●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 ●● ● Jul 15 [00:03] TR News (NEW): COSMIC 1.3 Desktop Environment Released with Frosted Glass Effect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/COSMIC_1_3_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Frosted_Glass_Effe.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/COSMIC_1_3_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Frosted_Glass_Effe.gmi [00:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines COSMIC 1.3 Desktop Environment Released with Frosted Glass Effect ● Jul 15 [01:53] *KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:56] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jul 15 [02:34] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-140726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-140726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-140726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-140726.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-07-14.txt ● Jul 15 [05:13] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [05:13] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_July_14_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_July_14_2026.gmi [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 [05:13] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:15] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:17] TR News "ldersgrnser fr sociala medier innebr ID-tvng fr alla" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/13/aldersgranser-for-sociala-medier-innebar-id-tvang-for-alla/ [05:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | ldersgrnser fr sociala medier innebr ID-tvng fr alla [05:17] TR News "Trump is boosting military spending. Companies backed by his sons are earning billions from it | The Independent" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-sons-government-contracts-military-b3014160.html [05:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | Trump is boosting military spending. Companies backed by his sons are earning billions from it | The Independent [05:17] TR News "Lindsey Graham Chose Evil | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/lindsey-graham-obituary-trump/ [05:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Lindsey Graham Chose Evil | The Nation [05:17] TR News "John Roberts and the Unravelling of Democracy | Washington Spectator" https://washingtonspectator.org/john-roberts-and-the-unravelling-of-democracy/ [05:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://washingtonspectator.org/john-roberts-and-the-unravelling-of-democracy/ ) [05:17] TR News "Voulez-vous parler d'Emacs avec Prot et moi? :: Sacha Chua" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/07/voulez-vous-parler-d-emacs-avec-prot-et-moi/ [05:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sachachua-com.translate.goog | Voulez-vous parler d'Emacs avec Prot et moi? :: Sacha Chua [05:18] TR News "German-American veteran of the Battle of the Bulge dies at 100" https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/07/13/german-american-veteran-of-the-battle-of-the-bulge-dies-at-100/ [05:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.armytimes.com | German-American veteran of the Battle of the Bulge dies at 100 [05:18] TR News "EU vill ha mer SVT p Youtube" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/14/eu-vill-ha-mer-svt-pa-youtube/ [05:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://www.google.com/sorry/index?continue=https://translate.google.com/translate%3Fsl%3Dsv%26tl%3Den%26u%3Dhttps://femtejuli.se/2026/07/14/eu-vill-ha-mer-svt-pa-youtube/&q=EgReTM9xGISU3NIGIjCfm9sEtJB5M8RvhQ0tuQ40YA9aeG_H2GcwceOGy95ns2s_n4YsAVTdx9kSi0aYhoEyAnJSWgFD ) [05:19] TR News System76 reveal the Adder Pro laptop that's "a gamer's dream Linux machine" | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/system76-reveal-the-adder-pro-laptop-thats-a-gamers-dream-linux-machine/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-System76 reveal the Adder Pro laptop that's "a gamer's dream Linux machine" | GamingOnLinux [05:20] TR News Fanatical launch the Best of Killer Bundle with some good stuff for cheaps | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/fanatical-launch-the-best-of-killer-bundle-with-some-good-stuff-for-cheaps/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/fanatical-launch-the-best-of-killer-bundle-with-some-good-stuff-for-cheaps/ [05:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fanatical launch the Best of Killer Bundle with some good stuff for cheaps | GamingOnLinux [05:20] TR News HYPERWIRED is a great twist on arcade shoot 'em ups where you have to keep plugging in | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/hyperwired-is-a-great-twist-on-arcade-shoot-em-ups-where-you-have-to-keep-plugging-in/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HYPERWIRED is a great twist on arcade shoot 'em ups where you have to keep plugging in | GamingOnLinux [05:21] TR News Get a bundle of 12 narrative games for $10 from Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/get-a-bundle-of-12-narrative-games-for-10-from-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Get a bundle of 12 narrative games for $10 from Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [05:23] TR News GoldenEye and Perfect Dark inspired shooter Agent 64: Spies Never Die launches August 11 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/goldeneye-and-perfect-dark-inspired-shooter-agent-64-spies-never-die-launches-august-11/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GoldenEye and Perfect Dark inspired shooter Agent 64: Spies Never Die launches August 11 | GamingOnLinux [05:24] TR News If you love the classic Resident Evil then keep an eye on Pulsebreaker | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/if-you-love-the-classic-resident-evil-then-keep-an-eye-on-pulsebreaker/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/if-you-love-the-classic-resident-evil-then-keep-an-eye-on-pulsebreaker/ [05:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-If you love the classic Resident Evil then keep an eye on Pulsebreaker | GamingOnLinux [05:27] TR News Abyssal Merge is a multi-tasking fishing bullet hell | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/abyssal-merge-is-a-multi-tasking-fishing-bullet-hell/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/abyssal-merge-is-a-multi-tasking-fishing-bullet-hell/ [05:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Abyssal Merge is a multi-tasking fishing bullet hell | GamingOnLinux [05:28] TR News Face the cold and various horrors in the spooky looking After Hell Freezes Over | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/face-the-cold-and-various-horrors-in-the-spooky-looking-after-hell-freezes-over/ Source: GamingOnLinux [05:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Face the cold and various horrors in the spooky looking After Hell Freezes Over | GamingOnLinux [05:29] TR News GNU/Linux still at 7.3% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200902-202607 [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats [05:30] TR News (NEW): Games: Best of Killer Bundle, HYPERWIRED, Pulsebreaker, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Games_Best_of_Killer_Bundle_HYPERWIRED_Pulsebreaker_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Games_Best_of_Killer_Bundle_HYPERWIRED_Pulsebreaker_and_More.gmi [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Best of Killer Bundle, HYPERWIRED, Pulsebreaker, and More [05:30] TR News "Open source AI has crossed a threshold. For years the debate has centered around whether open models could ever compete with closed ones." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-state-of-open-source-ai-report/ | Source: Mozilla [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Mozillas Inaugural State of Open Source AI Report Is Here [05:31] TR News "look at how Microsoft was treating people who tried to use a different browser on Windows." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/browser-choice-windows-report-over-the-edge-2/ | Source: Mozilla [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Over The Edge 2.0: what independent researchers found about browser choice on Windows [05:31] TR News "The QS93 is based on the NXP i.MX 9352 processor, which includes two Arm Cortex-A55 application cores running at up to 1.7GHz and a 250MHz Cortex-M33 core for real-time processing." https://linuxgizmos.com/ka-ro-qs93-and-qs95-solder-down-modules-come-with-linux-evaluation-boards/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/ka-ro-qs93-and-qs95-solder-down-modules-come-with-linux-evaluation-boards/ ) [05:31] TR News "600MHz Xuantie E907 RISC-V core" https://linuxgizmos.com/tronlong-tlt153-minievm-pairs-quad-core-cortex-a7-processing-with-a-xuantie-e907-risc-v-core/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/tronlong-tlt153-minievm-pairs-quad-core-cortex-a7-processing-with-a-xuantie-e907-risc-v-core/ ) [05:32] TR News IBM Red Hat trying to sell slop, not OpenShift https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-openshift-422-impacts-enterprise-ais-bottom-line | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | How Red Hat OpenShift 4.22 impacts enterprise AIs bottom line [05:32] TR News Slop, slop, slop https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/navigate-ai-and-scale-red-hat-openshift-422 | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Navigate AI and scale with Red Hat OpenShift 4.22 [05:32] TR News "The latest release of Red Hats migration toolkit for virtualization is version 2.12, and isin line with Red Hat OpenShift 4.22. " https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/storage-processing-accelerates-vm-migrations-migration-toolkit-virtualization-212 | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Storage processing accelerates VM migrations in the migration toolkit for virtualization 2.12 [05:32] TR News "By decoupling the platform from the application, service providers can finally achieve the cloud-native agility required to deploy new services in days rather than months." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-future-telco-depends-open-ecosystem-led-architectures | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Why the future of telco depends on open, ecosystem-led architectures [05:32] TR News "runtime-attested" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/zero-trust-workload-identity-manager-11-generally-available-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Zero trust workload identity manager version 1.1 generally available on Red Hat OpenShift [05:33] TR News "We first published this roundup in 2023, but the Node.js framework ecosystem has changed a lot since then." https://www.tecmint.com/best-nodejs-frameworks-for-developers/ | Source: TecMint [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | 17 Best Node.js Frameworks to Build Web Applications in 2026 [05:33] TR News "As the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2026 will be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the openSUSE.Asia Organization Committee is now inviting local openSUSE communities to submit proposals to host the 2027 summit." https://news.opensuse.org/2026/07/14/osas-cfh/ | Source: OpenSUSE [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | openSUSE Asia Summit 2027 Call For Host - openSUSE News [05:34] TR News Building a Custom Metrics Exporter for Kubernetes | Kubernetes https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/14/custom-metrics-exporter-kubernetes/ Source: Kubernetes Blog | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//kubernetes.io/blog/2026/07/14/custom-metrics-exporter-kubernetes/ [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kubernetes.io | Building a Custom Metrics Exporter for Kubernetes | Kubernetes [05:34] TR News "Researchers said the tool transmitted more repository data than the model required, while a later serverside change disabled full repository uploads." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/security-concerns-xai-grok-build-cli-uploading-git-repositories-1808445 | Source: International Business Times [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Grok Build Uploaded Entire Repositories When It Only Needed Parts of the Code, Researchers Say | IBTimes UK [05:34] TR News "The U.S. continues to crack down on sports streaming sites, seizing well over a hundred additional domain names this weekend" https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-seizes-more-pirate-sports-streaming-domains-but-iranian-fallbacks-remain/ | Source: Torrent Freak [05:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-U.S. Seizes More Pirate Sports Streaming Domains, But Iranian Fallbacks Remain * TorrentFreak [05:35] TR News "Seven cases, one vacation. Id call it even. Let me know what you think in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media." https://copyrightlately.com/whats-up-copyright-lately-summer-2026-roundup/ | Source: CopyrightLately [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-copyrightlately.com | What's Up With Copyright Lately?: Summer Breeze Edition | Copyright Lately [05:35] TR News "I think it misunderstands how these models work" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/bjorn-ulvaeus-keynote-ai-good-for-global-summit/ | Source: Digital Music News [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/bjorn-ulvaeus-keynote-ai-good-for-global-summit/ ) [05:35] TR News "Oligopoly is hard-coded inas a result of decisions made by and for the oligopoly companies." https://blog.zgp.org/oops-all-oligopoly/ | Source: Don Marti [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | Oops! All oligopoly [05:35] TR News "AnimeFLV, the largest Spanish-language anime piracy site on the internet, has stopped serving video to its tens of millions of monthly visitors." https://torrentfreak.com/anime-piracy-giant-animeflv-mysteriously-stopped-serving-video/ | Source: Torrent Freak [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Anime Piracy Giant Animeflv Mysteriously Stopped Serving Video * TorrentFreak [05:35] TR News "That fragmentation is deeply ironic, because one of the main justifications for a new copyright Directive was to bring consistency across the EU." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/how-the-spread-of-local-ai-models-makes-copyright-enforcement-harder/ | Source: Techdirt [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How The Spread Of Local AI Models Makes Copyright Enforcement Harder | Techdirt [05:36] TR News "backlash over privacy concerns" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/meta-shuts-down-instagram-ai-image-feature/ | Source: Digital Music News [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/meta-shuts-down-instagram-ai-image-feature/ ) [05:36] TR News "Investors want number go up. So enshittification comes for everyone." https://blog.zgp.org/enshittification-is-riskier-than-it-looks/ | Source: Don Marti [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | Enshittification is riskier than it looks [05:36] TR News "The state lawsuit, led by California AG Rob Bonta and filed in the U.S. District for the Northern District of California" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/a-dozen-states-sue-to-block-paramounts-shitty-unpopular-merger/ | Source: Techdirt [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Dozen States Sue To Block Paramounts Shitty, Unpopular Merger | Techdirt [05:37] TR News "Paramount officials have been telling California that the merger will create vast untold new creative Utopias should it be approved, but few reasonable people believe them." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/paramount-falsely-threatens-to-leave-california-after-state-challenges-merger/ | Source: Techdirt [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Paramount Falsely Threatens To Leave California After State Challenges Merger | Techdirt [05:38] TR News Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.pcworld.com/article/3189674/secure-boot-certificate-updates-are-broken-on-some-pcs-microsoft-confirms.html | Source: PC World [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Secure Boot certificate updates are broken on some PCs, Microsoft confirms | PCWorld [05:38] TR News "Along with the many displays of outrage" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/the-death-of-physical-media-and-the-real-challenges-to-software-archiving/ | Source: Hackaday [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Death Of Physical Media And The Real Challenges To Software Archiving | Hackaday [05:38] TR News "This article grew out of a lightning talk at RIPE 91 in Bucharest, titled A Farewell to ARPs." https://labs.ripe.net/author/remco-van-mook/a-farewell-to-arps-ipv4-service-on-ipv6-only-networks/ | Source: RIPE [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-labs.ripe.net | A Farewell to ARPs: IPv4 Service on IPv6-Only Networks | RIPE Labs [05:38] TR News "A viral video appears to show masked ICE agents slamming an already restrained young man's face into rocks, then pointing tasers at bystanders whose apparent offense was filming it." https://boingboing.net/2026/07/13/masked-ice-agents-slam-an-already-restrained-man-into-rocks-then-threaten-the-cameras.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boingboing.net | Masked ICE agents slam an already restrained man into rocks, then threaten the cameras - Boing Boing [05:39] TR News "the LAPD had improperly "investigated" 161 people whose cars were flagged as stolen in the LAPDs ALPR system but were not actually stolen" https://www.404media.co/lapd-regularly-pulled-over-innocent-people-because-license-plate-readers-flagged-their-cars-as-stolen/ | Source: 404 Media [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | LAPD Regularly Pulled Over Innocent People Because License Plate Readers Flagged Their Cars As Stolen [05:39] TR News "Jacobin spoke to Hong about the history of labor fights at Samsung and what semiconductor workers recent contract win means for the companys workforce more broadly." https://jacobin.com/2026/07/samsung-semiconductor-workers-union-subcontractors | Source: Jacobin Magazine [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Samsung Workers Fight Is Just Beginning [05:44] TR News "As Reuters reports, 26 Meta employees filed a lawsuit accusing the company of using an internal AI platform to select targets for the thousands of jobs cut earlier this year." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-biased-ai-layoffs-workers-labor-lawsuit | Source: Futurism [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Used Its Own Flawed AI to Pick Which Employees to Lay Off, Lawsuit Claims [05:44] TR News "Oxfam Ireland is hosting the Digital Rights and Equality Symposium on 21 October 2026 at OReilly Hall, University College Dublin." https://edri.org/take-action/events/digital-rights-and-equality-symposium/ | Source: EDRI [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | Digital Rights and Equality Symposium - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [05:44] TR News "We already know ICE officers have gone out of their way to aim their phones at protesters and others who try to derail their masked kidnapping squads." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/14/ice-camera-crews-are-labeling-themselves-media-filming-anti-ice-protesters/ | Source: Techdirt [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ICE Camera Crews Are Labeling Themselves Media, Filming Anti-ICE Protesters | Techdirt [05:44] TR News "I apologize for this additional invasion of your inbox, but ICE has gone rogue and we must stop its mayhem. Organize, mobilize, demand answers." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/abolishing-ice-is-the-bare-minimum | Source: Robert Reich [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum - Robert Reich [05:46] TR News "The cases have drawn attention because, in several of them, authorities claimed that the victims had used their vehicles as weapons to try to run over agents" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-07-14/how-many-people-have-been-killed-by-immigration-agents-gunfire-amid-trumps-crackdown.html | Source: El Pas [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | How many people have been killed by immigration agents gunfire amid Trumps crackdown? | U.S. | EL PAS English [05:46] TR News "The coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, was the scene on Monday of the second fatal shooting by agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in less than a week." https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-07-14/colombian-man-killed-by-ice-in-maine-was-not-the-agents-target.html | Source: El Pas [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Colombian man killed by ICE in Maine was not the agents target | U.S. | EL PAS English [05:46] TR News "fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis by federal immigration officials" https://www.notus.org/us-news/minnesota-prosecutors-ice-renee-good-alex-pretti-evidence | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Trump Administration Finally Hands Over Evidence From Minnesota ICE Shootings - NOTUS News of the United States [05:46] TR News "Two immigrant rights groups, Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition and Presente! Maine, said that the victim was a 26-year-old Colombian man who was authorized to work in the United States, and held a Social Security number." https://truthout.org/articles/ice-reportedly-killed-man-in-maine-in-second-fatal-ice-shooting-in-a-week/ | Source: TruthOut [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | ICE Reportedly Killed Maine Man in Second Fatal ICE Shooting in a Week | Truthout [05:46] TR News "I've run into the PPI consistently during my research on broadband." https://karlbode.com/the-lies-theyre-telling-towns-and-tribes-about-the-benefits-of-ai-data-centers/ | Source: Karl Bode [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-karlbode.com | The Lies They're Telling Towns And Tribes About The Benefits Of AI Data Centers [05:46] TR News "An additional factor influencing the evolution of public attitudes is the phenomenon commonly described in academic literature as crisis fatigue or compassion fatigue." https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/07/13/russian-disinformation-is-effective-primarily-because-it-exploits-pre-existing-divisions-rather-than-creating-them-from-scratch/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neweasterneurope.eu | "Russian disinformation is effective primarily because it exploits pre-existing divisions rather than creating them from scratch" - New Eastern Europe [05:47] TR News "In some cases, the subpoenas were delivered by federal agents who showed up at reporters homes." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/business/media/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas.html | Source: New York Times [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/business/media/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas.html ) [05:48] TR News "This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/13/trump-war-on-media | Source: The Guardian UK [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Is Donald Trump winning his war against the media? | Media | The Guardian [05:48] TR News "The Justice Department has weaponized its authorities to silence journalists for reporting on the administration" https://cpj.org/2026/07/cpj-calls-for-accountability-from-attorney-general-nominee-todd-blanche-over-doj-press-freedom-violations/ | Source: CPJ [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | CPJ calls for accountability from Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche over DOJ press freedom violations - Committee to Protect Journalists [05:48] TR News "He founded the now-defunct French-language weekly Demain and its Arabic-language sister publication Doumane." https://cpj.org/2026/07/moroccan-authorities-arrest-journalist-ali-lmrabet-over-alleged-false-information/ | Source: CPJ [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Moroccan authorities arrest journalist Ali Lmrabet over alleged false information - Committee to Protect Journalists [05:48] TR News "When cases involving journalists are shrouded in secrecy, public confidence in judicial institutions and professional accountability mechanisms is weakened" https://cpj.org/2026/07/cpj-demands-answers-over-reported-jailing-of-jordanian-sports-journalist/ | Source: CPJ [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | CPJ demands answers over reported jailing of Jordanian sports journalist - Committee to Protect Journalists [05:49] TR News "prosecute what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described as unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information to news media." https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/07/13/us-creates-task-force-to-prosecute-leaks-to-news-media-hegseth-says/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.armytimes.com | US creates task force to prosecute leaks to news media, Hegseth says [05:50] TR News Techrights got vindicated 'big time' re ibm false accounting [05:50] TR News "The theory is simple: if the president can be made to feel enough like a winner, maybe fewer countries will need to be bombed for emotional regulation." https://boingboing.net/2026/07/13/giant-participation-trophy-appears-on-the-national-mall-for-trumps-iran-war-effort.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boingboing.net | Giant participation trophy appears on the National Mall for Trumps Iran War "effort" - Boing Boing [05:50] TR News "Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) on Monday said she had summoned Russia's ambassador to Helsinki, Pavel Kuznetsov, in response to Russian cyber activities." https://yle.fi/a/74-20236235 | Source: Yle [05:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | FM Valtonen summons Russian ambassador | Yle News | Yle [05:51] TR News "This seems like a weak response, given that Apple says it reported its findings to OpenAI in February and never heard back. Presumably, theyve already investigated but see the situation as serious enough that they need to say as little as possible." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/13/apple-sues-openai-over-trade-secrets/ | Source: Michael Tsai [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - Apple Sues OpenAI Over Trade Secrets [05:51] TR News "Americans, then, overwhelmingly believe that corporate taxes should go up yet they keep going down. Why?" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/oligarchy-in-action-the-case-of-corporate | Source: Paul Krugman [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Oligarchy in Action: The Case of Corporate Tax Cuts [05:51] TR News "Google is 27 years old, founded on September 4, 1998, which makes it younger than the World Wide Web it helped organize and older than most of the smartphones people use to search it." https://sqmagazine.co.uk/how-old-is-google/ | Source: SQ Magazine [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sqmagazine.co.uk | How Old Is Google? Founding Date, Age, and Company History SQ Magazine [05:52] TR News iophk: "Tomi Ahonen used to have a very good style of pointing out the correctness of his past observations when it was time for that. His blog has been erased, it happened when the hosting company he used went under. So I can't really point to examples there any more." [05:52] TR News "In this particular space, there is no other option but to build domestic capacity" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/india-must-build-resilient-software-and-hardware-systems-to-withstand-cyber-threats-meity-secretary/articleshow/132361646.cms | Source: India Times [05:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | India must build resilient software and hardware systems to withstand cyber threats: MeitY Secretary - The Economic Times [05:52] TR News "Today, Explained co-host Sean Rameswaram spoke with Gibson about the Catholic drama, what this schism represents, and why it might be a losing battle to go up against the pope." https://www.vox.com/podcasts/495209/pope-leo-excommunicate-catholics | Source: Vox [05:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pope Leo XIV excommunicated Catholics who ordained their own bishops. | Vox [05:52] TR News "The problem is that once the atavistic, impulsive elements of your project escape containment, the resultant turbulence sucks everyone else into their chaotic vortex" https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/14/designated-survivor/#actuary-incoherence | Source: CoryDoctorow [05:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Gerontocracys failure mode (14 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [05:53] TR News "On the Cyber Show we look carefully at technology from a humane and scientific point of view." https://cybershow.uk/content/blog/deliverus/deliverus.html | Source: The Cyber Show [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cybershow.uk | And Deliver Us From Tech Evil [05:53] TR News "The late senator knew right from wrong and did the wrong thing anyway." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/lindsey-grahams-choices | Source: The Next Move [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenextmove.org | Lindsey Graham's Choices - by Garry Kasparov [05:53] TR News "Some companies fail years before they stop making money." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/zombie-companies/ | Source: Jono Alderson [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jonoalderson.com | Zombie companies - Jono Alderson [05:54] TR News "political terrorism refers to domestic opposition" https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-summons-poltergeist-to-go-after | Source: Ken Klippenstein [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kenklippenstein.com | Trump Summons "Poltergeist" to Go After Opponents [05:54] TR News "For this article, I decided to dig into some facts about the President presiding over each of these five celebrations." https://thenewleafjournal.com/facts-about-the-full-and-semi-centennial-presidents/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewleafjournal.com | Facts About the Full and Semi Centennial Presidents The New Leaf Journal [05:54] TR News "To see what Im talking about, start with a question: Why was oil so cheap just before this latest confrontation?" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/suddenly-hormuz-is-less-crucial-than | Source: Paul Krugman [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Suddenly, Hormuz is Less Crucial Than It Was [05:55] TR News "eclaim the Luddite" https://www.salon.com/2026/07/13/its-time-to-reclaim-the-luddite/ | Source: Salon [05:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-It's time to reclaim the Luddite - Salon.com ● Jul 15 [06:02] TR News "The down-stream impacts dont really materialize either." https://futurism.com/future-society/data-center-economics-job-labor-construction-ai | Source: Futurism [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Economics of Data Centers Creating Jobs Are So Bad That They Sound Like a Joke [06:03] TR News "Grand Staircase-Escalante" https://www.notus.org/climate-environment/trump-cuts-utah-national-monuments-bears-ears-grand-staircase | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Trump Cuts Two Utah National Monuments by More Than 90% - NOTUS News of the United States [06:03] TR News "His whole head, neck, shoulders" https://apnews.com/article/greece-germany-ryanair-passenger-457c424f541152af1becdb387c90cfdd | Source: Associated Press [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-apnews.com | Passenger partly sucked out of window soon after flight takes off from Greece | AP News [06:04] TR News "It has a hefty USB-C PD (Power Delivery) port for rapid charging of my phone and laptop." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/im-a-usb-c-maximalist/ | Source: Terence Eden [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-shkspr.mobi | Im a USB-C Maximalist Terence Edens Blog [06:04] TR News "As companies like Alphabet Inc. and Tesla Inc. bring self-driving taxis to more cities, the messier aspects of serving unpredictable humans are becoming harder to ignore." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-14/sleeping-robotaxi-riders-are-triggering-911-calls-straining-first-responders | Source: Los Angeles Times [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Sleeping robotaxi riders are triggering 911 calls and straining first responders - Los Angeles Times [06:04] TR News "Opposition to AI data centers has emerged as a primary theme in US politics, one thatsurprisinglydoesnt fall along party lines." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/ai-data-centers-and-the-concentration-of-wealth.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI Data Centers and the Concentration of Wealth - Schneier on Security [06:04] TR News "The population of eastern gray whales, which annually migrate along the West Coast between the Arctic and Mexico, has been declining in recent years." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nearly-150-gray-whales-have-been-found-dead-along-north-americas-pacific-shore-this-year-prompting-scientists-to-sound-the-alarm-180989109/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.smithsonianmag.com | Nearly 150 Gray Whales Have Been Found Dead Along North America's Pacific Shore This Year, Prompting Scientists to Sound the Alarm [06:05] TR News "As scientists learn more about how climate change could trigger catastrophic flooding, wholesale collapse of food supplies and millions of heat-related deaths" https://phys.org/news/2026-07-climate-scientists-worstcase-scenarios.html | Source: Omicron Limited [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-climate-scientists-worstcase-scenarios.html ) [06:05] TR News "Our group's investigations had already revealed that bacteria can use uranium dissolved in water for their metabolism when they have access to glycerol as a food source" https://www.sciencealert.com/uranium-eating-bacteria-leave-just-5-of-the-radioactive-metal-in-toxic-mine-water-scientists-discover | Source: Science Alert [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Uranium-Eating Bacteria Discovered in Radioactive Former Soviet Mine : ScienceAlert [06:05] TR News "That is one reason why we are seeing a bunch of these proposals here. And these companies benefit from a lack of transparency." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/bode-data-centre-lies/ | Source: Nick Heer [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Lies Told About Data Centres Pixel Envy [06:06] TR News "Executive Order No. 62 took effect on signing and covers hyperscale data centers that draw 50 megawatts of power or more." https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/14/new-york-becomes-first-us-state-impose-data-center-moratorium/ | Source: Silicon Angle [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New York becomes first US state to impose a data center moratorium - SiliconANGLE [06:06] TR News "The 52-year-old, who goes by the name Parta, is lucky because his plot sits high enough in the irrigation system so that he still gets his share of water." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/14/bali-water-resource-tourism-rice-fields | Source: The Guardian UK [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Who is stealing Balis water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource | Water | The Guardian [06:06] TR News "He called for a number of measures to prevent serious flooding, including a ban on front gardens being paved over for cars, which stops water from draining properly." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/flooding-uk-climate-crisis-deben-b3014547.html | Source: The Independent UK [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | UKs water crisis could cost lives, former environment secretary warns | The Independent [06:07] TR News "Perhaps most interesting, though, is a letter that New Mexico Attorney General Ral Torrez sent to Blanche last month" https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/13/trump-fired-pam-bondi-the-day-after-doj-agreed-to-share-epstein-files-with-new-mexico/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Trump Fired Pam Bondi the Day After DOJ Agreed to Share Epstein Files with New Mexico - emptywheel [06:07] TR News "The federal agency that delivers water to millions of farms, cities" https://www.western-water.com/2026/07/13/feds-open-doors-on-two-key-california-water-meetings/ | Source: Western Water [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.western-water.com | Feds open doors on two key California water meetings | Western Water [06:14] TR News "cyber sanctions" https://therecord.media/russia-blamed-for-poland-grid-cyberattack-in-joint-uk-eu-sanctions-package | Source: The Record [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Russia's FSB blamed for Poland grid attack as UK and EU impose first joint cyber sanctions | The Record from Recorded Future News [06:14] TR News "Supo said the threat is aimed primarily at corporate network infrastructure, not the home [Internet] routers previously highlighted." https://yle.fi/a/74-20236160 | Source: Yle [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Supo warns companies of Russian cyber espionage campaign | Yle News | Yle [06:14] TR News "Russia's objective is to undermine European societies and erode support for Ukraine, says the Finnish president." https://yle.fi/a/74-20236259 | Source: Yle [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Stubb and Zelensky hold talks at gym | Yle News | Yle [06:15] TR News "limit children's access to social media" https://www.thelocal.dk/20260713/eu-to-limit-childrens-access-to-social-media | Source: The Local DK [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thelocal.dk | EU lawmakers want to turn off addictive social media features for children [06:16] TR News "very convincing" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/13/eu-social-media-ban-children-under-13-ursula-von-der-leyen | Source: The Guardian UK [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | EU chief pledges social media ban to protect children from predatory algorithms | Social media bans | The Guardian [06:16] TR News "The systems have most likely been redeployed to southern Russia, the Moscow region or occupied parts of Ukraine to strengthen air defences following repeated Ukrainian strikes." https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/satellite-imagery-indicates-airdefence-systems-redeployed-from-severodvinsk/453512 | Source: The Barents Observer [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebarentsobserver.com | Satellite imagery indicates air-defence systems redeployed from Severodvinsk [06:24] TR News "Unless, of course, he converts us into a dictatorship before then." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-only-way-to-end-trumps-endless | Source: Robert Reich [06:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | The Only Way To End Trump's Endless War - Robert Reich [06:25] TR News "harmonised EU-wide delay to social media" https://therecord.media/eu-proposed-social-media-ban-kids-under-13 | Source: The Record [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | EU leaders eye social media ban for children under age 13 | The Record from Recorded Future News [06:26] TR News "socio-emotional development and susceptibility to mental health issues." https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/13/eu-paves-way-banning-social-media-children/ | Source: Silicon Angle [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU paves way for banning social media for children - SiliconANGLE [06:26] TR News "Thats part of the reason China is on track to catch up with the US and Russia in terms of achievements in space, despite starting decades later" https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-china-moon-race-could-turn-into-a-lunar-land-grab-285421 | Source: The Conversation [06:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Why the US-China Moon race could turn into a lunar land grab [06:27] TR News "In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams accused the entire case of being a bit of play-acting between the president and an executive department entirely under his control." https://www.salon.com/2026/07/13/there-was-never-a-case-judge-tosses-trump-irs-settlement-accuses-admin-of-settling-with-itself/ | Source: Salon [06:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-"There was never a case": Judge tosses Trump IRS settlement, accuses admin of settling with itself - Salon.com [06:28] TR News "The European Union has been mulling a social media ban since a push by EU states" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-to-limit-childrens-access-to-social-media-gradually/articleshow/132362888.cms | Source: India Times [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | EU to limit children's access to social media gradually - The Economic Times [06:28] TR News "Thirty-eight incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were recorded in the first half of the year." https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/worldwide-piracy-incidents-down-to-lowest-level-in-34-years/ | Source: Defence Web [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | Worldwide piracy incidents down to lowest level in 34 years - DefenceWeb [06:29] TR News "It said toddlers under the age of 3 should have no screen time at all." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/technology/europe-teen-social-media-ban.html | Source: New York Times [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/technology/europe-teen-social-media-ban.html ) [06:40] TR News "Prosecutors have 40 days to report back to the commission on whether they will bring criminal charges against Musk for violating election bribery guidelines." https://www.notus.org/musks-voter-checks-illegal-wisconsin | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [06:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Elon Musks $1 Million Voter Checks Likely Illegal, Wisconsin Board Says - NOTUS News of the United States [06:40] TR News "Technology secretary Liz Kendall will announce that features keeping users hooked, like endless video reels and algorithmic feeds, will be automatically disabled." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-social-media-man-teenagers-curfew-b3014905.html | Source: The Independent UK [06:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | Starmer to issue social media curfew for teenagers in bid to crack down on addictive late-night scrolling | The Independent [06:41] TR News "The stolen information includes customers' titles, first and last names, phone numbers, email addresses" https://therecord.media/hackers-steal-lidl-customer-data | Source: The Record [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Hackers steal Lidl customer data from external service provider | The Record from Recorded Future News [06:49] TR News IBM was bluffing. We have said this for a long time. http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_Stock_Collapses_and_It_s_Only_the_Beginning.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_the_Next_Bear_Stearns.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/Red_Hat_Staff_Needs_to_Start_Looking_for_the_Next_Job.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/14/IBM_From_306_to_212_in_7_Days_IBM_Won_t_Go_Up_More_Than_50_to_W.shtml [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Stock Collapses and It's Only the Beginning [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM the Next Bear Stearns [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Red Hat Staff Needs to Start Looking for the Next Job [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM: From $306 to $212 in 7 Days, IBM Won't Go Up More Than 50% to Where It Was at 'Peak Vapourware' [06:53] TR News "Suffice it to say" https://www.slashgear.com/2212101/smart-thermostat-utility-company-control-programs/ | Source: SlashGear [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.slashgear.com | Utility Companies Want To Take Control Of Your Home's Smart Thermostat [06:53] TR News "You will not be able to sync health data with your Samsung account and your health data will be deleted unless retained pursuant to applicable law." https://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-will-delete-your-health-data-if-you-dont-let-them-use-it-to-train-ai/ | Source: Neowin [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-will-delete-your-health-data-if-you-dont-let-them-use-it-to-train-ai/ ) [06:54] TR News "But there's a kicker here. If you turn it off, then a warning pops up, informing you that turning this option off will delete your existing Samsung Health data and stop any further syncing with Samsung's servers." https://www.androidpolice.com/dont-want-to-help-samsung-train-its-ai-no-health-data-for-you/ | Source: Android Police [06:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | Samsung is deleting your health data if you refuse to let it train its AI [06:54] TR News "It is unclear what user data Samsung will collect if the toggle is enabled." https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-health-app-may-erase-your-data-if-you-opt-out-of-ai-training | Source: PC Mag [06:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-health-app-may-erase-your-data-if-you-opt-out-of-ai-training ) [06:54] TR News "Consent to the Use of Health Data for AI Training and Modelling." https://www.howtogeek.com/samsung-health-requires-ai-training-consent/ | Source: HowTo Geek [06:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Samsung is pushing users to train AI with their personal health data or lose it [06:54] TR News "Data included here includes step counts, sleep, medication data, cycle tracking, and even your full health records including treatments, test results, and more." https://9to5google.com/2026/07/13/samsung-health-ai-training-data-consent/ | Source: 9to5Google [06:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-9to5google.com | Samsung Health will delete your data without AI training consent [06:55] TR News "You open it because traffic is bad, the route looks smarter than whatever your car suggests, and you would rather know about the crash before you are sitting behind it." https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/waze-terms-update-what-it-means-for-location-privacy/ | Source: Kyle Reddoch [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kylereddoch.me | Waze Terms Update: Privacy and Location Data Risks - CybersecKyle [06:55] TR News "The feature was so outrageous that it took the company only three days to backtrack." https://manualdousuario.net/en/meta-instagram-ai-facial-recognition/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manualdousuario.net | Four awful new privacy-eroding features from Meta in a month Manual do Usurio [06:55] TR News "As organisations committed to a safe, secure, and rights-respecting internet, we are concerned by suggestions that the Government restrict virtual private networks (VPNs)." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/joint-letter-protect-vpns/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Joint Letter: Protect VPNs | Open Rights Group [06:55] TR News "When the independence of those institutions is called into question, the Commission must reassess whether the conditions for adequacy remain fulfilled." https://edri.org/our-work/when-the-facts-change-adequacy-must-be-reviewed/ | Source: EDRI [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | When the facts change, adequacy must be reviewed - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [06:55] TR News "the elephant in the room," https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/us-realizing-chinese-ai-models-way-cheaper | Source: Futurism [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | US Companies Are Realizing That Chinese AI Models Are Way Cheaper, Ditch American Ones [06:56] TR News "On Bluesky, posts regularly suggest that people who wear "pervert glasses" be punched in the face." https://www.engadget.com/2212604/the-meta-glasses-backlash-is-changing-how-or-if-people-use-them/ | Source: Engadget [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.engadget.com | The Meta Glasses Backlash Is Changing How (Or If) People Use Them [06:58] TR News "Hiring all these young grads is IBM's version of taking a handful of little blue pills. Even if IBM gets a rise out of it it's only temporary. Everyone knows IBM's bo ners are fake." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwkytyh3#replies [06:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwkytyh3#replies ) [06:59] TR News "IBM is where hard work and and accomplishments do not get you recognition and promotions. It is no longer a meritocracy.It is all about favoritism and sycophants. Just look at Albany for the last 5-6 years. Its so blatant they dont even bother covering it up with a weak cover story anymore." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx72ndwf#replies [06:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx72ndwf#replies ) [06:59] TR News "No. Most Consulting headcount is going to India. What remains in the US is mostly CIC (or whatever ridiculous new name they have). Outside of the CICs, they mostly want Band 6 and new grad hire Band 7, because they are cheapest. Band 8-10 and Band D and C in US Consulting are all living on borrowed time." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx72ndwf#replies ● Jul 15 [07:00] TR News "I fought off two bull***t PIPs and hung in like grim death until my position was restructured out of existence and I was RAd. Chucked the tech sector and now Im a charter captain on one of the worlds prettiest harbors." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt3gwt6#replies [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt3gwt6#replies ) [07:01] TR News "Oh, I suppose I should mention that I was a 60 year old Band 9, and that my restructured position was recreated two months later and filled with a Band 6. But thats IBM, isnt it?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt3gwt6#replies [07:01] TR News "Influencers, mostly men, have been using the glasses to inconspicuously and non-consensually capture footage of themselves approaching women and attempting to hit on them" https://futurism.com/future-society/backlash-meta-pervert-glasses-afraid | Source: Futurism [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Backlash Is So Strong That People With "Pervert Glasses" Are Afraid to Use Them in Public [07:02] TR News "The cameras have drawn mixed reactions from residents. Some support the surveillance technology, while others argue it violates privacy rights." https://abc7.com/post/lapd-ending-agreement-surveillance-company-flock-safety/19483200/ | Source: ABC [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LAPD ending agreement with surveillance company Flock Safety amid privacy concerns - ABC7 Los Angeles [07:02] TR News "particularly around privacy and the data that is being collected from these cameras" https://futurism.com/future-society/lapd-abandons-flock-contract-false-alarm | Source: Futurism [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | LAPD Abandons Flock Contract After Making a Horrifying Discovery [07:03] TR News "The ministry notes in the explanatory memorandum that the aim is to change Estonia's communicationsdata regime so that people's fundamental rights are protected in line with EU law" https://news.err.ee/1610077171/estonia-weighs-limits-on-bulk-communications-data-retention | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.err.ee | Estonia weighs limits on bulk communicationsdata retention | News | ERR [07:04] TR News "They should definitely just fire Jon. But full Albany leadership also must go. Time for complete clean slate, boss. Everybody knows same IBM mafia people only keep doing setting, promoting each other, and giving protection. Same old story every time, nothing changing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt2hnpy#replies [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt2hnpy#replies ) [07:04] TR News "Bas yaar, enough is enough. Bring some fresh leadership with actual capability instead of recycling same failed fellows who crash every area and every program they touch. How many times they will fail upward before somebody gets the message?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwt2hnpy#replies [07:06] TR News "Our leaders have failed us" "Chickens coming home to roost?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb#replies [07:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb#replies ) [07:07] TR News Windows TCO https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/07/14/eastern-europe-digitized-fast-it-must-now-protect-its-systems/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neweasterneurope.eu | Eastern Europe digitized fast it must now protect its systems - New Eastern Europe [07:07] TR News Windows TCO https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ransomware-negotiator-working-other-side | Source: Bitdefender [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bitdefender.com | The ransomware negotiator who was working for the other side [07:08] TR News "only $70 billion lost today ? Surely we do better tomorrow and have Arvind and Krabanaugh lose $140 billion. It's only money, after all. No sweat, Sherlock." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg#replies [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg#replies ) [07:08] TR News "yup the sub nm quantum chip no one wants and we dont have a fab to build it in! Dont ask any hard questions!" [07:08] TR News "Well, i guess we can expect within hours max few days some extraordinary breakthrough bulshit PR marketing from Arvind and his squad of useless circus to save the day. What it's going to be, AI, Quatum, new chips technologies were all used, so this time... "We've discovered the ultimate meaning of life" kind of sh-t. :D" [07:09] TR News "Trump is gonna ask Arvind what happened to his Government investment of $1 billion in IBM Quantum lightening chips ? Now you see them, now you don't. The best answer from Arvind wins a prize of more worthless IBM stock." [07:10] TR News "Yes the talent and skills shortage at IBM is a real problem. Most people I see do not understand industry or client dynamics, let alone our product portfolio. Theres an excessive amount of cheerleading for average outcomes. People are too scared to give others direct feedback. Theres an overall lack of business fundamentals that can really set us apart from other places." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies [07:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies ) [07:11] TR News "Why does IBM hire and retain so many leaders & mgrs who are clearly unqualified for the technical areas they oversee? Many have no relevant experience, and their lack of competence is evident in their decisions... I just do not get it. No wonder we have problems." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies [07:12] TR News "In the past if ibm dropped 25% the whole market would also freak out and tank. The markets didnt (actually ever so slightly up) people dont care about ibm anymore. And that should be the most terrifying part for all of us" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxg5wdz2#replies [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxg5wdz2#replies ) [07:12] TR News "Most external US sales openings appear to be gone as of last week. This explains why." [07:13] TR News "Front page of the online version of the WSJ at time of article publication and still there as this is being posted -- 06:01UTC, Wed., 15 July 2026." [07:13] TR News "There is no way in he|| that AK can remain as CEO after presiding over this absolutely catastrophic devastation. No CEO can (or should) survive presiding over losing 25% of the company's value in one day. Perhaps this will spur another company to finally make and offer to buy it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxj5zrw0 [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxj5zrw0 ) [07:15] TR News reading thru ~100 ibm comments it certainly does sound like the ceo will get canned. they do not want to cause panic, however, so they can wait some weeks, then say he "retires" or "steps down"... [07:15] TR News Anon: that's a start but the rot there at IBM goes much deeper than the head ... and they do have a lot of MS moles inside their perimeter have had them for a long time now [07:16] TR News No point in us covering that much... as the MSM is mostly on top of it with its creative spin. It cannot, however, mask the fact IBM is collapsing. It makes excuses for it. [07:18] TR News "If theres a conflict in principles, we should do what helps people blog." https://www.manton.org/2026/07/13/reevaluating-the-twitter-x-api.html | Source: Manton Reece [07:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.manton.org | Manton Reece - Reevaluating the Twitter / X API [07:18] TR News "As the media landscape quickly evolves, so do the viewers' preferences to access media via online platforms." https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/revision-avmsd | Source: European Commission [07:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu | Revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive - AVMSD | Shaping Europes digital future [07:19] TR News "Haidt came to Madrid to speak about these issues at the Rafael del Pino Foundation" https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-07-14/jonathan-haidt-social-psychologist-the-possibility-of-ai-taking-over-most-jobs-is-very-real.html | Source: El Pas [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist: The possibility of AI taking over most jobs is very real | Technology | EL PAS English [07:20] TR News "In literary terms, Anthropic is an unreliable narrator." https://raymyers.org/post/zig-creator-calls-spade-a-spade/ | [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-raymyers.org | Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke [07:20] TR News "As always a week is a long time in AI. In the previous article I discussed the impact of "good enough" models for many agentic workflows - focusing on GLM5.2." https://martinalderson.com/posts/the-upcoming-ai-margin-collapse-part-2-winners-and-losers/ | Source: Martin Alderson [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-martinalderson.com | Winners and losers in the coming AI margin collapse (part 2) - Martin Alderson [07:20] TR News "Metas quick reversal of the tagging feature inside Muse Image hints at the power of the public voice in the AI era." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/social-media/i-cant-stop-hearing-ai-is-inevitable-but-instagrams-rapid-removal-of-a-controversial-ai-tool-is-proof-that-human-voices-still-have-power | Source: Digital Camera World [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | I cant stop hearing AI is inevitable but Instagrams rapid removal of a controversial AI tool is proof that human voices still have power | Digital Camera World [07:20] TR News "AI-generated code is part of everyday software development. Developers use it to prototype, refactor, troubleshoot, and move from idea to implementation with less friction than ever before." https://cyberscoop.com/governing-ai-code-security-risks-op-ed/ | Source: Scoop News Group [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI-generated code has made security debt a governance problem | CyberScoop [07:20] TR News "I was proposing my doctoral dissertation fifteen years ago when neural network machine learning models entered a second Renaissance." https://www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/ai-in-2026/ | [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eamoncaddigan.net | Potentially Useful | Hating AI in 2026 [07:21] TR News "The chatbots advice killed two-thirds of the squad! A chatbot took out 18 terrorists without firing a shot." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/13/terrorists-are-using-ai-and-the-chatbot-is-killing-them/ | Source: Pivot to AI [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Always." Tears stood in the Fiction Department. Presumably . [07:21] TR News "As a larval hyperlexic, I just didn't understand what a bookseller could possibly buy with my money that was better than the books they already had?" https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/#meta-meta-meta | Source: CoryDoctorow [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Why arent AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [07:23] TR News "When are you the creator of something?" https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/when-are-you-the-creator-of-something/ | Source: Erik Kroes [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.erikkroes.nl | When are you the creator of something? | Erik Kroes - Accessibility Consultant [07:23] TR News "A tensor is nothing but a flat array of numbers, plus some metadata telling you how to interpret those numbers as a multi-dimensional object." https://zserge.com/posts/tensor/ | Source: Serge Zaitsev [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zserge.com | Tensor is the might [07:23] TR News "Following the launch of ChatGPT, researchers quickly recognized the potential for using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools in their work" https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/13/guest-post-research-needs-a-shared-standard-for-ai-disclosure/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org | Guest Post Research Needs a Shared Standard for AI Disclosure - The Scholarly Kitchen [07:23] TR News "With AI disrupting higher education, our commitment to rigorous legal education also must mean openness to even rapid adaptation" https://futurism.com/future-society/law-school-bans-laptops-ai | Source: Futurism [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Law School Bans Laptops and Phones as AI Cheating Scandal Grows [07:25] TR News "The articles appeared in the days after he left ClickOuts German operation and still remain live online, but under a different persons byline." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalist-fired-by-clickout-media-saw-robot-reporter-take-over-their-byline/ | Source: Press Gazette [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Journalist fired by Clickout Media saw robot reporter take over their byline - Press Gazette [07:25] TR News "The five articles were just like lazy, obviously slop, obviously theres not a real person that is behind that" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/fired-journalist-ai-posts-in-his-name | Source: Futurism [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Journalist Alarmed When He's Fired, But Company Keeps Posting AI Slop Under His Name [07:25] TR News "Memory prices extended their climb as suppliers prioritised AI data centre customers over consumer electronics" https://techcentral.co.za/memory-crisis-sends-smartphone-market-into-steep-decline/283671/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Memory crisis sends smartphone market into steep decline [07:26] TR News "The case, filed in federal court in New York, has been brought by three publishers Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, and Elsevier and bestselling American author Scott Turow." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/14/publishers-sue-google-gemini-ai-training | Source: The Guardian UK [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training | Books | The Guardian [07:26] TR News "GMails been going gradually downhill for many years." https://danq.me/2026/07/13/i-regret-to-say-that-gmail-is-now-a-spam-farm-or-why-you-should-really-get-that-dedicated-email-address-now/ | Source: Dan Q [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danq.me | I Regret To Say That GMail is Now a Spam Farm, or, Why You Should Really Get That Dedicated Email Address Now Dan Q [07:26] TR News "macOS 27 Public Beta" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/14/macos-27-public-beta/ | Source: Michael Tsai [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - macOS 27 Public Beta [07:26] TR News "To proactively defend against these threats, organizations are urged to adopt these top hardening measures: [...]" https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/4541059/nsa-and-partners-release-guidance-on-improving-router-hygiene-to-protect-agains/ | Source: NSA [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/4541059/nsa-and-partners-release-guidance-on-improving-router-hygiene-to-protect-agains/ ) [07:26] TR News "Officials once again urged defenders to take more preventative measures to thwart attacks from the Russian Federal Security Service Center 16" https://cyberscoop.com/russian-fsb-cisco-joint-cybersecurity-advisory/ | Source: Scoop News Group [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-13 nations issue warning over Russian cyber targeting | CyberScoop [07:27] TR News "My mother is 86, and she is declining. Things that used to be easy for her now seem completely foreign." https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202607/a_place_of_certainty | Source: Ned Batchelder [07:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nedbatchelder.com | A place of certainty | Ned Batchelder [07:27] TR News "Tucked inside her ten separate whistleblower complaints, MPR notes" https://futurism.com/health-medicine/lawsuit-mayo-clinic-ai-tools-hospital-maya | Source: Futurism [07:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Lawsuit Claims the Mayo Clinic's Use of AI Is Butchering Patient Care [07:32] TR News "Many older hackers will have at some point gotten rid of an old piece of hardware that they later ended up regretting." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/cant-find-that-isa-sound-card-no-worries/ | Source: Hackaday [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cant Find That ISA Sound Card? No Worries! | Hackaday [07:32] TR News "Minor note: I originally put my calendars near the end of my notebooks on the last few pages, but I put it in the middle of this one (you can see the staples in the picture above) and I like it." https://ratfactor.com/cards/pocket-notebook-calendar | Source: Dave Gauer [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Two month calendar format for pocket notebooks - ratfactor [07:33] TR News "Ray Arnold's desk is much tidier. It features a CCTV screen, storage devices, two computers (a Mac and a SGI), and two monitors." https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html | Source: Fabian Sanglard [07:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fabiensanglard.net | Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail [07:33] TR News "If youre a serious gamer or content creator and were ordering up your ideal laptop, what would it have?" https://system76.com/blog/post/adder-pro-the-gamers-dream-machine | Source: System76 [07:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Welcome to the gamers dream machine - System76 Blog [07:34] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:34] TR News "An estimated 84% of high school students surveyed said they had used generative artificial intelligence for schoolwork in 2025, according to College Board, a nonprofit that administers the SAT and AP exams." https://phys.org/news/2026-07-teachers-students-ai-survey-deeper.html | Source: Omicron Limited [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-teachers-students-ai-survey-deeper.html ) [07:34] TR News "The castle guard are not going around poisoning people or forming coalitions between the great powers. They are largely keeping their heads down." https://www.seangoedecke.com/playing-politics/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seangoedecke.com | What does "playing politics" mean for software engineers? [07:34] TR News "Throwing your powerpoint into the mix transforms the dynamic. It takes your face off the screen and makes everyone else irrelevant." https://seths.blog/2026/07/is-it-okay-if-i-share-my-screen/ | Source: Seth Godin [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | Is it okay if I share my screen? | Seth's Blog [07:34] TR News "Two friends, Alice and Bob, live in the same city, but on the opposite sides of a wide river." https://bartoszmilewski.com/2026/07/14/tannakian-reconstruction/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bartoszmilewski.com | Tannakian reconstruction | Bartosz Milewski's Programming Cafe [07:35] TR News "I need a place to describe this algorithm, since it seems to be undocumented on the 'net, so here it is." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/sorted-rank-coding/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-purplesyringa.moe | Sorted rank coding | purplesyringa's blog [07:35] TR News "Ive been thinking about ICD-10 codes; they come up a lot in my work." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/14/icd-10-chapters-letters/ | Source: John D Cook [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | ICD-10 chapters and code letters [07:42] TR News "A few days ago I wrote a post entitled Does additional data always reduce posterior variance?. In a nutshell, the answer is no, not always." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/12/posterior-variance/ | Source: John D Cook [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Posterior variance in conjugate models | Poisson-gamma [07:43] TR News "Common sense says that what you believe after seeing new data should be some sort of compromise between what you believed before and what the new data says." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/12/posterior-mean/ | Source: John D Cook [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Posterior mean of conjugate Bayesian models [07:43] TR News "A University of British Columbia-led study, published in the Current Biology, fitted homing pigeons with miniature backpacks carrying a tiny computer and head-mounted cameras to track how their eyes move during flight." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pigeons-wearing-cameras-can-improve-how-drones-fly-9.7267617 | Source: CBC [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Pigeons shifting gaze could help drones navigate more like birds: UBC study | CBC News [07:43] TR News "The web does not need a consistent look and feel. It never has and it never will. This quote from Adam sums it up." https://billglover.me/2026/07/14/build-a-shitty-web-page/ | Source: Bill Glover [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-billglover.me | Build a 'shitty' web page [07:44] TR News "I feel that some vibecoded software changes somewhat randomly and unexpectedly." https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/7/13/the-tower-keeps-rising/ | Source: Armin Ronacher [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lucumr.pocoo.org | The Tower Keeps Rising | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [07:44] TR News "You just know some stuff like whos famous and why, and you even have some sort of opinion about them." https://anniemueller.com/posts/i-have-no-idea-who-celebrities-are-anymore | Source: Annie Mueller [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-anniemueller.com | I have no idea who celebrities are anymore - annie's blog [07:44] TR News "The draw for me were several students I knew who were graduating. At the time these students entered the university, I was still teaching only the introductory programming courses" https://ambersettle.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/from-start-to-finish/ | Source: Amber Settle [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ambersettle.wordpress.com | From start to finish | Technology education and me [07:45] TR News "The good news is that Logic for Programmers should be done and available in print hopefully in the next couple of weeks. Here's all of the printed proofs I've made so far: [...]" https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/im-still-alive/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I'm still alive Buttondown [07:45] TR News "Second, check whether your blog meets my base criteria for being on the list. Theyre about making sure the blogs on the list have enough film content, are easy to follow, and allow for community: [...]" https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/07/14/help-me-update-my-giant-list-of-film-photo-blogs/ | Source: Jim Grey [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jimgrey.net | Help me update my giant list of film-photo blogs - Down the Road [07:45] TR News "Inside the box were nine gold coins: 1999 Britanniasbullion produced by the Royal Minteach with a face value of 100" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-700-year-old-english-church-nearly-closed-but-then-the-vicar-discovered-a-stash-of-gold-coins-under-the-altar-180989120/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.smithsonianmag.com | This 700-Year-Old English Church Nearly Closedbut Then the Vicar Discovered a Stash of Gold Coins Under the Altar [07:46] TR News "The core XMPP protocol streams XML over the network. That is, any kind of custom functionality can be quickly built over the top layer of a basic open protocol" https://www.mirrorfly.com/blog/xmpp-use-cases-for-scalable-chat-platform/ | [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mirrorfly.com | 20 XMPP Use Cases: How to Build a Secure Chat App in 2026 [07:47] TR News [Old] "And now, XMPP is more relevant than ever: its resurgence is driven by European digital sovereignty efforts" https://www.process-one.net/blog/xmpp-when-a-25-year-old-protocol-becomes-strategic-again/ | Source: ProcessOne [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.process-one.net | XMPP: When a 25-Year-Old Protocol Becomes Strategic Again [07:47] TR News [Old] "XMPP operates on a decentralized, client-server model and uses Extensible Markup Language (XML) to structure data, enabling rich extensibility." https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/learn/topics/networking/what-is-extensible-messaging-and-presence-protocol-xmpp.html | [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-What is XMPP? - Cisco [07:47] TR News [Old] "Jabber (now commonly referred to as XMPP) is an open-source communication protocol and suite of client applications that enable instant messaging, voice/video calls" https://medium.com/@rosgluk/jabber-xmpp-userbase-and-popularity-e66fb9805435 | Source: Medium [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://medium.com/@rosgluk/jabber-xmpp-userbase-and-popularity-e66fb9805435 ) [07:49] TR News 'This Morning helped me catch my Catfisher!' https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/this-morning-helped-me-catch-my-catfisher [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/this-morning-helped-me-catch-my-catfisher ) [07:59] TR News Anon: anything similar for IBM? https://www.heise.de/en/news/S-P-downgrades-Oracle-to-BBB-only-one-notch-above-junk-level-11363472.html [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.heise.de | S&P downgrades Oracle to BBB- only one notch above junk level | heise online [07:59] TR News FTA: "According to S&P, the core of the problem is Oracle's enormous investments in expanding AI data centers." iophk: Oracle has no way to get that money back... [07:59] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:59] TR News iophk: though that is not the same category at all https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/apple-ibm-downgraded-wall-streets-133610054.html [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-finance.yahoo.com | Apple, IBM downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls [07:59] TR News "The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is excited to announce the 29th XMPP Summit, the first XMPP Summit to take place fully online!" https://xmpp.org/2026/05/xmpp-summit-29/ | [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xmpp.org | XMPP Summit 29 | XMPP - The universal messaging standard [07:59] TR News "You need to use FIPS 140 because of compliance, but have you ever asked what that requirement is actually for? What security properties are the authors of these policies trying to achieve?" https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1293 | Source: Unmitigated Risk [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unmitigatedrisk.com | Why FIPS 140 Means Running Old Code | UNMITIGATED RISK [07:59] TR News "Dave Winer, the person who made Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) the standard for following blogs in feed readers, asked whether RSS could be used for online chat, and quickly concluded that it could." https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/you-can-now-chat-using-rss-well-sort-of/ | Source: Coywolf LLC [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-coywolf.com | You can now chat using RSS ● Jul 15 [08:00] TR News "The biggest challenge is not XML itself, but the rules defined by the XML Schema Definition (XSD) and the complexity of the data model." https://ostechnix.com/industry-standard-xml-formats-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Working with Industry-Standard XML Formats on Linux - OSTechNix [08:01] TR News "One of the best bulwarks against monopoly is interoperabilitythat is making a new product or service work with an existing product or service." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/european-court-apple-can-not-shirk-its-interoperability-requirements | Source: EFF [08:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | European Court: Apple Can Not Shirk Off its Interoperability Requirements | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:01] TR News "If were using AssertJ instead of JUnits assertions, theres this pattern: [...]" https://www.readwriterachel.com/things-i-learned/2026/07/13/java-equality-testing-objects.html | Source: Rachel Kaufman [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.readwriterachel.com | Nov- el-writing machines. She was getting. [08:02] TR News "We shouldnt do it" https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/07/13/260713-shg-the-shell-guard/ | Source: Panagiotis Vryonis [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-shg, the shell guard blog.vrypan.net [08:02] TR News "The wall at SmithNinth Streets in Brooklyn is made of concrete. Its rough surface holds onto memories longer than the smooth tile that adorns most other stations in the city." https://blog.jse.li/posts/smith9street/ | Source: Jesse Li [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jse.li | Estimating the heights of New Yorkers from their scuff marks | Jesse Li [08:02] TR News "Like many other projects, CPython is experiencing a huge increase in security reports." https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/security-line-goes-up/ | Source: Hugo van Kemenade [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hugovk.dev | Security: line goes up Hugo van Kemenade [08:02] TR News "Users often believe that for a malicious payload to be executed they need to directly interact with the infected piece of code" https://blog.talosintelligence.com/the-serpents-tongue-luring-the-python-out-of-its-den/ | Source: Threat Source [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.talosintelligence.com | The serpents tongue: Luring the Python out of its den [08:03] TR News "This post is about the tisthemachinelearner R package, that allows to use scikit-learn models in R." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/my-last-r-posts-how-conformalization-helps-weak-models-fast-conformal-prediction-with-jackknife-and-no-refitting-and-sklearn-in-r/ | Source: Rlang [08:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-My last R posts: How conformalization helps weak models, fast conformal prediction with jackknife+ (and no refitting), and sklearn in R | R-bloggers [08:03] TR News "Besides local apps, I have been working on Tabler Server to manage tabler apps on a Linux machine." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/tabler-server-a-minimal-framework-to-create-web-dashboards-in-r/ | Source: Rlang [08:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tabler Server A minimal framework to create web dashboards in R | R-bloggers [08:04] TR News "Working with lots of changes in parallel on git can be painful." https://lalitm.com/post/git-history/ | Source: Lalit Maganti [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lalitm.com | The git history command deserves more attention - Lalit Maganti [08:04] TR News "Dont get me wrong, concerns about polyfills are well-intentioned." https://lea.verou.me/blog/2026/polyfills/ | Source: Lea Verou [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lea.verou.me | In defense of polyfills Lea Verou [08:06] TR News "is perfect for some aspects of the work and terrible for others." https://www.wired.com/story/python-is-so-slow-can-julia-solve-the-two-language-problem/ | Source: Wired [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Python Is So Slow. Can Julia Solve the Two-Language Problem? | WIRED [08:06] TR News "thats normally fine for debugging purposes" https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/07/14/python-all-instances-class/ | Source: Adam Johnson [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adamj.eu | Python: find all instances of a class with gc.get_objects() - Adam Johnson [08:06] TR News "I was later invited to review a package myself. The experience gave me a different perspective on the review process." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/from-peer-review-to-mentorship-my-ropensci-story/ | Source: Rlang [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-From Peer Review to Mentorship: My rOpenSci Story | R-bloggers [08:06] TR News "The modern security operations center (SOC) team isnt short on data. Its buried under it." https://thenewstack.io/ai-soc-alert-fatigue/ | Source: The New Stack [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | What an ex-NSA red teamer wants every SOC to stop doing - The New Stack [08:07] TR News "Instead of learning a limited DSL, you can leverage your existing Lisp skills to define tasks, manage data, and automate your workflows with ease." https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/lisps/maak/index.html | Source: Josep Bigorra [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jointhefreeworld.org | Maak: The power of Lisp that powers your trusty command runner and the enlightments - jointhefreeworld [08:07] TR News (NEW): After almost two years, KDE Plasmas animations finally look good again on Nvidia cards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/After_almost_two_years_KDE_Plasma_s_animations_finally_look_goo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/After_almost_two_years_KDE_Plasma_s_animations_finally_look_goo.gmi [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines After almost two years, KDE Plasmas animations finally look good again on Nvidia cards [08:10] TR News "Last weekend, I took part in a panel discussion about making zines with Tero" https://hamatti.org/posts/thoughts-on-making-zines-after-7-months/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [08:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | Thoughts on making zines after 7 months : Juha-Matti Santala [08:11] TR News "This shouldnt have been necessary, but is still wonderful to see." https://werd.io/climate-gov-was-destroyed-open-data-saved-it/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | Climate.gov was destroyed. Open data saved it. [08:11] TR News "Since the curve does not start at the origin but a few percent up on the y axis, we can conclude that a few percent of the population have a score of zero." https://entropicthoughts.com/distribution-differences | Source: Chris [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entropicthoughts.com | Intuition for distribution differences [08:11] TR News "In our fourth seminar in our current series on teaching about AI in the arts, humanities, and sciences, Kathy Jessen Eller (The Concord Consortium)" https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/ai-literacy-begins-with-data-literacy-an-example-from-healthcare/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.org | AI literacy begins with data literacy: An example from healthcare - Raspberry Pi Foundation [08:12] TR News "By itself, this is bad enough. But wait, theres more." https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/07/13/microsoft-is-losing-the-battle-to-protect-license-lucre-it-better-get-used-to-the-feeling/5269709 | Source: The Register UK [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Microsoft is losing the battle to protect license lucre. It better get used to the feeling [08:12] TR News "If passed, the GUARD Act would place a nationwide ban on minors using "chatbot" services" https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/stop-the-guard-act | Source: FSF [08:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [08:13] TR News "Humble Bundle is once again letting you name your own price for a bundle of Raspberry Pi Press e-books." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/name-your-own-price-for-this-raspberry-pi-press-book-bundle/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.com | Name your own price for this Raspberry Pi Press book bundle - Raspberry Pi [08:13] TR News "A reader emailed me stating that not displaying the date anywhere on a post does a disservice to readers" https://binarydigit.net/removing-date-time-from-bear-blog-posts/ | Source: BinaryDigit [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-binarydigit.net | Removing Date & Time from Bear Blog Posts Raging Against the Ex-Beloved Machine [08:14] TR News "The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2026-48939 and CVE-2026-56291" https://thecyberexpress.com/cisa-cve-2026-48939-cve-2026-56291/ | Source: Cyble Inc [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | CISA Warns Of CVE-2026-48939, CVE-2026-56291 Zero-Days [08:14] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:14] TR News "In this episode, we are talking about Thundermail!" https://blog.thunderbird.net/2026/07/community-office-hours-a-thundermail-update/ | Source: Thunderbird [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.thunderbird.net | Community Office Hours: A Thundermail Update - The Thunderbird Blog [08:17] TR News "And now OpenAI is pulling the plug on the nonstarter browser, a mere nine months after launching it." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-shutting-down-browser | Source: Futurism [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | OpenAI Is Shutting Down Its Browser That Was Supposed to Change Everything [08:17] TR News "During the curl summer of bliss I found some breathing room again to look at a favourite topic of mine" https://eissing.org/icing/posts/curl-bliss-tweaks/ | Source: Stefan Eissing [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eissing.org | curl 8.22 blissful tweaks | icing's blog [08:18] TR News [Old] "Gajim is a free software, instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the GTK+ toolkit. It runs on GNU/Linux, BSD and Windows." https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gajim | [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-help.ubuntu.com | Gajim - Community Help Wiki [08:24] TR News [Old] "OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption is an XMPP Extension Protocol (XEP) for secure multi-client end-to-end encryption." https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gajim | [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wiki.archlinux.org | Gajim - ArchWiki [08:24] TR News "Gajim 2.4.7 brings support for modern OpenPGP encryption and comes with many small improvements and bugfixes. Thank you for all your contributions!" https://gajim.org/posts/2026-06-18-gajim-2.4.7-released/ | [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gajim.org | Gajim 2.4.7 | Gajim [08:24] TR News "There's some more buzz about spell-checking with Jinx (Bozhidar Batsov, Marcin Borkowski). Also, quite a few people have signed up for the Human Emacs initiative." https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/07/2026-07-13-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sachachua.com | 2026-07-13 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua [08:25] TR News "An exciting change landed in the development version of Prometheus recently, making PromQL arithmetic expressions in time durations a standard feature instead of an experimental one." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PrometheusDurationFunctions | Source: University of Toronto [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [08:25] TR News "As I wrote about previously, I switched back to using Obsidian as my main notes and task management system. Everything has been great, but it creates a conflict." https://ryan.himmelwright.net/post/emacs-packages-as-tui/ | Source: Ryan Himmelwright [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Emacs Programs as Standalone TUI Apps | ryan.himmelwright.net [08:25] TR News "The machine is a charming mixture of new and old, with a traditional cassette port alongside VGA, gameport joystick, and Sinclair joystick." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/its-a-spectrum-with-an-rp2350-ula/ | Source: Hackaday [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Its A Spectrum, With An RP2350 ULA | Hackaday [08:25] TR News "There are a lot of ESP32-based development boards out there and why not?" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/get-your-esp32-sunny-side-up-with-this-solar-dev-board/ | Source: Hackaday [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Get Your ESP32 Sunny Side Up With This Solar Dev Board | Hackaday [08:26] TR News "Calcumator 2000 is a bit of a love letter to a time when display technology hadnt quite yet produced anything suitable for calculator use." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/13/voltmeter-based-floating-point-calculator-does-it-in-style/ | Source: Hackaday [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Voltmeter-Based Floating Point Calculator Does It In Style | Hackaday [08:26] TR News "Perhaps the most ridiculous statement that anyone can make is that a computer system with clearly enough processing power cannot run DOOM." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/the-neo-geo-does-run-doom-after-all/ | Source: Hackaday [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Neo Geo Does Run DOOM After All | Hackaday [08:26] TR News "A common method of doing body tracking is to strap on some Vive trackers." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/full-body-vr-tracking-is-just-some-recycled-hardware-away/ | Source: Hackaday [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Full Body VR Tracking Is Just Some Recycled Hardware Away | Hackaday [08:26] TR News "At the current rate of robotics development, you might assume that were close to Skynet taking over." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/fibrous-muscles-for-humanoid-robotics/ | Source: Hackaday [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fibrous Muscles For Humanoid Robotics | Hackaday [08:27] TR News "As the name implies, this latest iteration of the e-reader does away with physical navigation buttons and introduces an intuitive touch-based interface." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/open-book-touch-makes-crowd-funding-debut/ | Source: Hackaday [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Open Book Touch Makes Crowd Funding Debut | Hackaday [08:28] TR News "But to experience that value, users first need to get MAAS up and running." https://ubuntu.com//blog/maas-installation-bare-metal-provisioning-is-easier-than-ever | Source: Ubuntu [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-MAAS installation: bare metal provisioning is easier than ever | Ubuntu [08:28] TR News "Debian 12.5 is the final Debian release that supports a complete 32-bit installation on standard x86 PCs." https://ostechnix.com/debian-12-last-full-32-bit-release/ | Source: OSTechNix [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Debian 12 Is the Last Full Debian 32-Bit Release - OSTechNix [08:28] TR News "The answer is that these two locations serve different purposes during the boot process." https://ostechnix.com/why-fedora-creates-boot-and-boot-efi/ | Source: OSTechNix [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Fedora Creates /boot and /boot/efi (But Ubuntu Doesn't) - OSTechNix [08:31] TR News "This is a display of mostly-automatically-classified git commits from 2026-06-29 to 2026-07-05." https://freebsd-git-weekly.tarsnap.net/2026-06-29.html | [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-freebsd-git-weekly.tarsnap.net | FreeBSD git weekly: 2026-06-29 to 2026-07-05 [08:31] TR News "This is a story on my moving to FreeBSD as a daily driver." https://kuon.ch/post/2026-07-02-moving-freebsd/ | [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kuon.ch | The Missing Bit | Moving to FreeBSD from Linux [08:31] TR News "The g2k26 hackathon brought together 18 developers in the quaint village of Kloosterburen" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260714094547 | Source: Undeadly [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | g2k26 Hackathon Report: Job Snijders (job@) on rpki-client(8) progress [08:33] TR News "What this means is that I'm basically a full-time Linux user right now." https://baty.net/posts/2026/07/i-unplugged-the-mac-mini-today/ | Source: Jack Baty [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I unplugged the Mac Mini today baty.net [08:33] TR News "The controversy follows several high-profile incidents regarding referring decisions in the World Cup" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/sports-photography/forget-hand-of-god-is-this-footballs-camera-of-god-why-a-cable-suspended-camera-is-being-blamed-by-norway-for-its-world-cup-defeat | Source: Digital Camera World [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | Forget "Hand of God" is this football's "Camera of God"? Why a cable-suspended camera is being blamed by Norway for its World Cup defeat | Digital Camera World [08:34] TR News [Old] "The XMPP bridge relies on the XMPP "component" feature. It is an equivalent of matrix application services. You need to configure an XMPP Component on an XMPP Server that the bridge will use to bridge matrix and XMPP user" https://docs.element.io/latest/element-server-suite-classic/integrations/setting-up-the-xmpp-bridge/ | [08:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-docs.element.io | Setting Up the XMPP Bridge - element docs. [08:34] TR News [Old] "This tutorial shows you how to run your own XMPP server inside I2P network. That server can be used for decentralized instant messaging and for building any other applications with XMPP protocol." https://docs.i2pd.website/en/latest/tutorials/xmpp/ | [08:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-docs.i2pd.website | Decentralized instant messenger (XMPP aka Jabber) - i2pd documentation [08:34] TR News "That's why sites like Low Tech Magazine use it, for example." https://dead.garden/blog/how-my-images-are-dithered.html | [08:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How my images are dithered | dead.garden [08:34] TR News "Sun's workstations could boot without a local disk from very early on (because that made them cheaper, not because it made them better)" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/SunOSDisklessWithoutNFS | Source: University of Toronto [08:35] TR News "Ive never used this piece of software. I cant even remember how I found my way to archive.orgs copy of its documentation. Just one of those mysteries." https://danq.me/2026/07/13/goscript-plus-book-cover/ | Source: Dan Q [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danq.me | Recreating a 1990 Book Cover (in HTML + CSS) Dan Q [08:35] TR News "Theres a lot to like about Plex from a philosophical standpoint its local-first software centered around sharing your favorite art with your friends." https://henry.codes/writing/i-made-a-plex-server/ | Source: Henry Desroches [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-henry.codes | I made a Plex server | Henry From Online [08:35] TR News "With all that done, I had a truly portable Birdnet-Pi." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/truly-portable-birdnetpi | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeremycherfas.net | Truly Portable Birdnet-Pi | Jeremy Cherfas [08:36] TR News "The most pertinent point raised was definitely that of broadcast addresses and IPv4 subnets" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/14/udp-broadcasting-and-the-joys-of-ipv4-subnetting/ | Source: Hackaday [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-UDP Broadcasting And The Joys Of IPv4 Subnetting | Hackaday [08:36] TR News "In my last post I identified some approaches to system call instrumentation on x86-64 Linux" https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2026/07/13/#system-call-instrumentation-on-intel-negative-result-part-two | Source: Stephen Kell [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2026/07/13/#system-call-instrumentation-on-intel-negative-result-part-two ) [08:36] TR News "Linus Torvalds described this stage of development as a "new normal"" https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-2-rc3-released/ | Source: OSTechNix [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux Kernel 7.2 RC3 Released: Testing the "New Normal" - OSTechNix [08:38] TR News "In Episode 10, I chat with Kristoffer and Elliott, the creators of the Internet Phone Book." https://web-weaving.jamesg.blog/10 | Source: Wonders of Web Weaving [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-web-weaving.jamesg.blog | #10: Kristoffer and Elliott (internetphonebook.net) - Wonders of Web Weaving [08:47] TR News WHO launches first trial of antiviral to prevent Bundibugyo strain of Ebola https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260714-who-launches-first-trial-of-antiviral-to-prevent-bundibugyo-strain-of-ebola [08:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260714-who-launches-first-trial-of-antiviral-to-prevent-bundibugyo-strain-of-ebola ) [08:48] TR News A Staggering Number of People Are Dying Because of Record Heatwaves https://futurism.com/science-energy/people-dying-record-heatwaves [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | A Staggering Number of People Are Dying Because of Record Heatwaves [08:48] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/trump-south-korea-aluminum.html [08:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/trump-south-korea-aluminum.html ) [08:49] TR News Sleep disorders rising in South Korea, sharpest spike among children under 10 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/sleep-disorders-rising-in-south-korea-sharpest-spike-among-children-under-10 [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Sleep disorders rising in South Korea, sharpest spike among children under 10 | The Straits Times [08:54] TR News Ex-Malaysian PMs wife Rosmah files defamation suit against Harith Iskander over comedy show https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ex-malaysian-pms-wife-rosmah-files-defamation-suit-against-harith-iskander-over-comedy-show [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Ex-Malaysian PMs wife Rosmah files defamation suit against Harith Iskander over comedy show | The Straits Times [08:54] TR News Expelled from China https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/china-journalist-expelled-spain-world-cup.html [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/china-journalist-expelled-spain-world-cup.html ) [08:54] TR News Chinas Economy Grows at Slowest Pace in Years https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/business/china-economy-gdp-growth.html [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/business/china-economy-gdp-growth.html ) [08:55] TR News China urges Europe to stop backing 'illegal' South China Sea ruling to avoid harming ties https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-europe-to-stop-backing-illegal-south-china-sea-ruling-to-avoid-harming-ties [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China urges Europe to stop backing 'illegal' South China Sea ruling to avoid harming ties | The Straits Times [08:56] TR News China does not seek 'sphere of influence' in ties with Pacific island nations, foreign minister says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-does-not-seek-sphere-of-influence-in-ties-with-pacific-island-nations-foreign-minister-says [08:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China does not seek 'sphere of influence' in ties with Pacific island nations, foreign minister says | The Straits Times ● Jul 15 [09:00] TR News "Were up in the mountains again. After the first night we went on two long walks and I felt great. Late in the evening we decided to play _*Radlands,*_ a two player card game. It went on for three and a half hours and ended with a stalemate since we played through the stack, twice." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-07-08-radlands [09:01] TR News "The industry is exactly the same as that of the company I left for my previous job; in fact, one is a customer of the other. I'm not thrilled by that fact, since prat of my motivation for leaving that job was a lack of interest in the industry." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202607/20260714-trial-by-fire.gmi [09:03] TR News Old Computer Challenge DAY06of07 gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260710_occ_d6 [09:03] TR News Old Computer Challenge DAY 07of07 gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260711_occ_d7 [09:04] TR News Old Computer Challenge Epiphlogue gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260713_occ_ep [09:05] TR News Out of the Quiet: VCF East, a Public Beta, and Batch 6 gopher://jonsharp.net:70/0/gl2/07-14-2026-Out-of-the-Quiet-VCF-Beta-and-Batch6.md [09:06] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2067.jpg [09:06] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1710.jpg [09:07] TR News chomp gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/chomp [09:08] TR News "I am 60 years old. When I graduated high school I did what a lot of kids were sort of "expected" to do and that was go to college. I survived one semester and then said "fuck this."" gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-07-14-gemlog.gmi [09:09] TR News Anon: climate collapse is starting to take some of its tolls [09:09] TR News iophk: there are a lot of factors nowadays which lower the IQ of enough people that it likely shifts the bell curve the wrong direction. that has to have a terrible effect on the future of the nation especially when that is compounded by the absence of a general education any more [09:09] TR News "No way! Communication service VPS updated to FreeBSD 15.1 " gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi [09:11] TR News "I already see the standards dropping in the slopful tickets and even more slopful code. we were struggling already, hence the layoffs. but this dependence on LLM coding tools feels like it's going to hasten the end of the company. it'll destroy my current job, not by being good but by being bad." gemini://danielledevs.smol.pub/ai-ruining-job [09:11] TR News Using SCGI to serve dynamic content over the Gemini protocol gemini://gemini.bunburya.eu/gemlog/posts/2021-04-07-dynamic-content-scgi-gemini.gmi [09:12] TR News "I added my backlog from the last 5 years (and some) over from http blog all by hand, and while I enjoy the manual process (I am a control freak, maybe) and it works great, and gemsub even works... I have seem some with category/tag indexing as well, and that would be really useful due to the broad range of things I rant about. I mean write about." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Gemini/45988 [09:14] TR News apropos climate collapse: https://wmo.int/media/news/western-europe-has-hottest-june-record old: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00377-4 old: https://www.dw.com/en/european-heat-wave-is-not-normal-summer-weather/a-77693716 [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wmo.int | Western Europe has hottest June on record [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nature.com | Rapidly increasing likelihood of exceeding 50C in parts of the Mediterranean and the Middle East due to human influence | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | European heat wave is not normal summer weather [09:15] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Old Computer Challenge, "Trial by Fire", LLM Slop Destroying Companies https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Gemini_Links_15_07_2026_Old_Computer_Challenge_Trial_by_Fire_LL.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Gemini_Links_15_07_2026_Old_Computer_Challenge_Trial_by_Fire_LL.gmi [09:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Old Computer Challenge, "Trial by Fire", LLM Slop Destroying Companies [09:18] TR News Techrights Links 15/07/2026: US Regime "Cuts Two Utah National Monuments by More Than 90%", "Hormuz is Less Crucial Than It Was" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Links_15_07_2026_US_Regime_Cuts_Two_Utah_National_Monuments_by_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Links_15_07_2026_US_Regime_Cuts_Two_Utah_National_Monuments_by_.gmi [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 15/07/2026: US Regime "Cuts Two Utah National Monuments by More Than 90%", "Hormuz is Less Crucial Than It Was" [09:23] TR News No fitness trackers, smart watches: More Chinese universities ban high-tech wearables in exam halls https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/no-fitness-trackers-smart-watches-more-chinese-universities-ban-high-tech-wearables-in-exam-halls [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | No fitness trackers, smart watches: More Chinese universities ban high-tech wearables in exam halls | The Straits Times [09:23] TR News Chinas sanctions on Philippine defense chief puts Japan ties in spotlight https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/07/14/philippines-teodoro-china-sanctions-japan/ [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Chinas sanctions on Philippine defense chief puts Japan ties in spotlight Radio Free Asia [09:23] TR News China expels ex-Xinjiang official from Communist Party over graft https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/14/china-expels-ex-xinjiang-official-from-communist-party-over-graft/ [09:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China expels ex-Xinjiang official from Communist Party over graft [09:24] TR News US seismologist who studied North Korean nukes detained in China, wife fights unjust charges https://nypost.com/2026/07/14/world-news/us-scientist-who-studied-north-korean-nukes-detained-by-china/ [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | US scientist who studied North Korean nukes detained by China [09:24] TR News Quick regional screen recording to MP4 via slurp http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/44243/quick-regional-screen-recording-to-mp4-via-slurp [09:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commandlinefu.com | Quick regional screen recording to MP4 via slurp [09:25] TR News Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Sherwood News shuts down and axes staff https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/ [09:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Rolling updates - Press Gazette [09:26] TR News FSF Blogs: Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/stop-the-guard-act [09:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [09:33] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: Happy BMO Push Day! (20260713.1) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/happy-bmo-push-day-20260713-1/148934 [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-discourse.mozilla.org | Happy BMO Push Day! (20260713.1) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [09:33] TR News Turkey detains rock singer running charity over alleged misuse of earthquake donations https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-detains-rock-singer-running-charity-over-alleged-misuse-of-earthquake-donations-321442 [09:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Turkey detains rock singer running charity over alleged misuse of earthquake donations [09:34] TR News GIMP: Interview with LiamQuin https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/07/12/liam-quin-interview-lgm2017/ [09:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.gimp.org | NO TITLE [09:35] TR News openQA Testing in KDE GNU/Linux https://blogs.kde.org/2026/07/13/openqa-testing-in-kde-linux/ [09:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.kde.org | openQA Testing in KDE Linux - KDE Blogs [09:40] TR News AppManager installs AppImages on Ubuntu without needing FUSE https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/appmanager-appimage-installer-linux [09:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | AppManager installs AppImages on Ubuntu without needing FUSE - OMG! Ubuntu [09:52] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Estimated at 8% "Market Share" Today (in statCounter) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Linux_Estimated_at_8_Market_Share_Today_in_statCounter.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Linux_Estimated_at_8_Market_Share_Today_in_statCounter.gmi [09:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Estimated at 8% "Market Share" Today (in statCounter) ● Jul 15 [10:01] TR News (NEW): statCounter Sees GNU/Linux on 1 in 13 Laptops/Desktops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_on_1_in_13_Laptops_Desktops.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_on_1_in_13_Laptops_Desktops.gmi [10:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines statCounter Sees GNU/Linux on 1 in 13 Laptops/Desktops [10:02] TR News "f-ck off. Real people are going to suffer because of Arvinds incompetence and failure." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg [10:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgsrsvg ) [10:02] TR News "The only thing that can save us now is blockchain." http://techrights.org/n/2026/06/05/2026_is_the_Year_of_Blockchains_Says_IBM_s_CEO_a_Decade_Ago.shtml [10:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 2026 is the Year of Blockchains, Says IBM's CEO a Decade Ago? [10:03] TR News "So we can lose money on every mainframe we sell, or raise prices by 2x to 3x to compensate for today's cost of RAM and hope customers are OK with that." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgtmath [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxgtmath ) [10:03] TR News "Managers will say anything to keep you salf assured to avoid a mass exodus. With the 25% drop be sure there will be a mass ra coming" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9 [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9 ) [10:04] *croissant` (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:05] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:29] TR News (NEW): MKVToolNix 100 MKV Manipulation Tool Brings New Features and Enhancements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/MKVToolNix_100_MKV_Manipulation_Tool_Brings_New_Features_and_En.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/MKVToolNix_100_MKV_Manipulation_Tool_Brings_New_Features_and_En.gmi [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines MKVToolNix 100 MKV Manipulation Tool Brings New Features and Enhancements [10:40] TR News Reverse-engineering brings RK3576 NPU support to open-source Rocket driver for mainline GNU/Linux https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/15/reverse-engineering-brings-rk3576-npu-support-to-open-source-rocket-driver-for-mainline-linux/ [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Reverse-engineering brings RK3576 NPU support to open-source Rocket driver for mainline Linux - CNX Software [10:40] TR News Omarchy 3.8.3 https://distrowatch.com/omarchy [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Omarchy [10:40] TR News Neko-Void 20260714 https://distrowatch.com/nekovoid [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Neko-Void [10:41] TR News Xournal++ 1.3.6 Released with Ubuntu 26.04 Package Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/xournal-1-3-6-released-with-ubuntu-26-04-package-support/ [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Xournal++ 1.3.6 Released with Ubuntu 26.04 Package Support | UbuntuHandbook [10:47] TR News TR reader: "I also just read my published article in the FSFs Summer 2026 Bulletin! I have not received the online version from Eko yet, but the printed copy that arrived in the mail looks great. Im excited to share it with yall once its available!" [10:54] TR News Techrights LibreTech Collective Abandons Microsoft GitHub and All Other Proprietary Software https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/LibreTech_Collective_Abandons_Microsoft_GitHub_and_All_Other_Pr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/LibreTech_Collective_Abandons_Microsoft_GitHub_and_All_Other_Pr.gmi [10:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights LibreTech Collective Abandons Microsoft GitHub and All Other Proprietary Software ● Jul 15 [11:21] TR News (NEW): Will England Play Spain? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Will_England_Play_Spain.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Will_England_Play_Spain.gmi [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Will England Play Spain? [11:31] TR News Anon: Congratulations (as RMS said) to the LibreTech team: gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/LibreTech_Collective_Abandons_Microsoft_GitHub_and_All_Other_Pr.gmi [11:42] TR News Techrights Who Next After IBM? (Bubbles Don't Last Forever) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Who_Next_After_IBM_Bubbles_Don_t_Last_Forever.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Who_Next_After_IBM_Bubbles_Don_t_Last_Forever.gmi [11:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Who Next After IBM? 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Its a bad business model" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjgfqfv [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjgfqfv ) [13:29] TR News Techrights Making Techrights Faster Down Under (Australia and New Zealand) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Making_Techrights_Faster_Down_Under_Australia_and_New_Zealand.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Making_Techrights_Faster_Down_Under_Australia_and_New_Zealand.gmi [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Making Techrights Faster Down Under (Australia and New Zealand) [13:37] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:41] TR News (NEW): Staying Behind to Produce More Original Stories https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Staying_Behind_to_Produce_More_Original_Stories.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Staying_Behind_to_Produce_More_Original_Stories.gmi [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Staying Behind to Produce More Original Stories [13:42] TR News Why would that even be the (or a) GOAL? https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1646353-freebsd-16-retires-the-last-of-its-gpl-code-from-its-base-system/page2 [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1646353-freebsd-16-retires-the-last-of-its-gpl-code-from-its-base-system/page2 ) [13:43] TR News What does the "Free" in "FreeBSD" a statement for? That you're free to hoard and take over projects? Like Apple and Microsoft do? Apple and Microsoft are NOT freedom. [13:43] TR News What IS the "Free" in "FreeBSD" a statement for? [13:52] TR News Techrights How Long Before GNU/Linux is Measured at 20% in Chad? https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/How_Long_Before_GNU_Linux_is_Measured_at_20_in_Chad.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/How_Long_Before_GNU_Linux_is_Measured_at_20_in_Chad.gmi [13:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights How Long Before GNU/Linux is Measured at 20% in Chad? ● Jul 15 [14:17] TR News Techrights Like Kyndryl, Multiple Securities Fraud Investigations Into IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Like_Kyndryl_Multiple_Securities_Fraud_Investigations_Into_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Like_Kyndryl_Multiple_Securities_Fraud_Investigations_Into_IBM.gmi [14:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Like Kyndryl, Multiple Securities Fraud Investigations Into IBM [14:26] TR News Syslog-ng 4.12.0 available for Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute) https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-412-available-for-ubuntu-resolute/ [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peter.czanik.hu | Syslog-ng 4.12.0 available for Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute) | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [14:26] TR News Presigned URLs are technically a security vuln https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/presigned-urls-security-vuln/ [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tigrisdata.com | Presigned URLs are technically a security vuln | Tigris Object Storage [14:27] TR News butrelinux 20260714 https://distrowatch.com/butrelinux [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: butrelinux [14:28] TR News Started work on EasyOS graphical installer https://bkhome.org/news/202607/started-work-on-easyos-graphical-installer.html [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Started work on EasyOS graphical installer [14:28] TR News Mozilla GFX: HDR video in Firefox for backdoored Windows tech retrospective https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/hdr-video-in-firefox-for-windows-tech-retrospective/ [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mozillagfx.wordpress.com | HDR video in Firefox for Windows tech retrospective Mozilla Gfx Team Blog [14:47] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:47] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [14:47] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [14:47] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [14:50] TR News Odyssey 1.5.1 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/odyssey-151-released-3348/ [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: Odyssey 1.5.1 released [14:50] TR News You should probably check on your smart appliances https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/check-your-smart-tv/ [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xeiaso.net | You should probably check on your smart appliances - Xe Iaso [14:51] TR News AlmaLinux 10 vs Ubuntu 26.04 vs Debian 13: Which GNU/Linux Distro for Your VPS in 2026? https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/almalinux-10-vs-ubuntu-26-04-vs-debian-13-which-linux-distro-for-your-vps-in-2026/ [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AlmaLinux 10 vs Ubuntu 26.04 vs Debian 13 Features | RoseHosting [14:52] TR News Indian activist urged to give up hunger strike over exam leaks https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-activist-urged-to-give-up-hunger-strike-over-exam-leaks [14:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Indian activist urged to give up hunger strike over exam leaks | The Straits Times [14:54] TR News Tim Bielawa: famoe.ly - I wanted a practice set list, what I got was much more https://blog.lnx.cx/2026/07/12/famoe-ly-i-wanted-a-practice-setlist-what-i-got-was-much-more.html [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.lnx.cx | famoe.ly - I wanted a practice set list, what I got was much more | Technitribe [14:55] TR News Tim Bielawa: Simple Gals - A no-frills HTML image gallery generator https://blog.lnx.cx/2026/07/09/simple-gals-a-no-frills-html-image-gallery-generator.html [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.lnx.cx | Simple Gals - A no-frills HTML image gallery generator | Technitribe [14:56] TR News Red Hat OpenShift 4.22: What dynamic plugin developers need to know https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/red-hat-openshift-4-22-what-dynamic-plugin-developers-need-know [14:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/red-hat-openshift-4-22-what-dynamic-plugin-developers-need-know ) ● Jul 15 [15:01] TR News Whos running all those tiny RPKI servers? https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/15/whos-running-all-those-tiny-rpki-servers/ [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Who's running all those tiny RPKI servers? | APNIC Blog [15:01] TR News Workshop Basel day one https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/07/14/workshop-basel-day-one/ [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Workshop Basel day one | daniel.haxx.se [15:02] TR News Ruby 4.0.6 Released https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/07/14/ruby-4-0-6-released/ [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ruby-lang.org | Ruby 4.0.6 Released | Ruby [15:02] TR News Meet Moddo Pinch The worlds smallest 32-bit Arduino-compatible board (2026 Edition) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/14/meet-moddo-pinch-the-world-smallest-arduino-compatible-board-2026-edition/ [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Meet Moddo Pinch - The world's smallest 32-bit Arduino-compatible board (2026 Edition) - CNX Software [15:04] TR News Strengthening capacity, relationships, and routing security in Thailand https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/14/strengthening-capacity-relationships-and-routing-security-in-thailand/ [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Strengthening capacity, relationships, and routing security in Thailand | APNIC Blog [15:05] TR News GNOME OS is Getting a Test Center Making Experimental Software Testing Actually Usable https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-os-test-center-experimental-software/ [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.debugpoint.com | GNOME OS is Getting a 'Test Center' - Making Experimental Software Testing Actually Usable [15:05] TR News Debian 12.15 and 13.6 Released: Bookworm Enters LTS with Support Until 2028 https://www.debugpoint.com/debian-13-6-and-12-15-released-bookworm-lts/ [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.debugpoint.com | Debian 12.15 and 13.6 Released: Bookworm Enters LTS with Support Until 2028 [15:07] TR News 7 Open Source Trello Alternatives For Your Kanban Boards https://itsfoss.com/open-source-trello-alternatives/ [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | 7 Open Source Trello Alternatives For Your Kanban Boards [15:09] TR News Jonas Meurer: zed-xdebug https://blog.freesources.org//posts/2026/07/zed-xdebug/ [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.freesources.org | zed-xdebug [15:10] TR News Simplify your performance monitoring with the pmlogger PUSH model https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/simplify-performance-monitoring-with-pmlogger-push [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/simplify-performance-monitoring-with-pmlogger-push ) [15:22] TR News The Linux.org story https://lwn.net/Articles/1082901/ [15:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Linux.org story [LWN.net] [15:22] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1082832/ [15:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [15:23] TR News Tomeu Vizoso: Ethos-U NPU update 1: The journey to a production-ready mainline driver https://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2026/07/ethos-u-npu-update-1-journey-to.html [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.tomeuvizoso.net | Tomeu Vizoso: Ethos-U NPU update 1: The journey to a production-ready mainline driver [15:24] TR News Haiku Activity & Contract Report, June 2026 https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2026-07-13-haiku_activity_contract_report_june_2026/ [15:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.haiku-os.org | Haiku Activity & Contract Report, June 2026 | Haiku Project [15:26] TR News Canadas Electronic Spy Agency Conducted Cyberattacks on Criminals Brokering Fentanyl Ingredients, Report Says https://citizenlab.ca/canadas-electronic-spy-agency-conducted-cyberattacks-on-criminals-brokering-fentanyl-ingredients-report-says/ [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Canadas Electronic Spy Agency Conducted Cyberattacks on Criminals Brokering Fentanyl Ingredients, Report Says - The Citizen Lab [15:26] TR News Verified boot in automotive with AutoSD https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/15/verified-boot-for-red-hat-in-vehicle-operating-system [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/15/verified-boot-for-red-hat-in-vehicle-operating-system ) [15:30] TR News From bad to worse for IBM. Fraud? https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Like_Kyndryl_Multiple_Securities_Fraud_Investigations_Into_IBM.shtml [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Like Kyndryl, Multiple Securities Fraud Investigations Into IBM [15:32] TR News Arlanxeo and Mitscherlich get Zeon battery binder patent monopoly revoked in Germany https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/arlanxeo-mitscherlich-get-zeon-battery-binder-patent-revoked-in-germany/ [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Arlanxeo and Mitscherlich get Zeon battery binder patent revoked in Germany [15:32] TR News Court of Appeal grants FujiFilm an injunction against Kodak after all https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/court-of-appeal-grants-fujifilm-an-injunction-against-kodak-after-all/ [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Court of Appeal grants FujiFilm an injunction against Kodak after all [15:32] TR News $2,000 for Mila image processing patent monopoly prior art https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/7/14/2000-for-mila-image-processing-patent-prior-art [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | $2,000 for Mila image processing patent prior art Unified Patents [15:32] TR News AutoConnect Holdings vehicle network patent monopoly challenge granted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/7/14/autoconnect-holdings-vehicle-network-patent-challenge-granted [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | AutoConnect Holdings vehicle network patent challenge granted Unified Patents [15:32] TR News Fast to Deny, Slow to Grant: The Range of Motion En Banc Petition at 102 Days https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/fast-to-deny-slow-to-grant-the-range-of-motion-en-banc-petition-at-102-days.html [15:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Fast to Deny, Slow to Grant: The Range of Motion En Banc Petition at 102 Days | Patently-O [15:33] TR News Still a Lawyer, Not a Practitioner: Schindler v. Squires and the Reach of Practice Before the Office https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/still-a-lawyer-not-a-practitioner-schindler-v-squires-and-the-reach-of-practice-before-the-office.html [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Still a Lawyer, Not a Practitioner: Schindler v. Squires and the Reach of Practice Before the Office | Patently-O [15:34] TR News Claudes ability to remix liquid content is serious challenge for news media https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/claudes-ability-to-remix-liquid-content-is-serious-challenge-for-news-media/ [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Claude's ability to remix 'liquid content' is 'serious challenge for news media' - Press Gazette [15:34] TR News Petulant Harry statement after Mail hacking trial was beyond the pale https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/petulant-harry-statement-after-mail-hacking-trial-was-beyond-the-pale/ [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | 'Petulant' Harry statement after Mail hacking trial was 'beyond the pale' - Press Gazette [15:35] TR News Hidden in a Guatemalan Ruin For 1,200 Years Was The Signature of a Maya Mathematical Genius https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-the-name-of-a-revered-maya-astronomer-mathematician-sak-tahn-waax [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hidden in a Guatemalan Ruin For 1,200 Years Was The Signature of a Maya Mathematical Genius : ScienceAlert [15:35] TR News Your Dominant Hand Isn't Actually Hard-Wired, New Study Suggests https://www.sciencealert.com/your-dominant-hand-isnt-a-hard-wired-preference-a-new-study-suggests-heres-why-its-better [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Your Dominant Hand Isn't Actually Hard-Wired, New Study Suggests : ScienceAlert [15:35] TR News Scientists May Have Found a Way to Extend Fertility in Mice https://www.sciencealert.com/blocking-one-protein-kept-aging-ovaries-soft-in-mice-extending-fertility [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists May Have Found a Way to Extend Fertility in Mice : ScienceAlert [15:36] TR News 'Vanishingly Rare' Discovery: T. Rex Hatchlings Were Smaller Than a Cat And Born by The Dozen https://www.sciencealert.com/neglected-museum-fossils-turn-out-to-be-the-first-t-rex-hatchlings-ever-found [15:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Vanishingly Rare' Discovery: T. Rex Hatchlings Were Smaller Than a Cat And Born by The Dozen : ScienceAlert [15:41] TR News A Last-Resort Antibiotic Is Losing The Battle Against a Dangerous Hospital Bug https://www.sciencealert.com/a-last-resort-antibiotic-is-losing-the-battle-against-a-dangerous-hospital-bug [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Last-Resort Antibiotic Is Losing The Battle Against a Dangerous Hospital Bug : ScienceAlert [15:41] TR News Astronauts Have Taken The First Human XRays in Space https://www.sciencealert.com/astronauts-have-taken-the-first-human-x-rays-in-space-and-they-actually-worked [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Astronauts Have Taken The First Human XRays in Space : ScienceAlert [15:42] TR News Gummies Packed With Beneficial Bacteria Can Reduce Gum Bleeding in Just 6 Weeks, Trial Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/gummies-packed-with-beneficial-bacteria-can-reduce-gum-bleeding-in-just-6-weeks-trial-finds [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Gum Disease Improved With Just 6 Weeks of Taking Bacteria-Loaded Gummies : ScienceAlert [15:43] TR News China claims chip exports nearly doubled to $177 billion in the first half of 2026 as memory prices surged 96% year-on-year increase inflated by hikes https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-claims-chip-exports-nearly-doubled-to-177-billion-in-the-first-half-of-2026 [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | China claims chip exports nearly doubled to $177 billion in the first half of 2026 as memory prices surged 96% year-on-year increase inflated by hikes | Tom's Hardware [15:43] TR News The Need to Reimagine the WSIS Forum https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/07/the-need-to-reimagine-the-wsis-forum/ [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.internetsociety.org | The Need to Reimagine the WSIS Forum - Internet Society [15:45] TR News Pine Gaps influence in the AustraliaUS relationship has diminished https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/pine-gaps-influence-in-the-australia-us-relationship-has-diminished/ [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Pine Gaps influence in the AustraliaUS relationship has diminished | The Strategist [15:46] TR News Outdated Data and Dubious Comparisons: Digging into the Governments Hey Hi (AI) Strategy Adoption Claims https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/outdated-data-and-dubious-comparisons-digging-into-the-governments-ai-strategy-adoption-claims/ [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | Outdated Data and Dubious Comparisons: Digging into the Government's AI Strategy Adoption Claims - Michael Geist [15:57] TR News Techrights IBM's Crash Continues Today https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_s_Crash_Continues_Today.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_s_Crash_Continues_Today.gmi [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM's Crash Continues Today ● Jul 15 [16:09] TR News Techrights Microsoft Whistleblowers Say "The Entire Thing is Going to Fall Apart" and There Are "No Benefits" to Being Part of Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Microsoft_Whistleblowers_Say_The_Entire_Thing_is_Going_to_Fall_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Microsoft_Whistleblowers_Say_The_Entire_Thing_is_Going_to_Fall_.gmi [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Whistleblowers Say "The Entire Thing is Going to Fall Apart" and There Are "No Benefits" to Being Part of Microsoft [16:14] TR News "Often at IBM as it is with other companies, it is who you know and who is sponsoring you to be promoted into management. Unfortunately working hard, technical skills, experience, and track record do not end up promoting you into management. I saw this firsthand, particularly with individuals who had less than 5 years with IBM" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxhftgn9#replies ) [16:16] TR News "It does not look good this morning, the pre-market IBM share is hovering around $220. Expect some serious bleeding today." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxj5zrw0#replies "What happened to the 1b from chips act for Quant?" "Where was AI BOB ? if anyone knew this was going to happen, it should have been BOB" [16:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxj5zrw0#replies ) [16:17] TR News "I agree, yesterday was a tough day for Alvind, the slimy Indian. He saw his $100 Millions bonus shrink. He is in despair throwing tantrums. He is asking and imploring the board to increase his package. He did not see this debacle coming this early, right at the time he was planning to cash his loot." [16:17] TR News "this is funny watching this incompetently managed company fall apart like this and the clueless management had absolutely no idea this was going to happen, 25% of the company's market value evaporates in a day ! POOF ! gone." [16:17] TR News "I wonder if Watson could have predicted all of this happening ?" [16:18] TR News "IBM is irrelevant in the tech industry today. That is why when it's puffery is exposed, and stock drops like a brick though a glass windows, the stock market doesn't blink an eye. If Arvind dropped dead today, no one who has been impacted by his layoffs and job transfers to India would shed a bitter tear. In fact there might be celebrations all over the company in the US. Actions have consequences." [16:19] TR News "Theres a lot more than that going on. The kyndryl fiasco is Canary in the Coal mine" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjxk5kz#replies "Bob just erased all the records. Oops, cloud happens." [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjxk5kz#replies ) [16:20] TR News "All the quant and sub nm press was bullsh-t. Those who pushed those narratives should be investigated and held directly accountable" [16:20] TR News ""I am guessing, the letter that was sent by the slimy Indian at the top was a hint about an upcoming audit. The slimy Indian with the help of his cabal are trying to "correct" the books. They are trying to avoid some jail time. IBM executives have been cooking the books for quite sometime" [16:21] TR News "C'MON MAN! What rock have you been under? Look up Lou Gerstner and 150,000 IBM layoffs over 18 months in 93-94. IBM layoffs? 7x24x365. They are so cheap they do not call them layoffs to avoid severance etc. PIPs and mental abuse do the job forcing out thousands of IBM people every month." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw#replies [16:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw#replies ) [16:21] TR News IBM layoffs "...Yup coming - largest ones ever" [16:24] TR News Groks Foul-Mouthed Hey Hi (AI) Translation Feature Puts Unspeakably Ghoulish Words Into Users Mouths https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-foul-mouthed-ai-translation-feature [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Grok's Foul-Mouthed AI "Translation" Feature Puts Unspeakably Ghoulish Words Into Users' Mouths [16:24] TR News New York Becomes First State to Ban Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-york-hochul-executive-order-ban-ai-data-centers [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | New York Becomes First State to Ban AI Data Centers [16:25] TR News Bloomberg Loses Landmark Libel Case in Singapore https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/asia/singapore-bloomberg-defamation.html [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/asia/singapore-bloomberg-defamation.html ) [16:26] TR News As Confirmation Hearing Nears, Todd Blanches Role in Epstein Case Draws Scrutiny https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/todd-blanche-epstein-investigation-doj.html [16:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/todd-blanche-epstein-investigation-doj.html ) [16:27] TR News 12 US states sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros merger under antitrust claims https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/12-states-sue-to-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger-under-antitrust-claims/ [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | 12 US states sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros merger under antitrust claims - JURIST - News [16:28] TR News US appeals court reverses dismissal of Tylenol cases https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/us-appeals-court-reverses-dismissal-of-tylenol-cases/ [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | US appeals court reverses dismissal of Tylenol cases - JURIST - News [16:29] TR News Judge Tosses Epidemic Sounds Newer Meta Lawsuit, Rules on Older Cases Dueling Summary Judgment Motions Amid Marathon Infringement Dispute https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/epidemic-sound-v-meta-lawsuit/ [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/epidemic-sound-v-meta-lawsuit/ ) [16:30] TR News StubHub CEOs Ticket Broker Connections Lead to Customer Class Action Lawsuit https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/stubhub-ceo-ticket-broker-class-action-lawsuit/ [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/13/stubhub-ceo-ticket-broker-class-action-lawsuit/ ) [16:30] TR News Washington D.C. Approves One of the Nations Most Stringent Ticket-Scalping Laws https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/washington-dc-ticket-scalping-laws/ [16:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/washington-dc-ticket-scalping-laws/ ) [16:40] TR News Anthropic Just Pissed Off the Wrong Music Industry Power Attorney https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/anthropic-pisses-off-music-industry-attorney-donald-passman/ [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/anthropic-pisses-off-music-industry-attorney-donald-passman/ ) [16:40] TR News Judge tells DOJ to reinstate telework for two attorneys as their lawsuit proceeds https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/07/judge-tells-doj-to-reinstate-telework-for-two-attorneys-as-their-lawsuit-proceeds/ [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Judge tells DOJ to reinstate telework for two attorneys as their lawsuit proceeds | Federal News Network [16:42] TR News Marriage on hold for young Malaysians due to rising living costs, financial insecurity https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/marriage-on-hold-for-the-young-malaysians-due-to-rising-living-costs-financial-insecurity [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Marriage on hold for young Malaysians due to rising living costs, financial insecurity | The Straits Times [16:44] TR News NPM = Microsoft TCO https://www.securityweek.com/multiple-jscrambler-packages-impacted-by-supply-chain-attack/ [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Multiple Jscrambler Packages Impacted by Supply Chain Attack - SecurityWeek [16:44] TR News SAP Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in NetWeaver, Approuter, Commerce Cloud https://www.securityweek.com/sap-patches-critical-vulnerabilities-in-netweaver-approuter-commerce-cloud/ [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SAP Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in NetWeaver, Approuter, Commerce Cloud - SecurityWeek [16:44] TR News 7 Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer https://www.securityweek.com/7-severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-vmware-avi-load-balancer/ [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-7 Severe Vulnerabilities Patched in VMware Avi Load Balancer - SecurityWeek [16:44] TR News Adobe Patches Critical ColdFusion Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-patches-critical-coldfusion-vulnerabilities/ [16:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Adobe Patches Critical ColdFusion Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek [16:45] TR News Synopsys Finds No Evidence of Data Breach Amid Bosch Hack Claims https://www.securityweek.com/synopsys-finds-no-evidence-of-data-breach-following-bosch-hack-claims/ [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Synopsys Finds No Evidence of Data Breach Amid Bosch Hack Claims - SecurityWeek [16:45] TR News Air Force network lockouts hit troops and civilians https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2026/07/air-force-network-lockouts-hit-troops-and-civilians/ [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Air Force network lockouts hit troops and civilians | Federal News Network [16:46] TR News Archie G. Norcross Maine Forest Fire Maps (191822) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/maine-forest-fire-maps [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-publicdomainreview.org | Archie G. Norcross Maine Forest Fire Maps (191822) The Public Domain Review [16:46] TR News The Center of Our Galaxy Is More Like a Raspberry Donut Than We Realized https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-first-true-sugar-ever-detected-in-interstellar-space [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Center of Our Galaxy Is More Like a Raspberry Donut Than We Realized : ScienceAlert [16:46] TR News KDE Plasma 6.7.3, Bugfix Release for July https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.3/ [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kde.org | KDE Plasma 6.7.3, Bugfix Release for July - KDE Community [16:46] TR News Clonezilla 3.3.3-15 https://distrowatch.com/clonezilla [16:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Clonezilla Live [16:47] TR News Unpatched Claude for Chrome Flaw Lets Extensions Read Gmail, Calendar https://www.securityweek.com/unpatched-claude-for-chrome-flaw-lets-extensions-read-gmail-calendar/ [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Unpatched Claude for Chrome Flaw Lets Extensions Read Gmail, Calendar - SecurityWeek [16:47] TR News Microsoft discloses the mother of all vulnerability loads, tripling Junes previous record https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-july-2026/ [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft discloses the mother of all vulnerability loads, tripling Junes previous record | CyberScoop [16:48] TR News Microsoft Patches Record 622 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-record-622-vulnerabilities-including-two-exploited-zero-days/ [16:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft Patches Record 622 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days - SecurityWeek [16:49] TR News Vulnerability in FIFAs Network https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/vulnerability-in-fifas-network.html [16:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Vulnerability in FIFA's Network - Schneier on Security [16:50] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: qlcal 0.1.2 on CRAN: Fresh Upstream Updates http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/07/14#qlcal-r_0.1.2 [16:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [16:52] TR News IoTLabs wM-Bus gateway An ESP32 device with Wireless M-Bus connectivity for Home Assistant https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/14/iotlabs-wm-bus-gateway-an-esp32-device-with-wireless-m-bus-connectivity-for-home-assistant/ [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | IoTLabs wM-Bus gateway - An ESP32 device with Wireless M-Bus connectivity for Home Assistant - CNX Software [16:52] TR News $50 Forgix board pairs Raspberry Pi RP2354 MCU with Trion T8 FPGA in Teensy form factor https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/14/50-forgix-board-pairs-raspberry-pi-rp2354-mcu-with-trion-t8-fpga-in-teensy-form-factor/ [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | $50 Forgix board pairs Raspberry Pi RP2354 MCU with Trion T8 FPGA in Teensy form factor - CNX Software [16:52] TR News Ghosts, Curses, and Two New Nancy Drew Mysteries https://www.scummvm.org/news/20260714/ [16:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scummvm.org | ScummVM :: Latest Developments :: Ghosts, Curses, and Two New Nancy Drew Mysteries [16:53] TR News Microsoft Patch Tuesday July 2026 - The Hey Hi (AI) Acopolypse is Here , (Tue, Jul 14th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33154 [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Microsoft Patch Tuesday July 2026 - The AI Acopolypse is Here [16:53] TR News Todd Blanche's Record Raises Alarming Questions About the Future of the DOJ https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/todd-blanches-record-raises-alarming-questions-about-the-future-of-the-doj [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aclu.org | Todd Blanche's Record Raises Alarming Questions About the Future of DOJ | American Civil Liberties Union [16:54] TR News Plant Compound Protects Mice From Knee Cartilage Damage in Space https://www.sciencealert.com/spaceflight-seems-to-damage-knee-cartilage-and-scientists-may-have-found-a-way-to-protect-it [16:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Plant Compound Protects Mice From Knee Cartilage Damage in Space : ScienceAlert [16:55] TR News Arduino UNO Q intranet web server helps this business run https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/07/14/arduino-uno-q-intranet-web-server-helps-this-business-run/ [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Arduino UNO Q intranet web server helps this business run | Arduino Blog [16:55] TR News Laureen Caliman: Update on Crosswords Backtracking Algorithm https://blogs.gnome.org/laureen/2026/07/14/update-on-crosswords-backtracking-algorithm/ [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | Update on Crosswords Backtracking Algorithm crosswordsgsoc [16:55] TR News GNOME Wants to Let You Test Experimental Features Without Breaking Anything https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-test-center-announcement/ [16:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | GNOME Wants to Let You Test Experimental Features Without Breaking Anything [16:56] TR News Call for topics for the 2026 Maintainers Summit https://lwn.net/Articles/1082838/ [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Call for topics for the 2026 Maintainers Summit [LWN.net] [16:57] TR News How to Write When Youre Feeling Stuck https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/how-to-write-when-youre-feeling-stuck [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | How to Write When Youre Feeling Stuck | The New Yorker [16:57] TR News How to Install LEMP on Fedora 44 https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-lemp-on-fedora-linux/ [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install LEMP on Fedora 44 - LinuxCapable [16:58] TR News How To Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-postgresql-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [16:59] TR News How To Install Yarn on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-yarn-ubuntu-26-04/ [16:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Yarn on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [16:59] TR News How To Install Odoo on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-odoo-fedora-44/ [16:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Odoo on Fedora 44 - idroot [16:59] TR News How To Install PostgreSQL on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-postgresql-fedora-44/ [16:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install PostgreSQL on Fedora 44 - idroot ● Jul 15 [17:00] TR News How To Install Blender on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-blender-ubuntu-26-04/ [17:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Blender on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [17:01] TR News ""He refers to a trans woman as a man in a dress," says Tech Journalist in hit piece that makes Lunduke sound amazing." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/german-tech-journalist-attacks-lunduke [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | German Tech Journalist Attacks Lunduke... and it's Awesome [17:01] TR News Maintenance release: Godot 4.7.1 https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-7-1/ [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-godotengine.org | Maintenance release: Godot 4.7.1 Godot Engine [17:01] TR News Godot Team Updates @ GodotCon Boston 2026 https://godotengine.org/article/godotcon-us-2026-update/ [17:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-godotengine.org | Godot Team Updates @ GodotCon Boston 2026 Godot Engine [17:02] TR News Publishers sue Surveillance Giant Google over alleged use of books to train Hey Hi (AI) models https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260715-publishers-sue-google-over-alleged-use-of-books-to-train-ai-models [17:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260715-publishers-sue-google-over-alleged-use-of-books-to-train-ai-models ) [17:02] TR News Nicki Minaj Accused of Ghosting Law Firm on $230,000 Bill After Contentious Copyright Lawsuit https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/nicki-minaj-ghosting-law-firm-after-lawsuit/ [17:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/nicki-minaj-ghosting-law-firm-after-lawsuit/ ) [17:26] TR News (NEW): United States Of America: GNU/Linux is Winning https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/United_States_Of_America_GNU_Linux_is_Winning.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/United_States_Of_America_GNU_Linux_is_Winning.gmi [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines United States Of America: GNU/Linux is Winning [17:34] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:36] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:43] TR News Techrights IBM Sinking to Lowest Levels Since 2024, But Will Any Executives Be Arrested for Securities Fraud? https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_Sinking_to_Lowest_Levels_Since_2024_But_Will_Any_Executives.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_Sinking_to_Lowest_Levels_Since_2024_But_Will_Any_Executives.gmi [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Sinking to Lowest Levels Since 2024, But Will Any Executives Be Arrested for Securities Fraud? [17:45] TR News Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/microsoft-patches-a-record-570-security-flaws/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krebsonsecurity.com | Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws Krebs on Security [17:46] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Breaks New Record for Holes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Microsoft_Breaks_New_Record_for_Holes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Microsoft_Breaks_New_Record_for_Holes.gmi [17:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Microsoft Breaks New Record for Holes [17:48] TR News Nuclear option: Lithuania mulls introducing border checks with Latvia https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2990295/nuclear-option-lithuania-mulls-introducing-border-checks-with-latvia [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Nuclear option: Lithuania mulls introducing border checks with Latvia - LRT [17:48] TR News Lithuanias foreign policy direction same, but different? https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2989149/lithuania-s-foreign-policy-direction-same-but-different [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanias foreign policy direction same, but different? - LRT [17:48] TR News Lindsey Grahams Death Leaves Fate of Russia Sanctions Bill Uncertain https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/graham-death-russia-sanctions-trump.html [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/graham-death-russia-sanctions-trump.html ) [17:48] TR News US, Allies Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure Routers https://www.securityweek.com/us-allies-warn-of-russian-cyberattacks-targeting-critical-infrastructure-routers/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US, Allies Warn of Russian Cyberattacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure Routers - SecurityWeek [17:48] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Security_Leftovers.gmi [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [17:48] TR News Latvia joins call for EU to cut funding to International Olympic Committee https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/sport/14.07.2026-latvia-joins-call-for-eu-to-cut-funding-to-international-olympic-committee.a655001/ [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia joins call for EU to cut funding to International Olympic Committee / Article [17:49] TR News Ukraine Wants to Make Its Own Antimissile System, Not Just Patriots https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/europe/ukraine-fire-point-patriot-missiles.html [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/europe/ukraine-fire-point-patriot-missiles.html ) [17:49] TR News Europe, Flexing Muscle in Ukraine, Is Still on Sidelines in Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/europe/macron-trump-bastille-day-military-parade.html [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/world/europe/macron-trump-bastille-day-military-parade.html ) [17:49] TR News Ukraine Gets Nod From France To Produce French Defense Systems https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-france-defense-systems-patriot/33803618.html [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Ukraine Gets Nod From France To Produce French Defense Systems [17:49] TR News Treasury sanctions First VPN Service, others for abetting ransomware gangs https://cyberscoop.com/us-sanctions-first-vpn-ransomware/ [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US sanctions First VPN and administrator for supporting ransomware | CyberScoop [17:50] TR News Latvia's honorary consuls in Ukraine given awards https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/14.07.2026-latvias-honorary-consuls-in-ukraine-given-awards.a654960/ [17:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvia's honorary consuls in Ukraine given awards / Article [17:51] TR News Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/stop_guard_act_and_age_verification_laws_worldwide [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.defectivebydesign.org | Stop the GUARD Act and age verification laws worldwide | Defective by Design [17:51] TR News What's new for developers in Red Bait OpenShift 4.22 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/whats-new-developers-red-hat-openshift-4-22 [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/14/whats-new-developers-red-hat-openshift-4-22 ) [17:52] TR News Gianni Infantino under fire as viral claims drag European Parliament into FIFA row https://www.france24.com/en/infantino-under-fire-as-viral-claims-drag-european-parliament-into-fifa-row-1 [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/infantino-under-fire-as-viral-claims-drag-european-parliament-into-fifa-row-1 ) [17:52] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 394 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-394/ [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-latenightlinux.com | Late Night Linux Episode 394 Late Night Linux [17:53] TR News Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #65 S3E17 Signing the Future: Securing Hey Hi (AI) and ML Artifacts with Mihai Maruseac https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/07/14/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-65-s3e17-signing-the-future-securing-ai-and-ml-artifacts-with-mihai-maruseac/ [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openssf.org | Securing AI & ML Artifacts with Mihai Maruseac | OpenSSF [17:53] TR News What Europes Digital Sovereignty Push Means for Open Source Platforms https://fossforce.com/2026/07/what-europes-digital-sovereignty-push-means-for-open-source-platforms/ [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | What Europes Digital Sovereignty Push Means for Open Source Platforms - FOSS Force [17:54] TR News New Adder Pro Targets GNU/Linux Creators, Gamers, and Devs with OLED and RTX Graphics https://fossforce.com/2026/07/new-adder-pro-targets-linux-creators-gamers-and-devs-with-oled-and-rtx-graphics/ [17:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | New Adder Pro Targets Linux Creators, Gamers, and Devs with OLED and RTX Graphics - FOSS Force [17:56] TR News Rustdesk 1.4.9 Can Now Record Which User Was Controlling a Device https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/rustdesk-1-4-9-record-which-user-controlling/ [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Rustdesk 1.4.9 Can Now Record Which User Was Controlling a Device | UbuntuHandbook [17:56] TR News Week 6: Clipboard Auto-Clear with Klipper Protection https://roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev/week-6-clipboard-auto-clear-with-klipper-protection/ [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev | Week 6: Clipboard Auto-Clear with Klipper Protection Roshani's KDE & GSoC Blog [17:57] TR News deepin 25.2.0 https://distrowatch.com/deepin [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: deepin [17:57] TR News Slimbook OS 26-r0 https://distrowatch.com/slimbookos [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Slimbook OS [17:57] TR News Senpai 20260707 https://distrowatch.com/senpai [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Senpai Respins [17:57] TR News Slop, slop, slop: Dependency analytics 1.0: Hey Hi (AI) coding with supply chain security https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/07/dependency-analytics-10-ai-coding-supply-chain-security [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/07/dependency-analytics-10-ai-coding-supply-chain-security ) [17:58] TR News Mercedes-Benz hosts open-source hardware Automotive Rapid DEvelopment Platform (ARDEP) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/07/mercedes-benz-hosts-open-source-hardware-automotive-rapid-development-platform-ardep/ [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Mercedes-Benz hosts open-source hardware Automotive Rapid DEvelopment Platform (ARDEP) - CNX Software [17:58] TR News Iran-Linked Hackers Using Modular C&C Framework in Cyberattacks https://www.securityweek.com/iran-linked-hackers-using-modular-cc-framework-in-cyberattacks/ [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Iran-Linked Hackers Using Modular C&C Framework in Cyberattacks - SecurityWeek [17:58] TR News ExTiX 260710 https://distrowatch.com/extix [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: ExTiX [17:59] TR News umbrelOS 1.7.4 https://distrowatch.com/umbrelos [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: umbrelOS [17:59] TR News TitalcruiseOS 5.3 https://distrowatch.com/titalcruiseos [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: TitalcruiseOS [17:59] TR News Manjaro 26.1.0-rc1 https://distrowatch.com/manjaro [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Manjaro Linux [17:59] TR News Astral static site generator https://www.linuxlinks.com/astral-static-site-generator/ [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Astral - static site generator - LinuxLinks [17:59] TR News LinuxCNC 2.9.10 https://distrowatch.com/linuxcnc [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: LinuxCNC [17:59] TR News Lilidog 26.07.11 https://distrowatch.com/lilidog [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Lilidog ● Jul 15 [18:15] TR News In Linux, things are often upside down https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-upside-down.html [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dedoimedo.com | In Linux, things are often upside down [18:39] TR News Techrights Get Ready for Increase in PIPs and RAs at IBM, Red Hat, and Other Companies Devoured by IBM https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Get_Ready_for_Increase_in_PIPs_and_RAs_at_IBM_Red_Hat_and_Other.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Get_Ready_for_Increase_in_PIPs_and_RAs_at_IBM_Red_Hat_and_Other.gmi [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Get Ready for Increase in PIPs and RAs at IBM, Red Hat, and Other Companies Devoured by IBM [18:42] TR News ""peeling off" Given what's happened to spcx, smh, igv, smci, are we seeing the peeling off of the AI trade that now appears to have claimed ibm?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkba2d3 [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkba2d3 ) [18:53] TR News Techrights Techrights Was Right: Microsoft's Layoffs Tally Was False, Far More People Are Being Sacked https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Techrights_Was_Right_Microsoft_s_Layoffs_Tally_Was_False_Far_Mo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Techrights_Was_Right_Microsoft_s_Layoffs_Tally_Was_False_Far_Mo.gmi [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Techrights Was Right: Microsoft's Layoffs Tally Was False, Far More People Are Being Sacked ● Jul 15 [19:01] TR News iophk: The AI hype is not for any other audience except the "investors" because there must be a steady stream of fools to be fleeced in order to keep the bubble from popping. It'll pop soon, and leave nothing of value behind, unlike the dot-com which left a lot of skill and useful modules. [19:02] TR News On IBM: "We dont know what we are doing isnt that part clear just now? But we are great at Shucking and jiving and dancing around like we do. But truth always floats to the top" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkba2d3#replies [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkba2d3#replies ) [19:03] TR News "ALB super corrupt. Very little oversight and zero accountability. Also all on H1B. It should have been shuttered years ago. Just a giant cost to ibm that generates no real revenue or product value" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw#replies [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw#replies ) [19:03] TR News "not a layoff but a few hundred (apparently) got notice yesterday morning that some legacy cloud hosted offerings were going to be managed by a third party and that their time with IBM would be done as early as Sept 1. Offer with the third party (Persistent Systems) would be coming at some point. No offer or details presented, nothing in writing, radio silence from senior management" [19:08] TR News Techrights Allegedly More IBM RAs (Mass Layoffs) Same Day the Stock Crashed https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Allegedly_More_IBM_RAs_Mass_Layoffs_Same_Day_the_Stock_Crashed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Allegedly_More_IBM_RAs_Mass_Layoffs_Same_Day_the_Stock_Crashed.gmi [19:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Allegedly More IBM RAs (Mass Layoffs) Same Day the Stock Crashed [19:13] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [19:20] TR News (NEW): Applications: AppManager, Xournal++, EasyOS Graphical Installer, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Applications_AppManager_Xournal_EasyOS_Graphical_Installer_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Applications_AppManager_Xournal_EasyOS_Graphical_Installer_and_.gmi [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Applications: AppManager, Xournal++, EasyOS Graphical Installer, and More [19:22] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_RISC_V_and_More.gmi [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and More [19:22] TR News (NEW): Red Hat, Fedora, and the Ongoing Slop ("AI") Circus of IBM https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_the_Ongoing_Slop_AI_Circus_of_IBM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_the_Ongoing_Slop_AI_Circus_of_IBM.gmi [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat, Fedora, and the Ongoing Slop ("AI") Circus of IBM [19:23] TR News (NEW): GNOME OS, GNOME Crosswords, and "GNOME Wants to Let You Test Experimental Features Without Breaking Anything" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNOME_OS_GNOME_Crosswords_and_GNOME_Wants_to_Let_You_Test_Exper.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNOME_OS_GNOME_Crosswords_and_GNOME_Wants_to_Let_You_Test_Exper.gmi [19:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNOME OS, GNOME Crosswords, and "GNOME Wants to Let You Test Experimental Features Without Breaking Anything" [19:23] TR News (NEW): KDE Linux, Klipper, and KeepSecret https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/KDE_Linux_Klipper_and_KeepSecret.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/KDE_Linux_Klipper_and_KeepSecret.gmi [19:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Linux, Klipper, and KeepSecret [19:25] TR News (NEW): Games: ScummVM, Godot, and Tech Ruining Sport https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Games_ScummVM_Godot_and_Tech_Ruining_Sport.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Games_ScummVM_Godot_and_Tech_Ruining_Sport.gmi [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: ScummVM, Godot, and Tech Ruining Sport [19:27] TR News (NEW): OpenBSD and FreeBSD News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/OpenBSD_and_FreeBSD_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/OpenBSD_and_FreeBSD_News.gmi [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OpenBSD and FreeBSD News [19:28] TR News (NEW): GNU Projects: GIMP Interview with LiamQuin and Emacs News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Projects_GIMP_Interview_with_Liam_Quin_and_Emacs_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Projects_GIMP_Interview_with_Liam_Quin_and_Emacs_News.gmi [19:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU Projects: GIMP Interview with LiamQuin and Emacs News [19:31] TR News "Vince then pursued a data protection claim for unfair processing but this was thrown out last year by High Court judge Mr Justice Swift who said he had no real prospect of success and that the case was an abuse of process." https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/dale-vince-wins-damages-on-appeal-over-unfair-daily-mail-headline-juxtaposition/ [19:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Dale Vince victory on appeal in Daily Mail data protection case - Press Gazette [19:37] TR News (NEW): FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/FSF_Software_Freedom_Digital_Sovereignty_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/FSF_Software_Freedom_Digital_Sovereignty_Leftovers.gmi [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty Leftovers [19:39] TR News (NEW): Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Thundermail https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Mozilla_Firefox_Thunderbird_and_Thundermail.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Mozilla_Firefox_Thunderbird_and_Thundermail.gmi [19:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Thundermail [19:40] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Wonders of Web Weaving, Late Night Linux, and Whats in the SOSS? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Audiocasts_Shows_Wonders_of_Web_Weaving_Late_Night_Linux_and_Wh.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Audiocasts_Shows_Wonders_of_Web_Weaving_Late_Night_Linux_and_Wh.gmi [19:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Wonders of Web Weaving, Late Night Linux, and Whats in the SOSS? [19:42] TR News (NEW): Debian: Xdebug Integration, Debian 12.15 and 13.6 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Debian_Xdebug_Integration_Debian_12_15_and_13_6_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Debian_Xdebug_Integration_Debian_12_15_and_13_6_Released.gmi [19:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian: Xdebug Integration, Debian 12.15 and 13.6 Released [19:42] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:45] TR News Brett Wilson LLP is a "Defamation Troll" for Vince. 4 lawsuits in one month. No rate-limiting? KB-2024-001788 KB-2024-001681 KB-2024-001820 KB-2024-001604 [19:46] TR News Total 6 lawsuits for Vince. The serial strangler from Microsoft seems to be OK with a firm whose biggest client is an alleged Hamas sympathiser. [19:49] TR News (NEW): Interoperability and Standards: General Court of the European Union (General Court), RSS, Jabber, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Interoperability_and_Standards_General_Court_of_the_European_Un.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Interoperability_and_Standards_General_Court_of_the_European_Un.gmi [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Interoperability and Standards: General Court of the European Union (General Court), RSS, Jabber, and More [19:52] TR News (NEW): Content Management Systems (CMS): Bear, Bugs, and WordPress/WordCamp https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Bear_Bugs_and_WordPress_WordCamp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Bear_Bugs_and_WordPress_WordCamp.gmi [19:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Content Management Systems (CMS): Bear, Bugs, and WordPress/WordCamp [19:54] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software or Sharing Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_or_Sharing_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_or_Sharing_Leftovers.gmi [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software or Sharing Leftovers [19:55] TR News (NEW): Distributions and Operating Systems: Haiku, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Haiku_openSUSE_Ubuntu_and_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Haiku_openSUSE_Ubuntu_and_M.gmi [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Distributions and Operating Systems: Haiku, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and More [19:57] TR News (NEW): Linux.org and Linux (Kernel) Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Linux_org_and_Linux_Kernel_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Linux_org_and_Linux_Kernel_Leftovers.gmi [19:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux.org and Linux (Kernel) Leftovers ● Jul 15 [20:06] TR News Techrights Links 15/07/2026: "Gianni Infantino Under Fire" and "Todd Blanche's Record Raises Alarming Questions About the Future of the US DOJ" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Links_15_07_2026_Gianni_Infantino_Under_Fire_and_Todd_Blanche_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Links_15_07_2026_Gianni_Infantino_Under_Fire_and_Todd_Blanche_s.gmi [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 15/07/2026: "Gianni Infantino Under Fire" and "Todd Blanche's Record Raises Alarming Questions About the Future of the US DOJ" [20:08] TR News "So here I am, sitting front of the computer on a July afternoon. It feels like morning because I slept in so late. You see, I'm on summer break from school, so I haven't been teaching lately. It gives me a little bit of free time, but not too much since the kids need lots of attention!" gemini://kwiecien.us/gemlog/202607151507.gmi [20:09] TR News "We made some recordings of performances last year, and I was never happy with them. Not that we didn't sound good - we did - but I didn't like the way I sounded at all." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/7-15.gmi [20:10] TR News "It has been a while since I wrote here. I feel that so much has happened, more in a few months than in the couple years prior. I am enjoying a moment of respite and thought that reflecting a bit would be time well spent." gemini://lierre.smol.pub/retrospective-2gemini://lierre.smol.pub/retrospective-2 [20:11] TR News Lab 6 Issue 9 is out gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/07/14/nine/ [20:11] TR News "A simple modification is to allow the fire to reverse itself (computer simulations need not imitate a particular view of reality, and there may be good reasons to not do so) in which case the landscape will (with increasingly higher odds the longer it is left to run) evolve more complexity." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/07/15/burn-notice-evolved.gmi [20:12] TR News "Over the years I got friends and family to install #Telegram to chat to me, as I refuse to use #WhatsApp (ever since Facebook bought them). Telegram was always a stop-gap until the proper solution came along, and now #DeltaChat is it, especially since calls are now implemented" gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi [20:16] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Lab 6, Retrospective 2, and "Getting Back Into Gemini" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Gemini_Links_15_07_2026_Lab_6_Retrospective_2_and_Getting_Back_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/Gemini_Links_15_07_2026_Lab_6_Retrospective_2_and_Getting_Back_.gmi [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Lab 6, Retrospective 2, and "Getting Back Into Gemini" [20:16] TR News IBM "Ginni - Roadkill (Roadmap) 2015." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjxk5kz [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxjxk5kz ) [20:17] TR News "Potential securities claims against IBM The investigation focuses on IBM statements about the potential of IBM Z's 2026 cycle with the z17 program. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-shareholder-investigation-suewallst-notifies-investors-of-potential-securities-claims-involving-international-business-machines-302826688.html " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkjg6k9 [20:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.prnewswire.com | IBM SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION: SueWallSt Notifies Investors of Potential Securities Claims Involving International Business Machines [20:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkjg6k9 ) [20:18] TR News "Get em boys! Long time coming! kyndyl opened Pandoras box!" [20:24] TR News Tomasz Torcz: HDR Kodi available for Fedora https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2026/07/hdr-kodi-available-for-fedora/ [20:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-enotty.pipebreaker.pl | HDR Kodi available for Fedora | -ENOTTY [20:24] TR News Syslog-ng Java destination disabled https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-java-destination-disabled/ [20:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peter.czanik.hu | Syslog-ng Java destination disabled | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [20:25] TR News Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/28 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/07/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-28/ [20:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dominique.leuenberger.net | Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/28 Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) [20:25] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.97.0 https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/09/Rust-1.97.0/ [20:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.rust-lang.org | Announcing Rust 1.97.0 | Rust Blog [20:25] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: Engineering Effectiveness Newsletter (Q2 2026 Edition) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/engineering-effectiveness-newsletter-q2-2026-edition/148883 [20:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-discourse.mozilla.org | Engineering Effectiveness Newsletter (Q2 2026 Edition) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [20:26] TR News Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1081798/ [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Wednesday [LWN.net] [20:26] TR News OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage https://lwn.net/Articles/1081884/ [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage [LWN.net] [20:26] TR News smartctl Command in Linux: Check Disk Health with SMART https://linuxize.com/post/smartctl-command-in-linux/ [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-smartctl Command in Linux: Check Disk Health with SMART | Linuxize [20:26] TR News Bash Parameter Expansion: Defaults, Substrings, and Replacement https://linuxize.com/post/bash-parameter-expansion/ [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bash Parameter Expansion: Defaults, Substrings, and Replacement | Linuxize [20:26] *croissant` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:26] TR News strace Command in Linux: Trace System Calls https://linuxize.com/post/strace-command-in-linux/ [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-strace Command in Linux: Trace System Calls | Linuxize [20:27] TR News UPC is illegal https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/biontech-pfizer-win-upc-dispute-over-covid-19-vaccines-against-promosome/ [20:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | BioNTech and Pfizer score win in UPC dispute over COVID-19 vaccines against Promosome [20:28] TR News These 5 distros prove that Linux isnt immune to bloatware https://www.howtogeek.com/these-distros-prove-that-linux-isnt-immune-to-bloatware/ [20:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | These 5 distros prove that Linux isnt immune to bloatware [20:29] *croissant (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [20:33] TR News Openwashing as the back doors are MANDATORY https://www.howtogeek.com/these-5-open-source-apps-are-windows-only-and-linux-users-are-missing-out/ [20:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | These 5 open-source apps are Windows-only, and Linux users are missing out [20:34] TR News Shilling slop https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-operational-launch-of-x402-foundation-to-standardize-internet-native-payments-for-ai-agents-and-applications [20:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxfoundation.org | Linux Foundation Announces Operational Launch of x402 Foundation to Standardize Internet-Native Payments for AI Agents and Applications [20:35] TR News "If you're looking to try a different Linux distribution, it's time you do the 'distro hop.' But why does this phenomenon seem inevitable for so many users?" https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-reasons-that-make-you-want-to-distro-hop/ [20:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I'm a serial Linux distro hopper - these 7 signs mean it's time to switch | ZDNET [20:37] TR News (NEW): Engineer shoves Linux peg through Sega 32X-shaped hole https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Engineer_shoves_Linux_peg_through_Sega_32X_shaped_hole.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/Engineer_shoves_Linux_peg_through_Sega_32X_shaped_hole.gmi [20:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Engineer shoves Linux peg through Sega 32X-shaped hole [20:38] TR News Scammy companies misusing the brand "Linux" to legitimise themselves https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/3b66d-ripple-coinbase-circle-join-linux-x402-foundation-to-help-shape-ai-payments [20:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cryptorank.io | Ripple, Coinbase, Circle Join Linux x402 Foundation to Help Shape AI Payments [20:38] TR News Denuvo-protected games now run on Linux thanks to DenuvOwO https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/igry-s-zashchitoj-denuvo-teper-rabotayut-na-linux-blagodarya-denuvowo | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/igry-s-zashchitoj-denuvo-teper-rabotayut-na-linux-blagodarya-denuvowo [20:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.gamegpu.com | Denuvo-protected games now run on Linux thanks to DenuvOwO [20:39] TR News Openwashing it or "gave it"? https://diginomica.com/agent-identity-gets-dns-anchor-how-godaddy-built-agent-name-service-then-gave-it-linux-foundation [20:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-diginomica.com | Agent identity gets a DNS anchor how GoDaddy built the Agent Name Service, then gave it to the Linux Foundation [20:40] TR News The brand "Linux" getting associated with dodgy pyramid schemes https://cryptopotato.com/ripple-coinbase-circle-join-linux-x402-foundation-to-help-shape-ai-payments/ [20:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cryptopotato.com | Ripple, Coinbase, Circle Join Linux x402 Foundation to Help Shape AI Payments [20:40] TR News Lossless Scaling benchmarked in Linux on a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and Radeon RX 6600 in 4K https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/lossless-scaling-protestirovali-v-linux-na-svyazke-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-i-radeon-rx-6600-v-4k [20:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.gamegpu.com | Lossless Scaling benchmarked in Linux on a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and Radeon RX 6600 in 4K [20:41] TR News The best app for Linux handhelds is now on Android https://www.androidauthority.com/starboard-app-linux-games-android-3687131/ [20:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidauthority.com | The best app for Linux handhelds is now on Android - Android Authority [20:41] TR News Frame: A new X11 server implemented directly in assembly https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/07/14/frame-a-new-x11-server-implemented-directly-in-assembly/5270498 [20:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Frame: A new X11 server implemented directly in assembly [20:42] TR News How Lindows almost destroyed Microsoft's Windows trademark https://www.howtogeek.com/how-lindows-almost-destroyed-microsofts-windows-trademark/ [20:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | How Lindows almost destroyed Microsoft's Windows trademark [20:42] TR News "This simply gorgeous Linux desktop just stole the UI crown from Apple's Liquid Glass." https://www.zdnet.com/article/cosmic-desktop-frosted-glass-linux-liquid-glass/ [20:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I tested COSMIC's new Frosted Glass effect, and it's way better than MacOS' Liquid Glass | ZDNET [20:43] TR News Putting Linux on the classic Atari Jaguar console https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/07/13/linux-on-the-atari-jaguar/ [20:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/07/13/linux-on-the-atari-jaguar/ ) [20:43] TR News They promised Linux Mint could replace Windowshere's 3 ways it falls short https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-using-linux-mint-like-a-windows-user/ [20:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | They promised Linux Mint could replace Windowshere's 3 ways it falls short [20:44] TR News Tarnishing the name of Linux with brainwash and spam https://engineering.fb.com/2026/07/13/ml-applications/modernizing-the-meta-ads-service-with-an-open-source-kernel-scheduler/ [20:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-engineering.fb.com | Modernizing the Meta Ads Service With an Open-Source Kernel Scheduler - Engineering at Meta [20:45] TR News Linux 7.2 will now run even better on your Sega Dreamcast https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-72-will-now-run-even-better-on-your-sega-dreamcast/ [20:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Linux 7.2 will now run even better on your Sega Dreamcast [20:45] TR News Normal-looking Linux 7.2-rc3 lands with fixes for SEGA Dreamcast driver https://www.neowin.net/news/normal-looking-linux-72-rc3-lands-with-fixes-for-sega-dreamcast-driver/ [20:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/normal-looking-linux-72-rc3-lands-with-fixes-for-sega-dreamcast-driver/ ) [20:46] TR News "Linux has always been a more command-line focused operating system compared to Windows, and if you just put the operating systems side-by-side, that is still true today, for better or worse." https://www.howtogeek.com/cli-apps-arent-just-for-linuxthese-great-ones-run-on-windows/ [20:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | CLI apps aren't just for Linuxthese 5 run fine on Windows too [20:46] TR News Logos, brands, hype https://www.ghacks.net/2026/07/13/ai-agent-discovers-15-year-old-linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-bug-named-ghostlock/ [20:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ghacks.net | AI Agent Discovers 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Bug Named GhostLock - gHacks Tech News [20:47] TR News BS. Playing PR for Microsoft. https://www.howtogeek.com/microsoft-stopped-fighting-linux-now-its-building-it/ [20:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Microsoft stopped fighting Linuxnow it's building it [20:47] TR News "As consumers, we are used to correlating handhelds with the big names like Valve's Steam Deck, Lenovo's Legion Go, and ASUS' ROG Ally. But these machines are geared towards gaming and are priced like it too." https://itsfoss.com/linux-handhelds/ [20:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | 8 Linux Handheld Computers You Can Splurge On [20:48] TR News "Dreamcast driver crashes get patched with keyboard, mouse and joystick input now more reliable." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/sega-dreamcast-driver-fixes-appear-in-linux-7-2-rc3-fabled-console-remains-in-favor-while-iconic-computing-architectures-like-i486-fall-by-the-wayside [20:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 fabled console remains in favor while iconic computing architectures like i486 fall by the wayside | Tom's Hardware [20:48] TR News My Lil Afterlife Will Arrive on Windows and Linux Later This Month https://cogconnected.com/2026/07/my-lil-afterlife-will-arrive-on-windows-and-linux-later-this-month/ [20:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-My Lil Afterlife Will Arrive on Windows and Linux Later This Month - COGconnected [20:49] TR News (NEW): Fuzzing or Fuzz Hype in Relation to Linux Bugs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Fuzzing_or_Fuzz_Hype_in_Relation_to_Linux_Bugs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Fuzzing_or_Fuzz_Hype_in_Relation_to_Linux_Bugs.gmi [20:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fuzzing or Fuzz Hype in Relation to Linux Bugs [20:50] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux on Consoles and Games (or DRM) on GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Linux_on_Consoles_and_Games_or_DRM_on_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/15/GNU_Linux_on_Consoles_and_Games_or_DRM_on_GNU_Linux.gmi [20:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux on Consoles and Games (or DRM) on GNU/Linux ● Jul 15 [21:00] TR News Techrights UEFI 'Secure Boot' Still Not Secure in 2026, New Holes (or Bypasses) Still Being Found https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/UEFI_Secure_Boot_Still_Not_Secure_in_2026_New_Holes_or_Bypasses.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/UEFI_Secure_Boot_Still_Not_Secure_in_2026_New_Holes_or_Bypasses.gmi [21:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights UEFI 'Secure Boot' Still Not Secure in 2026, New Holes (or Bypasses) Still Being Found [21:05] TR News Techrights IBM Down to $211.20, the Market in General is Up https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_Down_to_211_20_the_Market_in_General_is_Up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/15/IBM_Down_to_211_20_the_Market_in_General_is_Up.gmi [21:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Down to $211.20, the Market in General is Up ● Jul 15 [22:12] TR News If it's not "come home", then you go home [22:13] TR News Pluralistic: Workplace "flexibility" isn't (11 Jul 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/11/your-risk/ [22:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Workplace flexibility isnt (11 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [22:14] TR News 'It seems like the politics are starting to drown out some of the excellent football' https://www.france24.com/en/it-seems-like-the-politics-are-starting-to-drown-out-some-of-the-excellent-football [22:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/it-seems-like-the-politics-are-starting-to-drown-out-some-of-the-excellent-football ) [22:14] TR News Freak Tornado Sucks Man Out of 12-Floor Apartment https://futurism.com/science-energy/freak-tornado-12-floor-apartment-hubei-province [22:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Freak Tornado Sucks Man Out of 12-Floor Apartment [22:15] TR News The Hectic Modern World Is Shredding Your Little Cave Man Brain, Scientists Confirm https://futurism.com/health-medicine/modern-world-shredding-brain [22:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Hectic Modern World Is Shredding Your Little Cave Man Brain, Scientists Confirm [22:15] TR News Australias teen social control media ban fails to clear first hurdle in age checks, says study https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australias-teen-social-media-ban-fails-to-clear-first-hurdle-in-age-checks-says-study [22:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australias teen social media ban fails to clear first hurdle in age checks, says study | The Straits Times [22:16] TR News Warming seas bring jellyfish, sharks closer to South Koreas beaches https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/warming-seas-bring-jellyfish-sharks-closer-to-south-koreas-beaches [22:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Warming seas bring jellyfish, sharks closer to South Koreas beaches | The Straits Times [22:16] TR News South Korean law targeting false online information takes effect https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-law-targeting-false-online-information-takes-effect [22:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean law targeting false online information takes effect | The Straits Times [22:17] TR News Malaysia braces itself for near-record heat of up to 40 deg C in 2027 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-braces-itself-for-near-record-heat-of-up-to-40-deg-c-in-2027 [22:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia braces itself for near-record heat of up to 40 deg C in 2027 | The Straits Times [22:19] TR News "AK puts Ginni to shame, he erased $70B of Market value in one day [...] the financial engineering games finally blew up in AK's face, down to $213 and still sinking" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkhewfh [22:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkhewfh ) [22:20] TR News "I have a feeling next week's Earnings Call is going to be super spicy, spicier than the hottest vindaloo. The analysts are going to grill that mid-et, remember, Toni Sacconaghi retiired (he was the analyst famous for knowing more about IBM than our own execs, but he was also known for softball questions). I suspect Arvind is going to find himself on the wrong end of a barrage of 100+ mph hardballs." [22:21] TR News "I predicted in a post yesterday, lies are catching up with the slimy xxx" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkjg6k9 [22:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkjg6k9 ) [22:21] TR News "Arvind received $30,000,000 in compensation for being a complete failure. He wont suffer one day for it, but plenty of us will be unemployed and without healthcare because of his failures, and none of us will come close to seeing a fraction of that type of money in our lifetimes. Best we can hope for now is that they investigate the sht out of him for this weeks stock nonsense and put him in prison." [22:22] TR News "Arvind runs IBM like a private equity company that loots the profit and steals everything not bolted down while simultaneously laying off most of the staff. In fact, there is not a huge amount of difference between IBM and private equity; they are far more alike than different." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw [22:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxk3gwnw ) [22:24] TR News "When IBM embarked on one of the biggest layoffs in IBM's history last year, did Arvind say "no! don't let those people go! cut my bonus instead!" Did he cut the bonuses for his senior staff? No, he asked for more money. He is a looter." [22:24] TR News "I can tell you dont work for IBM. If you did youd know that we havent been competitive in years." [22:28] TR News Kapo-berg Admits That Hey Hi (AI) Is Not Working Out the Way He Imagined https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zuckerberg-admits-ai-not-working-out [22:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Zuckerberg Admits That AI Is Not Working Out the Way He Imagined [22:29] TR News AI Actor Will Star In a New Movie https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-actor-tilly-norwood-movie [22:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI "Actor" Will "Star" In a New "Movie" [22:29] TR News https://futurism.com/feed Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:45:16 -0400 Workplaces Have Gotten So Bizarre That People Are Just Sending Hey Hi (AI) Slop Back and Forth at Each Other [22:29] TR News "It's just his Hey Hi (AI) and my Hey Hi (AI) going back and forth." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/workplaces-bizarre-ai-back-and-forth [22:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Workplaces Have Gotten So Bizarre That People Are Just Sending AI Slop Back and Forth at Each Other [22:29] TR News Bank of America Warns That Hey Hi (AI) Investors Are in for a Nasty Reality Check https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bank-of-america-ai-investors-reality-check [22:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Bank of America Warns That AI Investors Are in for a Nasty Reality Check [22:30] TR News Tripadvisors Hey Hi (AI) Is Telling Vacationers That Gruesome Horror Grottos Are Wonderful Holiday Retreats https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-whitewashing-bad-reviews-holiday-resorts [22:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Tripadvisor's AI Is Telling Vacationers That Gruesome Horror Grottos Are Wonderful Holiday Retreats [22:30] TR News Theres a new leader at NIST https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/07/theres-a-new-leader-at-nist/ [22:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Theres a new leader at NIST | Federal News Network [22:31] TR News Adanis Mumbai airport shops found selling nicotine pouches in breach of Indias law https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-finds-adanis-mumbai-airport-shops-sold-nicotine-pouches-in-breach-of-law [22:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Adani airport shops breach Indian law selling nicotine pouches | The Straits Times [22:31] TR News Just Toss It? Live Nation Moves to Invalidate Entire Antitrust Verdict in USA v. 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So, we'll see how it all lines up when it's both regular training." gemini://kaijudogs.gemcities.com/gemlog/260715.gmi [22:48] TR News Photos gemini://rainywhile.net/photos/2026-07-15/ [22:52] TR News Microsoft runs on betrayal: Laid off employees petition for greater worker protections https://www.dallasnews.com/business/jobs/article/microsoft-runs-betrayal-laid-employees-22345439.php [22:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dallasnews.com | Client Challenge [22:52] TR News Protesting video-game workers in Montreal denounce Microsofts layoffs https://montrealgazette.com/news/protesting-video-game-workers-in-montreal-denounce-microsofts-layoffs/ [22:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-montrealgazette.com | Protesting video-game workers in Montreal denounce Microsoft's layoffs - Montreal Gazette [22:54] TR News No One at Xbox Studios Feels Safe as Uncertainty and Fear Spread After More Layoffs https://www.eteknix.com/no-one-at-xbox-studios-feels-safe-as-uncertainty-and-fear-spread-after-more-layoffs/ [22:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-No One at Xbox Studios Feels Safe as Uncertainty and Fear Spread After More Layoffs - eTeknix ● Jul 15 [00:58] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/trump-oval-office-2677222975/ [00:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Oval Office crammed with new gold bling as Trump's Krazy Glue tube goes viral - Raw Story ● Jul 15 [01:10] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/david-ellison-cnn/ [01:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Paramount deal turns into a 'nightmare' as clock ticks down to millions in penalties - Raw Story [01:53] *KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:56] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jul 15 [02:02] *agentcas2y (~dracos@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techpol [02:03] *agentcas2y is now known as agentcasey [02:30] admfubar https://petapixel.com/2026/07/14/copyright-office-will-increase-photo-registration-cost-by-55-in-120-days/ [02:30] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Copyright Office Will Increase Photo Registration Cost by 55% in 120 Days | PetaPixel ● Jul 15 [04:21] *agentcasey has quit (Quit: leaving) ● Jul 15 [05:17] TR News "Trump is boosting military spending. 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Maine, said that the victim was a 26-year-old Colombian man who was authorized to work in the United States, and held a Social Security number." https://truthout.org/articles/ice-reportedly-killed-man-in-maine-in-second-fatal-ice-shooting-in-a-week/ | Source: TruthOut [05:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol-truthout.org | ICE Reportedly Killed Maine Man in Second Fatal ICE Shooting in a Week | Truthout [05:52] TR News "Today, Explained co-host Sean Rameswaram spoke with Gibson about the Catholic drama, what this schism represents, and why it might be a losing battle to go up against the pope." https://www.vox.com/podcasts/495209/pope-leo-excommunicate-catholics | Source: Vox [05:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Pope Leo XIV excommunicated Catholics who ordained their own bishops. | Vox [05:53] TR News "The late senator knew right from wrong and did the wrong thing anyway." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/lindsey-grahams-choices | Source: The Next Move [05:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenextmove.org | Lindsey Graham's Choices - 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CSMonitor.com [22:39] TR News Indonesia, India sign BrahMos missile deal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/indias-modi-to-meet-indonesias-prabowo-for-talks-on-defence-food-security [22:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Indonesia, India sign BrahMos missile deal | The Straits Times [22:39] TR News Taiwan's preparations to face a Chinese attack are not a provocation, senior official says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwans-preparations-to-face-a-chinese-attack-are-not-a-provocation-senior-official-says [22:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Taiwan's preparations to face a Chinese attack are not a provocation, senior official says | The Straits Times [22:40] TR News Jailed activist Joshua Wong to plead guilty, face second national security jail term in September https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/07/jailed-activist-joshua-wong-to-plead-guilty-face-second-national-security-jail-term-in-september/ [22:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Joshua Wong to plead guilty, face second nat. security jail term in September ● Jul 15 [23:20] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techpol [23:20] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/remove-ice-us-streets-joan-sebastian-duran-guerrero-lorenzo-salgado-araujo [23:20] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Fear, intimidation, violence: calls mount to remove ICE from US streets after agents killed two men | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian [23:21] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/15/energy-department-webpages-deleted-heatwave [23:21] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Over 1,600 energy department webpages on utility bill savings removed as US temperatures soar | US economy | The Guardian [23:22] admfubar https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/15/spain-gibraltar-celebrate-deal-signed-border-controls-uk-territory [23:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Spain and Gibraltar celebrate as border fence falls after signing of historic deal | Gibraltar | The Guardian