●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, March 06, 2026 ●● ● Mar 06 [00:52] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:56] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 06 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-050326.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-050326.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-050326.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-050326.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, March 05, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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Over time, this led me to develop a strong discomfort with patents, and I genuinely believed they cause more harm than good." https://www.martinfowler.com/articles/patents-reluctant-pragmatism.html [03:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.martinfowler.com | Ideological Resistance to Patents, Followed by Reluctant Pragmatism [03:03] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [03:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [03:03] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/04/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [03:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [03:03] TR News (NEW): Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Chardet_dispute_shows_how_AI_will_kill_software_licensing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Chardet_dispute_shows_how_AI_will_kill_software_licensing.gmi [03:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing [03:04] TR News SRA reprimanded for SSB Law blunders https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-reprimanded-for-ssb-law-blunders/5126088.article [03:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lawgazette.co.uk | Legal Services Board issues formal censure to Solicitors Regulation Authority for failings in SSB Law case | Law Gazette [03:04] TR News Solicitors' regulator censured over failures to protect SSB Law consumers https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/solicitors-regulator-censured-over-failures-to-protect-ssb-law-consumers-5621844 [03:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/solicitors-regulator-censured-over-failures-to-protect-ssb-law-consumers-5621844 ) [03:07] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, March 05, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_March_05_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_March_05_2026.gmi [03:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, March 05, 2026 [03:08] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:11] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:12] TR News Bellevue energy tech company cuts leadership positions as part of layoffs https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2026/03/05/doosan-gridtech-layoffs-bellevue.html [03:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2026/03/05/doosan-gridtech-layoffs-bellevue.html ) [03:12] TR News The authors of MindsEye have conducted layoffs again https://wnhub.io/news/hr/item-50256 [03:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wnhub.io | The authors of MindsEye have conducted layoffs again | WN Hub [03:14] TR News The troubling detail buried in America's latest layoffs report https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-15615279/amp/america-layoffs-job-market-trouble-challenger.html [03:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.co.uk | The troubling detail buried in America's latest layoffs report [03:15] TR News "Employers have already announced 156,742 job cuts in the first two months of 2026, making it the fifth-highest January-to-February total since the financial crisis in 2009. Worse, hiring plans are collapsing. Companies announced just 18,061 planned hires so far this year, a 56 percent drop compared with the same period in 2025." [03:39] TR News Techrights IBM's March 2026 Layoffs Already Happening (to Accelerate Soon in Europe and America) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/IBM_s_March_2026_Layoffs_Already_Happening_to_Accelerate_Soon_i.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/IBM_s_March_2026_Layoffs_Already_Happening_to_Accelerate_Soon_i.gmi [03:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM's March 2026 Layoffs Already Happening (to Accelerate Soon in Europe and America) [03:41] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-03-06.gmi [03:56] TR News Techrights In Argentina Firefox is Measured at Only 1%, Google Chrome (Proprietary) at About 90% https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/In_Argentina_Firefox_is_Measured_at_Only_1_Google_Chrome_Propri.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/In_Argentina_Firefox_is_Measured_at_Only_1_Google_Chrome_Propri.gmi [03:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Argentina Firefox is Measured at Only 1%, Google Chrome (Proprietary) at About 90% ● Mar 06 [04:16] TR News Techrights Thousands of EPO Workers Rally Against EPO Management https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Thousands_of_EPO_Workers_Rally_Against_EPO_Management.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Thousands_of_EPO_Workers_Rally_Against_EPO_Management.gmi [04:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Thousands of EPO Workers Rally Against EPO Management [04:39] TR News Techrights Richard Stallman in the United States - Part IV - Back to Switzerland https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Richard_Stallman_in_the_United_States_Part_IV_Back_to_Switzerla.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Richard_Stallman_in_the_United_States_Part_IV_Back_to_Switzerla.gmi [04:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Richard Stallman in the United States - Part IV - Back to Switzerland [04:54] TR News Techrights EPO Staff to 'Meet' This Coming Tuesday to Plan Industrial Actions Including Upcoming Strikes https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/EPO_Staff_to_Meet_This_Coming_Tuesday_to_Plan_Industrial_Action.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/EPO_Staff_to_Meet_This_Coming_Tuesday_to_Plan_Industrial_Action.gmi [04:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights EPO Staff to 'Meet' This Coming Tuesday to Plan Industrial Actions Including Upcoming Strikes ● Mar 06 [05:08] TR News Techrights Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 4 Out of 200: Riannes Version of Events and Narrative https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Microsofters_SLAPP_Censorship_Part_4_Out_of_200_Rianne_s_Versio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Microsofters_SLAPP_Censorship_Part_4_Out_of_200_Rianne_s_Versio.gmi [05:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 4 Out of 200: Riannes Version of Events and Narrative [05:20] *kolie2 (~not_kolie@z5m5x484fjn5y.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [05:46] TR News Techrights Microsoft Project Helix is Just a Tweet in MElon's "X" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Microsoft_Project_Helix_is_Just_a_Tweet_in_MElon_s_X.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Microsoft_Project_Helix_is_Just_a_Tweet_in_MElon_s_X.gmi [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Project Helix is Just a Tweet in MElon's "X" [05:59] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Seen as Rising to 20% in Eritrea, But That's statCounter Identifying "Unknown" as GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/GNU_Linux_Seen_as_Rising_to_20_in_Eritrea_But_That_s_statCounte.shtml | Gemini address: 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gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Murder_as_a_Joke_to_GAFAM_People_Sociopathy.gmi [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Murder as a 'Joke' to GAFAM People (Sociopathy) [06:26] TR News Techrights New XBox Boss (Sharma) Implicitly Confirmed XBox (the Console) is Now Dead https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/New_XBox_Boss_Sharma_Implicitly_Confirmed_XBox_the_Console_is_N.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/New_XBox_Boss_Sharma_Implicitly_Confirmed_XBox_the_Console_is_N.gmi [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights New XBox Boss (Sharma) Implicitly Confirmed XBox (the Console) is Now Dead [06:36] TR News (NEW): FOSS Force: Authenticity, Independence, and Expertise Worth Funding https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/FOSS_Force_Authenticity_Independence_and_Expertise_Worth_Fundin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/FOSS_Force_Authenticity_Independence_and_Expertise_Worth_Fundin.gmi [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FOSS Force: Authenticity, Independence, and Expertise Worth Funding [06:44] TR News (NEW): Parrot OS 7.1: Security Distros Surprisingly Good Daily Driver https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Parrot_OS_7_1_Security_Distro_s_Surprisingly_Good_Daily_Driver.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Parrot_OS_7_1_Security_Distro_s_Surprisingly_Good_Daily_Driver.gmi [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Parrot OS 7.1: Security Distros Surprisingly Good Daily Driver [06:51] TR News (NEW): Our Static Site Generator (SSG) Turns 4 This Summer https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Our_Static_Site_Generator_SSG_Turns_4_This_Summer.shtml | Gemini address: 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-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I swapped my daily driver Linux distro again and this time its sticking [07:08] TR News Techrights Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' Has Severe Financial Problems, Version Inflation ("GPT-5.4") is Mindless Hype and a Misleading Distraction https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Microsoft_Open_AI_Has_Severe_Financial_Problems_Version_Inflati.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Microsoft_Open_AI_Has_Severe_Financial_Problems_Version_Inflati.gmi [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' Has Severe Financial Problems, Version Inflation ("GPT-5.4") is Mindless Hype and a Misleading Distraction [07:16] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:16] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:26] TR News Techrights Microsoft Windows Used to be Identified on Over 99% of Web Requests From Benin. Now It's Around 50%. https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Microsoft_Windows_Used_to_be_Identified_on_Over_99_of_Web_Reque.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Microsoft_Windows_Used_to_be_Identified_on_Over_99_of_Web_Reque.gmi [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Windows Used to be Identified on Over 99% of Web Requests From Benin. Now It's Around 50%. [07:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [07:46] TR News Techrights IBM Red Hat Layoffs: It's Not About "AI" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/IBM_Red_Hat_Layoffs_It_s_Not_About_AI.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/IBM_Red_Hat_Layoffs_It_s_Not_About_AI.gmi [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Red Hat Layoffs: It's Not About "AI" [07:49] TR News (NEW): Linux couldn't save my old netbook, so I tried Haiku OS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Linux_couldn_t_save_my_old_netbook_so_I_tried_Haiku_OS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Linux_couldn_t_save_my_old_netbook_so_I_tried_Haiku_OS.gmi [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux couldn't save my old netbook, so I tried Haiku OS [07:52] TR News (NEW): Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Age_Verification_Laws_Are_Multiplying_Like_a_Virus_and_Your_Lin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Age_Verification_Laws_Are_Multiplying_Like_a_Virus_and_Your_Lin.gmi [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next [07:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 06 [08:04] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:06] TR News Techrights Dr. Richard Stallman Starts His Talks in Switzerland in 8 Hours https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Dr_Richard_Stallman_Starts_His_Talks_in_Switzerland_in_8_Hours.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Dr_Richard_Stallman_Starts_His_Talks_in_Switzerland_in_8_Hours.gmi [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Dr. Richard Stallman Starts His Talks in Switzerland in 8 Hours [08:08] TR News "Further | Operation Epstein Fury: A Holy War With Shitty Toilets | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/operation-epstein-fury-a-holy-war-with-shitty-toilets [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Further | Operation Epstein Fury: A Holy War With Shitty Toilets | Opinion [08:08] TR News iophk: The toilets in the aircraft carrier are still more or less completely broken 45-minute waits come out of people 'off' time which consists of only a few hours at a time and is meant for sleep. [08:09] TR News iophk: So the toilets are resulting in a lot of sleep deprived sailors and that is going to affect morale and performance. 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Keep up the good work, my fellow cleanweb person!" https://aartaka.me/ :) [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aartaka.me | Welcome! 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[10:51] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:54] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Mar 06 [11:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [11:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [11:56] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Mar 06 [12:26] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Mar 06 [13:10] TR News "In the world of open source, relicensing is notoriously difficult." https://tuananh.net/2026/03/05/relicensing-with-ai-assisted-rewrite/ | Source: Tuan-Anh [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tuananh.net | Relicensing with AI-assisted rewrite - Tuan-Anh Tran [13:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [13:10] TR News "ByteDances new Seedance 2.0 AI video model seemed unstoppableuntil heavy demand strained the companys compute capacity and copyright complaints began piling up." https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-bytedances-ai-ambitions-are-being-hampered-by-compute-restraints/ | Source: Wired [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ByteDances AI Ambitions Are Being Hampered by Compute Restraints and Copyright Concerns | WIRED [13:10] TR News "notorious markets." https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-lists-notorious-piracy-threats-with-focus-on-sports-streaming/ | Source: Torrent Freak [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-U.S. Lists Notorious Piracy Threats, With Focus on Sports Streaming * TorrentFreak [13:11] TR News "jury found her guilty of conspiring" https://thecyberexpress.com/microsoft-certificate-case/ | Source: Cyble Inc [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Florida Software Distributor Sentenced for Illicit Microsoft COA Trafficking The Cyber Express [13:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:12] TR News "The allegations contained within this paragraph constitute conclusions of law" https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/04/ai-works-cant-be-copyrighted-or-patented-in-the-us/ | Source: Pivot to AI [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Was said very quietly, almost casually. [13:13] TR News "The JPR report complements a second report issued earlier this week that included integrated PC graphics" https://www.pcworld.com/article/3079686/pc-graphics-cards-are-now-nearly-100-percent-nvidia.html | Source: PC World [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3079686/pc-graphics-cards-are-now-nearly-100-percent-nvidia.html ) [13:13] TR News "This kind of consolidation is always harmful to the public interest. U.S. telecom already sees muted competition at the hands of regional monopolies" https://karlbode.com/monopoly-with-a-heaping-side-of-extra-racism/ | Source: Karl Bode [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-karlbode.com | Monopoly With A Heaping Side Of Extra Racism [13:14] TR News "Sharma says she'll be talking with partners and studios about Project Helix (and presumably its ability to play PC games) at GDC" https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/xbox/microsoft-confirms-next-gen-xbox-will-play-pc-games-project-helix-teased-as-more-than-just-a-console | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft confirms next-gen Xbox will play PC games 'Project Helix' teased as more than just a console | Tom's Hardware [13:14] TR News "Okay, so the next Xbox is a PC then." https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/03/05/so-i-guess-there-will-be-another-xbox-after-all/ | Source: Marty Day [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-So I Guess There Will Be Another Xbox After All blast-o-rama. [13:17] TR News "Again: no existing documentation on any of the public-facing websites governing the use of locality zones indicate this." https://bix.blog/posts/2026-03-05-killing-the-portland-locality-zone/ | Source: Bix Frankonis [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bix.blog | Killing The Portland Locality Zone? BIX dot BLOG [13:20] TR News "In 2025, women held 33.6% of the seats in national parliaments across the EU, marking a 5.4 percentage points (pp) increase compared with 2015." https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/05.03.2026-women-still-under-represented-in-european-politics-despite-improving-trend.a636920/ | Source: Latvia [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Women still under-represented in European politics, despite improving trend / Article [13:20] TR News "The March 8, 2026, celebration of International Womens Day feels loaded." https://www.projectcensored.org/centering-silencing-women-pam-bondi/ | Source: Project Censored [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/centering-silencing-women-pam-bondi/ ) [13:21] TR News "Theres also an elephant in the room, which is the intentional gutting of public service broadcasting here in the US." https://werd.io/bbc-says-irreversible-trends-mean-it-will-not-survive-without-major-overhaul/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [13:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | BBC says irreversible trends mean it will not survive without major overhaul [13:21] TR News "I stand by the larger point I keep trying to make: even if I agree that there are elements of the present internet I dislike, removing or reforming Section 230 will almost certainly make all of those things worse, not better." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/05/section-230-isnt-the-problem-debating-the-law-on-the-majority-report/ | Source: Techdirt [13:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Section 230 Isnt The Problem: Debating The Law On The Majority Report | Techdirt [13:22] TR News "Angeles called the propertys owner, who, years before, had allowed him to paint the buildings street-facing wall and fence." https://www.lonestarlive.com/palabra/2026/03/san-diego-artists-push-back-as-barrio-logan-murals-disappear.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.lonestarlive.com/palabra/2026/03/san-diego-artists-push-back-as-barrio-logan-murals-disappear.html ) [13:22] TR News "Canadian porn giant Aylo have begun blocking all Australians just days before a March 9 deadline to introduce appropriate age assurance measures." https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/06/pornhub-porn-websites-block-australian-users-age-verification-check/ | Source: Crickey [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.crikey.com.au | PornHub to block Australians, as top porn websites restrict access [13:22] TR News "not currently accepting new account registrations in your region" https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/06/porn-websites-begin-blocking-australian-users-as-deadline-for-age-verification-compliance-looms | Source: The Guardian UK [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Porn websites begin blocking Australian users as deadline for age verification looms | Social media ban | The Guardian [13:24] TR News "But if you want to make this absolutely as disgusting as possible" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/05/trump-administration-using-gross-video-game-footage-to-cheerlead-its-war-efforts/ | Source: Techdirt [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump Administration Using Gross Video Game Footage To Cheerlead Its War Efforts | Techdirt [13:25] TR News "It happened so fast that this is most likely a government operation." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/hacked-app-part-of-us-israeli-propaganda-campaign-against-iran.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hacked App Part of US/Israeli Propaganda Campaign Against Iran - Schneier on Security [13:25] TR News "help is on the way" https://www.wired.com/story/hacked-prayer-app-sends-surrender-messages-to-iranians-amid-israeli-strikes/?_sp=cac71a7f-c88a-42bc-b4ca-23c1ce88f702.1772641675776 | Source: Wired [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hacked Prayer App Sends Surrender Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli and US Strikes | WIRED [13:26] TR News "None of this has entered into the high-profile spat between Anthropic and the Department of Defense." https://www.thenation.com/article/world/anthropic-pentagon-iran-war-gaza/ | Source: The Nation [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Garbage In, Carnage Out | The Nation [13:26] TR News "Looking at the current quarter, Broadcom anticipates $22 billion in sales, way ahead of the Streets $20.56 billion forecast." https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/04/broadcoms-ai-chip-business-jumps-106-cruises-another-solid-earnings-revenue-beat/ | Source: Silicon Angle [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Broadcom's AI chip business jumps 106% as it cruises to another solid earnings and revenue beat - SiliconANGLE [13:27] TR News "If there is any solace in these two laws, its that they dont have any real restrictions." https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-on-age-verification/ | Source: System76 [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.system76.com | System76 on Age Verification Laws - System76 Blog [13:27] TR News "Today, were going through a panel discussion from the Brookings Institution on Monday 2 March on why electricity prices are going up across the United States." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/05/power-prices-data-centres-nothing-but-data-centres/ | Source: Pivot to AI [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Natural defences are too formidable. Eurasia is protected by a man, by. [13:27] TR News "He was flanked by representatives from Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, Google/Alphabet, Oracle, and Amazon." https://www.wired.com/story/big-tech-signs-white-house-data-center-pledge-with-good-optics-not-much-substance/ | Source: Wired [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Big Tech Signs White House Data Center Pledge With Good Optics and Little Substance | WIRED [13:28] TR News "Public procurement rules are also expected to change to favour domestically produced and low-carbon products." https://www.h2-view.com/story/eu-plans-made-in-europe-rules-for-electrolysers-in-green-hydrogen-projects/2138150.article/ | Source: H2 View [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.h2-view.com/story/eu-plans-made-in-europe-rules-for-electrolysers-in-green-hydrogen-projects/2138150.article/ ) [13:28] TR News "In the Journal of Nanophotonics, researchers reported that they developed a photonic crystal light sail designed to address these limitations." https://phys.org/news/2026-03-laser-driven-photonic-crystals.html | Source: Omicron Limited [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-03-laser-driven-photonic-crystals.html ) [13:34] TR News "Studies consistently indicate that air pollution, for example in the form of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)" https://www.thelocal.dk/20260305/pollution-exposure-in-europe-linked-to-mental-health-problems | Source: The Local DK [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thelocal.dk | Pollution exposure in Europe linked to mental health problems [13:35] TR News "Take moral compromises: most of us set out to be good people, but reality demands small compromises to our ethics." https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/05/executive-dysfunction/#crises-precipitate-change | Source: CoryDoctorow [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Blowtorching the frog (05 Mar 2026) executive-dysfunction Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [13:36] TR News "Democrats are pushing a resolution to block Donald Trump from taking further military action in Iran without congressional approval." https://jacobin.com/2026/03/aipac-trump-israel-democrats-iran/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | AIPAC Is Influencing Trumps War in Iran [13:36] TR News "Alas, in the case of this ill-conceived holy war, true believers may be embarking not just with epic fury" https://www.commondreams.org/further/operation-epstein-fury-a-holy-war-with-shitty-toilets | Source: Common Dreams [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Further | Operation Epstein Fury: A Holy War With Shitty Toilets | Opinion [13:37] TR News "The wealth of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Charles Koch, and a handful of others is almost beyond comprehension." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-moral-basis-of-civilization | Source: Robert Reich [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | The Moral Basis of Civilization - Robert Reich [13:37] TR News "In this demonstration a client connects to a server, negotiates a TLS 1.3 session, sends "ping", receives "pong", and then terminates the session." https://tls13.xargs.org/ | [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tls13.xargs.org | The Illustrated TLS 1.3 Connection: Every Byte Explained [13:38] TR News "This is also kind of a weasely statement: [...]" https://werd.io/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protester/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous Stop Cop City Protester [13:38] TR News "But the compliance complex is missing the point." https://blog.zgp.org/happy-privacy-bill-season-in-the-low-trust-economy/ | Source: Don Marti [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | Happy privacy bill season in the low-trust economy [13:39] TR News "Nearly all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years, their images encrypted and transmitted to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel, according to two people familiar with the matter." https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/iran-war-inside-plan-kill-ali-khamenei-5966861 | Source: CNA [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.channelnewsasia.com | Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei - CNA [13:39] TR News "Israel used AI tools and algorithms it had developed to sort through mountains of data it was amassing on Irans leadership and their movements" https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-israel-hacked-tehran-traffic-cameras-to-track-khamenei-ahead-of-assassination/ | Source: The Times Of Israel [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.timesofisrael.com | Report: Israel hacked Tehran traffic cameras to track Khamenei ahead of assassination | The Times of Israel [13:40] TR News "Multiple news outlets are reporting on Israels hacking of Iranian traffic cameras and how they assisted with the killing of that countrys leadership." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/israel-hacked-traffic-cameras-in-iran.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Israel Hacked Traffic Cameras in Iran - Schneier on Security [13:40] TR News "Last year Californias Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) was signed into law" https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/californias-problematic-attempt-to-add-age-verification-to-software/ | Source: Hackaday [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Californias Problematic Attempt To Add Age-Verification To Software | Hackaday [13:41] TR News "A new command-line interface for Google Workspace greases the wheels for personal AI assistants like OpenClaw to tap directly into Workspace documents." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3079523/google-makes-gmail-drive-and-docs-agent-ready-for-openclaw.html | Source: PC World [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3079523/google-makes-gmail-drive-and-docs-agent-ready-for-openclaw.html ) [13:41] TR News "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said the KIDS Act uses child safety as a smoke screen for the desires of Big Tech lobbyists." https://www.theverge.com/policy/890367/house-lawmakers-online-safety-bills-kids-act | Source: The Verge [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Lawmakers just advanced online safety laws that requireage verification at the app store | The Verge [13:42] TR News "The bill includes language that will allow some preemption of state laws regulating big tech" https://therecord.media/house-panel-marks-up-kids-digital-safety-act | Source: The Record [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | House panel marks up kids digital safety act amid Democrat backlash | The Record from Recorded Future News [13:42] TR News "Utilities considering smart cities applications are eyeing a cornucopia of benefits: energy and cost savings, improved safety and mobility, better traffic analysis" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/smart-grids/smart-city-success-starts-with-sharing-data-but-whats-next/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/smart-grids/smart-city-success-starts-with-sharing-data-but-whats-next/ ) [13:42] TR News "A Greek court sentenced four Intellexa executives to prison for their role in a 2022 scandal that involved the use of Predator spyware against more than 90 public figures in the country." https://citizenlab.ca/intellexa-founder-three-others-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison-over-greek-spyware-scandal/ | Source: Citizen Lab [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Intellexa Founder, Three Others Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison Over Greek Spyware Scandal - The Citizen Lab [13:43] TR News "We've all had the unsettling experience of seeing an ad online that reveals just how much advertisers know about our lives. You're right to be disturbed." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/targeted-advertising-gives-your-location-government-just-ask-cbp | Source: EFF [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do. | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:43] TR News (NEW): TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Linux Laptop Now Available with AMD Ryzen AI 300 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/TUXEDO_InfinityBook_Max_16_Linux_Laptop_Now_Available_with_AMD_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/TUXEDO_InfinityBook_Max_16_Linux_Laptop_Now_Available_with_AMD_.gmi [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Linux Laptop Now Available with AMD Ryzen AI 300 [13:44] TR News "Meta may have sold seven million of its Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2025 alone" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-lied-smart-glasses-privacy-class-action-lawsuit | Source: Futurism [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Lied About Its Smart Glasses Protecting User Privacy, New Class Action Lawsuit Claims [13:45] TR News "Clients of a long-running email marketing platform are getting targeted with a phishing campaign telling them that their emails" https://www.404media.co/ice-phishing-scammers-are-sending-support-ice-emails-to-steal-credentials/ | Source: 404 Media [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | ICE Phishing: Scammers Are Sending 'Support ICE' Emails to Steal Credentials [13:45] TR News "The agency is no longer planning to use the Exploration Upper Stage or Mobile Launcher 2, as development of both has faced delays" https://phys.org/news/2026-03-nasa-mobile-launcher-artemis.html | Source: Omicron Limited [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-03-nasa-mobile-launcher-artemis.html ) [13:47] TR News Windows TCO: "A 43-year-old Russian national has pleaded guilty in a US court to charges stemming from his role in the Phobos ransomware operation." https://www.securityweek.com/russian-ransomware-operator-pleads-guilty-in-us/ | Source: Security Week [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-ransomware-operator-pleads-guilty-in-us/ ) [13:47] TR News Windows TCO: "Ptitsyn assumed a leadership role in the Phobos ransomware group in January 2022" https://cyberscoop.com/phobos-ransomware-leader-guilty/ | Source: Scoop News Group [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Phobos ransomware leader pleads guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison | CyberScoop [13:47] TR News Social Control Media https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/05/boomer-shocked-gen-z-attitude-towards-women-change | Source: The Guardian UK [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | As a boomer, Im shocked by gen Zs attitude towards women something has gone very wrong | Joan Smith | The Guardian [13:54] TR News "Jonathan Gavalas, 36, believed Googles Gemini chatbot loved him, had sentience and needed to be freed from its digital prison" https://www.courthousenews.com/florida-mans-family-claims-google-chatbot-pushed-him-to-suicide-through-fictional-tasks/ | Source: Court House News [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.courthousenews.com/florida-mans-family-claims-google-chatbot-pushed-him-to-suicide-through-fictional-tasks/ ) [13:54] TR News "faces a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a 36-year-old man's father, who alleges the search company's Gemini chatbot convinced his son to attempt a "a mass casualty attack" and to eventually commit suicide." https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/google-gemini-ai-told-user-stage-mass-casualty-attack-suit-claims.html | Source: CNBC [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnbc.com | Google Gemini AI told user stage 'mass casualty attack,' suit claims [13:56] TR News "The civil suit, filed in federal court in California by the lawyer behind 2025s Adam Raine suicide case, accuses Google of negligence and defective design." https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/suicide-lawsuit-google-ai-21955695.php | Source: SFGate [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/suicide-lawsuit-google-ai-21955695.php ) [13:56] TR News "In August, Gavalas began using Gemini for shopping assistance, writing support, and travel planning." https://time.com/7382406/gemini-suicide-lawsuit-death/ | Source: Time [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 406 @ https://time.com/7382406/gemini-suicide-lawsuit-death/ ) [13:57] TR News "Joel Gavalas says that Google's flagship AI product fuelled a delusional spiral that prompted his 36-year old son, Jonathan, to kill himself last year." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx44p99457o | Source: BBC [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.com | Father claims Google's AI product fueled son's delusional spiral ● Mar 06 [14:00] TR News "You dont need it." https://adrianroselli.com/2026/03/your-browser-can-already-speak-a-page.html | Source: Adrian Roselli [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adrianroselli.com | Your Browser Can Already Speak a Page Adrian Roselli [14:01] TR News "I think its absurd for the US government to punish Anthropic by labelling them a supply-chain risk; Anthropic has been completely transparent with the government and the public about their contractual requirements." https://robert.ocallahan.org/2026/03/anthropic.html | Source: Robert OCallahan [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robert.ocallahan.org | Anthropic And AI Principles [14:01] TR News "PCWorld reports that Wikipedia faces accuracy issues with AI-translated articles containing factual errors and incorrect citations, known as hallucinations." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3079595/wikipedia-has-an-ai-translation-problem.html | Source: PC World [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3079595/wikipedia-has-an-ai-translation-problem.html ) [14:01] TR News "Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsofts version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications." https://www.wired.com/story/openai-defense-department-ban-military-use-microsoft/ | Source: Wired [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway | WIRED [14:02] TR News "When an agent misbehaves, theres little chance of accountability: As of now, theres no reliable way to determine whom an agent belongs to. And that misbehavior could cause real damage." https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/05/1133962/online-harassment-is-entering-its-ai-era/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | Online harassment is entering its AI era | MIT Technology Review [14:03] TR News "Thirty-six-year-old Florida resident Jonathan Gavalas started using Gemini last year for help with writing and shopping." https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/04/google-responds-lawsuit-alleging-gemini-coached-man-kill/ | Source: Silicon Angle [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Google responds to lawsuit alleging Gemini coached a man to kill himself - SiliconANGLE [14:03] TR News "The drift of boys and young men away from everyone else in American society has been an enduring theme of the last few years." https://www.vox.com/technology/481444/ai-chatgpt-teen-boys-teenagers-dating-relationships | Source: Vox [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI is teaching teen boys about love | Vox [14:04] TR News "The US military is leveraging Anthropics Claude in its expanding campaign against Iran, despite a bitter feud with the AI startup." https://www.semafor.com/article/03/04/2026/us-military-is-using-claude-in-iran-amid-anthropic-feud | Source: Semafor Inc [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US military is using Claude in Iran amid Anthropic feud | Semafor [14:04] TR News "The problem is that most of these so-called "individual binaries" has functionality that will not work without the other systemd components." https://unixdigest.com/articles/dinit-the-init-system-systemd-should-have-been.html | Source: UNIXdigest [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unixdigest.com | Dinit, the init system systemd should have been [14:05] TR News "carrying out cyber campaigns on behalf of the Iranian intel agency since approximately 2018" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/mudywater_backdoor_us_networks/ | Source: The Register UK [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Iran intelligence backdoored US bank, airport networks The Register [14:05] TR News "Microsoft spent last week rejecting emails to Outlook recipients after what appears to be either a fault or overzealous blocking rules." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/04/users_fume_at_outlookcom_email/ | Source: The Register UK [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Users fume at Outlook.com email 'carnage' The Register [14:06] TR News "Years ago I remember building my first computer with my dad." https://rubenerd.com/futureproofing-pc-builds/ | Source: Ruben Schade [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Future-proofing PC builds [14:07] TR News "These wins are not just good luck" https://www.ala.org/news/2026/03/boost-federal-funding-FY-2027 | Source: American Library Association [14:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ala.org | After blocking cuts to FY 2026 funding, library advocates call for boost in federal funding for FY 2027 | ALA [14:07] TR News "I have noticed, that it is harder for me to stick with longer books these days, however. I blame TikTok and YouTube." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/books/long-books-are-good-for-you/ | Source: Matthew Weber [14:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mtwb.blog | Long Books Are Good For You - Matt's Blog [14:07] TR News [Old] "The Survey reports literacy on a six-level scale, from Below Level 1 to Level 5." https://nationalcoalitionforliteracy.org/about-adult-literacy/piaac/ | [14:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nationalcoalitionforliteracy.org | Literacy and Numeracy Skills of U.S. Adults [14:09] TR News "This editorial behavior raises a broader question." https://avi-loeb.medium.com/the-benefits-and-costs-of-deviating-from-the-beaten-track-eac0e9601359 | Source: Avi Loeb [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://avi-loeb.medium.com/the-benefits-and-costs-of-deviating-from-the-beaten-track-eac0e9601359 ) [14:10] TR News "Without a proof, you don't even know whether a theorem is true or false." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/the-purpose-of-proofs.html | Source: Computational Complexity [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.computationalcomplexity.org | Computational Complexity: The Purpose of Proofs [14:13] TR News "README is the central part of software project presentation. There might be websites and manuals for some." https://and.aartaka.me/ | [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-and.aartaka.me | and HTML and Markdown and README and Website and Demo [14:13] TR News "Thats all my notes are. Im not summarizing the book. Im just saving ideas for myself, for later reflection. It helps me remember what I learned from it." https://sive.rs/bfaq | Source: Derek Sivers [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sive.rs | About my book notes | Derek Sivers [14:13] TR News As [14:14] TR News "As I learn more, I know more of what to look out for in a work of art. I am learning to distinguish details that are significant in painting: how colour is used, perspective, theme, brush-stroke, symbols." https://jamesg.blog/2026/03/05/take-two | Source: James G [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Take two | James' Coffee Blog [14:14] TR News "Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?" https://rubenerd.com/mouselings-100-webmaster-questions-part-b/ | Source: Ruben Schade [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Mouselings 100 webmaster questions part B [14:18] TR News "So I took a little time before bed to find the specification for gemfeeds and write a simple file to fill the gap while I consider if I want to script or automate any of this down the line. For now, it's all just nano and this rubber keyboard. If there are any typos, I blame the keyboard." gemini://rymden.no/tx/2026-03-05.gmi [14:18] TR News Techrights Links 06/03/2026: Can't Copyright Slop in US, Microsoft Became Slop Provider for Militarism https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Links_06_03_2026_Can_t_Copyright_Slop_in_US_Microsoft_Became_Sl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Links_06_03_2026_Can_t_Copyright_Slop_in_US_Microsoft_Became_Sl.gmi [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 06/03/2026: Can't Copyright Slop in US, Microsoft Became Slop Provider for Militarism [14:20] TR News "The first time I really realized how useful source control (Subversion at the time, although everyone uses Git now) was, even singleplayer, was when I was working on my website and made a complete mess of things" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/internet/nice-personal-website/ [14:21] TR News "Still just fiddling with this capsule. I'm using Molly Brown as my server for now, and I like how it lets me customise the directory listing for my transmissions, for example. The only thing I've found it doesn't do so far is multiple hostnames. But that's no big deal at this point." gemini://rymden.no/tx/2026-03-03.gmi [14:22] TR News "I figured keeping any kind of journal on the index would get unwieldy pretty fast, so I moved it into its own directory for now." gemini://rymden.no/tx/2026-03-02.gmi [14:24] TR News "While abducting and killing other dictatorial heads of state, Trump still insists on shaking hands with Putin and promoting peace in Ukraine on Russian premises." gemini://rymden.no/tx/2026-03-01.gmi [14:28] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 06/03/2026: "Setting up the Feed" and Using Molly Brown https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Gemini_Links_06_03_2026_Setting_up_the_Feed_and_Using_Molly_Bro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Gemini_Links_06_03_2026_Setting_up_the_Feed_and_Using_Molly_Bro.gmi [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 06/03/2026: "Setting up the Feed" and Using Molly Brown [14:47] TR News "First, I reindexed/retagged some of my older music with beets (a lovely little Python package)." https://wrla.ch/log/2026/03/music-updates/ | Source: Wrlach [14:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wrla.ch | Music updates [14:47] TR News "But why is text dominant?" https://lemire.me/blog/2026/03/05/text-formats-are-everywhere-why/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [14:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/03/05/text-formats-are-everywhere-why/ ) [14:48] TR News "When multiple goroutines need to read and write the same value, you need a mutex to make sure they dont step on each other." https://rednafi.com/go/mutex-closure/ | Source: Redowan Delowar [14:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rednafi.com | Mutate your locked state inside a closure | Redowan's Reflections [14:48] TR News "MP 162: It's been answered many times, but it's always worth revisiting." https://www.mostlypython.com/what-is-self/ | Source: Eric Matthes [14:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mostlypython.com | What is `self`? [14:49] TR News "Modeling uncertainty, learning, and humility allows everyone to be in growth mode vs approaching their work with a fixed mindset." https://werd.io/the-safety-levers/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [14:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | The Safety Levers [14:49] TR News "A follow-up to my post on gits magic files. Most package managers have a manifest and a lockfile, and most developers stop there." https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/05/package-manager-magic-files.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [14:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Package Manager Magic Files | Andrew Nesbitt [14:49] TR News "This is the story of Rushomon, something you didnt know existed until about 5 seconds ago. Its existence is unlikely to change your life, but the story of its making might" https://makemeacto.substack.com/p/building-and-launching-a-product | Source: Sergio Visinoni [14:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-makemeacto.substack.com | Building and launching a product in one month. Worth it? [14:50] TR News "Something interesting happened at work this week. Our company is going to a convention later this month, and they will have a booth with big TV screens showing statistics that update in real time." https://blog.plover.com/2026/03/05/#documentation-wins | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.plover.com | The Universe of Discourse : Documentation is a message in a bottle [14:53] TR News "There are huge consequences to this. When the cost of generating code goes down that much, and we can re-implement it from test suites alone, what does that mean for the future of software?" https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/3/5/theseus/ | Source: Armin Ronacher [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lucumr.pocoo.org | AI And The Ship of Theseus | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [14:53] TR News "Blanchard says he was in the clear to change licenses because he used AI Anthropic's Claude is now listed as a project contributor to make what amounts to a clean room implementation of chardet." https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/06/ai_kills_software_licensing/ | Source: The Register UK [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing The Register [14:55] TR News "pg_plan_advice allows you to generate a "plan advice" string that describes the overall shape of the plan." https://rhaas.blogspot.com/2026/03/pgplanadvice-plan-stability-and-user.html | Source: Robert Haas [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rhaas.blogspot.com | Robert Haas: pg_plan_advice: Plan Stability and User Planner Control for PostgreSQL? [14:56] TR News "It worked. Really well." https://amattn.com/p/just_use_postgres.html | [14:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-amattn.com | Just Use Postgres ● Mar 06 [15:01] TR News "The Inspect Accessibility Properties button was added because I opened the DevTools (Inspector) once." https://joshua.hu/firefox-making-right-click-not-suck | Source: Joshua Rogers [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-joshua.hu | Making Firefox's right-click not suck with about:config | Joshua Rogers' Scribbles [15:03] TR News "The DOOMSCROLLER 3000 is a device that attaches to your smartphone and helps to prevent you from walking into poles." https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/03/06/doomscroll-without-walking-into-poles-with-this-handy-device/ | Source: Arduino [15:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Doomscroll without walking into poles with this handy device | Arduino Blog [15:04] TR News "A relay-based computer is really a 1940s type of design." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/capacitor-memory-makes-homebrew-relay-computer-historically-plausible/ | Source: Hackaday [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Capacitor Memory Makes Homebrew Relay Computer Historically Plausible | Hackaday [15:04] TR News "In theory HDMIs CEC feature is great, as it gives HDMI devices the ability to do useful things such as turning on multiple HDMI devices with a single remote control." https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/prevent-your-denon-receiver-turning-on-from-rogue-nvidia-shield-cec-requests/ | Source: Hackaday [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Prevent Your Denon Receiver Turning On From Rogue Nvidia Shield CEC Requests | Hackaday [15:05] TR News "[Peter] shows us how a small gearmotor generator was paired with a bridge rectifier and a buck converter to fill up a super capacitor that runs the train and lights up the tree on the table" https://hackaday.com/2026/03/05/railway-end-table-powered-by-hand-crank/ | Source: Hackaday [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Railway End Table Powered By Hand Crank | Hackaday [15:06] TR News "While there is a lot to tell on OpenBSD on SGI hardware alone, I think it is better to see a larger picture. Be warned that this story is quite long!" http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/sgiall.html | Source: Miod Vallat [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-miod.online.fr | OpenBSD on SGI: a rollercoaster story [15:07] TR News "Some readers will be aware that Miod Vallat (miod@) has been chronicling some of the more challenging parts of OpenBSD development in his OpenBSD stories collection for a while now." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260305143943 | Source: Undeadly [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | OpenBSD on SGI: a rollercoaster story, as told by miod@ [15:08] TR News "This report covers hrev59356 through hrev59430." https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2026-03-05-haiku_activity_contract_report_february_2026/ | Source: HaikuOS [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.haiku-os.org | Haiku Activity & Contract Report, February 2026 | Haiku Project [15:09] TR News "I saw this article yesterday from Daniel Lemire about how newline characters are valid in text representations of URLs, per the WHATWG URL Standard." https://blog.jordan.matelsky.com/bb64/ | [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jordan.matelsky.com | Based base64 (now with more steganography!) Jordan Matelsky Code, Coffee, & Cortex [15:09] TR News "Among the systemd resource controls are IPAddressAllow= and IPAddressDeny=, which allow you to limit what IP addresses your systemd thing can interact with." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdSocketIPRestrictions | Source: University of Toronto [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [15:10] TR News "I have a Python program that calculates and prints various pieces of Linux memory information on a per-cgroup basis." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/HardcodingCanBeTheRightAnswer | Source: University of Toronto [15:10] TR News "The author explained in their post that when you use a keyboard and press Enter on a skip link, the page scrolls down to the target, but focus stays on the link." https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/skip-links-tabindex | Source: Manuel Matuzovi [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.matuzo.at | Your skip link targets may not need tabindex=-1 to work properly - Manuel Matuzovic [15:10] TR News "I'm using a remote machine where I push zfs dataset 2 or 3 times per year." https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20260305 | Source: Vincent Delft [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.vincentdelft.be | Vincent's blog [15:11] TR News "ZFS vs BTRFS Architects features and stability" https://www.bsdnow.tv/653 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [15:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bsdnow.tv | BSD Now 653: Butter makes everything better [15:13] TR News Anon: "This age gating which is being advanced in legislations across the world is a huge threat to software freedom and I would posit the primary goal with the "think of the children" noise as a distraction." [15:14] TR News Anon Pushing it into the OS layer allows them to ban GNU/Linux and the _*BSDs_ [15:14] TR News Slay the Spire 2 is out now in Early Access with online co-op | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/slay-the-spire-2-is-out-now-in-early-access/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/slay-the-spire-2-is-out-now-in-early-access/ [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Slay the Spire 2 is out now in Early Access with online co-op | GamingOnLinux [15:15] TR News Anon: It will be used to push further DRM in the form of proprietary blobs into the stack. [15:15] TR News Theme park building game Parkitect gets its first ever Steam Free Weekend | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/theme-park-building-game-parkitect-gets-its-first-ever-steam-free-weekend/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Theme park building game Parkitect gets its first ever Steam Free Weekend | GamingOnLinux [15:17] TR News tr crew still digests information about this age "verification" (spying) 'rootkit'-like functionality because there are many sites already talking about it but nothing particularly witty or insightful. This is connected to the "restricted boot" pushers that spend a million attacking us. [15:17] TR News Oh dear - ARC Raiders was logging your private Discord chats | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/oh-dear-arc-raiders-was-logging-your-private-discord-chats/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Oh dear - ARC Raiders was logging your private Discord chats | GamingOnLinux [15:18] TR News This is not about chilren, e.g. https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/online-age-checks-are-going-too-far:a [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Online Age Checks Are Going Too Far [15:18] TR News Some useful takes on it too, e.g. https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Age-Verification-Mandates--The-%E2%80%98Protect-the-Kids%E2%80%99-Scam-That%E2%80%99s-Building-a-Permanent-Surveillance-Grid:a [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Age Verification Mandates: The Protect the Kids Scam Thats Building a Permanent Surveillance Grid [15:19] TR News Restricted boot, UEFI, TPM, EME, etc. techrights will cover this tomorrow (not very long) [15:19] TR News NVIDIA Beta driver 595.45.04 released for Linux - looks to be an exciting one | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/nvidia-beta-driver-595-45-04-released-for-linux-looks-to-be-an-exciting-one/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA Beta driver 595.45.04 released for Linux - looks to be an exciting one | GamingOnLinux [15:21] TR News IBM layoffs this month... "how do you know? I heard February a few months ago. (Cant wait to leave this place and get severance )." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjx78wwh [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjx78wwh ) [15:21] TR News Upcoming co-op driving and looting horror game The Road looks like a good laugh | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/upcoming-co-op-driving-and-looting-horror-game-the-road-looks-like-a-good-laugh/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Upcoming co-op driving and looting horror game The Road looks like a good laugh | GamingOnLinux [15:22] TR News Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered is out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/legacy-of-kain-defiance-remastered-is-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/legacy-of-kain-defiance-remastered-is-out-now/ [15:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered is out now | GamingOnLinux [15:23] TR News Linux Mint Cinnamon has the new screensaver lock screen ready for Wayland | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/linux-mint-cinnamon-has-the-new-screensaver-lock-screen-ready-for-wayland/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux Mint Cinnamon has the new screensaver lock screen ready for Wayland | GamingOnLinux [15:23] TR News NVIDIA reveal games coming to GeForce NOW during March including Crimson Desert | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/nvidia-reveal-games-coming-to-geforce-now-during-march-including-crimson-desert/ Source: GamingOnLinux [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA reveal games coming to GeForce NOW during March including Crimson Desert | GamingOnLinux [15:26] TR News Meta sued over AI smart glasses privacy after workers reviewed nudity, sex and other sensitive footage https://www.moneycontrol.com/europe/?url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/meta-sued-over-ai-smart-glasses-privacy-after-workers-reviewed-nudity-sex-and-other-sensitive-footage-article-13852425.html/amp [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.moneycontrol.com | Meta sued over AI smart glasses privacy after workers reviewed nudity, sex and other sensitive footage [15:26] TR News Slopfarm, but based on a TRUE story. Plagiarism by LLMs. https://www.newsanyway.com/2026/03/06/microsoft-layoffs-shock-data-center-workers-who-moved-across-the-country-for-jobs/ [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newsanyway.com | Microsoft Layoffs Shock Data Center Workers Who Moved Across the Country for Jobs - News Anyway [15:29] TR News nairobi https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/04/you-bought-zucks-ray-bans-now-someone-in-nairobi-is-watching-you-poop/ [15:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/04/you-bought-zucks-ray-bans-now-someone-in-nairobi-is-watching-you-poop/ ) [15:30] TR News "Google can't tell real websites from scams anymore " https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/google-can't-tell-real-websites-from:7 [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Google can't tell real websites from scams anymore [15:30] TR News "Online Age Checks Are Going Too Far" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/online-age-checks-are-going-too-far:a [15:30] TR News (NEW): Games: Slay the Spire 2, Parkitect, ARC Raiders Spying on People https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Games_Slay_the_Spire_2_Parkitect_ARC_Raiders_Spying_on_People.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/03/06/Games_Slay_the_Spire_2_Parkitect_ARC_Raiders_Spying_on_People.gmi [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Slay the Spire 2, Parkitect, ARC Raiders Spying on People [15:30] TR News "Age Verification Mandates: The Protect the Kids Scam Thats Building a Permanent Surveillance Grid" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/Age-Verification-Mandates--The-%E2%80%98Protect-the-Kids%E2%80%99-Scam-That%E2%80%99s-Building-a-Permanent-Surveillance-Grid:a [15:31] TR News alexn an LLM booster https://alexn.org/blog/2026/03/05/boring-tech-irrelevant/ see http://techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/The_Great_LLM_Delusion_Part_VI_Hype_Agent_Geoff_Hinton_Would_Ne.shtml [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-alexn.org | Boring Tech May Become Irrelevant Tech - Alexandru Nedelcu [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Great LLM Delusion - Part VI: 'Hype Agent' Geoff Hinton Would Need to Disclose Conflict of Interest (Regarding LLMs) [15:31] TR News "The Wisdom Of The Subservient Class" https://emptywheel.net/the-wisdom-of-the-subservient-class/ [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The Wisdom Of The Subservient Class - emptywheel [15:31] TR News "Dreaming of a Blue Texas - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/dreaming-of-a-blue-texas [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Dreaming of a Blue Texas - Paul Krugman [15:32] TR News "Two Big Things Trump Doesnt Want You to Know or Even Think About" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/two-big-things-trump-doesnt-want [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Two Big Things Trump Doesnt Want You to Know or Even Think About [15:32] TR News Ridiculous PR stunt from slop bros https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/dario-amodei-trump-dictator [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Dario Amodei Says Trump Is a Dictator [15:32] TR News "US war on Iran has no Plan B, warns Scott Lucas: 'Trump just wants to kill people and blow stuff up' - France 24" https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260305-us-war-on-iran-has-no-plan-b-warns-scott-lucas-trump-just-wants-to-kill-people-and-blow-stuff-up [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260305-us-war-on-iran-has-no-plan-b-warns-scott-lucas-trump-just-wants-to-kill-people-and-blow-stuff-up ) [15:32] TR News "How Trump is Paying for His War AND Giving a Huge Tax Cut to the Rich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-is-trump-paying-for-his-war-and [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | How Trump is Paying for His War AND Giving a Huge Tax Cut to the Rich [15:33] TR News "Politiken tar kontroll ver internet" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/03/05/politiken-tar-kontroll-over-internet/ [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Politiken tar kontroll ver internet [15:33] TR News Cheeto 4 Putin :( :( :( https://kyivindependent.com/us-allows-india-to-buy-russian-oil/ [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kyivindependent.com | Reversing its position, US allows India to buy Russian oil [15:35] TR News Youve Never Seen Ants Like This Before https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/science/ants-3d-scans.html [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/science/ants-3d-scans.html ) [15:35] TR News Superfood Fuels Mating Frenzy for Critically Endangered Kakapo https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/science/kakapo-endangered-parrots-mating-berries.html [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/science/kakapo-endangered-parrots-mating-berries.html ) [15:35] TR News Feeling the Effects of 260,000 Federal Jobs Lost https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/climate/climate-forward-science-federal-cuts.html [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/climate/climate-forward-science-federal-cuts.html ) [15:36] TR News Gas Prices Spiking After Convicted Felons War in Iran https://futurism.com/science-energy/gas-prices-spiking-trump-war-iran [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Gas Prices Spiking After Trump's War in Iran [15:37] TR News Nature Report, Killed by Convicted Felon, Is Released Independently https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/climate/trump-nature-assessment.html [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/climate/trump-nature-assessment.html ) [15:37] TR News Minnesota sues Convicted Felon administration for withholding millions in Medicaid funding https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/minnesota-sues-trump-administration-for-withholding-millions-in-medicaid-funding/ [15:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Minnesota sues Trump administration for withholding millions in Medicaid funding - JURIST - News [15:38] TR News South Korea doctors jailed for performing abortion at 36 weeks https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/south-korea-doctors-jailed-for-performing-abortion-at-36-weeks/ [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | South Korea doctors jailed for performing abortion at 36 weeks - JURIST - News [15:38] TR News Jonathan Almeida: My Firefox for Android local build environment https://jonalmeida.com/blog/firefox-android-studio-setup/ [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jonalmeida.com | My Firefox for Android local build environment | Jonathan Almeida [15:40] TR News Intellexa Founder, Three Others Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison Over Greek Spyware Scandal https://citizenlab.ca/intellexa-founder-three-others-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison-over-greek-spyware-scandal/ [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Intellexa Founder, Three Others Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison Over Greek Spyware Scandal - The Citizen Lab [15:41] TR News Google: Half of 2025s 90 Exploited Zero-Days Aimed at Enterprises https://www.securityweek.com/google-half-of-2025s-90-exploited-zero-days-aimed-at-enterprises/ [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/google-half-of-2025s-90-exploited-zero-days-aimed-at-enterprises/ ) [15:43] TR News Aliyev Calls Iran Drone Strike In Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Region 'Act Of Terror' https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-nakhchivan-iran-drone-attack/33695890.html [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Aliyev Calls Iran Drone Strike In Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Region 'Act Of Terror' [15:44] TR News Hacked App Part of US/Israeli Propaganda Campaign Against Iran https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/hacked-app-part-of-us-israeli-propaganda-campaign-against-iran.html [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hacked App Part of US/Israeli Propaganda Campaign Against Iran - Schneier on Security ● Mar 06 [16:00] TR News Meta Lied About Its Smart Glasses Protecting User Privacy, New Class Action Lawsuit Claims https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-lied-smart-glasses-privacy-class-action-lawsuit [16:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Lied About Its Smart Glasses Protecting User Privacy, New Class Action Lawsuit Claims [16:00] TR News Michigan would regulate police license plate cameras under bipartisan bill https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-would-regulate-police-license-plate-cameras-under-bipartisan-bill/ [16:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | Michigan would regulate police license plate cameras under bipartisan bill - Bridge Michigan [16:00] TR News The Rage at Proprietary Chaffbot Company Has Grown So Immense That There Are Entire Protests Against It https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/rage-openai-protests [16:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Rage at OpenAI Has Grown So Immense That There Are Entire Protests Against It [16:01] TR News FBI targeted with suspicious activity on its networks https://cyberscoop.com/fbi-targeted-with-suspicious-activity-on-its-networks/ [16:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FBI targeted with suspicious activity on its networks | CyberScoop [16:17] TR News Techrights Dr. Richard Stallman (RMS), the Man Whose Mind Scares GAFAM et al, Began Speaking in Switzerland https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Dr_Richard_Stallman_RMS_the_Man_Whose_Mind_Scares_GAFAM_et_al_B.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/Dr_Richard_Stallman_RMS_the_Man_Whose_Mind_Scares_GAFAM_et_al_B.gmi [16:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Dr. Richard Stallman (RMS), the Man Whose Mind Scares GAFAM et al, Began Speaking in Switzerland [16:30] TR News Techrights It's Friday and Many People Publicly Announce Leaving IBM (Which is Engineering 'Willful' Departures to Mask RAs' Scale) https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/It_s_Friday_and_Many_People_Publicly_Announce_Leaving_IBM_Which.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/03/06/It_s_Friday_and_Many_People_Publicly_Announce_Leaving_IBM_Which.gmi [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It's Friday and Many People Publicly Announce Leaving IBM (Which is Engineering 'Willful' Departures to Mask RAs' Scale) [16:34] TR News Collabora at Embedded World 2026: Open Source Hey Hi (AI) and Embedded Innovation https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/bringing-the-ai-experience-to-embedded-world-2026.html [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Collabora at Embedded World 2026: Open Source AI and Embedded Innovation [16:35] TR News New stable kernels to address build failures https://lwn.net/Articles/1061524/ [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New stable kernels to address build failures [LWN.net] [16:35] TR News Two Rejections Per Allowance https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/two-rejections-per-allowance.html [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Two Rejections Per Allowance | Patently-O [16:36] TR News Patently Unreasonable: Hyatts Return to the Supreme Court and the Fight Over Prosecution Laches https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/03/patently-unreasonable-hyatts-return-to-the-supreme-court-and-the-fight-over-prosecution-laches.html [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Patently Unreasonable: Hyatt's Return to the Supreme Court and the Fight Over Prosecution Laches [16:37] TR News UPC is totally illegal and here it is leveraged by a malicious American company against a European one https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/broadcom-and-grunecker-initiate-litigation-against-deutsche-telekom-at-the-upc/ [16:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Broadcom and Grnecker initiate litigation against Deutsche Telekom at the UPC [16:38] TR News Now JUVE is publishing pure SPAM as 'articles' https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/medium-sized-french-large-patent-attorney-team-seeks/ [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Medium-sized, French, large patent attorney team seeks... [16:40] TR News From the Community | Stanford needs free expression reform now https://stanforddaily.com/2026/03/04/stanford-free-expression-reform/ [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-stanforddaily.com | From the Community | Stanford needs free expression reform now [16:40] TR News Vincent Bernat: Automatic Prometheus metrics discovery with Docker labels https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-prometheus-metrics-discovery-docker-labels [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vincent.bernat.ch | Automatic Prometheus metrics discovery with Docker labels [16:42] TR News Malaysias food supply stable despite Middle East tensions, says agriculture minister https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/food-supply-stable-despite-middle-east-tensions-says-malaysian-agriculture-minister [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysias food supply stable despite Middle East tensions, says agriculture minister | The Straits Times [16:43] TR News China Bets on Technology to Resist U.S. Pressure https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/world/asia/china-us-technology-trade-military.html [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/world/asia/china-us-technology-trade-military.html ) [16:43] TR News GNU/Linux? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-to-boost-tech-self-reliance-in-next-5-years-as-rivalry-with-us-deepens [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China to boost tech self-reliance in next 5 years as rivalry with US deepens | The Straits Times [16:43] TR News China's top chip execs claim ASML alternative 'small, fragmented, and weak' https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-top-chip-execs-admit-fragmentation-is-undermining-the-countrys-asml-alternative [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | China's top chip execs claim ASML alternative 'small, fragmented, and weak' Chinese industry titans call for national effort to invest in advanced chipmaking tools | Tom's Hardware [16:44] TR News China boosts military spending with eyes on US, Taiwan https://hongkongfp.com/2026/03/05/china-boosts-military-spending-with-eyes-on-us-taiwan/ [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China boosts military spending with eyes on US, Taiwan [16:44] TR News When Congress gets hacked: Why cyber oversight cant wait https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/03/when-congress-gets-hacked-why-cyber-oversight-cant-wait/ [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | When Congress gets hacked: Why cyber oversight cant wait | Federal News Network [16:45] TR News This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 641 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/03/04/this-week-in-rust-641/ [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-this-week-in-rust.org | This Week in Rust 641 This Week in Rust [16:46] TR News How to scale enterprise federated Hey Hi (AI) with Flower and OCM https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/05/how-scale-enterprise-federated-ai-flower-and-ocm [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/05/how-scale-enterprise-federated-ai-flower-and-ocm ) [16:48] TR News Amazon cut off about 100,000 of its own workers in recent years. Wall Street treats this company as a success story. [16:49] TR News The Boys in Trueblood Came to Rock https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/style/trueblood-garage-band-gen-alpha.html [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/style/trueblood-garage-band-gen-alpha.html ) [16:49] TR News Fewer Pregnant Women Received Acetaminophen in E.R.s After White House Warnings https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/health/tylenol-acetaminophen-autism-trump.html [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/health/tylenol-acetaminophen-autism-trump.html ) [16:50] TR News Scientists Reconstruct The Face of a 3.7-Million-Year-Old Human Relative https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reconstruct-the-face-of-a-3-7-million-year-old-human-relative [16:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Reconstruct The Face of a 3.7-Million-Year-Old Human Relative : ScienceAlert [16:50] TR News Second Pregnancy Does Something Unique to The Brain, Study Reveals https://www.sciencealert.com/second-pregnancy-does-something-unique-to-the-brain-study-reveals [16:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Second Pregnancy Does Something Unique to The Brain, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert [16:51] TR News The Blood of Centenarians Reveals 37 Proteins Linked With Slower Aging https://www.sciencealert.com/the-blood-of-centenarians-reveals-37-proteins-linked-with-slower-aging [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Blood of Centenarians Reveals 37 Proteins Linked With Slower Aging : ScienceAlert [16:51] TR News Microplastics May Be Fueling Parkinson's Disease, Scientists Warn https://www.sciencealert.com/microplastics-may-be-fueling-parkinsons-disease-scientists-warn [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microplastics May Be Fueling Parkinson's Disease, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert [16:51] TR News Tinnitus Is Somehow Connected to a Crucial Bodily Function https://www.sciencealert.com/tinnitus-is-somehow-connected-to-a-crucial-bodily-function [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tinnitus Is Somehow Connected to a Crucial Bodily Function : ScienceAlert [16:52] TR News Scientists Cut Amyloid Plaques by 50% in Mice With Engineered Cells https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-cut-amyloid-plaques-by-50-in-mice-with-engineered-cells [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Cut Amyloid Plaques by 50% in Mice With Engineered Cells : ScienceAlert [16:52] TR News It's Official: NASA Confirms Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Fly Past The Moon https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-nasa-confirms-asteroid-2024-yr4-will-fly-past-the-moon [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-It's Official: NASA Confirms Asteroid 2024 YR4 Will Fly Past The Moon : ScienceAlert [16:52] TR News Babies Are Exposed to 42 'Forever Chemicals' Before Birth, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/babies-are-exposed-to-42-forever-chemicals-before-birth-study-finds [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Babies Are Exposed to 42 'Forever Chemicals' Before Birth, Study Finds : ScienceAlert [16:52] TR News One 10-Minute Exercise Can Reduce Depression, Even a Month Later https://www.sciencealert.com/one-10-minute-exercise-can-reduce-depression-even-a-month-later [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-One 10-Minute Exercise Can Reduce Depression, Even a Month Later : ScienceAlert [16:53] TR News Rust 1.94.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1061550/ [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rust 1.94.0 released [LWN.net] [16:54] TR News