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[00:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Linux_Kernel_7_2_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/16/Linux_Kernel_7_2_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.gmi 
[00:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is Whats New
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[02:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 16, 2026
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[02:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 16, 2026
[02:42]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-160826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-160826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-160826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-160826.txt
[02:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 16, 2026
[02:43]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-160826.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-160826.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-160826.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-160826.txt
[02:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 16, 2026
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-08-16.txt
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[04:57]	TR News	"A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram's video piracy ecosystem" https://torrentfreak.com/researchers-hunt-telegram-pirates-with-ai-tool-flag-hundreds-of-channels/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[04:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Researchers Hunt Telegram Pirates with AI Tool, Flag Hundreds of Channels * TorrentFreak
[04:58]	TR News	"On Friday, Amazon customers received an email alerting them to an update to the sites terms and conditions." https://www.theverge.com/tech/980752/amazon-class-action-arbitration-terms-and-conditions | Source: The Verge
[04:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Amazon is trying to crush class-action suits before they get started | The Verge
[04:59]	TR News	"We can only hope that these lead to an epidemic of ICE goons accidentally burning their own dicks off." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/the-orwellian-company-behind-ices-new-electric-shock-gloves/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
[04:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/the-orwellian-company-behind-ices-new-electric-shock-gloves/ )
[04:59]	TR News	"In todays society, you know, everybodys filming everything, everybody has a cell phone" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/ice-shock-gloves-torture-compliant-technologies-jeff-niklaus/ | Source: Mother Jones
[04:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.motherjones.com | The Orwellian Company Behind ICEs New Electric Shock Gloves Mother Jones
[04:59]	TR News	"Half a decade after the Taliban takeover in August 2021" https://www.jpost.com/international/article-905318 | Source: Jerusalem Post
[04:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jpost.com | Taliban tightens grip on Afghan women, blocking legal rights and protections | The Jerusalem Post
[04:59]	TR News	"The figure has risen by about 200,000 since last year and could reach nearly four million by 2030 if the ban remains in place" https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-school-ban-girls-taliban-unesco/a-78328926 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[04:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | UNESCO: 2.4 million girls barred from school in Afghanistan
[04:59]	TR News	"UNESCO remains committed to ensuring that Afghan girls and women can continue to learn, develop skills" https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/five-years-keeping-learning-alive-girls-and-women-afghanistan | Source: UNESCO
[04:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unesco.org | Five years on: Keeping learning alive for girls and women in
● Aug 17
[05:04]	TR News	Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[05:04]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 16, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_16_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_August_16_2026.gmi 
[05:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights
[05:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 16, 2026
[05:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[05:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[05:06]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[05:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[05:07]	TR News	Linux 7.2 https://lwn.net/Articles/1089033/
[05:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux 7.2 [LWN.net]
[05:09]	TR News	"In their attack on the direct action group, authorities clearly aim to neutralize one of the most effective mechanism" https://thegrayzone.com/2026/08/15/palestine-action-rigged-terrorism-trials/ | Source: The Gray Zone
[05:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thegrayzone.com | Exclusive: Palestine Action facing new rigged terrorism trials - The Grayzone
[05:09]	TR News	"The social media platform began deleting a series of investigative videos critical of Islam this week" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-deletes-critical-islam-videos-threatens-creator-1814490 | Source: International Business Times
[05:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | TikTok Wipes Dearborn Islam Documentary After 230K Likes: Creator Stripped of Earnings and Threatened With Permanent Ban | IBTimes UK
[05:10]	TR News	"In 2026, with reducing regulations, rampant collusion, lack of competition, and direct evidence (the pandemic) that corporations can gouge consumers without concern" https://nooneshappy.com/article/when-the-shortage-is-the-strategy/ | Source: No One's Happy
[05:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nooneshappy.com | When the Shortage is the Strategy No One's Happy
[05:11]	TR News	"Accidental breakage can happen in any codebase. The Rust standard library isn't magically exempt from this so it too now uses cargo-semver-checks to prevent accidental breakage." https://predr.ag/blog/protecting-the-rust-stdlib-from-breakage/ | Source: Predrag Gruevski
[05:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-predr.ag | Protecting the Rust standard library from accidental breakage
[05:11]	TR News	"To support his account of low morale, Parsi shared a message he said he received from a deployed serviceman." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/controversial-graffiti-aircraft-us-military-morale-1814492 | Source: International Business Times
[05:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Operation Epstein Fury': US Servicemen in Persian Gulf Allegedly Scrawl Provocative Graffiti on Aircraft | IBTimes UK
[05:11]	TR News	"The companys pitch is that one integration outlives any single model." https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/16/stripe-reportedly-finalizes-deal-buy-ai-model-router-openrouter-7b/ | Source: Silicon Angle
[05:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stripe reportedly finalizes deal to buy AI model router OpenRouter for more than $7B - SiliconANGLE
[05:12]	TR News	"Mandel, 70" https://truthout.org/articles/how-a-billionaire-is-using-his-fortune-to-reshape-the-democratic-party/ | Source: TruthOut
[05:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | How a Billionaire Is Using His Fortune to Reshape the Democratic Party | Truthout
[05:12]	TR News	"The allegations circulating online describe conditions that would be difficult for any crew to endure" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uss-abraham-lincoln-crew-hardships-record-deployment-1814477 | Source: International Business Times
[05:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | US Navy Sailor Exposes Alleged Filthy Conditions Living Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln After 250 Days at Sea | IBTimes UK
[05:12]	TR News	"Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is scheduled to speak at the Muslim Brotherhood-linked ISNA convention" https://rairfoundation.com/breaking-michigan-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-appear/ | Source: RAIR Foundation
[05:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://rairfoundation.com/breaking-michigan-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-appear/ )
[05:13]	TR News	"SafePal has not disclosed how the flaw was found or how long it was exploitable before the fix" https://sqmagazine.co.uk/safepal-data-breach-39798-customers/ | Source: SQ Magazine
[05:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sqmagazine.co.uk | SafePal Data Breach Exposes 39,798 Customers' Data
[05:14]	TR News	"Mastodon takes the social network apart into smaller pieces: operators, communities, rules, and software that agree on a shared protocol." https://o.ee/blog/what-is-mastodon/ | Source: Owl Owl O
[05:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-o.ee | What Is Mastodon? - Owl Owl O
[05:16]	TR News	"Currently I am on a half diet of social media as I am still locked out of X and by now I really dont mind any more." https://christianheilmann.com/2026/08/11/anti-social-media/ |
[05:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-christianheilmann.com | Anti-Social Media | Christian Heilmann
[05:16]	TR News	"Meta bought Instagram and Whatsapp, and continues to grow as part of the advertising duopoly, but making new consumer-facing stuff, not so much." https://blog.zgp.org/how-meta-will-fail-at-prediction-markets/ | Source: Don Marti
[05:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | How Meta will fail at prediction markets
[05:16]	TR News	"How do people earn a living on Substack? What does it mean to be a worker when youre an independent creator?" https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/labor-creators-and-whats-next-speaking | Source: Hamilton Nolan
[05:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hamiltonnolan.com | Labor, Creators, and What's Next: Speaking With Katie Gatti Tassin and rayne fisher-quann
[05:16]	TR News	"I think were entering a new phase for X as a platform. Its a good time to reflect on what that means and how the open web and IndieWeb communities should respond." https://www.manton.org/2026/08/16/what-to-do-about-x.html | Source: Manton Reece
[05:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.manton.org | Manton Reece - What to do about X
[05:16]	TR News	"The disruption appeared to gather pace around 10.37am EDT, when reports on outage tracker Downdetector began to climb." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bluesky-outage-affects-thousands-users-report-issues-1814497 | Source: International Business Times
[05:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Bluesky Is Down Again!' Furious Users Flood Outage Tracker as Social Media App Suffers Major Disruption | IBTimes UK
[05:17]	TR News	"My error was believing Anthropic that their system wouldnt adulterate and corrupt the semantics of the text their models generate." https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing | Source: John Gruber
[05:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-daringfireball.net | Daring Fireball: Anthropics Watermark Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing
[05:17]	TR News	"The spark added up three ingredients: mandatory, global reach, and no opt-out. The mark cant be switched off and applies outside Europe too." https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/08/16/anthropic-ai-watermark-how-to-beat-it/ | Source: Fabio Akita
[05:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Understanding Anthropic's AI Watermark: How to Beat It AkitaOnRails.com
[05:17]	TR News	"These are unlikely to change any minds, but they will definitely shorten some incredibly tedious conversations at the bar." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/do-not-talk-to-me-about-ai/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
[05:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08/do-not-talk-to-me-about-ai/ )
[05:18]	TR News	"I've heard from a lot of readers that reducing this cost is becoming a hot topic internally." https://martinalderson.com/posts/how-i-think-about-reducing-ai-costs/ | Source: Martin Alderson
[05:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-martinalderson.com | How I think about reducing AI costs - Martin Alderson
[05:18]	TR News	"As many have noted, it doesnt seem like the overall polish of software has increased since AI coding became a thing. If anything, there is just more junk and shovelware out there, of dubious quality." https://nolanlawson.com/2026/08/16/you-can-just-choose-how-many-bugs-you-want-now/ | Source: Nolan Lawson
[05:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nolanlawson.com | You can just choose how many bugs you want now | Read the Tea Leaves
[05:18]	TR News	"This is the latest change at the company, which has been in upheaval as it heads towards what is expected to be a massive IPO." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/980817/openai-disbands-preparedness-team | Source: The Verge
[05:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team | The Verge
[05:19]	TR News	[Old] "Since the publication of our report, there has been a wide range of responses to our research from the media, public, and Zoom itself." https://citizenlab.ca/research/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/faq-on-zoom-security-issues/ | Source: Citizen Lab
[05:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | FAQ on Zoom Security Issues - The Citizen Lab
[05:19]	TR News	[Old] "Technical analysis of how the very popular video conferencing app encrypts meeting data has found significant weaknesses and dubious practices" https://www.itnews.com.au/news/zoom-meetings-weakly-encrypted-and-get-keys-from-china-546038 | Source: IT News AU
[05:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.itnews.com.au | Zoom meetings weakly encrypted and get keys from China - iTnews
[05:19]	TR News	"After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating back 70 years." https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/pbs-station-fears-losing-50tb-of-data-after-being-ghosted-by-cloud-storage-provider/ | Source: Ars Technica
[05:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arstechnica.com | PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider - Ars Technica
[05:20]	TR News	"I chose to use Dropbox for my backups, because I have a lot of space available from sending invites years ago" https://samsm.ch/paperless-cloud-backups/ | Source: Sam Smith
[05:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-samsm.ch | Paperless cloud backups | Sam Smith
[05:20]	TR News	"wait until you get a load of Cold Iron Studios, which recently shutdown the cloud-only version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite on the Nintendo Switch." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/14/dev-kills-cloud-version-of-game-on-switch-offers-discount-to-rebuy-it-for-switch-2/ | Source: Techdirt
[05:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dev Kills Cloud Version Of Game On Switch, Offers Discount To Rebuy It For Switch 2 | Techdirt
[05:20]	TR News	"It used to be a rite of passage to build some sort of AM radio receiver." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/another-radio-on-a-chip-design/ | Source: Hackaday
[05:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Another Radio On A Chip Design | Hackaday
[05:21]	TR News	"He was a leading figure in the development of the Go programming language and environment working with co-creators Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson, and serving as technical lead for over a decade." https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2026/russ-cox | Source: ACM
[05:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2026/russ-cox )
[05:21]	TR News	"Mubariz, 19, says after the Taliban takeover, that atmosphere slowly disappeared." https://text.npr.org/g-s1-138584 | Source: NPR
[05:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | The Taliban has taken a terrible toll on the education of girls -- and boys as well
[05:22]	TR News	"I did not see enough of a reflection of things that brought me joy and contentment" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5896356 | Source: NPR
[05:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | You have more free time than you think. Don't believe it? Try a time audit
[05:22]	TR News	"Hence I looked into what is happening at IIT to see if there is a lesson for us all." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/08/iit-is-canary-in-coalmine-do-our.html | Source: Computational Complexity
[05:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.computationalcomplexity.org | Computational Complexity: IIT is the canary in the coalmine (Do our younger readers know what that means? Do we have younger readers?)
[05:22]	TR News	"I can usually tell when a room has run out of air." https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-room-was-out-of-air/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso
[05:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lospino.so | The Room Was Out of Air | Josh Lospinoso
[05:22]	TR News	"During her address, she asked what happens when children 'lie, cheat and cry their way through school'." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tennessee-teacher-resigns-grade-inflation-dispute-1814498 | Source: International Business Times
[05:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Tennessee 'Teacher of the Year' Resigns After District Yields to Parent Over Failing Grade | IBTimes UK
[05:22]	TR News	"The implicit assumption within universities is that if you learn how to conduct excellent research, the career will take care of itself." https://www.the-scientist.com/the-first-career-conversation-every-phd-student-deserves-74882 | Source: LabX Media Group
[05:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.the-scientist.com | The First Career Conversation Every PhD Student Deserves | The Scientist
[05:23]	TR News	"Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. The conditions are unsustainablefor professors and students alike." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/adjuncting-until-the-end-of-time/ | Source: The Nation
[05:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Adjuncting Until the End of Time | The Nation
[05:24]	TR News	[Old] "Now, in my defence this was back in the day when youd actually try to understand an algorithm rather than just asking a robot to write it for you." https://rowan.fyi/posts/fractious-deep/ | Source: Rowan Merewood
[05:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fractious (deep) | rowan.fyi
[05:24]	TR News	"Converting a day-count ("rata-die") to the day-of-the-week (weekday) sounds like it should be so trivial, that there's almost nothing to say about it." https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-day-of-week | Source: Ben Joffe
[05:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.benjoffe.com | A faster way to calculate the day-of-the-week
[05:24]	TR News	"The concept is pretty simple: the rings are a horrifying mess of dust, debris, and ice bits of all sizes that represent almost certain death for a spacecraft." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/r-selecting-tiny-probes-to-shotgun-into-saturns-rings/ | Source: Hackaday
[05:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-R-Selecting Tiny Probes To Shotgun Into Saturns Rings | Hackaday
[05:25]	TR News	"These clues led scientists to the black hole star hypothesis. At the center of MoM-BH*-1, there would be a black hole devouring matter and releasing enormous amounts of energy." https://www.wired.com/story/black-hole-stars-are-becoming-less-hypothetical/ | Source: Wired
[05:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star | WIRED
[05:25]	TR News	[Old] "NVMe SSDs on a Raspberry PI, ARM64 adventures, more zfs troubles, and some cool tools you should try." https://chollinger.com/blog/2025/10/more-homelab-things-ive-recently-learned/ | Source: Christian Hollinger
[05:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chollinger.com | More random home lab things I've recently learned | Christian Hollinger
[05:25]	TR News	"An optionality-flavoured variant of economic decision theory (Peters 2019)." https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/ergodicity_economics.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay
[05:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danmackinlay.name | Ergodicity economics The Dan MacKinlay stable of variably-well-considerd enterprises
[05:26]	TR News	"And then, one day, you move, and the process starts all over." https://flower.codes/2023/12/20/lets-get-digital | Source: Zach Flower
[05:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Let's Get Digital | flower.codes
[05:27]	TR News	"I've been sort of half-assing my Linux backups for a while now. I finally decided to fix them." https://baty.net/posts/2026/08/reconfiguring-my-backups/ | Source: Jack Baty
[05:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Reconfiguring my backups baty.net
[05:27]	TR News	"The National Gallery of Scotland has a temporary exhibition of Stanley Cursiters artwork going on at the moment." https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/15/surf-by-stanley-cursiter | Source: James G
[05:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Surf by Stanley Cursiter - with words, wonder
[05:27]	TR News	"I have three books about art that arent textbooks: a book of Monets work, Mini Louvre, and a book made for the Art of Manga exhibition that the de Young Museum in San Francisco held." https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/16/inspiration-from-physical-artefacts | Source: James G
[05:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Inspiration from physical artefacts - with words, wonder
[05:27]	TR News	"A friend sometimes says nothing. Their deeds do the talking. You know that for as long as I can, I shall. And I will be there to inspire you to reach your highest peak." https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-08-16-criticism-internet-friend/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
[05:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Criticism and the Internet friend | Protesilaos
[05:27]	TR News	"As such friends and neighbours become de facto relatives and are treated as equals. There is a sense of togetherness and belonging, which builds solidity at the social level" https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-08-15-hierarchy-extended-family/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
[05:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hierarchy in the extended family | Protesilaos
[05:28]	TR News	"Don't fear the publish button." https://robertbirming.com/what-blog-about/ | Source: Robert Birming
[05:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertbirming.com | What should you blog about? Robert Birming
[05:28]	TR News	[Old] "Go on the other hand is known for being the love child of Python and C" https://markuseliasson.se/article/adventures-in-go | Source: Markus Eliasson
[05:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-markuseliasson.se | Adventures in Go - Markus Eliasson
[05:29]	TR News	"If you write any Python code, you should be using more namedtuples than you are using right now." https://hamatti.org/posts/n-is-for-namedtuple-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
[05:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | N is for namedtuple - Python A to Z : Juha-Matti Santala
[05:29]	TR News	"Magit is an Emacs Git client that is praised by many users . It was one of the reasons I switched to Emacs back when I stumbled across an Emacs video tutorial for the first time." https://heiwiper.com/posts/magit-status-tour/ |
[05:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Tour of Magit's Status Interface heiwiper's website
[05:29]	TR News	"dailyprog is a hosted web app. Nobody downloads it. That single fact picks the license." https://blog.lvmbdv.dev/posts/open-sourcing-a-puzzle-site-without-leaking-the-puzzles/ | Source: Ata Kuyumcu
[05:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.lvmbdv.dev | Open-sourcing a puzzle site without leaking the puzzles Ata Kuyumcu's Blog
[05:30]	TR News	"Or, to put it simply: The main thread reads hundreds of tiny files, one after another." https://larstofus.com/2026/08/16/speeding-up-the-unreal-editor-launch-again-by-not-loading-1585-files/ | Source: Lars Thieen
[05:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-larstofus.com | Speeding up the Unreal Editor launch (again) by not loading 1585 files Larst Of Us
[05:30]	TR News	"My current company has settled on using Gradle." https://blog.frankel.ch/gradle-metadata-renovate-integration/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel
[05:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.frankel.ch | Solving Gradle metadata and Renovate integration
[05:32]	TR News	"What the lasers are doing is a very simple idea" https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/laser-layers-for-almost-isotropicly-strong-prints/ | Source: Hackaday
[05:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Laser Layers For (Almost) Isotropicly Strong Prints | Hackaday
[05:32]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[05:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[05:32]	TR News	"[Food for Robots] is building a walking robot, so he needed a compact, lightweight, and backdrivable actuator capable of producing 20 Newton-meters of torque." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/building-an-actuator-for-a-walking-robot/ | Source: Hackaday
[05:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Building An Actuator For A Walking Robot | Hackaday
[05:32]	TR News	"Modern aircraft typically use the ARINC 429 protocol. This differs from many protocols we see where multiple transmitters are allowed." https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/how-to-hack-an-airliner/ | Source: Hackaday
[05:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Researchers Hack An Airline Analog | Hackaday
[05:32]	TR News	"The students I want to teach are in the same position, and so are the ones in Nigeria and Bangladesh and everywhere else the people in the industry does not think about when it writes its blog posts." https://rvembedded.com/blog_post/12/ |
[05:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rvembedded.com | A Third World Embedded Engineer Responds to "RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better"
[05:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, RISC-V, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Open_Hardware_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_RISC_V_and_Mo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Open_Hardware_Weekly_GNU_like_Mobile_Linux_Update_RISC_V_and_Mo.gmi 
[05:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, RISC-V, and More
[05:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Manjaro 26.1 Bian-May - released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Manjaro_26_1_Bian_May_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Manjaro_26_1_Bian_May_released.gmi 
[05:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Manjaro 26.1 Bian-May - released
[05:36]	TR News	Techrights Links 17/08/2026: "Bluesky Is Down Again!" and "Anti-Social Media" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Links_17_08_2026_Bluesky_Is_Down_Again_and_Anti_Social_Media.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Links_17_08_2026_Bluesky_Is_Down_Again_and_Anti_Social_Media.gmi 
[05:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 17/08/2026: "Bluesky Is Down Again!" and "Anti-Social Media"
[05:37]	TR News	"A bit of self-reflection, write therapy about relationship and where I stand with it." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/dubious
[05:38]	TR News	"A few days ago a total solar eclipse presented itself to whoever was lucky enough to possibly notice it. While I have watched my share of partial solar eclipses[a,b], and while I did not expect much, I have to say that 90% coverage is quite amazing!" gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2026/20260816-magic-5-partial-solar-eclipse.gmi
[05:38]	TR News	Chamboree gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20260816.txt "I was at Chamboree, a jamboree or large camp in Cheshire, England, UK. Near Knutsford for those who want a more precise location. It is towards the north with cities like Chester, Manchester and Liverpool near by."
[05:39]	TR News	"While Lady Macbeth has a famous blood scene, it is actually Macbeth who has the most lines that have at least one mention of blood." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/08/16/tptsnbnbitn.gmi
[05:40]	TR News	Tutorial Mutt gemini://willthekid.smol.pub/tutorialmutt
[05:40]	TR News	"Philip K. Dick had a word for the useless stuff that accumulates around us: kipple. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, kipple seems to reproduce on its own until it crowds out everything else. I have always liked that word." gemini://addressunknown.org/gemlog/2026-08-16-kipple-and-impermanence.gmi
[05:41]	TR News	so lightly gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/so_lightly
[05:42]	TR News	"Today I was thinking about a plant. Weird, right? I keep a lot of houseplants, have a number of favorites, and attach deep meaning to a few of them. Of these, my peace lily is perhaps the most meaningful, due to the circumstances around which I received it." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/peace-lily
[05:42]	TR News	"This is probably the first time I have felt boredom in a while, which I think is a good thing. It caused me to start writing my first post here, after all, despite having signed up a few days ago already." gemini://fwdudu.smol.pub/hello-smol-pub
[05:47]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Chamboree, Partial Solar Eclipse, Lady Macbeth https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2026_Chamboree_Partial_Solar_Eclipse_Lady_Ma.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2026_Chamboree_Partial_Solar_Eclipse_Lady_Ma.gmi 
[05:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Chamboree, Partial Solar Eclipse, Lady Macbeth
[05:48]	TR News	"Wireshark 4.6.8 Released" https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33248 | Source: SANS
[05:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Wireshark 4.6.8 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center
[05:48]	TR News	"Wireshark 4.6.8 Release Notes" https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.6.8.html | Source: Wireshark
[05:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.wireshark.org | Wireshark Go Deep | Wireshark Wireshark 4.6.8 Release Notes
[05:48]	TR News	[Old] "And, the fact that it is implemented in go and open source does not hurt." https://markuseliasson.se/article/going-with-hugo | Source: Markus Eliasson
[05:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-markuseliasson.se | Going with hugo - Markus Eliasson
[05:48]	TR News	"I recently came back from DEFCON34 and the nix.vegas community." https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/16/defcon34-wrap-up | Source: Farid Zakaria
[05:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fzakaria.com | DEFCON34 wrap-up | Farid Zakarias Blog
[05:49]	TR News	"I've been running GrapheneOS for a little over a year now and didn't realize much Smart Notifications have changed phone usage." https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/ive-inadvertantly-opted-out-of-smart-notifications-thanks-to-grapheneos/ | Source: Matthew Brunelle
[05:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.matthewbrunelle.com | I've Inadvertently Opted Out of Smart Notifications Thanks to GrapheneOS.
[05:49]	TR News	"Most (all?) decent-quality portable music players now run Android internally." https://kevinboone.me/pmp.html | Source: Kevin Boone
[05:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevinboone.me | Kevin Boone: Who needs a dedicated portable music player in 2026?
[05:49]	TR News	Development Release: TUXEDO OS 20260813 by "a German-based manufacturer of Linux desktop and laptop computers"" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12923 | Source: Distro Watch
[05:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12923 )
[05:50]	TR News	"OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) is one of the rare powermoves I see in computer security" https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-16-mimicing-karl-using-llvm-bolt.gmi | Source: Martin Chang
[05:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-clehaxze.tw | Mimicing KARL using LLVM BOLT - Martin's website/blog thingy
[05:50]	TR News	"This is part 1 of my FreeBSD Home Server how-to guide, and it will cover the installation of FreeBSD." https://www.subnetspider.com/2026/08/16/freebsd-home-server-part1.html | Source: Subnetspider
[05:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FreeBSD Home Server - Part 1: OS Install | subnetspider.com
[05:50]	TR News	"Week thirteen of the roundup, built from the package manager OPML feed collection and whatever Ive posted or boosted on Mastodon" https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/15/this-week-in-package-management.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt
[05:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | This Week in Package Management: 15 August 2026 | Andrew Nesbitt
[05:56]	TR News	"Even MAGA loves socialism now - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/16/even-maga-loves-socialism-now/
[05:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Even MAGA loves socialism now - Salon.com
[05:56]	TR News	"USS Lincoln sailors endured 260 days. Trump says that's "not nearly long enough" - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/16/uss-lincoln-sailors-endured-260-days-trump-says-thats-not-nearly-long-enough/
[05:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-USS Lincoln sailors endured 260 days. Trump says that's "not nearly long enough" - Salon.com
[05:56]	TR News	"Trumps braggadocio doesnt just mask his failures. His statements wildly contradict the calamities hes created for America and the world." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-beyond-the-lies
[05:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Sunday thought: Beyond shock and outrage - Robert Reich
[05:57]	TR News	"Demography, Deportations and the Trump Stall" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/demography-deportations-and-the-trump
[05:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Demography, Deportations and the Trump Stall
[05:57]	TR News	"PBS loses 70 yrs of data: my perspective as a privacy advocate, business owner, & data recovery tech" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/pbs-loses-70-yrs-of-data-my-perspective:c
[05:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | PBS loses 70 yrs of data: my perspective as a privacy advocate, business owner, & data recovery tech
[05:57]	TR News	"Hamas-Tied CAIR Gave El-Sayed Over $100,000" https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/06/hamas-tied-cair-gave-democrat-el-sayed-over-100000-n4955881
[05:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pjmedia.com | Hamas-Tied CAIR Gave El-Sayed Over $100,000 PJ Media
[05:57]	TR News	"'By Allah, I Will Kill You': The Vienna Case and the Jihadist Model of Enslaving Non-Muslim Girls" https://rairfoundation.com/allah-i-will-kill-you-vienna-case-jihadist/
[05:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://rairfoundation.com/allah-i-will-kill-you-vienna-case-jihadist/ )
[05:57]	TR News	"Herdsmen Kill at Least 31 Christians in Central Nigeria" https://morningstarnews.org/2026/08/herdsmen-kill-at-least-31-christians-in-central-nigeria/
[05:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-morningstarnews.org | Herdsmen Kill at Least 31 Christians in Central Nigeria - Morningstar News
[05:57]	TR News	"Genital mutilation crisis hits multicultural Paris neighborhood, nearly 140,000 women affected across France" https://rmx.news/article/genital-mutilation-crisis-hits-multicultural-paris-neighborhood-nearly-140000-women-affected-across-france/
[05:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rmx.news | Genital mutilation crisis hits multicultural Paris neighborhood, nearly 140,000 women affected across France
[05:57]	TR News	photojournalist https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/iranian-photojournalist-faces-15-years-prison-over-images-reporting-2026-08-12/
[05:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/iranian-photojournalist-faces-15-years-prison-over-images-reporting-2026-08-12/ )
[05:57]	TR News	duh https://www.dailymail.com/debate/article-16048285/Britain-sending-Channel-migrant-abroad-ALEXANDER-DOWNER.html
[05:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.com | Unless Britain starts sending every Channel migrant abroad to be processed, the boats will NEVER stop coming: ALEXANDER DOWNER | Daily Mail Online
[05:58]	TR News	iophk: the predicted continuation of Little Bush's 'terrorism' excuse https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tf9q9rG3JUY ("What Marco Rubio Just Did is SHOCKING & soon no one will be able to talk about it")
[05:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Verifying your browser
[05:58]	TR News	"Palantirs Deepest DARKEST Secret EXPOSED" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=IxPzZr-GZYw
[05:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Verifying your browser
[05:58]	TR News	"EDATECs ED-CLAWBOX is a compact edge AI system based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5." https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[05:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/ )
[05:58]	TR News	"The Luckfox Lyra PLC is a compact Linux-based programmable logic controller built around the Rockchip RK3506B processor." https://linuxgizmos.com/luckfox-lyra-plc-runs-linux-on-rk3506b-with-dual-100mbps-ethernet/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[05:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/luckfox-lyra-plc-runs-linux-on-rk3506b-with-dual-100mbps-ethernet/ )
[05:58]	TR News	"Seeed Studios reComputer Classic J5011 and J5012 are a pair of AI development systems based on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin modules." https://linuxgizmos.com/recomputer-classic-j5011-j5012-adds-10gbe-and-pcie-gen4-to-jetson-agx-orin/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[05:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/recomputer-classic-j5011-j5012-adds-10gbe-and-pcie-gen4-to-jetson-agx-orin/ )
● Aug 17
[06:01]	TR News	IBM IBM RA'd him: "I live in the Netherlands, have a day job at the IT department of a lithography company which I enjoy a lot" https://blog.slackware.nl/about/
[06:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.slackware.nl | About Alien Pastures
[06:13]	TR News	Offline More https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/offline-more/
[06:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Offline More
[06:21]	TR News	Techrights Slowing Down by Intention https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Slowing_Down_by_Intention.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Slowing_Down_by_Intention.gmi 
[06:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slowing Down by Intention
[06:26]	TR News	Techrights Clownflare: In Australia and New Zealand GNU/Linux Peaks at Over 10% During Working Hours https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clownflare_In_Australia_and_New_Zealand_GNU_Linux_Peaks_at_Over.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clownflare_In_Australia_and_New_Zealand_GNU_Linux_Peaks_at_Over.gmi 
[06:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Clownflare: In Australia and New Zealand GNU/Linux Peaks at Over 10% During Working Hours
● Aug 17
[07:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  Raspberry Pi CM5-based mini PC targets local OpenClaw deployment https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Raspberry_Pi_CM5_based_mini_PC_targets_local_OpenClaw_deploymen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Raspberry_Pi_CM5_based_mini_PC_targets_local_OpenClaw_deploymen.gmi 
[07:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Raspberry Pi CM5-based mini PC targets local OpenClaw deployment
[07:20]	TR News	 (NEW):  NVIDIAs GeForce NOW Native Linux App Now Stable, Offers Flatpak Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/NVIDIA_s_GeForce_NOW_Native_Linux_App_Now_Stable_Offers_Flatpak.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/NVIDIA_s_GeForce_NOW_Native_Linux_App_Now_Stable_Offers_Flatpak.gmi 
[07:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines NVIDIAs GeForce NOW Native Linux App Now Stable, Offers Flatpak Support
[07:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Review: Helwan Linux 5.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Review_Helwan_Linux_5_0.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Review_Helwan_Linux_5_0.gmi 
[07:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Review: Helwan Linux 5.0
[07:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Best Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[07:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software
[07:34]	TR News	Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 152 Out of 200: Injunctions Do Not Cover Criticism, They Have Scope https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_152_Out_of_200_Injunctions_Do_Not_Cover_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_152_Out_of_200_Injunctions_Do_Not_Cover_C.gmi 
[07:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 152 Out of 200: Injunctions Do Not Cover Criticism, They Have Scope
[07:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/How_I_turned_my_Linux_desktop_setup_into_a_portable_package_I_c.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/How_I_turned_my_Linux_desktop_setup_into_a_portable_package_I_c.gmi 
[07:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine
[07:45]	TR News	 (NEW):  9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 16th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_16th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_August_16th_2026.gmi 
[07:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 16th, 2026
[07:52]	TR News	Mongolia 5% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=MN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[07:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=MN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[07:52]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[07:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[07:54]	TR News	Same in Nigeria https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=NG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[07:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=NG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[07:54]	TR News	Chad 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=TD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[07:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=TD&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[07:55]	TR News	Ukraine 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=UA&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[07:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=UA&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[07:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  Debian developers are voting on how AI can be used to build the OS, and the ballots are already open https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Debian_developers_are_voting_on_how_AI_can_be_used_to_build_the.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Debian_developers_are_voting_on_how_AI_can_be_used_to_build_the.gmi 
[07:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian developers are voting on how AI can be used to build the OS, and the ballots are already open
[07:56]	TR News	Poland 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=PL&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[07:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=PL&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[07:57]	TR News	Iceland 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IS&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
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[07:58]	TR News	Vietnam 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=VN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[07:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=VN&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
● Aug 17
[08:04]	TR News	Techrights Clownflare Sees About Quarter of Web Requests in Ireland Coming From GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clownflare_Sees_About_Quarter_of_Web_Requests_in_Ireland_Coming.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clownflare_Sees_About_Quarter_of_Web_Requests_in_Ireland_Coming.gmi 
[08:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Clownflare Sees About Quarter of Web Requests in Ireland Coming From GNU/Linux
[08:15]	TR News	"What about it. It is grossly non-competitive to agentic tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and others. Whatever fool decided to fork it and paint Roo and the VS Code blue ought to be fired and their collective salaries and investment returned to the shareholders. No one wants this cr-p and those who know, know. ICA, while were at it, too." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzxj9nds
[08:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzxj9nds )
[08:33]	TR News	Techrights GAFAM Loyalty Has Come to an End, Morale Low, People Whose Future is Uncertain Choose to Become "Lifers" https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/GAFAM_Loyalty_Has_Come_to_an_End_Morale_Low_People_Whose_Future.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/GAFAM_Loyalty_Has_Come_to_an_End_Morale_Low_People_Whose_Future.gmi 
[08:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GAFAM Loyalty Has Come to an End, Morale Low, People Whose Future is Uncertain Choose to Become "Lifers"
[08:37]	TR News	France 7% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=FR&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[08:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=FR&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[08:38]	TR News	South Africa 5% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=ZA&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
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[08:38]	TR News	Estonia 5.4% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=EE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
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[08:39]	TR News	Romania 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=RO&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[08:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=RO&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[08:39]	TR News	Bulgaria 6.1% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=BG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[08:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=BG&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[08:40]	TR News	Belgium 6.2% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=BE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[08:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=BE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[08:47]	TR News	Yesterday_Morning_Clownflare_Saw_22_of_Web_Traffic_in_Portugal_.gmi 
[08:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Yesterday Morning Clownflare Saw 22% of Web Traffic in Portugal Coming From GNU//Linux
[08:53]	TR News	The puppy breaker says he had "dream last night where @jwz's blog was actually a webcomic and the most recent entry was extremely critical of me personally"; don't ask jwz, ask the breaker's own spouse https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/12/When_Cruelty_is_the_Point_American_SLAPPs_in_London_the_United_.shtml
[08:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights When Cruelty is the Point (American SLAPPs in London, the United Kingdom, Europe)
[08:57]	TR News	This Past Weekend Cloudflare Measured GNU/Linux at 10% (at Peak) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/this-past-weekend-cloudflare-measured-gnulinux-at-10-at-peak/
[08:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive This Past Weekend Cloudflare Measured GNU/Linux at 10% (at Peak)
● Aug 17
[10:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU Linux-Libre 7.2 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/GNU_Linux_Libre_7_2_Kernel_Is_Now_Available_for_Software_Freedo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/GNU_Linux_Libre_7_2_Kernel_Is_Now_Available_for_Software_Freedo.gmi 
[10:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU Linux-Libre 7.2 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers
● Aug 17
[11:57]	TR News	End-of-Life Protocol https://jxself.org/end-of-life.shtml
[11:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jxself.org | End-of-Life Protocol
[11:58]	TR News	DAT 2.1 https://distrowatch.com/datlinux
[11:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/datlinux )
[11:59]	TR News	Vasudev Kamath: Releasing debvulns-exporter and debvulns CLI 0.2.2 https://copyninja.in/blog/debvulns-exporter-newversion.html
[11:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-copyninja.in | Releasing debvulns-exporter and debvulns CLI 0.2.2
● Aug 17
[12:00]	TR News	GIMP: Development Update, August2026 https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/
[12:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.gimp.org | Development Update, August2026 - GIMP
[12:01]	TR News	Bits from Debian: Debian turns 33! https://bits.debian.org/2026/08/debian-turns-33.html
[12:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bits.debian.org | Debian turns 33! - Bits from Debian
[12:02]	TR News	India: Modimir courts youth amid growing criticism https://www.france24.com/en/india-modi-courts-youth-amid-growing-criticism
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[12:02]	TR News	Roblox Under Investigation by the U.S. Senate Over Continued Child Safety Concerns https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/16/roblox-investigation-us-senate-child-safety/
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[12:04]	TR News	Can Harassment Risk Alone Support Obviousness-Type Double Patenting? https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/can-harassment-risk-alone-support-obviousness-type-double-patenting.html
[12:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Can Harassment Risk Alone Support Obviousness-Type Double Patenting? | Patently-O
[12:05]	TR News	Vibing fitness tracking https://www.thelins.se/johan/blog/2026/08/vibing-fitness-tracking/
[12:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thelins.se | Vibing fitness tracking Life of a Developer
[12:05]	TR News	You can just choose how many bugs you want now https://nolanlawson.com/2026/08/16/you-can-just-choose-how-many-bugs-you-want-now/
[12:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nolanlawson.com | You can just choose how many bugs you want now | Read the Tea Leaves
[12:10]	TR News	Invincible VS Creators Massively Laid Off - Most Employees Left the Studio https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/08/17/428511-sozdatelei-invincible-vs-massovo-uvolniaiut-studiiu-pokinulo-bolsinstvo-sotrudnikov.html
[12:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ixbt.games | Invincible VS Creators Massively Laid Off - Most Employees Left the Studio
[12:33]	TR News	When intelligence archives become political evidence https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/when-intelligence-archives-become-political-evidence/
[12:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | When intelligence archives become political evidence | The Strategist
[12:34]	TR News	Kushner, Hamas delegation in Egypt for talks on Gaza peace plan https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260816-hamas-begins-crucial-talks-with-egypt-on-trump-s-gaza-peace-plan
[12:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260816-hamas-begins-crucial-talks-with-egypt-on-trump-s-gaza-peace-plan )
[12:34]	TR News	People Horrified That Theyll Be Busted Now That Anthropic Is Watermarking Hey Hi (AI) Content https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/people-horrified-busted-anthropic-watermark
[12:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | People Horrified That They'll Be Busted Now That Anthropic Is Watermarking AI Content
[12:34]	TR News	Young People Hate Hey Hi (AI) CEOs So Passionately That Its Almost Hard to Believe https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/young-people-ai-ceos-executives-poll
[12:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It's Almost Hard to Believe
[12:35]	TR News	Experts Warn That Hey Hi (AI) Slop Is Corrupting Kids Brains https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/experts-gnet-ai-fruit-slop-corrupting-violence-extremism
[12:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Experts Warn That AI Slop Is Corrupting Kids' Brains
[12:35]	TR News	The 7.2 kernel has been released https://lwn.net/Articles/1088991/
[12:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The 7.2 kernel has been released [LWN.net]
[12:50]	TR News	Google Chrome is now available for Arm Linux. We tested it on a Raspberry Pi 5 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/17/google-chrome-is-now-available-for-arm-linux-we-tested-it-on-a-raspberry-pi-5/
[12:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Google Chrome is now available for Arm Linux. We tested it on a Raspberry Pi 5 - CNX Software
[12:51]	TR News	Linux finally follows backdoored Windows and makes a CPU feature requirement mandatory https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-finally-follows-windows-and-makes-a-cpu-feature-requirement-mandatory/?utm_source=rss
[12:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-finally-follows-windows-and-makes-a-cpu-feature-requirement-mandatory/?utm_source=rss )
[12:54]	TR News	Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4 and Btrfs https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-7-2-cache-aware-scheduling-ext4-btrfs
[12:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4, mglru reclaim
[12:54]	TR News	TUXEDO 20260813 (Beta) https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo
[12:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tuxedo )
[12:54]	TR News	JSP-Educa 13 https://distrowatch.com/jspeduca
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[12:54]	TR News	SkillFishOS 26.06.4 https://distrowatch.com/skillfishos
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[12:55]	TR News	Raspberry Pi CM5-based mini PC targets local OpenClaw deployment https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/
[12:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-cm5-based-mini-pc-targets-local-openclaw-deployment/ )
[12:56]	TR News	GNOME 51 Beta Released! Finally Added New Document Menu Option https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/gnome-51-beta-released/
[12:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | GNOME 51 Beta Released! Finally Added New Document Menu Option | UbuntuHandbook
[12:57]	TR News	Using the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti USB4 eGPU) on Ubuntu 26.04 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/16/using-the-khadas-mind-graphics-2-nvidia-rtx-5060-ti-usb4-egpu-on-ubuntu-26-04/
[12:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Using the Khadas Mind Graphics 2 (NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti USB4 eGPU) on Ubuntu 26.04 - CNX Software
● Aug 17
[13:01]	TR News	How To Install Redis on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-redis-fedora-44/
[13:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Redis on Fedora 44 - idroot
[13:02]	TR News	How To Install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fonts on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-fonts-ubuntu-26-04/
[13:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Microsoft Fonts on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[13:02]	TR News	Python Board Candidates Push for DEI, Code of Conduct https://lunduke.substack.com/p/python-board-candidates-push-for
[13:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Python Board Candidates Push for DEI, Code of Conduct
[13:02]	TR News	LibreOffice Conference 2026 schedule is online! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/16/libreoffice-conference-2026-schedule-is-online/
[13:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | LibreOffice Conference 2026 schedule is online! - TDF Community Blog
[13:04]	TR News	Benjamin Mako Hill: Sad Story https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PXL_20260719_1815328531-scaled.jpg
[13:07]	TR News	LSM launches charity drive for Ukrainian soldiers' rehabilitation https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/17.08.2026-lsm-launches-charity-drive-for-ukrainian-soldiers-rehabilitation.a659088/
[13:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | LSM launches charity drive for Ukrainian soldiers' rehabilitation / Article
[13:07]	TR News	How a Ukrainian Bank Worker Came to Face Life in a Russian Prison https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/europe/russia-detained-ukrainians-war-murdid.html
[13:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/europe/russia-detained-ukrainians-war-murdid.html )
[13:09]	TR News	Ukrainian drone regiment decimates 3,500-strong U.S. armored brigade combat team in war game https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/ukrainian-drone-regiment-decimates-3-500-strong-u-s-armored-brigade-combat-team-in-war-game-reveals-shortcomings-in-american-response-as-drones-easily-spotted-and-destroyed-tanks-and-heavy-armored-vehicles
[13:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Ukrainian drone regiment decimates 3,500-strong U.S. armored brigade combat team in war game High drone kill-rate forced continuous 'respawns,' reveals shortcomings in American response as drones easily spotted and destroyed tanks and armored vehicles | Tom's Hardware
[13:09]	TR News	Ukraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photos, clone destroys Russian Tu-95 bomber attack drone has 2,000 km range, country builds 6,000 flying-wing drones a year https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/ukraine-destroys-tu-95-bomber-using-48000-chinese-drone-clone
[13:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Ukraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photos, clone destroys Russian Tu-95 bomber attack drone has 2,000 km range, country builds 6,000 flying-wing drones a year | Tom's Hardware
[13:11]	TR News	Russia, Ukraine Trade Major Overnight Air Attacks, At Least 11 Killed https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moscow-wildberries-facilities-drones/33831405.html
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russia, Ukraine Trade Major Overnight Air Attacks, At Least 11 Killed
[13:11]	TR News	The 1991 treaty that still haunts the Kremlin https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3018124/the-1991-treaty-that-still-haunts-the-kremlin
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | The 1991 treaty that still haunts the Kremlin - LRT
[13:11]	TR News	HRW warns Russia strike on Ukraine may constitute war crime https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/rights-group-warns-russia-strike-on-ukraine-may-constitute-war-crime/
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | HRW warns Russia strike on Ukraine may constitute war crime - JURIST - News
[13:11]	TR News	 Live: Ukraine launches 600 drones at Russia, one of its largest aerial attacks of the war https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-live-moscow-targeted-by-600-drones-overnight-explosions-heard-in-kyiv
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-live-moscow-targeted-by-600-drones-overnight-explosions-heard-in-kyiv )
[13:11]	TR News	Ukraine: Russian strike destroys Kyiv book market https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260816-ukraine-russian-strike-destroys-kyiv-book-market
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260816-ukraine-russian-strike-destroys-kyiv-book-market )
[13:12]	TR News	Drone and missile strikes kill 19 in Russia and Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-drone-and-missile-strikes-kill-19-in-russia-and-ukraine
[13:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-drone-and-missile-strikes-kill-19-in-russia-and-ukraine )
[13:12]	TR News	Go Hack Yourself | LINUX Unplugged 680 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/680/
[13:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jupiterbroadcasting.com | Go Hack Yourself | LINUX Unplugged 680 | Jupiter Broadcasting
[13:19]	TR News	Martin Pitt: Syncing Gmail with mbsync using OAuth2 https://piware.de/post/2026-08-16-mbsync-gmail-xoauth2/
[13:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-piware.de | Syncing Gmail with mbsync using OAuth2 Martin Pitt
[13:19]	TR News	Week 11: Review Feedback, a Correction, and What's Deferred https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-11-review-feedback-a-correction-and-whats-deferred/
[13:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev | Week 11: Review Feedback, a Correction, and What's Deferred Yash Bavadiya
[13:20]	TR News	Indias Internet ecosystem in 2026: Growth, resilience, and the road ahead https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/17/indias-internet-ecosystem-in-2026-growth-resilience-and-the-road-ahead/
[13:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Indias Internet ecosystem in 2026: Growth, resilience, and the road ahead | APNIC Blog
[13:21]	TR News	Hong Kong police launch internal probe into officer over viral dog-ear dancing clip https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/17/hong-kong-police-launch-internal-probe-into-officer-over-viral-dog-ear-dancing-clip/
[13:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Police launch internal probe into officer over viral dog-ear dancing clip
[13:24]	TR News	PAYWALL LIFTED: What happened to Jason Arday shows how social media has warped us all. Sadly, I have first-hand experience of this. https://rachelhewitt.substack.com/p/paywall-lifted-what-happened-to-jason
[13:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rachelhewitt.substack.com | PAYWALL LIFTED: What happened to Jason Arday shows how social media has warped us all. Sadly, I have first-hand experience of this.
[13:27]	TR News	Maker compresses a 2.9MB song by 1000x and prints it on paper as eight QR codes 21KB song is two minutes long, requires a neural network for playback https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/maker-compresses-a-2-9mb-song-1000-times-with-metas-ai-codec-and-prints-it-on-paper-as-eight-qr-codes
[13:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Maker compresses a 2.9MB song by 1000x and prints it on paper as eight QR codes 21KB song is two minutes long, requires a neural network for playback | Tom's Hardware
[13:27]	TR News	Wireshark 4.6.8 Released, (Sun, Aug 16th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33248
[13:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Wireshark 4.6.8 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center
[13:27]	TR News	Development Update, August2026 https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/08/16/dev-update-august-2026/
[13:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.gimp.org | Development Update, August2026 - GIMP
[13:28]	TR News	Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic Hey Hi (AI) Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/facebook-ai-slop-violence-muslim-americans
[13:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic AI Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans
[13:28]	TR News	Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/macos-screen-sharing-flaw-exploited-to-root-macs-and-plant-monero-miners
[13:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks | Tom's Hardware
[13:31]	TR News	Myanmar confirms nearly 309,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh, says security issues delaying repatriation https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-confirms-nearly-309000-rohingya-in-bangladesh-says-security-issues-delaying-repatriation
[13:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Myanmar confirms nearly 309,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh, says security issues delaying repatriation | The Straits Times
[13:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Mozilla Firefox 154 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Mozilla_Firefox_154_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Mozilla_Firefox_154_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.gmi 
[13:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 154 Is Now Available for Download, Heres Whats New
[13:32]	TR News	A Hidden Cause of Aging May Spread From Deep Inside Your Bones https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-cause-of-aging-may-spread-from-deep-inside-your-bones
[13:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-One Overlooked Part of Your Body May Be Driving Aging Everywhere Else : ScienceAlert
[13:32]	TR News	Worker Pay Isnt Keeping Up With Inflation Once Again https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/business/inflation-worker-pay.html
[13:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/business/inflation-worker-pay.html )
[13:32]	TR News	A Third Hidden Driver of High Blood Pressure Has Been Discovered And a Potential Fix https://www.sciencealert.com/a-third-hidden-driver-of-high-blood-pressure-has-been-discovered-and-a-potential-fix
[13:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Third Hidden Driver of High Blood Pressure Has Been Discovered And a Potential Fix : ScienceAlert
[13:33]	TR News	After Half A Century, Physicists Find The Strongest Evidence Yet For An Exotic 'Glueball' Particle https://www.sciencealert.com/after-half-a-century-physicists-find-the-strongest-evidence-yet-for-an-exotic-glueball-particle
[13:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-After 50 Years of Searching, Physicists May Have Finally Found a Particle Made of Pure Force : ScienceAlert
[13:33]	TR News	Scientists Wiggled a Fish's Earbones With Light And Changed Its Heartbeat https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-wiggled-a-fishs-earbones-with-light-and-changed-its-heartbeat
[13:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Wiggled a Fish's Earbones With Light And Changed Its Heartbeat : ScienceAlert
[13:34]	TR News	Forget The 7-Year Rule Scientists Found a Better Way to Calculate a Dog's Age https://www.sciencealert.com/forget-the-7-year-rule-scientists-found-a-better-way-to-calculate-a-dogs-age
[13:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Forget The 7-Year Rule Scientists Found a Better Way to Calculate a Dog's Age : ScienceAlert
[13:34]	TR News	'Critical Transition': Earth's Chemistry Wobbled During Its 5 Biggest Mass Extinctions https://www.sciencealert.com/critical-transition-earths-chemistry-wobbled-during-its-5-biggest-mass-extinctions
[13:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Earth's Chemistry Did Something Strange Right Before Its Biggest Mass Extinctions : ScienceAlert
[13:35]	TR News	Doctors Just Documented What Happens When You Quit High-Dose 7-OH Kratom Cold Turkey https://www.sciencealert.com/doctors-just-documented-what-happens-when-you-quit-high-dose-7-oh-kratom-cold-turkey
[13:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Legal Kratom Extract Can Trigger Opioid-Level Withdrawal, Doctors Report : ScienceAlert
[13:36]	TR News	Saber-Toothed Cats Were A Diseased, Inbred Mess Before They Went Extinct, New Research Suggests https://www.sciencealert.com/saber-toothed-cats-were-a-diseased-inbred-mess-before-they-went-extinct-new-research-suggests
[13:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Saber-Toothed Cats Were A Diseased, Inbred Mess Before They Went Extinct, New Research Suggests : ScienceAlert
[13:36]	TR News	Mexico in Numbers: Mexicos biodiversity and honey production https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/food/mexico-in-numbers-mexicos-biodiversity-honey-production/
[13:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mexiconewsdaily.com | Mexico in Numbers: Mexicos biodiversity and honey production
[13:37]	TR News	Chinese ship sets off for Europe through Arctic, halving travel time https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/16/chinese-ship-sets-off-for-europe-through-arctic-halving-travel-time/
[13:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Chinese ship sets off for Europe through Arctic, halving travel time
[13:40]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Mans H-1B crackdown is starting to drive tech talent back to India, China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/trumps-h-1b-crackdown-is-starting-to-drive-tech-talent-back-to-india-china
[13:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Trump H-1B crackdown drives tech talent back to India, China | The Straits Times
[13:40]	TR News	South Korean trade minister ousted amid US tariff pressure https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-trade-minister-ousted-amid-us-tariff-pressure
[13:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean trade minister ousted amid US tariff pressure | The Straits Times
[13:42]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man orders Pentagon to scale back military drills with South Korea, hours before start https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260817-trump-orders-pentagon-to-scale-back-military-drills-with-south-korea-hours-before-start
[13:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260817-trump-orders-pentagon-to-scale-back-military-drills-with-south-korea-hours-before-start )
[13:42]	TR News	South Korea says it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed demarcation line https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-fired-warning-shots-after-north-korean-soldiers-crossed-demarcation-line-yonhap-says
[13:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea says it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed demarcation line | The Straits Times
[13:42]	TR News	Who will care for South Koreas elderly? Foreign workers enter troubled market https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/who-will-care-for-south-koreas-elderly-foreign-workers-enter-troubled-market
[13:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Who will care for South Koreas elderly? Foreign workers enter troubled market | The Straits Times
[13:42]	TR News	Top military commander visits long-deployed aircraft carrier https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2026/0816/brad-cooper-uss-lincoln-mental-health
[13:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Adm. Brad Cooper visits USS Abraham Lincoln - CSMonitor.com
[13:43]	TR News	Cursed Startup Now Offering Buy-Now-Pay-Later Radiation Exposure Kits in Case of Nuclear Armageddon https://futurism.com/health-medicine/startup-radiation-exposure-klarna-nuclear-armageddon
[13:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Cursed Startup Now Offering Buy-Now-Pay-Later Radiation Exposure Kits in Case of Nuclear Armageddon
[13:43]	TR News	Top Admiral Praises Sailors but Concedes Hardships After Visit to U.S.S. Lincoln https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/politics/uss-lincoln-iran-admiral.html
[13:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/politics/uss-lincoln-iran-admiral.html )
[13:43]	TR News	Cholera Outbreak Sickens Over 90 in Myanmars Biggest City https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/asia/cholera-outbreak-yangon-myanmar.html
[13:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/asia/cholera-outbreak-yangon-myanmar.html )
[13:46]	TR News	"Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation, or CGNAT for short, is a well-known pain for anyone who self-hosts." https://www.makeuseof.com/my-isp-trapped-me-behind-cgnat-these-4-workarounds-got-me-back-in/
[13:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | My ISP trapped me behind CGNAT these 4 workarounds got me back in
[13:48]	TR News	It was all along Microsoft coming to Canonical to ensure people don't leave Windows, and this is what goes on now that Ubuntu is run by a GitHub booster connected to British state intelligence https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/16/ubuntu-is-growing-faster-on-windows-11-than-on-native-linux-pcs-says-canonical/
[13:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.windowslatest.com | Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical
[13:50]	TR News	Epic Games Launcher finally getting native Linux support https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/epic-games-launcher-finally-getting-native-linux-support/
[13:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kitguru.net | Epic Games Launcher finally getting native Linux support | KitGuru
[13:51]	TR News	How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-turned-my-linux-desktop-setup-into-a-portable-package-i-can-run-on-any-machine/
[13:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | How I turned my Linux desktop setup into a portable package I can run on any machine
[13:52]	TR News	New Linux Driver Empowers ASUS ROG Astral Users with 12VHPWR Monitoring https://www.a90skid.com/new-linux-driver-empowers-asus-rog-astral-users-with-12vhpwr-monitoring/
[13:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.a90skid.com | New Linux Driver Empowers ASUS ROG Astral Users with 12VHPWR Monitoring
[13:55]	TR News	Modder straps two desktop CPU coolers to a Nubia Z70 Ultra, turning it into a Linux desktop and a Witcher 3 gaming rig https://www.notebookcheck.net/Modder-straps-two-desktop-CPU-coolers-to-a-Nubia-Z70-Ultra-turning-it-into-a-Linux-desktop-and-a-Witcher-3-gaming-rig.1369808.0.html
[13:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notebookcheck.net | Modder straps two desktop CPU coolers to a Nubia Z70 Ultra, turning it into a Linux desktop and a Witcher 3 gaming rig - Notebookcheck News
[13:56]	TR News	The prediction that Linux had no future aged disastrously https://www.makeuseof.com/the-prediction-that-linux-had-no-future-aged-disastrously/
[13:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | The prediction that Linux had no future aged disastrously
[13:57]	TR News	These 5 immutable Linux distros solve problems Windows users dont even know they have https://www.howtogeek.com/these-immutable-linux-distros-solve-problems-windows-users-dont-even-know-they-have/
[13:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | These 5 immutable Linux distros solve problems Windows users dont even know they have
[13:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Windows is losing an entire generation of PC users to Linux, Apple, and Google https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Windows_is_losing_an_entire_generation_of_PC_users_to_Linux_App.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Windows_is_losing_an_entire_generation_of_PC_users_to_Linux_App.gmi 
[13:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Windows is losing an entire generation of PC users to Linux, Apple, and Google
[13:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Modded GNU/Linux Gaming Rig, Mass Layoffs in Proprietary Gaming Studios https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Games_Modded_GNU_Linux_Gaming_Rig_Mass_Layoffs_in_Proprietary_G.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Games_Modded_GNU_Linux_Gaming_Rig_Mass_Layoffs_in_Proprietary_G.gmi 
[13:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Modded GNU/Linux Gaming Rig, Mass Layoffs in Proprietary Gaming Studios
[13:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[13:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos
● Aug 17
[14:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  BSD: OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) and FreeBSD Home Server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/BSD_OpenBSD_s_KARL_Kernel_Address_Randomized_Link_and_FreeBSD_H.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/BSD_OpenBSD_s_KARL_Kernel_Address_Randomized_Link_and_FreeBSD_H.gmi 
[14:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines BSD: OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) and FreeBSD Home Server
[14:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kernel: Time Stamp Counter (TSC) in Linux and New Linux Driver for ASUS ROG Astral https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Kernel_Time_Stamp_Counter_TSC_in_Linux_and_New_Linux_Driver_for.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Kernel_Time_Stamp_Counter_TSC_in_Linux_and_New_Linux_Driver_for.gmi 
[14:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kernel: Time Stamp Counter (TSC) in Linux and New Linux Driver for ASUS ROG Astral
[14:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  Devices With Linux, Open Hardware, and GrapheneOS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Devices_With_Linux_Open_Hardware_and_GrapheneOS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Devices_With_Linux_Open_Hardware_and_GrapheneOS.gmi 
[14:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Devices With Linux, Open Hardware, and GrapheneOS
[14:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi 
[14:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers
[14:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free Software, Education, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Free_Software_Education_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Free_Software_Education_and_Standards.gmi 
[14:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free Software, Education, and Standards
[14:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Wireshark 4.6.8 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Wireshark_4_6_8_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Wireshark_4_6_8_Released.gmi 
[14:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Wireshark 4.6.8 Released
[14:16]	TR News	Techrights Links 17/08/2026: Myanmars Cholera Outbreak, China Sends Commercial Vessels Through Arctic https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Links_17_08_2026_Myanmar_s_Cholera_Outbreak_China_Sends_Commerc.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Links_17_08_2026_Myanmar_s_Cholera_Outbreak_China_Sends_Commerc.gmi 
[14:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 17/08/2026: Myanmars Cholera Outbreak, China Sends Commercial Vessels Through Arctic
[14:17]	TR News	Windows PCs Sold as "Ubuntu" (CNX Paid Pieces), Canonical Helps Microsoft Sell Windows (Calling Windows/WSL "Ubuntu"), "Windows System Embedded in your Linux" http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Windows_PCs_Sold_as_Ubuntu_CNX_Paid_Pieces_Canonical_Helps_Micr.shtml
[14:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Windows PCs Sold as "Ubuntu" (CNX Paid Pieces), Canonical Helps Microsoft Sell Windows (Calling Windows/WSL "Ubuntu"), "Windows System Embedded in your Linux"
[14:39]	TR News	Luxembourg: GNU/Linux almost 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=LU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[14:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=LU&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
● Aug 17
[15:03]	TR News	Techrights Cuba and Venezuela High in Adoption of GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Cuba_and_Venezuela_High_in_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Cuba_and_Venezuela_High_in_Adoption_of_GNU_Linux.gmi 
[15:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Cuba and Venezuela High in Adoption of GNU/Linux
[15:11]	TR News	"Hi, I was on bench for couple of months and just got PIP for a month. Is the PIP extendable and also any one got severance pay recently in USA. I have been with IBM for more than 10 years. Also any other suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance!" https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1vl0uk2/severance_pay_ibm/
[15:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-old.reddit.com | Welcome to Reddit
[15:19]	TR News	Update on the Tor Situation https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/update-on-the-tor-situation/ ping admfubar lxo
[15:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Update on the Tor Situation
[15:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  The Ravenports Universal Package System https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/The_Ravenports_Universal_Package_System.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/The_Ravenports_Universal_Package_System.gmi 
[15:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The Ravenports Universal Package System
[15:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  TUXEDO Computers Introduces New Kernel Concept for Debian-Based TUXEDO OS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/TUXEDO_Computers_Introduces_New_Kernel_Concept_for_Debian_Based.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/TUXEDO_Computers_Introduces_New_Kernel_Concept_for_Debian_Based.gmi 
[15:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines TUXEDO Computers Introduces New Kernel Concept for Debian-Based TUXEDO OS
● Aug 17
[17:02]	TR News	Techrights FreeCAD is Becoming Slop-ware, Use LibreCAD Instead https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/FreeCAD_is_Becoming_Slop_ware_Use_LibreCAD_Instead.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/FreeCAD_is_Becoming_Slop_ware_Use_LibreCAD_Instead.gmi 
[17:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights FreeCAD is Becoming Slop-ware, Use LibreCAD Instead
[17:30]	TR News	Techrights Clown Storage Without Backups https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clown_Storage_Without_Backups.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Clown_Storage_Without_Backups.gmi 
[17:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Clown Storage Without Backups
[17:43]	TR News	Need Rain, Need Lots of Rain https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/need-rain-need-lots-of-rain/
[17:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Need Rain, Need Lots of Rain
[17:47]	TR News	GNU/Linux 5.2% in Kenya https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=KE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
[17:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=KE&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP )
[17:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Egypt - and Much of Africa - Has GNU/Linux on About 1 in 20 Desktops/Laptops https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Egypt_and_Much_of_Africa_Has_GNU_Linux_on_About_1_in_20_Desktop.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Egypt_and_Much_of_Africa_Has_GNU_Linux_on_About_1_in_20_Desktop.gmi 
[17:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Egypt - and Much of Africa - Has GNU/Linux on About 1 in 20 Desktops/Laptops
● Aug 17
[18:07]	TR News	Anniversary a Month From Now https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/anniversary-a-month-from-now/
[18:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Anniversary a Month From Now
[18:41]	TR News	"Off by default" https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/17/mozilla-adds-ad-blocking-to-firefox-for-ios/5288585
[18:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Mozilla adds ad blocking to Firefox for iOS
[18:47]	TR News	"Jugulans [1] is a text mode mindmap application. Build your mind map with a TUI, and save it as an org-mode file. Create a new mind map from scratch, or open a previous saved map. Jugulans is build in Chicken Scheme." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/jugulans-version-102-released.txt
[18:48]	TR News	night synth ritual gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/trauma
[18:49]	TR News	"OpenBSD's KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) is one of the rare powermoves I see in computer security - along with OpenBSD's `unveil` and `pledge` feature. It singlehandly make an entire category of exploites (blind ROPs) much, much harder without much code and execution model change." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-16-mimicing-karl-using-llvm-bolt.gmi
[18:50]	TR News	"About a year ago, perhaps a bit more, I found myself getting uncomfortable with my reliance on tech giants. I started looking into alternatives, but they needed to be simple." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/1786962761
[18:50]	TR News	"We left home at 07:30, heading towards Cap Midia, near Navodari, for a day at the Black Sea. The drive took about 2 hours and 40 minutes, but once we arrived, the long road was quickly forgotten." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/a-day-at-cap-midia-navodari/
[18:51]	TR News	"i spent the past 2 days making some updates to my html/gemini blog. and i have a fun journey to share. besides a few question marks on kagi, there were no llms or gen-ai involved in this process." gemini://xoc3.io/blog/2026-08-17
[18:52]	TR News	"Esperanto was a company that originally tried to make a RISC-V based GPU. It later pivoted to a RISC-V AI accelerator, primarily aimed at CNN inference, named ET-SoC-1. The company closed in late 2025, AiNekko bought its IP, and the RTL was released through the OpenHW Group as CORE-ET." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-07-open-source-accelerator-chip-and-how-riscv-plays-a-role.gmi
[18:52]	TR News	"Anthropic's J-lens was one of the rare tech in mech interp that somehow is scalable (compute once and reuse forever) and not labor intensive (doesn't try to manually understand one action at a time through raw sciencing)." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/08-07-notes-on-replicating-j-lens-on-rwkvv7.gmi
[18:53]	TR News	Lonanisme des utilisateurs de chatbots gemini://ploum.net/2026-08-17-onanisme_ia.gmi
● Aug 17
[19:00]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Life in Plain Text, Mimicking KARL, Release of Jugulans, Avoiding Slop https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2026_Life_in_Plain_Text_Mimicking_KARL_Relea.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Gemini_Links_17_08_2026_Life_in_Plain_Text_Mimicking_KARL_Relea.gmi 
[19:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Life in Plain Text, Mimicking KARL, Release of Jugulans, Avoiding Slop
[19:01]	TR News	"Firefox clears your search and browsing history when you close all private windows, but this doesnt make you anonymous." = Mozilla: this is not privacy, it only protects you from yourself, not from our GAFAM sponsors. What a crock!
[19:02]	TR News	To Mozilla, Firefox "privacy" means, "we will not RETAIN your history on YOUR computer.... only OURS... and our sponsors' (GAFAM's").
[19:22]	TR News	"What is there to monetize? Useful error corrected quantum computers do not yet exist. IBM doesn't have one, Google doesn't have one, Microsoft doesn't have one, none of the QC startups have one. They are very cool science experiments, they are not commercial products and probably won't be for another couple decades." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m06e61tm
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[19:22]	TR News	"Bob loves the fall. Leaves changing colors, pumpkins. And layoff."
[19:22]	TR News	"its not a great time in research either. I see you have bought into the hype. And thats the problem. A lot of what you hear coming out of my area is overhyped buzz built around some mildly positive data or results. What concerns us lately is that were making increasingly big and bold proclamations and promises."
[19:23]	TR News	"If we ultimately cant deliver on them, it wont be the people making those statements who take the hititll be the people in the trenches who are left trying to make those promises a reality who suffer the consequences. Now lots of pressure to deliver on said over promises."
[19:23]	TR News	"While alvind, the slimy Indian was spewing his nonsense about QC, I was reading an interview of one of the Nobel price winners for 2026. The physicist was asserting, there is no known solution yet for QC that can make it usable by the industry."
[19:23]	TR News	"Now, who do you think, I should believe, the Nobel price winner in physics or Alvind, the slimy Indian ?"
[19:24]	TR News	"Arvind picked 2029 as the date for his QC roadmap because it's close enough to interest investors and bump the stock price yet far enough away that he knows he'll retire before then and it won't be his problem when nothing happens by that date."
[19:24]	TR News	"quit you whining you are probably safe or exempt from the coming RA because you are in research"
[19:25]	TR News	"If you are in the US and were put on a PIP today, they will exit you via the PIP. Severance for a PIP is 30 days, RA is 90 days. Cost less to exit someone via a PIP" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m00xx73f
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[19:25]	TR News	Long Ago (And Far Away) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rIwSI6YodAk&list=PLMBt0WXw1bTe8-I7sl-Qd0XDolRAVHhiW&index=11
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[19:26]	TR News	"Not much of a career path IBM unless you lower your standards and are brown nosing with management" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzw9cce6
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[19:33]	TR News	Layoff fears are pushing some visa holders out of Big Tech https://www.businessinsider.com/visa-holders-immigrants-big-tech-layoffs-job-security-work-careers-2026-8
[19:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.businessinsider.com | Big Tech Layoffs Are Changing Where Some Visa Holders Choose to Work - Business Insider
[19:50]	TR News	Techrights Loans and Massive Debt at Microsoft, This Won't End Well. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Loans_and_Massive_Debt_at_Microsoft_This_Won_t_End_Well.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Loans_and_Massive_Debt_at_Microsoft_This_Won_t_End_Well.gmi 
[19:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Loans and Massive Debt at Microsoft, This Won't End Well.
[19:55]	TR News	GNU/Linux 7% in Iraq https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=IQ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
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[19:56]	TR News	6% in Czech Republic https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=CZ&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP
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[19:57]	TR News	THE CYBER SHOW: "Even though Quality cannot be defined, you know what Quality is" R Pirsig https://cybershow.uk/content/home/home.html
[19:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cybershow.uk | Home
● Aug 17
[20:11]	TR News	I Still Suits Me (Remastered) https://inv.nadeko.net/embed/nxZs96ByLlg
[20:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/embed/nxZs96ByLlg )
[20:25]	TR News	Paul Robeson Used His Fame (and Voice) for Good, Not for Money https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/paul-robeson-used-his-fame-and-voice-for-good-not-for-money/
[20:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Paul Robeson Used His Fame (and Voice) for Good, Not for Money
[20:49]	TR News	Techrights Birthday in 80 Days https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Birthday_in_80_Days.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Birthday_in_80_Days.gmi 
[20:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Birthday in 80 Days
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[21:00]	TR News	Gemini Protocol Spreads Further in Spite of Googles Attempt to Googlebomb It Out of Existence https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/17/gemini-protocol-spreads/
[21:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Gemini Protocol Spreads Further in Spite of Googles Attempt to Googlebomb It Out of Existence
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[21:21]	TR News	Techrights Google Search Has Gotten Worse (a Lot Worse) https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Google_Search_Has_Gotten_Worse_a_Lot_Worse.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Google_Search_Has_Gotten_Worse_a_Lot_Worse.gmi 
[21:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google Search Has Gotten Worse (a Lot Worse)
[21:42]	TR News	Techrights Less Technology, More Life https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Less_Technology_More_Life.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Less_Technology_More_Life.gmi 
[21:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Less Technology, More Life
● Aug 17
[22:14]	TR News	Techrights Evri (HermesUK) is Now Run by Bots and Hallucinating Scammers https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Evri_HermesUK_is_Now_Run_by_Bots_and_Hallucinating_Scammers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/08/17/Evri_HermesUK_is_Now_Run_by_Bots_and_Hallucinating_Scammers.gmi 
[22:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Evri (HermesUK) is Now Run by Bots and Hallucinating Scammers
[22:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  Nepal: GNU/Linux Approaches 6% https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Nepal_GNU_Linux_Approaches_6.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/08/17/Nepal_GNU_Linux_Approaches_6.gmi 
[22:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Nepal: GNU/Linux Approaches 6%
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[04:59]	TR News	"Half a decade after the Taliban takeover in August 2021" https://www.jpost.com/international/article-905318 | Source: Jerusalem Post
[04:59]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jpost.com | Taliban tightens grip on Afghan women, blocking legal rights and protections | The Jerusalem Post
[04:59]	TR News	"The figure has risen by about 200,000 since last year and could reach nearly four million by 2030 if the ban remains in place" https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-school-ban-girls-taliban-unesco/a-78328926 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[04:59]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dw.com | UNESCO: 2.4 million girls barred from school in Afghanistan
[04:59]	TR News	"UNESCO remains committed to ensuring that Afghan girls and women can continue to learn, develop skills" https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/five-years-keeping-learning-alive-girls-and-women-afghanistan | Source: UNESCO
[04:59]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.unesco.org | Five years on: Keeping learning alive for girls and women in
● Aug 17
[05:12]	TR News	"Mandel, 70" https://truthout.org/articles/how-a-billionaire-is-using-his-fortune-to-reshape-the-democratic-party/ | Source: TruthOut
[05:12]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-truthout.org | How a Billionaire Is Using His Fortune to Reshape the Democratic Party | Truthout
[05:12]	TR News	"The allegations circulating online describe conditions that would be difficult for any crew to endure" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uss-abraham-lincoln-crew-hardships-record-deployment-1814477 | Source: International Business Times
[05:12]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | US Navy Sailor Exposes Alleged Filthy Conditions Living Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln After 250 Days at Sea | IBTimes UK
[05:12]	TR News	"Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is scheduled to speak at the Muslim Brotherhood-linked ISNA convention" https://rairfoundation.com/breaking-michigan-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-appear/ | Source: RAIR Foundation
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[05:56]	TR News	"Even MAGA loves socialism now - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/16/even-maga-loves-socialism-now/
[05:56]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Even MAGA loves socialism now - Salon.com
[05:56]	TR News	"USS Lincoln sailors endured 260 days. Trump says that's "not nearly long enough" - Salon.com" https://www.salon.com/2026/08/16/uss-lincoln-sailors-endured-260-days-trump-says-thats-not-nearly-long-enough/
[05:56]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-USS Lincoln sailors endured 260 days. Trump says that's "not nearly long enough" - Salon.com
[05:56]	TR News	"Trumps braggadocio doesnt just mask his failures. His statements wildly contradict the calamities hes created for America and the world." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-beyond-the-lies
[05:56]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | Sunday thought: Beyond shock and outrage - Robert Reich
[05:57]	TR News	"Demography, Deportations and the Trump Stall" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/demography-deportations-and-the-trump
[05:57]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | Demography, Deportations and the Trump Stall
[05:57]	TR News	"Hamas-Tied CAIR Gave El-Sayed Over $100,000" https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/06/hamas-tied-cair-gave-democrat-el-sayed-over-100000-n4955881
[05:57]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-pjmedia.com | Hamas-Tied CAIR Gave El-Sayed Over $100,000 PJ Media
[05:57]	TR News	"'By Allah, I Will Kill You': The Vienna Case and the Jihadist Model of Enslaving Non-Muslim Girls" https://rairfoundation.com/allah-i-will-kill-you-vienna-case-jihadist/
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[05:57]	TR News	"Herdsmen Kill at Least 31 Christians in Central Nigeria" https://morningstarnews.org/2026/08/herdsmen-kill-at-least-31-christians-in-central-nigeria/
[05:57]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-morningstarnews.org | Herdsmen Kill at Least 31 Christians in Central Nigeria - Morningstar News
[05:57]	TR News	"Genital mutilation crisis hits multicultural Paris neighborhood, nearly 140,000 women affected across France" https://rmx.news/article/genital-mutilation-crisis-hits-multicultural-paris-neighborhood-nearly-140000-women-affected-across-france/
[05:57]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-rmx.news | Genital mutilation crisis hits multicultural Paris neighborhood, nearly 140,000 women affected across France
[05:57]	TR News	duh https://www.dailymail.com/debate/article-16048285/Britain-sending-Channel-migrant-abroad-ALEXANDER-DOWNER.html
[05:57]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dailymail.com | Unless Britain starts sending every Channel migrant abroad to be processed, the boats will NEVER stop coming: ALEXANDER DOWNER | Daily Mail Online
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● Aug 17
[12:02]	TR News	India: Modimir courts youth amid growing criticism https://www.france24.com/en/india-modi-courts-youth-amid-growing-criticism
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[12:33]	TR News	When intelligence archives become political evidence https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/when-intelligence-archives-become-political-evidence/
[12:33]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | When intelligence archives become political evidence | The Strategist
[12:34]	TR News	Kushner, Hamas delegation in Egypt for talks on Gaza peace plan https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260816-hamas-begins-crucial-talks-with-egypt-on-trump-s-gaza-peace-plan
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● Aug 17
[13:07]	TR News	LSM launches charity drive for Ukrainian soldiers' rehabilitation https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/17.08.2026-lsm-launches-charity-drive-for-ukrainian-soldiers-rehabilitation.a659088/
[13:07]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | LSM launches charity drive for Ukrainian soldiers' rehabilitation / Article
[13:07]	TR News	How a Ukrainian Bank Worker Came to Face Life in a Russian Prison https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/europe/russia-detained-ukrainians-war-murdid.html
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[13:09]	TR News	Ukrainian drone regiment decimates 3,500-strong U.S. armored brigade combat team in war game https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/ukrainian-drone-regiment-decimates-3-500-strong-u-s-armored-brigade-combat-team-in-war-game-reveals-shortcomings-in-american-response-as-drones-easily-spotted-and-destroyed-tanks-and-heavy-armored-vehicles
[13:09]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.tomshardware.com | Ukrainian drone regiment decimates 3,500-strong U.S. armored brigade combat team in war game High drone kill-rate forced continuous 'respawns,' reveals shortcomings in American response as drones easily spotted and destroyed tanks and armored vehicles | Tom's Hardware
[13:09]	TR News	Ukraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photos, clone destroys Russian Tu-95 bomber attack drone has 2,000 km range, country builds 6,000 flying-wing drones a year https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/ukraine-destroys-tu-95-bomber-using-48000-chinese-drone-clone
[13:09]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.tomshardware.com | Ukraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photos, clone destroys Russian Tu-95 bomber attack drone has 2,000 km range, country builds 6,000 flying-wing drones a year | Tom's Hardware
[13:11]	TR News	Russia, Ukraine Trade Major Overnight Air Attacks, At Least 11 Killed https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moscow-wildberries-facilities-drones/33831405.html
[13:11]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russia, Ukraine Trade Major Overnight Air Attacks, At Least 11 Killed
[13:11]	TR News	The 1991 treaty that still haunts the Kremlin https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3018124/the-1991-treaty-that-still-haunts-the-kremlin
[13:11]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | The 1991 treaty that still haunts the Kremlin - LRT
[13:11]	TR News	HRW warns Russia strike on Ukraine may constitute war crime https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/rights-group-warns-russia-strike-on-ukraine-may-constitute-war-crime/
[13:11]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | HRW warns Russia strike on Ukraine may constitute war crime - JURIST - News
[13:11]	TR News	 Live: Ukraine launches 600 drones at Russia, one of its largest aerial attacks of the war https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-live-moscow-targeted-by-600-drones-overnight-explosions-heard-in-kyiv
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[13:11]	TR News	Ukraine: Russian strike destroys Kyiv book market https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260816-ukraine-russian-strike-destroys-kyiv-book-market
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[13:12]	TR News	Drone and missile strikes kill 19 in Russia and Ukraine https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-drone-and-missile-strikes-kill-19-in-russia-and-ukraine
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[13:31]	TR News	Myanmar confirms nearly 309,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh, says security issues delaying repatriation https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-confirms-nearly-309000-rohingya-in-bangladesh-says-security-issues-delaying-repatriation
[13:31]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Myanmar confirms nearly 309,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh, says security issues delaying repatriation | The Straits Times
[13:40]	TR News	South Korean trade minister ousted amid US tariff pressure https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-trade-minister-ousted-amid-us-tariff-pressure
[13:40]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean trade minister ousted amid US tariff pressure | The Straits Times
[13:42]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man orders Pentagon to scale back military drills with South Korea, hours before start https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260817-trump-orders-pentagon-to-scale-back-military-drills-with-south-korea-hours-before-start
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[13:42]	TR News	South Korea says it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed demarcation line https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-fired-warning-shots-after-north-korean-soldiers-crossed-demarcation-line-yonhap-says
[13:42]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea says it fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed demarcation line | The Straits Times
[13:42]	TR News	Top military commander visits long-deployed aircraft carrier https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2026/0816/brad-cooper-uss-lincoln-mental-health
[13:42]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Adm. Brad Cooper visits USS Abraham Lincoln - CSMonitor.com
[13:43]	TR News	Cursed Startup Now Offering Buy-Now-Pay-Later Radiation Exposure Kits in Case of Nuclear Armageddon https://futurism.com/health-medicine/startup-radiation-exposure-klarna-nuclear-armageddon
[13:43]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-futurism.com | Cursed Startup Now Offering Buy-Now-Pay-Later Radiation Exposure Kits in Case of Nuclear Armageddon
[13:43]	TR News	Top Admiral Praises Sailors but Concedes Hardships After Visit to U.S.S. Lincoln https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/politics/uss-lincoln-iran-admiral.html
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[21:48]	admfubar	https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/ukraine-destroys-tu-95-bomber-using-48000-chinese-drone-clone