●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 ●● ● May 20 [00:30] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● May 20 [02:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [02:16] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:22] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:29] *croissant (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [02:37] *croissant` (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [02:39] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-190526.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-190526.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-190526.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-190526.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-05-19.txt ● May 20 [03:45] TR News "I am, and always have been, an avid hiker and lover of everything outdoors. It really doesn't matter what, exactly -- hiking, climbing, fishing, kayaking, gardening, etc. If it's outdoors, I love it." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/planning.gmi [03:46] TR News "My favourite piece of wisdom from the permacomputing community is the honest admission that a mere mortal cannot build something on their own as complex as an operating system or browser engine." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/foss-fiefdom.gmi [03:47] TR News "I was carrying a Canon R6. Almost everyone was taking photos all around, but almost everyone was using their phones. I didnt see any other big cameras." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/05/19/bigcamera/ [03:48] TR News "wasn't sure how to report on this. should it be just about the items entering my house? or general spending behavior?" gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/purchases [03:49] TR News starvation gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/starvation [03:53] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:53] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [03:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [03:53] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_May_19_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_May_19_2026.gmi [03:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 [03:55] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:58] TR News iophk: Here is a useful article about strikes, https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/on-the-lirr-picket-line One like that about SUEPO would be fantastic, if one can wish [03:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hamiltonnolan.com | On the LIRR Picket Line - by Hamilton Nolan [03:58] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 20/05/2026: Fall of an Empire, "High Tech is a Social Exercise", and Big Cameras https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Gemini_Links_20_05_2026_Fall_of_an_Empire_High_Tech_is_a_Social.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Gemini_Links_20_05_2026_Fall_of_an_Empire_High_Tech_is_a_Social.gmi [03:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 20/05/2026: Fall of an Empire, "High Tech is a Social Exercise", and Big Cameras ● May 20 [04:15] TR News The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVIII - European Patent Office (EPO) Guidebook Says Report Crimes Committed on EPO Premises. Some Did, But President Campinos Covers up for the Culprits. https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXVIII_European_Patent.shtml [04:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVIII - European Patent Office (EPO) Guidebook Says Report Crimes Committed on EPO Premises. Some Did, But President Campinos Covers up for the Culprits. [04:20] TR News Perl compromised or attacked by Microsoft; see comment in http://techrights.org/o/2020/05/05/gnuhub-pt-2/index.shtml this did NOT age well, as the project perl outsources way too much to GitHub [04:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft GNU-Hub (Part 2) [04:21] TR News iophk: as mentioned, Microsoft has been aggressively attacking Perl for years and now has subverted many in key development positions [04:28] TR News Techrights In Wall Street, Financial Difficulties Drive Shares Up https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/In_Wall_Street_Financial_Difficulties_Drive_Shares_Up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/In_Wall_Street_Financial_Difficulties_Drive_Shares_Up.gmi [04:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Wall Street, Financial Difficulties Drive Shares Up [04:38] TR News Techrights LinkedIn Communications Reveal That LinkedIn - Like GitHub - Will Vanish Inside the Belly of Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/LinkedIn_Communications_Reveal_That_LinkedIn_Like_GitHub_Will_V.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/LinkedIn_Communications_Reveal_That_LinkedIn_Like_GitHub_Will_V.gmi [04:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights LinkedIn Communications Reveal That LinkedIn - Like GitHub - Will Vanish Inside the Belly of Microsoft [04:48] TR News iophk: Instead of making the browser better... https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/19/firefox-151-helps-you-edit-pdfs-and-switch-oses/5242888 [04:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Firefox 151 helps you edit PDFs and switch OSes [04:50] TR News Web browsers are editors (remember Netscape?). No, not editors of Web pages. But of PDFs. Why doesn't Firefox have a built-in GIMP already? [04:50] TR News "Don't download LibreOffice. Firefox is better." ● May 20 [05:14] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 82 Out of 200: British Government Intervenes in the SLAPPs by Brett Wilson LLP https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_82_Out_of_200_British_Government_Interven.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_82_Out_of_200_British_Government_Interven.gmi [05:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 82 Out of 200: British Government Intervenes in the SLAPPs by Brett Wilson LLP [05:35] TR News (NEW): The Glass Half Full https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/The_Glass_Half_Full.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/The_Glass_Half_Full.gmi [05:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The Glass Half Full [05:49] TR News (NEW): Kubuntu vs. Fedora KDE: Which KDE Plasma distro is right for you? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Kubuntu_vs_Fedora_KDE_Which_KDE_Plasma_distro_is_right_for_you.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Kubuntu_vs_Fedora_KDE_Which_KDE_Plasma_distro_is_right_for_you.gmi [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kubuntu vs. Fedora KDE: Which KDE Plasma distro is right for you? [05:57] TR News Techrights Web Browsers Are for Rendering Web Page, They Shouldn't Become PDF Editors https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Web_Browsers_Are_for_Rendering_Web_Page_They_Shouldn_t_Become_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Web_Browsers_Are_for_Rendering_Web_Page_They_Shouldn_t_Become_P.gmi [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Web Browsers Are for Rendering Web Page, They Shouldn't Become PDF Editors ● May 20 [06:03] TR News "Starting May 19, tech platforms in the US will have to comply with the Take It Down Act. Heres how more than a dozen major platforms are handling takedown demands for your nonconsensual nudes." https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-remove-nudes-take-it-down-act/ | Source: Wired [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law | WIRED [06:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [06:10] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:15] TR News (NEW): Planet KDE: Smoke tests for fun and profit https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Planet_KDE_Smoke_tests_for_fun_and_profit.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Planet_KDE_Smoke_tests_for_fun_and_profit.gmi [06:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Planet KDE: Smoke tests for fun and profit [06:18] TR News Firefox adds PDF support.. for editing .... "instead of supporting open video codecs in the browser" https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/25/GAFAM_Mozilla_Removes_Theora_Support_Now_GNU_Needs_to_Re_encode.shtml "That is something even Vint Cerf made a general warning about nearly 10 years ago" - iophk https://www.itnews.com.au/news/internet-is-losing-its-memory-cerf-495854 [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GAFAM Mozilla Removes Theora Support, Now GNU Needs to Re-encode Videos [06:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.itnews.com.au | Internet is losing its memory: Cerf - iTnews [06:19] TR News (NEW): Zenclora Debian-based desktop Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Zenclora_Debian_based_desktop_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Zenclora_Debian_based_desktop_Linux_distribution.gmi [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Zenclora Debian-based desktop Linux distribution [06:27] TR News "Democrats dont at the moment have the power" https://www.theverge.com/policy/934112/live-nation-ticketmaster-democrats-doj-settlement | Source: The Verge [06:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Democrats preview how theyd go after the Ticketmaster settlement if they regain power | The Verge [06:28] TR News "Last Thursday, NASA issued a final Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network." https://insidetowers.com/nasa-draws-on-industry-for-mars-telecommunications-network/ | Source: Inside Towers [06:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | NASA Draws on Industry for Mars Telecommunications Network - Inside Towers [06:29] TR News "Edmund Pettus, the man whose name is emblazoned in steel across the bridge's heavy support beams, was a Confederate officer and, after the South lost the war" https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-05-19-rebel-spirit/ | Source: Dan Sinker [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Zombie Revival of Dead Confederates | dansinker.com [06:29] TR News "At issue in the strike is a relatively small gap between the raise percentage requested by the unions and the raise percentage that New York state is willing to pay" https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/on-the-lirr-picket-line | Source: Hamilton Nolan [06:30] TR News "True to its word, after two weeks" https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/18/dutch-cops-shame-games-nets-74-wanted-fraudsters/5241980 | Source: The Register UK [06:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Dutch cops shame games nets 74 wanted fraudsters [06:33] TR News "The orders came in two cases, Turtle Mountain Band v. Howe, where the lower court backed Gorsuchs attempt to further neutralize the VRA" https://www.vox.com/politics/489134/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-mostly-dead | Source: Vox [06:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Supreme Courts surprisingly timid new Voting Rights Act decisions | Vox [06:51] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:52] TR News "In its recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court claimed it was refining the framework established in Gingles." https://washingtonspectator.org/roberts-court-has-turned-voting-rights-act-on-its-head/ | Source: The Washington Spectator [06:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://washingtonspectator.org/roberts-court-has-turned-voting-rights-act-on-its-head/ ) [06:53] TR News "Cherokee Nation plans to open a residential and intensive outpatient treatment center in Tahlequah, where the tribe is headquartered." https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/05/cherokee-nation-integrates-culture-into-new-treatment-center-built-with-opioid-settlement-funds.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC [06:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/05/cherokee-nation-integrates-culture-into-new-treatment-center-built-with-opioid-settlement-funds.html ) [06:56] TR News (NEW): Mageia 10 RC1Mageia 10 RC1 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Mageia_10_RC1Mageia_10_RC1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Mageia_10_RC1Mageia_10_RC1.gmi [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mageia 10 RC1Mageia 10 RC1 ● May 20 [07:03] TR News "Hes accomplishing that with a careful amalgamation of Hawaiian-sounding shell companies, through which hes sued hundreds of descendants of Native Hawaiian land owners, per HR News" https://futurism.com/future-society/mark-zuckerberg-bully-native-hawaiians | Source: Futurism [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Mark Zuckerberg Used Shell Companies to Bully Native Hawaiians [07:04] TR News "Ugurchiev separately addressed the issue of womens appearance. He stated that men were obliged to monitor how their female relatives dress and should not allow women to walk without hijab or with their hair uncovered." https://oc-media.org/ingush-imam-rails-on-men-wearing-short-sleeved-shirts-and-insufficient-control-over-women/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-oc-media.org | Ingush imam rails on men wearing short-sleeved shirts and insufficient control over women [07:13] TR News "Chow Hang-tung, a former leader of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China" https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/19/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-activist-urges-court-to-safeguard-dignity-bottom-line-of-law-in-national-security-trial/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 429 @ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/19/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil-activist-urges-court-to-safeguard-dignity-bottom-line-of-law-in-national-security-trial/ ) [07:14] TR News "CBS refused to renew his contract, and you know exactly why: He mocked and criticized Trump." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/farewell-and-thank-you-stephen-colbert | Source: Robert Reich [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Farewell and Thank You, Stephen Colbert - Robert Reich [07:14] TR News "Sasha has never criticised her father publicly and has never expressed support for Trump. The image is AI-generated and the quotes are fabricated." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sasha-obama-maga-hat-fake-news-1797780 | Source: International Business Times [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Sasha Obama DID NOT Denounce Barack Obama's Presidency After Declaring Support For Donald Trump | IBTimes UK [07:15] TR News (NEW): Read More: https://www.bgr.com/2172983/linux-vs-windows-which-better-pc/Linux Vs. Windows: Which Is Better For Your PC? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Linux_Vs_Windows_Which_Is_Better_For_Your_PC.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Linux_Vs_Windows_Which_Is_Better_For_Your_PC.gmi [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bgr.com | Linux Vs. Windows: Which Is Better For Your PC? [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Read More: https://www.bgr.com/2172983/linux-vs-windows-which-better-pc/Linux Vs. Windows: Which Is Better For Your PC? [07:16] TR News "Using the Bayesian model described here we can estimate a latent confidence in Congress factor for each birth cohort over time." https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2026/05/19/confidence-in-institutions/ | Source: Allen Downey [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.allendowney.com | Confidence in Institutions - Probably Overthinking It [07:16] TR News "I am not a historian. I'm sure this is all very simplistic and reductive." https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-05-19 | Source: Dr Molly Tov [07:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-drmollytov.smol.pub | i'm sure we can learn nothing from the fall of the roman empire [07:17] TR News "A few thoughts on how the modern economy has stopped rewarding people who know what they are doing, and started rewarding people who know how to look like they do." https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/the-rise-of-the-bullshittery/ | Source: [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xn--gckvb8fzb.com | . The Rise of the Bullshittery [07:17] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [07:17] TR News "AI native design structures" https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/19/meta-shifts-7000-employees-four-new-ai-units-ahead-mass-layoffs/ | Source: Silicon Angle [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Meta shifts 7,000 employees into four new AI units ahead of mass layoffs - SiliconANGLE [07:19] TR News "Announced 26 days ago on April 23rd via an internal memo, Meta said it was slashing about 10 percent of the companys 78,000 employees, and closing around 6,000 open job postings" https://futurism.com/future-society/mark-zuckerberg-cruel-game-meta-employees | Source: Futurism [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Mark Zuckerberg Has Been Playing a Cruel Game With Meta Employees [07:21] TR News "Launching today at internetfreedom.torproject.org and as an Onion Service, the campaign is the first-ever Web3-native crowdfunding initiative dedicated to the internet freedom ecosystem. " https://blog.torproject.org/fund-internet-freedom/ | Source: Tor [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | A new way to fund internet freedom | The Tor Project [07:21] TR News (NEW): Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS, even if Windows owns the Steam charts https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Microsoft_should_be_terrified_of_SteamOS_even_if_Windows_owns_t.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Microsoft_should_be_terrified_of_SteamOS_even_if_Windows_owns_t.gmi [07:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS, even if Windows owns the Steam charts [07:23] TR News "The decision is conditional, as the city still requires the Finnish state to cover some 30 percent of the tram's construction costs" https://yle.fi/a/74-20226698 | Source: Yle [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Turku city council votes 36-31 in favour of building tram network | Yle News | Yle [07:23] TR News "Ruble-based digital currency would help Moscow evade international banking sanctions imposed after it invaded Ukraine" https://adf-magazine.com/2026/05/russia-launches-crypto-scheme-in-africa/ | Source: ADF [07:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | Russia Launches Crypto Scheme in Africa - Africa Defense Forum [07:25] TR News "His organization filed an objection to the proposed change in water use for the data center, raising concerns including about groundwater and the feasibility of the project" https://www.western-water.com/2026/05/19/utah-law-narrows-data-center-water-protests/ | Source: Western Water [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.western-water.com | Utah law narrows data center water protests | Western Water [07:25] TR News "But another source of urban heat receives much less attention: traffic." https://theconversation.com/how-traffic-makes-cities-warmer-283195 | Source: The Conversation [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | How traffic makes cities warmer [07:26] TR News (NEW): Pigeon: A Love Story - A catcalling game https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Pigeon_A_Love_Story_A_catcalling_game.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Pigeon_A_Love_Story_A_catcalling_game.gmi [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Pigeon: A Love Story - A catcalling game [07:28] TR News Overpopulation https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-built-a-site-to-ensure-fair-access-to-public-lands-then-everything-went-wrong/ | Source: Wired [07:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The US Built a Site to Ensure Fair Access to Public Lands. Then Everything Went Wrong | WIRED [07:34] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:34] TR News "Jamatu Ahlis Sunna Liddaawati wal-Jihad (JAS) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have fought for control of the forest since Boko Haram split into the two factions in 2016." https://adf-magazine.com/2026/05/boko-haram-and-iswap-fight-for-control-of-sambisa-forest/ | Source: ADF [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | NO TITLE [07:34] TR News "The remote region has been gripped by an Islamist extremist insurgency since 2009, first by Boko Haram, then its offshoot and rival, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)." https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260519-joint-nigeria-us-strikes-kill-175-islamic-state-group-fighters-both-militaries-say | Source: France24 [07:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260519-joint-nigeria-us-strikes-kill-175-islamic-state-group-fighters-both-militaries-say ) [07:35] TR News "Blanche is Trump's former criminal defense lawyer." https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/trump-taxes-irs-doj-fund.html | Source: CNBC [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnbc.com | Trump tax returns get protection from IRS under fund settlement [07:35] TR News "The nine-page settlement agreement DOJ released Monday, setting up a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of alleged weaponization of law enforcement" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/trump-irs-settlement-tax-returns-00927911 | Source: Politico LLC [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/trump-irs-settlement-tax-returns-00927911 ) [07:35] TR News "Settlement bars IRS from auditing Trump, relatives or companies for past tax years" https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-irs-settlement-forever-bars-audits-into-tax-claims-trump-his-family-2026-05-19/ | Source: Reuters [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 401 @ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-irs-settlement-forever-bars-audits-into-tax-claims-trump-his-family-2026-05-19/ ) [07:36] TR News "forever barred" https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/irs-forever-barred-investigating-trump-doj-expands-settlement-tax-returns-lawsuit | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [07:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | IRS Forever Barred From Investigating Trump After DOJ Expands Settlement - NOTUS News of the United States [07:36] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:36] TR News "Now, six months later, its hard to imagine such elation after an election" https://truthout.org/articles/gutting-voting-rights-act-is-just-first-step-in-far-right-plan-to-end-democracy/ | Source: TruthOut [07:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Gutting Voting Rights Act Is Just First Step in Far Right Plan to End Democracy | Truthout [07:36] TR News "Far-right activists in Britain are increasingly adopting the rhetoric of Christian nationalism. Yet while they look to American churches for an example..." https://jacobin.com/2026/05/reform-uk-christian-nationalism-ethnicity | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Christian Nationalism Has Arrived in Britain [07:37] TR News "Whales and other large crypto holders are increasingly becoming targeted by criminals for kidnapping and coercion" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/physical-attacks-against-crypto-holders-including-kidnap-and-assault-up-75-percent-in-2025-72-confirmed-incidents-see-usd41-million-lost-real-number-likely-higher | Source: Tom's Hardware [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Physical attacks against crypto holders, including kidnap and assault, up 75% in 2025 72 confirmed incidents see $41 million lost, real number likely higher | Tom's Hardware [07:37] TR News "Donald Trump just stole over A BILLION DOLLARS from you and me and every other taxpayer. And hes using it to reward cronies and criminals who committed violence on his behalf." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-just-stole-your-money | Source: Robert Reich [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Trump Just Stole Your Money! - Robert Reich [07:38] TR News "Our democracy is disappearing right before our eyes." https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-chicks-natalie-maines-slams-trump-slush-fund-1235565893/ | Source: Rolling Stone [07:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | The Chicks' Natalie Maines Slams Trump After Creation of Slush Fund [07:38] TR News "The IRS lawsuit would have been thrown out of court if Trump had not dismissed the case. Trump controls the IRS and the Treasury Department." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/january-6-slush-fund/ | Source: The Nation [07:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Trump Just Created a White Grievance Reparations Fund | The Nation [07:39] TR News "Just to be clear, if youre a U.S. taxpayer, this action means that almost $1.8 billion of your money will be handed out to whomever a panel appointed by Donald Trump decides to reward" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-looting-of-america | Source: Paul Krugman [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | The Looting of America - Paul Krugman [07:40] TR News "Now, were pleased to share Senator Kellys remarks from the RDI Heroes of Democracy Gala: [...]" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/sen-mark-kelly-thats-not-how-this | Source: The Next Move [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenextmove.org | Sen. Mark Kelly: Thats Not How This Country Works [07:41] TR News "Object permanence" https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/19/shes-dead-of-course/#consensus-hallucination | Source: CoryDoctorow [07:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Theres no such thing as age verification (19 May 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [07:41] TR News "Whether Signal is crying wolf or simply believes the laws in those countries are strong enough to prevent mandated backdoors is a good question." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/bill-c-22-can-be-corrected/ | Source: Nick Heer [07:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pxlnv.com | Bill C22 Can Be Corrected Pixel Envy [07:42] TR News "Offering examples of these social engineering campaigns" https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/poland-builds-its-own-signal-amid-security-concerns/5241824 | Source: The Register UK [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Poland builds its own Signal amid security concerns [07:42] TR News "We're suing DHS and ICE to reveal their efforts to unmask online critics, creating privacy-enhancing free software" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/your-privacy-shouldnt-be-corporate-decision | Source: EFF [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Your Privacy Shouldn't Be A Corporate Decision | Electronic Frontier Foundation [07:43] TR News "The rocket companys private valuation shot up to over $1 trillion after it acquired xAI last year." https://www.wired.com/story/ex-openai-staffers-warn-spacex-investors-of-ai-safety-risks/ | Source: Wired [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Former OpenAI Staffers Warn That xAIs Poor Safety Record Could Complicate SpaceXs IPO | WIRED [07:43] TR News "The US Postal Service promises to deliver mail to rural areas where private carriers wont extend service because it isnt profitable." https://jacobin.com/2026/05/usps-amazon-rural-mail-privatization | Source: Jacobin Magazine [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Amazon Is Bleeding the Post Office Dry [07:44] TR News Windows TCO: "Its nasty, but it requires physical access to the computer: [...]" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/zero-day-exploit-against-windows-bitlocker.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Zero-Day Exploit Against Windows BitLocker - Schneier on Security [07:45] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-asa.ci7.v1ickb.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:45] TR News Windows TCO: "if there is insufficient free space on the EFI System Partition (ESP)" https://www.pcworld.com/article/3143629/microsofts-may-update-is-failing-to-install-on-some-windows-11-pcs.html | Source: PC World [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft's May update is failing to install on some Windows 11 PCs | PCWorld [07:45] TR News Windows TCO: "To sustain the attacks which peaked at over 600Gbit/s in the case at least two hosting providers and which have run for hours at a time" https://techcentral.co.za/troubling-questions-over-south-african-internet-infrastructure-attacks/281524/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [07:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Troubling questions over South African internet infrastructure attacks [07:46] TR News "Users are banned under international sanctions against Russia" https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/20/tiktok-bans-wave-of-bloggers-some-with-millions-of-followers-over-ads-for-russian-drone-assembly-college | Source: Meduza [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | TikTok bans wave of bloggers, some with millions of followers, over ads for Russian drone assembly college Meduza [07:46] TR News "he's so out of touch with the universe that he believed that a ton of graduates from the University of Arizona would love hearing about how AI is about to screw them right into poverty." https://boingboing.net/2026/05/18/eric-schmidt-gets-booed-at-university-of-arizona-commencement.html | Source: BoingBoing [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boingboing.net | Eric Schmidt gets booed at University of Arizona commencement - Boing Boing [07:49] *liberty_box (~liberty@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:50] *rianne (~rianne@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:50] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-gvn.goo.k31cok.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● May 20 [08:04] TR News (NEW): 888 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/888.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/888.gmi [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 888 [08:05] TR News "GitHub is tightening its bug bounty program standards as AI-assisted vulnerability reports overwhelm security teams with low-quality submissions." https://thenewstack.io/github-bug-bounty-ai-slop/ | Source: The New Stack [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | GitHub will start paying some bug bounty hunters in swag instead of cash - The New Stack [08:07] TR News "Weve known for years that the chatbot vendors run at a massive loss." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/18/github-copilot-ai-token-charges-to-go-up-10x-100x/ | Source: Pivot to AI [08:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | The poorer quarters, where there is already considerable uncertainty as to. [08:08] TR News "Third, and related, AI CEOs need to learn how to talk to humans." https://birchtree.me/blog/i-said-id-destroy-humanity-and-take-their-jobs-and-i-wonder-why-they-dont-like-me/ | Source: Matt Birchler [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | I said I'd destroy humanity and take their jobs, and I wonder why they don't like me [08:09] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:16] TR News "I see AI content where Im conditioned to expect and ignore it: In Googles AI Overviews that famously told us to eat glue pizza, in engagement-bait LinkedIn posts, and throughout our Facebook and Instagram feeds." https://www.404media.co/your-ai-use-is-breaking-my-brain/ | Source: 404 Media [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain [08:16] TR News "Discovery is no longer constrained the way it was thirty years ago." https://www.provos.org/p/day-after-the-zero-days/ | Source: Niels Provos [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.provos.org | The Day After the Zero-Days [08:18] TR News "The problem, according to Torvalds" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linus-torvalds-says-ai-bug-reports-have-made-the-linux-security-mailing-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable | Source: Tom's Hardware [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Linus Torvalds says flood of duplicate AI-generated vulnerability reports have made Linux security mailing list 'almost entirely unmanageable' private list 'a waste of time for everybody involved' in switch to new public system | Tom's Hardware [08:18] TR News "The move is a response to a growing influx of AI-generated papers faced by scholarly journals as well as sites such as arXiv" https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-slop-is-flooding-science-publishing-and-one-major-site-is-fighting-back | Source: Science Alert [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'AI Slop' Is Flooding Science Publishing, And One Major Site Is Fighting Back : ScienceAlert [08:19] TR News "this kind of junk has become known as A.I. slop" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/25/the-prehistory-of-ai-slop | Source: New Yorker [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | The Prehistory of A.I. Slop | The New Yorker [08:20] TR News "Thats the case at Pizza Hut, at least, and not everyones happy about it." https://futurism.com/future-society/pizza-hut-ai-disaster | Source: Futurism [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Pizza Hut's AI Store Control System Is Such a Disaster That It's Wasted $100 Million, Lawsuit Alleges [08:20] TR News "That is a lesson learned for us" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-name-reader-flops-college-graduation | Source: Futurism [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Students Boo and Jeer as AI Name-Reader Flops Spectacularly at College Graduation Ceremony [08:21] TR News "Let me be clear that Im utterly uninterested in policing what adults do in their own homes." https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/05/19/i-oppose-marijuana-legalization-on-libertarian-grounds/ | Source: Jim Grey [08:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jimgrey.net | I oppose marijuana legalization on libertarian grounds - Down the Road [08:21] TR News "I have never understood how people have notifications across a half dozen applications on their devices" https://joshblais.com/blog/back-to-silence/ | Source: Joshua Blais [08:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-joshblais.com | Back to silence - The Universe of Joshua Blais [08:23] TR News "Thankfully, theres a cheap and simple device that can offer that exact information." https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-pulse-oximetry-figures-out-your-blood-oxygen-levels/ | Source: Hackaday [08:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How Pulse Oximetry Figures Out Your Blood Oxygen Levels | Hackaday [08:24] TR News "Lawmakers included language in the bill designed to dissuade older people from buying cigarettes for their underage acquaintances" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/05/smoking-tobacco-generational-ban-united-kingdom/687223/ | Source: The Atlantic [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | A Tobacco-Free Generation Is ComingSomeday - The Atlantic [08:25] TR News "In a comment on my entry on universities, email, and the issues of running things in house" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OurMailSystemHardware | Source: University of Toronto [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [08:25] TR News "Learn X the hard way" https://haskellforall.com/2026/05/type-out-the-code | Source: Haskell For All [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-haskellforall.com | Haskell for all: Type out the code [08:25] TR News "My most recent example (before today) is the eBook pricing issue that I have been working on fixing here in IL-- for years, but it is finally going somewhere." https://raforall.blogspot.com/2026/05/nyt-shares-how-book-gets-on-our-library.html | Source: Becky Spratford [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-raforall.blogspot.com | RA for All: NYT Shares How A Book Gets on Our Library Shelves Considering Post B&T Collapse Issues and Why This is All Part of Our Inability to Communicate Who We Are and What We Do [08:26] TR News "Refusal of attention is not a signal of intelligence. It is a refusal." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-engineers-who-would-be-philosophers | Source: Mike Brock [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Engineers Who Would Be Philosophers: The Cult of TL;DR [08:26] TR News "Publisher engagement with the library community has evolved considerably over the past decades." https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/19/why-every-publisher-needs-a-library-relations-strategy/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org | Why Every Publisher Needs a Library Relations Strategy - The Scholarly Kitchen [08:26] TR News "A closer look at Cosh[ArcCosh[x] + ArcCosh[y]]" https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/19/closer-look-at-an-identity/ | Source: John D Cook [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | A closer look at Cosh[ArcCosh[x] + ArcCosh[y]] [08:27] TR News "The question turns out to be more subtle than it looks." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/05/19/square-root-of-x-squared-minus-one/ | Source: John D Cook [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Square root of x 1 [08:27] TR News "This is useful for adding up sources of variance, or figuring out radiuses, or other such things." https://entropicthoughts.com/pythagorean-addition | Source: Chris [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entropicthoughts.com | Pythagorean Addition [08:27] TR News "The build uses an ESP32 microcontroller, which is built on to a board with an integrated 4.3 touchscreen LCD." https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/building-a-device-to-map-magnetic-fields/ | Source: Hackaday [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Building A Device To Map Magnetic Fields | Hackaday [08:29] TR News "If you think technology will solve your problems, you dont understand technology and you dont understand your problems." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/laurie-anderson-is-quoting-me.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [08:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Laurie Anderson Is Quoting Me - Schneier on Security [08:32] TR News Techrights Links 20/05/2026: Looting of Americans for "White Grievance Reparations Fund"; "Mark Zuckerberg Used Shell Companies to Bully Native Hawaiians" https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Links_20_05_2026_Looting_of_Americans_for_White_Grievance_Repar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Links_20_05_2026_Looting_of_Americans_for_White_Grievance_Repar.gmi [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 20/05/2026: Looting of Americans for "White Grievance Reparations Fund"; "Mark Zuckerberg Used Shell Companies to Bully Native Hawaiians" [08:37] TR News "In this day and age that is a very good offer. If you qualify take it. Layoff round it will not be as good later" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr35zr0g#replies [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr35zr0g#replies ) [08:37] TR News "once FY26 done they just gonna cut you loose no buyout needed" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqjrxp5f#replies [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqjrxp5f#replies ) [08:38] TR News "Translation if you qualify take it since they want to trim off the expensive labor cost and deploy elsewhere. Its a nice hint they want you gone one way or the other. Typically the severance plan gets less and less after each round" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kq58f53y#replies [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kq58f53y#replies ) ● May 20 [09:12] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [09:21] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [09:29] *FANTOM (~fantom@212.228.182.72) has joined #boycottnovell-social [09:33] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-asa.ci7.v1ickb.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● May 20 [10:14] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:30] TR News (NEW): Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26 with Live Kernel Patching, Optimized Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Canonical_Launches_Ubuntu_Core_26_with_Live_Kernel_Patching_Opt.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Canonical_Launches_Ubuntu_Core_26_with_Live_Kernel_Patching_Opt.gmi [10:30] TR News (NEW): Wine 11.9 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Wine_11_9.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Wine_11_9.gmi [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26 with Live Kernel Patching, Optimized Updates [10:30] TR News (NEW): HP Is the Latest to Sponsor the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/HP_Is_the_Latest_to_Sponsor_the_Linux_Vendor_Firmware_Service_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/HP_Is_the_Latest_to_Sponsor_the_Linux_Vendor_Firmware_Service_L.gmi [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Wine 11.9 [10:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines HP Is the Latest to Sponsor the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) ● May 20 [11:06] *croissant (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [11:06] *croissant` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:56] TR News "The archived region comes from the oldest and most infamous anarchy server in Minecraft, dubbed 2b2t." https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/fans-release-24tb-million-square-block-archive-of-minecrafts-infamous-2b2t-server-intense-digital-archaeology-project-has-taken-years-to-reach-this-stage | Source: Tom's Hardware [11:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Fans secretly mapped 24 terabytes of Minecrafts infamous 2b2t server, millionsquareblock archive to be shared via torrent Intense digital archaeology project has taken years, risked player wrath | Tom's Hardware [11:57] TR News "The new release contains a number of significant improvements, including but certainly not limited to: [...]" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260519132757 | Source: Undeadly [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | OpenBSD 7.9 Released [11:57] TR News "The Linux kernel has recently been facing a series of discovered privilege escalation vulnerabilities" https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/05/19/copy-fail-fragnesia-vulnerabilities.html | Source: Gentoo [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.gentoo.org | Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, and Fragnesia kernel vulnerabilities Gentoo Linux [11:58] TR News "Fredrik chats to Harald Achitz about freelancing, C++ 26, and ten years of running the Swedencpp meetup" https://kodsnack.se/international/703/ | Source: Kodsnack [11:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kodsnack.se | Kodsnack 703 - The subset needs to fit you, with Harald Achitz [11:59] TR News "Uptons message to young people is simple: do more maths." https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0nl8m2p | Source: BBC [11:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-BBC Audio | Business Matters | #38 Raspberry Pi Founder: People Overestimate What AI Can Do [11:59] TR News "The polarity of hard and easy in computing is inverting." https://danieldelaney.net/fourth-era/ | Source: Daniel De Laney [11:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danieldelaney.net | The Fourth Era of Computing Daniel De Laney ● May 20 [12:01] TR News "his project forked from X.Org with a clear mission: to fix old bugs and bring back features that had stalled for years." https://ostechnix.com/install-xlibre-x11-server-fedora-enterprise-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install XLibre X11 Server on Fedora and Enterprise Linux - OSTechNix [12:02] TR News "Most of the heavy lifting was done by q66 in creating Chimera Linux. I used that excellent base to build Casuarina." https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2026/casuarina-linux/ | Source: Wesley Moore [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.wezm.net | Introducing My New Linux Distro: Casuarina Linux - Wesley Moore [12:03] TR News "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 7.9." https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=177919671915512&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-marc.info | 'May 19, 2026: OpenBSD 7.9 released' - MARC [12:03] TR News "Go to the pub/OpenBSD/7.9/ directory on one of the mirror sites." https://www.openbsd.org/79.html | Source: OpenBSD [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openbsd.org | OpenBSD 7.9 [12:03] TR News "The other day, I used FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi card to get a redundant DHCP server and DNS resolver working together with an OpenBSD server." https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/dhcpd-and-unbound-in-freebsd-jails/ | Source: TuMFatig [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tumfatig.net | TuM'Fatig - dhcpd and unbound in FreeBSD jails [12:03] TR News "The OpenBSD project, which developes a famously security-oriented operating system, has published OpenBSD 7.9." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12839 | Source: Distro Watch [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12839 ) [12:06] TR News "Working backward, it is fairly easy to get the microcontroller to note an HTTP request and then simply spit out a prerecorded HTTP response to provide the page." https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/the-8-bit-web-server/ | Source: Hackaday [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The 8-bit Web Server | Hackaday [12:07] TR News "That kind of motion system also closely matches that of an FFF/FDM 3D printer, which is why Madsen was able to build his pen plotter using parts" https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/05/19/old-3d-printer-becomes-new-arduino-uno-q-controlled-pen-plotter/ | Source: Arduino [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Old 3D printer becomes new Arduino UNO Q-controlled pen plotter | Arduino Blog [12:08] TR News "On the protocol side, GopherTrunk handles control-channel decoding for P25 (Phase 1 and 2), DMR, TETRA, NXDN, Motorola Type II, EDACS, LTR, MPT 1327, dPMR, D-STAR, and YSF." https://www.rtl-sdr.com/gophertrunk-a-new-pure-go-trunked-radio-scanner-supporting-p25-dmr-tetra-nxdn-and-more/ | Source: RTL-SDR [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rtl-sdr.com | GopherTrunk: A New Pure-Go Trunked Radio Scanner Supporting P25, DMR, TETRA, NXDN and More [12:09] TR News "When the World Wide Web surged into existence during the 1990s" https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-search-engines-enabled-finding-needles-in-a-www-sized-haystack/ | Source: Hackaday [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How Search Engines Enabled Finding Needles In A WWW-Sized Haystack | Hackaday [12:09] TR News "I think search has been dead for a while, actually. But it does feel like today was someting of a last gasp." https://www.timothychambers.net/2026/05/19/i-think-search-has-been.html | Source: Timothy Chambers [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.timothychambers.net | I think search has been dead for a while, [12:15] TR News [Repeat] "Firefox 151 helps you edit PDFs and switch OSes" https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/19/firefox-151-helps-you-edit-pdfs-and-switch-oses/5242888 | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Web_Browsers_Are_for_Rendering_Web_Page_They_Shouldn_t_Become_P.shtml [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Firefox 151 helps you edit PDFs and switch OSes [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Web Browsers Are for Rendering Web Page, They Shouldn't Become PDF Editors [12:15] TR News "Tor Browser 15.0.14 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15014/ | Source: Tor [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.14 | The Tor Project [12:17] TR News "This sends a command to Hugo, the static site generator I use, to create a new file with that permalink, and generate the requisite front matter" https://www.rubenerd.au/i-just-realised-something/ | Source: Ruben Schade [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: I just realised something [12:17] TR News "It turns out that it's been fashionable to leave Wordpress recently" https://jasmcole.com/2026/05/04/almost-looks-like-a-real-website | [12:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jasmcole.com | Almost looks like a... real website? | Almost looks like work [12:19] TR News "Now that technology outpaces regulation and social media is the dominant platform for news" https://blog.torproject.org/preserving-evidence-openarchive-fosters-accountability-media-sovereignty/ | Source: Tor [12:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | Preserving evidence: How OpenArchive fosters accountability and media sovereignty | The Tor Project [12:20] TR News "Weekend at Bernies showed that a good chunk of the most-depended-on open source packages are dead" https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/19/dumb-ways-for-an-open-source-project-to-die.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Dumb Ways for an Open Source Project to Die | Andrew Nesbitt [12:20] TR News "The current model treats every report as if it lives in a vacuum, One reporter, One bug, One timeline." https://blog.himanshuanand.com/2026/05/score-by-collisions-patch-by-panic/ | Source: Himanshu Anand [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.himanshuanand.com | score by collisions, patch by panic :: Himanshu Anand :: Threat Notes [12:20] TR News "While some KDE projects have fairly good test coverage, others do not so much. Particularly UI code isnt very easy to usefully unit-test." https://nicolasfella.de/posts/smoke-tests-for-fun-and-profit/ | Source: Nicolas Fella [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nicolasfella.de | Smoke tests for fun and profit - Nicos blog [12:20] TR News "The idea behind cooldowns is essentially that unless youre constantly in YOLO mode, you probably dont need something that was released to the world 5 minutes or even 5 days ago." https://www.olafalders.com/2026/05/19/On-Cooldowns-and-Dependabot-Tuning/ | Source: Olaf Alders [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-On Cooldowns and Dependabot Tuning olafalders.com [12:21] TR News "I dont remember how that happened, but over the years I also abandoned Delta, and I trained my eye to be good at scanning the default git diff output." https://pawelgrzybek.com/difftastic-my-new-favourite-diff-viewer/ | Source: Pawe Grzybek [12:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Difftastic my new favourite diff viewer | pawelgrzybek.com [12:21] TR News "So in a feat of mass emulation (and sometimes using real vintage hardware), here are some BASIC systems that always execute a FOR loop at least once: [...]" https://scruss.com/blog/2026/05/19/the-broken-basic-years/ | Source: Stewart C Russell [12:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scruss.com | The Broken BASIC Years We Saw a Chicken [12:22] TR News "The system is still in development, but existing prototypes have 20ps of phase synchronization jitter, and time synchronization down to 30ns" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/wi-wi-is-wireless-time-sync-less-than-5ns/ | Source: Jeff Geerling [12:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | Wi-Wi Is Wireless Time Sync at 1 nanosecond - Jeff Geerling [12:51] TR News Sony to no longer bring PlayStation narrative single-player games to PC | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sony-to-no-longer-bring-playstation-narrative-single-player-games-to-pc/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sony-to-no-longer-bring-playstation-narrative-single-player-games-to-pc/ [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Sony to no longer bring PlayStation narrative single-player games to PC | GamingOnLinux [12:51] TR News Valve make adjustments to Steam tags, and they settled the Vampire Survivor-like argument with Bullet Heaven | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/valve-make-adjustments-to-steam-tags-and-they-settled-the-vampire-survivor-like-argument-with-bullet-heaven/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve make adjustments to Steam tags, and they settled the Vampire Survivor-like argument with Bullet Heaven | GamingOnLinux [12:52] TR News "AI Data Centers Face Increasing Complaints About Inaudible but 'Felt' Infrasound - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/17/1429249 [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | AI Data Centers Face Increasing Complaints About Inaudible but 'Felt' Infrasound - SoylentNews [12:52] TR News "Stop Killing Games bill AB2426 introduced with exemptions for live service games" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/stop-killing-games-bill-ab2426:d [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Stop Killing Games bill AB2426 introduced with exemptions for live service games [12:52] TR News Steam Beta brings even more Steam Controller tweaks and a firmware fix for Linux | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-brings-even-more-steam-controller-tweaks-and-a-firmware-fix-for-linux/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Beta brings even more Steam Controller tweaks and a firmware fix for Linux | GamingOnLinux [12:53] TR News Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.16 is out now | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-16-is-out-now/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-16-is-out-now/ [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.16 is out now | GamingOnLinux [12:53] TR News "You Can't Opt Out: The Surveillance Accountability Act (Naomi Brockwell Interview)" https://odysee.com/@techlore:3/you-can't-opt-out-the-surveillance:4 [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | You Can't Opt Out: The Surveillance Accountability Act (Naomi Brockwell Interview) [12:54] TR News EFF is promoting Microsoft, promoting Microsoft lies. Shame on EFF. Follow the money. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/microsoft-took-step-toward-human-rights-accountability-google-and-amazon-and http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/09/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_Incorporated_is_Run_by_for_Corpo.shtml [12:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Microsoft Took a Step Toward Human Rights Accountability. Google and Amazon (and Others) Should Pay Attention! | Electronic Frontier Foundation [12:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Electronic Frontier Foundation Incorporated is Run by/for Corporations Now (Members' Money is Less Than a Quarter of the Money EFF Receives) [12:55] TR News Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux - initial thoughts | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/forza-horizon-6-is-out-valve-update-proton-hotfix-for-linux-initial-thoughts/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux - initial thoughts | GamingOnLinux [12:55] TR News ARC Raiders gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, a new trader, a new weapon and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/arc-raiders-gets-denuvo-anti-cheat-a-new-trader-a-new-weapon-and-more/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ARC Raiders gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, a new trader, a new weapon and more | GamingOnLinux [12:56] TR News Merkel, social media and democracy | "Merkel, sociala medier och demokratin" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/05/19/merkel-sociala-medier-och-demokratin/ [12:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Merkel, sociala medier och demokratin [12:56] TR News "Where's the beef? Trump's underwhelming meeting with Xi. - Atlantic Council" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/wheres-the-beef-trumps-underwhelming-meeting-with-xi/ [12:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Where's the beef? Trump's underwhelming meeting with Xi. - Atlantic Council [12:57] TR News Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets Steam P2P multiplayer and more content to come | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/planetary-annihilation-titans-gets-steam-p2p-multiplayer-and-more-content-to-come/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets Steam P2P multiplayer and more content to come | GamingOnLinux [12:58] TR News Pool game roguelike STICKER/BALL is total unfiltered score-chasing chaos | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/pool-game-roguelike-sticker-ball-is-total-unfiltered-score-chasing-chaos/ Source: GamingOnLinux [12:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pool game roguelike STICKER/BALL is total unfiltered score-chasing chaos | GamingOnLinux [12:58] TR News NVIDIA reveal more GPU driver security flaws for May 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/nvidia-reveal-more-gpu-driver-security-flaws-for-may-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/nvidia-reveal-more-gpu-driver-security-flaws-for-may-2026/ [12:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NVIDIA reveal more GPU driver security flaws for May 2026 | GamingOnLinux [12:59] TR News IBM Red Hat as GAFAM reseller https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/aws-and-red-hat-red-hat-summit-2026-accelerating-ai-innovation-and-open-source-infrastructure | Source: Red Hat Official [12:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | AWS and Red Hat at Red Hat Summit 2026: Accelerating AI, innovation, and open source infrastructure ● May 20 [13:00] TR News CVE-2026-46727: Use-after-free in pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/05/20/getaddrinfo-cve-2026-46727/ [13:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ruby-lang.org | CVE-2026-46727: Use-after-free in pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler | Ruby [13:00] TR News Ruby 4.0.5 Released https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/05/20/ruby-4-0-5-released/ [13:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ruby-lang.org | Ruby 4.0.5 Released | Ruby [13:01] TR News "The fix is straightforward once you know the right commands, and there are 3 solid ways to do it depending on what tools you have available on your system." https://www.tecmint.com/kill-process-using-port-linux/ | Source: TecMint [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | How to Close an Open Port by Killing a Process in Linux [13:02] TR News Mozilla has turned Firefox into a shoddy slop pushers to participate in a plagiarism bubble https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/shake-to-summarize-expansion/ | Source: Mozilla [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Firefoxs Shake to Summarize expands to Android and new languages on iOS [13:03] TR News Mozilla clearly does not know what Firefox community wants want, it tries to tell them they need slop https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-controls-firefox-mobile/ | Source: Mozilla [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | AI controls are here for Firefox mobile [13:04] TR News Firefox is a slopware https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/more-control-firefox/ | Source: Mozilla [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | New in Firefox 151: VPN location selection, AI controls on mobile, and expanded Shake to Summarize support [13:04] TR News "The vulnerability is a race condition that can result in the disclosure of sensitive files to unprivileged local users." https://ubuntu.com//blog/ssh-keysign-pwn-linux-vulnerability-fixes-available | Source: Ubuntu [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CVE-2026-46333 (ssh-keysign-pwn) Linux kernel vulnerability mitigations | Ubuntu [13:07] TR News Firefox 151.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1073579/ [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Firefox 151.0 released [LWN.net] [13:07] TR News Debugging image mode with Red Bait OpenShift 4.20: A practical guide https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/19/debugging-image-mode-red-hat-openshift-420-practical-guide [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/19/debugging-image-mode-red-hat-openshift-420-practical-guide ) [13:18] TR News Neanderthal Dentistry, and the Scientist Glad Not to Have Experienced It https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/science/neanderthal-tooth-dentistry.html [13:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/science/neanderthal-tooth-dentistry.html ) [13:19] TR News Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed artificial eggshell https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/ [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | Colossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed artificial eggshell | MIT Technology Review [13:19] TR News What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak as Cases and Deaths Rise https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/world/africa/what-to-know-ebola-africa.html [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/world/africa/what-to-know-ebola-africa.html ) [13:19] TR News Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa Could Last Months, W.H.O. Says https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-deaths-congo-who.html [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-deaths-congo-who.html ) [13:20] TR News WHO warnings on Ebola outbreaks in Africa prompt Mexico to issue a travel advisory https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/ebola-outbreaks-africa-mexico-travel-advisory/ [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mexiconewsdaily.com | Mexico issues Ebola travel advisory based on outbreaks in Africa [13:23] TR News Starbucks Korea CEO Fired Over Tank Day Ad Evoking Countrys Brutal History https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/asia/starbucks-korea-ceo-fired-tank-day.html [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/asia/starbucks-korea-ceo-fired-tank-day.html ) [13:23] TR News Why the two Koreas may be giving up on reunification https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0519/north-korea-south-korea-reunification-kim-jong-un [13:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-North Korea is giving up on reunification. The South is figuring out how to respond. - CSMonitor.com [13:24] TR News Four teenagers attack e-hailing driver in Malaysias Melaka state over fare https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/four-teenagers-attack-e-hailing-driver-in-malaysias-melaka-state-over-fare [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Four teenagers attack e-hailing driver in Malaysias Melaka state over fare | The Straits Times [13:24] TR News Brutal stabbing in Kelantan puts spotlight on femicide https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/61-stabs-and-beyond-how-a-kelantan-murder-thrust-femicide-into-focus-in-malaysia [13:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Femicide in Malaysia: Understanding gender-based violence | The Straits Times [13:25] TR News Japan asks China to ensure citizens safety after Shanghai stabbing https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-asks-china-to-ensure-citizens-safety-after-shanghai-stabbing [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan asks China to ensure citizens safety after Shanghai stabbing | The Straits Times [13:25] TR News Taiwan leader says foreign forces cannot decide islands future amid China pressure https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260520-taiwan-leader-foreign-forces-cannot-decide-islands-future-china [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260520-taiwan-leader-foreign-forces-cannot-decide-islands-future-china ) [13:25] TR News A welcome spotlight on Chinas Christians https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0519/A-welcome-spotlight-on-China-s-Christians [13:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A welcome spotlight on Chinas Christians - CSMonitor.com [13:26] TR News At least 21 killed as heavy rain drenches southern, central China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/at-least-10-killed-as-heavy-rains-drench-southern-central-china [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | At least 21 killed as heavy rain drenches southern, central China | The Straits Times [13:26] TR News Taiwans future cannot be decided by external forces, president says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwans-future-cannot-be-decided-by-external-forces-president-says [13:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Taiwan President says foreign forces cannot decide islands future | The Straits Times [13:27] TR News SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/smic-founder-and-amec-ceo-urge-chinese-fabs-to-test-domestic-chip-tools-on-production-lines [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins | Tom's Hardware [13:28] TR News Xi-Dihydroxyacetone Man talks cast fresh spotlight on Taiwan as part of Chinas maritime strategy https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/05/19/xi-trump-taiwan-five-year-plan/ [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Xi-Trump talks cast fresh spotlight on Taiwan as part of Chinas maritime strategy Radio Free Asia [13:29] TR News Australia secures Chinese jet fuel to keep flying in energy squeeze https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/19/australia-secures-chinese-jet-fuel-to-keep-flying-in-energy-squeeze/ [13:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Australia secures Chinese jet fuel to keep flying in energy squeeze [13:30] TR News Things Are Quietly Changing at Bitwarden, and People Are Worried https://itsfoss.com/news/bitwarden-quiet-changes/ [13:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Things Are Quietly Changing at Bitwarden, and People Are Worried [13:31] TR News Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: NPR to cut 30 staff after offering 300 buyouts https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/ [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Rolling updates - Press Gazette [13:31] TR News Cornwall Live risked identifying sexual assault victim, says IPSO https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/cornwall-live-risked-identifying-sexual-assault-victim-says-ipso/ [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Cornwall Live showed potentially identified sex offence victim, IPSO - Press Gazette [13:42] TR News Cannabis Linked to Lower Weight And Reduced Diabetes Risk in Mouse Study https://www.sciencealert.com/cannabis-linked-to-lower-weight-and-reduced-diabetes-risk-in-mouse-study [13:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cannabis Linked to Lower Weight And Reduced Diabetes Risk in Mouse Study : ScienceAlert [13:43] TR News This Gene Is Linked to Lower Alzheimer's Risk And We May Finally Know Why https://www.sciencealert.com/this-gene-is-linked-to-lower-alzheimers-risk-and-we-may-finally-know-why [13:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Gene Is Linked to Lower Alzheimer's Risk And We May Finally Know Why : ScienceAlert [13:49] TR News There's a Surprisingly Simple Way to Remove Microplastics in Drinking Water https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprisingly-simple-way-to-remove-microplastics-in-drinking-water [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-There's a Surprisingly Simple Way to Remove Microplastics in Drinking Water : ScienceAlert [13:49] TR News 80% of Earth's Rivers Are Quickly Losing Oxygen, Study Reveals https://www.sciencealert.com/80-of-earths-rivers-are-quickly-losing-oxygen-study-reveals [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-80% of Earth's Rivers Are Quickly Losing Oxygen, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert [13:57] TR News Your Weight at Different Ages Could Affect Your Risk of Multiple Cancers https://www.sciencealert.com/your-weight-at-different-ages-could-affect-your-risk-of-multiple-cancers [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Your Weight at Different Ages Could Affect Your Risk of Multiple Cancers : ScienceAlert [13:57] TR News Animals Are Thriving in Chornobyl's Human-Free Zone, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/animals-are-thriving-in-chornobyls-human-free-zone-study-finds [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Animals Are Thriving in Chornobyl's Human-Free Zone, Study Finds : ScienceAlert [13:57] TR News 'Supergiant' Gold Deposits May Be Worth Over US$80 Billion https://www.sciencealert.com/supergiant-gold-deposits-may-be-worth-over-us80-billion [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Supergiant' Gold Deposits May Be Worth Over US$80 Billion : ScienceAlert [13:58] TR News New Weight-Loss Pill Could Help Solve a Major Problem With GLP-1 Drugs https://www.sciencealert.com/new-weight-loss-pill-could-help-solve-a-major-problem-with-glp-1-drugs [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New Weight-Loss Pill Could Help Solve a Major Problem With GLP-1 Drugs : ScienceAlert [13:58] TR News Two Whales Just Broke a Migration Record Scientists Didn't Expect https://www.sciencealert.com/two-whales-just-broke-a-migration-record-scientists-didnt-expect [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Two Whales Just Broke a Migration Record Scientists Didn't Expect : ScienceAlert [13:59] TR News Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2007 as Inflation Fears Set In https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/bond-market-iran-war-inflation.html [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/bond-market-iran-war-inflation.html ) ● May 20 [14:00] TR News Qt pushing a lot of slop these days https://www.qt.io/blog/introducing-qts-gui-design-skill-design-for-developers-in-agentic-workflows [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Introducing Qt's GUI Design Skill: Design for Developers in Agentic Workflows [14:01] TR News The San Diego Mosque Shootings Were a Crime Made for and by the Internet https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/san-diego-mosque-cain-clark-caleb-vazquez.html [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/san-diego-mosque-cain-clark-caleb-vazquez.html ) [14:02] TR News An Open Fiber Data Standard to Make the Internet for Everyone https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/05/an-open-fiber-data-standard-to-make-the-internet-for-everyone/ [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.internetsociety.org | An Open Fiber Data Standard to Make the Internet for Everyone - Internet Society [14:05] TR News Book About AIs Effects on the Future of Truth Found to Contain Slew of AI-Hallucinated Quotations https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/book-ai-truth-ai-hallucinated-quotes [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Book About AI's Effects on the "Future of Truth" Found to Contain Slew of AI-Hallucinated Quotations [14:06] TR News China is bolstering food security with biomanufacturing. Australia should, too https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-is-bolstering-food-security-with-biomanufacturing-australia-should-too/ [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | China is bolstering food security with biomanufacturing. Australia should, too | The Strategist [14:08] TR News Senate Republicans Introduce Funding Measure to Combat Online Child Abuse https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/technology/senate-republicans-funding-combat-online-child-abuse.html [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/technology/senate-republicans-funding-combat-online-child-abuse.html ) [14:09] TR News South Korea, Japan agree to shore up energy cooperation, strengthen security ties https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-japan-agree-to-shore-up-energy-cooperation-strengthen-security-ties [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea, Japan agree to shore up energy cooperation, strengthen security ties | The Straits Times [14:09] TR News Philippine Senate probes security after shots fired last week https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-senate-probes-security-after-shots-fired-last-week [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippine Senate probes security after shots fired last week | The Straits Times [14:10] TR News Critical Vulnerability Exposes Industrial Robot Fleets to Hacking https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-exposes-industrial-robot-fleets-to-hacking/ [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Critical Vulnerability Exposes Industrial Robot Fleets to Hacking - SecurityWeek [14:11] TR News 201 Arrested in Crackdown on Cybercrime in Middle East, North Africa https://www.securityweek.com/201-arrested-in-crackdown-on-cybercrime-in-middle-east-north-africa/ [14:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-201 Arrested in Crackdown on Cybercrime in Middle East, North Africa - SecurityWeek [14:12] TR News MISINFORMATION BY SLOP. This figure is for CALIFORNIA alone. https://www.firstpost.com/tech/linkedin-layoffs-over-600-employees-hit-as-company-cuts-engineering-and-marketing-roles-14013118.html https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/linkedin-layoffs-over-600-employees-to-lose-jobs-as-company-restructures-operations/articleshow/131219065.cms?from=mdr [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/linkedin-layoffs-over-600-employees-hit-as-company-cuts-engineering-and-marketing-roles-14013118.html ) [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | LinkedIn layoffs: Over 600 employees to lose jobs as company restructures operations - The Economic Times [14:15] TR News "Do you already run a web server? If so, your server has probably already issued and used Let's Encrypt. (I like to use Caddy for this)" gemini://balloon.fusen.nya.je/tlscert.gmi [14:16] TR News "On March 2nd, Canada's National Observer reported on proposed data centres in Ontario that would total 2 gigawatts of new load on the electrical grid." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/steelport-data-centre.gmi [14:17] TR News "In 2026, I'm not being strict with myself about it anymore. But the practice generally remains in place. (And I've talked about it enough that my wife also factors this idea into her shopping habits as well.)" gemini://capsule.chadobear.world/posts/2026-05-19-ascetic-consuming.gmi [14:20] TR News "Around six months ago I swore off streaming services and started moving to a personal, curated music collection. This is mostly a digital library, but also involves collecting CDs. CDs are a great medium to build a collection of: cheaper than vinyls, more tangible than FLACs" gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-05-20-cd-collection.gmi [14:21] TR News "So far, I've spent around three or four hours meticulously cutting pieces of plastic out from the sheets (I think they're called "gates") and carefully trimming away any plastic nubs with a craft knife. This much commitment has provided me with a torso, a head, and one arm." gemini://frooplet.com/glog/2026-05-20-gundam-2.gmi [14:22] TR News B1acks Stash Marketplace Gives Away 4.6 Million Stolen Credit Cards https://www.securityweek.com/b1acks-stash-marketplace-gives-away-4-6-million-stolen-credit-cards/ [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-B1ack's Stash Marketplace Gives Away 4.6 Million Stolen Credit Cards - SecurityWeek [14:23] TR News Drupal to Patch Highly Critical Vulnerability at Risk of Quick Exploitation https://www.securityweek.com/drupal-to-patch-highly-critical-vulnerability-at-risk-of-quick-exploitation/ [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Drupal to Patch Highly Critical Vulnerability at Risk of Quick Exploitation - SecurityWeek [14:23] TR News President Rinkvis visits Preii in eastern Latvia https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/president/19.05.2026-president-rinkevics-visits-preili-in-eastern-latvia.a647728/ [14:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | President Rinkvis visits Preii in eastern Latvia / Article [14:24] TR News Russia Launches Crypto Scam in Africa https://adf-magazine.com/2026/05/russia-launches-crypto-scheme-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russia-launches-crypto-scheme-in-africa [14:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | Russia Launches Crypto Scheme in Africa - Africa Defense Forum [14:25] TR News As Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Sites, an Environmental Disaster Unfolds https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/europe/russia-ukraine-oil-attacks-war-tuapse.html [14:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/europe/russia-ukraine-oil-attacks-war-tuapse.html ) [14:26] TR News Lithuania warns of possible provocations after Russian drone allegations https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2933058/lithuania-warns-of-possible-provocations-after-russian-drone-allegations [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania warns of possible provocations after Russian drone allegations - LRT [14:26] TR News Sweden to buy four frigates from France's Naval Group https://www.france24.com/en/sweden-to-buy-four-frigates-from-france-s-naval-group [14:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/sweden-to-buy-four-frigates-from-france-s-naval-group ) [14:27] TR News Union calls strike at S. Korea chip giant Samsung Electronics https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/union-says-to-strike-thursday-at-south-korea-chip-giant-samsung-electronics [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Samsung, union resume negotiations with minister mediating | The Straits Times [14:27] TR News What the End of Aid Looks Like https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/aid-cuts-somalia-putin-china.html [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/aid-cuts-somalia-putin-china.html ) [14:27] TR News As a Weakened Putin Follows Convicted Felon to Beijing, Iran War Offers an Opening https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/europe/putin-china-state-visit.html [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/europe/putin-china-state-visit.html ) [14:27] TR News First Convicted Felon, now Putin: Beijing receives Russian leader to bolster partnership https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0519/russia-china-putin-visit-xi-trump [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Putin goes to China to meet Xi, with gas deal a top priority - CSMonitor.com [14:28] TR News What to know as Pooh-tin hosts Putin in Beijing days after Convicted Felon https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-hosts-russian-president-putin-in-beijing-days-after-trump-what-to-know [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | What to know as Xi hosts Putin in Beijing days after Trump | The Straits Times [14:28] TR News Xi, Putin to meet in Beijing for tea diplomacy after Convicted Felon visit https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-putin-to-meet-in-beijing-for-tea-diplomacy-after-trump-visit [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Xi, Putin to meet in Beijing for tea diplomacy after Trump visit | The Straits Times [14:28] TR News Putin lands in China for trip that aims to show unshakeable ties after Convicted Felon pomp https://www.france24.com/en/putin-lands-in-china-for-trip-that-aims-to-show-unshakeable-ties-after-trump-pomp [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/putin-lands-in-china-for-trip-that-aims-to-show-unshakeable-ties-after-trump-pomp ) [14:28] TR News 'Russia and China share same goal in constructing alternative world order', analyst says https://www.france24.com/en/russia-and-china-share-same-goal-in-constructing-alternative-world-order-analyst-says [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-and-china-share-same-goal-in-constructing-alternative-world-order-analyst-says ) [14:29] TR News Firefly CSC2-N48SPK3 A 2880 TOPS RISC-V Hey Hi (AI) server with 48 SpacemiT K3 Nodes, 48 NVMe SSDs https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/20/firefly-csc2-n48spk3-a-2880-tops-risc-v-ai-server-with-48-spacemit-k3-nodes-48-nvme-ssds/ [14:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Firefly CSC2-N48SPK3 - A 2880 TOPS RISC-V AI server with 48 SpacemiT K3 Nodes, 48 NVMe SSDs - CNX Software [14:30] TR News The Enterprise Endgame | LINUX Unplugged 667 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/667/ [14:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jupiterbroadcasting.com | The Enterprise Endgame | LINUX Unplugged 667 | Jupiter Broadcasting [14:31] TR News Malis Overreliance on Mercenary Forces Leads to Failure https://adf-magazine.com/2026/05/malis-overreliance-on-mercenary-forces-leads-to-failure/ [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adf-magazine.com | NO TITLE [14:31] TR News What's at stake in Armenia's June election? https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/whats-at-stake-in-armenias-june-election [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | What's at stake in Armenia's June election? | The Straits Times [14:32] TR News Russia doubles rail freight tariffs for Latvia, Estonia, Finland https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/19.05.2026-russia-doubles-rail-freight-tariffs-for-latvia-estonia-finland.a647760/ [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Russia doubles rail freight tariffs for Latvia, Estonia, Finland / Article [14:32] TR News Russian diplomat summoned, US backs Latvia at United Nations Security Council https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/19.05.2026-russian-diplomat-summoned-us-backs-latvia-at-united-nations-security-council.a647880/ [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Russian diplomat summoned, US backs Latvia at United Nations Security Council / Article [14:32] TR News The Wixen vs. Meta Showdown Intensifies: Publisher Doubles Down on Defamation Allegations In Expanded $100 Million-Plus Lawsuit https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/wixen-meta-lawsuit-amended-complaint/ [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/wixen-meta-lawsuit-amended-complaint/ ) [14:34] TR News Spotify Expands Verification Badges to Podcasts, Says Itll Remove Unauthorized Soundalike Uploads Made With AI Voice Cloning or Any Other Method https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/verified-by-spotify-podcasts/ [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/19/verified-by-spotify-podcasts/ ) [14:34] TR News Whats in the SOSS? Podcast #61 S3E13 Beginner to Builder: Shaping the Conversation in Open Source Security https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/05/19/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-61-s3e13-beginner-to-builder-shaping-the-conversation-in-open-source-security/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-openssf.org | Beginner to Builder: Shaping Open Source Security | OpenSSF Podcast [14:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | With Microsoft in Charge, OpenSSF Seems More Like It's About Back Doors -- Not Real Security -- Inside the Linux Foundation [14:35] TR News Godot OpenXR Vendors plugin v5.1 https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xr-update-may-2026/ [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-godotengine.org | Godot OpenXR Vendors plugin v5.1 Godot Engine [14:36] TR News How your donations help the LibreOffice project and community https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/19/how-your-donations-help-the-libreoffice-project-and-community/ [14:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.documentfoundation.org | How your donations help the LibreOffice project and community - TDF Community Blog [14:36] TR News openSUSE GNU/Linux Updates Rules to Allow Teenage Users... Kinda https://lunduke.substack.com/p/opensuse-linux-updates-rules-to-allow [14:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | openSUSE Linux Updates Rules to Allow Teenage Users... Kinda [14:37] TR News Microsoft Now Makes a GNU/Linux Distro Based on Fedora https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsoft-now-makes-a-linux-distro [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Microsoft Now Makes a Linux Distro Based on Fedora [14:38] TR News How To Install Java on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-java-fedora-44/ [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Java on Fedora 44 - idroot [14:38] TR News How to Install Librewolf Browser on Fedora 44 https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-librewolf-browser-on-fedora-linux/ [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install Librewolf Browser on Fedora 44 - LinuxCapable ● May 20 [15:18] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [15:19] TR News (NEW): Discord: Some Odd Form of GNU/Linux Advocacy https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/14/Discord_Some_Odd_Form_of_GNU_Linux_Advocacy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/14/Discord_Some_Odd_Form_of_GNU_Linux_Advocacy.gmi [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Discord: Some Odd Form of GNU/Linux Advocacy [15:19] TR News (NEW): Anbernic RG DS gets a brand new Linux OS, and you don't need to uninstall Android https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/16/Anbernic_RG_DS_gets_a_brand_new_Linux_OS_and_you_don_t_need_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/16/Anbernic_RG_DS_gets_a_brand_new_Linux_OS_and_you_don_t_need_to_.gmi [15:19] TR News (NEW): Firefox 151 Is Now Available for Download, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/18/Firefox_151_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_This_Is_What_s_New.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/18/Firefox_151_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_This_Is_What_s_New.gmi [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Anbernic RG DS gets a brand new Linux OS, and you don't need to uninstall Android [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Firefox 151 Is Now Available for Download, This Is Whats New [15:19] TR News IBM is Becoming a Pile of Expired Patents and Abandoned Buildings, Assets of Little Actual Value https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IBM_is_Becoming_a_Pile_of_Expired_Patents_and_Abandoned_Buildin.shtml [15:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM is Becoming a Pile of Expired Patents and Abandoned Buildings, Assets of Little Actual Value [15:21] TR News "#38 Raspberry Pi Founder: People Overestimate What AI Can Do" https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0nl8m2p iophk: the show will only be online for a limited time [15:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-BBC Audio | Business Matters | #38 Raspberry Pi Founder: People Overestimate What AI Can Do [15:24] TR News How to Install Podman on Ubuntu: Rootless Container Alternative to Docker https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-podman-on-ubuntu/ [15:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install Podman on Ubuntu: Rootless Container Alternative to Docker | Linuxize [15:26] TR News Security advisory: Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in OpenSSL backend certificate loading mechanism of Qt https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-untrusted-search-path-vulnerability-in-openssl [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qt.io | Security advisory: Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in OpenSSL backend certificate loading mechanism of Qt [15:26] TR News LHB GNU/Linux Digest #26.07: New ELK Stack Course, GNU/Linux in Browser, Best YouTube Channels for DevOps and More https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/26-07/ [15:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | LHB Linux Digest #26.07: New ELK Stack Course, Linux in Browser, Best YouTube Channels for DevOps and More [15:30] TR News plpgsql_wrap v1.0 released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/plpgsql_wrap-v10-released-3299/ [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: plpgsql_wrap v1.0 released [15:31] TR News pgBackRest will continue https://lwn.net/Articles/1073470/ [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pgBackRest will continue [LWN.net] [15:31] TR News CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands answers https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-credential-leak-congress-demands-answers/ [15:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CISA credential leak raises alarms, and Capitol Hill demands answers | CyberScoop [15:33] TR News Haruna 1.8 https://haruna.kde.org/blog/2026-05-18-haruna-1.8/ [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-haruna.kde.org | Haruna 1.8 - Haruna [15:34] TR News Commission presents plan to secure Europe's fertiliser supply and food security https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1099 [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [15:42] TR News $60 kit transforms the Raspberry Pi 4/5 into a DIN Rail industrial computer with isolated RS232, RS485, and CAN Bus https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/19/60-kit-transforms-the-raspberry-pi-4-5-into-a-din-rail-industrial-controller-with-isolated-rs232-rs485-and-can-bus/ [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | $60 kit transforms the Raspberry Pi 4/5 into a DIN Rail industrial computer with isolated RS232, RS485, and CAN Bus - CNX Software [15:43] TR News Unpatched ChromaDB Vulnerability Can Lead to Server Takeover https://www.securityweek.com/unpatched-chromadb-vulnerability-can-lead-to-server-takeover/ [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Unpatched ChromaDB Vulnerability Can Lead to Server Takeover - SecurityWeek [15:44] TR News Japanese zoo may ban photography near viral monkey Punchs enclosure https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-zoo-may-ban-photography-near-viral-monkey-punchs-enclosure [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japanese zoo may ban photography near viral monkey Punchs enclosure | The Straits Times [15:44] TR News Plaything of the Gods: Photographs of Pushball (early 1900s) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/pushball [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-publicdomainreview.org | Plaything of the Gods: Photographs of Pushball (early 1900s) The Public Domain Review [15:45] TR News Jonathan Dowland: HMS Blueberry https://jmtd.net/log/no_mans_sky/blueberry/ [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jmtd.net | jmtd log no mans sky HMS Blueberry [15:47] TR News Learning syslog-ng https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-learning/ [15:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peter.czanik.hu | Learning syslog-ng | Random thoughts of Peter 'CzP' Czanik [15:48] TR News MSUs new ethics policy: Gag order or commonsense loyalty guide for trustees? https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/msus-new-ethics-policy-gag-order-or-common-sense-loyalty-guide-for-trustees/ [15:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | MSUs new ethics policy: Gag order or commonsense loyalty guide for trustees? - 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[15:49] TR News Pine64 Quick update: May 2026 https://pine64.org/2026/05/18/may_2026_quick/ [15:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pine64.org | Quick update: May 2026 - PINE64 [15:49] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:50] TR News The Survivors: Post-IPR Claims, the Presumption of Validity, and the Limits of 285 https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/the-survivors-post-ipr-claims-the-presumption-of-validity-and-the-limits-of-%c2%a7-285.html [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | The Survivors: Post-IPR Claims, the Presumption of Validity, and the Limits of 285 | Patently-O [15:50] TR News Williamson Found Its Mark: New Data on Functional Claim Language, 1976-2026 https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/williamson-found-its-mark-new-data-on-functional-claim-language-1976-2026.html [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Williamson Found Its Mark: New Data on Functional Claim Language, 1976-2026 | Patently-O [15:55] TR News Wyoming Technology vehicle patent monopoly prior art found https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/5/19/wyoming-technology-vehicle-patent-prior-art-found "entity of Leigh M. Rothschild" the patent troll that OIN did not fight off [15:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | Wyoming Technology vehicle patent prior art found Unified Patents [15:56] TR News Surrendering to patent trolls connected to Microsoft https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/asus-signs-up-to-sisvels-wi-fi-multimode-pool-ending-litigation/ [15:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Asus signs up to Sisvel's Wi-Fi Multimode pool, ending litigation - JUVE Patent [15:57] TR News free open-source software can flag clones by checking firmware, PCI Vendor ID https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/fake-samsung-ssd-spotting-comes-to-crystaldiskinfo-as-ai-crunch-drives-sophisticated-counterfeit-market-free-open-source-software-can-flag-clones-by-checking-firmware-pci-vendor-id [15:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Fake Samsung SSD spotting comes to CrystalDiskInfo as AI crunch drives sophisticated counterfeit market free open-source software can flag clones by checking firmware, PCI Vendor ID | Tom's Hardware [15:58] TR News Barman 3.18.0 Released https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/barman-3180-released-3303/ [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: Barman 3.18.0 Released [15:59] TR News Smoke tests for fun and profit https://nicolasfella.de/posts/smoke-tests-for-fun-and-profit/?utm_source=atom_feed [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nicolasfella.de | Smoke tests for fun and profit - Nicos blog [15:59] TR News OpenBSD 7.9 https://distrowatch.com/openbsd [15:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openbsd ) ● May 20 [16:00] TR News DDoS in Indonesia: What has changed? https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/19/ddos-in-indonesia-what-has-changed/ [16:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | DDoS in Indonesia: What has changed? | APNIC Blog [16:00] TR News LinkedIn Communications Reveal That Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn - Like Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub - Will Vanish Inside the Belly of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/LinkedIn_Communications_Reveal_That_LinkedIn_Like_GitHub_Will_V.shtml [16:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights LinkedIn Communications Reveal That LinkedIn - Like GitHub - Will Vanish Inside the Belly of Microsoft [16:02] TR News IBM firms collapsing. "Marty - if you are reading this - cash out now before we go to $1." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krhe689k [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krhe689k ) [16:08] TR News Ebola virus: Thailand tracks travellers from high-risk areas, puts hospitals on alert https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ebola-virus-thailand-tracks-travellers-from-high-risk-areas-puts-hospitals-on-alert [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Ebola virus: Thailand tracks travellers from high-risk areas, puts hospitals on alert | The Straits Times [16:08] TR News Bali increases surveillance for hantavirus https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bali-increases-surveillance-for-hantavirus [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Bali increases surveillance for hantavirus | The Straits Times [16:08] TR News Thailand steps up mpox surveillance after two new cases https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-steps-up-mpox-surveillance-after-two-new-cases [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Thailand steps up mpox surveillance after two new cases | The Straits Times ● May 20 [17:29] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 Released with Optional Command-Line AI Assistant https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_10_2_Released_with_Optional_Command_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_10_2_Released_with_Optional_Command_Li.gmi [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 Released with Optional Command-Line AI Assistant [17:58] TR News (NEW): HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.4 Drivers Add Support for New Printers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/HP_Linux_Imaging_and_Printing_HPLIP_3_26_4_Drivers_Add_Support_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/HP_Linux_Imaging_and_Printing_HPLIP_3_26_4_Drivers_Add_Support_.gmi [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.4 Drivers Add Support for New Printers ● May 20 [18:23] TR News Pigeon: A Love Story - A catcalling game https://boilingsteam.com/pigeon-a-love-story/index.html [18:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | Pigeon: A Love Story - A catcalling game [18:24] TR News Studies Question Value of AI-Assisted Police Reports https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/studies-question-value-of-ai-assisted-police-reports [18:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aclu.org | Studies Question Value of AI-Assisted Police Reports | American Civil Liberties Union [18:25] TR News Privacy Internationals submission to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the protection of human rights defenders in the digital age http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5771/privacy-internationals-submission-un-high-commissioner-human-rights-protection-human [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 502 @ https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5771/privacy-internationals-submission-un-high-commissioner-human-rights-protection-human ) [18:26] TR News Tech Exodus: Why Bill C-22s Privacy and Security Risks Will Drive Digital Services Out of the Country https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/tech-exodus-why-bill-c-22s-privacy-and-security-risks-will-drive-digital-services-out-of-the-country/ [18:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | Tech Exodus: Why Bill C-22's Privacy and Security Risks Will Drive Digital Services Out of the Country - Michael Geist [18:29] TR News L.I.R.R. Workers Are in Line for Raises, but at What Cost to New York? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/nyregion/lirr-strike-contract-fallout.html [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/nyregion/lirr-strike-contract-fallout.html ) [18:29] TR News Samsung, union narrow some differences as major strike nears https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/samsung-union-narrow-some-differences-as-major-strike-nears [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Samsung, union narrow some differences as major strike nears | The Straits Times [18:30] TR News Malaysia seeks more than $321m from Norway over axed defence deal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-seeks-more-than-250-million-from-norway-over-axed-defence-deal [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia seeks more than $321m from Norway over axed defence deal | The Straits Times [18:30] TR News Latest Ebola outbreak tough to tackle https://www.france24.com/en/latest-ebola-outbreak-tough-to-tackle [18:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/latest-ebola-outbreak-tough-to-tackle ) [18:32] TR News Microsoft is the problem, not the solution https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-digital-crimes-unit-disrupts-fox-tempest/ [18:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft disrupts cybercrime service that abused software verification systems en masse | CyberScoop [18:33] TR News Microsoft is transmitting malware again https://cyberscoop.com/mini-shai-hulud-malware-npm-packages-compromised-again/ [18:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Mini Shai-Hulud returns, compromising hundreds of npm packages | CyberScoop [18:34] TR News Windows TCO https://www.securityweek.com/legacy-windows-tool-mshta-fuels-surge-in-silent-malware-attacks/ [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Legacy Windows Tool MSHTA Fuels Surge in Silent Malware Attacks - SecurityWeek [18:35] TR News Narrative inversion as the root cause if Microsoft https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-disrupts-malware-signing-service-run-by-fox-tempest/ [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing Service Run by 'Fox Tempest' - SecurityWeek [18:35] TR News EvalHub: Because "looks good to me" isn't a benchmark https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/19/evalhub-because-looks-good-me-isnt-benchmark [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/19/evalhub-because-looks-good-me-isnt-benchmark ) [18:37] TR News How to Install Chromium Browser (DEB Package) in Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/05/install-chromium-deb-ubuntu/ [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | How to Install Chromium Browser (DEB Package) in Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 | UbuntuHandbook [18:38] TR News Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 151 https://fxdx.dev/firefox-webdriver-newsletter-151/ [18:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fxdx.dev | Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 151 Firefox Developer Experience [18:39] TR News Tollef Fog Heen: Signing UEFI submissions using osslsigncode https://err.no/personal/blog/tech/2026-05-18-signing-uefi-bits-from-linux/ [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-err.no | Signing UEFI submissions using osslsigncode [18:40] TR News Ubuntu Core 26 targets IoT devices and embedded systems, offers up to 15 years of security maintenance https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/19/ubuntu-core-26-targets-iot-devices-and-embedded-systems-offers-up-to-15-years-of-security-maintenance/ [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Ubuntu Core 26 targets IoT devices and embedded systems, offers up to 15 years of security maintenance - CNX Software [18:41] TR News The Famous GNU/Linux System Cleaner BleachBit Now Has a TUI (And I Tried It Out) https://itsfoss.com/news/bleachbit-tui-alpha/ [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | The Famous Linux System Cleaner BleachBit Now Has a TUI (And I Tried It Out) [18:41] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1073542/ [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [18:43] TR News PoC Released for DirtyDecrypt Linux Kernel Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/poc-released-for-dirtydecrypt-linux-kernel-vulnerability/ [18:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PoC Released for DirtyDecrypt Linux Kernel Vulnerability - SecurityWeek [18:44] TR News Canonical launches Ubuntu Core 26 https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-launches-ubuntu-core-26 [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Canonical launches Ubuntu Core 26 [18:47] TR News Zenclora Debian-based desktop GNU/Linux distribution https://www.linuxlinks.com/zenclora-debian-based-desktop-linux-distribution/ [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Zenclora - Debian-based desktop Linux distribution - LinuxLinks [18:52] TR News Top Priorities for Open Source Pros Seeking a New Job http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Top-Priorities-for-Open-Source-Pros-Seeking-a-New-Job [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linux-magazine.com | Top Priorities for Open Source Pros Seeking a N... Linux Magazine [18:52] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:53] TR News Fedora Retiring Its Deepin Desktop Packages... while Microsoft "EMBRACES" Fedora. RIP, IBM. [18:53] TR News WM Live 13.5 https://distrowatch.com/wmlive [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/wmlive ) [18:53] TR News Hardenwing 3.0 https://distrowatch.com/hardenwing [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/hardenwing ) [18:53] TR News Gnoppix 27-alpha https://distrowatch.com/gnoppix [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/gnoppix ) [18:54] TR News ODROID-H5 is a low-power x86 SBC with 10GbE and four M.2 slots https://linuxgizmos.com/odroid-h5-is-a-low-power-x86-sbc-with-10gbe-and-four-m-2-slots/ [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/odroid-h5-is-a-low-power-x86-sbc-with-10gbe-and-four-m-2-slots/ ) [18:55] TR News DietPi 10.4 https://distrowatch.com/dietpi [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/dietpi ) [18:55] TR News TileOS 2.0 https://distrowatch.com/tileos [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/tileos ) [18:56] TR News Br OS 13.5 https://distrowatch.com/bros [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/bros ) [18:56] TR News Armbian 26.5.1 https://distrowatch.com/armbian [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/armbian ) [18:58] TR News This release also introduces enhanced hardware-backed protection for mission-critical deployments and precise Linux builds. https://9to5linux.com/canonical-launches-ubuntu-core-26-with-live-kernel-patching-optimized-updates [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26 with Live Kernel Patching, Optimized Updates - 9to5Linux [18:59] TR News Canonical ships Ubuntu Core 26 with 15 years of security maintenance https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/19/ubuntu-core-26-released/ [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.helpnetsecurity.com | Canonical ships Ubuntu Core 26 with 15 years of security maintenance - Help Net Security ● May 20 [19:00] TR News Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26, Its Latest Snap-Powered Immutable Operating System https://www.hackster.io/news/canonical-launches-ubuntu-core-26-its-latest-snap-powered-immutable-operating-system-d641fda6e2bc [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26, Its Latest Snap-Powered Immutable Operating System - Hackster.io [19:03] *pi is now known as techrights-sec6 [19:06] TR News Torvalds admits slop is ruining his project; that won't stop LF shilling it for bribe money https://www.theverge.com/tech/932312/linus-torvalds-linux-ai-security-bugs [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Linus Torvalds says Linux security list is becoming unmanageable due to AI bug reports | The Verge [19:07] TR News 'This game is extremely broken': The dev of VKD3D-Proton, software for running Direct3D 12 games on Linux, isn't enjoying Forza Horizon 6 very much https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/this-game-is-extremely-broken-the-dev-of-vkd3d-proton-software-for-running-direct3d-12-games-on-linux-isnt-enjoying-forza-horizon-6-very-much/ [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pcgamer.com | 'This game is extremely broken': The dev of VKD3D-Proton, software for running Direct3D 12 games on Linux, isn't enjoying Forza Horizon 6 very much | PC Gamer [19:08] TR News Linux Vs. Windows: Which Is Better For Your PC? https://www.bgr.com/2172983/linux-vs-windows-which-better-pc/ [19:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bgr.com | Linux Vs. Windows: Which Is Better For Your PC? [19:08] TR News LF ruins the "L" in LF https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linus-torvalds-says-ai-bug-reports-have-made-the-linux-security-mailing-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable [19:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Linus Torvalds says flood of duplicate AI-generated vulnerability reports have made Linux security mailing list 'almost entirely unmanageable' private list 'a waste of time for everybody involved' in switch to new public system | Tom's Hardware [19:09] TR News "Like basically any hardware release from Valve, the Steam Controller came in a bit hot with a fair amount of niggling issues people have been reporting." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/steam-beta-brings-even-more-steam-controller-tweaks-and-a-firmware-fix-for-linux/ [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Beta brings even more Steam Controller tweaks and a firmware fix for Linux | GamingOnLinux [19:09] TR News "lots of Linux gamers reporting various issues with the game." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/forza-horizon-6-is-out-valve-update-proton-hotfix-for-linux-initial-thoughts/ [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux - initial thoughts | GamingOnLinux [19:10] TR News Forza Horizon 6 finally works on the Steam Deck and Linux gaming PCs thanks to a Proton hotfix Valve silently pushed to Steam https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111699/forza-horizon-6-finally-works-on-the-steam-deck-and-linux-gaming-pcs-thanks-to-a-proton-hotfix-valve-silently-pushed-to-steam/index.html [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tweaktown.com | Forza Horizon 6 finally works on the Steam Deck and Linux gaming PCs thanks to a Proton hotfix Valve silently pushed to Steam [19:10] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [19:10] TR News Techrights Cooperation and Collaboration, on a More Personal Level https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Cooperation_and_Collaboration_on_a_More_Personal_Level.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Cooperation_and_Collaboration_on_a_More_Personal_Level.gmi [19:10] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/05/2026: Ghost Essay and World Wide Web Considered Broken https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Gemini_Links_18_05_2026_Ghost_Essay_and_World_Wide_Web_Consider.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Gemini_Links_18_05_2026_Ghost_Essay_and_World_Wide_Web_Consider.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Cooperation and Collaboration, on a More Personal Level [19:10] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 18/05/2026: Poetry, Sauna, and GNU Taler https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Gemini_Links_18_05_2026_Poetry_Sauna_and_GNU_Taler.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Gemini_Links_18_05_2026_Poetry_Sauna_and_GNU_Taler.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 18/05/2026: Ghost Essay and World Wide Web Considered Broken [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 18/05/2026: Poetry, Sauna, and GNU Taler [19:10] TR News Techrights IBM Has Payroll Problems (Just Like Microsoft) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/IBM_Has_Payroll_Problems_Just_Like_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/IBM_Has_Payroll_Problems_Just_Like_Microsoft.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Has Payroll Problems (Just Like Microsoft) [19:10] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, May 17, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_May_17_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_May_17_2026.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, May 17, 2026 [19:10] TR News Techrights Links 18/05/2026: 25 Years of OLDaily and Dangers of "Living With Too Much Tech" https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Links_18_05_2026_25_Years_of_OLDaily_and_Dangers_of_Living_With.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Links_18_05_2026_25_Years_of_OLDaily_and_Dangers_of_Living_With.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 18/05/2026: 25 Years of OLDaily and Dangers of "Living With Too Much Tech" [19:10] TR News Techrights Links 18/05/2026: Slop-induced Shortages, Solicitors Regulation Authority Says It's Unable to Deal With Complaints Load (So Regulation Does Not Really Exist) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Links_18_05_2026_Slop_induced_Shortages_Solicitors_Regulation_A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Links_18_05_2026_Slop_induced_Shortages_Solicitors_Regulation_A.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 18/05/2026: Slop-induced Shortages, Solicitors Regulation Authority Says It's Unable to Deal With Complaints Load (So Regulation Does Not Really Exist) [19:10] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [19:10] TR News Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVI - Campinos Has Put Unfit-for-Employment Drug Addicts in Charge of the European Patent Office (EPO) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXVI_Campinos_Has_Put_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXVI_Campinos_Has_Put_.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVI - Campinos Has Put Unfit-for-Employment Drug Addicts in Charge of the European Patent Office (EPO) [19:10] TR News Techrights Trips to London https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Trips_to_London.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Trips_to_London.gmi [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Trips to London [19:11] TR News Techrights Working in the Shell (and Fish) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Working_in_the_Shell_and_Fish.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/18/Working_in_the_Shell_and_Fish.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Working in the Shell (and Fish) [19:11] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 19/05/2026: Reliable Old Tech, Collection of Essays https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Gemini_Links_19_05_2026_Reliable_Old_Tech_Collection_of_Essays.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Gemini_Links_19_05_2026_Reliable_Old_Tech_Collection_of_Essays.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 19/05/2026: Reliable Old Tech, Collection of Essays [19:11] TR News Techrights Head of GitHub Recently Left, Microsoft Need No Longer Report Mass Layoffs There (User Activity is Declining) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Head_of_GitHub_Recently_Left_Microsoft_Need_No_Longer_Report_Ma.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Head_of_GitHub_Recently_Left_Microsoft_Need_No_Longer_Report_Ma.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Head of GitHub Recently Left, Microsoft Need No Longer Report Mass Layoffs There (User Activity is Declining) [19:11] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 18, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_May_18_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_May_18_2026.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 18, 2026 [19:11] TR News Techrights It's Not Just a Widespread Theory, It's Apparently a Verified Fact: Home Appliances Not Made to Last Long https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/It_s_Not_Just_a_Widespread_Theory_It_s_Apparently_a_Verified_Fa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/It_s_Not_Just_a_Widespread_Theory_It_s_Apparently_a_Verified_Fa.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It's Not Just a Widespread Theory, It's Apparently a Verified Fact: Home Appliances Not Made to Last Long [19:11] TR News Techrights LinkedIn Layoffs at Microsoft: Probably Well More Than 5% of Staff https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/LinkedIn_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Probably_Well_More_Than_5_of_Staf.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/LinkedIn_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Probably_Well_More_Than_5_of_Staf.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights LinkedIn Layoffs at Microsoft: Probably Well More Than 5% of Staff [19:11] TR News (NEW): Discord: Some Odd Form of GNU/Linux Advocacy https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/14/Discord_Some_Odd_Form_of_GNU_Linux_Advocacy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/14/Discord_Some_Odd_Form_of_GNU_Linux_Advocacy.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Discord: Some Odd Form of GNU/Linux Advocacy [19:11] TR News Techrights Links 19/05/2026: More Obituaries for Peter G. Neumann, Taiwan Abandoned by Cheeto House for Don's Personal Gain https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Links_19_05_2026_More_Obituaries_for_Peter_G_Neumann_Taiwan_Aba.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Links_19_05_2026_More_Obituaries_for_Peter_G_Neumann_Taiwan_Aba.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 19/05/2026: More Obituaries for Peter G. Neumann, Taiwan Abandoned by Cheeto House for Don's Personal Gain [19:11] TR News (NEW): Anbernic RG DS gets a brand new Linux OS, and you don't need to uninstall Android https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/16/Anbernic_RG_DS_gets_a_brand_new_Linux_OS_and_you_don_t_need_to_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/16/Anbernic_RG_DS_gets_a_brand_new_Linux_OS_and_you_don_t_need_to_.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Anbernic RG DS gets a brand new Linux OS, and you don't need to uninstall Android [19:11] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [19:11] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 81 Out of 200: SLAPP Censorship Does Not Work If Your Sole Strategy is Revenge (and You Attack the Family) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_81_Out_of_200_SLAPP_Censorship_Does_Not_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_81_Out_of_200_SLAPP_Censorship_Does_Not_W.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 81 Out of 200: SLAPP Censorship Does Not Work If Your Sole Strategy is Revenge (and You Attack the Family) [19:11] TR News (NEW): Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list almost entirely unmanageable https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/18/Linus_Torvalds_says_AI_powered_bug_hunters_have_made_Linux_secu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/18/Linus_Torvalds_says_AI_powered_bug_hunters_have_made_Linux_secu.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list almost entirely unmanageable [19:11] TR News Techrights Techrights at 20 (Soon) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Techrights_at_20_Soon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Techrights_at_20_Soon.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Techrights at 20 (Soon) [19:11] TR News (NEW): Announcing Istio 1.30.0, 1.28.7, and 1.29.3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Announcing_Istio_1_30_0_1_28_7_and_1_29_3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Announcing_Istio_1_30_0_1_28_7_and_1_29_3.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Announcing Istio 1.30.0, 1.28.7, and 1.29.3 [19:11] TR News Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVII - European Patent Office (EPO) Became a "Toxic Work Environment" When Cocaine Addicts Put in Charge https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXVII_European_Patent_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/The_Corrupt_Lecture_the_Non_Corrupt_Part_XXVII_European_Patent_.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XXVII - European Patent Office (EPO) Became a "Toxic Work Environment" When Cocaine Addicts Put in Charge [19:11] TR News Techrights The Slop Bubble is Already Bursting https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/The_Slop_Bubble_is_Already_Bursting.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/The_Slop_Bubble_is_Already_Bursting.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Slop Bubble is Already Bursting [19:11] TR News (NEW): Anti-Lag 2 in Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Anti_Lag_2_in_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Anti_Lag_2_in_Linux.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Anti-Lag 2 in Linux [19:11] TR News Techrights Torvalds Capitulated on Rust and Slop, Now He's Paying the Price https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Torvalds_Capitulated_on_Rust_and_Slop_Now_He_s_Paying_the_Price.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Torvalds_Capitulated_on_Rust_and_Slop_Now_He_s_Paying_the_Price.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Torvalds Capitulated on Rust and Slop, Now He's Paying the Price [19:11] TR News (NEW): Applications: A Look at Gaze and LibrePlan 1.6.0 Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Applications_A_Look_at_Gaze_and_LibrePlan_1_6_0_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Applications_A_Look_at_Gaze_and_LibrePlan_1_6_0_Released.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Applications: A Look at Gaze and LibrePlan 1.6.0 Released [19:11] TR News Techrights Vista 11 Turns 5 in a Couple of Months. Not Many People Use It. https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Vista_11_Turns_5_in_a_Couple_of_Months_Not_Many_People_Use_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Vista_11_Turns_5_in_a_Couple_of_Months_Not_Many_People_Use_It.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Vista 11 Turns 5 in a Couple of Months. Not Many People Use It. [19:11] TR News (NEW): Ardour 9.5 Open-Source DAW Released with Chord Editing and Quantization https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Ardour_9_5_Open_Source_DAW_Released_with_Chord_Editing_and_Quan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Ardour_9_5_Open_Source_DAW_Released_with_Chord_Editing_and_Quan.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ardour 9.5 Open-Source DAW Released with Chord Editing and Quantization [19:11] TR News Techrights We Pay More for Less, for Things That Last Less Time and Are Almost Impossible to Repair https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/We_Pay_More_for_Less_for_Things_That_Last_Less_Time_and_Are_Alm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/We_Pay_More_for_Less_for_Things_That_Last_Less_Time_and_Are_Alm.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights We Pay More for Less, for Things That Last Less Time and Are Almost Impossible to Repair [19:11] TR News (NEW): Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26 with Live Kernel Patching, Optimized Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Canonical_Launches_Ubuntu_Core_26_with_Live_Kernel_Patching_Opt.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/19/Canonical_Launches_Ubuntu_Core_26_with_Live_Kernel_Patching_Opt.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26 with Live Kernel Patching, Optimized Updates [19:11] TR News Techrights Whistleblowers Needed: We Are Seeing Many Layoffs in Red Hat (Not Just in China), We Want to Know More https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Whistleblowers_Needed_We_Are_Seeing_Many_Layoffs_in_Red_Hat_Not.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/19/Whistleblowers_Needed_We_Are_Seeing_Many_Layoffs_in_Red_Hat_Not.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Whistleblowers Needed: We Are Seeing Many Layoffs in Red Hat (Not Just in China), We Want to Know More [19:11] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 20/05/2026: Fall of an Empire, "High Tech is a Social Exercise", and Big Cameras https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Gemini_Links_20_05_2026_Fall_of_an_Empire_High_Tech_is_a_Social.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Gemini_Links_20_05_2026_Fall_of_an_Empire_High_Tech_is_a_Social.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 20/05/2026: Fall of an Empire, "High Tech is a Social Exercise", and Big Cameras [19:11] TR News Techrights IBM is Becoming a Pile of Expired Patents and Abandoned Buildings, Assets of Little Actual Value https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IBM_is_Becoming_a_Pile_of_Expired_Patents_and_Abandoned_Buildin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IBM_is_Becoming_a_Pile_of_Expired_Patents_and_Abandoned_Buildin.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM is Becoming a Pile of Expired Patents and Abandoned Buildings, Assets of Little Actual Value [19:11] TR News Techrights In Wall Street, Financial Difficulties Drive Shares Up https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/In_Wall_Street_Financial_Difficulties_Drive_Shares_Up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/In_Wall_Street_Financial_Difficulties_Drive_Shares_Up.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Wall Street, Financial Difficulties Drive Shares Up [19:11] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_May_19_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_May_19_2026.gmi [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 [19:12] TR News Even More PlayStation 5 Consoles Can Now Run Linux https://www.techpowerup.com/349163/even-more-playstation-5-consoles-can-now-run-linux [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Even More PlayStation 5 Consoles Can Now Run Linux | TechPowerUp [19:15] TR News Your Android phone already does what Googlebook is promising https://www.makeuseof.com/android-phone-already-does-googlebook-promising/ [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | Your Android phone already does what Googlebook is promising [19:16] TR News AGL releases initial SoDeV reference platform https://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/news/software-engineering-sdvs/agl-releases-initial-sodev-reference-platform.html [19:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/news/software-engineering-sdvs/agl-releases-initial-sodev-reference-platform.html ) [19:18] TR News OneXPlayer Linux support expands with new hid-oxp driver https://videocardz.com/newz/onexplayer-handhelds-get-valve-backed-linux-driver-in-linux-7-2 [19:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OneXPlayer handhelds get Valve-backed Linux driver in Linux 7.2 - VideoCardz.com [19:20] TR News Slop is not "AI", it's slop https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ai-is-raising-hell-for-linux-managers-buried-under-a-flood-of-dupe-bug-reports/ [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitaltrends.com | AI is raising hell for Linux managers buried under a flood of dupe bug reports - Digital Trends [19:21] TR News No connection to Linux, just a corporate scam piggybacking the brand https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/linux-foundation-daniela-barbosa-blockchain-ai-digital-identity/ [19:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.ccn.com/education/crypto/linux-foundation-daniela-barbosa-blockchain-ai-digital-identity/ ) [19:22] TR News Linux gamers can now use NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag 2 on any GPU thanks to a new open-source project https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111675/linux-gamers-can-now-use-nvidia-reflex-and-amd-anti-lag-2-on-any-gpu-thanks-to-a-new-open-source-project/index.html [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tweaktown.com | Linux gamers can now use NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag 2 on any GPU thanks to a new open-source project [19:22] TR News Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS, even if Windows owns the Steam charts https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-should-be-scared-of-steamos-even-if-windows-owns-steam-charts/ [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS, even if Windows owns the Steam charts [19:25] TR News Slop? https://financefeeds.com/linux-crypto-api-example-for-developers/ [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-financefeeds.com | Linux Crypto API Example For Developers and Security Engineers [19:25] TR News This Linux shell gives you the terminal features Bash forgot to add https://www.makeuseof.com/this-linux-shell-gives-you-the-terminal-features-bash-forgot-to-add/ [19:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | This Linux shell gives you the terminal features Bash forgot to add [19:28] TR News (NEW): Firefox 152 Enters Public Beta Testing with Many Changes and Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Firefox_152_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_with_Many_Changes_and_Im.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Firefox_152_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_with_Many_Changes_and_Im.gmi [19:28] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Firefox 152 Enters Public Beta Testing with Many Changes and Improvements [19:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:29] TR News (NEW): Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Forza_Horizon_6_is_out_Valve_update_Proton_Hotfix_for_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Forza_Horizon_6_is_out_Valve_update_Proton_Hotfix_for_Linux.gmi [19:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Forza Horizon 6 is out, Valve update Proton Hotfix for Linux [19:30] TR News Performance Comparison Windows and Linux in Resident Evil 2 https://en.gamegpu.com/news/igry/sravnenie-proizvoditelnosti-windows-i-linux-v-resident-evil-2 [19:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.gamegpu.com | Performance Comparison Windows and Linux in Resident Evil 2 [19:31] TR News (NEW): Games: Godot, DRM and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Games_Godot_DRM_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Games_Godot_DRM_and_More.gmi [19:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Godot, DRM and More [19:33] TR News "In the mid-2010s, I was quite active on several social media sites: Facebook, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, and so on." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202605/20260520-a-geminauts-view-of-nostr.gmi [19:34] TR News finals week gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2823 [19:36] TR News "What is the least explainable thing you have witnessed?" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/unexplainable.txt [19:37] TR News Note on boxing gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/boxerJournal [19:38] TR News Mindfull gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/mindFull [19:41] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers and Windows/Microsoft TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_Microsoft_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Security_Leftovers_and_Windows_Microsoft_TCO.gmi [19:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers and Windows/Microsoft TCO [19:44] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [19:53] TR News (NEW): PSQL Database: pgBackRest Update, Barman 3.18.0, and plpgsql_wrap v1.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/PSQL_Database_pgBackRest_Update_Barman_3_18_0_and_plpgsql_wrap_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/PSQL_Database_pgBackRest_Update_Barman_3_18_0_and_plpgsql_wrap_.gmi [19:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines PSQL Database: pgBackRest Update, Barman 3.18.0, and plpgsql_wrap v1.0 [19:54] TR News (NEW): Linux Devices and Open Hardware: 8-bit Web Server, RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware_8_bit_Web_Server_RISC_V_Raspber.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware_8_bit_Web_Server_RISC_V_Raspber.gmi [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Devices and Open Hardware: 8-bit Web Server, RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, and More [19:56] TR News (NEW): Latest From Red Hat's redhat.com (After Red Hat Summit 2026) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Latest_From_Red_Hat_s_redhat_com_After_Red_Hat_Summit_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Latest_From_Red_Hat_s_redhat_com_After_Red_Hat_Summit_2026.gmi [19:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Latest From Red Hat's redhat.com (After Red Hat Summit 2026) [19:58] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Whats in the SOSS?, LINUX Unplugged, Raspberry Pi on BBC, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Audiocasts_Shows_What_s_in_the_SOSS_LINUX_Unplugged_Raspberry_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Audiocasts_Shows_What_s_in_the_SOSS_LINUX_Unplugged_Raspberry_P.gmi [19:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Whats in the SOSS?, LINUX Unplugged, Raspberry Pi on BBC, and More [19:59] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/today_s_leftovers.gmi [19:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's leftovers ● May 20 [20:03] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Openwashing, and Standards https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Openwashing_and_Standards.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Openwashing_and_Standards.gmi [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Openwashing, and Standards [20:03] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers, Dead Web, and Making Sites Better https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Web_Browsers_Dead_Web_and_Making_Sites_Better.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Web_Browsers_Dead_Web_and_Making_Sites_Better.gmi [20:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Web Browsers, Dead Web, and Making Sites Better [20:06] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 20/05/2026: Advantage of CD Collections, Geminaut's View of Nostr, and SSL / TLS Certificates https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Gemini_Links_20_05_2026_Advantage_of_CD_Collections_Geminaut_s_.shtml | Gemini address: 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https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/A_Lot_of_Coverage_Adding_Hype_Factor_to_Slop_Bug_Reports_is_Mad.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/A_Lot_of_Coverage_Adding_Hype_Factor_to_Slop_Bug_Reports_is_Mad.gmi [20:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights A Lot of Coverage Adding Hype Factor to Slop Bug Reports... is Made by LLM Slop [20:37] TR News Techrights IBM's Kyndryl is Circling Down the Drain, Say Kyndryl Insiders https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IBM_s_Kyndryl_is_Circling_Down_the_Drain_Say_Kyndryl_Insiders.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/IBM_s_Kyndryl_is_Circling_Down_the_Drain_Say_Kyndryl_Insiders.gmi [20:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM's Kyndryl is Circling Down the Drain, Say Kyndryl Insiders [20:38] TR News Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah HEY HI https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/intuit-to-lay-off-over-3000-employees-to-refocus-on-ai/ [20:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI | TechCrunch [20:39] TR News It's not even HEY HI, he meant SLOP https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/technology/news/story/google-deepmind-ceo-demis-hassabis-has-a-message-for-companies-blaming-ai-for-mass-layoffs-2914269-2026-05-20 [20:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.indiatoday.in | Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has a message for companies blaming AI for mass layoffs - India Today [20:59] TR News Techrights A Lot of Fake News About Microsoft's LinkedIn Today, Some Comes From Slopfarms, Some Relies on Those Slopfarms https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/A_Lot_of_Fake_News_About_Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_Today_Some_Comes_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/A_Lot_of_Fake_News_About_Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_Today_Some_Comes_.gmi [20:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights A Lot of Fake News About Microsoft's LinkedIn Today, Some Comes From Slopfarms, Some Relies on Those Slopfarms ● May 20 [21:07] TR News (NEW): Summer Comes Early https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Summer_Comes_Early.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Summer_Comes_Early.gmi [21:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Summer Comes Early [21:56] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● May 20 [22:01] TR News "There's been a development in the Grenfell Tower outrage ... the police are considering charges against a broad range of people." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2026-05-20_looking-back-in-anger-on-scandals.gmi [22:02] TR News "No justification whatsoever is offered for this appalling sentiment, and the BBC doesn't appear to have pushed back on it. 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[22:03] TR News "Hey all, your favorite (not) patron here, coming out of the woodworks for her once-a-whatever post... this time, Im sober, and I hope to keep it that way" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2824 [22:14] TR News (NEW): Tails 7.8 Anonymous Linux OS Patches Recent Kernel Flaws, Removes Thunderbird https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Tails_7_8_Anonymous_Linux_OS_Patches_Recent_Kernel_Flaws_Remove.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Tails_7_8_Anonymous_Linux_OS_Patches_Recent_Kernel_Flaws_Remove.gmi [22:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tails 7.8 Anonymous Linux OS Patches Recent Kernel Flaws, Removes Thunderbird [22:18] TR News Techrights Oracle Seems to Have Popularised Overnight Layoffs, Now GAFAM Does the Same https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Oracle_Seems_to_Have_Popularised_Overnight_Layoffs_Now_GAFAM_Do.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/Oracle_Seems_to_Have_Popularised_Overnight_Layoffs_Now_GAFAM_Do.gmi [22:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Oracle Seems to Have Popularised Overnight Layoffs, Now GAFAM Does the Same [22:41] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 83 Out of 200: Religion is Still Alive, But for Many This Religion is Monetary (Greed, Monopolies, Corporate Power) https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_83_Out_of_200_Religion_is_Still_Alive_But.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_83_Out_of_200_Religion_is_Still_Alive_But.gmi [22:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 83 Out of 200: Religion is Still Alive, But for Many This Religion is Monetary (Greed, Monopolies, Corporate Power) ● May 20 [23:01] TR News (NEW): Tackling Abusive Traffic https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Tackling_Abusive_Traffic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/05/20/Tackling_Abusive_Traffic.gmi [23:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tackling Abusive Traffic [23:28] TR News Techrights GAFAM is Connected to Misogyny, Almost All Founders Divorced https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/GAFAM_is_Connected_to_Misogyny_Almost_All_Founders_Divorced.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/05/20/GAFAM_is_Connected_to_Misogyny_Almost_All_Founders_Divorced.gmi [23:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GAFAM is Connected to Misogyny, Almost All Founders Divorced ● May 20 [02:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [02:16] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:22] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:29] *croissant (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #techpol [02:34] admfubar https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/fbi-seeks-us-wide-access-to-license-plate-cameras-wants-data-in-near-real-time/ [02:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-arstechnica.com | FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, wants "data in near real time" - Ars Technica [02:37] *croissant` (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #techpol [02:39] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● May 20 [06:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [06:10] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● May 20 [07:34] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:36] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:49] *liberty_box (~liberty@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #techpol [07:50] *rianne (~rianne@agjs4m3wtva2n.irc) has joined #techpol ● May 20 [11:06] *croissant (~croissant@uudy98nj9ntz2.irc) has joined #techpol [11:06] *croissant` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● May 20 [18:52] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techpol ● May 20 [19:03] *pi is now known as techrights-sec6 ● May 20 [21:12] admfubar https://www.alternet.org/foreign-divestment-us/ [21:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Foreign governments are voting against America with their money - Alternet.org [21:56] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)