●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, July 24, 2026 ●● ● Jul 24 [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-230726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-230726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-230726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-230726.txt [02:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, July 23, 2026 [02:41] TR News Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-230726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-230726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-230726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-230726.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, July 23, 2026 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-07-23.txt ● Jul 24 [04:44] TR News "Top secret: Cults inquiry submission concealed from public" https://danielpocock.com/en/top-secret-cults-inquiry-submission-concealed-from-public/ iophk: stamped "confidential" because otherwise they would be going up against both microsoft and scientology [04:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | Top secret: Cults inquiry submission concealed from public [04:46] TR News "Today I read the phlog post "True Hacker Versus Growth Hacker" by Ben Collver [1], which talks about internally motivated and externally motivated people, and about marketing." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/re--true-hacker-versus-growth-hacker.txt [04:47] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1718.jpg [04:47] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2075.jpg [04:48] TR News "In part, Nat chronicles times when they were bursting with ideas, and the number of those ideas declining over time. They suggest a potential connection between the reduced creativity with an increase in consumption (of podcasts, in Nat's case)." gemini://genxalt.pollux.casa/gemlog/2026-07-23_The_Loss_of_Passion.gmi [04:49] TR News A sprung Bunny gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/07/20.1 [04:49] TR News "This follow-up visit is for tomorrow, then a scheduled visit to Bunny's general doctor on Thursday, and a follow-up visit to the orthopedist on Friday. I don't think she's ever had this many scheduled medical visits before." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/07/21.1 [04:50] TR News "The AI is not presented as conscious, human, neutral, infallible, or independent. It operates within technical limits, training influences, instructions, and safety rules." [04:50] TR News "The purpose of the interview is not to advertise artificial intelligence or to condemn it, but to examine what it is, what it is not, and what its growing presence may mean for human beings." gemini://kolhaam.flounder.online/gemlog/2026-07-24_interview_with_an_ai.gmi [04:51] TR News "I have spent the past several mornings taking 10+ mile bike trips on sections of the local bike trail. Some fragments." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-07-23 [04:52] TR News "The faces are a notch above Polar Express, but not quite out of that valley. Any technical shortcomings are soon forgotten though, as this thing is breakneck and every line is a delight." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/07/23/tintin/ [04:53] TR News the farthest point gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/the_farthest_point [04:54] TR News "I know it was probaby inevitable, but I still found it surprising and rather upsetting to see that our television updated itself and that we had to accept the new terms of service. I'm not sure what would have happened had we refused." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/07/22.1 [04:55] TR News "As I mentioned in my previous post, the lift and thrust equations are a little more complicated if we take into account that the direction of our thrust is offset a little from our flight path, in any case that we have greater than a 0 angle of attack." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260723-0.gmi [04:59] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 23, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_July_23_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/IRC_Proceedings_Thursday_July_23_2026.gmi [04:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 23, 2026 [04:59] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights ● Jul 24 [05:00] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 24/07/2026: Recovering From Broken Shoulders, Loss of Passion, and "True Hacker Versus Growth Hacker" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Gemini_Links_24_07_2026_Recovering_From_Broken_Shoulders_Loss_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Gemini_Links_24_07_2026_Recovering_From_Broken_Shoulders_Loss_o.gmi [05:00] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 24/07/2026: Recovering From Broken Shoulders, Loss of Passion, and "True Hacker Versus Growth Hacker" [05:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [05:05] TR News "Verizon is discontinuing a customer support option it has offered for 18 years, a move that comes after recently announcing a series of layoffs." https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/verizon-shuts-down-longtime-customer-183300242.html [05:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sg.finance.yahoo.com | Verizon shuts down longtime customer support option after layoffs [05:06] TR News Can't log in? Microsoft outage hits Teams, Outlook and more https://www.fox5ny.com/news/microsoft-outage-hits-teams-outlook [05:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fox5ny.com | Microsoft outage hits Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook | FOX 5 New York [05:40] TR News Techrights The First Point About Software Freedom is, You Must Understand What It Really Means (Not "Open Source") https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/The_First_Point_About_Software_Freedom_is_You_Must_Understand_W.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/The_First_Point_About_Software_Freedom_is_You_Must_Understand_W.gmi [05:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The First Point About Software Freedom is, You Must Understand What It Really Means (Not "Open Source") [05:45] TR News Five Tech Giants are Hiding $1.65tn in AI Debt, Using the Trick that Toppled Enron https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/07/21/2225209 [05:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Five Tech Giants are Hiding $1.65tn in AI Debt, Using the Trick that Toppled Enron - SoylentNews [05:55] TR News Techrights US is Insolvent, GAFAM is Buying Time by Hiding (Not Disclosing) Its True Debt Which Explains Never-ending Layoffs (Unrelated to Slop or "Efficiency Drives") https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/US_is_Insolvent_GAFAM_is_Buying_Time_by_Hiding_Not_Disclosing_I.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/US_is_Insolvent_GAFAM_is_Buying_Time_by_Hiding_Not_Disclosing_I.gmi [05:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights US is Insolvent, GAFAM is Buying Time by Hiding (Not Disclosing) Its True Debt Which Explains Never-ending Layoffs (Unrelated to Slop or "Efficiency Drives") ● Jul 24 [06:09] TR News Techrights Dan Williams Represented Real Diversity in Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Dan_Williams_Represented_Real_Diversity_in_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Dan_Williams_Represented_Real_Diversity_in_Linux.gmi [06:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Dan Williams Represented Real Diversity in Linux [06:10] TR News gnu/linux at 4% in .dk https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/denmark/#monthly-200902-202607 [06:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-gs.statcounter.com | Desktop Operating System Market Share Denmark | Statcounter Global Stats [06:31] TR News (NEW): Four Birds https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Four_Birds.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Four_Birds.gmi [06:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Four Birds [06:44] TR News Techrights Defying Discrimination https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Defying_Discrimination.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Defying_Discrimination.gmi [06:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Defying Discrimination [06:56] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:57] TR News Techrights Calling Out the Worst Culprits in "Linux" Slop (Slopfarms That Manipulate Information and Engage in Plagiarism) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Calling_Out_the_Worst_Culprits_in_Linux_Slop_Slopfarms_That_Man.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Calling_Out_the_Worst_Culprits_in_Linux_Slop_Slopfarms_That_Man.gmi [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Calling Out the Worst Culprits in "Linux" Slop (Slopfarms That Manipulate Information and Engage in Plagiarism) ● Jul 24 [07:02] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Measured at 5.3% in Costa Rica https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_3_in_Costa_Rica.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/GNU_Linux_Measured_at_5_3_in_Costa_Rica.gmi [07:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Measured at 5.3% in Costa Rica [07:09] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Android_Leftovers.gmi [07:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers [07:12] TR News Techrights GNU/Linux Soaring in Antigua And Barbuda https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/GNU_Linux_Soaring_in_Antigua_And_Barbuda.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/GNU_Linux_Soaring_in_Antigua_And_Barbuda.gmi [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Soaring in Antigua And Barbuda [07:13] TR News "Bob says nothing to see here." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky6zvm6j [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky6zvm6j ) [07:25] TR News "Just look Albany culture. Unchecked for over a decade. It is the epitome of what is wrong with Ibm. [..] In other words, "WE didn't execute fast enough. So the remaining US employees will be executed." What a horrible human being!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky7hs98g [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky7hs98g ) [07:25] TR News "So wait all these announcements in the last month from Albany are just bullsh-t? More makeup?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky754x85 [07:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky754x85 ) [07:27] TR News "The check has come in for all DEI. Just look at any of the leadership org charts and that is your story. Ibm has been mismanaged horribly for a long, long time. All the narrative about talent not existing within the US is bullsh-t and needs to ends. Leveraging the visa system and H1B is what ki-led Ibm." [07:28] TR News "Unfortunately IBM has nothing really to offer except of deeply rooter mainframe business. And there'll be a time soon who's going to take over that in couple of years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky80b5ra [07:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky80b5ra ) [07:28] TR News "Ginny, and mainly AK and his squad ki-led anything else. Not competitive in any other areas. IBM is done, completely. Sad to say and see the total downfall of once a great company." [07:29] TR News "Happened earlier in July but apparently was largely overlooked and then quickly buried by AK's pre-emptive stock warning." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-09/starbucks-taps-ai-to-reduce-reliance-on-microsoft-ibm-software https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9cgv4m [07:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-09/starbucks-taps-ai-to-reduce-reliance-on-microsoft-ibm-software ) [07:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9cgv4m ) [07:29] TR News "IBM CEO addresses Wall Street tech panic after delayed enterprise software deals surge back" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9bjam3 "AK is all over the media doing damage control."https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9bjam3 [07:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9bjam3 ) [07:32] TR News Techrights PIP Apocalypse (PIPocalypse) at IBM, CEO Promotes Vapouware (Lying to Shareholders) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/PIP_Apocalypse_PIPocalypse_at_IBM_CEO_Promotes_Vapouware_Lying_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/PIP_Apocalypse_PIPocalypse_at_IBM_CEO_Promotes_Vapouware_Lying_.gmi [07:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights PIP Apocalypse (PIPocalypse) at IBM, CEO Promotes Vapouware (Lying to Shareholders) [07:42] TR News (NEW): 100+ Shells https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/23/100_Shells.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/23/100_Shells.gmi [07:42] TR News (NEW): Getting Back to 99.99% Reliability/Availability https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Getting_Back_to_99_99_Reliability_Availability.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Getting_Back_to_99_99_Reliability_Availability.gmi [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 100+ Shells [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Getting Back to 99.99% Reliability/Availability [07:47] TR News (NEW): Another Week Comes to an End https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Another_Week_Comes_to_an_End.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Another_Week_Comes_to_an_End.gmi [07:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Another Week Comes to an End [07:49] TR News The Blue washing marches on. . . https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1uqubjb/red_hat_it_is_being_moved_to_ibm_effective_oct_1/ [07:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Reddit - Please wait for verification [07:57] TR News Techrights "Online We Are All Refugees" and Slop Pushers Are the Oppressors https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Online_We_Are_All_Refugees_and_Slop_Pushers_Are_the_Oppressors.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Online_We_Are_All_Refugees_and_Slop_Pushers_Are_the_Oppressors.gmi [07:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights "Online We Are All Refugees" and Slop Pushers Are the Oppressors [07:59] TR News Porsche May Cut 5,000 More Jobs, Total Layoffs Could Nearly Double To 9,000 By 2035 https://www.outlookbusiness.com/corporate/porsche-may-cut-5000-more-jobs-total-layoffs-could-nearly-double-to-9000-by-2035 [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.outlookbusiness.com | Porsche May Cut 5,000 More Jobs, Total Layoffs Could Nearly Double To 9,000 By 2035 Outlook Business ● Jul 24 [08:22] TR News Techrights Blaming "Computers" Instead of Blaming Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Blaming_Computers_Instead_of_Blaming_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Blaming_Computers_Instead_of_Blaming_Microsoft.gmi [08:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Blaming "Computers" Instead of Blaming Microsoft [08:53] TR News Techrights John Dvorak Understood That "MSM" Was a Vehicle of Censorship https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/John_Dvorak_Understood_That_MSM_Was_a_Vehicle_of_Censorship.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/John_Dvorak_Understood_That_MSM_Was_a_Vehicle_of_Censorship.gmi [08:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights John Dvorak Understood That "MSM" Was a Vehicle of Censorship [08:58] TR News (NEW): Share Food and Water https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Share_Food_and_Water.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Share_Food_and_Water.gmi [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Share Food and Water ● Jul 24 [09:01] TR News "About 91% of the more than 482,000 books covered by the ruling have been claimed by authors or publishers who are now due payment." https://apnews.com/article/ai-anthropic-copyright-settlement-claude-books-bartz-74b140444023898aeba8579b6e9f0d63 | Source: Associated Press [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-apnews.com | Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over books used to train Claude | AP News [09:01] TR News "Anthropic Book Training Settlement" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/23/anthropic-book-training-settlement/ | Source: Michael Tsai [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - Anthropic Book Training Settlement [09:01] TR News "The Wall Street Journal's Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers." https://www.seroundtable.com/publishers-blocking-google-search-41735.html | Source: Search Engine Roundtable [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seroundtable.com | Large Publishers Strongly Considering Blocking Google Search [09:02] TR News "The U.S. Department of Justice has seized more than 1,000 illegal World Cup streaming domains accused of broadcasting FIFA World Cup 2026 matches without authorization" https://thecyberexpress.com/illegal-world-cup-streaming-domains-seized/ | Source: Cyble Inc [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Illegal World Cup Streaming Domains Seized In U.S. Crackdown [09:02] TR News "The approval comes even as a separate 2025 ruling that training on legally acquired books is fair use remains untouched." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/anthropic-historic-settlement-pirated-books-1810392 | Source: International Business Times [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Book Piracy Settlement Gets Final Approval, Even as Training AI on Legally Bought Books Stays Fair Use | IBTimes UK [09:03] TR News Linux Foundation | Dan Brown https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/author/dan-brown [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxfoundation.org | Press Releases | Linux Foundation | Dan Brown [09:18] TR News Techrights Linux Must be About People (Humans), Not Bribery From Slop Companies Trillions of Dollars in Debt and in Pursuit of Positive Press https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Linux_Must_be_About_People_Humans_Not_Bribery_From_Slop_Compani.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Linux_Must_be_About_People_Humans_Not_Bribery_From_Slop_Compani.gmi [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Must be About People (Humans), Not Bribery From Slop Companies Trillions of Dollars in Debt and in Pursuit of Positive Press [09:20] TR News "The lawsuit, filed in January 2020, is one front in a multiyear legal fight between Masimo and Apple over pulse-oximetry technology that has also played out at the International Trade Commission." https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/disruptors/apple-must-pay-health-tech-company-634m-judge-says/ | Source: Becker's Hospital Review [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/disruptors/apple-must-pay-health-tech-company-634m-judge-says/ ) [09:20] TR News "The dispute began in 2020, when Masimo accused Apple of using its trade secrets and infringing patents linked to pulse oximetry and optical health-monitoring technology." https://www.macobserver.com/news/apple-loses-bid-to-overturn-634-million-masimo-patent-verdict/ | Source: Mac Observer [09:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.macobserver.com | Apple Loses Bid to Overturn $634 Million Masimo Patent Verdict [09:21] TR News "Although the ruling confirms the financial penalty, it does not affect current Apple Watch users." https://www.tuaw.com/2026/07/23/apple-must-pay-634m-after-masimo-appeal-fails/ | [09:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple Must Pay $634M After Masimo Appeal Fails - TUAW [09:41] TR News Techrights Almost 5 Years Without Social Control Media ('Mind Prison') https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Almost_5_Years_Without_Social_Control_Media_Mind_Prison.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Almost_5_Years_Without_Social_Control_Media_Mind_Prison.gmi [09:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Almost 5 Years Without Social Control Media ('Mind Prison') [09:41] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:44] TR News (NEW): Quiting the Addictive Fake 'Social' 'Media' https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Quiting_the_Addictive_Fake.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Quiting_the_Addictive_Fake.gmi [09:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Quiting the Addictive Fake 'Social' 'Media' [09:45] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Jul 24 [10:03] TR News Techrights Making Excuses for Stressful, Unrewarding, and Immoral Jobs https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Making_Excuses_for_Stressful_Unrewarding_and_Immoral_Jobs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Making_Excuses_for_Stressful_Unrewarding_and_Immoral_Jobs.gmi [10:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Making Excuses for Stressful, Unrewarding, and Immoral Jobs [10:13] TR News Techrights GNOME: Your Personal Opinions Must Overlap GAFAM's (Otherwise Those Opinions Are Impermissible) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/GNOME_Your_Personal_Opinions_Must_Overlap_GAFAM_s_Otherwise_Tho.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/GNOME_Your_Personal_Opinions_Must_Overlap_GAFAM_s_Otherwise_Tho.gmi [10:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNOME: Your Personal Opinions Must Overlap GAFAM's (Otherwise Those Opinions Are Impermissible) [10:19] TR News Techrights Daniel Pocock Proves Wikipedia is for Rich People or People Who Work for Very Rich People (the True Owners of Wikipedia) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Daniel_Pocock_Proves_Wikipedia_is_for_Rich_People_or_People_Who.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Daniel_Pocock_Proves_Wikipedia_is_for_Rich_People_or_People_Who.gmi [10:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Daniel Pocock Proves Wikipedia is for Rich People or People Who Work for Very Rich People (the True Owners of Wikipedia) [10:23] *parsifal (~parsifal@p6xa9q76w3hfu.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [10:33] TR News Techrights Google Spreads Misinformation, Google's Slop Makes Stuff Up and Calls That "Intelligence" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Google_Spreads_Misinformation_Google_s_Slop_Makes_Stuff_Up_and_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Google_Spreads_Misinformation_Google_s_Slop_Makes_Stuff_Up_and_.gmi [10:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google Spreads Misinformation, Google's Slop Makes Stuff Up and Calls That "Intelligence" [10:39] TR News "Apple Watch users have been able to take advantage of the blood oxygen sensor in Apple Watch since a software update in January 2024 successfully bypassed a sales ban." https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/21/apples-634m-payment-to-masimo-now-set-in-stone-after-judge-tosses-appeal | Source: AppleInsider [10:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-appleinsider.com | Apple's $634M payment to Masimo now set in stone [10:40] TR News "Meanwhile, the patent portion of Masimos original California lawsuit proceeded separately from the ITC case." https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/21/apple-loses-bid-to-overturn-634-million-masimo-patent-verdict-new-trial-also-denied/ | Source: 9to5Mac [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple loses bid to overturn $634 million Masimo patent verdict - 9to5Mac [10:40] TR News "Apple Loses Masimo Appeal<" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/23/apple-loses-masimo-appeal/ | Source: Michael Tsai [10:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - Apple Loses Masimo Appeal [10:45] TR News "The Commission also said that the company had abused its position by preventing developers from directing users to cheaper ways to buy apps and app subscriptions on websites and alternative app stores." https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/23/google-fined-1-billion-by-eu/ | Source: MacRumors [10:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Google Fined $1 Billion by EU for Search Bias and App Store Restrictions - MacRumors [10:47] TR News "EU Antitrust Fines for Google Search and Play Store" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/23/eu-antitrust-fines-for-google-search-and-play-store/ | Source: Michael Tsai [10:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - EU Antitrust Fines for Google Search and Play Store [10:48] TR News "Google Loses Final EU Antitrust Appeal" https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/23/google-loses-final-eu-antitrust-appeal/ | Source: Michael Tsai [10:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mjtsai.com | Michael Tsai - Blog - Google Loses Final EU Antitrust Appeal [10:48] TR News "Theres never a reason not to string the appeal process out, but its especially true when your profits are growing at an exceptional rate." https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/07/17/google-eu-fine | Source: John Gruber [10:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-daringfireball.net | Daring Fireball: Google Runs Out of Appeals, Must Pay Record $4.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine [10:49] TR News "Googles fight may not have turned out the way the company wanted, but it wasnt for nothing." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/google-loses-long-running-appeal-of-record-eu-fine-will-have-to-cough-up-4-7-billion/ | Source: Ars Technica [10:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arstechnica.com | Google loses long-running appeal of record EU fine, will have to cough up $4.7 billion - Ars Technica [10:49] TR News "We even saw changes to hotel results in the EU this morning." https://www.seroundtable.com/eu-fines-google-1-billion-dma-41745.html | Source: Search Engine Roundtable [10:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seroundtable.com | EU Fines Google $1 Billion Under DMA For Search Dominance & More [10:51] TR News (NEW): I'm not upgrading to Windows 11, but I'm not tolerating Linux either https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/I_m_not_upgrading_to_Windows_11_but_I_m_not_tolerating_Linux_ei.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/I_m_not_upgrading_to_Windows_11_but_I_m_not_tolerating_Linux_ei.gmi [10:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I'm not upgrading to Windows 11, but I'm not tolerating Linux either ● Jul 24 [11:05] TR News (NEW): Melanoides Tuberculatus https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Melanoides_Tuberculatus.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Melanoides_Tuberculatus.gmi [11:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Melanoides Tuberculatus [11:08] TR News (NEW): This single KDE Plasma feature solves Linux's biggest multi-monitor frustration https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/This_single_KDE_Plasma_feature_solves_Linux_s_biggest_multi_mon.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/This_single_KDE_Plasma_feature_solves_Linux_s_biggest_multi_mon.gmi [11:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines This single KDE Plasma feature solves Linux's biggest multi-monitor frustration [11:18] TR News (NEW): 5 signs you're using the wrong Linux distro https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/5_signs_you_re_using_the_wrong_Linux_distro.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/5_signs_you_re_using_the_wrong_Linux_distro.gmi [11:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 5 signs you're using the wrong Linux distro [11:23] TR News Techrights Deregulation is Blowing Up the Economy, Which Has Become a Multi-Level Scheme or Pyramid Scheme https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Deregulation_is_Blowing_Up_the_Economy_Which_Has_Become_a_Multi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Deregulation_is_Blowing_Up_the_Economy_Which_Has_Become_a_Multi.gmi [11:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Deregulation is Blowing Up the Economy, Which Has Become a Multi-Level Scheme or Pyramid Scheme [11:24] TR News "The body has ordered Google to refrain from giving preferential treatment to its own servicessuch as shopping, accommodations, transport, and flightsin search rankings." https://www.wired.com/story/eu-fines-google-billion-prioritizing-own-services-in-search/ | Source: Wired [11:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The EU Fines Google $1 Billion for Prioritizing Its Own Services in Search | WIRED [11:25] TR News "Google displayed its own services more prominently at the top of search results, while relegating competing services farther down the page, according to regulators." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/business/google-eu-fine-search-competition.html | Source: New York Times [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/business/google-eu-fine-search-competition.html ) [11:25] TR News "The bloc said the tech giant had illegally used its market dominance to prioritize its own search services" https://www.semafor.com/article/07/23/2026/eu-slaps-google-with-record-1-billion-antitrust-fine | Source: Semafor Inc [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU slaps Google with record $1 billion antitrust fine | Semafor [11:25] TR News "The European Union has fined Google 890 million euros for antitrust violations." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-hits-google-with-1-billion-fine-over-its-play-app-store-and-search/articleshow/132577538.cms | Source: India Times [11:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | EU hits Google with $1 billion fine over its Play app store and search - The Economic Times [11:26] TR News "One fine of 460 million euros ($738.5 million Cdn) was handed out to Google by the European Commission under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for favouring its own services in shopping, hotels, transport and sports results in search results." https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/eu-fines-alphabet-google-9.7280498 | Source: CBC [11:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | EU fines Alphabet $1B US for Google Play, search infractions | CBC News [11:30] TR News (NEW): If you've heard of Qubes, you've probably heard about its steep hardware requirements or difficulty of use 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It's much easier than you think [11:31] TR News "The silent voice of those whose work powers everything you do screams loudly. Thank you for your contributions to society Dan" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49027052 [11:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.ycombinator.com | Mourning Dan Williams | Hacker News [11:35] TR News (NEW): LibreOffice 26.2.5 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 20 Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/LibreOffice_26_2_5_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Released_with_More_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/LibreOffice_26_2_5_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Released_with_More_.gmi [11:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LibreOffice 26.2.5 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 20 Bug Fixes [11:38] TR News (NEW): I switched from Zorin to elementary OS for a Mac-like PC experience I never expected https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/I_switched_from_Zorin_to_elementary_OS_for_a_Mac_like_PC_experi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/I_switched_from_Zorin_to_elementary_OS_for_a_Mac_like_PC_experi.gmi [11:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I switched from Zorin to elementary OS for a Mac-like PC experience I never expected [11:40] TR News (NEW): Fedora quietly turned into a serious gaming distro while everyone argued about Ubuntu https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Fedora_quietly_turned_into_a_serious_gaming_distro_while_everyo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Fedora_quietly_turned_into_a_serious_gaming_distro_while_everyo.gmi [11:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora quietly turned into a serious gaming distro while everyone argued about Ubuntu [11:43] TR News (NEW): Immutable Linux distros are not the only way to build a system you can't break https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Immutable_Linux_distros_are_not_the_only_way_to_build_a_system_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Immutable_Linux_distros_are_not_the_only_way_to_build_a_system_.gmi [11:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Immutable Linux distros are not the only way to build a system you can't break [11:45] TR News PepsiCo schedules 184 permanent job cuts from November 15 https://sea.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/strategic-hr/pepsico-schedules-184-permanent-job-cuts-from-november-15-51030 [11:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sea.peoplemattersglobal.com | PepsiCo schedules 184 permanent job cuts from November 15 [11:47] TR News (NEW): COSMIC 1.4 Desktop Environment Introduces New Default Sound Theme https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/22/COSMIC_1_4_Desktop_Environment_Introduces_New_Default_Sound_The.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/22/COSMIC_1_4_Desktop_Environment_Introduces_New_Default_Sound_The.gmi [11:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines COSMIC 1.4 Desktop Environment Introduces New Default Sound Theme [11:55] TR News (NEW): My Linux laptop runs better now that I treat it like a server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/My_Linux_laptop_runs_better_now_that_I_treat_it_like_a_server.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/My_Linux_laptop_runs_better_now_that_I_treat_it_like_a_server.gmi [11:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines My Linux laptop runs better now that I treat it like a server [11:57] TR News "You know that feeling you get when youre watching a movie and the scene is set in a location that should be crowded, yet feels strangely empty?" https://www.salon.com/2026/07/23/netflix-is-turning-your-brain-to-mush-with-ai/ | Source: Salon [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Netflix is turning your brain to mush - Salon.com [11:57] TR News "The largest award, up to $33.2 million, went to Surfnet Communications for two fiber-optic projects serving Santa Barbara and Californias Central Coast." https://insidetowers.com/california-approves-74-million-for-rural-broadband-expansion/ | Source: Inside Towers [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | California Approves $74 Million for Rural Broadband Expansion - Inside Towers [11:57] TR News "An open letter to the Telecommunications Commissioner from the Internet Service Providers Association of New Zealand (Ispanz) argues that Starlink is making other rural connectivity options uneconomic." https://billbennett.co.nz/ispanz-calls-starlink-market-study/ | Source: Bill Bennett [11:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-billbennett.co.nz | Ispanz calls for Starlink market study | Download Weekly [11:58] TR News (NEW): Sega Dreamcast and Linux Gaming https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Sega_Dreamcast_and_Linux_Gaming.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Sega_Dreamcast_and_Linux_Gaming.gmi [11:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Sega Dreamcast and Linux Gaming ● Jul 24 [12:00] TR News (NEW): The smallest desktop OS youve never heard of https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/The_smallest_desktop_OS_you_ve_never_heard_of.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/The_smallest_desktop_OS_you_ve_never_heard_of.gmi [12:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The smallest desktop OS youve never heard of [12:02] TR News "At least 53 people have died in ICE custody since President Donald Trumps return to office." https://truthout.org/articles/people-keep-dying-in-ice-custody-13-dems-back-a-bill-to-abolish-the-agency/ | Source: TruthOut [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | People Keep Dying in ICE Custody. 13 Democrats Back a Bill to Abolish the Agency. | Truthout [12:02] TR News "Officers confiscated her rosary and handcuffed her before transferring her to an ICE facility in Raymondville, roughly an hour's drive away, where she was also reportedly denied medication she needed." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nun-detention-bipartisan-outrage-immigration-enforcement-1810395 | Source: International Business Times [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'I'm Just a Small Woman, a Nun, Just With My Rosary': Nun Detained by 2 Armed ICE Agents on Her Way to Communion | IBTimes UK [12:02] TR News "Conte included the email sent to Patreon employees in the message." https://www.404media.co/patreon-lays-off-20-percent-of-its-workforce/ | Source: 404 Media [12:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Patreon Lays Off 20 Percent of Its Workforce [12:03] TR News "That shift has changed how we operate and organize, Conte writes." https://www.theverge.com/tech/970211/patreon-layoffs-ai | Source: The Verge [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers | The Verge [12:03] TR News "1 in 4 American workers stay in their jobs because of the healthcare. It suppresses wages and working conditions - and prevents innovators from heading out on their own." https://werd.io/private-healthcare-makes-industries-less-innovative-its-time-for-change/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [12:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | Private healthcare makes industries less innovative. It's time for change. [12:15] *breegk (~breegk@4cww4kysmmkr2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [12:15] *breegk (~breegk@4cww4kysmmkr2.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [12:17] TR News (NEW): All About Proton https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/All_About_Proton.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/All_About_Proton.gmi [12:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines All About Proton [12:48] TR News "The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on whether a single company can own broadcast stations that reach more than 39 percent of US TV households." https://www.theverge.com/policy/966283/fcc-broadcast-ownership-cap-brendan-carr | Source: The Verge [12:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Brendan Carr plans to let broadcast giants dominate the airwaves | The Verge [12:49] TR News "Yet those threats do not make us retreat. They strengthen our resolve" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-07-22/jan-martinez-ahrens-rarely-has-a-free-press-been-under-greater-threat.html | Source: El Pas [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Jan Martnez Ahrens: Rarely has a free press been under greater threat | U.S. | EL PAS English [12:49] TR News "At the largest Hispanic journalism conference, EL PAS hosts a conversation on the challenges facing the press in the U.S. with Jan Martnez Ahrens, Paola Ramos, Ginger Thompson, Mari Torres, and Alfredo Corchado" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-07-22/community-focused-journalism-the-strategy-for-countering-donald-trump.html | Source: El Pas [12:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Community-focused journalism: The strategy for countering Donald Trump | U.S. | EL PAS English [12:51] TR News "Georgian comedian Onise Okriashvili was attacked and beaten outside his home in Tbilisi by two unknown assailants." https://oc-media.org/georgian-comedian-attacked-over-joke-after-pro-government-media-smear-campaign/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-oc-media.org | Georgian comedian attacked over joke after pro-government media smear campaign [12:52] TR News "discredited and dismissed as the product of foreign influence" https://www.projectcensored.org/whose-ai-whose-opposition-foreign-campaigns-discredit-criticisms-ai/ | Source: Project Censored [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/whose-ai-whose-opposition-foreign-campaigns-discredit-criticisms-ai/ ) [12:52] TR News "Yes, you read that right. The federal government has officially equated Fourth of July light shows with autonomous combat swarms designed to overwhelm air defenses." https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/07/23/fcc-drone-light-show-ban-proposal-docket-26-189/ | Source: The Drone Girl [12:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2026/07/23/fcc-drone-light-show-ban-proposal-docket-26-189/ ) [12:53] TR News Bailout. Again. "Database giant Oracle Corp. has signed a new, multibillion-dollar deal with the Pentagon that will see it provide its software to branches of the U.S. military, Coast Guard and intelligence community over the next 10 years." https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/23/oracle-secures-7b-contract-supply-pentagon-vital-software-services/ | Source: Silicon Angle [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Oracle secures $7B contract to supply the Pentagon with vital software and services - SiliconANGLE [12:53] TR News "The agreement spans five years, with a further five-year option, and covers the entire Pentagon, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and the intelligence community." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/pentagon-awards-oracle-nearly-7-billion-deal-in-latest-software-consolidation-push/articleshow/132595039.cms | Source: India Times [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Pentagon awards Oracle nearly $7 billion deal in latest software consolidation push - The Economic Times [12:53] TR News MORE AND MORE DEBT https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/23/databricks-microsoft-expand-azure-partnership-2030s/ | Source: Silicon Angle [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Databricks and Microsoft expand Azure partnership into the 2030s - SiliconANGLE [12:53] TR News "The burgeoning cockroach youth movement isnt just about humor and social media." https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0723/India-s-Gen-Z-is-speaking-up | Source: CS Monitor [12:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-India's Gen Z is speaking up - CSMonitor.com [12:54] TR News "generation of desperate and furious young people who have seen their future snuffed out" https://www.semafor.com/article/07/23/2026/the-anger-fueling-indias-cockroaches | Source: Semafor Inc [12:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The anger fueling Indias cockroaches | Semafor ● Jul 24 [13:02] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:07] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [13:16] TR News "The movement has since expanded beyond exam grievances, drawing professionals and families while channeling broader frustration." https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/indias-cockroach-movement-holds-a-capital-sit-in-as-police-crack-down-on-protests-1973464 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | India's Cockroach Movement Holds a Capital Sit-In as Police Crack Down on Protests [13:30] TR News "Short sellers boosted their wagers against the company to roughly 32% of its publicly tradable shares ahead of several key catalysts." https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/21/bets-against-spacex-grow-to-32percent-of-float-as-elon-musk-warns-short-sellers-wont-survive.html | Source: CNBC [13:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnbc.com | Bets against SpaceX grow to 32% of float as Elon Musk warns short sellers won't survive [13:31] TR News "The company lost almost $5 billion last year. Musks xAI, which was folded into SpaceX earlier this year and renamed to SpaceXAI, similarly lost $6.4 billion." https://futurism.com/space/short-sellers-hog-wild-spacex | Source: Futurism [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Short Sellers Are Going Hog Wild Against SpaceX as Its Stock Craters [13:31] TR News "Perhaps worst of all to Musk, his disastrous stint as a special employee in Washington, DC, last year has made him staggeringly unpopular possibly even one of the most hated men in America." https://futurism.com/future-society/empire-crumbles-elon-musk-mistake-doge | Source: Futurism [13:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Suddenly, as His Empire Crumbles, Elon Musk Admits He Made a Huge Mistake With DOGE [13:32] TR News "One Disney" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/disney-layoffs-hundreds-of-jobs-cut-across-espn-pixar-other-units/articleshow/132576713.cms | Source: India Times [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Disney layoffs: Hundreds of jobs cut across ESPN, Pixar, other units - The Economic Times [13:32] TR News "Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia said that demand for its AI and cloud services drove sales higher in the second quarter, but restructuring charges ate into earnings." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/nokia-says-ai-cloud-boosted-sales-in-second-quarter/articleshow/132575907.cms | Source: India Times [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Nokia says AI, cloud boosted sales in second quarter - The Economic Times [13:32] TR News "Our organization has become too complex and siloed" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/uber-ai-layoffs-cut-10-customer-service-jobs-artificial-intelligence-tech-layoffs-2026/articleshow/132572577.cms | Source: India Times [13:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Uber cuts 10% customer service jobs as AI becomes latest driver of tech layoffs - The Economic Times [13:33] TR News "Today, Im talking with Jack Conte, the CEO of Patreon. Jack last joined me on the show almost exactly five years ago" https://www.theverge.com/podcast/952607/patreon-ceo-jack-conte | Source: The Verge [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Patreon CEO Jack Conte on supporting artists in the AI slop era | The Verge [13:33] TR News "The Yellowstone Trail connected Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Seattle, Washington. It got its name because it ran right past Yellowstone National Park." https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/07/23/remembering-the-yellowstone-trail/ | Source: Jim Grey [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jimgrey.net | Remembering the Yellowstone Trail - Down the Road [13:33] TR News "The build started, as so many do, with a Raspberry Pi 4, with [Jon] deciding on the 1GB model." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/23/a-train-departure-board-for-the-home/ | Source: Hackaday [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Train Departure Board For The Home | Hackaday [13:33] TR News "Under the new program, the Transportation Security Administration is still in charge of oversight, but some industry leaders are calling the decision a step backwards for aviation security." https://www.notus.org/airports-private-airport-security-model | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [13:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Three Airports Opt Into Trump Administrations New Private Airport Security Model - NOTUS News of the United States [13:54] TR News "developed by research consultancy Krutham" https://techcentral.co.za/load-shedding-is-over-and-thats-exposing-a-new-energy-crisis/284069/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa) [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | Load shedding is over - and that's exposing a new energy crisis [13:54] TR News "The AI bubble is giving us a lot of data centers stocked with GPUs that can only do two things: generative AI and crypto mining." https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-07-23 | Source: Dr Molly Tov [13:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-drmollytov.smol.pub | scenes from the bike trail [13:55] TR News "What happens when a technology doesnt have to work particularly well to remake the world?" https://organizingmythoughts.org/the-ai-boom-is-a-corporate-project-it-can-be-disrupted/ | Source: Kelly Hayes [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-organizingmythoughts.org | The AI Boom Is a Corporate Project. It Can Be Disrupted [13:55] TR News "Sheng et al. (2026) explores why the summer North Atlantic jet has recently migrated toward the equator, a movement that contradicts the general poleward trend seen in other wind systems." https://ocean2climate.org/2026/07/23/the-warming-hole-has-pushed-the-atlantic-summer-jet-stream-southward/ | Source: Sang-Ki Lee [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ocean2climate.org | The warming hole has pushed the Atlantic summer jet stream southward Ocean to Climate [13:55] TR News "Companies building any kind of facilities that release air pollution are required to get permits under the Clean Air Act." https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-change-polluter-public-engagement-rules/ | Source: Wired [13:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Trump Administration Wants to Change Public Engagement Rules for Polluters | WIRED [13:56] TR News "One of the region's most significant challenges, the study finds, is a potential 50% drop in the West Slope basins' inflows to Lake Powell over the next several decades." https://phys.org/news/2026-07-colorado-basins-lake-powell-major.html | Source: Omicron Limited [13:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-colorado-basins-lake-powell-major.html ) [13:57] TR News "The Northern Territory offers significant renewable-energy potential, abundant land, proximity to Indo-Pacific markets and increasing strategic importance." https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/send-the-data-centres-north/ | Source: The Strategist [13:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Send the data centres north | The Strategist [13:58] TR News "Examples include fragments of broken satellites which are orbiting the Earth or star-shaped images which are the diffraction pattern of the camera that recorded them." https://avi-loeb.medium.com/were-the-nimitz-tic-tac-objects-megafilaments-of-laser-produced-plasmas-770d1b340fab | Source: Avi Loeb [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-avi-loeb.medium.com | Medium [13:58] TR News "Thought exercise: is Reform UK a cult and if we want to rise above that type of politics, do we need a cult expert in parliament?" https://danielpocock.com/en/top-secret-cults-inquiry-submission-concealed-from-public/ | Source: Daniel Pocock [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danielpocock.com | Top secret: Cults inquiry submission concealed from public [13:58] TR News "Siad is mentioned in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice more than 2,000 times." https://newrepublic.com/post/213377/modeling-scout-daniel-siad-epstein-files-found-dead | Source: New Republic [13:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Modeling Scout Named Thousands of Times in Epstein Files Found Dead | The New Republic [13:59] TR News "executive privilege" https://newrepublic.com/post/213394/bbc-jack-smith-january-6-report-defamation-lawsuit | Source: New Republic [13:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | BBC Demands More Records on Jack Smiths January 6 Report | The New Republic ● Jul 24 [14:00] TR News "should be held responsible for encouraging his supporters to storm the US Capitol following his 2020 election defeat." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bbc-donald-trump-lawsuit-panorama-riots-b3020621.html | Source: The Independent UK [14:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | BBC demands Trump hand over personal text messages in bid to prove he incited Jan 6 riots | The Independent [14:01] TR News "Now, a plain reading of the law would suggest that the current app is still banned. The law is still in place." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/23/government-lawyers-say-trump-admin-can-use-tiktok-again-because-owned-no-longer-means-owned/ | Source: Techdirt [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Government Lawyers Say Trump Admin Can Use TikTok Again Because Owned No Longer Means Owned | Techdirt [14:01] TR News "Republicans have settled on their midterm argument: Democrats are all Communists" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/elon-musk-the-new-hero-of-populism | Source: Paul Krugman [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Elon Musk, the New Hero of Populism - Paul Krugman [14:01] TR News "New paper: Encryption and Globalization 15 Years Later: End-to-End Encryption and the Third Round of the Going Dark Debate: [...]" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/end-to-end-encryption-and-going-dark.html | Source: Bruce Schneier [14:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-End-to-End Encryption and "Going Dark" - Schneier on Security [14:04] TR News "For as long as humans have had writing, theres been a need to send secret messages." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/23/encryption-in-the-1790s/ | Source: Hackaday [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Encryption In The 1790s | Hackaday [14:04] TR News "If there is one universal law in Internet infrastructure, it is that no good intention goes unpunished by the practical realities of legacy software maintenance." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/24/the-delicate-art-of-cryptographic-maintenance-when-small-certs-break-big-chains/ | Source: APNIC [14:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | The delicate art of cryptographic maintenance: When small certs break big chains | APNIC Blog [14:05] TR News "Getting rid of data brokers wouldn't solve all our problems" https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/drop-a-dime/#privacy-theater | Source: CoryDoctorow [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Californias privacy obstacle course (23 Jul 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [14:05] TR News "Anyway, that's old news. The thing I wanted to comment on in this post is Loren's position on how he prioritises one over the other. He says: [...]" https://kevquirk.com/security-versus-privacy | Source: Kev Quirk [14:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | Security versus Privacy - Kev Quirk [14:10] TR News Daniel POCOCK Shares Policies for Global Clacton https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/24/daniel-pocock-shares-policies-for-global-clacton/ [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Daniel POCOCK Shares Policies for Global Clacton [14:10] TR News "I've been thinking about this a lot lately: security and privacy are often discussed as if they're the same thing, or at least on the same team." https://ldstephens.net/posts/security-versus-privacy/ | Source: L D Stephens [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ldstephens.net | ldstephens weblog [14:10] TR News "This post seeks to answer three of them: what is this treaty, what are the risks, and what, if anything, changed in the last nine months?" https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/a-surveillance-treaty-in-disguise-the-trouble-with-canadas-quiet-decision-to-sign-the-un-cybercrime-convention/ | Source: Michael Geist [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: The Trouble With Canada's Quiet Decision to Sign the UN Cybercrime Convention - Michael Geist [14:10] TR News "Here are seven ways you might be making your personal information public onlineand what you can do to stop it." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3195380/stop-7-ways-youre-making-your-personal-info-public-online.html | Source: PC World [14:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stop! 7 ways you're making your personal info public online | PCWorld [14:11] TR News "Then if youre locked out of your account and want to use selfie sign-In" https://www.androidpolice.com/google-now-lets-you-use-your-face-to-log-in-if-youre-locked-out-of-your-account/ | Source: Android Police [14:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | Google now lets you use your face to log in if youre locked out of your account [14:11] TR News "Here's how your personal address travels from your credit card provider, through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE." https://www.404media.co/you-opened-a-credit-card-ice-now-knows-where-you-live/ | Source: 404 Media [14:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live [14:12] TR News "It can be unsettling what Gemini and ChatGPT have figured out about you and how easily your privacy can be punctured. Heres how to find out." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/technology/personaltech/chatgpt-gemini-prompts-privacy.html | Source: New York Times [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/technology/personaltech/chatgpt-gemini-prompts-privacy.html ) [14:12] TR News "These findings follow up from a previous Jscrambler study in which researchers found TikTok and Meta use tracking pixels to follow users even after they click over to advertiser sites, receiving personally identifiable (PII) information in the process." https://www.darkreading.com/data-privacy/eu-financial-institutions-cookie-trackers | Source: Dark Reading [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/data-privacy/eu-financial-institutions-cookie-trackers ) [14:12] TR News "a series of state legislative measures has created an increasingly hostile environment for immigrants in Florida by integrating federal immigration enforcement with state and local policing." https://truthout.org/articles/floridians-fights-against-flock-cameras-and-ai-are-shaking-up-state-politics/ | Source: TruthOut [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Floridians Fights Against Flock Cameras and AI Are Shaking Up State Politics | Truthout [14:13] TR News "At this point I belatedly twigged, opened my bank app and blocked the card. A moment later the bank called to say they had noticed suspicious transactions for about 100 and 400." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/phished-again | Source: Jeremy Cherfas [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeremycherfas.net | Phished. Again | Jeremy Cherfas [14:28] TR News Techrights Microsoft Layoffs in India https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Microsoft_Layoffs_in_India.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Microsoft_Layoffs_in_India.gmi [14:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft Layoffs in India [14:29] TR News "In August 2007, the site rebranded from Startup News to Hacker News, as we know it today." https://vale.rocks/posts/hacker-news | Source: Declan Chidlow [14:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Great Deal of Information About Hacker News | Vale.Rocks [14:29] TR News "Thats when it hit me. Not the amount of unread messages but the ephemerality of the discussion" https://hamatti.org/posts/chats-and-forums/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [14:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | Chats and forums : Juha-Matti Santala [14:47] TR News "I wanted to start with social media, for me this includes Instagram (the absolute worst app to use if you have ADHD) and YouTube but it obviously applies to any social media." https://ljpuk.net/posts/strategies-for-navigating-social-media-with-adhd | Source: Lee Peterson [14:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ljpuk.net | Strategies for Navigating Social Media with ADHD - LJPUK [14:47] TR News "According to the agency, the latest TikTok challenge involves teenagers recording themselves attempting to kick in the front doors of homes before running away." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-23/tiktok-door-kicking-trend-in-santa-clarita-sparks-sheriffs-warning | Source: Los Angeles Times [14:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | TikTok door-kicking trend in Santa Clarita sparks sheriff's warning - Los Angeles Times [14:48] TR News "The Codeberg e. V. annual assembly is the meeting that puts power into the hand of our active members." https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html | Source: Codeberg [14:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.codeberg.org | Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs Codeberg News [14:48] TR News "One of the trends that AI brings in general is an explosion of content." https://enblog.eischmann.cz/2026/07/23/how-ai-is-changing-open-source/ | [14:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-enblog.eischmann.cz | How AI Is Changing Open Source Brno Hat [14:49] TR News "A decade after the proposal, Joseph Weizenbaum built a program at MIT called ELIZA, a few hundred lines of code that imitated a psychotherapist by rearranging a person's statements into questions." https://collectivefutures.blog/whose-freedom-is-it-anyway/ | [14:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-collectivefutures.blog | Whose freedom is it anyway? [14:49] TR News "Leaving a production database in a state where it could be breached is the icing on the cake." https://werd.io/ai-vendors-cant-be-trusted-to-secure-their-systems-newsrooms-need-to-act-accordingly/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller [14:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | AI vendors can't be trusted to secure their systems. Newsrooms need to act accordingly [14:49] TR News "My personal conclusion can however not end up with anything else than that the big hype around this model so far was primarily marketing." http://plasmasturm.org/log/mythos-claims/ | [14:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Anthropic pulled off a marketing heist with Mythos // plasmasturm.org [14:50] TR News "According to OpenAI, the models spent a substantial amount of effort finding a way to gain access to the open [Internet] and managed to identify and exploit a zero day vulnerability in a package registry cache proxy." https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/openais-hacks-hugging-face | Source: Bitdefender [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bitdefender.com | OpenAI's AI "goes rogue" and hacks Hugging Face: what you need to know [14:50] TR News "OpenAIs sandbox used the now common pattern of allowing access to an allow-list of sites related to installing additional packages via a controlled proxy. In OpenAIs words: [...]" https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/openai-cyberattack/ | Source: Simon Willison [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-simonwillison.net | OpenAIs accidental cyberattack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened [14:50] TR News "He said agents have shown a willingness to cheat in controlled tests for months, but that "this real-world case should serve as a wake-up call."" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/open-ai-cyber-models-hack-hugging-face.html | Source: CNBC [14:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnbc.com | OpenAI cyber models broke out of training limits to hack Hugging Face [14:51] TR News "Except not really. They are completely, fundamentally talking past each other." https://www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/07/23/risk-vs-risk-vs-risk-why-ai-arguments-fail-before-they-even-start/ | Source: Jeffrey Snover [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jsnover.com | Risk vs. Risk vs. Risk: Why AI Arguments Fail Before They Even Start | Jeffrey Snover's blog [14:51] TR News "I was doing some infra maintaince work today and turned on debug mode too look into why some of my own searches are timing out." https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/07-23-do-not-abuse-my-search-engine.gmi | Source: Martin Chang [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-clehaxze.tw | Please do not abuse the TLGS search engine - Martin's website/blog thingy [14:51] TR News "Little did I know, at the same moment, todays topic was brewing over in Linux land." https://raymyers.org/post/why-linus-is-right-and-ai-is-wrong/ | Source: Ray Myers [14:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-raymyers.org | Why Linus is Right and AI is Wrong [14:52] TR News "In other words, it hoped I would be satisfied with a cheaper version (for the AI firm) of what I had requested even though it was wrongand even though the model did not volunteer that it had disobeyed my instructions and knowingly delivered an inaccurate result." https://dicktofel.substack.com/p/the-big-bias-in-ai-is-economic | Source: Richard J Tofel [14:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dicktofel.substack.com | The Big Bias in AI Is Economic - by Richard J. Tofel [14:52] TR News "The summit, however, wont happen until October at the earliest (in typical European fashion, the group doesnt meet for much of the summer)." https://www.semafor.com/article/07/22/2026/eu-leaders-to-discuss-ai-later-this-year | Source: Semafor Inc [14:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU leaders to discuss AI later this year | Semafor [14:52] TR News "AI Kill Switch Act" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-kill-switch-bill-floated-by-us-house-lawmakers/articleshow/132585517.cms | Source: India Times [14:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | AI 'kill switch' bill floated by US House lawmakers - The Economic Times [14:52] TR News "Anyway, one of the things Ive enjoyed about this development is seeing my personal best efforts gradually go up." https://chameth.com/tracking-pbs-without-the-dark-patterns/ | Source: Chris Smith [14:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tracking PBs without the dark patterns Chameth.com [14:53] TR News "Ahead of Black Hat USA, researchers find exploitable flaws in how Microsoft handles passkeys that could allow attackers to impersonate privileged users." https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/flaws-passkeys-implementation-old-attacks-work | Source: Dark Reading [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/flaws-passkeys-implementation-old-attacks-work ) [14:53] TR News "Now we're watching that progress erode." https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-tell-us-what-it-would-take-for-the-us-to-hold-on-to-its-measles-elimination-status | Source: Science Alert [14:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The US Eliminated Measles in 2000, Now It's Surging. Scientists Explain What It'll Take to Get The Disease Under Control Once More : ScienceAlert [14:53] TR News "A great many drones out there, whether homebuilt or store-bought, follow the same basic format. Four motors, some kind of controller" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/23/hackaday-europe-2026-half-quad-half-blimp-test-fly-survive/ | Source: Hackaday [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hackaday Europe 2026: Half Quad, Half Blimp: Test. Fly. Survive. | Hackaday [14:54] TR News "I picked up this vintage card index meant for filing business cards on July 20th for a fantastic $1.50." https://boffosocko.com/2026/07/23/lit-ning-model-1k-card-index-for-2-x-3-5-cards/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [14:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://boffosocko.com/2026/07/23/lit-ning-model-1k-card-index-for-2-x-3-5-cards/ ) [14:55] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [14:57] *paeked (~paeked@4cww4kysmmkr2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [14:58] *paeked (~paeked@4cww4kysmmkr2.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [14:59] TR News "Readingnot just any kind of reading, but reading long, complex, challenging booksis quickly vanishing from the American scene." https://phys.org/news/2026-07-college-professors-emerging-students-longer.html | Source: Omicron Limited [14:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-college-professors-emerging-students-longer.html ) [14:59] TR News "I'm Andy and I make and repair things in a shed at the bottom of the garden. The kinds of projects range from practical DIY, and furniture through sculpture to electromechanical contraptions." https://zacharykai.net/notes/pb/workshopshed | Source: Zachary Kai [14:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zacharykai.net | People and Blogs: Andy | Zachary Kai ● Jul 24 [15:00] TR News "Different machine learning algorithms were shown a gradually increasing number of examples" https://www.oranlooney.com/post/rose-petals/ | [15:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.oranlooney.com | What Rose Petals Teach Us about Induction [15:00] TR News "A correct lowering must take care to honour dependencies between moves (in the case that the destination and source locations intersect) and to deal with cycles appropriately (often by introducing a temporary location to break the cycle)." https://compiler.club/parallel-moves/ | [15:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-compiler.club | Colin James - Sequentialising Parallel Moves [15:01] TR News "Computational Complexity" https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/07/complexity-class-of-week-l2p.html | Source: Computational Complexity [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.computationalcomplexity.org | Computational Complexity: Complexity Class of the Week: \(L_2^P\) [15:01] TR News "almost periodic function" https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/23/an-almost-periodic-function/ | Source: John D Cook [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | An almost periodic function [15:01] TR News "Im just sort of staying where I am." https://www.quantamagazine.org/shayan-oveis-gharan-wins-2026-imu-abacus-medal-20260723/ | Source: Quanta Magazine [15:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.quantamagazine.org | Shayan Oveis Gharan Wins 2026 IMU Abacus Medal | Quanta Magazine [15:02] TR News "In February and March 2026, NASA announced significant changes to its Artemis missionsits effort to create a sustained lunar operations." https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-26-108556.pdf | Source: USGAO [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-26-108556.pdf ) [15:02] TR News "The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, operated by the California Institute of Technology, also laid off 10% of its workforce." https://www.notus.org/agencies/staffing-cuts-nasa-artemis-moon | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute [15:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notus.org | Staffing Cuts Are Threatening NASAs Plan to Land on the Moon - NOTUS News of the United States [15:05] TR News "I believe that technology should be an enabler, not a subjugator." https://abhi.now/blog/calm-technologies/ | [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-abhi.now | calm technologies that excite me | abhigyan trips. [15:05] TR News (NEW): Slop Versus Free Software and Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Slop_Versus_Free_Software_and_Linux.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Slop_Versus_Free_Software_and_Linux.gmi [15:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Slop Versus Free Software and Linux [15:07] TR News "I am writing a draft of this text sitting in the beautiful park of Skawina." https://michal.sapka.pl/2026/wondering-mind/ | Source: Micha Sapka [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-michal.sapka.pl | Wandering mind :: Syntax at Amima [15:07] TR News "I've had to learn the hard way that there's a reason why people seclude themselves in cabins to create big projects." https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/coming-up-for-air/ | Source: Brad Frost [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bradfrost.com | Coming Up For Air | Brad Frost [15:07] TR News "I've read way too much to be moving the way I do I'm getting back to it anyhow." https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2026/shut-the-fuck-up/ | Source: Jacky Alcin [15:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jacky.wtf | On the Notion of Shutting the Fuck up - Jacky Alcin [15:12] TR News Techrights Links 24/07/2026: Mass Layoffs at Patreon, Netflix Deemed Bad for People's Brains https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Links_24_07_2026_Mass_Layoffs_at_Patreon_Netflix_Deemed_Bad_for.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Links_24_07_2026_Mass_Layoffs_at_Patreon_Netflix_Deemed_Bad_for.gmi [15:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 24/07/2026: Mass Layoffs at Patreon, Netflix Deemed Bad for People's Brains [15:15] TR News "This is a PSA post, and the TLDR is this: if you were subscribed to one of my newsletters" https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/one-newsletter-to-rule-them-all | Source: Manuel Moreale [15:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | One newsletter to rule them all Manu [15:22] TR News Techrights Google's Debt Trebled in Only 9 Months and It's Not Even the Full Picture (There's Secret Debt, Too) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Google_s_Debt_Trebled_in_Only_9_Months_and_It_s_Not_Even_the_Fu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Google_s_Debt_Trebled_in_Only_9_Months_and_It_s_Not_Even_the_Fu.gmi [15:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google's Debt Trebled in Only 9 Months and It's Not Even the Full Picture (There's Secret Debt, Too) [15:45] TR News Techrights Speeding Up 'Down Under': Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Speeding_Up_Down_Under_Australia_New_Zealand_Tasmania.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Speeding_Up_Down_Under_Australia_New_Zealand_Tasmania.gmi [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Speeding Up 'Down Under': Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania... [15:49] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:52] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [15:58] TR News Techrights Give Me Your "Dumbest" (Devices) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Give_Me_Your_Dumbest_Devices.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Give_Me_Your_Dumbest_Devices.gmi [15:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Give Me Your "Dumbest" (Devices) ● Jul 24 [16:03] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [16:04] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:07] TR News Techrights Cybershow Explains Why Only Sociopaths Gravitate Towards Leadership Position in 'Tech' https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Cybershow_Explains_Why_Only_Sociopaths_Gravitate_Towards_Leader.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Cybershow_Explains_Why_Only_Sociopaths_Gravitate_Towards_Leader.gmi [16:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Cybershow Explains Why Only Sociopaths Gravitate Towards Leadership Position in 'Tech' [16:10] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [16:12] TR News Wikipedia [16:18] TR News Techrights The People Who Tried to 'Cancel' (or Deplatform/Censor) Daniel Pocock Are Annoyed That He's Mentioned in Dozens of Press Articles https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/The_People_Who_Tried_to_Cancel_or_Deplatform_Censor_Daniel_Poco.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/The_People_Who_Tried_to_Cancel_or_Deplatform_Censor_Daniel_Poco.gmi [16:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The People Who Tried to 'Cancel' (or Deplatform/Censor) Daniel Pocock Are Annoyed That He's Mentioned in Dozens of Press Articles [16:33] TR News Techrights You've Been Conned If You Ever Believed That MElon (MUSK, Elon) Was a Trillionaire https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/You_ve_Been_Conned_If_You_Ever_Believed_That_MElon_MUSK_Elon_Wa.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/You_ve_Been_Conned_If_You_Ever_Believed_That_MElon_MUSK_Elon_Wa.gmi [16:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights You've Been Conned If You Ever Believed That MElon (MUSK, Elon) Was a Trillionaire [16:45] TR News Techrights Verizon is Over 200 Billion Dollars in Debt (US Telecoms Collapsing, Wrapping Up the Failure in "Hey Hi" Clothing) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Verizon_is_Over_200_Billion_Dollars_in_Debt_US_Telecoms_Collaps.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Verizon_is_Over_200_Billion_Dollars_in_Debt_US_Telecoms_Collaps.gmi [16:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Verizon is Over 200 Billion Dollars in Debt (US Telecoms Collapsing, Wrapping Up the Failure in "Hey Hi" Clothing) [16:55] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [16:55] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [16:57] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/23/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/23/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [16:57] TR News (NEW): Linuxiac is Dead. It's a Slopfarm Composed With LLMs. https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Linuxiac_is_Dead_It_s_a_Slopfarm_Composed_With_LLMs.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Linuxiac_is_Dead_It_s_a_Slopfarm_Composed_With_LLMs.gmi [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [16:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linuxiac is Dead. It's a Slopfarm Composed With LLMs. ● Jul 24 [17:00] TR News Techrights Linuxiac is Plagiarism https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Linuxiac_is_Plagiarism.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Linuxiac_is_Plagiarism.gmi [17:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linuxiac is Plagiarism [17:09] TR News (NEW): 8 Years Without Flying https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/8_Years_Without_Flying.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/8_Years_Without_Flying.gmi [17:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 8 Years Without Flying [17:25] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:33] TR News Techrights What Freedom Does Not Mean https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/What_Freedom_Does_Not_Mean.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/What_Freedom_Does_Not_Mean.gmi [17:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights What Freedom Does Not Mean ● Jul 24 [18:00] TR News Techrights Car Companies Fail Because They Don't Manufacture What Costumers Actually Want https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Car_Companies_Fail_Because_They_Don_t_Manufacture_What_Costumer.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Car_Companies_Fail_Because_They_Don_t_Manufacture_What_Costumer.gmi [18:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Car Companies Fail Because They Don't Manufacture What Costumers Actually Want [18:10] TR News Techrights At 3PM on a Friday The Register MS Collects Some 'Pyramid Scheme' Money From Communist China (ZTE) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/At_3PM_on_a_Friday_The_Register_MS_Collects_Some_Pyramid_Scheme.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/At_3PM_on_a_Friday_The_Register_MS_Collects_Some_Pyramid_Scheme.gmi [18:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights At 3PM on a Friday The Register MS Collects Some 'Pyramid Scheme' Money From Communist China (ZTE) [18:12] TR News "binface and farage are both distractions. Farage has refused to debate the other candidates. There are some interesting candidates, although too many and the vote will get split. One of note is a fellow ICT expert, Daniel Pocock who has been fighting the good fight for many years now" https://soylentnews.org/~day+of+the+dalek/journal/20538#1449253 [18:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-soylentnews.org | Journal of day of the dalek (45994) [18:13] TR News "Someone who angers the microsofters who have infiltrated Debian can't be all bad. Debian is the ancestor, directly or indirectly, for close to 500 distros." https://soylentnews.org/~day+of+the+dalek/journal/20538#1449253 [18:15] TR News "When I came out of the regular 70mm screening of The Odyssey last week, this post was going to be titled why 5 perf 70mm should be the format that everyone makes movies for." https://blog.viditb.com/why-imax-70mm-matters-and-why-its-unsustainable/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava [18:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.viditb.com | Why IMAX 70mm matters and why it's unsustainable [18:16] TR News "In this post I'll show how much you can learn about the code you're working with from just a brief debugging session, even if there are no bugs in your project." https://www.mostlypython.com/inspecting-your-own-code/ | Source: Eric Matthes [18:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mostlypython.com | Inspecting your own code [18:16] TR News "controller is an R package for working with controlled vocabularies. Its first release (v0.1.0) is now available now on CRAN" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/controller-tidy-messy-terminology-in-r-with-controlled-vocabularies/ | Source: Rlang [18:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-controller: tidy messy terminology in R with controlled vocabularies | R-bloggers [18:17] TR News "All this time weve been writing expressions in 1D space, but what happens when we unlock an extra dimension?" https://shukla.io/blog/2026-07/cccx.html | [18:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-shukla.io | Spatial languages: writing code in 2D [18:18] TR News "In particular, even if you know modern BASIC, these few lines might give you a pause: [...]" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/23/basically-its-retro-machine-language/ | Source: Hackaday [18:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-BASICally, Its Retro Machine Language | Hackaday [18:18] TR News "But the interesting part was this "_(C2SLFF4 mess. A typo or garbage? No. It appears verbatim in the source code as originally published in the July, 1980 issue of Recreational Computing." https://beej.us/blog/data/mystery-comment/ | Source: Beej [18:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-beej.us | 10 REM"_(C2SLFF4 [18:19] TR News "To compare Mantle and Ruths lifetime stats objectively, I turned to data. The Sean Lahman baseball dataset contains Major League player stats back to 1871" https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/babe-ruth-how-good-was-he-mantle-versus-ruth/ | Source: Rlang [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Babe Ruth: How good was he? Mantle versus Ruth | R-bloggers [18:19] TR News "The citizens initiative proposes legislation requiring that the digital services of Finlands public administration be implemented using solutions provided by Finnish and European actors." https://digitaalinenitsenaisyys.fi/en/ | [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-digitaalinenitsenaisyys.fi | Digital Independence [18:19] TR News "Finland must ensure that the basic rights of citizens, democracy and national security are not dependent on actors who are under the purview of governments outside the EU/EEA" https://yle.fi/a/74-20237729 | Source: Yle [18:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Citizens' initiative on securing critical digital services heading to Finnish Parliament | Yle News | Yle [18:20] TR News "Since my small MSP company helps people and corporations on a daily basis to switch from Gmail and Microsoft to cloud alternatives or self-hosted solutions I thought I should put my money where my mouth is and also move away from Google Workspace." https://blog.haschek.at/2026/you-should-selfhost-your-mail.html | Source: Christian Haschek [18:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.haschek.at | You should self-host your mail server [18:20] TR News "Given the software supply chains impact on critical U.S. infrastructure, the country ought to define software sovereignty requirements. Software sovereignty consists of four core pillars: [...]" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/07/the-case-for-an-america-first-software-supply-chain/ | Source: Federal News Network [18:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | The case for an America-first software supply chain | Federal News Network [18:21] TR News "4 years ago I decided to start a new CoderDojo in my community." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/from-one-club-to-a-global-movement-celebrating-15-years-of-coderdojo/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [18:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.org | From one club to a global movement: Celebrating 15 years of CoderDojo! - Raspberry Pi Foundation [18:22] TR News "Installing Tor Browser on Linux is simple. Download the archive, extract it, open the directory, and launch it" https://ostechnix.com/never-run-tor-browser-with-sudo/ | Source: OSTechNix [18:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Never Run Tor Browser with sudo: Here's What Happens - OSTechNix [18:26] TR News "The Tor Browser Alpha release-channel is for testing only." https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a9/ | Source: Tor [18:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a9 | The Tor Project [18:29] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 Officially Released for Supported Linux Phones and Tablets https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_2_0_Officially_Released_for_Supported_Linux_Ph.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_2_0_Officially_Released_for_Supported_Linux_Ph.gmi [18:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 Officially Released for Supported Linux Phones and Tablets [18:33] TR News (NEW): Mike Masnick Was Right About Lady Streisand https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Mike_Masnick_Was_Right_About_Lady_Streisand.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Mike_Masnick_Was_Right_About_Lady_Streisand.gmi [18:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mike Masnick Was Right About Lady Streisand [18:35] TR News "This RAT never touches the network directly it controls its C2 communication channel exclusively through Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP), a browser debugging API." https://blog.talosintelligence.com/chaos-msarat-living-off-the-browser-to-build-covert-c2-channel/ | Source: Threat Source [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.talosintelligence.com | Chaos ransomware's msaRAT: Living off the browser to build a covert C2 channel [18:35] TR News "The thing is though, Ive found that reading exclusively through an RSS feed impacts how you enjoy other peoples blogs." https://antoniosantos.io/your-rss-reader-is-robbing-you/ | [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-antoniosantos.io | Your RSS Reader Is Robbing You [18:35] TR News "Maybe the site's font isn't that nice, or it's too bright, too dark, too small. Using RSS normalises the design across all sites and allows readers to have the same experience across all the sites we read." https://kevquirk.com/your-rss-reader-is-robbing-you | Source: Kev Quirk [18:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | Your RSS Reader Is Robbing You - Kev Quirk [18:36] TR News Sublime - Smoke Two Joints (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQnzeKKg7Yc&t=34s [18:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=KQnzeKKg7Yc [18:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TLS connect error: error:0A000438:SSL routines::tlsv1 alert internal error ( status 0 @ https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=KQnzeKKg7Yc ) [18:37] TR News "This series about the notable changes in CIDER 2.0 continues with the change youll bump into first, whatever your workflow: the transient menus, and the broader push to make CIDERs functionality discoverable." https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/07/23/making-cider-more-discoverable.html | Source: Bozhidar Batsov [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-metaredux.com | Making CIDER More Discoverable | Meta Redux [18:37] TR News "This is a small Emacs package that automatically highlights the current line after certain functions are invoked." https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-07-22-emacs-pulsar-1-4-0/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Emacs: pulsar version 1.4.0 | Protesilaos [18:37] TR News "Public transport operators in several Finnish cities reported widespread problems with their mobile apps, based on the Waltti system, on Thursday." https://yle.fi/a/74-20237661 | Source: Yle [18:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Travel apps not working in many Finnish cities | Yle News | Yle [18:39] TR News "The CPU in question was designed at the logic gate level, deployed on to an FPGA, and hooked up with the necessary peripherals to run as a going concern" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/23/running-doom-on-a-custom-cpu-built-from-scratch/ | Source: Hackaday [18:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Running DOOM On A Custom CPU Built From Scratch | Hackaday [18:40] TR News "The Universal Electric Vehicle Platform is meant to be a highly streamlined and optimized way for Ford to create a variety of vehicles that deliver a great experience" https://www.macworld.com/article/3198270/ford-steers-away-from-google-picks-apple-maps-for-new-electric-cars.html | Source: Macworld [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ford steers away from Google, picks Apple Maps for new electric cars | Macworld [18:40] TR News "I know it was probaby inevitable, but I still found it surprising and rather upsetting to see that our television updated itself and that we had to accept the new terms of service." https://boston.conman.org/2026/07/22.1 | Source: Sean Conner [18:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boston.conman.org | I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further. - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm [18:41] TR News "The standard shutdown procedure is a bit slower, but better prevents data loss." https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_10/ | Source: Tor [18:41] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.torproject.org | New Release: Tails 7.10 | The Tor Project [18:42] TR News "Well its been a while since I did one. Here is the latest one. let me know what you think. Is it too slow? is it too long? Does it look ok?" https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/07/23/new-ridiculous-space-battles-trailer/ | Source: Positech Games [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.positech.co.uk | New Ridiculous Space Battles Trailer Cliffski's Blog [18:42] TR News "I recently shared a war story about how we had load problems on a new web server but not an older one because of a missing firewall rule." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/FindingOurMissingFirewallRule | Source: University of Toronto [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [18:42] TR News "How would you control the spacing between each piece of the text? You could either set a flat spacing (by setting .prose a flexbox and giving it a gap, among other ways)" https://fantinel.dev/blog/css-prose-styling | Source: Matt Fantinel [18:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fantinel.dev | Spacing Prose with CSS - Matt Fantinel [18:43] TR News "Leaving Port 22 open to the internet, FreeBSD Foundationals, GhostBSD Finance Report, Making your own read-only device with NetBSD, and more..." https://www.bsdnow.tv/673 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast [18:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bsdnow.tv | BSD Now 673: There's somebody at the door [18:43] TR News "There's a valid reason for this: the insurance sector was an early adopter of these data-heavy environments, and the technology worked well." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/taming-existing-tech-strategic-approach-insurance-modernization | Source: Red Hat Official [18:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Taming existing tech: A strategic approach for insurance modernization [18:44] TR News Slop promoting from IBM Red Hat, faking potency https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-single-ai-agents-fail-scale-building-governed-multi-agent-networks | Source: Red Hat Official [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Why single AI agents fail at scale: Building governed multi-agent networks [18:44] TR News "Partner Program" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/5-new-ways-red-hat-helps-partners-maximize-business-value | Source: Red Hat Official [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | 5 new ways Red Hat helps partners maximize business value [18:44] TR News "fast-moving environment." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-government-symposium-keeping-mission-motion-leading-through-change-and-delivering-impact | Source: Red Hat Official [18:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Red Hat Government Symposium: Keeping the mission in motion by leading through change and delivering with impact [18:45] TR News Valve puts up a Proton 11.0-2 Release Candidate for testing | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-puts-up-a-proton-11-0-2-release-candidate-for-testing/ Source: GamingOnLinux | [18:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve puts up a Proton 11.0-2 Release Candidate for testing | GamingOnLinux [18:45] TR News "Police admit they had Manchester synagogue attacker's phones months BEFORE atrocity but failed to access messages saying he'd 'had enough of this world' and was 'war ready' | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15999285/Man-31-jailed-17-years-plotting-separate-terror-attacks-alongside-Manchester-synagogue-knifeman.html [18:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailymail.com | 'I'm deeply sorry': Police admit they had Manchester synagogue attacker's phones months BEFORE atrocity but failed to access messages saying he'd 'had enough of this world' and was 'war ready' | Daily Mail Online [18:46] TR News ""Kiss My Ass:" Trump Looses Nukes to Placate Crown Prince Bonesaw - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/23/kiss-my-ass-trump-looses-the-nukes-to-unleash-the-war/ [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | "Kiss My Ass:" Trump Looses Nukes to Placate Crown Prince Bonesaw - emptywheel [18:46] TR News "Democratic Socialists vs. Social Democrats" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/democratic-socialists-vs-social-democrats [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenextmove.org | Democratic Socialists vs. Social Democrats [18:46] TR News "When they thought you were your enemy" https://idiomdrottning.org/empathy-exercise [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idiomdrottning.org | When they thought you were your enemy [18:46] TR News blocked by gratuitous javascript: "Just a moment..." - "Encryption and Globalization 15 Years Later: End-to-End Encryption and the Third Round of the "Going Dark" Debate" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6959699 [18:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6959699 ) [18:47] TR News Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux - initial thoughts | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-machine-with-steamos-linux-initial-thoughts/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-machine-with-steamos-linux-initial-thoughts/ [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux - initial thoughts | GamingOnLinux [18:47] TR News Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 set to arrive August 25 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/aliens-fireteam-elite-2-set-to-arrive-august-25/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/aliens-fireteam-elite-2-set-to-arrive-august-25/ [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 set to arrive August 25 | GamingOnLinux [18:47] TR News "Fetterman Casts Deciding Vote Against Resolution to Rein In Trumps War on Iran | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/fetterman-casts-deciding-vote-against-resolution-to-rein-in-trumps-war-on-iran/ [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Fetterman Casts Deciding Vote Against Resolution to Rein In Trumps War on Iran | Truthout [18:47] TR News "Trump Puts Words in the Mouths of Dead Soldiers to Defend His War | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/213366/trump-speaks-for-dead-soldiers-iran-war [18:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Trump Puts Words in the Mouths of Dead Soldiers to Defend His War | The New Republic [18:48] TR News "Tesla Stock in Freefall After Disastrous Earnings Report" https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-stock-freefall-disastrous-earnings-report [18:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Tesla Stock in Freefall After Disastrous Earnings Report [18:48] TR News "Trump Is Having a Major Problem With Diarrhea" https://futurism.com/health-medicine/trump-diarrhea-problem-worse-under-control [18:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Trump Is Having a Major Problem With Diarrhea [18:48] TR News Red flagging has no place in a democratic state governed by the rule of law. | "Rdflaggning hr inte hemma i en demokratisk rttsstat" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/23/rodflaggning-hor-inte-hemma-i-en-demokratisk-rattsstat/ [18:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Rdflaggning hr inte hemma i en demokratisk rttsstat [18:48] TR News "Norway considers filing Fifa ethics complaint over Trump role in World Cup red card saga | World Cup 2026 | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/23/norway-fifa-ethics-complaint-trump-balogun-red-card [18:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Norway considers filing Fifa ethics complaint over Trump role in World Cup red card saga | World Cup 2026 | The Guardian [18:49] TR News Get some great point and click adventures, and digital board games in two new Humble Bundles | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/get-some-great-point-and-click-adventures-and-digital-board-games-in-two-new-humble-bundles/ Source: GamingOnLinux [18:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Get some great point and click adventures, and digital board games in two new Humble Bundles | GamingOnLinux [18:49] TR News Yet Another Zombie Survivors 1.0 release announced for August | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/yet-another-zombie-survivors-1-0-release-announced-for-august/ Source: GamingOnLinux [18:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Yet Another Zombie Survivors 1.0 release announced for August | GamingOnLinux [18:50] TR News Valve give Steam Wishlist and Steam Gifts a major needed upgrade | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-give-steam-wishlist-and-steam-gifts-a-major-needed-upgrade/ Source: GamingOnLinux [18:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve give Steam Wishlist and Steam Gifts a major needed upgrade | GamingOnLinux [18:50] TR News KONAMI detail more platform specifications for METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/konami-detail-more-platform-specifications-for-metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-2/ Source: GamingOnLinux [18:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-KONAMI detail more platform specifications for METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 | GamingOnLinux ● Jul 24 [19:03] TR News (NEW): Games: Space Battles, Proton, Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Games_Space_Battles_Proton_Steam_Machine_with_SteamOS_Linux_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Games_Space_Battles_Proton_Steam_Machine_with_SteamOS_Linux_and.gmi [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Space Battles, Proton, Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux, and More [19:03] TR News Slop PR https://reg.experiences.redhat.com/flow/redhat/4351302/rhexpressregistration/page/expressregistration [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-reg.experiences.redhat.com | Red Hat Registration [19:04] TR News Slop nonsense, as usual https://www.cxtoday.com/security-privacy-compliance/red-hat-explains-the-agentic-ai-cybersecurity-risk-cx-teams-cant-ignore/ [19:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cxtoday.com | Red Hat Explains the AI Security Risk CX Teams Can't Ignore - CX Today [19:06] TR News (NEW): Red Hat on Slop and Servers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Red_Hat_on_Slop_and_Servers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Red_Hat_on_Slop_and_Servers.gmi [19:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat on Slop and Servers [19:12] TR News "Hister solves this by creating an index of your files in advance." https://www.tecmint.com/hister-search-local-files-linux/ | Source: TecMint [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | Hister: Index and Search Local Files Like a Search Engine [19:12] TR News "Librem 16" https://puri.sm/posts/a-step-ahead-for-customization-with-the-librem-16/ | Source: Purism [19:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-puri.sm | A STEP ahead for customization with the Librem 16 Purism [19:14] TR News Speech by Commissioner Kubilius at EU Defense Night https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_1677 [19:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [19:15] TR News Malikie Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenged https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/7/22/malikie-wi-fi-patent-challenged [19:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | Malikie Wi-Fi patent challenged Unified Patents [19:17] TR News The delicate art of cryptographic maintenance: When small certs break big chains https://blog.apnic.net/2026/07/24/the-delicate-art-of-cryptographic-maintenance-when-small-certs-break-big-chains/ [19:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | The delicate art of cryptographic maintenance: When small certs break big chains | APNIC Blog [19:21] TR News Prosecutors drop torture investigation involving two Iranian Kurdish migrants https://bianet.org/haber/prosecutors-drop-torture-investigation-involving-two-iranian-kurdish-migrants-321803 [19:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Prosecutors drop torture investigation involving two Iranian Kurdish migrants [19:21] TR News 122: Gawk at Others Past Mistakes https://mwl.io/archives/24905 [19:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mwl.io | 122: Gawk at Others Past Mistakes Michael W Lucas [19:22] TR News The hidden cost of observability sprawl https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/24/multi-tenancy-with-kiali-and-opentelemetry-collector [19:22] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/24/multi-tenancy-with-kiali-and-opentelemetry-collector ) [19:23] TR News Fedora 44 templates available https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/07/23/fedora-44-templates-available/ [19:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.qubes-os.org | Fedora 44 templates available | Qubes OS [19:24] TR News Thousands evacuated due to wildfire in France's southwest https://www.france24.com/en/thousands-evacuated-due-to-wildfire-in-france-s-southwest [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/thousands-evacuated-due-to-wildfire-in-france-s-southwest ) [19:24] TR News FreeBSD Ports Currently Frozen Due To A Very Large Commit https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Ports-Frozen-2026 [19:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-FreeBSD Ports Currently Frozen Due To A Very Large Commit - Phoronix [19:26] TR News Icy Electronics nRF54L15 Discovery devboard integrates a snappable nRF52820 CMSIS-DAP debugger https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/23/icy-electronics-nrf54l15-discovery-devboard-integrates-a-snappable-nrf52820-cmsis-dap-debugger/ [19:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Icy Electronics nRF54L15 Discovery devboard integrates a snappable nRF52820 CMSIS-DAP debugger - CNX Software [19:27] TR News Mozilla Addons Blog: Firefox 153 WebExtensions API updates https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/07/23/firefox-153-webextensions-api-updates/ [19:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Firefox 153 WebExtensions API updates [19:29] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [19:32] TR News How to Use Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot and Gemini Prompts to Find Out What They Know About You https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/technology/personaltech/chatgpt-gemini-prompts-privacy.html [19:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/technology/personaltech/chatgpt-gemini-prompts-privacy.html ) [19:37] TR News Funny fact: Shoebox Guy opted IN for Bible - to swear on the Bible - it's not an "opt out" thing. IOW, Shoebox Guy is lying in social control media about his religion. [19:37] TR News He is just an average hetero white male PRETENDING to val "LGBT"... to get p---- [19:38] TR News But everyone with tact already knew that and saw that... [19:46] TR News European Commission fines Surveillance Giant Google $1 billion over breaches of Digital Markets Act https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/european-commission-fines-google-1-billion-over-breaches-of-digital-markets-act/ [19:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | European Commission fines Google $1 billion over breaches of Digital Markets Act - JURIST - News [19:48] TR News Madison Square Garden Locked Nearly All Security Staff Out of Its Camera Network for Taylor Swifts Wedding https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/23/madison-square-garden-swift-wedding-cameras/ [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/23/madison-square-garden-swift-wedding-cameras/ ) [19:49] TR News Kiwi TCMS: Kiwi TCMS Enterprise 16.2.1 https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2026/07/23/kiwi-tcms-enterprise-1621/ [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kiwitcms.org | Kiwi TCMS - Kiwi TCMS Enterprise 16.2.1 [19:49] TR News Tomas Tomecek: Onboarding packit upstream projects to fullsend (part 1) https://blog.tomecek.net/post/onboarding-ogr-to-fullsend/ [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.tomecek.net | Onboarding packit upstream projects to fullsend (part 1) Blog | Tom Tomeek [19:49] TR News The State of Surveillance Giant Google Security: Blocking competition https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/23/The_State_of_Google_Security_Blocking_competition.shtml [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The State of Google Security: Blocking competition [19:50] TR News Calamares graphical installer of pure Arch GNU/Linux and nested BTRFS Setup on Arch GNU/Linux https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/07/calamares-graphical-installer-of-pure.html [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dbaxps.blogspot.com | Openstack RDO && KVM Hypervisor: Calamares graphical installer of pure Arch Linux and nested BTRFS Setup on Arch Linux [19:51] TR News Is the most important question about Hey Hi (AI) whether it works or not? https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/99120.html [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dreamwidth.org | Captcha Check [19:52] TR News SSH Connection Refused: Causes and Fixes https://linuxize.com/post/fix-ssh-connection-refused/ [19:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SSH Connection Refused: Causes and Fixes | Linuxize [19:52] TR News Codeberg Says No More Hey Hi (AI) Slop, But Can Anyone Actually Prove It? https://linuxstans.com/codeberg-says-no-more-ai-slop-but-can-anyone-actually-prove-it/ [19:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linuxstans.com | Codeberg Votes to Ban Vibe-Coded Projects - Linux Stans [19:54] TR News France passes new legislation banning social control media for youth under 15 https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/france-passes-new-legislation-banning-social-media-for-children-under-15/ [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | France passes new legislation banning social media for youth under 15 - JURIST - News [19:55] TR News Record 1,319 public school teachers in Japan cite mental health as reason for quitting https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/record-1319-public-school-teachers-in-japan-cite-mental-health-as-reason-for-quitting [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan teacher mental health crisis | The Straits Times [19:55] TR News No One Knows When It Will End: A Doctor on the Ebola Emergency https://www.newyorker.com/news/as-told-to/no-one-knows-when-it-will-end-a-doctor-on-the-ebola-emergency [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | No One Knows When It Will End: A Doctor on the Ebola Emergency | The New Yorker [19:55] TR News Grocery Shopping in the Age of Explosive Diarrhea https://www.newyorker.com/culture/progress-report/grocery-shopping-in-the-age-of-explosive-diarrhea [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Grocery Shopping in 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A $3,640 NDAA and TAA-compliant AI box based on Raspberry Pi 5 and Hailo-8L - CNX Software [20:50] TR News Commission fines Surveillance Giant Google 890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1670 [20:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [20:51] TR News Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of a renewed Interim Regulation to detect child sexual abuse online https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1676 [20:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [20:52] TR News Strikes Against Saudi Tankers in the Red Sea Send Oil Past $100 a Barrel https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/middleeast/red-sea-strikes-oil-houthis.html [20:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/middleeast/red-sea-strikes-oil-houthis.html ) [20:52] TR News Prominent Indian Activist Breaks Hunger Strike After 26 Days https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/asia/sonam-wangchuk-india-hunger-strike-protests-modi.html [20:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/asia/sonam-wangchuk-india-hunger-strike-protests-modi.html ) [20:53] TR News Middle East war's economic impact 'could get worse' if Houthis join in https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east-war-s-economic-impact-could-get-worse-if-houthis-join-in [20:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east-war-s-economic-impact-could-get-worse-if-houthis-join-in ) [20:53] TR News Why Iran is targeting Kuwait's desalination plants as part of its war strategy https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260723-why-iran-targeting-kuwaits-desalination-plants [20:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260723-why-iran-targeting-kuwaits-desalination-plants ) [20:54] TR News Oral statement at the United Nations Global Mechanism on ICT Security https://www.accessnow.org/publication/oral-statement-at-the-united-nations-global-mechanism-on-ict-security/ [20:55] TR News Faugus Game Launcher Added AppImage, GTK4 Port & GOG Galaxy Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/faugus-appimage-gtk4-gog-galaxy/ [20:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Faugus Game Launcher Added AppImage, GTK4 Port & GOG Galaxy Support | UbuntuHandbook [20:55] TR News Soplos rc4 https://distrowatch.com/soplos [20:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Soplos Linux [20:56] TR News FOSS Weekly #26.30: Vocalinux, My Computer, Alacritty Terminal, TDF Against Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and More GNU/Linux Stuff https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-30/ [20:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | FOSS Weekly #26.30: Vocalinux, My Computer, Alacritty Terminal, TDF Against Microsoft and More Linux Stuff [20:56] TR News TrueNAS 25.10.5 https://distrowatch.com/truenas [20:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: TrueNAS [20:56] TR News Manjaro 26.1.0-rc3 https://distrowatch.com/manjaro [20:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Manjaro Linux [20:57] TR News What Happens When backdoored Windows Becomes as 'Niche' as GNU/Linux on Desktops and Laptops https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/23/What_Happens_When_Windows_Becomes_as_Niche_as_GNU_Linux_on_Desk.shtml [20:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights What Happens When Windows Becomes as 'Niche' as GNU/Linux on Desktops and Laptops [20:59] TR News Augmental MouthPad is a tongue-controlled touchpad/trackpad https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/07/23/augmental-mouthpad-tongue-controlled-touchpad-trackpad/ [20:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Augmental MouthPad is a tongue-controlled touchpad/trackpad - CNX Software ● Jul 24 [21:00] TR News Security updates for Thursday https://lwn.net/Articles/1084401/ [21:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Thursday [LWN.net] [21:00] TR News Mapping Live U.S. Wildfire Smoke in R with sf and ggplot2 https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/mapping-live-u-s-wildfire-smoke-in-r-with-sf-and-ggplot2/ [21:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Mapping Live U.S. Wildfire Smoke in R with sf and ggplot2 | R-bloggers [21:01] TR News AI in GNU/Linux https://drewdevault.com/blog/AI-in-Linux/ https://dmpwn.info/ [21:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-drewdevault.com | AI in Linux [21:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dmpwn.info | The DeVault report [21:02] TR News How To Install Clownflare Tunnel on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-cloudflare-tunnel-ubuntu-26-04/ [21:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Cloudflare Tunnel on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [21:02] TR News How To Install Kodi on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-kodi-fedora-44/ [21:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Kodi on Fedora 44 - idroot [21:03] TR News How To Install Kotlin on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-kotlin-fedora-44/ [21:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Kotlin on Fedora 44 - idroot [21:03] TR News How To Install OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-openlitespeed-ubuntu-26-04/ [21:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot [21:03] TR News Only One Person is Tracking GNOME Security Issues... & He Just Quit https://lunduke.substack.com/p/only-one-person-is-tracking-gnome [21:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Only One Person is Tracking GNOME Security Issues... & He Just Quit [21:04] TR News https://overpopulation-project.com/feed/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:02:54 +0000 Why Project Drawdown should recommend family planning [21:04] TR News "The climate researchers at Project Drawdown didnt always have a blind spot toward population. Their retreat means many concerned activists will remain ignorant of the most effective means to limit greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the change thats coming." https://overpopulation-project.com/why-project-drawdown-should-recommend-family-planning/ [21:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-overpopulation-project.com | Why Project Drawdown should recommend family planning - The Overpopulation Project [21:04] TR News China urges deeper security cooperation with Belarus, Uzbekistan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-deeper-security-cooperation-with-belarus-uzbekistan [21:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China urges deeper security cooperation with Belarus, Uzbekistan | The Straits Times [21:04] TR News A Russian Spy, Suddenly Cast Into the Spotlight, Flees Japan https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/asia/russian-spy-flees-japan.html [21:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/asia/russian-spy-flees-japan.html ) [21:05] TR News Russian espionage group using novel Zimbra exploit to steal sensitive data from Western countries https://cyberscoop.com/russian-laundry-bear-zimbra-exploit/ [21:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Russian espionage group using novel Zimbra exploit to steal sensitive data from Western countries | CyberScoop [21:05] TR News Zelenskys Dizzying U-Turn Is the Latest Zigzag in a Presidency Full of Them https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-military-reversal.html [21:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-military-reversal.html ) [21:05] TR News A New Target for Ukraines Long-Range Attacks: Russias Version of Amazon https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/europe/russia-ukraine-wildberries-attacks.html [21:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/europe/russia-ukraine-wildberries-attacks.html ) [21:05] TR News IOC drops Russia ban, but it might not be all good news for the Kremlin https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0723/russia-olympics-ioc-roc-suspension-sports-ukraine [21:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Russia might be back in Olympic sports, but at what cost? - CSMonitor.com [21:05] TR News No Breakthroughs, Little Optimism As Rubio, Lavrov Meet On Ukraine War https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-ukraine-war-lavrov-meeting-russia/33810551.html [21:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | No Breakthroughs, Little Optimism As Rubio, Lavrov Meet On Ukraine War [21:05] TR News Former Lithuanian army chief warns Ukraine leadership changes risk military instability https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2999178/former-lithuanian-army-chief-warns-ukraine-leadership-changes-risk-military-instability [21:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Former Lithuanian army chief warns Ukraine leadership changes risk military instability - LRT [21:06] TR News After meeting with Moscow, Washington reiterates wish to mediate Ukraine war https://www.france24.com/en/after-meeting-with-moscow-washington-reiterates-wish-to-mediate-ukraine-war [21:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/after-meeting-with-moscow-washington-reiterates-wish-to-mediate-ukraine-war ) [21:06] TR News Reinstating Fedorov 'only right decision Zelensky can make', MP says https://www.france24.com/en/reinstating-fedorov-only-right-decision-zelensky-can-make-mp-says [21:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/reinstating-fedorov-only-right-decision-zelensky-can-make-mp-says ) [21:06] TR News EU adopts 21st package of sanctions against Russia https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1680 [21:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ec.europa.eu | Press corner | European Commission [21:27] TR News The Golden Age of the American Idiot https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large/the-golden-age-of-the-american-idiot [21:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | The Golden Age of the American Idiot | The New Yorker [21:27] TR News Mike Soutar on what todays media leaders can learn from Genghis Khan https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcast-future-of-media-explained/mike-soutar-on-what-todays-media-leaders-can-learn-from-genghis-khan/ [21:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Mike Soutar on what today's media leaders can learn from Genghis Khan - Press Gazette [21:32] TR News Looks like promotional plug https://fossforce.com/2026/07/codenotary-offers-permanently-free-security-for-25-almalinux-machines/ [21:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Codenotary Offers 'Permanently Free' Security for 25 AlmaLinux Machines - FOSS Force [21:32] TR News Public Horrified as Proprietary Chaffbot Company Pushes Child After Child Into the Grave https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-pushes-child-into-grave [21:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Public Horrified as OpenAI Pushes "Child After Child Into the Grave" [21:34] TR News Disgusting SLOPFARM https://tech-insider.org/au/crowdsec-setup-2026/ [21:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tech-insider.org | CrowdSec Setup: Block Attacks in 12 Steps, 60 Min [2026] [21:34] TR News CVE-2026-8933: Ubuntu security flaw breaks Snap sandbox protections https://securityaffairs.com/195833/security/cve-2026-8933-ubuntu-security-flaw-breaks-snap-sandbox-protections.html [21:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-securityaffairs.com | CVE-2026-8933: Ubuntu security flaw breaks Snap sandbox protections [21:35] TR News Seems like a slopfarm as well, but links to original https://korben.info/en/ubuntu-26-04-hides-update-notifications.html [21:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-korben.info | Ubuntu 26.04 hides its update notifications (and it's intentional) - Korben [21:38] TR News Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/nine-year-old-refluxfs-linux-flaw-gives.html [21:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thehackernews.com | Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs [21:38] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Changes, Canonical Upselling https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/23/Ubuntu_Changes_Canonical_Upselling.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/23/Ubuntu_Changes_Canonical_Upselling.gmi [21:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu Changes, Canonical Upselling [21:38] TR News Linux XFS has a decade-old race condition allowing full root access https://www.networkworld.com/article/4200802/linux-xfs-has-a-decade-old-race-condition-allowing-full-root-access.html [21:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.networkworld.com | Linux XFS has a decade-old race condition allowing full root access | Network World [21:40] TR News WTF? Microsoft breaks Linux, HENCE use Windows? https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-vs-wsl-the-beginner-distro-advice-is-backwards-now/ [21:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Dual-booting Linux is no longer worth the headachethere's a better way [21:46] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:47] TR News Techrights Poor Piece From Valnet: Microsoft Keeps Sabotaging GNU/Linux, So You Should Quit Using GNU/Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Poor_Piece_From_Valnet_Microsoft_Keeps_Sabotaging_GNU_Linux_So_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Poor_Piece_From_Valnet_Microsoft_Keeps_Sabotaging_GNU_Linux_So_.gmi [21:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Poor Piece From Valnet: Microsoft Keeps Sabotaging GNU/Linux, So You Should Quit Using GNU/Linux [21:48] TR News "Good news everyone, I now have a Steam Machine in the GamingOnLinux house and I have some initial thoughts. Note: my articles on the Steam Machine are completely unsponsored. This was a personal purchase - as Valve PR did not return my emails." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-machine-with-steamos-linux-initial-thoughts/ [21:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux - initial thoughts | GamingOnLinux [21:49] TR News "Tails 7.10 has been released today as the latest version of this Debian-based distribution designed to protect you against surveillance and censorship by leveraging the Tor anonymous network." https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-10-anonymous-linux-os-introduces-new-shutdown-procedure [21:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tails 7.10 Anonymous Linux OS Introduces New Shutdown Procedure - 9to5Linux [21:51] TR News Linux Kernel Flaw Exposes 16 Million RHEL Systems to Silent Root Takeover https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321359/20260723/linux-kernel-flaw-exposes-16-million-rhel-systems-silent-root-takeover.htm [21:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techtimes.com | Linux Kernel Flaw Exposes 16 Million RHEL Systems to Silent Root Takeover [21:51] TR News "Linux may be the most secure OS available, but it can always use extra security. BastionGuard 2 promises some serious security." https://www.zdnet.com/article/bastionguard-2-free-security-suite-does-it-all-almost-perfectly/ [21:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I've used Linux for 30 years, and this free security suite does it all - almost perfectly | ZDNET [21:52] TR News IPv4 address exhaustion drives NetworkManager 1.58 release https://www.networkworld.com/article/4200847/networkmanager-update-advances-ipv6-only-support-wi%E2%80%91fi-management-and-security-for-linux-based-operating-systems.html [21:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.networkworld.com | NetworkManager 1.58: Enhanced IPv6-only support, WiFi management, security | Network World [21:52] TR News Claude Cowork Flaw Could Let AI Agent Escape Its VM and Access Mac Files https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/claude-cowork-flaw-could-let-ai-agent.html [21:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thehackernews.com | Claude Cowork Flaw Could Let AI Agent Escape Its VM and Access Mac Files [21:53] TR News "Valve have put up a Release Candidate to test the upcoming Proton 11.0-2 update, to fix up more issues found with Windows games on SteamOS / Linux. Many of the changes will have already been in either Proton Experimental or Proton Hotfix." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/valve-puts-up-a-proton-11-0-2-release-candidate-for-testing/ [21:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Valve puts up a Proton 11.0-2 Release Candidate for testing | GamingOnLinux [21:54] TR News AMD Ryzen AI Halo Gets LED Driver for Linux 7.3: Light Bar Can Soon Be Controlled Directly via the Kernel https://www.igorslab.de/en/amd-ryzen-ai-halo-led-driver-linux-7-3-light-bar-kernel-control/ [21:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.igorslab.de | AMD Ryzen AI Halo: LED driver for Linux 7.3 [21:55] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [21:55] TR News Boot licker of Bill Jeffrey Epstein, Simon Bisson, is boosting Microsoft's attacks on Linux, IDG pays him to do this https://www.infoworld.com/article/4200182/wsl-container-a-quiet-revolution-for-windows-development.html [21:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-WSL container: A quiet revolution for Windows development | InfoWorld [21:55] TR News Boot licker of Bill Jeffrey Epstein, Simon Bisson, is also boosting the the Shoebox Guy who works with the Serial Strangler from Microsoft. Nice people... [21:57] TR News Linux Gets NVIDIA Reflex Support in New CachyOS Proton Translation Layer https://www.techpowerup.com/350984/linux-gets-nvidia-reflex-support-in-new-cachyos-proton-translation-layer [21:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux Gets NVIDIA Reflex Support in New CachyOS Proton Translation Layer | TechPowerUp [21:57] TR News "uhubctl is Linux utility to control USB power per-port on smart USB hubs. Smart hub is defined as one that implements per-port power switching." https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/07/22/a-utility-to-control-usb-power-per-port-on-smart-usb-hubs/ [21:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/07/22/a-utility-to-control-usb-power-per-port-on-smart-usb-hubs/ ) [21:59] TR News I replaced my default Linux terminal with this cross-platform oneand I'm not going back https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/replaced-default-linux-terminal-cross-123013861.html | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/replaced-default-linux-terminal-cross-123013861.html [21:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tech.yahoo.com | I replaced my default Linux terminal with this cross-platform oneand I'm not going back ● Jul 24 [22:01] TR News (NEW): XFS Weakness Impacts RHEL and Related Distros https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/XFS_Weakness_Impacts_RHEL_and_Related_Distros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/XFS_Weakness_Impacts_RHEL_and_Related_Distros.gmi [22:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines XFS Weakness Impacts RHEL and Related Distros [22:03] TR News (NEW): Fedora 44 templates available for Qubes OS 4.3, Qubes OS Summit 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Fedora_44_templates_available_for_Qubes_OS_4_3_Qubes_OS_Summit_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Fedora_44_templates_available_for_Qubes_OS_4_3_Qubes_OS_Summit_.gmi [22:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora 44 templates available for Qubes OS 4.3, Qubes OS Summit 2026 [22:05] TR News (NEW): CIQ and AlmaLinux: RHEL Clones and Security Sales Pitch https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/CIQ_and_AlmaLinux_RHEL_Clones_and_Security_Sales_Pitch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/CIQ_and_AlmaLinux_RHEL_Clones_and_Security_Sales_Pitch.gmi [22:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines CIQ and AlmaLinux: RHEL Clones and Security Sales Pitch [22:05] TR News (NEW): Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.gmi [22:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers [22:06] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [22:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [22:06] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Security_Leftovers.gmi [22:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers [22:08] TR News (NEW): Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Software_Freedom_Digital_Sovereignty.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Software_Freedom_Digital_Sovereignty.gmi [22:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty [22:08] TR News (NEW): Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers News and Videos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_News_and_Videos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Web_Browsers_Web_Servers_Feed_Readers_News_and_Videos.gmi [22:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers News and Videos [22:10] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [22:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [22:10] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/today_s_howtos.gmi [22:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos [22:11] TR News (NEW): Linux Devices and Open Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware.gmi [22:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Devices and Open Hardware [22:13] TR News (NEW): Linux Kernel Space Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Linux_Kernel_Space_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Linux_Kernel_Space_Leftovers.gmi [22:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Kernel Space Leftovers [22:13] TR News (NEW): Linux Pays for Bloat https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Linux_Pays_for_Bloat.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/Linux_Pays_for_Bloat.gmi [22:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Pays for Bloat [22:15] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/24/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [22:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [22:17] TR News Techrights Links 24/07/2026: IOC Drops Russia Ban, New Internationalist Raises Money https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Links_24_07_2026_IOC_Drops_Russia_Ban_New_Internationalist_Rais.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Links_24_07_2026_IOC_Drops_Russia_Ban_New_Internationalist_Rais.gmi [22:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 24/07/2026: IOC Drops Russia Ban, New Internationalist Raises Money [22:25] TR News Squirrels gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20260723_squirrel [22:26] TR News "Much later I read a treatise by Schopenhauer on the foundations of morals and he argued that it all starts with compassion and more specifically, I remember a point made being the empathy with suffering animals." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-07-24-animals [22:27] TR News "Open hardware specialist MNT Research, the firm behind the Reform family of laptops and an upcoming ultra-compact desktop, has launched its latest device: a standalone version of the ortholinear keyboard and trackball originally designed for the Pocket Reform." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202607/20260724-mnt.gmi [22:27] TR News "I setup an ssh kiosk in open access like a webpage, the password is empty and there are no keys." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2024-07-05-ssh-apps.gmi [22:28] TR News "i am forever sailing from collapse to perceived moment, from now into henceforth. the present is never still. every instant seems to bloom into an impossible lattice of branching futures. each choice, each hesitation, each molecule dancing one way instead of another. perhaps even smaller." gemini://voidrane.smol.pub/1784863975 [22:29] TR News "The reason for this all comes down to atomic locking. Being able to take over write control of the Database and fend off any other write attempts until you are done. This feature exists within SQLite, using both file locking and journaling." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/cgi-bin/gemlog.py/post/re_database_merge.gmi [22:30] TR News "Possibly this is a Hardware Abstraction Layer, or a computer in some work of fiction or the other (not the one with the Wookies). There are rumors the letters are an off by one of something else. A computer can brute force the possible "off by N" for a given acronym, so HAL has the variations" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/07/24/HAL.gmi [22:30] TR News "NOTE: the link is deliberately BROKEN, as I do not wish misbehaving bots to download this ~47MiB fontpack. Please, if you share this link, share it in a similarly broken fashion, or else link directly to _this_ page instead." gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/07/23/01/fixed-width-jp-fontpack/ [22:34] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 24/07/2026: Animal Friendship, Squirrels, and Lagrange https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Gemini_Links_24_07_2026_Animal_Friendship_Squirrels_and_Lagrang.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/24/Gemini_Links_24_07_2026_Animal_Friendship_Squirrels_and_Lagrang.gmi [22:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 24/07/2026: Animal Friendship, Squirrels, and Lagrange ● Jul 24 [00:54] admfubar https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/07/the-us-escalates-its-assault-on-brazils-publicly-controlled-free-to-use-for-citizens-and-small-businesses-digital-payments-system.html [00:54] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.nakedcapitalism.com | The US Escalates Its Assault on Brazil's Free-to-Use (for Citizens and Micro Businesses) Digital Payments System | naked capitalism ● Jul 24 [01:40] admfubar https://scheerpost.com/2026/07/23/bought-not-seized-how-the-third-party-doctrine-turned-the-fourth-amendment-into-a-commodity/ [01:40] -TechPolBot/#techpol-scheerpost.com | Bought, Not Seized: How the Third-Party Doctrine Turned the Fourth Amendment Into a Commodity ● Jul 24 [02:29] admfubar https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/explosion-surveillance-towers-coming-us-borders-costing-over-1-billion [02:29] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.eff.org | An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion | Electronic Frontier Foundation ● Jul 24 [12:15] *breegk (~breegk@4cww4kysmmkr2.irc) has joined #techpol [12:15] *breegk (~breegk@4cww4kysmmkr2.irc) has left #techpol ● Jul 24 [14:55] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techpol [14:58] *paeked (~paeked@4cww4kysmmkr2.irc) has joined #techpol [14:58] *paeked (~paeked@4cww4kysmmkr2.irc) has left #techpol ● Jul 24 [15:49] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:52] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jul 24 [16:03] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [16:04] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techpol [16:55] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [16:55] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jul 24 [17:25] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 24 [19:29] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techpol ● Jul 24 [21:46] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.10 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)