps Back Against Authors Expanded Copyright Infringement Claims Amid Dismissal Push https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/04/nvidia-authors-lawsuit-dismissal-motion/ [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/04/nvidia-authors-lawsuit-dismissal-motion/ ) [16:31] TR News SFC Responds to the European Commission's Request for Feedback on European Digital Ecosystems https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/feb/04/eu-submission-digital-ecosystems/ [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sfconservancy.org | SFC Responds to the European Commission's Request for Feedback on European Digital Ecosystems - Software Freedom Conservancy [16:32] TR News Please Dont Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/02/please-dont-feed-the-scattered-lapsus-shiny-hunters/ [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krebsonsecurity.com | Please Dont Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters Krebs on Security [16:32] TR News Testing waters? Lithuanian officials signal possible shift in approach to Belarus https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2826194/testing-waters-lithuanian-officials-signal-possible-shift-in-approach-to-belarus [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Testing waters? Lithuanian officials signal possible shift in approach to Belarus - LRT [16:32] TR News Lithuanian police detain 28 suspects, including 5 ringleaders, in smuggler balloon probe https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827218/lithuanian-police-detain-28-suspects-including-5-ringleaders-in-smuggler-balloon-probe [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian police detain 28 suspects, including 5 ringleaders, in smuggler balloon probe - LRT [16:33] TR News
  • US Congress Approves Funds For Baltics As Russia Tests NATO's Eastern Flank
    The US Congress has approved $200 million in security assistance for the Baltic states as Russian activity along NATOs eastern flank intensifies.
    • [16:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | US Congress Approves Funds For Baltics As Russia Tests NATO's Eastern Flank [16:33] TR News US Congress Approves Funds For Baltics As Russia Tests NATO's Eastern Flank https://www.rferl.org/a/us-congress-funds-baltics-russia-nato-eastern-flank/33669734.html [16:34] TR News Epstein emails claim Famous Criminal Bill Gates contracted STD, had sex with Russian girls https://www.france24.com/en/epstein-emails-claim-bill-gates-contracted-std-had-sex-with-russian-girls [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/epstein-emails-claim-bill-gates-contracted-std-had-sex-with-russian-girls ) [16:34] TR News First Day Of Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks In Abu Dhabi End, Will Head To Second Day https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-strikes-ukraine-talks-abu-dhabi/33668600.html [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | First Day Of Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks In Abu Dhabi End, Will Head To Second Day [16:34] TR News Macron's envoy met with Russian officials for peace talks in Moscow https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260204-macron-envoy-met-with-russian-officials-for-peace-talks-in-moscow [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260204-macron-envoy-met-with-russian-officials-for-peace-talks-in-moscow ) [16:34] TR News Rally in support of Ukraine to take place in Rga 24th February https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/04.02.2026-rally-in-support-of-ukraine-to-take-place-in-riga-24th-february.a633014/ [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Rally in support of Ukraine to take place in Rga 24th February / Article [16:35] TR News Fedora Community Blog: Flock CFP Extended to February 8 https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/flock-cfp-extended-to-february-8/ [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-communityblog.fedoraproject.org | Flock CFP Extended to February 8 Fedora Community Blog [16:37] TR News How to connect OpenShift Lightspeed MCP to your IDE https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/04/how-connect-openshift-lightspeed-mcp-your-ide [16:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/04/how-connect-openshift-lightspeed-mcp-your-ide ) [16:38] TR News Pluralistic: Justin Key's "The Hospital at the End Of the World" (04 Feb 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/04/slice-bees/ [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Justin Keys The Hospital at the End Of the World (04 Feb 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [16:38] TR News [Podcast] BGP in review for 2025 https://blog.apnic.net/2026/02/05/podcast-bgp-in-review-for-2025/ [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | [Podcast] BGP in review for 2025 | APNIC Blog [16:40] TR News 'It's not if there will be another pandemic, but when': Dr Christian Happi https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20260204-it-s-not-if-there-will-be-another-pandemic-but-when-dr-christian-happi [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20260204-it-s-not-if-there-will-be-another-pandemic-but-when-dr-christian-happi ) [16:49] TR News 10 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Mastodon Clients https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-mastodon-clients/ [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-10 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Mastodon Clients - LinuxLinks [16:53] TR News Might be a slopfarm https://www.technetbooks.com/2026/02/geforce-now-linux-app-beta-launches.html [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technetbooks.com | GeForce NOW Linux App beta launches with RTX 5080 cloud streaming for Ubuntu 24.04 plus ten new game titles | Technetbook [16:54] TR News Snakeoil? https://aijourn.com/connectsecure-unveils-unified-linux-security-patching-for-red-hat-ubuntu-debian-and-centos/ [16:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aijourn.com | ConnectSecure Unveils Unified Linux Security Patching for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS | The AI Journal [16:54] TR News Microsoft is even gobbling up PC resources on Linux Visual Studio Code could be hogging hard drive space https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-seems-to-be-gobbling-up-pc-resources-away-from-windows [16:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.windowscentral.com | VS Code on Ubuntu could be filling your hard drive | Windows Central [16:56] TR News Ubuntu 26.04 surprised me - this upcoming release is seriously secure https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-26-04-new-release/ [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu 26.04 surprised me - this upcoming release is seriously secure | ZDNET [16:58] TR News I'm a Linux power user, and this distro made me rethink what an operating system can be https://www.zdnet.com/article/nixos-linux-review/ [16:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I'm a Linux power user, and this distro made me rethink what an operating system can be | ZDNET [16:59] TR News After 30 years with Linux, I switched it for Windows 11 - and found 9 serious problems https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-ditched-linux-for-windows-11-9-big-problems/ [16:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-After 30 years with Linux, I switched it for Windows 11 - and found 9 serious problems | ZDNET ● Feb 05 [17:02] TR News (NEW): From Mac to Linux: Every app I replaced https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/From_Mac_to_Linux_Every_app_I_replaced.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/From_Mac_to_Linux_Every_app_I_replaced.gmi [17:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines From Mac to Linux: Every app I replaced [17:02] TR News At embedded world 2026, Linutronix to Present IGLOS Secure Industrial Grade Linux OS https://embeddedcomputing.com/technology/open-source/linux-freertos-related/at-embedded-world-2026-linutronix-to-present-iglos-secure-industrial-grade-linux-os [17:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-embeddedcomputing.com | At embedded world 2026, Linutronix to Present IGLOS Secure Industrial Grade Linux OS - Embedded Computing Design [17:03] TR News BDBOS Joins Linux Foundation and Advances Open Source Projects https://www.criticalcommunicationsreview.com/ccr/news/117952/bdbos-joins-linux-foundation-and-advances-open-source-projects [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.criticalcommunicationsreview.com | The Critical Communications Review - BDBOS Joins Linux Foundation and Advances Open Source Projects [17:03] TR News Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-users-report-microsofts-visual-studio-code-snap-package-isnt-actually-deleting-files [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files | TechRadar [17:04] TR News Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows converts? https://www.howtogeek.com/zorin-os-vs-linux-mint-which-is-the-better-linux-distro-for-windows-users/ [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows users? [17:05] TR News VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/vs_code_for_linux_trash_fail/ [17:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files The Register [17:07] TR News "Silent Push believes the developers of SystemBC are Russian, based on Russian-language code strings and forum posts. SystemBC is a long-running malware family first detected by Proofpoint in 2019." https://cybernews.com/security/major-malware-gets-linux-variant-infects-thousands-of-servers/ [17:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://cybernews.com/security/major-malware-gets-linux-variant-infects-thousands-of-servers/ ) [17:08] TR News IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and other IDEs are getting a Wayland upgrade on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/wayland-support-is-coming-to-intellij-idea-pycharm-and-other-ides/ [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and other IDEs are getting a Wayland upgrade on Linux [17:09] TR News CIQ's NSS Module First to Achieve CAVP Certification for Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/ciqs-nss-module-first-achieve-170500721.html [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sg.finance.yahoo.com | CIQ's NSS Module First to Achieve CAVP Certification for Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms [17:10] TR News Novel ShadowHS malware targets Linux environments https://www.scworld.com/brief/novel-shadowhs-malware-targets-linux-environments [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.scworld.com/brief/novel-shadowhs-malware-targets-linux-environments ) [17:10] TR News Using a slopfarm as a source [17:12] TR News Calling Linux a "movement" and asserting it declines is misguided https://cryptobriefing.com/zooko-wilcox-ohearn-cryptos-future-may-mirror-linuxs-decline-the-cypherpunk-vision-has-largely-failed-and-user-experience-is-key-to-mass-adoption-bankless/ [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cryptobriefing.com | Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: Crypto's future may mirror Linux's decline, the cypherpunk vision has largely failed, and user experience is key to mass adoption | Bankless [17:13] TR News xkcd: Binary Star #3203 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3203.gmi [17:13] TR News "I wanted a more comprehensive understanding of NixOS and for some reason I thought this could come from a book. I couldnt find anything with any reviews." gemini://thatit.be/2026-02-04-22-16-06.gmi [17:14] TR News "I've seen this enough that I'd like to put out a public service reminder that Alhena supports not only four different color emoji sets but also monochrome emojis via the Noto Emoji font. On MacOS, you can even choose between Noto and the system's color font for a total of six emoji options." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Alhena/37683 [17:15] TR News Mon privilge gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2786 [17:15] TR News gentle tears gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/tears [17:16] TR News past present future gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/future [17:20] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, This Week in Linux, FLOSS Weekly, and Recent GNU/Linux Videos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_User_Space_This_Week_in_Linux_FLOSS_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Audiocasts_Shows_Linux_User_Space_This_Week_in_Linux_FLOSS_Week.gmi [17:20] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/today_s_howtos.gmi [17:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, This Week in Linux, FLOSS Weekly, and Recent GNU/Linux Videos [17:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [17:22] TR News (NEW): Linux Graphics: Nouveau and Wayland https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Graphics_Nouveau_and_Wayland.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Graphics_Nouveau_and_Wayland.gmi [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Graphics: Nouveau and Wayland [17:22] TR News (NEW): Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.gmi [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers [17:24] TR News (NEW): Linux Devices, Open Hardwar, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Devices_Open_Hardwar_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Linux_Devices_Open_Hardwar_and_More.gmi [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Devices, Open Hardwar, and More [17:26] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:27] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [17:29] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [17:31] TR News (NEW): Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation; Security and Even Slopfarms https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/ear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Fear_mongering_Dramatisation_Security_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/ear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Fear_mongering_Dramatisation_Security_and.gmi [17:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation; Security and Even Slopfarms [17:32] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 05/02/2026: NixOS Books and Monochrome Emojis https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_NixOS_Books_and_Monochrome_Emojis.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Gemini_Links_05_02_2026_NixOS_Books_and_Monochrome_Emojis.gmi [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 05/02/2026: NixOS Books and Monochrome Emojis [17:37] TR News Techrights Links 05/02/2026: EU Commission Gutting Net Neutrality https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Links_05_02_2026_EU_Commission_Gutting_Net_Neutrality.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/02/05/Links_05_02_2026_EU_Commission_Gutting_Net_Neutrality.gmi [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 05/02/2026: EU Commission Gutting Net Neutrality ● Feb 05 [18:29] TR News (NEW): Darktable 5.4.1 Brings Noise Profiles for Canon EOS 10D and Sony ILCE-7CR Cameras https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Darktable_5_4_1_Brings_Noise_Profiles_for_Canon_EOS_10D_and_Son.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Darktable_5_4_1_Brings_Noise_Profiles_for_Canon_EOS_10D_and_Son.gmi [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Darktable 5.4.1 Brings Noise Profiles for Canon EOS 10D and Sony ILCE-7CR Cameras ● Feb 05 [21:36] TR News (NEW): Ardour 9.0 Open-Source DAW Brings Pianoroll Windows, Cue Recording, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Ardour_9_0_Open_Source_DAW_Brings_Pianoroll_Windows_Cue_Recordi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/05/Ardour_9_0_Open_Source_DAW_Brings_Pianoroll_Windows_Cue_Recordi.gmi [21:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ardour 9.0 Open-Source DAW Brings Pianoroll Windows, Cue Recording, and More ● Feb 05 [22:04] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Feb 05 [01:50] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techpol [01:50] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/minnesota-gop-2675090442/ [01:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Republican gathering goes off the rails as 'witch' casts spell: 'Cancel that curse!' - Raw Story [01:55] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/farmers-tell-congress-haphazard-trump-has-pushed-them-to-brink-of-widespread-collapse/ [01:55] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Farmers tell Congress 'haphazard' Trump has pushed them to brink of 'widespread collapse' - Raw Story ● Feb 05 [02:00] admfubar https://www.salon.com/2026/02/04/kennedy-center-teaches-maga-a-tough-lesson/ [02:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Kennedy Center teaches MAGA a tough lesson - Salon.com [02:29] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/04/baton-rouge-acquires-a-straight-up-military-surveillance-drone/ [02:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Baton Rouge Acquires A Straight-Up Military Surveillance Drone | Techdirt [02:43] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/04/idf-bulldoze-gaza-war-cemetery-allied-graves-satellite-images [02:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves | Gaza | The Guardian ● Feb 05 [03:03] admfubar https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2026/02/white-house-shuts-down-melania-trump-event-after-epstein-questions/ [03:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com | White House Shuts Down Melania Trump Event After Epstein Questions ● Feb 05 [04:14] schestowitz[TR2] wrong questions :) :) [04:15] schestowitz[TR2] admfubar: the world ain't getting better, is it? [04:15] schestowitz[TR2] btw, we made the SSG better [04:15] schestowitz[TR2] for you to deploy [04:15] schestowitz[TR2] if you are iiiinterested, still ● Feb 05 [06:24] *nobody has quit (connection closed) [06:25] *nobody (~nobody@zntn4dbygjw5q.irc) has joined #techpol ● Feb 05 [07:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [07:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [07:57] TR News "But it turns out that predictions of creeping authoritarianism both underestimated and overestimated MAGA." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/american-democracy-will-not-die-in | Source: Paul Krugman [07:57] -TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | American Democracy Will Not Die in Darkness [07:58] TR News "ISM has developed significant new sources of income through kidnapping for ransom, extortion, and by taking over artisanal and small-scale mining operations" https://adf-magazine.com/2026/02/islamic-state-expands-funding-in-mozambique/ | Source: ADF [07:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol-adf-magazine.com | Islamic State Expands Funding in Mozambique - Africa Defense Forum [07:58] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Feb 05 [08:04] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techpol [08:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Feb 05 [09:25] TR News "'You cannot reward monsters' US lawmakers demand increased pressure on Russia" https://kyivindependent.com/us-lawmakers-demand-increased-pressure-on-russia/ [09:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol-kyivindependent.com | 'You cannot reward monsters' US lawmakers demand increased pressure on Russia [09:25] TR News Large majority now sees the US as an adversary - not as an ally | "Stort flertal ser nu USA som modstander - ikke som allieret | Politik | DR" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/stort-flertal-ser-nu-usa-som-modstander-ikke-som-allieret [09:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www-dr-dk.translate.goog | Stort flertal ser nu USA som modstander - ikke som allieret | Politik | DR [09:26] TR News "Hail, Caesar? Hell, No - by Jay Nordlinger - The Next Move" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/hail-caesar-hell-no [09:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenextmove.org | Hail, Caesar? Hell, No - by Jay Nordlinger - The Next Move [09:27] TR News "Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/profiles-in-cowardice-tariff-edition [09:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | Profiles in Cowardice, Tariff Edition - Paul Krugman [09:28] TR News "Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-elections-fulton-county/ [09:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections | The Nation [09:28] TR News "Tariff Man Tumbles, Fumbles and Bumbles on Trade | Washington Spectator" https://washingtonspectator.org/tariff-man-tumbles-fumbles-and-bumbles-on-trade/ [09:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://washingtonspectator.org/tariff-man-tumbles-fumbles-and-bumbles-on-trade/ ) [09:28] TR News "Saudi steps up efforts to bring in dollars" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/03/2026/saudi-steps-up-efforts-to-bring-in-dollars [09:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Saudi steps up efforts to bring in dollars | Semafor [09:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [09:51] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Feb 05 [10:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Feb 05 [14:25] TR News Energy Dept Climate Group Violated Law https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-01-30/us-federal-court-says-energy-dept-climate-group-violated-law [14:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-01-30/us-federal-court-says-energy-dept-climate-group-violated-law ) ● Feb 05 [15:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [15:40] TR News Panama port ruling https://www.dw.com/en/china-to-take-necessary-action-after-panama-port-ruling/a-75724866 [15:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dw.com | China to take 'necessary action' after Panama port ruling ● Feb 05 [16:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [16:09] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techpol [16:15] TR News Rights group condemns US Military attack on Venezuela and President Maduros crimes https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/rights-group-condemns-us-military-attack-on-venezuela-and-president-maduros-crimes/ [16:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Amnesty International condemns both US attack on Venezuela and President Maduro's crimes - JURIST - News [16:15] TR News Dozens die in Nigeria's deadliest attack in months https://www.france24.com/en/gunmen-kill-over-160-in-new-nigeria-attack [16:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/gunmen-kill-over-160-in-new-nigeria-attack ) [16:32] TR News Testing waters? Lithuanian officials signal possible shift in approach to Belarus https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2826194/testing-waters-lithuanian-officials-signal-possible-shift-in-approach-to-belarus [16:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Testing waters? Lithuanian officials signal possible shift in approach to Belarus - LRT [16:32] TR News Lithuanian police detain 28 suspects, including 5 ringleaders, in smuggler balloon probe https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2827218/lithuanian-police-detain-28-suspects-including-5-ringleaders-in-smuggler-balloon-probe [16:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian police detain 28 suspects, including 5 ringleaders, in smuggler balloon probe - LRT [16:33] TR News
  • US Congress Approves Funds For Baltics As Russia Tests NATO's Eastern Flank
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