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[02:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, October 25, 2026
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[02:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, October 25, 2026
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[02:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, October 25, 2026
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-10-25.txt
● Oct 26
[03:04]	TR News	Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[03:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights
[03:04]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 25, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_October_25_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_October_25_2026.gmi 
[03:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 25, 2026
[03:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[03:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[03:06]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[03:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[03:11]	TR News	False promises from Microsoft, trying to deflect https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-says-not-possible-to-uks-biggest-data-centre-developer-nscale-after-repeated-delays-and-electricity-companies-promising-no-power-supply-before-2030/articleshow/135200878.cms
[03:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Microsoft says 'not possible' to UK's biggest data centre developer Nscale, after repeated delays, and electricity companies promising no power supply before 2030 - The Times of India
[03:13]	TR News	Microsoft willing to see off parts of XBox https://www.techpowerup.com/354119/netflix-reportedly-walked-away-after-xbox-asked-usd-800-million-for-its-game-ip?amp
[03:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Netflix Reportedly Walked Away After Xbox Asked $800 Million for Its Game IP | TechPowerUp
[03:19]	TR News	"People are divided, perhaps I'm stumping my learning, perhaps I'm building more than I could. When I lean heavily on AI I still sweat, I feel I have worked. Perhaps it's a trick, and it's hacked my reward cycles, but I used to doom scroll a lot and the feeling with AI is different." gemini://dirt.smol.pub/dirt_you_are
[03:20]	TR News	"two deck reading, kind of a variation on that historical spread - majors on top, minors on bottom, except i decided the fully scenic deck (aquarian tarot) will function as the majors and the pip deck (trionfi della luna) will stand in for the pips." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/20261025
[03:20]	TR News	"After giving it quite a lot of thought, I've finally left BearBlog (my web based blog host) and moved to a self hosted setup with Hugo. Happily I have the knowledge and means to do this and hopefully can keep finding the inspiration and time to keep writing and maintain the site as well" gemini://gemini.yunzi.co.uk/gemlog/2026-10-25.gmi
[03:21]	TR News	"i recently tried electrolysis for the first time. someone in the city is a student electrolygist and performing at a discounted price, so i and my friend decided to try it." gemini://tilde.pink/~emily/log/electrolysis.gmi
[03:23]	TR News	"Busy Sunday. My partner and I just got back from having lunch with friends - my friend and I met online in the very early days of the internet, when we were both teenagers, journalling and posting on a particular web forum." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/10-25.gmi
[03:23]	TR News	My indignation as a Brazilian citizen regarding the current national political landscape. gemini://envs.net/~kirihito/art1.gmi
[03:24]	TR News	don't look gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/dont_look
[03:25]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1780.jpg
[03:25]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2137.jpg
[03:26]	TR News	"But I can tell you there are five reasons I open and watch Netflix less and less often: [...]" https://json.blog/2026/10/25/netflix-is-my-least-used-subscription | Source: Jason Becker
[03:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-json.blog | Netflix is my least used subscription
[03:26]	TR News	"Then theres the unpleasant economic reality of gig work. Full-service Instacart shoppers are generally independent contractors" https://www.salon.com/2026/10/25/why-women-dread-male-instacart-shoppers/ | Source: Salon
[03:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why women dread male Instacart shoppers - Salon.com
[03:27]	TR News	Brazil's left-wing President Lula elected for fourth term, beating Flvio Bolsonaro in surprise result https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cmgelnrd4r3jt
[03:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Brazil election live: Lula beats Bolsonaro - follow latest - BBC News
[03:28]	TR News	"ending impunity for crimes against journalists" https://cpj.org/2026/10/cpj-partners-urge-indonesia-to-reform-military-justice-law-to-end-impunity-for-crimes-against-journalists/ | Source: CPJ
[03:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | CPJ, partners urge Indonesia to reform military justice law to end impunity for crimes against journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
[03:28]	TR News	"I should be honest about something." https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-10-25-about_requests_the_token | Source: Kenneth Reitz
[03:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kennethreitz.org | About $requests, the Token - Kenneth Reitz
[03:29]	TR News	"There exists a traditional term for this." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/no-donald-trump-is-not-receiving | Source: Mike Brock
[03:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | No, Donald Trump Is Not Receiving Bad Advice
[03:30]	TR News	"No contemporary narrative sources survive to tell her story." https://www.medievalists.net/2026/10/gunnhild-mother-kings-viking-age-queen/ | Source: Medievalists.net
[03:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Gunnhild, Mother of Kings: What Do We Really Know About This Viking Age Queen? - Medievalists.net
[03:30]	TR News	"There is a trade-off. An independently powered facility cannot assume the local grid will rescue it when power generation fails." https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/forget-the-grid-northern-territory-data-centres-could-bring-their-own-power/ | Source: The Strategist
[03:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Forget the grid. Northern Territory data centres could bring their own power | The Strategist
[03:30]	TR News	"In earlier years, Western missionaries brought knowledge, education and English to the East" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/opinion/ai-computer-chips-semiconductor-arizona-industry.html | Source: New York Times
[03:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/opinion/ai-computer-chips-semiconductor-arizona-industry.html )
[03:31]	TR News	"68-year-old pirate IPTV op" https://torrentfreak.com/framing-the-news-anti-piracy-press-release-turned-a-2016-raid-into-a-2026-story/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[03:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Framing the News: Anti-Piracy Press Release Turned a 2016 Raid Into a 2026 Story * TorrentFreak
[03:31]	TR News	"Snchez got out of her car and slipped her ballot through the slot of an official election drop box" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-10-25/steering-clear-of-the-postal-service-and-delivering-ballots-in-person-voter-fears-ahead-of-the-midterms.html | Source: El Pas
[03:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Steering clear of the Postal Service and delivering ballots in person: Voter fears ahead of the midterms | U.S. | EL PAS English
[03:31]	TR News	"NetLab is an internet and social media research lab affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)." https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2026-10/un-points-metas-lack-impartiality-brazilian-election |
[03:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br | UN points to Metas lack of impartiality in Brazilian election | Agncia Brasil
[03:32]	TR News	"report led by the UN's special rapporteur on freedom of expression said Meta must ensure a level playing field online" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6pwgve2lk5go | Source: BBC
[03:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.com | Brazilian election: Lula seeks Bolsonaro's disqualification over alleged Meta interference
[03:32]	TR News	[Old] "YouTube and Facebook are allowing disinformation to be spread about Brazils election campaign" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/20/brazil-election-disinformation-youtube-facebook | Source: The Guardian UK
[03:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | YouTube and Facebook letting Brazil election disinformation spread, NGO says | Brazil | The Guardian
[03:32]	TR News	"Gean Ferreira and Evelyn Santos, both lawyers for the Lula campaign, said in a statement that Metas content delivery is selective against the incumbent and favorable to Bolsonaro" https://www.nbcnews.com/world/south-america/brazil-lula-wins-electoral-court-challenge-meta-alleged-bolsonaro-bias-rcna603835 | Source: NBC
[03:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | Brazils Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias
[03:33]	TR News	"Sweren-Becker spoke with Astead about what states could do to speed up their vote counts" https://www.vox.com/america-actually/507517/2026-midterm-elections-security-integrity-right-to-vote | Source: Vox
[03:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The 2026 midterm election are critical for the future of American democracy. | Vox
[03:34]	TR News	"In a wide-ranging interview with the European Center for Populism Studiess Selcuk Gultasli" https://jacobin.com/2026/10/reed-fascism-trump-class-universalism | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[03:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Adolph Reed on What It Will Take to Defeat Trumpism
[03:34]	TR News	"Its no longer Democrat versus Republican or left versus right. Its now democracy versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong." https://robertreich.substack.com/p/exposed | Source: Robert Reich
[03:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertreich.substack.com | Trump and his Sycophants Exposed - Robert Reich
[03:34]	TR News	"The effect of artificial lighting on military tactics could fill a book." https://computer.rip/2026-10-25-searchlights.html | Source: J B Crawford
[03:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-computer.rip | lighting the skies
[03:35]	TR News	"You can find the full release notes: in the usual place." https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261025115016 | Source: Undeadly
[03:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-undeadly.org | LibreSSL 4.4.0, 4.3.4, 4.2.3 released
[03:35]	TR News	"With an ssh-rsa key, sudo fell through to the next PAM entry, and this showed up in the logs: [...]" https://dan.langille.org/2026/10/25/4098-bits-strikes-again-pam-ssh-agent-and-an-rsa-key-that-was-2-bits-too-big/ | Source: Dan Langille
[03:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dan.langille.org | 4098 bits strikes again: pam-ssh-agent and an RSA key that was 2 bits too big Dan Langille's Other Diary
[03:36]	TR News	Windows TCO https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-war-russia-government-stockpile-wes-streeting-b3072811.html | Source: The Independent UK
[03:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.independent.co.uk | Britain must be ready for war in 1,000 days, Wes Streeting warns | The Independent
[03:36]	TR News	"Even after I stopped using it directly, it was still nice to see other apps like Untappd getting their data from it." https://zerokspot.com/weblog/2026/10/25/end-of-journey-for-foursquare/ | Source: Horst Gutmann
[03:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The End of the Journey for Foursquare - zerokspot.com
[03:37]	TR News	"All of which connects back to the original tech scandal, one that some people - Mark Zuckerberg, of course, among them - still like to characterise as a conspiracy theory." https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-triad-trump-musk-putin | Source: Carole Cadwalladr
[03:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-broligarchy.substack.com | The Dark Triad: Trump, Musk, Putin - by Carole Cadwalladr
[03:38]	TR News	"Preinvalts said the change in Estonia is not happening in isolation and can also be seen in other Western countries, including the United States." https://news.err.ee/1610176555/police-signs-of-radicalization-visible-among-younger-teens | Source: Eesti Rahvusringhling
[03:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.err.ee | Police: Signs of radicalization visible among younger teens | News | ERR
[03:38]	TR News	"The tutorial runs you through using the ellmer package to connect to an LLM. Then you create tools." https://www.seascapemodels.org/posts/2026-10-26-make-your-own-agent-in-r/ |
[03:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seascapemodels.org | Make Your Own LLM Agent in R Seascapemodels
[03:38]	TR News	"computer-generated scenes whose creators have tried to pass them off as real life" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/its-not-real-the-only-three-words-you-need-to-sum-up-the-absurdity-of-ai-generated-photos | Source: Digital Camera World
[03:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | Its not real: the only three words you need to sum up the absurdity of AI-generated photos! | Digital Camera World
[03:39]	TR News	"Security researchers used AI tools to help uncover years-old vulnerabilities in the PHP web scripting language. Then the AI-assisted attacks began." https://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-the-php-meltdown-shows-how-ai-makes-bugs-more-exploitable/ | Source: Wired
[03:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The PHP Meltdown Shows How AI Makes Bugs More Exploitable | WIRED
[03:39]	TR News	"A fresh academic paper on Z-Library cites a TorrentFreak article that doesnt exist, and several other sources in the paper are also unfindable." https://torrentfreak.com/ai-assisted-paper-on-z-library-cites-a-torrentfreak-article-that-doesnt-exist/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[03:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI-Assisted Paper on Z-Library Cites a TorrentFreak Article That Doesnt Exist * TorrentFreak
[03:40]	TR News	"Recent studies report that nearly a third of U.S. adults are having an intimate or romantic relationship with an AI chatbot, a statistic that had me utterly floored." https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/digital-culture/swipe-left-on-ai/ | Source: University of Michigan
[03:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | AI boyfriends need to go
[03:40]	TR News	"However, the Ombudsman found that the IAT lacks safeguards and capacity to override incorrect assessments." https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/under-fire-aged-care-tool-offers-no-public-information-on-how-it-works-ombudsman-says/s6ev647y2 | Source: SBS
[03:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sbs.com.au | Robodebt recommendations not followed, outcomes 'unfair' under aged care algorithm | SBS News
[03:41]	TR News	"Schools are choosing to prepare meals themselves rather than buy catering services, aiming to ensure children receive fresh" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3091157/it-brought-kids-back-to-canteens-lithuanian-schools-source-food-directly-from-farmers | Source: LRT
[03:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | It brought kids back to canteens: Lithuanian schools source food directly from farmers - LRT
[03:41]	TR News	"This amounts to more than a mild inconvenience, for several reasons: [...]" https://www.rubenerd.au/needing-a-solution-for-my-old-desktops/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[03:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Needing a solution for my old desktops
[03:41]	TR News	"The department also is considering where autonomous equipment can complement employees work by handling select" https://record.umich.edu/articles/autonomous-mowers-work-in-dynamic-campus-landscapes/ | Source: University of Michigan
[03:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://record.umich.edu/articles/autonomous-mowers-work-in-dynamic-campus-landscapes/ )
[03:42]	TR News	"Paris Marxs new book couldnt have landed at a better time." https://www.wired.com/story/what-the-us-anti-data-center-movement-can-learn-from-everywhere-else/ | Source: Wired
[03:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-What the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad | WIRED
[03:42]	TR News	"Its not just because theres so much to learn to accomplish any of it, its that Im not sure if its even worth it." https://www.paritybit.ca/blog/do-i-even-like-computers/ | Source: Jake Bauer
[03:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Do I Even Like Computers? - paritybit.ca
[03:43]	TR News	"This definition is not quite right for two reasons: [...]" https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/10/when-is-it-plausible-that-result-is.html | Source: Computational Complexity
[03:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.computationalcomplexity.org | Computational Complexity: When is it plausible that a result is optimal?
[03:43]	TR News	"The previous two posts have been about polar triangles. The first used a polar triangle to derive a theorem, and the second showed how to compute polars using linear algebra." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/10/25/poles-and-polars/ | Source: John D Cook
[03:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Poles and polars in spherical, plane, and projective geometry
[03:43]	TR News	"In theory, antimatter should be everywhere. Mathematics predicts that every particle of matter has an equivalent antiparticle, a fact that scientists have verified experimentally." https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-trapped-an-antimatter-particle-for-months-to-study-its-secrets/ | Source: Wired
[03:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Trapped an Antimatter Particle for Months to Study Its Secrets | WIRED
[03:43]	TR News	"But in this study, they found that theres not enough on the moon to sustain a large human presence on the lunar surface." https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/moon-civilization-water-9.7393267 | Source: CBC
[03:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Can millions of people live on the moon? These scientists say yes but not for very long | CBC News
[03:47]	TR News	"I dont have an app either, just a load of notes tagged #recipe and a super-note that lists them." https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/my-recipe-system | Source: Jeremy Cherfas
[03:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jeremycherfas.net | My Recipe System | Jeremy Cherfas
[03:47]	TR News	"To summarise, the living room was the familiar place to sit and chat with people you already knew: it was a great way to spend time with friends." https://thejollyteapot.com/2026/10/25/the-kitchen-is-only-the-cool-spot-because-you-re-in-it/ | Source: Nicolas Magand
[03:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thejollyteapot.com | The kitchen is only the cool spot because you're in it The Jolly Teapot
[03:47]	TR News	"When I sat down to write this, I intended to write something self-aggrandizing like I am sowing the seeds. But I realized that a long, long time ago, a seed was sown that grew inside me." https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/mindfulness/a-helping-hand/ | Source: Robert Ltzner
[03:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de | Schafe sind bessere Rasenmher | A helping hand
[03:47]	TR News	"It also lets you save photos as RAW files. This preserves more detail in bright and dark areas and makes the photo more suitable for editing." https://www.androidpolice.com/samsung-expert-raw-upgrades-over-default-camera/ | Source: Android Police
[03:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidpolice.com | If Samsung gives Expert RAW these 3 upgrades, I'll never open the default camera again
[03:49]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 26/10/2026: Brazilian Politics and Leaving Bear Blog https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Gemini_Links_26_10_2026_Brazilian_Politics_and_Leaving_Bear_Blo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Gemini_Links_26_10_2026_Brazilian_Politics_and_Leaving_Bear_Blo.gmi 
[03:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 26/10/2026: Brazilian Politics and Leaving Bear Blog
[03:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  LibreSSL Releases and Confidentiality Misses https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/LibreSSL_Releases_and_Confidentiality_Misses.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/LibreSSL_Releases_and_Confidentiality_Misses.gmi 
[03:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LibreSSL Releases and Confidentiality Misses
[03:53]	TR News	Techrights Links 25/10/2026: Microsoft Layoffs and Cuts, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva Wins Election https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Links_25_10_2026_Microsoft_Layoffs_and_Cuts_Luiz_Inacio_Lula_da.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Links_25_10_2026_Microsoft_Layoffs_and_Cuts_Luiz_Inacio_Lula_da.gmi 
[03:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 25/10/2026: Microsoft Layoffs and Cuts, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva Wins Election
● Oct 26
[04:35]	TR News	Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XV - Annualised Consequences for Opposing Microsoft Back Doors in Linux Since 2012 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XV_Annualised_Consequences_for_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XV_Annualised_Consequences_for_.gmi 
[04:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XV - Annualised Consequences for Opposing Microsoft Back Doors in Linux Since 2012
[04:43]	TR News	IBM layoffs November? "Will it be the week of the 2nd or 9th?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4rbbdt3
[04:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4rbbdt3 )
● Oct 26
[05:00]	TR News	Techrights In Reporting, Timing is Everything https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/In_Reporting_Timing_is_Everything.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/In_Reporting_Timing_is_Everything.gmi 
[05:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Reporting, Timing is Everything
[05:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  How Microsoft's Efforts to Back-door Linux Resulted in Court Battles in a Foreign Continent https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/How_Microsoft_s_Efforts_to_Back_door_Linux_Resulted_in_Court_Ba.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/How_Microsoft_s_Efforts_to_Back_door_Linux_Resulted_in_Court_Ba.gmi 
[05:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines How Microsoft's Efforts to Back-door Linux Resulted in Court Battles in a Foreign Continent
[05:27]	TR News	UK: GNU/Linux measured at 14% yesterday https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&loc=GB&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&dateRange=28d
[05:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&loc=GB&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&dateRange=28d )
[05:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Brazil's Share of GNU/Linux Rose to 6% This Weekend https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Brazil_s_Share_of_GNU_Linux_Rose_to_6_This_Weekend.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Brazil_s_Share_of_GNU_Linux_Rose_to_6_This_Weekend.gmi 
[05:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Brazil's Share of GNU/Linux Rose to 6% This Weekend
[05:48]	TR News	"Nobody runs a SecurityManager in production." https://blog.frankel.ch/security-baked-into-jvm/6/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel
[05:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.frankel.ch | Security Baked Into the JVM: DirtyChai scales vertically, JGDMS scales horizontally
[05:49]	TR News	"bring the system to a working status before focusing deeply on other fixes." https://hamatti.org/posts/djangonaut-log-2-leaving-the-atmosphere-and-first-merged-contributions/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala
[05:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hamatti.org | Djangonaut Log 2: Leaving the atmosphere and first merged contributions : Juha-Matti Santala
[05:50]	TR News	"This is my response to The Weekly Challenge #396." https://raku-musings.com/trionic-finish.html | Source: Arne Sommer
[05:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-raku-musings.com | Trionic Finish with Raku - Arne Sommer
[05:50]	TR News	"Nearly 1,800 developers from the Ruby on Rails community across 80 countries shared their thoughts on the tools" https://railsdeveloper.com/survey/2026 |
[05:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-railsdeveloper.com | 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey Results | Rails Developer
[05:51]	TR News	"However, wordexp(3) is also dangerous! That last 0 argument is for the flags parameter" https://yossarian.net/til/post/posix-wordexp-3-is-dangerous/ | Source: William Woodruff
[05:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yossarian.net | TIL: POSIX wordexp(3) is dangerous
[05:51]	TR News	"And much more. I have a lot of other ideas too, but I think this is a solid first release" https://robertbirming.com/latest-bear-theme-kodiak/ | Source: Robert Birming
[05:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-robertbirming.com | My latest Bear theme: Kodiak Robert Birming
[05:53]	TR News	"These are my minimalist themes. They use few colours and will appear mostly monochromatic in many contexts." https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-10-25-emacs-doric-themes-1-4-0/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
[05:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Emacs: doric-themes version 1.4.0 | Protesilaos
[05:53]	TR News	"This past Saturday, October 24th, we saw some significant ranking volatility captured by many of the third-party Google tracking tools." https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-volatility-heated-42373.html | Source: Search Engine Roundtable
[05:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seroundtable.com | Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated October 24th
[05:54]	TR News	"It behaves the way you'd expect something named after cat to behave. Give it a file, and it plays." https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-10-25-acat | Source: Kenneth Reitz
[05:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kennethreitz.org | acat - Kenneth Reitz
[05:54]	TR News	"Vim Classic is a fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance, providing a stable, dependable editor maintained entirely by humans" https://vim-classic.org/ |
[05:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vim-classic.org | Vim Classic
[05:56]	TR News	"With the form factor decided on, the next step in every project I do is to gather up all the components, grab my calipers, and get to measuring and modeling in Blender." https://slurpburgers.com/slurpbuilds/the-slurptop/ |
[05:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-the slurptop | slurpburgers.com
[05:56]	TR News	"The mushroom is the only thing making the music. Left alone it plays some 20 notes a minute. Touch it and it plays a flurry. The idea comes from the open Biodata Sonification project, the same family as PlantWave." https://isene.org/2026/10/Mushroom-Song.html | Source: Geir Isene
[05:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isene.org | A mushroom's song Geir's Everything
● Oct 26
[06:00]	TR News	"If youre a collector of older TVs, youre probably facing the problem in some form of having no transmissions to tune in to." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/an-analog-tv-station-for-anyone/ | Source: Hackaday
[06:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-An Analog TV Station For Anyone | Hackaday
[06:01]	TR News	"Some of the first remote controls available to consumers used sound, visible light, or even just wires to communicate with their parent device." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/simple-reliable-rf-remote-control/ | Source: Hackaday
[06:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Simple, Reliable RF Remote Control | Hackaday
[06:01]	TR News	"Perhaps the most amazing thing about it is that its an absolutely massive structure, yet its all 3D printed and bolted together." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/25/a-3d-printed-marble-clock-but-its-scrolling-text/ | Source: Hackaday
[06:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A 3D Printed Marble Clock, But Its Scrolling Text | Hackaday
[06:01]	TR News	"So I built the packages myself. Without Poudriere." https://blog.hofstede.it/php2shell-on-arm64-building-fixed-php-packages-without-poudriere/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn
[06:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.hofstede.it | php2shell on arm64: Building Fixed PHP Packages Without Poudriere | Larvitz Blog
[06:02]	TR News	"Next, we look ahead to the future, pondering what the years to come have in store for the Linux community and open source." https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20261026 | Source: Distro Watch
[06:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20261026 )
[06:02]	TR News	"I started working on this game in April 2021 or, at least, that was my first commit in the repo." https://www.usebox.net/jjm/blog/outpost-released/ | Source: Juan J Martnez
[06:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Outpost released! - usebox.net
[06:02]	TR News	"A responsive width sometimes needs to grow in steps rather than change with every pixel of viewport width." https://ronaldsvilcins.com/2026/10/26/smarter-responsive-calculations-with-css-round/ | Source: Ronalds Vilci
[06:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ronaldsvilcins.com | Smarter Responsive Calculations With CSS round() Ronalds Vilci
[06:06]	TR News	"'Frankly, Norway Sucks': Trump Slams Scandinavian Nation Over Missing the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-attacks-norway-after-navi-pillay-nobel-win-1827708 https://time.com/article/2026/10/07/newsom-trump-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego-25th-amendment/
[06:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Frankly, Norway Sucks': Trump Slams Scandinavian Nation Over Missing the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize | IBTimes UK
[06:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 406 @ https://time.com/article/2026/10/07/newsom-trump-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego-25th-amendment/ )
[06:06]	TR News	"Trump Says US Is 'Making a Freaking Fortune' on Oil as Americans Pay $4.29 a Gallon for Gas | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-oil-profits-petrol-prices-rise-1827690
[06:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Trump Says US Is 'Making a Freaking Fortune' on Oil as Americans Pay $4.29 a Gallon for Gas | IBTimes UK
[06:06]	TR News	"Venezuelas Machado returns from exile, as doubts over democracy deepen - CSMonitor.com" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/1025/venezuela-machado-exile-maduro-rodriguez
[06:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Venezuelas Machado returns from exile, as doubts over democracy deepen - CSMonitor.com
[06:06]	TR News	"Use your brain, not AI" [sic] https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/cartoons/use-your-brain-not-ai/
[06:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | Use your brain, not AI
[06:07]	TR News	"Cant Afford a Home. Cant Afford a Baby. Cant Afford Life. This Is 30. - The New York Times" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/nyregion/30-year-old-angst.html
[06:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/nyregion/30-year-old-angst.html )
[06:07]	TR News	"Brazil elections: Lula wins another term, beating Bolsonaro" https://www.dw.com/en/brazilian-leftist-president-lula-wins-reelection-against-conservative-challenger-flavio-bolsonaro/live-79755630
[06:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Brazil elections: Lula wins another term, beating Bolsonaro
[06:08]	TR News	"Based on Texas Instruments AM13E23019 microcontroller, it features a 200 MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor, CAN FD connectivity, and expansion interfaces for custom embedded systems." https://linuxgizmos.com/tiny-controller-module-has-cortex-m33-can-fd-and-qwiic/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[06:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/tiny-controller-module-has-cortex-m33-can-fd-and-qwiic/ )
[06:08]	TR News	"BeagleBoard.org has introduced the BeagleConnect QuadESC, an open-source four-channel brushless DC motor-control board for robotics, drones, and embedded applications." https://linuxgizmos.com/quad-motor-control-board-with-cortex-m33-and-tinyengine-ai/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[06:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/quad-motor-control-board-with-cortex-m33-and-tinyengine-ai/ )
[06:08]	TR News	"Rockchips upcoming RK3668 is a 6nm octa-core processor featuring six Arm Cortex-A725 cores, two Cortex-A520 cores, and a Mali-G2 Pro MC4 GPU." https://linuxgizmos.com/rockchip-rk3668-targets-edge-ai-with-44-tops-npu-and-pcie-5-0/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[06:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/rockchip-rk3668-targets-edge-ai-with-44-tops-npu-and-pcie-5-0/ )
[06:13]	TR News	"Trump says that Norway "stinks" and calls it a "shithole country" | Demcrata" https://www.democrata.es/en/international/trump-says-that-norway-stinks-and-calls-it-a-shithole-country/
[06:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.democrata.es | Trump says that Norway "stinks" and calls it a "shithole country" | Demcrata
[06:13]	TR News	Can the police buy prohibited personal data? | "Fr polisen kpa frbjuden persondata?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/10/25/far-polisen-kopa-forbjuden-persondata/
[06:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Fr polisen kpa frbjuden persondata?
[06:14]	TR News	According to the White House, Norway is "shithole country" and Putin is "humanitarian". Elections coming soon.
[06:14]	TR News	"A group of familiar faces from the early web just got back together to ask an important question: What happened to the internet?" https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/come-back-to-firefox/ | Source: Mozilla
[06:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Firefox reunites meme royalty to ask what happened to the web
[06:16]	TR News	"It is clear that we have lost these elections," he told a news conference late on October 25, after polling stations closed across Serbia. "Vucic Concedes Electoral Defeat, Setting Stage For New Era Of Serbian Politics, Relations With West" https://www.rferl.org/a/vucic-concession-serbia-parliament-elections-students/33884044.html
[06:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Vucic Concedes Electoral Defeat, Setting Stage For New Era Of Serbian Politics, Relations With West
[06:20]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social
[06:24]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social
[06:26]	TR News	 (NEW):  Review: Ubuntu 26.10 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Review_Ubuntu_26_10.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Review_Ubuntu_26_10.gmi 
[06:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Review: Ubuntu 26.10
[06:34]	TR News	Mozilla keeps writing "internet" with small "i" http://techrights.org/o/2023/07/06/mozilla-vision-of-the-internet/
[06:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Mozilla Waters Down Its Vision of The Internet
[06:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[06:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[06:40]	TR News	AstrOS 20261015 https://distrowatch.com/astros
[06:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/astros )
[06:40]	TR News	Ezarcher 2611-beta https://distrowatch.com/ezarcher
[06:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/ezarcher )
[06:40]	TR News	Maze 2026.10.26 https://distrowatch.com/maze
[06:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/maze )
[06:41]	TR News	Rewriting Linux with 1) SLOP! 2) language that experienced Linux devs do not comprehend https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Char-Misc
[06:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Google's C Binder Driver Removed With Rust Binder Ready For "Few Billion Devices" - Phoronix
[06:42]	TR News	Embrace, extend (slop and Rust), externalise to monopolies
[06:42]	TR News	Like they did git (via github)
[06:43]	TR News	Options are expensive. Not having them has a cost too. https://nuno-icons.com/2026/10/25/options-are-expensive-not-having-them-has-a-cost-too/
[06:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://nuno-icons.com/2026/10/25/options-are-expensive-not-having-them-has-a-cost-too/ )
[06:46]	TR News	"The Hey Hi (AI) Flood Continues" https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Sound Linux is dying. http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/24/Linux_is_Not_Controlled_by_Linus_Torvalds.shtml
[06:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Linux 7.4 Sound Changes Merged: "The AI Flood Continues" - Phoronix
[06:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux is Not Controlled by Linus (Torvalds)
[06:47]	TR News	"The OSS sequencer emulation code has also been marked as deprecated for Linux 7.4."
[06:47]	TR News	So it sounds like LLM slop is good at REMOVING features
[06:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Gets Nearly 80% FP16/BF16 Compute Boost With Linux-Based Unlocking Trick https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/NVIDIA_GeForce_RTX_3090_Ti_Gets_Nearly_80_FP16_BF16_Compute_Boo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/NVIDIA_GeForce_RTX_3090_Ti_Gets_Nearly_80_FP16_BF16_Compute_Boo.gmi 
[06:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Gets Nearly 80% FP16/BF16 Compute Boost With Linux-Based Unlocking Trick
[06:51]	TR News	Bottles Creator Mirko Brombin Wants Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Office on Linux, Not Its Clones https://itsfoss.com/interview/mirko-brombin-raven/
[06:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Bottles Creator Mirko Brombin Wants Microsoft Office on Linux, Not Its Clones
● Oct 26
[07:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  This Week in Plasma: Fixing All the Bugs, PiP, and Performance https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/This_Week_in_Plasma_Fixing_All_the_Bugs_PiP_and_Performance.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/24/This_Week_in_Plasma_Fixing_All_the_Bugs_PiP_and_Performance.gmi 
[07:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines This Week in Plasma: Fixing All the Bugs, PiP, and Performance
[07:01]	TR News	AnduinOS 2.0.5 https://distrowatch.com/anduin
[07:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/anduin )
[07:10]	TR News	Ubuntu users can now file bugs against specific Launchpad PPAs https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/launchpad-ppa-dedicated-bug-tracker
[07:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Ubuntu users can now file bugs against specific Launchpad PPAs - OMG! Ubuntu
[07:11]	TR News	PHP2Shell scare sees SuperTuxKart pull its online server https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/supertuxkart-goes-offline-php2shell
[07:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | PHP2Shell scare sees SuperTuxKart pull its online server - OMG! Ubuntu
[07:13]	TR News	Saudi Arabia Reopens Riyadh Airport Even as Houthis Threaten Further Strikes https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-riyadh-airport-reopens.html
[07:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-riyadh-airport-reopens.html )
[07:13]	TR News	9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 25th, 2026 https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-october-25th-2026
[07:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 25th, 2026 - 9to5Linux
[07:15]	TR News	Le Pen leads polls with up to 38% six months before election https://www.france24.com/en/le-pen-leads-polls-with-up-to-38-six-months-before-election
[07:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/le-pen-leads-polls-with-up-to-38-six-months-before-election )
[07:16]	TR News	Kiwi TCMS: Testing and Continuous Delivery devroom, FOSDEM'27 https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2026/10/25/testing-and-continuous-delivery-devroom-fosdem27/
[07:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kiwitcms.org | Kiwi TCMS - Testing and Continuous Delivery devroom, FOSDEM'27
[07:18]	TR News	How to Install KVM on Ubuntu 26.04 Step by Step https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-install-kvm-on-ubuntu/
[07:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxtechi.com | How to Install KVM on Ubuntu 26.04 Step by Step
[07:19]	TR News	"the business model of phone stores is based on having a price of service that doesnt allow the amounts of money spent on security and training that organisations such as banks can spend and are legally required to spend." https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/10/25/banks-phones/
[07:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-etbe.coker.com.au | Banks and Phones etbe Russell Coker
[07:19]	TR News	Godot XR Community Game Jam VI https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xr-update-oct2026/
[07:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-godotengine.org | Godot XR Community Game Jam VI Godot Engine
[07:20]	TR News	"HTTP is stateless and so pretending to provide a stateful service over it is a kludge at best."
[07:21]	TR News	Sam Thursfield: 25th October 2026 https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2026/10/25/25th-october-2026/
[07:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-samthursfield.wordpress.com | 25th October 2026 Sam Thursfield
[07:30]	TR News	Rehab Charged With Providing Illegal Drugs to Addicts in Grim Scam https://futurism.com/health-medicine/rehab-charged-drugs-addiction
[07:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Rehab Charged With Providing Illegal Drugs to Addicts in Grim Scam
[07:30]	TR News	North Korea-South Korea tensions high as letters lodged with UN, howitzer spotted https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-tells-un-south-fabricated-landmine-incident-kcna-says
[07:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea-South Korea tensions rise over border row | The Straits Times
[07:31]	TR News	North Korea tells UN South fabricated landmine incident: State media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-tells-un-south-fabricated-landmine-incident-kcna-says
[07:31]	TR News	Malaysia police chief orders probe after man dies in custody with unusual injuries https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-police-chief-orders-probe-after-man-dies-in-custody-with-unusual-injuries
[07:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia police probe death in custody after injuries | The Straits Times
[07:31]	TR News	Interpretation gaps in South Korea police leave foreigners lost in translation https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/police-interpretation-gaps-in-south-korea-leave-foreigners-lost-in-translation
[07:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | South Korea police interpretation gaps for foreigners | The Straits Times
[07:32]	TR News	Pull Out the Sick Trees: Xis Constant Purges Pave Way for Next Term https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/world/asia/china-communist-party-xi-forever-purge.html
[07:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/world/asia/china-communist-party-xi-forever-purge.html )
[07:32]	TR News	N. Koreas Kim Jong Un returns from China after war memorial visit: State media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-returns-from-china-after-war-memorial-visit-state-media-says
[07:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Kim Jong Un returns from China after war memorial visit | The Straits Times
[07:32]	TR News	Kim Jong Un Tours Chinese Bus Factory, Climbs Aboard as UN Sanctions Bar Vehicle Supplies to North Korea https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kim-jong-un-tours-chinese-bus-factory-1827727
[07:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Kim Jong Un Tours Chinese Bus Factory, Climbs Aboard as UN Sanctions Bar Vehicle Supplies to North Korea | IBTimes UK
[07:33]	TR News	Protesters clash with police over India dam project bordering China https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/protesters-clash-with-police-over-india-dam-project-bordering-china
[07:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | India dam protests over China border tensions | The Straits Times
[07:33]	TR News	Chinas Communist Party elite gather for closed-door governance talks https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/26/chinas-communist-party-elite-gather-for-closed-door-governance-talks/
[07:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China's Communist Party elite gather for governance talks
[07:33]	TR News	CPC fifth plenum: What to expect at Chinas top political conclave https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/cpc-fifth-plenum-what-to-expect-at-chinas-top-political-conclave
[07:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | CPC fifth plenum: Xis party governance agenda | The Straits Times
[07:34]	TR News	What to know about the Chinese Communist Partys Fifth Plenum https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/25/what-to-know-about-the-chinese-communist-partys-fifth-plenum/
[07:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | What to know about the Chinese Communist Party's Fifth Plenum
[07:37]	TR News	France: Le Pen launches presidential campaign in Orleans https://www.france24.com/en/france-le-pen-launches-presidential-campaign-in-orleans
[07:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france-le-pen-launches-presidential-campaign-in-orleans )
[07:38]	TR News	French far-right leader Le Pen kicks off presidential campaign https://www.france24.com/en/french-far-right-leader-le-pen-kicks-off-presidential-campaign
[07:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/french-far-right-leader-le-pen-kicks-off-presidential-campaign )
[07:38]	TR News	Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world/europe/serbia-vucic-election-defeat.html
[07:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world/europe/serbia-vucic-election-defeat.html )
[07:38]	TR News	New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Final Fantasy Resonance and Bruisers 2D Boxing - 2026-10-24 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-10-24-edition/index.html
[07:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Final Fantasy Resonance and Bruisers 2D Boxing - 2026-10-24 Edition
[07:38]	TR News	Jailbroken PS5s can now run Steam PC games https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/jailbroken-ps5s-can-now-run-steam-pc-games-you-can-now-sign-in-with-your-steam-account-and-install-games-from-your-library-directly-to-the-console
[07:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Jailbroken PS5s can now run Steam PC games you can now sign in with your Steam account and install games from your library directly to the console | Tom's Hardware
[07:40]	TR News	Talking Inside Your Head Changes Your Pupils in a Totally Different Way to Talking Out Loud https://www.sciencealert.com/talking-inside-your-head-changes-your-pupils-in-a-totally-different-way-to-talking-out-loud
[07:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Talking Inside Your Head Changes Your Pupils in a Totally Different Way to Talking Out Loud : ScienceAlert
[07:40]	TR News	Scientists Simulated Solar Explosions in The Lab And May Have Solved One of The Sun's Biggest Mysteries https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-simulated-solar-explosions-in-the-lab-and-may-have-solved-one-of-the-suns-biggest-mysteries
[07:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Simulated Solar Explosions in The Lab And May Have Solved One of The Sun's Biggest Mysteries : ScienceAlert
[07:41]	TR News	Too Much RNA Can Actually Starve Cells of Energy, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/too-much-rna-can-actually-starve-cells-of-energy-study-finds
[07:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Too Much RNA Can Actually Starve Cells of Energy, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
[07:42]	TR News	You might be using the wrong distro in your Linux VM. These are the only 3 worth spinning up https://www.howtogeek.com/you-might-be-using-the-wrong-distro-in-your-linux-vm-these-are-the-only-3-worth-spinning-up/
[07:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | You might be using the wrong distro in your Linux VM. These are the only 3 worth spinning up
[07:45]	TR News	Lightweight Linux distros make your old hardware useful again, and they're not the nightmare you remember https://www.xda-developers.com/lightweight-linux-distros-make-old-hardware-useful-again-not-nightmare-they-used-be/
[07:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Lightweight Linux distros make your old hardware useful again, and they're not the nightmare you remember
[07:45]	TR News	"AMD has submitted Linux kernel patches for an official Ryzen overclocking driver. The initial version offers only basic controls for CPU power limits and SMT, but it could pave the way for more comprehensive Ryzen tuning tools on Linux." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ryzen-overclocking-is-coming-to-Linux-as-AMD-prepares-an-official-driver.1433586.0.html
[07:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notebookcheck.net | Ryzen overclocking is coming to Linux as AMD prepares an official driver - Notebookcheck News
[07:46]	TR News	"An enthusiast and custom software developer under the pseudonym mihawk9_9 has presented a project that allows the official Steam client to run directly on the PlayStation 5." https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/entuziasty-zapustili-steam-na-konsoli-playstation-5-bez-ustanovki-linux
[07:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-en.gamegpu.com | Enthusiasts launched Steam on the PlayStation 5 console without installing Linux.
[07:47]	TR News	7 Days: Unexpected Linux goofup, AV2 support, and critical vulnerabilities in PHP https://www.neowin.net/news/7-days-unexpected-linux-goofup-av2-support-and-critical-vulnerabilities-in-php/
[07:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/7-days-unexpected-linux-goofup-av2-support-and-critical-vulnerabilities-in-php/ )
[07:47]	TR News	SteamOS 3.9 moves out of beta with updated Linux kernel and desktop https://videocardz.com/newz/steamos-3-9-5-stable-arrives-with-better-support-for-steam-machine-and-steam-frame
[07:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SteamOS 3.9 goes stable with Linux 7.2, KDE Plasma 6.7 and expanded hardware support - VideoCardz.com
[07:48]	TR News	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Gets Nearly 80% FP16/BF16 Compute Boost With Linux-Based Unlocking Trick https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-gets-nearly-80-fp16-bf16-compute-boost-with-linux-based-unlocking-trick/
[07:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wccftech.com | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Gets Nearly 80% FP16/BF16 Compute Boost With Linux-Based Unlocking Trick
[07:48]	TR News	Fake Arch Linux package hid a script that could run attacker-controlled code as root https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/fake-arch-linux-package-hid-a-script-that-could-run-attacker-controlled-code-as-root
[07:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bitdefender.com | Fake Arch Linux package hid a script that could run attacker-controlled code as root
[07:49]	TR News	This seems to be a slop piece, made at least partially with LLMs for plagiarism
[07:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
[07:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Security Leftovers
[07:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Godot, Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Games_Godot_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Games_Godot_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_More.gmi 
[07:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Godot, Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and More
[07:52]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Devices and Open Hardware https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Linux_Devices_and_Open_Hardware.gmi 
[07:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Devices and Open Hardware
[07:57]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
[07:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers
[07:58]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and WWW Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_WWW_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_WWW_Leftovers.gmi 
[07:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and WWW Leftovers
● Oct 26
[08:00]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[08:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
[08:03]	TR News	Techrights Links 26/10/2026: Chinas Communist Party Plenum and Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Links_26_10_2026_China_s_Communist_Party_Plenum_and_Aleksandar_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Links_26_10_2026_China_s_Communist_Party_Plenum_and_Aleksandar_.gmi 
[08:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 26/10/2026: Chinas Communist Party Plenum and Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat
[08:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: SteamOS 3.9.5, Steam Frame, SuperTuxKart Online, and Reviews on GNU/Linux and Steam Deck https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/25/Games_SteamOS_3_9_5_Steam_Frame_SuperTuxKart_Online_and_Reviews.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/25/Games_SteamOS_3_9_5_Steam_Frame_SuperTuxKart_Online_and_Reviews.gmi 
[08:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/25/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/25/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[08:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: SteamOS 3.9.5, Steam Frame, SuperTuxKart Online, and Reviews on GNU/Linux and Steam Deck
[08:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos
[08:55]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kali Linux 2026.3 Released with Linux 7.1, KDE Plasma 6.7, and New Tools https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Kali_Linux_2026_3_Released_with_Linux_7_1_KDE_Plasma_6_7_and_Ne.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Kali_Linux_2026_3_Released_with_Linux_7_1_KDE_Plasma_6_7_and_Ne.gmi 
[08:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kali Linux 2026.3 Released with Linux 7.1, KDE Plasma 6.7, and New Tools
● Oct 26
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● Oct 26
[12:45]	TR News	The World's First Corporate Psychopath May Have Just Been Identified https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-first-corporate-psychopath-may-have-just-been-identified
[12:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The World's First Corporate Psychopath May Have Just Been Identified : ScienceAlert
[12:45]	TR News	Scientists Have Found a Barrel-Shaped Squid-Like Creature From The Jurassic: 'One of The Chunkiest' https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-barrel-shaped-squid-like-creature-from-the-jurassic-one-of-the-chunkiest
[12:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Have Found 'One of The Chunkiest' Squid-Like Creatures From The Jurassic : ScienceAlert
[12:46]	TR News	Scientists Discovered an Amazing Practical Use For The World's Leftover Coffee Grounds https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-the-worlds-leftover-coffee-grounds
[12:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Discovered an Amazing Practical Use For The World's Leftover Coffee Grounds : ScienceAlert
[12:46]	TR News	Women Appear to Experience Psychedelic Drugs More Intensely, And We Don't Know Why https://www.sciencealert.com/women-appear-to-experience-psychedelic-drugs-more-intensely-and-we-dont-know-why
[12:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Women Appear to Experience Psychedelic Drugs More Intensely, And We Don't Know Why : ScienceAlert
[12:46]	TR News	World-First Cancer Vaccine Cuts Melanoma Recurrence or Death Risk by 42% in Landmark Trial https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-cancer-vaccine-cuts-melanoma-recurrence-or-death-risk-by-42-in-landmark-trial
[12:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-World-First Cancer Vaccine Cuts Melanoma Recurrence or Death Risk by 42% in Landmark Trial : ScienceAlert
[12:47]	TR News	A.I. videos flooded the internet in the run-up to the election. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/25/world/brazil-election/ai-videos-flooded-the-internet-in-the-run-up-to-the-election
[12:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/25/world/brazil-election/ai-videos-flooded-the-internet-in-the-run-up-to-the-election )
[12:47]	TR News	Indonesia: One of the Worlds Most Promising Digital Music Markets https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/indonesia-music-market-eveara/
[12:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/indonesia-music-market-eveara/ )
[12:48]	TR News	Creator of Super Smash Brothers Offers Blistering Takedown of AI-Generated Games https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/super-smash-bros-creator-ai
[12:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Creator of Super Smash Brothers Offers Blistering Takedown of AI-Generated Games
[12:49]	TR News	Growing Majority of Americans Convinced That Hey Hi (AI) Is Bad for Society https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/majority-americans-ai-bad-society
[12:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Growing Majority of Americans Convinced That AI Is Bad for Society
[12:49]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Mans Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/us/politics/trumps-election-alaska.html
[12:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/us/politics/trumps-election-alaska.html )
[12:50]	TR News	Cost barriers leave Hong Kongs low-income elderly shut out of advance medical directives despite landmark law https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/26/cost-barriers-leave-hong-kongs-low-income-elderly-shut-out-of-advance-medical-directives-despite-landmark-law/
[12:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Cost barriers leave some in HK shut out of advance medical directives
[12:50]	TR News	Israeli Jews Across the Spectrum Face an Election of Fears https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/world/middleeast/israel-election-stakes.html
[12:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/world/middleeast/israel-election-stakes.html )
[12:51]	TR News	Cybersecurity bounty hunter says Samsung TVs use Hey Hi (AI) to record audio and screenshots for ads https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hacker-finds-own-samsung-tv-collecting-scary-amounts-of-user-information-and-gets-banned-by-openai-for-cyber-abuse-tv-runs-an-ai-model-that-collects-audio-screenshots-and-plenty-of-other-user-data-for-ad-targeting
[12:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Cybersecurity bounty hunter says Samsung TVs use AI to record audio and screenshots for ads 'Finally found a company that truly listens to its customers,' says hacker | Tom's Hardware
[12:51]	TR News	France: 110.000 protesters in Paris https://www.france24.com/en/france-110-000-protesters-in-paris
[12:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/france-110-000-protesters-in-paris )
[12:54]	TR News	The future of the Amazon rainforest could depend on who wins. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/25/world/brazil-election/the-future-of-the-amazon-rainforest-could-depend-on-who-wins
[12:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/25/world/brazil-election/the-future-of-the-amazon-rainforest-could-depend-on-who-wins )
[12:55]	TR News	Claude Mythos 5 Tried to Poison a Real Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Repo During a UK AISI Test https://www.blackmoreops.com/claude-mythos-5-github-attack/
[12:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.blackmoreops.com | Claude Mythos 5 Tried to Poison a Real GitHub Repo
[12:55]	TR News	ChatGPT Is Building Detailed Psychological Profiles of Its Users https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-building-profiles-users
[12:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | ChatGPT Is Building Detailed Psychological Profiles of Its Users
[12:56]	TR News	Renesas RX74M and RX74N 600MHz industrial MCUs with RXv3e core, embedded MRAM, 22nm process https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/26/renesas-rx74m-and-rx74n-600mhz-industrial-mcus-with-rxv3e-core-embedded-mram-22nm-process/
[12:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Renesas RX74M and RX74N - 600MHz industrial MCUs with RXv3e core, embedded MRAM, 22nm process - CNX Software
[12:57]	TR News	Daylight Saving Time frustrations https://blog.slackware.nl/daylight-saving-time-frustrations/
[12:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.slackware.nl | Daylight Saving Time frustrations Alien Pastures
[12:58]	TR News	Issue Fee to Grant: The Wait Has Doubled https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/10/issue-fee-to-grant-the-wait-has-doubled.html
[12:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Issue Fee to Grant: The Wait Has Doubled | Patently-O
[12:59]	TR News	The Charges against Brad Benavides Assume an Investigation into the Laptop that Never Happened https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/25/the-charges-against-brad-benavides-assume-an-investigation-into-the-laptop-that-never-happened/
[12:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | The Charges against Brad Benavides Assume an Investigation into the Laptop that Never Happened - emptywheel
[12:59]	TR News	MagOS 2025_20261023 https://distrowatch.com/magos
[12:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/magos )
[12:59]	TR News	Ukrainian drone attacks hammer Russia's finance ministry data center, damaged facility reportedly holds tax databases https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/ukrainian-drone-attacks-hammer-russias-finance-ministry-data-center-damaged-facility-reportedly-holds-tax-databases-facility-also-holds-other-important-state-registry-data
[12:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Ukrainian drone attacks hammer Russia's finance ministry data center, damaged facility reportedly holds tax databases facility also holds other important state registry data | Tom's Hardware
● Oct 26
[13:00]	TR News	Critical PHP2Shell Security Vulns Evoke Black October https://www.itjungle.com/2026/10/26/critical-php2shell-security-vulns-evoke-black-october/
[13:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.itjungle.com | Critical PHP2Shell Security Vulns Evoke 'Black October' - IT Jungle
[13:07]	TR News	Exxons Attempt to Suppress Damning Climate Evidence https://truthout.org/articles/new-documents-expose-exxons-attempt-to-suppress-damning-climate-evidence/
[13:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | New Documents Expose Exxons Attempt to Suppress Damning Climate Evidence | Truthout
[13:07]	TR News	dont believe the hype https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/workers-want-company-climate-action-but-don-t-believe-the-hype-20261019-p6166p.html
[13:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Climate change Australia: New Curtin University research reveals workers concerns over health, safety and greenwashing
[13:08]	TR News	looking at companies at the heart of WAs economy to act on climate change https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/australia-s-workforce-is-looking-at-companies-at-the-heart-of-wa-s-economy-to-act-on-climate-change-20261019-p6166i.html
[13:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Australias workforce is looking at companies at the heart of WAs economy to act on climate change
[13:08]	TR News	Capitalism incompatible with the goal https://nltimes.nl/2026/10/19/paris-climate-goals-virtually-unachievable-says-dutch-central-bank-leader
[13:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Paris climate goals virtually unachievable, says Dutch central bank leader | NL Times
[13:09]	TR News	Reports won't stop the greed regardless https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-19/news/round-up/delayed-un-climate-reports-could-weaken-action-before-cop33-danish-expert-warns/
[13:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-19/news/round-up/delayed-un-climate-reports-could-weaken-action-before-cop33-danish-expert-warns/ )
[13:09]	TR News	Cheeto Mussolini's climate retreat https://www.dw.com/en/rising-emissions-and-temperatures-the-cost-of-trump-s-climate-retreat-is-now-clear/a-79714915
[13:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Rising emissions: The cost of Trump's climate retreat
[13:10]	TR News	marine life has not recovered https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/deepwater-horizon-marine-life-decline-gulf-of-mexico-9.7388794
[13:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | More than 16 years after BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster, marine life has not recovered | CBC Climate Change News
[13:11]	TR News	Flood risk https://bianet.org/haber/flood-risk-grows-in-istanbul-amid-climate-crisis-324666
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | 'Flood risk grows in stanbul amid climate crisis'
[13:11]	TR News	But EFF does not pursue it https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/victory-freedom-speech-online-effector-3818
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | A Victory for Freedom of Speech Online | EFFector 38.18 | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[13:11]	TR News	Hate Speech Law https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/california-pastors-challenge-workplace-hate-speech-law-1826513
[13:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Christian Pastors Argue That the New California LGBTQ Hate Speech Law Is Disguised as Indoctrination | IBTimes UK
[13:13]	TR News	energy poverty https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/global-citizen-returns-to-wa-with-star-power-world-leaders-and-a-mission-on-energy-poverty-20261017-p616am.html
[13:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Global Citizen returns to WA with star power, world leaders and a mission on energy poverty
[13:13]	TR News	green energy scheme chaos https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/deposits-lost-warranties-wiped-consumers-hit-by-green-energy-scheme-chaos-20261018-p61676.html
[13:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theage.com.au | Deposits lost, warranties wiped: Consumers hit by green energy scheme chaos
[13:14]	TR News	Fears of Big Tech Censorship Grow After Meta Suspends No Kings Instagram Account https://scheerpost.com/2026/10/19/fears-of-big-tech-censorship-grow-after-meta-suspends-no-kings-instagram-account/
[13:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-scheerpost.com | Fears of Big Tech Censorship Grow After Meta Suspends No Kings Instagram Account
[13:14]	TR News	School Book Bans https://www.projectcensored.org/a-spotlight-on-school-book-bans/
[13:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/a-spotlight-on-school-book-bans/ )
[13:15]	TR News	The Freedom and Restraints of Reporting on China in the US https://www.projectcensored.org/the-freedom-and-restraints-of-reporting-on-china-in-the-us/
[13:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.projectcensored.org/the-freedom-and-restraints-of-reporting-on-china-in-the-us/ )
[13:16]	TR News	criticism against school headscarf ban https://bianet.org/haber/azerbaijan-seeks-arrest-of-seven-people-in-turkey-over-criticism-against-school-headscarf-ban-324636
[13:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Azerbaijan seeks arrest of seven people in Turkey over criticism against school headscarf ban
[13:17]	TR News	pro-opposition Halk TV channel in Turkey https://www.dw.com/en/police-raid-the-major-pro-opposition-halk-tv-channel-in-turkey/a-79671673
[13:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Turkey: Police raid major pro-opposition Halk TV channel
[13:18]	TR News	Childhood Offenses https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/10/19/saudi-arabia-man-executed-for-childhood-offenses
[13:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hrw.org | Saudi Arabia: Man Executed for Childhood Offenses | Human Rights Watch
[13:52]	TR News	police strikes against photographers https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-19/news/round-up/independent-authority-to-investigate-police-strikes-against-photographers/
[13:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-19/news/round-up/independent-authority-to-investigate-police-strikes-against-photographers/ )
● Oct 26
[14:00]	TR News	EPO leak next
[14:09]	TR News	"don't touch me there, it hurts," says the person who abuse you. So you touch again.
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[14:26]	TR News	Techrights European Patent Office Takes From the Poor to Give More to the Rich https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/European_Patent_Office_Takes_From_the_Poor_to_Give_More_to_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/European_Patent_Office_Takes_From_the_Poor_to_Give_More_to_the_.gmi 
[14:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights European Patent Office Takes From the Poor to Give More to the Rich
[14:49]	TR News	Techrights More Stories and Material Than We Can Publish https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/More_Stories_and_Material_Than_We_Can_Publish.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/More_Stories_and_Material_Than_We_Can_Publish.gmi 
[14:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights More Stories and Material Than We Can Publish
● Oct 26
[15:07]	TR News	Techrights Shift to the Lula (Left) https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Shift_to_the_Lula_Left.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Shift_to_the_Lula_Left.gmi 
[15:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Shift to the Lula (Left)
[15:09]	TR News	"Comcast loses 144,000 broadband users, layoffs loom"
[15:46]	TR News	Techrights Search Without Encryption for Legacy Systems (Permacomputing) and Full Backward Compatibility https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Search_Without_Encryption_for_Legacy_Systems_Permacomputing_and.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Search_Without_Encryption_for_Legacy_Systems_Permacomputing_and.gmi 
[15:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Search Without Encryption for Legacy Systems (Permacomputing) and Full Backward Compatibility
● Oct 26
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[16:23]	TR News	Intercontinental Brigading - Part XVI - The Faustian Pact That Irritates Hired Guns is Still a Distraction From the Serious Harm Done by Their Clients to GNU/Linux Users (Notably Plagiarism and Back Doors) http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XVI_The_Faustian_Pact_That_Irri.shtml
[16:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XVI - The Faustian Pact That Irritates Hired Guns is Still a Distraction From the Serious Harm Done by Their Clients to GNU/Linux Users (Notably Plagiarism and Back Doors)
[16:28]	TR News	Old: Faustian EPO Pact https://techrights.org/o/2022/07/22/faustian-epo-pact/
[16:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] The Intrepid Razik, Herr Weber, and the Faustian EPO Pact
[16:38]	TR News	Storm Boelo leaves 90,000 without power as Met Office issues new wind warning https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm264jxxnxzo some trees feel all over the place
[16:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Storm Boelo clean-up begins as thousands left without power - BBC News
[16:39]	TR News	UPC 3 years report and conference https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/events/conference-unitary-patent-system-2027-01-29_en
[16:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu | Conference on the unitary patent system - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
[16:42]	TR News	JUVE UPC Court of Appeal hears Sanofis challenge over cabazitaxel patent monopoly revocation [Ed: Kangaroo Courts like these need not even exist, but the EPO and the litigation "industry" crafted an unlawful tribunal] https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Links_07_10_2026_Unrest_in_France_and_Rumours_of_Plague_in_Russ.shtml
[16:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 07/10/2026: Unrest in France and Rumours of Plague in Russia
[16:42]	TR News	"In one of the most prominent pharma cases at the UPC, oral proceedings in Sanofis appeal against the first-instance decision of the UPCs Munich local division started today and are scheduled to continue tomorrow." https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/07/Links_07_10_2026_Unrest_in_France_and_Rumours_of_Plague_in_Russ.shtml
[16:43]	TR News	Earlier this month the EPO revoked a European Patent, which the UPC previously honoured and would apparently still honour. This is chaos.
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[16:44]	TR News	The Serial Strangler stopped talking, as if he was abducted by a UFO. Microsoft decided that he was too low for its standards, but it was too late...
[16:45]	TR News	He is still not too low for the standards of Puppy Breaker
[16:48]	TR News	"When I rewrote Odd to use SQLite for full-text search, I had to update the database when changes were made. Once the code was there, it was easy to add more information, like links." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-10-26-oddmu-testing
[16:50]	TR News	Selected Excerpts: Hollywood, Ending gemini://gemini.scottnm.com/pages/2026_10_18_selected_excerpts_hollywood_ending/2026_10_18_selected_excerpts_hollywood_ending.gmi
[16:51]	TR News	"This book is a work of Christian and Jewish theological theory: what the sabbath commandment meant in its historical context and what, to the author, it means today." gemini://gemini.scottnm.com/pages/2026_10_24_selected_excerpts_sabbath_as_resistance/2026_10_24_selected_excerpts_sabbath_as_resistance.gmi
[16:52]	TR News	"I know, I know... Long time no see. You thought that I was gone, didn't you? Well, I was there. But somewhere else. You know, they will need more to kill me. It's not that simple. I know that they don't, apparently." gemini://aenu.smol.pub/not-enough
[16:52]	TR News	El abandono de la web para todos gemini://alex.corcoles.net/2026/10/el-abandono-de-la-web-para-todos
[16:53]	TR News	full lucid moon gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/fullLucid
● Oct 26
[17:08]	TR News	"Well thats how offshoring works. They hire the citizens of Mexico/Poland/India/Singapore or whatever other country they chose to offshore to" https://www.teamblind.com/post/microsoft-layoffs-now-jhkoz6xs
[17:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.teamblind.com | Microsoft layoffs now | Layoffs - Blind
[17:09]	TR News	ebay layoffs galore www.teamblind.com/post/laid-off-and-looking-for-pm-referrals-zm2br5ts
[17:24]	TR News	Techrights This is How Microsoft Ends (Over a Quarter of the Company Now on the Chopping Block) https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/This_is_How_Microsoft_Ends_Over_a_Quarter_of_the_Company_Now_on.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/This_is_How_Microsoft_Ends_Over_a_Quarter_of_the_Company_Now_on.gmi 
[17:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights This is How Microsoft Ends (Over a Quarter of the Company Now on the Chopping Block)
[17:26]	TR News	"I have resisted that company like a plague, only because my ex-flatmate used to work there. Not only he himself got rusty with skills, he was the top performer of the team."
[17:26]	TR News	"That says a lot about level of personnel there in a lot of teams, if not all. Proper retirement company, especially teams outside of Azure." https://www.teamblind.com/post/breaking-news-microsoft-to-offer-buyouts-to-60000-workers-in-latest-cost-cut-pjvt3thp
[17:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.teamblind.com | BREAKING NEWS: Microsoft to Offer Buyouts to 60,000 Workers in Latest Cost Cut | Tech Industry - Blind
[17:29]	TR News	"Microsoft is offering buyouts to around 60,000 employees Around 60,000 employees or more than a quarter of the company's workforce about will be eligible, a spokesperson told Business Insider, and the terms will be similar to Microsoft's standard severance. 27% of the company effectively surplus to requirements. Wow!!!! Anybody received the buyout?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wg98zv#replies
[17:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m5wg98zv#replies )
[17:30]	TR News	"a friend just heard from his manager that he is not eligible. He is an L64 SWE in a consulting team (sales)."
[17:31]	TR News	"Employees at internal levels 64 and below received one week of base pay per six months of service, for example, and employees at levels 65 to 67 will receive two weeks of base pay per six months of service. As a long-term veteran who's been looking for the exit door, this would be a lovely golden handshake to see me out the door. Fingers crossed I get the offer."
[17:32]	TR News	4 weeks of pay for 2 years of disservice is a lot less than standard severance
[17:43]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft 'Buyouts' Sound Just Like 60,000 Layoffs of 'Expensive' or More Experienced Staff ('Soft' Layoffs or Even Worse, Negligible Severance) https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Microsoft_Buyouts_Sound_Just_Like_60_000_Layoffs_of_Expensive_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Microsoft_Buyouts_Sound_Just_Like_60_000_Layoffs_of_Expensive_o.gmi 
[17:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft 'Buyouts' Sound Just Like 60,000 Layoffs of 'Expensive' or More Experienced Staff ('Soft' Layoffs or Even Worse, Negligible Severance)
[17:56]	TR News	Techrights The Register MS Gets Rid of Disclosures About Paid-for Spam Regarding "AI", It Also Composes Fake News for the Sponsors https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/The_Register_MS_Gets_Rid_of_Disclosures_About_Paid_for_Spam_Reg.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/The_Register_MS_Gets_Rid_of_Disclosures_About_Paid_for_Spam_Reg.gmi 
[17:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Register MS Gets Rid of Disclosures About Paid-for Spam Regarding "AI", It Also Composes Fake News for the Sponsors
● Oct 26
[18:00]	TR News	Microsoft PIPs in India, now "buyouts". Must be REALLY bad if they do this in India...
[18:00]	TR News	Does Microsoft tell us workers in India cost too much?
[18:01]	TR News	It is NOT "voluntary" exit when they tell you they'll sack you if you don't take it
[18:02]	TR News	That MSFT stock is UP on news of 26% or 27% being sacked (ish) merely affirms this: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/03/Definitely_Not_a_Ponzi_Scheme.shtml
[18:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Definitely Not a Ponzi Scheme
[18:03]	TR News	Maybe it should sack 99% of staff, then declare the company is 'worth' 10 trillion dollars or 5 billions dollars per staff member
[18:04]	TR News	Wall Street casino shuffle. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=GvAjmvA4O70
[18:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 418 @ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=GvAjmvA4O70 )
[18:05]	TR News	"Mukesh, Huiming and Hemanth are all bullsh-t artists of the highest caliber and the biggest snake oil conmen around. No actual substance in anything they say." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4g8pqtn see http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/14/IBM_s_Anderon_is_Like_Theranos_But_Will_Anybody_at_IBM_or_Ander.shtml
[18:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m4g8pqtn )
[18:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBM's Anderon is Like Theranos, But Will Anybody at IBM or Anderon Be Imprisoned for This Billion-Dollar Scam?
[18:15]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 26/10/2026: Writing Down Dreams and "Sabbath as Resistance" https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Gemini_Links_26_10_2026_Writing_Down_Dreams_and_Sabbath_as_Resi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Gemini_Links_26_10_2026_Writing_Down_Dreams_and_Sabbath_as_Resi.gmi 
[18:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 26/10/2026: Writing Down Dreams and "Sabbath as Resistance"
[18:18]	TR News	Techrights Links 26/10/2026: Microsoft Chaffbot "Building Detailed Psychological Profiles of Its Users", Man Executed for Childhood Offenses https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Links_26_10_2026_Microsoft_Chaffbot_Building_Detailed_Psycholog.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/26/Links_26_10_2026_Microsoft_Chaffbot_Building_Detailed_Psycholog.gmi 
[18:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 26/10/2026: Microsoft Chaffbot "Building Detailed Psychological Profiles of Its Users", Man Executed for Childhood Offenses
● Oct 26
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● Oct 26
[23:05]	TR News	 (NEW):  Mozilla Firefox 160 Enters Public Beta Testing, Heres What to Expect https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Mozilla_Firefox_160_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_Here_s_What_to_E.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/26/Mozilla_Firefox_160_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_Here_s_What_to_E.gmi 
[23:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Mozilla Firefox 160 Enters Public Beta Testing, Heres What to Expect
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● Oct 26
[03:31]	TR News	"Snchez got out of her car and slipped her ballot through the slot of an official election drop box" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-10-25/steering-clear-of-the-postal-service-and-delivering-ballots-in-person-voter-fears-ahead-of-the-midterms.html | Source: El Pas
[03:31]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-english.elpais.com | Steering clear of the Postal Service and delivering ballots in person: Voter fears ahead of the midterms | U.S. | EL PAS English
[03:33]	TR News	"Sweren-Becker spoke with Astead about what states could do to speed up their vote counts" https://www.vox.com/america-actually/507517/2026-midterm-elections-security-integrity-right-to-vote | Source: Vox
[03:33]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-The 2026 midterm election are critical for the future of American democracy. | Vox
[03:34]	TR News	"In a wide-ranging interview with the European Center for Populism Studiess Selcuk Gultasli" https://jacobin.com/2026/10/reed-fascism-trump-class-universalism | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[03:34]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-jacobin.com | Adolph Reed on What It Will Take to Defeat Trumpism
[03:34]	TR News	"The effect of artificial lighting on military tactics could fill a book." https://computer.rip/2026-10-25-searchlights.html | Source: J B Crawford
[03:34]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-computer.rip | lighting the skies
● Oct 26
[06:06]	TR News	"'Frankly, Norway Sucks': Trump Slams Scandinavian Nation Over Missing the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-attacks-norway-after-navi-pillay-nobel-win-1827708 https://time.com/article/2026/10/07/newsom-trump-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego-25th-amendment/
[06:06]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | 'Frankly, Norway Sucks': Trump Slams Scandinavian Nation Over Missing the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize | IBTimes UK
[06:06]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 406 @ https://time.com/article/2026/10/07/newsom-trump-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego-25th-amendment/ )
[06:06]	TR News	"Trump Says US Is 'Making a Freaking Fortune' on Oil as Americans Pay $4.29 a Gallon for Gas | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-oil-profits-petrol-prices-rise-1827690
[06:06]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Trump Says US Is 'Making a Freaking Fortune' on Oil as Americans Pay $4.29 a Gallon for Gas | IBTimes UK
[06:06]	TR News	"Venezuelas Machado returns from exile, as doubts over democracy deepen - CSMonitor.com" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/1025/venezuela-machado-exile-maduro-rodriguez
[06:06]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Venezuelas Machado returns from exile, as doubts over democracy deepen - CSMonitor.com
[06:07]	TR News	"Brazil elections: Lula wins another term, beating Bolsonaro" https://www.dw.com/en/brazilian-leftist-president-lula-wins-reelection-against-conservative-challenger-flavio-bolsonaro/live-79755630
[06:07]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.dw.com | Brazil elections: Lula wins another term, beating Bolsonaro
[06:13]	TR News	"Trump says that Norway "stinks" and calls it a "shithole country" | Demcrata" https://www.democrata.es/en/international/trump-says-that-norway-stinks-and-calls-it-a-shithole-country/
[06:13]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.democrata.es | Trump says that Norway "stinks" and calls it a "shithole country" | Demcrata
[06:16]	TR News	"It is clear that we have lost these elections," he told a news conference late on October 25, after polling stations closed across Serbia. "Vucic Concedes Electoral Defeat, Setting Stage For New Era Of Serbian Politics, Relations With West" https://www.rferl.org/a/vucic-concession-serbia-parliament-elections-students/33884044.html
[06:16]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Vucic Concedes Electoral Defeat, Setting Stage For New Era Of Serbian Politics, Relations With West
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● Oct 26
[07:13]	TR News	Saudi Arabia Reopens Riyadh Airport Even as Houthis Threaten Further Strikes https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-riyadh-airport-reopens.html
[07:13]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-riyadh-airport-reopens.html )
[07:15]	TR News	Le Pen leads polls with up to 38% six months before election https://www.france24.com/en/le-pen-leads-polls-with-up-to-38-six-months-before-election
[07:15]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/le-pen-leads-polls-with-up-to-38-six-months-before-election )
[07:30]	TR News	North Korea-South Korea tensions high as letters lodged with UN, howitzer spotted https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-tells-un-south-fabricated-landmine-incident-kcna-says
[07:30]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea-South Korea tensions rise over border row | The Straits Times
[07:31]	TR News	North Korea tells UN South fabricated landmine incident: State media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-tells-un-south-fabricated-landmine-incident-kcna-says
[07:31]	TR News	Malaysia police chief orders probe after man dies in custody with unusual injuries https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-police-chief-orders-probe-after-man-dies-in-custody-with-unusual-injuries
[07:31]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Malaysia police probe death in custody after injuries | The Straits Times
[07:32]	TR News	N. Koreas Kim Jong Un returns from China after war memorial visit: State media https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-returns-from-china-after-war-memorial-visit-state-media-says
[07:32]	TR News	Kim Jong Un Tours Chinese Bus Factory, Climbs Aboard as UN Sanctions Bar Vehicle Supplies to North Korea https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kim-jong-un-tours-chinese-bus-factory-1827727
[07:32]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Kim Jong Un Tours Chinese Bus Factory, Climbs Aboard as UN Sanctions Bar Vehicle Supplies to North Korea | IBTimes UK
[07:33]	TR News	Chinas Communist Party elite gather for closed-door governance talks https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/26/chinas-communist-party-elite-gather-for-closed-door-governance-talks/
[07:33]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | China's Communist Party elite gather for governance talks
[07:33]	TR News	CPC fifth plenum: What to expect at Chinas top political conclave https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/cpc-fifth-plenum-what-to-expect-at-chinas-top-political-conclave
[07:33]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | CPC fifth plenum: Xis party governance agenda | The Straits Times
[07:34]	TR News	What to know about the Chinese Communist Partys Fifth Plenum https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/25/what-to-know-about-the-chinese-communist-partys-fifth-plenum/
[07:34]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | What to know about the Chinese Communist Party's Fifth Plenum
[07:37]	TR News	France: Le Pen launches presidential campaign in Orleans https://www.france24.com/en/france-le-pen-launches-presidential-campaign-in-orleans
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[07:38]	TR News	French far-right leader Le Pen kicks off presidential campaign https://www.france24.com/en/french-far-right-leader-le-pen-kicks-off-presidential-campaign
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[07:38]	TR News	Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world/europe/serbia-vucic-election-defeat.html
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[07:38]	TR News	New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Final Fantasy Resonance and Bruisers 2D Boxing - 2026-10-24 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-10-24-edition/index.html
[07:38]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Final Fantasy Resonance and Bruisers 2D Boxing - 2026-10-24 Edition
[07:38]	TR News	Jailbroken PS5s can now run Steam PC games https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/jailbroken-ps5s-can-now-run-steam-pc-games-you-can-now-sign-in-with-your-steam-account-and-install-games-from-your-library-directly-to-the-console
[07:38]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.tomshardware.com | Jailbroken PS5s can now run Steam PC games you can now sign in with your Steam account and install games from your library directly to the console | Tom's Hardware
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[12:49]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Mans Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/us/politics/trumps-election-alaska.html
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[12:50]	TR News	Israeli Jews Across the Spectrum Face an Election of Fears https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/world/middleeast/israel-election-stakes.html
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[12:51]	TR News	France: 110.000 protesters in Paris https://www.france24.com/en/france-110-000-protesters-in-paris
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[12:59]	TR News	The Charges against Brad Benavides Assume an Investigation into the Laptop that Never Happened https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/25/the-charges-against-brad-benavides-assume-an-investigation-into-the-laptop-that-never-happened/
[12:59]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-emptywheel.net | The Charges against Brad Benavides Assume an Investigation into the Laptop that Never Happened - emptywheel
[12:59]	TR News	Ukrainian drone attacks hammer Russia's finance ministry data center, damaged facility reportedly holds tax databases https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/ukrainian-drone-attacks-hammer-russias-finance-ministry-data-center-damaged-facility-reportedly-holds-tax-databases-facility-also-holds-other-important-state-registry-data
[12:59]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.tomshardware.com | Ukrainian drone attacks hammer Russia's finance ministry data center, damaged facility reportedly holds tax databases facility also holds other important state registry data | Tom's Hardware
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[17:14]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Cocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain as consumption surges | UK news | The Guardian
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