●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, January 17, 2026 ●● ● Jan 17 [00:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [00:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 17 [01:15] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [01:20] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 17 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-160126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-160126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-160126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-160126.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 16, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-160126.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-160126.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-160126.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-160126.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 16, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-01-16.txt ● Jan 17 [05:12] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 16, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_16_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_January_16_2026.gmi [05:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 16, 2026 [05:12] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:14] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:18] TR News Life after IBM. "if this is your new job, I would give it your name. how otherwise you can pass it on? or a fake name. create your BRAND name." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kewqfc9k [05:32] TR News Techrights Claim That IBM Marked 15% of its Workforce for Potential Layoffs https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Claim_That_IBM_Marked_15_of_its_Workforce_for_Potential_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Claim_That_IBM_Marked_15_of_its_Workforce_for_Potential_Layoffs.gmi [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Claim That IBM Marked 15% of its Workforce for Potential Layoffs [05:33] TR News iophk: "Is Microsoft even needed any more now that Palantir has spread its tentacles into each and every country's internal communications and documentation? If not, they just might not get their regularly scheduled bailout this time around ..." [05:33] TR News Palantir and Microsoft work together: https://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Privatisation_Catastrophe_Starting_with_NHS_England_Microsoft_a.shtml [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Privatisation Catastrophe, Starting with NHS England: Microsoft and Partners Attack British People's Health and Steal Their Medical Records (While British Taxpayers Unwillingly Pay for This) [05:39] TR News iophk: I'm not sure the relation is bilateral. Microsoft is entirely expendable in that context I think, and they both know it. [05:49] TR News Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_III_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Organisatio.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_III_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Organisatio.gmi [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce [05:58] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-17.gmi [05:58] TR News (Anon) Apropos Palantir, DOGE [sic], etc: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/842526-once-men-turned-their-thinking-over-to-machines-in-the From 1965, more than a few years ahead of GNU and the GNU Manifesto [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.goodreads.com | Quote by Frank Herbert: Once men turned their thinking over to machines... ● Jan 17 [06:09] TR News Techrights Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Record_Traffic_in_Geminispace_or_Over_Gemini_Protocol.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Record_Traffic_in_Geminispace_or_Over_Gemini_Protocol.gmi [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol [06:12] TR News (NEW): Gemini Growing, Not Google's, the One Predating the Renaming of 'Bard' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gemini_Growing_Not_Google_s_the_One_Predating_the_Renaming_of_B.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gemini_Growing_Not_Google_s_the_One_Predating_the_Renaming_of_B.gmi [06:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Gemini Growing, Not Google's, the One Predating the Renaming of 'Bard' [06:14] TR News "The Rubenerd LLM Licencing PAC" https://rubenerd.com/llm-licencing/ [06:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: The Rubenerd LLM Licencing PAC [06:14] TR News "Bruce Schneier is back in form today with his copyright post in his blog." -Anon [06:15] TR News "Microsoft was my endgame: Techie claims he was laid off while vacationing with wife, 2-year-old" [06:17] TR News "Meta slashes staff after staggering $73B wipeout" [06:17] TR News Anthropic became somewhat of a Microsoft shop/proxy [06:18] TR News Ubisoft Sees Waves Of Layoffs In 'The Division' Studio, Halifax, Abu Dhai and More Already In 2026 https://www.mmorpg.com/news/ubisoft-sees-waves-of-layoffs-in-the-division-studio-halifax-abu-dhai-and-more-already-in-2026-2000137046 [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ 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-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights EPO Abuses Covered in Spanish ● Jan 17 [07:06] TR News Techrights Report/Benchmark Says 'Vibe Coding' Results in Security Holes https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Report_Benchmark_Says_Vibe_Coding_Results_in_Security_Holes.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Report_Benchmark_Says_Vibe_Coding_Results_in_Security_Holes.gmi [07:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Report/Benchmark Says 'Vibe Coding' Results in Security Holes [07:16] TR News (NEW): Linuxiac Still Isn't Linux and BSD News, It's LLM Slop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Linuxiac_Still_Isn_t_Linux_and_BSD_News_It_s_LLM_Slop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Linuxiac_Still_Isn_t_Linux_and_BSD_News_It_s_LLM_Slop.gmi [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linuxiac Still Isn't Linux and BSD News, It's LLM Slop [07:16] TR News good news, the server is fast again [07:26] TR News Techrights Slop About Slop and Slop About "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Slop_About_Slop_and_Slop_About_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Slop_About_Slop_and_Slop_About_Linux.gmi [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slop About Slop and Slop About "Linux" [07:52] TR News Techrights At Least 5 Women Quit Brett Wilson LLP in Recent Months. It's the Firm That Attacked My Wife and I on Behalf of Americans (One of Them Strangled Women). https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/At_Least_5_Women_Quit_Brett_Wilson_LLP_in_Recent_Months_It_s_th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/At_Least_5_Women_Quit_Brett_Wilson_LLP_in_Recent_Months_It_s_th.gmi [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights At Least 5 Women Quit Brett Wilson LLP in Recent Months. It's the Firm That Attacked My Wife and I on Behalf of Americans (One of Them Strangled Women). [07:59] TR News Third-person mech-action shooter roguelike RIG Riot gets a demo | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/third-person-mech-action-shooter-roguelike-rig-riot-gets-a-demo/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Third-person mech-action shooter roguelike RIG Riot gets a demo | GamingOnLinux ● Jan 17 [08:00] TR News Tabulo is chess meets Balatro and it's out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/tabulo-is-chess-meets-balatro-and-its-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tabulo is chess meets Balatro and it's out now | GamingOnLinux [08:00] TR News No Rest for the Wicked co-op update lands on January 22 and it hit a big sales milestone | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/no-rest-for-the-wicked-co-op-update-lands-on-january-22-and-it-hit-a-big-sales-milestone/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-No Rest for the Wicked co-op update lands on January 22 and it hit a big sales milestone | GamingOnLinux [08:02] TR News EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/endeavouros-linux-gets-an-upgraded-release-with-ganymede-neo/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo | GamingOnLinux [08:05] TR News You and which child? | "Dig og hvilket barn ? | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/dig-og-hvilket-barn [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-version2-dk.translate.goog | Dig og hvilket barn ? | Version2 [08:05] TR News "Using PGP With Proton" https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/PGP:4 [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Using PGP With Proton [08:05] TR News "British parents fighting TikTok in US courts over 'blackout challenge' deaths of their children say social media giants must be held accountable | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15469619/british-parents-fighting-tiktok-courts-blackout-challenge-children-deaths-accountable.html [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.co.uk | British parents fighting TikTok in US courts over 'blackout challenge' deaths of their children say social media giants must be held accountable | Daily Mail Online [08:06] TR News iophk: Astro is not for web sites, it is for web apps. There is a big difference. https://thenewstack.io/cloudflare-acquires-team-behind-open-source-framework-astro/ [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro - The New Stack [08:06] TR News "Reposting: Remembrance of Kevin Warsh Past" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/reposting-remembrance-of-kevin-warsh [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Reposting: Remembrance of Kevin Warsh Past [08:06] TR News "This Is Not a Nobel Prize - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/this-is-not-a-nobel-prize https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/How_to_Win_Nobel_Prize_for_Peace.shtml [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | This Is Not a Nobel Prize - Paul Krugman [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights How to Win Nobel Prize for Peace [08:06] TR News "The Rubenerd LLM Licencing PAC" https://rubenerd.com/llm-licencing/ [08:06] TR News iophk: it's a trap; they need to recall that he pulled the same stunt in ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/iran-online-starlink.html [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/technology/iran-online-starlink.html ) [08:07] TR News "Trump Is Proving Democratic Presidents Werent Powerless" https://jacobin.com/2026/01/trump-obama-biden-executive-power/ [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Trump Is Proving Democratic Presidents Werent Powerless [08:07] TR News "Mar-a-Lago and the Siege of Minnesota - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/mar-a-lago-and-the-siege-of-minnesota/ [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/mar-a-lago-and-the-siege-of-minnesota/ ) [08:07] TR News TACO https://www.vox.com/politics/475486/trump-iran-intervention-syria-libya-iraq [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trumps decision on Iran strikes hinges on these questions | Vox [08:07] TR News techdirt speaking in defense of slop is VERY BAD NEWS!! https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/16/game-publisher-bans-working-with-devs-that-use-any-ai-rather-than-banning-bad-uses-of-ai/ [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Game Publisher Bans Working With Devs That Use Any AI, Rather Than Banning Bad Uses Of AI | Techdirt [08:08] TR News "The President Who Cries Emergency" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/trump-threat-inflation-misleading-public/685639/ [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The President Who Cries Emergency - The Atlantic [08:08] TR News "The Sacrifice of the Danes" https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/denmark-afghanistan-nato-america-greenland/685625/ [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Sacrifice of the Danes - The Atlantic [08:08] TR News ""Despite all the foreign policy grandstanding, Hungary is less sovereign today than it was a decade and a half ago"" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/01/16/despite-all-the-foreign-policy-grandstanding-hungary-is-less-sovereign-today-than-it-was-a-decade-and-a-half-ago/ MinceR [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neweasterneurope.eu | "Despite all the foreign policy grandstanding, Hungary is less sovereign today than it was a decade and a half ago" - New Eastern Europe [08:08] TR News "How Important Is Iran For Russia's War Effort?" https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-russia-war-ukraine/33648840.html [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | How Important Is Iran For Russia's War Effort? [08:09] TR News Masters of Albion from Peter Molyneux / 22cans arrives in April | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/masters-of-albion-from-peter-molyneux-22cans-arrives-in-april/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/masters-of-albion-from-peter-molyneux-22cans-arrives-in-april/ [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Masters of Albion from Peter Molyneux / 22cans arrives in April | GamingOnLinux [08:09] TR News Grab some awesome modern platformers in the Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/grab-some-awesome-modern-platformers-in-the-playful-platformers-2026-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Grab some awesome modern platformers in the Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [08:13] TR News Amazon confirm New World: Aeternum will go permanently offline next year and is being delisted | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/amazon-confirm-new-world-aeternum-will-go-permanently-offline-next-year-and-is-being-delisted/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Amazon confirm New World: Aeternum will go permanently offline next year and is being delisted | GamingOnLinux [08:14] TR News (NEW): Budgie Desktop 10.10 is out, but not for me yet :( https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Budgie_Desktop_10_10_is_out_but_not_for_me_yet.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Budgie_Desktop_10_10_is_out_but_not_for_me_yet.gmi [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Budgie Desktop 10.10 is out, but not for me yet :( [08:15] TR News OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/openxcom-extended-takes-over-from-openxcom-for-the-classic-x-com-ufo-enemy-unknown/ Source: GamingOnLinux [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown | GamingOnLinux [08:15] TR News IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/io-interactive-have-fixed-the-crazy-pc-specifications-for-007-first-light/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/io-interactive-have-fixed-the-crazy-pc-specifications-for-007-first-light/ [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light | GamingOnLinux [08:19] TR News (NEW): Games: RIG Riot, Tabulo, No Rest for the Wicked, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Games_RIG_Riot_Tabulo_No_Rest_for_the_Wicked_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Games_RIG_Riot_Tabulo_No_Rest_for_the_Wicked_and_More.gmi [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: RIG Riot, Tabulo, No Rest for the Wicked, and More [08:21] TR News (NEW): Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Android_Power_Users_Can_Now_Run_Full_Desktop_Linux_Environments.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Android_Power_Users_Can_Now_Run_Full_Desktop_Linux_Environments.gmi [08:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access [08:24] TR News (NEW): This Week in Plasma: dark mode switch and global push-to-talk https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/This_Week_in_Plasma_dark_mode_switch_and_global_push_to_talk.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/This_Week_in_Plasma_dark_mode_switch_and_global_push_to_talk.gmi [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: dark mode switch and global push-to-talk [08:31] TR News (NEW): KDE Ni! OS Plasma Login Manager teaser https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/14/KDE_Ni_OS_Plasma_Login_Manager_teaser.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/14/KDE_Ni_OS_Plasma_Login_Manager_teaser.gmi [08:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Ni! OS Plasma Login Manager teaser [08:33] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint 22.3 Zena Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_Mint_22_3_Zena_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/11/Linux_Mint_22_3_Zena_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_.gmi [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Mint 22.3 Zena Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New [08:37] TR News Techrights Protecting Whistleblowers Requires Technical Knowledge/Skills https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Protecting_Whistleblowers_Requires_Technical_Knowledge_Skills.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Protecting_Whistleblowers_Requires_Technical_Knowledge_Skills.gmi [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Protecting Whistleblowers Requires Technical Knowledge/Skills [08:39] TR News (NEW): PelandukOS Debian-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/PelandukOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/PelandukOS_Debian_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [08:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines PelandukOS Debian-based Linux distribution [08:43] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi [08:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations [08:45] TR News "Todays AI arms race involves a far more expansive, profit-driven form of information appropriation." https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/ai-copyright-research-law-21282101.php | Source: San Fancisco [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/ai-copyright-research-law-21282101.php ) [08:46] TR News "More than a decade after Aaron Swartzs death, the United States is still living inside the contradiction that destroyed him." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/ai-and-the-corporate-capture-of-knowledge.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge - Schneier on Security [08:46] TR News "Annas Archive is having a rough month. Following mysterious .org and .se domain suspensions, the shadow library is now facing a permanent injunction from a federal court." https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-court-order-against-annas-archive-spells-more-trouble-for-the-site/ | Source: Torrent Freak [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-U.S. Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site * TorrentFreak [08:46] TR News "Wikipedia has signed training deals with a host of major AI companies, helping it recoup some of the exorbitant costs it accrued from being relentlessly pillaged by data scrapers." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/wikipedia-ai-deal | Source: Futurism [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal With Them [08:49] TR News (NEW): I found a Linux distro that pairs a clean, Mac-like UI with a 'trade-free' philosophy - and it's super fast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/I_found_a_Linux_distro_that_pairs_a_clean_Mac_like_UI_with_a_tr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/I_found_a_Linux_distro_that_pairs_a_clean_Mac_like_UI_with_a_tr.gmi [08:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I found a Linux distro that pairs a clean, Mac-like UI with a 'trade-free' philosophy - and it's super fast [08:51] TR News (NEW): This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/This_new_premium_Linux_laptop_has_up_to_128GB_RAM_and_16TB_stor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/This_new_premium_Linux_laptop_has_up_to_128GB_RAM_and_16TB_stor.gmi [08:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage ● Jan 17 [09:03] TR News Right of Publicity https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/press/elon-musks-x-to-block-ai-chatbot-grok-from-making-explicit-images-of-real-people/ | Source: Stanford University [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cyberlaw.stanford.edu | Elon Musk's X to block AI chatbot Grok from making explicit images of real people [09:03] TR News "Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard attended President Claudia Sheinbaums Thursday morning press conference and responded to questions on a range of topics including investment in Mexico and the USMCA review." https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/usmca-negotiations-mexico-thursday-mananera-recap/ | Source: Mexico News Daily [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mexiconewsdaily.com | USCMA negotiations and Plan Mexico: Thursday maanera recap [09:03] TR News [Old] "Some of the most remarkable changes that the LFPPI introduced in 2020 are the following: [...]" https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/general-overview-mexican-intellectual-property-landscape-2025-2025-07-31_en | [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu | A General Overview of the Mexican Intellectual Property Landscape in 2025 - IP Helpdesk [09:03] TR News [Old] "Patents protect new and useful inventions (e.g., medicines, chemical processes, business technologies, and computer software)." https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11314 | Source: US Congress [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11314 ) [09:04] TR News "The State government made this proposed legislation after a string of high-profile incidents involving 3D printed guns" https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/new-york-state-takes-steps-to-ban-3d-printed-guns-proposal-will-require-3d-printers-to-prevent-weapon-printing | Source: Tom's Hardware [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | New York State takes steps to ban 3D-printed guns proposal requires 3D printer manufacturers to prevent weapon printing | Tom's Hardware [09:04] TR News "To run properly, QuakeWorld Client must be started with parameters on the command-line pointing to a QuakeWorld Server (e.g.: -connect 192.168.01.)." https://fabiensanglard.net/quakeworld/index.html | Source: Fabian Sanglard [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fabiensanglard.net | Is QSpy still cool? Let's play QuakeWorld! [09:05] TR News "To compensate customers who were impacted by Wednesdays hours-long widespread wireless outage, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is providing a $20 account credit that can be redeemed by logging into the myVerizon app to accept." https://insidetowers.com/verizon-to-offer-20-credit-to-outage-impacted-customers/ | Source: Inside Towers [09:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | Verizon to Offer $20 Credit to Outage Impacted Customers - Inside Towers [09:05] TR News "The Trump FCC says it is eliminating rules requiring that Verizon unlock handsets 60 days after they are activated on its network." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/16/trump-fcc-helps-verizon-make-it-harder-for-you-to-switch-wireless-carriers/ | Source: Techdirt [09:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump FCC Helps Verizon Make It Harder For You To Switch Wireless Carriers | Techdirt [09:11] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi [09:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [09:14] TR News Techrights Avoiding the Spooks (Nobody Watches the Watchers, They're Practically Unaccountable) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Avoiding_the_Spooks_Nobody_Watches_the_Watchers_They_re_Practic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Avoiding_the_Spooks_Nobody_Watches_the_Watchers_They_re_Practic.gmi [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Avoiding the Spooks (Nobody Watches the Watchers, They're Practically Unaccountable) [09:44] TR News Techrights Accounts or Devices (e.g. Phones) That Get 'Burnt' Have Many Pitfalls https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Accounts_or_Devices_e_g_Phones_That_Get_Burnt_Have_Many_Pitfall.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Accounts_or_Devices_e_g_Phones_That_Get_Burnt_Have_Many_Pitfall.gmi [09:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Accounts or Devices (e.g. Phones) That Get 'Burnt' Have Many Pitfalls ● Jan 17 [10:05] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:12] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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Is that a win or a loss for workers?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/16/tipping-food-delivery-etiquette/ | Source: The Washington Post [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/16/tipping-food-delivery-etiquette/ ) [13:13] TR News "Rummler collapsed, his hands covering his bloodied face. An officer then dragged him across the ground by his hoodie as other protesters screamed for help." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-agent-shoots-protester-face-point-blank-range-leaving-21-year-old-permanently-blind-1771544 | Source: International Business Times [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | FED Agent Shoots Anti-ICE Protester in Face at Point-Blank Range, Leaving 21-Year-Old Permanently Blind | IBTimes UK [13:14] TR News "Tackling teachers and spraying chemical agents on school property, ICEs rampage through Minnesota is only getting more violent. Jacobin spoke with a Minneapolis parent about what shes seen so far." https://jacobin.com/2026/01/ice-minneapolis-violence-schools-neighbors/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | A Minneapolis Mom on the ICE Violence Shes Witnessed [13:14] TR News "An employee of El Paso Countys Office of the Medical Examiner told Lunas Campos daughter this week that, subject to results of a toxicology report" https://www.commondreams.org/homicide-ice-detention | Source: Common Dreams [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | 'ICE Kills': Guards Reportedly Choked Man to Death at El Paso Detention Center | Common Dreams [13:15] TR News "In a Fox News segment shared by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on X, Miller falsely said that it was a felony to obstruct" https://truthout.org/articles/fed-agent-shoots-second-person-days-after-miller-claims-agents-have-immunity/ | Source: TruthOut [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Fed Agent Shoots Second Person, Days After Miller Claims Agents Have Immunity | Truthout [13:15] TR News "But Goods murder was not the first incident in which ICE and other deportation agents have aimed firearms at or threatened lethal force against US citizens and other unarmed people." https://jacobin.com/2026/01/ice-guns-shootings-protesters-deportation/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | ICE Wont Stop Shoving Guns in Peoples Faces [13:16] TR News "After the bloodiest domestic crackdown in the history of the Islamic Republic, protests have died down since their peak last Thursday evening, the beginning of the Iranian weekend." https://jacobin.com/2026/01/iran-protests-repression-economy-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | After Weeks of Violence, the Iranian State Hobbles On [13:16] TR News "Warzel is then joined by The Atlantics Sophie Gilbert, the author of Girl on Girl, for a conversation about how misogyny has been a constant throughline in the history of [Internet] innovation" https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/the-internet-was-built-to-objectify-women/685652/ | Source: The Atlantic [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Grok - The Atlantic [13:17] TR News "Under more ordinary circumstances, federal investigators investigating a leak of government secrets might seek a subpoena for reporters records." https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/15/media/fbi-hannah-natanson-washington-post-doj-search | Source: CNN [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edition.cnn.com | FBI search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natansons home has newsrooms bracing | CNN Business [13:17] TR News "It's not a crime in the United States for journalists to obtain or publish leaked documents" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/15/fbis-raid-on-washington-post-reporter-was-the-first-of-its-kind-with-more-to-come.html | Source: BoingBoing [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boingboing.net | FBI's raid on reporter is first of its kind in leak case - Boing Boing [13:18] TR News "They are the first entries in Press Gazettes new page for rolling updates on journalism industry redundancies and layoffs in 2026." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/ | Source: Press Gazette [13:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Rolling updates - Press Gazette [13:19] TR News "to spread undivided the Science that operates unspent." https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/From-the-Editors/2026/0116/A-newspaper-based-on-unshakable-ideals | Source: CS Monitor [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A newspaper based on unshakable ideals - CSMonitor.com [13:19] TR News "Hannah Natansons reporting focused on exposing what is happening inside our federal government a topic of immense public interest." https://www.freepress.net/download/press-freedom-and-civil-liberties-groups-condemn-government-invasion-washington-post | Source: Free Press [13:20] TR News "Yet, thats what happened on Wednesday morning to Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/eff-condemns-fbi-search-washington-post-reporters-home | Source: EFF [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | EFF Condemns FBI Search of Washington Post Reporters Home | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:20] TR News "posted her secure phone number to an online forum for government workers and amassed more than 1,000 sources, with federal workers frequently reaching out to her to share frustrations and accounts from their offices" https://thedissenter.org/trumps-war-on-journalism-officials-proudly-defend-raiding-a-journalists-home/ | Source: The Dissenter [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thedissenter.org | Trump Officials Proudly Defend Raiding Reporter's Home [13:21] TR News "Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone including the President of the United States" https://boingboing.net/2026/01/15/ford-worker-who-called-trump-pedophile-protector-raises-440k-after-suspension.html | Source: BoingBoing [13:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boingboing.net | Ford worker who called Trump "pedophile protector" raises $440K after suspension - Boing Boing [13:22] TR News "Writing in the New York Times, she puts the number at around 200 documented instances: [...]" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/16/trumps-free-speech-presidency-racked-up-200-censorship-attempts-in-its-first-year/ | Source: Techdirt [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trumps Free Speech Presidency Racked Up 200 Censorship Attempts In Its First Year | Techdirt [13:22] TR News "Rights groups report thousands killed and more than 19,000 detained, with an ongoing Internet blackout limiting the flow of information out of the country." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-blackout-protests-trump-deaths/33650664.html | Source: RFERL [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Thousands Killed As Iran's Security Forces Maintain Control And Internet Blackout [13:24] TR News "There are several reasons why." https://www.vox.com/politics/475361/minneapolis-right-wing-influencers-journalist-ice-reality-immigration-social-media-internet | Source: Vox [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why it feels like right-wing ICE narratives are dominating social media | Vox [13:24] TR News "ideologically neutral" https://cyberscoop.com/the-quiet-way-ai-normalizes-foreign-influence/ | Source: Scoop News Group [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence | CyberScoop [13:25] TR News Strings attached to pyramid scheme. "The investment will support the foundation overall, with a particular focus on Python ecosystem security." https://thenewstack.io/experts-hail-anthropics-1-5m-python-security-commitment/ | Source: The New Stack [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Experts Hail Anthropic's $1.5M Python Security Commitment - The New Stack [13:25] TR News "Astro is used by major brands like IKEA, Unilever, Visa and OpenAI to build fast, content-driven websites." https://thenewstack.io/cloudflare-acquires-team-behind-open-source-framework-astro/ | Source: The New Stack [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro - The New Stack [13:25] TR News "Once a company hits a plateau in its market share, the pressure begins to mount." https://seths.blog/2026/01/the-squeeze/ | Source: Seth Godin [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | The squeeze | Seth's Blog [13:25] TR News "The office is already operational and will finalize a $115 million investment in counter-drone technologies this week, specifically targeting security for America250 celebrations and 2026 FIFA World Cup venues." https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/01/16/dhs-counter-drone-office/ | Source: The Drone Girl [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/01/16/dhs-counter-drone-office/ ) [13:26] TR News "The new system replaces a form which travellers had to print and hand in at airports. From now on, information can be submitted electronically on the Toldstyrelsen website." https://www.thelocal.dk/20260116/denmark-introduces-new-system-for-travelling-to-country-with-cash | Source: The Local DK [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thelocal.dk | Denmark introduces new system for travelling to country with cash [13:28] TR News "According to his own description, once the birds mastered lifting and flipping objects to receive food" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meet-man-training-army-crows-snatch-maga-hats-he-says-anyone-can-do-it-1771269 | Source: International Business Times [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Meet The Man Training An 'Army Of Crows' To Snatch MAGA Hats And He Says Anyone Can Do It | IBTimes UK [13:29] TR News "The city added multiple two-way protected bike lanes in the past seven years, the first being on William Street." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/ann-arbor-completes-miller-avenue-improvements-project-adds-two-way-bikeways/ | Source: University of Michigan [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Ann Arbor completes Miller Avenue Improvements Project, adds two-way bikeways [13:29] TR News "Microsoft's CEO admitted GPUs are sitting in warehouses unplugged." https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/14/everwhat/ | Source: Doc Searls [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-doc.searls.com | Everwhat Doc Searls Weblog [13:29] TR News "$4.5 trillion valuation depends on infrastructure that does not exist." [13:30] TR News "From reading Huntley and Yegges posts, it seems like what happened was this: [...]" https://www.seangoedecke.com/gas-and-ralph/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [13:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seangoedecke.com | Crypto grifters are recruiting open-source AI developers [13:31] TR News "If youre a typical American, you get home from work and start flipping switches and turning knobs doing laundry, cooking dinner, watching TV." https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/electric-vehicle/ev-charging/this-tech-could-keep-evs-from-stressing-the-grid-and-save-everyone-money/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/electric-vehicle/ev-charging/this-tech-could-keep-evs-from-stressing-the-grid-and-save-everyone-money/ ) [13:31] TR News "Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies typically pegged to the US dollar, allow funds to be moved outside traditional banking systems." https://techcentral.co.za/visa-moves-to-plug-stablecoins-into-the-global-payments-system/276285/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Visa moves to plug stablecoins into the global payments system [13:32] TR News "This additional capacity is expected to contribute to improved energy security, reduce reliance on fossil-fuel-based generation and support increased private-sector participation in electricity supply." https://techcentral.co.za/big-solar-and-energy-storage-projects-going-live-across-south-africa/276314/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Big solar and energy storage projects going live across South Africa [13:32] TR News "The power plants drew the ire of local communities and legal organizations." https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/16/epa-rules-that-xais-natural-gas-generators-were-illegally-used/ | Source: TechCrunch [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EPA rules that xAIs natural gas generators were illegally used | TechCrunch [13:33] TR News "Im surprised that 1) we still have an EPA and 2) that it ruled against xAI in this case." https://512pixels.net/2026/01/xai-epa-memphis-southaven/ | Source: Stephen Hackett [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-512pixels.net | EPA Rules Against xAI in Memphis Natural Gas Turbine Case as Residents Push Back Over Their Use in Southaven, Mississippi - 512 Pixels [13:34] TR News "But what actually arrived on December 19, the Friday before Christmas" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/the-epstein-files-never-went-away/685664/ | Source: The Atlantic [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Whats Going on With the Epstein Files? - The Atlantic [13:34] TR News "But theres another staffing choice that became public in recent weeks." https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/16/epstein-is-dead-pam-bondi-is-neglecting-live-sex-trafficking-defendants-to-criminalize-democrats/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | "Epstein Is Dead:" Pam Bondi Is Neglecting Live Sex Trafficking Prosecutions to Criminalize Democrats - emptywheel [13:35] TR News "While Trump was at the Ford Rouge plant, a worker yelled something at him that included the phrase pedophile protector, according to a video obtained by TMZ." https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/01/14/over-280000-raised-for-ford-worker-suspended-for-calling-trump-pedophile-protector/ | Source: Click On Detroit [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.clickondetroit.com | Over $440,000 raised for Ford worker suspended for calling Trump pedophile protector [13:37] TR News "Democratic election officials have criticized the data requests, calling them an unwarranted attempt by the Trump administration to exercise federal power over elections." https://alabamareflector.com/2026/01/16/repub/federal-courts-deny-trump-request-for-private-voter-data-in-2-states/ | Source: Alabama Reflector [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/2026/01/16/repub/federal-courts-deny-trump-request-for-private-voter-data-in-2-states/ ) [13:37] TR News "The federal government tried to abuse their power to force me to break my oath of office and hand over your private data" https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/14/federal-judge-hears-arguments-over-trump-demands-for-oregon-voter-data/ | [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/14/federal-judge-hears-arguments-over-trump-demands-for-oregon-voter-data/ ) [13:37] TR News "I think were at a crisis point in this country, and our democracy is being tested, and we have issues that we have to work on" https://www.michigandaily.com/news/student-government/u-s-rep-debbie-dingell-talks-federal-policy-higher-education-during-town-hall/ | Source: University of Michigan [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Debbie Dingell talks policy, higher education in CSG town hall [13:38] TR News "That company, KoBold Metals, uses artificial intelligence to locate and extract rare earth minerals" https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-dreams-of-a-cryptostate-undergird-trumps-push-for-greenland/ | Source: TruthOut [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Billionaires Dreams of a Cryptostate Undergird Trumps Push for Greenland | Truthout [13:38] TR News "According to a May 2025 regulatory filing by Kobolds former Greenland exploration partner 80 Mile Plc" https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinadilicosa/2026/01/09/these-billionaires-bet-big-on-greenland-after-trump-took-interest/ | Source: Forbes [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.forbes.com | Greenlands Billionaire Investors: Bezos, Gates, Altman And More Followed Trumps Lead [13:39] TR News "to accelerate green energy innovation and build the industries of the future." https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/from-jeff-bezos-to-bill-gates-billionaires-bet-on-greenland-as-trump-hints-at-taking-it-the-hard-way/articleshow/126470878.cms | Source: India Times [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | From Jeff Bezos to Bill Gates: Billionaires bet on Greenland as Trump hints at taking it the hard way - The Times of India [13:39] TR News "Silicon Valley oligarchs like Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen have much to gain from Donald Trumps seizure of Greenland" https://jacobin.com/2026/01/trump-silicon-valley-greenland-crypto/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The Tech Billionaires Behind Trumps Greenland Push [13:39] TR News "KoBold Metals, the mining company backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates" https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kobold-metals-backed-by-bezos-gates-secures-deal-disputed-congo-lithium-deposit-2025-07-18/ | Source: Reuters [13:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kobold-metals-backed-by-bezos-gates-secures-deal-disputed-congo-lithium-deposit-2025-07-18/ ) [13:40] TR News "Lets be clear. The problem is not the protesters. Its the armed thugs who are shooting and murdering them." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/americas-gestapo | Source: Robert Reich [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Americas Gestapo - Robert Reich [13:40] TR News "Since 10 December 2025, anyone under 16 in Australia has not been able to create or maintain accounts on social media apps like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube." https://www.androidpolice.com/stop-ignoring-social-media-ban/ | Source: Android Police [13:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | Stop ignoring the social media ban: Why it's more than just a headline this time [13:41] TR News "Companies are literally designing everything for addiction these days. Trying to get you hooked on whatever they can profit off of as early in your development as possible." https://blog.absurdpirate.com/is-gen-alpha-screwed/ | [13:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.absurdpirate.com | is gen alpha screwed? | Absurd Pirate's Internet Blog [13:42] TR News "Reading this as a father of a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old brings up a lot of reflections." https://afranca.com.br/is-gen-alpha-screwed/ | Source: Andre Franca [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-afranca.com.br | is gen alpha screwed? [13:42] TR News "Lets take Nato into European hands, or try to buy time in the hope that something will change in the United States" https://yle.fi/a/74-20204533 | Source: YLE [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Greenland issue must not lead to end of Nato, former Finnish president says | Yle News | Yle [13:43] TR News "We need to better protect children from social media." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/16/starmer-poised-to-ban-under-16s-from-social-media/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/16/starmer-poised-to-ban-under-16s-from-social-media/ ) [13:44] TR News "How resource constrained? How about an HP-16C (Wikipedia), a programmable programmers calculator from over 30 years earlier?" https://dram.page/p/ascon-hp16c/ | [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dram.page | Cryptography 30 years apart: Ascon on an HP-16C -- dramforever [13:45] TR News "But there are problems with todays smart glasses that remain unchanged from those that affected Google Glass." https://pxlnv.com/blog/media-reaction-smart-glasses/ | Source: Nick Heer [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | The Exact Same Things Were Said About Smart Glasses Ten Years Ago Pixel Envy [13:46] TR News Social Control Media: This framework has ideological, if not factual, consistency. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/01/the-iranians-who-feel-betrayed-by-the-left/685644/ | Source: The Atlantic [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Silence of the Left on Iran - The Atlantic [13:46] TR News "Epic Games is making a big change to the rules for Fortnite creators just days after allowing them to publish experiences with in-game transactions." https://www.theverge.com/news/863597/fortnite-creators-steal-the-brainrot-prize-wheel-spins-block | Source: The Verge [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Fortnite blocks creators from selling prize wheel spins | The Verge [13:47] TR News Outsourcing UK to GAFAM USA: "BBC Close To Agreeing Landmark Deal To Produce Shows For YouTube" https://deadline.com/2026/01/bbc-youtube-landmark-deal-1236684960/ | Source: Deadline [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-deadline.com | BBC Close To Agreeing Landmark Deal To Produce Shows For YouTube [13:47] TR News "ripping artwork off the walls and eating it in a reported protest" https://www.uafsunstar.com/news/student-eats-ai-art-in-uaf-gallery-protest-arrested | [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.uafsunstar.com | Student arrested for eating AI art in UAF gallery protest The Sun Star - UAF's Student Voice [13:48] TR News "The use of generative AI for creative purposes has spawned a major countermovement." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/protestor-tears-ai-art-chews-teeth | Source: Futurism [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Furious Protestor Tears AI-Generated Art Off Wall of Exhibit, Chews It Up Into Tiny Shreds Using His Teeth [13:49] TR News "A coalition of 28 digital rights organizations, led by UltraViolet, delivered nearly-identical letters to Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai on Wednesday." https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/15/apple_google_pulled_into_grok/ | Source: The Register UK [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Campaigners demand Apple, Google remove Grok from stores The Register [13:49] TR News "And you know. It turns out I can deny it if they cant give numbers to back up their claims." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/ | Source: Pivot to AI [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 503 @ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/13/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-performance-numbers/ ) [13:49] TR News "using the resources you have" https://cassidoo.co/post/good-brain/ | Source: Cassidy Williams [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cassidoo.co | Do not give up your brain [13:50] TR News "Olive oil, wasabi, saffron, vanilla, Wagyu, honey, champagne, and truffle,...reality TV, all hold examples of what happens when demand exceeds supply companies fill the gap with slop" https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/slop-is-everywhere-for-those-with-eyes-to-see/ | Source: Jason Velazquez [13:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fromjason.xyz | Slop is Everywhere For Those With Eyes to See [13:50] TR News "Theres always going to be value in reading something longer that was researched and written by humans." https://www.manton.org/2026/01/16/ai-and-wikipedia.html | Source: Manton Reece [13:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.manton.org | Manton Reece - AI and Wikipedia [13:51] TR News "However, companies scraping high volumes of freely available Wikipedia knowledge for AI training has driven up server demand and, subsequently, costs at the non-profit" https://techcentral.co.za/wikipedia-moves-to-monetise-ai-giants-reliance-on-its-content/276322/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [13:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Wikipedia moves to monetise AI giants' reliance on its content ● Jan 17 [14:01] TR News Techrights The Typical Trajectory: Datamation Began Experimenting With LLM Slop for Fake Articles. Then Datamation Died. (Last Month) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Typical_Trajectory_Datamation_Began_Experimenting_With_LLM_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Typical_Trajectory_Datamation_Began_Experimenting_With_LLM_.gmi [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Typical Trajectory: Datamation Began Experimenting With LLM Slop for Fake Articles. Then Datamation Died. (Last Month) [14:16] TR News Techrights Microsoft's "valuation depends on infrastructure that does not exist." https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_s_valuation_depends_on_infrastructure_that_does_not_e.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_s_valuation_depends_on_infrastructure_that_does_not_e.gmi [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft's "valuation depends on infrastructure that does not exist." [14:22] TR News "This is concerning in and of itself." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/ais-child-porn-problem-getting-much-worse/685641/ | Source: The Atlantic [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | A Tipping Point in Online Child Abuse - The Atlantic [14:22] TR News "Misogyny, Manne argues, is often less about hating women outright than about policing and punishing their behavior." https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/01/misogyny-renee-nicole-good-grok/685646/ | Source: The Atlantic [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Renee Nicole Good, Grok, and the Punishing of Women - The Atlantic [14:22] TR News "And the strategy is working." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/eight-ways-ai-will-shape-geopolitics-in-2026/ | Source: Atlantic Council [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Eight ways AI will shape geopolitics in 2026 - Atlantic Council [14:23] TR News "Theres a good chance you have never heard of BLUVOYIX or Bluspark Global, and thats ok!" https://eaton-works.com/2026/01/14/bluspark-bluvoyix-hack/ | Source: Eaton Works [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eaton-works.com | Im The Captain Now: Hijacking a global ocean supply chain network [14:23] TR News "Or, to put it another way, Gemini is worth to Apple roughly what a few months of default search placement in Safari are to Google, assuming these figures are in the right ballpark." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-gemini-features/ | Source: Nick Heer [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Google Gemini to Provide Foundation for Some Apple Intelligence Features Pixel Envy [14:24] TR News "Following a recent series of commits by Helg Bredow (helg@) and Stefan Fritsch (sf@), OpenBSD/arm64 now works as a guest operating system under the Apple Hypervisor." https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260115203619 | Source: Undeadly [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.undeadly.org | OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor [14:24] TR News "Its been said before, but the icons of Apples Creator Studio apps are not doing their job as icons" https://lmika.org/2026/01/17/on-apples-icons-for-their.html | Source: Leon Mika [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lmika.org | On Apple's Icons for Their Creator Studio Bundle - Leon Mika [14:24] TR News "The threat actor uses a combination of tools in their post-compromise hands-on-keyboard operations, including Earthworm, Sharphound, DWAgent, and Certipy." https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-8837/ | Source: Threat Source [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.talosintelligence.com | UAT-8837 targets critical infrastructure sectors in North America [14:25] TR News "Works every time for me, and I am now certifiably weak. (But not too weak to type this.)" https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/16/how-to-be-old-lesson-1/ | Source: Doc Searls [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-doc.searls.com | How to Be Old, Lesson 1 Doc Searls Weblog [14:25] TR News "US Chemical Safety Law" https://truthout.org/articles/house-gop-bill-would-roll-back-key-protections-in-us-chemical-safety-law/ | Source: TruthOut [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law | Truthout [14:25] TR News "The media love a crisis but ignore systemic problems." https://overpopulation-project.com/overpopulation-is-a-major-factor-in-global-mortality/ | Source: Overpopulation [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-overpopulation-project.com | Overpopulation is a major factor in global mortality - The Overpopulation Project [14:25] TR News "Sometimes, people tell me that there is no more progress in CPU performance." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/14/how-stagnant-is-cpu-technology/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/14/how-stagnant-is-cpu-technology/ ) [14:26] TR News "I recently joined my local makerspace, and one of the exciting things there is this shelf of electronic components, available for all members to use: [...]" https://www.blog.montgomerie.net/posts/2026-01-13-rescuing-the-makerspaces-vintage-microcontrollers/ | Source: Jamie Montgomerie [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.blog.montgomerie.net/posts/2026-01-13-rescuing-the-makerspaces-vintage-microcontrollers/ ) [14:26] TR News "When you understand how it works, that ambiguity is translated into frustration." https://rubenerd.com/the-dyson-hair-dryer/ | Source: Ruben Schade [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: The Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer [14:27] TR News "It all comes down to Lenovos new Space Frame interior design, which overhauls the X1's internals to create more room for improved thermal performance" https://au.pcmag.com/laptops/115174/i-tried-the-slick-new-thinkpad-x1-carbon-gen-14-its-lenovos-most-repairable-ultraportable-yet | Source: PC Mag [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-au.pcmag.com | I Tried the Slick New ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14. It's Lenovos Most Repairable Ultraportable Yet [14:27] TR News "If you havent seen any of the CES keynotes or announcements this year, or indeed any of the commentary" https://rubenerd.com/a-repairable-thinkpad/ | Source: Ruben Schade [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Wait, a repairable ThinkPad!? [14:27] TR News "The math of data structures helps us understand how different storage systems come with different trade-offs between time, memory, and other resources." https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-theres-no-single-best-way-to-store-information-20260116/ | Source: Quanta Magazine [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.quantamagazine.org | Why Theres No Single Best Way To Store Information | Quanta Magazine [14:27] TR News "Featuring a multicamera view, it can operate in a variety of confined spaces and also climb stairs." https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2026/01/16/us-navy-marines-to-get-l3harris-robots-for-bomb-disposal-missions/ | Source: USMC [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.marinecorpstimes.com | US Navy, Marines to get L3Harris robots for bomb disposal missions [14:28] TR News "The U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy have sealed a deal with L3Harris Technologies for 34 large T7 robots to support the services in explosive ordnance disposal missions." https://www.c4isrnet.com/news/your-military/2026/01/16/us-navy-marines-to-get-l3harris-robots-for-bomb-disposal-missions/ | Source: C4ISRNET [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.c4isrnet.com | US Navy, Marines to get L3Harris robots for bomb disposal missions [14:29] TR News "I start my degree in art history at the Open University in under two weeks." https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/15/getting-ready-for-studying | Source: James G [14:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Getting ready for studying | James' Coffee Blog [14:29] TR News "Turns out that a big factor in my motivation to actually do things relied on me having a paying job to keep me busy." https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/motivation/lacking-job-lacking-motivation/ | Source: Matthew Weber [14:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mtwb.blog | Lacking Job, Lacking Motivation - Matt's Blog [14:30] TR News "Other essential tools languish in neglect, artifacts of the old, good web the elegant weapons that dominated a more civilized age. First among these?" https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/16/interrupt-driven/#ping | Source: CoryDoctorow [14:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Catch this! (16 Jan 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [14:31] TR News "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Yancey Strickler, whose blog can be found at ystrickler.com." https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/yancey-strickler | Source: Manuel Moreale [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | Yancey Strickler Manu [14:32] TR News "Dependencies aren't created deliberately. They happen." https://makoism.com/when-it-falls-over/ | Source: Makoism [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-makoism.com | When It Falls Over [14:33] TR News "beneficial role that education technology and connectivity play in K-12 learning." https://www.ala.org/news/2026/01/ala-leading-education-organizations-highlight-value-technology-learning-senate | Source: American Library Association [14:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ala.org | ALA, Leading Education Organizations Highlight Value of Technology for Learning as Senate Committee Examines Kids Screen Time | ALA [14:34] TR News "It's not every day that one of my open problems is solved, especially one that I asked about over three decades ago." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/01/rational-functions-solved.html | Source: Computational Complexity [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.computationalcomplexity.org | Computational Complexity: Rational Functions Solved! [14:35] TR News "I recently finished reading Science Under Siege by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez." https://smist08.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/review-of-science-under-siege/ | Source: Stephen Smith [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-smist08.wordpress.com | Review of Science Under Siege | Stephen Smith's Blog [14:36] TR News "The goal of the project, called SETI@home, was to trawl through data collected by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico for signs of unusual radio signals from the cosmos." https://futurism.com/space/network-home-computers-100-alien-signals | Source: Futurism [14:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Network of Home Computers Detected 100 Potential Alien Signals [14:37] TR News "on this date." https://austinkleon.com/2026/01/16/the-wheel-of-the-blog/ | Source: Austin Kleon [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-austinkleon.com | The wheel of the blog - Austin Kleon [14:38] TR News "The topic of this months IndieWeb Carnival is the meaning of life." https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/16/nature | Source: James G [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Nature | James' Coffee Blog [14:38] TR News "Here's what we're doing to change it." https://www.ystrickler.com/the-2026-a-corp-annual-letter/ | [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ystrickler.com | The 2026 A-Corp Annual Letter [14:43] TR News Techrights Links 17/01/2026: US Censorship and Violence Crisis, Growing Anger Levels Against Slop Sold as "Intelligence" https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Links_17_01_2026_US_Censorship_and_Violence_Crisis_Growing_Ange.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Links_17_01_2026_US_Censorship_and_Violence_Crisis_Growing_Ange.gmi [14:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 17/01/2026: US Censorship and Violence Crisis, Growing Anger Levels Against Slop Sold as "Intelligence" [14:43] TR News "At some point someone decided it would be a good idea to put such things as passwords and API keys into environment variables." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/17/env-leak.gmi [14:44] TR News SpellBinding CEHIVSO Wordo: GRAZE gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-17.gmi [14:44] TR News xkcd International Station #3195 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3195.gmi [14:46] TR News Idiots, idiots everywhere! gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260117-idiots_idiots_everywhere.txt "for complaining that Win software didn't work perfectly on Linux Mint." [14:48] TR News Slow computing gopher://jonsharp.net:70/0/gl2/01-16-2026-Slow-computing.md [14:51] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 17/01/2026: Slow computing and Environment Leak https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Gemini_Links_17_01_2026_Slow_computing_and_Environment_Leak.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Gemini_Links_17_01_2026_Slow_computing_and_Environment_Leak.gmi [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 17/01/2026: Slow computing and Environment Leak [14:53] TR News "Im pleasantly surprised at how ubiquitous Markdown has become, though strangely its still not built into WordPress." https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/15/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/ | Source: Michael Tsai [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - How Markdown Took Over the World [14:54] TR News "As part of my 2026 learning goals around Java on RISC-V (see this post about x86 versus ARM versus RISC-V)" https://webtechie.be/post/2026-01-16-first-test-visionfive-java/ | Source: Frank Delporte [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-First Test of Java on the VisionFive 2 Lite (RISC-V) | webtechie.be [14:54] TR News "In this article, well take an honest look at Bash scripting in 2026: what skills are still essential, what practices are outdated" https://coderlegion.com/9807/bash-scripting-in-2026-what-still-matters-and-what-doesnt | [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-coderlegion.com | Bash Scripting in 2026: What Still Matters (and What Doesnt) - Coder Legion [14:55] TR News "This is the first article in a series about the markup language RakuDoc." https://coderlegion.com/9768/rakudoc-more-than-just-a-documentation-markup | [14:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-coderlegion.com | RakuDoc - More than just a documentation markup - Coder Legion ● Jan 17 [15:03] TR News [Old] "Given a k-ary tree, determine whether it is symmetric." https://bruceediger.com/posts/dfuds/ | [15:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bruceediger.com | Depth-first Unary Degree Sequence - Information Camouflage [15:03] TR News "In the previous post, we added channels to Co, the small language we are implementing in this series of posts." https://abhinavsarkar.net/posts/implementing-co-5/?mtm_campaign=feed | Source: Abhinav Sarkar [15:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Implementing Co, a Small Language With Coroutines #5: Adding Sleep | abhinavsarkar.net [15:03] TR News "Why is that? I had never really needed to know. Such facts were enough for all of the programs and work Ive done. And so I decided I wanted to find out." https://agentultra.com/blog/taking-things-apart/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King [15:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Agentultra - Taking Things Apart [15:04] TR News "Instead, we will send a script to each node so that it can fork its own cores to run the simulation." https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/parallel-computing/ | Source: Ken Koon Wong [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kenkoonwong.com | Setting Up A Cluster of Tiny PCs For Parallel Computing - A Note To Myself | Everyday Is A School Day [15:04] TR News "If the feature works, then great; I can refine it further to make sure it is as good as it can be and then release it to everybody." https://birchtree.me/blog/rapid-iteration-in-the-modern-coding-world/ | Source: Matt Birchler [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | Rapid iteration in the modern coding world [15:06] TR News "It has come to my attention that the corpus of my public work has been scraped and used to train Large Language Models (LLMs)" https://rubenerd.com/llm-licencing/ | Source: Ruben Schade [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: The Rubenerd LLM Licencing PAC [15:06] TR News "The materialist response isn't to reject the new technology. It's to evolve our licenses to encompass it." https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/01/histomat-foss-llm/ | [15:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-writings.hongminhee.org | Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them Hong Minhee on Things [15:08] TR News "The ROS-Industrial Developers Meeting provided updates on open-source robotics tools, with a focus on advancements in Tesseract, Helping developers still using MoveIt2" https://rosindustrial.org/news/2026/1/16/first-ros-i-developers-meeting-looks-at-upcoming-releases-and-collaboration | Source: ROS Industrial [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rosindustrial.org | First of 2026 ROS-I Developers' Meeting Looks at Upcoming Releases and Collaboration ROS-Industrial [15:08] TR News "I say dense. Because massive success would make it sound large. And it wasnt a large event. 150 attendees, with speakers and volunteers we were around 200 in total." https://underjord.io/goatmire-2-announced.html | Source: Lars Wikman [15:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-underjord.io | Underjord | Goatmire 2, announced [15:10] TR News "In principle, a static site generator is a good idea: They automatically populate your homepage, index pages and RSS feeds, making it impossible to forget anything." https://maurycyz.com/misc/new_ssg/ | Source: Maury [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maurycyz.com | My new static site generator: (Maurycy's blog) [15:11] TR News "It was originally about Mozilla becoming an advertising company but it could as easily have been about Mozilla becoming an AI company or about Mozilla going all in on cryptocurrency" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/kitten-meat-deli-slices/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski [15:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/kitten-meat-deli-slices/ ) [15:12] TR News "Fast-forward to 2025. After tons of practice, I felt much more capable. Code did feel more like putty." https://evanhahn.com/i-set-all-376-vim-options-and-im-still-a-fool/ | Source: Evan Hahn [15:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-evanhahn.com | I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool [15:13] TR News "It needs some cooling, but Im too cheap to buy a properly designed heat sink for it." https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2026/01/16/worst-media-server/ | Source: Herman unapuu [15:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ounapuu.ee | I built the worst Jellyfin media server :: ./techtipsy [15:14] TR News "The latest Mint 22.3 was officially released on Tuesday. Downloads were available a few days before the announcement, but we thought it was better to wait until it was official." [15:14] TR News "All three editions of Linux Mint Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce have been updated. The project used to publish separate announcements, "What's new", and release notes documents for each edition; for Mint 21.2 we resorted to a table to include all 12 links. [15:14] TR News "As covered in the ip link manual page, network interfaces can have either or both of aliases and 'altname' properties." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NetworkInterfaceNameLengthLimit | Source: University of Toronto [15:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [15:15] TR News "Security-minded people are right to be suspicious about what is going on here." https://danielpocock.com/en/ray-dassen-debian-gnome-red-hat-unexplained-deaths/ | Source: Daniel Pocock [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | J.H.M. Ray Dassen & Debian, Red Hat, GNOME unexplained deaths [15:16] TR News "Ive always enjoyed the idea of having a portable, lightweight, 11 inch laptop for my personal use for around the house and small trips." https://btxx.org/posts/asus-openbsd/ | Source: Brad Taunt [15:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-btxx.org | Liberating the ASUS CX1100CN Chromebook with OpenBSD [15:16] TR News "Seasoned networkers will know to tell you that legacy IPv4 and modern IPv6 are, in fact, not directly compatible, and shipping traffic between IPv4 and IPv6 networks" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260116085115 | Source: Undeadly [15:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | pf: make af-to less magical [15:19] TR News "Youll need a text editor (any will do) and a browser (you already have one)." https://maurycyz.com/tutorials/website/ | Source: Maury [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maurycyz.com | How to write your own website: (Maurycy's blog) [15:19] TR News "Given how awkward this is (and that not everything accepts or sees altnames)" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdNetworkdVirtualAltnames | Source: University of Toronto [15:20] TR News "That's okay, but I would argue that in most cases you want your popovers aligned closely with the button that controls them." https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/better-defaults-for-popovers | Source: Manuel Matuzovi [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.matuzo.at | Better defaults for popovers - Manuel Matuzovic [15:20] TR News "And we dig into Grok, Elon Musks AI chatbot, after it started generating sexualised images of women and children" https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-450/ | Source: Graham Cluley [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-grahamcluley.com | Smashing Security podcast #450: From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild Graham Cluley [15:21] TR News "The status reaches Completed." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/empowering-federated-learning-multicluster-management | Source: Red Hat Official [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Empowering federated learning with multicluster management [15:22] TR News The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_III_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Organisatio.shtml [15:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce [15:23] TR News "This tutorial will explain detailed procedures to install Debian 13 GNU/Linux "Trixie" with GNOME graphical user interface into a PC or a laptop." https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2026/01/how-to-install-debian-13-gnulinux-trixie-with-dualboot-method-uefi-and-external-disk-storage.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz [15:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ubuntubuzz.com | How To Install Debian 13 GNU/Linux "Trixie" with Dualboot Method, UEFI, and External Disk Storage [15:24] TR News "The below featured highlights listed on the communitys blog feed aggregator are from Jan. 9 to Jan. 15" https://news.opensuse.org/2026/01/16/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE [15:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Planet News Roundup - openSUSE News [15:25] TR News "The Watchdog HAT supports a wide range of rechargeable battery chemistries, including Lithium-Ion, Lithium-Polymer, Lithium-Phosphate (Li3PO4), Lithium-Iron-Phosphate (LiFePO4)" https://linuxgizmos.com/sequent-microsystems-multichemistry-watchdog-hat-adds-ups-support-for-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [15:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/sequent-microsystems-multichemistry-watchdog-hat-adds-ups-support-for-raspberry-pi/ ) [15:26] TR News "The AI HAT+ 2 is based on the Hailo-10H neural network accelerator, delivering up to 40 TOPS of INT4 inferencing performance." https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-ai-hat-2-enables-generative-ai-on-raspberry-pi-5/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-ai-hat-2-enables-generative-ai-on-raspberry-pi-5/ ) [15:26] TR News "The CM0 NANO is based on the Raspberry Pi CM0, which integrates a 1 GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 processor." https://linuxgizmos.com/edatec-cm0-nano-combines-raspberry-pi-cm0-with-full-i-o-in-a-small-sbc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/edatec-cm0-nano-combines-raspberry-pi-cm0-with-full-i-o-in-a-small-sbc/ ) [15:27] TR News This Week in Plasma: dark mode switch and global push-to-talk https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/17/this-week-in-plasma-dark-mode-switch-and-global-push-to-talk/ [15:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.kde.org | This Week in Plasma: dark mode switch and global push-to-talk - KDE Blogs [15:27] TR News Kentaro Hayashi: Budgie Desktop 10.10 is out, but not for me yet :( https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2026/01/16/213649 [15:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kenhys.hatenablog.jp | Budgie Desktop 10.10 is out, but not for me yet :( - [15:30] TR News How To Install OpenCV on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-opencv-fedora-43/ [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install OpenCV on Fedora 43 - idroot [15:31] TR News The Journey of auditing UYUNI https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/16/the-journey-of-auditing-uyuni.html [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-security.opensuse.org | The Journey of auditing UYUNI | SUSE Security Team Blog [15:38] TR News Picture: Nu det NUUK! Viral kasket revet ned fra hylderne https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/nu-det-nuuk-viral-kasket-revet-ned-fra-hylderne [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dr.dk | Nu det NUUK! Viral kasket revet ned fra hylderne | Grnland | DR [15:38] TR News Blocked by gratuitous javascript: https://officialnudetnuuk.com/ [15:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-officialnudetnuuk.com | Nu det Nuuk | Official Nu det Nuuk Merchandise [15:51] TR News What Is Metabolic Health, and Why Does It Matter? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/well/metabolic-health.html [15:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/well/metabolic-health.html ) [15:51] TR News NHS to launch new online hospital service https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/nhs-to-launch-new-online-hospital-service-a4hL10S21NqK [15:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.which.co.uk | NHS to launch new online hospital service - Which? [15:52] TR News Doctor Says Convicted Felon Appears to Be Showing Signs of a Stroke https://futurism.com/health-medicine/doctor-trump-stroke-aging [15:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Doctor Says Trump Appears to Be Showing Signs of a Stroke [15:52] TR News Ex-South Korean Leader Gets Prison Term in First Ruling Over Martial Law https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-prison-martial-law.html [15:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-prison-martial-law.html ) [15:52] TR News South Koreas ex-president Yoon given 5-year jail term in first ruling over martial law https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-court-sentences-ex-president-yoon-to-5-years-in-prison-for-obstruction [15:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas ex-president Yoon given 5-year jail term in first ruling over martial law | The Straits Times [15:53] TR News South Korea to streamline procedures for entry of North Korean food products https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-to-streamline-procedures-for-entry-of-north-korean-food-products [15:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea to streamline procedures for entry of North Korean food products | The Straits Times [15:54] TR News Explainer: What to know about trials faced by South Koreas former president Yoon https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/explainer-what-to-know-about-trials-faced-by-south-koreas-former-president-yoon [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Explainer: What to know about trials faced by South Koreas former president Yoon | The Straits Times [15:54] TR News S. Koreas Thor Speaker pushing for constitutional reforms to avoid another martial law debacle https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-thor-speaker-to-visit-singapore-hopes-to-further-solidify-partnership [15:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | S. Koreas Thor Speaker pushing for constitutional reforms to avoid another martial law debacle | The Straits Times [15:55] TR News Malaysia freezes army and police procurement decisions linked to corruption, PM says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-freezes-army-and-police-procurement-decisions-linked-to-corruption-pm-says [15:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia freezes army and police procurement decisions linked to corruption, PM says | The Straits Times [15:56] TR News Malaysian actress Nadia Kesuma reported missing after arriving in Jeddah https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-actress-nadia-kesuma-reported-missing-after-arriving-in-jeddah [15:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysian actress Nadia Kesuma reported missing after arriving in Jeddah | The Straits Times ● Jan 17 [16:21] TR News Techrights Stack Ranking Against IBM/Red Hat Staff and a Signal of Mass Layoffs (RAs) Justified by Red Hat and IBM as Poor Performance/Misconduct/Other https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Stack_Ranking_Against_IBM_Red_Hat_Staff_and_a_Signal_of_Mass_La.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Stack_Ranking_Against_IBM_Red_Hat_Staff_and_a_Signal_of_Mass_La.gmi [16:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Stack Ranking Against IBM/Red Hat Staff and a Signal of Mass Layoffs (RAs) Justified by Red Hat and IBM as Poor Performance/Misconduct/Other [16:40] TR News Techrights The Splinternet is Already Here, Owing to the Militarisation of Technology (Slop, Social Control Media, Back Doors, and More) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Splinternet_is_Already_Here_Owing_to_the_Militarisation_of_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Splinternet_is_Already_Here_Owing_to_the_Militarisation_of_.gmi [16:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Splinternet is Already Here, Owing to the Militarisation of Technology (Slop, Social Control Media, Back Doors, and More) [16:42] TR News Microsoft did NOT deny this! https://www.eteknix.com/microsoft-could-lay-off-thousands-of-employees-in-january-xbox-division-also-affected/ it might be delayed a bit [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft Could Lay Off Thousands of Employees in January, Xbox Division Also Affected - eTeknix [16:45] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:53] TR News Techrights Luzern Lion Monument, Albanian Female Whistleblowers: Swiss jurists were cowards https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Luzern_Lion_Monument_Albanian_Female_Whistleblowers_Swiss_juris.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Luzern_Lion_Monument_Albanian_Female_Whistleblowers_Swiss_juris.gmi [16:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Luzern Lion Monument, Albanian Female Whistleblowers: Swiss jurists were cowards ● Jan 17 [17:03] TR News Techrights Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm, Calling Them Out Isn't Fixing That https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Linuxiac_Has_Become_a_Slopfarm_Calling_Them_Out_Isn_t_Fixing_Th.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Linuxiac_Has_Become_a_Slopfarm_Calling_Them_Out_Isn_t_Fixing_Th.gmi [17:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linuxiac Has Become a Slopfarm, Calling Them Out Isn't Fixing That [17:27] TR News Techrights Microsoft Lunduke Keeps Distracting From the Real Problems With Rust https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_Lunduke_Keeps_Distracting_From_the_Real_Problems_With.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_Lunduke_Keeps_Distracting_From_the_Real_Problems_With.gmi [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Lunduke Keeps Distracting From the Real Problems With Rust [17:27] TR News pickled [17:27] TR News on crony capitalism https://sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickled-each-others-brains [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sf.gazetteer.co | Theyve pickled each others brains [17:36] TR News (NEW): Why Rust Is Bad https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Why_Rust_Is_Bad.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Why_Rust_Is_Bad.gmi [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Why Rust Is Bad [17:36] TR News the "bros" are f--king over our movement http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Why_Rust_Is_Bad.shtml [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Why Rust Is Bad [17:38] TR News iophk: "They did a lot of damage over the decades before Rust, too. Some of it's on purpose. Some of it, however, is just a side effect of people being regular people aka raging assholes." [17:49] TR News (NEW): Microsoft Windows Measured as Down to Just 3.7% "Market Share" in the Bahamas https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_Windows_Measured_as_Down_to_Just_3_7_Market_Share_in_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Microsoft_Windows_Measured_as_Down_to_Just_3_7_Market_Share_in_.gmi [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Microsoft Windows Measured as Down to Just 3.7% "Market Share" in the Bahamas [17:51] TR News Swiss JuristGate: Luzern Lion Monument, Albanian Female Whistleblowers: Swiss jurists were cowards https://juristgate.com/en/luzern-lion-monument-albanian-female-whistleblowers-swiss-jurists-cowards/ [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Swiss JuristGate / JuristeGate Suisse -- Luzern Lion Monument, Albanian Female Whistleblowers: Swiss jurists were cowards [17:52] TR News Actors Trademarking Themselves https://heathermeeker.com/2026/01/16/actors-trademarking-themselves/ [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-heathermeeker.com | Actors Trademarking Themselves Copyleft Currents [17:52] TR News Why open standards are extremely beneficial to end users https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/01/16/why-open-standards-are-beneficial-to-end-users/ [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | Why open standards are extremely beneficial to end users - TDF Community Blog [17:54] TR News GNOME 50 Alpha: "Entirely Removes X11" https://lunduke.substack.com/p/gnome-50-alpha-entirely-removes-x11 [17:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | GNOME 50 Alpha: "Entirely Removes X11" - by Bryan Lunduke [17:56] TR News How To Install Nginx with Lets Encrypt SSL on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-nginx-with-lets-encrypt-ssl-fedora-43/ [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Nginx with Lets Encrypt SSL on Fedora 43 - idroot [17:57] TR News How to Install Git on CentOS Stream (10, 9) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-git-on-centos-stream/ [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-git-on-centos-stream/ ) [17:57] TR News How to Install PostgreSQL 17 on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-postgresql-17-on-ubuntu-linux/ [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-postgresql-17-on-ubuntu-linux/ ) [17:57] TR News How to Install MariaDB on Arch GNU/Linux https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mariadb-on-arch-linux/ [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mariadb-on-arch-linux/ ) ● Jan 17 [18:03] TR News Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the Hey Hi (AI) Industry to Its Core https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-recall-copyright-books [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core [18:03] TR News Matthew McConaughey Is Using a Clever Legal Trick to Bludgeon Hey Hi (AI) Companies https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/matthew-mcconaughey-ai-copyright [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Matthew McConaughey Is Using a Clever Legal Trick to Bludgeon AI Companies [18:03] TR News Its not an apocalypse yet: How Kyiv survives winter without heating and electricity https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2808218/it-s-not-an-apocalypse-yet-how-kyiv-survives-winter-without-heating-and-electricity [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Its not an apocalypse yet: How Kyiv survives winter without heating and electricity - LRT [18:04] TR News TTABlog Test: Is BLACK SWAN for Vodka Confusable with BLACK SWAN for Wine? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/ttablog-test-is-black-swan-for-vodka.html [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thettablog.blogspot.com | The TTABlog: TTABlog Test: Is BLACK SWAN for Vodka Confusable with BLACK SWAN for Wine? [18:04] TR News Teenage Son Of Kremlin-Backed Chechen Leader Hospitalized After Car Accident, Sources Say https://www.rferl.org/a/chechnya-kadyrov-russia-car-accident/33651448.html [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Teenage Son Of Kremlin-Backed Chechen Leader Hospitalized After Car Accident, Sources Say [18:04] TR News Russia: successive snowstorms engulf far eastern region of Kamchatka https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260116-russia-successive-snowstorms-engul-far-eastern-region-of-kamchatka [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260116-russia-successive-snowstorms-engul-far-eastern-region-of-kamchatka ) [18:04] TR News In Other News: FortiSIEM Flaw Exploited, Sean Plankey Renominated, Russias Polish Grid Attack https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-fortisiem-flaw-exploited-sean-plankey-renominated-russias-polish-grid-attack/ [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-fortisiem-flaw-exploited-sean-plankey-renominated-russias-polish-grid-attack/ ) [18:05] TR News Disgraced Saeima deputy sentenced again to 8 years for spying for Russia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/16.01.2026-disgraced-saeima-deputy-sentenced-again-to-8-years-for-spying-for-russia.a630272/ [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Disgraced Saeima deputy sentenced again to 8 years for spying for Russia / Article [18:05] TR News Russian Strikes Force Kyiv Schools to Close Amid Rolling Blackouts https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/europe/ukraine-blackouts-kyiv-school-closure.html [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/europe/ukraine-blackouts-kyiv-school-closure.html ) [18:05] TR News Antiwar Russians in Europe Learn That They Must Watch Their Words https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/europe/leonid-volkov-lithuania.html [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/europe/leonid-volkov-lithuania.html ) [18:06] TR News Their power grid under attack, Ukrainians struggle with a long, cold winter https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0116/ukraine-energy-power-outage-russia-war-electricity-missile-attacks [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Winters bite raises stakes on Russian air strikes in Ukraine - CSMonitor.com [18:06] TR News Ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko Avoids Detention On Bribery Charges https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-tymoshenko-detention-bail-bribery-charges/33650701.html [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko Avoids Detention On Bribery Charges [18:06] TR News Lithuania charges six suspects with terrorism for targeting Ukraine military aid https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2808132/lithuania-charges-six-suspects-with-terrorism-for-targeting-ukraine-military-aid [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania charges six suspects with terrorism for targeting Ukraine military aid - LRT [18:06] TR News Hydrogen-powered UAV enters Ukrainian combat operations https://www.h2-view.com/story/hydrogen-powered-uav-enters-ukrainian-combat-operations/2136658.article/?utm_source=gw&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_campaign=rss [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.h2-view.com/story/hydrogen-powered-uav-enters-ukrainian-combat-operations/2136658.article/?utm_source=gw&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_campaign=rss ) [18:06] TR News Ukrainians brave winter cold as Russia targets energy infrastructure https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainians-brave-winter-cold-as-russia-targets-energy-infrastructure [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainians-brave-winter-cold-as-russia-targets-energy-infrastructure ) [18:07] TR News As Rga gets new electric buses, old ones will be donated to Ukraine https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/16.01.2026-as-riga-gets-new-electric-buses-old-ones-will-be-donated-to-ukraine.a630255/ [18:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | As Rga gets new electric buses, old ones will be donated to Ukraine / Article [18:07] TR News The Sahels journey from France to Wagner https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/the-sahels-journey-from-france-to-wagner/ [18:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | The Sahel's journey from France to Wagner - DefenceWeb [18:08] TR News Gedit Technology blog: gedit 49.0 released https://gedit-text-editor.org/blog/2026-01-16-gedit-49-0.html [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gedit-text-editor.org | gedit 49.0 released | Gedit Technology blog [18:10] TR News Spidermonkey Development Blog: Flipping Responsibility for Jobs in SpiderMonkey https://spidermonkey.dev/blog/2026/01/15/job-responsibility.html [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-spidermonkey.dev | Flipping Responsibility for Jobs in SpiderMonkey | SpiderMonkey JavaScript/WebAssembly Engine [18:11] TR News This Week in GNOME: #232 Upcoming Deadlines https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/01/twig-232/ [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thisweek.gnome.org | #232 Upcoming Deadlines [18:12] TR News Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2026-01-16 https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2026/01/16/gnome-foundation-update-2026-01-16/ [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | GNOME Foundation Update, 2026-01-16 Form and Function [18:13] TR News The Tinderbox Ignites: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Generic Equivalence Statements Constitute Inducement https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/equivalence-statements-constitute.html [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | The Tinderbox Ignites: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Generic Equivalence Statements Constitute Inducement | Patently-O [18:14] TR News UPC is illegal. This is a kangaroo court tied to a corrupt patent office run by cocaine addicts. https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/aorticlab-fends-off-infringement-suit-by-us-competitor-emboline/ [18:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | AorticLab fends off infringement suit by US competitor Emboline [18:14] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act, Explained https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/trumps-threat-to-invoke-the-insurrection-act-explained [18:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aclu.org | Trumps Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act, Explained | American Civil Liberties Union [18:15] TR News Are you being left in the dark by your bank? https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/are-you-being-left-in-the-dark-by-your-bank-a9DY54j5J0Rd [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.which.co.uk | Are you being left in the dark by your bank? - Which? [18:16] TR News Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSpdlog 0.0.26 on CRAN: Another Microfix http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/16#rcppspdlog_0.0.26 [18:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [18:16] TR News I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool https://evanhahn.com/i-set-all-376-vim-options-and-im-still-a-fool/ [18:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-evanhahn.com | I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool [18:17] TR News Jonathan Dowland: Ye Gods https://jmtd.net/log/ye_gods/ [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jmtd.net | jmtd log Ye Gods [18:17] TR News KDE Ni! OS Plasma Login Manager now available https://cukic.co/2026/01/16/kde-ni-os-plasma-login-manager-available [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cukic.co | KDE Ni! OS Plasma Login Manager now available | Ivan uki [18:18] TR News Civilians flee Kurdish-heldregionin northernSyria ahead of army deadline https://www.france24.com/en/civilians-flee-kurdish-held-region-in-northern-syria-ahead-of-army-deadline [18:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/civilians-flee-kurdish-held-region-in-northern-syria-ahead-of-army-deadline ) [18:18] TR News 11 Interesting ESP32 Microcontroller Projects Beginners Can Try https://itsfoss.com/esp32-microcontroller-projects/ [18:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | 11 Interesting ESP32 Microcontroller Projects Beginners Can Try [18:19] TR News Emms updated https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Emms [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Emms ) [18:20] TR News Fedora Community Blog: Community Update Week 03 2026 https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/community-update-week-03-2026/ [18:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-communityblog.fedoraproject.org | Community Update - Week 03 2026 Fedora Community Blog [18:20] TR News LLM Compressor 0.9.0: Attention quantization, MXFP4 support, and more https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/16/llm-compressor-090-attention-quantization-mxfp4-support-and-more [18:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/16/llm-compressor-090-attention-quantization-mxfp4-support-and-more ) [18:21] TR News Your Questions Answered: Where We Are on Hey Hi (AI) Regulation, and Where We Go From Here https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/your-questions-answered-where-we-are-on-ai-regulation-and-where-we-go-from-here [18:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aclu.org | Your Questions Answered: Where We Are on AI Regulation, and Where We Go From Here | American Civil Liberties Union [18:21] TR News Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/flock-ceo-goes-ballistic [18:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aclu.org | Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance | American Civil Liberties Union [18:24] TR News Anon: The broligarchs pushing for the takeover of Greenland don't take any negative heat for it and will keep using their catspaw. It's worrisome situation, especially if it takes troops away from Bornholm etc The tariffs are slowly but surely making the US economically irrelevant to the rest of the world [18:24] TR News Canada, China reach initial trade deal on electric vehicles, canola https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/canada-china-set-for-historic-gains-from-new-partnership-carney-says [18:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Canada, China reach initial trade deal on electric vehicles, canola | The Straits Times [18:25] TR News China protests over Philippine coast guards Pooh-tin images https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-protests-over-philippine-coast-guards-xi-images [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China protests over Philippine coast guards Xi images | The Straits Times [18:25] TR News Fraudsters flee Cambodias scam city after extradition of accused boss Chen Zhi to China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/fraudsters-flee-cambodias-scam-city-after-accused-boss-taken-down [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Fraudsters flee Cambodias scam city after extradition of accused boss Chen Zhi to China | The Straits Times [18:25] TR News Carney moves to ease Canada-China trade frictions under US shadow https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/carney-moves-to-ease-canada-china-trade-frictions-under-us-shadow [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Carney moves to ease Canada-China trade frictions under US shadow | The Straits Times [18:26] TR News China acting like North Korea now https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/16/china-protests-over-philippine-coast-guards-president-xi-images/ [18:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China protests over Philippine coast guard's President Xi images [18:26] TR News No Link Between Acetaminophen in Pregnancy and Autism, a New Study Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/health/tylenol-autism-acetaminophen-study.html [18:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/health/tylenol-autism-acetaminophen-study.html ) [18:27] TR News Nia DaCosta Injects New Blood Into 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-current-cinema/nia-dacosta-injects-new-blood-into-28-years-later-the-bone-temple [18:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Nia DaCosta Injects New Blood Into 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | The New Yorker [18:27] TR News Returning Soon? 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JURIST - News [18:34] TR News Iran: An uprising and a massacre, The Greenland narrative, Preventing WWIII https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20260116-iran-an-uprising-and-a-massacre-the-greenland-narrative-preventing-wwiii [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20260116-iran-an-uprising-and-a-massacre-the-greenland-narrative-preventing-wwiii ) [18:36] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man and States Aim to Stop Hey Hi (AI) From Inflating Energy Bills https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/business/trump-ai-electricity-costs.html [18:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/business/trump-ai-electricity-costs.html ) [18:37] TR News Nvidia China market share to drastically decrease from 66% to 8% https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-china-market-share-to-drastically-decrease-from-66-percent-to-8-percent-analysts-claim-export-curbs-and-homegrown-success-to-blame http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/28/Circular_Financing_in_NVidia_NVidia_Pays_Its_Clients_to_Buy_Fro.shtml [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Nvidia China market share to drastically decrease from 66% to 8%, analysts claim export curbs and homegrown success to blame | Tom's Hardware [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Circular Financing in NVidia (NVidia Pays Its Clients to Buy From NVidia) and "Lessons From the Dotcom Crash" [18:38] TR News Executions Spiked in 2025, but the Death Penalty Is Still Losing Ground https://www.aclu.org/news/capital-punishment/executions-spiked-in-2025-but-the-death-penalty-is-still-losing-ground [18:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aclu.org | Executions Spiked in 2025, but the Death Penalty Is Still Losing Ground | American Civil Liberties Union [18:39] TR News AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centers-electric-grid-meltdown [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown [18:39] TR News Calvin Harris Wins $13.5 Million Payout In Legal Battle Against Ex-ManagerThough Another $12 Million Remains Under Dispute https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/15/calvin-harris-ex-manager-lawsuit-win/ [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/15/calvin-harris-ex-manager-lawsuit-win/ ) [18:40] TR News Federal court dismisses Convicted Felon DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter data https://cyberscoop.com/federal-court-dismisses-trump-doj-lawsuit-seeking-california-voter-data/ [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter data | CyberScoop [18:44] TR News Does Convicted Felon need to own Greenland to build his Golden Dome missile shield? https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260117-does-trump-need-own-greenland-to-build-his-golden-dome-missile-shield [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260117-does-trump-need-own-greenland-to-build-his-golden-dome-missile-shield ) [18:44] TR News Epstein Is Dead: Pam Bondi Is Neglecting Live Sex Trafficking Prosecutions to Criminalize Democrats https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/16/epstein-is-dead-pam-bondi-is-neglecting-live-sex-trafficking-defendants-to-criminalize-democrats/ [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | "Epstein Is Dead:" Pam Bondi Is Neglecting Live Sex Trafficking Prosecutions to Criminalize Democrats - emptywheel [18:45] TR News Live Blog: Internet Blackout Continues As Security Forces Bolster Presence Across Iran https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html [18:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Live Blog: Trump: Khamenei Responsible For 'Violence At Levels Never Seen Before' [18:46] TR News Carlsberg probably not the best cybersecurity in the world https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/carlsberg-probably-not-the-best-cybersecurity-in-the-world/ [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pentestpartners.com | Carlsberg probably not the best cybersecurity in the world | Pen Test Partners [18:46] TR News Greenlands security and defence cooperation with NATO allies 'achievable within existing framework' https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260116-greenland-s-security-and-defence-cooperation-with-nato-allies-achievable-within-existing-framework-1 [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260116-greenland-s-security-and-defence-cooperation-with-nato-allies-achievable-within-existing-framework-1 ) [18:46] TR News 'Victims of a slaughter: Iranian people have been rising up for decades against the Islamic regime' https://www.france24.com/en/victims-of-a-slaughter-iranian-people-rising-up-for-decades-now-against-the-islamic-regime [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/victims-of-a-slaughter-iranian-people-rising-up-for-decades-now-against-the-islamic-regime ) [18:47] TR News Feature: Somalia at risk of becoming a Jihadist state https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/feature-somalia-at-risk-of-becoming-a-jihadist-state/ [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | Feature: Somalia at risk of becoming a Jihadist state - 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fuzzy find and kill processes - LinuxLinks [18:55] TR News "I guess Norway will lose Svalbard very soon" [18:56] TR News Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/3 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/01/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-3/ [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dominique.leuenberger.net | Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/3 Dominique a.k.a. 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Linux Magazine [19:00] TR News Linux Mint 22.3 Now Available with New Tools http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Mint-22.3-Now-Available-with-New-Tools [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linux-magazine.com | Linux Mint 22.3 Now Available with New Tools Linux Magazine [19:02] TR News NVIDIA 590 being Made Available for Ubuntu 22.04|24.04|25.10 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/nvidia-590-being-made-available-for-ubuntu-22-0424-0425-10/ [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | NVIDIA 590 being Made Available for Ubuntu 22.04|24.04|25.10 | UbuntuHandbook [19:02] TR News Linuxiac May Have Reverted Back to LLM Slop (Updated Same Day) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/15/Linuxiac_May_Have_Reverted_Back_to_LLM_Slop.shtml [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linuxiac May Have Reverted Back to LLM Slop (Updated Same Day) [19:03] TR News GIMP works without WINE and without an oppressive licence https://www.phoronix.com/news/Adobe-Photoshop-2025-Wine-Patch [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Adobe Photoshop 2025 Installer Now Working On Linux With Patched Wine - Phoronix [19:05] TR News Matj Cepl: Rant about the current state of OpenSSL https://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/rant-about-the-current-state-of-openssl.html [19:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-matej.ceplovi.cz | Rant about the current state of OpenSSL [19:06] TR News ATZ GNU/Linux 12.13.1 is out https://distrowatch.com/atz [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/atz ) [19:07] TR News Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Record_Traffic_in_Geminispace_or_Over_Gemini_Protocol.shtml [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Record Traffic in Geminispace or Over Gemini Protocol [19:08] TR News Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop GNU/Linux Environments Without Root Access https://itsfoss.com/local-desktop/ [19:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access [19:09] TR News This domain is still propping up scams https://linuxbsdos.com/2026/01/15/harden-ethereum-kernel-for-mass-adoption/ [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxbsdos.com | Architects harden Ethereum kernel for mass adoption [19:10] TR News Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Handling for Files Larger Than 4GB https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-4-improves-handling-for-files-larger-than-4gb [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Handling for Files Larger Than 4GB - 9to5Linux [19:11] TR News PipeWire 1.4.10 Backports Filter-Graph Channel Support and Fixes More Bugs https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-4-10-backports-filter-graph-channel-support-and-fixes-more-bugs [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PipeWire 1.4.10 Backports Filter-Graph Channel Support and Fixes More Bugs - 9to5Linux [19:11] TR News Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora GNU/Linux 44 https://9to5linux.com/fedora-games-lab-spin-to-switch-from-xfce-to-kde-plasma-with-fedora-linux-44 [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44 - 9to5Linux [19:12] TR News GNOME 50 Alpha Finally Released for Testing Purpose https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/gnome-50-alpha-finally-released-for-testing-purpose/ [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | GNOME 50 Alpha Finally Released for Testing Purpose | UbuntuHandbook [19:12] TR News Voyager 26.04-alpha4 is out https://distrowatch.com/voyager [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/voyager ) [19:13] TR News Canonical as salespeople of .NET https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/dotnet-10-0-1-update-ubuntu-24-04-lts https://techrights.org/o/2023/05/30/mark-shuttleworth-microsoft/ [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | First .NET 10 Servicing Update Now Available in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | MS (Mark Shuttleworth) as a Microsoft Salesperson [19:14] TR News Tomasz Torcz: Fashion Company Apple knows better (how big it is) https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2026/01/apple-knows-better-how-big-it-is/ [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-enotty.pipebreaker.pl | Apple knows better (how big it is) | -ENOTTY [19:14] TR News IBM Was Never the Good Guy https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/IBM_Was_Never_the_Good_Guy.shtml [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Was Never the Good Guy [19:14] TR News Google News Poisons Its Own Index With More Slopfarms (Including "filmogaz") (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/16/Google_News_Poisons_Its_Own_Index_With_More_Slopfarms_Including.shtml [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google News Poisons Its Own Index With More Slopfarms (Including "filmogaz") [19:15] TR News Five US publishers sue Surveillance Giant Google over deceptive and manipulative adtech practices https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/five-us-publishers-sue-google-over-deceptive-and-manipulative-adtech-practices/ [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Five US publishers sue Google over 'manipulative' adtech practices - Press Gazette [19:15] TR News WhisperPair Attack Leaves Millions of Audio Accessories Open to Hijacking https://www.securityweek.com/whisperpair-attack-leaves-millions-of-bluetooth-accessories-open-to-hijacking/ [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/whisperpair-attack-leaves-millions-of-bluetooth-accessories-open-to-hijacking/ ) [19:16] TR News Canada Strikes Tariffs Deal With China, as Carney Looks to Diversify From U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/canada/canada-slash-tariffs-chinese-evs.html [19:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/canada/canada-slash-tariffs-chinese-evs.html ) [19:16] TR News US strikes deal with Taiwan to cut tariffs, boost chip investment https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-says-reached-deal-with-taiwan-to-lower-tariffs-boost-investments [19:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | US strikes deal with Taiwan to cut tariffs, boost chip investment | The Straits Times [19:16] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans Venezuela strike: The good, bad and the ugly https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/trumps-venezuela-strike-the-good-bad-the-ugly [19:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Trumps Venezuela strike: The good, bad and the ugly | The Straits Times [19:17] TR News US strikes deal with Taiwan to cut tariffs, boost chip investment https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/17/us-strikes-deal-with-taiwan-to-cut-tariffs-boost-chip-investment/ [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | US strikes deal with Taiwan to cut tariffs, boost chip investment [19:18] TR News Qt Quick for Android - Qt 6.9 and 6.10 https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-quick-for-android-qt-6.9-and-6.10 [19:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Qt Quick for Android - Qt 6.9 and 6.10 [19:18] TR News Meet the New dotConnect for PostgreSQL Release https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/meet-the-new-dotconnect-for-postgresql-release-3206/ [19:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: Meet the New dotConnect for PostgreSQL Release [19:19] TR News credcheck v4.4 has been released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/credcheck-v44-has-been-released-3212/ [19:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: credcheck v4.4 has been released [19:20] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man's world: India and EU draw closer https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20260116-trump-s-world-india-and-eu-draw-closer [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20260116-trump-s-world-india-and-eu-draw-closer ) [19:21] TR News msft crap, -1 https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/16/nagios03-2/\ [19:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 404 @ https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/16/nagios03-2/\ ) [19:22] TR News You Might Not Know This, but Your NAS Might Be a Good Docker Server https://thenewstack.io/you-might-not-know-this-but-your-nas-might-be-a-good-docker-server/ [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | You Might Not Know This, but Your NAS Might Be a Good Docker Server - The New Stack [19:23] TR News Nagios03 https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/16/nagios03-2/ [19:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | Nagios03 Dan Langille's Other Diary [19:23] TR News Jetway P150CDN1 A 15-inch Alder Lake-N fanless industrial panel PC with 8 USB ports for kiosk and HMI https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/16/jetway-p150cdn1-a-15-inch-alder-lake-n-fanless-industrial-panel-pc-with-8-usb-ports-for-kiosk-and-hmi/ [19:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Jetway P150CDN1 - A 15-inch Alder Lake-N fanless industrial panel PC with 8 USB ports for kiosk and HMI - CNX Software [19:24] TR News Connecting to the world through a Monitor lens https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/From-the-Editors/2026/0116/Connecting-to-the-world-through-a-Monitor-lens [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Connecting to the world through a Monitor lens - CSMonitor.com [19:25] TR News Dying, drowning in debt https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/16/openai-start-testing-chatgpt-ads-across-free-go-tiers/ ttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/technology/chatgpt-ads-openai.html [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenAI to start testing ChatGPT ads across free, Go tiers - SiliconANGLE [19:25] TR News How to Install Remi RPM on CentOS Stream (10, 9) https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-remi-rpm-on-centos-stream/ [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-remi-rpm-on-centos-stream/ ) [19:26] TR News US-Europe standoff on Greenland 'a big win for Putin': Danish parliament defence chair https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20260116-us-europe-standoff-on-greenland-a-big-win-for-putin-danish-parliament-defence-chair [19:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20260116-us-europe-standoff-on-greenland-a-big-win-for-putin-danish-parliament-defence-chair ) [19:27] TR News Software Patents: NovaCloud networking patents prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/15/novacloud-networking-patent-prior-art-found [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | NovaCloud networking patents prior art found Unified Patents [19:27] TR News Detentions, deportations, death: Canadas border service acts in tandem with ICE https://breachmedia.ca/ice-canadas-border-service-detentions-deportations-death/ [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://breachmedia.ca/ice-canadas-border-service-detentions-deportations-death/ ) [19:28] TR News Scandals, divorce, graft probe: What led to the downfall of this Insta-famous Indonesian governor? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/from-instagram-fame-to-political-fall-indonesias-internet-governor-in-the-spotlight [19:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | From Instagram fame to political fall: Indonesias Internet governor in the spotlight | The Straits Times [19:28] TR News Good-looking babies smuggled via Jakarta into Singapore, where adoptive parents paid over $20,000 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/good-looking-babies-smuggled-via-jakarta-into-singapore-where-adoptive-parents-paid-over-20k [19:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Good-looking babies smuggled via Jakarta into Singapore, where adoptive parents paid over $20,000 | The Straits Times [19:29] TR News NanoPC-T6 Plus Rockchip RK3588 SBC switches from LPDDR4x to LPDDR5 (up to 32GB) https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/16/nanopc-t6-plus-rockchip-rk3588-sbc-switches-from-lpddr4x-to-lpddr5-up-to-32gb/ [19:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | NanoPC-T6 Plus Rockchip RK3588 SBC switches from LPDDR4x to LPDDR5 (up to 32GB) - CNX Software [19:31] TR News XIAO ESP32-C5 A tiny USB-C IoT board with dual-band WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, Zigbee, and Thread connectivity https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/16/xiao-esp32-c5-a-tiny-usb-c-iot-board-with-dual-band-wifi-6-bluetooth-5-0-le-zigbee-and-thread-connectivity/ [19:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | XIAO ESP32-C5 - A tiny USB-C IoT board with dual-band WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, Zigbee, and Thread connectivity - CNX Software [19:31] TR News Tablet-like, ESP32-P4-based 7, 8, and 10.1-inch HMI displays integrate Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, 5MP camera https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/17/tablet-like-esp32-p4-based-7-8-and-10-1-inch-hmi-displays-integrate-wi-fi-6-connectivity-5mp-camera/ [19:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Tablet-like, ESP32-P4-based 7, 8, and 10.1-inch HMI displays integrate Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, 5MP camera - CNX Software [19:32] TR News Explainer: Hong Kongs national security crackdown month 66 https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/17/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-66/ [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Explainer: Hong Kongs national security crackdown month 66 [19:33] TR News China, Canada reach landmark deal on tariffs, visas https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/16/china-canada-reach-landmark-deal-on-tariffs-visas/ [19:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China, Canada reach 'landmark' deal on tariffs, visas [19:34] TR News Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcasts/jonathan-haidt-strikes-again-what-you-vibecoded-an-update-on-the-forkiverse.html If we cant win on social control media, then we definitely cant win on A.I., says Haidt [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcasts/jonathan-haidt-strikes-again-what-you-vibecoded-an-update-on-the-forkiverse.html ) [19:35] TR News A Conservative Critiques Convicted Felons First Year https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-yuval-levin.html [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-yuval-levin.html ) [19:35] TR News A Stark Warning About the 2026 Election, with Robert Kagan https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/a-stark-warning-about-the-2026-election-with-robert-kagan [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | A Stark Warning About the 2026 Election, with Robert Kagan | The New Yorker [19:36] TR News Origami Linuxs COSMIC Desktop on Fedora Atomic Almost Wins Me Over https://fossforce.com/2026/01/origami-linux-cosmic-desktop/ [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Origami Linuxs COSMIC Desktop on Fedora Atomic Almost Wins Me Over - FOSS Force [19:40] TR News "Newer kernel, newer Cinnamon, new tools, and even new icons" https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/16/linux_mint_223_zena_officially_release/ [19:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Linux Mint team officially releases 22.3 'Zena' The Register [19:44] TR News But the back doors cannot be removed https://itsfoss.com/local-desktop/ [19:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access [19:44] TR News 3 cool and handy Linux apps to try this weekend (January 16 - 18) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-january-16/ [19:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 3 cool and handy Linux apps to try this weekend (January 16 - 18) [19:46] TR News "This Linux distribution can compete with any lightweight OS on the market." https://www.zdnet.com/article/tromjaro-is-what-happens-when-a-group-of-developers-with-a-big-conscience-create-an-os/ [19:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I found a Linux distro that pairs a clean, Mac-like UI with a 'trade-free' philosophy - and it's super fast | ZDNET [19:46] TR News 4 Fedora-based Linux distributions that are better than Fedora https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-based-linux-distributions-that-are-better-than-the-original/ [19:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 4 Fedora-based Linux distributions that are better than Fedora [19:46] TR News This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage https://www.howtogeek.com/this-new-premium-linux-laptop-has-up-to-128gb-ram-and-16tb-storage/ [19:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage [19:47] TR News "What is EndeavourOS? A Linux distribution based on Arch-Linux. It's as close as possible to a vanilla Arch install, but makes things a lot simpler to get going. A distribution aimed at more intermediate Linux users." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/endeavouros-linux-gets-an-upgraded-release-with-ganymede-neo/ [19:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo | GamingOnLinux [19:47] TR News Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44 https://9to5linux.com/fedora-games-lab-spin-to-switch-from-xfce-to-kde-plasma-with-fedora-linux-44 [19:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44 - 9to5Linux [19:48] TR News "Ganymede is fast, beautiful, stable, and relatively simple to use." https://www.zdnet.com/article/endeavoros-offers-a-new-release-with-a-beautiful-look-and-a-game-changing-feature/ [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The latest EndeavorOS release just solved one of my biggest frustrations with Arch Linux | ZDNET [19:49] TR News We May Be Able To Install Adobe Software On Steam Deck Soon https://steamdeckhq.com/news/adobe-software-linux-fix-soon/ [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-steamdeckhq.com | Adobe Software May Work on Steam Deck Soon - SDHQ [19:50] TR News Why 2026 might bring more Linux desktops to the enterprise https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterprisedesktop/feature/Why-2026-might-bring-more-Linux-desktops-to-the-enterprise [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why 2026 might bring more Linux desktops to the enterprise | TechTarget [19:50] TR News "In my opinion, there is no real "wrong answer" when picking out your very first Linux distro. Yes, some options are more difficult to set up, more niche, and may confuse a newcomer more than other distros, but if someone really has their mind set on a specific one" https://www.xda-developers.com/the-best-arch-linux-disto-for-beginners-just-got-even-easier-to-set-up/ [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | The best Arch Linux distro for beginners just got even easier to set up [19:51] TR News "The Opera GX team has announced that it is "working on" a native Linux version of the web browser. Opera GX was launched back in June 2019 as a web browser for gamers. At first, it was only available for Windows users, but a macOS version followed in December that year." https://www.neowin.net/news/opera-gx-is-finally-making-its-to-way-to-linux/ [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/opera-gx-is-finally-making-its-to-way-to-linux/ ) [19:51] TR News Indomitus Group Launches indiPDF, a Professional PDF Editor for Linux https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/01/15/3219964/0/en/Indomitus-Group-Launches-indiPDF-a-Professional-PDF-Editor-for-Linux.html [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.globenewswire.com | Indomitus Group Launches indiPDF, a Professional PDF Editor [19:52] TR News I boosted my old laptops battery life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro https://www.makeuseof.com/boosted-old-laptop-battery-switching-to-power-efficient-linux-distro/ [19:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | I boosted my old laptops battery life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro [19:53] TR News (NEW): indiPDF and Other Software for GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/indiPDF_and_Other_Software_for_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/indiPDF_and_Other_Software_for_GNU_Linux.gmi [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines indiPDF and Other Software for GNU/Linux [19:53] TR News "Starting with this release, the NVIDIA proprietary drivers have been switched to nvidia-open due to the upstream changes to NVIDIA drivers." https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-ganymede-neo-rolls-out-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-and-kde-plasma-6-5-4 [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EndeavourOS Ganymede Neo Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.5.4 - 9to5Linux [19:54] TR News This old-school Linux distro is a nightmare to use today https://www.xda-developers.com/i-used-a-modern-fork-of-a-linux-de-from-the-90s/ [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | This old-school Linux distro is a nightmare to use today [19:58] TR News (NEW): Gedit 49.0 Released, This Week in GNOME, and GNOME Foundation Update (by IBM) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gedit_49_0_Released_This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_Foundation_Upd.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Gedit_49_0_Released_This_Week_in_GNOME_and_GNOME_Foundation_Upd.gmi [19:58] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Gedit 49.0 Released, This Week in GNOME, and GNOME Foundation Update (by IBM) [19:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [19:59] TR News (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu: NVIDIA, Microsoft Boosting, and Netplan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Canonical_Ubuntu_NVIDIA_Microsoft_Boosting_and_Netplan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Canonical_Ubuntu_NVIDIA_Microsoft_Boosting_and_Netplan.gmi [19:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Canonical/Ubuntu: NVIDIA, Microsoft Boosting, and Netplan [19:59] TR News (NEW): OpenSUSE: Planet News Roundup, UYUNI, and Tumbleweed Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/OpenSUSE_Planet_News_Roundup_UYUNI_and_Tumbleweed.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/OpenSUSE_Planet_News_Roundup_UYUNI_and_Tumbleweed.gmi [19:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OpenSUSE: Planet News Roundup, UYUNI, and Tumbleweed Review ● Jan 17 [20:01] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Open_Hardware_Modding_ESP32_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [20:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More [20:01] TR News (NEW): Red Hat, Fedora, and Fedora Derivatives https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_Fedora_Derivatives.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_Fedora_Derivatives.gmi [20:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat, Fedora, and Fedora Derivatives [20:03] TR News (NEW): OpenBSD: Liberating the ASUS CX1100CN Chromebook and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/OpenBSD_eftp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/OpenBSD_eftp.gmi [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OpenBSD: Liberating the ASUS CX1100CN Chromebook and More [20:04] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [20:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [20:04] TR News (NEW): Standards: Importance of ODF and "How Markdown Took Over the World" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Standards_Importance_of_ODF_and_How_Markdown_Took_Over_the_Worl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Standards_Importance_of_ODF_and_How_Markdown_Took_Over_the_Worl.gmi [20:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Standards: Importance of ODF and "How Markdown Took Over the World" [20:04] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/today_s_leftovers.gmi [20:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's leftovers [20:06] TR News (NEW): Spidermonkey Development Update and Mozilla Lost Its Way (Says One of Its Original Creators) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Spidermonkey_Development_Update_and_Mozilla_Lost_Its_Way_Says_O.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Spidermonkey_Development_Update_and_Mozilla_Lost_Its_Way_Says_O.gmi [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Spidermonkey Development Update and Mozilla Lost Its Way (Says One of Its Original Creators) [20:08] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [20:08] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/17/Security_Leftovers.gmi [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [20:10] TR News Techrights Links 17/01/2026: Internet Blackout Normalised, Russian Attacks Civilians by Causing Massive Blackouts https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Links_17_01_2026_Internet_Blackout_Normalised_Russian_Attacks_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Links_17_01_2026_Internet_Blackout_Normalised_Russian_Attacks_C.gmi [20:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 17/01/2026: Internet Blackout Normalised, Russian Attacks Civilians by Causing Massive Blackouts [20:14] TR News "it sounds like youre the racist sc*m here." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3sgr0 [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3sgr0 ) ● Jan 17 [21:56] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@57mp77k2cp9ci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jan 17 [22:08] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Jan 17 [00:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [00:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 17 [08:07] TR News "Trump Is Proving Democratic Presidents Werent Powerless" https://jacobin.com/2026/01/trump-obama-biden-executive-power/ [08:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | Trump Is Proving Democratic Presidents Werent Powerless [08:07] TR News "Mar-a-Lago and the Siege of Minnesota - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/mar-a-lago-and-the-siege-of-minnesota/ [08:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/mar-a-lago-and-the-siege-of-minnesota/ ) [08:07] TR News TACO https://www.vox.com/politics/475486/trump-iran-intervention-syria-libya-iraq [08:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Trumps decision on Iran strikes hinges on these questions | Vox [08:08] TR News "The President Who Cries Emergency" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/trump-threat-inflation-misleading-public/685639/ [08:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | The President Who Cries Emergency - The Atlantic [08:08] TR News "The Sacrifice of the Danes" https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/denmark-afghanistan-nato-america-greenland/685625/ [08:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | The Sacrifice of the Danes - The Atlantic [08:08] TR News "How Important Is Iran For Russia's War Effort?" https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-russia-war-ukraine/33648840.html [08:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | How Important Is Iran For Russia's War Effort? ● Jan 17 [13:37] TR News "Democratic election officials have criticized the data requests, calling them an unwarranted attempt by the Trump administration to exercise federal power over elections." https://alabamareflector.com/2026/01/16/repub/federal-courts-deny-trump-request-for-private-voter-data-in-2-states/ | Source: Alabama Reflector [13:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/2026/01/16/repub/federal-courts-deny-trump-request-for-private-voter-data-in-2-states/ ) [13:37] TR News "The federal government tried to abuse their power to force me to break my oath of office and hand over your private data" https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/14/federal-judge-hears-arguments-over-trump-demands-for-oregon-voter-data/ | [13:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/14/federal-judge-hears-arguments-over-trump-demands-for-oregon-voter-data/ ) [13:37] TR News "I think were at a crisis point in this country, and our democracy is being tested, and we have issues that we have to work on" https://www.michigandaily.com/news/student-government/u-s-rep-debbie-dingell-talks-federal-policy-higher-education-during-town-hall/ | Source: University of Michigan [13:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.michigandaily.com | Debbie Dingell talks policy, higher education in CSG town hall [13:38] TR News "That company, KoBold Metals, uses artificial intelligence to locate and extract rare earth minerals" https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-dreams-of-a-cryptostate-undergird-trumps-push-for-greenland/ | Source: TruthOut [13:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-truthout.org | Billionaires Dreams of a Cryptostate Undergird Trumps Push for Greenland | Truthout [13:40] TR News "Lets be clear. The problem is not the protesters. Its the armed thugs who are shooting and murdering them." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/americas-gestapo | Source: Robert Reich [13:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | Americas Gestapo - Robert Reich [13:42] TR News "Lets take Nato into European hands, or try to buy time in the hope that something will change in the United States" https://yle.fi/a/74-20204533 | Source: YLE [13:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-yle.fi | Greenland issue must not lead to end of Nato, former Finnish president says | Yle News | Yle ● Jan 17 [15:52] TR News Doctor Says Convicted Felon Appears to Be Showing Signs of a Stroke https://futurism.com/health-medicine/doctor-trump-stroke-aging [15:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-futurism.com | Doctor Says Trump Appears to Be Showing Signs of a Stroke [15:52] TR News Ex-South Korean Leader Gets Prison Term in First Ruling Over Martial Law https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-prison-martial-law.html [15:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-prison-martial-law.html ) [15:52] TR News South Koreas ex-president Yoon given 5-year jail term in first ruling over martial law https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-court-sentences-ex-president-yoon-to-5-years-in-prison-for-obstruction [15:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Koreas ex-president Yoon given 5-year jail term in first ruling over martial law | The Straits Times [15:54] TR News Explainer: What to know about trials faced by South Koreas former president Yoon https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/explainer-what-to-know-about-trials-faced-by-south-koreas-former-president-yoon [15:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Explainer: What to know about trials faced by South Koreas former president Yoon | The Straits Times [15:54] TR News S. Koreas Thor Speaker pushing for constitutional reforms to avoid another martial law debacle https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-thor-speaker-to-visit-singapore-hopes-to-further-solidify-partnership [15:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | S. Koreas Thor Speaker pushing for constitutional reforms to avoid another martial law debacle | The Straits Times ● Jan 17 [16:45] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jan 17 [18:03] TR News Its not an apocalypse yet: How Kyiv survives winter without heating and electricity https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2808218/it-s-not-an-apocalypse-yet-how-kyiv-survives-winter-without-heating-and-electricity [18:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Its not an apocalypse yet: How Kyiv survives winter without heating and electricity - LRT [18:04] TR News Teenage Son Of Kremlin-Backed Chechen Leader Hospitalized After Car Accident, Sources Say https://www.rferl.org/a/chechnya-kadyrov-russia-car-accident/33651448.html [18:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Teenage Son Of Kremlin-Backed Chechen Leader Hospitalized After Car Accident, Sources Say [18:04] TR News Russia: successive snowstorms engulf far eastern region of Kamchatka https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260116-russia-successive-snowstorms-engul-far-eastern-region-of-kamchatka [18:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260116-russia-successive-snowstorms-engul-far-eastern-region-of-kamchatka ) [18:05] TR News Disgraced Saeima deputy sentenced again to 8 years for spying for Russia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/16.01.2026-disgraced-saeima-deputy-sentenced-again-to-8-years-for-spying-for-russia.a630272/ [18:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Disgraced Saeima deputy sentenced again to 8 years for spying for Russia / Article [18:05] TR News Russian Strikes Force Kyiv Schools to Close Amid Rolling Blackouts https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/europe/ukraine-blackouts-kyiv-school-closure.html [18:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/europe/ukraine-blackouts-kyiv-school-closure.html ) [18:05] TR News Antiwar Russians in Europe Learn That They Must Watch Their Words https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/europe/leonid-volkov-lithuania.html [18:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/europe/leonid-volkov-lithuania.html ) [18:06] TR News Their power grid under attack, Ukrainians struggle with a long, cold winter https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0116/ukraine-energy-power-outage-russia-war-electricity-missile-attacks [18:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Winters bite raises stakes on Russian air strikes in Ukraine - CSMonitor.com [18:06] TR News Ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko Avoids Detention On Bribery Charges https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-tymoshenko-detention-bail-bribery-charges/33650701.html [18:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko Avoids Detention On Bribery Charges [18:06] TR News Lithuania charges six suspects with terrorism for targeting Ukraine military aid https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2808132/lithuania-charges-six-suspects-with-terrorism-for-targeting-ukraine-military-aid [18:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania charges six suspects with terrorism for targeting Ukraine military aid - LRT [18:06] TR News Hydrogen-powered UAV enters Ukrainian combat operations https://www.h2-view.com/story/hydrogen-powered-uav-enters-ukrainian-combat-operations/2136658.article/?utm_source=gw&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_campaign=rss [18:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.h2-view.com/story/hydrogen-powered-uav-enters-ukrainian-combat-operations/2136658.article/?utm_source=gw&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_campaign=rss ) [18:06] TR News Ukrainians brave winter cold as Russia targets energy infrastructure https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainians-brave-winter-cold-as-russia-targets-energy-infrastructure [18:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainians-brave-winter-cold-as-russia-targets-energy-infrastructure ) [18:07] TR News As Rga gets new electric buses, old ones will be donated to Ukraine https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/16.01.2026-as-riga-gets-new-electric-buses-old-ones-will-be-donated-to-ukraine.a630255/ [18:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | As Rga gets new electric buses, old ones will be donated to Ukraine / Article [18:07] TR News The Sahels journey from France to Wagner https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/the-sahels-journey-from-france-to-wagner/ [18:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-defenceweb.co.za | The Sahel's journey from France to Wagner - DefenceWeb [18:14] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act, Explained https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/trumps-threat-to-invoke-the-insurrection-act-explained [18:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aclu.org | Trumps Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act, Explained | American Civil Liberties Union [18:18] TR News Civilians flee Kurdish-heldregionin northernSyria ahead of army deadline https://www.france24.com/en/civilians-flee-kurdish-held-region-in-northern-syria-ahead-of-army-deadline [18:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/civilians-flee-kurdish-held-region-in-northern-syria-ahead-of-army-deadline ) [18:32] TR News Live: Iran death toll tops 3,000, yet another rights group says https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260117-live-iran-protests-death-toll-tops-3-000-rights-group-ayatollah-khamenei-trump-crackdown [18:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260117-live-iran-protests-death-toll-tops-3-000-rights-group-ayatollah-khamenei-trump-crackdown ) [18:32] TR News Bobi Wine, Ugandan Opposition Leader, Was Abducted, His Party Says https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/africa/uganda-bobi-wine-abduction.html [18:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/africa/uganda-bobi-wine-abduction.html ) [18:33] TR News Death toll in Iran protests over 3,000, rights group says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/death-toll-in-iran-protests-over-3000-rights-group-says [18:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Death toll in Iran protests surpasses 3,000, rights group says | The Straits Times [18:40] TR News Federal court dismisses Convicted Felon DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter data https://cyberscoop.com/federal-court-dismisses-trump-doj-lawsuit-seeking-california-voter-data/ [18:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Federal court dismisses Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter data | CyberScoop [18:44] TR News Does Convicted Felon need to own Greenland to build his Golden Dome missile shield? https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260117-does-trump-need-own-greenland-to-build-his-golden-dome-missile-shield [18:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260117-does-trump-need-own-greenland-to-build-his-golden-dome-missile-shield ) [18:46] TR News Greenlands security and defence cooperation with NATO allies 'achievable within existing framework' https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260116-greenland-s-security-and-defence-cooperation-with-nato-allies-achievable-within-existing-framework-1 [18:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260116-greenland-s-security-and-defence-cooperation-with-nato-allies-achievable-within-existing-framework-1 ) [18:46] TR News 'Victims of a slaughter: Iranian people have been rising up for decades against the Islamic regime' https://www.france24.com/en/victims-of-a-slaughter-iranian-people-rising-up-for-decades-now-against-the-islamic-regime [18:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/victims-of-a-slaughter-iranian-people-rising-up-for-decades-now-against-the-islamic-regime ) [18:47] TR News Feature: Somalia at risk of becoming a Jihadist state https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/feature-somalia-at-risk-of-becoming-a-jihadist-state/ [18:47] -TechPolBot/#techpol-defenceweb.co.za | Feature: Somalia at risk of becoming a Jihadist state - DefenceWeb [18:55] TR News "I guess Norway will lose Svalbard very soon" ● Jan 17 [19:16] TR News Canada Strikes Tariffs Deal With China, as Carney Looks to Diversify From U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/canada/canada-slash-tariffs-chinese-evs.html [19:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/world/canada/canada-slash-tariffs-chinese-evs.html ) [19:16] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans Venezuela strike: The good, bad and the ugly https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/trumps-venezuela-strike-the-good-bad-the-ugly [19:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Trumps Venezuela strike: The good, bad and the ugly | The Straits Times [19:20] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man's world: India and EU draw closer https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20260116-trump-s-world-india-and-eu-draw-closer [19:20] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20260116-trump-s-world-india-and-eu-draw-closer ) [19:26] TR News US-Europe standoff on Greenland 'a big win for Putin': Danish parliament defence chair https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20260116-us-europe-standoff-on-greenland-a-big-win-for-putin-danish-parliament-defence-chair [19:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20260116-us-europe-standoff-on-greenland-a-big-win-for-putin-danish-parliament-defence-chair ) [19:27] TR News Detentions, deportations, death: Canadas border service acts in tandem with ICE https://breachmedia.ca/ice-canadas-border-service-detentions-deportations-death/ [19:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://breachmedia.ca/ice-canadas-border-service-detentions-deportations-death/ ) [19:28] TR News Scandals, divorce, graft probe: What led to the downfall of this Insta-famous Indonesian governor? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/from-instagram-fame-to-political-fall-indonesias-internet-governor-in-the-spotlight [19:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | From Instagram fame to political fall: Indonesias Internet governor in the spotlight | The Straits Times [19:28] TR News Good-looking babies smuggled via Jakarta into Singapore, where adoptive parents paid over $20,000 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/good-looking-babies-smuggled-via-jakarta-into-singapore-where-adoptive-parents-paid-over-20k [19:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Good-looking babies smuggled via Jakarta into Singapore, where adoptive parents paid over $20,000 | The Straits Times [19:32] TR News Explainer: Hong Kongs national security crackdown month 66 https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/17/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-66/ [19:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Explainer: Hong Kongs national security crackdown month 66 [19:35] TR News A Conservative Critiques Convicted Felons First Year https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-yuval-levin.html [19:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-yuval-levin.html ) [19:35] TR News A Stark Warning About the 2026 Election, with Robert Kagan https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/a-stark-warning-about-the-2026-election-with-robert-kagan [19:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.newyorker.com | A Stark Warning About the 2026 Election, with Robert Kagan | The New Yorker ● Jan 17 [22:08] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:26] *nobody has quit (connection closed) [22:27] *nobody (~nobody@i9qtak2d2eia6.irc) has joined #techpol