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● Jul 27
[02:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 26th, 2026 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_July_26th_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup_July_26th_2026.gmi 
[02:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 26th, 2026
[02:40]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-260726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-260726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-260726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-260726.txt
[02:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, July 26, 2026
[02:41]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-260726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-260726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-260726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-260726.txt
[02:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, July 26, 2026
[02:42]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-260726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-260726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-260726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-260726.txt
[02:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, July 26, 2026
[02:43]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-260726.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-260726.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-260726.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-260726.txt
[02:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, July 26, 2026
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-07-26.txt
● Jul 27
[04:39]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 26, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_July_26_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/IRC_Proceedings_Sunday_July_26_2026.gmi 
[04:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 26, 2026
[04:40]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[04:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[04:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[04:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[04:43]	TR News	"The MUSE Pi Pro is an 85 56mm single-board computer built around SpacemiTs M1 processor, combining eight 64-bit RISC-V cores with 2.0 TOPS of AI processing capability." https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[04:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/ )
[04:43]	TR News	"The NanoPi M6V2 is a compact SBC featuring 8K HDMI output, dual MIPI camera and display interfaces, NVMe SSD support, and 6 TOPS of AI performance." https://linuxgizmos.com/friendlyelec-refreshes-nanopi-m6-with-rk3588s-lpddr5-and-upgraded-audio-codec/ | Source: Linux Gizmos
[04:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/friendlyelec-refreshes-nanopi-m6-with-rk3588s-lpddr5-and-upgraded-audio-codec/ )
[04:44]	TR News	"Chat Control 1: Grnt ljus i EU:s ministerrd" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/07/26/chat-control-1-gront-ljus-i-eus-ministerrad/
[04:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Chat Control 1: Grnt ljus i EU:s ministerrd
[04:44]	TR News	"At the same time, Meta proposes a novel "de minimis" BitTorrent defense" https://torrentfreak.com/meta-confirms-data-engineer-is-behind-key-ip-address-in-adult-film-piracy-lawsuit/ | Source: Torrent Freak
[04:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Meta Confirms 'Data Engineer' is Behind Key IP Address in Adult Film Piracy Lawsuit * TorrentFreak
[04:45]	TR News	Right of Publicity https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-26/hollywoods-ai-hiring-is-real-inside-studios-hiring-tells-more-careful-story | Source: Los Angeles Times
[04:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Hollywoods open secret: Its battling AI and already addicted to it - Los Angeles Times
[04:46]	TR News	"Plugged in a USB CD/DVD drive and ran the installation media. Put in the key. It installed, but when I ran it it said it could not register the key online" https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/word-2010-activation/ | Source: Darren Goossens
[04:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-darrengoossens.wordpress.com | Word 2010 activation DSPACE
[04:46]	TR News	"Shortly before noon, Clarke used a megaphone to read aloud the names of the dozens who have died." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-25/pasadena-protests-ice-shootings-national-day-of-action-vigil | Source: Los Angeles Times
[04:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | ICE shootings protested in Pasadena on National Day of Action - Los Angeles Times
[04:46]	TR News	"For the rest of the country, which associated Minneapolis more with Minnesota Nice than with fiery uprisings, the city may have seemed like an odd epicenter for our violent racial strife." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/i-dont-know-how-you-can-look-at-minneapolis | Source: Hamilton Nolan
[04:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hamiltonnolan.com | "I Dont Know How You Can Look at Minneapolis and Say They Are Better for Choosing Reform Over Revolution"
[04:46]	TR News	"The report cited internal ICE documents showing plans for a mass detention center in the former Rivers Correctional Institution with 1,400 beds." https://truthout.org/articles/ice-to-reopen-private-prison-as-massive-north-carolina-detention-center/ | Source: TruthOut
[04:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | ICE to Reopen Private Prison as Massive North Carolina Detention Center | Truthout
[04:47]	TR News	"On Saturday, July 25, the campaign could claim the credit for forcing Pradhan to step down." https://jacobin.com/2026/07/india-cockroach-protests-education-democracy | Source: Jacobin Magazine
[04:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | The Cockroach Protests Are Reviving Indias Ailing Democracy
[04:47]	TR News	"But it also taught me something about resistance, and about how to hold fast to your own sanity and morality in increasingly insane and immoral times." https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/what-j-m-coetzee-can-teach-us-about-ice/ | Source: The Nation
[04:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | What J.M. Coetzee Can Teach Us About ICE | The Nation
[04:47]	TR News	"The protests became one of the biggest challenges to Hindu nationalist Modi's administration since his 2024 re-election." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/india-clears-protest-site-after-cockroach-movement-scores-a-win-1497224330 | Source: RTL
[04:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Streets calming down: India clears protest site after 'cockroach' movement scores a win - RTL Today
[04:47]	TR News	"Over that past week, a gen Z movement that called itself the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) mobilised unprecedented protests in the name of justice for millions of young people" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/india-cockroach-protest-victory-signals-trouble-ahead-for-narendra-modi | Source: The Guardian UK
[04:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Indias Cockroach Janta party protest victory signals trouble ahead for Modi | India | The Guardian
[04:48]	TR News	"This July 11 Michael Grynbaum story described what happened in depth." https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/26/did-doj-subpoena-nyt-for-what-they-published-or-what-they-didnt/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
[04:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Did DOJ Subpoena NYT for What They Published ... Or What They Didn't? - emptywheel
[04:48]	TR News	"This administration is monomaniacally focused on constantly making headlines. Too bad its all the same bad news." https://newrepublic.com/post/213514/trump-tariffs-ice-elections-economy | Source: New Republic
[04:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | The Seven Trump News Cycles Were All Stuck In | The New Republic
[04:48]	TR News	"According to Amnesty Internationals regional director, Tigere Chagutah, Mukukas arrest constitutes a misuse of the criminal justice system by authorities in order to intimidate journalists for simply performing their professional duties." https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/rights-group-calls-on-zambia-to-release-journalist-arrested-for-controversial-social-media-posts/ | Source: JURIST
[04:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Rights group calls on Zambia to release journalist arrested for social media posts - JURIST - News
[04:49]	TR News	"Rupert Lowe, the leader of the British far-right party Restore, has pulled off a neat trick." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/rupert-lowe-restore-britain-rogan/688033/ | Source: The Atlantic
[04:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theatlantic.com | Joe Rogans New British Crush - The Atlantic
[04:50]	TR News	"Warfighting" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-communications-systems-warfare-officers/ | Source: Task And Purpose
[04:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taskandpurpose.com | Navy information officers get new name aimed at 'warfighting'
[04:50]	TR News	"Over the many past years I have just been rather tired of tech. It overrides our wants and needs to serve the corporate overlords." https://akselmo.dev/posts/ramblings-about-complacency/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen
[04:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-akselmo.dev | Ramblings about complacency | AksDev
[04:50]	TR News	"affirmed by tradition" https://aethrvmn.gr/theses/metaphysical/religious/catholicism/ | Source: Aethrvmn
[04:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aethrvmn.gr | catholicism | aethrvmn
[04:51]	TR News	"insufficient resources to provide a persistent presence at La Jolla Cove." https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/harassing-sea-lions-socal-beach-22359528.php? | Source: SFGate
[04:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sfgate.com | Client Challenge
[04:51]	TR News	"A fully laden coal train travelled several kilometres unmanned after it started rolling downhill during a crew change." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/runaway-coal-train-hunter-valley/106959762 | Source: ABC
[04:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.abc.net.au | Runaway coal train travelled several kilometres unmanned in NSW Hunter Valley - ABC News
[04:52]	TR News	"Thats about 37 miles an hour, for my American friends. Without a crew. Ill be interested in reading The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulators report when it comes out." https://www.rubenerd.au/runaway-train-in-the-hunter-valley/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[04:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Runaway train in the Hunter Valley
[04:52]	TR News	"contradicts repeated assertions by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other officials that the projects were canceled" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-26/trump-administration-admits-grants-for-clean-energy-were-canceled-based-on-politics | Source: Los Angeles Times
[04:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics - Los Angeles Times
[04:52]	TR News	"The full Colorado River system stands at 33 percent of capacity, down from 39 percent a year ago." https://www.western-water.com/2026/07/25/colorado-river-reservoirs-sink-to-30-year-lows/ | Source: Western Water
[04:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.western-water.com | Colorado River reservoirs sink to 30-year lows | Western Water
[04:52]	TR News	"The idea that cancer could behave like a contagious disease may seem absurd; in humans, cancer cannot be transmitted from one person to another." https://www.wired.com/story/contagious-cancer-found-in-north-american-catfish/ | Source: Wired
[04:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Contagious Cancer Found in North American Catfish | WIRED
[04:55]	TR News	"A French woman, previously radicalised [sic] and married to a PortugueseLuxembourgish IS member, avoids further imprisonment after completing her sentence through a deradicalisation program." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/how-islamic-state-shattered-the-life-of-a-young-french-girl-1325557559 | Source: RTL
[04:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | Married to jihadist Steve Duarte at 14: How Islamic State shattered the life of a young French girl - RTL Today
[04:55]	TR News	"Fridays filings were the first glimpse Michiganders have had into gubernatorial campaign finance filings this year." https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/whos-funding-michigan-governor-candidates-new-filings-reveal-top-donors/ | Source: Bridge Michigan
[04:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | Whos funding Michigan governor candidates? New filings reveal top donors - Bridge Michigan
[04:55]	TR News	"We want voters to understand that they cannot legally make a bet on an election and cast a ballot in that same election" https://www.vox.com/politics/496759/wisconsin-kalshi-right-vote-bet-wager-new-york | Source: Vox
[04:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Wisconsin bans election bettors from voting. New York may, too. | Vox
[04:55]	TR News	"Moving down the list, Americas second richest man, Larry Ellison, has purchased CBS news, moving it rightward, and is trying to take control of CNN." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/against-oligarchy-part-ii-wealth | Source: Paul Krugman
[04:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Against Oligarchy, Part II: Wealth Taxes - Paul Krugman
[04:55]	TR News	"there will never be elections here again" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-26/nicaragua-president-ortega-vows-no-more-elections | Source: Los Angeles Times
[04:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | As Ortega bans elections, some Nicaraguans hope for U.S. intervention - Los Angeles Times
[04:56]	TR News	"Apple is likely to rely on on-device processing and skip out on more controversial features like facial recognition or an always-on-recording similar to Metas super sensing." https://www.theverge.com/tech/971101/apple-smart-glasses-privacy | Source: The Verge
[04:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Apple is banking on privacy to set its smart glasses apart | The Verge
[04:56]	TR News	"Social media platforms are designed around engagement: Posts that generate reactions, comments and shares are more likely to be shown to users." https://phys.org/news/2026-07-caught-game-social-media-content.html | Source: Omicron Limited
[04:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://phys.org/news/2026-07-caught-game-social-media-content.html )
[04:56]	TR News	"As social media companies face scrutiny over addictive design features, mental health experts cite a stream of breakup content as an example of the failure to protect users." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html | Source: New York Times
[04:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html )
[04:58]	TR News	"A new lawsuit, filed July 15 in San Francisco Superior Court by Madisons father, alleges that OpenAIs ChatGPT instilled a messiah complex in her, eventually leading Madison to kill herself" https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/chatgpt-alabama-suicide-22356367.php | Source: SFGate
[04:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sfgate.com | Client Challenge
[04:58]	TR News	"The package is available on GitHub, and through the R universe." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/gpopt-for-r-bayesian-and-conformal-optimization-of-black-box-functions-and-hyperparameter-tuning/ | Source: Rlang
[04:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GPopt for R: Bayesian and conformal optimization of black-box functions and hyperparameter tuning | R-bloggers
[04:59]	TR News	"LLMs are useful tools that are transforming the way we work in many professions. For example, they are extremely useful in the field of software development." https://www.dlp.rip/slop-proxy/ | Source: Chris Fenner
[04:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dlp.rip | Don't Be a Slop Proxy - Chris Fenner's Personal Blog
[04:59]	TR News	"The AI videos usually feature AI avatars that present themselves as credible figures like doctors or Eastern medical gurus." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-doctors-quake-cures | Source: Futurism
[04:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Is Letting Fake AI-Generated Doctors Sell Quack Cures on Its Platforms
[04:59]	TR News	"Perhaps we should rely less on Nazi Bars for our critical business functions somewhat" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/we-should-rely-less-on-the-nazi-bar-somewhat/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski
[04:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/07/we-should-rely-less-on-the-nazi-bar-somewhat/ )
● Jul 27
[05:00]	TR News	"A batch of previously unseen videos from the Golden Age of coin-operated gaming for you this week." https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/07/26/lyle-raines-pioneer-of-ataris-coin-op-gaming-era/ | Source: The Arcade Blogger
[05:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-arcadeblogger.com | Lyle Raines: Pioneer of Ataris Coin-Op Gaming Era The Arcade Blogger
[05:01]	TR News	"Let be a permutation on n elements. If there is a permutation such that applying twice has the same effect on the list of elements as applying once, we say = and is a square root of ." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/26/permutation-roots/ | Source: John D Cook
[05:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | Permutation roots
[05:01]	TR News	"The function expq(x) is defined by taking the power series for exp(x) and keeping only the terms whose index is a multiple of q." https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/07/26/exp-q/ | Source: John D Cook
[05:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.johndcook.com | exp_q(x) keeps every qth term in the power series for exp(x)
[05:01]	TR News	"According to experts, that's significant because sugars were a critical component for jump-starting life on Earth, and how exactly sugar molecules first formed on our planet has been a long-standing question among scientists." https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sugar-in-space-life-on-earth-9.7281908 | Source: CBC
[05:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Scientists just found sugar in space. Here's why that matters | CBC News
[05:02]	TR News	"I dont do a lot of Python, at least not in my most recent life.1 However, I happen to have just written a production ML-DSA verifier in pure Python." https://words.filippo.io/mldsa-py/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda
[05:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-words.filippo.io | Production ML-DSA Verification in 350 Lines of Python
[05:02]	TR News	"I found the post SIMD in Pure Python by retr0id about optimizing Game of Life and thought its a good opportunity to yap about SWAR" https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/thoughts-on-simd-in-pure-python/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva
[05:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-purplesyringa.moe | Thoughts on "SIMD in Pure Python" | purplesyringa's blog
[05:03]	TR News	"Many bytes have been spilled on the topic of object-oriented programming: What is it? Why is it? Is it good?" https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/actors | Source: Joshua Barretto
[05:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jsbarretto.com | We are replacing OOP with something worse
[05:03]	TR News	"For better or worse, I am trying to write Lua without feeling like its year 2010, and Teal promised to be suitable for this purpose." https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/impressions-of-teal/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva
[05:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-purplesyringa.moe | Impressions of Teal | purplesyringa's blog
[05:03]	TR News	"A simple BASIC program: [...]" https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202607/acidica | Source: Ned Batchelder
[05:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nedbatchelder.com | Acidica | Ned Batchelder
[05:03]	TR News	"There is currently some recognition of the fact that with code creation having become cheaper, the burden of code review has not necessarily become easier." https://www.olafalders.com/2026/07/26/code-review-is-the-hard-part/ | Source: Olaf Alders
[05:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.olafalders.com | Code Review Is the Hard Part Olaf Alders
[05:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Development and Hardware Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Development_and_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Development_and_Hardware_Leftovers.gmi 
[05:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Development and Hardware Leftovers
[05:07]	TR News	Techrights Links 27/07/2026: Chatbots Lead to Suicides, Social Control Media Intentionally Designed for Addiction https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Links_27_07_2026_Chatbots_Lead_to_Suicides_Social_Control_Media.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Links_27_07_2026_Chatbots_Lead_to_Suicides_Social_Control_Media.gmi 
[05:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 27/07/2026: Chatbots Lead to Suicides, Social Control Media Intentionally Designed for Addiction
[05:09]	TR News	"For whatever reason I wanted to add a guestbook to my gopherhole. I had done it before on a different host. It's generally pretty easy... Or so I thought." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260726-doh.txt
[05:10]	TR News	A year later - appendix gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-07-26-year-later-appendix.gmi "I dont move that fast, you see. I still have to switch the keys to my other hand, and I still need to steady myself - And thats when she looked at me with that look that threw me off balance."
[05:11]	TR News	drops gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/drops
[05:12]	TR News	"Those files must be .fsx files, and have the limitations of interpreted programs" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-07-26-fsharp.gmi
[05:12]	TR News	"I've just finished playing homeworld, and I'm brainrotting about it a little bit. It's kind of fun, because I remember receiving the game-of-the-year edition for christmas when I was around 10 years old?" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-07-26-homeworld.gmi
[05:13]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1721.jpg
[05:13]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2078.jpg
[05:14]	TR News	"Crucially, I understand what I have built." https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/static-site-generator | Source: Joshua Barretto
[05:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.jsbarretto.com | Making a static site generator
[05:14]	TR News	"Given the Data Model's unique constraits, I ended up in an analysis paralysis, and just needed to move forward with something." https://glfmn.io/devlog/2026-07-26/ | Source: Gwen Lofman
[05:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-To Database or Not To Database ~ glfmn.io
[05:14]	TR News	"The IoT/IIoT world has a data model problem and the concept of Digital Twin has made this issue more important." https://blog.frankel.ch/rfc-9880-iot-validation-compiler/ | Source: Nicolas Frnkel
[05:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.frankel.ch | RFC 9880 and the IoT Validation Problem
[05:15]	TR News	"This setup has worked reliably for a few years now, until the automatic login process quit working out of the blue this week." https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/fixing-automatic-login-issues-on-ubuntu-26-04-lts/ | Source: Rich Trouton
[05:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-derflounder.wordpress.com | Fixing automatic login issues on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | Der Flounder
[05:15]	TR News	"Ill admit, I feel slight trepidation over what will change in each new Linux distro release, and bone-chilling fear over what Apple will be shoving into the next macOS." https://www.rubenerd.au/all-my-freebsd-boxes-are-now-on-15-1/ | Source: Ruben Schade
[05:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: All my FreeBSD boxes are now on 15.1
[05:16]	TR News	"Despite all the negativity above, Im actually quite happy with how this experiment turned out." https://ptrchm.com/posts/switching-to-linux/ | Source: Piotr Chmolowski
[05:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Switching to Linux After 19 Years on macOS | ptrchm
[05:16]	TR News	"[...] If you know of any more Linux-themed games, let us know in the comments! [...]" https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260727 | Source: Distro Watch
[05:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
[05:16]	TR News	[Old] "Most people assume that a router is a piece of hardware, but thats not true. The router is actually software, and the hardware is just what that software runs on." https://vimuser.org/l2tp.html |
[05:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vimuser.org | How to self-host servers in your living room on static IPs - Leah Rowe's Sleepless Rants
[05:16]	TR News	"When a router throws a packet away because its TTL hit zero, it will often send back an ICMP Time Exceeded message to inform us about it." https://anagogistis.com/posts/icmp-calc/ | Source: Andreas
[05:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Parasitic computing with ICMP: making routers do arithmetic | Anagogistis
[05:17]	TR News	"Better security, better reliability, better modularity." https://notes.hella.cheap/maybe-we-should-revisit-microkernels.html | Source: Hellacheap
[05:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-notes.hella.cheap | Maybe we should revisit microkernels | notes
[05:17]	TR News	"The first event went beyond Jitsi/88s free tier, so this session will be held on Kims Zoom account, which you can just use with a web browser on desktop." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/25/im-doing-a-recovering-after-genai-webinar-today-1700-utc/ | Source: Pivot to AI
[05:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pivot-to-ai.com | Be vaporized either. It seemed to.
[05:27]	TR News	CJP https://www.dw.com/en/india-news-cjp-to-call-for-modi-s-resignation-after-sonam-wangchuk-forcefully-shifted-to-hospital/live-78015662
[05:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | India news: 'Cockroach' party warns of protest infiltrators
[05:28]	TR News	ban on destroying unsold clothes https://www.dw.com/en/eu-ban-on-destroying-unsold-clothes-takes-effect/a-78024888
[05:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | EU ban on destroying unsold clothes takes effect
[05:32]	TR News	"I am using Bob to compile a list of the top 20 Best Po-n Sites (BPS) for IBM Senior Managers, Directors and let's not forget our most hated CEO. Can the list be posted anonymously on w3 or the IBM Slack Channel ? A like po-n never hurt anyone...so don't act like a prude, Arvind, after laying off so many employees. You are without shame." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky8ghhd2
[05:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky8ghhd2 )
[05:34]	TR News	"Will HRL replace Albany? Or Yorktown?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9xhn9h
[05:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9xhn9h )
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[06:11]	TR News	Techrights When IBM "Managers Have to Mark 15% of Their Teams as Low Performers" a PIP Means Likely Layoffs (Disguised as a Performance Issue) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/When_IBM_Managers_Have_to_Mark_15_of_Their_Teams_as_Low_Perform.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/When_IBM_Managers_Have_to_Mark_15_of_Their_Teams_as_Low_Perform.gmi 
[06:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights When IBM "Managers Have to Mark 15% of Their Teams as Low Performers" a PIP Means Likely Layoffs (Disguised as a Performance Issue)
[06:42]	TR News	Techrights EPO Cocainegate and Current EPO/EU Series to Carry on for Months to Come https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/EPO_Cocainegate_and_Current_EPO_EU_Series_to_Carry_on_for_Month.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/EPO_Cocainegate_and_Current_EPO_EU_Series_to_Carry_on_for_Month.gmi 
[06:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights EPO Cocainegate and Current EPO/EU Series to Carry on for Months to Come
[06:51]	TR News	 (NEW):  FriendlyELEC updates NanoPi M6 with ES8389 audio codec and revised I/O https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/FriendlyELEC_updates_NanoPi_M6_with_ES8389_audio_codec_and_revi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/FriendlyELEC_updates_NanoPi_M6_with_ES8389_audio_codec_and_revi.gmi 
[06:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines FriendlyELEC updates NanoPi M6 with ES8389 audio codec and revised I/O
[06:52]	TR News	Techrights "The War on Children" Explained by The Cyber Show https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/The_War_on_Children_Explained_by_The_Cyber_Show.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/The_War_on_Children_Explained_by_The_Cyber_Show.gmi 
[06:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights "The War on Children" Explained by The Cyber Show
[06:53]	TR News	 (NEW):  Review: Package Forge and Soar https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Review_Package_Forge_and_Soar.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Review_Package_Forge_and_Soar.gmi 
[06:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Review: Package Forge and Soar
[06:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Vantum lightweight Linux distribution https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Vantum_lightweight_Linux_distribution.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Vantum_lightweight_Linux_distribution.gmi 
[06:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Vantum lightweight Linux distribution
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[07:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[07:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[07:04]	TR News	Techrights We Need More Transparency https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/We_Need_More_Transparency.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/We_Need_More_Transparency.gmi 
[07:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights We Need More Transparency
[07:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  SparkyLinux: Fooyin https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/SparkyLinux_Fooyin.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/SparkyLinux_Fooyin.gmi 
[07:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines SparkyLinux: Fooyin
[07:11]	TR News	Techrights Japan: GNU/Linux Crosses the 5% Threshold, Two Years Ago It Was Only 1% https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Japan_GNU_Linux_Crosses_the_5_Threshold_Two_Years_Ago_It_Was_On.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Japan_GNU_Linux_Crosses_the_5_Threshold_Two_Years_Ago_It_Was_On.gmi 
[07:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Japan: GNU/Linux Crosses the 5% Threshold, Two Years Ago It Was Only 1%
[07:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  After a decade on Windows, I finally understand why Linux users never go back https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/After_a_decade_on_Windows_I_finally_understand_why_Linux_users_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/After_a_decade_on_Windows_I_finally_understand_why_Linux_users_.gmi 
[07:13]	TR News	 (NEW):  Big in Japan https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Big_in_Japan.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Big_in_Japan.gmi 
[07:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines After a decade on Windows, I finally understand why Linux users never go back
[07:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Big in Japan
[07:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Community Assistance for Our Fish and Snails/Shells https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Community_Assistance_for_Our_Fish_and_Snails_Shells.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Community_Assistance_for_Our_Fish_and_Snails_Shells.gmi 
[07:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Community Assistance for Our Fish and Snails/Shells
[07:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  Your Linux kernel keeps getting smarterhere's how https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Your_Linux_kernel_keeps_getting_smarter_here_s_how.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Your_Linux_kernel_keeps_getting_smarter_here_s_how.gmi 
[07:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Your Linux kernel keeps getting smarterhere's how
[07:36]	TR News	Techrights Feeding 'the Children' https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Feeding_the_Children.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Feeding_the_Children.gmi 
[07:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Feeding 'the Children'
[07:39]	TR News	Techrights peppe8o - a Site About Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Electronics - Has Turned Into a Slopfarm https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/peppe8o_a_Site_About_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_Electronics_Has_T.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/peppe8o_a_Site_About_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_Electronics_Has_T.gmi 
[07:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights peppe8o - a Site About Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Electronics - Has Turned Into a Slopfarm
[07:41]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[07:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[07:51]	TR News	Techrights After statCounter Figures Out Many "Unknowns" Were in Fact GNU/Linux the "Market Share" Estimate in China More Than Doubles https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/After_statCounter_Figures_Out_Many_Unknowns_Were_in_Fact_GNU_Li.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/After_statCounter_Figures_Out_Many_Unknowns_Were_in_Fact_GNU_Li.gmi 
[07:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights After statCounter Figures Out Many "Unknowns" Were in Fact GNU/Linux the "Market Share" Estimate in China More Than Doubles
● Jul 27
[08:11]	TR News	Techrights Many CEOs Are Just Glorified Scammers With Suits and Ties https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Many_CEOs_Are_Just_Glorified_Scammers_With_Suits_and_Ties.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Many_CEOs_Are_Just_Glorified_Scammers_With_Suits_and_Ties.gmi 
[08:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Many CEOs Are Just Glorified Scammers With Suits and Ties
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[09:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Microsoft Becoming Irrelevant https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Microsoft_Becoming_Irrelevant.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Microsoft_Becoming_Irrelevant.gmi 
[09:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target hostname 'news.tuxmachines.org' ( status 0 @ https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Microsoft_Becoming_Irrelevant.shtml )
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[13:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  Canonical Introduces Virtualization HWE Stack for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Canonical_Introduces_Virtualization_HWE_Stack_for_Ubuntu_26_04_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Canonical_Introduces_Virtualization_HWE_Stack_for_Ubuntu_26_04_.gmi 
[13:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Canonical Introduces Virtualization HWE Stack for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
● Jul 27
[14:03]	TR News	Rohingya schools in Malaysia face closures amid online surge in hate speech https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/rohingya-schools-in-malaysia-face-closures-amid-online-surge-in-hate-speech
[14:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Rohingya schools in Malaysia face closures amid online surge in hate speech | The Straits Times
[14:03]	TR News	Top North Korea official blasts ASEAN for urging denuclearisation https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/top-north-korea-official-blasts-asean-for-urging-denuclearisation
[14:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Top North Korea official blasts ASEAN for urging denuclearisation | The Straits Times
[14:04]	TR News	Valve Releases Proton 11 https://boilingsteam.com/valve-releases-proton-11/index.html
[14:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | Valve Releases Proton 11
[14:04]	TR News	New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Scrap Mechanic and Dinoblade - 2026-07-25 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-07-25-edition/index.html
[14:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Scrap Mechanic and Dinoblade - 2026-07-25 Edition
[14:05]	TR News	"Update for readers: US Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Peter Welch introduced a bill in the Senate on 23 July to ban utility patents for plant varieties and certain contractual provisions" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/us-congress-faces-its-own-debate-about.html?showComment=1784908765591#c2397447051456639597
[14:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | US Congress faces its own debate about a "patent ban" for plants - The IPKat
[14:05]	TR News	Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70,000 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/open-source-3d-printed-portable-mri-machine-built-for-under-usd70-000-diy-medical-equipment-costs-less-than-7-percent-of-a-full-sized-mri-machines-usd1-1-million-starting-price
[14:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70,000 DIY medical equipment costs less than 7% of a full-sized MRI machines $1.1 million starting price | Tom's Hardware
[14:07]	TR News	Scans for ESAFENET CDG 3 Document Management System Weak Logins, (Sun, Jul 26th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33184
[14:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Scans for ESAFENET CDG 3 Document Management System Weak Logins
[14:07]	TR News	Non-Techs Using Slop Run Fedora and It's Turning Out to be a Total Disaster https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Non_Techs_Using_Slop_Run_Fedora_and_It_s_Turning_Out_to_be_a_To.shtml
[14:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Non-Techs Using Slop Run Fedora and It's Turning Out to be a Total Disaster
[14:09]	TR News	Anon: proprietary protocols ought to have been a deal-breaker https://www.eclipse.org/lists/mosquitto-dev/msg03088.html
[14:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eclipse.org | Re: [mosquitto-dev] A faster way to collaborate: Join the new Eclipse Io
[14:09]	TR News	...the very idea to stay with open protocols /should/ have been a no-brainer. WTF is going on at IBM's Eclipse now? And what role does Microsoft have in upsetting the cart there?
[14:10]	TR News	"The Eclipse Project was originally created by IBM in November 2001 and supported by a consortium of software vendors." -- https://www.hipeac.net/network/institutions/7549/eclipse-foundation-europe/ c.f. https://www.eclipse.org/about/
[14:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hipeac.net | Eclipse Foundation Europe - HiPEAC
[14:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eclipse.org | About Us | Global Open Source Leadership
[14:10]	TR News	... c.f. https://www.eclipse.org/about/ Page poisoned by gratuitous javascript, Microsoft in there also https://www.eclipse.org/membership/explore-membership/
[14:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eclipse.org | Explore Our Members | The Eclipse Foundation
[14:18]	TR News	Skipping sleep may pack on pounds faster than you think, new study finds https://nypost.com/2026/07/26/health/skipping-sleep-may-pack-on-pounds-faster-than-you-think-new-study-finds/
[14:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | Skipping sleep may pack on pounds faster than you think, new study finds
[14:23]	TR News	All my FreeBSD boxes are now on 15.1 https://www.rubenerd.au/all-my-freebsd-boxes-are-now-on-15-1/
[14:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: All my FreeBSD boxes are now on 15.1
[14:28]	TR News	Meta Is Letting Fake AI-Generated Doctors Sell Quack Cures on Its Platforms https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-doctors-quake-cures
[14:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Is Letting Fake AI-Generated Doctors Sell Quack Cures on Its Platforms
[14:28]	TR News	GPopt for R: Bayesian and conformal optimization of black-box functions and hyperparameter tuning https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/gpopt-for-r-bayesian-and-conformal-optimization-of-black-box-functions-and-hyperparameter-tuning/
[14:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GPopt for R: Bayesian and conformal optimization of black-box functions and hyperparameter tuning | R-bloggers
[14:29]	TR News	Why TikToks Algorithm Keeps You Trapped in a Breakup Loop https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html
[14:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-instagram-breakup-content.html )
[14:29]	TR News	Runaway train in the Hunter Valley https://www.rubenerd.au/runaway-train-in-the-hunter-valley/
[14:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Runaway train in the Hunter Valley
[14:33]	TR News	"[ no upcoming talks. ]" https://stallman.org/ https://stallman.org/talks.html
[14:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-stallman.org | Richard Stallman's Personal Page
[14:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-stallman.org | Talks - Richard Stallman
[14:44]	TR News	No social control media activity from Mr. Nonvidia for over a week. Did Nonvidia sack him for celebrating burned effigy of Nonvidia's biggest customer?
[14:45]	TR News	My chargeback was approved https://www.rubenerd.au/my-chargeback-was-approved/
[14:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: My chargeback was approved
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[14:48]	TR News	Week 8: Gradient Widget Merged, Speed Ramp Begins https://yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev/week-8-gradient-widget-merged-speed-ramp-begins/
[14:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yashbavadiya.bearblog.dev | Week 8: Gradient Widget Merged, Speed Ramp Begins Yash Bavadiya
[14:50]	TR News	Weeks 7 & 8: User Guide, Find Action, and Bug Fixes https://roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev/weeks-7-8-user-guide-find-action-and-bug-fixes/
[14:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-roshani-gsoc.bearblog.dev | Weeks 7 & 8: User Guide, Find Action, and Bug Fixes Roshani's KDE & GSoC Blog
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[14:51]	TR News	Tray power-applet now beeps when low https://bkhome.org/news/202607/tray-power-applet-now-beeps-when-low.html
[14:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Tray power-applet now beeps when low
[14:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux 7.2-rc5 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Linux_7_2_rc5.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Linux_7_2_rc5.gmi 
[14:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux 7.2-rc5
[14:59]	TR News	Sex Doll Company Strikes Bizarre Deal to Put Its Robot in High School Classrooms https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/sex-doll-company-deal-robot-school-classrooms
[14:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Sex Doll Company Strikes Bizarre Deal to Put Its Robot in High School Classrooms
● Jul 27
[15:02]	TR News	Being Pro-Slop is Death Knell to One's Credibility (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/Being_Pro_Slop_is_Death_Knell_to_One_s_Credibility.shtml
[15:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Being Pro-Slop is Death Knell to One's Credibility
[15:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  Play Local Music With File-Manager Simplicity https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Play_Local_Music_With_File_Manager_Simplicity.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Play_Local_Music_With_File_Manager_Simplicity.gmi 
[15:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  RawTherapee 5.13 Adds Tool Enhancements & New Cameras Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/RawTherapee_5_13_Adds_Tool_Enhancements_New_Cameras_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/RawTherapee_5_13_Adds_Tool_Enhancements_New_Cameras_Support.gmi 
[15:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Play Local Music With File-Manager Simplicity
[15:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines RawTherapee 5.13 Adds Tool Enhancements & New Cameras Support
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[15:12]	TR News	Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: 4th week of july 2026 https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/07/26/misc-fedora-bits-4th-week-of-july-2026/
[15:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.scrye.com | misc fedora bits: 4th week of july 2026 | Kevin's musings
[15:12]	TR News	A Cleaner Test Case: Why Kahoot! Adds Fire to the Supreme Courts Settled Expectations Docket https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/07/a-cleaner-test-case-why-kahoot-adds-fire-to-the-supreme-courts-settled-expectations-docket.html
[15:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | A Cleaner Test Case: Why Kahoot! Adds Fire to the Supreme Court's Settled Expectations Docket
[15:13]	TR News	US, Japan join Philippines in South China Sea drills https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-japan-join-philippines-in-south-china-sea-drills
[15:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | US, Japan join Philippines in South China Sea drills | The Straits Times
[15:16]	TR News	Bryan Johnson Says Hes Cloned Himself As a Newborn to Grow Organs for Transplantation, Which Is a Preposterous Exaggeration https://futurism.com/health-medicine/bryan-johnson-says-cloned-newborn
[15:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Bryan Johnson Says He's Cloned Himself "As a Newborn" to "Grow Organs for Transplantation," Which Is a Preposterous Exaggeration
[15:16]	TR News	Extreme heat spreads beyond South Koreas hottest city Daegu https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/extreme-heat-spreads-beyond-south-koreas-hottest-city-daegu
[15:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Extreme heat spreads beyond South Koreas hottest city Daegu | The Straits Times
[15:17]	TR News	South Korea urged to extend protections for women after appeal decision in abortion case exposes legal vacuum https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/south-korea-urged-to-extend-protections-for-women-after-appeal-decision-in-abortion-case-exposes-legal-vacuum/
[15:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | South Korea urged to extend protections for women after appeal decision in abortion case exposes legal vacuum - JURIST - News
[15:17]	TR News	China holds air, navy patrol in South China Sea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-holds-air-navy-patrol-in-south-china-sea
[15:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | China holds air, navy patrol in South China Sea | The Straits Times
[15:18]	TR News	Zelda Ahmed: GUADEC 2026 Report https://zeldathewitch.page/posts/guadec-2026/
[15:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-zeldathewitch.page | GUADEC 2026 Report | Zelda's Coven
[15:18]	TR News	Roxette Cancels North American Anniversary Tour, Citing Huge Costs https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/26/roxette-north-american-tour-canceled/
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[15:19]	TR News	How to use LVM with shared storage https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/07/27/how-to-use-lvm-with-shared-storage
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[15:19]	TR News	How to Install QSpeakers on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-qspeakers-on-ubuntu-linux/
[15:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install QSpeakers on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04 - LinuxCapable
[15:19]	TR News	How To Install Yarn on Fedora 44 https://idroot.us/install-yarn-fedora-44/
[15:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Yarn on Fedora 44 - idroot
[15:20]	TR News	Lunduke GNU/Linux Dev Update #1 https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lunduke-linux-dev-update-1
[15:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lunduke.substack.com | Lunduke Linux Dev Update #1 - by Bryan Lunduke
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[15:30]	TR News	Techrights XBox the Console is Practically Finished (Unofficially), Even the Streaming ("Live") or DRM Service is Dead https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/XBox_the_Console_is_Practically_Finished_Unofficially_Even_the_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/XBox_the_Console_is_Practically_Finished_Unofficially_Even_the_.gmi 
[15:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights XBox the Console is Practically Finished (Unofficially), Even the Streaming ("Live") or DRM Service is Dead
[15:37]	TR News	Techrights Daniel Pocock Campaigns Around "Safety of Children Online" and "Cybersecurity" https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Daniel_Pocock_Campaigns_Around_Safety_of_Children_Online_and_Cy.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Daniel_Pocock_Campaigns_Around_Safety_of_Children_Online_and_Cy.gmi 
[15:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Daniel Pocock Campaigns Around "Safety of Children Online" and "Cybersecurity"
[15:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software, and Review https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Review.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Review.gmi 
[15:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, and Review
[15:40]	TR News	A Son of Wealth Finds His Calling in a High-End Grocery Store https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/style/a-different-kind-of-grocery-store-magnate.html
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[15:49]	TR News	 (NEW):  The FFmpeg GUI Frame 0.32.0 Released with UI Scaling Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/The_FFmpeg_GUI_Frame_0_32_0_Released_with_UI_Scaling_Support.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/The_FFmpeg_GUI_Frame_0_32_0_Released_with_UI_Scaling_Support.gmi 
[15:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines The FFmpeg GUI Frame 0.32.0 Released with UI Scaling Support
[15:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  Ubuntu Touch update brings better support for modern smartphones & web apps https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Ubuntu_Touch_update_brings_better_support_for_modern_smartphone.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Ubuntu_Touch_update_brings_better_support_for_modern_smartphone.gmi 
[15:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu Touch update brings better support for modern smartphones & web apps
[15:57]	TR News	Scientists Just Made a Wearable, Ultra-Light Material That Actually Cools Your Skin During Exercise https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-a-breathable-hydrogel-inspired-by-human-lungs
[15:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Just Made a Wearable, Ultra-Light Material That Actually Cools Your Skin During Exercise : ScienceAlert
[15:57]	TR News	Bad News For Bingers: Watching Too Much TV Linked to Smaller Brain Volume https://www.sciencealert.com/watching-too-much-tv-may-actually-rot-your-brain-after-all-study-finds
[15:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bad News For Bingers: Watching Too Much TV Linked to Smaller Brain Volume : ScienceAlert
[15:57]	TR News	An Asteroid Scientists Have Tracked For 27 Years Just Turned Out to Be a Comet in Disguise https://www.sciencealert.com/a-near-earth-asteroid-turned-out-to-be-an-eerie-dark-comet-with-major-implications-for-planetary-defense
[15:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-An Asteroid Scientists Have Tracked For 27 Years Just Turned Out to Be a Comet in Disguise : ScienceAlert
[15:59]	TR News	Experts Met at MIT to Discuss The Possibility of Alien Tech Around Black Holes. Here's What Was Discussed https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-met-at-mit-to-discuss-the-possibility-of-alien-tech-around-black-holes-heres-what-was-discussed
[15:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Experts Met at MIT to Discuss The Possibility of Alien Tech Around Black Holes. Here's What Was Discussed : ScienceAlert
[15:59]	TR News	One of The Oldest Psychedelics Just Had Its Brain Effects Mapped For The First Time https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hallucinogenic-compound-found-in-cacti-may-rewire-the-brains-sensory-filter
[15:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-One of The Oldest Psychedelics Just Had Its Brain Effects Mapped For The First Time : ScienceAlert
● Jul 27
[16:00]	TR News	Physicists Created an 'Electron Lighthouse' That Steers Current With Light https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-created-an-electron-lighthouse-that-steers-current-with-light
[16:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Physicists Created an 'Electron Lighthouse' That Steers Current With Light : ScienceAlert
[16:00]	TR News	Drug-Resistant Bacteria May Be Jumping Between Pets And Humans, Scientists Warn https://www.sciencealert.com/drug-resistant-superbugs-may-be-jumping-between-pets-and-humans-scientists-warn
[16:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Drug-Resistant Bacteria May Be Jumping Between Pets And Humans, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert
[16:00]	TR News	A Spacecraft Skimmed 2,800 Miles From Mars, And Captured This Breathtaking, Trippy Timelapse https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-reveals-psychedelic-visuals-of-mars-captured-by-psyche-mission
[16:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A Spacecraft Skimmed 2,800 Miles From Mars, And Captured This Breathtaking, Trippy Timelapse : ScienceAlert
[16:00]	TR News	Physicists Built a Spacetime Crystal And Then Watched It Melt https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-built-a-spacetime-crystal-and-then-watched-it-melt
[16:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Physicists Built a Spacetime Crystal And Then Watched It Melt : ScienceAlert
[16:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Orange Pi 5B SBC gets Ubuntu Desktop and Audio Production OS images with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi fix missed for 8 years https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Orange_Pi_5B_SBC_gets_Ubuntu_Desktop_and_Audio_Production_OS_im.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Orange_Pi_5B_SBC_gets_Ubuntu_Desktop_and_Audio_Production_OS_im.gmi 
[16:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Orange Pi 5B SBC gets Ubuntu Desktop and Audio Production OS images with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi fix missed for 8 years
[16:01]	TR News	Japan PM Takaichis approval rating slides as inflation bites: Yomiuri poll https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-pm-takaichis-approval-rating-slides-as-inflation-bites-yomiuri-poll-shows
[16:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan PM Takaichis approval rating slides as inflation bites: Yomiuri poll | The Straits Times
[16:05]	TR News	Japan to launch new intelligence bureau on July 31 in counter-spy push https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-launch-new-intelligence-bureau-on-july-31-in-counter-spy-push
[16:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan to launch new intelligence bureau on July 31 in counter-spy push | The Straits Times
[16:05]	TR News	Eminent Domain Could Be Used to Seize Your Land for Hey Hi (AI) Data Centers https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/eminent-domain-ai-data-centers
[16:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Eminent Domain Could Be Used to Seize Your Land for AI Data Centers
[16:05]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social
[16:06]	TR News	Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its Hey Hi (AI) Pervert Glasses https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ban-creeps-ai-pervert-glasses
[16:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses"
[16:09]	TR News	Startup Sued After Delivery Bot Clobbers 73-Year Old Woman https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/startup-delivery-robot-starship-technologies-lawsuit
[16:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Startup Sued After Delivery Bot Clobbers 73-Year Old Woman
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[16:12]	TR News	Auto-cpufreq 3.1.0 Released with GUI Monitoring Mode & Bluetooth Control https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/07/auto-cpufreq-3-1-0-released-with-gui-monitoring-mode-bluetooth-control/
[16:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Auto-cpufreq 3.1.0 Released with GUI Monitoring Mode & Bluetooth Control | UbuntuHandbook
[16:13]	TR News	Docking lightweight, feature-rich desktop dock https://www.linuxlinks.com/docking-lightweight-feature-rich-desktop-dock/
[16:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Docking - lightweight, feature-rich desktop dock - LinuxLinks
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[16:19]	TR News	SpacemiT MUSE Pi Pro is an octa-core RISC-V SBC with Armbian support https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/
[16:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/spacemit-muse-pi-pro-combines-octa-core-risc-v-processing-with-m-2-and-mini-pcie-expansion/ )
[16:19]	TR News	PineVoice RISC-V smart speaker supports local wake-word detection for Home Assistant https://linuxgizmos.com/pinevoice-brings-local-voice-control-to-home-assistant/
[16:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/pinevoice-brings-local-voice-control-to-home-assistant/ )
[16:20]	TR News	Google Chrome arrives on Arm64 Linux, Widevine DRM included https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/chrome-arm64-linux-available
[16:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Download Google Chrome for Arm64 Linux now
[16:20]	TR News	openmamba 20260726 https://distrowatch.com/openmamba
[16:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba )
[16:20]	TR News	FUSS 13.6.0 https://distrowatch.com/fuss
[16:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/fuss )
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[16:37]	TR News	In statCounter, a Lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/26/In_statCounter_a_lot_of_Unknown_Turns_Out_to_be_GNU_Linux.shtml
[16:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In statCounter, a Lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux
[16:38]	TR News	Debian maintainers are considering banning Hey Hi (AI) contributions altogether https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-maintainers-are-considering-banning-ai-contributions-altogether/
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[16:39]	TR News	 (NEW):  As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/25/As_Ubuntu_embraces_AI_Debian_discusses_banning_all_AI_generated.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/25/As_Ubuntu_embraces_AI_Debian_discusses_banning_all_AI_generated.gmi 
[16:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code
[16:53]	TR News	Lazy Reading for 2026/07/26 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/07/26/lazy-reading-for-2026-07-26/
[16:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dragonflydigest.com | Lazy Reading for 2026/07/26 DragonFly BSD Digest
[16:54]	TR News	Fooyin https://sparkylinux.org/fooyin/
[16:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sparkylinux.org | Fooyin - SparkyLinux
[16:54]	TR News	muttest 0.3.0: Turn surviving mutants into a to-do list https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/muttest-0-3-0-turn-surviving-mutants-into-a-to-do-list/
[16:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-muttest 0.3.0: Turn surviving mutants into a to-do list | R-bloggers
[16:56]	TR News	 (NEW):  I tried umbrelOS, and it's the easiest way to grow your homelab https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/I_tried_umbrelOS_and_it_s_the_easiest_way_to_grow_your_homelab.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/I_tried_umbrelOS_and_it_s_the_easiest_way_to_grow_your_homelab.gmi 
[16:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines I tried umbrelOS, and it's the easiest way to grow your homelab
● Jul 27
[17:01]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Mints Cinnamon 6.8 Desktop Environment Will Fully Support Wayland https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/08/Linux_Mint_s_Cinnamon_6_8_Desktop_Environment_Will_Fully_Suppor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/08/Linux_Mint_s_Cinnamon_6_8_Desktop_Environment_Will_Fully_Suppor.gmi 
[17:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux Mints Cinnamon 6.8 Desktop Environment Will Fully Support Wayland
[17:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Never Give Up https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Never_Give_Up.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Never_Give_Up.gmi 
[17:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Never Give Up
[17:09]	TR News	Techrights Americans Are Not Our Masters https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Americans_Are_Not_Our_Masters.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Americans_Are_Not_Our_Masters.gmi 
[17:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Americans Are Not Our Masters
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[17:29]	TR News	Techrights The Techrights Gemini Capsule Was Never a Mirror https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/The_Techrights_Gemini_Capsule_Was_Never_a_Mirror.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/The_Techrights_Gemini_Capsule_Was_Never_a_Mirror.gmi 
[17:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Techrights Gemini Capsule Was Never a Mirror
[17:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fwupd 2.1.7 Linux Firmware Updater Brings New Features and Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Fwupd_2_1_7_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Brings_New_Features_and_Impr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Fwupd_2_1_7_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Brings_New_Features_and_Impr.gmi 
[17:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fwupd 2.1.7 Linux Firmware Updater Brings New Features and Improvements
[17:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  About 70% of Tux Machines is Not in Its Gemini Capsule https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/About_70_of_Tux_Machines_is_Not_in_Its_Gemini_Capsule.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/About_70_of_Tux_Machines_is_Not_in_Its_Gemini_Capsule.gmi 
[17:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines About 70% of Tux Machines is Not in Its Gemini Capsule
[17:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Reaches 5+ Percent Market Share in Indonesia, an All-Time High https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Reaches_5_Percent_Market_Share_in_Indonesia_an_All_Ti.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Reaches_5_Percent_Market_Share_in_Indonesia_an_All_Ti.gmi 
[17:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Reaches 5+ Percent Market Share in Indonesia, an All-Time High
[17:44]	TR News	"One of my most favorite things that I've made for Gemini Space is Where In The World?, my geography guessing game." gemini://gemi.dev/gemlog/2026-07-27-locator-maps-repo.gmi
[17:45]	TR News	"When we talk about solving climate change (ration energy, leave the fossils in the ground, any DACCS and BioCCS should be funded directly instead of as an excuse to burn more fossils, fix market capitalism's bugs or replace it outright, tax the rich, get money out of politics) what they hear is akin to as if we wouldve said Oh, why do you need doors or windows?" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/walking-on-the-sun
[17:46]	TR News	"Rogallo is a new Gemini/Finger/Smolnet TUI browser written in Python, and has already a lot of features and niceties, although it's still in active development. Its really easy to configure and operate." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-07-27-Losing_my_heart_to_the_rogallo_smolnet_browser.gmi
[17:47]	TR News	The significance of coincidence gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2026-07-27-znaczenie-koincydencji.gmi
[17:48]	TR News	love
[17:48]	TR News	"The main plot has happened (up at the lake), and they're all gathered in the theatre in 1963, when a song from 1987 begins to play. This is not the soundtrack - it's diegetic. The old men in the room don't look impressed, but the kids are going to love it." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/07/27/doublebill/
[17:49]	TR News	"My (older) brother-in-law is a drug-addicted narcissist, my (older) half-sister is a hopeless stoner, my (older, adopted) half-brother gets out of prison in two? years for shooting his wife in the head (she survived), my (older, unrelated to the others) half-brother is following in the footsteps of our mother and becoming a horrible alcoholic." gemini://harrison.cafe/1785129194
[17:50]	TR News	"I wrote some tools to convert HTML RFCs into gemtext, then hosted them up over at spartan://docs.addictivecode.org/rfc/ " gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/07/27/00/gemified-internet-rfcs/
[17:51]	TR News	"A few brief thoughts as I wind down the weekend. Today I felt happy in a way that I haven't felt in a long time. Reflecting on that feeling, I attribute it to spending time on the indieweb, which has motivated me to learn, to create, and to connect with others." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/feeling-inspired-by-smol-pub-and-the-indieweb
[17:52]	TR News	"I don't know why, but I've always found bonds hard to wrap my head around. About 30 percent of my portfolio is bonds, but I don't really understand bonds? I don't like buying things I don't understand. And since I'm about to spend An Amount of Money With a Comma In It on bonds, I figured it was time to understand them better." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-07-27
[17:55]	TR News	"ABBA is related to the dictionary words deed and noon. One might also build a graph of what country codes are connected to one another by this relationship, e.g. GA and KE (Gabon and Kenya) are connected, among others. As always, an actual productive use may be wanting." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/07/27/HAL2.gmi
[17:56]	TR News	"This post is going to be very rambly. TOFU has been a major point of discussion since I started my journey in the Geminispace. At that time I was also in support of TOFU to remove PKI as a Geminispace dependency. Back in early 2021 there were 2 major camps in support of TOFU" gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/07-27-it-seems-i-restarted-the-tofu-war-again-and-my-throughts-on-it.gmi
[17:57]	TR News	"Turns out, you _*can*_ have a daily tarot practice, without diluting it. Of course, nobody wants to end up asking questions like "Should I have papaya or mango today?", but there are many different things you can do with tarot. One must remember foremost that _Tarot is a deck of _*playing*_ cards_, and so, you should do just that." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1785165158
[17:58]	TR News	"Anyone who has worked with an old codebase knows what it looks like. There are functions nobody remembers writing. Sections have been disabled rather than deleted. Old compatibility fixes remain because removing them might break something unexpected. A module marked deprecated still handles one obscure process on alternate Tuesdays." gemini://gemini.madsweeney.me/articles/2026-07-22-blog.gmi
[17:59]	TR News	 (NEW):  First Look at Firefoxs Brand-New Design in Firefox Nightly https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/First_Look_at_Firefox_s_Brand_New_Design_in_Firefox_Nightly.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/First_Look_at_Firefox_s_Brand_New_Design_in_Firefox_Nightly.gmi 
[17:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines First Look at Firefoxs Brand-New Design in Firefox Nightly
● Jul 27
[18:05]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 27/07/2026: Gemified Internet RFCs, Junk DNA Is Commented-Out Code, and More https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Gemini_Links_27_07_2026_Gemified_Internet_RFCs_Junk_DNA_Is_Comm.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Gemini_Links_27_07_2026_Gemified_Internet_RFCs_Junk_DNA_Is_Comm.gmi 
[18:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 27/07/2026: Gemified Internet RFCs, Junk DNA Is Commented-Out Code, and More
[18:29]	TR News	Techrights In Techrights, Gemini and HTTP/HTML Are Very Different https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/In_Techrights_Gemini_and_HTTP_HTML_Are_Very_Different.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/In_Techrights_Gemini_and_HTTP_HTML_Are_Very_Different.gmi 
[18:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights In Techrights, Gemini and HTTP/HTML Are Very Different
[18:38]	TR News	15 Years Soon https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/07/27/15-years-soon/
[18:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com Blog Archive 15 Years Soon
[18:57]	TR News	"Both brothers were ordered held without bond following a July 20 hearing. Since then, Andrew Tate has posted a series of statements on X defending his innocence and casting himself as a political prisoner, comparing his situation to that of Julian Assange and Trump himself." https://www.rawstory.com/amp/barron-trump-tate-brothers-2677275003
[18:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rawstory.com | Barron Trump put on notice over ties to accused sex traffickers: 'He's a full-blown adult' - Raw Story
● Jul 27
[19:01]	TR News	"After leading the campaign to bring his brother Julian Assange home to Australia," https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGN&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fhigher-education%2Fjulian-assanges-brother-fights-governments-university-antisemitism-report-card%2Fnews-story%2Ff10f12c0845fe901f7c738ee254f1247
[19:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGN&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fhigher-education%2Fjulian-assanges-brother-fights-governments-university-antisemitism-report-card%2Fnews-story%2Ff10f12c0845fe901f7c738ee254f1247 )
[19:02]	TR News	Old: https://www.wral.com/archive/17317290/
[19:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-U.K. Judge Upholds Assanges Arrest Warrant :: WRAL.com
[19:03]	TR News	Britain's Big Brother state is already here - we just don't realise it yet https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/an-unpalatable-truth-big-brother-state-already-here-we-just-do-not-realise-it-yet
[19:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.middleeasteye.net | Britain's Big Brother state is already here - we just don't realise it yet | Middle East Eye
[19:04]	TR News	High Court, 2024 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Assange-v-USA-Judgment.pdf
[19:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Introducing Taiyo DHCP Server https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Introducing_Taiyo_DHCP_Server.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Introducing_Taiyo_DHCP_Server.gmi 
[19:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Introducing Taiyo DHCP Server
[19:15]	TR News	Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring More North Korean Troops Into Ukraine War https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-claims-caspian-strike-russia-iran-military-route-kyiv-mourning/33812868.html
[19:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring More North Korean Troops Into Ukraine War
[19:15]	TR News	Ukrainian Leader To Kick Off Big Week With London Meeting With New British PM https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-ukraine-burnham-britain-russia-trump/33813436.html
[19:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Becomes First Foreign Visitor For New British PM Burnham
[19:16]	TR News	Romanian jet shoots down drone entering country's airspace for third day in a row https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260726-romanian-jet-shoots-down-drone-entering-country-airspace-for-third-day-in-a-row
[19:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260726-romanian-jet-shoots-down-drone-entering-country-airspace-for-third-day-in-a-row )
[19:16]	TR News	Deadly attack on holiday camp in Russian-held part of Ukraine, officials say https://www.france24.com/en/zelensky-says-russia-seeks-30-000-extra-n-korea-troops-for-ukraine-war
[19:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/zelensky-says-russia-seeks-30-000-extra-n-korea-troops-for-ukraine-war )
[19:17]	TR News	Bullied, beaten up, killed: Armenia's drag queens risk it all for the stage https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260726-bullied-beaten-killed-armenia-drag-queens-risk-all-for-the-stage
[19:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260726-bullied-beaten-killed-armenia-drag-queens-risk-all-for-the-stage )
[19:17]	TR News	Sea drones to defend the sky in Ukraine as the war continues https://www.france24.com/en/sea-drones-to-defend-the-sky-as-the-war-continues-in-ukraine
[19:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/sea-drones-to-defend-the-sky-as-the-war-continues-in-ukraine )
[19:19]	TR News	We Got a Buzz | LINUX Unplugged 677 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/677/
[19:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jupiterbroadcasting.com | We Got a Buzz | LINUX Unplugged 677 | Jupiter Broadcasting
[19:19]	TR News	How to Convert MP4 to MP3 with ffmpeg https://linuxize.com/post/convert-mp4-to-mp3-with-ffmpeg/
[19:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Convert MP4 to MP3 with ffmpeg | Linuxize
[19:20]	TR News	LibreOffice 26.2.4 Demotes Skia Rendering for Mac and backdoored Windows https://fossforce.com/2026/07/libreoffice-26-2-4-demotes-skia-rendering-for-mac-and-windows/
[19:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | LibreOffice 26.2.5 Demotes Skia Rendering for Mac and Windows - FOSS Force
[19:20]	TR News	Fedoras Considering a Conflict-of-Interest Policy https://fossforce.com/2026/07/fedoras-considering-a-conflict-of-interest-policy/
[19:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | Fedora's Considering a Conflict-of-Interest Policy - FOSS Force
[19:21]	TR News	GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With New Linker, Disassembler Options https://fossforce.com/2026/07/gnu-binutils-2-47-released-with-new-linker-disassembler-options/
[19:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With New Linker, Disassembler Options - FOSS Force
[19:25]	TR News	5 non-FOSS apps I refuse to give up on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/these-closed-source-linux-apps-are-too-good-to-replace/
[19:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 5 non-FOSS apps I refuse to give up on Linux
[19:25]	TR News	"Anyone building a homelab today has more choices than ever. A few years ago, Unraid was often the first recommendation for anyone who wanted to store files and run Plex. It made home servers approachable, especially for users who did not want to learn enterprise virtualization." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-homelabbers-are-ditching-unraid-for-proxmox-in-2026/
[19:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Why homelabbers are ditching Unraid for Proxmox
[19:26]	TR News	5 command-line apps I install on every new Linux PC https://www.howtogeek.com/every-linux-user-has-their-must-have-cli-tools-these-are-mine-and-they-might-suprise-you/
[19:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | 5 command-line apps I install on every new Linux PC
[19:26]	TR News	How Valve's desperation to escape Windows 8 turned it into a Linux powerhouse https://www.xda-developers.com/valve-desperation-escape-windows-8/
[19:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | How Valve's desperation to escape Windows 8 turned it into a Linux powerhouse
[19:27]	TR News	Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-old-computers-feel-faster-not-actually-faster/
[19:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster
[19:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Valve, Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Valve_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Valve_Steam_Games_Playable_on_the_Steam_Deck_and_More.gmi 
[19:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Valve, Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and More
[19:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[19:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos
[19:33]	TR News	 (NEW):  Google Summer of Code 2026 Reports for KDE, GUADEC 2026 Report https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026_Reports_for_KDE_GUADEC_2026_Report.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026_Reports_for_KDE_GUADEC_2026_Report.gmi 
[19:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Google Summer of Code 2026 Reports for KDE, GUADEC 2026 Report
[19:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Fedora: Kevin Fenzi (IBM), Fedoras Hypocrisy (IBM Speaks of "Conflict-of-Interest Policy"), and LVM in RHEL etc. https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Fedora_Kevin_Fenzi_IBM_Fedora_s_Hypocrisy_IBM_Speaks_of_Conflic.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Fedora_Kevin_Fenzi_IBM_Fedora_s_Hypocrisy_IBM_Speaks_of_Conflic.gmi 
[19:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fedora: Kevin Fenzi (IBM), Fedoras Hypocrisy (IBM Speaks of "Conflict-of-Interest Policy"), and LVM in RHEL etc.
[19:40]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
[19:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Applications: Auto-cpufreq 3.1.0, Google Chrome, GNU Binutils 2.47 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Applications_Auto_cpufreq_3_1_0_Google_Chrome_GNU_Binutils_2_47.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Applications_Auto_cpufreq_3_1_0_Google_Chrome_GNU_Binutils_2_47.gmi 
[19:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Applications: Auto-cpufreq 3.1.0, Google Chrome, GNU Binutils 2.47
[19:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  Hardware Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Hardware_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Hardware_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Hardware Leftovers
[19:43]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux, BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Linux_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Linux_BSD_Leftovers.gmi 
[19:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux, BSD Leftovers
[19:52]	TR News	Techrights Microsoft is Down https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Microsoft_is_Down.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Microsoft_is_Down.gmi 
[19:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft is Down
● Jul 27
[20:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  New Addition to the Family https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/New_Addition_to_the_Family.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/New_Addition_to_the_Family.gmi 
[20:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines New Addition to the Family
[20:11]	TR News	A Few Hours Ago The Register MS Published an 'Article' With "AI" 32 Times in It, Including First Word in Headline and Summary. It Was Paid SPAM "Sponsored by Hammerspace". https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/A_Few_Hours_Ago_The_Register_MS_Published_an_Article_With_AI_32.shtml
[20:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights A Few Hours Ago The Register MS Published an 'Article' With "AI" 32 Times in It, Including First Word in Headline and Summary. It Was Paid SPAM "Sponsored by Hammerspace".
[20:19]	TR News	Techrights Links 27/07/2026: Sleepless Japan PM Takaichi Becomes Unpopular and Data Centre Magnate Confiscate Land Without Consent https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Links_27_07_2026_Sleepless_Japan_PM_Takaichi_Becomes_Unpopular_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Links_27_07_2026_Sleepless_Japan_PM_Takaichi_Becomes_Unpopular_.gmi 
[20:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 27/07/2026: Sleepless Japan PM Takaichi Becomes Unpopular and Data Centre Magnate Confiscate Land Without Consent
[20:29]	TR News	Techrights Sad State of Troll-Feeding British Media (Establishment Channels Promoting Total Idiots) https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Sad_State_of_Troll_Feeding_British_Media_Establishment_Channels.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Sad_State_of_Troll_Feeding_British_Media_Establishment_Channels.gmi 
[20:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Sad State of Troll-Feeding British Media (Establishment Channels Promoting Total Idiots)
[20:36]	TR News	 (NEW):  GNU/Linux Approaching 5% in Cambodia https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Approaching_5_in_Cambodia.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Approaching_5_in_Cambodia.gmi 
[20:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Approaching 5% in Cambodia
[20:42]	TR News	"Look at what you just wrote and tell me how that makes sense to you. You're blaming sellers for not selling software that the industries all know is garbage. You sound exactly like Rob Thomas." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kycdkzhr "g1 like @cs mentioned - what or how exactly have they (you) generated this profit on? Which projects?"
[20:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kycdkzhr )
[20:50]	TR News	"I contacted my old horrible managers new employer and told them exactly who they hired. Everyone else should too. Hold them accountable" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9qar1x " It's "The Fu-kening" - Andrew Yang's article. It's literally coming true. Funny when he predicted this years ago nobody listened"
[20:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ky9qar1x )
● Jul 27
[21:01]	TR News	Techrights IBMers on PIPs and the Age (or Cost) Factor https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/IBMers_on_PIPs_and_the_Age_or_Cost_Factor.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/IBMers_on_PIPs_and_the_Age_or_Cost_Factor.gmi 
[21:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IBMers on PIPs and the Age (or Cost) Factor
[21:05]	TR News	"Sigh, I still surprise myself with how little I manage to get done in a weekend when working on cars (or most things really)." gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-07-27Jag_Progress.txt
[21:06]	TR News	"When I was a middle-age programmer, I felt that thinking about the whys and hows was important and sometimes my fellow programmers failed at the task." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-07-27-ethics
[21:49]	TR News	Techrights GNU/Linux Rises Some More Internationally, statCounter Now Estimates Its Usage on Desktops/Laptops at 7.7% https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Rises_Some_More_Internationally_statCounter_Now_Estim.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/GNU_Linux_Rises_Some_More_Internationally_statCounter_Now_Estim.gmi 
[21:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights GNU/Linux Rises Some More Internationally, statCounter Now Estimates Its Usage on Desktops/Laptops at 7.7%
● Jul 27
[22:02]	TR News	 (NEW):  Here's to Another Two Decades... https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Here_s_to_Another_Two_Decades.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/27/Here_s_to_Another_Two_Decades.gmi 
[22:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Here's to Another Two Decades...
[22:11]	TR News	Techrights Hate Consumes the Haters https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Hate_Consumes_the_Haters.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/07/27/Hate_Consumes_the_Haters.gmi 
[22:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Hate Consumes the Haters
● Jul 27
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[01:52]		*admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techpol
[01:52]	admfubar	https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/25/jobs-ice-police-maine-hiring
[01:52]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.themarshallproject.org | ICE Shooting Highlights Concerns About Officer Hiring Practices | The Marshall Project
● Jul 27
[02:11]	admfubar	https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/
[02:11]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
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[04:55]	TR News	"A French woman, previously radicalised [sic] and married to a PortugueseLuxembourgish IS member, avoids further imprisonment after completing her sentence through a deradicalisation program." https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/how-islamic-state-shattered-the-life-of-a-young-french-girl-1325557559 | Source: RTL
[04:55]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-today.rtl.lu | Married to jihadist Steve Duarte at 14: How Islamic State shattered the life of a young French girl - RTL Today
[04:55]	TR News	"Fridays filings were the first glimpse Michiganders have had into gubernatorial campaign finance filings this year." https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/whos-funding-michigan-governor-candidates-new-filings-reveal-top-donors/ | Source: Bridge Michigan
[04:55]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-bridgemi.com | Whos funding Michigan governor candidates? New filings reveal top donors - Bridge Michigan
[04:55]	TR News	"We want voters to understand that they cannot legally make a bet on an election and cast a ballot in that same election" https://www.vox.com/politics/496759/wisconsin-kalshi-right-vote-bet-wager-new-york | Source: Vox
[04:55]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Wisconsin bans election bettors from voting. New York may, too. | Vox
[04:55]	TR News	"there will never be elections here again" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-26/nicaragua-president-ortega-vows-no-more-elections | Source: Los Angeles Times
[04:55]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.latimes.com | As Ortega bans elections, some Nicaraguans hope for U.S. intervention - Los Angeles Times
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[14:03]	TR News	Rohingya schools in Malaysia face closures amid online surge in hate speech https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/rohingya-schools-in-malaysia-face-closures-amid-online-surge-in-hate-speech
[14:03]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Rohingya schools in Malaysia face closures amid online surge in hate speech | The Straits Times
[14:03]	TR News	Top North Korea official blasts ASEAN for urging denuclearisation https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/top-north-korea-official-blasts-asean-for-urging-denuclearisation
[14:03]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Top North Korea official blasts ASEAN for urging denuclearisation | The Straits Times
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[15:13]	TR News	US, Japan join Philippines in South China Sea drills https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-japan-join-philippines-in-south-china-sea-drills
[15:13]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | US, Japan join Philippines in South China Sea drills | The Straits Times
[15:17]	TR News	South Korea urged to extend protections for women after appeal decision in abortion case exposes legal vacuum https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/07/south-korea-urged-to-extend-protections-for-women-after-appeal-decision-in-abortion-case-exposes-legal-vacuum/
[15:17]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | South Korea urged to extend protections for women after appeal decision in abortion case exposes legal vacuum - JURIST - News
[15:17]	TR News	China holds air, navy patrol in South China Sea https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-holds-air-navy-patrol-in-south-china-sea
[15:17]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China holds air, navy patrol in South China Sea | The Straits Times
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[16:05]	TR News	Japan to launch new intelligence bureau on July 31 in counter-spy push https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-launch-new-intelligence-bureau-on-july-31-in-counter-spy-push
[16:05]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Japan to launch new intelligence bureau on July 31 in counter-spy push | The Straits Times
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[19:15]	TR News	Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring More North Korean Troops Into Ukraine War https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-claims-caspian-strike-russia-iran-military-route-kyiv-mourning/33812868.html
[19:15]	TR News	Ukrainian Leader To Kick Off Big Week With London Meeting With New British PM https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-ukraine-burnham-britain-russia-trump/33813436.html
[19:16]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Becomes First Foreign Visitor For New British PM Burnham
[19:16]	TR News	Romanian jet shoots down drone entering country's airspace for third day in a row https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260726-romanian-jet-shoots-down-drone-entering-country-airspace-for-third-day-in-a-row
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[19:16]	TR News	Deadly attack on holiday camp in Russian-held part of Ukraine, officials say https://www.france24.com/en/zelensky-says-russia-seeks-30-000-extra-n-korea-troops-for-ukraine-war
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[19:17]	TR News	Bullied, beaten up, killed: Armenia's drag queens risk it all for the stage https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260726-bullied-beaten-killed-armenia-drag-queens-risk-all-for-the-stage
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[19:17]	TR News	Sea drones to defend the sky in Ukraine as the war continues https://www.france24.com/en/sea-drones-to-defend-the-sky-as-the-war-continues-in-ukraine
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[19:25]	admfubar	https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/27/nhs-patients-records-us-private-equity-firm-optum-uk-tpg
[19:25]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.theguardian.com | Alarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firm | NHS | The Guardian
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[22:40]	admfubar	https://www.alternet.org/news-politics/melania-trump-2677277143/
[22:40]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Conservative says Trump is more First Lady than president - Alternet.org