●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 ●● ● Aug 20 [02:38] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-190825.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-190825.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-190825.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-190825.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-190825.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-190825.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-190825.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-190825.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-08-19.txt [02:55] TR News "I've used vim for a long time. I am not a superuser, but I have built up enough muscle memory that I find it difficult to learn a new way of interacting with text. Vim is also so prevalent that many other applications allow the use of vim bindings, which I regularly use." gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/others/tech/2025-08-19.vim-is-dead.gmi [02:56] TR News "Recently, a proposal to remove XSLT (an XML-based stylesheet language) from the HTML spec was put forward by the Chrome team and has begun to gain some traction." gemini://gemini.bunburya.eu/gemlog/posts/2025-08-19-xml.gmi [02:57] TR News "Edging ever closer to maintenance mode, Alhena 5.2.9 has a smattering of fixes and a few new features. Most notable is the ability to embed VLC media using data URLs." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Alhena/31582 [02:59] TR News Teach and learn beats RTFM gemini://idiomdrottning.org/teach-and-learn "Even more so if we were three people who read one book each and taught each other as opposed to reading three books each." ● Aug 20 [03:00] TR News "(No epigrams here yet. Sorry-not-sorry to have faked you out if you navigated here from /words/. Not sure if this should just be folded into /i-think-about/. Now that I think about it, /others/ should be /others/ and Perliss thing should be in /computing/others/.)" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/epigrams/ [03:02] TR News "I use Homebrew to get a lot of random small programs that I otherwise never would have bothered to get. However, the output of `brew list | wc -l` is currently up to the mid-200s, and a lot of these are mere dependencies of things I actually care about." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/programs/ [03:03] TR News "My friend Mark [1] wrote me, asking why I was not with Comcast. I answered it was more the devil I know than the devil I don't know. Intertia is hard to overcome at times." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/19.1 [03:03] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-20.gmi [03:04] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1388.jpg [03:04] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1738.jpg [03:10] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 20/08/2025: Neovim, XML, and Alhena 5.2.9 https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Gemini_Links_20_08_2025_Neovim_XML_and_Alhena_5_2_9.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Gemini_Links_20_08_2025_Neovim_XML_and_Alhena_5_2_9.gmi [03:10] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_August_19_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_August_19_2025.gmi [03:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 20/08/2025: Neovim, XML, and Alhena 5.2.9 [03:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 [03:12] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:12] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:17] TR News Commodore Amiga turns 40, headlines UK exhibition https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/19/getting_handson_with_the_commodore/?td=rt-3a [03:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Commodore Amiga turns 40, headlines UK exhibition The Register [03:19] TR News "Cue up the next boatload of H1-B mush-mouths to fill the "shortages."" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k21888z6 "The cancer known as Mein Drumpf -- protecting U.S. workers again." [03:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k21888z6 ) [03:20] TR News Cloud Chamber has announced an "unspecified" number of layoffs as Rod Fergusson steps in to oversee the challenging production of BioShock 4. https://wnhub.io/news/hr/item-48581 [03:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wnhub.io | Cloud Chamber has announced an "unspecified" number of layoffs as Rod Fergusson steps in to oversee the challenging production of BioShock 4. | WN Hub [03:22] TR News Layoffs are the real news here https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/rod-fergusson-cloud-chamber-studio-head-bioshock [03:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.windowscentral.com | Former Diablo, Gears of War boss now leading BioShock | Windows Central [03:24] TR News Oracle layoffs hit India: 10 per cent staff cut, thousands of jobs lost https://www.indiatvnews.com/technology/news/oracle-layoffs-hit-india-10-per-cent-staff-cut-thousands-of-jobs-lost-2025-08-19-1004229 [03:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.indiatvnews.com | Oracle layoffs hit India: 10 per cent staff cut, thousands of jobs lost | Technology News India TV [03:37] TR News These Are the 7 Oldest Linux Distros Still Being Developed https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/7-oldest-linux-distros-still-123016278.html [03:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tech.yahoo.com | These Are the 7 Oldest Linux Distros Still Being Developed [03:38] TR News "I covered it here on GamingOnLinux last week when it released, since it has some really fun features to change the way you game. Since it's webcam-based, it's easy to get it up and running too without expensive dedicated hardware and no annoying driver issues." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/webcam-based-head-eye-tracking-app-for-gaming-lookpilot-gets-improved-linux-compatibility/ [03:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Webcam-based head & eye tracking app for gaming, LookPilot gets improved Linux compatibility | GamingOnLinux [03:39] TR News "In the game you have to master the ability to change the weather, altering the environment and battles. Craft unique gear and weapons, and explore hidden secrets as you journey through humour-filled stone age." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/ukrainian-devs-cheers-llc-bring-puzzle-metroidvania-neanderthallica-to-linux-and-macos/ [03:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ukrainian devs Cheers LLC bring puzzle-metroidvania Neanderthallica to Linux and macOS | GamingOnLinux ● Aug 20 [04:04] TR News Techrights Using the Best Tool/s for the Job: RSS Feeds and RSS Readers https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Using_the_Best_Tool_s_for_the_Job_RSS_Feeds_and_RSS_Readers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Using_the_Best_Tool_s_for_the_Job_RSS_Feeds_and_RSS_Readers.gmi [04:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Using the Best Tool/s for the Job: RSS Feeds and RSS Readers [04:08] TR News "At IBM, leaders have their snouts in the trough first ... always!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k31x5143 [04:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k31x5143 ) [04:08] TR News "The greedy, the arrogant , self entitled, the ones full of hubris always go first. They are not leaders. They are the royalty looking down on their serfs. If only the leaders of IBM had a minimal amount of integrity and honor." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k31x5143 [04:21] TR News Windows down to very little in Somalia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/somalia/#monthly-200902-202508 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/somalia/#monthly-200902-202508 [04:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Somalia | Statcounter Global Stats [04:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Somalia | Statcounter Global Stats [04:23] TR News Mobile in its second-highest point, but "end of the smartphone era" says the man who flies (or flew) the pedo plane of Jeffrey Epstein regularly https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp [04:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.w3schools.com | OS Statistics [04:26] TR News Android and GNU/Linux very high https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/norway/#monthly-200902-202508 [04:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Norway | Statcounter Global Stats [04:29] TR News Chrome hardly gained any share in 7 years in the US. But the US wants to break this monopoly (51%). https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/united-states-of-america/#monthly-200903-202508 [04:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Browser Market Share United States Of America | Statcounter Global Stats [04:47] TR News Techrights Microsoft Windows in Croatia at New Lows https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Microsoft_Windows_in_Croatia_at_New_Lows.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Microsoft_Windows_in_Croatia_at_New_Lows.gmi [04:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Windows in Croatia at New Lows [04:53] TR News All about LOSING money https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/softbank-dethroned-microsoft-as-openais-largest-investor [04:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.windowscentral.com | SoftBank reportedly took on debt to fund OpenAIs $40B round | Windows Central [04:55] TR News "CNBCs Jordan Novet contributed to this report." = It was written by Microsoft as MARKETING SPAM. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/13/microsoft-ceo-nadella-forms-new-coreai-group-led-by-jay-parikh.html [04:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnbc.com | Microsoft CEO Nadella forms new CoreAI group, led by Jay Parikh [04:56] TR News They lose money while reporting "profits" and buying their own shares [04:58] TR News "AI" is just a debt and death "industry". It makes up "capital" out of thin air. https://www.silicon.co.uk/cloud/ai/coreweave-debt-ai-613181 [04:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.silicon.co.uk | CoreWeave 'Seeking $1.5bn In Debt' After IPO Disappointment [04:58] TR News And don't forget this one https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/once-worth-over-1b-microsoft-backed-builder-ai-is-running-out-of-money/ [04:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Once worth over $1B, Microsoft-backed Builder.ai is running out of money | TechCrunch ● Aug 20 [05:22] TR News Techrights Before CoreAI There Was Builder.ai https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Before_CoreAI_There_Was_Builder_ai.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Before_CoreAI_There_Was_Builder_ai.gmi [05:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Before CoreAI There Was Builder.ai [05:49] TR News Techrights Many Companies Are Run by Liars Who Ride Other People's Money https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Many_Companies_Are_Run_by_Liars_Who_Ride_Other_People_s_Money.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Many_Companies_Are_Run_by_Liars_Who_Ride_Other_People_s_Money.gmi [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Many Companies Are Run by Liars Who Ride Other People's Money [05:52] TR News Still on Windows 10? Take a Linux Test Drive Without the Install https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-10-users-take-a-linux-test-drive-without-the-install/ [05:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Still on Windows 10? Take a Linux Test Drive Without the Install [05:53] TR News Handbrake Video Converter Gets More Presets and Bug Fixes https://www.howtogeek.com/handbrake-video-converter-gets-more-presets-and-bug-fixes/ [05:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Handbrake Video Converter Gets More Presets and Bug Fixes [05:54] TR News (NEW): HandBrake 1.10 Open-Source Video Transcoder Brings New Social 10MB Presets https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/09/HandBrake_1_10_Open_Source_Video_Transcoder_Brings_New_Social_1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/09/HandBrake_1_10_Open_Source_Video_Transcoder_Brings_New_Social_1.gmi [05:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines HandBrake 1.10 Open-Source Video Transcoder Brings New Social 10MB Presets [05:55] TR News GNOME's Matrix Messaging App Is Getting New Features https://www.howtogeek.com/gnomes-matrix-messaging-app-is-getting-new-features/ [05:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | GNOME's Matrix Messaging App Is Getting New Features [05:57] TR News This Linux Workstation Laptop Has an RTX 5090 Inside https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-workstation-laptop-has-an-rtx-5090-inside/ [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | This Linux Workstation Laptop Has an RTX 5090 Inside [05:58] TR News Seems like Microsoft has already begun bribing howtogeek https://www.howtogeek.com/github-free-stuff-and-discounts-for-students/ [05:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | PSA: GitHub Gives You Free Stuff If You're a Student [05:59] TR News Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" Beta Has Arrived: Here's What's New https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-222-zara-beta-has-arrived-heres-whats-new/ [05:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" Beta Has Arrived: Here's What's New ● Aug 20 [06:01] TR News Syncthing 2.0 Is Here to Upgrade Your Cloud-less File Synchronization https://www.howtogeek.com/syncthing-20-is-here-for-your-cloud-less-file-synchronization/ [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Syncthing 2.0 Is Here to Upgrade Your Cloud-less File Synchronization [06:01] TR News (NEW): Linux Mint 22.2 Zara Is Available for Public Beta Testing, Download Now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/10/Linux_Mint_22_2_Zara_Is_Available_for_Public_Beta_Testing_Downl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/10/Linux_Mint_22_2_Zara_Is_Available_for_Public_Beta_Testing_Downl.gmi [06:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Mint 22.2 Zara Is Available for Public Beta Testing, Download Now [06:04] TR News (NEW): Valnet/How-To Geek on Trying GNU/Linux, Kubuntu Focus, Fractal, and Syncthing 2.0 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Valnet_How_To_Geek_on_Trying_GNU_Linux_Kubuntu_Focus_Fractal_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Valnet_How_To_Geek_on_Trying_GNU_Linux_Kubuntu_Focus_Fractal_an.gmi [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Valnet/How-To Geek on Trying GNU/Linux, Kubuntu Focus, Fractal, and Syncthing 2.0 [06:13] *guideddrone (~guideddrone@x9p9di2w8sxvc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [06:14] guideddrone schestowitz-pi, What software/images do you use for maps on your site? [06:27] TR News Techrights The Register MS, Paid to Promote "AI" Hype, Does "Sez" (Says) Pieces https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/The_Register_MS_Paid_to_Promote_AI_Hype_Does_Sez_Says_Pieces.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/The_Register_MS_Paid_to_Promote_AI_Hype_Does_Sez_Says_Pieces.gmi [06:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Register MS, Paid to Promote "AI" Hype, Does "Sez" (Says) Pieces [06:37] TR News Techrights All That's Left of MSNBC (Microsoft-NBC) is Microsoft NOW https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/All_That_s_Left_of_MSNBC_Microsoft_NBC_is_Microsoft_NOW.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/All_That_s_Left_of_MSNBC_Microsoft_NBC_is_Microsoft_NOW.gmi [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights All That's Left of MSNBC (Microsoft-NBC) is Microsoft NOW ● Aug 20 [07:11] TR News Techrights In Vietnam, Microsoft's Search Engine "Market Share" Fell to Almost 0%, CocCoc More Than 5 Times Bigger https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/In_Vietnam_Microsoft_s_Search_Engine_Market_Share_Fell_to_Almos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/In_Vietnam_Microsoft_s_Search_Engine_Market_Share_Fell_to_Almos.gmi [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Vietnam, Microsoft's Search Engine "Market Share" Fell to Almost 0%, CocCoc More Than 5 Times Bigger [07:41] TR News Techrights Microsoft May Have Become - at Least Partially - Like a Boiler Room Scam https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Microsoft_May_Have_Become_at_Least_Partially_Like_a_Boiler_Room.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Microsoft_May_Have_Become_at_Least_Partially_Like_a_Boiler_Room.gmi [07:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft May Have Become - at Least Partially - Like a Boiler Room Scam [07:42] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [07:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [07:52] TR News (NEW): Forlinx FET-MX9596-C SoM Arrives with NXP i.MX 95, Dual 10GbE, and Onboard NPU https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Forlinx_FET_MX9596_C_SoM_Arrives_with_NXP_i_MX_95_Dual_10GbE_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Forlinx_FET_MX9596_C_SoM_Arrives_with_NXP_i_MX_95_Dual_10GbE_an.gmi [07:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Forlinx FET-MX9596-C SoM Arrives with NXP i.MX 95, Dual 10GbE, and Onboard NPU [07:57] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software ● Aug 20 [08:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:06] TR News Techrights A Lot of What Happened in Twitter Was Bots, Botfarms, and Troll Farms. It's Even Worse Now (Under X.com) and People Are Noticing. https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/A_Lot_of_What_Happened_in_Twitter_Was_Bots_Botfarms_and_Troll_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/A_Lot_of_What_Happened_in_Twitter_Was_Bots_Botfarms_and_Troll_F.gmi [08:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights A Lot of What Happened in Twitter Was Bots, Botfarms, and Troll Farms. It's Even Worse Now (Under X.com) and People Are Noticing. [08:10] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:13] TR News "If Nintendo 64 is your thing, keep an eye on the gopher64 emulator which is steadily adding in more features and has Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nintendo-64-emulator-gopher64-recently-added-save-state-slots-and-netplay-cloud-servers/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 recently added save state slots and netplay cloud servers | GamingOnLinux [08:14] TR News "NVIDIA GeForce NOW is set for some huge upgrades with GeForce RTX 5080-powered servers, a new way to play games and the Steam Deck gets a boost too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/geforce-now-gets-blackwell-gpus-install-to-play-games-a-steam-deck-upgrade-and-discord-integration/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GeForce NOW gets Blackwell GPUs, install to play games, a Steam Deck upgrade and Discord integration | GamingOnLinux [08:17] TR News (NEW): I Tested 9 Arch-Based Linux Distros, Here's How I Rank Them https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/I_Tested_9_Arch_Based_Linux_Distros_Here_s_How_I_Rank_Them.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/I_Tested_9_Arch_Based_Linux_Distros_Here_s_How_I_Rank_Them.gmi [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I Tested 9 Arch-Based Linux Distros, Here's How I Rank Them [08:25] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-8np.vr1.bp0598.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [08:25] TR News (NEW): Fooyin 0.9 Music Player Arrives with Artwork Downloads, Synced Lyrics https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Fooyin_0_9_Music_Player_Arrives_with_Artwork_Downloads_Synced_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Fooyin_0_9_Music_Player_Arrives_with_Artwork_Downloads_Synced_L.gmi [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fooyin 0.9 Music Player Arrives with Artwork Downloads, Synced Lyrics [08:27] TR News (NEW): FreshRSS 1.27 Feed Agregator Now Supports PHP 8.5+ https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/FreshRSS_1_27_Feed_Agregator_Now_Supports_PHP_8_5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/FreshRSS_1_27_Feed_Agregator_Now_Supports_PHP_8_5.gmi [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FreshRSS 1.27 Feed Agregator Now Supports PHP 8.5+ [08:30] TR News (NEW): Social Control Networks and Drupal Were a Waste of Time, a 'Bubble' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Social_Control_Networks_and_Drupal_Were_a_Waste_of_Time_a_Bubbl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Social_Control_Networks_and_Drupal_Were_a_Waste_of_Time_a_Bubbl.gmi [08:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Social Control Networks and Drupal Were a Waste of Time, a 'Bubble' [08:30] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [08:32] TR News "After a successful Kickstarter back in 2019, Roach Games have confirmed that Kingdoms of the Dump is set for release in November." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/clean-up-the-world-in-kingdoms-of-the-dump-a-snes-styled-jrpg-coming-in-november/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Clean up the world in Kingdoms of the Dump a SNES styled JRPG coming in November | GamingOnLinux [08:35] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [08:53] TR News "AUTARKIS is an upcoming puzzle colony builder from developer rockingprojects. It's all about building mini colonies, and protecting them from catastrophes." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/puzzle-colony-builder-autarkis-looks-great-with-a-demo-up-and-releases-september-1/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Puzzle colony builder AUTARKIS looks great with a demo up and releases September 1 | GamingOnLinux [08:53] TR News "LookPilot continues being one of the most promising (and cheapest) ways to get 6DoF head & eye tracking for gaming on Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/webcam-based-head-eye-tracking-app-for-gaming-lookpilot-gets-improved-linux-compatibility/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Webcam-based head & eye tracking app for gaming, LookPilot gets improved Linux compatibility | GamingOnLinux ● Aug 20 [09:30] *guideddrone has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:51] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Aug 20 [10:01] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-8np.vr1.bp0598.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:56] TR News "Airships: Lost Flotilla is a really good auto-shooter taking elements from survivor-like bullet hells and it just had a big free content expansion." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/steampunk-auto-shooter-airships-lost-flotilla-gets-a-big-free-content-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steampunk auto-shooter Airships: Lost Flotilla gets a big free content update | GamingOnLinux [10:56] TR News "Valve developers are still working on their upcoming game Deadlock, a third-person MOBA and the latest update is a pretty big one." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-continue-building-up-their-new-game-deadlock-with-a-big-update-with-six-new-heroes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve continue building up their new game Deadlock with a big update with six new heroes | GamingOnLinux [10:57] TR News "Neanderthallica blends a prehistoric world with a twist of sci-fi, a puzzle-metroidvania that's now supported on Linux and macOS." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/ukrainian-devs-cheers-llc-bring-puzzle-metroidvania-neanderthallica-to-linux-and-macos/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ukrainian devs Cheers LLC bring puzzle-metroidvania Neanderthallica to Linux and macOS | GamingOnLinux [10:57] TR News "Okay fine, I'll load HELLDIVERS 2 up again. I definitely don't want to miss the new HELLDIVERS 2 x HALO: ODST Legendary Warbond." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/helldivers-2-x-halo-odst-crossover-arrives-on-august-26/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HELLDIVERS 2 x Halo: ODST crossover arrives on August 26 | GamingOnLinux [10:57] TR News "A special announcement from Team Cherry has been revealed for Hollow Knight: Silksong." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/hollow-knight-silksong-special-announcement-coming-august-21/ | Source: GamingOnLinux [10:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hollow Knight: Silksong 'special announcement' coming August 21 | GamingOnLinux [10:59] TR News Anon: Docker is more or less a proprietary manifestation in practice: aka B.L.Ob. https://www.binarly.io/blog/persistent-risk-xz-utils-backdoor-still-lurking-in-docker-images ("Persistent Risk: XZ Utils Backdoor Still Lurking in Docker Images") [10:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.binarly.io | Persistent Risk: XZ Utils Backdoor Still Lurking in Docker Images ● Aug 20 [11:01] TR News "Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-airstrike-casulaties-kharkiv-donetsk-zaporizhzhya-kherson-poltava-chernihiv/33507183.html [11:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine [11:02] TR News "Nordics and Baltics say they are 'steadfast' in support for Ukraine / Article" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/17.08.2025-nordics-and-baltics-say-they-are-steadfast-in-support-for-ukraine.a610667/ [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Nordics and Baltics say they are 'steadfast' in support for Ukraine / Article [11:02] TR News (NEW): Games: HELLDIVERS, Deadlock, LookPilot, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Games_HELLDIVERS_Deadlock_LookPilot_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Games_HELLDIVERS_Deadlock_LookPilot_and_More.gmi [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: HELLDIVERS, Deadlock, LookPilot, and More [11:02] TR News "The Collapse Of American Judgment" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/18/the-collapse-of-american-judgment/ [11:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Collapse Of American Judgment | Techdirt [11:04] TR News "Europe backs Ukraine after Trump tilts toward Putin at summit" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0817/trump-putin-summit-ukraine-zelenskyy-europe [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Europe backs Ukraine after Trump tilts toward Putin at summit - CSMonitor.com [11:04] TR News "Framework | We have something big coming" https://frame.work/fi/en/blog/we-have-something-big-coming [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-frame.work | Framework | We have something big coming [11:04] TR News Den stora kyrkflytten https://www.svtplay.se/den-stora-kyrkflytten [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.svtplay.se | Den stora kyrkflytten | SVT Play [11:05] TR News apropos synthetic wombs: https://archive.org/details/ost-english-brave_new_world_aldous_huxley [11:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-archive.org | Brave New World : Aldous Huxley : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [11:05] TR News "An update on Blood Oxygen for Apple Watch in the U.S. - Patently Apple" https://www.patentlyapple.com/2025/08/an-update-on-blood-oxygen-for-apple-watch-in-the-us.html [11:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.patentlyapple.com/2025/08/an-update-on-blood-oxygen-for-apple-watch-in-the-us.html ) [11:06] TR News "This vain, vacillating, gullible US president no longer commands the West" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/19/for-all-the-noise-trump-is-ever-less-relevant-on-ukraine/ [11:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/19/for-all-the-noise-trump-is-ever-less-relevant-on-ukraine/ ) [11:06] TR News "Ukraine - Craig Murray" https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2025/08/ukraine/ [11:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.craigmurray.org.uk | Ukraine - Craig Murray [11:06] TR News "Federal Court Filing System Hit in Sweeping Hack" windows tco https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/19/0044229 [11:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Federal Court Filing System Hit in Sweeping Hack - SoylentNews [11:07] TR News "When Right Wing Governors Put the Safety of "Big Balls" Over Their Own Constituents" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/19/when-right-wing-governors-put-the-safety-of-big-balls-over-their-own-constituents/ [11:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | When Right Wing Governors Put the Safety of "Big Balls"Over Their Own Constituents - emptywheel [11:07] TR News "no-JS.club | Promenade for JavaScript freed websites" https://no-js.club/ [11:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-no-JS.club | Promenade for JavaScript freed websites [11:08] TR News "How Dutch is the Dutch King? - Rik's Weblog" https://huijzer.xyz/posts/100 [11:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-huijzer.xyz | How Dutch is the Dutch King? - Rik's Weblog [11:08] TR News "Further | Putin's Craven Inept Poodle: Bonkers Across the Board | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/putin-s-craven-inept-poodle-bonkers-across-the-board [11:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Further | Putin's Craven Inept Poodle: Bonkers Across the Board | Opinion [11:08] TR News "Trumps second term is being shaped by intellectual weirdos" https://www.vox.com/politics/458025/trump-new-right-claremont-integralists-maga-laura-field [11:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trumps second term is being shaped by intellectual weirdos | Vox [11:09] TR News "August update breaks PC resets and recoveries on Windows 10 and 11" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2882199/august-update-breaks-pc-resets-and-recoveries-on-windows-10-and-11.html [11:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2882199/august-update-breaks-pc-resets-and-recoveries-on-windows-10-and-11.html ) [11:11] TR News "How Europe Learned to Speak So Trump Would Listen" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/trump-putin-summit-europe.html [11:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/trump-putin-summit-europe.html ) [11:11] TR News "Trump Keeps Defending Russia" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/trump-fox-news-russia-ukraine/683924/ [11:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Trump Keeps Defending Russia - The Atlantic [11:11] TR News "Trump offers assurances that US troops wont be sent to defend Ukraine" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2025/08/19/trump-offers-assurances-that-us-troops-wont-be-sent-to-defend-ukraine/ [11:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.marinecorpstimes.com | Trump offers assurances that US troops wont be sent to defend Ukraine [11:12] TR News "Wont Send US Troops to Ukraine: Trump" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/americas/wont-send-us-troops-to-ukraine-trump-1898571 [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | Wont Send US Troops to Ukraine: Trump [11:13] TR News "Trump announces plans for executive order to phase out mail-in ballots" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/president-trump-announces-plans-for-executive-order-to-phase-out-mail-in-ballots/ [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Trump announces plans for executive order to phase out mail-in ballots - JURIST - News [11:13] TR News "Legal scholars have emphasized that Trumps assertion of federal supremacy in election administration is constitutionally unfounded. In a Northeastern University release, law professor Jeremy Paul noted that the president cannot legally end mail-in voting via executive order and that such changes must be enacted by Congress." [11:16] TR News "Its a field note, a reflection on what it actually takes to manage AI projects inside complex organizations, especially when the systems are messy, content is nuanced, and the use case isnt clear." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/building-ai-powered-chatbot-red-hat-openshift-field-notes | Source: Red Hat Official [11:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Building AI-Powered Chatbot on Red Hat OpenShift: Field Notes [11:16] TR News "AtRed Hat Summit 2025, we announced the latest version of the worlds leading enterprise Linux platform:Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/building-red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-behind-scenes | Source: Red Hat Official [11:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Building Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Behind the scenes [11:17] TR News "Discover how Shajan is championing digital literacy in Bangladesh, inspiring young people to build creativity and confidence through coding" https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/dedication-to-digital-education-in-bangladesh-meet-shajan/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [11:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/dedication-to-digital-education-in-bangladesh-meet-shajan/ ) [11:18] TR News "patently false pretense that the district is facing a crime crisis" https://fair.org/home/media-in-hiding-from-the-most-urgent-questions-of-the-day/ | Source: FAIR [11:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fair.org | Media in Hiding From the Most Urgent Questions of the Day FAIR [11:18] TR News "Photo Essay" https://www.propublica.org/article/cecot-released-family-reunions-photos | Source: Pro Publica [11:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | Mothers Reunite With Their Sons Who Were Deported to CECOT: Photo Essay ProPublica [11:19] TR News "Kevin Gosztola On The Disinfo Detox" https://thedissenter.org/podcast-kevin-gosztola-on-the-disinfo-detox-hosted-by-nolan-higdon/ | Source: The Dissenter [11:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thedissenter.org | Kevin Gosztola On Disinfo Detox, Hosted By Nolan Higdon [11:27] TR News Techrights Social Control Networks Give You False Metrics to 'Addict' You To Them https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Social_Control_Networks_Give_You_False_Metrics_to_Addict_You_To.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Social_Control_Networks_Give_You_False_Metrics_to_Addict_You_To.gmi [11:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Social Control Networks Give You False Metrics to 'Addict' You To Them [11:33] TR News "Yet its thanks to abusive and invasive ads, and threats to privacy due to incessant online tracking, that ad blockers became so popular." https://torrentfreak.com/ad-blocking-is-not-piracy-decision-overturned-by-top-german-court-250819/ | Source: Torrent Freak [11:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Ad Blocking is Not Piracy' Decision Overturned By Top German Court * TorrentFreak [11:33] TR News "August 1st was Bandcamp Friday, so I loaded up for the trip to the UK." https://davidjohnmead.com/posts/2025-08-18-bandcamp-haul-august/ | Source: David Mead [11:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-davidjohnmead.com | Bandcamp Friday, August edition [11:34] TR News "Section 512(h) is ostensibly designed to facilitate this system, by giving rightsholders a fast and easy way of identifying anonymous infringers." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/victory-ninth-circuit-limits-intrusive-dmca-subpoenas | Source: EFF [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Victory! Ninth Circuit Limits Intrusive DMCA Subpoenas | Electronic Frontier Foundation [11:36] TR News "And though his AI-puppetted mug appears in ads all over the platform, it turns out that selling your soul to a generative model used by a company that makes $10 billion in US ad revenue per year doesn't really pay." https://futurism.com/man-sells-ai-version-ads-tiktok | Source: Futurism [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | You'll Never Guess How Much You Can Get Paid for Rights to Use Your Face to Make AI-Generated Ads on TikTok [11:36] TR News "Ive been involved in a number of patents over the years, but Ive not written about them before, mostly because the US patent system seems to be more about stifling innovation than encouraging it." https://substack.techreflect.org/p/patents-are-rarely-what-they-seem | [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-substack.techreflect.org | Patents are rarely what they seem to be [11:37] TR News "through an interrelated network of companies that have common or interrelated ownership, officers, managers, business functions" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/18/bots-act-action-august-2025/ | Source: Digital Music News [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/18/bots-act-action-august-2025/ ) [11:38] TR News "It may be difficult to believe that there are still people in the US using outdated dial-up technology to connect to the [Internet]" https://techcentral.co.za/aol-shutting-down-dial-up-internet-telkom/268807/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | AOL is shutting down dial-up internet - Telkom beat it by years - TechCentral [11:38] TR News "A fusion of authoritarianism and corporatism is destroying whats left of already soggy U.S. federal consumer protection and corporate oversight." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/18/net-neutrality-advocates-wont-appeal-trump-destruction-say-u-s-courts-are-broken/ | Source: Techdirt [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Net Neutrality Advocates Wont Appeal Trump Destruction, Say U.S. Courts Are Broken | Techdirt [11:39] TR News "Contrary to popular belief, the 1970s was a period in which the European left was at its strongest." https://jacobin.com/2025/08/european-socialism-left-1970s-defeat/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The Defeat of European Socialism Was Far From Inevitable [11:39] TR News "But there's another way in which people like Musk are inclined to view others as NPCs: the only way to become a billionaire is to hurt and exploit lots of people." https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/18/seeing-like-a-billionaire/#npcs | Source: CoryDoctorow [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Zuckermuskian solipsism (18 Aug 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [11:43] TR News "union activists gathered on a brown lawn adjacent to the Portland Press Herald offices" https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/08/19/maine-trust-for-local-news-workers-rally-to-expand-their-union/ | Source: Maine Morning Star [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/08/19/maine-trust-for-local-news-workers-rally-to-expand-their-union/ ) [11:44] TR News "increasing representation of trans and gender non-conforming judges on the panels" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/john-boyne-heres-what-happened-when-they-tried-to-cancel-me/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [11:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/john-boyne-heres-what-happened-when-they-tried-to-cancel-me/ ) [11:45] TR News "These assessments might seem untrustworthy, given the flagrant transgressions against free-speech principles from the Trump administration and its allies." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/europe-free-speech-republicans/683915/ | Source: The Atlantic [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Europes Free-Speech Problem - The Atlantic [11:45] TR News "According to analysis by data firm Similarweb, the downward trend among the most popular sites is widespread." https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-08-19/uk-online-age-verification-test-cuts-visits-to-porn-sites-in-half.html | Source: El Pas [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | UK online age verification test cuts visits to porn sites in half | Technology | EL PAS English [11:45] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [11:46] TR News "Iran's top court has upheld the death sentence against imprisoned labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, months after overturning her first death sentence due to legal ambiguities." https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-court-death-penalty-activist-sharifeh-mohammadi/33506360.html | Source: RFERL [11:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Iran's Supreme Court Upholds Activist's Second Death Sentence [11:47] TR News "[Cryptocurrency] billionaire Justin Sun has sued Bloomberg for publishing details about his wealth that he himself provided to qualify for their Billionaire Index." https://www.citationneeded.news/justin-sun-bloomberg-lawsuit/ | Source: Molly White [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.citationneeded.news | As he builds US power, Justin Sun fights to control his story [11:47] TR News "This may be because it reveals an inconvenient detail: the majority of his assets are TRX, the cryptocurrency issued by his company Tron and he owns most of the TRX in circulation (63%)." [11:47] TR News "This concentration is somewhat reminiscent of the 2022 revelation that Sam Bankman-Fried had built his [cryptocurrency] empire on a foundation of FTT, the token issued by his own company FTX, sparking concerns about the solvency of his businesses and the value of FTT that ended in the collapse of both." [11:48] TR News FTX crimes are also connected to the Serial Strangler from Microsoft [11:48] TR News "Now everything is permitted, nothing is banned. Now is a golden era for books!" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0819/syria-books-assad-censorship | Source: CS Monitor [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New Syrian government lifts bans on books. Readers rejoice. - CSMonitor.com [11:49] TR News "Unfortunately, when psychological harm and the like are referred to, there is typically no detailed corresponding definition of them." https://theconversation.com/laws-are-introduced-globally-to-reduce-psychological-harm-online-but-theres-no-clear-definition-of-what-it-is-263061 | Source: The Conversation [11:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Laws are introduced globally to reduce psychological harm online but theres no clear definition of what it is [11:50] TR News "After paying Trump his $16 million bribe, CBS and Skydance (Trumps friends in the Ellison family) recently finalized their $8 billion merger." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/19/the-new-cbs-already-promising-major-painful-layoffs/ | Source: Techdirt [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The New CBS Already Promising Major, Painful Layoffs | Techdirt [11:51] TR News "The worlds largest private equity fund, backed by Japans Softbank Group and Saudi Arabias main sovereign wealth fund" https://businessamlive.com/softbank-saudi-tech-fund-becomes-worlds-biggest-with-93-billion-of-capital/ | [11:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-businessamlive.com | Softbank-Saudi tech fund becomes world's biggest with $93 billion of capital - Business A.M [11:52] TR News Big Oil controlling "tech" companies would mean trying to sell MOAR oil, e.g. by pushing HEY HI scams. "New partnership between Japans SoftBank and Saudi Arabia set to create one of the worlds biggest private equity funds" https://www.worldfinance.com/markets/softbank-and-saudi-arabia-to-launch-100bn-tech-fund | [11:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.worldfinance.com | SoftBank and Saudi Arabia to launch $100bn tech fund | World Finance [11:52] TR News "That will give SoftBank around 87 million shares in the company, amounting to a 2% stake overall. As such, the Japanese firm will become Intels sixth largest shareholder." https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/18/softbank-take-2b-stake-beleaguered-chipmaker-intel/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SoftBank to take $2B stake in beleaguered chipmaker Intel - SiliconANGLE [11:57] TR News "Eastern massasauga rattlesnakes are considered a keystone species in Michigan" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/habitat-loss-is-leading-to-inbreeding-among-michigans-only-species-of-venomous-snake-180987207/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/habitat-loss-is-leading-to-inbreeding-among-michigans-only-species-of-venomous-snake-180987207/ ) [11:57] TR News "Biology experts argue that reconnecting habitat corridors for the federally threatened reptile may be the best way to reverse this negative trend affecting one of Michigans rarest keystone species." https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/08/inbreeding-among-michigans-rare-rattlesnakes-is-harming-their-ability-to-survive.html | Source: Michigan News [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Inbreeding among Michigans rare rattlesnakes is harming their ability to survive - mlive.com [11:58] TR News "This is the way the bubble ends. This is the way the bubble ends. This is the way the bubble ends: Not with a pop, but with smog and brownouts." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/what-happens-if-ai-hits-an-energy | Source: Paul Krugman [11:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | What Happens If AI Hits An Energy Wall? - Paul Krugman [11:58] TR News "With record-breaking quantities of the seaweed set to hit Mexicos beaches, experts propose converting it into biogas and construction materials" https://www.wired.com/story/there-is-more-sargassum-than-ever-in-the-caribbean-and-they-want-to-turn-it-into-energy/ | Source: Wired [11:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Plan to Turn the Caribbeans Glut of Sargassum Into Biofuel | WIRED [11:59] TR News "However, deeper into the woodlands there seems to be more damage and trees burnt completely." https://destevez.net/2025/08/multispectral-analysis-of-the-tres-cantos-wildfire-with-sentinel-2-data/ | Source: Daniel Estvez [11:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-destevez.net | Multispectral analysis of the Tres Cantos wildfire with Sentinel-2 data Daniel Estvez ● Aug 20 [12:00] TR News "Italys Ventina glacier in northern Lombardy has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-19/italys-ventina-glacier-has-melted-so-much-geologists-now-can-only-monitor-it-remotely | Source: US News And World Report [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-19/italys-ventina-glacier-has-melted-so-much-geologists-now-can-only-monitor-it-remotely ) [12:01] TR News "In a victory for transparency, the government contractor Pen-Link agreed to disclose the prices and descriptions of surveillance products" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/victory-pen-links-police-tools-are-not-secret | Source: EFF [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Victory! Pen-Link's Police Tools Are Not Secret | Electronic Frontier Foundation [12:02] TR News "This isnt about free speech. Im sure theyre gonna holler that" https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-08-19/minnesota-sues-tiktok-alleging-it-preys-on-young-people-with-addictive-algorithms | Source: US News And World Report [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-08-19/minnesota-sues-tiktok-alleging-it-preys-on-young-people-with-addictive-algorithms ) [12:02] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:02] TR News "The lawsuit, filed in state court, alleges that TikTok is violating Minnesota laws against deceptive trade practices and consumer fraud." https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-minnesota-lawsuit-2f9ae8caa85ed8ead92200d720a331cd | Source: Associated Press [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-minnesota-lawsuit-2f9ae8caa85ed8ead92200d720a331cd ) [12:03] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is Whats New https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/LibreOffice_25_8_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/LibreOffice_25_8_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Officially_Released_T.gmi [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LibreOffice 25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is Whats New [12:03] TR News "The lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court is the latest example of attorneys general Democratic and Republican suing the tech giant." https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-attorney-general-keith-ellison-to-sue-tiktok-arguing-app-harms-kids/601457335 | Source: Star Tribune [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.startribune.com | Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sues TikTok [12:03] TR News "The lawsuit comes while President Donald Trump is still trying to broker a deal to bring the social media platform, which is owned by Chinas ByteDance" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/minnesota-tiktok-keith-ellison-donald-trump-paul-b2810594.html | Source: The Independent UK [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-301 redirect without Location header [12:03] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [12:04] TR News "The General Services Administration (GSA), which runs regulations.gov, notified API key holders in an email last Monday morning that theyd soon lose the ability to POST directly" https://www.404media.co/the-government-just-made-it-harder-for-the-public-to-comment-on-regulations/ | Source: 404 Media [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | The Government Just Made it Harder for The Public to Comment on Regulations [12:04] TR News "The Cheeto admin opened a new TikTok account, despite not having a deal with ByteDance to solve that pesky ban problem." https://www.theverge.com/politics/762031/trump-white-house-tiktok-account | Source: The Verge [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | The White House just joined TikTok | The Verge [12:06] TR News "Heres what all of usuniversity leaders, students and academics, legislators, and all Americanscan do to fight back." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/americas-campuses-the-next-frontline | Source: Garry Kasparov [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenextmove.org | Americas Campuses: The Next Frontline Against Authoritarianism [12:06] TR News "Muslim men in a Malaysian state could face up to two years in prison or a hefty fine for skipping Friday prayers without a valid reason under Shariah law." https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/malaysia-shariah-law-friday-prayer-punishment-b2810069.html | Source: The Independent UK [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | Muslim men to be fined for missing Friday prayers in Malaysian state | The Independent [12:07] TR News "When you grant permission to access your location all the time, it keeps tracking your location, even when you don't use the app." https://www.androidpolice.com/androids-location-services-impact-your-battery-and-data-usage/ | Source: Android Police [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | Here is the shocking truth about Android's location services [12:07] TR News "has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a back door that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens and encroached on our civil liberties." https://therecord.media/uk-agrees-drop-apple-encryption | Source: The Record [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | UK agrees to drop demand over Apple iCloud encryption, US intelligence head claims | The Record from Recorded Future News [12:07] TR News "Apple, which has been fighting the Technical Capability Notice (TCN) through Britain's secretive Investigatory Powers Tribunal, didn't immediately respond to The Register's questions." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/19/uk_apple_backdoor_uturn/ | Source: The Register UK [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | US spy chief claims UK backdown on Apple backdoor demand The Register [12:08] TR News "Pay or Okay" https://noyb.eu/en/court-decides-pay-or-okay-derstandardat-illegal | Source: NYOB [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-noyb.eu | Court decides "Pay or Okay" on DerStandard.at is illegal [12:09] TR News "This announcement follows the UK issuing a secret order in January this year, demanding Apple provide it with backdoor access to encrypted files uploaded by users worldwide." https://www.theverge.com/news/761240/uk-apple-us-encryption-back-door-demands-dropped | Source: The Verge [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | UK drops demand for backdoor into Apple encryption | The Verge [12:09] TR News "If a cyber stalker is looking to track someone, they're not gonna use an AirTag because Apple and Samsung and Android have figured out a way to alert people" https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/gps-tracker-detector/ | Source: CBS [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbsnews.com | NYU researchers developing technology to detect hidden GPS trackers - CBS New York [12:09] TR News "Burns offer to make Sanchez the face of Tea wasn't the first time she had reached out to her, but Sanchez never replied to Burns, despite multiple attempts to recruit her." https://www.404media.co/how-teas-founder-convinced-millions-of-women-to-spill-their-secrets-then-exposed-them-to-the-world/ | Source: 404 Media [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | How Teas Founder Convinced Millions of Women to Spill Their Secrets, Then Exposed Them to the World [12:12] TR News "Next time I would probably also have a package containing keys only, as Ondej suggested; this would doubtlessly ease distribution of new keys." https://jpmens.net/2025/08/14/if-only-i-d-known-debian-repo-signing/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jpmens.net | Jan-Piet Mens :: If only I'd known ... Debian repo signing [12:13] TR News Windows TCO: "A new report out today from ThreatDown, the corporate business unit of Malwarebytes Inc." https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/19/february-ransomware-attacks-hit-record-high-threatdown-reports-25-annual-surge/ | Source: Silicon Angle [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-February ransomware attacks hit record high as ThreatDown reports 25% annual surge - SiliconANGLE [12:14] TR News Windows TCO: "Figure 1 summarizes the ransomware incidents involving Japanese domestic companies, including overseas branches and subsidiaries, from January 1 to June 30, 2025." https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ransomware_incidents_in_japan_during_the_first_half_of_2025/ | Source: Threat Source [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.talosintelligence.com | Ransomware incidents in Japan during the first half of 2025 [12:14] TR News Windows TCO: "The Justice Department asserts the suspect and an unidentified co-conspirator rented out the botnet to online extortionists, and tried to stay off the radar of law enforcement by ensuring that their botnet was never pointed at KrebsOnSecurity." https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/oregon-man-charged-in-rapper-bot-ddos-service/ | Source: Krebs On Security [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krebsonsecurity.com | Oregon Man Charged in Rapper Bot DDoS Service Krebs on Security [12:14] TR News Windows TCO: "Inotiv told regulators at the Securities Exchange Commission that the cybersecurity incident was discovered on August 8 and a subsequent investigation found that threat actors had encrypted certain systems." https://therecord.media/drug-development-innotiv-ransomware-sec | Source: The Record [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Drug development company Inotiv reports ransomware attack to SEC | The Record from Recorded Future News [12:17] TR News "I've also noticed that they do not seem to be outraged about what they are actually seeing going on in the world." https://chuck.is/terminally-online/ | Source: Chuck Carroll [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chuck.is | Terminally Online | Chuck Carroll [12:18] TR News "what I here want to focus on is how this use of AI relates to the meaning of work or rather, undermines it in a rather specific way." https://crookedtimber.org/2025/08/19/ai-proofing-and-the-meaning-of-what-we-do/ | Source: Crooked Timber [12:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-crookedtimber.org | AI, proofing, and the meaning of what we do Crooked Timber [12:18] TR News "So instead of directing the following statements at you, let's target our judgment toward your colleagues." https://justin.searls.co/posts/which-of-your-colleagues-are-screwed/ | Source: Justin Searls [12:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-justin.searls.co | Which of your colleagues are screwed? | justinsearlsco [12:19] TR News "This link post is a good opportunity to state a few things that have been on my mind lately." https://birchtree.me/blog/the-cost-to-run-llm-powered-apps-is-getting-out-of-hand/ | Source: Matt Birchler [12:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | The cost to run LLM-powered apps is getting out of hand [12:19] TR News "A number of experts agree: The Apollo investment groups chief economist noted that tech firms price-earnings ratios are unusually elevated" https://www.semafor.com/article/08/19/2025/openais-sam-altman-points-to-ai-bubble | Source: Semafor Inc [12:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenAIs Sam Altman points to AI bubble | Semafor [12:21] TR News "According to evidence seen by journalists, the Public Prosecution Service took itself offline on July 17, following suspicions that [crackers] had exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix devices to gain unauthorised access." https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/speed-cameras-knocked-out-after-cyber-attack | Source: Bitdefender [12:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bitdefender.com | Speed cameras knocked out after cyber attack [12:22] TR News "Switching tracks, I found Jellyfin is also packed up as a .app for macOS, and you can install it by downloading the .dmg and copying the .app to your Mac, or you can do it like I did, with Homebrew: [...]" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/jellyfin-on-macos-quick-self-hosted-media-library | Source: Jeff Geerling [12:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | Jellyfin on macOS for a quick self-hosted media library | Jeff Geerling [12:23] TR News "Oddly, RomCom wasnt the only group exploiting CVE-2025-8088." https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/ | Source: Ars Technica [12:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arstechnica.com | High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups - Ars Technica [12:24] TR News "It was clear during the conversation that the wireless service unit was preconfigured with default settings, enought for my laptop (and Bunny's laptop) to get onto the Internet." https://boston.conman.org/2025/08/19.1 | Source: Sean Conner [12:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boston.conman.org | It was as bad as I feared, but not in the way I was expecting - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [12:25] TR News "The takeover and effective disruption of the botnet, also known as Eleven Eleven Botnet and CowBot" https://cyberscoop.com/rapper-bot-ddos-botnet-disrupted/ | Source: Scoop News Group [12:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Officials gain control of Rapper Bot DDoS botnet, charge lead developer and administrator | CyberScoop [12:25] TR News "The botnet spanned a network of hijacked internet-connected devices that fueled hundreds of thousands of cyberattacks worldwide." https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/19/prosecutors-charge-rapper-bot-administrator-targeting-x-thousands/ | Source: Silicon Angle [12:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Prosecutors charge Rapper Bot administrator after targeting X and thousands more - SiliconANGLE [12:27] TR News "They aim to put a fully functional artificial womb into a humanoid robot, allowing it to sustain a complete pregnancy." https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/china-pregnancy-robots-artificial-wombs/ | Source: Zimbabwe [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/china-pregnancy-robots-artificial-wombs/ ) [12:27] TR News "I have harmed my own children through my screen addiction." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/what-about-the-children | Source: Mike Brock [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | What About The Children? - by Mike Brock [12:27] TR News "Rather than systematically degenerating, older adults brains seem to preserve what they use, at least in part." https://theconversation.com/part-of-your-brain-gets-bigger-as-you-get-older-here-is-what-that-means-for-you-257156 | Source: The Conversation [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Part of your brain gets bigger as you get older here is what that means for you [12:28] TR News "Sophie's tale highlights that even in the absence of a chatbot encouraging self-harm or entertaining conspiratorial and paranoid thoughts" https://futurism.com/woman-suicide-openai-therapist | Source: Futurism [12:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Woman Kills Herself After Talking to OpenAI's AI Therapist [12:28] TR News "as they wrote in a new report for the Psychiatric Times, that the mental health harms caused by AI chatbots might be worse than previously thought." https://futurism.com/psychiatrists-ai-mental-health-chatbots | Source: Futurism [12:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Psychiatrists Warn That Talking to AI Is Leading to Severe Mental Health Issues [12:29] TR News "It is time once again for the mind-numbing process of feeding 45 disks through the readers to verify their checksums" https://blog.dshr.org/2025/08/2025-optical-media-durability-update.html | Source: David Rosenthal [12:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.dshr.org | DSHR's Blog: 2025 Optical Media Durability Update [12:30] TR News "Meanwhile, others with no special talent still succeed. Why? They put in the hours. They show up. They do the work." https://birming.com/2025/08/19/doing-the-work/ | Source: Robert Birming [12:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Doing the work | Robert Birming [12:31] TR News "A friend of mine has that same attitude and it always bug me because if me and him woulda read one book each and then teach each other what we learned" https://idiomdrottning.org/teach-and-learn | Source: Idiomdrottning [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idiomdrottning.org | Teach and learn beats RTFM [12:32] TR News "How many numbers are there from 5 to 18, including both ends?" https://ruslanspivak.com/bb07/ | Source: Ruslan Spivak [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ruslanspivak.com | 5 to 18: Why Your Count Might Be Off byOne - Ruslan's Blog [12:32] TR News "I have also been thinking about the idea of "remixing," by which I mean being able to create a copy of a web page and customise it the way you want. I am reminded of HTML and CSS themes that people design and share on their websites." https://jamesg.blog/2025/08/18/web-remixing | Source: James G [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Web remixing | James' Coffee Blog [12:33] TR News "I do all of my pixel art using GIMP but I also found this online site to make your own button with some pretty simple configuration options available." https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/more-88x31-buttons/ | Source: Joel Chrono [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-joelchrono.xyz | More 88x31 buttons [12:39] TR News GNU/Linux is 486 in Ireland https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/18/GNU_Linux_is_486_in_Ireland.shtml [12:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux is 486 in Ireland [12:39] TR News Slopwatch: Lots of Fake Articles From Fake "Linux" Sites and About "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/Slopwatch_Lots_of_Fake_Articles_From_Fake_Linux_Sites_and_About.shtml [12:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slopwatch: Lots of Fake Articles From Fake "Linux" Sites and About "Linux" [12:44] TR News (NEW): Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/today_s_leftovers.gmi [12:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's leftovers [12:45] TR News Build on multi-arch clusters with builds for Red Bait OpenShift https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/19/build-multi-arch-clusters-builds-red-hat-openshift [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/19/build-multi-arch-clusters-builds-red-hat-openshift ) ● Aug 20 [13:03] TR News Hype and BS? Getting started with llm-d for distributed Hey Hi (AI) inference https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/19/getting-started-llm-d-distributed-ai-inference [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/19/getting-started-llm-d-distributed-ai-inference ) [13:03] TR News How to enhance Agent2Agent (A2A) security https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/19/how-enhance-agent2agent-security [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/19/how-enhance-agent2agent-security ) [13:04] TR News Proprietary spyware from Microsoft, which does not even properly run on GNU/Linux https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/19/smarter-memory-control-sql-server-rhel-cgroup-v2 [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/19/smarter-memory-control-sql-server-rhel-cgroup-v2 ) [13:08] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Red_Hat_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Red_Hat_Leftovers.gmi [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat Leftovers [13:10] TR News Techrights Links 20/08/2025: Oracle Layoffs in India, "AI" Scammers/Profiteers Admit It's a "Bubble", Softbank-Saudi (Oil) Control Tech Companies https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Links_20_08_2025_Oracle_Layoffs_in_India_AI_Scammers_Profiteers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Links_20_08_2025_Oracle_Layoffs_in_India_AI_Scammers_Profiteers.gmi [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 20/08/2025: Oracle Layoffs in India, "AI" Scammers/Profiteers Admit It's a "Bubble", Softbank-Saudi (Oil) Control Tech Companies [13:46] TR News Manjaro GNU/Linux vs Gentoo Comparison in 2025 All Features Checked https://dekisoft.net/manjaro-linux-vs-gentoo-comparison/ [13:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dekisoft.net | Manjaro Linux vs Gentoo Comparison in 2025 - All Features Checked [13:47] TR News Tuning GNU/Linux Swap for Kubernetes: A Deep Dive https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/08/19/tuning-linux-swap-for-kubernetes-a-deep-dive/ [13:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kubernetes.io | Tuning Linux Swap for Kubernetes: A Deep Dive | Kubernetes [13:49] TR News When weapons companies (manufacturers) control foreign policy we get more wars. When companies that sell oil (energy) control companies that consume energy, we'll always have more waste. https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Links_20_08_2025_Oracle_Layoffs_in_India_AI_Scammers_Profiteers.shtml title says a lot [13:50] TR News Saudis controlling Uber means that the automobile sector is controlled by those who profit from petrol [13:51] TR News Anon: "Also softbank is Saudi but there seems to be a campaign to misrepresent it as Japanese. And Uber is an affront to mass transit. Effective urban environments have and require public transport." [13:53] TR News "We are pleased to announce that Firefox 142 will begin production usage of our brand new certificate revocation system known as CRLite." https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/crlite/ | Source: Mozilla [13:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Fast, private and secure (pick three): Introducing CRLite in Firefox [13:54] TR News Fake security or outsourced back doors disguised as privacy https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-25-04-amd-sev-snp-host-support | Source: Ubuntu [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AMD SEV-SNP host support available on Ubuntu 25.04 | Ubuntu [13:54] TR News Open Source Robotics Alliance https://ubuntu.com//blog/osra-membership | Source: Ubuntu [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Canonical is now a platinum member in the Open Source Robotics Alliance | Ubuntu [13:57] TR News "ISO/IEC 27001:2022 provides a framework for managing information security using an Information Security Management System (ISMS)." https://goteleport.com/blog/iso-iec-27001-2022-explained/ | Source: Teleport [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-goteleport.com | ISO 27001:2022 Requirements Explained for 2025 ● Aug 20 [14:04] TR News "Python usage growing while Foundation struggles for funds" https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/19/python_survey/ | Source: The Register UK [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Python usage growing while Foundation struggles for funds The Register [14:04] TR News "Swift constant and variable identifier names cannot contain certain characters such as whitespace or mathematical symbols. They also cannot begin with a number." https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swift-raw-identifiers/ | Source: Keith Harrison [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-useyourloaf.com | Swift Raw Identifiers [14:05] TR News "Reading production Haskell code, we sometimes stumble over idioms that look confusing at first, but which show up frequently enough that they are worth learning." https://entropicthoughts.com/non-obvious-haskell-idiom-guard-sequence | Source: Chris [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entropicthoughts.com | Non-Obvious Haskell Idiom: Guard-Sequence [14:07] TR News "Ten years ago, I wrote the first lines of FastNetMon in my home lab, trying to detect volumetric Distributed Denial-of-Service DDoS attacks in a small data centre environment" https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/20/reflecting-on-10-years-in-open-source-network-security-fastnetmon/ | Source: APNIC [14:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Reflecting on 10 years in open source network security: Lessons from FastNetMon | APNIC Blog [14:08] TR News "Its not the only option of course, and people adopt and switch around from one place to another." https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/on-blogging-platforms-and-tools/ | Source: Joel Chrono [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-joelchrono.xyz | On changing blogging platforms and tools [14:09] TR News "This organization doesnt thrill me, but at my scale maintainability is paramount." https://mwl.io/archives/24379 | Source: MWL [14:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mwl.io | Web Site Reorg Michael W Lucas [14:10] TR News "Tor Browser 14.5.6 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1456/ | Source: Tor [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | New Release: Tor Browser 14.5.6 | The Tor Project [14:11] TR News "I tried to love Dia, but Im not bullish about it. It really has lost the power user features that made Arc special: the excellent tab sidebar is gone and profile switching is nowhere near as fluid." https://werd.io/why-im-all-in-on-zen-browser/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [14:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | Why I'm all-in on Zen Browser [14:11] TR News "Unfortunately, web browsers won't open a file with the extension "rss", but just offer to download it. Therefor I have to rename my RSS feed." https://box.matto.nl/moving-the-feed-from-indexrss-to-indexxml.html | Source: MJ Fransen [14:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Moving the feed from index.rss to index.xml - box.matto.nl [14:12] TR News "The lawsuit was originally dismissed by a Hamburg court, but according to the report, its now being reopened to examine whether the initial judgement was incorrect." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2882192/a-reopened-lawsuit-might-make-ad-blockers-illegal-in-germany.html | Source: PC World [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A reopened lawsuit might make ad blockers illegal in Germany | PCWorld [14:27] TR News "Oh, I see you disabled JavaScript. Keep up the good work, my fellow cleanweb person!" https://aartaka.me/customize-repl.html [14:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aartaka.me | Customizing Lisp REPLs [14:29] TR News iophk: Being able to afford morning coffee improves the mood :P https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-14317-0 study finds that if you own an airplane, you are likely to also be or become rich [14:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nature.com | The association of caffeine consumption with positive affect but not with negative affect changes across the day | Scientific Reports [14:30] TR News "The FreshRSS team has just unveiled version 1.27 of this popular self-hosted RSS feed aggregator, introducing some new features, security improvements, and technical updates." https://linuxiac.com/freshrss-1-27-feed-agregator-now-supports-php-8-5/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://linuxiac.com/freshrss-1-27-feed-agregator-now-supports-php-8-5/ ) [14:31] TR News "Since 2024, the Signal encrypted messenger desktop app uses the Electron safeStorage API to protect its database encryption key." https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/08/13/signal-secrets.html | Source: Lee Yingtong Li [14:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yingtongli.me | Migrating Signal Desktop keyring backend [14:32] TR News "On top of that, users can now copy entire folders within both local folders and mail server accounts, while a Reset Folder Order option has been added to the folder pane for those who want to undo custom sorting quickly." https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-142-released-with-new-pdf-signing/ | Source: Linuxiac [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Thunderbird 142 Released with New PDF Signing [14:33] TR News "In April of this year we announced Thunderbird Pro, additional subscription services from Thunderbird meant to help you get more done with the app you already use and love." https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/tbpro-august-2025-update/ | Source: Thunderbird [14:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.thunderbird.net | Thunderbird Pro August 2025 Update - The Thunderbird Blog [14:35] TR News "Raspberry Pi has today announced the release of a smaller version of the recently released Raspberry Pi Touch 2 Display" https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-releases-smaller-five-inch-touch-display-2-lower-in-price-same-resolution-as-larger-model | Source: Tom's Hardware [14:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Raspberry Pi releases smaller five-inch Touch Display 2 lower in price, same resolution as larger model | Tom's Hardware [14:37] TR News ""Suppose, not hypothetically, that you start up some program on your Fedora 42 Cinnamon desktop and it helpfully tells you https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/AppIndicatorNotes | Source: University of Toronto [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [14:37] TR News "I always carry some games with me when I leave home because every day is an opportunity to meet new people to play games with." https://hamatti.org/posts/board-game-nights-are-my-favourite-way-to-socialise-and-make-new-friends/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | Board game nights are my favourite way to socialise and make new friends : Juha-Matti Santala [14:37] TR News "I've made some experiments with compressing individual URLs, and I describe my initial observations (while comparing to standard compression algorithms)." https://notes.volution.ro/v1/2025/08/remarks/66c21fef/ | Source: Ciprian Dorin Craciun [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-notes.volution.ro | [remark] Individual URL compression experiment initial thoughts -- Volution Notes [14:38] TR News "The State of CSS Survey results recently came out and I was asked what I was my pick of the year in the CSS world and turns out I had an opinion." https://ohhelloana.blog/my-pick-of-the-year-css/ | Source: Ana Rodrigues [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ohhelloana.blog | Oh Hello Ana - My pick of the year for the State of CSS Survey [14:38] TR News "The implementation was pretty simple. I basically just forked my previous web component and changed some styles. Thats it." https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/consistent-nav-across-inconsistent-sites-pt-ii/ | Source: Jim Nielsen [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jim-nielsen.com | Consistent Navigation Across My Inconsistent Websites, Part II - Jim Nielsens Blog [14:38] TR News "In every large project I worked on, logging looked like a lost battle." https://mmapped.blog/posts/44-tag-based-logging | Source: Roman Kashitsyn [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mmapped.blog | Tag-based logging [14:39] TR News "Ive been using Linux almost exclusively since starting my sabbatical at the beginning of July. Im loving it overall and plan to write more about what I enjoy most about my setup in the future. But for now, I thought Id focus on the things I miss most about macOS." https://initialcharge.net/2025/08/miss-about-macos/ | Source: Mike Rockwell [14:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://initialcharge.net/2025/08/miss-about-macos/ ) ● Aug 20 [15:24] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [15:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social ● Aug 20 [16:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Aug 20 [17:09] TR News In a warning from inside the NSF, staff say science itself is under threat https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/08/in-a-warning-from-inside-the-nsf-staff-say-science-itself-is-under-threat/ [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | In a warning from inside the NSF, staff say science itself is under threat [17:10] TR News Kenya's growing gambling problem https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250819-kenya-s-growing-gambling-problem [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250819-kenya-s-growing-gambling-problem ) [17:10] TR News North Koreas Kim calls for rapid nuclear build-up amid US-South Korea exercises https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-leader-kim-jong-un-says-joint-us-south-korea-drills-show-intention-to-provoke-war [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim calls for rapid nuclear build-up amid US-South Korea exercises | The Straits Times [17:10] TR News 2 dead, 5 injured after train hits railway workers in Cheongdo in South Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/2-dead-5-injured-after-train-hits-railway-workers-in-cheongdo-in-south-korea [17:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | 2 dead, 5 injured after train hits railway workers in Cheongdo in South Korea | The Straits Times [17:11] TR News Former South Korean minister indicted over alleged role in martial law crisis https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-south-korean-minister-indicted-over-alleged-role-in-martial-law [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Former South Korean minister indicted over alleged role in martial law crisis | The Straits Times [17:11] TR News North Koreas Kim Yo Jong says South Korea has dual personality over military drills https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-says-south-korea-has-dual-personality-over-military-drills [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim Yo Jong says South Korea has dual personality over military drills | The Straits Times [17:11] TR News Workplace bullying cases of migrant workers in South Korea tripled since 2020, many more likely uncounted https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/workplace-bullying-cases-of-migrant-workers-in-south-korea-tripled-since-2020-many-more-likely [17:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Workplace bullying cases of migrant workers in South Korea tripled since 2020, many more likely uncounted | The Straits Times [17:12] TR News California man admits to shipping weapons to North Korea sentenced to 8 years in prison https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/us-news/california-man-admits-to-shipping-weapons-to-north-korea-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison/ [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | California man admits to shipping weapons to North Korea sentenced to 8 years in prison [17:12] TR News No decline in online scam cases in Malaysia despite campaigns, says minister https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/no-decline-in-online-scam-cases-in-malaysia-despite-campaigns-says-minister [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | No decline in online scam cases in Malaysia despite campaigns, says minister | The Straits Times [17:13] TR News Singaporean man gets 72 years jail and caning in Malaysia for murdering wife and stepson https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/singaporean-man-sentenced-to-72-years-jail-in-malaysia-for-murdering-wife-and-stepson [17:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Singaporean man gets 72 years jail and caning in Malaysia for murdering wife and stepson | The Straits Times [17:13] TR News Malaysian police boost 24-hour safety measures at KL hot spots https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-police-boost-24-hour-safety-measures-at-kl-hot-spots [17:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysian police boost 24-hour safety measures at KL hot spots | The Straits Times [17:13] TR News Malaysia scraps plans to buy Black Hawk helicopters derided by its King as flying coffins https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-scraps-plans-to-buy-black-hawk-helicopters-derided-by-king-as-flying-coffins [17:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia scraps plan to buy Black Hawk helicopters derided by its King as flying coffins | The Straits Times [17:14] TR News Malaysia weighs anti-bullying law after outcry over Sabah teens death https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-weighs-anti-bullying-law-after-outcry-over-sabah-teens-death [17:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia weighs anti-bullying law after outcry over Sabah teens death | The Straits Times [17:15] TR News Calls to cut ties: Malaysia flag furore tests PH-BN relations https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/calls-to-cut-ties-malaysia-flag-furore-tests-ph-bn-relations [17:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Calls to cut ties: Malaysia flag furore tests PH-BN relations | The Straits Times [17:15] TR News Chinas industry ministry to meet solar firms for more price war talks, state media reports https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-industry-ministry-to-meet-solar-firms-for-more-price-war-talks-state-media-reports [17:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas industry ministry to meet solar firms for more price war talks, state media reports | The Straits Times [17:16] TR News China to stage massive military parade marking WW2 surrender of Japan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-to-stage-massive-military-parade-marking-ww2-surrender-of-japan [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China to stage massive military parade marking WWII surrender of Japan | The Straits Times [17:16] TR News Cases of Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Are Surging Globally: What to Know https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/health/chikungunya-virus-mosquitoes-what-to-know.html [17:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/health/chikungunya-virus-mosquitoes-what-to-know.html ) [17:17] TR News More rain in northern China takes death toll in floods to 13 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/more-rain-in-northern-china-takes-death-toll-in-floods-to-13 [17:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | More rain in northern China takes death toll in floods to 13 | The Straits Times [17:17] TR News China promises to address Indias rare earths needs as border talks begin, Indian source says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/china-promises-to-address-indias-rare-earths-needs-as-border-talks-begin-indian-source-says [17:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China promises to address Indias rare earths needs as border talks begin, Indian source says | The Straits Times [17:18] TR News Philippines, Australia, Canada navies hold joint sail in South China Sea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-australia-canada-hold-joint-sail-in-south-china-sea [17:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines, Australia, Canada navies hold joint sail in South China Sea | The Straits Times [17:18] TR News Chill in US ties prompts India to seek common ground with China during Wang visit https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/chill-in-us-ties-prompts-india-to-seek-common-ground-with-china-during-wang-visit [17:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chill in US ties prompts India to seek common ground with China during Wang visit | The Straits Times [17:19] TR News Projection https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-nuclear-arsenal-is-growing-says-pentagon-report [17:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas nuclear arsenal is growing, says Pentagon report | The Straits Times [17:19] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:19] TR News Nvidia could be readying B30A accelerator for Chinese market new Blackwell chip reportedly beats H20 and even H100 while complying with U.S. export controls https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-could-be-readying-b30a-accelerator-for-chinese-market-new-blackwell-chip-reportedly-beats-h20-and-even-h100-while-complying-with-u-s-export-controls [17:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Nvidia could be readying B30A accelerator for Chinese market new Blackwell chip reportedly beats H20 and even H100 while complying with U.S. export controls | Tom's Hardware [17:20] TR News China is Building Robots with Artificial Wombs to Carry Human Babies https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/china-pregnancy-robots-artificial-wombs/ terrible idea [17:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/china-pregnancy-robots-artificial-wombs/ ) [17:21] TR News Hong Kong treasury chief admits inadequacies in HK$52.9m water contract blunder https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/20/treasury-chief-admits-inadequacies-in-hk52-9m-water-contract-blunder/ [17:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Treasury chief admits 'inadequacies' in HK$52.9m water contract blunder [17:21] TR News India's Modi to meet China's top diplomat as both powers rebuild ties https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-india-s-modi-to-meet-china-s-top-diplomat-as-both-powers-rebuild-ties [17:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-india-s-modi-to-meet-china-s-top-diplomat-as-both-powers-rebuild-ties ) [17:22] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [17:22] TR News India's Modi meets China's foreign minister as Asian powers rebuild ties https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-india-s-modi-meets-china-s-foreign-minister-as-asian-powers-rebuild-ties [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-india-s-modi-meets-china-s-foreign-minister-as-asian-powers-rebuild-ties ) [17:22] TR News What the South China Sea collision tells us about Chinas growing aggression https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/what-the-south-china-sea-collision-tells-us-about-chinas-growing-aggression/ [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | What the South China Sea collision tells us about Chinas growing aggression | The Strategist [17:23] TR News "People have long been interested in very low frequency (VLF) radio signals. But it used to be you pretty much had to build your own receiver which, luckily, wasnt as hard as building your own VHF or UHF gear." https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/the-vlf-transformation/ | Source: Hackaday [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The VLF Transformation | Hackaday [17:23] TR News Food Irradiation Is Not As Bad As It Sounds https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/food-irradiation-is-not-as-bad-as-it-sounds/ | Source: Hackaday [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Food Irradiation Is Not As Bad As It Sounds | Hackaday [17:24] TR News Pico2-Ice development board combines Raspberry Pi RP2350B with Lattice iCE40UP5K FPGA https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/19/pico2-ice-development-board-combines-raspberry-pi-rp2350b-with-lattice-ice40up5k-fpga/ [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Pico2-Ice development board combines Raspberry Pi RP2350B with Lattice iCE40UP5K FPGA - CNX Software [17:25] TR News "As one of the oldest programming languages still in common use today, and essential for the first wave of Artificial Intelligence research during the 1950s and 60s, Lisp is often the focus of interpreters that can run on very low-powered systems." https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/lisp-in-99-lines-of-c-with-tinylisp/ | Source: Hackaday [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Lisp In 99 Lines Of C With TinyLisp | Hackaday [17:25] TR News Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 142 https://fxdx.dev/firefox-webdriver-newsletter-142/ [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fxdx.dev | Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 142 Firefox Developer Experience [17:27] TR News Radxa Cubie A7A is a powerful SBC based on Allwinner A733 Cortex-A76/A55 Hey Hi (AI) SoC with up to 16GB RAM https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/19/radxa-cubie-a7a-powerful-allwinner-a733-sbc-cortex-a76-a55-ai-soc-16gb-ram/ [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Radxa Cubie A7A is a powerful SBC based on Allwinner A733 Cortex-A76/A55 AI SoC with up to 16GB RAM - CNX Software [17:27] TR News Ron Deibert Warns Cybersecurity Industry About U.S. Authoritarian Descent https://citizenlab.ca/2025/08/ron-deibert-warns-cybersecurity-industry-about-u-s-authoritarian-descent-techcrunch/ [17:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Ron Deibert Warns Cybersecurity Industry About U.S. Authoritarian Descent - The Citizen Lab [17:28] TR News Increased Elasticsearch Recognizance Scans, (Tue, Aug 19th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32212 [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Increased Elasticsearch Recognizance Scans - SANS ISC [17:28] TR News Two Xylene video codec patents (in Sisvel's and Access Advance's pools) revocations confirmed in Japan https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/8/18/two-xylene-video-codec-patent-revocations-confirmed-in-japan [17:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | Two Xylene video codec patents (in Sisvel's and Access Advance's pools) revocations confirmed in Japan Unified Patents [17:29] TR News The Rust Programming Language Blog: Demoting x86_64-apple-darwin to Tier 2 with host tools https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/08/19/demoting-x86-64-apple-darwin-to-tier-2-with-host-tools/ [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.rust-lang.org | Demoting x86_64-apple-darwin to Tier 2 with host tools | Rust Blog [17:30] TR News Peter Hutterer: Why is my device a touchpad and a mouse and a keyboard? http://who-t.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-is-my-device-touchpad-and-mouse-and.html [17:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-who-t.blogspot.com | Who-T: Why is my device a touchpad and a mouse and a keyboard? [17:31] TR News Security updates for Tuesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1034402/ [17:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net] [17:31] TR News Collabora at OSS Europe 2025: Five talks, hands-on demos, and workshops! https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/open-source-summit-europe-2025-talks-demos-workshops.html [17:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Collabora at OSS Europe 2025: Five talks, hands-on demos, and workshops! [17:32] TR News Fooyin 0.9 Music Player Arrives with Artwork Downloads, Synced Lyrics https://linuxiac.com/fooyin-0-9-music-player-arrives-with-artwork-downloads-synced-lyrics/ [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Fooyin 0.9 Music Player Arrives with Artwork Downloads, Synced Lyrics [17:33] TR News RHCE Ansible EX294 Exam Preparation Course https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/ansible/ [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | RHCE Ansible EX294 Exam Preparation Course [17:33] TR News Linux for DevOps: Essential GNU/Linux Knowledge for Cloud and DevOps Engineer https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/linux/ [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxhandbook.com | Linux for DevOps: Essential Linux Knowledge for Cloud and DevOps Engineer [17:34] TR News Moulti assign visual collapsible blocks https://www.linuxlinks.com/moulti-assign-visual-collapsible-blocks/ [17:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Moulti - assign visual collapsible blocks - LinuxLinks [17:35] TR News kplay inspect messages in a Kafka topic https://www.linuxlinks.com/kplay-inspect-messages-kafka-topic/ [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kplay - inspect messages in a Kafka topic - LinuxLinks [17:35] TR News Pomolin minimalist Pomodoro timer https://www.linuxlinks.com/pomolin-minimalist-pomodoro-timer/ [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pomolin - minimalist Pomodoro timer - LinuxLinks [17:35] TR News render command line reader offering better readability of web pages https://www.linuxlinks.com/render-command-line-reader-better-readability-web-pages/ [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-render - command line reader offering better readability of web pages - LinuxLinks [17:35] TR News fooyin v0.9.1 is released the best open source music player gets better https://www.linuxlinks.com/fooyin-best-open-source-music-player/ [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fooyin v0.9.1 is released - the best open source music player gets better - LinuxLinks [17:36] TR News nbpreview terminal viewer for Jupyter notebooks https://www.linuxlinks.com/nbpreview-terminal-viewer-jupyter-notebooks/ [17:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nbpreview - terminal viewer for Jupyter notebooks - LinuxLinks [17:37] TR News Firefox 142.0 Available with More Flexible ETP Strict Exceptions https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/firefox-142-0-available-with-more-flexible-etp-strict-exceptions/ [17:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Firefox 142.0 Available with More Flexible ETP Strict Exceptions | UbuntuHandbook [17:38] TR News LinuxHub 2025.08.19 released https://distrowatch.com/linuxhub [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/linuxhub ) [17:38] TR News The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 905 https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/08/18/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-905/ [17:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fridge.ubuntu.com | Ubuntu Fridge | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 905 [17:39] TR News Firefox 143 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Heres What to Expect https://9to5linux.com/firefox-143-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing-heres-what-to-expect [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Firefox 143 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here's What to Expect - 9to5Linux [17:39] TR News Thunderbird 142 Brings Support for Adding Visual Signatures to PDF Attachments https://9to5linux.com/thunderbird-142-brings-support-for-adding-visual-signatures-to-pdf-attachments [17:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Thunderbird 142 Brings Support for Adding Visual Signatures to PDF Attachments - 9to5Linux [17:40] TR News "experimenting with GNU Radio" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/roll-your-own-ssb-receiver/ | Source: Hackaday [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Roll Your Own SSB Receiver | Hackaday [17:40] TR News gprofng-gui @ Savannah: gprofng-gui 2.2 released https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10804 [17:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-savannah.gnu.org | Gprofng GUI - News [Savannah] [17:41] TR News FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, August 22, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-08-22-irc [17:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, August 22, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [17:41] TR News Kdenlive 25.08.0 Released with NVIDIA 10 bit x265 Encoding https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/kdenlive-25-08-0-released-with-nvidia-10-bit-x265-encoding/ [17:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Kdenlive 25.08.0 Released with NVIDIA 10 bit x265 Encoding | UbuntuHandbook [17:42] TR News For a Quick Way to See Disk Space in Ubuntu, Try This Extension https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/gnome-disk-space-extension-nautilus-other-locations-alternative [17:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | For a Quick Way to See Disk Space in Ubuntu, Try This Extension - OMG! Ubuntu [17:43] TR News Ubuntu Blog: A journey of a thousand smiles: Questing Quokka https://ubuntu.com//blog/journey-thousand-smiles-questing-quokka [17:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A journey of a thousand smiles: Questing Quokka | Ubuntu [17:44] TR News Another step to avoid hang at bootup https://bkhome.org/news/202508/another-step-to-avoid-hang-at-bootup.html [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Another step to avoid hang at bootup [17:45] TR News Australia consumer watchdog fines Surveillance Giant Google for anti-competitive practices https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/australia-consumer-watchdog-fines-google-for-anti-competitive-practices/ [17:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Australia consumer watchdog fines Google for anti-competitive practices - JURIST - News [17:46] TR News Windows TCO: February ransomware attacks hit record high as ThreatDown reports 25% annual surge https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/19/february-ransomware-attacks-hit-record-high-threatdown-reports-25-annual-surge/ [17:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-February ransomware attacks hit record high as ThreatDown reports 25% annual surge - SiliconANGLE [17:47] TR News The Digital Rights in Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC) 2025 https://www.accessnow.org/event/drapac-2025/ [17:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.accessnow.org | The Digital Rights in Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC) 2025 - Access Now [17:48] TR News Flight attendants at Air Canada defy government crackdownand strike for dignity https://breachmedia.ca/flight-attendants-at-air-canada-defy-government-crackdown-and-strike-for-dignity/ [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://breachmedia.ca/flight-attendants-at-air-canada-defy-government-crackdown-and-strike-for-dignity/ ) [17:48] TR News Talks Restart as Air Canada Flight Attendants Strike Continues https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/canada/air-canada-strike-flight-attendant-labor-board.html [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/canada/air-canada-strike-flight-attendant-labor-board.html ) [17:48] TR News After Defying Back-to-Work Orders, Air Canada Employees Reach Tentative Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/canada/air-canada-strike-flight-attendants-union-deal.html [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/canada/air-canada-strike-flight-attendants-union-deal.html ) [17:49] TR News Privacy International's submission on Artificial Intelligence in counter-terrorism http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5642/privacy-internationals-submission-artificial-intelligence-counter-terrorism [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-privacyinternational.org | Privacy International's submission on Artificial Intelligence in counter-terrorism | Privacy International [17:49] TR News Privacy International's submission on discrimination and the right to privacy http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5643/privacy-internationals-submission-discrimination-and-right-privacy [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-privacyinternational.org | Privacy International's submission on discrimination and the right to privacy | Privacy International [17:49] TR News OSMC's August update is here https://osmc.tv/2025/08/osmcs-august-update-is-here-4/ [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-osmc.tv | OSMC's August update is here - OSMC [17:50] TR News AUG 21 | The Vicious Cycle: Algorithmic Rage Farming, Privatized Subversion, Chilling Effects and the Spread of Authoritarian Practices https://citizenlab.ca/2025/08/the-vicious-cycle-algorithmic-rage-farming-privatized-subversion-chilling-effects-and-the-spread-of-authoritarian-practices/ [17:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | AUG 21 | The Vicious Cycle: Algorithmic Rage Farming, Privatized Subversion, Chilling Effects and the Spread of Authoritarian Practices - The Citizen Lab [17:52] TR News Non-Obvious Haskell Idiom: Guard-Sequence https://entropicthoughts.com/non-obvious-haskell-idiom-guard-sequence [17:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entropicthoughts.com | Non-Obvious Haskell Idiom: Guard-Sequence ● Aug 20 [18:00] TR News Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Slept on the House Floor in Protest https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/texas-redistricting-nicole-collier.html [18:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/texas-redistricting-nicole-collier.html ) [18:01] TR News Tomasz Torcz: Leaving BuyPass as an ACME provider https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2025/08/leaving-buypass-as-acme-provider/ [18:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Failed to connect to enotty.pipebreaker.pl port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://enotty.pipebreaker.pl/posts/2025/08/leaving-buypass-as-acme-provider/ ) [18:02] TR News Research. Impact. APAC Introducing the APNIC Foundation Research Fellowship https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/19/research-impact-apac-introducing-the-apnic-foundation-research-fellowship/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Research. Impact. APAC Introducing the APNIC Foundation Research Fellowship | APNIC Blog [18:02] TR News Event Wrap: APAN 60 https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/20/event-wrap-apan-60/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Event Wrap: APAN 60 | APNIC Blog [18:02] TR News Marshal madness: A brief history of Ruby deserialization exploits https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/20/marshal-madness-a-brief-history-of-ruby-deserialization-exploits/ [18:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.trailofbits.com | Marshal madness: A brief history of Ruby deserialization exploits -The Trail of Bits Blog [18:03] TR News UPC is not a real court and patents are monopolies, trying to remove monopolies isn't "attack" https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/gilead-attacks-remdesivir-patent-of-chinese-research-institute-at-upc/ [18:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Gilead attacks remdesivir patent of Chinese research institute at UPC [18:04] TR News Nchain blockchain patent monopoly challenge instituted https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/8/19/nchain-blockchain-patent-challenge-instituted [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | Nchain blockchain patent challenge instituted Unified Patents [18:04] TR News Overly Maximalist, Expensive, Localised Patent Law is Dooming Western Companies, Argue 3-D Printing Champions https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/18/Overly_Maximalist_Expensive_Localised_Patent_Law_is_Dooming_Wes.shtml [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Overly Maximalist, Expensive, Localised Patent Law is Dooming Western Companies, Argue 3-D Printing Champions [18:04] TR News CAFC Affirms PTAB Finding that Glucose Sensor Patent Claims are Obvious https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/08/19/cafc-affirms-ptab-finding-glucose-sensor-patent-claims-obvious/id=191332/ [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipwatchdog.com | CAFC Affirms PTAB Finding that Glucose Sensor Patent Claims are Obvious [18:05] TR News Accessibility Isn't Overrated (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/Accessibility_Isn_t_Overrated.shtml [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Accessibility Isn't Overrated [18:05] TR News Microsoft said GitHub and its leadership team will continue its mission as part of Microsofts CoreAI organisation. But it's just an empty shell created earlier this year. (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/Microsoft_said_GitHub_and_its_leadership_team_will_continue_its.shtml [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft said GitHub and its leadership team will continue its mission as part of Microsofts CoreAI organisation. But it's just an empty shell created earlier this year. [18:05] TR News IBM Layoffs in MCC, or Marketing, Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/IBM_Layoffs_in_MCC_or_Marketing_Communications_and_Corporate_So.shtml [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Layoffs in MCC, or Marketing, Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) [18:05] TR News The Register MS gets Lazy, Uses Slop (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/The_Register_MS_gets_Lazy_Uses_Slop.shtml [18:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Register MS gets Lazy, Uses Slop [18:05] TR News The Register's Slopfest https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/The_Register_s_Slopfest.shtml [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Register's Slopfest [18:08] TR News Atomic Decay Clock Is Accurate But Not Precise https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/2025-one-hertz-challenge-atomic-decay-clock-is-accurate-but-not-precise/ | Source: Hackaday [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-2025 One Hertz Challenge: Atomic Decay Clock Is Accurate But Not Precise | Hackaday [18:08] TR News "Soluble Circuit Board" https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/a-solderless-soluble-circuit-board/ | Source: Hackaday [18:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Solderless, Soluble Circuit Board | Hackaday [18:09] TR News Erich Eickmeyer: Raspberry Pi as a Networked Audio Interface https://ericheickmeyer.com/2025/08/19/raspberry-pi-as-a-networked-audio-interface/ [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ericheickmeyer.com | Raspberry Pi as a Networked Audio Interface Erich Eickmeyer [18:09] TR News Modi hails friend Putin and boosts China ties in tilt from US https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/modi-hails-friend-putin-and-boosts-china-ties-in-tilt-from-us [18:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Modi hails friend Putin and boosts China ties in tilt from US | The Straits Times [18:10] TR News Russia's Lavrov says peace deal must ensure its 'security' amid Ukraine talks https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-russia-s-lavrov-says-peace-deal-must-ensure-its-security-amid-ukraine-talks [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-russia-s-lavrov-says-peace-deal-must-ensure-its-security-amid-ukraine-talks ) [18:10] TR News The future of Donbas at stake in Ukraine negotiations https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-the-future-of-donbas-at-stake-in-ukraine-negotiations [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-the-future-of-donbas-at-stake-in-ukraine-negotiations ) [18:11] TR News Moving the feed from index.rss to index.xml https://box.matto.nl/moving-the-feed-from-indexrss-to-indexxml.html [18:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Moving the feed from index.rss to index.xml - box.matto.nl [18:12] TR News TTAB Overturns 2d Refusal of "SIDECAR SLIDER BAR" for Restaurant and Bar Services Due to Extensive Third-Party Use of "SIDECAR" http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/ttab-overturns-2d-refusal-of-sidecar.html [18:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thettablog.blogspot.com | The TTABlog: TTAB Overturns 2d Refusal of "SIDECAR SLIDER BAR" for Restaurant and Bar Services Due to Extensive Third-Party Use of "SIDECAR" [18:16] TR News Vacation and Trips Too gopher://1436.ninja:70/0/Phlog/20250819.md [18:19] TR News Kapitalismia gemini://sampsa.smol.pub/tekoalyjarakkaudenkaipuu [18:20] TR News "I don't have anything to say, really. I have not been doing well recently, which tends to lead me to scouring the smallweb late at night." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2690 [18:21] TR News Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: All but four report traffic declines in July https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-world-monthly-2/ [18:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Most popular websites for news in the world: Monthly top 50 listing [18:22] TR News "Interested in playing with ultra-wideband (UWB)? [Jaryd] recently put together a fairly comprehensive getting started guide featuring the AI Thinker BU03 that looks like a great place to start." https://hackaday.com/2025/08/19/using-ultra-wideband-for-3d-location-and-tracking/ | Source: Hackaday [18:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Using Ultra-Wideband For 3D Location And Tracking | Hackaday [18:23] TR News AI chatbot scrutiny intensifies: Texas AG launches probe of Meta and Character.AI over misleading mental health claims https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/18/ai-chatbot-scrutiny-intensifies-texas-attorney-general-launches-probe-meta-character-ai-misleading-mental-health-claims/ [18:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI chatbot scrutiny intensifies: Texas AG launches probe of Meta and Character.AI over misleading mental health claims - SiliconANGLE [18:23] TR News 50 Years After Discovery, Mysterious 'Eye of Sauron' Jets May Finally Be Solved https://www.sciencealert.com/50-years-after-discovery-mysterious-eye-of-sauron-jets-may-finally-be-solved [18:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-50 Years After Discovery, Mysterious 'Eye of Sauron' Jets May Finally Be Solved : ScienceAlert [18:24] TR News Brain Autopsies Revealed a Potential Culprit Behind Alzheimer's https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-autopsies-revealed-a-potential-culprit-behind-alzheimers [18:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Brain Autopsies Revealed a Potential Culprit Behind Alzheimer's : ScienceAlert [18:24] TR News Your Tea's Temperature Could Put You at Risk of Some Cancers https://www.sciencealert.com/your-teas-temperature-could-put-you-at-risk-of-some-cancers [18:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Your Tea's Temperature Could Put You at Risk of Some Cancers : ScienceAlert [18:24] TR News Our Ancestors May Have Walked Upright Long Before Leaving The Trees https://www.sciencealert.com/our-ancestors-may-have-walked-upright-long-before-leaving-the-trees [18:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Our Ancestors May Have Walked Upright Long Before Leaving The Trees : ScienceAlert [18:25] TR News Rogue Planets Floating in Space Appear to Be Forming Their Own Moons https://www.sciencealert.com/rogue-planets-floating-in-space-appear-to-be-forming-their-own-moons [18:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rogue Planets Floating in Space Appear to Be Forming Their Own Moons : ScienceAlert [18:25] TR News Your Dog Has a Unique Ability to Read Your Mind. 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Readers rejoice. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0819/syria-books-assad-censorship [18:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New Syrian government lifts bans on books. Readers rejoice. - CSMonitor.com [18:32] TR News Firefox 142.0 released https://lwn.net/Articles/1034436/ [18:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Firefox 142.0 released [LWN.net] [18:33] TR News Gambling Tech Firm Bragg Discloses Cyberattack https://www.securityweek.com/gambling-tech-firm-bragg-discloses-cyberattack/ [18:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/gambling-tech-firm-bragg-discloses-cyberattack/ ) [18:34] TR News Preventing domain-resurrection attacks (PyPI blog) https://lwn.net/Articles/1034450/ [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Preventing domain-resurrection attacks (PyPI blog) [LWN.net] [18:35] TR News "PyPI considers the account holder's initially verified email address a strong indicator of account ownership. Coupled with a form of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), this helps to further secure the account." https://blog.pypi.org/posts/2025-08-18-preventing-domain-resurrections/ [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.pypi.org | Preventing Domain Resurrection Attacks - The Python Package Index Blog [18:36] TR News Hong Kong summons UK, Australian diplomats after asylum granted to wanted activists https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/19/hong-kong-summons-uk-australian-diplomats-after-asylum-granted-to-wanted-activists/ [18:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | UK, Australian diplomats summoned after asylum granted to wanted activists [18:37] TR News Jellyfin on macOS for a quick self-hosted media library https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/jellyfin-on-macos-quick-self-hosted-media-library [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | Jellyfin on macOS for a quick self-hosted media library | Jeff Geerling [18:39] TR News Gabbard Says UK Scraps Demand for Fashion Company Apple to Give Backdoor Access to Data https://www.securityweek.com/gabbard-says-uk-scraps-demand-for-apple-to-give-backdoor-access-to-data/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/gabbard-says-uk-scraps-demand-for-apple-to-give-backdoor-access-to-data/ ) [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces) [18:40] TR News UK abandons Fashion Company Apple backdoor demand after US diplomatic pressure https://cyberscoop.com/uk-abandons-apple-backdoor-demand-after-us-diplomatic-pressure/ [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-UK abandons Apple backdoor demand after US diplomatic pressure | CyberScoop [18:40] TR News Spain continues to battle destructive wildfires even as heatwave eases https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250819-spain-continues-to-battle-destructive-wildfires-even-as-heatwave-eases [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250819-spain-continues-to-battle-destructive-wildfires-even-as-heatwave-eases ) [18:41] TR News Jimmy Lais nat. security trial: Judges question whether articles in pro-democracy Apple Daily seditious https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/19/jimmy-lais-nat-security-trial-judges-question-whether-articles-in-pro-democracy-apple-daily-seditious/ [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Jimmy Lai trial: Judges question if Apple Daily content 'seditious' [18:41] TR News Britain Drops Request That Fashion Company Apple Create a Back Door https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/technology/britain-apple-back-door.html [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/technology/britain-apple-back-door.html ) [18:42] TR News US spy chief says UK has dropped backdoor order for Fashion Company Apple https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/19/us-spy-chief-says-uk-dropped-backdoor-order-apple/ [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US spy chief says UK has dropped backdoor order for Apple - SiliconANGLE [18:43] TR News PONZI SCHEME. A company in SO MUCH DEBT, unable to ever profit, is NOT worth that!! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/technology/openai-chatgpt-stock-sale-valuation.html [18:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/technology/openai-chatgpt-stock-sale-valuation.html ) [18:45] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government officials https://federalnewsnetwork.com/intelligence-community/2025/08/trump-administration-revokes-security-clearances-of-37-current-and-former-government-officials/ [18:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Trump administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government officials [18:45] TR News House Homeland plans CISA 2015 markup with expiration looming https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/08/house-homeland-plans-cisa-2015-markup-with-expiration-looming/ [18:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | House Homeland plans CISA 2015 markup with expiration looming [18:46] TR News Australias TPG Telecom Investigating iiNet Hack https://www.securityweek.com/australias-tpg-telecom-investigating-iinet-hack/ [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/australias-tpg-telecom-investigating-iinet-hack/ ) [18:46] TR News European Leaders Rush to Convicted Felon-Zelensky Meeting Appears to Have Paid Off https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/europe/europe-trump-zelensky-meeting.html [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/europe/europe-trump-zelensky-meeting.html ) [18:46] TR News Russia Keeps Rejecting Idea of Western Peacekeepers in Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia/western-forces-nato-peacekeepers-trump [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia/western-forces-nato-peacekeepers-trump ) [18:47] TR News Without U.S. Troops in Ukraine, Would a 'Security Guarantee Deter Russia? https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia/us-troops-security-guarantees-europe [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia/us-troops-security-guarantees-europe ) [18:48] TR News "This post initially included a corridor photo which was fake. My fault" https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2025/08/ukraine/ [18:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.craigmurray.org.uk | Ukraine - Craig Murray [18:48] TR News Securing Postwar Ukraine, Even With Convicted Felons Pledge to Help, Is Complex https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-security-guarantees-trump.html [18:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-security-guarantees-trump.html ) [18:48] TR News Sabotage Shows How Russias Hostility Toward Europe Goes Beyond Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/russia-hybrid-attacks-europe.html [18:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/russia-hybrid-attacks-europe.html ) [18:49] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Said He Would Not Send Troops to Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/briefing/trump-us-troops-ukraine-open-ai.html [18:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/briefing/trump-us-troops-ukraine-open-ai.html ) [18:49] TR News At White House, Europeans make case they have role to play on Ukraine https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2025/0818/zelenskyy-trump-europeans-ukraine-war [18:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Zelenskyy at White House: Europeans show they have a role to play - CSMonitor.com [18:50] TR News Russia's Medvedev says 'coalition of the willing' failed to outplay Convicted Felon https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russias-medvedev-says-coalition-of-the-willing-failed-to-outplay-trump [18:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Russia's Medvedev says 'coalition of the willing' failed to outplay Trump | The Straits Times [18:50] TR News Tokyo to consider role in security guarantees provided to Ukraine, says Japan PM Ishiba https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-consider-role-in-security-guarantees-provided-to-ukraine-pm-ishiba [18:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Tokyo to consider role in security guarantees provided to Ukraine, saysJapan PM Ishiba | The Straits Times [18:50] TR News Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-airstrike-casulaties-kharkiv-donetsk-zaporizhzhya-kherson-poltava-chernihiv/33507183.html [18:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine [18:50] TR News Lithuanian president welcomes US security guarantees for Ukraine https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2648610/lithuanian-president-welcomes-us-security-guarantees-for-ukraine [18:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian president welcomes US security guarantees for Ukraine - LRT [18:51] TR News Security guarantees for Ukraine still unclear after Washington summit https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250819-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-still-unclear-after-washington-summit [18:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250819-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-still-unclear-after-washington-summit ) [18:51] TR News Was Convicted Felons summit with Zelenskyy and European leaders a turning point for Russias war in Ukraine? https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/was-trumps-summit-with-zelenskyy-and-european-leaders-a-turning-point-for-russias-war-in-ukraine/ [18:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Was Trump's summit with Zelenskyy and European leaders a turning point for Russia's war in Ukraine? - Atlantic Council [18:52] TR News Europe needs to keep up the momentum for Ukraine after its White House show of force https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/europe-needs-to-keep-up-the-momentum-for-ukraine-after-its-white-house-show-of-force/ [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Europe needs to keep up the momentum for Ukraine after its White House show of force - Atlantic Council [18:52] TR News A strong Ukraine is the only realistic security guarantee against Russia https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/a-strong-ukraine-is-the-only-realistic-security-guarantee-against-russia/ [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | A strong Ukraine is the only realistic security guarantee against Russia - Atlantic Council [18:52] TR News Invitation to join Ukrainian 'Sunflower Road' parade https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/19.08.2025-invitation-to-join-ukrainian-sunflower-road-parade.a610899/ [18:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Invitation to join Ukrainian 'Sunflower Road' parade / Article [18:53] TR News Appeal to help hard-pressed Latvian and Ukrainian families with school supplies https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/19.08.2025-appeal-to-help-hard-pressed-latvian-and-ukrainian-families-with-school-supplies.a610925/ [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Appeal to help hard-pressed Latvian and Ukrainian families with school supplies / Article [18:56] TR News Latvian President visits eastern border https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/president/19.08.2025-latvian-president-visits-eastern-border.a610752/ [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Latvian President visits eastern border / Article [18:56] TR News Zero-Day Exploit in WinRAR File https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/zero-day-exploit-in-winrar-file.html [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Zero-Day Exploit in WinRAR File - Schneier on Security [18:57] TR News Relief in Ukraine as Zelensky Avoids Disaster in Washington https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-russia-putin-zelensky-trump-talks.html [18:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-russia-putin-zelensky-trump-talks.html ) [18:58] TR News Macron Calls Putin an Ogre at Our Doorstep https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/macron-putin-predator-russia-ukraine-war.html [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/macron-putin-predator-russia-ukraine-war.html ) [18:58] TR News Europes Leaders Headed Off Giveaway to Putin, but Emerged Without a Clear Path https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-trump-meeting-europe-leaders-war.html [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-trump-meeting-europe-leaders-war.html ) [18:58] TR News White House Presses Meeting, Security Guarantees That Russia Has Yet to Accept https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia ) [18:59] TR News Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Convicted Felon Is https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/trump-russia-ukraine-putin.html [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/trump-russia-ukraine-putin.html ) [18:59] TR News Will Putin Meet With Zelensky to End the Ukraine War? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/putin-zelensky-meeting.html [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/putin-zelensky-meeting.html ) [18:59] TR News "PutinZelensky meeting could take place in Hungary" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/putin-zelensky-meeting-could-take-place-in-hungary-reuters | Source: Meduza [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | PutinZelensky meeting could take place in Hungary Reuters Meduza ● Aug 20 [19:00] TR News "wont arrest Putin" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/switzerland-says-it-won-t-arrest-putin-if-he-comes-for-peace-talks-with-zelensky | Source: Meduza [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Switzerland says it wont arrest Putin if he comes for peace talks with Zelensky Meduza [19:00] TR News "meeting with Zelensky in Moscow" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/putin-proposed-meeting-with-zelensky-in-moscow-afp | Source: Meduza [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Putin proposed meeting with Zelensky in Moscow AFP Meduza [19:00] TR News Zelensky Says Hes Ready to Meet Putin After Convicted Felon Talks https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/zelensky-trump-putin-meeting.html [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/zelensky-trump-putin-meeting.html ) [19:01] TR News How Europe Learned to Speak So Convicted Felon Would Listen https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/trump-putin-summit-europe.html [19:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/trump-putin-summit-europe.html ) [19:01] TR News How Zelensky Made Progress With Convicted Felon https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010348280/how-zelensky-made-progress-with-trump.html [19:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump - The New York Times [19:02] TR News For Convicted Felon, Flashy Summits Come First. Grunt Work Comes Next. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-summits-putin-zelensky.html [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-summits-putin-zelensky.html ) [19:02] TR News How Crimea has changed hands over the centuries https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2648567/how-crimea-has-changed-hands-over-the-centuries [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | How Crimea has changed hands over the centuries - LRT [19:03] TR News Sam Thursfield: Status update, 19/08/2025 https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/status-update-19-08-2025/ [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-samthursfield.wordpress.com | Status update, 19/08/2025 Sam Thursfield [19:03] TR News "traditional values" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/russian-university-awarded-contract-to-develop-system-for-measuring-students-traditional-values | Source: Meduza [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russian university developing system for measuring students traditional values Meduza [19:04] TR News "stranded in Kyrgyzstan with broken leg" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/19/kyrgyzstan-s-mountains-turn-deadly | Source: Meduza [19:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/19/kyrgyzstan-s-mountains-turn-deadly ) [19:04] TR News "Trumps all theater, Europes a broken record, Zelensky wore a coat, and the war goes on" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/20/trump-s-all-theater-europe-s-a-broken-record-zelensky-wore-a-coat-and-the-war-goes-on | Source: Meduza [19:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Trumps all theater, Europes a broken record, Zelensky wore a coat, and the war goes on Meduza summarizes how Russian Z-bloggers reacted to Mondays Washington summit Meduza [19:05] TR News "Baltic Sea could become a military theater" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/20/northern-exposure | Source: Meduza [19:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Northern exposure A journal published by Russias Foreign Ministry prints an article warning that the Baltic Sea could become a military theater Meduza [19:06] TR News "Zelensky says security guarantees for Ukraine will include a strong army, U.S. weapons deal, and domestic drone production" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/zelensky-says-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-will-include-a-strong-army-u-s-weapons-deal-and-domestic-drone-production | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Zelensky says security guarantees for Ukraine will include a strong army, U.S. weapons deal, and domestic drone production Meduza [19:06] TR News "Russian-installed official says" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/entire-occupied-part-of-ukraine-s-zaporizhzhia-loses-power-russian-installed-official-says | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Entire occupied part of Ukraines Zaporizhzhia region loses power, Russian-installed official says Meduza [19:06] TR News "ready to send troops to Ukraine as part of peace agreement" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/20/about-10-countries-ready-to-send-troops-to-ukraine-as-part-of-peace-agreement-bloomberg | Source: Meduza [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | About 10 countries ready to send troops to Ukraine as part of peace agreement Bloomberg Meduza [19:07] TR News Lithuania puts limits on Belarus bus services https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2648552/lithuania-puts-limits-on-belarus-bus-services [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania puts limits on Belarus bus services - LRT [19:07] TR News Border guards still under high pressure at Latvian eastern border https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/19.08.2025-border-guards-still-under-high-pressure-at-latvian-eastern-border.a610884/ [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Border guards still under high pressure at Latvian eastern border / Article [19:07] TR News "Moscow denies receiving weapons from Tehran" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/19/straight-off-iranian-production-lines | Source: Meduza [19:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Straight off Iranian production lines Moscow denies receiving weapons from Tehran. Shipping records tell a different story. Meduza [19:08] TR News Oregon Man Charged in Rapper Bot DDoS Service https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/oregon-man-charged-in-rapper-bot-ddos-service/ [19:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krebsonsecurity.com | Oregon Man Charged in Rapper Bot DDoS Service Krebs on Security [19:09] TR News What happened in Latvia between August 18 and 21, 1991? https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/history/19.08.2025-what-happened-in-latvia-between-august-18-and-21-1991.a610880/ [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | What happened in Latvia between August 18 and 21, 1991? / Article [19:09] TR News "preschools in occupied Ukrainian territory" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/20/russia-extends-patriotic-lesson-series-to-preschools-in-occupied-ukrainian-territory | Source: Meduza [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russia extends patriotic lesson series to preschools in occupied Ukrainian territory Meduza [19:10] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man announces plans for executive order to phase out mail-in ballots https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/president-trump-announces-plans-for-executive-order-to-phase-out-mail-in-ballots/ [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Trump announces plans for executive order to phase out mail-in ballots - JURIST - News [19:11] TR News Linux Matters #62: Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles https://linuxmatters.sh/62/ "Alan prepares for the inevitable by mirroring Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub to Forgejo]" [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxmatters.sh | Mirrors, Motors and Makefiles [19:11] TR News KOL470 | Intellectual Property & Rights: Ayn Rand Fan Club 92 with Scott Schiff https://stephankinsella.com/as_paf_podcast/kol470-ip-rights-ayn-rand-fan-club-92/ "They also talk about MElon opening his patents and the effects of IP law on AI." [19:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://stephankinsella.com/as_paf_podcast/kol470-ip-rights-ayn-rand-fan-club-92/ ) [19:12] TR News Microsoft fired workers for complaining about nazis https://lunduke.substack.com/p/worker-intifada-occupies-microsoft [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Worker Intifada Occupies Microsoft Main Campus, Demands MS Cut All Ties With Israel [19:13] TR News How To Set Up DHCP Server on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/set-up-dhcp-server-debian-13/ [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Set Up DHCP Server on Debian 13 - idroot [19:14] TR News How To Install Ventoy on openSUSE https://idroot.us/install-ventoy-opensuse/ [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Ventoy on openSUSE - idroot [19:14] TR News How To Install Zulip on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-zulip-fedora-42/ [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Zulip on Fedora 42 - idroot [19:15] TR News How To Install Kdenlive on Debian 13 https://idroot.us/install-kdenlive-debian-13/ [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Kdenlive on Debian 13 - idroot [19:16] TR News Not just a bigger budget. Heres how to reform Defence procurement https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/not-just-a-bigger-budget-heres-how-to-reform-defence-procurement/ [19:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Not just a bigger budget. Heres how to reform Defence procurement | The Strategist [19:17] TR News Hacks.Mozilla.Org: CRLite: Fast, private, and comprehensive certificate revocation checking in Firefox https://hacks.mozilla.org/2025/08/crlite-fast-private-and-comprehensive-certificate-revocation-checking-in-firefox/ [19:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hacks.mozilla.org | CRLite: Fast, private, and comprehensive certificate revocation checking in Firefox - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog [19:18] TR News Mozilla priming itself for mass censorship by CAs, which is vert dangerous and ripe for abuse [19:20] TR News Chinese YouTuber builds a metro station for his cats https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-youtuber-builds-a-metro-station-for-his-cats [19:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinese YouTuber builds a metro station for his cats | The Straits Times [19:21] TR News Handling Missing Data in R: A Comprehensive Guide https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/handling-missing-data-in-r-a-comprehensive-guide/ [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Handling Missing Data in R: A Comprehensive Guide | R-bloggers [19:22] TR News Affordable Shiny app hosting for 500 concurrent users https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/affordable-shiny-app-hosting-for-500-concurrent-users/ [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Affordable Shiny app hosting for 500 concurrent users | R-bloggers [19:26] TR News Why was WebDriver outsourced to Microsoft's proprietary software trap? This makes no sense. [19:27] TR News How To Install OpenLDAP on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-openldap-fedora-42/ [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install OpenLDAP on Fedora 42 - idroot [19:27] TR News How To Install Gitea on AlmaLinux 10 https://idroot.us/install-gitea-almalinux-10/ [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Gitea on AlmaLinux 10 - idroot [19:28] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [19:29] TR News How To Install RustDesk on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-rustdesk-rocky-linux-10/ [19:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install RustDesk on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [19:29] TR News How to Install Fooyin Music Player on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-fooyin-fedora-42/ [19:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How to Install Fooyin Music Player on Fedora 42 - idroot [19:30] TR News Invalid aufs whiteout files https://bkhome.org/news/202508/invalid-aufs-whiteout-files.html [19:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Invalid aufs whiteout files [19:30] TR News AnyDesk works but slow startup https://bkhome.org/news/202508/anydesk-works-but-slow-startup.html [19:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | AnyDesk works but slow startup [19:32] TR News (NEW): EasyOS Development Updates and Milestones https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/EasyOS_Development_Updates_and_Milestones.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/EasyOS_Development_Updates_and_Milestones.gmi [19:32] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/today_s_howtos.gmi [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines EasyOS Development Updates and Milestones [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [19:33] TR News Something isn't the same days after this publisher took Microsoft money https://www.xda-developers.com/wsl2-isnt-perfect-adequate-linux-tool-for-most/ this is Windows promotion [19:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | WSL2 isn't perfect, but it's the perfect amount of Linux for most people [19:34] TR News (NEW): Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.gmi [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers [19:36] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers/Web Sites Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Web_Sites_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Web_Sites_Leftovers.gmi [19:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers/Web Sites Leftovers [19:37] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Security_Leftovers.gmi [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [19:39] TR News (NEW): GNU Project: GNU Radio, gprofng-gui 2.2, and Free Software Directory Meeting on IRC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/GNU_Project_GNU_Radio_gprofng_gui_2_2_and_Free_Software_Directo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/GNU_Project_GNU_Radio_gprofng_gui_2_2_and_Free_Software_Directo.gmi [19:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU Project: GNU Radio, gprofng-gui 2.2, and Free Software Directory Meeting on IRC [19:39] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [19:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [19:41] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and Radxa Cubie A7A https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_Radxa_Cubie_A7A.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_and_Radxa_Cubie_A7A.gmi [19:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and Radxa Cubie A7A [19:42] TR News The Free software world seems divided not along poltical lines but GAFAM shills and the NOT GAFAM shills. The latter group is seen as an enemy to be COCed to death by Zemlin et al. It won't work though. [19:44] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux, GNOME and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/GNU_Linux_GNOME_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/GNU_Linux_GNOME_and_More.gmi [19:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux, GNOME and More [19:46] TR News decadence gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/poetry/decadence [19:47] TR News Permacomputing looks interesting gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-08/2025-08-18--permacomputing.txt [19:50] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 20/08/2025: Trips and Permacomputing https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Gemini_Links_20_08_2025_Trips_and_Permacomputing.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Gemini_Links_20_08_2025_Trips_and_Permacomputing.gmi [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 20/08/2025: Trips and Permacomputing [19:59] TR News Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/microsoft_oob_reset_patch/?td=rt-3a [19:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Microsoft cleans up latest Windows Update mess The Register ● Aug 20 [20:06] TR News Russell Coker: Colmi P80 SmartWatch First Look https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/08/19/colmi-p80-smartwatch/ [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-etbe.coker.com.au | Colmi P80 SmartWatch First Look etbe - Russell Coker [20:06] TR News New Exploit Poses Threat to SAP NetWeaver Instances https://www.securityweek.com/new-exploit-poses-threat-to-sap-netweaver-instances/ [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-exploit-poses-threat-to-sap-netweaver-instances/ ) [20:06] TR News Hacktivist Sentenced to 20 Months of Prison in UK https://www.securityweek.com/hacktivist-sentenced-to-20-months-of-prison-in-uk/ [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/hacktivist-sentenced-to-20-months-of-prison-in-uk/ ) [20:07] TR News Pluralistic: Charlie Jane Anders' "Lessons in Magic and Disaster." (19 Aug 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/19/revenge-magic/ [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Charlie Jane Anders Lessons in Magic and Disaster. (19 Aug 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [20:07] TR News Smart Gadgets, Dumb Ideas: Why Consumer IoT Went Off the Rails https://fossforce.com/2025/08/smart-gadgets-dumb-ideas-why-consumer-iot-went-off-the-rails/ [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Smart Gadgets, Dumb Ideas: Why Consumer IoT Went Off the Rails - FOSS Force [20:07] TR News 1.1 Million Unique Records Identified in Allianz Life Data Leak https://www.securityweek.com/1-1-million-unique-records-identified-in-allianz-life-data-leak/ [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/1-1-million-unique-records-identified-in-allianz-life-data-leak/ ) [20:08] TR News iophk: falsely conflates patents with innovation and progress: """He understood the importance of patenting this world-changing technology and connected with Innovation Partnerships.""" https://record.umich.edu/articles/zhong-he-named-distinguished-university-innovator-of-the-year/ [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://record.umich.edu/articles/zhong-he-named-distinguished-university-innovator-of-the-year/ ) [20:09] TR News New Research Links VPN Apps, Highlights Security Deficiencies https://www.securityweek.com/new-research-links-vpn-apps-highlights-security-deficiencies/ [20:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-research-links-vpn-apps-highlights-security-deficiencies/ ) [20:09] TR News Hijacked Satellites and Orbiting Space Weapons: In the 21st Century, Space Is the New Battlefield https://www.securityweek.com/hijacked-satellites-and-orbiting-space-weapons-in-the-21st-century-space-is-the-new-battlefield/ [20:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/hijacked-satellites-and-orbiting-space-weapons-in-the-21st-century-space-is-the-new-battlefield/ ) [20:11] TR News Windows. DA BEST. https://news.itsfoss.com/windows-update-is-killing-ssds/ [20:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.itsfoss.com | Windows Update Is Killing SSDs! Should You Switch to Linux? [20:12] TR News Marketing chaff with some slop image https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/linux-patch-blind-spot-exposes-critical-cybersecurity-risks-177579.html [20:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/linux-patch-blind-spot-exposes-critical-cybersecurity-risks-177579.html ) [20:12] TR News "Want to try an Arch-based distro but dont know where to start? Or maybe youve already been distro-hopping and still havent found the perfect fit? Heres my personal ranking of the nine Arch-based distros I think are worth your timebased on real-world testing and my own preferences." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tested-9-arch-based-linux-distros-heres-how-i-rank-them/ [20:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I Tested 9 Arch-Based Linux Distros, Here's How I Rank Them [20:13] TR News Don't install it https://www.zdnet.com/article/dripdropper-linux-malware-cleans-up-after-itself/ The real issue here is unpatched Apache in some scenarios. [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DripDropper Linux malware cleans up after itself - how it works | ZDNET [20:15] TR News This is years old. This is neglect by those impacted, not Linux. https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/apache-activemq-flaw-exploited-to.html "It was addressed in late October 2023." [20:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/apache-activemq-flaw-exploited-to.html ) [20:17] TR News Northern Australia: from developing economy to national powerhouseif we choose to act https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/northern-australia-from-developing-economy-to-national-powerhouse-if-we-choose-to-act/ [20:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Northern Australia: from developing economy to national powerhouseif we choose to act | The Strategist [20:18] TR News (NEW): Unpatched (for Years) Systems and "Linux" Gets the Blame https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Unpatched_for_Years_Systems_and_Linux_Gets_the_Blame.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Unpatched_for_Years_Systems_and_Linux_Gets_the_Blame.gmi [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Unpatched (for Years) Systems and "Linux" Gets the Blame [20:18] TR News Australia probes Nauru-China business deal https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/19/australia-probes-nauru-china-business-deal/ [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Australia probes Nauru-China business deal [20:18] TR News Hong Kong activists granted asylum in U.K., Australia https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/08/19/hong-kong-asylum-tony-chung-ted-hui/ [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | Hong Kong activists granted asylum in U.K., Australia Radio Free Asia [20:18] TR News Aid workers in the crosshairs https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250819-aid-workers-in-the-crosshairs [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250819-aid-workers-in-the-crosshairs ) [20:18] TR News Syria, Israel hold US-mediated talks in Paris on regional de-escalation https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250819-syrian-israeli-diplomats-paris-de-escalation [20:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250819-syrian-israeli-diplomats-paris-de-escalation ) [20:19] TR News Security researcher driven by free nuggets unearths McDonald's security flaw changing 'login' to 'register' in URL https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/prompted-by-free-nuggets-security-researcher-uncovers-staggering-mcdonalds-internal-platform-vulnerability-changing-login-to-register-in-url-prompted-site-to-issue-plain-text-password-for-a-new-account [20:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Security researcher driven by free nuggets unearths McDonald's security flaw changing 'login' to 'register' in URL prompted site to issue plain text password for a new account | Tom's Hardware [20:20] TR News Latest backdoored Windows 11 security patch might be breaking SSDs under heavy workloads Phison investigating reports of disappearing drives following file transfers https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/latest-windows-11-security-patch-might-be-breaking-ssds-under-heavy-workloads-users-report-disappearing-drives-following-file-transfers-including-some-that-cannot-be-recovered-after-a-reboot [20:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Latest Windows 11 security patch might be breaking SSDs under heavy workloads Phison investigating reports of disappearing drives following file transfers, including some that cannot be recovered after a reboot | Tom's Hardware [20:21] TR News (NEW): Windows TCO: Microsoft Breaks Hardware Through Windows Updates https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Windows_TCO_Microsoft_Breaks_Hardware_Through_Windows_Updates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Windows_TCO_Microsoft_Breaks_Hardware_Through_Windows_Updates.gmi [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Windows TCO: Microsoft Breaks Hardware Through Windows Updates [20:21] TR News Australia probes Nauru-China business deal https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-probes-nauru-china-business-deal [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australia probes Nauru-China business deal | The Straits Times [20:21] TR News Taiwan, responding to Convicted Felons invasion comments, says it must rely on itself for security https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-responding-to-trumps-invasion-comments-says-must-rely-on-itself-for-security [20:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Taiwan, responding to Trumps invasion comments, says it must rely on itself for security | The Straits Times [20:22] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current Officials https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-security-clearances.html [20:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-security-clearances.html ) [20:23] TR News (NEW): Linux Kernel 6.15 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.16 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Linux_Kernel_6_15_Reaches_End_of_Life_It_s_Time_to_Upgrade_to_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/20/Linux_Kernel_6_15_Reaches_End_of_Life_It_s_Time_to_Upgrade_to_L.gmi [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Kernel 6.15 Reaches End of Life, Its Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.16 ● Aug 20 [21:00] TR News Techrights Slopwatch: Serial Sloppers and Slopfarms in Google News (e.g. Linux Journal and WebProNews) https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Slopwatch_Serial_Sloppers_and_Slopfarms_in_Google_News_e_g_Linu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/Slopwatch_Serial_Sloppers_and_Slopfarms_in_Google_News_e_g_Linu.gmi [21:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slopwatch: Serial Sloppers and Slopfarms in Google News (e.g. Linux Journal and WebProNews) [21:39] TR News Richard Matthew Stallman en el Per conferencias 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awET97h34ck [21:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://invidious.osi.kr/watch?v=awET97h34ck [21:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Could not resolve host: invidious.osi.kr ( status 0 @ https://invidious.osi.kr/watch?v=awET97h34ck ) [21:41] TR News "He gave us an interview in which he explained to us the benefits of Free Software on the fate of a country, on its digital independence. An interview that we consider useful to republish." https://webdo.tn/en/actualite/various/richard-stallman-free-software-free-country/383957/ [21:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-webdo.tn | Richard Stallman: "Free software, free country" - webdo [21:41] TR News Poland won't buy Latvia's unused Covid vaccines https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/19.08.2025-poland-wont-buy-latvias-unused-covid-vaccines.a610879/ [21:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Poland won't buy Latvia's unused Covid vaccines / Article [21:42] TR News COVID-19 vaccines were effective at getting few very rich people with patents even richer. Everything else is unproven. [21:43] TR News Desktops/Laptops Fall to All-Time Lows in the UK, So Why Does British Media Quote a Famous Criminal on "End of the Smartphone Era"? https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/19/Desktops_Laptops_Fall_to_All_Time_Lows_in_the_UK_So_Why_Does_Br.shtml [21:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Desktops/Laptops Fall to All-Time Lows in the UK, So Why Does British Media Quote a Famous Criminal on "End of the Smartphone Era"? [21:43] TR News Don Marti: habit power, technical power, political power https://blog.zgp.org/habit-power-technical-power-political-power/ [21:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | habit power, technical power, political power [21:44] TR News Fentanyl superstar? https://pagesix.com/2025/08/19/celebrity-news/tiktok-star-john-crawley-known-as-kingbeardx-dead-at-47/ [21:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pagesix.com | TikTok star John Crawley, known as 'KingBeardX,' dead at 47 [21:44] TR News They meant HYPE, not hope. But they get paid to shill crap and Ponzi schemes. https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/08/18/hope-is-the-first-phase-of-a-strategy-profit-from-selling-ai-systems/ [21:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nextplatform.com | Hope Is The First Phase Of A Strategy To Profit From Selling AI Systems [21:45] TR News nextplatform is owned by The Register MS. Hence, is participates in the shilling. [21:46] TR News It also accommodates an embedded IBM shill/operative, Timothy Prickett Morgan [21:47] TR News "PARTNER CONTENT" = paid spam to push HEY HI Ponzi scheme https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/08/19/automating-data-pipelines-with-ai-agents/ [21:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nextplatform.com | Automating Data Pipelines With AI Agents ● Aug 20 [22:13] TR News Techrights IBM Operatives Inside The Register MS and More Shady Money to Follow https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/IBM_Operatives_Inside_The_Register_MS_and_More_Shady_Money_to_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/IBM_Operatives_Inside_The_Register_MS_and_More_Shady_Money_to_F.gmi [22:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Operatives Inside The Register MS and More Shady Money to Follow [22:15] TR News "Tip: Work your network. Call everyone you've ever worked with and re-connect. This is the only way to find a job these days. Applying to jobs on LinkedIn is a waste of time. 90% are fake jobs posted solely to satisfy regulatory requirements for an H1B or PERM application, to prove no Americans are available for the job." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k324m2z7 [22:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k324m2z7 ) [22:18] TR News The Register used to cover IBM layoffs, then it stopped https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/IBM_Operatives_Inside_The_Register_MS_and_More_Shady_Money_to_F.shtml [22:19] TR News "Have there been any layoffs in IBM's Government Consulting in the DC area?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3387t3v [22:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3387t3v ) [22:20] TR News California Republicans File Suit Seeking to Block Newsom Redistricting Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/california-republicans-lawsuit-redistricting.html [22:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/california-republicans-lawsuit-redistricting.html ) [22:20] TR News The Revised Laws of Robotics https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/the-revised-laws-of-robotics [22:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | The Revised Laws of Robotics | The New Yorker [22:21] TR News A Dexter Obsessed Man Highlights a Gap in British Law https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/jacob-power-dexter-murder-plans-uk-laws.html [22:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/jacob-power-dexter-murder-plans-uk-laws.html ) [22:24] TR News revel in fullness gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/revel_in_fullness [22:25] TR News Notes on an overheard conversation while at lunch with friends gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/20.1 [22:32] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Aug 20 [03:27] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/ice-police/ [03:27] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Police officer busted by Trump's ICE agrees to exit the country: report - Raw Story [03:30] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/hilarious-ripped-for-tipping-3-in-post-bragging-about-trumps-no-ta/ [03:30] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | 'Hilarious': Republican ripped for leaving tiny tip while bragging about Trump promise - Raw Story [03:32] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gold-oval-office/ [03:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | 'What an embarrassment': Famed rocker lets loose on Trump after White House makeover - Raw Story [03:33] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2673902693/ [03:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | 'Oh, brother': Conservative WSJ editors turn on Elon Musk after latest 'bad idea' - Raw Story [03:35] admfubar quick draw McLiar .. https://www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-2673902311/ [03:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Dr. Phil accused of massive fraud scheme by world's largest Christian TV network - Raw Story [03:35] admfubar i guess it takes one to know one... [03:38] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/trump-slavery-2673901628/ [03:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | 'Make slavery great again!' Trump buried in mockery after 'insane' rant on museums - Raw Story [03:42] admfubar https://www.rawstory.com/trump-health-2673901017/ [03:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | 'His health can't be right': Trump sparks new concern with 'heaven' talk - Raw Story ● Aug 20 [04:15] admfubar https://scheerpost.com/2025/08/19/decapitations-murder-and-drug-trafficking-new-book-exposes-fort-bragg-cartel/ [04:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-scheerpost.com | Decapitations, Murder and Drug Trafficking: New Book Exposes Fort Bragg Cartel [04:23] *admfubar has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 20 [06:34] *guideddrone (~guideddrone@x9p9di2w8sxvc.irc) has joined #techpol ● Aug 20 [07:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Aug 20 [08:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [08:10] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techpol ● Aug 20 [09:30] *guideddrone has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:51] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Aug 20 [11:01] TR News "Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-airstrike-casulaties-kharkiv-donetsk-zaporizhzhya-kherson-poltava-chernihiv/33507183.html [11:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine [11:02] TR News "Nordics and Baltics say they are 'steadfast' in support for Ukraine / Article" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/17.08.2025-nordics-and-baltics-say-they-are-steadfast-in-support-for-ukraine.a610667/ [11:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Nordics and Baltics say they are 'steadfast' in support for Ukraine / Article [11:02] TR News "The Collapse Of American Judgment" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/18/the-collapse-of-american-judgment/ [11:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-The Collapse Of American Judgment | Techdirt [11:04] TR News "Europe backs Ukraine after Trump tilts toward Putin at summit" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0817/trump-putin-summit-ukraine-zelenskyy-europe [11:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Europe backs Ukraine after Trump tilts toward Putin at summit - CSMonitor.com [11:06] TR News "This vain, vacillating, gullible US president no longer commands the West" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/19/for-all-the-noise-trump-is-ever-less-relevant-on-ukraine/ [11:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/19/for-all-the-noise-trump-is-ever-less-relevant-on-ukraine/ ) [11:06] TR News "Ukraine - Craig Murray" https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2025/08/ukraine/ [11:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.craigmurray.org.uk | Ukraine - Craig Murray [11:07] TR News "When Right Wing Governors Put the Safety of "Big Balls" Over Their Own Constituents" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/19/when-right-wing-governors-put-the-safety-of-big-balls-over-their-own-constituents/ [11:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.emptywheel.net | When Right Wing Governors Put the Safety of "Big Balls"Over Their Own Constituents - emptywheel [11:08] TR News "How Dutch is the Dutch King? - Rik's Weblog" https://huijzer.xyz/posts/100 [11:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-huijzer.xyz | How Dutch is the Dutch King? - Rik's Weblog [11:08] TR News "Further | Putin's Craven Inept Poodle: Bonkers Across the Board | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/putin-s-craven-inept-poodle-bonkers-across-the-board [11:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.commondreams.org | Further | Putin's Craven Inept Poodle: Bonkers Across the Board | Opinion [11:08] TR News "Trumps second term is being shaped by intellectual weirdos" https://www.vox.com/politics/458025/trump-new-right-claremont-integralists-maga-laura-field [11:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Trumps second term is being shaped by intellectual weirdos | Vox [11:11] TR News "How Europe Learned to Speak So Trump Would Listen" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/trump-putin-summit-europe.html [11:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/trump-putin-summit-europe.html ) [11:11] TR News "Trump Keeps Defending Russia" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/trump-fox-news-russia-ukraine/683924/ [11:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theatlantic.com | Trump Keeps Defending Russia - The Atlantic [11:11] TR News "Trump offers assurances that US troops wont be sent to defend Ukraine" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2025/08/19/trump-offers-assurances-that-us-troops-wont-be-sent-to-defend-ukraine/ [11:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.marinecorpstimes.com | Trump offers assurances that US troops wont be sent to defend Ukraine [11:12] TR News "Wont Send US Troops to Ukraine: Trump" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/americas/wont-send-us-troops-to-ukraine-trump-1898571 [11:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.deccanchronicle.com | Wont Send US Troops to Ukraine: Trump [11:13] TR News "Trump announces plans for executive order to phase out mail-in ballots" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/president-trump-announces-plans-for-executive-order-to-phase-out-mail-in-ballots/ [11:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Trump announces plans for executive order to phase out mail-in ballots - JURIST - News [11:13] TR News "Legal scholars have emphasized that Trumps assertion of federal supremacy in election administration is constitutionally unfounded. In a Northeastern University release, law professor Jeremy Paul noted that the president cannot legally end mail-in voting via executive order and that such changes must be enacted by Congress." [11:18] TR News "patently false pretense that the district is facing a crime crisis" https://fair.org/home/media-in-hiding-from-the-most-urgent-questions-of-the-day/ | Source: FAIR [11:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-fair.org | Media in Hiding From the Most Urgent Questions of the Day FAIR [11:18] TR News "Photo Essay" https://www.propublica.org/article/cecot-released-family-reunions-photos | Source: Pro Publica [11:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.propublica.org | Mothers Reunite With Their Sons Who Were Deported to CECOT: Photo Essay ProPublica [11:45] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techpol ● Aug 20 [12:02] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:03] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techpol [12:04] TR News "The General Services Administration (GSA), which runs regulations.gov, notified API key holders in an email last Monday morning that theyd soon lose the ability to POST directly" https://www.404media.co/the-government-just-made-it-harder-for-the-public-to-comment-on-regulations/ | Source: 404 Media [12:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.404media.co | The Government Just Made it Harder for The Public to Comment on Regulations [12:06] TR News "Heres what all of usuniversity leaders, students and academics, legislators, and all Americanscan do to fight back." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/americas-campuses-the-next-frontline | Source: Garry Kasparov [12:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenextmove.org | Americas Campuses: The Next Frontline Against Authoritarianism [12:06] TR News "Muslim men in a Malaysian state could face up to two years in prison or a hefty fine for skipping Friday prayers without a valid reason under Shariah law." https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/malaysia-shariah-law-friday-prayer-punishment-b2810069.html | Source: The Independent UK [12:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.independent.co.uk | Muslim men to be fined for missing Friday prayers in Malaysian state | The Independent ● Aug 20 [15:24] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [15:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Aug 20 [16:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Aug 20 [17:10] TR News North Koreas Kim calls for rapid nuclear build-up amid US-South Korea exercises https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-leader-kim-jong-un-says-joint-us-south-korea-drills-show-intention-to-provoke-war [17:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim calls for rapid nuclear build-up amid US-South Korea exercises | The Straits Times [17:11] TR News Former South Korean minister indicted over alleged role in martial law crisis https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-south-korean-minister-indicted-over-alleged-role-in-martial-law [17:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Former South Korean minister indicted over alleged role in martial law crisis | The Straits Times [17:11] TR News North Koreas Kim Yo Jong says South Korea has dual personality over military drills https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-says-south-korea-has-dual-personality-over-military-drills [17:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Koreas Kim Yo Jong says South Korea has dual personality over military drills | The Straits Times [17:12] TR News California man admits to shipping weapons to North Korea sentenced to 8 years in prison https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/us-news/california-man-admits-to-shipping-weapons-to-north-korea-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison/ [17:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-nypost.com | California man admits to shipping weapons to North Korea sentenced to 8 years in prison [17:13] TR News Singaporean man gets 72 years jail and caning in Malaysia for murdering wife and stepson https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/singaporean-man-sentenced-to-72-years-jail-in-malaysia-for-murdering-wife-and-stepson [17:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Singaporean man gets 72 years jail and caning in Malaysia for murdering wife and stepson | The Straits Times [17:13] TR News Malaysia scraps plans to buy Black Hawk helicopters derided by its King as flying coffins https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-scraps-plans-to-buy-black-hawk-helicopters-derided-by-king-as-flying-coffins [17:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia scraps plan to buy Black Hawk helicopters derided by its King as flying coffins | The Straits Times [17:15] TR News Calls to cut ties: Malaysia flag furore tests PH-BN relations https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/calls-to-cut-ties-malaysia-flag-furore-tests-ph-bn-relations [17:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Calls to cut ties: Malaysia flag furore tests PH-BN relations | The Straits Times [17:16] TR News China to stage massive military parade marking WW2 surrender of Japan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-to-stage-massive-military-parade-marking-ww2-surrender-of-japan [17:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China to stage massive military parade marking WWII surrender of Japan | The Straits Times [17:18] TR News Philippines, Australia, Canada navies hold joint sail in South China Sea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-australia-canada-hold-joint-sail-in-south-china-sea [17:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines, Australia, Canada navies hold joint sail in South China Sea | The Straits Times [17:19] TR News Projection https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-nuclear-arsenal-is-growing-says-pentagon-report [17:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas nuclear arsenal is growing, says Pentagon report | The Straits Times [17:22] TR News What the South China Sea collision tells us about Chinas growing aggression 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Nicole Collier Slept on the House Floor in Protest https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/texas-redistricting-nicole-collier.html [18:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/texas-redistricting-nicole-collier.html ) [18:09] TR News Modi hails friend Putin and boosts China ties in tilt from US https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/modi-hails-friend-putin-and-boosts-china-ties-in-tilt-from-us [18:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Modi hails friend Putin and boosts China ties in tilt from US | The Straits Times [18:10] TR News Russia's Lavrov says peace deal must ensure its 'security' amid Ukraine talks https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-russia-s-lavrov-says-peace-deal-must-ensure-its-security-amid-ukraine-talks [18:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-russia-s-lavrov-says-peace-deal-must-ensure-its-security-amid-ukraine-talks ) [18:10] TR News The future of Donbas at stake in Ukraine negotiations https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-the-future-of-donbas-at-stake-in-ukraine-negotiations [18:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250819-the-future-of-donbas-at-stake-in-ukraine-negotiations ) [18:28] TR News Bogus military veteran contractors highlight need for a reliable database https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/bogus-military-veteran-contractors-highlight-need-for-a-reliable-database/ [18:28] -TechPolBot/#techpol-defenceweb.co.za | Bogus military veteran contractors highlight need for a reliable database - defenceWeb [18:29] TR News Lithuanian Conservatives propose drone wall for tech-first border defence, troop safety https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2648441/lithuanian-conservatives-propose-drone-wall-for-tech-first-border-defence-troop-safety [18:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian Conservatives propose drone wall for tech-first border defence, troop safety - LRT [18:45] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government officials https://federalnewsnetwork.com/intelligence-community/2025/08/trump-administration-revokes-security-clearances-of-37-current-and-former-government-officials/ [18:45] -TechPolBot/#techpol-federalnewsnetwork.com | Trump administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government officials [18:46] TR News European Leaders Rush to Convicted Felon-Zelensky Meeting Appears to Have Paid Off https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/europe/europe-trump-zelensky-meeting.html [18:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/europe/europe-trump-zelensky-meeting.html ) [18:46] TR News Russia Keeps Rejecting Idea of Western Peacekeepers in Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia/western-forces-nato-peacekeepers-trump [18:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia/western-forces-nato-peacekeepers-trump ) [18:47] TR News Without U.S. Troops in Ukraine, Would a 'Security Guarantee Deter Russia? https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia/us-troops-security-guarantees-europe [18:47] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia/us-troops-security-guarantees-europe ) [18:48] TR News Securing Postwar Ukraine, Even With Convicted Felons Pledge to Help, Is Complex https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-security-guarantees-trump.html [18:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-security-guarantees-trump.html ) [18:48] TR News Sabotage Shows How Russias Hostility Toward Europe Goes Beyond Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/russia-hybrid-attacks-europe.html [18:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/russia-hybrid-attacks-europe.html ) [18:49] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Said He Would Not Send Troops to Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/briefing/trump-us-troops-ukraine-open-ai.html [18:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/briefing/trump-us-troops-ukraine-open-ai.html ) [18:49] TR News At White House, Europeans make case they have role to play on Ukraine https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2025/0818/zelenskyy-trump-europeans-ukraine-war [18:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Zelenskyy at White House: Europeans show they have a role to play - CSMonitor.com [18:50] TR News Russia's Medvedev says 'coalition of the willing' failed to outplay Convicted Felon https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russias-medvedev-says-coalition-of-the-willing-failed-to-outplay-trump [18:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Russia's Medvedev says 'coalition of the willing' failed to outplay Trump | The Straits Times [18:50] TR News Tokyo to consider role in security guarantees provided to Ukraine, says Japan PM Ishiba https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-consider-role-in-security-guarantees-provided-to-ukraine-pm-ishiba [18:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Tokyo to consider role in security guarantees provided to Ukraine, saysJapan PM Ishiba | The Straits Times [18:50] TR News Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-airstrike-casulaties-kharkiv-donetsk-zaporizhzhya-kherson-poltava-chernihiv/33507183.html [18:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russia Responds To Washington Talks With Mass Drone And Missile Strikes On Ukraine [18:50] TR News Lithuanian president welcomes US security guarantees for Ukraine https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2648610/lithuanian-president-welcomes-us-security-guarantees-for-ukraine [18:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian president welcomes US security guarantees for Ukraine - LRT [18:51] TR News Security guarantees for Ukraine still unclear after Washington summit https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250819-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-still-unclear-after-washington-summit [18:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250819-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-still-unclear-after-washington-summit ) [18:51] TR News Was Convicted Felons summit with Zelenskyy and European leaders a turning point for Russias war in Ukraine? https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/was-trumps-summit-with-zelenskyy-and-european-leaders-a-turning-point-for-russias-war-in-ukraine/ [18:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Was Trump's summit with Zelenskyy and European leaders a turning point for Russia's war in Ukraine? - Atlantic Council [18:52] TR News Europe needs to keep up the momentum for Ukraine after its White House show of force https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/europe-needs-to-keep-up-the-momentum-for-ukraine-after-its-white-house-show-of-force/ [18:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Europe needs to keep up the momentum for Ukraine after its White House show of force - Atlantic Council [18:52] TR News A strong Ukraine is the only realistic security guarantee against Russia https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/a-strong-ukraine-is-the-only-realistic-security-guarantee-against-russia/ [18:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | A strong Ukraine is the only realistic security guarantee against Russia - Atlantic Council [18:52] TR News Invitation to join Ukrainian 'Sunflower Road' parade https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/19.08.2025-invitation-to-join-ukrainian-sunflower-road-parade.a610899/ [18:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Invitation to join Ukrainian 'Sunflower Road' parade / Article [18:53] TR News Appeal to help hard-pressed Latvian and Ukrainian families with school supplies https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/19.08.2025-appeal-to-help-hard-pressed-latvian-and-ukrainian-families-with-school-supplies.a610925/ [18:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Appeal to help hard-pressed Latvian and Ukrainian families with school supplies / Article [18:56] TR News Latvian President visits eastern border https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/president/19.08.2025-latvian-president-visits-eastern-border.a610752/ [18:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Latvian President visits eastern border / Article [18:57] TR News Relief in Ukraine as Zelensky Avoids Disaster in Washington https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-russia-putin-zelensky-trump-talks.html [18:57] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-russia-putin-zelensky-trump-talks.html ) [18:58] TR News Macron Calls Putin an Ogre at Our Doorstep https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/macron-putin-predator-russia-ukraine-war.html [18:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/macron-putin-predator-russia-ukraine-war.html ) [18:58] TR News Europes Leaders Headed Off Giveaway to Putin, but Emerged Without a Clear Path https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-trump-meeting-europe-leaders-war.html [18:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/ukraine-trump-meeting-europe-leaders-war.html ) [18:58] TR News White House Presses Meeting, Security Guarantees That Russia Has Yet to Accept https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia [18:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/19/us/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia ) [18:59] TR News Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Convicted Felon Is https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/trump-russia-ukraine-putin.html [18:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/trump-russia-ukraine-putin.html ) [18:59] TR News Will Putin Meet With Zelensky to End the Ukraine War? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/putin-zelensky-meeting.html [18:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/putin-zelensky-meeting.html ) [18:59] TR News "PutinZelensky meeting could take place in Hungary" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/putin-zelensky-meeting-could-take-place-in-hungary-reuters | Source: Meduza [18:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | PutinZelensky meeting could take place in Hungary Reuters Meduza ● Aug 20 [19:00] TR News "wont arrest Putin" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/switzerland-says-it-won-t-arrest-putin-if-he-comes-for-peace-talks-with-zelensky | Source: Meduza [19:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Switzerland says it wont arrest Putin if he comes for peace talks with Zelensky Meduza [19:00] TR News "meeting with Zelensky in Moscow" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/putin-proposed-meeting-with-zelensky-in-moscow-afp | Source: Meduza [19:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Putin proposed meeting with Zelensky in Moscow AFP Meduza [19:00] TR News Zelensky Says Hes Ready to Meet Putin After Convicted Felon Talks https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/zelensky-trump-putin-meeting.html [19:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/us/zelensky-trump-putin-meeting.html ) [19:01] TR News How Europe Learned to Speak So Convicted Felon Would Listen https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/trump-putin-summit-europe.html [19:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/trump-putin-summit-europe.html ) [19:01] TR News How Zelensky Made Progress With Convicted Felon https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010348280/how-zelensky-made-progress-with-trump.html [19:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nytimes.com | How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump - The New York Times [19:02] TR News For Convicted Felon, Flashy Summits Come First. Grunt Work Comes Next. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-summits-putin-zelensky.html [19:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-summits-putin-zelensky.html ) [19:02] TR News How Crimea has changed hands over the centuries https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2648567/how-crimea-has-changed-hands-over-the-centuries [19:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | How Crimea has changed hands over the centuries - LRT [19:04] TR News "stranded in Kyrgyzstan with broken leg" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/19/kyrgyzstan-s-mountains-turn-deadly | Source: Meduza [19:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Kyrgyzstans mountains turn deadly Russian climber is stranded in Kyrgyzstan with broken leg and no food as weather thwarts rescue attempts Meduza [19:04] TR News "Trumps all theater, Europes a broken record, Zelensky wore a coat, and the war goes on" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/20/trump-s-all-theater-europe-s-a-broken-record-zelensky-wore-a-coat-and-the-war-goes-on | Source: Meduza [19:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Trumps all theater, Europes a broken record, Zelensky wore a coat, and the war goes on Meduza summarizes how Russian Z-bloggers reacted to Mondays Washington summit Meduza [19:05] TR News "Baltic Sea could become a military theater" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/20/northern-exposure | Source: Meduza [19:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Northern exposure A journal published by Russias Foreign Ministry prints an article warning that the Baltic Sea could become a military theater Meduza [19:06] TR News "Zelensky says security guarantees for Ukraine will include a strong army, U.S. weapons deal, and domestic drone production" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/zelensky-says-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-will-include-a-strong-army-u-s-weapons-deal-and-domestic-drone-production | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Zelensky says security guarantees for Ukraine will include a strong army, U.S. weapons deal, and domestic drone production Meduza [19:06] TR News "Russian-installed official says" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/19/entire-occupied-part-of-ukraine-s-zaporizhzhia-loses-power-russian-installed-official-says | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Entire occupied part of Ukraines Zaporizhzhia region loses power, Russian-installed official says Meduza [19:06] TR News "ready to send troops to Ukraine as part of peace agreement" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/20/about-10-countries-ready-to-send-troops-to-ukraine-as-part-of-peace-agreement-bloomberg | Source: Meduza [19:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | About 10 countries ready to send troops to Ukraine as part of peace agreement Bloomberg Meduza [19:07] TR News Lithuania puts limits on Belarus bus services https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2648552/lithuania-puts-limits-on-belarus-bus-services [19:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania puts limits on Belarus bus services - LRT [19:07] TR News Border guards still under high pressure at Latvian eastern border https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/19.08.2025-border-guards-still-under-high-pressure-at-latvian-eastern-border.a610884/ [19:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Border guards still under high pressure at Latvian eastern border / Article [19:07] TR News "Moscow denies receiving weapons from Tehran" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/19/straight-off-iranian-production-lines | Source: Meduza [19:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Straight off Iranian production lines Moscow denies receiving weapons from Tehran. Shipping records tell a different story. Meduza [19:09] TR News What happened in Latvia between August 18 and 21, 1991? https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/history/19.08.2025-what-happened-in-latvia-between-august-18-and-21-1991.a610880/ [19:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | What happened in Latvia between August 18 and 21, 1991? / Article [19:09] TR News "preschools in occupied Ukrainian territory" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/20/russia-extends-patriotic-lesson-series-to-preschools-in-occupied-ukrainian-territory | Source: Meduza [19:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Russia extends patriotic lesson series to preschools in occupied Ukrainian territory Meduza [19:10] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man announces plans for executive order to phase out mail-in ballots https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/president-trump-announces-plans-for-executive-order-to-phase-out-mail-in-ballots/ [19:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Trump announces plans for executive order to phase out mail-in ballots - JURIST - News [19:16] TR News Not just a bigger budget. Heres how to reform Defence procurement https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/not-just-a-bigger-budget-heres-how-to-reform-defence-procurement/ [19:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Not just a bigger budget. Heres how to reform Defence procurement | The Strategist [19:28] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techpol ● Aug 20 [20:18] TR News Aid workers in the crosshairs https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250819-aid-workers-in-the-crosshairs [20:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250819-aid-workers-in-the-crosshairs ) [20:18] TR News Syria, Israel hold US-mediated talks in Paris on regional de-escalation https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250819-syrian-israeli-diplomats-paris-de-escalation [20:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250819-syrian-israeli-diplomats-paris-de-escalation ) [20:21] TR News Taiwan, responding to Convicted Felons invasion comments, says it must rely on itself for security https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-responding-to-trumps-invasion-comments-says-must-rely-on-itself-for-security [20:21] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Taiwan, responding to Trumps invasion comments, says it must rely on itself for security | The Straits Times [20:22] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current Officials https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-security-clearances.html [20:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-security-clearances.html ) ● Aug 20 [22:20] TR News California Republicans File Suit Seeking to Block Newsom Redistricting Plan https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/california-republicans-lawsuit-redistricting.html [22:20] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/california-republicans-lawsuit-redistricting.html ) [22:21] TR News A Dexter Obsessed Man Highlights a Gap in British Law https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/jacob-power-dexter-murder-plans-uk-laws.html [22:21] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/europe/jacob-power-dexter-murder-plans-uk-laws.html ) [22:32] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)