●● IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 ●● ● Oct 28 [00:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [00:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [00:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [00:45] TR News "If you've ever used a Mac, you're probably familiar with its Time Machine feature. It's a system restore feature that lets you roll back to a saved point in macOS if something goes wrong while you are experimenting on your Mac." https://www.xda-developers.com/timeshift-brings-time-machine-to-linux-machine/ [00:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | This free tool brings Time Machine to any Linux machine [00:46] TR News "Microsoft really doesn't want us making local accounts on Windows, does it?" https://www.xda-developers.com/use-local-accounts-switch-to-linux/ [00:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.xda-developers.com | Want to use local accounts? Just switch to Linux [00:47] TR News "This release introduces systemd-cryptsetup on the systemd-based ISOs to fix an issue with encrypted /home partitions." https://9to5linux.com/mx-linux-25-release-candidate-arrives-with-various-improvements-and-changes [00:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-MX Linux 25 Release Candidate Arrives with Various Improvements and Changes - 9to5Linux [00:48] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [00:50] TR News "I browse Gemini on my smartphone using Deedum, but in my apps list, I've renamed it to simply "Gemini Client." This weekend my Samsung Galaxy A15 received an Android update." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202510/20251027-the-wrong-gemini-on-my-phone.gmi [00:50] TR News "I have downsized my planner. I used to have a daily planner and a weekly planner, one to hold events and logs and one to hold statistics, but I have now combined them into one weekly planner." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-10.gmi [00:51] TR News "But oh, how fun and good the core game play is inspite of that (and the off-putting AI theme). I love playing it." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/compile-card-game [00:52] TR News "This is so jank but I was frustrated with how the rest parameter redundantly has all the keywords left in (unlike stragglers in define-options) so I did a grobian solution at least for now: [...]" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/dsssl-with-varargs [00:53] TR News "Keeping with the seasons theme, we decided it was time to harvest the biggest of the 3 or 4 pumpkins we had growing this year. So, yeah, no big life changes. As I was telling a friend the other day, my life these days is comfortably dull. But, hey, we got a big pumpkin." gemini://tilde.green/~jmcs/gemlog/2025-10-27-big-pumpkin.gmi [00:54] TR News "If you buy a painting, I'm sure that you take the time to have a look at the artist's signature. This has fallen by the way side when it comes to ASCII art. I saw a post today that reminded me to be more mindful in this regard and pointed me to the "Respect ASCII Artist's Campaign"." gemini://lilemon.gemsync.net/log/ASCIIArtAttribution.gmi [00:55] TR News SpellBinding: ADEIQRU Wordo: SAGAS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-27.gmi [00:56] TR News "I'd like to cite Aaron Swartz as a source of inspiration for this entry. I don't have heroes, but if I did, he'd be mine. He is deceased now, but he was more like myself than any other public figure I'm aware of and he had very similar long-term life goals." gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/10/26/how-to-maximize-your-positive-impact/ [00:58] TR News We Protect you From.. gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2724 [00:58] TR News "These are mostly the same, only that find(1) takes more key presses (though a wrapper script could help with that) and includes a directory component with the filename." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/10/27/find-glob.gmi ● Oct 28 [01:03] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1807.jpg [01:03] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1457.jpg [01:04] TR News Make computing personal again: return to the roots gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-10-27-return-to-the-roots.txt [01:10] TR News Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [01:10] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 28/10/2025: "#HowTo Maximize Your Positive Impact" and ASCII Art and Artist Attribution https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Gemini_Links_28_10_2025_How_to_Maximize_Your_Positive_Impact_an.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Gemini_Links_28_10_2025_How_to_Maximize_Your_Positive_Impact_an.gmi [01:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Welcome to the New Techrights [01:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 28/10/2025: "How to Maximize Your Positive Impact" and ASCII Art and Artist Attribution [01:17] TR News Bug in Coreutil's Rust Implementation Briefly Downed Ubuntu 25.10's Automatic Upgrade System https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-25-10-rust-automatic-upgrade-bug/ [01:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.itsfoss.com | Bug in Coreutil's Rust Implementation Briefly Downed Ubuntu 25.10's Automatic Upgrade System [01:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [01:23] TR News Valencia flood anniversary: Protesters demand regional leaders resignation https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251026-valencia-flood-anniversary-protesters-demand-regional-leader-s-resignation [01:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251026-valencia-flood-anniversary-protesters-demand-regional-leader-s-resignation ) [01:24] TR News Review of Nextion 4.3-inch Edge Series HMI touch display https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/27/review-of-nextion-4-3-inch-edge-series-hmi-touch-display/ [01:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Review of Nextion 4.3-inch Edge Series HMI touch display - CNX Software [01:24] TR News Tellico 4.1.4 Released https://tellico-project.org/tellico-4-1-4-released/ [01:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tellico-project.org | Tellico 4.1.4 Released Tellico [01:25] TR News Microsoft's decision to axe backdoored Windows 10 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/microsofts-decision-to-axe-windows-10-is-driving-apple-pc-sales-growth-users-buy-macs-instead-of-ai-pcs-despite-microsofts-push-for-copilot-pcs [01:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft's decision to axe Windows 10 is driving Apple PC sales growth users buy Macs instead of AI PCs despite Microsofts push for Copilot+ PCs | Tom's Hardware [01:25] TR News Japan grapples with deepfake pornography, with laws yet to catch up https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-grapples-with-deepfake-pornography-with-laws-yet-to-catch-up [01:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Japan grapples with deepfake pornography, with laws yet to catch up | The Straits Times [01:25] TR News Spreadsheets Apple ][ Style https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/spreadsheets-apple-style/ | Source: Hackaday [01:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Spreadsheets Apple ][ Style | Hackaday [01:26] TR News Australia sues Abusive Monopolist Microsoft over misleading Hey Hi (AI) offer https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-sues-microsoft-over-misleading-ai-offer [01:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australia sues Microsoft over misleading AI offer | The Straits Times [01:28] TR News "Software Freedom Conservancy had Microsoft, Google and Salesforce as Platinum sponsors: https://web.archive.org/web/20200522063800/https://2020.copy... The whole software foundation industry is sketchy." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45716485 [01:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 404 @ https://web.archive.org/web/20200522063800/https://2020.copy ) [01:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.ycombinator.com | Software Freedom Conservancy had Microsoft, Google and Salesforce as Platinum sp... | Hacker News [01:28] TR News Amazon Looks To Lay Off 30,000 Workers, Almost 10 Percent Of Corporate Jobs: Reports https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/amazon-looks-to-lay-off-30-000-almost-10-percent-of-corporate-jobs-reports [01:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.crn.com | Amazon Looks To Lay Off 30,000 Workers, Almost 10 Percent Of Corporate Jobs: Reports [01:29] TR News Amazon may lay off 30,000 corporate employees this week, Reuters reports https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-to-reportedly-may-lay-off-30000-corporate-employees-this-week/ [01:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-to-reportedly-may-lay-off-30000-corporate-employees-this-week/ ) [01:31] TR News "Amazon cut 30K jobs .... Amazon to cut about 30,000 corporate jobs beginning this week .... Well its not as bad as they were leading the media to believe. A few hours ago we thought it would be about 75k. I guess they learned the art of perception management." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m [01:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m ) [01:32] TR News With Convicted Felons Asia trip, speculation mounts of a meeting with North Koreas Kim Jong Un https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/with-trumps-asia-trip-speculation-mounts-of-a-meeting-with-north-koreas-kim-jong-un [01:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | With Trumps Asia trip, speculation mounts of a meeting with North Koreas Kim Jong Un | The Straits Times [01:33] TR News Predators slip through the cracks in Australian childcare centres https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/predators-slip-through-the-cracks-in-australian-childcare [01:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Predators slip through the cracks in Australian childcare centres | The Straits Times [01:34] TR News German foreign minister to meet India's Goyal, Nato's Rutte after postponing China trip https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/german-foreign-minister-to-meet-indias-goyal-natos-rutte-after-postponing-china-trip [01:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | German foreign minister to meet India's Goyal, Nato's Rutte after postponing China trip | The Straits Times [01:34] TR News India and China resume direct flights as ties improve https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-and-china-resume-direct-flights-as-ties-improve [01:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | India and China resume direct flights as ties improve | The Straits Times [01:34] TR News Dying breed: Chongqings iconic porters struggle for relevance as economy shifts https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dying-breed-chongqings-iconic-porters-struggle-for-relevance-as-economy-shifts [01:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Chongqing's last porters or 'bang bang jun' | The Straits Times [01:35] TR News Ahead of Convicted Felon-Xi meeting, China says H-6K bombers flew near Taiwan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ahead-of-trump-xi-meeting-china-says-h-6k-bombers-flew-near-taiwan [01:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says H-6K bombers flew near Taiwan | The Straits Times [01:35] TR News Nexperia's China parent Wingtech declares cash-flow risk despite massive 280% profit surge - car production shutdowns loom as Dutch state tightens grip https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/wingtech-flags-nexperia-cash-flow-risk-despite-q3-profit-surge [01:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Nexperia's China parent Wingtech declares cash-flow risk despite massive 280% profit surge - car production shutdowns loom as Dutch state tightens grip | Tom's Hardware [01:36] TR News US Navy Sea Hawk helicopter, F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet go down in separate South China Sea incidents https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/world-news/us-navy-sea-hawk-helicopter-f-a-18f-super-hornet-fighter-jet-go-down-in-separate-south-china-sea-incidents/ [01:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nypost.com | US Navy Sea Hawk helicopter, F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet go down in separate South China Sea incidents [01:36] TR News Chinese Company Launches Wind-Powered Data Center at the Bottom of the Sea https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-data-center-ocean-wind [01:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Chinese Company Launches Wind-Powered Data Center at the Bottom of the Sea [01:45] TR News Techrights Google News Drowning in Slop (and Slopfarms That Hijack About Half the Results) https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Google_News_Drowning_in_Slop_and_Slopfarms_That_Hijack_About_Ha.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Google_News_Drowning_in_Slop_and_Slopfarms_That_Hijack_About_Ha.gmi [01:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Google News Drowning in Slop (and Slopfarms That Hijack About Half the Results) [01:46] TR News Home Automation Upgrades https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/erv-gets-home-automation-upgrades/ | Source: Hackaday [01:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HRV Gets Home Automation Upgrades | Hackaday [01:47] TR News Experiment Reveals What Is Truly Burrowing Beneath Mars's Dunes Each Spring https://www.sciencealert.com/experiment-reveals-what-is-truly-burrowing-beneath-marss-dunes-each-spring [01:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Experiment Reveals What Is Truly Burrowing Beneath Mars's Dunes Each Spring : ScienceAlert [01:47] TR News 'Off Switch' Discovery Could Help Clear Our Brains of a Common Parasite https://www.sciencealert.com/off-switch-discovery-could-help-clear-our-brains-of-a-common-parasite [01:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Off Switch' Discovery Could Help Clear Our Brains of a Common Parasite : ScienceAlert [01:47] TR News Can Organ Transplants Really Confer Eternal Youth? Here's The Science. https://www.sciencealert.com/can-organ-transplants-really-confer-eternal-youth-heres-the-science [01:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Can Organ Transplants Really Confer Eternal Youth? Here's The Science. : ScienceAlert [01:47] TR News Bats in The US Can Glow Ghostly Green, And Scientists Have No Idea Why https://www.sciencealert.com/bats-in-the-us-can-glow-ghostly-green-and-scientists-have-no-idea-why [01:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bats in The US Can Glow Ghostly Green, And Scientists Have No Idea Why : ScienceAlert [01:48] TR News Scientists Want You to Stop Pouring Coffee Down Drains Here's What to Do Instead https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-want-you-to-stop-pouring-coffee-down-drains-heres-what-to-do-instead [01:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Want You to Stop Pouring Coffee Down Drains Here's What to Do Instead : ScienceAlert [01:49] TR News Drug Combination Boosted Lifespan of Mice by 73%, But Only For One Sex https://www.sciencealert.com/drug-combination-boosted-lifespan-of-mice-by-73-but-only-for-one-sex [01:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Drug Combination Boosted Lifespan of Mice by 73%, But Only For One Sex : ScienceAlert [01:50] TR News Turning Point in Heart Health Occurs at 1 Key Age (It's Younger Than You'd Think) https://www.sciencealert.com/turning-point-in-heart-health-occurs-at-1-key-age-its-younger-than-youd-think [01:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Turning Point in Heart Health Occurs at 1 Key Age (It's Younger Than You'd Think) : ScienceAlert [01:50] TR News Southern Ocean Is Building a 'Burp' That Could Reignite Global Warming https://www.sciencealert.com/southern-ocean-is-building-a-burp-that-could-reignite-global-warming [01:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Southern Ocean Is Building a 'Burp' That Could Reignite Global Warming : ScienceAlert [01:50] TR News DNA Finally Reveals What Really Killed Napoleon's Forces https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-finally-reveals-what-really-killed-napoleons-forces [01:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DNA Finally Reveals What Really Killed Napoleon's Forces : ScienceAlert [01:51] TR News First Mechanical Calculator https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/examining-the-first-mechanical-calculator/ | Source: Hackaday [01:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Examining The First Mechanical Calculator | Hackaday [01:53] TR News VFETs Are (Almost) Solid State Tubes https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/vfets-are-almost-solid-state-tubes/ | Source: Hackaday [01:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-VFETs Are (Almost) Solid State Tubes | Hackaday [01:53] TR News Record-Breaking Robots At Guinness World Records https://hackaday.com/2025/10/26/record-breaking-robots-at-guinness-world-records/ | Source: Hackaday [01:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Record-Breaking Robots At Guinness World Records | Hackaday [01:54] TR News Quantum Teleportation Was Achieved Over The Internet For The First Time https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-teleportation-was-achieved-over-the-internet-for-the-first-time [01:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Quantum Teleportation Was Achieved Over The Internet For The First Time : ScienceAlert [01:55] TR News No, it is NOT Hey Hi (AI)... they basically sack people who offer service and let people handle useless CHATBOTS, which won't solve issues https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/booking.com-replaces-customer-service-staff-with-ai-a3Pev2k03sgS see https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/03/Evri_Killed_Customer_Support_in_Favour_of_a_100_Useless_Chatbot.shtml [01:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.which.co.uk | Booking.com replaces customer service staff with AI - Which? [01:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Evri Killed Customer Support in Favour of a 100% Useless Chatbot That Wastes Your Time, Solves Nothing, and Gaslights You [01:55] TR News Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-memo-automation [01:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated [01:56] TR News Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: Id Rather Die https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/guillermo-del-toro-ai-rather-die [01:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Guillermo del Toro on Using AI: "I'd Rather Die" [01:56] TR News For air-and-missile defence, Israel offers the economic solutions https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/for-air-and-missile-defence-israel-offers-the-economic-solutions/ [01:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | For air-and-missile defence, Israel offers the economic solutions | The Strategist ● Oct 28 [02:10] TR News Hong Kong collects black boxes after deadly plane crash https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/26/hong-kong-collects-black-boxes-after-deadly-plane-crash/ [02:10] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Hong Kong collects black boxes after deadly plane crash [02:16] TR News Easier to break into museums than a jewellery shop: Louvre heist highlights security gaps https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251026-easier-to-break-into-museums-than-a-jewellery-shop-louvre-heist-highlights-security-gaps [02:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251026-easier-to-break-into-museums-than-a-jewellery-shop-louvre-heist-highlights-security-gaps ) [02:16] TR News Four killed as Cameroon security forces clash with opposition protesters https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251027-four-dead-cameroon-opposition-protests-douala [02:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251027-four-dead-cameroon-opposition-protests-douala ) [02:17] TR News Inside the minds of power: psychological analysis in security https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/inside-the-minds-of-power-psychological-analysis-in-security/ [02:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Inside the minds of power: psychological analysis in security | The Strategist [02:18] TR News Creator makes Wi-Fi sound like dial-up Internet uses Raspberry Pi and 2-watt speaker to convert digital data into analog signals https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/creator-makes-wi-fi-sound-like-dial-up-internet-uses-raspberry-pi-and-2-watt-speaker-to-convert-digital-data-into-analog-signals [02:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Creator makes Wi-Fi sound like dial-up Internet uses Raspberry Pi and 2-watt speaker to convert digital data into analog signals | Tom's Hardware [02:38] TR News "General Motors trims over 200 white-collar roles amid restructuring, even as profits surge" [02:40] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. 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HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-271025.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-271025.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-271025.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-271025.txt [02:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, October 27, 2025 [02:50] TR News Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2025-10-27.txt ● Oct 28 [04:34] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 27, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_October_27_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/IRC_Proceedings_Monday_October_27_2025.gmi [04:34] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 27, 2025 [04:35] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [04:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [04:36] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [04:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [04:37] TR News Probably exaggerated; you cannot use Wi-Fi to figure out things like DNA, an exposed face is more of an issue and unmasking people all the time ie expensive https://www.techspot.com/news/109975-wi-fi-can-accurately-identify-people-even-if.html [04:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.techspot.com/news/109975-wi-fi-can-accurately-identify-people-even-if.html ) [04:40] TR News iophk: "I think I understand why the EFF has been neutered and by whom. It is a dangerous problem for all of society now. I saw a video of an inteview with Thiel, and he looks and sounds like a creature what was once human. Hopefully a tipping point in society has not been passed." ● Oct 28 [05:16] TR News explosive EPO story out shortly [05:51] TR News The Cocaine Patent Office - Part II: The Person Who Planted Paid-for Fake News for the European Patent Office (EPO) is a Cocaine User, Friend of Antnio Campinos, Now on Record as Having Been Arrested https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/The_Cocaine_Patent_Office_Part_II_The_Person_Who_Planted_Paid_f.shtml [05:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Cocaine Patent Office - Part II: The Person Who Planted Paid-for Fake News for the European Patent Office (EPO) is a Cocaine User, Friend of Antnio Campinos, Now on Record as Having Been Arrested ● Oct 28 [06:20] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi [06:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software [06:32] TR News (NEW): Sparky 8.1-RC1 ARM64 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Sparky_8_1_RC1_ARM64.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Sparky_8_1_RC1_ARM64.gmi [06:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Sparky 8.1-RC1 ARM64 [06:37] TR News (NEW): Done With Windows? This Linux Distro Makes It Easy to Switch https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Done_With_Windows_This_Linux_Distro_Makes_It_Easy_to_Switch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Done_With_Windows_This_Linux_Distro_Makes_It_Easy_to_Switch.gmi [06:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Done With Windows? This Linux Distro Makes It Easy to Switch [06:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [06:42] TR News (NEW): nEMU 3.4 Ncurses-Based QEMU Frontend Released with VM Preview Feature https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/nEMU_3_4_Ncurses_Based_QEMU_Frontend_Released_with_VM_Preview_F.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/nEMU_3_4_Ncurses_Based_QEMU_Frontend_Released_with_VM_Preview_F.gmi [06:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines nEMU 3.4 Ncurses-Based QEMU Frontend Released with VM Preview Feature [06:49] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Ubuntu_Unity_Project_Faces_Uncertain_Future.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Ubuntu_Unity_Project_Faces_Uncertain_Future.gmi [06:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ubuntu Unity Project Faces Uncertain Future [06:54] TR News (NEW): OpenRazer 3.11 Adds Support for 2025 Razer Laptops and New Peripherals https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/OpenRazer_3_11_Adds_Support_for_2025_Razer_Laptops_and_New_Peri.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/OpenRazer_3_11_Adds_Support_for_2025_Razer_Laptops_and_New_Peri.gmi [06:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines OpenRazer 3.11 Adds Support for 2025 Razer Laptops and New Peripherals [06:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [06:57] TR News (NEW): Python Software Foundation Withdraws $1.5M U.S. Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Python_Software_Foundation_Withdraws_1_5M_U_S_Government_Grant_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Python_Software_Foundation_Withdraws_1_5M_U_S_Government_Grant_.gmi [06:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Python Software Foundation Withdraws $1.5M U.S. Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions ● Oct 28 [07:00] TR News You can grab 911 Operator for free to keep on Steam | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/you-can-grab-911-operator-for-free-to-keep-on-steam/ [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-You can grab 911 Operator for free to keep on Steam | GamingOnLinux [07:00] TR News "GE-Proton 10-22 is out now to further enhance running Windows games on Linux + SteamOS / Steam Deck, here's what's been changed and improved." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/ge-proton-10-22-released-with-a-fix-for-game-launchers-persona-5-strikers-and-richard-burns-rally/ [07:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GE-Proton 10-22 released with a fix for game launchers, Persona 5 Strikers and Richard Burns Rally | GamingOnLinux [07:01] TR News "Good news for everyone who dislikes DRM, as Denuvo has now been removed from Dead Island 2 making it easier to run than ever." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/denuvo-has-been-removed-from-dead-island-2/ [07:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Denuvo has been removed from Dead Island 2 | GamingOnLinux [07:03] TR News The useful AI warning for Steam script has been turned into a proper browser extension | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-useful-ai-warning-for-steam-script-has-been-turned-into-a-proper-browser-extension/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The useful AI warning for Steam script has been turned into a proper browser extension | GamingOnLinux [07:04] TR News Instead, the rich and powerful are lining up to fund Trump's $300 million White House ballroom a 90,000-square-foot monument to kakistocracy that's already blown past its $200 million estimate. https://boingboing.net/2025/10/27/corporate-america-lines-up-to-fund-white-houses-epstein-ballroom.html [07:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/10/27/corporate-america-lines-up-to-fund-white-houses-epstein-ballroom.html ) [07:05] TR News iophk: the necessity of avoiding microsoft mentioned near the end, sw patents mentioned at 28:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um-TVmzzK_g ("The Rise of the Thielverse & the Surveillance State (w/ Whitney Webb) | The Chris Hedges Report") [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=Um-TVmzzK_g [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-OpenSSL/3.0.17: error:0A000438:SSL routines::tlsv1 alert internal error ( status 0 @ https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=Um-TVmzzK_g ) [07:05] TR News Vuvuzela Concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf2P8SnOwLo [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://invidious.flokinet.to/watch?v=wf2P8SnOwLo [07:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 502 @ https://invidious.flokinet.to/watch?v=wf2P8SnOwLo ) [07:07] TR News "Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life - The Onion" https://theonion.com/trump-defends-demolition-of-yggdrasil-ancient-tree-of-life/ [07:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theonion.com | Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life - The Onion [07:08] TR News "Hand-cranked "They Live" transformation" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/10/hand-cranked-they-live-transformation/ [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/10/hand-cranked-they-live-transformation/ ) [07:08] TR News "But I thought Id take a few minutes to weigh in on one piece of the absurdity: Donald Trumps hysterical reaction to an ad run by the Canadian province of Ontario that featured audio of Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs and extolling free trade." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/no-ronald-reagan-didnt-love-tariffs [07:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | No, Ronald Reagan Didnt Love Tariffs - Paul Krugman [07:11] TR News "Qilin Ransomware Group TTPs Examined By Researchers" https://thecyberexpress.com/qilin-ransomware-group-ttps/ FUD [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thecyberexpress.com | Qilin Ransomware Group TTPs Examined By Researchers [07:11] TR News "Saudi Arabias health push goes high-tech" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/2025/saudi-arabias-health-push-goes-high-tech [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Saudi Arabias health push goes high-tech | Semafor [07:11] TR News "Saudis $50B downtown megaproject seeks partners" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/2025/saudis-50b-downtown-megaproject-seeks-partners [07:11] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Saudis $50B downtown megaproject seeks partners | Semafor [07:12] TR News "Trump Says Were Just Going To Straight Up Murder A Bunch Of People" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/27/trump-says-were-just-going-to-straight-up-murder-a-bunch-of-people/ [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Trump Says Were Just Going To Straight Up Murder A Bunch Of People | Techdirt [07:12] TR News iophk: mike is barking https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/27/how-neutrality-and-free-speech-become-excuses-for-driving-out-the-people-you-claim-to-value/ [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How Neutrality And Free Speech Become Excuses For Driving Out The People You Claim To Value | Techdirt [07:12] TR News EFF works hard to marginalize what should be a popular, anti-surveillance position https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/joint-statement-un-cybercrime-convention-eff-and-global-partners-urge-governments [07:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Joint Statement on the UN Cybercrime Convention: EFF and Global Partners Urge Governments Not to Sign | Electronic Frontier Foundation [07:13] TR News The whole world is out of reason | "Hele verden er fra forstanden | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/hele-verden-er-fra-forstanden [07:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www-version2-dk.translate.goog | Hele verden er fra forstanden | Version2 [07:13] TR News EU steps up fight against hate| "EU trappar upp kampen mot hat" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/10/27/eu-trappar-upp-kampen-mot-hat/ [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | EU trappar upp kampen mot hat [07:14] TR News "A big dam disaster Russian authorities urge evacuation after Ukrainian strike on Belgorod dam sparks flood risk" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/27/a-big-dam-disaster | Source: Meduza [07:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | A big dam disaster Russian authorities urge evacuation after Ukrainian strike on Belgorod dam sparks flood risk Meduza [07:15] TR News "Janine Jackson interviewed the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Cara Brumfield about erasing federal data for the October 17, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript." https://fair.org/home/these-changes-are-reducing-our-power-to-effect-positive-change-for-families/ | Source: FAIR [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fair.org | These Changes Are Reducing Our Power to Effect Positive Change for Families: FAIR [07:15] TR News "the Dead Protect the Wild" https://therevelator.org/cemeteries-protect-the-wild/ | Source: The Revelator [07:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therevelator.org | Cemeteries: How the Dead Protect the Wild The Revelator [07:19] TR News "The box is what Steiner had come for: It contained black and red Reebok sneakers to use in his new warehouse job." https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-post-office-homelessness-funding-cuts | Source: Pro Publica [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | Phoenix Mail Room for Homeless People Loses Funding ProPublica [07:19] TR News "Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight" https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda | Source: Pro Publica [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight ProPublica [07:19] TR News "Sometimes when youre making a PCB that you plan on programming over USB, but you only plan on plugging in a couple of times" https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/connector-free-zone-pcb-edge-as-usb-c-interfaces/ | Source: Hackaday [07:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Connector-Free Zone: PCB Edge As USB-C Interfaces | Hackaday [07:20] TR News "The basic principles of a motion picture film camera should be well understood by most readers after all" https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/a-3d-printed-16mm-movie-camera/ | Source: Hackaday [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A 3D Printed 16mm Movie Camera | Hackaday [07:20] TR News "For anyone whos joined us for previous years, youll know that badge hacking and modification are core to the Hackaday Supercon experience." https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/the-supercon-2025-badge-is-built-to-be-customized/ | Source: Hackaday [07:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Supercon 2025 Badge Is Built To Be Customized | Hackaday [07:24] TR News MISERY is a new rogue-lite Stalker-like co-op survival game | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/misery-is-a-new-rogue-lite-stalker-like-co-op-game/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-MISERY is a new rogue-lite Stalker-like co-op survival game | GamingOnLinux [07:24] TR News "TimeSplitters Rewind is a massive upcoming fan project that pretty much remakes the original trilogy of TimeSplitters games and it finally has a release date." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/the-huge-timesplitters-rewind-fan-project-launches-in-november/ [07:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The huge TimeSplitters Rewind fan project launches in November | GamingOnLinux [07:30] TR News Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt to fully shut down in April 2026 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodhunt-to-fully-shut-down-in-april-2026/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt to fully shut down in April 2026 | GamingOnLinux [07:31] TR News Check out the demo for Turnbound, a clever haunted boardgame inventory battler | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/check-out-the-demo-for-turnbound-a-clever-haunted-boardgame-inventory-battler/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Check out the demo for Turnbound, a clever haunted boardgame inventory battler | GamingOnLinux [07:31] TR News Grab the wonderful Kingdom series in a new Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/grab-the-wonderful-kingdom-series-in-a-new-humble-bundle/ Source: GamingOnLinux [07:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Grab the wonderful Kingdom series in a new Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux [07:35] TR News (NEW): Games: Turnbound, TimeSplitters, MISERY, Denuvo https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Games_Turnbound_TimeSplitters_MISERY_Denuvo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Games_Turnbound_TimeSplitters_MISERY_Denuvo.gmi [07:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Turnbound, TimeSplitters, MISERY, Denuvo [07:39] TR News "An antennas physical properties are inextricably linked to its electromagnetic properties and how it radiates and receives radio waves." https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/27/morphing-meta-antennas-enable-frequency-manipulation/ | Source: Arduino [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | Morphing Meta-antennas enable frequency manipulation | Arduino Blog [07:39] TR News "To avoid reinventing the wheel (literally), LeMaster started with a pitching machine that feeds balls down a ramp to a wheel spinning at high speed" https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/27/this-machine-lets-you-practice-baseball-solo-similar-to-topgolf/ | Source: Arduino [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.arduino.cc | This machine lets you practice baseball solo, similar to Topgolf | Arduino Blog [07:39] TR News "I purchased this 1946 Royal KMM standard typewriter on October 4th via Goodwill for $22.00." https://boffosocko.com/2025/10/27/1946-royal-kmm-standard-typewriter/ | Source: Chris Aldrich [07:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boffosocko.com | | Chris Aldrich [07:40] TR News "Recently a former employee who was on the business development team for Apple's server products posted on the Tinker Different boards: not only did he have the mythical MacOS ROM" https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-apple-network-server-macos-roms.html | Source: Old VCR [07:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-oldvcr.blogspot.com | Old Vintage Computing Research: The Apple Network Server MacOS ROMs have resurfaced [07:42] TR News (NEW): Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_and_More.gmi [07:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More [07:44] TR News (NEW): Tellico 4.1.4 Released and Kaitai Struct WebIDE https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Tellico_4_1_4_Released_and_Kaitai_Struct_WebIDE.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Tellico_4_1_4_Released_and_Kaitai_Struct_WebIDE.gmi [07:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tellico 4.1.4 Released and Kaitai Struct WebIDE [07:45] TR News OpenIndiana 2025.10 is released [07:46] TR News "A lawsuit filed last November by DISH and Sling TV targeted Richard Moy and CLVPN LLC." https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-man-settles-lawsuit-for-44-5m-yet-couldnt-pay-his-attorney-251027/ | Source: Torrent Freak [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Pirate IPTV Man Settles Lawsuit For $44.5m Yet Couldn't Pay His Attorney * TorrentFreak [07:46] TR News "From artists to journalists" https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/labor-rules-out-text-and-data-mining-exception-in-copyright-review-amid-ai-datafeeding-frenzy/news-story/9df65f82c2d038a4a9d63da91373e4f9 | Source: News AU [07:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/labor-rules-out-text-and-data-mining-exception-in-copyright-review-amid-ai-datafeeding-frenzy/news-story/9df65f82c2d038a4a9d63da91373e4f9 ) [07:47] TR News "Whether OpenAI is an anti-competitive monopoly in need of breaking up remains a point of contention." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bernie-sanders-breakup-openai | Source: Futurism [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Bernie Sanders Calls for Breakup of OpenAI [07:47] TR News "Nevertheless, Windows Centrals sources seem to believe that you might able to tap that full-fledged Windows if you so choose." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953703/did-pcs-win-the-console-war-the-next-xbox-will-run-windows-report-claims.html | Source: PC World [07:47] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953703/did-pcs-win-the-console-war-the-next-xbox-will-run-windows-report-claims.html ) [07:53] TR News "Copper theft does not just cost money it undermines neighborhood safety and public trust" https://insidetowers.com/california-gets-bipartisan-on-copper-theft/ | Source: Inside Towers [07:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | California Gets Bipartisan on Copper Theft - Inside Towers [07:54] TR News "This binding arbitration bullshit was illegal until the 2010s" https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/27/shit-shack/#binding-arbitration | Source: CoryDoctorow [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Shake Shack wants you to shit yourself to death (27 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [07:54] TR News "In August, CPB, which has long served as the vessel for distributing federal funding to NPR and PBS" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/26/2025/cpb-hits-back-against-npr-in-court | Source: Semafor Inc [07:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CPB hits back against NPR in court | Semafor [07:55] TR News "When we finally got access to it, WIRED found that the online encyclopedia contained lengthy entries generated by AI." https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-launches-grokipedia-wikipedia-competitor/ | Source: Wired [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points | WIRED [07:55] TR News "Almost one-fifth of responses to questions about Russias war in Ukraine, across the four chatbots they tested, cited Russian state-attributed sources, the ISD research claims" https://www.wired.com/story/chatbots-are-pushing-sanctioned-russian-propaganda/ | Source: Wired [07:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda | WIRED [07:58] TR News [Old] "Now, that message of free trade is one I conveyed to Canada's leaders a few weeks ago, and it was warmly received there." https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/radio-address-nation-free-and-fair-trade-4 | [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.reaganlibrary.gov | Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade | Ronald Reagan [07:58] TR News "The ad accurately portrays Reagan as being against tariffs, which are a tax on imports and are eventually shouldered by consumers in the form of higher prices." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/24/2350203/-Watch-the-ad-driving-Trump-mad | Source: Daily Kos [07:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailykos.com | Watch the ad driving Trump mad [07:59] TR News "Ever since the enlightenment, people disillusioned with religion are always bemoaning the fact that there does not seem to be anything quite adequate to replace its cultural role." https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/eugene-debs-and-all-of-us | Source: Hamilton Nolan [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.hamiltonnolan.com | Eugene Debs and All Of Us - by Hamilton Nolan [07:59] TR News "The cuts are primarily in corporate and back-office functions both at the companys Stamford, CT, headquarters and around the country." https://insidetowers.com/charter-to-cut-1200-jobs/ | Source: Inside Towers [07:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | Charter to Cut 1,200 Jobs - Inside Towers ● Oct 28 [08:00] TR News "The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has walked away from a $1.5 million government grant and you can blame the Trump administration's war on woke for effectively weakening some open source security." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/python_foundation_abandons_15m_nsf/ | Source: The Register UK [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings The Register [08:00] TR News "Microsoft is as much an Israeli company as an American company." https://www.mintpressnews.com/microsoft-israel-surveillance-azure-idf-gaza-genocide/290534/ | Source: Mint Press News [08:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mintpressnews.com | Hi-Tech Holocaust: How Microsoft Aids The Gaza Genocide [08:01] TR News "The figure represents a small percentage of Amazon's 1.55 million total employees, but nearly 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/amazon-to-lay-off-30-000-corporate-employees-in-largest-job-cut-since-2022-9527291 | Source: NDTV [08:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/amazon-to-lay-off-30-000-corporate-employees-in-largest-job-cut-since-2022-9527291 ) [08:01] TR News "It said that Saimaa ringed seal populations continue to grow rapidly in the Puruvesi and Suur-Saimaa lakes in Eastern Finland." https://yle.fi/a/74-20190679 | Source: YLE [08:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Finland's Saimaa ringed seal populations continue to grow | Yle News | Yle [08:03] TR News "What got me hooked were school trips by train to the south of France and to Russia" https://www.dw.com/en/this-is-why-mark-smith-loves-long-distance-trains-across-europe-train-london-berlin-warszaw-tallin/a-74276312 | Source: Deutsche Welle [08:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Forget planes. Meet the man who will only travel by train DW 10/27/2025 [08:03] TR News "What the ships carry is Russian crude oil bound for overseas buyers, especially China and India." https://thewalrus.ca/a-ghost-fleet-of-tankers-is-keeping-russias-war-machine-afloat-the-west-cant-stop-it/ | Source: The Walrus [08:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thewalrus.ca | A Ghost Fleet of Tankers Is Keeping Russias War Machine Afloat. The West Cant Stop It | The Walrus [08:04] TR News "It will have five times more storage than all of Australias other pumped hydro and grid batteries combined" https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/pumped-storage/white-elephant-hardly-snowy-2-0-will-last-150-years-and-work-with-batteries-to-push-out-gas/ | Source: Renewable Energy World [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/pumped-storage/white-elephant-hardly-snowy-2-0-will-last-150-years-and-work-with-batteries-to-push-out-gas/ ) [08:04] TR News "They are a tool, in my eyes." https://thomasrigby.com/posts/rover-p6-3500-v8-police-car/ | Source: Thomas Rigby [08:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Rover P6 3500 V8 Police Car | thomasrigby.com [08:05] TR News "The agriculture sector is under pressure to clean up." https://www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/big-ag-greenwashing-climate-summit-cop30/ | Source: DeSmog [08:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30 - DeSmog [08:08] TR News "One of the war crimes for which the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/10/27/putin-is-the-biggest-child-kidnapper-in-the-world/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [08:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neweasterneurope.eu | Putin is the biggest child kidnapper in the world - New Eastern Europe [08:13] TR News "Australia will from December 10 force social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/australia-and-new-zealand/meta-and-tiktok-to-obey-australia-under-16-social-media-ban-1913045 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [08:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | Meta and TikTok to Obey Australia Under-16 Social Media Ban [08:14] TR News "Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-27/ice-detains-british-muslim-political-commentator-at-san-francisco-airport | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.latimes.com | ICE detains British Muslim political commentator Sami Hamdi at San Francisco airport - Los Angeles Times [08:14] TR News "The publication is an outgrowth, Lee said, of the de-emphasis of reporting on the far right at many American news organizations" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/26/2025/data-journalists-start-news-site-to-track-extremist-movements | Source: Semafor Inc [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Data journalists start news site to track extremist movements | Semafor [08:14] TR News "Whittaker said that the concentration of power among cloud hyperscalers (AWS, Google, and Microsoft)" https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/signal_ceo_meredith_whittaker_aws_dependency/ | Source: The Register UK [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Signal's Meredith Whitaker decries dependence on AWS The Register [08:14] TR News "Watch my talk below. Of if you prefer reading articles over watching video" https://micahflee.com/practical-defenses-against-technofascism/ | Source: Micah F Lee [08:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-micahflee.com | Practical Defenses Against Technofascism [08:15] TR News [Old] "In Part I, we saw that authenticated encryption is usually the security goal you want in both the symmetric and public key settings." https://neilmadden.blog/2018/12/14/public-key-authenticated-encryption-and-why-you-want-it-part-iii/ | [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neilmadden.blog | Public key authenticated encryption and why you want it (Part III) Neil Madden [08:15] TR News [Old] "In some cases, we may want to explicitly identify the sender of all messages." https://neilmadden.blog/2018/11/26/public-key-authenticated-encryption-and-why-you-want-it-part-ii/ | [08:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neilmadden.blog | Public key authenticated encryption and why you want it (Part II) Neil Madden [08:16] TR News [Old] "If you read or watch any recent tutorial on symmetric (or secret key) cryptography, one lesson should be clear: in 2018 if you want to encrypt something youd better use authenticated encryption." https://neilmadden.blog/2018/11/14/public-key-authenticated-encryption-and-why-you-want-it-part-i/ | [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neilmadden.blog | Public key authenticated encryption and why you want it (Part I) Neil Madden [08:16] TR News "Ive updated the section on Cryptographic Doom at the end of the article after clarifications from the age author." https://neilmadden.blog/2019/12/30/a-few-comments-on-age/ | [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-neilmadden.blog | A few comments on age Neil Madden [08:16] TR News "The sensitive personal details of more than 450 people holding top secret US government security clearances were left exposed online, new research seen by WIRED shows" https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-people-with-top-secret-clearance-exposed-by-house-democrats-website/ | Source: Wired [08:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hundreds of People With Top Secret Clearance Exposed by House Democrats Website | WIRED [08:17] TR News "Court records show Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a part of ICE, and the FBI obtained Con Edison user data. The utility provider refuses to say whether law enforcement needs a warrant to access its data." https://www.404media.co/con-edison-refuses-to-say-how-ice-gets-its-customers-data/ | Source: 404 Media [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Con Edison Refuses to Say How ICE Gets Its Customers Data [08:17] TR News "If you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/linkedin_ai_profile_scraping/ | Source: The Register UK [08:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | One week to opt out or be fodder for LinkedIn AI training The Register [08:18] TR News "Browser memories are potentially a privacy nightmare, since they can hold all kinds of sensitive information about users and their browsing habits." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/27/are-web-browsers-with-integrated-chatbots-a-paradigm-shift-or-just-privacy-and-security-disasters-waiting-to-happen/ | Source: Techdirt [08:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Are Web Browsers With Integrated Chatbots A Paradigm Shift Or Just Privacy And Security Disasters Waiting To Happen? | Techdirt [08:19] TR News "The Convention obligates states to establish broad electronic surveillance powers to investigate and cooperate on a wide range of crimes" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/joint-statement-un-cybercrime-convention-eff-and-global-partners-urge-governments | Source: EFF [08:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Joint Statement on the UN Cybercrime Convention: EFF and Global Partners Urge Governments Not to Sign | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:20] TR News "Microsofts Teams platform will soon track employees office presence using Wi-Fi signals, automatically updating work location status." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-teams-turns-snitch-will-tell-your-boss-if-youre-in-office-or-not/articleshow/124845035.cms | Source: India Times [08:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | Microsoft Teams turns snitch, will tell your boss if youre in office or not - The Economic Times [08:23] TR News "With the US government shutdown effectively paralyzing the National Flood Insurance Program" https://jacobin.com/2025/10/flood-insurance-nfip-neptune-shutdown/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [08:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jacobin.com | Private Flood Insurers Are Capitalizing on the Shutdown [08:23] TR News Windows TCO: "State-owned Svenska kraftnt, which operates the countrys electricity transmission system" https://therecord.media/sweden-power-grid-operator-data | Source: The Record [08:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Swedens power grid operator confirms data breach claimed by ransomware gang | The Record from Recorded Future News [08:24] TR News "Shes also concerned about phones, social media, and internet searches..." https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-10-27/jennifer-aniston-star-of-the-morning-show-phones-are-these-almighty-algorithms-that-are-just-feeding-people-and-dividing-and-dividing.html | Source: El Pas [08:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-english.elpais.com | Jennifer Aniston, star of The Morning Show: Phones are these almighty algorithms that are just feeding people and dividing and dividing | Culture | EL PAS English [08:25] TR News "Security keys enrolled as a 2FA method are currently tied to the twitter.com domain." https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/x_passkey_reset/ | Source: The Register UK [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | X assures passkey reset is nothing to worry about The Register [08:25] TR News "What follows is the logout process for each of the major social networks and social media platforms." https://bjhess.com/posts/log-out-process-for-various-social-networks | Source: Barry Hess [08:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bjhess.com | Log Out Process for Various Social Networks - I am BARRY HESS [08:26] TR News "I couldnt find an equally good post with R code, and there seems to be a lot of misinformation about double descent online, so I thought I would write my own post." https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/double-descent-explained/ | Source: Rlang [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Double Descent Explained | R-bloggers [08:26] TR News "I now think that AI/LLMs suck the joy out of programming. Ive used spicy auto-complete, as well as agents running in my IDE, in my CLI, or on GitHubs server-side." https://alexn.org/blog/2025/10/27/ai-sucks-the-joy-out-of-programming/ | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-alexn.org | 'AI' Sucks the Joy Out of Programming - Alexandru Nedelcu [08:26] TR News "What I am sure about is that em dashes are part of my style, and I'm not going to stop using them." https://doc.searls.com/2025/10/27/on-em-dashes-and-elipses/ | Source: Doc Searls [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-doc.searls.com | On em dashes and elipses Doc Searls Weblog [08:26] TR News "A lot of these claims are cynical rhetoric to keep the hype (and investment) flowing. But it seems like there are a bunch of people whom actually believe this stuff." https://explodingcomma.com/posts/step-2 | Source: Pete Brown [08:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-explodingcomma.com | Step 2: ??? - Exploding Comma [08:27] TR News "My impression is that it is little more than cynicism masquerading as software." https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/27/1126673/openai-new-atlas-browser/ | Source: MIT Technology Review [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.technologyreview.com | OpenAIs new Atlas browser but I still dont know what its for | MIT Technology Review [08:27] TR News [Old] "Unlike the large language models of today, ELIZA could not generate long texts." https://ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wjds/announcement/view/8 | [08:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de | Special Issue Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI | Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society [08:28] TR News "Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services, bypassing a patch Microsoft issued earlier this month that failed to mitigate the issue affecting software versions dating back to 2012." https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-windows-server-update-services-vulnerability-exploited-attacks/ | Source: Scoop News Group [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Attackers bypass patch in deprecated Windows Server update tool | CyberScoop [08:28] TR News "The software giant is accused of making "false or misleading" statements to around 2.7 million Australians who subscribe by auto-renewal to Microsoft 365 plans" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/australia-and-new-zealand/australia-sues-microsoft-over-misleading-ai-offer-1912795 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [08:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | Australia Sues Microsoft Over Misleading AI Offer [08:29] TR News "The ACCC alleges this information provided to subscribers was false or misleading because there was an undisclosed third option" https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/technology-regulation/microsoft-in-court-for-allegedly-misleading-millions-of-australians-over-microsoft-365-subscriptions.html [08:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-iTWire - Microsoft in court for allegedly misleading millions of Australians over Microsoft 365 subscriptions [08:29] TR News "For those not as clued into the gaming space, this is similar in scale to when Sega first released a Sonic game for Nintendo, or if Nintendo ever released Mario Kart for PlayStation." https://birchtree.me/blog/when-you-put-your-brands-mascot-on-the-enemys-platform/ | Source: Matt Birchler [08:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-birchtree.me | When you put your brand's mascot on the enemy's platform [08:32] TR News "Just writing that last paragraph (in the office, on my lunch break) Ive heard 4 different phones beep." https://kevquirk.com/blog/smartphones-are-not-the-enemy/ | Source: Kev Quirk [08:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevquirk.com | Smartphones are not the enemy | Kev Quirk [08:33] TR News "So I'm taking off from Computer Things for the rest of the year. There might be some announcements and/or one or two short newsletters in the meantime but I won't be attempting a weekly cadence until 2026." https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/im-taking-a-break/ | Source: Buttondown LLC [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I'm taking a break Buttondown [08:33] TR News "In fact, none of these inferences are correct." https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2025/10/27/cancer-survival-rates-are-misleading/ | Source: Allen Downey [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.allendowney.com | Cancer Survival Rates Are Misleading - Probably Overthinking It [08:33] TR News [Old] "Someone vocalising an 'aah' sound followed by 10 seconds of normal breathing emits around 60 per cent more aerosols than 30 seconds of repeated coughing, research from 2009 found." https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-06-14/how-can-we-resume-choir-practice-without-spreading-coronavirus/12344812 | Source: ABC [08:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.abc.net.au | When and how can choirs sing again without becoming 'super spreaders'? - ABC News [08:35] TR News "Its been over a year since we incorporated HackSpace magazine into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine." https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/book-of-making-2026-on-sale-now/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.com | Book of Making 2026 on sale now! - Raspberry Pi [08:35] TR News "These comments have been edited for length and clarity." https://www.wired.com/story/teens-stem-school-career-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: Wired [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Are Kids Still Looking for Careers in Tech? | WIRED [08:35] TR News "This matters because Im not just trying to inform you. Im trying to build your capacity to think through complexity yourself" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-my-writing-style | Source: Mike Brock [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.notesfromthecircus.com | On My Writing Style - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus [08:35] TR News "Regular Positive and Negative Inference, RPNI for short" https://rahul.gopinath.org/post/2025/10/24/rpni-learning-regular-languages/ | [08:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rahul.gopinath.org | Learning Regular Languages with RPNI Algorithm [08:36] TR News "When I got the e-mail notifying me it was back in stock, I did not hesitate and ordered it." https://hacdias.com/2025/10/27/internet-phone-book/ | Source: Henrique Dias [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hacdias.com | The Internet Phone Book - Henrique Dias [08:36] TR News "This week, my site is twenty years old! I do not know the exact date it launched but I do know it happened this week in 2005." https://jeffbridgforth.com/celebrating-20-years/ | Source: Jeff Bridgforth [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jeffbridgforth.com | Celebrating 20 years | Jeff Bridgforth [08:36] TR News "Given that you can buy a pencil literally anywhere, I might not have needed to bring that many with me." https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0154-mitsubishi-9852/ | Source: Johnny Decimal [08:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-johnnydecimal.com | 22.00.0154 Mitsu-bishi 9852 Johnny.Decimal [08:37] TR News "Of course the true crime is that filename. Every time I opened it I knew it was bad. So, improve it. Stick the ID in there: this is exactly what it's for." https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0155-front-door-and-elephant/ | Source: Johnny Decimal [08:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-johnnydecimal.com | 22.00.0155 The front door and the elephant Johnny.Decimal [08:38] TR News "If theres one lesson I try to carry with me, it's that extremes are bad. And the goal should be to keep the pendulum swings to a minimum, and spend as much time as possible at the centre, where things are balanced." https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/indieweb-carnival-on-ego | Source: Manuel Moreale [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-manuelmoreale.com | IndieWeb Carnival: On Ego Manu [08:38] TR News "California Highway Patrol did not receive word that Marines would fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 17, according to reporting by the Los Angeles Times." https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-camp-pendleton-artillery-freeway-warning/ | Source: Task And Purpose [08:38] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-taskandpurpose.com | Marines fired artillery over freeway without warning during rehearsal [08:44] TR News Techrights Links 28/10/2025: Mass Layoffs at Amazon and Charter to Cut 1,200 Jobs https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Links_28_10_2025_Mass_Layoffs_at_Amazon_and_Charter_to_Cut_1_20.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Links_28_10_2025_Mass_Layoffs_at_Amazon_and_Charter_to_Cut_1_20.gmi [08:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 28/10/2025: Mass Layoffs at Amazon and Charter to Cut 1,200 Jobs [08:45] TR News "All this is inconvenient, but nowhere near the end of the [Internet]." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/26/internet-infrastructure-fragile-system-holding-modern-world-together | Source: The Guardian UK [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together | Internet | The Guardian [08:45] TR News [Old] "For the Internets purposes, the degradation was the important part." https://spectrum.ieee.org/jpeg-image-format-history | Source: IEEE [08:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-spectrum.ieee.org | How JPEG Became the Internets Image Standard - IEEE Spectrum [08:46] TR News "Here are the tools I used to conduct my Bytes over DNS tests." https://blog.didierstevens.com/2025/10/27/bytes-over-dns-tools/ | Source: Didier Stevens [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.didierstevens.com | Bytes over DNS Tools | Didier Stevens [08:46] TR News "After a few weeks getting in the rhythm of editing the weekly" https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/10/27/2025-43-trick-or-treat/ | Source: Rakulang [08:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rakudoweekly.blog | 2025.43 Trick or Treat Rakudo Weekly News [08:50] TR News "Fast forward to today, Im happy to introduce Zio, an asynchronous I/O and concurrency library for Zig." https://lalinsky.com/2025/10/26/zio-async-io-for-zig.html | [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lalinsky.com | How I turned Zig into my favorite language to write network programs in [08:50] TR News "Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like." https://adventofcode.com/2025/about | Source: AdventOfCode [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adventofcode.com | About - Advent of Code 2025 [08:50] TR News "On most Linux platforms (except AArch32, which uses .ARM.exidx), DWARF .eh_frame is required for C++ exception handling and stack unwinding to restore callee-saved registers." https://maskray.me/blog/2025-10-26-stack-walking-space-and-time-trade-offs | Source: MaskRay [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-maskray.me | Stack walking: space and time trade-offs | MaskRay [08:50] TR News "This is so jank but I was frustrated with how the rest parameter redundantly has all the keywords left in (unlike stragglers in define-options) so I did a grobian solution at least for now: [...]" https://idiomdrottning.org/dsssl-with-varargs | Source: Idiomdrottning [08:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idiomdrottning.org | DSSSL with varargs [08:54] TR News "The URLSchemeHandler is a protocol with a reply method to return an async sequence of results. The AsyncSequence expects us to either yield a URLResponse and some data or throw an error." https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swiftui-custom-url-schemes/ | Source: Keith Harrison [08:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-useyourloaf.com | SwiftUI Custom URL Schemes [08:55] TR News "Working on UCL, adding some missing builtins Ive been finding myself wanting. Nothing too interesting." https://lmika.org/2025/10/27/devlog-ucl-adding-some-missing.html | Source: Leon Mika [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lmika.org | Devlog: UCL - Adding Some Missing Library Functions - Leon Mika [08:55] TR News "Well, I think I know why we get these proposals. The thing is that AI can code, but it can't build software." https://bytesauna.com/post/coding-vs-software-engineering?ref=birchtree.me | [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI can code, but it can't build software | ByteSauna [08:55] TR News "Generative AI is erasing open source code provenance." https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-open-source-may-not-survive-the-rise-of-generative-ai/ | Source: ZDNet [08:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why open source may not survive the rise of generative AI | ZDNET [08:57] TR News "Mark Wielaard said that developers are normally able to cite any inspirations for the code they write" https://lwn.net/Articles/1040888/ | Source: LWN [08:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The FSF considers large language models [LWN.net] [08:57] TR News "Tracking down bugs in software is a pain that all of us who write code must bear." https://www.troyhunt.com/how-we-almost-found-chromiums-bug-via-crash-reports-to-report-uri/ | Source: Troy Hunt [08:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.troyhunt.com | Troy Hunt: How We (Almost) Found Chromium's Bug via Crash Reports to Report URI [08:58] TR News "At first I didnt want to get involved and after returning from a delivery and seeing the state of things still" https://claytonerrington.com/blog/saving-the-night-at-a-restaurant/ | Source: Clayton Errington [08:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-claytonerrington.com | Saving the night at a restaurant [08:59] TR News "Now, every FreeBSD release artifact can be built without root privileges: [...]" https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-now-builds-reproducibly-and-without-root-privilege/ | Source: FreeBSD [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-freebsdfoundation.org | FreeBSD now builds reproducibly and without root privilege | FreeBSD Foundation [08:59] TR News "An AppImage is a single file that contains an entire Linux application." https://kevinboone.me/appimage.html | Source: Kevin Boone [08:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kevinboone.me | Kevin Boone: AppImage from scratch ● Oct 28 [09:00] TR News "They are so weird I dont know how to write this article" https://entropicthoughts.com/the-greatness-of-text-adventures | Source: Chris [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-entropicthoughts.com | The Greatness of Text Adventures [09:00] TR News "Full disclosure, I'm far from an expert, and I've only been running my own home server for about 4 months now" https://blog.nfreak.tv/music-stack/ | [09:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.nfreak.tv | Replacing Music Streaming Services with a Self-hosted Stack [09:01] TR News "Once upon a time, Unix filesystem mounts worked by putting one inode on top of another" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/MountsAsNamespaceOperations | Source: University of Toronto [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser [09:01] TR News "FX, inflation and SKU price adjustments are not considered during the modeling period." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/unlocking-telecommunication-transformation-red-hat-openshift-service-aws | Source: Red Hat Official [09:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Unlocking telecommunication transformation with Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS [09:02] TR News Global-ready from day one https://ubuntu.com//blog/localization-testing | Source: Ubuntu [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Global-ready from day one | Ubuntu [09:02] TR News "Vaultwarden, a password manager application, is an unofficial Bitwarden server alternative written in Rust." https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-vaultwarden-password-manager-on-ubuntu-24-04/ | Source: RoseHosting [09:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How to Install Vaultwarden Password Manager on Ubuntu 24.04 | RoseHosting [09:03] TR News "The below featured highlights listed on the communitys blog feed aggregator are from October 18 to 26." https://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/27/planet-roundup/ | Source: OpenSUSE [09:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.opensuse.org | Planet News Roundup - openSUSE News [09:04] TR News "Were working on a new feature to display direct results in your address bar as you type" https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/better-search-suggestions/ | Source: Mozilla [09:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Better search suggestions in Firefox [09:05] TR News libc @ Savannah: The GNU C Library version 2.42 is now available https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10822 [09:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-savannah.gnu.org | GNU C Library - News [Savannah] [09:07] TR News Information Overload or Informed Citizens? https://jxself.org/information-overload.shtml [09:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jxself.org | Information Overload or Informed Citizens? [09:13] TR News Meta and Fentanylware (CheeTok) to obey Australia under-16 social control media ban https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/meta-and-tiktok-to-obey-australia-under-16-social-media-ban [09:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australia's under-16 social media ban | The Straits Times [09:14] TR News TikTok USA Deal with China Expected to be Signed ThursdayAccording to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/27/tiktok-usa-deal-being-finalized-scott-bessent-comments/ [09:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/27/tiktok-usa-deal-being-finalized-scott-bessent-comments/ ) [09:15] TR News Top EU body finds both Meta and Fentanylware (CheeTok) in breach of Digital Services Act https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/top-eu-body-finds-both-meta-and-tiktok-in-breach-of-eu-digital-services-act/ [09:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | Top EU body finds both Meta and TikTok in breach of Digital Services Act - JURIST - News [09:17] TR News Love in the Time of Hegemonic Suicide https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/27/love-in-the-time-of-hegemonic-suicide/ [09:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.emptywheel.net | Love in the Time of Hegemonic Suicide - emptywheel [09:17] TR News mRNA Covid vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumors https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20251027-mrna-covid-vaccines-may-help-some-cancer-patients-fight-tumors [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20251027-mrna-covid-vaccines-may-help-some-cancer-patients-fight-tumors ) [09:18] TR News AI Powers a Browser Renaissance But Not for Open Source https://fossforce.com/2025/10/ai-powers-a-browser-renaissance-but-not-for-open-source/ [09:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | AI Powers a Browser Renaissance - But Not for Open Source - FOSS Force [09:19] TR News The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 247: My Senate Appearance on the Bill That Could Lead to Canada-Wide Blocking of X, Reddit and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-247-my-senate-appearance-on-the-bill-that-could-lead-to-canada-wide-blocking-of-x-reddit-and-chatgpt/ [09:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michaelgeist.ca | The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 247: My Senate Appearance on the Bill That Could Lead to Canada-Wide Blocking of X, Reddit and ChatGPT - Michael Geist ● Oct 28 [10:09] TR News (NEW): IPFire 2.29 Core Update 198 Gives Major Boost to the Intrusion Prevention System https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_198_Gives_Major_Boost_to_the_Intrusion_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_198_Gives_Major_Boost_to_the_Intrusion_.gmi [10:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines IPFire 2.29 Core Update 198 Gives Major Boost to the Intrusion Prevention System [10:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [10:47] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:54] *croissant (~croissant@zy9abmr927v9e.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Oct 28 [11:18] TR News (NEW): KDE Plasma 6.5.1 Is Out to Fix Compatibility Issues with Older AMD GPUs https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/KDE_Plasma_6_5_1_Is_Out_to_Fix_Compatibility_Issues_with_Older_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/KDE_Plasma_6_5_1_Is_Out_to_Fix_Compatibility_Issues_with_Older_.gmi [11:18] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines KDE Plasma 6.5.1 Is Out to Fix Compatibility Issues with Older AMD GPUs [11:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Oct 28 [12:07] TR News New Firefox Extensions Required to Disclose Data Collection Practices https://www.securityweek.com/new-firefox-extensions-required-to-disclose-data-collection-practices/ [12:07] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/new-firefox-extensions-required-to-disclose-data-collection-practices/ ) [12:08] TR News Python Software Foundation withdraws security-related grant proposal https://lwn.net/Articles/1043563/ [12:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Python Software Foundation withdraws security-related grant proposal [LWN.net] [12:14] TR News Hidden Detail in Crotch Solves a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-detail-in-crotch-solves-a-500-year-old-leonardo-da-vinci-mystery [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hidden Detail in Crotch Solves a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery : ScienceAlert [12:14] TR News Safe Browsing Flags Open Source Photo App Immich Web URLs as Dangerous https://news.itsfoss.com/google-safe-browsing-flags-immich/ [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.itsfoss.com | Safe Browsing Flags Open Source Photo App Immich Web URLs as Dangerous [12:14] TR News 3 Hong Kong men jailed for up to 18 years over 2020 bomb plots https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/27/3-hong-kong-men-jailed-for-up-to-18-years-over-2020-bomb-plots/ [12:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | 3 Hong Kong men jailed for up to 18 years over 2020 bomb plots [12:15] TR News When Good Writing Makes Bad Patents: The Synonym Trap in Claim Construction https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/10/writing-patents-construction.html [12:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | When Good Writing Makes Bad Patents: The Synonym Trap in Claim Construction | Patently-O [12:16] TR News Windows TCO https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-windows-server-update-services-vulnerability-exploited-attacks/ [12:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Attackers bypass patch in deprecated Windows Server update tool | CyberScoop [12:27] TR News Microchip PIC32-BZ6 BLE 6.0, Thread, and Matter wireless MCU integrates touch and motor control https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/28/microchip-pic32-bz6-ble-6-0-thread-and-matter-wireless-mcu-integrates-touch-and-motor-control/ [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Microchip PIC32-BZ6 BLE 6.0, Thread, and Matter wireless MCU integrates touch and motor control - CNX Software [12:27] TR News Radxa Dragon Q6A A $60+ Qualcomm QCS6490 Edge Hey Hi (AI) SBC with GbE, WiFi 6, three camera connectors https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/27/radxa-dragon-q6a-a-qualcomm-qcs6490-edge-ai-sbc-with-gbe-wifi-6-three-camera-connectors/ [12:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | Radxa Dragon Q6A - A $60+ Qualcomm QCS6490 Edge AI SBC with GbE, WiFi 6, three camera connectors - CNX Software [12:28] TR News 1GHz Renesas RA8D2 and RA8M2 Cortex-M85 MCUs feature up to 1MB MRAM, 2MB SRAM https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/27/1ghz-renesas-ra8d2-and-ra8m2-cortex-m85-mcus-feature-up-to-1mb-mram-2mb-sram/ [12:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | 1GHz Renesas RA8D2 and RA8M2 Cortex-M85 MCUs feature up to 1MB MRAM, 2MB SRAM - CNX Software [12:29] TR News Microsoft's Proprietary Chaffbot Company losses hidden as part of $4.7 billion 'other' expense stake in Hey Hi (AI) company still doesn't turn a profit as companies grapple with ongoing contract negotiation https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/microsofts-openai-math-is-still-a-black-box [12:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Microsoft's OpenAI losses hidden as part of $4.7 billion 'other' expense stake in AI company still doesn't turn a profit as companies grapple with ongoing contract negotiation | Tom's Hardware [12:48] TR News Australian regulator sues Abusive Monopolist Microsoft over Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing notifications https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/27/australian-regulator-sues-microsoft-microsoft-365-copilot-pricing-notifications/ [12:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Australian regulator sues Microsoft over Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing notifications - SiliconANGLE [12:51] TR News (NEW): A Good Start for This Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/A_Good_Start_for_This_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/A_Good_Start_for_This_Week.gmi [12:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines A Good Start for This Week [12:55] TR News Remembering Better Mono Graphics https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/remembering-better-mono-graphics/ | Source: Hackaday [12:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Remembering Better Mono Graphics | Hackaday [12:56] TR News Amazon Braces for Major Cuts to Its White-Collar Work Force https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/amazon-layoffs.html [12:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/amazon-layoffs.html ) [12:56] TR News Report: Amazon to let go of up to 30,000 employees, starting this week https://siliconangle.com/2025/10/27/report-amazon-let-go-30000-employees-starting-week/ [12:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Report: Amazon to let go of up to 30,000 employees, starting this week - SiliconANGLE [12:57] TR News KDE e.V. elects new board members https://ev.kde.org/2025/10/27/decisions/ [12:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ev.kde.org | KDE e.V. elects new board members - KDE e.V. ● Oct 28 [13:02] TR News Court orders arrest of mamolu, journalist Yanarda in espionage probe https://bianet.org/haber/court-orders-arrest-of-imamoglu-journalist-yanardag-in-espionage-probe-312938 [13:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Court orders arrest of mamolu, journalist Yanarda in espionage probe [13:03] TR News Shutdown puts a drag on security clearance processes https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news/2025/10/shutdown-puts-a-drag-on-security-clearance-processes/ [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Shutdown puts a drag on security clearance processes [13:03] TR News OPM bringing protections for data breach victims to an end https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/10/opm-bringing-protections-for-data-breach-victims-to-an-end/ [13:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | OPM bringing protections for data breach victims to an end [13:04] TR News Massive China-Linked Smishing Campaign Leveraged 194,000 Domains https://www.securityweek.com/massive-china-linked-smishing-campaign-leveraged-194000-domains/ [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/massive-china-linked-smishing-campaign-leveraged-194000-domains/ ) [13:04] TR News Year-Old WordPress Plugin Flaws Exploited to Hack Websites https://www.securityweek.com/year-old-wordpress-plugin-flaws-exploited-to-hack-websites/ [13:04] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/year-old-wordpress-plugin-flaws-exploited-to-hack-websites/ ) [13:05] TR News Ransomware Payments Dropped in Q3 2025: Analysis https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-payments-dropped-in-q3-2025-analysis/ [13:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-payments-dropped-in-q3-2025-analysis/ ) [13:06] TR News The Cocaine Patent Office - Part I: Antnio Campinos Brought Corruption and Nepotism to the EPO, Then Came the Cocaine https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/27/The_Cocaine_Patent_Office_Part_I_Antonio_Campinos_Brought_Corru.shtml [13:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Cocaine Patent Office - Part I: Antnio Campinos Brought Corruption and Nepotism to the EPO, Then Came the Cocaine [13:06] TR News Our Latest European Patent Office (EPO) Series Will Last Several Weeks, Will Ask the EPO Management and the European Union (EU) Very Difficult Questions https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/27/Our_Latest_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Will_Last_Several_.shtml [13:06] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Our Latest European Patent Office (EPO) Series Will Last Several Weeks, Will Ask the EPO Management and the European Union (EU) Very Difficult Questions [13:12] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans US can still defend Taiwan. But will it? https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trumps-us-can-still-defend-taiwan-but-will-it/ [13:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Trumps US can still defend Taiwan. But will it? | The Strategist [13:13] TR News Peru at a breaking point: How ten years of political chaos opened the door to organized crime https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/peru-at-a-breaking-point-how-ten-years-of-political-chaos-opened-the-door-to-organized-crime/ [13:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Peru at a breaking point: How ten years of political chaos opened the door to organized crime - Atlantic Council [13:14] TR News Sudan's RSF overrun the army's last stronghold in the Darfur region https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251027-sudan-s-rsf-overrun-the-army-s-last-stronghold-in-the-darfur-region [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251027-sudan-s-rsf-overrun-the-army-s-last-stronghold-in-the-darfur-region ) [13:14] TR News US government seeks to deport Kilmar brego Garca to Liberia https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/us-government-seeks-to-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-liberia/ [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jurist.org | US government seeks to deport Kilmar brego Garca to Liberia - JURIST - News [13:14] TR News Cameroon's president re-electedat 92 https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251027-cameroon-s-president-re-elected-at-92 [13:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251027-cameroon-s-president-re-elected-at-92 ) [13:15] TR News Controversial UN Cybercrime Treaty Signed by 65 Countries https://www.datamation.com/security/un-cybercrime-treaty/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Controversial UN Cybercrime Treaty Signed by 65 Countries | Datamation [13:15] TR News From browsers to better drivers: Fixing Zinks synchronization the hard way https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2025/10/27/from-browsers-to-better-drivers-fixing-synchronization-in-zink/ [13:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.collabora.com | From browsers to better drivers: Fixing Zinks synchronization the hard way [13:16] TR News Raku Weekly 2025.43 Trick or Treat https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/10/27/2025-43-trick-or-treat/ [13:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rakudoweekly.blog | 2025.43 Trick or Treat Rakudo Weekly News [13:17] TR News Firefox Nightly: Extensions UI Improvements and More These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 191 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2025/10/27/extensions-ui-improvements-and-more-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-191/ [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.nightly.mozilla.org | Extensions UI Improvements and More These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 191 Firefox Nightly News [13:17] TR News Paul Tagliamonte: It's NOT always DNS. https://notes.pault.ag/its-not-always-dns/ [13:17] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-notes.pault.ag | Paul's Notes | It's NOT always DNS. [13:19] TR News Mike Blumenkrantz: Apitrace Goes Vroom https://www.supergoodcode.com/apitrace-goes-vroom/ [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.supergoodcode.com | Apitrace Goes Vroom Mike Blumenkrantz Super. Good. Chair. [13:19] TR News FreeBSD now builds reproducibly and without root privilege https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-now-builds-reproducibly-and-without-root-privilege/ [13:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-freebsdfoundation.org | FreeBSD now builds reproducibly and without root privilege | FreeBSD Foundation [13:20] TR News SDG Hub: Building synthetic data pipelines with modular blocks https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/sdg-hub-building-synthetic-data-pipelines-modular-blocks [13:20] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/sdg-hub-building-synthetic-data-pipelines-modular-blocks ) [13:21] TR News Promoting hype and lies https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/multimodal-ai-edge-deploy-vision-language-models-ramalama [13:21] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/10/27/multimodal-ai-edge-deploy-vision-language-models-ramalama ) [13:24] TR News Britain Needs Chinas Money. 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Finally, at long last? [14:10] TR News it basically became a slopfarm - a TERRIBLE strategy [14:12] TR News Ubuntu being divested in; yes, "di". Canonical too busy selling Microsoft back doors. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Unity-25.10-Troubles Unity dead, now GNOME with new limitations [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ubuntu Unity In Need Of More Developers To Survive - Phoronix [14:12] TR News BleachBit 5.0.2 added Pacman and Disabled Snap Support https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/10/bleachbit-5-0-2-pacman-snap/ [14:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | BleachBit 5.0.2 added Pacman and Disabled Snap Support | UbuntuHandbook [14:13] TR News How to Upgrade RHEL 9 to RHEL 10 Step-by-Step Guide https://www.linuxtechi.com/upgrade-rhel-9-to-rhel-10-step-by-step-guide/ [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxtechi.com | How to Upgrade RHEL 9 to RHEL 10 Step-by-Step Guide [14:13] TR News Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, UbuntuPIT, Brian Fagioli, and Surveillance Giant Google News https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/27/Slopwatch_LinuxSecurity_UbuntuPIT_Brian_Fagioli_and_Google_News.shtml [14:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, UbuntuPIT, Brian Fagioli, and Google News [14:14] TR News Lenovo Legion devices running GNU/Linux set to get new 'Extreme' mode https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/lenovo-legion-devices-running-linux-set-to-get-new-extreme-mode-that-fixes-previously-broken-power-limits-only-approved-devices-will-be-able-to-run-the-maximum-performance-mode [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Lenovo Legion devices running Linux set to get new 'Extreme' mode that fixes previously-broken power limits only approved devices will be able to run the maximum performance mode | Tom's Hardware [14:14] TR News Linux 6.18-rc3 released and everything still looks normal https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-618-rc3-released-and-everything-still-looks-normal/ [14:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-618-rc3-released-and-everything-still-looks-normal/ ) [14:15] TR News (NEW): Linux 6.18-rc3 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/27/Linux_6_18_rc3.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/27/Linux_6_18_rc3.gmi [14:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Linux 6.18-rc3 [14:16] TR News 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Serial Terminals https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-serial-terminals/ [14:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Serial Terminals - 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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Red_Hat_and_Fedora_Leftovers.gmi [15:33] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers [15:35] TR News (NEW): GNOME: Architecture and Extensions https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNOME_Architecture_and_Extensions.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNOME_Architecture_and_Extensions.gmi [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNOME: Architecture and Extensions [15:35] TR News (NEW): Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Programming_Leftovers.gmi [15:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Programming Leftovers [15:36] TR News (NEW): Security Leftovers and Windows TCO 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https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_and_FSF_Events_and_Releases.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_and_FSF_Events_and_Releases.gmi [15:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU and FSF Events and Releases [15:42] TR News (NEW): Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Maintaining Kate Podcast https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_and_Maintaining_Kate_Podcast.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Audiocasts_Shows_Late_Night_Linux_and_Maintaining_Kate_Podcast.gmi [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Maintaining Kate Podcast [15:42] TR News (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers [15:42] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_Linux_and_BSD_Leftovers.gmi [15:42] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers [15:45] TR News Techrights Links 28/10/2025: Meta and Fentanylware (CheeTok) Age-Restricted Down Under, "Britain Needs Chinas Money" https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Links_28_10_2025_Meta_and_Fentanylware_CheeTok_Age_Restricted_D.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Links_28_10_2025_Meta_and_Fentanylware_CheeTok_Age_Restricted_D.gmi [15:45] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 28/10/2025: Meta and Fentanylware (CheeTok) Age-Restricted Down Under, "Britain Needs Chinas Money" ● Oct 28 [16:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social [16:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social ● Oct 28 [18:52] TR News The most versatile Linux distributions you can install right now - and I've tried them all https://analognowhere.com/_/auxcri/auxcri4.png [18:53] TR News Qilin Ransomware Combines Linux Payload With BYOVD Exploit in Hybrid Attack https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/qilin-ransomware-combines-linux-payload.html [18:53] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thehackernews.com | Qilin Ransomware Combines Linux Payload With BYOVD Exploit in Hybrid Attack [18:54] TR News "Fixing the Extreme mode on Linux." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/lenovo-legion-devices-running-linux-set-to-get-new-extreme-mode-that-fixes-previously-broken-power-limits-only-approved-devices-will-be-able-to-run-the-maximum-performance-mode [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Lenovo Legion devices running Linux set to get new 'Extreme' mode that fixes previously-broken power limits only approved devices will be able to run the maximum performance mode | Tom's Hardware [18:54] TR News I just found an obscure Linux distro that's outstanding on old hardware https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-just-found-an-obscure-linux-distro-thats-outstanding-on-old-hardware/ [18:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I just found an obscure Linux distro that's outstanding on old hardware | ZDNET [18:55] TR News "Looking for a general, all-purpose Linux OS? These are user-friendly, secure, and suitable for both new and experienced users." https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-most-versatile-linux-distributions-you-can-install-right-now-and-ive-tried-them-all/ [18:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The most versatile Linux distributions you can install right now - and I've tried them all | ZDNET [18:56] TR News Never mind Linux Windows 10's End of Life is driving up Apple Mac sales https://www.techradar.com/computing/macbooks/never-mind-linux-windows-10s-end-of-life-is-driving-up-apple-mac-sales [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Never mind Linux Windows 10's End of Life is driving up Apple Mac sales | TechRadar [18:56] TR News Qilin Targets Windows Hosts With Linux-Based Ransomware https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/qilin-targets-windows-hosts-linux-based-ransomware [18:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/qilin-targets-windows-hosts-linux-based-ransomware ) [18:57] TR News Ready to ditch Windows? I found a powerful mini PC that's optimized for Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/ready-to-ditch-windows-i-found-a-powerful-mini-pc-thats-optimized-for-linux/ [18:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ready to ditch Windows? I found a powerful mini PC that's optimized for Linux | ZDNET [18:58] TR News Cross-platform ransomware: Qilin weaponizes Linux binaries against Windows hosts https://www.csoonline.com/article/4079316/cross-platform-ransomware-qilin-weaponizes-linux-binaries-against-windows-hosts.html [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.csoonline.com | Cross-platform ransomware: Qilin weaponizes Linux binaries against Windows hosts | CSO Online [18:58] TR News Heres How Linux Users Get That Cool Logo in Their Terminal https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-linux-users-get-that-cool-logo-in-their-terminal/ [18:58] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Heres How Linux Users Get That Cool Logo in Their Terminal [18:59] TR News Linux variant of Qilin Ransomware targets Windows via remote management tools and BYOVD https://securityaffairs.com/183891/malware/linux-variant-of-qilin-ransomware-targets-windows-via-remote-management-tools-and-byovd.html [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-securityaffairs.com | Linux variant of Qilin Ransomware targets Windows via remote management tools and BYOVD [18:59] TR News Brotato gets first proper content drop of the Evil Empire era, plus Mac and Linux support https://rogueliker.com/brotato-new-dawn/ [18:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Brotato gets first proper content drop of the Evil Empire era, plus Mac and Linux support - Rogueliker ● Oct 28 [19:00] TR News Lenovo Legion Go Extreme Mode Is Coming To Address The Gaming Handheld's Biggest Flaw In Linux https://hothardware.com/news/legion-extreme-mode-linux-kernel-patches [19:00] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Lenovo Legion Go Extreme Mode Is Coming To Address The Gaming Handheld's Biggest Flaw In Linux | HotHardware [19:01] TR News "Ive used Windows 10 for years, and with Microsoft pulling the plug on it, several machines like my 2015 HP EliteBook 850 G2 will be left behind. These systems arent bad, but simply dont meet the strict hardware requirements." https://www.makeuseof.com/forget-linux-mint-windows-alternative/ [19:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | Forget Linux Mint this is the Windows alternative you need [19:01] TR News The only antivirus I trust on Linux - and it's free to use https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-only-antivirus-i-trust-on-linux-and-its-free-to-use/ [19:01] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The only antivirus I trust on Linux - and it's free to use | ZDNET [19:02] TR News "Its a good read, and I hope the author and/or T3 doesnt take offense to what Im going to say." https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/10-years-of-google-chromebooks-bring-increased-capabilities/ [19:02] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aboutchromebooks.com | 10 Years Of Google Chromebooks Bring Increased Capabilities [19:03] TR News Celebrating stupidity as a "win" https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-25-10-scraps-x11-for-wayland-a-solid-step-forward/ [19:03] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Ubuntu 25.10 Scraps X11 for Wayland: A Solid Step Forward - The New Stack [19:05] TR News (NEW): Distributions and Operating Systems: Jack Wallen's Latest Articles About GNU/Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Jack_Wallen_s_Latest_Articl.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_Jack_Wallen_s_Latest_Articl.gmi [19:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Distributions and Operating Systems: Jack Wallen's Latest Articles About GNU/Linux [19:09] TR News (NEW): Low-grade Publishers Try to Blame "Linux" for Windows TCO https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Low_grade_Publishers_Try_to_Blame_Linux_for_Windows_TCO.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Low_grade_Publishers_Try_to_Blame_Linux_for_Windows_TCO.gmi [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Low-grade Publishers Try to Blame "Linux" for Windows TCO [19:09] TR News (NEW): Windows 10's End of Life Helps GNU/Linux, "10 Years Of Google Chromebooks" https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Windows_10_s_End_of_Life_Helps_GNU_Linux_10_Years_Of_Google_Chr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Windows_10_s_End_of_Life_Helps_GNU_Linux_10_Years_Of_Google_Chr.gmi [19:09] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Windows 10's End of Life Helps GNU/Linux, "10 Years Of Google Chromebooks" [19:13] TR News "I get the feeling that Mozilla Firefox is generally resource-consuming. Use of the Rust language, which is known to lead to larger binaries than c source code, is a likely cause. [...] An exhibition in which examples of the clever new uses for old devices would be interesting." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00005.html [19:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Failed to connect to lists.gnu.org port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-10/msg00005.html ) [19:21] TR News Anon: "The LibrePlanet list moderators still tend to sit on messages for days or weeks List moderation has been a solved problem since the early 1990s, so I am curious as to what is actually going on there." [19:28] TR News "We've been meaning to make a website/blog for the system, but we had a hard time getting around to do it (probably having ADHD, not being able to handle scope creep and all...)." gemini://mbox-sys.net/en/gemlog/2025-10-27_hello-world.gmi [19:29] TR News "Despite not knowing how to pixel art at all and having stopped playing Rivals of Aether 1, I kept thinking of how an amphimorpho character would work. We probably won't actually make a mod of it, but feel free to use my idea if you want!" gemini://mbox-sys.net/en/gemlog/2025-10-27-2_rivals-of-aether-amphimorpho-concept.gmi [19:29] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-28.gmi [19:30] TR News SpellBinding HOPWTUR Wordo: WORTH gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-28.gmi [19:30] TR News Talviuoma gemini://sampsa.smol.pub/talvi [19:32] TR News xkcd: Document Forgery #3160 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3160.gmi [19:35] TR News Russian Drone Kills Two Ukrainian Journalists https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-23/two-ukrainian-journalists-killed-by-russian-drone [19:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-23/two-ukrainian-journalists-killed-by-russian-drone ) [19:37] TR News Russian drone attack kills 2 Ukrainian journalists https://cpj.org/2025/10/russian-drone-attack-kills-2-ukrainian-journalists/ [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Russian drone attack kills 2 Ukrainian journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists [19:37] TR News Azerbaijan Moves Russian State Journalist to House Arrest From Jail After Freeing His Colleague https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-24/azerbaijan-moves-russian-state-journalist-to-house-arrest-from-jail-after-freeing-his-colleague [19:37] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-24/azerbaijan-moves-russian-state-journalist-to-house-arrest-from-jail-after-freeing-his-colleague ) [19:40] TR News Ukraine Mourns Two Journalists Killed by a Russian Drone Strike https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-27/ukraine-mourns-two-journalists-after-a-deadly-russian-drone-strike-claimed-their-lives [19:40] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-27/ukraine-mourns-two-journalists-after-a-deadly-russian-drone-strike-claimed-their-lives ) [19:48] TR News TikTok user who pledged to behead https://nltimes.nl/2025/10/22/tiktok-user-pledged-behead-dutch-politicians-held-police-hague [19:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | TikTok user who pledged to behead Dutch politicians held by police in The Hague | NL Times [19:49] TR News EU Accuses Meta and TikTok of Breaching Transparency Rules https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-10-24/eu-accuses-meta-and-tiktok-of-breaching-transparency-rules [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-10-24/eu-accuses-meta-and-tiktok-of-breaching-transparency-rules ) [19:49] TR News Politics bubbles created by TikTok's algorithm primarily benefit the PVV https://nltimes.nl/2025/10/24/politics-bubbles-created-tiktoks-algorithm-primarily-benefit-pvv [19:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Politics bubbles created by TikTok's algorithm primarily benefit the PVV | NL Times [19:50] TR News Shielding Chart https://xkcd.com/3158/ [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Shielding Chart [19:50] TR News Continents https://xkcd.com/3159/ [19:50] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-xkcd: Continents [19:51] TR News SFP#40: How to tackle Openwashing? https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-40.en.html "Openwashing" coined by Techrights, now the fake FSFE uses the term [19:51] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fsfe.org | SFP#40: How to tackle Openwashing? - FSFE [19:52] TR News 2025 Youth Hacking 4 https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251025-01.en.html Underage labour [19:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fsfe.org | 2025 Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: winners unveiled! - FSFE [19:54] TR News Distribution Release: Vinari OS 5.0.0 https://vinarios.me/changelog/KRYPTON [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-vinarios.me | Vinari OS | HELIUM Changelog [19:54] TR News Distribution Release: Planeta Tecno OS 7 https://planetatecno.com.uy/planeta/2025/10/24/planeta-tecno-os-7-amatista-nueva-version-mejorada-de-la-distro-linux-lista-para-usar/ [19:54] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-planetatecno.com.uy | Planeta Tecno OS 7 Amatista nueva versin mejorada de la distro Linux lista para usar [19:55] TR News MX-25 Infinity Release Candidate 1 (RC1) now available for testing purposes https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-infinity-release-candidate-1-RC1-now-available-for-testing-purposes/ [19:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-mxlinux.org | MX-25 Infinity Release Candidate 1 (RC1) now available for testing purposes MX Linux [19:57] TR News (NEW): MX Linux 25 Release Candidate Arrives with Various Improvements and Changes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/27/MX_Linux_25_Release_Candidate_Arrives_with_Various_Improvements.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/27/MX_Linux_25_Release_Candidate_Arrives_with_Various_Improvements.gmi [19:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines MX Linux 25 Release Candidate Arrives with Various Improvements and Changes [19:59] TR News "This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 7.8. For a comprehensive list, see the changelog leading to 7.8." https://www.openbsd.org/78.html [19:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openbsd.org | OpenBSD 7.8 [19:59] TR News (NEW): HydraPWK 2025.03 (Apes) - arkime, elasticsearch, purplizer, desktop-changes, tools page https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/HydraPWK_2025_03_Apes_arkime_elasticsearch_purplizer_desktop_ch.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/HydraPWK_2025_03_Apes_arkime_elasticsearch_purplizer_desktop_ch.gmi [19:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines HydraPWK 2025.03 (Apes) - arkime, elasticsearch, purplizer, desktop-changes, tools page ● Oct 28 [20:05] TR News Lizzo Sued for Copyright Infringement: Why is Sydney Sweeney Involved in the Lawsuit? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lizzo-sued-copyright-infringement-why-sydney-sweeney-involved-lawsuit-1749625 [20:05] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Lizzo Sued for Copyright Infringement: Why is Sydney Sweeney Involved in the Lawsuit? | IBTimes UK [20:12] TR News 10 Things I Wish I Knew About Linux (All Things Open 2025) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=TsJbYqvbsHc [20:12] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=TsJbYqvbsHc ) [20:13] TR News I Installed LMDE 7 on my Main Machine! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=mr0ax54Yi2M [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=mr0ax54Yi2M ) [20:13] TR News GZDoom Explodes, Team Leaves For A Fork https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=J3AYSUqLHMs [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=J3AYSUqLHMs ) [20:13] TR News Fsearch Is An Amazing File Searcher For Linux https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=x68o5o1l1Ms [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=x68o5o1l1Ms ) [20:13] TR News KDE Plasma Needs Your Help! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=lf0ixMctoU4 [20:13] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=lf0ixMctoU4 ) [20:14] TR News My Linux Desktop Just Got Scary! (Hyprland Halloween Setup on Arch With Dot Files) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=TOTZedtb_d8 [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=TOTZedtb_d8 ) [20:14] TR News Zorin OS 18 Core overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=UsT7hu6MYig [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=UsT7hu6MYig ) [20:14] TR News Learning The Linux File System 2025 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=p9lCbFq8IPo [20:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=p9lCbFq8IPo ) [20:15] TR News How to install ClassiCube on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=0W-1VR3GTxQ [20:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=0W-1VR3GTxQ ) [20:15] TR News Full Linux apps on Android, Plasma 6.5, Zorin OS does big numbers https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Lxa86z9vtw4 [20:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Lxa86z9vtw4 ) [20:15] TR News Fedora 43 Delayed? When A Fedora Release Breaks https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=klIIZIBtmMk [20:15] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=klIIZIBtmMk ) [20:16] TR News COSMIC Desktop Is Technically Correct But Feels Wrong https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=coZG3iJV-j8 [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=coZG3iJV-j8 ) [20:16] TR News Wayland Desktop 5 Years Too Early To Be Awesome https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Lq038WVLQGc [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Lq038WVLQGc ) [20:16] TR News My 84 Year Old Mom Uses Linux!...Why Can't YOU? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=hAAbOYf_wsA [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=hAAbOYf_wsA ) [20:16] TR News Ubuntu 25.10 Setup From Download to Desktop https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=_chjY4Ipsqw [20:16] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_chjY4Ipsqw ) [20:19] TR News THEY TAKE MICROSOFT BRIBES, then write " (e.g., please dont send something in a proprietary word-processor format; PDF is fine, though)." https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-initiative-now-accepting-your-application-for-executive-director Microsoft bribes are FINE, but... [20:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | Open Source Initiative now accepting your application for Executive Director Open Source Initiative [20:19] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux Videos: Available From Invidious This Past Week https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_Linux_Videos_Available_From_Invidious_This_Past_Week.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/GNU_Linux_Videos_Available_From_Invidious_This_Past_Week.gmi [20:19] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines GNU/Linux Videos: Available From Invidious This Past Week [20:23] TR News Kaufman County Faces Cybersecurity Attack: Courthouse Computer Operations Disrupted https://www.inforney.com/local-news/kaufman-county-faces-cybersecurity-attack-courthouse-computer-operations-disrupted/article_e9350250-dd15-47ba-81ef-14aba96ebd52.html [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.inforney.com | Kaufman County Faces Cybersecurity Attack: Courthouse Computer Operations Disrupted [20:23] TR News KT Chief to Resign After Cybersecurity Breach Resolution https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2025/10/21/2V74EFM7LVAXHKJFRAZWOUXIQI/ [20:23] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.chosun.com | KT Chief to Resign After Cybersecurity Breach Resolution [20:24] TR News Cyber-Attack On Bectus Parent Union Sparks UK National Security Concerns https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cyber-attack-bectu-parent-union-102921559.html [20:24] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-uk.news.yahoo.com | Cyber-Attack On Bectus Parent Union Sparks UK National Security Concerns [20:25] TR News Resource: NY DFS Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance to Address Risks Associated with the Use of Third-Party Service Providers https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr20251021 [20:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dfs.ny.gov | DFS Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance to Address Risks Associated with the Use of Third-Party Service Providers | Department of Financial Services [20:26] TR News Cheeto Mussolini's Shutdown Pay Plan Prioritizes Security Personnel Over Civilian Workers https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-23/analysis-trumps-shutdown-pay-plan-prioritizes-security-personnel-over-civilian-workers [20:26] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-23/analysis-trumps-shutdown-pay-plan-prioritizes-security-personnel-over-civilian-workers ) [20:27] TR News Windows TCO https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/10/24/microsoft-releases-out-band-security-update-mitigate-windows-server-update-service-vulnerability-cve [20:27] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/10/24/microsoft-releases-out-band-security-update-mitigate-windows-server-update-service-vulnerability-cve ) [20:28] TR News Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (43/2025): Plasma 6.5 and more https://linmob.net/weekly-update-43-2025/ [20:28] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (43/2025): Plasma 6.5 and more [20:29] TR News (NEW): Fast and Lightweight Linux Distros You Can Install In Virtual Machines https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Fast_and_Lightweight_Linux_Distros_You_Can_Install_In_Virtual_M.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/10/28/Fast_and_Lightweight_Linux_Distros_You_Can_Install_In_Virtual_M.gmi [20:29] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Fast and Lightweight Linux Distros You Can Install In Virtual Machines [20:30] TR News More distraction from Rust breaking Ubuntu and a shitfest of the new spy in the house (breaking Ubuntu)? https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/26/0141222/finally-you-can-now-be-a-certified-ubuntu-sys-adminlinux-user [20:30] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.slashdot.org | Finally, You Can Now be a 'Certified' Ubuntu Sys-Admin/Linux User - Slashdot [20:31] TR News Linux Load Average Explained: What It Means and How to Utilize It https://www.maketecheasier.com/linux-load-average-explained/ [20:31] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Linux Load Average Explained: What It Means and How to Utilize It - Make Tech Easier [20:32] TR News IBM layoffs going on. "Any new rumors circulating about this Thursday?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6b7d7xw [20:32] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6b7d7xw ) [20:35] TR News "well youve lost out quite over the past two years" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k86vt8ew [20:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k86vt8ew ) [20:35] TR News "IBM's RTP Main Campus site used to have multiple outsourcing Data Centers in multiple buildings. If the Main Campus is now closed, what has happened to these centers?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8fccj45 [20:35] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8fccj45 ) [20:35] TR News IBM is "dead beef". It is being robbed, for the old, dying brand. [20:36] TR News "Only 30K jobs to be lost at Amazon ? IBM Management under Comrade Alvind can easily beat that number by firing at least another 100K US employees, starting from the bottom of course. Then 100K jobs will magically appear in India in different job families, with different job titles and modified job descriptions. It's divide and hide, of course." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m [20:36] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m ) [20:43] TR News Dancer2 2.0.1 Released https://blogs.perl.org/users/jason_a_crome/2025/10/dancer2-201-released.html [20:43] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dancer2 2.0.1 Released | Jason A. Crome [blogs.perl.org] [20:44] TR News Beware of Geeks bearing Grifts https://blogs.perl.org/users/saif/2025/10/beware-of-geeks-bearing-grifts.html [20:44] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Beware of Geeks bearing Grifts | Saif [blogs.perl.org] [20:46] TR News Brussels Court of Appeal finds Dr Martens yellow stitching distinctive http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/brussels-court-of-appeal-finds-dr.html [20:46] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Brussels Court of Appeal finds Dr Martens yellow stitching distinctive - The IPKat [20:48] TR News HEY HI bubble swells http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/as-ai-bubble-swells-spotifys-artist.html [20:48] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | As the AI bubble swells, Spotifys artist-first AI music product announcement might just be code for maximising shareholder value - The IPKat [20:49] TR News "Intellectual Property" is a collective misnomer http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-decolonizing-intellectual.html [20:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipkitten.blogspot.com | [Book Review] Decolonizing Intellectual Property Law An Afrocenteric Approach - The IPKat [20:49] TR News overdependence https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tech-companies-oligopolies-market-control-9.6948559 [20:49] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Amazon cloud outage downed sites for millions of users, exposing risks of overdependence | CBC News [20:52] TR News Amazon ordered to pay $20K after B.C. customer says package never arrived https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-fine-delivery-9.6949078 [20:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cbc.ca | Amazon ordered to pay $20K after B.C. customer says package never arrived | CBC News [20:52] TR News The Good and Bad of Amazons Dark Patterns Settlement https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/22/the-good-and-bad-of-amazons-dark-patterns-settlement/ [20:52] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The Good and Bad of Amazons Dark Patterns Settlement - CounterPunch.org [20:55] TR News The new species of flesh-eating dinosaur that once roamed south Wales: an imaging technology revolution https://theconversation.com/the-new-species-of-flesh-eating-dinosaur-that-once-roamed-south-wales-an-imaging-technology-revolution-266849 [20:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | The new species of flesh-eating dinosaur that once roamed south Wales: an imaging technology revolution [20:56] TR News Why does putting back the clocks an hour disrupt us so much? https://theconversation.com/why-does-putting-back-the-clocks-an-hour-disrupt-us-so-much-268016 [20:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Why does putting back the clocks an hour disrupt us so much? [20:56] TR News Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains https://theconversation.com/should-you-pour-coffee-down-the-drain-an-environmental-scientist-explains-268236 [20:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains [20:57] TR News internal lunar clock https://theconversation.com/humans-have-an-internal-lunar-clock-but-light-pollution-is-disrupting-it-266717 [20:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Humans have an internal lunar clock but light pollution is disrupting it [20:57] TR News SLOP chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals https://www.dw.com/en/ai-chatbots-fail-at-accurate-news-major-study-reveals/a-74392921 [20:57] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals DW 10/22/2025 ● Oct 28 [21:08] TR News Techrights Join Us Now and Share the News - Part I: Defence of the Truth https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Join_Us_Now_and_Share_the_News_Part_I_Defence_of_the_Truth.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Join_Us_Now_and_Share_the_News_Part_I_Defence_of_the_Truth.gmi [21:08] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Join Us Now and Share the News - Part I: Defence of the Truth [21:13] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 28/10/2025: More New Arrivals at Geminispace, xkcd on "Document Forgery" https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Gemini_Links_28_10_2025_More_New_Arrivals_at_Geminispace_xkcd_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Gemini_Links_28_10_2025_More_New_Arrivals_at_Geminispace_xkcd_o.gmi [21:14] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 28/10/2025: More New Arrivals at Geminispace, xkcd on "Document Forgery" [21:55] TR News Seven things Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats https://theconversation.com/seven-things-halloween-and-hollywood-get-wrong-about-bats-267341 [21:55] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Seven things Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats [21:56] TR News anatomical names https://theconversation.com/how-anatomical-names-can-carry-hidden-histories-of-power-and-exclusion-267880 [21:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | How anatomical names can carry hidden histories of power and exclusion [21:56] TR News Fossil hand from human relative puzzles scientists with mix of human- and gorilla-like features https://theconversation.com/fossil-hand-from-human-relative-puzzles-scientists-with-mix-of-human-and-gorilla-like-features-267871 [21:56] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | Fossil hand from human relative puzzles scientists with mix of human- and gorilla-like features ● Oct 28 [23:03] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [23:09] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social [23:25] TR News Techrights Join Us Now and Share the News - Part II: Because Scarcity of Accurate Information Breeds Collective Ignorance https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Join_Us_Now_and_Share_the_News_Part_II_Because_Scarcity_of_Accu.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Join_Us_Now_and_Share_the_News_Part_II_Because_Scarcity_of_Accu.gmi [23:25] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Join Us Now and Share the News - Part II: Because Scarcity of Accurate Information Breeds Collective Ignorance [23:39] TR News Techrights Join Us Now and Share the News - Part III: Principled Stance Is Never Cheap https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Join_Us_Now_and_Share_the_News_Part_III_Principled_Stance_Is_Ne.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Join_Us_Now_and_Share_the_News_Part_III_Principled_Stance_Is_Ne.gmi [23:39] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Join Us Now and Share the News - Part III: Principled Stance Is Never Cheap [23:59] TR News Techrights Join Us Now and Share the News - Part IV: There Cannot be Free Software Without Free Press and Free Information https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Join_Us_Now_and_Share_the_News_Part_IV_There_Cannot_be_Free_Sof.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/28/Join_Us_Now_and_Share_the_News_Part_IV_There_Cannot_be_Free_Sof.gmi [23:59] -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Join Us Now and Share the News - Part IV: There Cannot be Free Software Without Free Press and Free Information ● Oct 28 [00:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [00:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [00:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [00:41] psydruid https://www.dw.com/en/poland-economy-growth-consumption-germany-eu-integration-graphics/a-74375281 [00:41] -TechPolBot/#techpol-How Poland became Europe's surprise economic success story DW 10/20/2025 [00:48] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol ● Oct 28 [01:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol [01:32] TR News With Convicted Felons Asia trip, speculation mounts of a meeting with North Koreas Kim Jong Un https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/with-trumps-asia-trip-speculation-mounts-of-a-meeting-with-north-koreas-kim-jong-un [01:32] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | With Trumps Asia trip, speculation mounts of a meeting with North Koreas Kim Jong Un | The Straits Times [01:34] TR News German foreign minister to meet India's Goyal, Nato's Rutte after postponing China trip https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/german-foreign-minister-to-meet-indias-goyal-natos-rutte-after-postponing-china-trip [01:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | German foreign minister to meet India's Goyal, Nato's Rutte after postponing China trip | The Straits Times [01:34] TR News India and China resume direct flights as ties improve https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-and-china-resume-direct-flights-as-ties-improve [01:34] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | India and China resume direct flights as ties improve | The Straits Times [01:35] TR News Ahead of Convicted Felon-Xi meeting, China says H-6K bombers flew near Taiwan https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ahead-of-trump-xi-meeting-china-says-h-6k-bombers-flew-near-taiwan [01:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says H-6K bombers flew near Taiwan | The Straits Times [01:36] TR News US Navy Sea Hawk helicopter, F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet go down in separate South China Sea incidents https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/world-news/us-navy-sea-hawk-helicopter-f-a-18f-super-hornet-fighter-jet-go-down-in-separate-south-china-sea-incidents/ [01:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-nypost.com | US Navy Sea Hawk helicopter, F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet go down in separate South China Sea incidents [01:56] TR News For air-and-missile defence, Israel offers the economic solutions https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/for-air-and-missile-defence-israel-offers-the-economic-solutions/ [01:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | For air-and-missile defence, Israel offers the economic solutions | The Strategist ● Oct 28 [02:15] *nobody (~nobody@9ekhjzdsrdcec.irc) has joined #techpol [02:16] TR News Easier to break into museums than a jewellery shop: Louvre heist highlights security gaps https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251026-easier-to-break-into-museums-than-a-jewellery-shop-louvre-heist-highlights-security-gaps [02:16] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ 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million White House ballroom a 90,000-square-foot monument to kakistocracy that's already blown past its $200 million estimate. https://boingboing.net/2025/10/27/corporate-america-lines-up-to-fund-white-houses-epstein-ballroom.html [07:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/10/27/corporate-america-lines-up-to-fund-white-houses-epstein-ballroom.html ) [07:07] TR News "Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life - The Onion" https://theonion.com/trump-defends-demolition-of-yggdrasil-ancient-tree-of-life/ [07:07] -TechPolBot/#techpol-theonion.com | Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life - The Onion [07:08] TR News "But I thought Id take a few minutes to weigh in on one piece of the absurdity: Donald Trumps hysterical reaction to an ad run by the Canadian province of Ontario that featured audio of Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs and extolling free trade." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/no-ronald-reagan-didnt-love-tariffs [07:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-paulkrugman.substack.com | No, Ronald Reagan Didnt Love Tariffs - Paul Krugman [07:11] TR News "Saudi Arabias health push goes high-tech" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/2025/saudi-arabias-health-push-goes-high-tech [07:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Saudi Arabias health push goes high-tech | Semafor [07:11] TR News "Saudis $50B downtown megaproject seeks partners" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/2025/saudis-50b-downtown-megaproject-seeks-partners [07:11] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Saudis $50B downtown megaproject seeks partners | Semafor [07:12] TR News "Trump Says Were Just Going To Straight Up Murder A Bunch Of People" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/27/trump-says-were-just-going-to-straight-up-murder-a-bunch-of-people/ [07:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Trump Says Were Just Going To Straight Up Murder A Bunch Of People | Techdirt [07:14] TR News "A big dam disaster Russian authorities urge evacuation after Ukrainian strike on Belgorod dam sparks flood risk" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/27/a-big-dam-disaster | Source: Meduza [07:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | A big dam disaster Russian authorities urge evacuation after Ukrainian strike on Belgorod dam sparks flood risk Meduza [07:15] TR News "Janine Jackson interviewed the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Cara Brumfield about erasing federal data for the October 17, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript." https://fair.org/home/these-changes-are-reducing-our-power-to-effect-positive-change-for-families/ | Source: FAIR [07:15] -TechPolBot/#techpol-fair.org | These Changes Are Reducing Our Power to Effect Positive Change for Families: FAIR [07:19] TR News "The box is what Steiner had come for: It contained black and red Reebok sneakers to use in his new warehouse job." https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-post-office-homelessness-funding-cuts | Source: Pro Publica [07:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.propublica.org | Phoenix Mail Room for Homeless People Loses Funding ProPublica [07:19] TR News "Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight" https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda | Source: Pro Publica [07:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.propublica.org | Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight ProPublica ● Oct 28 [08:08] TR News "One of the war crimes for which the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/10/27/putin-is-the-biggest-child-kidnapper-in-the-world/ | Source: New Eastern Europe [08:08] -TechPolBot/#techpol-neweasterneurope.eu | Putin is the biggest child kidnapper in the world - New Eastern Europe [08:14] TR News "Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-27/ice-detains-british-muslim-political-commentator-at-san-francisco-airport | Source: Los Angeles Times [08:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.latimes.com | ICE detains British Muslim political commentator Sami Hamdi at San Francisco airport - Los Angeles Times [08:14] TR News "The publication is an outgrowth, Lee said, of the de-emphasis of reporting on the far right at many American news organizations" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/26/2025/data-journalists-start-news-site-to-track-extremist-movements | Source: Semafor Inc [08:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-Data journalists start news site to track extremist movements | Semafor ● Oct 28 [09:17] TR News Love in the Time of Hegemonic Suicide https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/27/love-in-the-time-of-hegemonic-suicide/ [09:17] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.emptywheel.net | Love in the Time of Hegemonic Suicide - emptywheel ● Oct 28 [10:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [10:47] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:54] *croissant (~croissant@zy9abmr927v9e.irc) has joined #techpol ● Oct 28 [11:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Oct 28 [12:14] TR News 3 Hong Kong men jailed for up to 18 years over 2020 bomb plots https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/27/3-hong-kong-men-jailed-for-up-to-18-years-over-2020-bomb-plots/ [12:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | 3 Hong Kong men jailed for up to 18 years over 2020 bomb plots ● Oct 28 [13:03] TR News Shutdown puts a drag on security clearance processes https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news/2025/10/shutdown-puts-a-drag-on-security-clearance-processes/ [13:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol-federalnewsnetwork.com | Shutdown puts a drag on security clearance processes [13:12] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans US can still defend Taiwan. But will it? https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trumps-us-can-still-defend-taiwan-but-will-it/ [13:12] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Trumps US can still defend Taiwan. But will it? | The Strategist [13:13] TR News Peru at a breaking point: How ten years of political chaos opened the door to organized crime https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/peru-at-a-breaking-point-how-ten-years-of-political-chaos-opened-the-door-to-organized-crime/ [13:13] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Peru at a breaking point: How ten years of political chaos opened the door to organized crime - Atlantic Council [13:14] TR News Sudan's RSF overrun the army's last stronghold in the Darfur region https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251027-sudan-s-rsf-overrun-the-army-s-last-stronghold-in-the-darfur-region [13:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251027-sudan-s-rsf-overrun-the-army-s-last-stronghold-in-the-darfur-region ) [13:14] TR News US government seeks to deport Kilmar brego Garca to Liberia https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/us-government-seeks-to-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-liberia/ [13:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.jurist.org | US government seeks to deport Kilmar brego Garca to Liberia - JURIST - News [13:14] TR News Cameroon's president re-electedat 92 https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251027-cameroon-s-president-re-elected-at-92 [13:14] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251027-cameroon-s-president-re-elected-at-92 ) [13:17] TR News Firefox Nightly: Extensions UI Improvements and More These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 191 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2025/10/27/extensions-ui-improvements-and-more-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-191/ [13:17] -TechPolBot/#techpol-blog.nightly.mozilla.org | Extensions UI Improvements and More These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 191 Firefox Nightly News [13:24] TR News Britain Needs Chinas Money. It Fears What Comes With It. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/europe/britain-china-national-security-economy.html [13:24] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/europe/britain-china-national-security-economy.html ) [13:26] TR News ICE Detains British Media Commentator Sami Hamdi https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/sami-hamdi-detained-ice.html [13:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/sami-hamdi-detained-ice.html ) [13:31] TR News Saeima committee starts viewing draft budget https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/27.10.2025-saeima-committee-starts-viewing-draft-budget.a620000/ [13:31] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Saeima committee starts viewing draft budget / Article [13:35] TR News Argentina midterm elections seen as confidence vote for Milei's economic refoms https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20251027-argentina-midterm-elections-seen-as-confidence-vote-for-milei-s-economic-refoms [13:35] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20251027-argentina-midterm-elections-seen-as-confidence-vote-for-milei-s-economic-refoms ) [13:36] TR News Pregnant and Postpartum Women Face Neglect and Abuse in ICE Detention https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/pregnant-and-postpartum-women-face-neglect-and-abuse-in-ice-detention [13:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aclu.org | Pregnant and Postpartum Women Face Neglect and Abuse in ICE Detention | American Civil Liberties Union [13:50] TR News Adding a fighter type is not the answer to Indonesias defence needs https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/adding-a-fighter-type-is-not-the-answer-to-indonesias-defence-needs/ [13:50] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Adding a fighter type is not the answer to Indonesias defence needs | The Strategist [13:51] TR News China urges joint efforts with Japan, South Korea, ASEAN in science and tech https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/China-urges-joint-efforts-with-Japan-South-Korea-ASEAN-in-science-and-tech [13:51] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China urges joint efforts with Japan, South Korea, ASEAN in science and tech | The Straits Times [13:53] TR News China downplays tension after German Foreign Minister cancels Beijing trip https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-downplays-tension-after-german-foreign-minister-cancels-beijing-trip [13:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | China downplays tension after German Foreign Minister cancels Beijing trip | The Straits Times ● Oct 28 [14:22] TR News Millions Suffer in HumanitarianCrisisas World Leaders Meetat Paris Summit onConflict in Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC): PHR https://phr.org/news/millions-suffer-in-humanitarian-crisis-as-world-leaders-meet-at-paris-summit-on-conflict-in-democratic-republic-of-congo-drc-phr/ [14:22] -TechPolBot/#techpol-phr.org | Millions Suffer in HumanitarianCrisisas World Leaders Meetat Paris Summit onConflict in Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC): PHR - PHR [14:24] TR News Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/health/diptheria-somalia-vaccines.html [14:24] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/health/diptheria-somalia-vaccines.html ) [14:38] TR News Lithuanian airports shut three times over weekend due to smugglers balloons https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2727069/lithuanian-airports-shut-three-times-over-weekend-due-to-smugglers-balloons [14:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian airports shut three times over weekend due to smugglers balloons - LRT [14:38] TR News Lithuanian president's aide urges 'kinetic measures' to down balloons from Belarus https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2727098/lithuanian-president-s-aide-urges-kinetic-measures-to-down-balloons-from-belarus [14:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian president's aide urges 'kinetic measures' to down balloons from Belarus - LRT [14:38] TR News Lithuania closes border with Belarus over 'hybrid attack' https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2727131/lithuania-closes-border-with-belarus-over-hybrid-attack [14:38] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuania closes border with Belarus over 'hybrid attack' - LRT [14:53] TR News Lithuania accuses Belarus of 'hybrid attack' after contraband balloons shut airports https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251027-lithuania-balloon-incursion-hybrid-attack [14:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251027-lithuania-balloon-incursion-hybrid-attack ) [14:53] TR News "Nothing but the anti-Kremlin hits Performing songs by blacklisted musicians made this Russian street band famous." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/27/nothing-but-the-anti-kremlin-hits | Source: Meduza [14:53] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Nothing but the anti-Kremlin hits Performing songs by blacklisted musicians made this Russian street band famous. Then it landed them in jail. Meduza [14:55] TR News "A perverse game with death" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/27/a-perverse-game-with-death | Source: Meduza [14:55] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | A perverse game with death Russias moral guardians are once again trying to ban Halloween. Could this year be different? Meduza [14:56] TR News "Not an appropriate thing" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/27/not-an-appropriate-thing | Source: Meduza [14:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | Not an appropriate thing Russia says its experimental Burevestnik nuclear missile completed a 15-hour test flight. Trump isnt impressed. Meduza [14:56] TR News Baltic companies secretly fuelling Russias shadow fleet https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2726119/baltic-companies-secretly-fuelling-russia-s-shadow-fleet [14:56] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Baltic companies secretly fuelling Russias shadow fleet - LRT [14:57] TR News Kaliningrad transit unaffected by Lithuania's border closure with Belarus ministry https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2727347/kaliningrad-transit-unaffected-by-lithuania-s-border-closure-with-belarus-ministry [14:57] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Kaliningrad transit unaffected by Lithuania's border closure with Belarus ministry - LRT [14:58] TR News 3 Takeaways From Vietnams Drift Toward Russia and Away From America https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/asia/3-takeaways-from-vietnams-drift-toward-russia-and-away-from-america.html [14:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/asia/3-takeaways-from-vietnams-drift-toward-russia-and-away-from-america.html ) [14:58] TR News Is the U.S. Losing in Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China Are Gaining. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/asia/vietnam-russia-relations.html [14:58] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/asia/vietnam-russia-relations.html ) [14:59] TR News With Russian cyberattacks on the rise, NATO nations ready to play offense https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2025/1027/nato-cyber-warfare-russia-estonia [14:59] -TechPolBot/#techpol-With Russian cyberattacks on the rise, NATO nations ready to play offense - CSMonitor.com ● Oct 28 [15:00] TR News Is the US losing in Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China are gaining https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/is-the-us-losing-in-vietnam-russia-north-korea-and-china-are-gaining [15:00] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Is the US losing in Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China are gaining | The Straits Times [15:01] TR News Dihydroxyacetone Mans place in history depends on his approach to the CRINK https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/trumps-place-in-history-depends-on-his-approach-to-the-crink/ [15:01] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.atlanticcouncil.org | Trumps place in history depends on his approach to the CRINK - Atlantic Council [15:02] TR News Four accused of damaging Latvian infrastructure for Russian services https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/27.10.2025-four-accused-of-damaging-latvian-infrastructure-for-russian-services.a619950/ [15:02] -TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | Four accused of damaging Latvian infrastructure for Russian services / Article [15:03] TR News Russia Aims Drone Attacks at Civilians, a War Crime, U.N. Inquiry Says https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/europe/russia-drones-target-civilians.html [15:03] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/world/europe/russia-drones-target-civilians.html ) [15:04] TR News UN Commission Accuses Russia Of New Crime Against Humanity In Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-united-nations-report-war-crimes-humanity/33572425.html [15:04] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | UN Commission Accuses Russia Of New Crime Against Humanity In Ukraine [15:17] TR News "The LithuanianBelarusian balloon war" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/28/the-lithuanian-belarusian-balloon-war-putin-s-disappearing-cousin-and-domodedovo-s-fire-sale | Source: Meduza [15:17] -TechPolBot/#techpol-meduza.io | The LithuanianBelarusian balloon war, Putins disappearing cousin, and Domodedovos fire sale Meduza breaks down todays biggest Russia-related news stories, October 27, 2025 Meduza [15:18] TR News Putin Receives North Koreas Top Diplomat As Zelenskyy Pushes Long-Range Missile Development https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-putin-choe-zelenskyy-north-korea/33572760.html [15:18] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Putin Receives North Koreas Top Diplomat As Zelenskyy Pushes Long-Range Missile Development [15:24] TR News Putin and North Koreas foreign minister discuss strengthening ties, KCNA says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/putin-and-north-koreas-foreign-minister-discuss-strengthening-ties-kcna-says [15:24] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Putin and North Koreas foreign minister discuss strengthening ties, KCNA says | The Straits Times [15:25] TR News Russian Troops Reported Inside Pokrovsk As Ukraine Says Forces Hold City's Defenses https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-pokrovsk-russia-zelenkyy-putin-war/33570962.html [15:25] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russian Troops Reported Inside Pokrovsk As Ukraine Says Forces Hold City's Defenses ● Oct 28 [16:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techpol [16:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techpol ● Oct 28 [19:36] *admfubar (~admfubar@ae6yc8gqwe7jq.irc) has joined #techpol [19:36] admfubar 'cause you know..trump... https://databreaches.net/2025/10/28/us-declines-to-join-more-than-70-countries-in-signing-un-cybercrime-treaty/ [19:36] -TechPolBot/#techpol-US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty DataBreaches.Net ● Oct 28 [20:19] admfubar https://pirg.org/articles/why-are-texas-doctors-offices-charging-hospital-fees/ [20:19] -TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://pirg.org/articles/why-are-texas-doctors-offices-charging-hospital-fees/ ) [20:21] admfubar https://www.planetary.org/articles/promoted-on-sunday-fired-on-monday-inside-a-nasa-offices-sudden-closure [20:21] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.planetary.org | Promoted on Sunday, Fired on Monday: Inside a | The Planetary Society [20:24] admfubar https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/flock-partners-with-ring-its-a-warrantless-day-in-the-neighborhood [20:24] -TechPolBot/#techpol-www.protectprivacynow.org | NEWS & UPDATES | FISA REFORM | PPSA - Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) [20:26] admfubar https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/ [20:26] -TechPolBot/#techpol-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Checking in on the state of Amazons chickenized reverse-centaurs (23 Oct 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow