●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, November 06, 2026 ●● ● Nov 06 [00:02] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@6mnab3uw5dgtk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Nov 06 [01:30] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Nov 06 [02:16] *parsifal (~parsifal@2bkxv6kskvi2i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-051126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-051126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-051126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-051126.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, November 05, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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We went to see it at the cinema - one of the many things cinemas now offer to stave off terminal decline." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/11/06/hades/ [04:23] TR News "Molly-brown appears to be the most mature and developed Gemini server I've found. I actually asked on the Gemini BBS for further options, and generally the advice was to run my own developed server. Hmmm yes." gemini://gemini.yunzi.co.uk/gemlog/2026-11-05-goaccess.gmi [04:24] TR News heading home gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/heading_home [04:25] TR News "Something is happening in the US that I wouldnt have expected: new electronics shops are opening there." gemini://schreibfaultier.pollux.casa/blog/2026-11-05-where-has-the-electronics-shop-gone.en.gmi [04:25] TR News ramen noodles gemini://meow.team/gemlog/ramen-noodles.gmi [04:26] TR News "Taking a longer break from browsing the smallnet means having to rebuild certain habits. Regular reading can sometimes exhaust the available resources, especially when there is nothing new left to read. I, on the other hand, have quite a backlog to catch up on." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/szczezuja/phlog/2026-11-05-Learn-to-read-with-care.txt [04:30] TR News Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [04:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights [04:30] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 06/11/2026: Hadestown and "Where Has the Electronics Shop Gone?" https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Gemini_Links_06_11_2026_Hadestown_and_Where_Has_the_Electronics.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Gemini_Links_06_11_2026_Hadestown_and_Where_Has_the_Electronics.gmi [04:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 06/11/2026: Hadestown and "Where Has the Electronics Shop Gone?" [04:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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They've spent over $100 billion on stock buybacks to pump the price. Meanwhile AMD decided to invest in engineering." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/11/03/2342251#1458693 [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | PC Chip Plunge Wipes Out A Quarter Of Intels Value - SoylentNews ● Nov 06 [07:42] TR News Techrights Freedom Is Not Free of Charge, Freedom Can be Very Expensive https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Freedom_Is_Not_Free_of_Charge_Freedom_Can_be_Very_Expensive.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Freedom_Is_Not_Free_of_Charge_Freedom_Can_be_Very_Expensive.gmi [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Freedom Is Not Free of Charge, Freedom Can be Very Expensive [07:49] TR News GAFAM collapses, blames "hey hi", calls layoffs "buyout". Liars and frauds never admit defeat. [07:49] TR News "What does the commons mean to you? For Creative Commons 25th anniversary, we posed this question to some of the people behind CC." https://creativecommons.org/2026/11/05/commons-stories-part-3/ | Source: Creative Commons [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-creativecommons.org | Commons Stories: Part 3 - Creative Commons [07:50] TR News "Penske just recently moved forward with the appeal after the tech giant closed out September by scoring a high-profile victory." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/11/04/penske-media-google-lawsuit-appeal/ | Source: Digital Music News [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/11/04/penske-media-google-lawsuit-appeal/ ) [07:50] TR News "Over seven years ago, SoundExchange sued Music Choice for allegedly failing to pay millions in due royalties (and late fees) on its Music Choice for Business service." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/11/05/soundexchange-v-music-choice/ | Source: Digital Music News [07:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/11/05/soundexchange-v-music-choice/ ) [07:51] TR News "The LZW algorithm that made GIFs possible was actually under patent. The patent was owned by a company called Unisys Corp." https://box.matto.nl/burn-all-gifsday-was-27-years-ago.html | Source: MJ Fransen [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Burn All GIFs-day was 27 years ago - box.matto.nl [07:53] TR News "their article summarizes the problem: [...]" https://werd.io/to-protect-the-web-we-need-to-renegotiate-its-value/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | To protect the web, we need to renegotiate its value. [07:53] TR News "Average monthly fibre data use reached 741 GB in September, up 11 percent year-on-year. July was the busiest month, averaging 760 GB per connection. Chorus recorded a peak network throughput of 4.9 Tbps (terabits per second) during a Fortnite update." https://billbennett.co.nz/chorus-data-spike-spark-5g-lead-comcom-fibre-map/ | Source: Bill Bennett [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-billbennett.co.nz | Chorus data use climbs. Spark takes 5G lead in latest report [07:54] TR News "Facebook will own the [Internet] forever" https://pluralistic.net/2026/11/05/see-you-in-court/#suing-the-refs | Source: CoryDoctorow [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Without CDA 230, Facebook will own the internet forever (05 Nov 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [07:56] TR News "I originally built the Internet Infrastructure Map because I thought undersea fiber-optic cables were interesting." https://kmcd.dev/posts/from-copper-to-glass/ | Source: Kevin McDonald [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kmcd.dev | The Physical Internet: From Copper to Glass [07:56] TR News "Its worth being precise here because people mix this up. The July 2024 blackout was not caused by a cable failure." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/11/05/the-internet-didnt-break-we-just-forgot-what-it-was-leaning-on/ | Source: APNIC [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | The Internet didnt break; we just forgot what it was leaning on | APNIC Blog [07:56] TR News "But, no, the billionaire tech bros decided this was their chance to go all in for fascism, and now the entire tech industry will almost certainly pay the regulatory price." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/11/05/the-tech-bros-who-bet-on-fascism-lost-dont-let-the-internet-pay-for-it/ | Source: Techdirt [07:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Tech Bros Who Bet On Fascism Lost. Dont Let The Internet Pay For It. | Techdirt [07:59] TR News "A century later, the myth of embattled masculinity resurged within the manosphere, an umbrella term for misogynistic communities online." https://www.projectcensored.org/jane-doe-and-the-manosphere/ | Source: Project Censored [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/jane-doe-and-the-manosphere/ ) ● Nov 06 [08:00] TR News "How does Helsinki look and sound in Swedish? The answer could be anything during Swedish Week, held 28 November in Helsinki." https://www.hel.fi/en/news/punk-piano-prose-and-everything-in-between-how-helsinki-celebrates-swedish-week | Source: City of Helsinki [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.hel.fi/en/news/punk-piano-prose-and-everything-in-between-how-helsinki-celebrates-swedish-week ) [08:00] TR News "The experiences of the Welsh speakers became even more interesting when I compared them with those of Swedish speakers in Finland." https://theconversation.com/from-wales-to-finland-minority-language-speakers-still-face-prejudice-289007 | Source: The Conversation [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | From Wales to Finland, minority language speakers still face prejudice [08:01] TR News "The site announced Thursday in a farewell post that it would go dark later Thursday." https://deadline.com/2026/11/online-media-pioneer-salon-shutting-down-1237214965/ | Source: Deadline [08:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-deadline.com | Online Media Pioneer Salon To Shutter: "Our Publishing Model Is No Longer Sustainable" [08:01] TR News "The sudden decision took pundits and journalists by surprise and appeared to be solely a financial one." https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/just-in-salon-shutting-down-after-31-years/ | Source: Mediaite [08:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/just-in-salon-shutting-down-after-31-years/ ) [08:05] TR News "stay live for now." https://www.theverge.com/news/1028281/salon-dot-com-shuts-down | Source: The Verge [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Salon is shutting down after 31 years | The Verge [08:05] TR News "Salon joins later-arriving sites such as Buzzfeed and Gawker that found it difficult to monetize cultural and topical reporting for a general audience and eventually shut down." https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/salon-com-shuts-down-site-31-years-1236940936/ | Source: Variety [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-variety.com | Salon Shuts Down Cultural and Political Site After 31 Years [08:05] TR News "Salon was never just a website" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/business/media/salon-online-magazine-shutters.html | Source: New York Times [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/business/media/salon-online-magazine-shutters.html ) [08:09] TR News "The site, which built its reputation from politics, arts and culture coverage, announced its closure just weeks before its anniversary on 20 November." https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/nov/05/salon-website-shuts-down | Source: The Guardian UK [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Salon, internets oldest general interest publication, shuts down after 31 years | US press and publishing | The Guardian [08:10] TR News "Salon began its life in the mid-1990s, barely three years after the [Internet] sic itself went mainstream and a time when the World Wide Web was still written out in that fashion." https://apnews.com/article/salon-media-online-news-shutdown-387aebeaf5d2ff80450bfba780ac9d6c | Source: Associated Press [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://apnews.com/article/salon-media-online-news-shutdown-387aebeaf5d2ff80450bfba780ac9d6c ) [08:10] TR News "Salon began its life in the mid-1990s, barely three years after the internet itself went mainstream and a time when the World Wide Web was still written out in that fashion." https://abcnews.com/Entertainment/wireStory/online-magazine-salon-early-staple-internet-discourse-announces-137894108 | Source: ABC [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-abcnews.com | Online magazine Salon, early staple of internet discourse, shuts down - ABC News [08:10] TR News [Old] "Slate got its start when Michael Kingsley left the New Republic in late 1995" https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/salon-vs-slate/ | Source: The History of the Web [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thehistoryoftheweb.com | Salon, Slate, and a History of the Tricky Business of Publishing Online - The History of the Web [08:11] TR News "Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication." https://www.salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye-from-salon/ | Source: Salon [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Goodbye from Salon - Salon.com [08:12] TR News "Should I be trying to replicate this?" https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/automation-and-self-censorship/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.baldurbjarnason.com | Automation, algorithms, and self-censorship [08:12] TR News [Old] "After finishing his doctoral thesis on Hegel, Snellman was appointed to the post of lecturer at the Imperial University in 1835." https://finland.fi/life-society/j-v-snellman-without-him-where-would-finland-be/ | [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-finland.fi | J.V. Snellman: Where would Finland be without him? - thisisFINLAND [08:15] TR News "Some researchers at Google DeepMind in Britain are protesting a clause in their contracts that bars them from criticising the company for the rest of their lives" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/google-deepmind-staff-lifetime-criticism-ban-1830419 | Source: International Business Times [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Google Researchers Protest Lifetime Gag They Say Could Silence Criticism of the Company and Warnings About AI Risks | IBTimes UK [08:15] TR News "Workers inside Googles artificial intelligence division are pushing executives to release them from non-disparagement agreements" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/11/03/google-deepmind-staff-protest-lifetime-ban-criticizing-company/ | Source: The Washington Post [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/11/03/google-deepmind-staff-protest-lifetime-ban-criticizing-company/ ) [08:15] TR News "Two of the labs staffers told the paper of a discussion group organized by their fellow workers to discuss the implications of the non-disparagement clause" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-deepmind-workers-silenced-censorship-ai | Source: Futurism [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Google Staffers Say They're Being Silenced From Telling the Public the Truth About AI [08:18] TR News "It is no mystery why Musk and the wider tech industry cared so much about this election." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/ais-no-good-very-bad-election/ | Source: Truthdig [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/ais-no-good-very-bad-election/ ) [08:18] TR News "By now Ive read or seen every major victory speech from Tuesdays remarkable election." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-best-victory-speech | Source: Robert Reich [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | The Best Victory Speech - Robert Reich [08:19] TR News "stunning rebuke" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/what-democrats-can-do | Source: Paul Krugman [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | What Democrats Can Do - Paul Krugman [08:19] TR News "voters roundly reject data centers" https://www.semafor.com/article/11/04/2026/us-voters-roundly-reject-data-centers-in-ballot-measures | Source: Semafor Inc [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US voters roundly reject data centers in ballot measures | Semafor [08:19] TR News "disavowing President Donald Trumps administration and the Universitys planned data center with Los Alamos National Laboratory in Ypsilanti Township." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/elections/makled-brown-elected-to-umich-board-of-regents-in-democratic-blowout/ | Source: University of Michigan [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Makled, Brown elected to UMich Board of Regents, Democrats keep majority [08:20] TR News "EFF monitored nearly 100 bills in the state over the two-year session." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/reflecting-digital-rights-wins-and-losses-sacramento | Source: EFF [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Reflecting on Digital Rights Wins and Losses in Sacramento | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:20] TR News "AI companies are racing to lock down clients in the oil industry." https://www.semafor.com/article/11/05/2026/ai-companies-race-to-lock-down-oil-clients | Source: Semafor Inc [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI companies race to lock down oil clients | Semafor [08:20] TR News "Communities across the nation voted on 41 data center-related ballot initiatives on Tuesday." https://newrepublic.com/post/217485/data-centers-ballot-initiatives-midterms | Source: New Republic [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | 10 States With Data Centers on the Ballot All Voted to Ban Them | The New Republic [08:24] TR News "As part of her coverage, Reingold posted a photo on X singling out a woman in a gaudy outfit, seemingly to make a point: that Michigan Democrats are rich and opulent, disconnected from the American working class." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/journalist-admits-ai-photo-smear-democrat | Source: Futurism [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Journalist Admits She Used AI to Edit Photo Smearing Democrat Voters [08:24] TR News "A growing body of evidence demonstrates that Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-11-01/will-we-ever-learn-truth-about-trumps-ties-to-sex-trafficker-jeffrey-epstein | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Will we ever learn the truth about Trump's ties to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein? - Los Angeles Times [08:25] TR News (NEW): Nura in 2026-10: OSC Tokio, statutes, and project updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Nura_in_2026_10_OSC_Tokio_statutes_and_project_updates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Nura_in_2026_10_OSC_Tokio_statutes_and_project_updates.gmi [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Nura in 2026-10: OSC Tokio, statutes, and project updates [08:36] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [08:37] TR News "Meanwhile, all the knives are out for Pete Hegseth. Good riddance." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-real-architect-of-the-iran-mess | Source: Ken Klippenstein [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kenklippenstein.com | The Real Architect of the Iran Mess - Ken Klippenstein [08:37] TR News "Winning is just the beginning. Now's the time to seize power." https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/midterm-mandate-blue-tsunami-democrats-power | Source: Marisa Kabas [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thehandbasket.co | The midterm mandate [08:37] TR News "violations of due process and separation of powers" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/free-speech-for-people-launches-time-to-impeach-campaign-ahead-of-new-congress | Source: Common Dreams [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Free Speech for People Launches 'Time to Impeach' Campaign Ahead of New Congress | Common Dreams [08:38] TR News "The defining feature of Israeli democracy, including its elections last week, is its operation according to a Jewish supremacist logic" https://jacobin.com/2026/11/israel-palestine-knesset-democracy-genocide | Source: Jacobin Magazine [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Elections in a Genocidal State Are Not Democratic [08:38] TR News "In our interest" https://overpopulation-project.com/book-review-is-high-immigration-really-in-our-interest/ | Source: Overpopulation [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-overpopulation-project.com | Book review: Is high immigration really In our interest? - The Overpopulation Project [08:40] TR News "GM allegedly sold customers location information and driver behavior data to third parties, including data brokers, who then resold it to insurance companies" https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/gm-agrees-to-220-million-settlement-over-selling-driver-data-6111577 | Source: The Epoch Times [08:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theepochtimes.com | GM Agrees to $220 Million Settlement Over Selling Driver Data | The Epoch Times [08:41] TR News "Now here's the catch. DNS resolution doesn't happen over a single connection. [...] But you can also configure a forward-zone in Unbound. Instead of resolving DNS queries itself, Unbound can forward them to another DNS resolver." https://www.karthihegde.dev/posts/dns_tampering | [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.karthihegde.dev | So my ISP was hijacking my DNS - Karthikey Hegde [08:41] TR News "Before you take the title of this post literally, there are a few basics to follow to get it right: [...]" https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/11/05/pentesting/ | Source: Herman unapuu [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ounapuu.ee | Go ahead, change that number in the URL of that service that you use | ./techtipsy [08:41] TR News "The security firm Layer3 Intel said it detected multiple residential proxy nodes beaconing out from the internet address network reserved for the Executive Office of the President (AS2650)." https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/11/want-to-rent-an-internet-address-at-the-white-house/ | Source: Krebs On Security [08:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krebsonsecurity.com | Want to Rent an Internet Address at the White House? Krebs on Security [08:42] TR News Windows TCO https://www.western-water.com/2026/11/05/water-and-rural-utilities-back-federal-cybersecurity-law/ | Source: Western Water [08:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.western-water.com | Water and rural utilities back federal cybersecurity law | We ... [08:42] TR News Windows TCO https://therecord.media/queens-library-ransomware-causes-disruptions | Source: The Record [08:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Queens Public Library says ransomware attack disrupted Wi-Fi, on-site computers | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:44] TR News "The video is a profound misreading of the political and cultural moment." https://www.404media.co/republicans-learn-x-is-an-echo-chamber/ | Source: 404 Media [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Republicans Learn X Is the Echo Chamber [08:44] TR News "The tech firms also assert that the soon to be implemented law ignores legal protections blocking platforms from being held liable for user content." https://therecord.media/social-media-giants-sue-california-over-social-media-law | Source: The Record [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Social media giants sue California to overturn law shielding kids 15 and under from compulsive use | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:45] TR News "Google, Meta and TikTok on Thursday sued to block a new California law that restricts social media companies from offering features to children that could be addictive." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/technology/social-media-child-safety-california.html | Source: New York Times [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/technology/social-media-child-safety-california.html ) [08:45] TR News (NEW): I tried LordOS expecting another MacOS clone then I opened its network monitor https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/I_tried_LordOS_expecting_another_MacOS_clone_then_I_opened_its_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/I_tried_LordOS_expecting_another_MacOS_clone_then_I_opened_its_.gmi [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I tried LordOS expecting another MacOS clone then I opened its network monitor [08:45] TR News "The money incinerator is just getting up to speed." https://boingboing.net/2026/11/03/anthropic-895-billion-compute-commitments.html | Source: BoingBoing [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2026/11/03/anthropic-895-billion-compute-commitments.html ) [08:46] TR News "The changes mean a large swath of index funds which millions of Americans own in their retirement funds" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/technology/spacex-indexes-401k.html | Source: New York Times [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/technology/spacex-indexes-401k.html ) [08:46] TR News "It can mean that Elon Musk and the NASDAQ have colluded to force ordinary retirement savers to bail out his emirati and tech oligarch buddies: [...]" https://pluralistic.net/2026/11/04/genius-scan-is-neither/#x-marked-the-spot | Source: CoryDoctorow [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: The AI fatfinger economy has come for my receipts app (04 Nov 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [08:46] TR News "In this imaginary room, Ive been busy, and started hacking away on what will eventually become iocaine 4.0, and today, Im here to share the progress Ive made so far" https://chronicles.mad-scientist.club/tales/remember-remember/ | Source: Gergely Nagy [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chronicles.mad-scientist.club | Country," concluded the Director. "But simultaneously we condition them to. [08:51] TR News "As useful as AI may be, concentrating resources in the hands of a handful of companies now thats always pretty terrible for society as a whole." https://manualdousuario.net/en/memory-crises-bloated-software/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [08:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manualdousuario.net | 8 GB ought to be enough for anybody Manual do Usurio [08:52] TR News "All she wanted was help from ChatGPT with her proposal, but soil hydrology researcher Ying Zhao got a lot more than she bargained for." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3276905/my-ai-agents-sent-emails-without-my-ok-this-simple-prompt-stops-it.html | Source: PC World [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-My AI agents sent emails without my OK. This simple prompt stops it | PCWorld [08:52] TR News "imminent danger" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/technology/ai-safety-school-chromebooks-google-lawsuit.html | Source: New York Times [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/technology/ai-safety-school-chromebooks-google-lawsuit.html ) [08:52] TR News "Hollywoods L.A. footprint keeps shrinking amid mergers, layoffs, AI and productions leaving the state." https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-11-05/la-film-students-bet-on-shrinking-hollywood | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | LA film students are eager to pick up Hollywood's pieces - Los Angeles Times [08:52] TR News "In a detailed report on its investigation published Tuesday" https://futurism.com/future-society/binance-heist-vibe-code-ai | Source: Futurism [08:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | It Turns Out Binance's $6 Billion Hack Happened Because Its Employees Were Vibe Coding [08:55] TR News Techrights Our Third Decade https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Our_Third_Decade.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Our_Third_Decade.gmi [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Our Third Decade [08:58] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Nov 06 [09:04] TR News "I dont think thats true anymore." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3275869/windows-is-no-longer-the-center-of-the-pc-universe.html | Source: PC World [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Windows is no longer the center of the PC universe | PCWorld [09:05] TR News "Working with language, like reading or writing books, seems to be particularly worthwhile for the aging brain." https://www.sciencealert.com/at-91-julie-andrews-swears-by-one-habit-linked-to-18-lower-dementia-risk | Source: Science Alert [09:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-At 91, Julie Andrews Swears by One Habit Linked to 18% Lower Dementia Risk : ScienceAlert [09:11] TR News "Extending this a bit further, there are a few modes you can have with your visual system when playing piano." https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2026/11/04/Sometimes-Look-at-the-Keys/ | Source: Ben Congdon [09:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-benjamincongdon.me | Sometimes, Look at the Keys | Ben Congdon [09:11] TR News "Having a wide range of objects in the basement is something I find useful on a regular basis." https://www.jefftk.com/p/useful-junk | Source: Jeff Kaufman [09:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jefftk.com | Useful Junk [09:11] TR News "We had SBC shortages before, but 2026 has beat them all, and it doesnt look like itll stop within even a few months." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/05/i-think-we-should-see-other-sbcs/ | Source: Hackaday [09:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I Think We Should See Other SBCs | Hackaday [09:14] TR News "Our work giving people leisure reading options has been relegated into the shadows of the academic realm for years." https://raforall.blogspot.com/2026/11/library-trends-752-rethinking-readers.html | Source: Becky Spratford [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-raforall.blogspot.com | RA for All: Library Trends 75(2) "Rethinking Readers Advisory for Todays Reading Reality," Guest Edited by Robin Bradford and Me is Now Available for Free [09:19] TR News "On October 23, 2026, the unthinkable happened. It was supposed to be a mere formality: C++26 was up for a vote by the ISO National Bodies (NBs)." https://andreasfertig.com/blog/2026/11/cpp26-dis-failed-how-does-cpp-survive/ | Source: Andreas Fertig [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-andreasfertig.com | C++26 DIS failed, how does C++ survive? - Andreas Fertig's Blog [09:20] TR News Techrights Links 06/11/2026: Slop "Companies Race to Lock Down Oil Clients" and Salon Shuts Down https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Links_06_11_2026_Slop_Companies_Race_to_Lock_Down_Oil_Clients_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Links_06_11_2026_Slop_Companies_Race_to_Lock_Down_Oil_Clients_a.gmi [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 06/11/2026: Slop "Companies Race to Lock Down Oil Clients" and Salon Shuts Down [09:22] TR News "The butcher package from the tidymodels ecosystem removes these components while keeping the model usable for prediction." https://mlr-org.com/gallery/technical/2026-11-05-butcher/ | [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Shrink stored models with butcher mlr-org [09:22] TR News "Yes, the control flow should be improved and we'll harden auth-passwd.c against crypt() implementations that do the wrong thing." https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2026-November/042842.html | Source: OpenSSH [09:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lists.mindrot.org | urgent security release: 10.6p2 [09:23] TR News Techrights today: Puppy Breaker silent for 2 days. Minutes later: he sees the article, publishes a few words, very wrong grammar (drunk? stroke?). [09:24] TR News "The new terms were initially set to go into effect on October 30" https://www.404media.co/meta-generative-ai-commercial-terms-on-pause/ | Source: 404 Media [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Everyone Everywhere Hated Metas New AI Training Terms. Now, Theyre On Pause [09:25] TR News "Heres a chunk from the caching chapter of OpenZFS Mastery." https://mwl.io/archives/25044 | Source: MWL [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mwl.io | 136: sshd and Emacs Michael W Lucas [09:26] TR News [Old] "The videos in this collection are from ShmooCon 2025, which occurred on 10 - 12 January 2025, at the Washington Hilton Hotel. - For more information about ShmooCon please visit https://www.shmoocon.org." https://archive.org/details/shmoocon2025 | Source: Internet Archive [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://www.shmoocon.org ) [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-archive.org | ShmooCon 2025 : ShmooCon : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [09:27] TR News [Old] "The final ShmooCon was held this past weekend (Jan. 10-12) in Washington, D.C., capping 20 years of the East Coast's leading hacker conference." https://www.scworld.com/perspective/shmoocon-ends-20-year-run-with-tears-malware-and-electronic-fun | [09:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scworld.com | ShmooCon ends 20-year run with tears, malware and electronic fun | perspective | SC Media [09:27] TR News [Old] "The high level of success and appreciation that ShmooCon has garnered makes news of its final event next year even more surprising," https://www.csoonline.com/article/1291036/shmoocon-to-take-its-final-bow-in-2025.html | Source: CSO [09:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.csoonline.com | ShmooCon to take its final bow in 2025 | CSO Online [09:30] TR News "So lets dig into precisely why DBAs secretly dread large text-based columns, shall we?" https://www.pgedge.com/blog/burnt-toast | Source: pgEdge Inc [09:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pgedge.com | PG Phriday: Burnt TOAST [09:30] TR News "Whats so bad about global variables? Heres the two main1 reasons, in my view: [...]" https://www.seangoedecke.com/a-database-is-a-store-for-global-variables/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [09:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seangoedecke.com | A database is a store for global variables [09:30] TR News "Though few in number, those vulnerable included all sorts of agencies representing US towns, cities, counties, regulatory boards, and more." https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/us-government-email-systems-abuse-typos | Source: Dark Reading [09:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/us-government-email-systems-abuse-typos ) [09:42] TR News (NEW): We Can Reach 31 Years and Longer https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/We_Can_Reach_31_Years_and_Longer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/We_Can_Reach_31_Years_and_Longer.gmi [09:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines We Can Reach 31 Years and Longer [09:51] TR News Finding New Whistleblowers https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/11/06/finding-new-whistleblowers/ [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Finding New Whistleblowers [09:51] TR News "But when macOS is in dark mode, then Safari will only respect dark websites. Light-colored websites will not get a light tab bar: [...]" https://www.loopwerk.io/articles/2026/safari-colors/ | Source: Kevin Renskers [09:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.loopwerk.io | Loopwerk: Safaris tab bar has a dark mode bias [09:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [09:52] TR News "While Ive seen numerous posts and videos over the years about the ability to edit at the speed of thought with vim, I have really never seen that take on (default) emacs." https://joshblais.com/blog/editing-at-the-speed-of-thought-in-emacs/ | Source: Joshua Blais [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-joshblais.com | Editing at the speed of thought in emacs - The Universe of Joshua Blais [09:52] TR News "The letter H is a bit thin compared to previous letters, but htop was an easy winner." https://www.rubenerd.au/my-az-toolbox-h/ | Source: Ruben Schade [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: My AZ toolbox: htop [09:53] TR News "Even if this release is caused by issues that do not affect OpenBSD systems, please help spread the word to those who run systems where the issue exists." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261105104042 | Source: Undeadly [09:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | OpenSSH 10.6p2 released [09:54] TR News "[AncientJames] gives us a detailed look at Vortex, one of his impressive volumetric displays made with two back-to-back LED panels that spin at high speed with a Raspberry Pi 4 driving it all." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/05/stunning-volumetric-3d-display-goes-for-a-spin/ | Source: Hackaday [09:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stunning Volumetric 3D Display Goes For A Spin | Hackaday [09:54] TR News "The display comes as part of a Samsung cash register that looks as though it comes from the 1990s, which is in keeping with it having a monochrome STN display." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/05/translating-an-old-display-to-a-new-one/ | Source: Hackaday [09:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Translating An Old Display To A New One | Hackaday [09:54] TR News "As microntrollers have become ever more powerful, we have started to see an increasing number of operating systems written to take advantage of this extra power." https://hackaday.com/2026/11/05/a-tiny-os-for-a-tiny-board/ | Source: Hackaday [09:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Tiny OS For A Tiny Board | Hackaday [09:55] TR News "In comments on my entry on how the Rust coreutils are sticky on Ubuntu 26.04, Aristotle Pagaltzis asked (more or less) if I thought people should sit out Ubuntu 26.04 or use it" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/UbuntuMy2604Views | Source: University of Toronto [09:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [09:56] TR News GNU/Linux 6.3% in Oman https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/oman/#monthly-200902-202611 [09:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Oman | Statcounter Global Stats [09:57] TR News 5.2% says Clownflare https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&loc=OM&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&dateRange=28d [09:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&loc=OM&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&dateRange=28d ) [09:58] TR News A year ago it was just 2-3% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&loc=OM&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&dateRange=52w [09:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&loc=OM&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&dateRange=52w ) ● Nov 06 [10:25] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Market Share Considerably Higher in Yemen This Year https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Considerably_Higher_in_Yemen_This_Year.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_Considerably_Higher_in_Yemen_This_Year.gmi [10:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Market Share Considerably Higher in Yemen This Year [10:27] TR News "The Artix development team has updated Artix Linux to stable version 20261102. Artix Linux is a set of Arch-based, systemd-free distributions with a choice of Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=13027 | Source: Distro Watch [10:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=13027 ) [10:28] TR News "Enterprise systems can stay in production far longer than a FreeBSD release remains supported. Learn what happens when those timelines don't match, why forced upgrades create operational risk" https://klarasystems.com/articles/why-enterprise-freebsd-deployments-need-long-term-support/ | Source: Klara [10:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://klarasystems.com/articles/why-enterprise-freebsd-deployments-need-long-term-support/ ) [10:28] TR News "Every host in the basement fetches packages: base from pkg.FreeBSD.org and everything else from my own poudriere repo on fedex. The proxy now sits between them and those repos." https://dan.langille.org/2026/11/04/ports-mgmt-git-proxy-caching-proxy-for-package-registries-including-freebsd-pkg/ | Source: Dan Langille [10:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | ports-mgmt/git-proxy caching proxy for package registries, including FreeBSD pkg Dan Langille's Other Diary [10:30] TR News "Given I talk about Alpine being my Linux server distro of choice, I feel it important to relay this: [...]" https://www.rubenerd.au/update-your-alpine-linux-openssh-now/ | Source: Ruben Schade [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Update your Alpine Linux OpenSSH NOW [10:31] TR News "Spread across the 948 exploits, the $1,213,430 bill comes to roughly $1,279 apiece. An earlier scan in late July, powered by GPT-5.6 Sol, yielded 166 unique LPEs at a cost of $513,690." https://www.securityweek.com/ai-agents-got-root-on-linux-via-948-kernel-flaws-in-openai-research/ | Source: Security Week [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI Agents Got Root on Linux via 948 Kernel Flaws in OpenAI Research - SecurityWeek [10:31] TR News "OpenBSD 8.0, vmd(8), WebZFS has reached BETA3, HardenedBSD updates and more..." https://www.bsdnow.tv/688 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bsdnow.tv | BSD Now 688: Eighty [10:32] TR News "The internet is still reeling from the PHP engine vulnerability" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/combined-flaws-let-anyone-into-alpine-linux-and-other-distros-by-typing-anything-over-256-characters-as-a-password-emergency-fixes-for-openssh-and-musl-libc-issued-for-millions-of-systems-patch-immediately | Source: Tom's Hardware [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Combined flaws let anyone into Alpine Linux and other distros by typing anything over 256 characters as a password emergency fixes for OpenSSH and musl-libc issued for millions of systems, patch immediately | Tom's Hardware [10:33] TR News A new GOG Galaxy is coming in 2027 with full Linux support | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/a-new-gog-galaxy-is-coming-in-2027-with-full-linux-support/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A new GOG Galaxy is coming in 2027 with full Linux support | GamingOnLinux [10:36] TR News "If you are talking about Spain, Ill say it publicly: that frokkin manager has to go. There is absolutely no excuse for him being in the call with the customer for an hour, promise to get something done in a week then just leave for a months vacation the next day. Why didnt he disclose he was going on vacation?" [10:36] TR News "The entitlement of them Europeans is beyond anything we are used to. Trust me when I say the fatigue is real." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6p5hkm8#replies [10:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6p5hkm8#replies ) [10:36] TR News "They're running out of Americans to fire. They are the easiest to fire due to differing labor protection laws. That's my guess." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6p5hkm8#replies [10:37] TR News "Im pretty sure that this week is PIP week. Also IBM doesnt announce RAs. They dont need more negative media attention." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6q6j35q [10:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6q6j35q ) [10:37] TR News "We get it, you read the subreddit. So do we, and we're all perfectly capable of browsing reddit ourselves." [10:37] TR News "So, could you please stop spamming this board with links to every single reddit thread? There's no need to turn this place into a live reddit rss feed. If something is genuinely worth discussing, by all means, share your take, summarize the interesting bits, or bring something new to the convo." [10:38] TR News In IBM: "For the past year Ive noticed in Infra - people being asked to work on two roles simultaneously - support / TAM / DM - One person doing two jobs is perfect for them." https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1xoxfrl/ra_announced_today/?share_id=XdwQaUpWuCxgxtS4yRH0q&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1&sort=new [10:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Reddit [10:39] TR News "They are going to hire actual Indians..." (AI) https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2026/11/05/20266/?_gl=1*bqlz5a*_ga*MTc5ODEyOTIzNy4xNzc4MDgyODU0*_ga_JXW44Y23NM*czE3OTM5NjE1NzEkbzU3MCRnMCR0MTc5Mzk2MTU3MSRqNjAkbDAkaDA. [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-forums.theregister.com | Royal London plans IT outsourcing shake-up as staff brace for redundancies The Register Forums [10:40] TR News "And M&S and the Co-Op found out what happens when you out source your IT to an Indian based MSP." [10:41] TR News "Are IBM getting back into the technology outsourcing game - or will they be subbing to an associated company such as Kyndryl ? [10:41] TR News "Actually, I thought that Royal London had been here before ... I have a vague recollection of being offered an Account Architect role at Royal London near Wilmslow when I was with IBM GTS Strategic Outsourcing back in 2014 - but it might have been contingent on IBM winning a contract bid." [10:41] TR News "IBM used the Kyndryl spin-off to get rid of a litany of bad contracts that they believed were dragging down profit margins. Now they are realising there is still money to be made in managed services - the question is, are IBM going to fall back on the old practice of low-balling the bid and end up in the same mess they were in before." [10:42] TR News "Then IBM will the save more money by replacing the Indians with AI Agents what can go wrong !" [10:44] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:48] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@6mnab3uw5dgtk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:54] TR News Techrights Outsourcing at IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Outsourcing_at_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Outsourcing_at_IBM.gmi [10:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Outsourcing at IBM ● Nov 06 [11:09] TR News Fanatical Platinum Collection (November 2026) game bundle is live with some treats | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/fanatical-platinum-collection-november-2026-game-bundle-is-live-with-some-treats/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fanatical Platinum Collection (November 2026) game bundle is live with some treats | GamingOnLinux [11:09] TR News Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives hit by APT flaw that could give attackers root access | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/debian-ubuntu-and-derivatives-hit-by-apt-flaw-that-could-give-attackers-root-access/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives hit by APT flaw that could give attackers root access | GamingOnLinux [11:12] TR News Tripwire Presents expands publishing to focus on support of smaller indie teams | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/tripwire-presents-expands-publishing-to-focus-on-support-of-smaller-indie-teams/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tripwire Presents expands publishing to focus on support of smaller indie teams | GamingOnLinux [11:25] TR News s/Salon is practically dead/Salon is dead/ [11:25] TR News Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire get major updates with controller support in Beta | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/pillars-of-eternity-and-pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-get-major-updates-with-controller-support-in-beta/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire get major updates with controller support in Beta | GamingOnLinux [11:51] TR News Build a safari park, clone animals, then watch it go wrong in Captain Contraption's Safari Park | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/build-a-safari-park-clone-animals-then-watch-it-go-wrong-in-captain-contraptions-safari-park/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Build a safari park, clone animals, then watch it go wrong in Captain Contraption's Safari Park | GamingOnLinux [11:55] TR News UK moving towards banning chat in games for under 16s | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/uk-moving-towards-banning-chat-in-games-for-under-16s/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-UK moving towards banning chat in games for under 16s | GamingOnLinux ● Nov 06 [12:04] TR News The LEGO-like co-op pirate roguelite Sink My Bricks! looks like chaotic fun | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/the-lego-like-co-op-pirate-roguelite-sink-my-bricks-looks-like-chaotic-fun/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The LEGO-like co-op pirate roguelite Sink My Bricks! looks like chaotic fun | GamingOnLinux [12:04] TR News I Wanna Be a Supernova is a sweet upcoming casual incremental about devouring celestial bodies | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/i-wanna-be-a-supernova-is-a-sweet-upcoming-casual-incremental-about-devouring-celestial-bodies/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I Wanna Be a Supernova is a sweet upcoming casual incremental about devouring celestial bodies | GamingOnLinux [12:14] TR News Another SLAPP: "Russian billionaire Vitaly Orlov lawsuit against the Barents Observer is absurd and dirty" https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/11/06/another-slapp-russian-billionaire-vitaly-orlovs-lawsuit-against-the-barents-observer-is-absurd-and-dirty/ [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Another SLAPP: Russian billionaire Vitaly Orlov lawsuit against the Barents Observer is absurd and dirty [12:16] TR News Techrights Vitaly Orlov Weaponises Deep Pockets to Leverage High Court of Justice in London for Censorship and Punishment of Critics https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Vitaly_Orlov_Weaponises_Deep_Pockets_to_Leverage_High_Court_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Vitaly_Orlov_Weaponises_Deep_Pockets_to_Leverage_High_Court_of_.gmi [12:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Vitaly Orlov Weaponises Deep Pockets to Leverage High Court of Justice in London for Censorship and Punishment of Critics [12:25] TR News Transnational Swatting https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/11/06/transnational-swatting/ [12:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Transnational Swatting [12:25] TR News Older: Legal Self-Sufficiency http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/13/Legal_Self_Sufficiency.shtml [12:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Legal Self-Sufficiency [12:27] TR News (NEW): Games: Fanatical Platinum Collection, I Wanna Be a Supernova, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Games_Fanatical_Platinum_Collection_I_Wanna_Be_a_Supernova_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Games_Fanatical_Platinum_Collection_I_Wanna_Be_a_Supernova_and_.gmi [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Fanatical Platinum Collection, I Wanna Be a Supernova, and More [12:45] TR News "The newly released help panel gathers assistive resources from across Hybrid Cloud Console in one place that's always just a click away" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/3-recent-enhancements-red-hat-hybrid-cloud-console | Source: Red Hat Official [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | 3 recent enhancements to Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console [12:46] TR News "To help you meet your current needs as you prepare for the future, RedHat OpenShift continues to evolve and reimagine application delivery." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/5-minute-demo-how-build-modern-applications-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | 5-minute demo: How to build modern applications with Red Hat OpenShift [12:46] TR News "Software teams often pin dependencies to exact versions to safeguard production stability, certification, and test baselines." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/bridging-open-source-remediation-gap-introducing-two-new-lessons-lightwell | Source: Red Hat Official [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Bridging the open source remediation gap: Introducing two new lessons on Lightwell [12:47] TR News "By default, though, ls sorts its output alphabetically by file name, which is fine for a small home directory but much less useful when you open /etc or /var/log and want to know what changed recently." https://www.tecmint.com/ls-sort-files-modification-date-time/ | Source: TecMint [12:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | Sort Files by Date and Time Using ls command in Linux [12:47] TR News "In September 2026, Amazon Web Services (AWS) published its first DLAMIs built on Ubuntu Pro in the Base GPU family." https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-pro-available-on-dlami | Source: Ubuntu [12:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu Pro is now available on AWS Deep Learning Amazon Machine Images (DLAMI) | Ubuntu [12:48] TR News "Salon Shuts Down Cultural and Political Site After 31 Years" https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/salon-com-shuts-down-site-31-years-1236940936/ gawker only ran into trouble because of Thiel, is Salon being or was it killed by AI "summaries" of search results aka plagiarism? [12:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-variety.com | Salon Shuts Down Cultural and Political Site After 31 Years [12:49] TR News "Trump Admits He Ignored Court Order to Begin Building His Arch | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/217660/trump-ignore-court-order-begin-building-triumphal-arch [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Trump Admits He Ignored Court Order to Begin Building His Arch | The New Republic [12:49] TR News "Pete Hegseth May Get Impeached Before Dems Even Take Over Congress | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/217633/pete-hegseth-impeached-before-democrats-congress [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Pete Hegseth May Get Impeached Before Dems Even Take Over Congress | The New Republic [12:49] TR News "Republicans quickly turn against Pete Hegseth after midterms rout | CNN Politics" https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/04/politics/pete-hegseth-impeachment-trump?cid=ios_app [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/04/politics/pete-hegseth-impeachment-trump?cid=ios_app ) [12:50] TR News he forgets to add anything about the infiltration by Microsoft https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/UbuntuMy2604Views http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml [12:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [12:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Is Ubuntu Compromised? Push Away From GNU and GPL Led by Army Officers. [12:51] TR News slop, from a microsoft company https://thenewstack.io/docusign-mcp-server-agents/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/08/Microsoft_sponsored_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Windows_.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Joab_Jackson_and_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Spam_E_E_E_.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/19/The_New_Stack_Sponsored_by_Microsoft_Pay_Us_Money_to_Read_Promo.shtml [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thenewstack.io/docusign-mcp-server-agents/ ) [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft-sponsored "The New Stack" Publishing Microsoft Windows Articles in "Linux" Clothing [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Joab Jackson and "The New Stack" Publishing Microsoft Spam (E.E.E. Against Linux) for a Payment From Microsoft [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The New Stack, Sponsored by Microsoft: Pay Us Money to Read Promotion of Slop Composed by Microsofters to Sell Their Proprietary Slopware [12:51] TR News "What will you build next? Arduino Black Friday deals are here | Arduino Blog" https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/11/05/what-will-you-build-next-arduino-black-friday-deals-are-here/ [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | What will you build next? Arduino Black Friday deals are here | Arduino Blog [12:54] TR News What's new in network observability 1.12 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/11/05/whats-new-network-observability-112 [12:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/11/05/whats-new-network-observability-112 ) ● Nov 06 [13:22] TR News Techrights Linux (and Linus Torvalds) Sleepwalking Into a Binance-Level Catastrophe With Slop 'Code' https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Linux_and_Linus_Torvalds_Sleepwalking_Into_a_Binance_Level_Cata.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Linux_and_Linus_Torvalds_Sleepwalking_Into_a_Binance_Level_Cata.gmi [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux (and Linus Torvalds) Sleepwalking Into a Binance-Level Catastrophe With Slop 'Code' [13:39] TR News Techrights at 20 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/11/06/techrights-at-20/ [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Techrights at 20 [13:46] TR News David Jones going into administration https://www.rubenerd.au/david-jones-going-into-administration/ [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: David Jones going into administration [13:47] TR News Kushal Das: I am tired https://kushaldas.in/posts/i-am-tired.html [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kushaldas.in | Kushal Das [13:49] TR News The Servo Blog: September in Servo: , rounded rectangles, and more! https://servo.org/blog/2026/11/05/september-in-servo/ [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-servo.org | September in Servo: <progress>, rounded rectangles, and more! - Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications. [13:52] TR News Critical security vulnerability affects OpenSSH on Alpine GNU/Linux systems https://lwn.net/Articles/1105464/ [13:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Critical security vulnerability affects OpenSSH on Alpine Linux systems [LWN.net] [13:52] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1105639/ [13:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [13:54] TR News ACEMAGIC Kron Mini K5 Review Part 3: Ubuntu 26.04 on an entry-level Wildcat Lake mini PC https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/11/05/acemagic-kron-mini-k5-review-part-3-ubuntu-26-04-on-an-entry-level-wildcat-lake-mini-pc/ [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | ACEMAGIC Kron Mini K5 Review Part 3: Ubuntu 26.04 on an entry-level Wildcat Lake mini PC - CNX Software ● Nov 06 [14:01] TR News (NEW): Transnational Oppression/Repression by Microsoft-Connected Actors, Even Transnational Swatting https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Transnational_Oppression_Repression_by_Microsoft_Connected_Acto.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Transnational_Oppression_Repression_by_Microsoft_Connected_Acto.gmi [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Transnational Oppression/Repression by Microsoft-Connected Actors, Even Transnational Swatting [14:05] TR News Fedora 45 Now Available http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Fedora-45-Now-Available [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linux-magazine.com | Fedora 45 Now Available Linux Magazine [14:06] TR News QSB-122: Package verification bypass in APT (DSA-6607-1) https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/11/06/qsb-122/ [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qubes-os.org | QSB-122: Package verification bypass in APT (DSA-6607-1) | Qubes OS [14:06] TR News ReinDB: read-only performance monitoring for PostgreSQL, first database free https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/reindb-read-only-performance-monitoring-for-postgresql-first-database-free-3432/ [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: ReinDB: read-only performance monitoring for PostgreSQL, first database free [14:07] TR News OpenAI's upcoming model finds 948 Linux kernel vulnerabilities that could grant root access https://www.neowin.net/news/openais-upcoming-model-finds-948-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-that-could-grant-root-access/ [14:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/openais-upcoming-model-finds-948-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-that-could-grant-root-access/ ) [14:09] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, including Corpus and Spiritus, and Hot Wax - 2026-11-04 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-builds-2026-11-04-edition/index.html [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games with Native Linux Builds, including Corpus and Spiritus, and Hot Wax - 2026-11-04 Edition [14:09] TR News Andrew Cater: ARM Cambridge - pre mini-Debconf days 20261105 http://flosslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2026/11/arm-cambridge-pre-mini-debconf-days.html [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-flosslinuxblog.blogspot.com | FLOSSLinux: Arm Cambridge - pre mini-Debconf days 20261105 [14:12] TR News Shrink stored models with butcher https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/11/shrink-stored-models-with-butcher/ [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Shrink stored models with butcher | R-bloggers [14:12] TR News Russell Brand Is Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/arts/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-trial-verdict.html [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/arts/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-trial-verdict.html ) [14:13] TR News 22 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based YouTube Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-console-based-youtube-tools/ [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-22 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based YouTube Tools - LinuxLinks [14:13] TR News Mainstream 4.0.0 https://distrowatch.com/mainstream [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/mainstream ) [14:14] TR News Shanios 2026.11.05 https://distrowatch.com/shanios [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/shanios ) [14:18] TR News Alpine 3.24.4 https://distrowatch.com/alpine [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/alpine ) [14:18] TR News HoopoeLinux 2026-11-05 https://distrowatch.com/hoopoelinux [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/hoopoelinux ) [14:18] TR News OsoLinux 45 https://distrowatch.com/osolinux [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/osolinux ) [14:18] TR News CaramOS 1.3.4 https://distrowatch.com/caramos [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/caramos ) [14:19] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.45: Fedora 45, Immutable Ubuntu, Mint New Feature, Dual Boot Without USB and More GNU/Linux Stuff https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-45/ [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | FOSS Weekly #26.45: Fedora 45, Immutable Ubuntu, Mint New Feature, Dual Boot Without USB and More Linux Stuff [14:20] TR News This Overlooked GNU/Linux mv Option Replaces Three Commands With One https://itsfoss.com/mv-exchange/ [14:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | This Overlooked Linux mv Option Replaces Three Commands With One [14:21] TR News ESP32-S3 USB dongle adds microphone, IR and hardware security https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-s3-usb-dongle-adds-microphone-ir-and-hardware-security/ [14:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-s3-usb-dongle-adds-microphone-ir-and-hardware-security/ ) [14:22] TR News "What's vibe coding and how/why does one make the move from catering to computer programming (when so many disaffected coders are moving the other way) ? What inspired GURU and why are existing phone based PDAs based on "AI" models all rubbish?" https://cybershow.uk/content/episodes/vibe/vibe.html [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cybershow.uk | Good Vibrations? Vibe coding a digital assistant [14:23] TR News "We're currently working on our new website." Uses Microsoft (Github) :/ https://unuslumen.co.uk/ http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/17/What_s_Wrong_with_Microsoft_s_GitHub_New_Article_by_Jacob_Bachm.shtml [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unuslumen.co.uk | GURU by Unus Lumen [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights What's Wrong with Microsoft's GitHub, New Article by Jacob Bachmeyer and Richard Stallman [14:24] TR News hyperbole @ Savannah: GNU Hyperbole 9.3.2 savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10961 [14:25] TR News How To Install Vivaldi Browser on Fedora 45 https://idroot.us/install-vivaldi-browser-fedora-45/ [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Vivaldi Browser on Fedora 45 - idroot [14:26] TR News New LibreOffice Get involved flyers for handing out (and translations!) https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/11/05/new-libreoffice-get-involved-flyers-for-handing-out-and-translations/ [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | New LibreOffice "Get involved" flyers for handing out (and translations!) - TDF Community Blog [14:27] TR News JYP Entertainment Sues Distributor OneSync Over the Alleged Infringement of Stray Kids Member Hans Back to Life https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/11/05/stray-kids-lawsuit-jyp-onesync/ [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/11/05/stray-kids-lawsuit-jyp-onesync/ ) [14:29] TR News hyperbole @ Savannah: GNU Hyperbole 9.3.0 savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10959 [14:29] TR News hyperbole @ Savannah: GNU Hyperbole 9.3.1 savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10960 [14:29] TR News hyperbole @ Savannah: GNU Hyperbole 9.2.0 (Koutliner Org-style visibility cycling release) savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10958 [14:30] TR News hyperbole @ Savannah: GNU Hyperbole Interim release 9.1.0 savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10957 [14:31] TR News GAFAM (e.g. Google) sponsored Software Freedom Conservancy https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/nov/05/foss-in-the-age-of-llm-gen-ai-assisted-reverse-eng/ [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sfconservancy.org | My Keynote at SeaGL and LLM-gen-AI-assisted Reverse Engineering - Conservancy Blog - Software Freedom Conservancy [14:32] TR News "BTW when visiting a library branch today, the EndOf10.org posters were featured prominently. I put in a good word there for EndeavourOS" [14:32] TR News Lithuanian FM denies US pressure to allow Belarusian fertiliser transit through Klaipda https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3105062/lithuanian-fm-denies-us-pressure-to-allow-belarusian-fertiliser-transit-through-klaipeda [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian FM denies US pressure to allow Belarusian fertiliser transit through Klaipda - LRT [14:32] TR News Belarus refuses Lithuanias request to extradite fugitive Antanas Kandrotas https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3105099/belarus-refuses-lithuania-s-request-to-extradite-fugitive-antanas-kandrotas [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Belarus refuses Lithuanias request to extradite fugitive Antanas Kandrotas - LRT [14:32] TR News Dozens more illegal crossings prevented on Latvia-Belarus border https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/05.11.2026-dozens-more-illegal-crossings-prevented-on-latvia-belarus-border.a670643/ [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Dozens more illegal crossings prevented on Latvia-Belarus border / Article [14:51] TR News mpv 4.20 adds support for DVD & Blu-Ray menus, Wayland HDR https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/mpv-4-20-released [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | mpv 4.20 adds support for DVD & Blu-Ray menus, Wayland HDR - OMG! Ubuntu [14:52] TR News Ubuntu refreshes time zone data for Canadian clock changes https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/ubuntu-canada-timezone-changes-2026 [14:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Ubuntu refreshes time zone data for Canadian clock changes - OMG! Ubuntu [14:53] TR News MPV 0.42.0 Released with Right-Click Context Menu https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/11/mpv-0-42-0-released-right-click-menu-wayland/ [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | MPV 0.42.0 Released with Right-Click Context Menu | UbuntuHandbook [14:53] TR News KeePass 2.62 Released with Many Improvements [Ubuntu PPA] https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/11/keepass-2-62-released-with-many-improvements-ubuntu-ppa/ [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | KeePass 2.62 Released with Many Improvements [Ubuntu PPA] | UbuntuHandbook [14:54] TR News blocked by gratuitous javascript: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/11/05/new-libreoffice-get-involved-flyers-for-handing-out-and-translations/ [14:54] TR News "it is important to hammer on Restricted Boot with each mention of Garrett" https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/We_Can_Reach_31_Years_and_Longer.shtml [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines We Can Reach 31 Years and Longer [14:55] TR News Digital Borders Exposed: an online launch by Protect Not Surveil https://www.accessnow.org/event/digital-borders-exposed/ [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.accessnow.org | Digital Borders Exposed: an online launch by Protect Not Surveil - Access Now [14:56] TR News Myanmar: Civilians under fire from military junta https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20261105-myanmar-civilians-under-fire-from-military-junta [14:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20261105-myanmar-civilians-under-fire-from-military-junta ) [14:56] TR News France needs 'more public services', 'salaries are too low', 'schools are in very, very bad shape' https://www.france24.com/en/france-needs-more-public-services-salaries-are-too-low-schools-are-in-very-very-bad-shape [14:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france-needs-more-public-services-salaries-are-too-low-schools-are-in-very-very-bad-shape ) [14:58] TR News Live: Interior ministry says 600,000 protest across France as unions claim 'close to 1.6 million' https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261105-live-france-nationwide-strikes-living-costs [14:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261105-live-france-nationwide-strikes-living-costs ) [14:59] TR News After Barricades, Riots and Protests, French Workers Go on Strike https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/france-protests-general-strike.html [14:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/france-protests-general-strike.html ) [14:59] TR News Yesterday and Will Do the Same Next Week https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/During_Strikes_and_Industrial_Actions_Lots_of_EPO_Staff_Organis.shtml [14:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights During Strikes and Industrial Actions Lots of EPO Staff Organised Yesterday and Will Do the Same Next Week [14:59] TR News North Koreas army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-army-of-world-class-hackers-is-secret-weapon-that-took-down-binance [14:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance | The Straits Times ● Nov 06 [15:00] TR News What are the dangers of Intelligence Agencies using Hey Hi (AI) tools for surveillance? https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5881/what-are-dangers-intelligence-agencies-using-ai-tools-surveillance [15:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-privacyinternational.org | What are the dangers of Intelligence Agencies using AI tools for surveillance? | Privacy International [15:01] TR News Artifical Intelligence Agencies: The Use and Regulation of Hey Hi (AI) in UK Intelligence Agencies https://privacyinternational.org/report/5880/artifical-intelligence-agencies-use-and-regulation-ai-uk-intelligence-agencies [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-privacyinternational.org | Artifical Intelligence Agencies: The Use and Regulation of AI in UK Intelligence Agencies | Privacy International [15:01] TR News Artificial Intelligence Agencies https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5879/artificial-intelligence-agencies [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-privacyinternational.org | Artificial Intelligence Agencies | Privacy International [15:02] TR News Axon Sued for Allegedly Collecting Data on Millions of California Drivers Through Its Hey Hi (AI) License Plate Readers https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/axon-lawsuit-california-driver-location-data-1830402 [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Axon Sued for Allegedly Collecting Data on Millions of California Drivers Through Its AI License Plate Readers | IBTimes UK [15:02] TR News Police say linking mall cameras to Hey Hi (AI) facial recognition network complies with Hong Kong privacy laws https://hongkongfp.com/2026/11/06/police-say-linking-mall-cameras-to-ai-facial-recognition-network-complies-with-hong-kong-privacy-laws/ [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK police defend addition of AI facial recognition to CCTV network [15:04] TR News Finland Sends 2 Men to Prison for Damaging Undersea Cable in Baltic Sea https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/finland-fitburg-russia-ship-baltic-cables-sabotage.html [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/finland-fitburg-russia-ship-baltic-cables-sabotage.html ) [15:04] TR News American Is Convicted of Murder in Case That Gripped Italy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/italy-american-murder-case.html [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/italy-american-murder-case.html ) [15:05] TR News India in final-stage talks to expand BrahMos missile sale to Philippines, sources say https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-in-final-stage-talks-to-expand-brahmos-missile-sale-to-philippines-sources-say [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | India in talks to expand BrahMos sale to Philippines | The Straits Times [15:05] TR News Local journalism is in peril: Surveillance Giant Google and BillBC seen as part of problem https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/local-journalism-is-in-peril-google-and-bbc-seen-as-part-of-problem/ [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Local journalism is in peril: Google and BBC seen as part of problem - Press Gazette [15:07] TR News Test syslog-ng before the 4.13 release https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-test-before-the-413-release/ [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peter.czanik.hu | Test syslog-ng before the 4.13 release | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [15:07] TR News Kiwi TCMS: Feature spotlight: Model Context Protocol https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2026/11/05/feature-spotlight-model-context-protocol/ [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kiwitcms.org | Kiwi TCMS - Feature spotlight: Model Context Protocol [15:08] TR News PCAP-LM: Helping Hey Hi (AI) assistants read network traffic https://blog.apnic.net/2026/11/06/pcap-lm-helping-ai-assistants-read-network-traffic/ [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | PCAP-LM: Helping AI assistants read network traffic | APNIC Blog [15:08] TR News myDBR 7.7 brings web reporting to PostgreSQL https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/mydbr-77-brings-web-reporting-to-postgresql-3424/ [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: myDBR 7.7 brings web reporting to PostgreSQL [15:09] TR News Autobase 2.12 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/autobase-212-released-3430/ [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: Autobase 2.12 released [15:09] TR News PHP vulnerability post-mortem reveals bug was known two years ago https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/php-vulnerability-post-mortem-reveals-bug-was-known-two-years-ago-small-team-of-maintainers-knew-of-the-issue-before-it-was-made-public-as-new-php2shell-chained-exploit-ravages-servers [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | PHP vulnerability post-mortem reveals bug was known two years ago Small team of maintainers knew of the issue before it was made public, as new PHP2Shell chained exploit ravages servers | Tom's Hardware [15:10] TR News In Tight Mississippi Senate Race, Votes Are Carefully Scrutinized https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/mississippi-senate-colom-hydesmith-votes.html [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/mississippi-senate-colom-hydesmith-votes.html ) [15:10] TR News AAEON PICO-PTH4 Pico-ITX board is powered by an defective chip maker Intel Panther Lake SoC up to the Core Ultra X7 358H https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/11/06/aaeon-pico-pth4-pico-itx-board-is-powered-by-an-intel-panther-lake-soc-up-to-the-core-ultra-x7-358h/ [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | AAEON PICO-PTH4 Pico-ITX board is powered by an Intel Panther Lake SoC up to the Core Ultra X7 358H - CNX Software [15:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social (Error from remote client) [15:10] TR News NXP MCX W70 and KW43 wireless MCUs support Bluetooth Channel Sounding for IoT and automotive applications https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/11/05/nxp-mcx-w70-and-kw43-wireless-mcus-support-bluetooth-channel-sounding-for-iot-and-automotive-applications/ [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | NXP MCX W70 and KW43 wireless MCUs support Bluetooth Channel Sounding for IoT and automotive applications - CNX Software [15:13] TR News John Goerzen: Letter from a Kansan: Would You Rather Be Right or Happy? https://changelog.complete.org/archives/45047-letter-from-a-kansan-would-you-rather-be-right-or-happy [15:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-changelog.complete.org | Making sure you're not a bot! [15:14] TR News DTE, Consumers sue to block money out of politics proposal approved by voters https://bridgemi.com/michigan-politics/dte-consumers-sue-to-block-money-out-of-politics-proposal-approved-by-voters/ [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | DTE, Consumers sue to block money out of politics proposal approved by voters - Bridge Michigan [15:14] TR News Turkey requires COP31 speakers to pledge compliance with public morality https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-requires-cop31-speakers-to-pledge-compliance-with-public-morality-325126 [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Turkey requires COP31 speakers to pledge compliance with public morality [15:15] TR News Real-time Hey Hi (AI) video analytics on Renesas at electronica 2026 https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/real-time-ai-video-analytics-on-renesas-at-electronica-2026.html [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.collabora.com | Real-time AI video analytics on Renesas at electronica 2026 [15:17] TR News 'Leaders all over the world understand that Convicted Felon is only there for two more years & then he's gone' https://www.france24.com/en/leaders-all-over-the-world-understand-that-trump-is-only-there-for-two-more-years-then-he-s-gone [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/leaders-all-over-the-world-understand-that-trump-is-only-there-for-two-more-years-then-he-s-gone ) [15:17] TR News 'Carthage' Investigation: Ukrainian Security Officials Accused Of Involvement In Criminal Activities https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-corruption-graft-investigation/33891819.html [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | 'Carthage' Investigation: Ukrainian Security Officials Accused Of Involvement In Criminal Activities [15:17] TR News Three Ukrainians expelled from Lithuania before doing any actual damage VSD https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3105180/three-ukrainians-expelled-from-lithuania-before-doing-any-actual-damage-vsd [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Three Ukrainians expelled from Lithuania before doing any actual damage VSD - LRT [15:17] TR News Ukraines EU accession by 2030 unrealistic, says Hungarian FM in Vilnius https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3105409/ukraine-s-eu-accession-by-2030-unrealistic-says-hungarian-fm-in-vilnius [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Ukraines EU accession by 2030 unrealistic, says Hungarian FM in Vilnius - LRT [15:18] TR News Russia-Linked Hackers Hit iOS, Android Devices With Exploit Chains via Watering Holes https://www.securityweek.com/russia-linked-hackers-hit-ios-android-devices-with-exploit-chains-via-watering-holes/ [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Russia-Linked Hackers Hit iOS, Android Devices With Exploit Chains via Watering Holes - SecurityWeek [15:18] TR News Commission disburses 4.36 billion to Ukraine under the 90 billion Ukraine Support Loan https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_2349 [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [15:18] TR News A Summit in China With Convicted Felon and Putin? That Might be Awkward for Xi. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/world/asia/china-trump-putin-xi-summit.html [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/world/asia/china-trump-putin-xi-summit.html ) [15:19] TR News Dozens of homes damaged as rare hailstorms hit West Java, Lampung https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/dozens-of-homes-damaged-as-rare-hailstorms-hit-west-java-lampung [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Hailstorms damage homes in Indonesia's West Java and Lampung | The Straits Times [15:19] TR News Olimex UEXT-CH390 SPI to Ethernet module targets Raspberry Pi and ESP32 MCU boards running ESPHome https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/11/06/olimex-uext-ch390-spi-to-ethernet-module-targets-raspberry-pi-and-esp32-mcu-boards-running-esphome/ [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Olimex UEXT-CH390 SPI to Ethernet module targets Raspberry Pi and ESP32 MCU boards running ESPHome - CNX Software [15:20] TR News P4 Launcher offers a PC-like and retro gaming experience on ESP32-P4 boards https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/11/05/p4-launcher-offers-a-pc-like-and-retro-gaming-experience-on-esp32-p4-boards/ [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | P4 Launcher offers a PC-like and retro gaming experience on ESP32-P4 boards - CNX Software [15:21] TR News Clear but Absurd: The Federal Circuit Searches for a Middle Ground in Vicor v. ITC https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/11/clear-but-absurd-the-federal-circuit-searches-for-a-middle-ground-in-vicor-v-itc.html [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Clear but Absurd: The Federal Circuit Searches for a Middle Ground in Vicor v. ITC | Patently-O [15:22] TR News UPC is illegal and unconstitutional, but those malicious firms make money out of this cocaine-soaked corruption https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/hogan-lovells-cadwalader-fend-off-arrest-for-polytech-manager/ [15:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Hogan Lovells Cadwaladerfend off arrest for Polytech manager - JUVE Patent [15:23] TR News Hackers target French blood service fridges following supermarket attacks https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/blood-banks-in-france-hit-by-temperature-raising-attacks-on-fridges-purported-hackers-claim-attacks-are-about-cybersecurity-not-malice [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Hackers target French blood service fridges following supermarket attacks Russia-aligned hackers claim intrusions are just to expose bad security | Tom's Hardware [15:23] TR News French bank hit by cyberattack, hackers steal $100 million https://www.france24.com/en/cyberattack-french-bank-says-online-hacking-stole-around-100-million [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/cyberattack-french-bank-says-online-hacking-stole-around-100-million ) [15:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:25] TR News South Korean army faces backlash over soldiers runway training https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-army-faces-backlash-over-soldiers-runway-training [15:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean army faces backlash over runway training | The Straits Times [15:25] TR News South Korean audit reveals friction in US alliance as Washingtons priorities shift https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-audit-reveals-friction-in-us-alliance-as-washingtons-priorities-shift [15:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean audit reveals friction in US alliance as Washingtons priorities shift | The Straits Times [15:26] TR News New website lets South Koreans rate police investigations like restaurants https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/new-website-lets-south-koreans-rate-police-investigations-like-restaurants [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea police investigations rated online by users | The Straits Times [15:33] TR News Media Mulia, publisher of Malaysias oldest newspaper, to reconsider retrenchment of 100 staff https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/media-mulia-publisher-of-malaysias-oldest-newspaper-to-reconsider-retrenchment-of-100-staff [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Media Mulia to review retrenchment plan | The Straits Times [15:34] TR News Plot twist! A classic novel facing scrutiny in US becomes required reading in China. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/1105/jane-eyre-charlotte-bronte-china-us-ban [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Jane Eyre is loved in China but not in some parts of the US - CSMonitor.com [15:40] TR News We'll be sure to post something to SN for the 20th anniversary https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | SoylentNews Submissions ● Nov 06 [16:03] TR News China says US farm purchases hinge on tariff-cut deal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-us-farm-purchases-hinge-on-tariff-cut-deal [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China says US farm purchases hinge on tariff-cut deal | The Straits Times [16:03] TR News Hong Kong's Joshua Wong: From teenage protest leader to a decade behind bars https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/hong-kongs-joshua-wong-from-teenage-protest-leader-to-a-decade-behind-bars [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Hong Kong's Joshua Wong: From teenage protest leader to a decade behind bars | The Straits Times [16:03] TR News China-Laos military cooperation should contribute to regional stability, Vietnam says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-laos-military-cooperation-should-contribute-to-regional-stability-vietnam-says [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China-Laos military cooperation should contribute to regional stability, Vietnam says | The Straits Times [16:03] TR News Greater pressure to speed up arms sales to Taiwan possible after midterms https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/greater-pressure-to-speed-up-arms-sales-to-taiwan-possible-after-midterms [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Greater pressure to speed up arms sales to Taiwan possible after midterms | The Straits Times [16:04] TR News Chinas marriage rate in third quarter tumbles to 18-year low https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-marriage-rate-in-third-quarter-tumbles-to-18-year-low [16:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas marriage rate hits 18-year low | The Straits Times [16:04] TR News International community condemns Joshua Wongs 10-year foreign collusion sentence https://rfa.org/english/china/2026/11/05/joshua-wong-hong-kong-sentence/ [16:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | International community condemns Joshua Wongs 10-year foreign collusion sentence Radio Free Asia [16:05] TR News Systemd Wants Rust in, But its Core Will Have to Wait https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-rust-support/ [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Systemd Wants Rust in, But its Core Will Have to Wait [16:08] TR News Government names 50 local news publishers receiving share of 6m grant https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/local-media-funding-government-grants/ [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Government names 50 local news publishers receiving share of 6m grant - Press Gazette [16:19] TR News Techrights 20 Years of Techrights https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/20_Years_of_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/20_Years_of_Techrights.gmi [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 20 Years of Techrights [16:29] TR News We May Have Been Looking For The Origin of Consciousness in The Wrong Part of The Brain https://www.sciencealert.com/the-origin-of-consciousness-may-lie-in-one-of-the-most-ancient-parts-of-your-brain [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-We May Have Been Looking For The Origin of Consciousness in The Wrong Part of The Brain : ScienceAlert [16:29] TR News Longer Estrogen Exposure Linked to Less Blood Vessel Damage in Women's Brains Later in Life https://www.sciencealert.com/longer-estrogen-exposure-linked-to-less-blood-vessel-damage-in-womens-brains-later-in-life [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Longer Estrogen Exposure Linked to Less Blood Vessel Damage in Women's Brains Later in Life : ScienceAlert [16:29] TR News Scientists Discover an Unexpected Aging 'Cliff' in Sperm RNA https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-an-unexpected-aging-cliff-in-sperm-rna [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Discover an Unexpected Aging 'Cliff' in Sperm RNA : ScienceAlert [16:29] TR News The Great Pacific Garbage Patch May Be Changing The Color of The Ocean https://www.sciencealert.com/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-may-be-changing-the-color-of-the-ocean [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Great Pacific Garbage Patch May Be Changing The Color of The Ocean : ScienceAlert [16:30] TR News 2,800-Year-Old Siberian Sacrificial Tomb Reveals Earliest Known Evidence of Cannabis Intoxication https://www.sciencealert.com/2800-year-old-siberian-sacrificial-tomb-reveals-earliest-known-evidence-of-cannabis-intoxication [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-2,800-Year-Old Siberian Sacrificial Tomb Reveals Earliest Known Evidence of Cannabis Intoxication : ScienceAlert [16:31] TR News Microsoft layoffs. "Take the bag of money off the table and run. Crank up Van Halen JUMP." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m65d2ry5 [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m65d2ry5 ) [16:31] TR News "I was at IBM for a long while. Ill tell you the grass is not greener at in house roles (was in consulting). IBM has its problems like any company but its absolutely run better than other organizations." [16:31] TR News "Consulting in particular is great because you dont deal with the internal politics of one company for too long. If youve got a seat at IBM stay put." https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1xpcswb/grass_is_not_greener/ [16:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Reddit [16:32] TR News The Scrutiny of Anti-American Employment Practices Must Include IBM https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6rt0e9d [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6rt0e9d ) [16:33] TR News IBM: "Massive RAs beginning of 2027" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6rsbf7n [16:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6rsbf7n ) [16:41] TR News Feedback: "Perhaps close with a paragraph about current and near-future writing goals?" https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/20_Years_of_Techrights.shtml s/Microsoft, patents/Microsoft, software patents/ [16:41] TR News hunger next summer / autumn: https://yle.fi/a/7-10108308 apropos hunger, seed potatoes burned up - presumably more 'hybrid' action [16:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | En femtedel av Finlands sttpotatis gick upp i rk | Inrikes | Svenska Yle [16:41] TR News World First: Underwater Volcano Off US Coast Generates Net-Positive Electricity https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-underwater-volcano-off-us-coast-generates-net-positive-electricity [16:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-World First: Underwater Volcano Off US Coast Generates Net-Positive Electricity : ScienceAlert [16:41] TR News After 42 Years of Searching, Physicists Find Evidence of a One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay https://www.sciencealert.com/after-42-years-of-searching-physicists-find-evidence-of-a-one-in-10-billion-particle-decay [16:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-After 42 Years of Searching, Physicists Find Evidence of a One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay : ScienceAlert [16:42] TR News House G.O.P. Leaders Ask Nvidias Huang to Speak in Closed-Door Briefing https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/technology/house-republicans-nvidia-jensen-huang-china.html [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/technology/house-republicans-nvidia-jensen-huang-china.html ) [16:43] TR News Stocks Erase Post-Midterm Elections Rally, Dragged Down by Tech https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/business/stocks-midterms-artificial-intelligence.html [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/business/stocks-midterms-artificial-intelligence.html ) [16:43] TR News Anthropic loosens Claude's game cloning ban https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-loosens-game-restrictions-claude-will-now-offer-to-build-original-game-in-same-genre-if-asked-to-copy [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Anthropic loosens Claude's game cloning ban AI will now offer to build original games in the requested genre | Tom's Hardware [16:44] TR News midterms [16:45] TR News Tech Industry in Denial That the Midterms Show Everyone Hates Them https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tech-industry-in-denial-midterms [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Tech Industry in Denial That the Midterms Show Everyone Hates Them [16:45] TR News BuzzFeed Stock in Free Fall as Pivot to Hey Hi (AI) Blows Up in Its Face https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/buzzfeed-stock-free-fall-pivot-ai [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | BuzzFeed Stock in Free Fall as Pivot to AI Blows Up in Its Face [16:45] TR News Kids Hooked on Hey Hi (AI) Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/kids-hooked-ai-worse-mental-health [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health [16:46] TR News Voters Supported Every Single Anti-Data Center Proposal in America, Except One https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/voters-midterm-elections-data-center-ballot-america [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Voters Supported Every Single Anti-Data Center Proposal in America, Except One [16:47] TR News Does GGG (inc. Microsoft's Serial Strangler) agree? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/england-wales-ban-prohibited-pornographic-images-1830535 [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | UK Criminalises Possession of Certain Porn Images Today as New Law Targets Strangulation and Incest Content | IBTimes UK [16:47] TR News Nicki Minaj Faces $295,605 Legal Battle as Former Lawyers Say She Has Not Responded to Lawsuit 'in Any Way' https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nicki-minaj-former-lawyers-unpaid-bills-lawsuit-1830501 [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Nicki Minaj Faces $295,605 Legal Battle as Former Lawyers Say She Has Not Responded to Lawsuit 'in Any Way' | IBTimes UK [16:48] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man could woo North Korea after midterm setback, but Kim may not respond https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-could-woo-north-korea-after-midterm-setback-but-kim-may-not-respond [16:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Trump may woo North Korea after midterm setback | The Straits Times [16:48] TR News A resilient country doesnt have hungry households https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-resilient-country-doesnt-have-hungry-households/ [16:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | A resilient country doesnt have hungry households | The Strategist [16:49] TR News China doesnt need to dominate the world to threaten Australias security https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-doesnt-need-to-dominate-the-world-to-threaten-australias-security/ [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | China doesnt need to dominate the world to threaten Australias security | The Strategist [16:49] TR News Bomb Threats Disrupt European Flights and Rattle Passengers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/bomb-threats-airline-passengers.html [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/bomb-threats-airline-passengers.html ) [16:50] TR News Thailand bans textbook on national security grounds https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-bans-textbook-on-national-security-grounds [16:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Thailand bans textbook on national security grounds | The Straits Times [16:50] TR News Security Issue CVE-2026-114366: Information disclosure vulnerability in authentication handling of QWebSocket impacts Qt Framework https://www.qt.io/blog/security-issue-cve-2026-114366 [16:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Security Issue CVE-2026-114366: Information disclosure vulnerability in authentication handling of QWebSocket impacts Qt Framework [16:51] TR News China dismisses accusations of squeezing out other economies https://hongkongfp.com/2026/11/05/china-dismisses-accusations-of-squeezing-out-other-economies/ [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China dismisses accusations of 'squeezing out' other economies [16:51] TR News (NEW): GStreamer 1.28.9 Multimedia Framework Adds Support for mpph264enc Encoder https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GStreamer_1_28_9_Multimedia_Framework_Adds_Support_for_mpph264e.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GStreamer_1_28_9_Multimedia_Framework_Adds_Support_for_mpph264e.gmi [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GStreamer 1.28.9 Multimedia Framework Adds Support for mpph264enc Encoder [16:51] TR News Truly reflective of his offence: Police welcome 10-year prison sentence for activist Joshua Wong amid intl outcry https://hongkongfp.com/2026/11/05/truly-reflective-of-his-offence-police-welcome-10-year-prison-sentence-for-activist-joshua-wong-amid-intl-outcry/ [16:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Police welcome 10-year sentence for activist Joshua Wong amid int'l outcry [16:52] TR News Hong Kong national security police arrest man over allegedly importing seditious books https://hongkongfp.com/2026/11/06/hong-kong-national-security-police-arrest-man-over-allegedly-importing-seditious-books/ [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK nat. security police arrest man over allegedly importing 'seditious' books [16:53] TR News Zyxel Switch Hacks Blamed on Patched Flaw Actually Exploited a Zero-Day https://www.securityweek.com/zyxel-switch-hacks-blamed-on-patched-flaw-actually-exploited-a-zero-day/ [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Zyxel Switch Hacks Blamed on Patched Flaw Actually Exploited a Zero-Day - SecurityWeek [16:53] TR News why all the 'eggs' in one basket? https://projects.luke.fi/ruokafakta/sv/akermarksvaxter/produktionsomradet-for-hogklassig-utsadespotatis/ Sompi [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-projects.luke.fi | Produktionsomrdet fr hgklassig utsdespotatis - Matfakta [16:54] TR News The Irish decided that security is letting Microsoft control all the keys and locks for all computers and having only potatoes for food is totally safe [16:55] TR News The Agent Smith Dilemma: Governing Agentic Identities https://www.securityweek.com/the-agent-smith-dilemma-governing-agentic-identities/ [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Agent Smith Dilemma: Governing Agentic Identities - SecurityWeek [16:55] TR News Cisco, WatchGuard Release Patches; SonicWall Wont Fix GMS Flaws https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-watchguard-release-patches-sonicwall-wont-fix-gms-flaws/ [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cisco, WatchGuard Release Patches; SonicWall Wont Fix GMS Flaws - SecurityWeek [16:56] TR News Cyberattack Hits French Blood Bank Site but No Blood Products Are Compromised https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-hits-french-blood-bank-site-but-no-blood-products-are-compromised/ [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cyberattack Hits French Blood Bank Site but No Blood Products Are Compromised - SecurityWeek [16:56] TR News Bank Phishing Sites Show Fake Suspended Pages to Evade Takedowns https://www.securityweek.com/bank-phishing-sites-show-fake-suspended-pages-to-evade-takedowns/ [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bank Phishing Sites Show Fake 'Suspended' Pages to Evade Takedowns - SecurityWeek [16:57] TR News What will you build next? Arduino Black Friday deals are here https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/11/05/what-will-you-build-next-arduino-black-friday-deals-are-here/ [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | What will you build next? Arduino Black Friday deals are here | Arduino Blog [16:57] TR News KDE Gear 26.08.3 https://kde.org/announcements/gear/26.08.3/ [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kde.org | KDE Gear 26.08.3 - KDE Community [16:58] TR News Gunnar Wolf: Don't tell anybody... but we have apparently gone DARK! https://gwolf.org/2026/11/don-t-tell-anybody-but-we-have-apparently-gone-dark.html [16:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gwolf.org | Gunnar Wolf Don't tell anybody... but we have apparently gone DARK! [16:58] TR News UEFI = "single source of failure and proprietary failure at that" https://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/ [16:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | UEFI [16:59] TR News When one's publication staretgy and timing causes extremely stress at the right time the outcome can be desirable :) ● Nov 06 [17:03] TR News Vulnerability Scans for Older Cisco IOS Vulnerability / Opt-Out Headers, (Thu, Nov 5th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33492 [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Vulnerability Scans for Older Cisco IOS Vulnerability / Opt-Out Headers [17:03] TR News Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 337 released https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-337-released/ [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-diffoscope.org | diffoscope 337 released [17:04] TR News JPMorgan Stock Faces Fresh Pressure as Democrats Plan Probing Epstein Banking Ties https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/senate-democrats-jpmorgan-epstein-inquiry-1830484 http://techrights.org/n/2024/10/24/To_Linux_Foundation_Bill_Gates_is_a_Saint_and_Every_Russian_Dev.shtml [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | JPMorgan Stock Faces Fresh Pressure as Democrats Plan Probing Epstein Banking Ties | IBTimes UK [17:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights To Linux Foundation, Bill Gates is a Saint and Every Russian Developer is Pure Evil [17:05] TR News Paraguay's president Pea impeached moments after resigning over banking scandal https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261105-paraguay-s-president-pe%C3%B1a-impeached-moments-after-resigning-amid-banking-scandal [17:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261105-paraguay-s-president-pe%C3%B1a-impeached-moments-after-resigning-amid-banking-scandal ) [17:06] TR News Case Study: Kubescape Completes All Six Security Slam Badges with OpenSSF https://openssf.org/blog/2026/11/05/case-study-kubescape-completes-all-six-security-slam-badges-with-openssf/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ [17:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openssf.org | Case Study: Kubescape Completes All Six Security Slam Badges | OpenSSF [17:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation [17:07] TR News Fairphone 1: Still going strong after 13 years https://www.fairphone.com/stories/fairphone-1-still-going-strong-after-13-years [17:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fairphone 1: Still going strong after 13 years [17:08] TR News New Zealand election campaign enters final day with result too close to call https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/labour-gains-in-latest-new-zealand-poll-before-vote-results-remain-too-close-to-call [17:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | New Zealand election enters final day amid tight race | The Straits Times [17:10] TR News The New York Times 4 hours ago: "Microsofts Buyout Offer Sets Its Workforce on Edge" - DUH, it's layoffs. They give you a chance to get some money to leave EARLY. [17:10] TR News NYTimes is part of the problem, playing a role in _corporate propaganda_ [17:11] TR News The media has NO OBLIGATION TO REPEAT WHAT RICH LIARS SAY. The media's role should be to check what's TRUE, only THEN report. [17:13] TR News "Union for Arkane Lyon Accuses Microsoft of Sabotaging Marvels Blade" [17:13] TR News Microsoft is a fallen angel :) charity :) http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/30/The_Epstein_Files_Don_t_Say_the_Ages_of_Those_Russian_Girls_Bil.shtml [17:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Epstein Files Don't Say the Ages of Those "Russian Girls" Bill Epsteingate Exploited [17:15] TR News Xbox Is Closer Than Ever to Being Sold Off by Microsoft After Democrats Swept Congress, According to Gaming Industry Analyst Joost van Dreunen https://wccftech.com/microsoft-sell-xbox-democrats-congress-van-dreunen/amp/ [17:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wccftech.com | Xbox Is Closer Than Ever to Being Sold Off by Microsoft After Democrats Swept Congress, According to Gaming Industry Analyst Joost van Dreunen [17:15] TR News Nobody would wish to buy something that loses so much money [17:18] TR News "After Microsoft, [Facebook] Offers Voluntary Retirement Scheme For Employees" [17:19] TR News So that's it, ladies and gents. No more layoffs. FB is now "meta", layoffs are all just "buyouts". [17:19] TR News They should also rebrand crimes as "offences" (all of them), then say all crime is now a solved issue. [17:19] TR News "We are not divorced, we are separated voluntarily for a lifetime" [17:20] TR News "I am not pregnant, except this month" [17:20] TR News "You don't even work here! U R a bloody CONTRACTOR!" [17:21] TR News Contract not reviewed or renewed is not "termination", but the effect is the same. The media parrots the same propaganda initiated by raiders of the economies. They also bought the media. [17:22] TR News The term "layoffs" ceased to have a meaning, IBM does "PIPs" and "RAs". http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/13/We_re_Way_Past_the_Point_Where_Companies_Announce_or_Declare_Ma.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/Layoff_Trackers_Are_a_Sham_They_re_Like_US_Unemployment_Data.shtml [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights We're Way Past the Point Where Companies Announce or Declare Mass Layoffs [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Layoff Trackers Are a Sham, They're Like US 'Unemployment Data' [17:24] TR News "AI" mentioned NOT EVEN ONCE in this page. Well done, for a change. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-fedora-45 [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Announcing Fedora 45 [17:24] TR News "AI" 53 times (!!!) in this page https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/future-proofing-enterprise-ai-impact-post-quantum-cryptography-red-hat-ai-enterprise [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Future-proofing enterprise AI: The impact of post-quantum cryptography on Red Hat AI Enterprise [17:25] TR News "AI" 25 times in this page https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/sovereignty-ai-era-choice-control-and-autonomy [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Sovereignty in the AI era: Choice, control, and autonomy [17:25] TR News IBM: Red Hat is actually an "AI company", right? RIGHT? [17:26] TR News "AI" ten times in this page https://www.redhat.com/en/events/whats-next/open-source-security [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Red Hat virtual event | Whats next for open source security [17:26] TR News "AI" in 2026 = "computersomethings" [17:27] TR News IBM spam/ad https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-techstuff-26941194/episode/the-5-billion-effort-to-help-secure-the-worlds-shared-software-348511751 [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-techstuff-26941194/episode/the-5-billion-effort-to-help-secure-the-worlds-shared-software-348511751 ) [17:28] TR News Google News truly drowning in slopfarms this autumn/winter. Did it lay off ("buyouts") Google News staff again? [17:28] TR News Debian, Ubuntu patch APT flaw that could hand attackers root https://www.csoonline.com/article/4245109/debian-ubuntu-patch-apt-flaw-that-could-hand-attackers-root.html [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.csoonline.com | Debian, Ubuntu patch APT flaw that could hand attackers root | CSO Online [17:29] TR News Debian and Ubuntu Patch APT Flaw That Hands Attackers Root https://sqmagazine.co.uk/debian-ubuntu-patch-apt-flaw-attackers-root/ [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sqmagazine.co.uk | Debian and Ubuntu Patch APT Flaw That Hands Attackers Root [17:32] TR News "Meanwhile, the parties involved are playing a game of hot potato with who's fault." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/combined-flaws-let-anyone-into-alpine-linux-and-other-distros-by-typing-anything-over-256-characters-as-a-password-emergency-fixes-for-openssh-and-musl-libc-issued-for-millions-of-systems-patch-immediately [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Combined flaws let anyone into Alpine Linux and other distros by typing anything over 256 characters as a password emergency fixes for OpenSSH and musl-libc issued for millions of systems, patch immediately | Tom's Hardware [17:32] TR News "This release adds support for a new flag on Linux to help the kernel TUN/TAP to apply proper prioritization to incoming packets." https://9to5linux.com/openvpn-2-7-9-released-with-linux-and-gui-improvements-bug-fixes [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenVPN 2.7.9 Released with Linux and GUI Improvements, Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux [17:33] TR News "This release fully implements user services for the OpenRC and dinit init systems." https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-artix- [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Systemd-Free Artix Linux 2026.11 Is Out with Wayland-Only KDE Plasma Desktop - 9to5Linux [17:33] TR News "This release also adds support for modern one-to-one trackpad gestures on both Wayland and Xorg sessions." https://9to5linux.com/cinnamon-6-8-desktop-environment-released-with-hibernation-support [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cinnamon 6.8 Desktop Environment Released with Hibernation Support - 9to5Linux [17:34] TR News Your Linux desktop has two clipboards, and the reason goes back to a 1980s design decision Wayland chose to keep https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-desktop-two-clipboards-reason-1980s-decision-wayland/ [17:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Your Linux desktop has two clipboards, and the reason goes back to a 1980s design decision Wayland chose to keep [17:34] TR News Bazzite 45 Launches With Start of Linux EAC V2 Support and Wider Handheld Compatibility https://www.techpowerup.com/354498/bazzite-45-launches-with-start-of-linux-eac-v2-support-and-wider-handheld-compatibility [17:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bazzite 45 Launches With Start of Linux EAC V2 Support and Wider Handheld Compatibility | TechPowerUp [17:35] TR News "involving OpenSSH and musl" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openssh-flaw-lets-attackers-log-into-password-disabled-linux-accounts/ [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bleepingcomputer.com | OpenSSH flaw lets attackers log into password-disabled Linux accounts [17:35] TR News OpenSSH Issues Emergency Fix for Flaw Letting Long Passwords Bypass SSH Auth on Alpine Linux https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/openssh-issues-emergency-fix-for-flaw.html [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thehackernews.com | OpenSSH Issues Emergency Fix for Flaw Letting Long Passwords Bypass SSH Auth on Alpine Linux [17:36] TR News Linux Mint 27 arrives next month, and I like it already: New features and other upgrades to expect https://www.zdnet.com/tech/linux-mint-27-release-date/ [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux Mint 27 arrives next month, and I like it already: New features and other upgrades to expect - ZDNET [17:40] TR News "openSUSE Leap 16.1 lets users choose between a conventional Linux installation and an immutable system from the same installer, bringing the previously separate Leap Micro into the fold." https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/11/05/opensuse-leap-161-gives-linux-users-the-right-to-remain-immutable/5307874 [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | OpenSUSE Leap 16.1 gives Linux users the right to remain immutable [17:40] TR News From Linux to Wikipedia: How Volunteers Build the Internet https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/from-linux-to-wikipedia-how-volunteers-build-the-internet/ [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/from-linux-to-wikipedia-how-volunteers-build-the-internet/ ) [17:41] TR News They omit from Torvalds' word the mention of GNU, which actually came from MIT [17:41] TR News "More than 30 years later, GNU/Linux (or just Linux, as most people call it) runs on billions of computers worldwide and has become one of the most important pieces of software in history." [17:43] TR News Get root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/05/get-root-on-a-musl-linux-system-by-slamming-it-with-an-overly-long-password/5307910 [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Get root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password [17:43] TR News "This free Linux distro impressed me with easy tools for seeing which apps are connecting, where traffic is coming from, and what to block - in one place." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/lordos-linux-distro-network-monitoring/ [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I tried LordOS expecting another MacOS clone - then I opened its network monitor - ZDNET [17:44] TR News "If you're a fan of the MacOS UI but prefer the Linux OS, then you need to get Cutefish in your life. Even though it's in early development, it looks like it's going to be something special." https://www.zdnet.com/linux/cutefish-linux-distro-macos-clone/ [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I tried the new Cutefish Linux distro, and it might be the best MacOS clone around - ZDNET [17:48] TR News Bazzite 45 (Linux distro for gaming), and a Desktop OS for Microcontrollers: Liliputing News Roundup https://liliputing.com/a-4-key-keyboard-for-vibe-coding-apparently-bazzite-45-linux-distro-for-gaming-and-a-desktop-os-for-microcontrollers-liliputing-news-roundup/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A 4-key keyboard (for vibe coding, apparently), Bazzite 45 (Linux distro for gaming), and a Desktop OS for Microcontrollers: Liliputing News Roundup - Liliputing [17:48] TR News GrapheneOS brings Linux 6.18 to Pixel 10 series, eyes Android 17 QPR2 for Pixel 11 https://www.androidauthority.com/grapheneos-pixel-10-linux-6-18-pixel-11-support-3731993/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.androidauthority.com/grapheneos-pixel-10-linux-6-18-pixel-11-support-3731993/ ) [17:49] TR News Seems like LLM slop: Affinity Linux Port Is in Active Development, Canva Confirms https://techaeris.com/2026/11/05/affinity-linux-port-is-in-active-dev/ [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techaeris.com | Affinity Linux Port Is in Active Development, Canva Confirms [17:51] TR News (NEW): Applications: Calendars, Affinity, Ghostty, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/03/Applications_Calendars_Affinity_Ghostty_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/03/Applications_Calendars_Affinity_Ghostty_and_More.gmi [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Applications: Calendars, Affinity, Ghostty, and More [17:52] TR News Protecting against CVE-2026-98432 when using Go programs https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/30/1 [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openwall.com | oss-security - Fwd: Protecting against CVE-2026-98432 when using Go programs [17:52] TR News Alpine Linux rebuilt its GitLab server after a close call what you should check ASAP https://www.zdnet.com/tech/alpine-linux-rebuilt-gitlab-server-attack/ [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alpine Linux rebuilt its GitLab server after a close call - what you should check ASAP - ZDNET [17:54] TR News 5 Docker containers that make my Linux server easier to maintain https://www.howtogeek.com/5-docker-containers-that-make-managing-a-linux-server-easier/ [17:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 5 Docker containers that make my Linux server easier to maintain [17:57] TR News SLOP and FICTIONAL 'authors': "Miles Okada is an AI-generated research agent at Unite.AI" https://www.unite.ai/openai-pipeline-finds-948-linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-flaws/ [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenAI Pipeline Finds 948 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Flaws Unite.AI [17:58] TR News Nvidia's new AI laptop runs nearly 80% slower on Linux but only when it's plugged in https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/nvidias-new-ai-laptop-runs-nearly-80-percent-slower-on-linux-but-only-when-its-plugged-in [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomsguide.com | Nvidia's new AI laptop runs nearly 80% slower on Linux but only when it's plugged in | Tom's Guide [17:59] TR News Scams riding the "linux" brand https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/49337 [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hedera's Codebase Is Now With the Linux Foundation as Project Hiero | TokenPost [17:59] TR News Helldivers 2 gets a memory leak fix in GE-Protons latest Linux gaming update https://mixed-news.com/en/ge-proton-11-12-helldivers-2-memory-leak-linux/ [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mixed-news.com | Helldivers 2 gets a memory leak fix in GE-Protons latest Linux gaming update [17:59] TR News This Linux mini PC fits in a 12cm footprint, yet Tuxedo says it can take 128GB of RAM https://mixed-news.com/en/tuxedo-nano-pro-gen15-linux-mini-pc-128gb-ram/ [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mixed-news.com | This Linux mini PC fits in a 12cm footprint, yet Tuxedo says it can take 128GB of RAM ● Nov 06 [18:01] TR News A Dream dated 24'th of May, recorded that Morning gemini://zhupelko.ru/prose/01-Dream.gmi [18:02] TR News "I need to add Atlantis, I'm thinking now I need to separate the two, but I'll sort that out later." gemini://renfys.smol.pub/1793974324 [18:06] TR News (NEW): Security Emergency in Alpine Linux (musl and OpenSSH) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Security_Emergency_in_Alpine_Linux_musl_and_OpenSSH.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Security_Emergency_in_Alpine_Linux_musl_and_OpenSSH.gmi [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Emergency in Alpine Linux (musl and OpenSSH) [18:08] TR News (NEW): Attack Path Found in APT, Patch Available https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Attack_Path_Found_in_APT_Patch_Available.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Attack_Path_Found_in_APT_Patch_Available.gmi [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Attack Path Found in APT, Patch Available [18:11] TR News (NEW): New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds and Anthropic Makes It Simpler to Plagiarise Games With Brute Force https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds_and_Anthropic_Make.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/New_Steam_Games_with_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds_and_Anthropic_Make.gmi [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds and Anthropic Makes It Simpler to Plagiarise Games With Brute Force [18:11] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/today_s_howtos.gmi [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [18:13] TR News (NEW): MPV 0.42 Video Player Released with AMD Frame Rate Conversion Filter https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/05/MPV_0_42_Video_Player_Released_with_AMD_Frame_Rate_Conversion_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/05/MPV_0_42_Video_Player_Released_with_AMD_Frame_Rate_Conversion_F.gmi [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines MPV 0.42 Video Player Released with AMD Frame Rate Conversion Filter [18:13] TR News (NEW): Applications: KeePass 2.62 released and Testing syslog-ng before the 4.13 release https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Applications_KeePass_2_62_released_and_Testing_syslog_ng_before.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Applications_KeePass_2_62_released_and_Testing_syslog_ng_before.gmi [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Applications: KeePass 2.62 released and Testing syslog-ng before the 4.13 release [18:21] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now and The Cyber Show https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Audiocasts_Shows_BSD_Now_and_The_Cyber_Show.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Audiocasts_Shows_BSD_Now_and_The_Cyber_Show.gmi [18:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now and The Cyber Show [18:21] TR News (NEW): Microsoft's 'Open' 'AI' (Slop) Riding the Linux Brand for Self-Promotion https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Microsoft_s_Open_AI_Slop_Riding_the_Linux_Brand_for_Self_Promot.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Microsoft_s_Open_AI_Slop_Riding_the_Linux_Brand_for_Self_Promot.gmi [18:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Microsoft's 'Open' 'AI' (Slop) Riding the Linux Brand for Self-Promotion [18:23] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux in MIT Press, More GNU/Linux Mainstreaming Pieces https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GNU_Linux_in_MIT_Press_More_GNU_Linux_Mainstreaming_Pieces.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GNU_Linux_in_MIT_Press_More_GNU_Linux_Mainstreaming_Pieces.gmi [18:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux in MIT Press, More GNU/Linux Mainstreaming Pieces [18:28] TR News (NEW): Kushal Das on Fatigue (Slop Troubles) and Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Kushal_Das_on_Fatigue_Slop_Troubles_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Kushal_Das_on_Fatigue_Slop_Troubles_and_Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [18:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kushal Das on Fatigue (Slop Troubles) and Red Hat Leftovers [18:30] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD: Pair of Stories https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/FreeBSD_Pair_of_Stories.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/FreeBSD_Pair_of_Stories.gmi [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FreeBSD: Pair of Stories [18:35] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu and Linux Mint Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Ubuntu_and_Linux_Mint_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Ubuntu_and_Linux_Mint_Leftovers.gmi [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu and Linux Mint Leftovers [18:38] TR News (NEW): ESP32, Arduino, and More Open Hardware Picks https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/ESP32_Arduino_and_More_Open_Hardware_Picks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/ESP32_Arduino_and_More_Open_Hardware_Picks.gmi [18:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines ESP32, Arduino, and More Open Hardware Picks [18:46] TR News (NEW): PostgreSQL News and Some More Databases https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/PostgreSQL_News_and_Some_More_Databases.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/PostgreSQL_News_and_Some_More_Databases.gmi [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines PostgreSQL News and Some More Databases [18:50] TR News (NEW): GNU Hyperbole Has Many New Releases: 9.3.2, 9.3.0, 9.3.1, 9.2.0, and 9.1.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GNU_Hyperbole_Has_Many_New_Releases_9_3_2_9_3_0_9_3_1_9_2_0_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GNU_Hyperbole_Has_Many_New_Releases_9_3_2_9_3_0_9_3_1_9_2_0_and.gmi [18:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU Hyperbole Has Many New Releases: 9.3.2, 9.3.0, 9.3.1, 9.2.0, and 9.1.0 [18:50] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [18:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers ● Nov 06 [19:00] TR News (NEW): Debian: mini-Debconf, Would You Rather Be Right or Happy? and SPAM https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Debian_mini_Debconf_Would_You_Rather_Be_Right_or_Happy_and_SPAM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Debian_mini_Debconf_Would_You_Rather_Be_Right_or_Happy_and_SPAM.gmi [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian: mini-Debconf, Would You Rather Be Right or Happy? and SPAM [19:03] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/GNU_Linux_and_Free_Software_Leftovers.gmi [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers [19:05] TR News (NEW): Security and Windows TCO Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Security_and_Windows_TCO_Leftovers.gmi [19:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security and Windows TCO Leftovers [19:05] TR News "Dao is such a great idea. Although Dao is not an entity -- neither is space -- Daoism usually is represented by the Yin-Yang symbol." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-11-06__Dao.gmi [19:08] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 06/11/2026: Dao and Dreams https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Gemini_Links_06_11_2026_Dao_and_Dreams.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Gemini_Links_06_11_2026_Dao_and_Dreams.gmi [19:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 06/11/2026: Dao and Dreams [19:11] TR News Techrights Links 06/11/2026: "XBox Is Closer Than Ever to Being Sold Off" and "BuzzFeed Stock in Free Fall" https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Links_06_11_2026_XBox_Is_Closer_Than_Ever_to_Being_Sold_Off_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/Links_06_11_2026_XBox_Is_Closer_Than_Ever_to_Being_Sold_Off_and.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 06/11/2026: "XBox Is Closer Than Ever to Being Sold Off" and "BuzzFeed Stock in Free Fall" [19:17] *poweruser_ (~Username@s8kfk54nxqtqy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [19:19] TR News Microsoft + Microsoft = <3 https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/2227243/systemd-merges-support-for-rust-programs [19:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | Systemd Merges Support for Rust Programs - Slashdot [19:20] TR News SLOP! It'll just destroy your data, for UNKNOWN reasons. https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/10/25/2153202/a-newly-proposed-linux-filesystem-can-fix-corrupted-data [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | A Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data - Slashdot [19:20] TR News Nobody wants SLOP 'code' to manage their whole file system [19:22] TR News UK council accuses Microsoft of "blackmail" as software fees jump 15% https://www.neowin.net/news/uk-council-accuses-microsoft-of-blackmail-as-software-fees-jump-15/ [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/uk-council-accuses-microsoft-of-blackmail-as-software-fees-jump-15/ ) [19:24] TR News These boosters of monopolies on maths have lost the plot The Mental Process Exception to Patentability is Absurd, but Heres a Quick Fix https://patentdocs.org/2026/10/28/the-mental-process-exception-to-patentability-is-absurd-but-heres-a-quick-fix/ [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentdocs.org | The Mental Process Exception to Patentability is Absurd, but Heres a Quick Fix Patent Docs [19:25] TR News 'global health emergency' https://www.dw.com/en/experts-urge-global-health-emergency-as-climate-harms-accelerate/a-79773232 https://truthout.org/articles/long-awaited-climate-change-case-finally-goes-to-court-in-canada/ [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Climate change experts urge 'global health emergency' status [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Long-Awaited Climate Change Case Finally Goes to Court in Canada | Truthout [19:26] TR News Americas Miscalculation: Why Even Increased Oil Flows Through Hormuz Wont Solve The Energy Challenge https://scheerpost.com/2026/10/25/americas-miscalculation-why-even-increased-oil-flows-through-hormuz-wont-solve-the-energy-challenge/ [19:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scheerpost.com | Americas Miscalculation: Why Even Increased Oil Flows Through Hormuz Wont Solve The Energy Challenge [19:27] TR News Black Youth in the Media: Hearing About Them Not From Them https://www.projectcensored.org/black-youth-in-the-media-hearing-about-them-not-from-them/ [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/black-youth-in-the-media-hearing-about-them-not-from-them/ ) [19:28] TR News 'Individuals selected first, then evidence sought' https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-s-anti-lgbti-crackdown-individuals-selected-first-then-evidence-sought-324807 [19:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Turkey's anti-LGBTI+ crackdown: 'Individuals selected first, then evidence sought' [19:32] TR News unixshadow MAY have turned into a slopfarm [19:33] TR News My reflex of assuming our servers need ever-growing amounts of RAM https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/ServerRAMGrowthReflex [19:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [19:34] TR News Dancer2 2.3.0 Released https://blogs.perl.org/users/jason_a_crome/2026/10/dancer2-230-released.html [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dancer2 2.3.0 Released | Jason A. Crome [blogs.perl.org] [19:34] TR News Monopolies on nature http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/10/eu-general-court-confirms-that-plant.html [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | EU General Court confirms that plant variety rights applicants must provide technical data to support requests to examine a new distinguishing characteristic [19:36] TR News Stanford prison experiment: why do controversial psychology studies still have such a hold on us? https://theconversation.com/stanford-prison-experiment-why-do-controversial-psychology-studies-still-have-such-a-hold-on-us-294814 [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Stanford prison experiment: why do controversial psychology studies still have such a hold on us? [19:37] TR News England needs 120% of normal rainfall to come out of drought this winter https://theconversation.com/england-needs-120-of-normal-rainfall-to-come-out-of-drought-this-winter-storms-wont-fix-that-yet-295121 [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | England needs 120% of normal rainfall to come out of drought this winter storms wont fix that yet ● Nov 06 [20:02] TR News Russia: Critical newspaper 'Novaya Gazeta' to close https://www.dw.com/en/russia-critical-newspaper-novaya-gazeta-to-close/a-79805693 [20:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Russia: Critical newspaper 'Novaya Gazeta' to close [20:03] TR News Russia's giant new radar in Kaliningrad raises alarm in NATO https://www.dw.com/en/russia-s-giant-new-radar-in-kaliningrad-raises-alarm-in-nato/a-79797815 [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Russia's giant new radar in Kaliningrad raises alarm in NATO [20:03] TR News attacks on emergency alert apps https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-russia-report-hacking-attacks-on-emergency-alert-apps/live-79825079 [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Ukraine: At least 26 killed in Russian strikes on aid center [20:05] TR News Cyberattack wipes cloud data at major Russian hosting provider Beget https://therecord.media/russia-cyberattack-beget-cloud [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Cyberattack wipes cloud data at major Russian hosting provider Beget | The Record from Recorded Future News [20:05] TR News Pro-Russian hackers claim supermarket cooling attacks https://cphpost.dk/2026-11-05/news/round-up/pro-russian-hackers-claim-supermarket-cooling-attacks/ [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-11-05/news/round-up/pro-russian-hackers-claim-supermarket-cooling-attacks/ ) [20:06] TR News https [20:06] TR News Starlink Reportedly Tried to Upsell Ukraine on New Plan After Throttling Service https://truthout.org/articles/starlink-reportedly-tried-to-upsell-ukraine-on-new-plan-after-throttling-service/ [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Starlink Reportedly Tried to Upsell Ukraine on New Plan After Throttling Service | Truthout [20:07] TR News House Majority https://xkcd.com/3320/ [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: House Majority [20:07] TR News Elevators https://xkcd.com/3319/ [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Elevators [20:07] TR News Earth Sized Planets https://xkcd.com/3318/ [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Earth Sized Planets [20:08] TR News Gravitational Square Wave https://xkcd.com/3317/ [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Gravitational Square Wave [20:08] TR News Microsoft and Google front group FSFE at SFSCON 2026 https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20261105-01.en.html" [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fsfe.org | Digital sovereignty in action: meet the FSFE at SFSCON 2026 - FSFE [20:10] TR News Release: Artix Linux 20261102 https://artixlinux.org/news.php#Official_ISO_release_2026-11 [20:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-artixlinux.org | Artix Linux - News archives [20:10] TR News Distribution Release: Omarchy 4.5.0 https://distrowatch.com/13028 [20:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/13028 ) [20:11] TR News Ludora 45.0 out but outsourced to Microsoft (Github) https://distrowatch.com/13022 [20:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/13022 ) [20:11] TR News (NEW): NebiOS X 10.3 Anniversary Update is now available! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/NebiOS_X_10_3_Anniversary_Update_is_now_available.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/NebiOS_X_10_3_Anniversary_Update_is_now_available.gmi [20:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines NebiOS X 10.3 Anniversary Update is now available! [20:14] TR News Bazzite 45 is here! https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-45-is-here/12702 [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-universal-blue.discourse.group | Bazzite 45 is here! - Bazzite - Universal Blue [20:17] TR News (NEW): RakuOS 45 "Chojiro": package layers, Fedora 45, and a new way to keep your apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/RakuOS_45_Chojiro_package_layers_Fedora_45_and_a_new_way_to_kee.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/RakuOS_45_Chojiro_package_layers_Fedora_45_and_a_new_way_to_kee.gmi [20:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines RakuOS 45 "Chojiro": package layers, Fedora 45, and a new way to keep your apps [20:17] TR News "Leap 16.1 did not ship on the same day as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1, as stated in this article. SUSE is expect to ship SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 this month." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/11/03/leap-unites-traditional-and-immutable/ [20:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Leap 16.1 Unites Traditional and Immutable Linux in One Release - openSUSE News [20:18] TR News "There isnt anything particularly special about the images themselves but this comes with a full set of updates around the system that happened in this year." https://chimera-linux.org/news/2026/11/new-images.html [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chimera-linux.org | New images [20:19] TR News More choice and developing tooling https://aerynos.com/blog/2026/11/02/more-choice-and-developing-tooling/ [20:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-More choice and developing tooling | aerynOS [20:20] TR News (NEW): aerynOS 2026.11 Is Out with GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, COSMIC 1.11, and Budgie 10.10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/aerynOS_2026_11_Is_Out_with_GNOME_51_KDE_Plasma_6_8_COSMIC_1_11.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/02/aerynOS_2026_11_Is_Out_with_GNOME_51_KDE_Plasma_6_8_COSMIC_1_11.gmi [20:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines aerynOS 2026.11 Is Out with GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, COSMIC 1.11, and Budgie 10.10 [20:22] TR News (NEW): Sculpt OS release 26.10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Sculpt_OS_release_26_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/11/06/Sculpt_OS_release_26_10.gmi [20:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Sculpt OS release 26.10 [20:22] TR News Linux Lite 8.2 Final Released https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=10075 [20:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxliteos.com | Linux Lite 8.2 Final Released [20:23] TR News (NEW): Linux Lite 8.2 Released with Linux Kernel 7.3, Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/31/Linux_Lite_8_2_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_7_3_Based_on_Ubuntu_2.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/31/Linux_Lite_8_2_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_7_3_Based_on_Ubuntu_2.gmi [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Lite 8.2 Released with Linux Kernel 7.3, Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS [20:38] TR News Techrights IBM Compels Workers - Even at Red Hat - to Become "Retired-ish" https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/IBM_Compels_Workers_Even_at_Red_Hat_to_Become_Retired_ish.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/IBM_Compels_Workers_Even_at_Red_Hat_to_Become_Retired_ish.gmi [20:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Compels Workers - Even at Red Hat - to Become "Retired-ish" [20:43] TR News IBM "Massive RA in q4 In Sales org. Probably mostly hitting marketing after the merger earlier this year. Never made any sense. Only point was to destroy marketing which theyll now do. Ive heard US and for once Ive heard india is targeted too. Emea probably in the new year. Happy holidays from IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6s995r2 [20:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m6s995r2 ) ● Nov 06 [21:55] TR News someone said replaced "patents"; replaced by "software patents" maybe? "Perhaps close with a paragraph about current and near-future writing goals?" https://techrights.org/n/2026/11/06/20_Years_of_Techrights.shtml [21:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 20 Years of Techrights ● Nov 06 [22:11] *parsifal_ (~parsifal@2bkxv6kskvi2i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [22:12] *parsifal has quit (connection closed) ● Nov 06 [00:21] *nobody has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:22] *nobody (~nobody@7x4uyuajkwfhc.irc) has joined #techpol ● Nov 06 [01:30] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Nov 06 [02:16] *parsifal (~parsifal@2bkxv6kskvi2i.irc) has joined #techpol ● Nov 06 [08:37] TR News "Meanwhile, all the knives are out for Pete Hegseth. Good riddance." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-real-architect-of-the-iran-mess | Source: Ken Klippenstein [08:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.kenklippenstein.com | The Real Architect of the Iran Mess - Ken Klippenstein [08:38] TR News "The defining feature of Israeli democracy, including its elections last week, is its operation according to a Jewish supremacist logic" https://jacobin.com/2026/11/israel-palestine-knesset-democracy-genocide | Source: Jacobin Magazine [08:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | Elections in a Genocidal State Are Not Democratic [08:38] TR News "In our interest" https://overpopulation-project.com/book-review-is-high-immigration-really-in-our-interest/ | Source: Overpopulation [08:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-overpopulation-project.com | Book review: Is high immigration really In our interest? - The Overpopulation Project ● Nov 06 [09:19] *nobody has quit (connection closed) [09:20] *nobody (~nobody@qrj32jdxuiwdn.irc) has joined #techpol [09:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Nov 06 [12:49] TR News "Trump Admits He Ignored Court Order to Begin Building His Arch | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/217660/trump-ignore-court-order-begin-building-triumphal-arch [12:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol-newrepublic.com | Trump Admits He Ignored Court Order to Begin Building His Arch | The New Republic [12:49] TR News "Pete Hegseth May Get Impeached Before Dems Even Take Over Congress | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/217633/pete-hegseth-impeached-before-democrats-congress [12:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol-newrepublic.com | Pete Hegseth May Get Impeached Before Dems Even Take Over Congress | The New Republic [12:49] TR News "Republicans quickly turn against Pete Hegseth after midterms rout | CNN Politics" https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/04/politics/pete-hegseth-impeachment-trump?cid=ios_app [12:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/04/politics/pete-hegseth-impeachment-trump?cid=ios_app ) ● Nov 06 [14:12] TR News Russell Brand Is Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/arts/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-trial-verdict.html [14:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/arts/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-trial-verdict.html ) [14:32] TR News Lithuanian FM denies US pressure to allow Belarusian fertiliser transit through Klaipda https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3105062/lithuanian-fm-denies-us-pressure-to-allow-belarusian-fertiliser-transit-through-klaipeda [14:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian FM denies US pressure to allow Belarusian fertiliser transit through Klaipda - LRT [14:32] TR News Belarus refuses Lithuanias request to extradite fugitive Antanas Kandrotas https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3105099/belarus-refuses-lithuania-s-request-to-extradite-fugitive-antanas-kandrotas [14:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Belarus refuses Lithuanias request to extradite fugitive Antanas Kandrotas - LRT [14:32] TR News Dozens more illegal crossings prevented on Latvia-Belarus border https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/05.11.2026-dozens-more-illegal-crossings-prevented-on-latvia-belarus-border.a670643/ [14:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Dozens more illegal crossings prevented on Latvia-Belarus border / Article [14:56] TR News Myanmar: Civilians under fire from military junta https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20261105-myanmar-civilians-under-fire-from-military-junta [14:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20261105-myanmar-civilians-under-fire-from-military-junta ) ● Nov 06 [15:04] TR News American Is Convicted of Murder in Case That Gripped Italy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/italy-american-murder-case.html [15:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/italy-american-murder-case.html ) [15:05] TR News India in final-stage talks to expand BrahMos missile sale to Philippines, sources say https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-in-final-stage-talks-to-expand-brahmos-missile-sale-to-philippines-sources-say [15:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | India in talks to expand BrahMos sale to Philippines | The Straits Times [15:10] TR News In Tight Mississippi Senate Race, Votes Are Carefully Scrutinized https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/mississippi-senate-colom-hydesmith-votes.html [15:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/mississippi-senate-colom-hydesmith-votes.html ) [15:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [15:14] TR News DTE, Consumers sue to block money out of politics proposal approved by voters https://bridgemi.com/michigan-politics/dte-consumers-sue-to-block-money-out-of-politics-proposal-approved-by-voters/ [15:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-bridgemi.com | DTE, Consumers sue to block money out of politics proposal approved by voters - 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LRT [15:17] TR News Ukraines EU accession by 2030 unrealistic, says Hungarian FM in Vilnius https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3105409/ukraine-s-eu-accession-by-2030-unrealistic-says-hungarian-fm-in-vilnius [15:17] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Ukraines EU accession by 2030 unrealistic, says Hungarian FM in Vilnius - LRT [15:18] TR News Russia-Linked Hackers Hit iOS, Android Devices With Exploit Chains via Watering Holes https://www.securityweek.com/russia-linked-hackers-hit-ios-android-devices-with-exploit-chains-via-watering-holes/ [15:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Russia-Linked Hackers Hit iOS, Android Devices With Exploit Chains via Watering Holes - SecurityWeek [15:18] TR News Commission disburses 4.36 billion to Ukraine under the 90 billion Ukraine Support Loan https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_2349 [15:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [15:18] TR News A Summit in China With Convicted Felon and Putin? That Might be Awkward for Xi. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/world/asia/china-trump-putin-xi-summit.html [15:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/world/asia/china-trump-putin-xi-summit.html ) [15:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [15:25] TR News South Korean army faces backlash over soldiers runway training https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-army-faces-backlash-over-soldiers-runway-training [15:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean army faces backlash over runway training | The Straits Times [15:25] TR News South Korean audit reveals friction in US alliance as Washingtons priorities shift https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-audit-reveals-friction-in-us-alliance-as-washingtons-priorities-shift [15:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean audit reveals friction in US alliance as Washingtons priorities shift | The Straits Times [15:50] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/05/amtrak-workers-union-passengers-guns [15:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Amtrak workers union denounces plan to let passengers bring guns on trains: Sheer lunacy | Amtrak | The Guardian ● Nov 06 [16:03] TR News China says US farm purchases hinge on tariff-cut deal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-us-farm-purchases-hinge-on-tariff-cut-deal [16:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China says US farm purchases hinge on tariff-cut deal | The Straits Times [16:03] TR News China-Laos military cooperation should contribute to regional stability, Vietnam says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-laos-military-cooperation-should-contribute-to-regional-stability-vietnam-says [16:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China-Laos military cooperation should contribute to regional stability, Vietnam says | The Straits Times [16:03] TR News Greater pressure to speed up arms sales to Taiwan possible after midterms https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/greater-pressure-to-speed-up-arms-sales-to-taiwan-possible-after-midterms [16:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Greater pressure to speed up arms sales to Taiwan possible after midterms | The Straits Times [16:42] TR News House G.O.P. Leaders Ask Nvidias Huang to Speak in Closed-Door Briefing https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/technology/house-republicans-nvidia-jensen-huang-china.html [16:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/technology/house-republicans-nvidia-jensen-huang-china.html ) [16:48] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man could woo North Korea after midterm setback, but Kim may not respond https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-could-woo-north-korea-after-midterm-setback-but-kim-may-not-respond [16:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Trump may woo North Korea after midterm setback | The Straits Times [16:49] TR News China doesnt need to dominate the world to threaten Australias security https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-doesnt-need-to-dominate-the-world-to-threaten-australias-security/ [16:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | China doesnt need to dominate the world to threaten Australias security | The Strategist [16:49] TR News Bomb Threats Disrupt European Flights and Rattle Passengers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/bomb-threats-airline-passengers.html [16:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/world/europe/bomb-threats-airline-passengers.html ) [16:51] TR News China dismisses accusations of squeezing out other economies https://hongkongfp.com/2026/11/05/china-dismisses-accusations-of-squeezing-out-other-economies/ [16:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | China dismisses accusations of 'squeezing out' other economies ● Nov 06 [17:05] TR News Paraguay's president Pea impeached moments after resigning over banking scandal https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261105-paraguay-s-president-pe%C3%B1a-impeached-moments-after-resigning-amid-banking-scandal [17:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261105-paraguay-s-president-pe%C3%B1a-impeached-moments-after-resigning-amid-banking-scandal ) [17:08] TR News New Zealand election campaign enters final day with result too close to call https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/labour-gains-in-latest-new-zealand-poll-before-vote-results-remain-too-close-to-call [17:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | New Zealand election enters final day amid tight race | The Straits Times ● Nov 06 [18:59] parsifal From Linux to Wikipedia: How Volunteers Build the Internet -> https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/from-linux-to-wikipedia-how-volunteers-build-the-internet/ [18:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/from-linux-to-wikipedia-how-volunteers-build-the-internet/ ) [18:59] parsifal ^An interesting read about the immense power that built from scratch the things mentioned in the title. Things that have long since become a pale, corrupted shadow of what they once were. [18:59] parsifal And the blame for this lies not with the millions of volunteers, but with various self-proclaimed impostors, who seem to forget that he who gives can also take away what he has given... 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