●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, December 21, 2025 ●● ● Dec 21 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-201225.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-201225.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-201225.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-201225.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, December 20, 2025 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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[04:46] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:51] TR News Shortest day [04:51] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-21.gmi [04:52] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1861.jpg [04:52] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1511.jpg ● Dec 21 [05:07] *Isambard_Prince (~Isambard_Prince@q2zxcjbbpwz7n.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [05:13] TR News Techrights The General Public License (GPL) Inspired the Web's Original Openness/Freedom, According to Tim Berners-Lee https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/The_General_Public_License_GPL_Inspired_the_Web_s_Original_Open.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/The_General_Public_License_GPL_Inspired_the_Web_s_Original_Open.gmi [05:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The General Public License (GPL) Inspired the Web's Original Openness/Freedom, According to Tim Berners-Lee [05:20] TR News "ikipedia has grown to contain millions of articles on every subject known to our species an invaluable repository of human knowledge that I consider one of the modern wonders of the world. What made this system work was intercreativity a group of people being creative. Wikipedia is probably the best single example of what I wanted the web to be." -Berners-Lee [05:31] TR News Techrights After 35 Years the World Wide Web, HTML, and HTTP Are Proprietary https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/After_35_Years_the_World_Wide_Web_HTML_and_HTTP_Are_Proprietary.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/After_35_Years_the_World_Wide_Web_HTML_and_HTTP_Are_Proprietary.gmi [05:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights After 35 Years the World Wide Web, HTML, and HTTP Are Proprietary [05:37] TR News Budapest https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/12/20/thousands-protest-in-budapest-over-child-abuse-case | Source: Insight Hungary [05:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insighthungary.444.hu | Thousands protest in Budapest over child abuse case - InsightHungary [05:38] TR News "He Built a Privacy Tool. Now Hes Going to Prison." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Fshsk8MCAf4 "I Have Nothing to Hide The Dangerous Myth About Privacy" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Hcqh0ZSza50 [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Fshsk8MCAf4 ) [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Hcqh0ZSza50 ) [05:38] TR News "Mozilla's New CEO: Firefox Will Become an AI Browser" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/18/133249 [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Mozilla's New CEO: Firefox Will Become an AI Browser - SoylentNews [05:38] TR News "America and the World - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-and-the-world [05:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | America and the World - Paul Krugman [05:39] TR News "Trumps Cognitive Collapse | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, December 20, 2025" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-cognitive-collapse-the-coffee [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Trumps Cognitive Collapse | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, December 20, 2025 [05:39] TR News "We the People will Prevail - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/we-the-people-will-prevail [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | We the People will Prevail - Robert Reich [05:39] TR News "Steve Bannon Was Much Closer to Epstein Than You Realize" https://jacobin.com/2025/12/epstein-bannon-trump-elite-populism/ [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Steve Bannon Was Much Closer to Epstein Than You Realize [05:39] TR News "Pentagon fails its 8th audit in a row" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-fails-8th-audit/ [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taskandpurpose.com | Pentagon fails its 8th audit in a row [05:39] TR News "Pentagon fails financial audit for 8th year in a row" https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/12/19/pentagon-fails-financial-audit-for-8th-year-in-a-row/ [05:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.armytimes.com | Pentagon fails financial audit for 8th year in a row [05:40] TR News "Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/trump-dishonors-the-kennedy-center [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center | The New Yorker [05:40] TR News iophk: it's less the price and more the built-in surveillance that hinders sales https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/car-prices-too-high/685345/ [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Backlash Against Car Prices Is Here - The Atlantic [05:40] TR News "Science the s**t out of USA | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/science-st-out-usa [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-version2-dk.translate.goog | Science the s**t out of USA | Version2 [05:40] TR News "EU:s upphovsrttsdirektiv gav oss politisk censur" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/12/20/eus-upphovsrattsdirektiv-har-lett-till-politisk-censur/ [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | EU:s upphovsrttsdirektiv gav oss politisk censur [05:40] TR News iophk: the 'punishment' is two years of 'university' https://nltimes.nl/2025/12/20/netherlands-moves-criminalize-glorifying-terrorism [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Netherlands moves to criminalize glorifying terrorism | NL Times [05:41] TR News "In spite of legal questions: Trump's name added to Kennedy Center facade, a day after change" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/trumps-name-added-to-kennedy-center-facade-a-day-after-change-410148547 [05:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | In spite of legal questions: Trump's name added to Kennedy Center facade, a day after change [05:42] TR News anti-fascist https://www.independent.co.uk/news/japanese-united-states-chicago-oregon-hawaii-b2888436.html [05:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | WWII Navy veteran Ira 'Ike' Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105 | The Independent ● Dec 21 [06:03] TR News (NEW): Tux Machines Works With Web Browsers From 30 Years Ago https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Tux_Machines_Works_With_Web_Browsers_From_30_Years_Ago.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Tux_Machines_Works_With_Web_Browsers_From_30_Years_Ago.gmi [06:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tux Machines Works With Web Browsers From 30 Years Ago [06:06] TR News "Microsoft cut roughly 7,000" - NOPE!! 30,000+ this year alone!! https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjmz8bs7wl [06:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.calcalistech.com | The end-of-year tech layoffs are not a crisis - they mark a paradigm shift | Ctech [06:06] TR News But the media no longer cares about fact checking [06:07] TR News Because who cares about facts when the media is run for and by oligarchs... [06:07] TR News Just say HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ... the media will call you a "visionary" [06:08] TR News LOL!!!! 'AI-Native'!!! Airline. https://www.slashgear.com/2053339/riyadh-air-ai-native-airline/ [06:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.slashgear.com | The World's First 'AI-Native' Airline Is Here - Here's What That Actually Means [06:20] TR News Techrights IBM: We Can't Make 'AI' (Voice Recognition) Do the Work of a McDonald's Teenager, So Let's Try the Same on Saudi Planes https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/IBM_We_Can_t_Make_AI_Voice_Recognition_Do_the_Work_of_a_McDonal.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/IBM_We_Can_t_Make_AI_Voice_Recognition_Do_the_Work_of_a_McDonal.gmi [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM: We Can't Make 'AI' (Voice Recognition) Do the Work of a McDonald's Teenager, So Let's Try the Same on Saudi Planes [06:27] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Climbs to All-Time High in Saudi Arabia https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/GNU_Linux_Climbs_to_All_Time_High_in_Saudi_Arabia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/GNU_Linux_Climbs_to_All_Time_High_in_Saudi_Arabia.gmi [06:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Climbs to All-Time High in Saudi Arabia [06:44] TR News "While little is known about how Google processes these requests, its safe to say that these takedowns are not all reviewed manually." https://torrentfreak.com/a-dmca-bot-war-google-search-processed-5-billion-takedown-requests-in-2025/ | Source: Torrent Freak [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A DMCA "Bot War": Google Search Processed 5 Billion Takedown Requests in 2025 * TorrentFreak ● Dec 21 [07:02] TR News (NEW): Alp Lab Unveils E1M Platform with Multi-vendor Embedded Roadmap https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Alp_Lab_Unveils_E1M_Platform_with_Multi_vendor_Embedded_Roadmap.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Alp_Lab_Unveils_E1M_Platform_with_Multi_vendor_Embedded_Roadmap.gmi [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Alp Lab Unveils E1M Platform with Multi-vendor Embedded Roadmap [07:05] TR News (NEW): This Week in Plasma: ambient light sensor support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/This_Week_in_Plasma_ambient_light_sensor_support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/This_Week_in_Plasma_ambient_light_sensor_support.gmi [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: ambient light sensor support [07:07] TR News (NEW): ICORE-3576Q38 SoM packs RK3576 AI processor into a 38 mm module https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/ICORE_3576Q38_SoM_packs_RK3576_AI_processor_into_a_38_mm_module.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/ICORE_3576Q38_SoM_packs_RK3576_AI_processor_into_a_38_mm_module.gmi [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines ICORE-3576Q38 SoM packs RK3576 AI processor into a 38 mm module [07:15] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [07:17] TR News (NEW): Sparky 2025.12 Special Editions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Sparky_2025_12_Special_Editions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Sparky_2025_12_Special_Editions.gmi [07:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Sparky 2025.12 Special Editions [07:20] TR News (NEW): The 10 best Ubuntu default wallpapers of all time, ranked https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/The_10_best_Ubuntu_default_wallpapers_of_all_time_ranked.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/The_10_best_Ubuntu_default_wallpapers_of_all_time_ranked.gmi [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The 10 best Ubuntu default wallpapers of all time, ranked [07:35] TR News (NEW): Incus 6.20 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Incus_6_20_Container_Virtual_Machine_Manager_Released.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Incus_6_20_Container_Virtual_Machine_Manager_Released.gmi [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Incus 6.20 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released [07:37] TR News (NEW): Immich 2.4 Released With Command Palette and UI Refinements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Immich_2_4_Released_With_Command_Palette_and_UI_Refinements.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Immich_2_4_Released_With_Command_Palette_and_UI_Refinements.gmi [07:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Immich 2.4 Released With Command Palette and UI Refinements [07:38] TR News (NEW): MIT and Apache 2.0 Lead Open Source Licensing in 2025 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/MIT_and_Apache_2_0_Lead_Open_Source_Licensing_in_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/MIT_and_Apache_2_0_Lead_Open_Source_Licensing_in_2025.gmi [07:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines MIT and Apache 2.0 Lead Open Source Licensing in 2025 [07:57] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Dec 21 [09:52] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:57] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Dec 21 [10:02] TR News "Apparently, if your HTML is less than 7k, that obviously cant be a real website, let alone something as ridiculously small as 3k." https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/help-my-website-is-too-small/ | Source: Luke Plant [10:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Help my website is too small - lukeplant.me.uk [10:02] TR News "Do you believe that these guys, these multibillionaires, are staying up nights worrying about what AI and robotics will do for the working families of our country, and the world?" https://futurism.com/future-society/bernie-sanders-ai-data-centers | Source: Futurism [10:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Bernie Sanders Calls for Halt on Construction of New Data Centers [10:03] TR News "Sami Ben Gharbia is a Tunisian human rights campaigner, blogger, writer and freedom of expression advocate." https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-sami-ben-gharbia | Source: EFF [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Speaking Freely: Sami Ben Gharbia | Electronic Frontier Foundation [10:03] TR News "Over the summer, Lee attempted to add a mandate for the sale of some public lands, excluding national parks and national monuments, to Republicans megabill." https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/19/mike-lee-backs-off-change-sell-national-parks/ | Source: Utah News Dispatch [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/12/19/mike-lee-backs-off-change-sell-national-parks/ ) [10:04] TR News "A number of Afghan cultural figures and filmmakers consider the destruction of the historic Ariana Cinema by the Taliban government to be an erasure of Afghanistans cultural heritage." https://www.rferl.org/a/taliban-demolish-famous-kabul-cinema/33627936.html | Source: RFERL [10:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Taliban Demolish Famous Kabul Cinema [10:04] TR News "The book, co-edited by digital rights activist and [Internet] shutdown specialist Felicia Anthonio and digital researcher Tony Roberts" https://techcentral.co.za/digital-authoritarianism-grows-as-african-states-normalise-internet-blackouts/275786/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [10:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Digital authoritarianism grows as African states normalise internet blackouts [10:04] TR News "clearly contradict national and moral values, exploit women, and violate public morality" https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-bans-hbo-max-series-about-sex-worker-314730 | Source: BIA Net [10:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Turkey bans HBO Max series about sex worker [10:06] TR News "I began writing this post after noticing unusual behavior when another one of my articles was shared on Hacker News." https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/the-mysterious-forces-steering-views-on-hacker-news/ | Source: [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xn--gckvb8fzb.com | . The Mysterious Forces Steering Views on Hacker News [10:06] TR News "That creates a really interesting opportunity: Airbus is doubtless not the only large European company with similar needs." https://werd.io/airbus-to-migrate-critical-apps-to-a-sovereign-euro-cloud/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud [10:06] TR News "The pattern comes from blocks in Rust being valid expressions. For example, this code: [...]" https://notgull.net/block-pattern/ | Source: John Nunley [10:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-notgull.net | Rust's Block Pattern notgull The world's number one source of notgull [10:07] TR News "Reaching this goal will ensure the continued health of the projects we support, will enable us to help them do more" https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/campaign2025.html | Source: The OpenBSD Foundation [10:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openbsdfoundation.org | The OpenBSD Foundation 2025 Fundraising Campaign [10:07] TR News "Along with my husband and two young daughters, I was here to take the Santa Claus Express to the northern city of Rovaniemi, the heart of Finnish Lapland" https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/dec/20/lapland-santa-claus-express-sleeper-train-family-trip | Source: The Guardian UK [10:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | I took my kids to Lapland on the Santa Claus Express but would the big man deliver? | Lapland holidays | The Guardian [10:08] TR News "The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on Earth." https://phys.org/news/2025-12-plastic-valuable-chemicals-atom-catalysts.html | Source: Omicron Limited [10:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-12-plastic-valuable-chemicals-atom-catalysts.html ) [10:08] TR News "quite literally (atmospheric scientists) global mothership." https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/19/sure-debate-what-to-do-about-climate-change-but-trumps-war-on-science-cant-end-well/ | Source: Kentucky Lantern [10:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/19/sure-debate-what-to-do-about-climate-change-but-trumps-war-on-science-cant-end-well/ ) [10:08] TR News "It was working with the US Space Force and Nasa to monitor the debris pieces, the number of which SpaceX did not reveal in its statement." https://techcentral.co.za/starlink-satellite-anomaly-creates-debris-in-rare-orbital-mishap/275779/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [10:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Starlink satellite anomaly creates debris in rare orbital mishap [10:11] TR News "Enter Trump, for example, and there will be no results found. Search Epstein, and still nada. The issue was flagged by Ben Collins of The Onion notoriety, and other users took notice." https://futurism.com/future-society/epstein-files-release-busted | Source: Futurism [10:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Epstein Files Release Is a Disaster [10:11] TR News "While it is unclear when and where the photo was taken, the check appears to match one previously seen in images of a birthday book Ghislaine Maxwell compiled for Epsteins 50th birthday." https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/epstein-files-release-first-donald-trump-reference-in-heavily-redacted-photo-a-22-500-novelty-check-101766183986460.html | Source: Hindustan Times [10:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hindustantimes.com | Epstein files release: First Trump reference in heavily redacted photo; a $22,500 novelty check | Hindustan Times [10:11] TR News "Threats of prosecution loom as Democratic lawmakers rattle sabers and the Trump DOJ ignores the deadline set by Congress to release the Epstein files." https://boingboing.net/2025/12/19/lawmakers-posture-as-if-theyll-do-something-as-the-trump-administration-keeps-delaying-the-epstein-files-release.html | Source: BoingBoing [10:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/19/lawmakers-posture-as-if-theyll-do-something-as-the-trump-administration-keeps-delaying-the-epstein-files-release.html ) [10:12] TR News "several weeks" https://boingboing.net/2025/12/19/trump-administration-is-breaking-epstein-law-it-just-signed.html | Source: BoingBoing [10:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/19/trump-administration-is-breaking-epstein-law-it-just-signed.html ) [10:16] TR News "The Trump administrations release of the long-awaited Epstein files didnt provide what survivors were looking for." https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/12/epstein-victims-trump-bondi-justice-department/685369/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Epsteins Victims Are Furious - The Atlantic [10:17] TR News "on her desk" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/epstein-files-release-trump-clinton-redactions/685364/ | Source: The Atlantic [10:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | The Epstein Files Are Too Redacted to Satisfy Anyone - The Atlantic [10:17] TR News "It did not do this. Or anything close to it." https://www.vox.com/politics/473124/epstein-files-redactions-disappointing | Source: Vox [10:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Epstein files release does nothing to clear up scandals biggest question | Vox [10:18] TR News "A total of 16 photos were taken down at some point on Saturday from the website that the department created to house files among them, one of the few that contained Mr. Trumps image." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-government-website.html | Source: New York Times [10:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-government-website.html ) [10:18] TR News "Donald Trumps meddling in Hondurass national election aims to return the disgraced party of the narcotrafficking ex-president Juan Orlando Hernndez to power." https://jacobin.com/2025/12/trump-honduras-election-interference-libre/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [10:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Trump Tips the Scales in Honduras [10:19] TR News "Today I want to share this model, which is far from complete and finished, to open up a discussion." https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/12/OCT-1-My-Framework-For-Digital-Sovereignty/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer [10:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jan.wildeboer.net | OCT My Framework for Digital Sovereignty, Part 1 - Jan Wildeboers Blog [10:19] TR News "I argued these were the four ways to peacefully fight Donald Trumps authoritarianism: [...]" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/19/the-four-ways-to-fight-fascism-checking-in/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [10:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | Four Ways to Fight Fascism: Checking In - emptywheel [10:20] TR News "The agreements do not mean that a deal for an American version of TikTok is done, as these investors would form only 45 percent of the new ownership." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/media/tiktok-deal-agreements-us-investors.html | Source: New York Times [10:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/media/tiktok-deal-agreements-us-investors.html ) [10:20] TR News "In a memo, Shou Zi Chew said that parent company ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok have signed binding agreements. Oracle Inc., private equity firm Silver Lake Partners LP" https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-just-signed-deal-hand-us-operations-oracle-led-investor-group/ | Source: Silicon Angle [10:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TikTok just signed the deal to hand US operations to Oracle-led investor group - SiliconANGLE [10:21] TR News "The most striking transformation belongs to a seventh-grader named Tokyo Levy." https://boingboing.net/2025/12/19/new-yorks-school-phone-ban-accidentally-created-a-teen-social-revival.html | Source: BoingBoing [10:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/19/new-yorks-school-phone-ban-accidentally-created-a-teen-social-revival.html ) [10:22] TR News "What stuff are they doing? At many schools, teachers have made cards, board games, and sports equipment available during free time, and the kids have deigned to use them." https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-new-york-public-school-phone-ban-saved-high-school.html | Source: NYMag [10:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nymag.com | How New Yorks Phone Ban Saved High School [10:22] TR News "Western policymakers often treat soft humanitarian concernssuch as returning Ukrainian children from Russiaas separate from hard security issues" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2779413/russia-built-a-school-to-trenches-conveyor-belt-is-the-west-ready-opinion | Source: LRT [10:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Russia built a school-to-trenches conveyor belt. Is the West ready? opinion - LRT [10:22] TR News "That task forces collective efforts resulted in the 2020 report, Moving Out: A Comprehensive Assessment of European Military Mobility." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/enhancing-land-military-mobility-in-europe-advocating-a-pragmatic-approach/ | Source: Atlantic Council [10:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Enhancing land military mobility in Europe: Advocating a pragmatic approach - Atlantic Council [10:23] TR News "University officials said the suspicious activity was identified last week during monitoring of the platform, which is primarily used for software development and code storage." https://thecyberexpress.com/university-of-sydney-cyberattack-data-breach/ | Source: Cyble Inc [10:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | University Of Sydney Cyberattack Exposes Student Data [10:23] TR News [Old] "We needed a way to send data to our server without an internet connection. A team member came up with this fantastic idea of using DTMF tones!" https://saket.me/dtmf-tones/ | [10:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-saket.me | Reinventing the dial-up modem [10:28] TR News "Supporting Bill and Keonne, the Samourai Wallet developers and their loved ones" https://billandkeonne.org/ | [10:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-billandkeonne.org | Supporting Keonne and Bill, the Samourai Wallet developers and their loved ones [10:29] TR News "819% CPU usage. On a process called javae running from /tmp/.XIN-unix/. And multiple xmrig processes - thats literally cryptocurrency mining software (Monero, specifically)." https://blog.jakesaunders.dev/my-server-started-mining-monero-this-morning/ | [10:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jakesaunders.dev | I got hacked, my server started mining Monero this morning. | Unfinished Side Projects [10:31] TR News Windows TCO: "Denmark cyberattack allegations have escalated into a diplomatic confrontation with Russia" https://thecyberexpress.com/russia-denmark-cyberattack2025/ | Source: Cyble Inc [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Denmark Cyberattack Fuels Tensions With Russia [10:31] TR News "I think it makes a fascinating case study to observe and learn from on so many levels." https://mexiconewsdaily.com/opinion/social-media-tulum-ceo-perspective/ | Source: Mexico News Daily [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mexiconewsdaily.com | Social media herd mentality, Tulumedition: Our CEO's perspective [10:31] TR News "Sometimes Im not angry enough in the post, and people foolishly mistake patience for approval." https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/challenging-fate/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason [10:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.baldurbjarnason.com | Challenging fate with goodwill (and a holiday sale) [10:32] TR News "Distributing materials that glorify terrorist violence, such as videos of attacks accompanied by approving comments" https://nltimes.nl/2025/12/20/netherlands-moves-criminalize-glorifying-terrorism | Source: NL Times [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Netherlands moves to criminalize glorifying terrorism | NL Times [10:32] TR News "Linguist, professor, and AI skeptic Emily Bender often says that she wont read synthetic text. I dont take that strong of a stance, but I think it has an admirable, bracing clarity." https://www.overmorrow.tech/let-the-machine-do-the-dishes/ | Source: Max Leibman [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.overmorrow.tech | Let the machine do the dishes. [10:32] TR News "Even setting aside the question of whether the resulting recipes actually produce tasty food" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-summaries-destroying-recipe-developers | Source: Futurism [10:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Google's AI Summaries Are Destroying the Lives of Recipe Developers [10:33] TR News "Executive Summary: In late 2025 the global memory industry is grappling with an unprecedented RAM (DRAM) shortage." https://intuitionlabs.ai/articles/ram-shortage-2025-ai-demand | [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-intuitionlabs.ai | RAM Shortage 2025: How AI Demand is Raising DRAM Prices | IntuitionLabs [10:38] TR News "If you've noticed sentiment turning sharply against generative AIimages, chatbots, and the likeyou wouldn't be alone." https://boingboing.net/2025/12/20/survey-finds-very-negative-attitude-toward-gen-ai-in-games.html | Source: BoingBoing [10:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/20/survey-finds-very-negative-attitude-toward-gen-ai-in-games.html ) [10:38] TR News "On Wednesday, Cisco revealed that a newly identified China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT), "UAT-9686," had been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco email security appliances that run on its AsyncOS software" https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/cisco-vpns-email-services-threat-campaigns | Source: Dark Reading [10:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/cisco-vpns-email-services-threat-campaigns ) [10:38] TR News This server will reboot later today, resulting in short IRC outage [10:39] TR News "Cyble said in a note to clients today that CL0P appears to be readying its dark web data leak site (DLS) for a new wave of victims following its exploitation of Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerabilities that netted more than 100 victims." https://thecyberexpress.com/cl0p-ransomware-targets-gladinet-centrestack/ | Source: Cyble Inc [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | CL0P Ransomware Group Targets Gladinet CentreStack In New Campaign [10:39] TR News "Monarez is the former CDC director who was summarily fired by RFK Jr." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/california-brings-former-cdc-staff-on-to-do-the-work-rfk-jr-refuses-to-do-nationally/ | Source: Techdirt [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-California Brings Former CDC Staff On To Do The Work RFK Jr. Refuses To Do Nationally | Techdirt [10:39] TR News "But theres a catch: only major commodity farming operationssuch as those that grow corn, cotton, peanuts, rice, wheat, and soybeanswill be eligible for more than 92 percent of the money" https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-agriculture-bailout-is-alienating-his-maha-base/ | Source: Wired [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trumps Agriculture Bailout Is Alienating His MAHA Base | WIRED [10:41] TR News "I love the NES, Game Boy, Super Nintendo, Genesis, and the original PlayStation, but I have an unwavering fondness for Nintendo 64." https://lmnt.me/blog/jungle-green.html | Source: Louie Mantia [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lmnt.me | Jungle Green [10:41] TR News "People often ask me for recommendations on pedagogy. To avoid repeating myself, Im going to make some suggestions here, and update this document over time." https://parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/pedagogy-recommendations/ | [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-parentheticallyspeaking.org | Pedagogy Recommendations [10:41] TR News "Freshman Workshop" https://explodingcomma.com/posts/typing-is-great | Source: Pete Brown [10:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-explodingcomma.com | Typing is great! - Exploding Comma [10:42] TR News "A couple of retail jobs in my teen years polished my 10-key skills, and then in my early 20s, typing became my business." https://www.overmorrow.tech/typing-is-my-business/ | Source: Max Leibman [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.overmorrow.tech | Typing is my business. [10:42] TR News "What do you do with your time? I think the modern world has afforded us all more time than we know what to do with and were squandering it." https://cdevroe.com/2025/12/16/2026-goal-boredom/ | [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cdevroe.com | My 2026 goal is to be bored more often Colin Devroe [10:42] TR News "After a recent trip to Hamburg, visiting various museums and exhibitions, something struck me." https://arslan.io/2025/11/18/my-two-part-desk-setup/?ref=thenewsprint.co | [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arslan.io | My two-part desk setup [10:42] TR News "New York state banned smartphones in schools this September, and teachers are weeping tears of joy." https://futurism.com/future-society/high-school-flourishes-phone-ban | Source: Futurism [10:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Actual Human Interaction Flourishes After High School Bans Phones [10:43] TR News "Thats a big shame, because the extended Euclidean algorithm can be optimized in a very similar manner, and the underlying ideas were described in a 2020 paper." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/faster-practical-modular-inversion/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-purplesyringa.moe | Faster practical modular inversion | purplesyringa's blog [10:43] TR News "To enable this, the indie web must be open both technically and have a culture that supports discussion, exploration, and discourse, where we everyone looks at the web we have now" https://jamesg.blog/2025/12/20/the-indie-web-in-2030 | Source: James G [10:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | The indie web in 2030 | James' Coffee Blog [10:44] TR News "Using Windows RDP to get into a Ubuntu box, and I just wanted it to log me in to MATE instead of the default" https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/choose-your-desktop-in-rdp/ | Source: Darren Goossens [10:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-darrengoossens.wordpress.com | Choose your desktop in RDP DSPACE [10:44] TR News "The go fix is re-implemented using the Go analysis framework the same one go vet uses." https://antonz.org/accepted/modernized-go-fix/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov [10:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-antonz.org | Go feature: Modernized go fix [10:45] TR News "The podcast format captures the conversations, and makes it easy to enjoy those conversations while doing something else" https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-19.html | Source: Perl [10:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-perladvent.org | Perl Advent Calendar 2025 - Advent of the Underbar [10:45] TR News "Last year we started a new Perl Advent Calendar tradition, where we have a remote presentation as part of the calendar." https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-20.html | Source: Perl [10:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-perladvent.org | Perl Advent Calendar 2025 - How SUSE is Using Perl [10:46] TR News Rebooting, back soon [10:47] *tm-testing has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *tr-backup0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *ergo-log-bot has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-ddos-prot5 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *pi5-ipfs0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-server-mon0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *tm-test has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-links0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-news-remote0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *tr-server-stage0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-server-mon43 has quit (connection closed) [10:48] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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What truly matters are fast feedback loops for validating our changes." https://saket.me/fast-feedback-loops/ | [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-saket.me | The pursuit of fast feedback loops in Android development [11:04] TR News "Dart 3.0 introduced class modifiers, and at first glance, the combinations can feel overwhelming. base, final, interface, mixin. How do they all fit together? What combinations are valid? Which ones are redundant?" https://modulovalue.com/blog/understanding-dart-class-modifiers-lattices/ | [11:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Understanding Dart Class Modifiers by Using Lattices | modulovalue [11:05] TR News "Knuth is often quoted out of context as saying premature optimization is the root of all evil." https://abseil.io/fast/hints.html | [11:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-abseil.io | abseil / Performance Hints [11:06] TR News "Well, starting this project I did have some vague idea of what will happen if we combined Ruby fibers with io_uring." https://noteflakes.com/articles/2025-12-19-friday-update | Source: Sharon Rosner [11:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Threads vs Fibers - Can't We Be Friends? - Noteflakes [11:07] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [11:12] TR News "Traditional GNU General Public Licenses remain in high demand in 2025. The GPL-2.0 and GPL-3.0 versions together account for over 130,000 pageviews." https://linuxiac.com/mit-and-apache-2-0-lead-open-source-licensing-in-2025/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | MIT and Apache 2.0 Lead Open Source Licensing in 2025 [11:12] TR News "Last week, we gathered in DC with our members and speakers for our 71st meetingthe Fall 2025 Membership Meeting." https://www.cni.org/news/cni-fall-2025-plenary-videos | Source: Coalition for Networked Information [11:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cni.org | CNI Fall 2025 Plenary Videos [11:13] TR News "Wolf Vollprecht and I are co-organizing the Package Managers devroom at FOSDEM 2026, and the schedule is now live. We have nine talks covering supply chain security, dependency resolution" https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/20/fosdem-2026-package-managers-devroom-schedule.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt [11:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nesbitt.io | Package Managers Devroom at FOSDEM 2026: Schedule Announced | Andrew Nesbitt [11:15] TR News "Ill talk about more general (and solid) solutions later on." https://kristoff.it/blog/simplistic-comptime-sqlite/ | Source: Loris Cro [11:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kristoff.it | Simplistic Comptime Column Safety in SQLite Queries | Loris Cro's Blog [11:15] TR News "This is about how to get the NAI Global Privacy Control Signal extension for Google Chrome working." https://blog.zgp.org/nai-global-privacy-control-signal-for-google-chrome/ | Source: Don Marti [11:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.zgp.org | NAI Global Privacy Control Signal for Google Chrome [11:17] TR News "You don't start with a superstitious invocation of 'Mozilla/5.0'" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/BrowserLikeUserAgentBadIdeaNow | Source: University of Toronto [11:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [11:17] TR News "Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain, is relatively computationally intensive in that every hour" https://jamesg.blog/2025/12/20/designing-for-inactive-users | Source: James G [11:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Designing for inactive users | James' Coffee Blog [11:17] TR News "Immich 2.4, a self-hosted photo and video management platform, introduces a new command palette, refined UI animations, shared album improvements, and more." https://linuxiac.com/immich-2-4-released-with-command-palette-and-ui-refinements/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Immich 2.4 Released With Command Palette and UI Refinements [11:20] TR News "I spent six months with a flip phone. I learned that a more conscious technological future will require much more than just unplugging." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/my-dumb-journey-through-a-smartphone-world/ | Source: The Nation [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | My Dumb Journey Through a Smartphone World | The Nation [11:20] TR News "The RP2040 and RP2350 are dual-core ARM (and now also RISC-V) microcontrollers designed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation." https://taoofmac.com/space/hw/rp2040 | Source: Rui Carmo [11:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taoofmac.com | RP2040 and RP2350 - Tao of Mac [11:22] TR News "Linux Mint 22.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029." https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4973 | Source: Linux Mint [11:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.linuxmint.com | NO TITLE [11:23] TR News "The Linux Mint team have announced the availability of Linux Mint 22.3 beta." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12673 | Source: Distro Watch [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12673 ) [11:23] TR News "UNIX V4 tape from the University of Utah, received by Martin Newell in June 1974 around when he modeled the Utah Teapot" https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw | Source: Internet Archive [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-archive.org | UNIX V4 tape from University of Utah (raw) : Computer History Museum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [11:24] TR News "Already last year, I told you about a special HTML element that you can use to style this scripts. Read my post HTML and CSS I didn't even know about before I started creating content." https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/21/ | Source: Markup from Hell [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-htmhell.dev | Styling by Language: Using the lang Attribute for Multilingual Design - HTMHell [11:28] TR News "The page title together with its co-star, the favicon appears on stage in the browser tab" https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/20/ | Source: Markup from Hell [11:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-htmhell.dev | The many lives of the page title - HTMHell [11:28] TR News "Some time ago I worked with a customer that used Ansible to deploy a multitude of applications across their individual TAP1 environments." https://louwrentius.com/sharing-group_var-variables-across-ansible-inventories.html | Source: Louwrentius [11:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-louwrentius.com | Sharing group_var variables across Ansible inventories [11:29] TR News "But I wondered if bandwidth isn't everything, all the time." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/big-gpus-dont-need-big-pcs | Source: Jeff Geerling [11:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeffgeerling.com | Big GPUs don't need big PCs | Jeff Geerling [11:29] TR News "A key improvement in Incus 6.20 is reliable virtual machine snapshot support on clustered LVM." https://linuxiac.com/incus-6-20-container-and-virtual-machine-manager-released/ | Source: Linuxiac [11:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Incus 6.20 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released [11:31] TR News Valve discontinuing the last Steam Deck LCD model | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-discontinuing-the-last-steam-deck-lcd-model/ Source: GamingOnLinux [11:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve discontinuing the last Steam Deck LCD model | GamingOnLinux [11:31] TR News Latest Steam stable update is live as Windows gets 64-bit | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/latest-steam-stable-update-is-live-as-windows-gets-64-bit/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/latest-steam-stable-update-is-live-as-windows-gets-64-bit/ [11:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Latest Steam stable update is live as Windows gets 64-bit | GamingOnLinux [11:32] TR News "With the update to driver version 590, the NVIDIA driver no longer supports Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs or older." https://archlinux.org/news/nvidia-590-driver-drops-pascal-support-main-packages-switch-to-open-kernel-modules/ | Source: ArchLinux [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-archlinux.org | Arch Linux - News: NVIDIA 590 driver drops Pascal and lower support; main packages switch to Open Kernel Modules [11:32] TR News Bondi Beach shooting: Jewish community "completely unbreakable", PM says https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-bondi-beach-shooting-jewish-community-completely-unbreakable-pm-says [11:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-bondi-beach-shooting-jewish-community-completely-unbreakable-pm-says ) [11:34] TR News Germany Building Clever System to Heat 40,000 Homes Using Device Powered by River Water https://futurism.com/science-energy/germany-heat-pumps-40000-homes-river [11:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Germany Building Clever System to Heat 40,000 Homes Using Device Powered by River Water [11:35] TR News Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing Hey Hi (AI) Extracting Patients Race Data and Being Racist With It https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-cancer-diagnostic-bias [11:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients' Race Data and Being Racist With It [11:35] TR News Japans nuclear ambitions must be stopped at any cost, says North Korea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kcna-japans-ambition-for-nuclear-weapons-should-be-curbed [11:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japans nuclear ambitions must be stopped at any cost, says North Korea | The Straits Times [11:36] TR News 31 Malaysians rescued from Myanmar job scam syndicates safely repatriated https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/31-malaysians-rescued-from-myanmar-job-scam-syndicates-safely-repatriated [11:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | 31 Malaysians rescued from Myanmar job scam syndicates safely repatriated | The Straits Times [11:39] TR News China's rare earths El Dorado gives strategic edge https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-rare-earths-el-dorado-gives-strategic-edge [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chinas rare earths El Dorado gives it a strategic edge | The Straits Times [11:39] TR News Pakistan court hands Imran Khan, wife 17-year jail terms in another graft case https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/pakistan-court-hands-imran-khan-wife-17-year-jail-terms-in-another-graft-case [11:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Pakistan court hands Imran Khan, wife 17-year jail terms in another graft case | The Straits Times [11:40] TR News China envoy visits Cambodia seeking to de-escalate fighting with Thailand https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-envoy-visits-cambodia-seeking-to-de-escalate-fighting-with-thailand [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China envoy visits Cambodia seeking to de-escalate fighting with Thailand | The Straits Times [11:40] TR News China's new nation-spanning network eclipses 100 Gbps transferring 72 terabytes across 1,000km experimental research network designed to connect thousands of virtualized networks across the country https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-switches-on-ceni-research-network-with-72tb-transfer-test-across-1000km [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | China's new nation-spanning network eclipses 100 Gbps transferring 72 terabytes across 1,000km experimental research network designed to connect thousands of virtualized networks across the country | Tom's Hardware [11:41] TR News Ritesh Raj Sarraf: Immutable Debian https://researchut.com/blog/Immutable_Atomic_Debian/ [11:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Immutable Debian - RESEARCHUT [11:42] TR News EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1 released https://bkhome.org/news/202512/easyos-excalibur-series-version-71-released.html [11:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1 released [11:43] TR News Immich 2.4 Released With Command Palette and UI Refinements https://linuxiac.com/immich-2-4-released-with-command-palette-and-ui-refinements/ [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | Immich 2.4 Released With Command Palette and UI Refinements [11:43] TR News MIT and Apache 2.0 Lead Open Source Licensing in 2025 https://linuxiac.com/mit-and-apache-2-0-lead-open-source-licensing-in-2025/ [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxiac.com | MIT and Apache 2.0 Lead Open Source Licensing in 2025 [11:45] TR News Kevin Fenzi: home infra weekly recap: pre holidays 2025 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/12/20/home-infra-weekly-recap-pre-holidays-2025/ [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scrye.com | home infra weekly recap: pre holidays 2025 | Kevin's musings [11:47] TR News Finally upgraded the fleet to FreeBSD 15! https://rubenerd.com/finally-upgraded-to-freebsd-15/ [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Finally upgraded the fleet to FreeBSD 15! [11:50] TR News GTA: Vice City is now playable right in your browser, 2002 title that once demanded Pentium 3 now runs in Chrome requires upload of an original game file to save progress https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/gta-vice-city-is-now-playable-straight-from-a-browser-requires-upload-of-an-original-game-file-to-save-progress-2002-title-that-once-demanded-pentium-3-now-runs-in-chrome [11:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | GTA: Vice City is now playable right in your browser, 2002 title that once demanded Pentium 3 now runs in Chrome requires upload of an original game file to save progress | Tom's Hardware ● Dec 21 [12:00] TR News Testing 8 Solder Flux Pastes After Flux Killed A GeForce2 GTS https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/testing-8-solder-flux-pastes-after-flux-killed-a-geforce2-gts/ | Source: Hackaday [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Testing 8 Solder Flux Pastes After Flux Killed A GeForce2 GTS | Hackaday [12:00] TR News This Week in Science: 3I/ATLAS Passes Earth, a Runaway Black Hole, And More! https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-3i-atlas-passes-earth-a-runaway-black-hole-and-more [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This Week in Science: 3I/ATLAS Passes Earth, a Runaway Black Hole, And More! : ScienceAlert [12:01] TR News Earth's Seasons Are Strangely Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-seasons-are-strangely-out-of-sync-scientists-discover-from-space [12:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Earth's Seasons Are Strangely Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space : ScienceAlert [12:02] TR News The First-Ever Map of The Boundary of The Sun Has Just Been Revealed https://www.sciencealert.com/the-first-ever-map-of-the-boundary-of-the-sun-has-just-been-revealed [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The First-Ever Map of The Boundary of The Sun Has Just Been Revealed : ScienceAlert [12:02] TR News Earth's Atmosphere Is Leaking to The Moon, And Here's Why https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-atmosphere-is-leaking-to-the-moon-and-heres-why [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Earth's Atmosphere Is Leaking to The Moon, And Here's Why : ScienceAlert [12:02] TR News First Contact With an Alien Civilization Could Be 'Loud'. Here's Why. https://www.sciencealert.com/first-contact-with-an-alien-civilization-could-be-loud-heres-why [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-First Contact With an Alien Civilization Could Be 'Loud'. Here's Why. : ScienceAlert [12:02] TR News Reverse-Engineering The Intel 8087 Stack Circuitry https://hackaday.com/2025/12/19/reverse-engineering-the-intel-8087-stack-circuitry/ | Source: Hackaday [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Reverse-Engineering The Intel 8087 Stack Circuitry | Hackaday [12:03] TR News AMD publishes first Zen 6 document detailing ground-up redesign on 2nm process node brand-new 8-wide CPU core with strong vector capabilities https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-pubs-first-zen-6-document-for-developers-a-brand-new-8-wide-cpu-core-with-strong-vector-capabilities [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | AMD publishes first Zen 6 document detailing ground-up redesign on 2nm process node brand-new 8-wide CPU core with strong vector capabilities | Tom's Hardware [12:04] TR News US imposes sanctions on two ICC judges after rejecting Israeli challenge in war crimes case https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/us-imposes-sanctions-on-two-icc-judges-after-rejecting-israeli-challenge-in-war-crimes-case/ [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | US imposes sanctions on two ICC judges after rejecting Israeli challenge in war crimes case - JURIST - News [12:04] TR News U.S. Coast Guard Boards Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/us-coast-guard-venezuela-oil-tanker.html [12:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/us-coast-guard-venezuela-oil-tanker.html ) [12:07] TR News Bangladesh tightens security after youth leaders killing as media attacks stoke unrest fears https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-tightens-security-after-youth-leaders-killing-as-media-attacks-stoke-unrest-fears [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Bangladesh tightens security after youth leaders killing as media attacks stoke unrest fears | The Straits Times [12:07] TR News Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media troublemaker in Beijings crosshairs https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/21/who-is-jimmy-lai/ [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Who is Jimmy Lai? The HK media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs [12:08] TR News Gaza famine over but situation 'remains critical', UN says https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-gaza-famine-over-but-situation-remains-critical-un-says [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-gaza-famine-over-but-situation-remains-critical-un-says ) [12:08] TR News US forces intercept second merchant vessel off Venezuela amid blockade of sanctioned vessels https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251220-us-forces-stop-second-merchant-vessel-off-venezuela-after-trump-announces-oil-blockade [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251220-us-forces-stop-second-merchant-vessel-off-venezuela-after-trump-announces-oil-blockade ) [12:08] TR News "Heres a fun build from [RootSaid] that is suitable for people just getting started with microcontrollers and robotics an Arduino-controlled two-wheeled robot." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/two-wheeled-arduino-robot-project-for-beginners/ | Source: Hackaday [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Two-Wheeled Arduino Robot Project For Beginners | Hackaday [12:09] TR News This Week in Plasma: ambient light sensor support https://blogs.kde.org/2025/12/20/this-week-in-plasma-ambient-light-sensor-support/ [12:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.kde.org | This Week in Plasma: ambient light sensor support - KDE Blogs [12:20] TR News Registry hack enables new performance-boosting native NVMe support on backdoored Windows 11 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/registry-hack-enables-new-performance-boosting-native-nvme-support-on-windows-11-windows-server-2025-feature-can-be-unlocked-for-consumer-pcs-but-at-your-own-risk Linux does not have such issues [12:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Registry hack enables new performance-boosting native NVMe support on Windows 11 Windows Server 2025 feature can be unlocked for consumer PCs, but at your own risk | Tom's Hardware [12:29] TR News How China Tried to Dismantle a Major Underground Church https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/world/asia/china-christian-zion-church-raid.html [12:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/world/asia/china-christian-zion-church-raid.html ) [12:29] TR News Bill Clinton Photos in Epstein Files Show He Cant Escape Scandal https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/bill-clinton-epstein-files-photos-scandal.html [12:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/bill-clinton-epstein-files-photos-scandal.html ) [12:29] TR News Epstein and Maxwell Grand Jury Records Are Released https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/epstein-maxwell-grand-jury.html [12:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/epstein-maxwell-grand-jury.html ) [12:30] TR News Sahil Dhiman: MiniDebConf Navi Mumbai 2025 https://blog.sahilister.in/2025/12/minidebconf-navi-mumbai-2025/ [12:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.sahilister.in | MiniDebConf Navi Mumbai 2025 [12:31] TR News UN briefing warns recovery remains fragile in Syria amid considerable progress https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/un-briefing-warns-recovery-remains-fragile-in-syria-amid-considerable-progress/ [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | UN briefing warns recovery remains fragile in Syria amid considerable progress - JURIST - News [12:31] TR News Necesse: Some Early Impressions https://boilingsteam.com/necesse-review/index.html [12:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | Necesse: Some Early Impressions [12:32] TR News Valve discontinues the most affordable Steam Deck $399 LCD version on the way out as new starting point is $549 https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/valve-discontinues-the-most-affordable-steam-deck-usd399-lcd-version-on-the-way-out-as-new-starting-point-is-usd549 [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Valve discontinues the most affordable Steam Deck $399 LCD version on the way out as new starting point is $549 | Tom's Hardware [12:32] TR News Steam app is now 64-bit only on systems that support it, 32-bit support enters final countdown 32-bit users will stop receiving updates in 2026 https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/steam-begins-64-bit-transition-on-windows-as-32-bit-support-enters-final-countdown [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Steam app is now 64-bit only on systems that support it, 32-bit support enters final countdown 32-bit users will stop receiving updates in 2026 | Tom's Hardware [12:32] TR News Mozilla names Anthony Enzor-DeMeo CEO and focuses on trust in the era of Hey Hi (AI) https://hackwarenews.com/mozilla-names-anthony-enzor-demeo-ceo-and-focuses-on-trust-in-the-era-of-ai/ [12:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hackwarenews.com | Mozilla names Anthony Enzor-DeMeo CEO and focuses on trust in the era of AI [12:33] TR News Engagement Blog: GUADEC 2026 will be held in A Corua, Spain https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2025/12/20/guadec-2026-will-be-held-in-a-coruna-spain/ [12:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blogs.gnome.org | GUADEC 2026 will be held in A Corua, Spain Getting to know GNOME [12:34] TR News KDE PIM Sprint 2025 in Paris https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2025/12/20/kde-pim-sprint-december-2025.html [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.volkerkrause.eu | KDE PIM Sprint 2025 in Paris [12:34] TR News Toys Can Turn Dangerous in Seconds: How to Stay Safe This Christmas https://www.sciencealert.com/toys-can-turn-dangerous-in-seconds-how-to-stay-safe-this-christmas [12:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Toys Can Turn Dangerous in Seconds: How to Stay Safe This Christmas : ScienceAlert [12:35] TR News How to Install LEMP on Debian https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-lemp-on-debian-linux/ [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-lemp-on-debian-linux/ ) [12:35] TR News How to Install Tripwire IDS on Debian https://linuxcapable.com/install-tripwire-ids-on-debian-linux/ [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://linuxcapable.com/install-tripwire-ids-on-debian-linux/ ) [12:35] TR News How To Install Lynis on Fedora 43 https://idroot.us/install-lynis-fedora-43/ [12:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Lynis on Fedora 43 - idroot [12:36] TR News With Attacks on Oil Tankers, Ukraine Takes Aim at Russias War Financing https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/europe/russia-ukraine-oil-tanker-attacks-shadow-fleet.html [12:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/europe/russia-ukraine-oil-tanker-attacks-shadow-fleet.html ) [12:45] TR News Techrights Michael Larabel Adds Slop Category to Phoronix, Quickly Realises That It's Worthless https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Michael_Larabel_Adds_Slop_Category_to_Phoronix_Quickly_Realises.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Michael_Larabel_Adds_Slop_Category_to_Phoronix_Quickly_Realises.gmi [12:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Michael Larabel Adds Slop Category to Phoronix, Quickly Realises That It's Worthless ● Dec 21 [13:10] TR News Techrights New Drone Footage Shows IBM is Dead (Parts of It) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/New_Drone_Footage_Shows_IBM_is_Dead_Parts_of_It.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/New_Drone_Footage_Shows_IBM_is_Dead_Parts_of_It.gmi [13:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights New Drone Footage Shows IBM is Dead (Parts of It) [13:30] TR News Techrights Africa, Where Microsoft Used De Facto Slaves to Pretend to be "AI", Chatbots Usage is 0.2% of Measured Online Traffic https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Africa_Where_Microsoft_Used_De_Facto_Slaves_to_Pretend_to_be_AI.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Africa_Where_Microsoft_Used_De_Facto_Slaves_to_Pretend_to_be_AI.gmi [13:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Africa, Where Microsoft Used De Facto Slaves to Pretend to be "AI", Chatbots Usage is 0.2% of Measured Online Traffic [13:48] TR News Techrights 25 Years of Activism for GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/25_Years_of_Activism_for_GNU_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/25_Years_of_Activism_for_GNU_Linux.gmi [13:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 25 Years of Activism for GNU/Linux ● Dec 21 [14:05] TR News (NEW): Darktable 5.4 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Improves Camera Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Darktable_5_4_Open_Source_RAW_Image_Editor_Improves_Camera_Supp.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Darktable_5_4_Open_Source_RAW_Image_Editor_Improves_Camera_Supp.gmi [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Darktable 5.4 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Improves Camera Support [14:07] TR News (NEW): Ventoy 1.1.10 Bootable USB Creator Released with Support for AerynOS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Ventoy_1_1_10_Bootable_USB_Creator_Released_with_Support_for_Ae.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Ventoy_1_1_10_Bootable_USB_Creator_Released_with_Support_for_Ae.gmi [14:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ventoy 1.1.10 Bootable USB Creator Released with Support for AerynOS [14:08] TR News Techrights Dr. Richard Stallman, Invited by LibreTech Collective, is Giving a Public Talk in Georgia Tech Next Month (Scheller College of Business) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Dr_Richard_Stallman_Invited_by_LibreTech_Collective_is_Giving_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Dr_Richard_Stallman_Invited_by_LibreTech_Collective_is_Giving_a.gmi [14:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Dr. Richard Stallman, Invited by LibreTech Collective, is Giving a Public Talk in Georgia Tech Next Month (Scheller College of Business) [14:32] TR News Techrights Sirius Open Source is Now Imminently Dead (Struck Off) https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Sirius_Open_Source_is_Now_Imminently_Dead_Struck_Off.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Sirius_Open_Source_is_Now_Imminently_Dead_Struck_Off.gmi [14:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Sirius Open Source is Now Imminently Dead (Struck Off) [14:37] TR News Windows problems in maldives https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/maldives/#monthly-200902-202512 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/maldives/#monthly-200902-202512 [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Maldives | Statcounter Global Stats [14:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Maldives | Statcounter Global Stats [14:38] TR News Russia strikes Ukrainian port as peace negotiations continue in US https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/1220/Ukraine-port-strike-Europe-defense-cooperation [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Russia strikes Ukrainian port as peace negotiations continue in US - CSMonitor.com [14:38] TR News Zelenskyy Says US Has Proposed Direct Talks With Russia, Ukraine, As Diplomacy Accelerates https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-envoy-florida-ukraine-talks/33628629.html [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Says US Has Proposed Direct Talks With Russia, Ukraine, As Diplomacy Accelerates [14:38] TR News Russia Says Florida Talks 'Constructive,' Will Continue -- But Both Sides Tight-Lipped https://www.rferl.org/a/dmitriev-russia-ukraine-florida-peace-talks-trump/33628796.html [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Kremlin Says Little Chance Of Ukraine Peace Deal At Christmas Time [14:38] TR News Russia built a school-to-trenches conveyor belt. Is the West ready? opinion https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2779413/russia-built-a-school-to-trenches-conveyor-belt-is-the-west-ready-opinion [14:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Russia built a school-to-trenches conveyor belt. Is the West ready? opinion - LRT [14:45] TR News (NEW): Georgia: GNU/Linux Rises to Record High https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Georgia_GNU_Linux_Rises_to_Record_High.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Georgia_GNU_Linux_Rises_to_Record_High.gmi [14:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Georgia: GNU/Linux Rises to Record High ● Dec 21 [15:03] TR News Techrights Microsoft is Becoming Irrelevant: The Case of Georgia https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Microsoft_is_Becoming_Irrelevant_The_Case_of_Georgia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Microsoft_is_Becoming_Irrelevant_The_Case_of_Georgia.gmi [15:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft is Becoming Irrelevant: The Case of Georgia [15:05] TR News Only US can persuade Russia to end Ukraine war, Zelensky says https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251220-live-us-russian-officials-to-meet-in-florida-for-more-ukraine-talks [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251220-live-us-russian-officials-to-meet-in-florida-for-more-ukraine-talks ) [15:05] TR News Ukraine strikes Russian shadow fleet tanker in Mediterranean sea https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-ukraine-strikes-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-in-mediterranean-sea [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-ukraine-strikes-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-in-mediterranean-sea ) [15:05] TR News US, Russian officials to meet in Florida for latest round of Ukraine talks https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251220-us-russian-officials-to-meet-in-florida-for-latest-round-of-ukraine-talks [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251220-us-russian-officials-to-meet-in-florida-for-latest-round-of-ukraine-talks ) [15:09] TR News Eight killed in Russian strike on Odessa https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-eight-killed-in-russian-strike-on-odessa [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-eight-killed-in-russian-strike-on-odessa ) [15:09] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer [15:09] TR News "The holidays are rapidly approaching, and you probably already have a topic or two to argue with your family about." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/retrocomputing-simulacrum-or-the-real-deal/ | Source: Hackaday [15:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Retrocomputing: Simulacrum Or The Real Deal? | Hackaday [15:10] TR News "The Marauders Map is a magical artifact from the Harry Potter franchise." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/hardware-store-marauders-map-is-clarkian-magic/ | Source: Hackaday [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hardware Store Marauders Map Is Clarkian Magic | Hackaday [15:10] TR News FOSS Forces Top Five Articles For the Week Ending December 19, 2025 https://fossforce.com/2025/12/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-december-19-2025/ [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | FOSS Force's Top Five Articles For the Week Ending December 19, 2025 - FOSS Force [15:10] TR News More Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs Coming Soon https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/20/More_Microsoft_Layoffs_Coming_Soon.shtml [15:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights More Microsoft Layoffs Coming Soon [15:11] TR News Setup a Raspberry PI Wi-Fi Hotspot, also with Android USB tethering https://peppe8o.com/raspberry-pi-wi-fi-hotspot/ [15:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peppe8o.com | Setup a Raspberry PI Wi-Fi Hotspot, also with Android USB tethering [15:12] TR News TikTok: Six key things to know https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/21/tiktok-what-to-knonw/ [15:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | TikTok: All you need to know [15:15] TR News jdSystemMonitor: More Than Your Regular System Monitor on GNU/Linux https://itsfoss.com/jdsystemmonitor/ [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | jdSystemMonitor: More Than Your Regular System Monitor on Linux [15:17] TR News Sparky 2025.12 Special Editions https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-2025-12-special-editions/ [15:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sparkylinux.org | Sparky 2025.12 Special Editions - SparkyLinux [15:18] TR News Alp Lab Unveils E1M Platform with Multi-vendor Embedded Roadmap https://linuxgizmos.com/alp-lab-unveils-e1m-platform-with-multi-vendor-embedded-roadmap/ [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/alp-lab-unveils-e1m-platform-with-multi-vendor-embedded-roadmap/ ) [15:18] TR News ICORE-3576Q38 SoM packs RK3576 Hey Hi (AI) processor into a 38 mm module https://linuxgizmos.com/icore-3576q38-som-packs-rk3576-ai-processor-into-a-38-mm-module/ [15:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/icore-3576q38-som-packs-rk3576-ai-processor-into-a-38-mm-module/ ) [15:24] TR News Shadow of the Wyrm single player, traditional roguelike https://www.linuxlinks.com/shadow-of-the-wyrm-single-player-traditional-roguelike/ [15:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Shadow of the Wyrm - single player, traditional roguelike - LinuxLinks [15:24] TR News Colorway generate color pairings https://www.linuxlinks.com/colorway-generate-color-pairings/ [15:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Colorway - generate color pairings - LinuxLinks [15:24] TR News Error Prone catch common Java mistakes https://www.linuxlinks.com/error-prone-catch-common-java-mistakes/ [15:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Error Prone - catch common Java mistakes - LinuxLinks [15:24] TR News PHP Parallel Lint checks the syntax of PHP files in parallel https://www.linuxlinks.com/php-parallel-lint-checks-syntax-php-files-parallel/ [15:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PHP Parallel Lint - checks the syntax of PHP files in parallel - LinuxLinks [15:24] TR News Annobin binary annotation and examination package https://www.linuxlinks.com/annobin-binary-annotation-examination-package/ [15:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Annobin - binary annotation and examination package - LinuxLinks [15:30] TR News (NEW): Debian: Immutable Debian, MiniDebConf, EasyOS 7.1, and Sparky 2025.12 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Debian_Immutable_Debian_MiniDebConf_EasyOS_7_1_and_Sparky_2025_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Debian_Immutable_Debian_MiniDebConf_EasyOS_7_1_and_Sparky_2025_.gmi [15:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Debian: Immutable Debian, MiniDebConf, EasyOS 7.1, and Sparky 2025.12 [15:33] TR News needle highlights Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub PRs https://www.linuxlinks.com/needle-highlights-github-prs/ [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-needle - highlights GitHub PRs - LinuxLinks [15:33] TR News 12 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Usenet Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/usenet/ [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Usenet Tools - LinuxLinks [15:33] TR News UniFetch fork of Neofetch https://www.linuxlinks.com/unifetch-fork-neofetch/ [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-UniFetch - fork of Neofetch - LinuxLinks [15:33] TR News css-parser fork of the cssutils project https://www.linuxlinks.com/css-parser-fork-cssutils-project/ [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-css-parser - fork of the cssutils project - LinuxLinks [15:34] TR News Reahl Python-only web framework https://www.linuxlinks.com/reahl-python-only-web-framework/ [15:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Reahl - Python-only web framework - LinuxLinks [15:39] TR News Jam.py web front-end application generator https://www.linuxlinks.com/jam-py-web-front-end-application-generator/ [15:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Jam.py - web front-end application generator - LinuxLinks [15:40] TR News 11 Excellent Free and Open Source Java Natural Language Processing Tools https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-java-natural-language-processing-tools/ [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-11 Excellent Free and Open Source Java Natural Language Processing Tools - LinuxLinks [15:40] TR News You can force FSR 4 Redstone to work on RDNA 3 GPUs with new workaround for GNU/Linux systems solution requires Proton compatibility to work properly https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/you-can-force-fsr-4-redstone-to-work-on-rdna-3-gpus-with-new-workaround-for-linux-systems-solution-requires-proton-compatibility-to-work-properly-gpu-drivers [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | You can force FSR 4 Redstone to work on RDNA 3 GPUs with new workaround for Linux systems solution requires Proton compatibility to work properly | Tom's Hardware [15:40] TR News 'Linux' Foundation: The Foundation Has Almost Nothing to Do With Linux, It Just Misuses the Name "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/19/Linux_Foundation_The_Foundation_Has_Almost_Nothing_to_Do_With_L.shtml [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 'Linux' Foundation: The Foundation Has Almost Nothing to Do With Linux, It Just Misuses the Name "Linux" [15:40] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam Deck, Necesse, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Games_Steam_Deck_Necesse_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Games_Steam_Deck_Necesse_and_More.gmi [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Steam Deck, Necesse, and More [15:40] TR News 'Linux' Foundation: Richard Stallman Developed Only a Software Licence https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/20/Linux_Foundation_Richard_Stallman_Developed_Only_a_Software_Lic.shtml [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Foundation: Richard Stallman Developed Only a Software Licence [15:41] TR News My Humble Assessment of the Future of Red Hat, A Company That I.C.B.M. is Flushing Down the Loo https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/20/My_Humble_Assessment_of_the_Future_of_Red_Hat_A_Company_That_IB.shtml [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights My Humble Assessment of the Future of Red Hat, A Company That IBM is Flushing Down the Loo [15:41] TR News Scamfarms, Spamfarms, and Slopfarms in "Linux" Clothing https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/20/Scamfarms_Spamfarms_and_Slopfarms_in_Linux_Clothing.shtml [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Scamfarms, Spamfarms, and Slopfarms in "Linux" Clothing [15:41] TR News NVIDIA 590 driver drops Pascal and lower support; main packages switch to Open Kernel Modules https://archlinux.org/news/nvidia-590-driver-drops-pascal-support-main-packages-switch-to-open-kernel-modules/ [15:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Recv failure: Connection reset by peer ( status 0 @ https://archlinux.org/news/nvidia-590-driver-drops-pascal-support-main-packages-switch-to-open-kernel-modules/ ) [15:43] TR News Aryan Kaushik: Introducing Open Forms https://www.aryank.in/posts/2025-12-21-introducing-open-forms/ [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aryank.in | Introducing Open Forms [15:43] TR News Why doesnt KMyMoney provide (old) binary versions https://blog.bembel.net/2025/12/why-doesnt-kmymoney-provide-old-binary-versions/ [15:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.bembel.net | Why doesnt KMyMoney provide (old) binary versions bembel.net [15:43] TR News GNU Debugger 17.1 Released [15:44] TR News GDB 17.1 released! https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-12/msg00007.html [15:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-12/msg00007.html ) [15:45] TR News Goodbye to the Hexham Oak and Hungry Jacks https://rubenerd.com/the-oak-and-hungry-jacks-in-hexham/ [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rubenerd: Goodbye to the Hexham Oak and Hungry Jacks [15:46] TR News CNN staffers are reportedly loathing a potential takeover but dont expect the Ellisons to kill the news agency https://nypost.com/2025/12/20/business/cnn-staffers-are-reportedly-loathing-a-potential-paramount-skydance-takeover-but-dont-expect-the-ellisons-to-kill-the-news-agency/ [15:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | CNN staffers are reportedly loathing a potential Paramount Skydance takeover -- but don't expect the Ellisons to kill the news agency | New York Post [15:49] TR News "Mr Thomas doubts are fully justified. Confidentiality obligations applicable to the sale of a commercial product raise complex issues of competition law and contracts law. First, the doctrine of the exhaustion of rights in respect of IPRs incl. patents implies that the seller of a commercial product may not restrict the buyers freedom to resell, lease or use the product." [15:50] TR News from http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-importance-of-confidentiality-and.html?showComment=1766167525819#c7057278452856980805 [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The importance of confidentiality (and why G 1/23 did not establish a US style on-sale bar to patentability in Europe) - The IPKat [15:50] TR News Google killed the 25-year-old Sega Dreamcast PlanetWeb 3.0 web browser this week big G's services no longer respond to this quarter-century-old software https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/the-sega-dreamcasts-planetweb-3-0-browser-was-killed-by-google-this-week-big-gs-services-no-longer-respond-to-this-quarter-century-old-software [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Google killed the 25-year-old Sega Dreamcast PlanetWeb 3.0 web browser this week big G's services no longer respond to this quarter-century-old software | Tom's Hardware [15:50] TR News Officials Deploying Hey Hi (AI) Surveillance Devices in School Bathrooms https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-surveillance-school-bathroom [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Officials Deploying AI Surveillance Devices in School Bathrooms [15:50] TR News After 35 Years the World Wide Web, HTML, and HTTP Are Proprietary https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/After_35_Years_the_World_Wide_Web_HTML_and_HTTP_Are_Proprietary.shtml [15:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights After 35 Years the World Wide Web, HTML, and HTTP Are Proprietary [15:53] TR News "A radio preacher this morning opened the spirit of joy I've been meditation on all week in a way that finally overfows my spirit into writing." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-12-21-joy.txt [15:53] TR News "In recent months, my Inbox has got out of control. There are just too many things landing in it. On one or two occasions in the last ten years, I've missed important things due simply to the clutter. So I've set a deadline of 30 days hence, for getting to Zero. I think it was someone here on Gemini who tipped me over into trying to re-attain this." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-12-21_getting-to-inbox-zero.gmi [15:56] TR News "The idea that two people can disagree about politics, but still be friends and have a beer together, is true to an extent. But as many have found out the hard way, there comes a point where "live and let live" doesn't work anymore, and one either has to find common ground or cut ties." gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/12/20/should-you-cut-ties-with-people-over-politics/ [15:57] TR News "The state is necessary to enforce laws, protect individual rights, safeguard personal property, enforce environmentally sustainable resource management, solve large-scale coordination problems, and many other critical tasks." gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/12/20/my-political-philosophy/ [15:57] TR News SpellBinding: DGHYTUO Wordo: FETUS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-21.gmi [15:59] TR News "Just a day earlier, he had grown weak and had lost his appetite. As the condition did not improve, I took him to the vet and they found a sizable tumor. He was laid to rest just hours later as we comforted him and said our final farewells." gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2025-12_not-so-merry-christmas.gmi ● Dec 21 [16:01] TR News Christmas Songs gemini://gem.eomuziko.com/blog/en/posts/christmas-songs/ [16:02] TR News U.S. Strikes on Syria Underscore Scale of Challenge for Its President https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/us-strikes-syria-aftermath.html [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/us-strikes-syria-aftermath.html ) [16:02] TR News At least five killed in US retaliatory strikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251219-us-strikes-islamic-state-group-targets-in-syria-us-officials-say [16:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251219-us-strikes-islamic-state-group-targets-in-syria-us-officials-say ) [16:03] TR News US pounds targets across Syria: five ISIS members killed https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-us-pounds-targets-across-syria-five-isis-members-killed [16:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-us-pounds-targets-across-syria-five-isis-members-killed ) [16:05] TR News Linux On A Floppy: Still (Just About) Possible https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/linux-on-a-floppy-still-just-about-possible/ | Source: Hackaday [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux On A Floppy: Still (Just About) Possible | Hackaday [16:05] TR News The Hidden Microphone Inside The Sipeed NanoKVM https://hackaday.com/2025/12/20/the-hidden-microphone-inside-the-sipeed-nanokvm/ | Source: Hackaday [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Hidden Microphone Inside The Sipeed NanoKVM | Hackaday [16:05] TR News Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Released, This is Whats New https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/linux-mint-22-3-beta-released [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Released, This is What's New [16:05] TR News Quirinux 2-1-Rev4 is out https://distrowatch.com/quirinux [16:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/quirinux ) [16:06] TR News BRGV-OS 20122025 released https://distrowatch.com/brgv [16:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/brgv ) [16:06] TR News Taiwan President vows full inquiry into deadly subway attack https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-president-vows-full-inquiry-into-deadly-subway-attack [16:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Taiwan President vows full inquiry into deadly subway attack | The Straits Times [16:07] TR News Chimera 20251220 is out https://distrowatch.com/chimera [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/chimera ) [16:08] TR News EasyOS 7.1 is out as well https://distrowatch.com/easyos [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/easyos ) [16:08] TR News LoongArch Promoted To Being An Official Architecture For Debian 14 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-LoongArch64-Official [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LoongArch Promoted To Being An Official Architecture For Debian 14 - Phoronix [16:08] TR News Sparky 2025.12 Special Editions https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-2025-12-special-editions/ [16:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sparkylinux.org | Sparky 2025.12 Special Editions - SparkyLinux [16:10] TR News Mosquitoes: The most dangerous animals in the world https://www.dw.com/en/mosquitoes-the-most-dangerous-animals-in-the-world/a-75090964 [16:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Are mosquitoes the most dangerous animals in the world? DW 12/10/2025 [16:11] TR News The new Kali Linux, another Raspberry Pi imager, Ubuntu Studio's redesign, and more: Linux news roundup https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-roundup/ [16:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | The new Kali Linux, another Raspberry Pi imager, Ubuntu Studio's redesign, and more: Linux news roundup [16:12] TR News "Wallpapers favor geometric, glowing, and semi-realistic styles; my favorites include Lobster, Minotaur, Groovy Gorilla." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-best-ubuntu-wallpapers-of-all-time-ranked/ [16:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | The 10 best Ubuntu default wallpapers of all time, ranked [16:14] TR News Modder Runs AMD FSR 4 Redstone Frame Generation on RDNA 3 but Only on Linux https://www.techpowerup.com/344284/modder-runs-amd-fsr-4-redstone-frame-generation-on-rdna-3-but-only-on-linux [16:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Modder Runs AMD FSR 4 Redstone Frame Generation on RDNA 3 but Only on Linux | TechPowerUp [16:15] TR News NDSS 2025 - Too Subtle to Notice: Investigating Executable Stack Issues in Linux Systems https://www.infosecurity.us/blog/2025/12/20/ndss-2025-too-subtle-to-notice-investigating-executable-stack-issues-in-linux-systems [16:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Infosecurity.US - https://infosecurity.us - NDSS 2025 - Too Subtle to Notice: Investigating Executable Stack Issues in Linux Systems [16:18] TR News Microsoft bastardising the word "sudo" https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-made-me-a-better-windows-user-heres-how/ [16:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Using Linux made me a better Windows user, here's how [16:19] TR News Better late than never? 53-year-old HP bus standard finally gets a Linux driver, boasting 8MB/s bandwidth https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/better-late-than-never-53-year-old-hp-bus-standard-finally-gets-a-linux-driver-boasting-8mb-s-bandwidth [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-53 years later, HPs vintage bus standard finally works with Linux, offering modern users surprising 8MB/s transfer speeds | TechRadar [16:19] TR News (NEW): Over Half A Million Windows Users Are Switching To Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Over_Half_A_Million_Windows_Users_Are_Switching_To_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Over_Half_A_Million_Windows_Users_Are_Switching_To_Linux.gmi [16:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Over Half A Million Windows Users Are Switching To Linux [16:20] TR News Proprietary and DRM https://rogueliker.com/steam-sale-roguelikes-roguelites/ [16:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Sale: 50 great roguelikes and roguelites on PC (Linux/SteamOS, Mac, and Windows) - Rogueliker [16:21] TR News Azulle Access Arm is a fanless Linux PC stick with an RK3576 processor for $120 and up - Liliputing https://liliputing.com/azulle-access-arm-is-a-fanless-linux-pc-stick-with-an-rk3576-processor-for-120-and-up/ Source: Liliputing [16:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Azulle Access Arm is a fanless Linux PC stick with an RK3576 processor for $120 and up - Liliputing [16:22] TR News "Most of the changes would have already been in Proton Experimental. To test it out you can opt into the Beta on Proton 10 directly in your Steam Library. Valve are interested in finding any issues that didn't happen with the current Proton 10.0-3." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-put-up-a-release-candidate-for-proton-10-0-4-with-lots-more-linux-steamos-gaming-fixes/ [16:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve put up a release candidate for Proton 10.0-4 with lots more Linux / SteamOS gaming fixes | GamingOnLinux [16:23] TR News SteamOS Update Unlocks Better Performance and FPS Boosts for Linux Gaming Handheld Players https://www.techtimes.com/articles/313502/20251219/steamos-update-unlocks-better-performance-fps-boosts-linux-gaming-handheld-players.htm [16:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techtimes.com | SteamOS Update Unlocks Better Performance and FPS Boosts for Linux Gaming Handheld Players [16:27] TR News (NEW): Graphics Stack: Big GPUs, FPS Boosts, NVIDIA, and RDNA https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Graphics_Stack_Big_GPUs_FPS_Boosts_NVIDIA_and_RDNA.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Graphics_Stack_Big_GPUs_FPS_Boosts_NVIDIA_and_RDNA.gmi [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Graphics Stack: Big GPUs, FPS Boosts, NVIDIA, and RDNA [16:27] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/today_s_howtos.gmi [16:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [16:29] TR News (NEW): Applications: jdSystemMonitor, Introducing Open Forms, and Release of GDB 17.1 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Applications_jdSystemMonitor_Introducing_Open_Forms_and_Release.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Applications_jdSystemMonitor_Introducing_Open_Forms_and_Release.gmi [16:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Applications: jdSystemMonitor, Introducing Open Forms, and Release of GDB 17.1 [16:32] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux On a Floppy Disk and Azulle Access Arm is a Fanless Linux PC Stick https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/GNU_Linux_On_a_Floppy_Disk_and_Azulle_Access_Arm_is_a_Fanless_L.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/GNU_Linux_On_a_Floppy_Disk_and_Azulle_Access_Arm_is_a_Fanless_L.gmi [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux On a Floppy Disk and Azulle Access Arm is a Fanless Linux PC Stick [16:32] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding and Mobile: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_and_Mobile_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Open_Hardware_Modding_and_Mobile_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_and_More.gmi [16:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding and Mobile: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More [16:34] TR News (NEW): Web Servers and Chromium/Chrome Issues https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Web_Servers_and_Chromium_Chrome_Issues.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Web_Servers_and_Chromium_Chrome_Issues.gmi [16:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Web Servers and Chromium/Chrome Issues [16:36] TR News (NEW): KDE: KDE PIM Sprint 2025 in Paris and Why KMyMoney Lacks Old Binaries https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/KDE_KDE_PIM_Sprint_2025_in_Paris_and_Why_KMyMoney_Lacks_Old_Bin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/KDE_KDE_PIM_Sprint_2025_in_Paris_and_Why_KMyMoney_Lacks_Old_Bin.gmi [16:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE: KDE PIM Sprint 2025 in Paris and Why KMyMoney Lacks Old Binaries [16:37] TR News (NEW): Educational and GNOME Events https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Educational_and_GNOME_Events.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Educational_and_GNOME_Events.gmi [16:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Educational and GNOME Events [16:37] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [16:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [16:41] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [16:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [16:43] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 21/12/2025: Labrador Retriever of Lagrange's Developer Dies From Cancer, Political Philosophy, and "Getting to Inbox Zero" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Gemini_Links_21_12_2025_Labrador_Retriever_of_Lagrange_s_Develo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Gemini_Links_21_12_2025_Labrador_Retriever_of_Lagrange_s_Develo.gmi [16:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 21/12/2025: Labrador Retriever of Lagrange's Developer Dies From Cancer, Political Philosophy, and "Getting to Inbox Zero" [16:47] TR News Techrights Links 21/12/2025: U.S. Strikes in Syria, "Epstein Files Photos Disappear From Government Website" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Links_21_12_2025_U_S_Strikes_in_Syria_Epstein_Files_Photos_Disa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Links_21_12_2025_U_S_Strikes_in_Syria_Epstein_Files_Photos_Disa.gmi [16:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 21/12/2025: U.S. Strikes in Syria, "Epstein Files Photos Disappear From Government Website" ● Dec 21 [17:05] TR News Techrights Slop is Rare by Now https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Slop_is_Rare_by_Now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Slop_is_Rare_by_Now.gmi [17:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slop is Rare by Now [17:35] TR News Techrights Microsoft-Connected Publisher Spinning XBox's Death Spiral (It's Dying Fast) as a Strength and Something Deliberate https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Microsoft_Connected_Publisher_Spinning_XBox_s_Death_Spiral_It_s.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Microsoft_Connected_Publisher_Spinning_XBox_s_Death_Spiral_It_s.gmi [17:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft-Connected Publisher Spinning XBox's Death Spiral (It's Dying Fast) as a Strength and Something Deliberate [17:40] TR News "It's this time of the year again for hot chocolate with spices. Yes, please. And nice lemonade on the other side of the table, please. Why? Well, easy, while it's cool on the North side of the East/West-Table, and dusk looking around already, it's hot and sunshine on the South side. See?" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2757 [17:50] TR News Techrights Why? https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Why.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/12/21/Why.gmi [17:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Why? [17:55] TR News https://www.fsf.org/ now 113k away from funding goal [17:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Front Page Free Software Foundation working together for free software [17:59] TR News It has what he needed, so what? "RMS famously lived out of his office at MIT for a while." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46333862 See https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/10/Y_Combinator_YC_Funds_Scams_Run_by_Scammers.shtml [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.ycombinator.com | RMS famously lived out of his office at MIT for a while. | Hacker News [17:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Y Combinator (YC) Funds Scams, Run by Scammers [17:59] TR News RMS under many attacks these days for merely insisting that LLMs lack an understanding [17:59] TR News That means that slop companies (pyramid schemes basically) strongly dislike or fear him ● Dec 21 [19:13] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [19:58] TR News (NEW): MPV 0.41 Open-Source Video Player Released with Improved Wayland Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/MPV_0_41_Open_Source_Video_Player_Released_with_Improved_Waylan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/MPV_0_41_Open_Source_Video_Player_Released_with_Improved_Waylan.gmi [19:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines MPV 0.41 Open-Source Video Player Released with Improved Wayland Support ● Dec 21 [20:40] TR News (NEW): GnuCash 5.14 Open-Source Accounting Software Adds Support for US Bonds https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/GnuCash_5_14_Open_Source_Accounting_Software_Adds_Support_for_U.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/21/GnuCash_5_14_Open_Source_Accounting_Software_Adds_Support_for_U.gmi [20:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GnuCash 5.14 Open-Source Accounting Software Adds Support for US Bonds ● Dec 21 [02:02] *admfubar has quit (Quit: Leaving.) ● Dec 21 [05:38] TR News "America and the World - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-and-the-world [05:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | America and the World - Paul Krugman [05:39] TR News "Trumps Cognitive Collapse | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, December 20, 2025" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-cognitive-collapse-the-coffee [05:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | Trumps Cognitive Collapse | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, December 20, 2025 [05:39] TR News "We the People will Prevail - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/we-the-people-will-prevail [05:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-robertreich.substack.com | We the People will Prevail - Robert Reich [05:39] TR News "Steve Bannon Was Much Closer to Epstein Than You Realize" https://jacobin.com/2025/12/epstein-bannon-trump-elite-populism/ [05:39] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | Steve Bannon Was Much Closer to Epstein Than You Realize [05:40] TR News "Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/trump-dishonors-the-kennedy-center [05:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.newyorker.com | Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center | The New Yorker [05:41] TR News "In spite of legal questions: Trump's name added to Kennedy Center facade, a day after change" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/trumps-name-added-to-kennedy-center-facade-a-day-after-change-410148547 [05:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-today.rtl.lu | In spite of legal questions: Trump's name added to Kennedy Center facade, a day after change [05:42] TR News anti-fascist https://www.independent.co.uk/news/japanese-united-states-chicago-oregon-hawaii-b2888436.html [05:42] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.independent.co.uk | WWII Navy veteran Ira 'Ike' Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105 | The Independent ● Dec 21 [10:18] TR News "Donald Trumps meddling in Hondurass national election aims to return the disgraced party of the narcotrafficking ex-president Juan Orlando Hernndez to power." https://jacobin.com/2025/12/trump-honduras-election-interference-libre/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [10:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | Trump Tips the Scales in Honduras [10:19] TR News "Today I want to share this model, which is far from complete and finished, to open up a discussion." https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/12/OCT-1-My-Framework-For-Digital-Sovereignty/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer [10:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-jan.wildeboer.net | OCT My Framework for Digital Sovereignty, Part 1 - Jan Wildeboers Blog [10:19] TR News "I argued these were the four ways to peacefully fight Donald Trumps authoritarianism: [...]" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/19/the-four-ways-to-fight-fascism-checking-in/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler [10:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.emptywheel.net | Four Ways to Fight Fascism: Checking In - emptywheel [10:22] TR News "Western policymakers often treat soft humanitarian concernssuch as returning Ukrainian children from Russiaas separate from hard security issues" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2779413/russia-built-a-school-to-trenches-conveyor-belt-is-the-west-ready-opinion | Source: LRT [10:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Russia built a school-to-trenches conveyor belt. Is the West ready? opinion - LRT [10:22] TR News "That task forces collective efforts resulted in the 2020 report, Moving Out: A Comprehensive Assessment of European Military Mobility." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/enhancing-land-military-mobility-in-europe-advocating-a-pragmatic-approach/ | Source: Atlantic Council [10:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Enhancing land military mobility in Europe: Advocating a pragmatic approach - Atlantic Council [10:47] *tm-testing has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *tr-backup0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *ergo-log-bot has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-ddos-prot5 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *pi5-ipfs0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-server-mon0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *tm-test has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-links0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-news-remote0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *tr-server-stage0 has quit (connection closed) [10:47] *techrights-server-mon43 has quit (connection closed) [10:48] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). 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JURIST - News [12:04] TR News U.S. Coast Guard Boards Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/us-coast-guard-venezuela-oil-tanker.html [12:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/us-coast-guard-venezuela-oil-tanker.html ) [12:07] TR News Bangladesh tightens security after youth leaders killing as media attacks stoke unrest fears https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-tightens-security-after-youth-leaders-killing-as-media-attacks-stoke-unrest-fears [12:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Bangladesh tightens security after youth leaders killing as media attacks stoke unrest fears | The Straits Times [12:08] TR News Gaza famine over but situation 'remains critical', UN says https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-gaza-famine-over-but-situation-remains-critical-un-says [12:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-gaza-famine-over-but-situation-remains-critical-un-says ) [12:08] TR News US forces intercept second merchant vessel off Venezuela amid blockade of sanctioned vessels https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251220-us-forces-stop-second-merchant-vessel-off-venezuela-after-trump-announces-oil-blockade [12:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251220-us-forces-stop-second-merchant-vessel-off-venezuela-after-trump-announces-oil-blockade ) [12:29] TR News How China Tried to Dismantle a Major Underground Church https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/world/asia/china-christian-zion-church-raid.html [12:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/world/asia/china-christian-zion-church-raid.html ) [12:29] TR News Bill Clinton Photos in Epstein Files Show He Cant Escape Scandal https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/bill-clinton-epstein-files-photos-scandal.html [12:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/bill-clinton-epstein-files-photos-scandal.html ) [12:29] TR News Epstein and Maxwell Grand Jury Records Are Released https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/epstein-maxwell-grand-jury.html [12:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/epstein-maxwell-grand-jury.html ) [12:31] TR News UN briefing warns recovery remains fragile in Syria amid considerable progress https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/un-briefing-warns-recovery-remains-fragile-in-syria-amid-considerable-progress/ [12:31] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | UN briefing warns recovery remains fragile in Syria amid considerable progress - JURIST - News [12:36] TR News With Attacks on Oil Tankers, Ukraine Takes Aim at Russias War Financing https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/europe/russia-ukraine-oil-tanker-attacks-shadow-fleet.html [12:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/europe/russia-ukraine-oil-tanker-attacks-shadow-fleet.html ) ● Dec 21 [14:38] TR News Russia strikes Ukrainian port as peace negotiations continue in US https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/1220/Ukraine-port-strike-Europe-defense-cooperation [14:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Russia strikes Ukrainian port as peace negotiations continue in US - CSMonitor.com [14:38] TR News Zelenskyy Says US Has Proposed Direct Talks With Russia, Ukraine, As Diplomacy Accelerates https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-envoy-florida-ukraine-talks/33628629.html [14:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Says US Has Proposed Direct Talks With Russia, Ukraine, As Diplomacy Accelerates [14:38] TR News Russia Says Florida Talks 'Constructive,' Will Continue -- But Both Sides Tight-Lipped https://www.rferl.org/a/dmitriev-russia-ukraine-florida-peace-talks-trump/33628796.html [14:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Kremlin Says Little Chance Of Ukraine Peace Deal At Christmas Time [14:38] TR News Russia built a school-to-trenches conveyor belt. Is the West ready? opinion https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2779413/russia-built-a-school-to-trenches-conveyor-belt-is-the-west-ready-opinion [14:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Russia built a school-to-trenches conveyor belt. Is the West ready? opinion - LRT ● Dec 21 [15:05] TR News Only US can persuade Russia to end Ukraine war, Zelensky says https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251220-live-us-russian-officials-to-meet-in-florida-for-more-ukraine-talks [15:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251220-live-us-russian-officials-to-meet-in-florida-for-more-ukraine-talks ) [15:05] TR News Ukraine strikes Russian shadow fleet tanker in Mediterranean sea https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-ukraine-strikes-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-in-mediterranean-sea [15:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-ukraine-strikes-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-in-mediterranean-sea ) [15:05] TR News US, Russian officials to meet in Florida for latest round of Ukraine talks https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251220-us-russian-officials-to-meet-in-florida-for-latest-round-of-ukraine-talks [15:05] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251220-us-russian-officials-to-meet-in-florida-for-latest-round-of-ukraine-talks ) [15:09] TR News Eight killed in Russian strike on Odessa https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-eight-killed-in-russian-strike-on-odessa [15:09] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-eight-killed-in-russian-strike-on-odessa ) [15:09] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer [15:46] TR News CNN staffers are reportedly loathing a potential takeover but dont expect the Ellisons to kill the news agency https://nypost.com/2025/12/20/business/cnn-staffers-are-reportedly-loathing-a-potential-paramount-skydance-takeover-but-dont-expect-the-ellisons-to-kill-the-news-agency/ [15:46] -TechPolBot/#techpol-nypost.com | CNN staffers are reportedly loathing a potential Paramount Skydance takeover -- but don't expect the Ellisons to kill the news agency | New York Post ● Dec 21 [16:02] TR News U.S. Strikes on Syria Underscore Scale of Challenge for Its President https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/us-strikes-syria-aftermath.html [16:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/us-strikes-syria-aftermath.html ) [16:02] TR News At least five killed in US retaliatory strikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251219-us-strikes-islamic-state-group-targets-in-syria-us-officials-say [16:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251219-us-strikes-islamic-state-group-targets-in-syria-us-officials-say ) [16:03] TR News US pounds targets across Syria: five ISIS members killed https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-us-pounds-targets-across-syria-five-isis-members-killed [16:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251220-us-pounds-targets-across-syria-five-isis-members-killed ) [16:06] TR News Taiwan President vows full inquiry into deadly subway attack https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-president-vows-full-inquiry-into-deadly-subway-attack [16:06] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Taiwan President vows full inquiry into deadly subway attack | The Straits Times ● Dec 21 [19:13] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Dec 21 [20:56] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techpol [20:56] admfubar https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/california-brings-former-cdc-staff-on-to-do-the-work-rfk-jr-refuses-to-do-nationally/ [20:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol-California Brings Former CDC Staff On To Do The Work RFK Jr. Refuses To Do Nationally | Techdirt ● Dec 21 [21:00] admfubar https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/shining-a-light-on-how-exxon-mobil-bankrolls-think-tank-experts-pushing-for-regime-change-war-in-venezuela.html [21:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nakedcapitalism.com | Shining a Light on How Exxon Mobil Indirectly Funds Think Tank "Experts" Calling for Regime-Change War in Venezuela | naked capitalism ● Dec 21 [22:52] admfubar https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-prescription-drug-lookup [22:52] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.propublica.org | Introducing Rx Inspector, ProPublicas Prescription Drug Lookup Tool ProPublica