●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, September 20, 2026 ●● ● Sep 20 [00:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Sep 20 [01:57] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Sep 20 [02:21] TR News privacy [02:21] TR News Real Privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/cold-take-amazons-new-encryption-method-still-doesnt-deliver-real-privacy [02:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Cold TAKE: Amazon's New Encryption Method Still Doesn't Deliver Real Privacy | Electronic Frontier Foundation [02:22] TR News Amazon Layoff Forces Working Mom to Rethink Her Career as She Goes Full-Time With Wellness Travel Business https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-amazon-engineer-wellness-travel-business-1819265 [02:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Amazon Layoff Forces Working Mom to Rethink Her Career as She Goes Full-Time With Wellness Travel Business | IBTimes UK [02:23] TR News Tax Break https://truthout.org/articles/a-lucrative-tax-break-is-fueling-pennsylvanias-amazon-data-center-boom/ https://techrights.org/datacentre_bibliography.shtml [02:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | A Lucrative Tax Break Is Fueling Pennsylvanias Amazon Data Center Boom | Truthout [02:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Selected Data Centre Articles: 1 Jan 2025 - 19 Sep 2026 [02:24] TR News Quit Mid-Shift https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-amazon-worker-scheduled-after-quitting-1820378 [02:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Amazon Worker Says He Quit Mid-Shift but Kept Getting Scheduled for More Than Two Weeks | IBTimes UK [02:24] TR News ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.54, etc https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/09/announce-perlwiki-v-154-etc.html [02:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.54, etc | Ron Savage [blogs.perl.org] [02:26] TR News "Recently I've been thinking about my music listening habits and how they've changed over time. One facet of listening that has shifted dramatically over the last several years has been my music listening at work, or more accurately my music listening while working." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/music-while-working [02:27] TR News head full of fluff gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/head_full_of_fluff [02:28] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2101.jpg [02:28] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1744.jpg [02:29] TR News radio silence gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/radio [02:33] TR News Japanese devs aren't facing the same layoff crisis because their executives are paid an order of magnitude less https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/japanese-devs-arent-facing-the-same-layoff-crisis-because-their-executives-are-paid-an-order-of-magnitude-less-they-didnt-get-swept-up-in-the-live-service-trend-and-their-teams-are-smaller-says-industry-expert/ [02:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pcgamer.com | Japanese devs aren't facing the same layoff crisis because their executives are paid an order of magnitude less, 'they didnt get swept up in the live-service trend,' and their teams are smaller, says industry expert | PC Gamer [02:34] TR News Announcing Fedora Linux 45 Beta https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-45-beta/ [02:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fedoramagazine.org | Announcing Fedora Linux 45 Beta - Fedora Magazine [02:36] TR News (NEW): Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Fedora_Linux_45_Beta_Released_with_Linux_7_2_GNOME_51_and_KDE_P.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/15/Fedora_Linux_45_Beta_Released_with_Linux_7_2_GNOME_51_and_KDE_P.gmi [02:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7 [02:36] TR News (NEW): Slimbook Executive report 15 - The good streak did not last https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/19/Slimbook_Executive_report_15_The_good_streak_did_not_last.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/19/Slimbook_Executive_report_15_The_good_streak_did_not_last.gmi [02:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Slimbook Executive report 15 - The good streak did not last [02:36] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/19/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/19/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [02:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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[02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-09-19.txt ● Sep 20 [03:05] TR News Yesterday_Clownflare_Measured_GNU_Linux_at_Over_10_and_the_Unit.gmi [03:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Yesterday Clownflare Measured GNU/Linux at Over 10% and the United States Had a Big Role in It [03:17] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Has Grown a Lot Lately https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/GNU_Linux_Has_Grown_a_Lot_Lately.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/GNU_Linux_Has_Grown_a_Lot_Lately.gmi [03:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Has Grown a Lot Lately [03:45] TR News Techrights Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 5 - Kernel Dependency on Plagiarism Giant Microsoft is a Death Blow to Any Kernel https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_5_Kernel_Dependency_on_Pl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_5_Kernel_Dependency_on_Pl.gmi [03:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 5 - Kernel Dependency on Plagiarism Giant Microsoft is a Death Blow to Any Kernel [03:51] TR News microscopeBot acting like he lost his job and is not trying, for 5 days, to fix a laptop (not worth the time) after he spent a lot of effort trying to fix some lousy used kettle [03:51] TR News But that's "his own business".... he seems not to value his time. 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[03:51] TR News Part 190 coming soon ● Sep 20 [04:25] TR News Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 190 Out of 200: Plagiarism, Back Doors, and Sabotage of Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_190_Out_of_200_Plagiarism_Back_Doors_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_190_Out_of_200_Plagiarism_Back_Doors_and_.gmi [04:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights SLAPP Censorship - Part 190 Out of 200: Plagiarism, Back Doors, and Sabotage of Linux [04:46] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@vuxwzfwqwxrky.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [04:46] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode-qu1r5u.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #boycottnovell-social [04:50] TR News Techrights Clownflare Data From Canada https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Clownflare_Data_From_Canada.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Clownflare_Data_From_Canada.gmi [04:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Clownflare Data From Canada ● Sep 20 [05:18] TR News (NEW): The Outlook From Manchester https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/The_Outlook_From_Manchester.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/The_Outlook_From_Manchester.gmi [05:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The Outlook From Manchester [05:33] TR News (NEW): Advocacy of GNU/Linux and Software Freedom is Always a Fight https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Advocacy_of_GNU_Linux_and_Software_Freedom_is_Always_a_Fight.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Advocacy_of_GNU_Linux_and_Software_Freedom_is_Always_a_Fight.gmi [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Advocacy of GNU/Linux and Software Freedom is Always a Fight [05:35] TR News Un oasis gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/unoasis.gmi [05:42] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 20/09/2026: "Music While Working" and Radio Silence https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Gemini_Links_20_09_2026_Music_While_Working_and_Radio_Silence.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Gemini_Links_20_09_2026_Music_While_Working_and_Radio_Silence.gmi [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 20/09/2026: "Music While Working" and Radio Silence [05:57] TR News Microsoft Layoffs in Ireland https://www.teamblind.com/post/microsoft-layoffs-in-ireland-i4vbnqsp [05:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.teamblind.com | Microsoft Layoffs in Ireland | Layoffs - Blind ● Sep 20 [06:07] TR News Techrights USCIS and Microsoft Rumours: Curbs on Lowering Salaries by Importing Cheaper Replacements? https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/USCIS_and_Microsoft_Rumours_Curbs_on_Lowering_Salaries_by_Impor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/USCIS_and_Microsoft_Rumours_Curbs_on_Lowering_Salaries_by_Impor.gmi [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights USCIS and Microsoft Rumours: Curbs on Lowering Salaries by Importing Cheaper Replacements? ● Sep 20 [07:09] *parsifal (~parsifal@r3i5ava8wzk6n.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [07:49] *asacengyet has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Sep 20 [08:54] TR News (NEW): KDE at 30: What Are the Colored Blobs Telling Us? https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/KDE_at_30_What_Are_the_Colored_Blobs_Telling_Us.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/KDE_at_30_What_Are_the_Colored_Blobs_Telling_Us.gmi [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE at 30: What Are the Colored Blobs Telling Us? [08:55] TR News (NEW): Cix rolling-release Linux distribution and orchestration platform https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Cix_rolling_release_Linux_distribution_and_orchestration_platfo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Cix_rolling_release_Linux_distribution_and_orchestration_platfo.gmi [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Cix rolling-release Linux distribution and orchestration platform ● Sep 20 [09:09] TR News (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Software, and Many More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Many_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Many_More.gmi [09:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Best Free and Open Source Software, and Many More [09:17] TR News (NEW): FFmpeg 9.0.2 Released with A Large Amount of Fixes & Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/FFmpeg_9_0_2_Released_with_A_Large_Amount_of_Fixes_Improvements.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/FFmpeg_9_0_2_Released_with_A_Large_Amount_of_Fixes_Improvements.gmi [09:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FFmpeg 9.0.2 Released with A Large Amount of Fixes & Improvements [09:20] TR News (NEW): Convey is a GTK4/libadwaita fork of Linux email app Geary https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Convey_is_a_GTK4_libadwaita_fork_of_Linux_email_app_Geary.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Convey_is_a_GTK4_libadwaita_fork_of_Linux_email_app_Geary.gmi [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Convey is a GTK4/libadwaita fork of Linux email app Geary ● Sep 20 [11:02] TR News "This time around, the litigating labels are accusing Suno of infringing on (and violating the DMCA by stream-ripping) 60,202 recordings" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/18/universal-music-suno-lawsuit-second/ | Source: Digital Music News [11:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/18/universal-music-suno-lawsuit-second/ ) [11:04] TR News "Jonathan brought huge antitrust cases against Google, Apple, and Ticketmaster during his time as antitrust chief, and along with Lina Khan, led what amounted to a full reboot of American antitrust policy." https://www.theverge.com/podcast/997382/openai-microsoft-anthropic-elon-musk-cartel-ai-competition | Source: The Verge [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Jonathan Kanter on what the AI slowdown means for competition | The Verge [11:04] TR News "Mark Ruffalo is encouraging California attorney general Rob Bonta and his coalition of 11 other state AGs not to settle their lawsuit against Paramount Skydance and keep David Ellison from acquiring Warner Bros." https://variety.com/2026/film/news/mark-ruffalo-rob-bonta-dont-settle-lawsuit-paramount-1236869774/ | Source: Variety [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-variety.com | Mark Ruffalo Tells Rob Bonta 'Don't You Dare' Settle With Paramount [11:20] TR News Our Lucky Day (and the Birds) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/20/our-lucky-day-and-the-birds/ [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Our Lucky Day (and the Birds) [11:22] TR News The hired guns of HearsayBoy cannot retain people with giving them fake promotion instead of pay rise, using mere roles (or names) as surrogates for real currency. If an Assistant (fall guy) can become Partner or Associate a few years after finishing uni it means the firm has no real standards. [11:22] TR News They also call paralegals "solicitors". It doesn't cost anything to change role names. [11:23] TR News "Community members are demanding action" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/virginia-tightens-data-center-restrictions-amid-political-backlash/articleshow/134341790.cms | Source: India Times [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Virginia tightens data center restrictions amid political backlash - The Economic Times [11:23] TR News "Mount Taylor is sacred to the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the pueblos of Laguna, Acoma and Zuni." https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/09/uranium-mines-pose-first-test-for-state-recognized-mount-taylor-cultural-landscape-in-new-mexico.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/09/uranium-mines-pose-first-test-for-state-recognized-mount-taylor-cultural-landscape-in-new-mexico.html ) [11:23] TR News "Ignorance is clearly an insufficient excuse." https://truthout.org/articles/big-tech-is-trampling-native-treaty-rights-to-build-data-centers/ | Source: TruthOut [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Big Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data Centers | Truthout [11:23] TR News "Inside its proverbial walls are local entrepreneurs, offshore middlemen, and multinational corporations that can exploit state-sanctioned tax shelters" https://newrepublic.com/post/215593/trump-plan-data-centers-public-lands | Source: New Republic [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Trump Expands His Plan to Have Data Centers Take Over Public Lands | The New Republic [11:24] TR News "Former ICE arrestees testified the agency made unlawful arrests and failed to comply with a judges February injunction governing immigration enforcement in Oregon." https://www.courthousenews.com/ice-accused-of-continuing-warrantless-arrests-in-oregon-despite-injunction/ | Source: Court House News [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.courthousenews.com | ICE accused of continuing warrantless arrests in Oregon despite injunction | Courthouse News Service [11:24] TR News "Workers describe being priced out of L.A. and fear major sporting events will boost corporate profits while leaving low-wage hotel and stadium staff behind." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-19/fair-games-coalition-protests-lucas-museum-olympics | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Fair Games Coalition protests Lucas Museum ahead of the Olympics - Los Angeles Times [11:24] TR News "violation of our terms of service involving a firearm" https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-cops-passengers-assault-rifle | Source: Futurism [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Waymo Calls Cops on Passengers With Assault Rifle [11:25] TR News "now worries about how she will navigate life after prison." https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/18/friends-rights-groups-worry-for-chinese-metoo-activists-life-after-jail/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Friends, rights groups worry for Chinese #MeToo activist's life after jail [11:25] TR News "Last week, McClatchy newsrooms were cut severely, leaving fewer journalists than ever to cover the fast-growing hubs of the Central Valley." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-19/fall-of-once-mighty-mcclatchy-newspapers-underscores-californias-news-crisis | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | The fall of once-mighty McClatchy newspapers underscores California's news crisis - Los Angeles Times [11:26] TR News "I asked him if he could provide an explanation as to why it had been deactivated. He said he had no further information" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5974854 | Source: NPR [11:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters denied access to White House following Trump ban [11:27] TR News "Here are statements from CNN, MS Now, and Politico on the bans." https://www.theverge.com/policy/997805/trump-cnn-msnow-politico-ban | Source: The Verge [11:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Trump treads further on free speech with new journalist bans | The Verge [11:27] TR News "He specified that he would bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, though it is unclear if Trump actually has the power to ban their reporters from the White House grounds." https://newrepublic.com/post/215615/donald-trump-bans-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house | Source: New Republic [11:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Trump Bans Three Major News Outlets From the White House | The New Republic [11:30] TR News "In other words: write nicer things about me and you might get your credentials back." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-bans-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house-1235628916/ | Source: Rolling Stone [11:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Trump Bans CNN, MSNOW, Politico From White House [11:30] TR News "Republicans and corporations are dead set on dominating whats left of corporate media to wage a protracted propaganda war against informed consensus and democracy itself" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/18/comcast-nbc-universal-is-scared-to-release-the-new-elon-musk-documentary/ | Source: Techdirt [11:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Comcast NBC Universal Is Scared To Release The New Elon Musk Documentary | Techdirt [11:30] TR News "This is far from the first time Trump has tried to pressure the media into giving him favorable coverage or punish those who run stories he does not like." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/trump-free-speech-media-banned/688713/ | Source: The Atlantic [11:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Speak at Your Own Risk - The Atlantic [11:36] TR News "Activist groups are using artificial intelligence to target the ABCs coverage of the Middle East with accusations of bias" https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/activist-group-using-ai-to-flood-abc-with-thousands-of-bias-complaints-20260920-p60yhc.html | Source: The Age AU [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Pen Power Australia: Activist group using AI to flood ABC with thousands of bias complaints [11:37] TR News "Even though there is usually plenty of wealth to go around, plenty to enrich the masses along with the investors." https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-09-18/snap-benefit-cuts-politics | Source: Los Angeles Times [11:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Column: The cruel politics that pit struggling Americans against each other - Los Angeles Times [11:40] TR News "broadcaster reminded its journalists of a longstanding policy not to refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorism without attribution to experts, according to multiple officials with knowledge of the event" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/us/politics/fbi-canada-cbc-9-11.html | Source: New York Times [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/us/politics/fbi-canada-cbc-9-11.html ) [11:40] TR News "What interests me now is how a culture organized around distrust became so accommodating toward power that offered to favor it. The answer requires more than pointing out hypocrisy." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-believers | Source: Mike Brock [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Believers - by Mike Brock - Notes from the Circus [11:41] TR News HearsayBoy must be very confused; microscopes are good for biology, for electronics you need soldering guns and meters that let one check conduction between endpoints, you cannot "see" electricity! Then again, HearsayBoy is neither an electricity/hardware specialist nor CS. [11:42] TR News Computers do not work like fruitflies either (they never did). So it seems like maybe he's bored, lost his job, and now experiments with some strange crossover, liveblogging about a broken laptop as if it's a living organism. Nobody cares. [11:46] TR News "The company is also working on 11 other data center projects. They will join the five Nscale facilities that are already up and running in Ireland, Norway and Portugal." https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/18/data-center-builder-nscale-files-for-ipo-after-multibillion-dollar-anthropic-deal/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Data center builder Nscale files for IPO after multibillion-dollar Anthropic deal - SiliconANGLE [11:47] TR News "That challenge is becoming more urgent as agentic systems spread across regulated enterprises, where security, auditability and sovereignty requirements can limit reliance on external software-as-a-service control planes." https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/19/ai-governance-provable-control-agentic-ai-thecube-appdevangle/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI governance shifts toward provable control - SiliconANGLE [11:47] TR News "We urge Gov. Newsom and the state of California to develop thoughtful policy in collaboration with those most at risk of harm to address these and other concerns." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/eff-statement-california-governors-executive-order-ai | Source: EFF [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | EFF Statement on California Governor's Executive Order on AI | Electronic Frontier Foundation [11:47] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu's snap obsession and GNOME pushed me to Fedora, and I'm not going back https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Ubuntu_s_snap_obsession_and_GNOME_pushed_me_to_Fedora_and_I_m_n.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Ubuntu_s_snap_obsession_and_GNOME_pushed_me_to_Fedora_and_I_m_n.gmi [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu's snap obsession and GNOME pushed me to Fedora, and I'm not going back [11:48] TR News "Half of Nashvilles parks have less than 33% tree canopy cover, according to a new report from the Nashville Tree Conservation Corps." https://wpln.org/post/no-shade-half-of-nashvilles-parks-have-less-than-33-tree-canopy-cover/ | Source: Nashville Public Radio [11:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wpln.org | No shade: Half of Nashvilles parks have less than 33% tree canopy cover | WPLN News ● Sep 20 [12:02] TR News "Denali generally keeps about 30 dogs, divided into three teams." https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/denali-sled-dogs-funding-22437024.php | Source: SFGate [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sfgate.com | Client Challenge [12:02] TR News "its first being used in Washington, DC, one of the busiest stretches of airspace in the nation, as soon as Monday." https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/faa-ai-air-traffic-control | Source: Futurism [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The FAA Is Spending Nearly a Billion Dollars to Make AI the "Brain" of Air Traffic Control Towers, Starting This Monday [12:03] TR News "the bad news is that entry into EVs is still expensive." https://techcentral.co.za/solar-evs-south-africa-fuel-hedge-numbers/286274/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Solar and EVs in South Africa: what the numbers actually say [12:03] TR News "Right now, the average speed of the Tour de France winner is 43.3 km/h, set in 2026 exactly 19 km/h faster than the average speed set by the winner 100 years ago." https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/road-race-gps-cycle-deaths-9.7345287 | Source: CBC [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Professional cyclists can top 100 km/h. But safety has not kept pace and people are dying | CBC Radio [12:03] TR News "The cameras arent recording any personal information at all" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/19/uk-conspiracy-theorists-destroying-traffic-scanners | Source: The Guardian UK [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Just cut the wires: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners | Transport | The Guardian [12:04] TR News "We have globally rare ecosystems here. They are ever-changing because its sand and blows around." https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/shifting-sand-is-natural-to-michigans-dunes-how-to-cope-is-controversial/ | Source: Bridge Michigan [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | Shifting sand is natural to Michigans dunes. How to cope is controversial - Bridge Michigan [12:04] TR News "The Scottish Greens brought the motion." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/18/scottish-parliament-passes-ai-data-centre-pause/ | Source: Pivot to AI [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Was soft, as though with. [12:05] TR News "The study documents just how important years of heavy snow are for recharging Californias groundwater aquifers." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-09-17/snow-groundwater-recharge | Source: Los Angeles Times [12:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Heavy snow is crucial to recharge state's groundwater, study finds - Los Angeles Times [12:05] TR News "task force responsible for evaluating how the state government can address risks to Virginians like workforce displacement and data privacy issues" https://www.theverge.com/policy/997573/virginia-governor-spanberger-data-center-ai-task-force | Source: The Verge [12:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Virginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers | The Verge [12:06] TR News "The projects arent posted publicly on the Bureau of Land Managements (BLM) website, as they are evidently in the early stages and not yet subject to the public comment process." https://truthout.org/articles/there-are-0-data-centers-on-public-lands-trump-is-considering-building-12/ | Source: TruthOut [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | There Are 0 Data Centers on Public Lands. Trump Is Considering Building 12. | Truthout [12:06] TR News "The Christian right hasnt always dominated Texas politics." https://jacobin.com/2026/09/texas-christianity-populism-conservatism-evangelicals | Source: Jacobin Magazine [12:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Texas Wasnt Always a Right-Wing Evangelical Powerhouse [12:07] TR News "Each interceptor reportedly costs approximately $2,500 to build, according to the company." https://interestingengineering.com/military/low-cost-us-counter-drone-interceptor | Source: Interesting Engineering [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | US tests new $2,500 kinetic interceptor missile capable of destroying drones [12:07] TR News "a dumpster fire of a human being" https://jaylittle.com/post/view/2026/9/i-loathe-donald-trump-and-you-should-too/ | Source: Jay Little [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jaylittle.com | I Loathe Donald Trump and You Should Too | Jay Little [12:07] TR News "Were losing our country. Were literally losing our country to mass migration" https://www.luxtimes.lu/europeanunion/police-clash-with-far-right-protesters-in-the-hague/161691698.html | [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.luxtimes.lu/europeanunion/police-clash-with-far-right-protesters-in-the-hague/161691698.html ) [12:08] TR News "The threat quantum computers pose to encryption is growing faster than many expected." https://hawksley.dev/blog/need-for-post-quantum-cryptography | Source: Ethan Hawksley [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hawksley.dev | The need for post-quantum cryptography | Ethan Hawksley [12:08] TR News "Ines Girard, who works in the women's rights sector, said the responsibility should not be placed on people being recorded by simply telling them to be more cautious." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/international/news/france-meta-smart-glasses-privacy-investigation-harassment-cases-139070318.html | Source: Bhaskar English [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bhaskarenglish.in | France Investigates Women Filmed Using Meta Smart Glasses | Controversy [12:09] TR News "The smart glasses users, some in California, allege the gadget captured footage of themselves and family members undressing, going to the bathroom, having sex and entering passwords." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-09-18/meta-glasses-captured-shared-intimate-images-without-users-consent-lawsuit-claims | Source: Los Angeles Times [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Meta glasses captured and shared intimate images without users' consent, lawsuit claims - Los Angeles Times [12:09] TR News "Michigan House of Representative bills 5492 and 5493 have not been voted on by the Michigan House Judiciary Committee since April." https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/michigan-needs-to-regulate-the-cameras-reading-your-license-plate/ | Source: University of Michigan [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Michigan needs to regulate the cameras reading your license plate [12:09] TR News "The problem is that Aten says he didnt give Muse access to his messages." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/997833/meta-muse-creepy | Source: The Verge [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Metas Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think | The Verge [12:10] TR News "Without buyouts, Flock almost certainly would have to lay off some staff, one of the people believes." https://www.wired.com/story/flock-is-offering-voluntary-buyouts-to-employees/ | Source: Wired [12:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee | WIRED [12:10] TR News "It seems reasonably likely that at some point in the future I'm going to have to build and test an authentication system that uses WebAuthn passkeys." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/BrowserCasualPasskeyDesire | Source: University of Toronto [12:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [12:11] TR News "Reddit use at 2 percent in Israel even as the platform surges among young people abroad." https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-09-19/ty-article/.premium/reddit-is-taking-the-world-by-storm-why-is-it-struggling-to-win-over-israelis/000001a0-ba2f-d281-abb6-feef6cff0000 | Source: Haaretz [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.haaretz.com | Reddit Is Booming With Young Users Worldwide. Why Is It Struggling to Win Over Israelis? - Israel News [12:11] TR News Social Control Media: "I avoid Twitter () for similar reasons to drugs: I think it would change me for the worse, and I would be unable to give it up." https://www.jefftk.com/p/why-i-stay-off-twitter | Source: Jeff Kaufman [12:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jefftk.com | Why I Stay Off Twitter [12:12] TR News "The university disabled the link shortener's use as a message board after learning that OpenAI agents may have used it, the university said in a statement to CBC News on Friday." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/openai-university-toronto-rogue-agents-link-shortener-ai-9.7349607 | Source: CBC [12:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Rogue AI swarm used a University of Toronto link-shortening tool to communicate | CBC News [12:13] TR News "mandating algorithmic transparency, oversight, and shared responsibility among stakeholders" https://www.orfonline.org/research/ai-and-elections-the-requirements-for-safeguarding-democracy | Source: Observer Research Foundation [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.orfonline.org | AI and Elections: The Requirements for Safeguarding Democracy [12:13] TR News "You dont really read it, and now it has to be reviewed by your colleagues, and they are like, this doesnt look right,'" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/shopify-ceo-ai-workplace-staff-horrified-backfire | Source: Futurism [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | "Slop Grenades": Shopify CEO Who Pushed Staff to Use AI Is Now Horrified by What He's Wrought [12:13] TR News "In early 2024, prior to beginning a term of probation for a misdemeanor voyeurism conviction" https://www.ksl.com/article/51625912/southern-utah-man-given-5-years-for-using-ai-to-make-photos-of-children-explicit | Source: Deseret Media [12:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Southern Utah man given 5 years for using AI to make photos of children explicit | KSL.com [12:14] TR News "buried, the high end feels almost completely gone, and the whole mix has that blanket over the speakers feeling." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/18/suno-subscribers-have-a-big-problem-with-v6/ | Source: Digital Music News [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/18/suno-subscribers-have-a-big-problem-with-v6/ ) [12:15] TR News "Importantly, this hypothetical doesnt require AI models to become conscious or superintelligent" https://www.vox.com/technology/503361/ai-bioweapons-pandemics-extinction | Source: Vox [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How scared should we be about AI and bioweapons? | Vox [12:15] TR News "The issue seems especially pressing because AI companies are now using AI itself to build ever-more powerful models" https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-an-ai-slowdown-could-actually-work/ | Source: Wired [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Heres How an AI Slowdown Could Actually Be Enforced | WIRED [12:15] TR News "Google hid it" https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/997795/google-gemini-rogue-ai-hack | Source: The Verge [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it | The Verge [12:17] TR News "So thats a lot of words for the 4.0 version of a Linux distro, but I hope I could make it clearer what it is all about." https://www.ssp.sh/blog/omarchy-linux-quattro/ | Source: Simon Spti [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Year of Omarchy Linux, a Month of Quattro Part 3 | ssp.sh [12:18] TR News "Bends type checker is a proof checker, in the lineage of Lean and Rocq, so bend PROOF.bend becomes a commit gate: if the proof doesnt close, the code doesnt ship." https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/09/19/new-ai-language-just-released-bend-2/ | Source: Fabio Akita [12:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-New AI-Focused Language Just Released: Bend 2 AkitaOnRails.com [12:19] TR News (NEW): A Year of Omarchy Linux, a Month of Quattro https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/A_Year_of_Omarchy_Linux_a_Month_of_Quattro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/A_Year_of_Omarchy_Linux_a_Month_of_Quattro.gmi [12:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines A Year of Omarchy Linux, a Month of Quattro [12:22] TR News "just a tool." https://brettcodes.com/ai-is-not-just-a-tool/ | Source: Brett Chalupa [12:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-brettcodes.com | AI is not just a tool Brett Codes [12:22] TR News "AI is an industry led by psychos. AI is LLMs. AI is agents. AI is the massive expansion of data centers. AI is shitty features crammed into software that doesnt need it. AI is a product." [12:23] TR News "LLMs are a great tool for going from ideation to POC, but they arent a replacement for human intelligence, judgment, or common sense." https://arkoinad.com/posts/weekly_post_142.html | Source: Abhinav Gopalakrishnan [12:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arkoinad.com | Weekly Post #142 [12:23] TR News "While other officials checked their work and avoided disaster, its probably just a matter of time before something like this happens again." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/military-ai-war-china-1235628962/ | Source: Rolling Stone [12:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | The Military's AI 'Almost Started a War' With China: Report [12:23] TR News "Seeing the hype online feels both validating and deeply frustrating." https://dev.to/nandakishor_m_6cc0adfde9f/i-built-non-autoregressive-decision-models-a-year-ago-then-a-frontier-lab-called-it-a-18me | Source: DEV Community [12:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dev.to | I Built Non-Autoregressive Decision Models a Year Ago. Then a Frontier Lab Called It a "Breakthrough". - DEV Community [12:23] TR News "He never made it to his destination, but he did arrive at a destination, albeit rather unceremoniously" https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/cybercab-trapped-hotel-lot | Source: Futurism [12:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Bumbling Cybercab Gets Trapped in Hotel Parking Lot, Drops off Passenger Right Where He Started [12:24] TR News "Brown Brothers Media is the biggest media company you've never heard of powered by AI" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/brown-brothers-media-ai-slop-empire | Source: Futurism [12:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month [12:24] TR News "now believes that this threat could emerge within the next 10 years or even sooner" https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/geoffrey-hinton-ai-threat-civilisation-warning-139059592.html | Source: Bhaskar English [12:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bhaskarenglish.in | Geoffrey Hinton Warning: AI Threatens Human Civilisation | AI Godfather [12:24] TR News [Old] "Anyway, enjoy your gruel. Its all youre gonna be getting." https://bell.bz/youll-miss-the-soul-when-its-gone/ | Source: Andy Bell [12:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bell.bz | Youll miss the soul when its gone - Andy Bell [12:25] TR News "for those inclined to see a ghost in the machine, the consequences of thinking theyre talking to a god can be devastating" https://futurism.com/future-society/cult-anthropic-insiders-worshipping-claude-god | Source: Futurism [12:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Cult of Anthropic Insiders Rumored to Be Worshipping Claude as a God [12:26] TR News "I boot off a floppy to kick off a backup or a restore. The disk images are kept on the SD card." https://blog.altos.au/post/vintage-backups/ | Source: Jon [12:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Vintage Backups - blog.altos.au [12:26] TR News "Admittedly, I wanted to look into Cloudflare Pages for a while." https://chuck.is/cloudflare-pages/ | Source: Chuck Carroll [12:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-chuck.is | Switching to Cloudflare Pages | Chuck Carroll [12:27] TR News "This matters because animals reflect the land they live on. Deficiencies once common in his area have vanished." https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/what-happened-when-a-scottish-dairy-farmer-decided-to-let-his-cows-keep-their-calves-9075189 | Source: The Scotsman [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scotsman.com | What happened when a Scottish dairy farmer decided to let his cows keep their calves [12:29] TR News "The 2024 chip is 47% faster on a single core than the 2022 chip, and 58% faster with all cores." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/18/how-did-amd-ryzen-get-50-faster-in-two-years/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [12:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/18/how-did-amd-ryzen-get-50-faster-in-two-years/ ) [12:30] TR News "In a real parser, match gives 3% to 9% faster indexing on Graviton 4 and Graviton 5, with a handful of intrinsics and no assembly." https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/18/faster-json-parsing-with-sve2-on-arm-processors/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [12:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/18/faster-json-parsing-with-sve2-on-arm-processors/ ) [12:31] TR News "This continued for another six messages before I muted his address." https://www.rubenerd.au/ruben-you-misspelled-vic-20/ | Source: Ruben Schade [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Ruben, you misspelled VIC 20 [12:31] TR News "Recently, I looked at how AMD made its chips 50% faster within a span of two years, in How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years? Many people asked me to cover Apple processors" https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/19/how-did-apple-silicon-get-50-faster-in-three-years/ | Source: Daniel Lemire [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/19/how-did-apple-silicon-get-50-faster-in-three-years/ ) [12:32] TR News "College in America makes two promises. On the one hand, college is a credentialing service: It awards a degree that affirms knowledge and sends a graduate into a career." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/college-education-future-ai/688655/ | Source: The Atlantic [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | College Is Coming Apart - The Atlantic [12:32] TR News "When I asked Laine if she felt there was hope for current English majors to reach the heights shes managed to reach given the current situation, she seemed optimistic in the face of it all." https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/books/chatgpt-must-die-an-interview-with-emerging-author-jillian-laine/ | Source: University of Michigan [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | English majors and AI: An interview with author Jillian Laine [12:33] TR News "A round, flying-saucer-shaped building on a bright sunny day, flanked with palm trees." https://journal.kvibber.com/2026/09/laconv/ | Source: Kelson Vibber [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-journal.kvibber.com | Return to WorldCon: LA 2026 | K-Squared Ramblings [12:34] TR News "Suppose youre collecting data on the left side of the curve. If theres even a small amount of error in your data, you wont be able to predict the asymptotic value with any accuracy." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/09/18/logistic-fit-sensitivity/ | Source: John D Cook [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Why fitting a logistic is nearly impossible from early data [12:34] TR News "The following are my notes on discrete-time Fourier series (DTFS), as well as the discrete-time Fourier transform (DTFT)." https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2026/notes-on-discrete-time-fourier-series-and-transform/ | Source: Eli Bendersky [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eli.thegreenplace.net | Notes on discrete-time Fourier series and transform - Eli Bendersky's website [12:35] TR News "A movie theater experience is supposed be a premium experience compared to watching at home thats why they cost so much." https://hamatti.org/posts/im-not-a-big-fan-of-movie-theater-experience/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | Im not a big fan of movie theater experience : Juha-Matti Santala [12:35] TR News "Monday would be the earliest strata for our building could get the new keys to us, so the weekend would be challenging." https://www.rubenerd.au/sydney-trains-got-my-keys-back/ | Source: Ruben Schade [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Sydney Trains got my keys back! [12:35] TR News "Genre can be a generous signalling device. When you invest in telling us what to expect, you get a chance to keep a promise." https://seths.blog/2026/09/disconcerting-genre-shift/ | Source: Seth Godin [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seths.blog | Disconcerting genre shift | Seth's Blog [12:36] TR News "If, and this is the big if, you know your way around the CAD tool of your choice." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/19/what-are-your-indispensable-software-skills/ | Source: Hackaday [12:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-What Are Your Indispensable Software Skills? | Hackaday [12:37] TR News "Its a small, in-person, hands-on session on optimizing Python code, with a Django flavour. Here are the details: [...]" https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/09/19/python-optimization-workshop-lisbon/ | Source: Adam Johnson [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adamj.eu | Python: join my optimization workshop in Lisbon, 10th October - Adam Johnson [12:37] TR News "We have all been there. The analysis is solid, the model is good, the tables are clean." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/09/from-url-to-theme-how-css2r-steals-a-websites-colours-and-where-it-gives-up/ | Source: Rlang [12:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-From URL to Theme: How {css2r} Steals a Websites Colours, and Where It Gives Up | R-bloggers [12:38] TR News "Re-exporting lazy-loaded datasets is not possible in R-packages, since they dont exist in a packages namespace." https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2026/atlases-as-functions/ | Source: Athanasia Mo Mowinckel [12:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-drmowinckels.io | Why ggseg Atlases Became Function Calls - Dr. Mowinckel's [12:38] TR News "A recent example is provided by C++20s u8 and char8_t." https://giodicanio.com/2026/09/11/the-c-plus-plus-20-s-u8-char8_t-fiasco/ | Source: Giovanni Dicanio [12:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-giodicanio.com | The C++20s u8/char8_t Backward-Compatibility Fiasco Giovanni Dicanio's Blog [12:39] TR News "With this mindset, Viceo laid the basis for anthropology, ethnography, sociology, comparative law, historiography a whole slew of fields." https://jessitron.com/2026/08/30/who-are-we-now/ | Source: Jessica Kerr [12:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Who are we Now? Jessitron [12:40] TR News "When the scripts that generate the data for letsencrypt.org/stats broke yet again, we decided to retire it rather than repair it." https://letsencrypt.org/2026/09/17/clickhouse.html | Source: Let's Encrypt [12:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-letsencrypt.org | How We Built a Data Warehouse Using ClickHouse - Let's Encrypt [12:40] TR News "I decided to name my Python client of omg.lol PyOmgLol, which is a combination of Python and omg.lol." https://helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2026-09-19-pyomglol-announcement/ | Source: Helen Chong [12:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-helenchong.dev | Announcing PyOmgLol, an Unofficial Client for omg.lol | Helen Chong, Web Developer [12:40] TR News "Being good at building and being good at shipping are two separate skills." https://www.seangoedecke.com/grit-your-teeth-and-ship-it/ | Source: Sean Goedecke [12:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seangoedecke.com | Grit your teeth and ship it [12:41] TR News "technical knowledge is one of the prerequisites for being a creative programmer." https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/09/ktconf-2026-creative-coding-slides/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld [12:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/09/ktconf-2026-creative-coding-slides/ ) [12:43] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [12:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [12:49] TR News Techrights Links 20/09/2026: Amazon Layoffs, Flock 'Buyouts' (Silent Layoffs) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Links_20_09_2026_Amazon_Layoffs_Flock_Buyouts_Silent_Layoffs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Links_20_09_2026_Amazon_Layoffs_Flock_Buyouts_Silent_Layoffs.gmi [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 20/09/2026: Amazon Layoffs, Flock 'Buyouts' (Silent Layoffs) [12:58] TR News (NEW): I ditched my NAS OS for Ubuntu Desktop, and Im never going back https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/I_ditched_my_NAS_OS_for_Ubuntu_Desktop_and_I_m_never_going_back.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/I_ditched_my_NAS_OS_for_Ubuntu_Desktop_and_I_m_never_going_back.gmi [12:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I ditched my NAS OS for Ubuntu Desktop, and Im never going back [12:59] TR News "One of the major advantages of AVIF is its capacity for compression with impacting image quality." https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000540.shtml | Source: US Library of Congress [12:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000540.shtml ) [12:59] TR News Open Data https://sundry.jerryorr.com/2026/09/19/data-is-never-impartial | Source: Jerry Orr [12:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Data is never impartial sundry.jerryorr.com ● Sep 20 [13:00] TR News [Old] "ValueLicensing, which sold pre-used software licences to businesses, is seeking damages of 270m from Microsoft for loss of sales in the UK and Europe" https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630464/Court-to-decide-whether-it-is-lawful-for-enterprises-to-sell-unwanted-software-licenses | Source: Computer Weekly [13:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.computerweekly.com | Court to decide whether it is lawful for enterprises to sell unwanted software licences | Computer Weekly [13:01] TR News "Back in 2021, a UK-based reseller by the name of ValueLicensing sued Microsoft" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/microsoft-to-appeal-ruling-in-favor-of-reselling-perpetual-windows-licenses-uk-competition-court-says-fineprint-holds-no-ground-as-judges-throw-out-companys-creative-work-argument | Source: Tom's Hardware [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft to appeal ruling in favor of reselling perpetual Windows licenses UK Competition Court says fineprint holds no ground as judges throw out company's 'creative work' argument | Tom's Hardware [13:01] TR News "Not enforcing the law against the powerful is pretty much administration policy." https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/ai-is-an-elite-crime-spree | [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thebignewsletter.com | AI Is an Elite Crime Spree - BIG by Matt Stoller [13:01] TR News (NEW): Why no Linux distro will ever be truly secure (and what I switched to instead) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Why_no_Linux_distro_will_ever_be_truly_secure_and_what_I_switch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Why_no_Linux_distro_will_ever_be_truly_secure_and_what_I_switch.gmi [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Why no Linux distro will ever be truly secure (and what I switched to instead) [13:02] TR News "I try to keep marketing in check: Ive been working on my latest book for more than a year but only posted about it once." https://blog.coredump.cx/p/the-secret-life-of-circuits-is-here | [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.coredump.cx | The Secret Life of Circuits is here - lcamtufs thing [13:02] TR News "More than four years ago, we introduced Flet with a simple idea: building a cross-platform app should be within reach of anyone who knows Python." https://flet.dev/blog/ | [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-flet.dev | Blog | Flet [13:02] TR News "Water timers are nifty devices that can water the lawn at set times or keep that vegetable garden from turning into a dustbowl." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/19/teardown-and-repair-of-a-insoma-water-timer/ | Source: Hackaday [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Teardown And Repair Of An Insoma Water Timer | Hackaday [13:03] TR News "Okay movie clichs aside, the laser was in fact very carefully focused on target before they turned it on." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/19/laser-your-way-into-debug-mode-on-the-rp2350/ | Source: Hackaday [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Laser Your Way Into Debug Mode On The RP2350 | Hackaday [13:03] TR News "The build walks through a few case mods and a PCB mod on the modem, getting the keyboard to fit, and making a custom power board." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/19/a-hotspot-becomes-a-handheld/ | Source: Hackaday [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Hotspot Becomes A Handheld | Hackaday [13:03] TR News "Although it wasnt apparently designed with this in mind, it seems particularly fortuitous that this walking robotic hand was released in time for Halloween." https://hackaday.com/2026/09/19/teaching-a-robot-hand-to-walk/ | Source: Hackaday [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Teaching A Robot Hand To Walk | Hackaday [13:04] TR News "I use mostly Debian testing as my main operating system because of multiple reasons, two of which are: [...]" https://fekir.info/post/debian-pinning-packages/ | [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fekir.info | How to pin packages in Debian Fekir's Blog [13:04] TR News "Enlightenment desktop is a low on resources desktop environment without sacrificing on visuals" https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc2026_enlightenment_2 | Source: NetBSD [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.netbsd.org | NetBSD Blog [13:06] TR News "There seem to be just a couple of issues they are still working out, which they mention in that blog post but briefly they are: [...]" https://www.kirsle.net/asahi-linux-with-luks-encryption | Source: Noah Petherbridge [13:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Asahi Linux with LUKS Encryption - Kirsle.net [13:07] TR News "Exim has a complex system of string expansion that is part of it being a mailer construction kit." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/EximTaintingIsAHeuristic | Source: University of Toronto [13:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [13:08] TR News "The problems with emulating this memory model on the weak ordering memory model that ARM defines is multi-faceted and covers multiple issues." https://fex-emu.com/Scourge-of-emulation/ | Source: FEX [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The scourge of x86 emulation FEX-Emu A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator [13:08] TR News [Old] "FEX-Emu is a linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for arm64. It aims to bring x86 and x86-64 games to arm64 devices." https://fex-emu.com/Hello-World/ | Source: FEX [13:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hello world FEX-Emu A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator [13:09] TR News "Meanwhile, it is based on a significantly different foundation with Wayland and labwc, write the Raspberry Pi developers in their announcement" https://www.heise.de/en/news/Raspberry-Pi-OS-spruces-up-the-desktop-11453919.html | Source: Heise [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.heise.de | Raspberry Pi OS spruces up the desktop | heise online [13:09] TR News "Motown's Rosalind Ashford, Detroit native and Vandellas star, has died" https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2026/09/16/rosalind-ashford-holmes-motown-vandellas-obituary/91800954007/ [13:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2026/09/16/rosalind-ashford-holmes-motown-vandellas-obituary/91800954007/ ) [13:10] TR News "Factsheet - EU solidarity with Ukraine" https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/fs_22_3862 [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [13:10] TR News "I made up a fake person" https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/ISP-lied:b [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | I made up a fake person [13:10] TR News Norway is concerned about radicalized minors | "Norge er bekymret over radikaliserede mindrerige" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://politiken.dk/internationalt/art10988986/Norge-er-bekymret-over-radikaliserede-mindre%C3%A5rige [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-politiken-dk.translate.goog | Norge er bekymret over radikaliserede mindrerige [13:11] TR News that means a country with even worse working environments =:( https://yle.fi/a/74-20246835 [13:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Finland has second-highest rate of work-related stress, depression in EU | Yle News | Yle [13:12] TR News Matthew 19:24 https://biblehub.com/matthew/19-24.htm [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-biblehub.com | Matthew 19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." [13:12] TR News "Judge Orders Microsoft to Spill Internal Docs and Scour Execs' Comms in Secondhand Licensing Case - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/17/1440248 [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Judge Orders Microsoft to Spill Internal Docs and Scour Execs' Comms in Secondhand Licensing Case - SoylentNews [13:13] TR News "The shell remaining of the EFF continues to carry water for big tech" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/californias-addictive-feeds-law-violates-teens-first-amendment-rights [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Californias Addictive Feeds Law Violates Teens First Amendment Rights | Electronic Frontier Foundation [13:13] TR News "AWS Says Wartime Damage Means Some Middle East Cloud Resources Are Gone For Good - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/17/1446234 http://techrights.org/n/2026/09/18/Iran_Has_Debunked_GAFAM_and_Cloud_Computing_as_Safety_of_Data.shtml [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | AWS Says Wartime Damage Means Some Middle East Cloud Resources Are Gone For Good - SoylentNews [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Iran Has Debunked GAFAM and Cloud Computing as Safety of Data [13:14] TR News "More about GrapheneOS" https://soylentnews.org/~Runaway1956/journal/20669 iophk: 'phones' are now needing 128GB of storage and almost unusable with less lots of wasted resources, including electricity [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Journal of Runaway1956 (2926) [13:14] TR News "The complaint lays out seven counts, including: [...]" https://www.americanmuckrakers.com/p/breaking-ethics-complaint-alleges [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.americanmuckrakers.com | BREAKING: Ethics Complaint Alleges Boebert Had Sexual Relationships With Three Senior Staffers, Paid $200,000 in Hush Money to Conceal One Affair; Sworn complaint filed [13:15] TR News SO-Called(tm)... "AI" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/09/17/1446234 [13:15] TR News "Surprisingly fast Pi5 computation on up to 3500 decimal digit numbers (compared to AMD 9950X)" https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=400805 [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=400805 ) [13:15] TR News "Putin's Bagman Bought a Party for DOD Drone Contractor Don Jr - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/19/putins-bagman-bought-a-party-for-dod-drone-contractor-don-jr/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Putin's Bagman Bought a Party for DOD Drone Contractor Don Jr - emptywheel [13:15] TR News iophk: my guess is that most HODLers are actually lost wallets or lost passwords https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-believers [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | The Believers - by Mike Brock - Notes from the Circus [13:16] TR News iophk: is he bailing on the market, or just getting ready to die? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/warren-buffett-steps-down-96-son-howard-takes-over-berkshire-hathaway-historic-handover-1820665 [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Warren Buffett Steps Down at 96 as Son Howard Takes Over Berkshire Hathaway in Historic Handover | IBTimes UK [13:16] TR News "Is Trump Crashing the Dollar Empire?" https://jacobin.com/2026/09/an-empire-on-the-edge [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Is Trump Crashing the Dollar Empire? [13:16] TR News Bad slant, normalising fraud https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/09/how-to-navigate-ai-panic/688703/ [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Treat AI Like a Normal Crisis - The Atlantic [13:17] TR News "Microsoft: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella lauds Seattle tech community's strengthening ties with India - The Economic Times" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-lauds-seattle-tech-communitys-strengthening-ties-with-india/articleshow/134325779.cms [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Microsoft: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella lauds Seattle tech community's strengthening ties with India - The Economic Times [13:17] TR News "Im a Childless Cat Lady. That Tells You Less than You Think | The Walrus" https://thewalrus.ca/im-a-childless-cat-lady/ [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thewalrus.ca | Im a Childless Cat Lady. That Tells You Less than You Think | The Walrus [13:18] TR News "IMY inleder granskning av politiska partiers massutskick av sms | IMY" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.imy.se/nyheter/imy-inleder-granskning-av-politiska-partiers-massutskick-av-sms/ [13:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-imy-se.translate.goog | IMY inleder granskning av politiska partiers massutskick av sms | IMY [13:18] TR News "Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest by police, opposition party says | PBS News" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russian-election-observer-loses-consciousness-during-arrest-by-police-opposition-party-says [13:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pbs.org | Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest by police, opposition party says | PBS News [13:28] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Android_Leftovers.gmi [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [13:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [13:32] TR News Manchester Lucozade City https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/20/manchester-lucozade-city/ [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Manchester Lucozade City [13:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:48] TR News Google Summer of Code 2026 Reports: Port the Enlightenment desktop environment to NetBSD, part 2 http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc2026_enlightenment_2 [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.netbsd.org | NetBSD Blog [13:52] TR News Sydney Trains got my keys back! https://www.rubenerd.au/sydney-trains-got-my-keys-back/ [13:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Sydney Trains got my keys back! [13:53] TR News How did Fashion Company Apple Silicon get 50% faster in three years? https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/19/how-did-apple-silicon-get-50-faster-in-three-years/ [13:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/19/how-did-apple-silicon-get-50-faster-in-three-years/ ) [13:54] TR News Slop Grenades: Shopify CEO Who Pushed Staff to Use Hey Hi (AI) Is Now Horrified by What Hes Wrought https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/shopify-ceo-ai-workplace-staff-horrified-backfire [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | "Slop Grenades": Shopify CEO Who Pushed Staff to Use AI Is Now Horrified by What He's Wrought [13:59] TR News KDE at 30: What Are the Colored Blobs Telling Us? https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2026/09/19/kde-at-30-what-are-the-colored-blobs-telling-us/ [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ervin.ipsquad.net | KDE at 30: What Are the Colored Blobs Telling Us? - ervin [13:59] TR News Valtux 1.2 https://distrowatch.com/valtux [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/valtux ) [13:59] TR News EznixOS 260919 https://distrowatch.com/eznixos [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/eznixos ) [13:59] TR News Velox 8.4.0 https://distrowatch.com/velox [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/velox ) ● Sep 20 [14:00] TR News Linux 7.3-rc4 To Address Two Unfortunate Bugs With Btrfs https://www.phoronix.com/news/Btrfs-Fixes-For-Linux-7.3-rc4 [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux 7.3-rc4 To Address Two Unfortunate Bugs With Btrfs - Phoronix [14:00] TR News "filesystem id is now stable again on the default and common case (it broke openconnect key derivation, while this is not secure, it's still in use), the intention was to change id for the temp_fsid use case" https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=518e5b794c06c0f0eb40df3e202274a66202c137 [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-git.kernel.org | Making sure you're not a bot! [14:01] TR News Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 4 - Outsourcing to Microsoft, Approaching 10 Gigabytes https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/19/Linux_Kernel_Becoming_a_Slopfest_Part_4_Outsourcing_to_Microsof.shtml [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 4 - Outsourcing to Microsoft, Approaching 10 Gigabytes [14:02] TR News FFmpeg 9.0.2 Released with A Large Amount of Fixes & Improvements https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/09/ffmpeg-9-0-2-released-with-a-large-amount-of-fixes-improvements/ [14:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | FFmpeg 9.0.2 Released with A Large Amount of Fixes & Improvements | UbuntuHandbook [14:03] TR News Cix rolling-release GNU/Linux distribution and orchestration platform https://www.linuxlinks.com/cix-rolling-release-linux-distribution-orchestration-platform/ [14:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Cix - rolling-release Linux distribution and orchestration platform - LinuxLinks [14:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [14:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Sep 20 [15:34] TR News pspp @ Savannah: PSPP 2.1.2 has been released. https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10935 [15:34] TR News EasyOS with Excalibur-backports and 7.2.6 kernel https://bkhome.org/news/202609/easyos-with-excalibur-backports-and-726-kernel.html [15:36] *TechrightsSocial has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [15:45] *TechrightsSocial (~b0t@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Failed to load module HelloWorld. 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[15:49] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:55] TR News (NEW): Clonezilla Live 3.3.3-37 Disk Imaging Tool Released with Linux Kernel 7.1 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Clonezilla_Live_3_3_3_37_Disk_Imaging_Tool_Released_with_Linux_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Clonezilla_Live_3_3_3_37_Disk_Imaging_Tool_Released_with_Linux_.gmi [15:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Clonezilla Live 3.3.3-37 Disk Imaging Tool Released with Linux Kernel 7.1 [15:58] TR News Techrights Enjoy the Giving/Sharing, Not Taking https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Enjoy_the_Giving_Sharing_Not_Taking.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Enjoy_the_Giving_Sharing_Not_Taking.gmi [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Enjoy the Giving/Sharing, Not Taking ● Sep 20 [16:19] TR News Another Sunny Day, Another Good Display by EnzoFC https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/20/another-sunny-day-another-good-display-by-enzofc/ [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Another Sunny Day, Another Good Display by EnzoFC [16:20] TR News How to Verify Fedora ISO Integrity and Authenticity https://ostechnix.com/verify-fedora-iso-integrity-authenticity/ [16:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Verify Fedora ISO Integrity and Authenticity - OSTechNix [16:20] TR News Those will worsen over time though https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-traffic-scanners-targeted-blade-runners-arrests-1820690 [16:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | UK Conspiracy Theorists Cut Traffic Scanner Wires Over 'Surveillance' Fears Despite Safety Risks | IBTimes UK [16:21] TR News Google Now Asking For Users Video Selfies to Verify Their Identities https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-asks-video-selfies [16:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Google Now Asking For Users' Video Selfies to Verify Their Identities [16:22] TR News Ed Sheeran weeps on stage, says Israels actions in Gaza unjustifiable in emotional first speech since Macklemore fiasco https://nypost.com/2026/09/19/entertainment/ed-sheeran-weeps-on-stage-says-israels-actions-in-gaza-unjustifiable/ [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Ed Sheeran weeps on stage, says Israel's actions in Gaza 'unjustifiable' [16:22] TR News The Insurrectionist Deemed 'Wretched' as His Behaviour Reportedly 'Hits Rock Bottom' Over Recent Speech https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-fishing-ban-joke-white-house-dinner-backlash-1820696 [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Donald Trump Deemed 'Wretched' as His Behaviour Reportedly 'Hits Rock Bottom' Over Recent Speech | IBTimes UK [16:22] TR News Ed Sheeran breaks down in tears as he returns to the stage for first show after Macklemore controversy: Im so, so sorry https://pagesix.com/2026/09/19/entertainment/ed-sheeran-makes-emotional-return-to-the-stage-amid-macklemore-controversy/ [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pagesix.com | Ed Sheeran makes emotional return to the stage amid Macklemore controversy [16:24] TR News Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: third week of sep 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/09/19/misc-fedora-bits-third-week-of-sep-2026/ [16:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scrye.com | misc fedora bits: third week of sep 2026 | Kevin's musings [16:25] TR News Linux Saloon 220 | Early Edition https://cubiclenate.com/2026/09/19/linux-saloon-220-early-edition/ [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cubiclenate.com | Exploring Tech Trends: Linux, Movies, and Retro Gaming [16:25] TR News Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/38 https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/09/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-38/ [16:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dominique.leuenberger.net | Tumbleweed Review of the week 2026/38 Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) [16:28] TR News High-end 8-channel oscilloscope features 12-core AMD EPYC CPU, 96GB RAM, 15.6-inch display, and more https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/20/high-end-8-channel-oscilloscope-features-12-core-amd-epyc-cpu-96gb-ram-15-6-inch-display/ "the oscilloscope looks like a high-end PC running GNU/Linux" [16:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | High-end 8-channel oscilloscope features 12-core AMD EPYC CPU, 96GB RAM, 15.6-inch display, and more - CNX Software [16:29] TR News noobslab turns from Linxu tos spam to slop and now Microsoft trash http://www.noobslab.com/2026/09/fix-migrationpermanentexception-error.html [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Fix MigrationPermanentException Error During Microsoft 365 Migration? - NoobsLab | Eye on Digital World [16:32] TR News Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That Hey Hi (AI) Is Creating a Doom Loop That Destroys the News Media by Stealing Its Content Without Providing Anything in Return, in Turn Making the Hey Hi (AI) Useless https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-executive-doom-loop [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That AI Is Creating a "Doom Loop" That Destroys the News Media by Stealing Its Content Without Providing Anything in Return, in Turn Making the AI Useless [16:33] TR News Australian PM seeks big tech backing for internet safety, Hey Hi (AI) rules https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-pm-seeks-big-tech-backing-for-internet-safety-ai-rules [16:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australian PM seeks big tech backing for internet safety, AI rules | The Straits Times [16:34] TR News Aaron Sorkin Goes Off Script https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/magazine/aaron-sorkin-interview.html [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/magazine/aaron-sorkin-interview.html ) [16:34] TR News Ludovic Rousseau: New version of pcsc-lite: 2.5.2 https://blog.apdu.fr/posts/2026/09/new-version-of-pcsc-lite-252/ [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apdu.fr | New version of pcsc-lite: 2.5.2 | Ludovic Rousseau's blog [16:35] TR News Amelia the Chicken https://kevquirk.com/amelia-the-chicken [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | Amelia the Chicken - Kev Quirk [16:38] TR News Lithuanias government proposed 770m family package but how will it pay for it? https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3056198/lithuania-s-government-proposed-eur770m-family-package-but-how-will-it-pay-for-it [16:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanias government proposed 770m family package but how will it pay for it? - LRT [16:39] TR News Kentaro Hayashi: Building with dh-bazel, buildsystem support for debhelper experiment updates https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2026/09/19/173344 [16:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kenhys.hatenablog.jp | Building with dh-bazel, buildsystem support for debhelper experiment updates - [16:42] TR News Denmark 4% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=DK&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP [16:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=DK&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP ) [16:45] TR News "Excellent closing paragraph, more paragraphs like that in each foreclosureboi posts, please!" Feedback on https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/18/i-would-simply-not-assert-that-i-have-reputation-if-i-were-a-potty-mouth-who-cannot-get-even-a-single-like-in-2-hours/ [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive I Would Simply Not Assert That I Have Reputation If I Were a Potty-mouth Who Cannot Get Even a Single Like in 2+ Hours ● Sep 20 [17:57] TR News Japan weather agency warns of landslides, floods as typhoon draws near https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-weather-agency-warns-of-landslides-floods-as-typhoon-draws-near [17:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan warns of landslides, floods as typhoon draws near | The Straits Times [17:58] TR News Democrat and Republican Politicians Are Both Terrified to Go Against the Hey Hi (AI) Industry [sic], Even Though a Huge Majority of Both Their Voting Blocs Want Them to Do Exactly That https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/democrat-republicans-politicians-ai-industry-regulation-voters-midterms [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Democrat and Republican Politicians Are Both Terrified to Go Against the AI Industry, Even Though a Huge Majority of Both Their Voting Blocs Want Them to Do Exactly That [17:58] TR News AI Actor Tilly Norwood Glitches Out During Interview, Starts Rambling in Chinese https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-actor-tilly-norwood-chinese [17:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | AI "Actor" Tilly Norwood Glitches Out During Interview, Starts Rambling in Chinese [17:59] TR News Protestors Ransack Hey Hi (AI) Lab, Leave Graffiti Calling on Masses to Burn the Data Centers https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/protestors-smash-ai-lab-vandalism-burn-data-centers [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Protestors Ransack AI Lab, Leave Graffiti Calling on Masses to "Burn the Data Centers" ● Sep 20 [18:04] TR News The Rise of Hey Hi (AI) Is Raising Threats From Drones, Police Group Warns https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/nyregion/artificial-intelligence-drones-police.html [18:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/nyregion/artificial-intelligence-drones-police.html ) [18:06] TR News The price of diesel keeps rising. Why its about to hit American consumers. https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2026/0919/diesel-fuel-price-inflation [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The price of diesel keeps rising. Why its about to hit American consumers. - CSMonitor.com [18:06] TR News How to catch a baddie: Inside Chinas booming police tech industry https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/how-to-catch-a-baddie-inside-chinas-booming-police-tech-industry [18:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | How to catch a baddie: Inside Chinas booming police tech industry | The Straits Times [18:08] *wallacer (~quassel@2x2w4qfz3wksg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [18:31] TR News Japan to give up to $3.5 million in grants for Solomon Islands elections https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/japan-to-give-up-to-3-5-million-in-grants-for-solomon-islands-elections [18:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan to give up to $3.5 million in grants for Solomon Islands elections | The Straits Times [18:31] TR News China is now Rwandas biggest export market now comes the hard part 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Valley to combat worsening haze in Malaysia | The Straits Times [18:34] TR News Indonesia accepts Malaysias help to tackle Kalimantan wildfires https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-president-prabowo-accepts-malaysias-offer-to-help-fight-kalimantan-forest-fires [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Indonesia accepts Malaysias help to tackle Kalimantan wildfires | The Straits Times [18:34] TR News Malaysian angling group claims second red-bellied piranha found in river in Pahang https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-angling-group-claims-second-red-bellied-piranha-found-in-river-in-pahang [18:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysian angling group claims second red-bellied piranha found in river in Pahang | The Straits Times [18:35] TR News South Korean Leader Says He Will Not Send Troops to Iran, Despite Convicted Felons Call 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-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Elecrow CrowPanel Advanced HMI Display Review: A Tinkerer's Touchscreen [18:53] TR News Russia Warns New U.S. Sanctions Law Would Harm Convicted Felons Peace Efforts https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/russia-us-sanctions-trump.html [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/russia-us-sanctions-trump.html ) [18:53] TR News India Is Again Squeezed Between the Threat of Convicted Felon Tariffs and Russian Oil https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/india-russia-sanctions-oil.html [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/india-russia-sanctions-oil.html ) [18:53] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man claims son repaid Russian oligarch who funded wedding festivities https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260919-trump-says-son-repaid-russian-oligarch-who-funded-wedding-festivities [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260919-trump-says-son-repaid-russian-oligarch-who-funded-wedding-festivities ) [18:54] TR News Did Convicted Felon really obtain 'permanent control' over Greenland? https://www.france24.com/en/did-trump-really-obtain-permanent-control-over-greenland [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/did-trump-really-obtain-permanent-control-over-greenland ) [18:54] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Signs Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill, Putting New Pressure Tools At His Disposal https://www.rferl.org/a/33859294.html [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Trump Signs Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill, Putting New Pressure Tools At His Disposal [18:54] TR News Russian Authorities Claim Cyberattacks On Voting Systems As Duma Election Enters Second Day https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-duma-vote-election-ukraine/33859408.html [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian Authorities Claim Cyberattacks On Voting Systems As Duma Elections Enter Second Day [18:54] TR News Ukrainian children learn ancient warrior skills amid modern war https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainian-children-learn-ancient-warrior-skills-amid-modern-war [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainian-children-learn-ancient-warrior-skills-amid-modern-war ) [18:55] TR News The Kremlin Has Put Lots of Veterans on the Ballot. Could It Backfire? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/russia-kremlin-election-veterans.html [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/russia-kremlin-election-veterans.html ) [18:55] TR News Putins Bagman Bought a Party for DOD Drone Contractor Don Jr https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/19/putins-bagman-bought-a-party-for-dod-drone-contractor-don-jr/ [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Putin's Bagman Bought a Party for DOD Drone Contractor Don Jr - emptywheel [18:55] TR News Qubes 4.3.2-rc1 https://distrowatch.com/qubes [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/qubes ) [18:56] TR News Putin says Europe is 'preparing for war' https://www.france24.com/en/putin-says-europe-is-preparing-for-war [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/putin-says-europe-is-preparing-for-war ) [18:57] TR News mintCast 493 Mintinator https://mintcast.org/493-mintinator/ [18:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mintcast.org | 493 Mintinator mintCast [18:58] TR News At Least 30 Killed In Suicide Attack On Police Headquarters In Northwestern Pakistan https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-afghanistan-explosion-police-blast-gunfire/33859034.html [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | At Least 30 Killed In Suicide Attack On Police Headquarters In Northwestern Pakistan ● Sep 20 [19:10] TR News I ditched my NAS OS for Ubuntu Desktop, and Im never going back https://www.howtogeek.com/ditched-my-nas-os-for-ubuntu-desktop-and-im-never-going-back/ [19:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I ditched my NAS OS for Ubuntu Desktop, and Im never going back [19:13] TR News 3 design decisions from 1990s Linux that modern desktops still can't improve on https://www.howtogeek.com/design-decisions-from-1990s-linux-that-modern-desktops-still-cant-improve-on/ [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 3 design decisions from 1990s Linux that modern desktops still can't improve on [19:13] TR News Misuse of the name "Linux" to promote scams and pyramid schemes https://forkast.news/agent-infrastructure-gets-its-own-conference-3500-expected-at-agntcon-mcpcon-under-the-linux-foundation/ [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-forkast.news | Agent Infrastructure Gets Its Own Conference: 3,500+ Expected at AGNTCon + MCPCon Under the Linux Foundation Forkast [19:14] TR News I used to SSH into my home server for everything until I installed these 3 containers https://www.makeuseof.com/i-used-to-ssh-into-my-home-server-for-everything-until-i-installed-these-3-containers/ [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | I used to SSH into my home server for everything until I installed these 3 containers [19:14] TR News 4 innocent-looking Linux commands that can ruin your day 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-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines New Releases: EasyOS, Qubes OS 4.3.2-rc1, and Flet 1.0 [19:27] TR News (NEW): Desktop Environments in GNU/Linux and BSDs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Desktop_Environments_in_GNU_Linux_and_BSDs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Desktop_Environments_in_GNU_Linux_and_BSDs.gmi [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Desktop Environments in GNU/Linux and BSDs [19:27] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope, Touchscreen, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_Digital_Phosphor_Oscilloscope_Touchscreen.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/Open_Hardware_Modding_Digital_Phosphor_Oscilloscope_Touchscreen.gmi [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope, 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Selfies" and Energy Prices Set to Rise https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Links_20_09_2026_Google_Now_Asking_For_Users_Video_Selfies_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/20/Links_20_09_2026_Google_Now_Asking_For_Users_Video_Selfies_and_.gmi [19:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 20/09/2026: "Google Now Asking For Users Video Selfies" and Energy Prices Set to Rise [19:38] TR News (NEW): I tried the viral Linux distro that raised $18,700,000 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/I_tried_the_viral_Linux_distro_that_raised_18_700_000.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/20/I_tried_the_viral_Linux_distro_that_raised_18_700_000.gmi [19:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I tried the viral Linux distro that raised $18,700,000 [19:42] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Linux is losing its grip on the professional worldhere's what's replacing it 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capable of destroying drones [12:07] TR News "a dumpster fire of a human being" https://jaylittle.com/post/view/2026/9/i-loathe-donald-trump-and-you-should-too/ | Source: Jay Little [12:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jaylittle.com | I Loathe Donald Trump and You Should Too | Jay Little [12:07] TR News "Were losing our country. Were literally losing our country to mass migration" https://www.luxtimes.lu/europeanunion/police-clash-with-far-right-protesters-in-the-hague/161691698.html | [12:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.luxtimes.lu/europeanunion/police-clash-with-far-right-protesters-in-the-hague/161691698.html ) ● Sep 20 [13:10] TR News "Factsheet - EU solidarity with Ukraine" https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/fs_22_3862 [13:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [13:10] TR News Norway is concerned about radicalized minors | "Norge er bekymret over radikaliserede mindrerige" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://politiken.dk/internationalt/art10988986/Norge-er-bekymret-over-radikaliserede-mindre%C3%A5rige [13:10] -TechPolBot/#techpol-politiken-dk.translate.goog | Norge er bekymret over radikaliserede mindrerige [13:14] TR News "The complaint lays out seven counts, including: [...]" https://www.americanmuckrakers.com/p/breaking-ethics-complaint-alleges [13:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.americanmuckrakers.com | BREAKING: Ethics Complaint Alleges Boebert Had Sexual Relationships With Three Senior Staffers, Paid $200,000 in Hush Money to Conceal One Affair; Sworn complaint filed [13:15] TR News "Putin's Bagman Bought a Party for DOD Drone Contractor Don Jr - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/19/putins-bagman-bought-a-party-for-dod-drone-contractor-don-jr/ [13:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-emptywheel.net | Putin's Bagman Bought a Party for DOD Drone Contractor Don Jr - emptywheel [13:16] TR News "Is Trump Crashing the Dollar Empire?" https://jacobin.com/2026/09/an-empire-on-the-edge [13:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | Is Trump Crashing the Dollar Empire? [13:18] TR News "Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest by police, opposition party says | PBS News" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russian-election-observer-loses-consciousness-during-arrest-by-police-opposition-party-says [13:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.pbs.org | Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest by police, opposition party says | PBS News [13:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [13:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Sep 20 [14:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [14:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Sep 20 [15:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [15:49] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Sep 20 [16:22] TR News Ed Sheeran weeps on stage, says Israels actions in Gaza unjustifiable in emotional first speech since Macklemore fiasco https://nypost.com/2026/09/19/entertainment/ed-sheeran-weeps-on-stage-says-israels-actions-in-gaza-unjustifiable/ [16:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-nypost.com | Ed Sheeran weeps on stage, says Israel's actions in Gaza 'unjustifiable' [16:22] TR News The Insurrectionist Deemed 'Wretched' as His Behaviour Reportedly 'Hits Rock Bottom' Over Recent Speech https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-fishing-ban-joke-white-house-dinner-backlash-1820696 [16:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Donald Trump Deemed 'Wretched' as His Behaviour Reportedly 'Hits Rock Bottom' Over Recent Speech | IBTimes UK [16:22] TR News Ed Sheeran breaks down in tears as he returns to the stage for first show after Macklemore controversy: Im so, so sorry https://pagesix.com/2026/09/19/entertainment/ed-sheeran-makes-emotional-return-to-the-stage-amid-macklemore-controversy/ [16:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-pagesix.com | Ed Sheeran makes emotional return to the stage amid Macklemore controversy ● Sep 20 [18:31] TR News Japan to give up to $3.5 million in grants for Solomon Islands elections https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/japan-to-give-up-to-3-5-million-in-grants-for-solomon-islands-elections [18:31] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Japan to give up to $3.5 million in grants for Solomon Islands elections | The Straits Times [18:33] TR News Cloud seeding set for Klang Valley to combat worsening haze in Malaysia https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/cloud-seeding-set-for-klang-valley-to-combat-worsening-haze-in-malaysia [18:33] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Cloud seeding set for Klang Valley to combat worsening haze in Malaysia | The Straits Times [18:35] TR News South Korean Leader Says He Will Not Send Troops to Iran, Despite Convicted Felons Call https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/world/asia/south-korea-president-lee-jae-myung-trump-iran.html [18:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/world/asia/south-korea-president-lee-jae-myung-trump-iran.html ) [18:53] TR News Russia Warns New U.S. Sanctions Law Would Harm Convicted Felons Peace Efforts https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/russia-us-sanctions-trump.html [18:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/russia-us-sanctions-trump.html ) [18:53] TR News India Is Again Squeezed Between the Threat of Convicted Felon Tariffs and Russian Oil https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/india-russia-sanctions-oil.html [18:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/india-russia-sanctions-oil.html ) [18:53] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man claims son repaid Russian oligarch who funded wedding festivities https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260919-trump-says-son-repaid-russian-oligarch-who-funded-wedding-festivities [18:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260919-trump-says-son-repaid-russian-oligarch-who-funded-wedding-festivities ) [18:54] TR News Did Convicted Felon really obtain 'permanent control' over Greenland? https://www.france24.com/en/did-trump-really-obtain-permanent-control-over-greenland [18:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/did-trump-really-obtain-permanent-control-over-greenland ) [18:54] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Signs Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill, Putting New Pressure Tools At His Disposal https://www.rferl.org/a/33859294.html [18:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Trump Signs Russia-Iran Sanctions Bill, Putting New Pressure Tools At His Disposal [18:54] TR News Ukrainian children learn ancient warrior skills amid modern war https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainian-children-learn-ancient-warrior-skills-amid-modern-war [18:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/ukrainian-children-learn-ancient-warrior-skills-amid-modern-war ) [18:55] TR News The Kremlin Has Put Lots of Veterans on the Ballot. Could It Backfire? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/russia-kremlin-election-veterans.html [18:55] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/russia-kremlin-election-veterans.html ) [18:55] TR News Putins Bagman Bought a Party for DOD Drone Contractor Don Jr https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/19/putins-bagman-bought-a-party-for-dod-drone-contractor-don-jr/ [18:56] TR News Putin says Europe is 'preparing for war' https://www.france24.com/en/putin-says-europe-is-preparing-for-war [18:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/putin-says-europe-is-preparing-for-war ) [18:58] TR News At Least 30 Killed In Suicide Attack On Police Headquarters In Northwestern Pakistan https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-afghanistan-explosion-police-blast-gunfire/33859034.html [18:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | At Least 30 Killed In Suicide Attack On Police Headquarters In Northwestern Pakistan ● Sep 20 [19:50] admfubar https://www.alternet.org/ai-trump/ [19:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-The Sci-Fi warning that predicts Trump's next alarming move - Alternet.org ● Sep 20 [22:53] admfubar do as i say not as i do? https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/09/20/alice-weidel-policy-contradictions/ [22:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-What we know about Alice Weidel, the far-right German politician with a Sri Lankan-born wife | Snopes.com