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[03:13] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Apr 19 [04:49] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [04:49] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 18, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_April_18_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_April_18_2026.gmi [04:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [04:49] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 18, 2026 [04:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:50] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:52] TR News Safeguarding democratic lawmaking: EDRis contribution to Commission consultation on Better Regulations https://edri.org/our-work/safeguarding-democratic-lawmaking-edris-contribution-to-commission-consultation-on-better-regulations/ [04:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | EDRis contribution to Commission consultation on Better Regulations - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [04:52] TR News The Court of Justice of the European Union condemns Frances police profiling practices https://edri.org/our-work/the-court-of-justice-of-the-european-union-condemns-frances-police-profiling-practices/ [04:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | The Court of Justice of the European Union condemns Frances police profiling practices - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [04:53] TR News EDRi-gram, 15 April 2026 https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-15-april-2026/ "In this edition: Cracking the egg shells: what's inside the latest in EU digital rights?" [04:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | EDRi-gram, 15 April 2026 - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [04:53] TR News Moving Goalposts: Football, Facial Recognition and the Expansion of Surveillance http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5759/moving-goalposts-football-facial-recognition-and-expansion-surveillance [04:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-privacyinternational.org | Moving Goalposts: Football, Facial Recognition and the Expansion of Surveillance | Privacy International [04:54] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program as Some Lawmakers Push for US Privacy Protections https://www.securityweek.com/trump-urges-extending-foreign-surveillance-program-as-some-lawmakers-push-for-us-privacy-protections/ [04:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/trump-urges-extending-foreign-surveillance-program-as-some-lawmakers-push-for-us-privacy-protections/ ) [04:55] TR News Long before the war, ASPIs Critical Tech Tracker showed Irans military research efforts https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/long-before-the-war-aspis-critical-tech-tracker-showed-irans-military-research-efforts/ [04:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Long before the war, ASPIs Critical Tech Tracker showed Irans military research efforts | The Strategist [04:55] TR News U.S. Applies Little Pressure to Israel to Stop the Fighting in Lebanon https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/asia/israel-lebanon-us-talks-trump.html [04:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/asia/israel-lebanon-us-talks-trump.html ) [04:55] TR News Lufthansa strikes cancel more VilniusFrankfurt flights, bringing weekly total to 23 https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2898244/lufthansa-strikes-cancel-more-vilnius-frankfurt-flights-bringing-weekly-total-to-23 [04:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lufthansa strikes cancel more VilniusFrankfurt flights, bringing weekly total to 23 - LRT [04:56] TR News HRW warns strikes on Iran oil depots may cause long-term environmental harm https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/group-warns-strikes-on-iran-oil-depots-may-cause-long-term-environmental-harm/ [04:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | HRW warns strikes on Iran oil depots may cause long-term environmental harm - JURIST - News [04:57] TR News Re gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/18/GAFAM_Decided_to_Stop_Old_Formats_From_Working_Format_Shifting_.gmi iophk: conversion loses data which lowers quality; with enough conversions the content becomes unusable; that is the end goal; It is part of google's Great Leap Forward, the part with file formats https://teachingsocialstudies.org/2026/01/23/the-devastating-effects-of-the-great-leap-forward/ [04:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-teachingsocialstudies.org | The Devastating Effects of the Great Leap Forward njcssjournal [04:58] TR News "As Orwell wrote in 1984, his final, dystopian novel, "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." https://theconversation.com/who-controls-the-present-controls-the-past-what-orwells-1984-explains-about-the-twisting-of-history-to-control-the-public-257798 iophk: c.f. Deja News purchase and subsequent shut down [04:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Who controls the present controls the past: What Orwells 1984 explains about the twisting of history to control the public [04:59] TR News "Jammu & Kashmir is becoming an example of how Indias digital revolution can be considered a success story. The increasing number of [Internet] users, the development of telecommunication facilities, and the ubiquity of mobile phones serve as indicators of this fact." https://thenorthlines.com/signals-without-access-the-reality-of-jks-internet-boom/ | Source: The North Lines IN [04:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenorthlines.com | Signals Without Access: The Reality of J&Ks Internet Boom - Northlines ● Apr 19 [05:01] TR News "Joe the Plumber" https://www.salon.com/2026/04/17/trumps-doordash-grandma-isnt-a-plant-the-truth-is-much-darker/ | Source: Salon [05:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trumps DoorDash Grandma isnt a plant the truth is much darker - Salon.com [05:01] TR News "A coalition of federal unions is suing the Federal Labor Relations Authority over plans to involve politically appointed board members in all labor representation decisions" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2026/04/unions-sue-flra-over-plans-to-politicize-labor-representation-decisions/ | Source: Federal News Network [05:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Unions sue FLRA over plans to politicize labor representation decisions | Federal News Network [05:01] TR News "Instead of laying off people in more incrementaland less disruptivewaves, employers are seizing on the potential financial upsides of severing swaths of their workforces at once" https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/18/kmxb-a18.html | Source: WSWS [05:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.wsws.org | Wall Street Journal announces the era of the mega layoff - World Socialist Web Site [05:01] TR News "They came in waves. The Interurbanselectric trains that crisscrossed the Midwest back thencame from Michigan and Ohio and from across Indiana." https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-04-17-notre-dame/ | Source: Dan Sinker [05:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Well-Aimed Potato: The Klan, Notre Dame, and Today | dansinker.com [05:02] TR News "This is what I mean by rust." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-positive-case-for-liberalsm | Source: Mike Brock [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Positive Case For Liberalsm - by Mike Brock [05:02] TR News "Neither Impeachment Nor the 25th Amendment Offers Remedies for Removing Donald Trump" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-magic-bullet-delusion/ [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-magic-bullet-delusion/ ) [05:02] TR News "French Town Accused of Islamophobia Suffers Goat Rape Crisis; who are we to judge their culture? Allah's Willing Executioners" https://medforth.biz/french-town-accused-of-islamophobia-suffers-goat-rape-crisis-who-are-we-to-judge-their-culture/ [05:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medforth.biz | French Town Accused of Islamophobia Suffers Goat Rape Crisis; who are we to judge their culture? Allah's Willing Executioners [05:03] TR News "Datacenterboomen hotar gra din el dyrare: De borde inte anslutas till elntet | Inrikes | Svenska Yle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/a/7-10096883 [05:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle-fi.translate.goog | Datacenterboomen hotar gra din el dyrare: De borde inte anslutas till elntet | Inrikes | Svenska Yle [05:03] TR News "France Is Ditching Windows for Linux" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/france-is-ditching-windows-for-linux:3 [05:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | France Is Ditching Windows for Linux [05:03] TR News "Paula White Claims Opposing Donald Trump Is Equivalent to 'Saying No to God' in Stance on White House Faith Office | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/paula-white-cain-trump-faith-office-controversy-1792387 [05:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Paula White Claims Opposing Donald Trump Is Equivalent to 'Saying No to God' in Stance on White House Faith Office | IBTimes UK [05:04] TR News original antifascists https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/04/16/army-veteran-tasked-with-prosecuting-nazi-death-squads-awarded-congressional-gold-medal/ [05:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.armytimes.com | Army veteran tasked with prosecuting Nazi death squads awarded Congressional Gold Medal [05:04] TR News "Trump Still Pretending The Most Dangerous Domestic Terrorists Are People Who Dont Like Fascism | Techdirt" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/17/trump-still-pretending-the-most-dangerous-domestic-terrorists-are-people-who-dont-like-fascism/ [05:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump Still Pretending The Most Dangerous Domestic Terrorists Are People Who Dont Like Fascism | Techdirt [05:05] TR News "University of Arizona spins up generative AI tool for students & faculty" https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041626_ua_ai/university-arizona-spins-up-generative-ai-tool-students-faculty/ [05:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041626_ua_ai/university-arizona-spins-up-generative-ai-tool-students-faculty/ ) [05:05] TR News "Catholics in Trump Administration Are Stuck Amid Pope Leo XIV Attacks" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/catholics-trump-administration-pope-leo-xiv-attacks-1235549717/ [05:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Catholics in Trump Administration Are Stuck Amid Pope Leo XIV Attacks [05:05] TR News "US Quietly Renews Russian Oil Waiver Amid Market Turmoil, Policy Confusion" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-oil-sanctions-waiver-treasury-iran/33735009.html [05:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | US Quietly Renews Russian Oil Waiver Amid Market Turmoil, Policy Confusion [05:06] TR News "Why Was XLibre Removed From the Arch Wiki? The Full Story - OSTechNix" https://ostechnix.com/xlibre-arch-wiki-removal-explained/ iophk: there are now enough GAFAM moles (or their tools) inside Arch block to block the presence of XLibre [05:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://ostechnix.com/xlibre-arch-wiki-removal-explained/ ) [05:07] TR News How to feed your garden birds without spreading disease https://phys.org/news/2026-04-garden-birds-disease.html [05:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-04-garden-birds-disease.html ) [05:07] TR News "The Real Reason Trump Hates Pope Leo: He Wants to Take His Place | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-pope-leo-attacks/ [05:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | The Real Reason Trump Hates Pope Leo: He Wants to Take His Place | The Nation [05:08] TR News "The GOP Wants Alito Outbut Not Because Hes Evil | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/newsletter-alito-retirement-thune/ [05:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | The GOP Wants Alito Outbut Not Because Hes Evil | The Nation [05:08] TR News "How Trump Keeps Getting Away With Blasphemy | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/donald-trump-jesus-image/ [05:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | How Trump Keeps Getting Away With Blasphemy | The Nation [05:08] TR News "How the Iran war has changed perceptions of American power - CSMonitor.com" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2026/0417/iran-war-trump-american-power-perceptions [05:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How the Iran war has changed perceptions of American power - CSMonitor.com [05:09] TR News "Watching Pope Leo school Donald Trump is a blessed sight" https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/watching-pope-leo-school-trump-is-a-blessed-sight-20260419-p5zp31.html [05:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Watching Pope Leo school Donald Trump is a blessed sight [05:09] TR News "Pope Leo XIV says 'not in my interest at all' to debate Donald Trump | CBC News" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-leo-not-debating-trump-9.7169268 [05:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Pope Leo XIV says 'not in my interest at all' to debate Donald Trump | CBC News [05:09] TR News "Unintended debate: Pope Leo speaks out against tyranny, exploitation on Angola visit - RTL Today" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/pope-arrives-in-angola-on-africa-tour-overshadowed-by-trump-150265184 [05:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Unintended debate: Pope Leo speaks out against tyranny, exploitation on Angola visit - RTL Today [05:09] TR News "Russias economic reserves largely exhausted, development minister says Meduza" https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/17/russia-s-economic-reserves-largely-exhausted-development-minister-says [05:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russias economic reserves largely exhausted, development minister says Meduza [05:10] TR News "Micah P. Hinson: The United States is full of nationalists and Christian fanatics trying to kick everyone out | EPS | EL PAS English" https://english.elpais.com/eps/2026-04-18/micah-p-hinson-the-united-states-is-full-of-nationalists-and-christian-fanatics-trying-to-kick-everyone-out.html [05:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Micah P. Hinson: The United States is full of nationalists and Christian fanatics trying to kick everyone out | EPS | EL PAS English [05:11] TR News "Former NPR Foundation board member Connie Ballmer donated $80 million, while an anonymous donor contributed $33 million" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/17/npr-receives-donations-after-funding-cuts/ | Source: Digital Music News [05:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/17/npr-receives-donations-after-funding-cuts/ ) [05:11] TR News "The news of Shin Daewes release from detention comes as a welcome relief." https://www.rfa.org/english/about/releases/2026/04/17/release-of-myanmar-rfa-contributor-shin-daewe/ | Source: RFA [05:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | RFA welcomes release of Myanmar RFA contributor Shin Daewe Radio Free Asia [05:12] TR News "Known for her work highlighting the challenges facing Myanmars environment and the impact of conflict on civilians following the militarys 2021 coup" https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2026/04/17/shin-daewe-myanmar-prison-release-burma/ | Source: RFA [05:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison Radio Free Asia [05:12] TR News "Because prediction markets allow users to monetize news, journalists are caught in the crosshairs: what they report (and the information that goes into reporting) suddenly has a dollar amount attached to it" https://www.theverge.com/report/914157/prediction-markets-news-outlet-ethics-policy-propublica-kalshi-polymarket | Source: The Verge [05:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Betting on the news raises ethical questions for journalists | The Verge [05:13] TR News "It is a familiar tool deployed by the clerical regime in Iran" https://www.dw.com/en/iran-internet-blackout-highlights-real-toll-of-censorship/a-76832488 | Source: Deutsche Welle [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Iran: Internet blackout highlights real toll of censorship [05:14] TR News "Aiza had not commented on the deletion at the time of publication." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/17/russian-tv-host-and-blogger-deletes-instagram-post-criticizing-corruption-in-russia | Source: Meduza [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian TV host and blogger deletes Instagram post criticizing corruption in Russia Meduza [05:14] TR News "Harsh criticism of senior government officials has its price remember that." https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/17/pro-kremlin-blogger-leaves-psychiatric-hospital-after-criticizing-putin-says-conditions-were-pretty-rough | Source: Meduza [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Pro-Kremlin blogger leaves psychiatric hospital after criticizing Putin, says conditions were pretty rough Meduza [05:14] TR News "After her arrest in Mashhad, because of blows she received to the head, she was already in bad condition" https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-nobel-peace-prize-jailed-narges-mohammadi/33735225.html | Source: RFERL [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Life Of Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi 'In Serious Danger' [05:15] TR News "The former Instagram VP is departing the ChatGPT-maker, which is folding the AI science application he led into Codex." https://www.wired.com/story/openai-executive-kevin-weil-is-leaving-the-company/ | Source: Wired [05:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company | WIRED [05:15] TR News "Kevin Weil, who was the companys VP of AI for Science and was formerly its chief product officer, is also departing, saying that Friday is his last day." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914463/openai-sora-bill-peebles-kevin-weil-leaving-departing | Source: The Verge [05:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | OpenAIs former Sora boss is leaving | The Verge [05:17] TR News "Clarence Thomas is 77 years old. He has now served on the Supreme Court for over 34 years, making him the longest-serving member of the Court." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-worst-justice-in-modern-supreme | Source: Robert Reich [05:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | The Worst Justice Ever - Robert Reich [05:21] TR News "cybersecurity strategy takes shape this year" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/04/observability-as-the-backbone-of-compliance-in-a-new-federal-cyber-era/ | Source: Federal News Network [05:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Observability as the backbone of compliance in a new federal cyber era | Federal News Network [05:21] TR News "Hyperscale data centers are by far the most controversial issue in U.S. economic development today for their noise, voracious electricity and water consumption, air pollution, and massive footprints." https://goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Data-Center-Tax-Abatements-Why-States-and-Localities-Must-Disclose-These-Soaring-Revenue-Losses.pdf | Source: Good Jobs First [05:21] TR News "No form of state spending is more out of control today than data center tax abatements" https://kansasreflector.com/2026/04/18/repub/many-states-dont-report-losses-from-data-center-tax-breaks-study-says/ | Source: Kansas Reflector [05:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://kansasreflector.com/2026/04/18/repub/many-states-dont-report-losses-from-data-center-tax-breaks-study-says/ ) [05:21] TR News (NEW): Why Was XLibre Removed From the Arch Wiki? The Full Story https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Why_Was_XLibre_Removed_From_the_Arch_Wiki_The_Full_Story.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Why_Was_XLibre_Removed_From_the_Arch_Wiki_The_Full_Story.gmi [05:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Why Was XLibre Removed From the Arch Wiki? The Full Story [05:22] TR News "US-based artificial intelligence company Anthropic is currently in discussion with the European Commission on its different models" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/anthropic-talks-to-eu-including-on-its-cyber-security-models-commission-says/articleshow/130330222.cms | Source: India Times [05:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Anthropic talks to EU, including on its cyber security models, Commission says - The Economic Times [05:22] TR News "Under the agreement, joint teams will co-develop more than 100 AI initiatives covering areas including product development and validation" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/stellantis-microsoft-partnership-ai-push-9.7167736 | Source: CBC [05:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Stellantis, Microsoft sign 5-year partnership for AI push | CBC News [05:23] TR News "Got Google Analytics or Google ads on your web site? Dont forget to check some important compliance instructions, in a LinkedIn post from Jennifer L. Vercellone, Esq." https://blog.zgp.org/have-you-filed-your-compliance-taxes/ | Source: Don Marti [05:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | Have you filed your compliance taxes? [05:23] TR News "The lecture is titled The Taler Protocol Suite for Digital Payments, and has the following abstract: [...]" https://www.taler.net/en/news/2026-06.html | Source: GNU Taler [05:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.taler.net | GNU Taler [05:26] TR News "Low tide was conveniently at 1pm for some midday tidepooling." https://tracydurnell.com/2026/04/18/tidepooling-in-la-jolla-photos/ | Source: Tracy Durnell [05:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tracydurnell.com | Tidepooling in La Jolla (photos) Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden [05:27] TR News "By mixing battery materials at 2,000 revolutions per minute for five hours, the team triggered a process called halide segregation." https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-all-solid-state-sulfur-ev-battery | Source: Interesting Engineering [05:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | US' all-solid-state EV battery retains over 80% capacity at 450 cycles [05:28] TR News "Tram connections will become a central part of everyday life, especially for the residents of Laajasalo and Kruunuvuori" https://yle.fi/a/74-20221334 | Source: Yle [05:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Helsinki offiically opens Finland's longest bridge | Yle News | Yle [05:28] TR News "Theres something to be said for a simple wind-up, free flight model airplane." https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/electric-wind-up-plane-uses-supercapacitors-for-free-flight-fun/ | Source: Hackaday [05:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Electric Wind-Up Plane Uses Supercapacitors For Free Flight Fun | Hackaday [05:29] TR News "and then-Tallinn deputy mayor Madle Lippus (SDE) noted the mayors of all three Baltic capitals last year sent a joint appeal to Google, calling for the change." https://news.err.ee/1609999981/google-maps-rolls-out-cycle-route-feature-in-estonia | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.err.ee | Google Maps rolls out cycle route feature in Estonia | News | ERR [05:30] TR News "Suffice to say, while major data center projects are the darling of tech CEOs and many politicians, the general populace is making its voice heard" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/local-political-revolts-threaten-to-derail-us-data-center-projects-mounting-delays-are-already-costing-ai-hyperscalers-billions | Source: Tom's Hardware [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Local political revolts threaten to derail US data center projects mounting delays are already costing AI hyperscalers billions | Tom's Hardware [05:30] TR News "The oil and gas industry and its allies have been lobbying Congress and the Trump administration for more than a year to escape accountability." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/federal-bill-would-put-big-oil-above-the-law | Source: Common Dreams [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Federal Bill Would Put Big Oil Above the Law | Common Dreams [05:31] TR News "Escobar illegally introduced four hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) to one of his estates in the Antioquia region of Colombia in 1981." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/colombia-will-euthanize-pablo-escobars-invasive-cocaine-hippos/ | Source: Scientific American [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scientificamerican.com | Colombia will euthanize Pablo Escobars invasive cocaine hippos | Scientific American [05:32] TR News "According to NATO, manganese is one of 12 minerals critical for the weapons industry; it is used in submarines, fighter aircraft, tanks, and torpedoes." https://truthout.org/articles/us-mining-plan-will-sacrifice-mexicos-environment-for-weapons-and-tech/ | Source: TruthOut [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | US Mining Plan Will Sacrifice Mexicos Environment for Weapons and Tech | Truthout [05:32] TR News "The early melt means runoff has already peaked, leaving little additional water expected from snow this season." https://www.western-water.com/2026/04/17/rio-grande-faces-early-drying-risk-in-2026/ | Source: Western Water [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.western-water.com | Rio Grande faces early drying risk in 2026 | Western Water [05:37] TR News "21 years later, in 2024, the city approved a second preservation boundary the Bluebelt." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arbor/ann-arbor-to-purchase-land-to-support-greenbelt-and-bluebelt-programs-preserving-natural-resources-and-drinking-water/ | Source: University of Michigan [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Ann Arbor to purchase land support Greenbelt and Bluebelt [05:37] TR News "Hong Kongs data centres consumed 7,131 terajoules of electricity in 2023 up by more than 75 per cent in just five years." https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/18/hong-kongs-data-centre-boom-powering-innovation-or-jeopardising-climate-goals/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK's data centre boom: Powering innovation or jeopardising climate goals? [05:38] TR News "EL PAS has analyzed Epsteins relationship with 137 people 109 men and 28 women whose links to the sex offender have been proven in legal proceedings" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-18/inside-epsteins-web-the-137-men-and-women-who-reveal-how-his-international-network-of-power-and-influence-operated.html | Source: El Pas [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Inside Epsteins web: The 137 men and women who reveal how his international network of power and influence operated | U.S. | EL PAS English [05:38] TR News "UN experts Siobhn Mullally, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, as well as Claudia Flores, Ivana Krsti" https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-demands-justice-for-epstein-trafficking-victims/ | Source: JURIST [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN demands justice for Epstein trafficking victims - JURIST - News [05:39] TR News we [05:39] TR News Overpopulation https://ffrf.org/news/releases/we-dissent-guest-star-explains-pro-natalism-movement/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/we-dissent-guest-star-explains-pro-natalism-movement/ ) [05:40] TR News "There are nine mosques within walking distance of the proposed mosque site, which is located on a seaside recreation spot" https://bianet.org/haber/mega-mosque-project-on-kadikoy-shoreline-met-with-local-concerns-over-necessity-318829 | Source: BIA Net [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Mega-mosque project on Kadky shoreline met with local concerns over necessity [05:40] TR News "various kinds of ammunition" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2901095/us-delays-weapon-deliveries-to-baltic-states-due-to-war-in-iran-media | Source: LRT [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | US delays weapon deliveries to Baltic states due to war in Iran media - LRT [05:41] TR News "Taras Dzyuba, head of the information communications department at Ukraines State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP)" https://therecord.media/ukraine-confirms-suspected-apt28-campaign-targeting-prosecutors | Source: The Record [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Ukraine confirms suspected APT28 campaign targeting prosecutors, anti-corruption agencies | The Record from Recorded Future News [05:42] TR News "Arabic for the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Righteous" https://www.rferl.org/a/hayi-iran-attacks-europe-jewish-centers/33734573.html | Source: RFERL [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | What Is HAYI, The Shadowy Islamist Group Claiming Attacks Across Europe? [05:42] TR News "Its not a new concern, of course. Weak mockery of Nazi leaders may have allowed Germans to let off steam while the regime solidified its power." https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/17/trump-comedy-political-humor-clownwashing | Source: The Guardian UK [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Packaging evil into something funny: is making fun of Trump now just clownwashing? | Comedy | The Guardian [05:43] TR News "The 25th Amendment was added to the US Constitution in 1967 to clarify procedures when a president or vice president is unable to continue in office" https://www.dw.com/en/can-the-25th-amendment-remove-donald-trump-from-office/a-76835018 | Source: Deutsche Welle [05:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Can the 25th Amendment remove Donald Trump from office? [05:43] TR News "But now Kyiv appears to have given up on the United States." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/ukraine-trump-us-oil-russia/686854/ | Source: The Atlantic [05:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump - The Atlantic [05:43] TR News "ProPublicas description of the previously unreported meeting comes from several people who were in the room or were briefed on the gathering." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/17/inside-trumps-effort-to-take-over-the-midterm-elections/ | Source: Techdirt [05:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Inside Trumps Effort To Take Over The Midterm Elections | Techdirt [05:44] TR News "Ferencz, who died in 2023 at the age of 103, was just 27 with no previous trial experience when he became chief prosecutor" https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/04/16/army-veteran-tasked-with-prosecuting-nazi-death-squads-awarded-congressional-gold-medal/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.armytimes.com | Army veteran tasked with prosecuting Nazi death squads awarded Congressional Gold Medal [05:44] TR News "Shushnar highlighted how the YFQ-44A is designed to be easy to maintain with a small crew compared to traditional unmanned aerial vehicles" https://www.c4isrnet.com/industry/techwatch/2026/04/17/air-force-unit-executes-test-of-andurils-semiautonomous-combat-drone/ | Source: C4ISRNET [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.c4isrnet.com | Air Force unit executes test of Andurils semiautonomous combat drone [05:45] TR News "In Hungarys election, Pter Magyar rallied urban white-collar workers, business figures excluded from state patronage networks, intellectuals, and youth." https://jacobin.com/2026/04/hungary-election-orban-magyar-illiberalism/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | What Viktor Orbns Downfall Hasnt Settled [05:45] TR News "More than a year ago I interviewed my old friend and colleague Kim Lane Scheppele, a constitutional scholar who speaks Hungarian and knows Hungary" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/kim-lane-scheppele-on-hungary | Source: Paul Krugman [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary - Paul Krugman [05:50] TR News "The 2024 law reauthorized so-called Section 702 powers of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)" https://cyberscoop.com/section-702-fisa-surveillance-law-renewal-congress-debate/ | Source: Scoop News Group [05:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The surveillance law Congress can't quit and can't explain | CyberScoop [05:51] TR News "A recent deep dive into the American adtech surveillance system Webloc highlights the national security and privacy risks of pervasive and easily obtainable geolocation data." https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/it-is-time-to-ban-the-sale-of-precise-geolocation | Source: The Lawfare Institute [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lawfaremedia.org | It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise Geolocation | Lawfare [05:51] TR News "This is not doomerism." https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/2026/04/keep-it-to-yourself/ | Source: Bobby Hiltz [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Keep It To Yourself | BobbyHiltz.com [05:53] TR News "A post-midnight revolt in the House sank the White House's efforts to extend Section 702a spy program the FBI has used to look into members of Congress, protesters, and political donors" https://www.wired.com/story/republican-mutiny-sinks-trumps-push-to-extend-warrantless-surveillance/ | Source: Wired [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance | WIRED [05:53] TR News "The saga is turning into a PR disaster for Brussels." https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-launched-age-checking-app-hackers-say-took-them-2-minutes-break-it/ | Source: Politico [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.politico.eu | Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it. POLITICO [05:57] TR News "Militaries around the world spend countless hours training, developing policies, and implementing best operational security practices" https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/17/dutch_navy_frigate_tracked/ | Source: The Register UK [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Dutch navy frigate tracked by mailing it a Bluetooth tracker The Register [05:57] TR News "so imagine the size of the egg on the face of the Dutch navy when journalists managed to track one of its warships for less than the cost of some hagelslag and a coffee" [05:58] TR News "In the previous post, we introduced the notion of anonymous credentials as a technique that allows users to authenticate to a website without sacrificing their privacy." https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/04/17/anonymous-credentials-an-illustrated-primer-part-2/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.cryptographyengineering.com | Anonymous credentials: an illustratedprimer (Part 2) A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering [05:58] TR News "More Surveillance Demands to Come?" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/more-surveillance-demands-to-come-government-admits-bill-c-22s-lawful-access-provisions-could-be-expanded/ | Source: Michael Geist [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | More Surveillance Demands to Come?: Government Admits Bill C-22s Lawful Access Provisions Could Be Expanded - Michael Geist ● Apr 19 [06:00] TR News "higher than mere suspicion" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/a-standard-that-doesnt-exist-parliamentary-secretary-for-justice-offers-misleading-defence-of-bill-c-22s-lower-threshold-for-subscriber-information/ | Source: Michael Geist [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | A Standard That Doesn't Exist: Parliamentary Secretary for Justice Offers Misleading Defence of Bill C-22's Lower Threshold for Subscriber Information - Michael Geist [06:00] TR News "Gazing Into Scam Altmans Orb Now Proves Youre Human on Tinder" https://www.wired.com/story/gazing-into-sam-altmans-orb-now-proves-youre-human-on-tinder/ | Source: Wired [06:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Gazing Into Sam Altmans Orb Now Proves Youre Human on Tinder | WIRED [06:00] TR News "The Dutch Ministry of Defence said its taking measures in response, according to the broadcaster." https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2026/04/17/dutch-broadcaster-tracks-carrier-group-frigate-with-bluetooth-gadget/ | Source: C4ISRNET [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.c4isrnet.com | Dutch broadcaster tracks carrier-group frigate with Bluetooth gadget [06:01] TR News "In a dramatic middle-of-the-night stand off, a bipartisan set of lawmakers pushing for true reform and privacy protections for Americans bought us some more time to fight!" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/keep-pushing-we-get-10-more-days-reform-section-702 | Source: EFF [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702 | Electronic Frontier Foundation [06:01] TR News "Earlier this year, UIDAI had asked the IT Ministry to talk with smartphone companies" https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/india-govt-scraps-aadhaar-app-mandate-apple-samsung-pushback-137727104.html | Source: Bhaskar English [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bhaskarenglish.in | India Scraps Aadhaar App Mandate | Apple & Samsung Pushback [06:02] TR News Windows TCO: "In this case, the initial malware for Lumma Stealer was delivered as a password-protected 7-zip archive." https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32904 | Source: SANS [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Lumma Stealer infection with Sectop RAT (ArechClient2) [06:03] TR News Windows TCO: "Law enforcement agencies across Europe, the United States, and other partner nations cracked down on the commercial DDoS-for-hire ecosystem" https://thecyberexpress.com/75000-ddos-for-hire-users-reprimanded/ | Source: Cyble Inc [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | 75K DDoS-for-Hire Users Reprimanded As Authorities Seize Domains [06:03] TR News "All content on this website was written by a human (me). I am not interested in generating articles with LLMs. Writing helps ordering and sharpening my thoughts." https://danieldk.eu/Meta/AI-policy | Source: Danil de Kok [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danieldk.eu | AI policy [06:03] TR News "Whether or not it is controversial, I do use Claude Code quite heavily for testing in my day job." https://linuxjedi.co.uk/when-the-docs-fall-short-investigating-claude-codes-budget-cap/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxjedi.co.uk | When the Docs Fall Short: Investigating Claude Codes Budget Cap - LinuxJedis /dev/null [06:04] TR News "Most anti-AI rhetoric is left-wing coded. Popular criticisms of AI describe it as a tool of techno-fascism, or appeal to predominantly left-wing concerns like carbon emissions" https://www.seangoedecke.com/many-anti-ai-arguments-are-conservative/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seangoedecke.com | Many anti-AI arguments are conservative arguments [06:05] TR News "Translated into the real world, an AI that leaps to conclusions when not represented with the full picture could have devastating consequences." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/millions-americans-ai-instead-doctor-bad-advice | Source: Futurism [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Millions of Americans Are Talking to AI Instead of Going to the Doctor, and It's Giving Them Horrendously Flawed Medical Advice [06:06] TR News "Multiple businesses offered AI agents for marketing and operating offline adult stores, while others touted tech solutions for brands trying to make their own smart toys." https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/18/china-sex-toy-makers-cautiously-embrace-ai-wave/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China sex toy makers cautiously embrace AI wave [06:06] TR News "The problem is everything around it." https://www.artificialintelligencemadesimple.com/p/anthropics-claude-mythos-launch-is | [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.artificialintelligencemadesimple.com | Anthropic's Claude Mythos Launch Is Built on Misinformation [06:07] TR News "By services I mean things like: getting a new passport; finding and booking a hotel or a flight; managing your bank account" https://interconnected.org/home/2026/04/18/headless | Source: Matt Webb [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interconnected.org | Headless everything for personal AI (Interconnected) [06:07] TR News "Ever since reading these reportsthankfully produced by the human handI have been having trouble sleeping." https://www.wired.com/story/backchannel-the-problem-with-letting-ai-do-the-writing/ | Source: Wired [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body | WIRED [06:10] TR News "The worlds largest memory makers Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are all working to add new fabrication capacity, but almost none of it will be online until at least 2027, if not 2028." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years | Source: The Verge [06:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | The RAM shortage could last years | The Verge [06:10] TR News "every traditional vulnerability gains a new capability: autonomous action." https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/every-old-vulnerability-ai-vulnerability | Source: Dark Reading [06:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/every-old-vulnerability-ai-vulnerability ) [06:11] TR News "The new peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Technology, Mind and Behavior and flagged by TIME" https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-cognition-study | Source: Futurism [06:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Study Finds AI Use Eats Away at Users' Confidence in Their Own Brains [06:11] TR News "Regardless, netizens were appalled by the story, arguing that the womans family had gone too far." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mother-son-died-ai-clone | Source: Futurism [06:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Mother Reportedly Doesn't Know Her Son Died Because She's Been Talking to an AI Version of Him [06:12] TR News "The Open Sorcerer is not alone. A look at social media has shown plenty of users running into similar problems, with one commenting" https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/17/users_complain_of_uk_azure/ | Source: The Register UK [06:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Users complain of UK Azure capacity problems The Register [06:13] TR News "This stuff gets in the way of professionals trying to do their job." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/adobe-no-allies/ | Source: Nick Heer [06:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Adobe Has Rid Itself of Its Allies Pixel Envy [06:15] TR News "We start by making a flavor emulsion from essential oils!" https://blinry.org/diy-soft-drinks/ | Source: Blinry [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blinry.org | DIY soft drinks [06:15] TR News "On April 19, Hofmann took his experiments with LSD-25 further. He intentionally ingested 0.25 milligrams." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-first-lsd-trip-was-a-literal-bicycle-ride-83-years-ago-fans-of-the-psychedelic-celebrate-the-occasion-every-april-19-180988564/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-first-lsd-trip-was-a-literal-bicycle-ride-83-years-ago-fans-of-the-psychedelic-celebrate-the-occasion-every-april-19-180988564/ ) [06:16] TR News "Roughly 620,000 people in the Netherlands aged 15 and older have faced online threats or intimidation at least once" https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/18/dutch-insurer-unive-adds-cyberbullying-coverage-home-insurance-policies | Source: NL Times [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Dutch insurer Univ adds cyberbullying coverage to home insurance policies | NL Times [06:16] TR News "Theres something aesthetically appealing about notebooks and fountain pens. I love the feeling of resting my hands on real paper, of my pen effortlessly gliding over it." https://kedara.eu/much-disappointment-not-notebook-guy/ | Source: Ruben Verweij [06:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Much to my own disappointment, I'm not a journal-in-a-notebook-with-a-fountain-pen kind of guy - Kedara.eu [06:17] TR News "But the most amazing shots Ive seen from the trip of the Moons crater-scarred surface and those showing its proximity to, and distance from, Earth were taken on a DSLR, as widely reported." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/dslr-cameras/i-believe-nasa-sending-nikons-d5-into-space-conclusively-proves-that-dslrs-are-not-dead | Source: Digital Camera World [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | I believe NASA sending Nikons D5 into space conclusively proves that DSLRs are not dead! | Digital Camera World [06:17] TR News "But it is also a very different class of display." https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/studiodisplayxdr/ | Source: Tymscar [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.tymscar.com | The Things I Wanted to Know Before Buying Apple's Studio Display XDR :: The Tymscar Blog [06:18] TR News "All I know is that today my trackball broke, and using a normal gaming mouse to edit the podcast was torture." https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/tool-embodiment-and-the-dead-trackball/ | Source: Hackaday [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tool Embodiment And The Dead Trackball | Hackaday [06:19] TR News "They evacuate the wounded and dead, distribute food and medicine, plant mines, transport munitions, launch drones, fire projectiles, erect barricades, recover damaged vehicles" https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-17/ground-robots-push-ukraine-toward-a-robotized-infantry.html | Source: El Pas [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Ground robots push Ukraine toward a robotized infantry | International | EL PAS English [06:19] TR News "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with JTR, whose blog can be found at taonaw.com." https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/jtr | Source: Manuel Moreale [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | JTR Manu [06:19] TR News "Okay but for real though, sometimes there are turning points in life that force you to change, adapt, and grow." https://blog.orhun.dev/moving-to-berlin/ | Source: Orhun Parmaksz [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.orhun.dev | Break the loop, move to Berlin - Orhun's Blog [06:22] TR News "Thats difficult advice. In a world that moves faster with each cycle, where urgencies are prioritized and last-minute saves are celebrated, its not always welcome advice." https://seths.blog/2026/04/the-book-of-concern/ | Source: Seth Godin [06:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | The book of concern | Seth's Blog [06:23] TR News "He spent his 20s writing tax software, staying on track to hit all the life targets hed set for himself: house, kids, financial security. And then, one day, he did the math and projected forward what the next 20 years of his life would look like." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/486107/effective-altruism-job-career-advice-charity | Source: Vox [06:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to actually make a difference with your life | Vox [06:23] TR News "Its very hard to fully grasp what we just went through" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-rounding-the-moon-artemis-2-astronauts-reflect-on-the-enormity-of-the-experience-we-as-countries-and-as-humans-did-this-180988568/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [06:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-rounding-the-moon-artemis-2-astronauts-reflect-on-the-enormity-of-the-experience-we-as-countries-and-as-humans-did-this-180988568/ ) [06:24] TR News "As disturbing as some of these photos are, their existence shows that all creativity is not lost." https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/the-saddest-thing-is-that-all-photography-is-beginning-to-look-the-same-and-this-is-why-its-happening | Source: Digital Camera World [06:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | The saddest thing is that all photography is beginning to look the same, and this is why it's happening | Digital Camera World [06:24] TR News "This is Product Hunts main page today. 4 out of 5 places are taken by extremely large companies that need little promotion: Anthropic, Google, Cloudflare and Vercel." https://molodtsov.me/2026/04/we-need-a-new-product-hunt/ | Source: Yury Molodtsov [06:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-molodtsov.me | We Need a New Product Hunt [06:29] TR News Techrights Links 19/04/2026: Mass Layoffs at GAFAM Again (10% Laid Off), Azure Capacity Problems (Enshittification) https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Links_19_04_2026_Mass_Layoffs_at_GAFAM_Again_10_Laid_Off_Azure_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Links_19_04_2026_Mass_Layoffs_at_GAFAM_Again_10_Laid_Off_Azure_.gmi [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 19/04/2026: Mass Layoffs at GAFAM Again (10% Laid Off), Azure Capacity Problems (Enshittification) [06:31] TR News "GhostBSD is a desktop operating system based on FreeBSD." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12795 | Source: Distro Watch [06:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12795 ) [06:31] TR News "NetBSD took its roots from the original UCB 4.3BSD via the Net/2 release and 386BSD." https://www.netbsd.org/about/history.html | Source: NetBSD [06:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.netbsd.org | The History of the NetBSD Project [06:32] TR News "It starts with a band-aid solution that hides the problem: just turn off jiggle physics! While that works, it also affects many other models in the game" https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/how-one-line-of-tf2-code-ruined-this-simple-feature/ | Source: Hackaday [06:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How One Line Of TF2 Code Ruined This Simple Feature | Hackaday [06:32] TR News [Old] "That source code allows for more ambitious projects than have been possible thus far, Valve wrote in a blog post." https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/02/valve-releases-full-team-fortress-2-game-code-to-encourage-new-free-versions/ | Source: Ars Technica [06:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arstechnica.com | Valve releases full Team Fortress 2 game code to encourage new, free versions - Ars Technica [06:37] TR News "Now crime needs neither land nor many fighters; it just needs 'data' and 'technology'." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/experts-warning-technology-is-changing-the-methods-of-terror-and-crime-137727336.html | Source: Bhaskar English [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bhaskarenglish.in | Criminals Hack Home Devices, Disable Car Brakes | Expert Warning [06:38] TR News "The UNIVAC is a seriously weird architecture by modern standards: its got eighteen-bit words yeah, not even a power of two" https://hackaday.com/2026/04/18/what-can-you-run-on-a-1960s-univac-anything-youre-willing-to-wait-for/ | Source: Hackaday [06:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-What Can You Run On A 1960s Univac? Anything Youre Willing To Wait For! | Hackaday [06:38] TR News "Before GPS, how did aircraft navigate? One important technique was celestial navigation: navigating from the positions of the stars, planets, or the sun." https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-angle-computer.html | Source: Ken Shirriff [06:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.righto.com | The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker [06:39] TR News "Or, if youre more of an M-x person: M-x rename-buffer" https://arkoinad.com/posts/emacs_tishk3.html | Source: Abhinav Gopalakrishnan [06:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arkoinad.com | Emacs - Things I should have known #3 [06:39] TR News "Heres a look at what we've been up to and what is ahead." https://kdenlive.org/news/2026/state-2026/ | Source: Kdenlive [06:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kdenlive.org | State of Kdenlive - 2026 - Kdenlive [06:40] TR News "Even though this makes building the finished project much easier, if youre dealing with custom hardware" https://werwolv.net/posts/linux_bringup/ | Source: WerWolv [06:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werwolv.net | How to bring up the Linux Kernel on a new platform | WerWolv [06:40] TR News "The new weekly program will discuss the history of fascist takeovers" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/fighting-fascism-release/ | Source: The Nation [06:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Introducing Fighting Fascism, a New Podcast Devoted to Resisting Authoritarianism | The Nation [06:41] TR News "The US cybersecurity agency added the bug, tracked as CVE-2026-34197, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on Thursday" https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/17/cisa_tells_feds_to_patch/ | Source: The Register UK [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | CISA tells feds to patch 13-year-old Apache ActiveMQ bug The Register [06:43] TR News Copyleft is anti-hoarding, not anti-copying. Copyrights are not IP, they're about limiting the sharing, the copying, which is not theft but unauthorised replication. In that regard, copyleft is not limiting copying, it's a social contract to prevent the prevention of copying. [06:43] TR News People who say "IP" are inherently hostile towards the idea of Free software. Many are paid by anti-sharing companies such as GAFAM. [06:44] TR News "Many large technical projects aggregate blogs from multiple people and sources into a single site planet and RSS feed" https://www.rubenerd.au/planets-blog-aggregators-for-tech-projects/ | Source: Ruben Schade [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Planets: blog aggregators for tech projects [06:44] TR News "What are the roots of this Complexity? How have we arrived here?" https://binaryigor.com/modern-frontend-complexity.html | Source: Igor Roztropiski [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-binaryigor.com | Modern Frontend Complexity: essential or accidental? [06:44] TR News "This shouldn't have been a problem." https://ankursethi.com/blog/a-broken-404-template-in-django-can-swallow-your-backtraces/ | Source: Ankur Sethi [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ankursethi.com | A broken 404 template in Django can swallow your backtraces Ankur Sethi's Internet Website [06:45] TR News "I've long had precautions against comment spam and they've mostly worked" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/MyHidingCommentLink | Source: University of Toronto [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [06:45] TR News "And of course redirecting each section to the new site as I moved it." https://hyperborea.org/journal/2026/04/moving-kvibber/ | [06:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hyperborea.org | Blog Moving to KVibber.com K-Squared Ramblings [06:46] TR News "Way back in the year 2000, I bought a domain name to move my personal website from the school web server to someplace I could keep it visible after graduating. I picked Hyperborea.org" https://journal.kvibber.com/2026/04/moving-kvibber/ | [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-journal.kvibber.com | Blog Moving to KVibber.com | K-Squared Ramblings ● Apr 19 [07:27] TR News (NEW): openRuyi Linux Distribution for RISC-V https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/openRuyi_Linux_Distribution_for_RISC_V.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/openRuyi_Linux_Distribution_for_RISC_V.gmi [07:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines openRuyi Linux Distribution for RISC-V [07:37] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:53] TR News (NEW): Hello old new Projects directory! https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Hello_old_new_Projects_directory.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Hello_old_new_Projects_directory.gmi [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Hello old new Projects directory! ● Apr 19 [10:02] TR News "The principle that must remain absolutely unchanged amid all this change is the rule of law. " https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/judicial-independence-must-include-freedom-from-ai-influence-justice-nagarathna-1951255 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [10:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | Judicial Independence Must Include Freedom From AI Influence: Justice Nagarathna [10:03] TR News "I've seen lots of chatter about Fil-C recently, which pitches itself as a memory safe implementation of C/C++." https://www.corsix.org/content/simplified-model-of-fil-c | Source: Corsix [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.corsix.org | A simplified model of Fil-C [10:03] TR News "I've already spoiled the answer, which is that on the machine I care about in this case, any difference in startup time between a 'hello world' program in Rust and Go is down in the noise." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoVsRustStartupDelays | Source: University of Toronto [10:03] TR News "Compared to languages like Python or Java, C++ does not provide built-in support for stack traces in exceptions." https://werwolv.net/posts/cpp_exception_stacktraces/ | Source: WerWolv [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werwolv.net | Adding Stack Traces to C++ Exceptions | WerWolv [10:05] TR News "These are all good, proven tools. But they have something in common: they're about storage." https://blogs.perl.org/users/egor/2026/04/happy-sharing.html | Source: Perl [10:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Happy sharing | vividsnow [blogs.perl.org] [10:05] TR News "It turned out that this shift-based DFA approach was quite popular a few years ago." https://blogs.perl.org/users/chansen/2026/04/faster-utf-8-validation.html | Source: Perl [10:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Faster UTF-8 Validation | Christian Hansen [blogs.perl.org] [10:05] TR News "When you get higher dot per inch images, it can be really cool." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/fun-pictures-with-ggplot2-and-scico-packages/ | Source: Rlang [10:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fun pictures with ggplot2 and scico packages | R-bloggers [10:06] TR News "I went to design school so we should probably be expecting me to come up with more sophisticated and polished workbut in this case I dont really care." https://mattstein.com/thoughts/hand-drawn-favicons/ | Source: Matt Stein [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mattstein.com | Hand-Drawn Favicons Matt Stein [10:06] TR News "To help break out of this cycle, I've decided to remove IPv4 support on my site." https://maurycyz.com/misc/v6day/ | Source: Maury [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maurycyz.com | Taking down my site on purpose: (Maurycy's blog) [10:07] TR News "Going forward, NIST says its staff will only add datain a process called enrichmentonly for important vulnerabilities." https://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-nist-gives-up-enriching-most-cves/ | Source: RiskyBiz [10:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-risky.biz | Risky Bulletin: NIST gives up enriching most CVEs - Risky Business Media [10:07] TR News "The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is changing its criteria for determining which software flaws fall under its Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) framework" https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/nist-revamps-cve-framework-to-focus-on-high-impact-vulnerabilities | Source: Dark Reading [10:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/nist-revamps-cve-framework-to-focus-on-high-impact-vulnerabilities ) [10:07] TR News "The chilly air-conditioned Scottsdale ballroom hardly stirred while Harold Booth, program manager for NIST's National Vulnerability Database (NVD)" https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/nist-cutbacks-nvd-handling-impacts-cyber-teams | Source: Dark Reading [10:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/nist-cutbacks-nvd-handling-impacts-cyber-teams ) [10:08] TR News "Once the voting machine reps were around a table at IEEE" https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/18/dominion-sucks-actually/#just-peachy | Source: CoryDoctorow [10:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Georgias voting technology blunder (18 Apr 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [10:08] TR News "And when the obligatory university internships started, I knew: I want to work on Nyxt (finally renamed with an Y.)" https://aartaka.me/atlas.html | Source: Artyom Bologov [10:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aartaka.me | Working at Nyxt / Atlas Engineer: Thanks and Sorry [10:09] TR News "10 out of 10 for a conference, it was small but had a great atmosphere. The quality of the talks was extremely high and I ran into a lot of familiar faces." https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/bsides-groningen | Source: Arjen Wiersma [10:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.arjenwiersma.nl | BSides Groningen Arjen Wiersma [10:09] TR News "The Secret Life of Circuits is the reference I wish I had earlier in my life" https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/electronics/ | [10:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lcamtuf.coredump.cx | The Secret Life of Circuits [10:15] TR News Wine 11.7 released with DirectSound 7.1 support, VBScript improvements, MSXML updates | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/wine-11-7-released-with-directsound-7-1-support-vbscript-improvements-msxml-updates/ Source: GamingOnLinux [10:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wine 11.7 released with DirectSound 7.1 support, VBScript improvements, MSXML updates | GamingOnLinux [10:17] TR News "Youre staring at a log file with 80,000 lines. The same error repeats 600 times in a row." https://www.tecmint.com/sort-uniq-clean-count-log-entries-linux/ | Source: TecMint [10:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | sort and uniq: Clean and Count Log File Entries in Linux [10:17] TR News 168 children killed by Israel's strikes in Lebanon https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260415-168-children-killed-by-israel-s-strikes-in-lebanon [10:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260415-168-children-killed-by-israel-s-strikes-in-lebanon ) [10:20] TR News Firefox Application Security Team: Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2026 Q1 https://attackanddefense.dev/2026/04/14/Firefox-Security_and_Privacy_Newsletter_2026_Q1.html [10:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-attackanddefense.dev | Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2026 Q1 | Attack & Defense [10:21] TR News Encrypt Files on GNU/Linux with Hideout and Skip the Terminal https://fossforce.com/2026/04/encrypt-files-on-linux-with-hideout-and-skip-the-terminal/ [10:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Encrypt Files on Linux with Hideout and Skip the Terminal - FOSS Force [10:21] TR News "No Hey Hi (AI) boosterism or cryptocurrency grifters" http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2026-04-14-17-44_looking_for_work.html [10:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.sesse.net | Steinar H. Gunderson [10:22] TR News A powerful student coalition dissolved before COVID. Were rebuilding it. https://stanforddaily.com/2026/04/14/stanford-student-coalition-socc/ [10:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-stanforddaily.com | Our mission to rebuild the Students of Color Coalition [10:23] TR News 'LAbuso': Real Italian magazine cover of Israeli settler sparks online storm https://www.france24.com/en/l-abuso-real-italian-magazine-cover-of-israeli-settler-sparks-online-storm [10:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/l-abuso-real-italian-magazine-cover-of-israeli-settler-sparks-online-storm ) [10:24] TR News DeskUp Pro smart standing desk controller integrates with Home Assistant and Homey Pro Smart Home hubs https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/14/deskup-pro-smart-standing-desk-controller-integrates-with-home-assistant-and-homey-pro-smart-home-hubs/ [10:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | DeskUp Pro smart standing desk controller integrates with Home Assistant and Homey Pro Smart Home hubs - CNX Software [10:27] TR News Telenor https://www.dw.com/en/norway-s-telenor-faces-lawsuit-for-giving-junta-data-from-its-customers-in-myanmar/a-76710104 [10:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Telenor faces lawsuit for giving Myanmar junta customer data [10:28] TR News fertilizer crunch heats https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-how-farmers-adapt-as-fertilizer-crunch-heats-up/a-76705488 [10:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | How farmers are facing a fertilizer shortfall [10:31] TR News India's digital census prompts fear of hidden agenda https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-digital-census-prompts-fear-of-hidden-agendas/a-76693150 [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | India's digital census prompts fear of hidden agendas ● Apr 19 [11:00] TR News Probably perjury: seems like MJG has lied to the High Court under oath. Even loans are legally considered to be third-party funding, as per the practitioners' manuals [11:01] TR News Local Hey Hi (AI) Performance: Optimizing LLM Inference on GNU/Linux (2026 Admin Guide) https://www.fosslinux.com/155039/local-ai-performance-optimizing-llm-inference-on-linux-2026-admin-guide.htm [11:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslinux.com | Local AI Performance & Optimization (2026 Admin Guide) [11:01] TR News Scaling Reliable Infrastructure with Immutable GNU/Linux Distributions (2026 Admin Guide) https://www.fosslinux.com/155038/scaling-reliable-infrastructure-with-immutable-linux-distributions-2026-admin-guide.htm [11:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslinux.com | Immutable Linux Infrastructure Guide (2026 Guide) [11:02] TR News Mastering Local AI: How to Run Ollama on Ubuntu (2026 Guide) https://www.fosslinux.com/154629/mastering-local-ai-ollama-ubuntu.htm [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslinux.com | Mastering Local AI: How to Install Ollama on Ubuntu (2026) [11:03] TR News The Rise of Immutable Linux: Mastering NixOS (2026 Architectural Guide) https://www.fosslinux.com/154635/mastering-nixos-immutable-linux.htm [11:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslinux.com | Mastering NixOS: A Guide to Immutable Linux (2026) [11:03] TR News Linux Kernel 7.0 Released: The Complete Feature Breakdown https://www.fosslinux.com/154929/linux-kernel-7-0-new-features.htm [11:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslinux.com | Linux Kernel 7.0 Released: The Complete Feature Breakdown (2026) [11:04] TR News Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon: Every Major Change Explained https://www.fosslinux.com/154924/ubuntu-26-04-lts-resolute-raccoon-features.htm [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fosslinux.com | Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon": Every Major Change Explained (2026) [11:04] TR News Zorin OS 18.1 arrives to lure backdoored Windows users with a massive app database and Lite revival https://www.neowin.net/news/zorin-os-181-arrives-to-lure-windows-users-with-a-massive-app-database-and-lite-revival/ [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/zorin-os-181-arrives-to-lure-windows-users-with-a-massive-app-database-and-lite-revival/ ) [11:06] TR News 6 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight GUI Email Clients https://www.linuxlinks.com/lightweight-email-clients/ [11:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-6 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight GUI Email Clients - LinuxLinks [11:06] TR News U.K.s Starmer Summons U.S. Social Media Companies Over Child Safety Online https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/europe/starmer-social-media-child-safety-meta-google.html [11:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/europe/starmer-social-media-child-safety-meta-google.html ) [11:13] TR News Australian Police Speak Out After Ruby Roses Claims About Katy Perry https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/15/ruby-rose-katy-perry-claims-police-investigate/ [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/15/ruby-rose-katy-perry-claims-police-investigate/ ) [11:14] TR News IP65-rated TWOWIN T808P-G Edge Hey Hi (AI) computer features 8x GMSL2 cameras, aviation-grade M12/M16 connectors https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/16/ip65-rated-twowin-t808p-g-edge-ai-computer-features-8x-gmsl2-cameras-aviation-grade-m12-m16-connectors/ [11:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | IP65-rated TWOWIN T808P-G Edge AI computer features 8x GMSL2 cameras, aviation-grade M12/M16 connectors - CNX Software [11:15] TR News Firefox Tooling Announcements: Happy BMO Push Day! (20260415.1) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/happy-bmo-push-day-20260415-1/147960 [11:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-discourse.mozilla.org | Happy BMO Push Day! (20260415.1) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse [11:17] *rianne_ (~rianne@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [11:17] *asusbox (~rianne@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [11:20] TR News on hold https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-military-travel-rule-for-young-men-put-on-hold/live-76701957 [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany news: Lufthansa cabin crew to strike on Friday [11:21] TR News Southeast Asia https://www.dw.com/en/southeast-asia-trusts-the-eu-more-but-brussels-still-has-work-to-do/a-76721986 [11:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Trust in EU grows in Southeast Asia, but challenges remain [11:24] TR News Singapore prepares to execute man for cannabis offense https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/singapore-prepares-to-execute-man-for-cannabis-offense/ [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Singapore prepares to execute man for cannabis offense - JURIST - News [11:24] TR News Intel Core Ultra X7 358H-powered open robotics development system targets humanoid robots and autonomous vehicles https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/16/intel-core-ultra-x7-358h-powered-open-robotics-development-system-targets-humanoid-robots-and-autonomous-vehicles/ [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Intel Core Ultra X7 358H-powered open robotics development system targets humanoid robots and autonomous vehicles - CNX Software [11:25] TR News Ford Says Doug Field, Who Led Company's E.V. Push, is Leaving https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/business/ford-electric-vehicles-doug-field.html [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/business/ford-electric-vehicles-doug-field.html ) [11:29] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:30] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:33] TR News NIST shifts National Vulnerability Database to risk-based triage as CVE submissions hit record levels https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/15/nist-shifts-national-vulnerability-database-risk-based-triage-cve-submissions-hit-record-levels/ [11:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NIST shifts National Vulnerability Database to risk-based triage as CVE submissions hit record levels - SiliconANGLE [11:33] TR News NDS 2026 The Australia-US Alliance: the art of dealing with a great power https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/nds-2026-the-australia-us-alliance-the-art-of-dealing-with-a-great-power/ [11:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | NDS 2026 The Australia-US Alliance: the art of dealing with a great power | The Strategist [11:34] TR News What the Iran War Means for China https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010840169/what-the-iran-war-means-for-china.html [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | What the Iran War Means for China - The New York Times [11:35] TR News Mamdanis Wife Admits Shame Over Social Media Posts From Her Teens https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/nyregion/duwaji-interview-mamdani-wife.html [11:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/nyregion/duwaji-interview-mamdani-wife.html ) [11:35] TR News Live Nation Suffers Major Defeat to 34 States In High-Stakes Antitrust Trial Concert Giant Promises Verdict Isnt the Last Word on This Matter https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/15/live-nation-trial-jury-verdict/ [11:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/04/15/live-nation-trial-jury-verdict/ ) [11:36] TR News Former US Marine pilot loses appeal againstextradition from Australia https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/former-us-marine-pilot-loses-appeal-against-extradition-from-australia [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Former US Marine pilot loses appeal againstextradition from Australia | The Straits Times [11:37] TR News South Korea, Vietnam leaders to meet in Hanoi next week, sources say https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/south-korea-vietnam-leaders-to-meet-in-hanoi-next-week-sources-say [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean President Lee to make state visits to India and Vietnam | The Straits Times [11:38] TR News Mangosteens now more expensive than durians in Malaysia because of supply shortages https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mangosteens-now-more-expensive-than-durians-in-malaysia-because-of-supply-shortages [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Mangosteen prices soar past durians in Malaysia | The Straits Times [11:38] TR News Hourly check-ins a hassle for Malaysian civil servants working from home https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/hourly-check-ins-a-hassle-for-malaysian-civil-servants-working-from-home [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Hourly check-ins a hassle for Malaysian civil servants working from home | The Straits Times [11:38] TR News Chinas G.D.P. Stronger Than Expected, Led by Infrastructure Spending https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/business/china-economy-growth.html [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/business/china-economy-growth.html ) [11:39] TR News Soft power win for Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 for free in PNG https://rfa.org/english/pacific/2026/04/15/china-papua-new-guinea-silk-road-ark-hospital-ship/ [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Soft power win for Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 for free in PNG Radio Free Asia [11:40] TR News Q&A: Elizabeth Los MFA 15 Mistress Dispeller examines a unique solution to Chinas rising infidelity rate https://stanforddaily.com/2026/04/15/elizabeth-lo-mistress-dispeller/ [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-stanforddaily.com | Q&A: Elizabeth Lo's MFA 15 Mistress Dispeller examines a unique solution to China's rising infidelity rate [11:41] TR News Beijing top official warns of people politicising Tai Po fire to stir up chaos in Hong Kong https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/16/beijing-top-official-warns-of-people-politicising-tai-po-fire-to-stir-up-chaos-in-hong-kong/ [11:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Beijing top official warns of people 'politicising' HK fire to 'stir up chaos' [11:41] TR News Best Measurement Yet of Cosmic Expansion Confirms The Universe Has a Very Big Problem https://www.sciencealert.com/best-meaurement-yet-of-cosmic-expansion-confirms-the-universe-has-a-very-big-problem [11:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Best Measurement Yet of Cosmic Expansion Confirms The Universe Has a Very Big Problem : ScienceAlert [11:42] TR News A Quiet Region of Italy Is Hiding a Vast Reservoir of Magma https://www.sciencealert.com/a-quiet-region-of-italy-is-hiding-a-vast-reservoir-of-magma [11:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Quiet Region of Italy Is Hiding a Vast Reservoir of Magma : ScienceAlert [11:42] TR News Why You Keep Waking at 3am, According to Sleep Science https://www.sciencealert.com/why-you-keep-waking-at-3am-according-to-sleep-science [11:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why You Keep Waking at 3am, According to Sleep Science : ScienceAlert [11:43] TR News Unexpected Source of Salt May Be Raising Blood Pressure For Millions https://www.sciencealert.com/unexpected-source-of-salt-may-be-raising-blood-pressure-for-millions [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Unexpected Source of Salt May Be Raising Blood Pressure For Millions : ScienceAlert [11:43] TR News Beyond Jesus memes: Convicted Felons Christian supporters also fret about abortion, inflation https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0415/trump-jesus-leo-catholic-bishops [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Beyond Jesus memes: Trumps Christian supporters also fret about abortion, inflation - CSMonitor.com [11:44] TR News Antibiotics Can 'Inflame' Bacteria, Making Infections Harder to Treat https://www.sciencealert.com/antibiotics-can-inflame-bacteria-making-infections-harder-to-treat [11:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Antibiotics Can 'Inflame' Bacteria, Making Infections Harder to Treat : ScienceAlert [11:45] TR News Planet gone mad. NOT THE ONION: "said it would pivot its business to AI compute infrastructure, completely abandoning footwear" https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/15/seriously-footwear-brand-allbirds-says-just-transformed-ai-business/ [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Seriously? Footwear brand Allbirds says it has just transformed into an AI business - SiliconANGLE [11:46] TR News Big data centre opens in Rga, Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/16.04.2026-big-data-centre-opens-in-riga-latvia.a643155/ [11:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Big data centre opens in Rga / Article ● Apr 19 [12:01] TR News YouTube launches the Zero Shorts option: Take back control of your time https://hackwarenews.com/youtube-launches-the-zero-shorts-option-take-back-control-of-your-time/ [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hackwarenews.com | YouTube launches the "Zero Shorts" option: Take back control of your time [12:01] TR News My favourite TV theme songs https://www.rubenerd.au/my-favourite-tv-theme-songs/ [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: My favourite TV theme songs [12:02] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits mid april 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/04/18/misc-fedora-bits-mid-april-2026/ [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scrye.com | misc fedora bits mid april 2026 | Kevin's musings [12:03] TR News KDE Mega Sprint 2026 Graz https://nmariusp.blogspot.com/2026/04/kde-mega-sprint-2026-graz.html [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nmariusp.blogspot.com | KDE Mega Sprint 2026 Graz [12:03] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:05] TR News Fun pictures with ggplot2 and scico packages https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/04/fun-pictures-with-ggplot2-and-scico-packages/ [12:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fun pictures with ggplot2 and scico packages | R-bloggers [12:06] TR News State of Kdenlive - 2026 https://kdenlive.org/news/2026/state-2026/ [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kdenlive.org | State of Kdenlive - 2026 - Kdenlive [12:07] TR News Planets: blog aggregators for tech projects https://www.rubenerd.au/planets-blog-aggregators-for-tech-projects/ [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Planets: blog aggregators for tech projects [12:12] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [12:17] TR News NHS Vaccines at Risk from Chinese Fridge-Hackers https://lunduke.substack.com/p/nhs-vaccines-at-risk-from-chinese [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | NHS Vaccines at Risk from Chinese Fridge-Hackers [12:18] TR News Pluralistic: Georgia's voting technology blunder (18 Apr 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/18/dominion-sucks-actually/ [12:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Georgias voting technology blunder (18 Apr 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [12:33] TR News You Are Not Prepared to Learn the Size of Neanderthal Infants https://futurism.com/science-energy/neanderthal-infants-big [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | You Are Not Prepared to Learn the Size of Neanderthal Infants [12:34] TR News Pope vs Convicted Felon: Has the week of tension weakened the US president? https://www.france24.com/en/pope-vs-trump-has-the-week-of-tension-weakened-the-us-president [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/pope-vs-trump-has-the-week-of-tension-weakened-the-us-president ) [12:34] TR News Colombia fights female genital mutilation https://www.france24.com/en/colombia-fights-female-genital-mutilation [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/colombia-fights-female-genital-mutilation ) [12:35] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Secretly Believes That Diet Coke Kills Cancer Cells Inside the Body https://futurism.com/health-medicine/trump-diet-coke-cancer-cells [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Trump Secretly Believes That Diet Coke Kills Cancer Cells Inside the Body [12:35] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Signs Executive Order to Loosen Restrictions on Psychedelic Drugs https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/health/trump-psychedelics-ibogaine.html [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/health/trump-psychedelics-ibogaine.html ) [12:36] TR News North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles towards sea off its east coast https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-fires-suspected-ballistic-missiles-japan-says [12:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea fires ballistic missiles again, flexing muscle amid Iran war | The Straits Times [12:36] TR News Fire in Malaysia's Sabah destroys 200 homes, hundreds displaced https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/fire-in-malaysias-sabah-destroys-200-homes-hundreds-displaced [12:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Fire in Malaysia's Sabah destroys 1,000 homes, thousands displaced | The Straits Times [12:37] TR News social control media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-seeks-to-rein-in-risks-from-ai-digital-humans [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China seeks to rein in risks from AI digital humans | The Straits Times [12:38] TR News Ready for the bubble to pop; financial fraud or circular financing https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-nearly-lost-his-composure-when-pressed-on-selling-chips-to-china-youre-not-talking-to-someone-who-woke-up-a-loser [12:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang nearly lost his composure when pressed on selling chips to China Youre not talking to someone who woke up a loser | Tom's Hardware [12:39] TR News Activists Urge Boycott of Bezos Met Gala With Posters Around NYC https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/style/bezos-met-gala-boycott-posters.html [12:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/style/bezos-met-gala-boycott-posters.html ) [12:40] TR News Meanwhile, NPR is controlled by Microsoft, Bill Epsteingate and former CEO+Microsoft PR department (Connie Ballmer) [12:40] TR News so culture and media are already controlled by oligarchy [12:41] TR News Scientists Discover a Strange Arachnid Trapped in Amber 35 Million Years Ago https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-strange-arachnid-trapped-in-amber-35-million-years-ago [12:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Discover a Strange Arachnid Trapped in Amber 35 Million Years Ago : ScienceAlert [12:41] TR News These Five Quick Tricks Could Help Boost Your Memory https://www.sciencealert.com/these-five-quick-tricks-could-help-boost-your-memory [12:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-These Five Quick Tricks Could Help Boost Your Memory : ScienceAlert [12:42] TR News Mysterious Collapse Reshaped Europe 5,000 Years Ago, Scientists Say https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-collapse-reshaped-europe-5000-years-ago-scientists-say [12:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Mysterious Collapse Reshaped Europe 5,000 Years Ago, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert [12:42] TR News The 'Sound' of a Flare Erupting From The Sun Is an Unnerving Horror https://www.sciencealert.com/the-sound-of-a-flare-erupting-from-the-sun-is-an-unnerving-horror [12:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The 'Sound' of a Flare Erupting From The Sun Is an Unnerving Horror : ScienceAlert [12:42] TR News Tiny Microbes Hiding in Soil May Help Pull Rain From The Sky, Study Reveals https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-microbes-hiding-in-soil-may-help-pull-rain-from-the-sky-study-reveals [12:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tiny Microbes Hiding in Soil May Help Pull Rain From The Sky, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert [12:43] TR News City Council Wrecked in Voter Bloodbath After Allowing New Data Center https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ctiy-council-data-center [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | City Council Wrecked in Voter Bloodbath After Allowing New Data Center [12:43] TR News Democrats Warned Not to Upset Multi-Million Dollar Hey Hi (AI) Lobbyists, Even Though Itd Be a Slam Dunk With Voters https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/democrats-ai-voters [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Democrats Warned Not to Upset Multi-Million Dollar AI Lobbyists, Even Though It'd Be a Slam Dunk With Voters [12:44] TR News In accordance with international law: New Zealand defends military patrol flight near China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-defends-military-patrol-flight-near-china [12:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | In accordance with international law: New Zealand defends military patrol flight near China | The Straits Times [12:45] TR News Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/bluetooth-tracker-hidden-in-a-postcard-and-mailed-to-a-warship-exposed-its-location-a-eur5-gadget-put-a-eur500-million-dutch-ship-at-risk-for-24-hours [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location $5 gadget put a $585 million Dutch ship at risk for 24 hours | Tom's Hardware [12:45] TR News US federal court dismisses suit seeking personal information about Rhode Island voters https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/us-federal-court-dismisses-suit-seeking-personal-information-about-rhode-island-voters/ [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | US federal court dismisses suit seeking personal information about Rhode Island voters - JURIST - News [12:46] TR News Europe's far right leaders gather in Milan rally against immigration https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260418-europe-s-far-right-leaders-gather-in-milan-rally-against-immigration [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260418-europe-s-far-right-leaders-gather-in-milan-rally-against-immigration ) [12:46] TR News Tycoon 2FA Loses Phishing Kit Crown Amid Surge in Attacks https://www.securityweek.com/tycoon-2fa-loses-phishing-kit-crown-amid-surge-in-attacks/ [12:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/tycoon-2fa-loses-phishing-kit-crown-amid-surge-in-attacks/ ) [12:47] TR News 36,000 people quit Facebook (Farcebook) for six weeks and the stunning findings were just revealed https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/log-off-feel-better-study-finds-ditching-facebook-boosts-mood/ [12:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Log off, feel better? Study finds ditching Facebook boosts mood [12:48] TR News Microsoft offers $2 million sweepstake for Edge users https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-edge/microsoft-offers-usd2-million-sweepstake-for-edge-users-but-no-one-noticed-for-a-month-usd1-million-cash-mercedes-benz-cars-among-prizes-in-desperate-push-for-users [12:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft offers $2 million sweepstake for Edge users, but no one noticed for a month $1 million cash, Mercedes-Benz cars among prizes in desperate push for users | Tom's Hardware [12:48] TR News Things You Told Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot or Claude My Have Already Doomed You in Court https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/lawyer-claude-ai-chatbot [12:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Things You Told ChatGPT or Claude My Have Already Doomed You in Court [12:49] TR News The Gaza Strip grapples with a major garbage, health crisis https://www.france24.com/en/the-gaza-strip-grapples-with-a-major-garbage-health-crisis [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/the-gaza-strip-grapples-with-a-major-garbage-health-crisis ) [12:49] TR News Deadly drug overdoses in San Francisco hit chilling milestone as city leaders shrug https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/deadly-drug-overdoses-in-san-francisco-hit-chilling-milestone-as-city-leaders-shrug/ [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Deadly drug overdoses in San Francisco hit chilling milestone as city leaders shrug [12:50] TR News Pironman 5 Pro Max Review A Raspberry Pi 5 Tower PC case with integrated video and audio capabilities, optional UPS kit https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/18/pironman-5-pro-max-review-a-raspberry-pi-5-tower-pc-case-with-integrated-video-and-audio-capabilities-ups-kit/ [12:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Pironman 5 Pro Max Review - A Raspberry Pi 5 Tower PC case with integrated video and audio capabilities, optional UPS kit - CNX Software [12:50] TR News My solution for copying backups around the homelab https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/18/my-solution-for-copying-backups-around-the-homelab/ [12:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | My solution for copying backups around the homelab Dan Langille's Other Diary [12:51] TR News SNK revives the mighty Neo Geo in modern form new AES+ system plays classic games without emulation https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/snk-revives-the-mighty-neo-geo-in-modern-form-new-aes-system-plays-classic-games-without-emulation [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | SNK revives the mighty Neo Geo in modern form new AES+ system plays classic games without emulation | Tom's Hardware [12:54] *asusbox (~rianne@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [12:54] *rianne_ (~rianne@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Apr 19 [13:07] TR News disinfo: https://blog.calif.io/p/mad-bugs-even-cat-readmetxt-is-not iophk: `cat` is fine, iTerm is not ... [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.calif.io | MAD Bugs: Even "cat readme.txt" is not safe - Calif [13:08] TR News Amnesty flags growing censorship risks in Indias proposed digital media framework https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/amnesty-flags-growing-censorship-risks-in-indias-proposed-digital-media-framework/ [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Amnesty flags growing censorship risks in Indias proposed digital media framework - JURIST - News [13:08] TR News Charles Plessy: Thanks Branchable! http://charles.plessy.org/Debian/debi%C3%A2neries/merciBranchable/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-charles.plessy.org | Thanks Branchable! [13:09] TR News This Week in Science: Osteoarthritis Injections, Whale 'Speech', And Much More! https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-osteoarthritis-injections-whale-speech-and-much-more [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Week in Science: Osteoarthritis Injections, Whale 'Speech', And Much More! : ScienceAlert [13:10] TR News Seven stable kernels for Saturday https://lwn.net/Articles/1068473/ [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Seven stable kernels for Saturday [LWN.net] [13:10] TR News GhostBSD 26.1 is out https://distrowatch.com/ghostbsd [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ghostbsd ) [13:10] TR News GhostBSD 26.1 Now Based On FreeBSD 15.0, Switches to XLibre X Server https://www.phoronix.com/news/GhostBSD-26.1-R15.0p2 [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GhostBSD 26.1 Now Based On FreeBSD 15.0, Switches to XLibre X Server - Phoronix [13:11] TR News Federal advisory panel votes to protect donor privacy, narrowing scope of amicus disclosure rules https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/federal-advisory-panel-votes-to-protect-donor-privacy-narrowing-scope-of-amicus-disclosure-rules/ [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Federal advisory panel votes to protect donor privacy, narrowing scope of amicus disclosure rules - JURIST - News [13:12] TR News New Yorks Anti-Rich Current Reaches Apex With Second-Home Tax Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/nyregion/new-york-inequality-second-home-tax.html [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/nyregion/new-york-inequality-second-home-tax.html ) [13:13] TR News Growing trend worldwide: MSF worker warns of rising attacks on healthcare facilities after S Sudan hospital strike https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/19/growing-trend-worldwide-msf-worker-warns-of-rising-attacks-on-healthcare-facilities-after-s-sudan-hospital-strike/ [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | MSF worker deployed to S Sudan warns of rising attacks on healthcare facilities [13:13] TR News No signs of regime collapse as Iran weathers weeks of war https://www.france24.com/en/no-signs-of-regime-collapse-as-iran-weathers-weeks-of-war [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/no-signs-of-regime-collapse-as-iran-weathers-weeks-of-war ) [13:15] TR News Matthias Klumpp: Hello old new Projects directory! https://blog.tenstral.net/2026/04/hello-projects-directory.html [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.tenstral.net | Hello old new Projects directory! Ximions Blog [13:15] TR News Type with your voice on GNU/Linux using this Whisper-based app https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/speed-of-sound-linux-voice-typing-app [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app - OMG! Ubuntu [13:16] TR News BigLinux 2026-04-18 is out https://distrowatch.com/biglinux [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux ) [13:16] TR News ENux 5.3.1 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/enux [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/enux ) [13:17] TR News More Displaced Lebanese Head Home as Cease-Fire Is Tested https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/middleeast/lebanon-israel-cease-fire-hezbollah-un.html [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/middleeast/lebanon-israel-cease-fire-hezbollah-un.html ) [13:18] TR News Now they even REBRAND SEARCH as HEY HI. Incredibly stupid. https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/18/ai-powers-google-whats-next-google-cloud/ [13:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-As AI powers Google, whats next for Google Cloud - SiliconANGLE [13:18] TR News Synex 260418 is out https://distrowatch.com/synex [13:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/synex ) [13:19] TR News Solus 4.9 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/solus [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/solus ) [13:19] TR News Bonobo minimalist static site generator https://www.linuxlinks.com/bonobo-minimalist-static-site-generator/ [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bonobo - minimalist static site generator - LinuxLinks [13:20] TR News openRuyi GNU/Linux Distribution for RISC-V https://www.linuxlinks.com/openruyi-linux-distribution-risc-v/ [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openRuyi - Linux Distribution for RISC-V - LinuxLinks [13:22] TR News openrouteservice build route planning and spatial analysis services https://www.linuxlinks.com/openrouteservice-build-route-planning-spatial-analysis-services/ [13:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openrouteservice - build route planning and spatial analysis services - LinuxLinks [13:26] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:28] TR News unifly management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers https://www.linuxlinks.com/unifly-management-toolkit-ubiquiti-unifi-network-controllers/ [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unifly - management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers - LinuxLinks [13:29] TR News 8 Best Free and Open Source C Static Site Generators https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-c-static-site-generators/ [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-8 Best Free and Open Source C Static Site Generators - LinuxLinks [13:29] TR News GraphHopper fast, memory-efficient routing engine https://www.linuxlinks.com/graphhopper-fast-memory-efficient-routing-engine/ [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GraphHopper - fast, memory-efficient routing engine - LinuxLinks [13:29] TR News Castle Model Viewer supports 3D and 2D model formats https://www.linuxlinks.com/castle-model-viewer-supports-3d-2d-model-formats/ [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Castle Model Viewer - supports 3D and 2D model formats - LinuxLinks [13:30] TR News KDE Sprint and Grazer Linuxtage 2026 https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/04/18/kde-sprint-linuxtage-graz-2026.html [13:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.volkerkrause.eu | KDE Sprint and Grazer Linuxtage 2026 [13:32] TR News Kyiv Mass Shooting Kills 6 and Gunman Is Shot Dead After Taking Hostages in Grocery https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/europe/kyiv-ukraine-mass-shooting-hostages.html [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/world/europe/kyiv-ukraine-mass-shooting-hostages.html ) [13:33] TR News Six Killed In Daylight Shooting Incident In Kyiv, Ukrainian Officials Say https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-shooting-incident-kyiv/33735226.html [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Six Killed In Daylight Shooting Incident In Kyiv, Ukrainian Officials Say [13:33] TR News At least five dead in Kyiv shooting, suspected gunman killed https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260418-shooter-opens-fire-in-kyiv-district-several-dead-mayor-says [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260418-shooter-opens-fire-in-kyiv-district-several-dead-mayor-says ) [13:34] TR News Slackware Cloud Server Series, Episode 12: Local Hey Hi (AI) https://blog.slackware.nl/slackware-cloud-server-series-episode-12-local-ai/ [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.slackware.nl | Slackware Cloud Server Series, Episode 12: Local AI Alien Pastures [13:34] TR News PETRONAS to negotiate with Russia on oil deal: Malaysian Prime Minister https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/petronas-to-negotiate-with-russia-on-oil-deal-malaysian-prime-minister [13:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | PETRONAS to negotiate with Russia on oil deal: Malaysian Prime Minister | The Straits Times [13:35] TR News How To Install Plotly on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-plotly-fedora-43/ [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Plotly on Fedora 43 - idroot [13:35] TR News How To Install Magento on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-magento-rocky-linux-10/ [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Magento on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [13:35] TR News How to Install HTTPS Protocol on Ubuntu 26.04 https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-https-protocol-on-ubuntu-26-04/ [13:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install HTTPS Protocol on Ubuntu 26.04 | LinuxCloudVPS Blog [13:36] TR News How to Install Magento on Ubuntu 26.04 https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-magento-on-ubuntu-26-04/ [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install Magento on Ubuntu 26.04 | RoseHosting [13:36] TR News How to Install PHP 8.3 on Ubuntu 26.04 https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-php-8-3-on-ubuntu-26-04/ [13:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install PHP 8.3 on Ubuntu 26.04 | RoseHosting [13:38] TR News This Week in Linux 342: GNU/Linux 7.0, France switches to Linux, 5% on Steam, Bazzite, Anthropic AI, & more GNU/Linux news https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-342/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-342: Linux 7.0, France switches to Linux, 5% on Steam, Bazzite, Anthropic AI, & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital [13:38] TR News FOSS Forces Top Five Articles For the Week Ending April 17, 2026 https://fossforce.com/2026/04/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-april-17-2026/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | FOSS Force's Top Five Articles For the Week Ending April 17, 2026 - FOSS Force [13:43] TR News Linux Saloon 196 | GNU/Linux Native vs Universal Applications https://cubiclenate.com/2026/04/18/linux-saloon-196-linux-native-vs-universal-applications/ [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/04/18/linux-saloon-196-linux-native-vs-universal-applications/ ) [13:43] TR News git fetch vs git pull: What Is the Difference? https://linuxize.com/post/git-fetch-vs-git-pull/ [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxize.com/post/git-fetch-vs-git-pull/ ) [13:44] TR News Rust Hash Sum calculate and verify file checksums https://www.linuxlinks.com/rust-hash-sum-calculate-verify-file-checksums/ [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rust Hash Sum - calculate and verify file checksums - LinuxLinks [13:45] TR News iperf3 active measurement of network performance on IP networks https://www.linuxlinks.com/iperf3-active-measurement-network-performance/ [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-iperf3 - active measurement of network performance on IP networks - LinuxLinks [13:45] TR News rdapper performs domain registration lookups https://www.linuxlinks.com/rdapper-performs-domain-registration-lookups/ [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rdapper - performs domain registration lookups - LinuxLinks [13:46] TR News 13 Useful Free and Open Source 3D Model Viewers https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-3d-model-viewers/ [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-13 Useful Free and Open Source 3D Model Viewers - LinuxLinks [13:46] TR News UnixBench original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite https://www.linuxlinks.com/unixbench-original-byte-unix-benchmark-suite/ [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-UnixBench - original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite - LinuxLinks [13:47] TR News Dongle move around deep directory trees https://www.linuxlinks.com/dongle-move-around-deep-directory-trees/ [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dongle - move around deep directory trees - LinuxLinks [13:48] TR News 7 Best Free and Open Source Travel Planners https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-travel-planners/ [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-7 Best Free and Open Source Travel Planners - LinuxLinks [13:48] TR News Online 3D Viewer browser-based application for inspecting 3D models https://www.linuxlinks.com/online-3d-viewer-browser-based-application-inspecting-3d-models/ [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Online 3D Viewer - browser-based application for inspecting 3D models - LinuxLinks [13:48] TR News glmark2 graphics benchmark https://www.linuxlinks.com/glmark2-graphics-benchmark/ [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-glmark2 - graphics benchmark - LinuxLinks [13:50] TR News "The first point release to Zorin OS 18 is now available for download, arriving six months and some 3.3 million downloads after the original launch." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/zorin-os-18-1-released [13:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Zorin OS 18.1 released, new Lite edition available - OMG! Ubuntu [13:50] TR News Zorin OS 18.1 improves Windows app detection https://www.notebookcheck.net/Zorin-OS-18-1-improves-Windows-app-detection.1275722.0.html [13:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.notebookcheck.net/Zorin-OS-18-1-improves-Windows-app-detection.1275722.0.html ) [13:53] TR News (NEW): Why Zorin OS 18.1 is simply the best Linux distro - for anyone https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Why_Zorin_OS_18_1_is_simply_the_best_Linux_distro_for_anyone.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/15/Why_Zorin_OS_18_1_is_simply_the_best_Linux_distro_for_anyone.gmi [13:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Why Zorin OS 18.1 is simply the best Linux distro - for anyone [13:55] TR News "Those who have worked on a hobby operating system for x86 will have interacted with its rather complex and confusing interrupt model. [Evalyn] shows us why and how to use Flexible Return and Event Delivery (FRED), a new standard by the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group." https://hackaday.com/2026/04/17/fred-comes-to-hobby-operating-systems-and-linux/ [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FRED Comes To Hobby Operating Systems (and Linux) | Hackaday [13:55] TR News Linux 7.1 just killed one of dual-booting's biggest headaches https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-71-just-killed-one-of-dual-bootings-biggest-headaches/ [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Linux 7.1 just killed one of dual-booting's biggest headaches [13:56] TR News Valve Quietly Rebased Proton on Wine 11, and Linux Gaming Just Got Windows-Level Frame Pacing https://wccftech.com/valve-quietly-rebased-proton-on-wine-11-and-linux-gaming-just-got-windows-level-frame-pacing/ [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wccftech.com | Valve Quietly Rebased Proton on Wine 11, and Linux Gaming Just Got Windows-Level Frame Pacing [13:56] TR News I found out the hard way that Linux is not a dad-friendly gaming OS, and maybe neither is the PC | PC Gamer https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/i-found-out-the-hard-way-that-linux-is-not-a-dad-friendly-gaming-os-and-maybe-neither-is-the-pc/ Source: PC Gamer [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pcgamer.com | I found out the hard way that Linux is not a dad-friendly gaming OS, and maybe neither is the PC | PC Gamer [13:57] TR News France has ditched Windows 11 for Linux on 2.5 million government PCs https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/france-has-ditched-windows-11-for-linux-on-2-5-million-government-pcs-heres-why-microsoft-should-worry-that-millions-more-could-follow-by-the-end-of-2026 [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-France has ditched Windows 11 for Linux on 2.5 million government PCs here's why Microsoft should worry that millions more could follow by the end of 2026 | TechRadar [13:58] TR News Valve's Proton 11 beta unlocks more playable games and boosts performance for Steam Deck and Linux fans https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111106/valves-proton-11-beta-unlocks-more-playable-games-and-boosts-performance-for-steam-deck-and-linux-fans/index.html [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tweaktown.com | Valve's Proton 11 beta unlocks more playable games and boosts performance for Steam Deck and Linux fans ● Apr 19 [14:00] TR News Skip the tutorials and build something real: Learn Linux the easy way https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-actually-learn-linux-skip-the-tutorials-and-build-something-real/ [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | How to boost your Linux skills beyond a beginner level [14:01] TR News (NEW): Release of Wine 11.7, Valve Quietly Rebased Proton on Wine 11 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Release_of_Wine_11_7_Valve_Quietly_Rebased_Proton_on_Wine_11.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Release_of_Wine_11_7_Valve_Quietly_Rebased_Proton_on_Wine_11.gmi [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Release of Wine 11.7, Valve Quietly Rebased Proton on Wine 11 [14:02] TR News "This release also improves support for Flatpak and AUR packages." https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-1-package-manager-for-arch-linux-revamps-appimage-support [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Shelly 2.1 Package Manager for Arch Linux Revamps AppImage Support - 9to5Linux [14:03] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/today_s_howtos.gmi [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [14:04] TR News NVIDIA keeps neglecting frame gen on Linux, so I turned to this $7 alternative instead https://www.howtogeek.com/nvidia-neglecting-framegen-linux/ [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | NVIDIA keeps neglecting frame gen on Linux, so I turned to this $7 alternative instead [14:08] TR News (NEW): Games: Valve, NVIDIA, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Games_Valve_NVIDIA_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Games_Valve_NVIDIA_and_More.gmi [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Valve, NVIDIA, and More [14:09] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux and Linux Saloon https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Audiocasts_Shows_This_Week_in_Linux_and_Linux_Saloon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Audiocasts_Shows_This_Week_in_Linux_and_Linux_Saloon.gmi [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux and Linux Saloon [14:14] TR News (NEW): Standards/Consortia: NIST and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Standards_Consortia_NIST_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Standards_Consortia_NIST_and_More.gmi [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Standards/Consortia: NIST and More [14:16] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [14:18] TR News (NEW): Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Static_Site_Generators_SSG_Lefto.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Static_Site_Generators_SSG_Lefto.gmi [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) Leftovers [14:19] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [14:24] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.1.gmi [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [14:24] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Web_Browsers_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Web_Browsers_Leftovers.gmi [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Web Browsers Leftovers [14:28] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Open_Hardware_Modding_Leftovers.gmi [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers [14:31] TR News (NEW): Kernel: Linux 7.0, Linux 7.1, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Kernel_Linux_7_0_Linux_7_1_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/Kernel_Linux_7_0_Linux_7_1_and_More.gmi [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kernel: Linux 7.0, Linux 7.1, and More [14:33] TR News (NEW): BSD and GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/BSD_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/BSD_and_GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [14:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines BSD and GNU/Linux Leftovers [14:33] TR News Playnix: Boutique Linux PC released with better gaming performance than Valve Steam Machine https://www.notebookcheck.net/Playnix-Boutique-Linux-PC-released-with-better-gaming-performance-than-Valve-Steam-Machine.1276734.0.html [14:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.notebookcheck.net/Playnix-Boutique-Linux-PC-released-with-better-gaming-performance-than-Valve-Steam-Machine.1276734.0.html ) [14:34] TR News "Brave Origin Nightly now supports installation on Linux for both AMD/Intel and ARM architectures [1]." https://futurumgroup.com/insights/can-brave-origin-nightly-on-linux-shift-enterprise-browser-strategy/ [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurumgroup.com | Brave Origin Nightly Linux [14:34] TR News Steam Runs On Nintendo Switch Using Valve's Proton Linux Beta https://hothardware.com/news/steam-runs-on-nintendo-switch-using-valves-proton-linux-beta [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Runs On Nintendo Switch Using Valve's Proton Linux Beta | HotHardware [14:36] TR News Valve's Proton 11 beta boosts Linux gaming with better performance and classic game support https://www.techspot.com/news/112109-valve-proton-11-beta-boosts-linux-gaming-better.html [14:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/112109-valve-proton-11-beta-boosts-linux-gaming-better.html ) [14:42] TR News Techrights Links 19/04/2026: Introducing Fighting Fascism Podcast and Kyiv Mass Shooting https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Links_19_04_2026_Introducing_Fighting_Fascism_Podcast_and_Kyiv_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Links_19_04_2026_Introducing_Fighting_Fascism_Podcast_and_Kyiv_.gmi [14:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 19/04/2026: Introducing Fighting Fascism Podcast and Kyiv Mass Shooting [14:47] TR News "I use one-way syncing of my local content to my server with `rsync`." gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/transmissions/2026-04-18-syncing-this-capsule-with-a-makefile.gmi [14:48] TR News "I don't remember exactly what I was looking for. Probably a TUI client for a specific web service. But I found a web browser named Chawan which works in the terminal." gemini://studios-lalla.fr/gemlog/a-tui-web-browser.gmi [14:49] TR News "Initially, I was attempting a strategy of simply putting as many three star cards as possible in the telescope, while putting the low star cards in the notebook. This usually translated into having a roughly equal number of each card type (suit) in the telescope." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260417-0.gmi [14:50] TR News page after page gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/page_after_page [14:52] TR News hover gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/hover [14:52] TR News "what a lovely day! needed to run some errands in the morning and it was, unfortunately, raining. but it was a light spring rain and everything smelled really good." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20260418 [14:54] TR News The Matrix, Big Brother, and the Telescreen gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-04-18_the_metrix_big_brother_and_the_telescreen.gmi [14:56] TR News "The Shield-Captain badge slid across the scarred wooden desk and stopped just inches from Arthurs hands. It felt heavy; its pragmatic design was etched in a darkened metal that refused to shine." gemini://wallawood.space/stories/0004.gmi [14:57] TR News "Some people keep journals. I remember things like a terminal history. Not everything. Just the commands that mattered." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/SavaRocks/41701 [14:58] TR News "Through an accident, I own a copy of the instruction manual for the Hemmi 266 slide rule, but not the slide rule itself. This is an electronics slide rule produced by a Japanese company." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260418-0.gmi [14:59] TR News "The cardputer arrived today. I flashed it with ratcom (a reticulum client) from the ratspeak.org website (theres a flasher located at Downloads)." gemini://thatit.be/2026-04-13-17-59-04.gmi ● Apr 19 [15:04] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 19/04/2026: Big Brother and the Telescreen, Syncing Gemini Capsule With a Makefile https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Gemini_Links_19_04_2026_Big_Brother_and_the_Telescreen_Syncing_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Gemini_Links_19_04_2026_Big_Brother_and_the_Telescreen_Syncing_.gmi [15:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 19/04/2026: Big Brother and the Telescreen, Syncing Gemini Capsule With a Makefile ● Apr 19 [16:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [16:09] TR News Techrights EPO Cocainegate Escalates - Part I - Cocaine Abuse in Family of Campinos (Presidents Office) https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/EPO_Cocainegate_Escalates_Part_I_Cocaine_Abuse_in_Family_of_Cam.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/EPO_Cocainegate_Escalates_Part_I_Cocaine_Abuse_in_Family_of_Cam.gmi [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights EPO Cocainegate Escalates - Part I - Cocaine Abuse in Family of Campinos (Presidents Office) [16:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:22] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:22] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:42] TR News Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part I - EPO Management Talks About "Ethics" While Cocaine Users Run the Office https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_I_EPO_Management_Talks.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_I_EPO_Management_Talks.gmi [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part I - EPO Management Talks About "Ethics" While Cocaine Users Run the Office ● Apr 19 [17:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [17:01] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:01] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [17:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:48] TR News Xbox Exclusives Problem Is About To Get Worse https://screenrant.com/xbox-exclusives-problem-bad-sales/ Source: Screen Rant | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//screenrant.com/xbox-exclusives-problem-bad-sales/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-screenrant.com | Xbox Exclusives Problem Is About To Get Worse [17:57] TR News Cheeto Mussolini gutting USAID https://www.dw.com/en/international-development-aid-suffers-unprecedented-2025-dip-led-by-trump-gutting-usaid/a-76726606 [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | OECD: Development aid plummets in 2025 amid USAID gutting [17:57] TR News activist's killing https://www.dw.com/en/guinea-bissau-on-edge-after-activist-s-killing/a-76704388 [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Guinea-Bissau on edge after activist's killing [17:58] TR News Germany: Fare evasion is a crime that can send you to prison https://www.dw.com/en/germany-fare-evasion-is-a-crime-that-can-send-you-to-prison/a-76711403 [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany: Fare evasion is a crime that can send you to prison [17:59] TR News Germany news: Gas price hike higher than other EU countries https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-gas-price-hike-higher-than-other-eu-countries/live-76716252 [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany news: Gas price hike higher than other EU countries ● Apr 19 [18:00] TR News 'Dubai dream' https://www.dw.com/en/facts-vs-influencers-is-the-dubai-dream-really-over/a-76711193 [18:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Facts vs. influencers: Is the 'Dubai dream' really over? [18:01] TR News DW correspondent Alican Uludag still in custody https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-dw-correspondent-alican-uludag-still-in-custody/a-7669856 [18:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 404 @ https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-dw-correspondent-alican-uludag-still-in-custody/a-7669856 ) [18:02] TR News College Newsrooms https://www.projectcensored.org/network-resistance-lebanon-college-news/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/network-resistance-lebanon-college-news/ ) [18:03] TR News $270M payday https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/consumers-energys-sale-plan-would-turn-unprofitable-dams-into-270m-payday/ [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | Consumers Energys sale plan would turn unprofitable dams into $270M payday - Bridge Michigan [18:03] TR News Keir Starmer Energy Bill Pledge Slammed as 'Complete Scam' Amid New Tax Hikes https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/keir-starmer-energy-bill-pledge-tax-implications-1790527 [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Keir Starmer Energy Bill Pledge Slammed as 'Complete Scam' Amid New Tax Hikes | IBTimes UK [18:03] TR News US citizens beat rising energy bills with homegrown power https://www.dw.com/en/us-citizens-beat-rising-energy-bills-with-homegrown-power/a-76566780 [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Homegrown energy is slashing US energy bills [18:04] TR News Nuclear waste https://www.dw.com/en/can-small-nuclear-reactors-solve-europe-s-energy-woes/a-76623404 [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Can small nuclear reactors solve EU's energy woes? [18:04] TR News weak EV demand https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/nextstars-south-korean-parent-company-flags-1st-quarter-operating-loss-on-weak-ev-demand-9.7154464 [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | LG Energy Solution flags 1st quarter operating loss on weak EV demand | CBC News [18:10] TR News Dutch healthcare software vendor goes dark after ransomware attack https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/chipsoft_ransomware/ [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Ransomware knocks Dutch healthcare software vendor offline The Register [18:11] TR News Iowa AG files lawsuit against Change Healthcare over 2024 data breach https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cybersecurity/iowa-ag-files-lawsuit-against-change-healthcare-over-2024-data-breach/ [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cybersecurity/iowa-ag-files-lawsuit-against-change-healthcare-over-2024-data-breach/ ) [18:12] TR News Man arrested over stolen patient personal data https://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1850354-20260408.htm [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gbcode.rthk.hk | Man arrested over stolen patient personal data - RTHK [18:13] TR News Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/hackers-steal-and-leak-sensitive-lapd-police-documents/ [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents | TechCrunch [18:16] TR News A string of radio hijacks exposes a deeper broadcast weakness https://dysruptionhub.com/radio-hijacks-barix-broadcast-flaw/ [18:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dysruptionhub.com | A string of radio hijacks exposes a deeper weakness [18:27] TR News (NEW): France Got the Ball Rolling https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/France_Got_the_Ball_Rolling.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/France_Got_the_Ball_Rolling.gmi [18:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines France Got the Ball Rolling [18:42] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [18:43] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:57] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 51 Out of 200: On Perjury and What It Means to Take Third-Party Funding to Attack Reporter and His Family (in Another Continent) https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_51_Out_of_200_On_Perjury_and_What_It_Mean.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_51_Out_of_200_On_Perjury_and_What_It_Mean.gmi [18:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 51 Out of 200: On Perjury and What It Means to Take Third-Party Funding to Attack Reporter and His Family (in Another Continent) ● Apr 19 [19:41] TR News Techrights Uplifting Mood in Manchester https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Uplifting_Mood_in_Manchester.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/Uplifting_Mood_in_Manchester.gmi [19:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Uplifting Mood in Manchester ● Apr 19 [20:00] TR News (NEW): New Software for Running Tux Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/New_Software_for_Running_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/New_Software_for_Running_Tux_Machines.gmi [20:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines New Software for Running Tux Machines [20:13] TR News Techrights If You're Against War, Why Would You Pay IBM Red Hat? https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/If_You_re_Against_War_Why_Would_You_Pay_IBM_Red_Hat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/19/If_You_re_Against_War_Why_Would_You_Pay_IBM_Red_Hat.gmi [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights If You're Against War, Why Would You Pay IBM Red Hat? [20:25] TR News Good luck, have fun and don't die gemini://txt-vostfr.devloprog.org/log/good_luck.gmi [20:26] TR News Why I de-Googled gemini://larsthebear.me/why_i_degoogled.gmi [20:30] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [20:30] *liberty_box_ has quit (connection closed) [20:30] TR News Act-of-War Clauses Cloud Cyber Insurance Coverage https://www.wsj.com/pro/cybersecurity/act-of-war-clauses-cloud-cyber-insurance-coverage-fe5576c7 [20:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 401 @ https://www.wsj.com/pro/cybersecurity/act-of-war-clauses-cloud-cyber-insurance-coverage-fe5576c7 ) [20:31] TR News Lotte Card given notice of $3M penalty, business suspension over massive data breach https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-04-09/business/finance/Lotte-Card-given-notice-of-3M-penalty-business-suspension-over-massive-data-breach/2565162 [20:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Lotte Card given notice of $3M penalty, business suspension over massive data breach [20:32] TR News Ex-Meta worker investigated for downloading 30,000 private Facebook photos https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg049xz1ygo [20:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.com | Ex-Meta worker investigated for downloading private Facebook photos [20:32] TR News Capita under investigation after workers hit by pensions data breach https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/pensions/news/capita-hit-by-data-breach-again/ [20:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/pensions/news/capita-hit-by-data-breach-again/ ) [20:33] TR News A hacker has allegedly breached one of Chinas supercomputers and is attempting to sell a trove of stolen data https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/08/china/china-supercomputer-hackers-hnk-intl [20:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edition.cnn.com | A hacker has allegedly breached one of Chinas supercomputers and is attempting to sell a trove of stolen data | CNN [20:34] TR News 86% of businesses refused to pay cyber ransoms in 2025 Coalition Insurance https://www.theactuary.com/2026/04/09/86-businesses-refused-pay-cyber-ransoms-2025 [20:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.theactuary.com/2026/04/09/86-businesses-refused-pay-cyber-ransoms-2025 ) [20:35] TR News Trumps Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers Medical Records https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-opm-federal-workers-medical-records-privacy/ [20:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kffhealthnews.org | Trumps Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers Medical Records - KFF Health News [20:38] TR News Silent Ransom Group leaked another big law firm: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe https://databreaches.net/2026/04/10/silent-ransom-group-leaked-another-big-law-firm-orrick-herrington-sutcliffe/ [20:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://databreaches.net/2026/04/10/silent-ransom-group-leaked-another-big-law-firm-orrick-herrington-sutcliffe/ ) [20:39] TR News Brockton Hospital still dealing with aftermath of ransomware attack https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/brockton-hospital-still-dealing-with-aftermath-cybersecurity-incident/MW3LYVYCZJEYXHFTDUK2YK2L54/ [20:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.boston25news.com | This website is unavailable in your location. Boston 25 News [20:40] TR News black bear found dead on Sunshine Coast road https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/large-black-bear-found-dead-on-sunshine-coast-9.7160600 [20:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | 'Breaks my heart': Investigation launched after black bear found dead on Sunshine Coast road | CBC News [20:41] TR News mobile home park https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vernon-bc-mobile-home-park-no-power-9.7160291 [20:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Residents of Vernon mobile home park without power indefinitely | CBC News ● Apr 19 [22:10] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Apr 19 [23:37] TR News (NEW): GIMP 3.2.4 Improves Text and Crop Tools, PDF Export, PSD Import, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/GIMP_3_2_4_Improves_Text_and_Crop_Tools_PDF_Export_PSD_Import_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/04/19/GIMP_3_2_4_Improves_Text_and_Crop_Tools_PDF_Export_PSD_Import_a.gmi [23:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GIMP 3.2.4 Improves Text and Crop Tools, PDF Export, PSD Import, and More ● Apr 19 [01:21] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has left #techpol (Leaving) ● Apr 19 [04:55] TR News Long before the war, ASPIs Critical Tech Tracker showed Irans military research efforts https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/long-before-the-war-aspis-critical-tech-tracker-showed-irans-military-research-efforts/ [04:55] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Long before the war, ASPIs Critical Tech Tracker showed Irans military research efforts | The Strategist [04:55] TR News U.S. Applies Little Pressure to Israel to Stop the Fighting in Lebanon https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/asia/israel-lebanon-us-talks-trump.html [04:55] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/asia/israel-lebanon-us-talks-trump.html ) [04:56] TR News HRW warns strikes on Iran oil depots may cause long-term environmental harm https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/group-warns-strikes-on-iran-oil-depots-may-cause-long-term-environmental-harm/ [04:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | HRW warns strikes on Iran oil depots may cause long-term environmental harm - JURIST - News ● Apr 19 [05:02] TR News "Neither Impeachment Nor the 25th Amendment Offers Remedies for Removing Donald Trump" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-magic-bullet-delusion/ [05:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-magic-bullet-delusion/ ) [05:02] TR News "French Town Accused of Islamophobia Suffers Goat Rape Crisis; who are we to judge their culture? Allah's Willing Executioners" https://medforth.biz/french-town-accused-of-islamophobia-suffers-goat-rape-crisis-who-are-we-to-judge-their-culture/ [05:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol-medforth.biz | French Town Accused of Islamophobia Suffers Goat Rape Crisis; who are we to judge their culture? Allah's Willing Executioners [05:03] TR News "Paula White Claims Opposing Donald Trump Is Equivalent to 'Saying No to God' in Stance on White House Faith Office | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/paula-white-cain-trump-faith-office-controversy-1792387 [05:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Paula White Claims Opposing Donald Trump Is Equivalent to 'Saying No to God' in Stance on White House Faith Office | IBTimes UK [05:04] TR News original antifascists https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/04/16/army-veteran-tasked-with-prosecuting-nazi-death-squads-awarded-congressional-gold-medal/ [05:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.armytimes.com | Army veteran tasked with prosecuting Nazi death squads awarded Congressional Gold Medal [05:04] TR News "Trump Still Pretending The Most Dangerous Domestic Terrorists Are People Who Dont Like Fascism | Techdirt" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/17/trump-still-pretending-the-most-dangerous-domestic-terrorists-are-people-who-dont-like-fascism/ [05:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Trump Still Pretending The Most Dangerous Domestic Terrorists Are People Who Dont Like Fascism | Techdirt [05:05] TR News "Catholics in Trump Administration Are Stuck Amid Pope Leo XIV Attacks" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/catholics-trump-administration-pope-leo-xiv-attacks-1235549717/ [05:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rollingstone.com | Catholics in Trump Administration Are Stuck Amid Pope Leo XIV Attacks [05:05] TR News "US Quietly Renews Russian Oil Waiver Amid Market Turmoil, Policy Confusion" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-oil-sanctions-waiver-treasury-iran/33735009.html [05:07] TR News "The Real Reason Trump Hates Pope Leo: He Wants to Take His Place | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-pope-leo-attacks/ [05:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | The Real Reason Trump Hates Pope Leo: He Wants to Take His Place | The Nation [05:08] TR News "The GOP Wants Alito Outbut Not Because Hes Evil | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/newsletter-alito-retirement-thune/ [05:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | The GOP Wants Alito Outbut Not Because Hes Evil | The Nation [05:08] TR News "How Trump Keeps Getting Away With Blasphemy | The Nation" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/donald-trump-jesus-image/ [05:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | How Trump Keeps Getting Away With Blasphemy | The Nation [05:08] TR News "How the Iran war has changed perceptions of American power - CSMonitor.com" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2026/0417/iran-war-trump-american-power-perceptions [05:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-How the Iran war has changed perceptions of American power - CSMonitor.com [05:09] TR News "Watching Pope Leo school Donald Trump is a blessed sight" https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/watching-pope-leo-school-trump-is-a-blessed-sight-20260419-p5zp31.html [05:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theage.com.au | Watching Pope Leo school Donald Trump is a blessed sight [05:09] TR News "Pope Leo XIV says 'not in my interest at all' to debate Donald Trump | CBC News" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-leo-not-debating-trump-9.7169268 [05:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.cbc.ca | Pope Leo XIV says 'not in my interest at all' to debate Donald Trump | CBC News [05:09] TR News "Unintended debate: Pope Leo speaks out against tyranny, exploitation on Angola visit - RTL Today" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/pope-arrives-in-angola-on-africa-tour-overshadowed-by-trump-150265184 [05:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-today.rtl.lu | Unintended debate: Pope Leo speaks out against tyranny, exploitation on Angola visit - RTL Today [05:10] TR News "Micah P. Hinson: The United States is full of nationalists and Christian fanatics trying to kick everyone out | EPS | EL PAS English" https://english.elpais.com/eps/2026-04-18/micah-p-hinson-the-united-states-is-full-of-nationalists-and-christian-fanatics-trying-to-kick-everyone-out.html [05:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-english.elpais.com | Micah P. 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[05:42] TR News "Its not a new concern, of course. Weak mockery of Nazi leaders may have allowed Germans to let off steam while the regime solidified its power." https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/17/trump-comedy-political-humor-clownwashing | Source: The Guardian UK [05:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Packaging evil into something funny: is making fun of Trump now just clownwashing? | Comedy | The Guardian [05:43] TR News "The 25th Amendment was added to the US Constitution in 1967 to clarify procedures when a president or vice president is unable to continue in office" https://www.dw.com/en/can-the-25th-amendment-remove-donald-trump-from-office/a-76835018 | Source: Deutsche Welle [05:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dw.com | Can the 25th Amendment remove Donald Trump from office? [05:43] TR News "But now Kyiv appears to have given up on the United States." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/ukraine-trump-us-oil-russia/686854/ | Source: The Atlantic [05:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump - The Atlantic [05:43] TR News "ProPublicas description of the previously unreported meeting comes from several people who were in the room or were briefed on the gathering." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/17/inside-trumps-effort-to-take-over-the-midterm-elections/ | Source: Techdirt [05:43] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Inside Trumps Effort To Take Over The Midterm Elections | Techdirt [05:44] TR News "Ferencz, who died in 2023 at the age of 103, was just 27 with no previous trial experience when he became chief prosecutor" https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/04/16/army-veteran-tasked-with-prosecuting-nazi-death-squads-awarded-congressional-gold-medal/ | Source: Sightline Media Group [05:44] TR News "Shushnar highlighted how the YFQ-44A is designed to be easy to maintain with a small crew compared to traditional unmanned aerial vehicles" https://www.c4isrnet.com/industry/techwatch/2026/04/17/air-force-unit-executes-test-of-andurils-semiautonomous-combat-drone/ | Source: C4ISRNET [05:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.c4isrnet.com | Air Force unit executes test of Andurils semiautonomous combat drone [05:45] TR News "In Hungarys election, Pter Magyar rallied urban white-collar workers, business figures excluded from state patronage networks, intellectuals, and youth." https://jacobin.com/2026/04/hungary-election-orban-magyar-illiberalism/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [05:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | What Viktor Orbns Downfall Hasnt Settled [05:45] TR News "More than a year ago I interviewed my old friend and colleague Kim Lane Scheppele, a constitutional scholar who speaks Hungarian and knows Hungary" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/kim-lane-scheppele-on-hungary | Source: Paul 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Straits Times [11:37] TR News South Korea, Vietnam leaders to meet in Hanoi next week, sources say https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/south-korea-vietnam-leaders-to-meet-in-hanoi-next-week-sources-say [11:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean President Lee to make state visits to India and Vietnam | The Straits Times [11:39] TR News Soft power win for Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 for free in PNG https://rfa.org/english/pacific/2026/04/15/china-papua-new-guinea-silk-road-ark-hospital-ship/ [11:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rfa.org | Soft power win for Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 for free in PNG Radio Free Asia [11:41] TR News Beijing top official warns of people politicising Tai Po fire to stir up chaos in Hong Kong https://hongkongfp.com/2026/04/16/beijing-top-official-warns-of-people-politicising-tai-po-fire-to-stir-up-chaos-in-hong-kong/ [11:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Beijing top official warns of people 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missiles towards sea off its east coast https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-fires-suspected-ballistic-missiles-japan-says [12:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea fires ballistic missiles again, flexing muscle amid Iran war | The Straits Times [12:44] TR News In accordance with international law: New Zealand defends military patrol flight near China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-defends-military-patrol-flight-near-china [12:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | In accordance with international law: New Zealand defends military patrol flight near China | The Straits Times [12:46] TR News Europe's far right leaders gather in Milan rally against immigration https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260418-europe-s-far-right-leaders-gather-in-milan-rally-against-immigration [12:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ 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