●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, July 21, 2026 ●● ● Jul 21 [00:44] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:49] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jul 21 [02:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-200726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-200726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-200726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-200726.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 20, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-200726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-200726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-200726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-200726.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 20, 2026 [02:51] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-07-20.txt ● Jul 21 [05:29] TR News "Indonesia is proposing a landmark copyright bill that could make the country the first in Southeast Asia to explicitly regulate AI in its copyright framework." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/indonesia-ai-regulations-proposed/ | Source: Digital Music News [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/indonesia-ai-regulations-proposed/ ) [05:29] TR News "Sony has now made the more than 30,000 songs the subject of its new lawsuit, which the company says it could expand." https://www.theverge.com/tech/968375/sony-udio-lawsuit-songs-ai-copyright | Source: The Verge [05:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udios AI music generator over | The Verge [05:30] TR News "Current laws (remember those?) prohibit any single local broadcast news company from serving more than 39 percent of all TV households in the US." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/20/brendan-carr-is-illegally-dismantling-u-s-media-consolidation-law/ | Source: Techdirt [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Brendan Carr Is Illegally Dismantling U.S. Media Consolidation Law | Techdirt [05:30] TR News "Who runs the hidden infrastructure behind secure Internet routing?" https://labs.ripe.net/author/ties-dirksen/whos-running-all-those-tiny-rpki-servers/ | Source: RIPE [05:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-labs.ripe.net | Who's Running All Those Tiny RPKI Servers? | RIPE Labs [05:31] TR News "Why should I come out? Why do I have to open the door? Can you please answer me before you use force?" https://digit.site36.net/2026/07/20/police-called-to-assist-in-cologne-and-then-brutalized-psychiatric-patient-into-a-coma/ | Source: Site36 [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digit.site36.net | Police was called to assist paramedics in Cologne and then brutalized a psychiatric patient into a coma | Matthias Monroy [05:31] TR News "Candidates came from four fictional ethnic groups: Tufa, Aima, Reku, and Weki." https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/20/1140655/ai-biases-hiring-humans/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring | MIT Technology Review [05:31] TR News "Heres another case thats hit a dead end because an ICE officer lied and an ICE supervisor decided to pass on these lies to a federal prosecutor. (h/t Aaron Reichlin-Melnick)" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/20/attempted-murder-charges-dropped-after-bystander-recordings-expose-ice-officers-lies/ | Source: Techdirt [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Attempted Murder Charges Dropped After Bystander Recordings Expose ICE Officers Lies | Techdirt [05:32] TR News "without her work authorization, Alexa cant find a better job or regain any stability." https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/07/minneapolis-single-mothers-lost-months-of-income-hiding-from-ice-and-now-cant-afford-to-renew-immigration-papers-daca/ | Source: MinnPost [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DACA renewal costly for single mothers - MinnPost [05:32] TR News "Language Death" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/27/how-to-kill-a-language-sophia-smith-galer-book-review | Source: New Yorker [05:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Sometimes Its O.K. to Let a Language Die | The New Yorker [05:33] TR News "Today, the Kurdish language is experiencing one of the most fragile periods in its history in Northern Kurdistan." https://english.anf-news.com/culture/kurdish-faces-risk-of-disappearing-in-north-kurdistan-86366 | Source: ANF News [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.anf-news.com | ANF | Kurdish faces risk of disappearing in North Kurdistan [05:33] TR News "Which raises the more general question of what the hell Canadians are doing in Saudi Arabia generally, including their government." https://thewalrus.ca/ive-spent-years-covering-wars-ive-learned-nobody-knows-anything/ | Source: The Walrus [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thewalrus.ca | Ive Spent Years Covering Wars. Ive Learned Nobody Knows Anything | The Walrus [05:33] TR News "The detention of a journalist under the Cyber Crimes Act for publishing material that appears to be of significant public interest is deeply troubling" https://cpj.org/2026/07/zambian-journalist-detained-for-audio-leak-under-cyber-laws-weeks-before-elections/ | Source: CPJ [05:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Zambian journalist detained for audio leak under cyber laws weeks before elections - Committee to Protect Journalists [05:36] TR News "As for who these supposed agents of Cuban influence are, the report is remarkably explicit." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/after-political-terrorism-event-us | Source: Ken Klippenstein [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kenklippenstein.com | After "Political Terrorism" Summit, U.S. Names 43 Americans + Groups [05:36] TR News "Earlier this year, Daniel Sanchez-Estrada was sentenced to 30 years in prison for moving a box of zines." https://www.salon.com/2026/07/20/her-brother-was-convicted-of-terrorism-over-a-protest-he-didnt-even-attend/ | Source: Salon [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Her brother was convicted of terrorism over a protest he didn't even attend - Salon.com [05:36] TR News "Another female singer in Iran has been sentenced to 74 lashes after sharing a music video of herself performing without a head covering." https://www.rferl.org/a/female-singer-iran-flogging/33807608.html | Source: RFERL [05:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | She Sang And Now Faces 74 Lashes. Iran Sentences Another Female Musician [05:37] TR News "In our recent study of 843 US residents, we found that people who picture scientific progress as the work of lone geniuses, and who learn about science mainly from podcasts and documentaries" https://theconversation.com/why-do-some-people-who-trust-in-science-also-believe-in-scientific-conspiracy-theories-287728 | Source: The Conversation [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Why do some people who trust in science also believe in scientific conspiracy theories? [05:37] TR News "she turns to TikTok and Instagram to keep up with events in Greece and the world. Social media is her primary source of information [sic], whether deciding where to go on a Saturday night, whom to vote for, or decoding events in a war zone." https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0720/greece-social-media-tiktok-instagram-news-europe | Source: CS Monitor [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Greeks are picking TikTok over TV for their news - CSMonitor.com [05:38] TR News "Journalists were also advised to report that Ukraine will be left with no warehouses, no fuel, no trains, no substations: [...]" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/07/20/moscow-s-leaked-media-playbook-spin-ukraine-s-refinery-hits-as-an-attack-on-car-owners | Source: Meduza [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Moscows leaked media playbook: spin Ukraines refinery hits as an attack on car owners Meduza [05:39] TR News "Axel Springer is a Germany-based media conglomerate that owns Politico and Business Insider, as well as The Telegraph in the U.K." https://truthout.org/articles/politico-owner-axel-springer-gives-prize-to-far-right-billionaire-peter-thiel/ | Source: TruthOut [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Politico Owner Axel Springer Gives Prize to Far Right Billionaire Peter Thiel | Truthout [05:39] TR News "What they dont see are the years leading up to that moment. Increasingly, thats where the real competition is taking place." https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/20/next-battle-technology-ipos-begins-years-companies-go-public/ | Source: Silicon Angle [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why the next battle for technology IPOs begins years before companies go public - SiliconANGLE [05:40] TR News "In the last year, I've been through over a dozen cities and used public transport in all of them." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/public-transport-dont-make-me-think/ | Source: Terence Eden [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-shkspr.mobi | Public Transport Dont Make Me Think! Terence Edens Blog [05:40] TR News "Enhanced Lattice Polarization and Directed Charge Transport Toward Pt Surface Sites Accelerate the Volmer Step in Piezocatalytic H2 Evolution on Co-Doped BiFeO3." https://phys.org/news/2026-07-vibrations-fuels-chemicals-piezosynthesis.html | Source: Omicron Limited [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-vibrations-fuels-chemicals-piezosynthesis.html ) [05:40] TR News "If that comes to pass, Lewis George wont rule out eventually expanding the universe of people receiving free transit if and when revenue is available." https://www.notus.org/metro/dc-free-buses | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Will Free Buses Ever Arrive in D.C.? - NOTUS News of the United States [05:41] TR News "The authors stress that the link is only correlational; measurement methods varied from cycle to cycle" https://boingboing.net/2026/07/20/co2-in-human-blood.html | Source: BoingBoing [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boingboing.net | CO2 in human blood is rising with the atmosphere [05:41] TR News "He added that many of Finland's gravel roads and drainage systems are decades old and were built for different weather conditions." https://yle.fi/a/74-20237209 | Source: Yle [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Heavy rainfall cuts off 16 gravel roads across Finland | Yle News | Yle [05:41] TR News "climate viability." https://www.wired.com/story/new-research-estimates-most-emissions-came-from-fan-travel/ | Source: Wired [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fans Flocked to World Cup Host CitiesCausing 80 Percent of the Tournaments Emissions | WIRED [05:42] TR News "Im still reading the document dump Trump released last Thursday." https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/20/the-electoral-roll-tampering-trump-left-out-his-own/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The Electoral Roll Tampering Trump Left Out: His Own - emptywheel [05:42] TR News "The toolkit, which the group describes as the first of its kind, is built around handcrafted legal motions that, when granted by a judge, will force prosecutors to reveal whether surveillance technology was used against a defendant." https://www.wired.com/story/the-aclu-is-arming-lawyers-to-expose-state-surveillance-secrets/ | Source: Wired [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets | WIRED [05:42] TR News "When it comes to the Minab massacre, in which the U.S. killed over 150 people with a Tomahawk missile" https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-slashed-civilian-harm-reduction-staff-and-is-instead-using-ai/ | Source: TruthOut [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Pentagon Slashed Civilian Harm Reduction Staff and Is Instead Using AI | Truthout [05:43] TR News "a window into dysfunction inside the UAs College of Education in the months before the universitys financial crisis became public." https://azluminaria.org/2026/07/20/judge-to-decide-whether-ua-whistleblowers-case-goes-to-jury-trial/ | Source: Arizona Luminaria [05:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-azluminaria.org | Judge to decide whether UA whistleblower's case goes to jury trial - AZ Luminaria [05:44] TR News "How long can the U.S. continue the war? America doesnt have sufficient munitions to maintain the current bombing campaign indefinitely." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-will-trump-do-in | Source: Robert Reich [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Office Hours: What Will Trump Do in Iran NOW? [05:44] TR News "As Russia's war against Ukraine reshapes Europe's security landscape, Estonia remains one of the countries most closely watching the Kremlin's next moves." https://www.rferl.org/a/estonia-russian-fighters-schengen-joosep-kaasik/33806356.html | Source: RFERL [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | 'Sooner Or Later This Problem Will Be On Your Soil': Estonia Pushes Europe To Bar Russian Fighters [05:44] TR News "It is questionable whether a successor can match the standard set by Fedorov." https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/07/20/russia-is-not-keeping-up/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neweasterneurope.eu | "Russia is not keeping up" - New Eastern Europe [05:44] TR News "And if were lucky, at least some of those interesting problems will matter to the security of a system someday." https://www.dlp.rip/everyday-cryptography/ | Source: Chris Fenner [05:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dlp.rip | The Design of Everyday Cryptography - Chris Fenner's Personal Blog [05:45] TR News "Meanwhile, the police are using (alternate source) the Flock camera network to track people in addition to cars: [...]" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/on-flock-license-plate-tracking-cameras.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-On Flock License Plate Tracking Cameras - Schneier on Security [05:45] TR News "Flock quietly revealed on July 10 that it has decided to remove the product, according to a company blog post." https://therecord.media/flock-safety-kills-audio-detection-system-human-distress | Source: The Record [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Flock Safety kills acoustic system designed to detect 'human distress' | The Record from Recorded Future News [05:46] TR News "The leaked draft text suggests that the Commission significantly caved in to USs excessive demands for unfettered information access, exacerbating travel surveillance and putting our fundamental rights at risk." https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-is-about-to-sell-our-most-sensitive-data-to-the-us-for-visa-free-travel/ | Source: EDRI [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-edri.org | The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel - European Digital Rights (EDRi) [05:46] TR News "The pre-allocation occurred before any data arrived, and an attacker could send an 11-byte payload to trigger an unvalidated buffer allocation of up to 131 KB." https://www.securityweek.com/openssl-silently-fixes-hollowbyte-dos-vulnerability/ | Source: Security Week [05:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenSSL Silently Fixes 'HollowByte' DoS Vulnerability - SecurityWeek [05:47] TR News Windows TCO https://thecyberexpress.com/fairlife-ransomware-attack/ | Source: Cyble Inc [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Fairlife Ransomware Attack Halts U.S. Dairy Production [05:47] TR News [Old] "Macmillan, founded in the United Kingdom, is one of the Big Five publishing houses, and it has a history of publishing lightning-rod books" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-facebook-employees-book-careless-people-buy-sarah-wynn-williams-rcna196312 | Source: NBC [05:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | Publisher stands behind ex-Facebook employee's book, rebuffing Meta [05:48] TR News "Wynn-Williams had become part of what reads like a diabolical cult run by emotionally stunted men babies, institutionally enabled sexual harassers and hypocritical virtue-signalling narcissists." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/16/careless-people-a-story-of-where-i-used-to-work-by-sarah-wynn-williams-review-a-former-disciple-unfriends-facebook | Source: The Guardian UK [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review a former disciple unfriends Facebook | Autobiography and memoir | The Guardian [05:48] TR News "Tennessee accuses the company of violating the state's consumer protection law by knowingly designing a product that drives teens to compulsive use and misleading the public about its safety." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-faces-tennessee-trial-over-allegations-instagram-was-designed-to-be-addictive/articleshow/132518132.cms | Source: India Times [05:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Meta faces Tennessee trial over allegations Instagram was designed to be addictive - The Economic Times [05:49] TR News "Over the next several weeks and months, MR would learn not only that there had been reports of similar incidents at the same store in the same timeframe" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/20/dollar-tree-sexual-assault-gooner | Source: The Guardian UK [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | The disturbing rise of gooner assaults at Dollar Tree stores: They find it funny to degrade women | US crime | The Guardian [05:49] TR News Social Control Media https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/764-network-gamification-of-harm-the-com-cybercrime-ntwnfb | Source: The Guardian UK [05:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Inside the horrifying online network where children extort others to commit violence and self-harm | Internet safety | The Guardian [05:56] TR News (NEW): Some Changes to GNOME Security Tracking https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Some_Changes_to_GNOME_Security_Tracking.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Some_Changes_to_GNOME_Security_Tracking.gmi [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Some Changes to GNOME Security Tracking [05:56] TR News "China's open-weights AI strategy is winning: its companies are taking the lead." https://werd.io/american-ai-is-locked-down-and-proprietary-its-losing/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | American AI is locked down and proprietary. It's losing. [05:56] TR News "The lock screen is supposed to protect you against the specific threat model of someone taking your phone." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/20/use-gemini-ai-to-send-messages-from-someone-elses-locked-phone/ | Source: Pivot to AI [05:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | First act. Nothing has happened that you cannot withstand, even. ● Jul 21 [06:02] TR News "Harry Frankfurt wrote a wonderful essay called On Bullshit. His central move is a distinction most people miss: the difference between a liar and a bullshitter." https://www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/07/20/llm-models-are-bullshit-engines/ | Source: Jeffrey Snover [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jsnover.com | LLM Models Are Bullshit Engines | Jeffrey Snover's blog [06:02] TR News "I am not going to reconstruct the entire disagreement that prompted this post." https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/07/20/open-source-collaboration-in-the-age-of-ai/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes [06:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rmendes.net | A Node on the Web [06:03] TR News "Now in the age of artificial intelligence, Google appears to be shrinking back from the open web and may be imperiling it." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html | Source: New York Times [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html ) [06:03] TR News "The low-effort content you see where its mass-produced, its mass uploaded, its AI slop weve removed over 75 million spammy tracks in the last year" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/spotify-ai-slop-lorde | Source: Futurism [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Spotify Doubles Down on AI Slop As It's Being Flooded With It [06:04] TR News "Theres a little bit of de-aging for some of the characters and machine learning is part of the process" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/lord-of-the-rings-ai-de-age | Source: Futurism [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | "The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum" Will Use AI to De-Age Actors [06:04] TR News "Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/20/ai-slop-manipulated-fake-images-birds-citizen-science-aoe | Source: The Guardian UK [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian [06:04] TR News "Unfortunately, implementing them on the server side can appear more complex than using password hashes." https://words.filippo.io/passkey-record/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda [06:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-words.filippo.io | Opaque, Interoperable Passkey Records (and a Go API) [06:05] TR News "The track world, I discovered, has coined a name for this much-discussed phenomenon of kids getting ultra-fast: trackflation." https://www.wired.com/story/teenagers-running-trackflation/ | Source: Wired [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to Trackflation | WIRED [06:05] TR News "In its fiscal 2025 workforce assessment, the VA Office of Inspector General found that all 139 VA medical centers reported at least one severe occupational staffing shortage." https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/veterans/2026/07/20/our-veterans-deserve-better-inside-the-va-nursing-shortage/ | Source: USMC [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.marinecorpstimes.com | Our veterans deserve better: Inside the VA nursing shortage [06:05] TR News "A Highland teenager is recovering well after undergoing brain tumour surgery at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, thanks to innovative 3D exoscope technology." https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/boy-who-felt-pins-and-needles-in-leg-has-brain-tumour-removed-by-new-tech-8809732 | Source: The Scotsman [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scotsman.com | Teenager who felt 'pins and needles' in leg has brain tumour removed by new robot tech [06:05] TR News "I saw these while browsing through a thrift store and correctly clocked them as thick tabbed dividers though the person who rang them up for $1.50 thought they were folders because of their heft." https://boffosocko.com/2026/07/20/oxford-pedaflex-a-z-1-25-gray-pressboard-1-5-cut-tab-file-guides-letter-sized/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boffosocko.com | | Chris Aldrich [06:05] TR News "But what if you could go farthershooting not millions, but billions of pixels in a single image? Thats precisely what [Yannick Richter] came to Hackaday Europe to talk about, covering his Project Gigapixel build." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/20/hackaday-europe-2026-project-gigapixel/ | Source: Hackaday [06:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hackaday Europe 2026: Project Gigapixel | Hackaday [06:06] TR News "Some PC upgrades deliver meaningful performance gains, while others are simply a waste of money. The key is to upgrade where bottlenecks exist rather than replacing components unnecessarily." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3189839/ram-ssd-or-a-new-cpu-which-upgrade-really-makes-a-difference.html | Source: PC World [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Skip the RAM upgrade. Your bottleneck is probably somewhere else | PCWorld [06:07] TR News "Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly-available climate and environmental data from NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train artificial intelligence models" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/nasa-climate-data-copied-to-swiss-supercomputer-for-ai-training-amid-us-funding-cuts/articleshow/132517258.cms | Source: India Times [06:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | NASA climate data copied to Swiss supercomputer for AI training amid US funding cuts - The Economic Times [06:08] TR News "The increase in solar activity, which is expected to begin as early as the end of this week, while should last nearly until the end of the month" https://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-arrl-solar-update-38 | Source: ARRL [06:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.arrl.org | The ARRL Solar Update [06:08] TR News "We had one of these for Sudo, but without the nose loop thing." https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/lines-and-lines-and-lines | Source: Jasper Tandy [06:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jasper.tandy.is | Jasper is blogging: Lines and lines and lines [06:09] TR News "Last week, someone paid me to review their form flow." https://adamsilver.io/blog/why-i-dont-use-interruption-pages/ | Source: Adam Silver [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adamsilver.io | Why I dont use interruption pages Adam Silver designer, London, UK [06:10] TR News "Until a few years ago, I read books the normal way, which meant choosing a book, reading it to the end, and moving to the next. Occasionally I would abandon a book, but only after agonizing over it for several nights. Books for school or work didnt count; I always had one and only one book that I was reading for myself." gemini://degrowther.smol.pub/20260720_books [06:12] TR News The 2026 Old Computer Challenge Epilogue gemini://ddlyh.smol.pub/occ26-epilogue [06:12] TR News "Great opening ~20 minutes but settled into watchable. I was hoping for some proper Calvin & Hobbes style ambiguity but we are offered the option of believing it was all a dream. If it was, thats lazy." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/07/20/boss/ [06:13] TR News "I found some trash in my guitar case. I first thought it was some random piece of wrapping, then I saw that it was the wrapping for some batteries. then, I remembered it all: the batteries were for my pedal, and the wrapping was because I couldn't find a place to put it during the concert." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2844 [06:17] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 21/07/2026: The Boss Baby (2017) and 2026 Old Computer Challenge Epilogue https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Gemini_Links_21_07_2026_The_Boss_Baby_2017_and_2026_Old_Compute.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Gemini_Links_21_07_2026_The_Boss_Baby_2017_and_2026_Old_Compute.gmi [06:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 21/07/2026: The Boss Baby (2017) and 2026 Old Computer Challenge Epilogue [06:19] TR News Techrights Links 20/07/2026: Lashes for Songs in Iran, Kurdish Language at Risk https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Links_20_07_2026_Lashes_for_Songs_in_Iran_Kurdish_Language_at_R.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Links_20_07_2026_Lashes_for_Songs_in_Iran_Kurdish_Language_at_R.gmi [06:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 20/07/2026: Lashes for Songs in Iran, Kurdish Language at Risk [06:20] TR News Rogue Eclipse is "Starfox x Armored Core" and arrives August 7 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/rogue-eclipse-is-starfox-x-armored-core-and-arrives-august-7/ Source: GamingOnLinux [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rogue Eclipse is "Starfox x Armored Core" and arrives August 7 | GamingOnLinux [06:21] TR News PUROMA is an incremental horror game about isolation and it looks great | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/puroma-is-an-incremental-horror-game-about-isolation-and-it-looks-great/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/puroma-is-an-incremental-horror-game-about-isolation-and-it-looks-great/ [06:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PUROMA is an incremental horror game about isolation and it looks great | GamingOnLinux [06:25] TR News Robot Rhapsody is a cyberpunk odyssey of techno-cults, rebels, - robotic bards | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/robot-rhapsody-is-a-cyberpunk-odyssey-of-techno-cults-rebels-robotic-bards/ Source: GamingOnLinux [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Robot Rhapsody is a cyberpunk odyssey of techno-cults, rebels, & robotic bards | GamingOnLinux [06:25] TR News Get some quality games in the 2K Megahits 2026 Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/get-some-quality-games-in-the-2k-megahits-2026-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/get-some-quality-games-in-the-2k-megahits-2026-humble-bundle/ [06:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Get some quality games in the 2K Megahits 2026 Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [06:29] TR News Faugus Launcher 2.0 rolls out with a new UI and many other enhancements | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/faugus-launcher-2-0-rolls-out-with-a-new-ui-and-many-other-enhancements/ Source: GamingOnLinux [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Faugus Launcher 2.0 rolls out with a new UI and many other enhancements | GamingOnLinux [06:29] TR News Valve expect component prices to continue getting worse | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-expect-component-prices-to-continue-getting-worse/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-expect-component-prices-to-continue-getting-worse/ [06:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve expect component prices to continue getting worse | GamingOnLinux [06:34] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 20, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_July_20_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_July_20_2026.gmi [06:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 20, 2026 [06:36] TR News Retro vehicle combat game FUMES adds co-op support for as many friends as you can handle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/retro-vehicle-combat-game-fumes-adds-co-op-support-for-as-many-friends-as-you-can-handle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [06:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Retro vehicle combat game FUMES adds co-op support for as many friends as you can handle | GamingOnLinux [06:37] TR News Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered is now out in full and open source | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/arma-cold-war-assault-remastered-is-now-out-in-full-and-open-source/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/arma-cold-war-assault-remastered-is-now-out-in-full-and-open-source/ [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered is now out in full and open source | GamingOnLinux [06:39] TR News (NEW): Games: Rogue Eclipse, PUROMA, Faugus Launcher, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Games_Rogue_Eclipse_PUROMA_Faugus_Launcher_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Games_Rogue_Eclipse_PUROMA_Faugus_Launcher_and_More.gmi [06:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Rogue Eclipse, PUROMA, Faugus Launcher, and More [06:39] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [06:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [06:41] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [06:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [06:46] TR News "To bridge this gap, many payers are turning to automation, such as Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, as a strategic layer across their enterprise." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/debunking-it-automation-myths-strategic-blueprint-healthcare-payers | Source: Red Hat Official [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Debunking IT automation myths: A strategic blueprint for healthcare payers [06:46] TR News IBM Red Hat selling slop https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/open-telco-ai-training-model-industry | Source: Red Hat Official [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Open Telco AI: Training a model for an industry [06:46] TR News "From day one, I closely observed patterns, personalities, customers, the stylists' precision and their individual work styles." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/value-unconventional-experience-sweeping-hair-shaping-careers | Source: Red Hat Official [06:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | The value of unconventional experience: From sweeping hair to shaping careers [06:48] TR News The collective oppression of the many small steps | "De mnga sm stegens samlade frtryck" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/20/de-manga-sma-stegens-tyrrani/ [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | De mnga sm stegens samlade frtryck [06:48] TR News "Trump Attacks Socialism Because He Knows Americans Want It" https://jacobin.com/2026/07/socialism-mamdani-trump-vance-rubio [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Trump Attacks Socialism Because He Knows Americans Want It [06:48] TR News "Shark vacuum allows anyone to view your live camera; they knew for months & did NOTHING to fix it" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/shark-vacuum-allows-anyone-to-view-your:c [06:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Shark vacuum allows anyone to view your live camera; they knew for months & did NOTHING to fix it [06:49] TR News "Britain's data centre invasion: Humming warehouses which dwarf the countryside use enough energy to power 10,000 homes and draw on water supplies...and one could be coming next door to you | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15981801/Britains-data-centre-hellscape-beckons-Humming-warehouses-dwarf-countryside-use-energy-power-10-000-homes-draw-water-supplies-one-coming-door-you.html [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.com | Britain's data centre invasion: Humming warehouses which dwarf the countryside use enough energy to power 10,000 homes and draw on water supplies...and one could be coming next door to you | Daily Mail Online [06:51] TR News "When I get my photography scans back from the lab they arrive named with a sequential number that is neat but useless." https://thomasrigby.com/posts/renaming-all-files-in-a-folder-using-the-folder-name/ | Source: Thomas Rigby [06:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Renaming all files in a folder using the folder name | thomasrigby.com [06:55] TR News "CPAN Security Group (CPANSec) and The Perl and Raku Foundation (TPRF) are happy to announce the April Task Force. This project is set up to strengthen the CPANSec CNA Function," https://www.perl.com/article/alpha-omega-donates-usd-250-000-for-perl-and-cpan-security/ | Source: Perl [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alpha-Omega Donates USD 250,000 for Perl and CPAN Security [06:55] TR News "I have a personal server where I am hosting my git repos. Setting up a new git repo is easy: I ssh into my server, cd to a new directory and run git init --bare. That's it." https://mccd.space/posts/26-06-29/simple-git-ci | Source: Marc Coquand [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mccd.space | Minimal Git CI using hooks [06:55] TR News "Like many others recently I got fed up by what seems to be a steady and inexorable degradation of GitHub quality of service (more on that later) and decided to walk down the self host path for all my things Git, Docker, PRs and CI/CD." https://a.l3x.in/blog/welcome-to-my-forge/ | [06:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-a.l3x.in | A deep dive into my Forgejo setup Alexander Fortin [06:56] TR News "Even in open-source communities, nobody wants to replace shitty tools with better tools." https://erikmcclure.com/blog/software-is-shit-eating-contest/ | Source: Eric McClure [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-erikmcclure.com | Software Engineering Is A Shit-Eating Contest [06:56] TR News "Anonymous Functions are like normal functions except they dont have an associated identifier, meaning they dont have a name" https://lzon.ca/posts/algoma/anonymous-functions/ | Source: Lzon [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lzon.ca | Anonymous Functions [06:56] TR News "The Hashtbl module of the OCaml's Stdlib exposes a parametric type('a, 'b) t. As the documentation explains, they are used as mutable key-value stores in imperative code." https://tech.ahrefs.com/the-little-type-that-could-too-much-3f21c2e80430 | [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-307 redirect without Location header [06:58] TR News Software Freedom https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-summer-fundraiser-ends-friday | Source: FSF [06:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Help us reach our goal by Friday and get an anti-surveillance cover Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [06:58] TR News "The WP2Shell bugs were fixed, according to WordPress, on July 17, 2026, shipping versions 6.9.5 and 7.0.2 to close both holes." https://sqmagazine.co.uk/wp2shell-wordpress-exploited/ | Source: SQ Magazine [06:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sqmagazine.co.uk | WordPress WP2Shell Flaws Under Active Exploitation [06:58] TR News "Barely three days after disclosure, attackers are widely chaining together CVE-2026-60137 and CVE-2026-63030 to lob exploit attempts against one of the largest attack surfaces on the Internet." https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/wp2shell-millions-wordpress-sites-remote-takeover | Source: Dark Reading [06:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/wp2shell-millions-wordpress-sites-remote-takeover ) [06:59] TR News "The vulnerabilities have been dubbed WP2Shell and they are officially tracked as CVE-2026-60137 and CVE-2026-63030." https://www.securityweek.com/wp2shell-wordpress-vulnerabilities-exploited-in-the-wild/ | Source: Security Week [06:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-WP2Shell WordPress Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild - SecurityWeek [06:59] TR News "Stealth crawlers are simply automated tools to access and collect public web datawithout disclosing the users identity." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/stealth-crawlers-are-not-threat-open-web-bills-targeting-them-would-be | Source: EFF [06:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Stealth Crawlers Are Not a Threat to the Open Web. Bills Targeting Them Would Be. | Electronic Frontier Foundation ● Jul 21 [07:00] TR News "When Emacs 29 made eglot the built-in, default Language Server Protocol (LSP) client, many of us rejoiced." https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/emacs/emacs-eglot-scala-kotlin/index.html | Source: Josep Bigorra [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jointhefreeworld.org | Emacs Eglot for Scala and Kotlin (JVM) - jointhefreeworld [07:01] TR News "Completion seems to be the topic of the day. Check out the new videos and resources people have shared on both completion in buffer and in the mini-buffer." https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/07/2026-07-20-emacs-news/ | Source: Sacha Chua [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sachachua.com | 2026-07-20 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua [07:03] TR News "A little over a month ago, we featured a project from [Igor] who built 64 bits of DRAM from scratch using discrete components." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/20/a-feature-rich-drum-machine/ | Source: Hackaday [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Feature-Rich Drum Machine | Hackaday [07:04] TR News "A shield placed behind the array cuts down on the sound of the propellers that would otherwise drown out the signal" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/20/echolocation-for-drones/ | Source: Hackaday [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Echolocation For Drones | Hackaday [07:04] TR News "On Friday, I finished upgrading all my FreeBSD hosts from FreeBSD 15 to FreeBSD 15.1 (the first host I did is in this blog post)." https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/20/updating-a-freebsd-15-0-jail-to-freebsd-15-1-via-pkgbase/ | Source: Dan Langille [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | Updating a FreeBSD 15.0 jail to FreeBSD 15.1 (via pkgbase) Dan Langille's Other Diary [07:04] TR News "Not long ago, I ran pkgbasify on a FreeBSD 15.0 jail this time Im going to do it slightly differently. Im going to run the script on the host." https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/20/running-pkgbasify-on-a-freebsd-15-0-host-to-convert-a-jail/ | Source: Dan Langille [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | Running pkgbasify on a FreeBSD 15.0 host to convert a jail Dan Langille's Other Diary [07:04] TR News "Jails in FreeBSD provide a simple yet flexible way to set up a proper server layout." https://www.davd.io/posts-freebsd-jails-with-a-single-public-ip-address/ | Source: David Stapp [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FreeBSD jails with a single public IP address - davd.io [07:05] TR News "French football star, Kylian Mbappe has become the first player to win the World Cup Golden Boot twice after earning the award for top scorer at the 2026 tournament." https://zambianobserver.com/kylian-mbappe-becomes-the-first-player-to-win-the-world-cup-golden-boot-twice/ | Source: The Zambian Observer [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zambianobserver.com | Kylian Mbappe becomes the first player to win the World Cup Golden Boot twice - The Zambian Observer [07:05] TR News "In the Linux 7.2-rc4 release announcement mail, Linus Torvalds noted that he expected things to slow down during July." https://ostechnix.com/linux-kernel-7-2-rc4-released/ | Source: OSTechNix [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux Kernel 7.2 RC4 Released: Steady Progress in the "New Normal" - OSTechNix [07:06] TR News "But this morning, it became abundantly clear that I cannot afford to rely on them. When every one of my websites went down, I made an international phone call for support" https://lmnt.me/blog/server-migration.html | Source: Louie Mantia [07:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lmnt.me | Server Migration [07:07] TR News "That work has a home. The openSUSE Project has spent years assembling a development structure that hardware vendors and enterprises now lean on: [...]" https://news.opensuse.org/2026/07/20/case-for-sponsoring-os/ | Source: OpenSUSE [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | The Case for Sponsoring openSUSE - openSUSE News [07:07] TR News "The RK3576 integrates four Arm Cortex-A72 cores running at up to 2.2GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 1.8GHz." https://linuxgizmos.com/geniatech-xpi-3576-cm5-brings-6-tops-rk3576-performance-with-raspberry-pi-cm5-compatibility/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/geniatech-xpi-3576-cm5-brings-6-tops-rk3576-performance-with-raspberry-pi-cm5-compatibility/ ) [07:12] TR News Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: The EPO Transparency Gap https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_The_EPO_Transparency_Gap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_The_EPO_Transparency_Gap.gmi [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights European Patent Office (EPO) Series: The EPO Transparency Gap [07:26] TR News Techrights Our Series About Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and SLAPPs Will Resume Soon https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Our_Series_About_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_and_SLAPPs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Our_Series_About_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_and_SLAPPs.gmi [07:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Our Series About Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and SLAPPs Will Resume Soon [07:31] TR News (NEW): AntherOS Pop!_OS-based Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/AntherOS_Pop_OS_based_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/AntherOS_Pop_OS_based_Linux_distribution.gmi [07:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines AntherOS Pop!_OS-based Linux distribution [07:39] TR News Techrights To Wikipedia, "Notability" is Just an Excuse to Hail People Who Serve Billionaires While Marginalising or Defaming the Rest https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/To_Wikipedia_Notability_is_Just_an_Excuse_to_Hail_People_Who_Se.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/To_Wikipedia_Notability_is_Just_an_Excuse_to_Hail_People_Who_Se.gmi [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights To Wikipedia, "Notability" is Just an Excuse to Hail People Who Serve Billionaires While Marginalising or Defaming the Rest [07:39] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:43] TR News (NEW): GNU Planet: Help us reach our goal by Friday and get an anti-surveillance cover https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/GNU_Planet_Help_us_reach_our_goal_by_Friday_and_get_an_anti_sur.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/GNU_Planet_Help_us_reach_our_goal_by_Friday_and_get_an_anti_sur.gmi [07:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU Planet: Help us reach our goal by Friday and get an anti-surveillance cover [07:51] TR News Techrights The Rumour Said That a Second Wave of Microsoft Layoffs Would Come This Week (Ahead of Fake 'Results'), Maybe Tomorrow https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/The_Rumour_Said_That_a_Second_Wave_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Would_C.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/The_Rumour_Said_That_a_Second_Wave_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Would_C.gmi [07:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Rumour Said That a Second Wave of Microsoft Layoffs Would Come This Week (Ahead of Fake 'Results'), Maybe Tomorrow [07:55] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:58] TR News Sex, Lies, and Tape Delay https://cybershow.uk/content/episodes/slt/slt.html [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cybershow.uk | Sex, Lies, and Tape Delay ● Jul 21 [08:16] TR News Techrights The Cyber Show on Technology Having Become a Tool of Mass Psychosis, Not Enablement or Emancipation https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/The_Cyber_Show_on_Technology_Having_Become_a_Tool_of_Mass_Psych.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/The_Cyber_Show_on_Technology_Having_Become_a_Tool_of_Mass_Psych.gmi [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Cyber Show on Technology Having Become a Tool of Mass Psychosis, Not Enablement or Emancipation [08:22] TR News Wikipedia Has Become Weapon of Gatekeeping https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/21/wikipedia-gatekeeping/ [08:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Wikipedia Has Become Weapon of Gatekeeping [08:36] TR News Techrights Touch Grass https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Touch_Grass.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Touch_Grass.gmi [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Touch Grass [08:51] TR News Techrights Techrights Will Become More Productive (More Output) Over Time https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Techrights_Will_Become_More_Productive_More_Output_Over_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Techrights_Will_Become_More_Productive_More_Output_Over_Time.gmi [08:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Techrights Will Become More Productive (More Output) Over Time [08:59] TR News Techrights Slop's Latest Casualty: The Credibility of Linus Torvalds https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Slop_s_Latest_Casualty_The_Credibility_of_Linus_Torvalds.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Slop_s_Latest_Casualty_The_Credibility_of_Linus_Torvalds.gmi [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slop's Latest Casualty: The Credibility of Linus Torvalds ● Jul 21 [09:07] TR News Techrights This Coming Weekend Marks 4 Years Since We Dumped Content Management Systems (CMSs) in Favour of Static Site Generators (SSGs) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/This_Coming_Weekend_Marks_4_Years_Since_We_Dumped_Content_Manag.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/This_Coming_Weekend_Marks_4_Years_Since_We_Dumped_Content_Manag.gmi [09:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights This Coming Weekend Marks 4 Years Since We Dumped Content Management Systems (CMSs) in Favour of Static Site Generators (SSGs) ● Jul 21 [12:51] TR News Running pkgbasify on a FreeBSD 15.0 host to convert a jail https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/20/running-pkgbasify-on-a-freebsd-15-0-host-to-convert-a-jail/ [12:51] TR News Updating a FreeBSD 15.0 jail to FreeBSD 15.1 (via pkgbase) https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/20/updating-a-freebsd-15-0-jail-to-freebsd-15-1-via-pkgbase/ [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | Updating a FreeBSD 15.0 jail to FreeBSD 15.1 (via pkgbase) Dan Langille's Other Diary [12:52] TR News WP2Shell WordPress Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild https://www.securityweek.com/wp2shell-wordpress-vulnerabilities-exploited-in-the-wild/ [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-WP2Shell WordPress Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild - SecurityWeek [12:53] TR News FSF Blogs: Help us reach our goal by Friday and get an anti-surveillance cover http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-summer-fundraiser-ends-friday [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Help us reach our goal by Friday and get an anti-surveillance cover Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [12:54] TR News Alpha-Omega Donates USD 250,000 for Perl and CPAN Security https://www.perl.com/article/alpha-omega-donates-usd-250-000-for-perl-and-cpan-security/ [12:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alpha-Omega Donates USD 250,000 for Perl and CPAN Security ● Jul 21 [13:01] TR News re gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Daniel_Pocock_Combats_Codes_of_Conduct_Phenomena.gmi http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/20/Daniel_Pocock_Combats_Codes_of_Conduct_Phenomena.shtml "well put: "the data showed that fewer women were actually joining Debian after the Code of Conduct" CoC == Code of Censorship" [13:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Daniel Pocock Combats "Codes of Conduct Phenomena" [13:01] TR News s/whistleblowers and leakers, which helps Microsoft not at all/whistleblowers and leakers, which helps the world of ICT very much/ [13:02] TR News How Googles Hey Hi (AI) Search Is Imperiling the Open Web https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html ) [13:04] TR News OpenSSL Silently Fixes HollowByte DoS Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/openssl-silently-fixes-hollowbyte-dos-vulnerability/ [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenSSL Silently 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gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/GNU_Linux_Usage_Estimate_Continues_to_Grow.gmi [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Usage Estimate Continues to Grow [13:27] TR News Jonathan Dowland: Interzone digital https://jmtd.net/log/interzone/digital/ [13:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jmtd.net | jmtd log interzone Interzone digital [13:28] TR News UK Lord Speaker warns rushed upper house reform risks loss of constitutional safeguard https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/uk-lord-speaker-warns-rushed-upper-house-reform-risks-losing-constitutional-safeguard/ [13:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UK Lord Speaker warns rushed upper house reform risks loss of constitutional safeguard - JURIST - News [13:29] TR News Zack Polanski: We will judge Andy Burnham on whether he provides solutions to the affordability crisis, the inequality crisis and the climate crisis 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financial records in impeachment case https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/prosecutors-win-subpoenas-for-philippine-vice-president-dutertes-financial-records-in-impeachment [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Prosecutors win subpoenas for Philippine vice president Duterte's financial records in impeachment case | The Straits Times [13:37] TR News Hungary's OTP to buy Baltic bank Luminor https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/21.07.2026-hungarys-otp-to-buy-baltic-bank-luminor.a655717/ [13:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | Hungary's OTP to buy Baltic bank Luminor / Article [13:38] TR News Geniatech XPI-3576-CM5 A Raspberry Pi CM5-compatible Rockchip RK3576 Hey Hi (AI) Compute Module with WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.3 https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/20/geniatech-xpi-3576-cm5-a-raspberry-pi-cm5-compatible-rockchip-rk3576-ai-compute-module-with-wifi-6-bluetooth-5-3/ [13:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | 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Faculty Aren't Happy. https://www.chronicle.com/article/u-of-houston-is-planning-big-cuts-to-its-core-curriculum-faculty-arent-happy [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.chronicle.com/article/u-of-houston-is-planning-big-cuts-to-its-core-curriculum-faculty-arent-happy ) [13:44] TR News Mentally impaired waiter jailed for 2 years and 4 months for inciting subversion by promoting pro-Taiwan party https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/21/hong-kong-waiter-jailed-for-2-years-and-4-months-for-inciting-subversion-by-promoting-pro-taiwan-party/ [13:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Waiter jailed for 2 years and 4 months for inciting subversion by promoting pro-Taiwan party [13:45] TR News APNIC 62 workshops build practical skills for modern network operations https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/21/apnic-62-workshops-build-practical-skills-for-modern-network-operations/ [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | APNIC 62 workshops build practical skills for modern network operations | APNIC Blog [13:45] TR News IPv6 address planning: From bit conservation to elegant alignment https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/20/ipv6-address-planning-from-bit-conservation-to-elegant-alignment/ [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | IPv6 address planning: From bit conservation to elegant alignment | APNIC Blog [13:45] TR News Google search traffic to leading UK publishers set to halve by Q3 2027 https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/google-search-traffic-to-leading-uk-publishers-set-to-halve-by-q3-2027/ [13:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Google search traffic to leading UK publishers set to halve by Q3 2027 - Press Gazette [13:49] TR News Manchesters Status in UK Politics is Improving https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/20/uk-politics-is-improving/ [13:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Manchesters Status 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[13:54] TR News Qt Project Goals - call for submissions now open https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2026/07/qt-project-goals-call-for-submissions.html [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tsdgeos.blogspot.com | TSDgeos' blog: Qt Project Goals - call for submissions now open [13:54] TR News Build a retro home arcade with an Arduino UNO Q board! https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/07/20/build-a-retro-home-arcade-with-an-arduino-uno-q-board/ [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Build a retro home arcade with an Arduino UNO Q board! | Arduino Blog [13:55] TR News Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #537 - YOLO, OpenClaw, Star Trek, and Project Hail Mary https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/w1SQc69EvKxDdAz9fbkpQg [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newsletters.raspberrypi.com | Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #537 [13:56] TR News New Index Tracks Material Breaches And Refuses to Add Up the Losses 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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/epidemics-rage-ebola-first-responders.html [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/epidemics-rage-ebola-first-responders.html ) [14:06] TR News Taylor Farms Made Huge Donation to Convicted Felon Group After Loosening of Rules That Could Have Prevented Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak https://futurism.com/health-medicine/taylor-farms-donation-trump-rules [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Taylor Farms Made Huge Donation to Trump Group After Loosening of Rules That Could Have Prevented Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak [14:06] TR News Whole Foods Offering Steep Discount on Taylor Farms Shredded Iceberg Lettuce https://futurism.com/health-medicine/whole-foods-discount-taylor-farms-lettuce [14:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Whole Foods Offering Steep Discount on Taylor Farms Shredded Iceberg Lettuce [14:07] TR News Not updated for about 2 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-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Power, water needs test South Koreas push to build AI chip hub beyond Seoul | The Straits Times [14:13] TR News Soaring Egg Prices Are Hitting China Hard https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/china-eggs-expensive.html [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/china-eggs-expensive.html ) [14:13] TR News Chinas home-grown passenger jet to make first international flight in August https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-home-grown-passenger-jet-to-make-first-commercial-international-flight-in-august [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas home-grown passenger jet to make first international flight in August | The Straits Times [14:14] TR News Top Chinese, Philippine envoys to meet for first time since 2024 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/top-china-philippines-envoys-to-meet-for-first-time-since-2024 [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Top Chinese, Philippine envoys to meet for first time since 2024 | The Straits Times [14:18] TR News Thailand raises alarm with China over tanks to Cambodia army https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-raises-alarm-with-china-over-tanks-to-cambodia-army [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Thailand raises alarm with China over tanks to Cambodia army | The Straits Times [14:18] TR News China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea encounter https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinese-coast-guard-struck-navy-sailor-in-south-china-sea-encounter-says-philippine-military [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea encounter | The Straits Times [14:18] TR News Philippine military says China injured sailor in sea clash https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-military-says-china-injured-sailor-in-sea-clash [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippine military says China injured sailor in sea clash | The Straits Times [14:18] TR News Musical diplomacy: Thai PM bursts into song on China visit https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/musical-diplomacy-thai-pm-bursts-into-song-on-china-visit [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Musical diplomacy: Thai PM bursts into song on China visit | The Straits Times [14:18] TR News China suspends aviation firm linked to Beijing light aircraft crash https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-suspends-aviation-firm-linked-to-beijing-light-aircraft-crash [14:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China suspends aviation firm linked to Beijing light aircraft crash | The Straits Times [14:19] TR News Rubio in Philippines as US condemns dangerous China actions https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/rubio-in-philippines-as-us-condemns-dangerous-china-actions [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | US condemns China in South China Sea clash | The Straits Times [14:19] TR News Taiwan charges ex-TSMC employee over attempted tech leak to China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-charges-ex-tsmc-employee-over-attempted-tech-leak-to-china [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | TSMC employee charged over tech leak to China | The Straits Times [14:19] TR News China summons Philippine ambassador over South China Sea encounter https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-summons-philippine-ambassador-over-south-china-sea-encounter [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines, China summon each other's envoys over South China Sea incident | The Straits Times [14:19] TR News Taiwan indicts ex-TSMC manager for allegedly stealing chip secrets for China first case of its kind links managers to Chinese semiconductor materials analysis company https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/taiwan-inducts-ex-tsmc-manager-for-allegedly-stealing-chip-secrets-for-china [14:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Taiwan indicts ex-TSMC manager for allegedly stealing chip secrets for China first case of its kind links managers to Chinese semiconductor materials analysis company | Tom's Hardware [14:20] TR News Taiwan says significant rise in China maritime activity near island https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/20/taiwan-says-significant-rise-in-china-maritime-activity-near-island/ [14:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Taiwan says 'significant' rise in China maritime activity near island [14:20] TR News Rubio in Philippines as US condemns dangerous China actions https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/21/rubio-in-philippines-as-us-condemns-dangerous-china-actions/ [14:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Marco Rubio in Philippines as US condemns 'dangerous' China actions [14:21] TR News Cultural resistance hampers use of Hey Hi (AI) in newsrooms, new global survey finds https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/cultural-resistance-hampers-use-of-ai-in-newsrooms-new-global-survey-finds/ [14:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Journalists still resisting AI in newsrooms, new global survey finds [14:22] TR News It's Not Just You: Scientists Say Modern Life Is Pushing The Human Mind Beyond Its Limits https://www.sciencealert.com/modern-life-may-be-pushing-human-minds-beyond-their-limits-reflecting-an-evolutionary-mismatch [14:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-It's Not Just You: Scientists Say Modern Life Is Pushing The Human Mind Beyond Its Limits : ScienceAlert [14:22] TR News 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Australia can learn from that https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/to-china-a-beef-tariff-is-for-national-security-australia-can-learn-from-that/ [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | To China, a beef tariff is for national security. 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LinuxCapable [15:18] TR News Gulagboy relishes in simulated murder of a living person https://lunduke.substack.com/p/uk-tech-fest-burns-elon-musk-effigy [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | UK Tech Fest Burns Elon Musk Effigy - by Bryan Lunduke [15:18] TR News While asking the state to put in prison a woman - in a state a continent away from him https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/11/Matthew_J_Garrett_Has_Just_Sent_a_Threat_to_Put_My_Wife_and_I_i.shtml [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Matthew J. Garrett Has Just Sent a Threat to Put My Wife and I in Prison Because His Own Spouse Says He's a Rapist [15:20] TR News Libre Graphics Meeting 2026 https://outsideofinfinity.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/libre-graphics-meeting-2026/ [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-outsideofinfinity.wordpress.com | Libre Graphics Meeting 2026 Outside of infinity [15:20] TR News A Double Shot at Copyright: SCOTUS to Weigh Worldwide Termination Rights https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/one-dollar-one-copyright-worldwide-termination-in-bmg-rights-management-v-vetter.html [15:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | A Double Shot at Copyright: SCOTUS to Weigh Worldwide Termination Rights | Patently-O ● Jul 21 [16:09] TR News 3D printing enthusiast resurrects cancelled dbrand Steam Machine Companion Cube as DIY project project shelved due to copyright monopoly can now be made and assembled at home https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/3d-printing-enthusiast-resurrects-cancelled-dbrand-steam-machine-companion-cube-as-diy-project-project-shelved-due-to-copyright-can-now-be-made-and-assembled-at-home [16:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | 3D printing enthusiast resurrects cancelled dbrand Steam Machine Companion Cube as DIY project project shelved due to copyright can now be made and assembled at home | Tom's Hardware [16:10] TR News Gamma, French Montana, and Kanye West Face Where They At Copyright Lawsuit Over Paparazzi Outburst Video https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/bauer-griffin-gamma-french-montana-kanye-west-lawsuit/ [16:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/bauer-griffin-gamma-french-montana-kanye-west-lawsuit/ ) [16:10] TR News Sony Music Fires Off Supersized Infringement Lawsuit Against Udio Doubling Down on Its Fair Use Arguments, DMCA Claims, and More https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/sony-music-udio-infringement-lawsuit-second/ [16:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/sony-music-udio-infringement-lawsuit-second/ ) [16:10] TR News Anthropic settles with authors and publishers for $1.5B in landmark copyright monopoly case https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/20/anthropic-settles-authors-publishers-1-5-billion-landmark-copyright-case/ [16:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Anthropic settles with authors and publishers for $1.5B in landmark copyright case - SiliconANGLE [16:11] TR News Japan protests Chinese live-fire drill in nearby waters https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-destroyer-held-live-fire-drill-in-japans-eez-japan-says [16:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan protests Chinese live-fire drill in nearby waters | The Straits Times [16:11] TR News Russias shadow fleet exploits African shipping registries to skirt sanctions https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/russias-shadow-fleet-exploits-african-shipping-registries-to-skirt-sanctions/ [16:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-defenceweb.co.za | Russias shadow fleet exploits African shipping registries to skirt sanctions - DefenceWeb [16:11] TR News Ukraine War Momentum Helps Spur Interest in Postwar Investment https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-post-war-reconstruction.html [16:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-post-war-reconstruction.html ) [16:12] TR News Zelensky Faces Pressure to Remove Ukraines Top General https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-general-defense-minister.html [16:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-general-defense-minister.html ) [16:12] TR News Why so many Ukrainians are up in arms over firing of defense minister https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0720/ukraine-drone-war-defense-minister-fedorov-general-syrskyi [16:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Ukrainians are up in arms over firing of defense minister - CSMonitor.com [16:12] TR News North Korea, Russia foreign ministers hold strategic talks in Moscow, KCNA says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-russia-foreign-ministers-hold-strategic-talks-in-moscow-kcna-says [16:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea, Russia foreign ministers hold strategic talks in Moscow, says report | The Straits Times [16:13] TR News Three Chinese injured in drone attack on Moscow https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/three-chinese-injured-in-drone-attack-on-moscow [16:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Three Chinese injured in drone attack on Moscow | The Straits Times [16:13] TR News Russian And Ukraine Exchange Overnight Strikes As Drone Attacks Target Moscow Region https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-and-missile-strikes/33807500.html [16:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian And Ukraine Exchange Overnight Strikes As Drone Attacks Target Moscow Region [16:14] TR News Lithuania holds funeral for volunteer killed fighting in Ukraine https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2996062/lithuania-holds-funeral-for-volunteer-killed-fighting-in-ukraine [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania holds funeral for volunteer killed fighting in Ukraine - LRT [16:15] TR News Lithuania's defence minister says Russia views Baltic states, Poland as next targets https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2996068/lithuania-s-defence-minister-says-russia-views-baltic-states-poland-as-next-targets [16:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania's defence minister says Russia views Baltic states, Poland as next targets - LRT [16:27] TR News Techrights Arianna Taite on Odds of Australian (Daniel Pocock) Winning Clacton By-Election https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Arianna_Taite_on_Odds_of_Australian_Daniel_Pocock_Winning_Clact.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Arianna_Taite_on_Odds_of_Australian_Daniel_Pocock_Winning_Clact.gmi [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Arianna Taite on Odds of Australian (Daniel Pocock) Winning Clacton By-Election [16:35] TR News UN says Kyiv missile strike violated protections for civilians https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/un-says-kyiv-missile-strike-violated-protections-for-civilians/ [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN says Kyiv missile strike violated protections for civilians - JURIST - News [16:35] TR News Ukraine fires 400 missiles at Moscow after deadly Russian attacks https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-fires-400-missiles-on-moscow-after-deadly-russian-attacks [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-fires-400-missiles-on-moscow-after-deadly-russian-attacks ) [16:35] TR News New builds in Latvia still come without bomb-shelter basements https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/20.07.2026-new-builds-in-latvia-still-come-without-bomb-shelter-basements.a655611/ [16:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | New builds in Latvia still come without bomb-shelter basements / Article [16:56] TR News (NEW): Birthday Preparations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Birthday_Preparations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Birthday_Preparations.gmi [16:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Birthday Preparations ● Jul 21 [17:07] TR News Techrights IBM Lawsuits Over Alleged Fraud Are Piling Up https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/IBM_Lawsuits_Over_Alleged_Fraud_Are_Piling_Up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/IBM_Lawsuits_Over_Alleged_Fraud_Are_Piling_Up.gmi [17:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM Lawsuits Over Alleged Fraud Are Piling Up [17:12] TR News (NEW): Canonical Launches the Enterprise Store for Ubuntu Pro Users https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Canonical_Launches_the_Enterprise_Store_for_Ubuntu_Pro_Users.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Canonical_Launches_the_Enterprise_Store_for_Ubuntu_Pro_Users.gmi [17:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Canonical Launches the Enterprise Store for Ubuntu Pro Users [17:12] TR News at Julie-Ann gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/julieAnn [17:13] TR News the hotsprings gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/hotStorm [17:14] TR News 3 days before the festival gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/marc [17:14] TR News sex on the beach gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/roughKiss [17:15] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2072.jpg [17:15] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1715.jpg [17:16] TR News Distilled H2O gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260720_h2o [17:16] TR News "Whenever I'm on the "normie" internet, I'm reminded of AI. A big part of it is that so much is generated from it. Another is that the tech world, which I try to keep up with, is flooded with AI talk or slop. I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I'm heavily against AI." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260720-lessons_from_terminator.txt [17:18] TR News "This month marks a milestone moment in personal computing: the 50th anniversary of Zilog launching its venerable Z80, an eight-bit processor originally designed with embedded workloads in mind but which would sit at the very heart of the home computing revolution." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202607/20260720-zilog.gmi [17:18] TR News "Like (nearly) every Sunday, I tried to do my backup/update duties for all my workstation/laptops and my whole homelab. Normally all goes smoothly without too much trouble." gopher://redterminal.org:70/1/phlog/2026-07-20-OPNSense_Upgrade_failure [17:19] TR News "I find myself struggling to put even a sentence down as I overthink on what this space should be, should do for me, should expose to others. Stuck, digging into tooling, planning out scripts, automation, anything except actually using it. Paralyzed by the thought that I would put something out there which does not belong or did not need to be written." gemini://ambling.smol.pub/so-that-i-would-write [17:22] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 21/07/2026: OPNSense Upgrade Problems, Zilog Z80 at 50, and Lessons From Terminator https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Gemini_Links_21_07_2026_OPNSense_Upgrade_Problems_Zilog_Z80_at_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Gemini_Links_21_07_2026_OPNSense_Upgrade_Problems_Zilog_Z80_at_.gmi [17:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 21/07/2026: OPNSense Upgrade Problems, Zilog Z80 at 50, and Lessons From Terminator [17:23] TR News Russia's Putin meets North Korea's top diplomat in Kremlin https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russias-putin-meets-north-koreas-top-diplomat-in-kremlin [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Russia's Putin meets North Korea's top diplomat in Kremlin | The Straits Times [17:23] TR News Architect an open blueprint for cloud-native Hey Hi (AI) agents https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/20/architect-open-blueprint-cloud-native-ai-agents [17:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/20/architect-open-blueprint-cloud-native-ai-agents ) [17:24] TR News Fork Around and Find Out | LINUX Unplugged 676 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/676/ [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jupiterbroadcasting.com | Fork Around and Find Out | LINUX Unplugged 676 | Jupiter Broadcasting [17:24] TR News Late Night Linux Episode 395 https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-395/ [17:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-latenightlinux.com | Late Night Linux Episode 395 Late Night Linux [17:25] TR News The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 276: Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Canadas Access to Information Failures and Why Access Delayed is Access Denied https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-276-information-commissioner-caroline-maynard-on-canadas-access-to-information-failures-and-why-access-delayed-is-access-denied/ [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 276: Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard on Canadas Access to Information Failures and Why Access Delayed is Access Denied - Michael Geist [17:25] TR News Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) https://fossforce.com/2026/07/the-xz-backdoor-long-con-chronicled-in-half-a-second/ [17:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | The XZ Backdoor Long Con Chronicled in 'Half a Second' - FOSS Force [17:26] TR News Canonical Staff Acting Like They Aim to Receive Job Offers From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/20/Canonical_Staff_Acting_Like_They_Aim_to_Receive_Job_Offers_From.shtml [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Canonical Staff Acting Like They Aim to Receive Job Offers From Microsoft [17:26] TR News The Sewer Knows What You Ate https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/science/sewer-diet-research.html [17:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/science/sewer-diet-research.html ) [17:29] TR News Lawsuit Alleges That Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/lawsuit-chatgpt-encouraged-suicide-woman-traffic [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic [17:29] TR News TikTok Quietly Starts Testing Hey Hi (AI) Deepfake Detection Tech https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/tiktok-starts-testing-ai-deepfake-detection-tech/ [17:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/tiktok-starts-testing-ai-deepfake-detection-tech/ ) [17:32] TR News Anti-Linux SLOP https://xenospectrum.com/en/windows-linux-ai-build-gap/ [17:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Does Windows 11 Crush Linux at AI? The Comparison Conditions Behind That 3.43x | XenoSpectrum [17:34] TR News Actually, this has already introduced new holes https://www.martincid.com/technology-sv/ubuntu-2604-rust-sudo-default/ [17:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.martincid.com | Ubuntu 26.04 ships Rust sudo by default ending a 46-year C vulnerability class Martin Cid Magazine [17:41] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Security_Leftovers.gmi [17:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [17:42] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_Late_Night_Linux_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Audiocasts_Shows_LINUX_Unplugged_Late_Night_Linux_and_More.gmi [17:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux, and More [17:42] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/today_s_howtos.gmi [17:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [17:44] TR News (NEW): FreeBSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/FreeBSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/FreeBSD_Leftovers.gmi [17:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FreeBSD Leftovers [17:46] TR News (NEW): Red Hat Promotes Slop (While Fedora/Flathub Bans It) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Red_Hat_Promotes_Slop_While_Fedora_Flathub_Bans_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Red_Hat_Promotes_Slop_While_Fedora_Flathub_Bans_It.gmi [17:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat Promotes Slop (While Fedora/Flathub Bans It) [17:48] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_Arduino_ESP32_and_More.gmi [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, ESP32, and More [17:48] TR News (NEW): The Case for Sponsoring openSUSE and Google (GSoC) Work on openSUSE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/The_Case_for_Sponsoring_openSUSE_and_Google_GSoC_Work_on_openSU.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/The_Case_for_Sponsoring_openSUSE_and_Google_GSoC_Work_on_openSU.gmi [17:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The Case for Sponsoring openSUSE and Google (GSoC) Work on openSUSE [17:49] TR News (NEW): WP2Shell Threatens WordPress Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/WP2Shell_Threatens_WordPress_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/WP2Shell_Threatens_WordPress_Installations.gmi [17:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines WP2Shell Threatens WordPress Installations [17:51] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.gmi [17:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Leftovers [17:53] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [17:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [17:56] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [17:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [17:58] TR News Techrights Links 21/07/2026: Google Stagnating, Slop 'Apps' Are "Flooding Apples App Store" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Links_21_07_2026_Google_Stagnating_Slop_Apps_Are_Flooding_Apple.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Links_21_07_2026_Google_Stagnating_Slop_Apps_Are_Flooding_Apple.gmi [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 21/07/2026: Google Stagnating, Slop 'Apps' Are "Flooding Apples App Store" ● Jul 21 [18:15] TR News Techrights Red Hat (IBM) Has Long 'Reassigned' (Bluewashed) Red Hat Staff to Ruin Fedora, Now It Does the Same to GNOME https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Red_Hat_IBM_Has_Long_Reassigned_Bluewashed_Red_Hat_Staff_to_Rui.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Red_Hat_IBM_Has_Long_Reassigned_Bluewashed_Red_Hat_Staff_to_Rui.gmi [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Red Hat (IBM) Has Long 'Reassigned' (Bluewashed) Red Hat Staff to Ruin Fedora, Now It Does the Same to GNOME [18:29] TR News (NEW): Remembering Kevin Keegan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Remembering_Kevin_Keegan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Remembering_Kevin_Keegan.gmi [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Remembering Kevin Keegan [18:39] TR News "They should layoff all the xbox teams. There has been zero strategy for the console or games. Time to rebuild with a new team. Good riddance!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkebsz6#replies [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxkebsz6#replies ) [18:41] TR News "For as long as IBM share price does not drop below $200, The current IBM management team might be able to live another day. It does not mean, IBM is out of trouble anytime soon. The $200 share price is psychological, many investors might view it as a clear to jump off the ship." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky2paa82#replies [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky2paa82#replies ) [18:44] TR News "The company will break up under his and our leaderships watch. They will be the ones forever known as the leaders who ki-led a 115 year old Big Blue! Never let anyone forgot." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxrswtf3 [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxrswtf3 ) [18:44] TR News "Bob says goodwill drop offs are out back by the dumpster." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxkyye5 [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxkyye5 ) [18:45] TR News "Albany has been rigged for years to keep a small group afloat not to help the site thrive, just to protect the same people. With little meaningful oversight from the outside, it was allowed to operate unchecked, creating the culture and environment we see today. And what is there to show for it? Very little revenue, if any, despite enormous operating costs." [18:45] TR News "If IBM is ever broken up into separate businesses, Albany should be at the very top of the list for the chopping block or simply completely shuttered altogether." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxhhhsj [18:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxhhhsj ) [18:45] TR News "Yes, I agree. If a manager tells you you're crucial, that's very special and you will not be RAed. It simply cannot be done." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxxhhhsj [18:45] TR News Fun fact: I too was told I was "safe", that I was crucial for the team and irreplaceable. Two weeks later I was swept up in the November 2025 RA along with many other "safe" and "crucial" people. Truly, there is nowhere to hide if your name appears on their spreadsheet. [18:46] TR News "there are some people in Albany who seem to have job security . They can get away with doing far less than most ny state workers. And they are high pay bands (theyve all been there at the site at least 20 years, usually with ibm a lot longer), the work they do isnt even critical. Its sometimes about having dirt on people that makes them afraid to touch you" [18:46] TR News "Don't believe everything you hear. When I was given 2 months notice along with my co-worker. All support for that account was sent to India. Reason I was told was I wasn't in IBM plans. But the account postpone a project for 3 weeks then I was in IBM plan cause I was needed for that project." [18:46] TR News "Offered me 6 month notice from 2 and manager had to get project executive and delivery project executive involved to get the extension approved for RA." [18:47] TR News "Spot on . Very well said. This has been a smoke and mirrors show for some time now. It follows much what is going on in the world today. . Corruption is the new black. So very trendy. Duplicity abounds in IBM. With the right hand , Lets pretend all is great" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxzjsn6a [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxzjsn6a ) [18:48] TR News "This has been one of the most well written posts I have seen in years. Thank you! You are spot on!" [18:48] TR News "Bob will break IBM up!" [18:48] TR News "We are doing the best we ever have. Our future is so bright. Sell the hype. While with on the left hand , leaders squeeze as much cash as they can in their pockets, not pay much attention to the pleebs below them. and everyone is below them. When things go bad. Its the other guys fault. Our workers dont execute to our plan. (What plan?)". [18:48] TR News "This is a sinking ship. Not sinking quite as fast as the titanic did. But it is taking on water much faster than the pumps can keep up with." [18:51] TR News "The pre-announcement was staged to initiate a chain reaction. It was intentional. The goal, as I suspected, is to have the crowd accept a possible break up of IBM into smaller entities. Some will be acquired by others." [18:51] TR News "John Akers wanted to break up IBM. Lou Gerstner stopped it. He stopped it on the premise that IBM could monetize services and make big bucks with the synergy. For a time, they did just that." [18:51] TR News "But now services has been monetized. It has been used up. It has "matured", to use business analyst lingo. So now we go back to the future...current executives no longer see value in synergy, and the whole is now less than the sum of its parts." [18:51] TR News "I have been in R&D for quite some time. I have seen the slide down to mediocrity. When, technical leaders ("Architects") start talking about bringing innovation from the outside (buy small companies, Open source .....) instead of in house development. It became clear, IBM cannot recover." "Bob will rip ibm apart" [18:53] TR News "I knew it was over when all the talk became what did TSMC do? Or just copy what SEC did. Innovation died" ● Jul 21 [19:03] TR News (NEW): In China, GNU/Linux Has Risen to Highest Levels Since 2023 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/In_China_GNU_Linux_Has_Risen_to_Highest_Levels_Since_2023.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/In_China_GNU_Linux_Has_Risen_to_Highest_Levels_Since_2023.gmi [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines In China, GNU/Linux Has Risen to Highest Levels Since 2023 [19:03] TR News Nearly a quarter of surveyed British developers have lost their jobs in the past three years https://wnhub.io/news/other/item-51486 [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wnhub.io | Nearly a quarter of surveyed British developers have lost their jobs in the past three years | WN Hub [19:04] TR News Yoko Taro Despairs Over the Future of Games as PlayStation Kills Discs https://games.gg/news/yoko-taro-saddened-playstation-killing-discs/ [19:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Yoko Taro Saddened by Loss of Physical Media in Gaming | GAMES.GG [19:06] TR News Xbox players are using Microsoft's own Feedback Hub to protest layoffs https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/xbox-players-are-using-microsoft-s-own-feedback-hub-to-protest-layoffs/ar-AA27TqjE [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-MSN [19:15] TR News Techrights Lots of Microsoft Just Loses Money, Not Earning Money https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Lots_of_Microsoft_Just_Loses_Money_Not_Earning_Money.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Lots_of_Microsoft_Just_Loses_Money_Not_Earning_Money.gmi [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Lots of Microsoft Just Loses Money, Not Earning Money [19:24] TR News Techrights Only a Matter of Time Before IBM Drops to $199 or a Lot Lower Than That https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Only_a_Matter_of_Time_Before_IBM_Drops_to_199_of_Lower.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Only_a_Matter_of_Time_Before_IBM_Drops_to_199_of_Lower.gmi [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Only a Matter of Time Before IBM Drops to $199 or a Lot Lower Than That [19:25] *asm has quit (Quit: I do declare: end client.) [19:39] TR News Techrights As Slop Bubble Implodes (Inevitable), the Dishonest, Corrupt, Compromised Media Tries to Blame "China" Again (Like it Did With "DeepSeek" in Past Years) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/As_Slop_Bubble_Implodes_Inevitable_the_Dishonest_Corrupt_Compro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/As_Slop_Bubble_Implodes_Inevitable_the_Dishonest_Corrupt_Compro.gmi [19:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights As Slop Bubble Implodes (Inevitable), the Dishonest, Corrupt, Compromised Media Tries to Blame "China" Again (Like it Did With "DeepSeek" in Past Years) [19:51] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [19:59] TR News Techrights In WordPress, Newer is Not Better (Maybe Better Off With No WordPress at All) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/In_WordPress_Newer_is_Not_Better_Maybe_Better_Off_With_No_WordP.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/In_WordPress_Newer_is_Not_Better_Maybe_Better_Off_With_No_WordP.gmi [19:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In WordPress, Newer is Not Better (Maybe Better Off With No WordPress at All) ● Jul 21 [20:04] TR News "Simon Park still has a netbook bought back in 2009. The ASUS Eee PC 1000HE has an Intel Atom N280 and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. The Atom N series was Intels line of cheap, low-performance CPUs for netbooks." https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/07/20/reviving-a-15-year-old-netbook-with-arch-linux/ [20:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/07/20/reviving-a-15-year-old-netbook-with-arch-linux/ ) [20:04] TR News "Work progresses on a build system which will deliver a continuously-updated Arch Linux port for Valve's virtual reality headset." https://www.hackster.io/news/collabora-releases-first-64-bit-arm-arch-linux-packages-as-it-prepares-for-valve-s-steam-frame-vr-ae78c23fa883 [20:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Collabora Releases First 64-Bit Arm Arch Linux Packages As It Prepares for Valve's Steam Frame VR - Hackster.io [20:05] TR News 10ZiG & Cendio add ThinLinc for centralised Linux desktops https://securitybrief.asia/story/10zig-cendio-add-thinlinc-for-centralised-linux-desktops [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-securitybrief.asia | 10ZiG & Cendio add ThinLinc for centralised Linux desktops [20:05] TR News Linux 7.2-rc4 finally fixes audio issues with the Asus ROG Ally X https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-72-4c4-finally-fixes-audio-issues-with-the-asus-rog-ally-x/ [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Linux 7.2-rc4 finally fixes audio issues with the Asus ROG Ally X [20:06] TR News Moonshine - Turn your headless Linux server into a game streaming host https://korben.info/en/moonshine-headless-linux-server-game-streaming.html [20:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-korben.info | Moonshine - Turn your headless Linux server into a game streaming host - Korben [20:07] TR News "Speaking of crazy ideas, content creator Uwoslab set out to power a desktop PC with 400 disposable AA batteries. Turns out the full array was not required, as the AMD Ryzen system successfully booted after 192 alkaline cells were connected." https://videocardz.com/newz/ryzen-pc-boots-with-192-aa-batteries-runs-hannah-montana-linux [20:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ryzen PC boots with 192 AA batteries, runs Hannah Montana Linux - VideoCardz.com [20:08] TR News Seek the Surface in Sci-Fi Thriller Visual Novel Advent: Dawn on PC, Mac, Linux Today https://www.gamespress.com/Seek-the-Surface-in-Sci-Fi-Thriller-Visual-Novel-Advent-Dawn-on-PC-Mac [20:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.gamespress.com | "Seek the Surface in Sci-Fi Thriller Visual NovelAdvent: Dawnon PC, Mac, LinuxToday" - Games Press [20:09] TR News SLOPFARM https://egamers.io/fork-it-or-leave-linus-torvalds-shuts-down-anti-ai-pushback-in-the-linux-kernel-2026/ [20:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-"Fork It Or Leave": Linus Torvalds Shuts Down Anti-AI Pushback In The Linux Kernel [2026] - EGamers.io - P2E NFT Games Portal [20:09] TR News Streamer builds a battery powered PC with over 100 AAs, uses Hannah Montana Linux to benchmark their abomination https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/streamer-builds-a-battery-powered-pc-with-over-100-aas-uses-hannah-montana-linux-to-benchmark-their-abomination/ [20:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pcgamer.com | Streamer builds a battery powered PC with over 100 AAs, uses Hannah Montana Linux to benchmark their abomination | PC Gamer [20:17] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux at Grenada Measured at 14% This Month https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/GNU_Linux_at_Grenada_Measured_at_14_This_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/GNU_Linux_at_Grenada_Measured_at_14_This_Month.gmi [20:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux at Grenada Measured at 14% This Month [20:32] TR News Techrights Bluesky Was Such an Utter Failure That After 18 Months Mozilla Goes Hug a Nazi Platform That Produces Child Porn https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Bluesky_Was_Such_an_Utter_Failure_That_After_18_Months_Mozilla_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Bluesky_Was_Such_an_Utter_Failure_That_After_18_Months_Mozilla_.gmi [20:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Bluesky Was Such an Utter Failure That After 18 Months Mozilla Goes Hug a Nazi Platform That Produces Child Porn [20:49] TR News Techrights From GAFAM's Perspective, Jeremy Bicha Did Nothing Wrong https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/From_GAFAM_s_Perspective_Jeremy_Bicha_Did_Nothing_Wrong.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/From_GAFAM_s_Perspective_Jeremy_Bicha_Did_Nothing_Wrong.gmi [20:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights From GAFAM's Perspective, Jeremy Bicha Did Nothing Wrong [20:53] TR News "Drops below 200 its over. Split the company up!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky2paa82#replies [20:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky2paa82#replies ) [20:53] TR News To IBM, debt-loading seems to be a thing (or "Think"). http://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Only_a_Matter_of_Time_Before_IBM_Drops_to_199_of_Lower.shtml [20:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Only a Matter of Time Before IBM Drops to $199 or a Lot Lower Than That [20:56] TR News (NEW): Mozilla Thunderbird 153 Is Out with Various New Features and Many Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Mozilla_Thunderbird_153_Is_Out_with_Various_New_Features_and_Ma.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/Mozilla_Thunderbird_153_Is_Out_with_Various_New_Features_and_Ma.gmi [20:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla Thunderbird 153 Is Out with Various New Features and Many Fixes [20:58] TR News 'vibe-coded'? https://mobilesyrup.com/2026/07/20/amazon-mistakenly-hits-aws-users-with-billion-dollar-bills/ [20:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mobilesyrup.com | Amazon mistakenly hits AWS users with billion dollar bills ● Jul 21 [21:00] TR News UKIE: 22% of UK games industry workforce affected by job losses in last three years https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ukie-22-of-uk-games-industry-workforce-affected-by-job-losses-in-last-three-years [21:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-UKIE: 22% of UK games industry workforce affected by job losses in last three years | GamesIndustry.biz [21:01] TR News Lies https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/gtlb-stock-in-spotlight-after-hours-on-ai-focused-layoffs-earnings-beat/cZ00fsgReD1 [21:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/gtlb-stock-in-spotlight-after-hours-on-ai-focused-layoffs-earnings-beat/cZ00fsgReD1 ) [21:39] TR News Techrights The Solution is Never 'Free Hosting' in Proprietary GitHub (Microsoft), the Solution is Self-Hosting https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/The_Solution_is_Never_Free_Hosting_in_Proprietary_GitHub_Micros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/The_Solution_is_Never_Free_Hosting_in_Proprietary_GitHub_Micros.gmi [21:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Solution is Never 'Free Hosting' in Proprietary GitHub (Microsoft), the Solution is Self-Hosting [21:41] TR News "In a statement on his website, Pocock, who is a software engineer, is asking voters to read about his work on ethics in technology, safety of children online, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and cybersecurity." https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/bin-two-foxes-mystic-candidates-041711975.html [21:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.yahoo.com | The candidates standing in the Clacton by-election [21:43] TR News GNU/Linux 10% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/iceland/#monthly-200902-202607 [21:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Iceland | Statcounter Global Stats [21:49] TR News Techrights Oman: GNU/Linux Up to 7% https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Oman_GNU_Linux_Up_to_7.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Oman_GNU_Linux_Up_to_7.gmi [21:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Oman: GNU/Linux Up to 7% [21:54] TR News An Introduction to Shogi, a Japanese Chess variant gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/07/21/shogi/ [21:56] TR News simple day gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/highKid [21:58] TR News Freedom of Information Act https://www.dw.com/en/germany-set-to-restrict-its-freedom-of-information-act/a-77939695 [21:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act [21:58] TR News social media restrictions for kids under 13 https://www.dw.com/en/eu-experts-urge-social-media-restrictions-for-kids-under-13/a-77931424 [21:58] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | EU experts urge social media restrictions for kids under 13 [21:59] TR News Iranian newspaper threatens Chancellor Merz with 'retaliation' https://www.dw.com/en/iranian-newspaper-threatens-chancellor-merz-with-retaliation/a-77958683 [21:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Germany's Merz receives death threat from Iranian newspaper ● Jul 21 [22:00] TR News Iranian newspaper threatens Chancellor Merz with 'retaliation' https://www.dw.com/en/iranian-newspaper-threatens-chancellor-merz-with-retaliation/a-77958683 [22:07] TR News GNU/Linux 8% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/dominica/#monthly-200902-202607 [22:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Dominica | Statcounter Global Stats [22:09] TR News 6% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/saudi-arabia/#monthly-200902-202607 [22:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Saudi Arabia | Statcounter Global Stats [22:10] TR News 7.3% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-africa/#monthly-200902-202607 [22:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share South Africa | Statcounter Global Stats [22:17] TR News EU and UK hit Russia with joint sanctions over cyberattacks https://www.bgnes.com/european-union/eu-and-uk-hit-russia-with-joint-sanctions-over-cyberattacks [22:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU and UK hit Russia with joint sanctions over cyberattacks | BGNES [22:18] TR News Russia plans infrastructure attacks https://cphpost.dk/2026-07-15/news/round-up/baltic-presidents-russia-plans-infrastructure-attacks/ [22:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-07-15/news/round-up/baltic-presidents-russia-plans-infrastructure-attacks/ ) [22:19] TR News Time Change https://xkcd.com/3272/ [22:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Time Change [22:20] TR News The Princess and the Pea https://xkcd.com/3271/ [22:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: The Princess and the Pea [22:21] TR News (NEW): OPNsense 26.7 released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/OPNsense_26_7_released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/21/OPNsense_26_7_released.gmi [22:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OPNsense 26.7 released [22:23] TR News (NEW): Trace Labs OSINT VM 2026.05: Rebuilt on Debian 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[#1 on Distrowatch] https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=dAAwVAp0cHE [22:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=dAAwVAp0cHE ) [22:33] TR News GNU/Linux 4% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/lebanon/#monthly-200902-202607 [22:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Lebanon | Statcounter Global Stats [22:39] TR News Techrights Guyana: GNU/Linux Rises to New High, 7% https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Guyana_GNU_Linux_Rises_to_New_High_7.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Guyana_GNU_Linux_Rises_to_New_High_7.gmi [22:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Guyana: GNU/Linux Rises to New High, 7% [22:42] TR News Re: i was corrected on the internet about my inefficient use of awk today gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/re-i-was-corrected-on-the-internet-about-my-inefficient-use-of-awk-today.gmi "My departure from Windows happened way back when Win95 was released." [22:43] TR News "Last night at a music festival, during the set for Matchbox 20 Rob Thomas made a comment about how he started the band not thinking that one day their music would become nostalgia for a generation." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/the-era-of-nostalgia.gmi [22:43] TR News "Just testing out my new gemlog system. Hopefully this post works." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/testing-from-my-phone.gmi [22:44] TR News "Nothing much of interest as of yet. I am testing out a new CGI gemlog generator I'm working on. It uses SQLite for storage and a few shell scripts for creating posts. I hope that this will be easier to use and still be mobile friendly via termux." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/testing-out-a-new-gemlog-system.gmi [22:45] TR News "There was a discussion over on BBS about what everyone uses for gemlogs. Not wanting to be the odd one out I decided to change from flat files over to a database solution." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/syncing_sucks_new_gemlog_system.gmi [22:47] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 21/07/2026: Nostalgia, Shogi, and New Gemlog System https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Gemini_Links_21_07_2026_Nostalgia_Shogi_and_New_Gemlog_System.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/21/Gemini_Links_21_07_2026_Nostalgia_Shogi_and_New_Gemlog_System.gmi [22:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 21/07/2026: Nostalgia, Shogi, and New Gemlog System ● Jul 21 [01:11] admfubar https://www.factcheck.org/2026/07/rfk-jr-s-flawed-claims-about-sperm-count-and-fertility/ [01:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-RFK Jr.s Flawed Claims About Sperm Count and Fertility - FactCheck.org [01:23] admfubar https://futurism.com/future-society/spacex-lesson-going-public-starship-experimental [01:23] -TechPolBot/#techpol-futurism.com | SpaceX Is Learning a Nasty Lesson About Going Public When Your Main Product Is Experimental ● Jul 21 [02:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [02:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [02:17] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:18] admfubar https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/20/2259204/new-orleans-cops-published-policy-document-allowing-weaponized-drones [02:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-news.slashdot.org | New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones - Slashdot [02:27] *agentcasey has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 21 [05:44] TR News "How long can the U.S. continue the war? America doesnt have sufficient munitions to maintain the current bombing campaign indefinitely." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-will-trump-do-in | Source: Robert Reich [05:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | Office Hours: What Will Trump Do in Iran NOW? [05:44] TR News "As Russia's war against Ukraine reshapes Europe's security landscape, Estonia remains one of the countries most closely watching the Kremlin's next moves." https://www.rferl.org/a/estonia-russian-fighters-schengen-joosep-kaasik/33806356.html | Source: RFERL [05:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | 'Sooner Or Later This Problem Will Be On Your Soil': Estonia Pushes Europe To Bar Russian Fighters [05:44] TR News "It is questionable whether a successor can match the standard set by Fedorov." https://neweasterneurope.eu/2026/07/20/russia-is-not-keeping-up/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [05:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-neweasterneurope.eu | "Russia is not keeping up" - New Eastern Europe ● Jul 21 [06:48] TR News "Trump Attacks Socialism Because He Knows Americans Want It" https://jacobin.com/2026/07/socialism-mamdani-trump-vance-rubio [06:48] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | Trump Attacks Socialism Because He Knows Americans Want It ● Jul 21 [13:29] TR News After getting a new PM, the UK waits for his government and first policies https://www.france24.com/en/after-getting-a-new-pm-the-uk-waits-for-his-government-and-first-policies [13:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/after-getting-a-new-pm-the-uk-waits-for-his-government-and-first-policies ) [13:37] TR News Prosecutors win subpoenas for Philippine vice president Duterte's financial records in impeachment case https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/prosecutors-win-subpoenas-for-philippine-vice-president-dutertes-financial-records-in-impeachment [13:37] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Prosecutors win subpoenas for Philippine vice president Duterte's financial records in impeachment case | The Straits Times [13:44] TR News Mentally impaired waiter jailed for 2 years and 4 months for inciting subversion by promoting pro-Taiwan party https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/21/hong-kong-waiter-jailed-for-2-years-and-4-months-for-inciting-subversion-by-promoting-pro-taiwan-party/ [13:44] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Waiter jailed for 2 years and 4 months for inciting subversion by promoting pro-Taiwan party ● Jul 21 [14:14] TR News Top Chinese, Philippine envoys to meet for first time since 2024 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/top-china-philippines-envoys-to-meet-for-first-time-since-2024 [14:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Top Chinese, Philippine envoys to meet for first time since 2024 | The Straits Times [14:18] TR News Thailand raises alarm with China over tanks to Cambodia army https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-raises-alarm-with-china-over-tanks-to-cambodia-army [14:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Thailand raises alarm with China over tanks to Cambodia army | The Straits Times [14:18] TR News China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea encounter https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinese-coast-guard-struck-navy-sailor-in-south-china-sea-encounter-says-philippine-military [14:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea encounter | The Straits Times [14:18] TR News Philippine military says China injured sailor in sea clash https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-military-says-china-injured-sailor-in-sea-clash [14:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Philippine military says China injured sailor in sea clash | The Straits Times [14:18] TR News Musical diplomacy: Thai PM bursts into song on China visit https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/musical-diplomacy-thai-pm-bursts-into-song-on-china-visit [14:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Musical diplomacy: Thai PM bursts into song on China visit | The Straits Times [14:19] TR News Rubio in Philippines as US condemns dangerous China actions https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/rubio-in-philippines-as-us-condemns-dangerous-china-actions [14:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | US condemns China in South China Sea clash | The Straits Times [14:19] TR News China summons Philippine ambassador over South China Sea encounter https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-summons-philippine-ambassador-over-south-china-sea-encounter [14:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Philippines, China summon each other's envoys over South China Sea incident | The Straits Times [14:20] TR News Taiwan says significant rise in China maritime activity near island https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/20/taiwan-says-significant-rise-in-china-maritime-activity-near-island/ [14:20] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Taiwan says 'significant' rise in China maritime activity near island [14:20] TR News Rubio in Philippines as US condemns dangerous China actions https://hongkongfp.com/2026/07/21/rubio-in-philippines-as-us-condemns-dangerous-china-actions/ [14:20] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | Marco Rubio in Philippines as US condemns 'dangerous' China actions [14:23] TR News Federal Funding Should Support Communities, Not Political Agendas https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/federal-funding-should-support-communities-not-political-agendas [14:23] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aclu.org | Federal Funding Should Support Communities, Not Political Agendas | American Civil Liberties Union [14:49] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Man Says Netanyahu Will Not Be Arrested in the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/middleeast/israel-un-mamdani-netanyahu-arrest.html [14:49] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/middleeast/israel-un-mamdani-netanyahu-arrest.html ) [14:50] TR News Can Andy Burnhams Manchesterism Save the U.K.s Center Left? https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/can-andy-burnhams-manchesterism-save-the-uks-center-left [14:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.newyorker.com | Can Andy Burnhams Manchesterism Save the U.K.s Center Left? | The New Yorker [14:50] TR News Lebanese army deploys to three southern villages under US-backed security framework https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260720-lebanese-army-south-lebanon-pilot-zones-israel-withdrawal [14:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260720-lebanese-army-south-lebanon-pilot-zones-israel-withdrawal ) [14:53] TR News UN experts urge Venezuela to remove barriers to humanitarian aid https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/un-experts-urge-venezuela-to-remove-legal-barriers-to-humanitarian-aid/ [14:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | UN experts urge Venezuela to remove barriers to humanitarian aid - JURIST - News [14:53] TR News Two French diplomats subjected to extremely serious act of intimidation in Iran, FM Barrot says https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260720-two-french-diplomats-subjected-extremely-serious-intimidation-iran-fm-says [14:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260720-two-french-diplomats-subjected-extremely-serious-intimidation-iran-fm-says ) [14:56] TR News Third Circuit strikes down New Jersey bans on assault firearms and large capacity magazines https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/third-circuit-strikes-down-new-jersey-bans-on-assault-firearms-and-large-capacity-magazines/ [14:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | Third Circuit strikes down New Jersey bans on assault firearms and large capacity magazines - JURIST - News ● Jul 21 [16:11] TR News Japan protests Chinese live-fire drill in nearby waters https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-destroyer-held-live-fire-drill-in-japans-eez-japan-says [16:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Japan protests Chinese live-fire drill in nearby waters | The Straits Times [16:11] TR News Russias shadow fleet exploits African shipping registries to skirt sanctions https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/russias-shadow-fleet-exploits-african-shipping-registries-to-skirt-sanctions/ [16:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-defenceweb.co.za | Russias shadow fleet exploits African shipping registries to skirt sanctions - DefenceWeb [16:11] TR News Ukraine War Momentum Helps Spur Interest in Postwar Investment https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-post-war-reconstruction.html [16:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-post-war-reconstruction.html ) [16:12] TR News Zelensky Faces Pressure to Remove Ukraines Top General https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-general-defense-minister.html [16:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-general-defense-minister.html ) [16:12] TR News Why so many Ukrainians are up in arms over firing of defense minister https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0720/ukraine-drone-war-defense-minister-fedorov-general-syrskyi [16:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Why Ukrainians are up in arms over firing of defense minister - CSMonitor.com [16:12] TR News North Korea, Russia foreign ministers hold strategic talks in Moscow, KCNA says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-russia-foreign-ministers-hold-strategic-talks-in-moscow-kcna-says [16:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea, Russia foreign ministers hold strategic talks in Moscow, says report | The Straits Times [16:13] TR News Three Chinese injured in drone attack on Moscow https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/three-chinese-injured-in-drone-attack-on-moscow [16:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Three Chinese injured in drone attack on Moscow | The Straits Times [16:13] TR News Russian And Ukraine Exchange Overnight Strikes As Drone Attacks Target Moscow Region https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-and-missile-strikes/33807500.html [16:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russian And Ukraine Exchange Overnight Strikes As Drone Attacks Target Moscow Region [16:14] TR News Lithuania holds funeral for volunteer killed fighting in Ukraine https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2996062/lithuania-holds-funeral-for-volunteer-killed-fighting-in-ukraine [16:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania holds funeral for volunteer killed fighting in Ukraine - LRT [16:15] TR News Lithuania's defence minister says Russia views Baltic states, Poland as next targets https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2996068/lithuania-s-defence-minister-says-russia-views-baltic-states-poland-as-next-targets [16:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania's defence minister says Russia views Baltic states, Poland as next targets - LRT [16:35] TR News UN says Kyiv missile strike violated protections for civilians https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/un-says-kyiv-missile-strike-violated-protections-for-civilians/ [16:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | UN says Kyiv missile strike violated protections for civilians - JURIST - News [16:35] TR News Ukraine fires 400 missiles at Moscow after deadly Russian attacks https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-fires-400-missiles-on-moscow-after-deadly-russian-attacks [16:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-fires-400-missiles-on-moscow-after-deadly-russian-attacks ) [16:35] TR News New builds in Latvia still come without bomb-shelter basements https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/20.07.2026-new-builds-in-latvia-still-come-without-bomb-shelter-basements.a655611/ [16:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | New builds in Latvia still come without bomb-shelter basements / Article ● Jul 21 [17:23] TR News Russia's Putin meets North Korea's top diplomat in Kremlin https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russias-putin-meets-north-koreas-top-diplomat-in-kremlin [17:23] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Russia's Putin meets North Korea's top diplomat in Kremlin | The Straits Times ● Jul 21 [19:25] *asm has quit (Quit: I do declare: end client.) [19:51] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jul 21 [21:58] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:59] TR News Iranian newspaper threatens Chancellor Merz with 'retaliation' https://www.dw.com/en/iranian-newspaper-threatens-chancellor-merz-with-retaliation/a-77958683 [21:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dw.com | Germany's Merz receives death threat from Iranian newspaper