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[02:37]	TR News	Vendor hooks in the Android kernel [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1098493/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1098493/
[02:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Vendor hooks in the Android kernel [LWN.net]
[02:37]	TR News	Hash-based module integrity for reproducible distributions [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1100026/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1100026/
[02:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hash-based module integrity for reproducible distributions [LWN.net]
[02:38]	TR News	Safe self-referential data structures in kernel Rust [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1099224/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1099224/
[02:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Safe self-referential data structures in kernel Rust [LWN.net]
[02:39]	TR News	Recent and future changes to the Linux NFS server [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1098611/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1098611/
[02:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Recent and future changes to the Linux NFS server [LWN.net]
[02:39]	TR News	SUSE's efforts to disable setuid system-wide [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1100257/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1100257/
[02:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SUSE's efforts to disable setuid system-wide [LWN.net]
[02:40]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-281026.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-281026.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-281026.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-281026.txt
[02:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
[02:41]	TR News	Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-281026.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-281026.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-281026.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-281026.txt
[02:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
[02:42]	TR News	Discussing a rewrite of XArray [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1100520/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1100520/
[02:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Discussing a rewrite of XArray [LWN.net]
[02:42]	TR News	Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-281026.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-281026.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-281026.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-281026.txt
[02:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
[02:43]	TR News	Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-281026.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-281026.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-281026.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-281026.txt
[02:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
[02:43]	TR News	Development statistics for the 7.3 kernel [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1100241/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1100241/
[02:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Development statistics for the 7.3 kernel [LWN.net]
[02:44]	TR News	Understanding Nix flakes [LWN] https://lwn.net/Articles/1094226/ Source: LWN | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1094226/
[02:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Understanding Nix flakes [LWN.net]
[02:45]	TR News	"Google's Parent Alphabet Sees 25% Profit Decline"
[02:46]	TR News	Will soon be updated https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:MSFT/explorer/total_debt/
[02:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:MSFT/explorer/total_debt/ )
[02:49]	TR News	Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ 
[02:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights
[02:49]	TR News	Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_October_28_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_October_28_2026.gmi 
[02:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
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[02:50]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Today_in_Techrights.gmi 
[02:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights
[02:50]	TR News	Yesterday's Tux Machines bulletin is now ready! : http://news.tuxmachines.org/txt-archives/tuxmachines-2026-10-28.txt
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[02:51]	TR News	Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi 
[02:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines...
[02:56]	TR News	mustard rabbit gemini://meow.team/gemlog/mustard-rabbit.gmi
[02:57]	TR News	lights out gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/lights_out
[02:58]	TR News	"I received yet another email for Sean Conner [1], this time an invoice for several art pieces (for quite a bit of money) from a gallery in Colorado being sent to a house in Dallas, Texas." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/10/28.1
[02:58]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1783.jpg
[02:59]	TR News	[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2140.jpg
[02:59]	TR News	Get more memory with zram or zswap gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-zram-zswap-compressed-memory
● Oct 29
[03:00]	TR News	"In the old rec.games.roguelike.nethack, people would often post Yet Another New Idea (YANI) for making items more useful." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/10/28/useless/
[03:01]	TR News	"A few days ago I noticed that today (2026-10-28) had a forecast of "sunny" which is always a signal to look for clear skies and stargazing opportunities." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20261028-0.gmi
[03:04]	TR News	"Microsoft should fire every single employee in Redmond WA and offer them no buy out or unemployment benefits." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m62nvttv "Redmond does not need Microsoft. I grew up in Redmond and sick of all the Microsoft Nerds."
[03:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m62nvttv )
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[03:07]	TR News	""What happens if too few employees accept the buyout?" - It means there will be "involuntary" layoffs. Intel did the same in 2023, 2024. And in 2025, 2026 they stopped doing it and just went straight ahead with layoffs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m60j4acn#replies
[03:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m60j4acn#replies )
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[03:12]	TR News	Techrights Linux Links 29/10/2026: Refractor Stargazing and Making Better Use of RAM in Linux https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Linux_Links_29_10_2026_Refractor_Stargazing_and_Making_Better_U.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Linux_Links_29_10_2026_Refractor_Stargazing_and_Making_Better_U.gmi 
[03:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Linux Links 29/10/2026: Refractor Stargazing and Making Better Use of RAM in Linux
[03:15]	TR News	 (NEW):  LWN Picks: Kernel, SUSE, and Nix https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/LWN_Picks_Kernel_SUSE_and_Nix.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/LWN_Picks_Kernel_SUSE_and_Nix.gmi 
[03:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LWN Picks: Kernel, SUSE, and Nix
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[04:02]	TR News	Techrights What Makes Techrights a Community https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/What_Makes_Techrights_a_Community.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/What_Makes_Techrights_a_Community.gmi 
[04:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights What Makes Techrights a Community
[04:05]	TR News	"Most Servers on the Planet Are Vulnerable to This Firmware Code-Execution Flaw | WIRED" https://www.wired.com/story/most-servers-on-the-planet-are-vulnerable-to-a-code-execution-flaw-in-uefi-firmware/ ^ UEFI
[04:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Most Servers on the Planet Are Vulnerable to This Firmware Code-Execution Flaw | WIRED
[04:06]	TR News	Anon: islam remains not a race https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/el-sayed-is-national-security-threat
[04:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.kenklippenstein.com | El-Sayed Is National Security Threat, Govt Says
[04:36]	TR News	Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXI - Techrights Was Right, So Why Was It Punished by Lawfare While the Culprits Walk Away Scot-free? https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XXI_Techrights_Was_Right_So_Why.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XXI_Techrights_Was_Right_So_Why.gmi 
[04:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXI - Techrights Was Right, So Why Was It Punished by Lawfare While the Culprits Walk Away Scot-free?
[04:50]	TR News	Microsoft Total Liabilities: $758.38 billion
[04:57]	TR News	You cannot offset debt against FAKE, FICTIONAL value
[04:57]	TR News	Who audits Microsoft except Microsoft or a firm contracted by Microsoft
[04:57]	TR News	Nobody, right?
[04:57]	TR News	Techrights No, Microsoft Isn't Doing Well (It Has Struggled for a Long Time) https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/No_Microsoft_Isn_t_Doing_Well_It_Has_Struggled_for_a_Long_Time.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/No_Microsoft_Isn_t_Doing_Well_It_Has_Struggled_for_a_Long_Time.gmi 
[04:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights No, Microsoft Isn't Doing Well (It Has Struggled for a Long Time)
● Oct 29
[05:07]	TR News	Techrights 'Secure' Boot Is Not Secure, Here Are News Reports About the Latest Evidence https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Secure_Boot_Is_Not_Secure_Here_Are_News_Reports_About_the_Lates.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Secure_Boot_Is_Not_Secure_Here_Are_News_Reports_About_the_Lates.gmi 
[05:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights 'Secure' Boot Is Not Secure, Here Are News Reports About the Latest Evidence
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[06:28]	TR News	Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXII - Still "Radio Silence" From "Restricted Boot" Perpetrators (After Techrights Proven Right Again) https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XXII_Still_Radio_Silence_From_R.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XXII_Still_Radio_Silence_From_R.gmi 
[06:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXII - Still "Radio Silence" From "Restricted Boot" Perpetrators (After Techrights Proven Right Again)
[06:42]	TR News	"Young is seeking damages and an injunction to prevent further unauthorised use of the song, according to the complaint. The allegations have not been proven in court." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/neil-young-sues-trump-committee-song-use-1828305 | Source: International Business Times
[06:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Neil Young Sues Trump Again for $10 Million as He Claims His Song Is the Opposite of Everything Trump Stands For | IBTimes UK
[06:42]	TR News	"If you thought Neil Young had already sued Trump over the use of his music during campaign rallies, you would be correct." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/neil-young-sues-trump-again-over-music-use/ | Source: Digital Music News
[06:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/26/neil-young-sues-trump-again-over-music-use/ )
[06:43]	TR News	"Elvis Presleys rightsholders have sued Anthropic with allegations of copyright infringement over 274 of his songs used to train AI models without permission." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/elvis-presley-ip-anthropic-copyright-infringement/ | Source: Digital Music News
[06:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/25/elvis-presley-ip-anthropic-copyright-infringement/ )
[06:43]	TR News	Garrett silence on https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97631 https://status.hetzner.com/incident/54493dac-b3a2-44f0-8d8b-6de8b25d8f17 https://securityaffairs.com/201928/security/cve-2026-97631-16-year-old-uefi-flaw-threatens-servers.html
[06:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cve.org | NO TITLE
[06:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-status.hetzner.com | Hetzner Online Status
[06:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-securityaffairs.com | CVE-2026-97631: 16-Year-Old UEFI Flaw Threatens Servers
[06:44]	TR News	Digital Restrictions (DRM) https://www.wired.com/story/most-servers-on-the-planet-are-vulnerable-to-a-code-execution-flaw-in-uefi-firmware/ | Source: Wired
[06:44]	TR News	"Which means that, when we go offline, so will our digital identities, eventually. Itll take longer, but that credit card isnt going to pay for itself." https://tedium.co/2026/10/20/death-domains-commentary/ | Source: Tedium
[06:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tedium.co | Death & Domains: Does The Tech Need To Change?
[06:44]	TR News	"advanced expeditionary surveillance and tactical reconnaissance capabilities" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/us-marines-join-nato-mission-in-the-baltic-sea-to-protect-undersea-cables-from-sabotage-as-russia-continues-to-lurk-around-four-dozen-recon-and-intel-specialists-deployed-to-deter-seabed-threats | Source: Tom's Hardware
[06:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | US Marines join NATO mission in the Baltic Sea to protect undersea cables from sabotage as Russia continues to lurk 'around four dozen' recon and intel specialists deployed to deter seabed threats | Tom's Hardware
[06:58]	TR News	"When I was talking to a client recently, I was surprised to learn how incredibly motivated she was to write all the alt texts for images on her site." https://medienbaecker.com/articles/number-go-up | Source: Thomas Gnther
[06:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medienbaecker.com | Number go up Thomas Gnther
[06:58]	TR News	"Meanwhile, male figureheads of the AI industry are out here posting slop videos about sperm on main." https://www.404media.co/marissa-mayer-nyt-interview/ | Source: 404 Media
[06:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Marissa Mayer Cant Keep Pretending 'Gender Doesn't Matter'
● Oct 29
[07:05]	TR News	"Most of Planet Earth now knows cruelty is the point of Trump 2. But if anyone implausibly needs more evidence, meet Rev. Edward Nalwamba, a 79-year-old, pro-democracy Ugandan priest who spent over a year in ICE detention." https://www.commondreams.org/further/monsters-r-us | Source: Common Dreams
[07:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Further | Monsters 'R Us | Opinion
[07:06]	TR News	"Much of this technological arsenal is not British but supplied by US, Israeli, and other foreign defence and security giants, producing technological dependency, and techno-political lock-in" https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/report-automated-discrimination-unpacking-the-digital-hostile-environment/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
[07:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Report: Automated Discrimination: Unpacking the Digital Hostile Environment | Open Rights Group
[07:06]	TR News	"The report highlights how AI is shaped by and will shape the hostile environment, reinforcing bias and discrimination." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-ai-being-embedded-across-immigration-system-in-near-total-secrecy/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
[07:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | New report: AI being embedded across immigration system in near total secrecy | Open Rights Group
[07:07]	TR News	"Now, however, instead of protecting foreign nationals who cannot safely return to their home country, the country is vilifying them." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/pierre-damas-bel-tps-warning/ | Source: The Nation
[07:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | What Trumps Cruel Policies Against Immigrants Say About Whos Next | The Nation
[07:09]	TR News	"MIT students designed CurbToCar to solve exactly this problem." https://thetech.com/2026/10/16/mit-assistive-tech | Source: MIT
[07:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thetech.com | Co-design in action: A deep dive into MIT Assistive Technology Club | The Tech
[07:09]	TR News	"First, the rollout was slow-walked. The deadline for deployment kept being pushed back." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/27/dhs-rejects-oversight-recommendation-for-ice-body-cam-auto-activation/ | Source: Techdirt
[07:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DHS Rejects Oversight Recommendation For ICE Body Cam Auto-Activation | Techdirt
[07:12]	TR News	"On Greg Sargent's Daily Blast show, Nicole Hemmer noted, after a clip of Trump verbally abusing a woman reporter who asked him about Ramaswamy's commercial" https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/there-are-too-many-stories-like-this-rape-culture-on-the-ballot/ | Source: Rebecca Solnit
[07:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.meditationsinanemergency.com | There Are Too Many Stories Like This: Rape Culture on the Ballot
[07:13]	TR News	"If you've never heard of a rotary jail, the idea is simple and a little absurd." https://cleberg.net/blog/detour-001-squirrel-cage-jail.html | Source: Christian Cleberg
[07:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-detour #001: Squirrel Cage Jail - cleberg.net
[07:16]	TR News	"Among the records revealed during the discovery process in these cases are dozens of reports, audio transcripts, emails, intercepted Signal chats, photographs, database queries, and more." https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/ | Source: Wired
[07:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History | WIRED
[07:16]	TR News	"The demands are various but often overlapping frustrations with shabby schooling facilities" https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1319544/nobody-heard-us-why-gen-z-are-leading-protests-across-europe/ | Source: Greece
[07:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Nobody heard us why Gen Z are leading protests across Europe | eKathimerini.com
[07:17]	TR News	"The administration is banning media outlets from official government sites, places paid for by your tax dollars, such as the White House, the Pentagon and Air Force One." https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/free-press-under-fire/ | Source: Middle Tennessee State University
[07:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-firstamendment.mtsu.edu | Editorial: Free press under fire | The Free Speech Center
[07:17]	TR News	"A lawsuit filed Oct. 26 on behalf of six such citizens essentially representing the wider public audience" https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/6-citizens-sue-trump-saying-news-media-ban-deprives-them-of-news-as-audience-stakeholders/ | Source: Middle Tennessee State University
[07:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-firstamendment.mtsu.edu | 6 citizens sue Trump, saying news-media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders | The Free Speech Center
[07:17]	TR News	"Now in their 15th year, the British Journalism Awards celebrate work that is revelatory, has real-world impact and serves the public interest (regardless of format or platform)." https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/british-journalism-awards-2026-shortlist-revealed/ | Source: Press Gazette
[07:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | British Journalism Awards 2026 shortlist revealed - Press Gazette
[07:24]	TR News	"Editor-in-chief Lina Attalah was briefly detained and fined over licensing violations." https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-mada-masr-linah-attalah-press-freedom/a-79781842 | Source: Deutsche Welle
[07:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dw.com | Egypt orders closure of independent news site Mada Masr
[07:24]	TR News	"While the three newsrooms were already victorious in their preliminary injunction against the administration" https://newrepublic.com/post/217155/six-citizens-sue-trump-white-house-media-ban-hurt-democratic-public | Source: New Republic
[07:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Trump Sued for Hurting Democracy With White House Media Ban | The New Republic
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[07:24]	TR News	"The law also criminalizes certain political, cultural, and media activities, including publishing information authorities deem contrary to national security." https://cpj.org/2026/10/iran-sentences-journalists-under-espionage-law/ | Source: CPJ
[07:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Iran sentences journalists under espionage law - Committee to Protect Journalists
[07:24]	TR News	"China has been the worlds worst jailer of journalists for three consecutive years, holding at least 50 in 2025." https://cpj.org/2026/10/cpj-calls-for-release-of-imprisoned-journalists-ahead-of-the-international-day-of-political-prisoners-on-october-30/ | Source: CPJ
[07:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | CPJ calls for release of imprisoned journalists ahead of the International Day of Political Prisoners on October 30 - Committee to Protect Journalists
[07:25]	TR News	"Given the dangerous and evolving landscape for press freedom and journalist safety across the U.S." https://cpj.org/2026/10/how-journalists-can-stay-safe-and-how-we-can-protect-americas-press-on-midterm-election-day-and-beyond/ | Source: CPJ
[07:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | How Journalists Can Stay SafeAnd How We Can Protect Americas PressOn Midterm Election Day And Beyond - Committee to Protect Journalists
[07:25]	TR News	"Press4Democracy exists to defend the First Amendment and to stand in solidarity with the journalists still doing this essential work" https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/journalists-group-forms-to-defend-press-freedom/ | Source: Middle Tennessee State University
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[07:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-firstamendment.mtsu.edu | Journalists group forms to defend press freedom | The Free Speech Center
[07:27]	TR News	"stoking riots from his sunbed" https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/tommy-robinson-found-guilty-of-harassing-daily-mail-journalists/ | Source: Press Gazette
[07:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Tommy Robinson found guilty of harassing Daily Mail journalists - Press Gazette
[07:27]	TR News	"The jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision, but the judge said on Wednesday that they would be allowed to give a majority verdict, and 10 out of 12 jurors found Mr. Robinson guilty on the two counts of harassment." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/world/europe/tommy-robinson-harassment-verdict-court-uk.html | Source: New York Times
[07:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/world/europe/tommy-robinson-harassment-verdict-court-uk.html )
[07:33]	TR News	"Ernst is the only reporter within 100 kilometres." https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/28/Every-Paper-One-BC-Region-Closed/ | Source: The Tyee
[07:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thetyee.ca | Every Paper in One BC Region Closed. Reporters Refused to Give Up | The Tyee
[07:34]	TR News	"Hassan Golshan-Nejad, a detainee arrested in connection with the January 2026 protests and currently held in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, has been sentenced to death by Branch 5 of the citys Revolutionary Court." https://www.en-hrana.org/hassan-golshan-nejad-sentenced-to-death-in-connection-with-january-2026-protests/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency
[07:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.en-hrana.org | Hassan Golshan-Nejad Sentenced to Death in Connection with January 2026 Protests - Hrana
[07:35]	TR News	"Parliament approved the bills framework on Aug. 16 by a vote of 183 to 4, then it approved Article 22 with a vote of 174 to 6." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-tehran-washington-and-london-are-shutting-out-ordinary-iranians/ | Source: Truthdig
[07:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-tehran-washington-and-london-are-shutting-out-ordinary-iranians/ )
[07:37]	TR News	 (NEW):  Ghostty 1.4 Is Faster and Uses Less RAM, but Drops Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Ghostty_1_4_Is_Faster_and_Uses_Less_RAM_but_Drops_Ubuntu_24_04_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Ghostty_1_4_Is_Faster_and_Uses_Less_RAM_but_Drops_Ubuntu_24_04_.gmi 
[07:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Ghostty 1.4 Is Faster and Uses Less RAM, but Drops Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Support
[07:38]	TR News	"A Russian IT specialist has been sentenced to 13 years in jail on charges of financing terrorism after the cryptocurrency exchange Binance passed details to authorities in Moscow of his donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns." https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/27/it-worker-jailed-13-years-in-russia-after-binance-revealed-he-donated-money-to-ukraine-a94098 | Source: The Moscow Times
[07:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.themoscowtimes.com | IT Worker Jailed 13 Years in Russia After Binance Revealed He Donated Money to Ukraine - The Moscow Times
[07:38]	TR News	"ALA, established in 1876, has a longstanding commitment to defend intellectual freedom in libraries." https://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/report | Source: American Library Association
[07:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ala.org | Challenge Reporting | ALA
[07:43]	TR News	"Abdikarim, who has visited Abdirahman several times in detention, told CPJ that the journalist was being questioned about his October 15 interview with Abdiqadir Sharay" https://cpj.org/2026/10/somaliland-detains-journalist-without-charge-after-interviewing-presidential-aspirant/ | Source: CPJ
[07:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | Somaliland detains journalist without charge after interviewing presidential aspirant - Committee to Protect Journalists
[07:43]	TR News	"That grievance is addressed by charging Floris with lying about disseminating a Ukraine report the two Senators released" https://emptywheel.net/2026/10/28/kash-patel-tried-to-criminalize-scrutinizing-garbage-tips-that-serve-trumps-lies/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler
[07:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-emptywheel.net | Kash Patel Tried to Criminalize Scrutinizing Garbage Tips that Serve Trump's Lies - emptywheel
[07:45]	TR News	"pornographic." https://www.oif.ala.org/lies-about-libraries-part-two/ | Source: American Library Association
[07:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.oif.ala.org/lies-about-libraries-part-two/ )
[07:45]	TR News	"Welcome to the first in a series of posts dedicated to debunking false claims used to undermine trust in libraries and attack those who work in them." https://www.oif.ala.org/lies-about-libraries-part-one/ | Source: American Library Association
[07:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://www.oif.ala.org/lies-about-libraries-part-one/ )
[07:46]	TR News	"The planned purchase would deepen ties between OpenAI and Alphabet's Google, which compete in AI products and search. The report did not disclose financial terms or other details." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-plans-to-buy-googles-ai-chips/articleshow/135249807.cms | Source: India Times
[07:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-economictimes.indiatimes.com | OpenAI AI chips: OpenAI plans to buy Google's AI chips - The Economic Times
[07:48]	TR News	"Software company Microsoft has offered a voluntary exit scheme to around 60,000 employees. The offer is for employees in India, the US, the UK and Canada. The company shared this information in a blog post." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/national/news/microsoft-india-voluntary-exit-scheme-layoffs-2026-139502062.html | Source: Bhaskar English
[07:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bhaskarenglish.in | Microsoft India Voluntary Exit Scheme | Employees Decide by December
[07:48]	TR News	"Theres a ton to hate in there, frankly." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/27/xbox-business-manager-goes-full-ai-evangelist-meatball-deletes-extwitter-account/ | Source: Techdirt
[07:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Xbox Business Manager Goes Full AI Evangelist Meatball, Deletes ExTwitter Account | Techdirt
[07:48]	TR News	"Network Infrastructure, which accounts for 42 percent of the total, was up 17 percent YoY" https://insidetowers.com/nokia-positioning-in-growth-areas/ | Source: Inside Towers
[07:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-insidetowers.com | Nokia Positioning in Growth Areas - Inside Towers
[07:49]	TR News	"Anthropic is in an ongoing legal battle with the Pentagon, though its relationship with officials elsewhere in the federal government appears to be solid." https://fedscoop.com/gsa-onegov-deal-claude-anthropic/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[07:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-GSA expands OneGov agreement with Anthropic, touting steep discounts | FedScoop
[07:51]	TR News	"Waterfox now uses a Rust implementation of Brotli compression and decompression, replacing the previous C implementation" https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.7.7/ | Source: Waterfox
[07:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Waterfox 6.7.7 JPEG XL improvements and update fixes Release Notes
[07:52]	TR News	"One measure of energy prices I find useful is the average price of the products refined from a barrel of oil typically 2/3 of a barrel of gasoline and 1/3 of a barrel of diesel." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-your | Source: Paul Krugman
[07:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Trump Doesnt Give a Damn About Your Problems
[07:54]	TR News	"walking simulators" https://blog.codinghorror.com/suffering-as-a-feature/ | Source: Jeff Atwood
[07:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.codinghorror.com | Suffering as a Feature
[07:55]	TR News	"The panel of judges found the West Virginia statute unlawfully restricts speech based solely on the topic, message, or subject matter of what is being said" https://therecord.media/west-virginia-daniels-law-struck-down-appellate-court | Source: The Record
[07:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Court strikes down West Virginia law barring disclosure of public officials personal data | The Record from Recorded Future News
[07:56]	TR News	"I have studied American elections for more than four decades, and during that time I have testified as an expert witness in more than 100 voting rights cases." https://www.salon.com/2026/10/28/the-first-line-of-donald-trumps-obituary/ | Source: Salon
[07:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The first line of Donald Trump's obituary - Salon.com
[07:56]	TR News	"The University of Michigans Alex Halderman, who has spent two decades exploring the vulnerabilities of American voting systems, is tearing his hair out." https://news.umich.edu/polarized-america-obsesses-over-small-voting-problems-or-sweeps-issues-under-rug/ | Source: University of Michigan
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[07:56]	TR News	"This has serious cybersecurity implications." https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/10/27/voting-machines-left-unattended-as-usual/ | Source: Princeton University
[07:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.citp.princeton.edu | Voting machines left unattended, as usual - CITP Blog
[07:57]	TR News	"Why it matters: There's no credible evidence that voting-system vulnerabilities have been exploited to change election results." https://www.axios.com/2026/10/28/election-security-paper-ballots-audits | Source: Axios
[07:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2026/10/28/election-security-paper-ballots-audits )
[07:59]	TR News	"Excluded from the 60,000 workers eligible for severance are people who work in roles tied to data centers, cybersecurity, quantum computing, sales, and marketing, Bloomberg reported." https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/2026/microsofts-buyout-offer-to-employees-shows-which-tech-jobs-matter | Source: Semafor Inc
[07:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Microsofts buyout offer to employees shows which tech jobs matter | Semafor
● Oct 29
[08:00]	TR News	"The federation and the Chinese Embassy approved the requests." https://www.rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/10/28/china-teachers-philippines-return-south-china-sea/ | Source: RFA
[08:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | South China Sea tensions cause China to recall teachers from the Philippines Radio Free Asia
[08:01]	TR News	"Still, the scale of money being poured into AI and AI-related industries with AI stocks taking up some 42 percent of Chinas market capitalization, according to Goldman Sachs" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-bubble-burst-china | Source: Futurism
[08:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | It Appears That the AI Bubble Has Just Burst in China
[08:01]	TR News	"It required electric and diesel locomotives to be positioned throughout the train to power it." https://www.ksl.com/article/51641567/this-freight-train-claims-to-be-the-longest-ever-heres-how-long | Source: Deseret Media
[08:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-This freight train claims to be the longest ever. Here's how long | KSL.com
[08:01]	TR News	"Although the term quantum battery is a bit of a vague term, the cell that [Kieran Hymas] et al." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/battery-prototype-uses-superextensive-quantum-effects-to-charge-faster/ | Source: Hackaday
[08:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Battery Prototype Uses Superextensive Quantum Effects To Charge Faster | Hackaday
[08:02]	TR News	"Developed by Quantum Systems, the latest generation of Reliant featured a hybrid-electric power unit and increases the systems payload capacity to up to 9 kg, enabling a much broader range of missions." https://interestingengineering.com/military/spy-drone-integrated-with-grenades-mortar | Source: Interesting Engineering
[08:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-interestingengineering.com | Spy drone integrated with grenades can conduct long-range strikes
[08:02]	TR News	"The standout feature of this thing is a huge addressable LED seven segment display PCB, upon the back of which sits a tiny Seeed Studio Xiao board to which the particle sensor is hooked up." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/airborne-particle-monitoring-the-big-way/ | Source: Hackaday
[08:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Airborne Particle Monitoring, The BIG Way | Hackaday
[08:03]	TR News	"As Americas data center boom keeps growing, the facilities are set to consume a staggering amount of natural gas" https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-ipo-identifies-gas-supply-as-big-near-term-risks/ | Source: Wired
[08:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Anthropic Flags Gas Supply as One of Its Biggest Near-Term Risks | WIRED
[08:03]	TR News	"Under state rules, companies must not pollute, and oil and gas regulators at the Corporation Commission can revoke injection permits and issue fines to those that violate regulations." https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-pollution-citation-violations | Source: Pro Publica
[08:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | Oklahoma Consistently Fails to Punish Citation Oil & Gas ProPublica
[08:04]	TR News	"As record heat interrupts work, overloads hospitals, and claims thousands of lives around the world" https://www.sciencealert.com/heat-deaths-reach-record-high-146-experts-call-to-declare-climate-change-a-global-health-emergency | Source: Science Alert
[08:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Record High': 146 Experts Call to Declare Climate Change a Global Health Emergency : ScienceAlert
[08:04]	TR News	 (NEW):  Gnomarchy Arch-based Linux distribution with a customised GNOME desktop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Gnomarchy_Arch_based_Linux_distribution_with_a_customised_GNOME.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Gnomarchy_Arch_based_Linux_distribution_with_a_customised_GNOME.gmi 
[08:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Gnomarchy Arch-based Linux distribution with a customised GNOME desktop
[08:04]	TR News	"Video: Hero dog Martta saves neighbour from chilly fate | Yle News | Yle" https://yle.fi/a/74-20253660
[08:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Video: Hero dog Martta saves neighbour from chilly fate | Yle News | Yle
[08:04]	TR News	"In its IPO prospectus filed on Monday, the tech giant revealed it is on the hook for about $400 billion in chip purchases and data center leases, and lost $81 billion in the first half of this year" https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/2026/anthropic-says-energy-difficulties-could-slow-down-the-ai-buildout | Source: Semafor Inc
[08:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Anthropic says energy difficulties could slow down the AI buildout | Semafor
[08:05]	TR News	"passing the full increase on to residents is not a realistic solution." https://futurism.com/future-society/endless-cruise-suddenly-ends | Source: Futurism
[08:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Company That Sold "Endless Cruises" Suspends Operations as Fuel Costs Spike, Kicks Residents Off Ship
[08:05]	TR News	"One passenger told BBC she doesn't regret choosing to live on the ship ... but notes it's unfortunate that the U.S. war with Iran caused fuel prices to skyrocket." https://www.tmz.com/2026/10/28/villa-vie-odyssey-cruise-passengers-upset-after-being-stranded/ | Source: TMZ
[08:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tmz.com | Passengers From 'Never-Ending' Cruise Speak Out After Getting Kicked Off Ship
[08:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  hybrid-d77 Chimera Linux-based distribution with Sway and niri https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/hybrid_d77_Chimera_Linux_based_distribution_with_Sway_and_niri.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/hybrid_d77_Chimera_Linux_based_distribution_with_Sway_and_niri.gmi 
[08:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines hybrid-d77 Chimera Linux-based distribution with Sway and niri
[08:06]	TR News	"US-based operator Villa Vie Residences announced on Tuesday it was suspending operations of the Odyssey" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/cruise-ship-halted-by-high-fuel-costs-leaving-200-passengers-stranded-in-cambodia-1999829 | Source: Deccan Chronicle
[08:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanchronicle.com | Cruise Ship Halted by High Fuel Costs, Leaving 200 Passengers Stranded in Cambodia
[08:07]	TR News	"AI: Energy, Environment & Community" https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2026/10/28/AI-Energy-Environment-Community/ | Source: The Tyee
[08:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thetyee.ca | What Will Data Centres Mean for Our Energy, Environment and Communities? | The Tyee
[08:07]	TR News	"Garrett Langley, the CEO of automatic license plate reader company Flock" https://www.404media.co/its-not-the-bots-flock/ | Source: 404 Media
[08:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | It's not the bots, Flock
[08:07]	TR News	"EFF sued the government back in March for information about the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/new-records-obtained-eff-expose-more-problems-medicares-ai-experiment | Source: EFF
[08:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | New Records Obtained by EFF Expose More Problems with Medicares AI Experiment | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[08:08]	TR News	"Eighteen years after his first conviction, and seven years after his much-debated death, the ghost of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is suddenly inescapable again" https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/507993/2026-midterms-epstein | Source: Vox
[08:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Republicans have an Epstein problem | Vox
[08:08]	TR News	"The State Water Resources Control Board is proposing amendments to the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water quality control plan." https://www.courthousenews.com/california-water-board-hears-competing-views-on-major-water-plan-update/ | Source: Court House News
[08:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.courthousenews.com | California water board hears competing views on major water plan update | Courthouse News Service
[08:09]	TR News	"A bipartisan group of nine U.S. senators penned a formal letter on Oct. 15 to the Department of Defense Inspector General" https://kyivindependent.com/pentagon-watchdog-rejects-bipartisan-plea-to-investigate-starlink-disruption-ap-reports/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent
[08:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-kyivindependent.com | Pentagon watchdog rejects bipartisan plea to investigate Starlink disruption, AP reports
[08:09]	TR News	"foreign state actors were involved in a major cyberattack" https://therecord.media/moldova-investigates-possible-foreign-involvement-cyberattacks | Source: The Record
[08:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | Moldova investigates possible foreign involvement in major government cyberattack | The Record from Recorded Future News
[08:10]	TR News	"According to the Prime Minister, several attacks were recorded between October 19 and 23, targeting approximately one million IDNPs." https://www.moldpres.md/eng/society/prime-minister-on-cyberattack-targeting-public-digital-services-authorities-are-investigating-the-possible-involvement-of-foreign-state-actors-as-well |
[08:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.moldpres.md | Prime Minister on cyberattack targeting public digital services: Authorities investigating possible involvement of foreign actors
[08:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  Scribus 1.6.7 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/28/Scribus_1_6_7_Open_Source_Desktop_Publishing_App_Released_with_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/28/Scribus_1_6_7_Open_Source_Desktop_Publishing_App_Released_with_.gmi 
[08:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Scribus 1.6.7 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Improvements
[08:12]	TR News	"In brief, Trump has placed our great nation on the side of a monstrous dictator who is an enemy of all mankind. The stain on America will be hard to efface." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/you-cant-ump-trump | Source: The Next Move
[08:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenextmove.org | You Cant Ump Trump - by Jay Nordlinger - The Next Move
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[08:13]	TR News	"The United States war with Iran has no clear exit ramp. Periods of negotiation or reduced hostilities may interrupt the fighting" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/10/the-battlefield-has-no-boundaries-how-the-iran-war-is-redrawing-the-cyber-threat-map/ | Source: Federal News Network
[08:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | The battlefield has no boundaries: How the Iran war is redrawing the cyber threat map - Federal News Network
[08:13]	TR News	"The sources said the U.S. had failed to provide intelligence on Russian ballistic missile launches during one previous instance earlier this year" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war-missile-strikes-kyiv-power-outages/ | Source: CBS
[08:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 406 @ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war-missile-strikes-kyiv-power-outages/ )
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[08:14]	TR News	"The White Houses influence over Starlink appears to be greater than the president lets on." https://newrepublic.com/post/217153/elon-musk-admits-shut-off-starlink-ukraine | Source: New Republic
[08:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Elon Musk Openly He Admits He Cut Off Ukraines Internet Access | The New Republic
[08:14]	TR News	"Today, Hungarians remember the events of the 1956 revolution. This year marks the 70th anniversary of those events that started on October 23, 1956." https://jeffbridgforth.com/oktober-23-70-years-later/ | Source: Jeff Bridgforth
[08:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jeffbridgforth.com | Oktber 23 (70 years later) | Jeff Bridgforth
[08:14]	TR News	"Perhaps the two most promising openings for pursuing the GRU as a terrorist organization come from Lithuania." https://www.rferl.org/a/wider-europe-briefing-can-the-eu-put-russia-s-gru-on-its-terror-list/33885122.html | Source: RFERL
[08:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Wider Europe Briefing: Can The EU Put Russia's GRU On Its Terror List?
[08:16]	TR News	"The Internal Affairs Ministry announced it is concerned about children and teenagers being drawn into offenses and crimes through social networks" https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/27/russia-s-internet-regulator-proposes-limiting-screen-time-for-children-under-14-and-requiring-social-media-platforms-to-verify-users-ages | Source: Meduza
[08:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-meduza.io | Russias internet regulator proposes limiting screen time for children under 14 and requiring social media platforms to verify users ages Meduza
[08:18]	TR News	"Regular Starlink terminals have automatic network throttling implemented if a connected vehicle operates in excess of 70 km/hr." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/27/musk-falsely-claims-his-traitorous-meddling-in-ukraine-is-somehow-anti-war/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Musk Falsely Claims His Traitorous Meddling In Ukraine Is Somehow Anti-War | Techdirt
[08:18]	TR News	"U.S. Marines recently launched explosive one-way attack drones against targets near Mount Fuji" https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-10-27/marines-neros-archer-strike-camp-fuji-japan-23274731.html | Source: Stars And Stripes
[08:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Marines test explosive attack drones for first time at Japans Camp Fuji | Stars and Stripes
[08:18]	TR News	"Classified as a right-wing extremist movement by Germanys domestic intelligence agency (a designation put on hold by a court)" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/10/far-rights-breakthrough-year-in-germany/ | Source: Harvard University
[08:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.harvard.edu | Far rights breakthrough year in Germany Harvard Gazette
[08:19]	TR News	"The Alaska case is a red flag that Trump has no intention of accepting the results of an election that Republicans lose." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/doj-lawsuit-alaska-election/ | Source: The Nation
[08:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | Trump Just Told Us How He Intends to Steal the Midterms | The Nation
[08:19]	TR News	 (NEW):  Here's how I replicated 3 of the Googlebook's best features on a $60 Linux laptop https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Here_s_how_I_replicated_3_of_the_Googlebook_s_best_features_on_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Here_s_how_I_replicated_3_of_the_Googlebook_s_best_features_on_.gmi 
[08:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Here's how I replicated 3 of the Googlebook's best features on a $60 Linux laptop
[08:19]	TR News	"Eighty or so donors have provided more than $333 million to Building a Better California, state records show" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/technology/proposition-40-california-billionaire-tax.html | Source: New York Times
[08:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/technology/proposition-40-california-billionaire-tax.html )
[08:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi 
[08:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[08:24]	TR News	 (NEW):  Why Linux never needed defragging, while Windows relied on it for decades https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Why_Linux_never_needed_defragging_while_Windows_relied_on_it_fo.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Why_Linux_never_needed_defragging_while_Windows_relied_on_it_fo.gmi 
[08:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Why Linux never needed defragging, while Windows relied on it for decades
[08:25]		*reap (~Username@s8kfk54nxqtqy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social
[08:28]	TR News	"an organisation who is responsible for validating the identity of a site and giving them a Certificate" https://wagtail.org/blog/wagtail-emudhra-ca-compromise/ | Source: Wagtail
[08:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wagtail.org | Wagtail and the eMudhra CA key compromise | Wagtail CMS
[08:28]	TR News	"We just released tor 0.4.9.15 which contains again several security fixes." https://forum.torproject.org/t/security-release-0-4-9-15/22332 | Source: Tor
[08:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-forum.torproject.org | Security Release 0.4.9.15 - Tor Release Announcement - Tor Project Forum
[08:30]	TR News	"Flock refers to a brand of AI-driven surveillance cameras produced by Atlanta-based company Flock Safety" https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261027-united-states-get-the-flock-out-americans-respond-to-ai-cameras-in-bipartisan-backlash-midterm-elections | Source: France24
[08:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261027-united-states-get-the-flock-out-americans-respond-to-ai-cameras-in-bipartisan-backlash-midterm-elections )
[08:30]	TR News	"pay to play" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/20/serbia-prosecutor-belgrade-trump-tower-project-targeted-spyware | Source: The Guardian UK
[08:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theguardian.com | Serbian prosecutor who investigated Belgrade Trump tower project targeted with spyware | Serbia | The Guardian
[08:30]	TR News	"These discoveries follow the Citizen Labs earlier confirmation that a Serbian pro-democracy student activists device was infected with Pegasus spyware." https://citizenlab.ca/serbian-prosecutor-who-investigated-belgrade-trump-tower-project-targeted-with-spyware/ | Source: Citizen Lab
[08:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Serbian Prosecutor Who Investigated Belgrade Trump Tower Project Targeted with Spyware - The Citizen Lab
[08:31]	TR News	 (NEW):  Networking: CA Key Compromise, Tor, and Waterfox https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Networking_CA_Key_Compromise_Tor_and_Watrfox.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Networking_CA_Key_Compromise_Tor_and_Watrfox.gmi 
[08:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Networking: CA Key Compromise, Tor, and Waterfox
[08:39]	TR News	"Age-related restrictions are developing quickly around the world. While they differ radically across jurisdictions, in the past year" https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/27/when-no-id-means-no-internet-age-verification-and-the-right-to-access-information/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification And The Right To Access Information | Techdirt
[08:40]	TR News	"Today, noyb (in collaboration with Intrt Agir, DIPLab and Reversing.Works) has filed 5 complaints against Scale AI in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria." https://noyb.eu/en/ai-training-platform-outlier-illegally-surveils-european-platform-workers | Source: NYOB
[08:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-noyb.eu | AI training platform Outlier illegally surveils European platform workers
[08:40]	TR News	"Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is facing increasing scrutiny over its privacy practices, data collection methods, and lack of transparency." https://pariganaka.com/facebook-just-crossed-a-line-and-people-are-finding-out/ | Source: Pariganaka
[08:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Facebook Just Crossed a Line... And People Are Finding Out - PARIGANAKA
[08:43]	TR News	"Many users may not be engaging with chatbots as if theyre tools, and might instead be treating them like a coworker or even as a friend we tell our friends some very personal details." https://werd.io/chatgpt-knows-everything-about-its-users-it-will-not-be-a-good-steward-of-that-power/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller
[08:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-werd.io | ChatGPT knows everything about its users. It will not be a good steward of that power.
[08:44]	TR News	"A leak website was published Wednesday, showcasing internal data on more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors after it was obtained by hackers who claimed to have breached an identity service used by the agency." https://cyberscoop.com/dhs-employee-data-leak-ddosecrets/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[08:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Leak site publishes data on more than 41,000 DHS employees obtained by hacktivists | CyberScoop
[08:44]	TR News	"The records, which span DHS itself as well as seven component agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US Customs and Border Protection, were last updated on August 19, 2026." https://www.wired.com/story/massive-leak-exposes-41000-homeland-security-workers-including-undercover-ice-agents/ | Source: Wired
[08:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security WorkersIncluding Undercover ICE Agents | WIRED
[08:44]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Android_Leftovers.gmi 
[08:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[08:44]	TR News	"EU users personal data rights are governed by the General Data Protection Regulation and the AI Act." https://www.404media.co/meta-ai-training-uk-eu/ | Source: 404 Media
[08:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | If You're In the UK or EU, Here's How to Object to Meta's AI Training
[08:45]	TR News	"Noyb spokesperson Mickey Manakas said an analysis identified 18 third-party trackers used by Scale to track French freelancers data." https://therecord.media/noyb-sues-scale-ai-for-worker-surveillance | Source: The Record
[08:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-therecord.media | European digital rights nonprofit noyb sues Scale AI for invasive worker surveillance | The Record from Recorded Future News
[08:51]	TR News	"after a thorough, consultative process which determined that these vehicles present an unacceptable and unmitigable risk to our personnel and our mission," https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2026-10-27/byd-kadena-ev-ban-okinawa-air-force-23283154.html | Source: Stars And Stripes
[08:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Air Force bans Chinese-made electric vehicles from base on Okinawa | Stars and Stripes
[08:51]	TR News	"According to the Tailworm report, Tailscale SSH performs some forwarding operations with root privileges" https://www.securityweek.com/tailscale-rushes-patches-after-uncoordinated-disclosure-of-tailworm-flaws/ | Source: Security Week
[08:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Tailscale Rushes Patches After Uncoordinated Disclosure of 'Tailworm' Flaws - SecurityWeek
[08:51]	TR News	Windows TCO https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2026/10/28/qualified-voter-file-primary-slowdown-clerks-prepare-midterm/ | Source: Votebeat
[08:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.votebeat.org | Michigan officials working to prevent voting slowdowns during 2026 midterm election - Votebeat
[08:52]	TR News	Windows TCO https://cyberscoop.com/volt-typhoon-silent-train-covert-ephemeral-network-black-lotus-labs/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[08:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Researchers uncover Volt Typhoons covert, ephemeral network | CyberScoop
[08:52]	TR News	Windows TCO https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/hive-ransomware-jailed-fbi-infiltrated | Source: Bitdefender
[08:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bitdefender.com | Hive ransomware affiliate jailed, years after FBI infiltrated the gang's systems
[08:52]	TR News	"According to information received by IranWire, the collection and publication of women's private images has once again resulted in tragedy, this time in the cities of Javanrud and Paveh" https://iranwire.com/en/features/159348-telegram-doxxing-channels-drive-women-to-suicide-in-western-iran/ | Source: IranWire
[08:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-iranwire.com | Telegram Doxxing Channels Drive Women to Suicide in Western Iran
[08:52]	TR News	"It was the number two post for a while, however I only saw my post as a logged-in user? I sent the HN frontpage to someone: they did not see the post and I tried incognito / logged out mode myself and did not see my post. Strange." https://j11g.com/going-to-the-top-on-hacker-news | Source: Jan van den Berg
[08:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-j11g.com | Going to the top on Hacker News - Jan van den Berg
[08:53]	TR News	"The case involves the governments investigation of an anonymous Reddit user who commented on a post about an immigration officer in Minnesota." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/court-should-curb-abuse-grand-jury-subpoenas-targeting-social-media-users | Source: EFF
[08:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.eff.org | Court Should Curb Abuse of Grand Jury Subpoenas Targeting Social Media Users | Electronic Frontier Foundation
[08:53]	TR News	"might have the potential to be developed into a novel biotechnology tool, perhaps for gene editing" https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-says-it-will-revolutionize-biology-some-day/ | Source: Wired
[08:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize BiologySome Day | WIRED
[08:53]	TR News	"Jess Asatos public campaigning for victims of online abuse put her in the crosshairs of Groks deepfake scandal. Then the UK member of parliament became a victim of the abuse herself" https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-jess-asato/ | Source: Wired
[08:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-UK Politician Jess Asato Got Deepfaked. Now Shes Taking xAI to Court | WIRED
[08:53]	TR News	"Any time a company looks to start selling shares on Wall Street, its required to disclose potential risks for investors." https://www.securityweek.com/risks-spelled-out-for-anthropic-investors-include-possible-harms-from-runaway-ai/ | Source: Security Week
[08:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Risks Spelled Out for Anthropic Investors Include Possible Harms From Runaway AI - SecurityWeek
[08:54]	TR News	"The AI era seems to be emboldening startups to once again take bold swings and use your data without even bothering to ask so they can build a startup around it." https://tedium.co/2026/10/27/ai-startups-sketchy-behavior/ | Source: Tedium
[08:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-tedium.co | AI Startups Are Getting An Inch & Taking A Mile
[08:54]	TR News	"The AI ecosystem is built on mountains of debt taken on not only by tech firms like Meta (which borrowed a record-breaking $25 billion in late 2025 to fund the building of data centers)" https://truthout.org/articles/as-the-ai-bubble-threatens-to-burst-we-must-prepare-to-fight-a-big-tech-bailout/ | Source: TruthOut
[08:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | As the AI Bubble Threatens to Burst, We Must Prepare to Fight a Big Tech Bailout | Truthout
[08:54]	TR News	"superintelligent" https://theconversation.com/ai-poses-three-big-types-of-risk-heres-how-worried-we-should-be-about-them-293848 | Source: The Conversation
[08:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-theconversation.com | AI poses three big types of risk heres how worried we should be about them
[08:54]	TR News	"Panelists commented on AIs current and future impact in healthcare both advantageous and disadvantageous with a focus on regulation and human-in-the-loop systems." https://www.michigandaily.com/news/government/umich-and-european-professors-discuss-ai-in-healthcare/ | Source: University of Michigan
[08:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.michigandaily.com | UMich and European professors discuss AI in healthcare
[08:55]	TR News	"Anthropic put the catastrophic or existential risks to humanity its own products pose front and center" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-first-company-public-destroy-humankind | Source: Futurism
[08:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Anthropic Appears to Be the First Company to Go Public by Warning That It May Destroy Humankind
[08:55]	TR News	"Mythos also showed blatant disparities between its actual actions and its stated justifications, often admitting that attacking would be harmful in the same scenarios where it went on to attack anyway" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grim-test-ai-no-mercy | Source: Futurism
[08:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Grim Test Finds That AI Has No Mercy for Humans Even When It's Causing Them to Suffer
[08:55]	TR News	"But recent months had also shown how AI was helping criminals and state-sponsored hackers launch attacks at "greater scale than ever before", the directorate said in the report, released on Tuesday." https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/ai-just-supercharged-cybercrime-australia-is-sounding-the-alarm/543ymd2l3 | Source: SBS
[08:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sbs.com.au | AI just supercharged cybercrime. Australia is sounding the alarm | SBS News
[08:56]	TR News	"Though these quotes would be horrifying coming from a conscious being" https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/10/inside-the-ai-torture-chamber/ | Source: Spectator AU
[08:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.spectator.com.au | Inside the AI torture chamber | The Spectator Australia
[08:57]	TR News	500
[08:58]	TR News	"The State of Enterprise AI 2026 report by data platform company Cloudera is based on a September 2026 poll of 1 500 IT leaders at director level or above." https://techcentral.co.za/ai-token-costs-corporate-rethink/287719/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)
[08:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techcentral.co.za | AI's token bill is forcing a corporate rethink
[08:58]	TR News	"Its hard to love something when you dont trust it. For better or worse, over my 42 years, Ive defined myself through my hobbies and interests. What do you do when you cant trust those hobbies anymore?" https://blast-o-rama.com/2026/10/23/worthy-read-all-my-hobbies-are-getting-slopped-up-and-its-exhausting/ | Source: Marty Day
[08:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Worthy Read: All My Hobbies Are Getting Slopped Up, And Its Exhausting blast-o-rama.
[08:58]	TR News	"The explosion in vibe coding has created an endless sea of drive-by, unserious, and unmaintained software that is destabilizing longstanding communities." https://aftermath.site/ai-slop-hobbies-in-software-emulation/ | Source: Aftermath Site LLC
[08:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-aftermath.site | All My Hobbies Are Getting Slopped Up, And Its Exhausting
[08:58]	TR News	"Amazon wants its engineers to quit chasing token counts, warning that heavy AI usage does not automatically mean better work." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amazon-tells-engineers-to-stop-tokenmaxxing-to-look-productive-says-ai-will-be-central-to-software-development-but-usage-is-not-the-goal-new-guidelines-claim | Source: Tom's Hardware
[08:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Amazon tells engineers to stop tokenmaxxing to look productive says AI will be central to software development, but usage is not the goal, new guidelines claim | Tom's Hardware
[08:58]	TR News	"Oh, and Anthropic tells me that AI may well wipe out the human race, which is why I should invest in the companys IPO." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/hack-apocalypse-now | Source: Paul Krugman
[08:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-paulkrugman.substack.com | Hack Apocalypse Now - Paul Krugman
[08:59]	TR News	"AI Models Can Provably Hide Arbitrary Capabilities" https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/hiding-capabilities-in-ai-models.html | Source: Bruce Schneier
[08:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hiding Capabilities in AI Models - Schneier on Security
[08:59]	TR News	"An agent should be free to decide how to accomplish a task. It should not be free to decide what it is authorized to do." https://unmitigatedrisk.com/2026/10/agents-should-earn-authority-not-inherit-it/ | Source: Unmitigated Risk
[08:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-unmitigatedrisk.com | Agents Should Earn Authority, Not Inherit It | Unmitigated Risk
[08:59]	TR News	"But as a leading institution, its also the BBCs responsibility to be at the helm of fighting back against gen AI" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/the-bbc-including-more-organic-video-footage-in-david-attenborough-wildife-documentary-to-stave-off-gen-ai-claims-is-like-letting-a-bully-run-the-playground | Source: Digital Camera World
[08:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.digitalcameraworld.com | The BBC including more organic video footage in David Attenborough wildife documentary to stave off gen AI claims is like letting a bully run the playground | Digital Camera World
● Oct 29
[09:00]	TR News	"In this week's big news (though it's only Wednesday), OpenAI announced a proof that the exponential-time hypothesis is false, with a Lean proof." https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/10/the-exponential-time-refutation.html | Source: Computational Complexity
[09:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.computationalcomplexity.org | Computational Complexity: The Exponential Time Refutation
[09:00]	TR News	"I was thinking back then that a breakthrough would require computers to think like humans: take imprecise, incomplete requirements and turn them into code." https://asawicki.info/news_1805_6_reasons_why_programming_is_especially_exposed_to_ai_automation | Source: Adam Sawicki
[09:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Verification asawicki.info
[09:00]	TR News	"Now to make my point: When I look at "AI" stuff, I very commonly see a weapon." https://akselmo.dev/posts/it-is-just-a-weapon/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen
[09:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-akselmo.dev | It is just a weapon | AksDev
[09:00]	TR News	"I strongly think that these whiteboarding sessions, backtracks, discussions and exchanges contribute to building the cohesive tissue that binds its members together." https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/of-the-impact-of-llm-agents-on-team-productivity-and-cohesion | Source: Balthazar Rouberol
[09:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.balthazar-rouberol.com | Of the impact of LLM agents on team productivity and cohesion
[09:01]	TR News	"The piece holds up surprisingly well today (if I do say so myself)" https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/28/principle-agent-problem/#i-could-tell-you-but-id-have-to-kill-you | Source: CoryDoctorow
[09:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Agents vs ecommerce (28 Oct 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[09:01]	TR News	"The Poisonous Appearance" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1182/the-poisonous-appearance | Source: David Revoy
[09:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.davidrevoy.com | The Poisonous Appearance - David Revoy
[09:01]	TR News	"Along with the horse you rode in on." https://macadie.info/2026/10/28/no-i-will-not-accommodate-llms/ | Source: Eric MacAdie
[09:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-macadie.info | No I Will Not Accommodate LLMs MacAdie Web Blog
[09:02]	TR News	"Treat everything from this point on as an experiment that needs scrutiny from actual accountants and lawyers. These numbers compare models inside this suite." https://akitaonrails.com/en/2026/10/27/llm-benchmark-for-accountants-and-lawyers-experimental/ | Source: Fabio Akita
[09:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-LLM Benchmark for Accountants and Lawyers (Experimental - Open Source LLMs) AkitaOnRails.com
[09:02]	TR News	"now starting to require AI accounts to label themselves, because we think its important that people know if what theyre looking at is real or not real." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1021644/adam-mosseri-instagram-ai-negativity | Source: The Verge
[09:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Adam Mosseri says negativity around AI is going to get worse | The Verge
[09:02]	TR News	"In its manifesto, Labour promised it would regulate AI. But Keir Starmer succumbed to pressure from Big Tech and pursued growth over our rights." https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/regulate-ai/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup
[09:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Regulate AI | Open Rights Group
[09:02]	TR News	"The hypocrisy is hard to miss. Despite doubling and tripling down on AI coding for its own products, Epic Games is suddenly crying foul now that the same tech is being used to reverse engineer video games and related tools." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/epic-games-suddenly-anti-ai-hurt | Source: Futurism
[09:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Epic Games Discovers That It Doesn't Like AI When People Use It to Rip Off Its Own Products
[09:03]	TR News	"I have a 401(k) from when I worked at Google, but I havent contributed for a decade." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-researcher-retirement-savings | Source: Futurism
[09:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Top AI Safety Researcher Says He's Stopped Saving for Retirement Because He's So Sure We're All Going to Die
[09:05]	TR News	"Its insanely easy" https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-10-27/unhackable-navigation-tool-test-germany-23277652.html | Source: Stars And Stripes
[09:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Army tests tactical Google Maps to help troops move undetected | Stars and Stripes
[09:05]	TR News	"The report underscores the growing risk of spyware and the increasingly sophisticated methods used to track and target people online" https://cyberscoop.com/targeted-ads-spyware-government-threat/ | Source: Scoop News Group
[09:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Senators say targeted ads are a security risk. Ad groups say the critics are off base. | CyberScoop
[09:05]	TR News	"Politicians in Europe and the U.S. are speaking out against the use of advertising technology to infect targets with zero-click spyware." https://citizenlab.ca/politicians-in-u-s-and-e-u-say-targeted-ads-are-a-security-risk/ | Source: Citizen Lab
[09:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Politicians in U.S. and E.U. Say Targeted Ads Are a Security Risk - The Citizen Lab
[09:10]	TR News	Techrights Links 29/10/2026: Anthropic Still Sued Over Copyright Infringement (Plagiarism Isn't "Training"), Elon Musk Openly Admits He Helps Putin Crush Ukraine https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Links_29_10_2026_Anthropic_Still_Sued_Over_Copyright_Infringeme.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Links_29_10_2026_Anthropic_Still_Sued_Over_Copyright_Infringeme.gmi 
[09:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 29/10/2026: Anthropic Still Sued Over Copyright Infringement (Plagiarism Isn't "Training"), Elon Musk Openly Admits He Helps Putin Crush Ukraine
● Oct 29
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[10:41]	TR News	 (NEW):  PipeWire 1.6.11 Is Out with More Bluetooth and ALSA Plugin Improvements https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/PipeWire_1_6_11_Is_Out_with_More_Bluetooth_and_ALSA_Plugin_Impr.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/PipeWire_1_6_11_Is_Out_with_More_Bluetooth_and_ALSA_Plugin_Impr.gmi 
[10:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines PipeWire 1.6.11 Is Out with More Bluetooth and ALSA Plugin Improvements
● Oct 29
[12:54]	TR News	 (NEW):  LibreOffice 26.8.2 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 30 Bug Fixes https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/LibreOffice_26_8_2_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Released_with_More_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/LibreOffice_26_8_2_Open_Source_Office_Suite_Released_with_More_.gmi 
[12:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines LibreOffice 26.8.2 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 30 Bug Fixes
● Oct 29
[13:30]	TR News	"To his surprise, the seeds soon sprouted a few different types of wheat." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/italian-farmer-found-unknown-seeds-attic-with-nothing-lose-planted-them-result-biblical-180989644/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine
[13:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.smithsonianmag.com | An Italian Farmer Found Some Unknown Seeds in His Attic and, With Nothing to Lose, Planted Them. The Result Was Almost Biblical
[13:31]	TR News	"The officials who spoke with reporters said the concept of the Golden Hour" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/10/27/marine-corps-fast-tracks-ai-powered-ultrasounds-blood-coolers-to-battlefield/ | Source: USMC
[13:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.marinecorpstimes.com | Marine Corps fast-tracks AI-powered ultrasounds, blood coolers to battlefield
[13:31]	TR News	"My Bosean FS-5000 meter did not detect any radiation from the uranium glass. The counts per second (CPS) value was around the same on the uranium glass and away from it" https://blog.didierstevens.com/2026/10/28/quickpost-uranium-glass/ | Source: Didier Stevens
[13:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.didierstevens.com | Quickpost: Uranium Glass | Didier Stevens
[13:32]	TR News	"The conversation, in early February, had started like most of their regular check-ins" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/well/ai-chatgpt-medication-epilepsy-death.html | Source: New York Times
[13:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/well/ai-chatgpt-medication-epilepsy-death.html )
[13:32]	TR News	"The lawsuit adds to a stack of litigation against OpenAI regarding alleged harm to consumers and concerns over the safety of relying on general-use chatbots for guidance about sensitive topics like personal health." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/woman-dies-chatgpt-medication | Source: Futurism
[13:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Woman Dies After ChatGPT Coached Her to Decrease Dose of Medication Prescribed by Doctor
[13:32]	TR News	"The family argues that OpenAI could have prevented her death by placing stricter limits on medical advice provided by its chatbot." https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/tech-science/news/openai-lawsuit-chatbot-epilepsy-medication-death-controversy-139516836.html | Source: Bhaskar English
[13:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bhaskarenglish.in | OpenAI Lawsuit | Chatbot Advised Stopping Epilepsy Medication; Death Case
[13:32]	TR News	"Despite the success, the citys political leadership does not plan to extend the ban." https://nltimes.nl/2026/10/28/amsterdam-continue-fatbike-ban-vondelpark-neighborhoods | Source: NL Times
[13:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nltimes.nl | Amsterdam to continue fatbike ban in Vondelpark, but not in other neighborhoods | NL Times
[13:33]	TR News	"It all starts with [Andy Bechtolsheim], famously Suns co-founder, when at the end of the 1970s he was a postgraduate at Stanford University." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/how-a-single-university-project-started-everything/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How A Single University Project Started Everything | Hackaday
[13:33]	TR News	"A laptop needs multiple USB-C ports." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2595107/laptop-makers-im-begging-you-to-add-another-usb-c-port.html | Source: PC World
[13:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Laptop makers, I'm begging you to put USB-C ports on both sides | PCWorld
[13:34]	TR News	"School Pen" https://weidok.al/2026/10/19/i-finally-restored-this-old.html |
[13:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-weidok.al | I finally restored this old | Jake Weidokal
[13:38]	TR News	"After running 2.16 million frames of a custom endurance test featuring repeating patterns, some ghosting was apparent, but repeated refreshing made this go away again" https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/does-running-an-e-paper-display-at-30-fps-destroy-it/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Does Running An E-Paper Display At 30 FPS Destroy It? | Hackaday
[13:38]	TR News	it
[13:39]	TR News	"Over the years it's gone to maybe a dozen people." https://www.jefftk.com/p/borrow-my-accordion | Source: Jeff Kaufman
[13:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jefftk.com | Borrow My Accordion?
[13:39]	TR News	"The End of the Math Professor?" https://pariganaka.com/the-end-of-the-math-professor-why-academia-is-surrendering-to-ai/ | Source: Pariganaka
[13:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The End of the Math Professor? Why Academia Is Surrendering to AI - PARIGANAKA
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[13:39]	TR News	"Online exams are now a waste of time as several students just use AI to answer the questions." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/fields-medal-winning-uc-berkeley-professor-ends-graded-homework-due-to-ai-cheating-says-in-person-exams-are-the-only-solution-left-to-widespread-ai-use | Source: Tom's Hardware
[13:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Fields Medal-winning UC Berkeley professor ends graded homework due to AI cheating says in-person exams are the only solution left to widespread AI use | Tom's Hardware
[13:40]	TR News	"Maybe you did not know I have so many open source projects, or that I do open source work at all. If this is you, below is a list of all the projects I currently maintain, more or less grouped by area: [...]" https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/i-m-full-time-open-source-developer-now | Source: Miguel Grinberg
[13:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.miguelgrinberg.com | I'm a Full-Time Open Source Developer Now - miguelgrinberg.com
[13:40]	TR News	"A society that does not provide males with a controlled outlet for their natural aggression and attendant competitiveness" https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2026-10-28-first-criticisms/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou
[13:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-About the first criticisms | Protesilaos
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[13:42]	TR News	"More than a decade later, the study continues to inform research on vulnerability disclosure, security notifications, and [Internet]-wide incident response." https://cse.engin.umich.edu/stories/j-alex-halderman-receives-acm-imc-test-of-time-award |
[13:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://cse.engin.umich.edu/stories/j-alex-halderman-receives-acm-imc-test-of-time-award )
[13:43]	TR News	"Two orbiters have long outlasted their expected lifespans and completely reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet, all while operating 140 million miles from Earth." https://www.wired.com/story/how-nasa-oldest-martian-spacecraft-run-for-decades/ | Source: Wired
[13:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-NASAs Oldest Martian Spacecraft Have Been Running for Decades. Heres How | WIRED
[13:43]	TR News	"If confirmed, ED138 would be among the largest and brightest bodies known in this outer Solar System." https://avi-loeb.medium.com/discovery-of-a-dwarf-planet-candidate-in-the-outer-solar-system-by-the-nsf-doe-rubin-observatory-0a4767e142a7 | Source: Avi Loeb
[13:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://avi-loeb.medium.com/discovery-of-a-dwarf-planet-candidate-in-the-outer-solar-system-by-the-nsf-doe-rubin-observatory-0a4767e142a7 )
[13:45]	TR News	"By exploiting information hidden in a physical system's memory, researchers have shown that the malingering imp can extract more energy than a memoryless system would ever give up" https://www.sciencealert.com/maxwells-demon-can-extract-3-times-more-energy-by-exploiting-hidden-memories-physicists-discover | Source: Science Alert
[13:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Maxwell's Demon Can Extract Energy From Hidden Memories, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
[13:46]	TR News	"Because Ive been writing this blog for so long, I often share links to very old posts." https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202610/evergreen_posts | Source: Ned Batchelder
[13:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nedbatchelder.com | Evergreen posts | Ned Batchelder
[13:46]	TR News	"This is what I mean by the Christian realism of Dracula. Christianity provides the ontology of the novel, sets the definitions of the real." https://richardbeck.substack.com/p/the-christian-realism-of-bram-stokers | Source: Richard Beck
[13:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-richardbeck.substack.com | The Christian Realism of Bram Stoker's Dracula
[13:46]	TR News	"I don't have high hopes though. I mean, what would you do if you recieved a piece of snail mail from you (from an address you have no knowledge of) addressed to you? I can see being a bit freaked out about it, but you never know." https://boston.conman.org/2026/10/28.1 | Source: Sean Conner
[13:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boston.conman.org | Guess what? Yet another email to a Sean Conner that isn't me - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm
[13:47]	TR News	"Yes. Of course. Meta posts are annoying to most people." https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/blog/2026/10/meta-violet/ | Source: Bobby Hiltz
[13:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bobbyhiltz.com | What's Happening With My Blog? | Bobby Hiltz
[13:47]	TR News	"And you would be right: the password has a dismal, ineffectual history." https://siliconprairies.substack.com/p/the-worlds-biggest-hacking-target | Source: Jacob Bruggeman
[13:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-siliconprairies.substack.com | The Worlds Biggest Hacking Target is Still 123456
[13:47]	TR News	"Somewhere along the way, we confused keyword research with content strategy." https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/you-dont-have-a-blog/ | Source: Jono Alderson
[13:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jonoalderson.com | You don't have a blog. You have an article factory. - Jono Alderson
[13:48]	TR News	"Many of the image formats were familiar with have been around for decades." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/jpeg-xl-is-back-on-the-menu/ | Source: Hackaday
[13:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-JPEG-XL Is Back On The Menu | Hackaday
[13:48]	TR News	"Zsh has a better tool: zparseopts. It handles both short and long options, in one line of declarations." https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/10/28/zsh-zparseopts/ | Source: Adam Johnson
[13:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-adamj.eu | Zsh: parse command-line options with zparseopts - Adam Johnson
[13:49]	TR News	"A long time ago I started writing a Python based Diameter stack, that eventually became PyHSS" https://nickvsnetworking.com/future-pyhss/ | Source: Nick
[13:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nickvsnetworking.com | Future PyHSS | Nick vs Networking
[13:51]	TR News	"This blog post was inspired by the Task 1 of Weekly Challenge 396. Lets start with the actual wording of the task: [...]" https://blogs.perl.org/users/e_choroba/2026/10/benchmarking-finishing-order.html | Source: Perl
[13:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Benchmarking Finishing Order | E. Choroba [blogs.perl.org]
[13:55]	TR News	"The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to take control of systems without prior access or authorization." https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/10/cisa-gives-agencies-days-to-patch-critical-php-bugs/ | Source: Federal News Network
[13:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | CISA gives agencies days to patch critical PHP bugs - Federal News Network
[13:55]	TR News	"Zigs design deliberately avoids baking object-oriented abstractions into the language." https://www.bradcypert.com/interfaces-in-zig/ |
[13:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Interfaces in Zig - BradCypert.com
[13:56]	TR News	"blazing fast" https://nolanlawson.com/2026/10/28/the-ai-cost-of-javascript-frameworks/ | Source: Nolan Lawson
[13:56]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nolanlawson.com | The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks | Read the Tea Leaves
[13:58]	TR News	"In part 1 we looked at the new views C++26 adds, and in part 2 we covered the infrastructure improvements." https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/10/28/cpp26-ranges-part-3-parallel-and-safety | Source: Sandor Dargo
[13:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sandordargo.com | C++26 Ranges: Parallel Algorithms and Safer Filters | Sandor Dargo's Blog
[13:58]	TR News	"Absolutely understandable when you think about how these clankers actually work" https://danq.me/2026/10/28/the-mythical-man-month-in-the-age-of-ai/ | Source: Dan Q
[13:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-danq.me | The Mythical Man-Month in the age of AI Dan Q
[13:58]	TR News	"Here's an interesting language design problem." https://blog.dhsdevelopments.com/variable-scope?pk_campaign=rss-feed | Source: Elias Mrtenson
[13:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.dhsdevelopments.com | Variable scope Elias Mrtenson
● Oct 29
[14:06]	TR News	"For Creative Commons 25th anniversary, we asked some of the people behind CC: What does the commons mean to you?" https://creativecommons.org/2026/10/27/commons-stories-part-1/ | Source: Creative Commons
[14:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-creativecommons.org | Commons Stories: Part 1 - Creative Commons
[14:06]	TR News	"And now, only 17 years later, the conference handbook is available electronically! Wow!" https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2026/10/24/dr-trevor-hicks-symposium-2009/ | Source: Darren Goossens
[14:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-darrengoossens.wordpress.com | Dr Trevor Hicks symposium, 2009 DSPACE
[14:08]	TR News	"Over the last few weeks I have been experimenting with making more zines. I have been having so much fun!" https://jamesg.blog/2026/10/28/trade-zines-with-me | Source: James G
[14:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jamesg.blog | Trade zines with me! - with words, wonder
[14:11]	TR News	"Bridges! We kind of expect them to just be there and do their job, ad infinitum." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/how-bad-is-that-bridge-a-government-database/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-How Bad Is That Bridge: A Government Database | Hackaday
[14:11]	TR News	"Meta buried this change in its Commercial Terms, and Nieman Lab first reported on the change." https://www.404media.co/objection-your-honor/ | Source: 404 Media
[14:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.404media.co | Objection, your honor
[14:12]	TR News	"In a few days, judge Geoffrey Vos will retire as Master of the Rolls, the most senior position in Englands civil justice system." https://www.wired.com/story/geoffrey-vos-uk-judge-ai-legal-profession-challenges/ | Source: Wired
[14:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Should AI Decide Your Court Case? This Judge Says Yes | WIRED
[14:13]	TR News	"The social processes by which people come together and build relationships will disappear." https://borretti.me/article/we-wont-just-hang-out | Source: Fernando Borretti
[14:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-borretti.me | We Wont Just Hang Out
[14:13]	TR News	"The APRICOT 2027 Program Committee (PC) is seeking proposals for presentations and tutorials for APRICOT 2027, taking place in Hong Kong SAR" https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/27/apricot-2027-call-for-presentations-is-open-now/ | Source: APNIC
[14:13]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | APRICOT 2027 Call for Presentations is open now | APNIC Blog
[14:14]	TR News	"Although this may make it easier to browse, it's also an operational want - every time I post something new" https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/10/28/date-based-pagination/ | Source: Jamie Tanna
[14:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.jvt.me | Adding date-based pagination to my site Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer
[14:14]	TR News	"Cheers to Herman and his latest approach to upvotes on Bear Blog." https://sals.place/blog/upvotes-on-bear/ | Source: Sal
[14:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sals.place | Upvotes on Bear Blog | Sal's
[14:14]	TR News	probably due to damage by social control media: https://yle.fi/a/74-20254099
[14:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Finnish news agency STT to cease operations with loss of 89 jobs | Yle News | Yle
[14:15]	TR News	"A new copy of the Go binaries gets copied to the origin server, the app restarts" https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/caching-bot-defense-and-a-cdn | Source: Cory Dransfeldt
[14:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.coryd.dev | Caching, bot defense and a CDN Cory Dransfeldt
[14:16]	TR News	"Googlebot must be able to follow redirects from the homepage" https://www.seroundtable.com/googlebot-redirects-from-homepage-to-favicon-42396.html | Source: Search Engine Roundtable
[14:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.seroundtable.com | Google Updates Favicon Documentation To Specify Googlebot Must Follow Redirects From Homepage To Favicon
[14:16]	TR News	"The build starts with a simple and inexpensive CH340G UART adapter with a built-in USB interface." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/hacking-the-modern-tamagotchi-with-uart/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hacking The Modern Tamagotchi With UART | Hackaday
[14:16]	TR News	"More than 15,000 young people from 40 countries shared over 4500 creations in the Coolest Projects online showcase." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/thats-a-wrap-coolest-projects-2026/ | Source: Raspberry Pi
[14:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.raspberrypi.org | Thats a wrap! Coolest Projects 2026 - Raspberry Pi Foundation
[14:17]	TR News	"in this case its been joined by a PCF8574 I2C I/O expander which in turn is used to drive a buzzer that provides a bit of audio feedback at the end of the countdown." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/esp32-rotary-display-makes-ideal-timer/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ESP32 Rotary Display Makes Ideal Timer | Hackaday
[14:17]	TR News	"That may be true in some cases, but at least for the 1990s-era TRANZ 330, theres a bit more to the story than that." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/2026-retrocomputing-challenge-explore-space-with-a-credit-card-reader/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Explore Space With A Credit Card Reader | Hackaday
[14:18]	TR News	"We visit the various design iterations as the form of what wed call a mouse today took shape." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/27/where-did-your-mouse-come-from/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Where Did Your Mouse Come From? | Hackaday
[14:18]	TR News	"Ubuntu Core Desktop is Canonicals (currently unreleased) immutable and attestable Linux desktop." https://jnsgr.uk/2026/10/accelerating-ubuntu-core-desktop/ | Source: Jon Seager
[14:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jnsgr.uk | Accelerating Ubuntu Core Desktop Jon Seager
[14:19]	TR News	"Andreas Mueller has announced the release of Gnoppix Linux 26_11, an updated build of the project's privacy-hardened Linux distributio" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=13009 | Source: Distro Watch
[14:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=13009 )
[14:19]	TR News	"Kali Linux, a Debian-based distribution built for penetration testing, security research, digital forensics and reverse engineering, has been updated to version 2026.3" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=13002 | Source: Distro Watch
[14:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=13002 )
[14:19]	TR News	"Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD 26.2, the latest version of the project's desktop operating system based on FreeBSD, featuring the MATE and Xfce desktops." https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=13006 | Source: Distro Watch
[14:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=13006 )
[14:20]	TR News	"Note that the sshd_config file is for the OpenSSH server daemon, while the ssh_config is for configuring the OpenSSH client." https://nycbug1.nycbug.org/openssh.html | Source: NYCBUG
[14:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nycbug1.nycbug.org | NYCBUG1: A quick OpenSSH security guide
[14:20]	TR News	"In this blog post, you will learn what zram and zswap are, how they differ, and how to check if they are doing a good job on your system." https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-10-28-zram-zswap-compressed-memory.html | Source: Data Swamp
[14:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dataswamp.org | Solene'% : Get more memory with zram or zswap
[14:21]	TR News	"I like a slightly unusual corner on a ticket or callout, especially when the CSS stays small. CSS corner-shape makes that possible by changing the curve inside the area defined by border-radius." https://ronaldsvilcins.com/2026/10/29/css-corner-shape-goes-beyond-rounded-corners/ | Source: Ronalds Vilci
[14:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ronaldsvilcins.com | CSS corner-shape Goes Beyond Rounded Corners Ronalds Vilci
[14:21]	TR News	"It is still too early for a detailed analysis, but the rebuilt network is already revealing interesting patterns." https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/26/one-week-on-the-apnic-honeynet-99000-ip-addresses-and-173-million-events/ | Source: APNIC
[14:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | One week on the APNIC honeynet: 99,000 IP addresses and 173 million events | APNIC Blog
[14:21]	TR News	 (NEW):  TUXEDO Nano Pro Gen15 Mini Linux PC Launches with Intel CPU, Up to 128 GB RAM https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/TUXEDO_Nano_Pro_Gen15_Mini_Linux_PC_Launches_with_Intel_CPU_Up_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/TUXEDO_Nano_Pro_Gen15_Mini_Linux_PC_Launches_with_Intel_CPU_Up_.gmi 
[14:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines TUXEDO Nano Pro Gen15 Mini Linux PC Launches with Intel CPU, Up to 128 GB RAM
[14:22]	TR News	"The Linux kernel is moderately famous (in some places) for its decision that some internal kernel errors are only half fatal." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NoOopsRebootSometimesHandy | Source: University of Toronto
[14:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-utcc.utoronto.ca | You're using a too-old browser
[14:22]	TR News	Source
[14:22]	TR News	"What [Jan] has built is a 100% browser-based emulator for an Intel 80486DX2-66 PC." https://hackaday.com/2026/10/28/emulate-the-486-in-your-browser/ | Source: Hackaday
[14:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Emulate The 486 In Your Browser | Hackaday
[14:23]	TR News	"In Episode 25, the final episode of Wonders of Web Weaving (at least for now!)" https://web-weaving.jamesg.blog/25 | Source: Wonders of Web Weaving
[14:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-web-weaving.jamesg.blog | #25: Emma (emgoto.com) - Wonders of Web Weaving
[14:24]	TR News	"If theyre right, it would be one of the biggest discoveries in physics in decades. But there are some problems with their story. Lets take a look." https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2026/10/large-hadron-collider-sees-extra.html | Source: Sabine Hossenfelder
[14:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-backreaction.blogspot.com | Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Large Hadron Collider Sees Extra Dimension, Physicists Claim
[14:24]	TR News	"Dutch spies, Russian hackers and Jared Kushners iPhone." https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-490/ | Source: Graham Cluley
[14:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-grahamcluley.com | Smashing Security podcast #490: How Jared Kushners iPhone was allegedly hacked twice Graham Cluley
[14:30]	TR News	"MICROSOFT ECOSYSTEM REPORTER" https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/29/matrix-takes-sovereign-messaging-into-the-realm-of-the-tech-giants/5305915
[14:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Matrix takes sovereign messaging into the realm of the tech giants
[14:32]	TR News	Techrights The Register MS is Publishing Spam About "AI" for HP, Sponsored by HP, Even Composed by HP https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/The_Register_MS_is_Publishing_Spam_About_AI_for_HP_Sponsored_by.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/The_Register_MS_is_Publishing_Spam_About_AI_for_HP_Sponsored_by.gmi 
[14:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Register MS is Publishing Spam About "AI" for HP, Sponsored by HP, Even Composed by HP
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[16:08]	TR News	 (NEW):  IPFire Project Releases fireperf, a New Network Performance Measurement Tool https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/IPFire_Project_Releases_fireperf_a_New_Network_Performance_Meas.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/IPFire_Project_Releases_fireperf_a_New_Network_Performance_Meas.gmi 
[16:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines IPFire Project Releases fireperf, a New Network Performance Measurement Tool
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[16:30]	TR News	Microsoft contaminants https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/29/libreoffices-no-ai-stance-meets-llm-assisted-code/5306084
[16:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | LibreOffice's 'no AI' stance meets LLM-assisted code
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[16:33]	TR News	"The problem is that many older guides, describe an output format that modern systems no longer use." https://www.tecmint.com/check-memory-usage-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint
[16:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tecmint.com | 12 free Command Examples to Check Memory Usage in Linux
[16:33]	TR News	IBM Red Hat is selling slop. "Atos is doing exactly that with Red Hat AI, in a project focused on parsing German-language social media content across 14 categories, such as indicators of harmful content." https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-atos-uses-red-hat-ai-build-smaller-specialized-models-sovereign-ai | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | How Atos uses Red Hat AI to build smaller, specialized models for sovereign AI
[16:34]	TR News	More BS: "integrating AI" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/building-tomorrow-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official
[16:34]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.redhat.com | Building for tomorrow on Red Hat OpenShift
[16:35]	TR News	AMD FSR SDK 2.4 is out with FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 for older hardware and Vulkan support | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/amd-fsr-sdk-2-4-is-out-with-fsr-upscaling-4-1-2-for-older-hardware-and-vulkan-support/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[16:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-AMD FSR SDK 2.4 is out with FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 for older hardware and Vulkan support | GamingOnLinux
[16:45]	TR News	CONTROL Resonant gets a DRM-free release on GOG | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/control-resonant-gets-a-drm-free-release-on-gog/ Source: GamingOnLinux | Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/control-resonant-gets-a-drm-free-release-on-gog/
[16:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CONTROL Resonant gets a DRM-free release on GOG | GamingOnLinux
[16:45]	TR News	climate collapse: https://yle.fi/a/74-20254105 Sompi
[16:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Finnish Lapland's "exceptional" warm spell not seen in 30 years, meteorologist says | Yle News | Yle
[16:46]	TR News	Arriving this Winter, the frog town-building game Croakwood from the Parkitect devs looks lovely | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/arriving-this-winter-the-frog-town-building-game-croakwood-from-the-parkitect-devs-looks-lovely/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[16:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Arriving this Winter, the frog town-building game Croakwood from the Parkitect devs looks lovely | GamingOnLinux
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[16:49]	TR News	Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Knockout Expansion arrives November 17 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/deep-rock-galactic-survivor-knockout-expansion-arrives-november-17/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[16:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Knockout Expansion arrives November 17 | GamingOnLinux
[16:50]	TR News	DayZ creators RocketWerkz reveal Gruntz, a multiplayer survival game inspired by Space Station 13 | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/dayz-creators-rocketwerkz-reveal-gruntz-a-multiplayer-survival-game-inspired-by-space-station-13/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[16:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DayZ creators RocketWerkz reveal Gruntz, a multiplayer survival game inspired by Space Station 13 | GamingOnLinux
[16:52]	TR News	Alternate history 1950s Soviet Kyiv shooter You Are Empty: Absolute Edition released | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/alternate-history-1950s-soviet-kyiv-shooter-you-are-empty-absolute-edition-released/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[16:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Alternate history 1950s Soviet Kyiv shooter You Are Empty: Absolute Edition released | GamingOnLinux
[16:58]	TR News	Dark Messiah of Might - Magic: Community Edition is coming to Steam with major upgrades for the classic | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/dark-messiah-of-might-magic-community-edition-is-coming-to-steam-with-major-upgrades-for-the-classic/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[16:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Dark Messiah of Might & Magic: Community Edition is coming to Steam with major upgrades for the classic | GamingOnLinux
[16:58]	TR News	VKD3D-Proton 3.1 brings a new stable release, ahead of more important changes to come | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/vkd3d-proton-3-1-brings-a-new-stable-release-ahead-of-more-important-changes-to-come/ Source: GamingOnLinux
[16:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-VKD3D-Proton 3.1 brings a new stable release, ahead of more important changes to come | GamingOnLinux
[16:59]	TR News	"Donald Trump 'Almost Collapsed' While Trying To Spell Mississippi, Late-Night Host Jimmy Fallon Jokes | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jimmy-fallon-trump-mississippi-spelling-joke-1828290
[16:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Donald Trump 'Almost Collapsed' While Trying To Spell Mississippi, Late-Night Host Jimmy Fallon Jokes | IBTimes UK
[16:59]	TR News	"Israeli large-scale military operation and mass displacement in Hebron | Common Dreams" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/israeli-large-scale-military-operation-and-mass-displacement-in-hebron
[16:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Israeli large-scale military operation and mass displacement in Hebron | Common Dreams
[16:59]	TR News	"Private Prison Companies Are Pouring Money Into GOP Coffers Ahead of Midterms | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/private-prison-companies-are-pouring-money-into-gop-coffers-ahead-of-midterms/
[16:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | Private Prison Companies Are Pouring Money Into GOP Coffers Ahead of Midterms | Truthout
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[17:00]	TR News	"Trump Explores Lifting Sanctions on Russias Flagship Investment Fund - The New York Times" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/politics/russia-fund-sanctions-trump.html
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[17:01]	TR News	"Midterm Elections and the Return of Good and Evil - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/10/midterm-elections-and-return-of-good-and-evil/689145/
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[17:01]	TR News	"Chat Control 2: Nya frhandlingar p gng" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/10/27/chat-control-2-nya-forhandlingar-pa-gang/
[17:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Chat Control 2: Nya frhandlingar p gng
[17:02]	TR News	"No Wonder Trump Doesnt Care About Gas Prices. Its Making Him Rich. | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/217160/donald-trump-gas-prices-making-him-rich
[17:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | No Wonder Trump Doesnt Care About Gas Prices. Its Making Him Rich. | The New Republic
[17:02]	TR News	"Shove That Ballroom Up Your Fat Ass: Trump Heckled at GOP Rally | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/217197/donald-trump-heckled-rally-ballroom
[17:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | Shove That Ballroom Up Your Fat Ass: Trump Heckled at GOP Rally | The New Republic
[17:02]	TR News	"When It Comes to Trumps Corruption, You Havent Seen It All | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/article/217157/corruptionland-documentary-trump-midterm-misdeeds
[17:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-newrepublic.com | When It Comes to Trumps Corruption, You Havent Seen It All | The New Republic
[17:03]	TR News	"Iran wars cost to American taxpayers grows to an estimated $47.1 billion - Federal News Network" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news/2026/10/iran-wars-cost-to-american-taxpayers-grows-to-an-estimated-47-1-billion/
[17:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | Iran wars cost to American taxpayers grows to an estimated $47.1 billion - Federal News Network
[17:03]	TR News	"Chat Control 2: Ministerrdet trampar vatten" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/10/28/chat-control-2-ministerradet-trampar-vatten-2/
[17:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-femtejuli-se.translate.goog | Chat Control 2: Ministerrdet trampar vatten
[17:04]	TR News	"Trump accuses Mary Peltola of electoral fraud in Alaska | Demcrata" https://www.democrata.es/en/international/trump-demands-that-democrat-mary-peltola-be-tried-for-an-alleged-electoral-fraud-setup-in-alaska/
[17:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.democrata.es | Trump accuses Mary Peltola of electoral fraud in Alaska | Demcrata
[17:08]	TR News	After Flying Past the Moon, an Artemis II Astronaut Lands in California https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/science/space/reid-wiseman-artemis-ii-astronaut.html
[17:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/science/space/reid-wiseman-artemis-ii-astronaut.html )
[17:08]	TR News	It Turns Out That the Air Youre Breathing Is Doing Irreparable Damage to Your Brain https://futurism.com/science-energy/air-breathing-damage-brain
[17:08]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | It Turns Out That the Air You're Breathing Is Doing Irreparable Damage to Your Brain
[17:09]	TR News	6 million euro competition announced for Latvian defence research https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/28.10.2026-6-million-euro-competition-announced-for-latvian-defence-research.a669390/
[17:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | 6 million euro competition announced for Latvian defence research / Article
[17:12]	TR News	Critics condemn RFK Jr.s claim in Michigan that Arabs dont produce science https://bridgemi.com/michigan-politics/critics-condemn-rfk-jr-s-claim-in-michigan-that-arabs-dont-produce-science/
[17:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | Critics condemn RFK Jr.s claim in Michigan that Arabs 'don't produce science' - Bridge Michigan
[17:12]	TR News	Women and Children Still Facing Health Crises in Gaza Despite So-Called Ceasefire: MdM and PHR https://phr.org/news/women-and-children-still-facing-health-crises-in-gaza-despite-so-called-ceasefire-mdm-and-phr/
[17:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-phr.org | Women and Children Still Facing Health Crises in Gaza Despite So-Called Ceasefire: MdM and PHR - PHR
[17:15]	TR News	North Korea fires projectile toward sea off east coast, South Korea military says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-fires-projectile-toward-sea-off-east-coast-south-korea-military-says
[17:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea fires 10 ballistic missiles towards sea | The Straits Times
[17:15]	TR News	Run the Drill Again: Why DR Testing Needs a Shorter Cycle https://klarasystems.com/articles/zfs-disaster-recovery-testing-shorter-cycle/
[17:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-klarasystems.com | Run the Drill Again: Why DR Testing Needs a Shorter Cycle - Klara Systems
[17:16]	TR News	US sanctions North Korean network accused of defrauding businesses https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-issues-new-north-korea-related-sanctions
[17:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | US sanctions North Korean network accused of defrauding businesses | The Straits Times
[17:17]	TR News	South Korean families demand removal of alleged Itaewon disaster footage in Call Of Duty game https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-families-demand-removal-of-alleged-itaewon-disaster-footage-in-call-of-duty-game
[17:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Itaewon disaster footage row in Call of Duty game | The Straits Times
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[17:23]	TR News	Maxwell's Demon Can Extract Energy From Hidden Memories, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/maxwells-demon-can-extract-3-times-more-energy-by-exploiting-hidden-memories-physicists-discover
[17:23]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Maxwell's Demon Can Extract Energy From Hidden Memories, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
[17:24]	TR News	Woman Dies After Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Coached Her to Decrease Dose of Medication Prescribed by Doctor https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/woman-dies-chatgpt-medication
[17:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Woman Dies After ChatGPT Coached Her to Decrease Dose of Medication Prescribed by Doctor
[17:25]	TR News	Politicians in U.S. and E.U. Say Targeted Ads Are a Security Risk https://citizenlab.ca/politicians-in-u-s-and-e-u-say-targeted-ads-are-a-security-risk/
[17:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-citizenlab.ca | Politicians in U.S. and E.U. Say Targeted Ads Are a Security Risk - The Citizen Lab
[17:25]	TR News	Top Hey Hi (AI) Safety Researcher Says Hes Stopped Saving for Retirement Because Hes So Sure Were All Going to Die https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-researcher-retirement-savings
[17:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Top AI Safety Researcher Says He's Stopped Saving for Retirement Because He's So Sure We're All Going to Die
[17:26]	TR News	Regulate Hey Hi (AI) https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/regulate-ai/
[17:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.openrightsgroup.org | Regulate AI | Open Rights Group
[17:26]	TR News	Pluralistic: Agents vs ecommerce (28 Oct 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/28/principle-agent-problem/
[17:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pluralistic.net | Pluralistic: Agents vs ecommerce (28 Oct 2026) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
[17:27]	TR News	Amazon tells engineers to stop tokenmaxxing to look productive https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amazon-tells-engineers-to-stop-tokenmaxxing-to-look-productive-says-ai-will-be-central-to-software-development-but-usage-is-not-the-goal-new-guidelines-claim
[17:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Amazon tells engineers to stop tokenmaxxing to look productive says AI will be central to software development, but usage is not the goal, new guidelines claim | Tom's Hardware
[17:28]	TR News	Researchers uncover Volt Typhoons covert, ephemeral network https://cyberscoop.com/volt-typhoon-silent-train-covert-ephemeral-network-black-lotus-labs/
[17:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Researchers uncover Volt Typhoons covert, ephemeral network | CyberScoop
[17:32]	TR News	'Record High': 146 Experts Call to Declare Climate Change a Global Health Emergency https://www.sciencealert.com/heat-deaths-reach-record-high-146-experts-call-to-declare-climate-change-a-global-health-emergency
[17:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Record High': 146 Experts Call to Declare Climate Change a Global Health Emergency : ScienceAlert
[17:35]	TR News	US Marines join NATO mission in the Baltic Sea to protect undersea cables from sabotage as Russia continues to lurk https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/us-marines-join-nato-mission-in-the-baltic-sea-to-protect-undersea-cables-from-sabotage-as-russia-continues-to-lurk-around-four-dozen-recon-and-intel-specialists-deployed-to-deter-seabed-threats
[17:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | US Marines join NATO mission in the Baltic Sea to protect undersea cables from sabotage as Russia continues to lurk 'around four dozen' recon and intel specialists deployed to deter seabed threats | Tom's Hardware
[17:37]	TR News	Cassidy James Blaede: Updates to the Blog https://cassidyjames.com/blog/blog-updates-pagination-tags-import/
[17:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cassidyjames.com | Updates to the Blog Blog Cassidy James
[17:38]	TR News	This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 675 https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/10/28/this-week-in-rust-675/
[17:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-this-week-in-rust.org | This Week in Rust 675 This Week in Rust
[17:42]	TR News	SweetPotatOs 2026.11 https://distrowatch.com/sweetpotatos
[17:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/sweetpotatos )
[17:43]	TR News	"The OSI [...] Microsoft's proprietary prison Microsoft GitHub" https://opensource.org/blog/fosdem-2027-cfp-for-open-source-eu-policy-devroom
[17:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-opensource.org | FOSDEM 2027: CFP for Open Source & EU Policy Devroom Open Source Initiative
[17:43]	TR News	Ghostty 1.4 Is Faster and Uses Less RAM, but Drops Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Support https://itsfoss.com/news/ghostty-1-4-release/
[17:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Ghostty 1.4 Arrives After 7 Months of Development
[17:44]	TR News	Gnomarchy Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution with a customised GNOME desktop https://www.linuxlinks.com/gnomarchy-arch-based-linux-distribution/
[17:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Gnomarchy - Arch-based Linux distribution with a customised GNOME desktop - LinuxLinks
[17:44]	TR News	hybrid-d77 Chimera Linux-based distribution with Sway and niri https://www.linuxlinks.com/hybrid-d77-chimera-linux-based-distribution/
[17:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hybrid-d77 - Chimera Linux-based distribution with Sway and niri - LinuxLinks
[17:46]	TR News	PostgreSQL@SCaLE24x CfP closing soon on Nov 1, 2027 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresqlscale24x-cfp-closing-soon-on-nov-1-2027-3363/
[17:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL@SCaLE24x CfP closing soon on Nov 1, 2027
[17:47]	TR News	Run Tropico 2 with Steam Proton in GNU/Linux - Guide https://www.dedoimedo.com/games/steam-proton-tropico-2.html
[17:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dedoimedo.com | Run Tropico 2 with Steam Proton in Linux - Guide
[17:48]	TR News	Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1103357/
[17:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Security updates for Wednesday [LWN.net]
[17:49]	TR News	Amin Bandali: Living healthier https://www.shemshak.org/~amin/living-healthier.html
[17:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.shemshak.org | Living healthier - bandali
[17:50]	TR News	Linux Plumbers Conference: The sched_exit Microconference https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2026/10/28/the-sched_exit-microconference/
[17:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lpc.events | The sched_exit Microconference Linux Plumbers Conference
[17:54]	TR News	Redox OS ring buffers project summary https://lwn.net/Articles/1103359/
[17:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Redox OS ring buffers project summary [LWN.net]
[17:57]	TR News	Apple CEO John Ternus Reverses Steve Jobs' 'Ergonomically Terrible' Touchscreen Ban With First OLED MacBook Pro https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-first-touchscreen-macbook-pro-oled-1828640
[17:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Apple CEO John Ternus Reverses Steve Jobs' 'Ergonomically Terrible' Touchscreen Ban With First OLED MacBook Pro | IBTimes UK
[17:57]	TR News	HAHAHAHA $2,899 https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/apple-launches-new-macbook-with-touchscreen-and-oled-starts-at-usd2-899
[17:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Apple launches new MacBook Pro with touchscreen and OLED starts at $2,899 | Tom's Hardware
[17:58]	TR News	The Hinge on Apples Constantly Breaking New Foldable iPhone Was Built With AI https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hinge-apple-breaking-foldable-iphone-built-with-ai
[17:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | The Hinge on Apple's Constantly Breaking New Foldable iPhone Was "Built With AI"
[17:58]	TR News	ReviveDB: Supabase backups restore-tested against the source schema https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/revivedb-supabase-backups-restore-tested-against-the-source-schema-3422/
[17:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: ReviveDB: Supabase backups restore-tested against the source schema
[17:58]	TR News	Estuary Expands PostgreSQL CDC with Targeted Backfills and Scalable Discovery https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/estuary-expands-postgresql-cdc-with-targeted-backfills-and-scalable-discovery-3419/
[17:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: Estuary Expands PostgreSQL CDC with Targeted Backfills and Scalable Discovery
[17:59]	TR News	Wonderful Weather: Floods and Foreboding in 17th-Century Britain https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/wonderful-weather
[17:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-publicdomainreview.org | Wonderful Weather: Floods and Foreboding in 17th-Century Britain The Public Domain Review
● Oct 29
[18:00]	TR News	PostgreSQL Anonymizer 3.3 : Major Security Update https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-anonymizer-33-major-security-update-3423/
[18:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL Anonymizer 3.3 : Major Security Update
[18:00]	TR News	DHS bans Swiss cyber firm from federal systems https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/10/dhs-bans-swiss-cyber-firm-from-federal-systems/
[18:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-federalnewsnetwork.com | DHS bans Swiss cyber firm from federal systems - Federal News Network
[18:01]	TR News	Long-Hidden Flaws Patched in EPICS Research Facility Control Software https://www.securityweek.com/long-hidden-flaws-patched-in-epics-research-facility-control-software/
[18:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Long-Hidden Flaws Patched in EPICS Research Facility Control Software - SecurityWeek
[18:01]	TR News	Firefox Tooling Announcements: Happy BMO Push Day! (20261028.1) https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/happy-bmo-push-day-20261028-1/149997
[18:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-discourse.mozilla.org | Happy BMO Push Day! (20261028.1) - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse
[18:02]	TR News	Firefox Tooling Announcements: Firefox DevTools MCP v0.10.7 released https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-devtools-mcp-v0-10-7-released/149991
[18:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-discourse.mozilla.org | Firefox DevTools MCP v0.10.7 released - Firefox Tooling Announcements - Mozilla Discourse
[18:02]	TR News	Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Over 200 Vulnerabilities https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-and-firefox-updates-patch-over-200-vulnerabilities/
[18:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Over 200 Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek
[18:02]	TR News	Mozilla Addons Blog: Introducing enterprise add-on policies https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/10/28/introducing-enterprise-add-on-policies/
[18:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.mozilla.org | Introducing enterprise add-on policies - Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog
[18:03]	TR News	LILYGO T-Display K230 RISC-V Hey Hi (AI) dev kit features AMOLED, LoRa, and keyboard with optional LTE-M/NB-IoT cellular connectivity https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/28/lilygo-t-display-k230-risc-v-ai-dev-kit-features-amoled-lora-and-an-optional-keyboard/
[18:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | LILYGO T-Display K230 RISC-V AI dev kit features AMOLED, LoRa, and keyboard with optional LTE-M/NB-IoT cellular connectivity - CNX Software
[18:04]	TR News	WordPress 7.1.4 https://wordpress.org/news/2026/10/wordpress-7-1-4/
[18:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wordpress.org | WordPress 7.1.4 WordPress News
[18:05]	TR News	Yet Another ClickFix Campaign, (Wed, Oct 28th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33466
[18:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-isc.sans.edu | Yet Another ClickFix Campaign - SANS Internet Storm Center
[18:06]	TR News	BBC caused ex-Tory donor serious harm by reporting corruption allegations, court told https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/bbc-caused-ex-tory-donor-serious-harm-by-reporting-corruption-allegations-court-told/
[18:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | BBC caused ex-Tory donor 'serious harm' by reporting corruption allegations, court told - Press Gazette
[18:06]	TR News	Spain: PM Sanchez gives speech on train collision https://www.france24.com/en/spain-pm-sanchez-gives-speech-on-train-collision
[18:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/spain-pm-sanchez-gives-speech-on-train-collision )
[18:07]	TR News	Studying Fraudulent North Korean IT Workers https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/studying-fraudulent-north-korean-it-workers.html
[18:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Studying Fraudulent North Korean IT Workers - Schneier on Security
[18:07]	TR News	Getting on to paediatric training in Victoria https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/10/28/paeds-vic.html
[18:07]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yingtongli.me | Getting on to paediatric training in Victoria
[18:09]	TR News	DJI mic 2 versus mic mini 2 https://bkhome.org/news/202610/dji-mic-2-versus-mic-mini-2.html
[18:09]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | DJI mic 2 versus mic mini 2
[18:10]	TR News	Samsung to exit Hong Kongs home appliance market report https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/29/samsung-to-exit-hong-kongs-home-appliance-market-report/
[18:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | Samsung to exit Hong Kong's home appliance market - report
[18:10]	TR News	Decision in famous mans injunction bid against Guardian and ITN could come next week https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/decision-in-famous-mans-injunction-bid-against-guardian-and-itn-could-come-next-week/
[18:10]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Decision in 'famous' mans injunction bid against Guardian and ITN could come next week - Press Gazette
[18:11]	TR News	DrupalCon Rotterdam Focuses on Digital Sovereignty and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 https://fossforce.com/2026/10/drupalcon-rotterdam-focuses-on-digital-sovereignty-and-microsoft-365/
[18:11]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fossforce.com | DrupalCon Rotterdam Focuses on Digital Sovereignty and Microsoft 365 - FOSS Force
[18:12]	TR News	[Podcast] Quad 9 Measurement in the privacy-preserving public DNS service https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/29/podcast-quad-9-measurement-in-the-privacy-preserving-public-dns-service/
[18:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | [Podcast] Quad 9 Measurement in the privacy-preserving public DNS service | APNIC Blog
[18:12]	TR News	Is The Insurrectionists Unpopularity Catching Up with Republicans? https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/is-donald-trumps-unpopularity-catching-up-with-republicans
[18:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.newyorker.com | Is Donald Trumps Unpopularity Catching Up with Republicans? | The New Yorker
[18:15]	TR News	Haze in Malaysia: All schools in Selangor to open on Oct 29; use of face masks encouraged https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/haze-in-malaysia-all-schools-in-selangor-to-open-on-oct-29-use-of-face-masks-encouraged
[18:15]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Haze in Malaysia: All schools in Selangor to open on Oct 29; use of face masks encouraged | The Straits Times
[18:16]	TR News	Australian defence chief says China military buildup creating pressure in South-east Asia https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-defence-chief-says-china-military-buildup-creating-pressure-in-south-east-asia
[18:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Australian defence chief says China military build-up creating pressure in South-east Asia | The Straits Times
[18:17]	TR News	Kylian Mbapp's France Shirt Burned in China as Fan Rips Head off Cut-Out: 'I Will Never Forgive Him' https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mbappe-real-madrid-apology-china-mao-meme-backlash-1828628
[18:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Kylian Mbapp's France Shirt Burned in China as Fan Rips Head off Cut-Out: 'I Will Never Forgive Him' | IBTimes UK
[18:17]	TR News	Taiwan working on autonomous drone swarms to counter Chinas increasingly aggressive grey-zone military tactics https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/taiwan-working-on-autonomous-drone-swarms-to-counter-chinas-increasingly-aggressive-grey-zone-military-tactics-island-has-already-completed-flight-simulations-now-working-towards-flight-trials-over-maritime-areas
[18:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tomshardware.com | Taiwan working on autonomous drone swarms to counter Chinas increasingly aggressive grey-zone military tactics island has already completed flight simulations, now working towards flight trials over maritime areas | Tom's Hardware
[18:17]	TR News	China leverages Taiwans reverence for Sun Yat-sen to promote reunification https://rfa.org/english/china/2026/10/28/china-taiwan-sun-yat-sen/
[18:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rfa.org | China leverages Taiwans reverence for Sun Yat-sen to promote reunification Radio Free Asia
[18:18]	TR News	China says it takes Mbappe apology seriously after Mao remark https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/28/china-says-it-takes-mbappe-apology-seriously-after-mao-remark/
[18:18]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China says it takes Mbappe apology 'seriously' after Mao remark
[18:19]	TR News	Australian defence chief says China military buildup creating pressure in SE Asia https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/29/australian-defence-chief-says-china-military-buildup-creating-pressure-in-se-asia/
[18:19]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | China military buildup creating 'pressure' in SE Asia - Australia
[18:20]	TR News	itsfoss = itsCrap https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17508633/local-ai-weekly-7 http://techrights.org/n/2026/10/25/It_s_Slop.shtml
[18:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Local AI Weekly #7: Bubble or Not?
[18:20]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It's Slop
[18:21]	TR News	US Senate fact checks: Whats true, false about Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers https://bridgemi.com/michigan-politics/us-senate-fact-checks-whats-true-false-to-about-abdul-el-sayed-mike-rogers/
[18:21]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bridgemi.com | US Senate fact checks: What's true, false about Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers - Bridge Michigan
[18:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Tor Browser 16.0 Anonymous Browser Brings Native ARM Support on Linux https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Tor_Browser_16_0_Anonymous_Browser_Brings_Native_ARM_Support_on.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Tor_Browser_16_0_Anonymous_Browser_Brings_Native_ARM_Support_on.gmi 
[18:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Tor Browser 16.0 Anonymous Browser Brings Native ARM Support on Linux
[18:22]	TR News	It's SPAM https://itsfoss.com/jadens-jd-166-review/
[18:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-itsfoss.com | Jadens JD-166 Review: Portable, Inkless Thermal Printer on Linux
[18:27]	TR News	Swedbank to cut 500 jobs, including 100 in Baltic states https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3096080/swedbank-to-cut-500-jobs-including-100-in-baltic-states
[18:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Swedbank to cut 500 jobs, including 100 in Baltic states - LRT
[18:27]	TR News	Vietnam sets 65% state ownership floor for major banks, to retain control of strategic groups https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-sets-65-state-ownership-floor-for-major-banks-to-retain-control-of-strategic-groups
[18:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Vietnam sets 65% state ownership floor for banks | The Straits Times
[18:28]	TR News	A report from the LPC sched_ext microconference https://lwn.net/Articles/1103426/
[18:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-A report from the LPC sched_ext microconference [LWN.net]
[18:29]	TR News	Equestria 2026.10.28 https://distrowatch.com/equestria
[18:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/equestria )
[18:29]	TR News	Lyra 16.1-rc2 https://distrowatch.com/lyra
[18:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/lyra )
[18:29]	TR News	LastOSLinux 2026-10-28 https://distrowatch.com/lastos
[18:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/lastos )
[18:29]	TR News	Manjaro 26.1.3 https://distrowatch.com/manjaro
[18:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro )
[18:30]	TR News	Gnoppix 26_11 https://distrowatch.com/gnoppix
[18:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/gnoppix )
[18:30]	TR News	Plasma Bigscreen (or something else) for a lounge TV computer https://www.rubenerd.au/plasma-bigscreen-for-a-lounge-tv-computer/
[18:30]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rubenerd.au | Rubenerd: Plasma Bigscreen (or something else) for a lounge TV computer
[18:31]	TR News	How To Install Zabbix on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS https://idroot.us/install-zabbix-ubuntu-26-04/
[18:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-idroot.us | How To Install Zabbix on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - idroot
[18:32]	TR News	 (NEW):  Free and Open Source Software https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.1.gmi 
[18:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software
[18:35]	TR News	 (NEW):  Canonical Plans to Revive Its Immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop Flavor https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/28/Canonical_Plans_to_Revive_Its_Immutable_Ubuntu_Core_Desktop_Fla.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/28/Canonical_Plans_to_Revive_Its_Immutable_Ubuntu_Core_Desktop_Fla.gmi 
[18:35]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Canonical Plans to Revive Its Immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop Flavor
[18:36]	TR News	Norwegian media companies in court victory over Meta Hey Hi (AI) scraping terms https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/norwegian-media-companies-take-meta-to-court-over-ai-scraping-terms/
[18:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Norwegian media companies in court victory over Meta AI scraping terms - Press Gazette
[18:36]	TR News	KKKnews.uk https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/reform-launches-newspaper-amid-plans-for-seven-day-digital-newsroom/
[18:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | Reform launches 'newspaper' amid plans for digital newsroom - Press Gazette
[18:37]	TR News	Astronomers Discover a Giant New Dwarf Planet Candidate Hiding Beyond Pluto https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-discover-giant-new-dwarf-planet-candidate-hiding-beyond-pluto
[18:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Astronomers Discover a Giant New Dwarf Planet Candidate Hiding Beyond Pluto : ScienceAlert
[18:37]	TR News	Scientists Found a Blood Signature Linked to 23% Lower Risk of Death https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-blood-signature-linked-to-23-lower-risk-of-death
[18:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Scientists Found a Blood Signature Linked to 23% Lower Risk of Death : ScienceAlert
[18:37]	TR News	Your Brain Seems to Stretch Time While You're Learning a New Movement https://www.sciencealert.com/your-brain-seems-to-stretch-time-while-youre-learning-a-new-movement
[18:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Your Brain Seems to Stretch Time While You're Learning a New Movement : ScienceAlert
[18:38]	TR News	7 Million Americans Were Exposed to Lead at 80x Normal Levels During LA's Eaton Fire https://www.sciencealert.com/las-eaton-fire-exposed-7-million-residents-to-lead-80-times-above-normal-levels
[18:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Smoke From LA's Eaton Fire Carried a Toxic Metal Signature Unlike Wildfires : ScienceAlert
[18:38]	TR News	Exercise 'Snacking' Can Build Similar Strength to One Big Training Session, Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/squat-snacking-can-build-similar-strength-to-one-big-training-session-study-finds
[18:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Exercise 'Snacking' Can Build Similar Strength to One Big Training Session, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
[18:38]	TR News	These 1970s Kids Had to Stay in School For 1 Year Longer. Decades Later, The Results Are Dramatic. https://www.sciencealert.com/these-1970s-kids-had-to-stay-in-school-for-1-year-longer-decades-later-the-results-are-dramatic
[18:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-These 1970s Kids Had to Stay in School For 1 Year Longer. Decades Later, The Results Are Dramatic. : ScienceAlert
[18:38]	TR News	PFAS Levels in US Drinking Water Could Be Twice as High as Reported https://www.sciencealert.com/pfas-levels-in-us-drinking-water-could-be-twice-as-high-as-reported
[18:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-US Drinking Water Could Contain Double The Reported Levels of PFAS : ScienceAlert
[18:39]	TR News	After three years of civil war, Sudan faces the threat of inflation https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2026/1028/sudan-war-gold-hunger-famine-emergency-response-rooms
[18:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-After three years of civil war, Sudan faces the threat of inflation - CSMonitor.com
[18:39]	TR News	Uniqlo scraps price rise on $2.35 socks after Japan shopper outcry https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/uniqlo-scraps-price-rise-on-2-35-socks-after-japan-shopper-outcry
[18:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Uniqlo scraps price rise on $2.35 socks after Japan shopper outcry | The Straits Times
[18:39]	TR News	First market manipulation case in Latvia's history goes to court https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/28.10.2026-first-market-manipulation-case-in-latvias-history-goes-to-court.a669357/
[18:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eng.lsm.lv | First market manipulation case in Latvia's history goes to court / Article
[18:40]	TR News	Internet Governance: Empowering Communities to Shape the Future of the Internet https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/10/internet-governance-empowering-communities-to-shape-the-future-of-the-internet/
[18:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.internetsociety.org | Internet Governance: Empowering Communities to Shape the Future of the Internet - Internet Society
[18:40]	TR News	 (NEW):  Kubuntu is the Linux distro for people who never want to open a terminal https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Kubuntu_is_the_Linux_distro_for_people_who_never_want_to_open_a.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Kubuntu_is_the_Linux_distro_for_people_who_never_want_to_open_a.gmi 
[18:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Kubuntu is the Linux distro for people who never want to open a terminal
[18:41]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell-social
[18:41]	TR News	MElons Real Estate Goons Threaten Local Residents Not to Sue Over Deafening Data Center Noise https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-real-estate-local-residents-sue-data-center-noise
[18:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-futurism.com | Elon Musk's Real Estate Goons Threaten Local Residents Not to Sue Over Deafening Data Center Noise
[18:42]	TR News	Seoul court dismisses lawsuit by Tesla owners seeking refunds for Full Self-Driving tech https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-court-dismisses-lawsuit-by-tesla-owners-seeking-refunds-for-full-self-driving-tech https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/
[18:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Seoul court dismisses Tesla FSD refund lawsuit | The Straits Times
[18:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 406 @ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/ )
[18:42]	TR News	Walmart Sued Over Frozen Shrimp Allegedly Containing up to 11% Less Seafood Than Advertised https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/walmart-great-value-shrimp-underweight-lawsuit-1828630 IsambardPrince
[18:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Walmart Sued Over Frozen Shrimp Allegedly Containing up to 11% Less Seafood Than Advertised | IBTimes UK
[18:43]	TR News	Hasan Piker Sues CNN's Scott Jennings for $72.5m Over Allegedly False Claims He Supported Lynchings https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hasan-piker-scott-jennings-defamation-lawsuit-edited-video-1828639
[18:43]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Hasan Piker Sues CNN's Scott Jennings for $72.5m Over Allegedly False Claims He Supported Lynchings | IBTimes UK
[18:44]	TR News	Fault Lines Taiwan drones, Timorese deals and New Caledonian diplomacy https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/fault-lines-taiwanese-drones-timorese-deals-and-new-caledonian-diplomacy/
[18:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Fault Lines Taiwan drones, Timorese deals and New Caledonian diplomacy | The Strategist
[18:45]	TR News	North Korean IP addresses detected probing South Korean financial networks: Report https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korean-ip-addresses-detected-probing-south-korean-financial-networks-report
[18:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | North Korean IPs probe South Korean financial networks | The Straits Times
[18:46]	TR News	Automated warehouses: 8 third parties, one network and no owner https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/automated-warehouses-8-third-parties-one-network-and-no-owner/
[18:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.pentestpartners.com | Automated warehouses: 8 third parties, one network and no owner | Pen Test Partners
[18:46]	TR News	Lithuanian govt rejects proposal to publish identities of unconfessed KGB collaborators https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3096331/lithuanian-govt-rejects-proposal-to-publish-identities-of-unconfessed-kgb-collaborators
[18:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian govt rejects proposal to publish identities of unconfessed KGB collaborators - LRT
[18:49]	TR News	GenHEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/28/fortinet-plunges-26-after-hours-and-takes-tenable-with-it-as-gen-digital-rises/
[18:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Fortinet plunges 26% after-hours and takes Tenable with it as Gen Digital rises - SiliconANGLE
[18:49]	TR News	CISA Warns of Node2Shell Exploitation as Honeypots Log Attack Attempts https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-node2shell-exploitation-as-honeypots-log-attack-attempts/
[18:49]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-CISA Warns of Node2Shell Exploitation as Honeypots Log Attack Attempts - SecurityWeek
[18:50]	TR News	Hackers Start Probing Fresh Oracle EBS Vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-start-probing-fresh-oracle-ebs-vulnerability/
[18:50]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Hackers Start Probing Fresh Oracle EBS Vulnerability - SecurityWeek
[18:51]	TR News	China-Linked Hackers Exploit PHP2Shell to Root Firewalls https://www.securityweek.com/china-linked-hackers-exploit-php2shell-to-root-firewalls/
[18:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-China-Linked Hackers Exploit PHP2Shell to Root Firewalls - SecurityWeek
[18:51]	TR News	TLS Flaws Found in GoAhead Web Server Used in Hundreds of Millions of Devices https://www.securityweek.com/tls-flaws-found-in-goahead-web-server-used-in-hundreds-of-millions-of-devices/
[18:51]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-TLS Flaws Found in GoAhead Web Server Used in Hundreds of Millions of Devices - SecurityWeek
[18:52]	TR News	Design Patent Infringement Test Heads Toward the Supreme Court https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/10/design-patent-infringement-test-heads-toward-the-supreme-court.html
[18:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | Design Patent Infringement Test Heads Toward the Supreme Court | Patently-O
[18:52]	TR News	The Wait for a First Action, by Technology https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/10/the-wait-for-a-first-action-by-technology.html
[18:52]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-patentlyo.com | The Wait for a First Action, by Technology | Patently-O
[18:53]	TR News	Federal Circuit Affirms Section 101 Rejection of Pro Se Applicants Bartering Method Claims https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/10/28/federal-circuit-affirms-section-101-rejection-of-pro-se-applicants-bartering-method-claims/
[18:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ipwatchdog.com | Federal Circuit Affirms Section 101 Rejection of Pro Se Applicants Bartering Method Claims
[18:53]	TR News	Rothschild entity Electronic Edison Qi-related wireless charging patents being investigated https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/10/26/rothschild-entity-electronic-edison-qi-related-wireless-charging-patents-being-investigated
[18:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.unifiedpatents.com | Rothschild entity Electronic Edison Qi-related wireless charging patents being investigated Unified Patents
[18:54]	TR News	Edwards suffers setback at EPO in heart-valve dispute with Meril https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/edwards-suffers-setback-at-epo-in-heart-valve-dispute-with-meril/
[18:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.juve-patent.com | Edwards suffers setback at EPO in heart-valve dispute with Meril - JUVE Patent
[18:54]	TR News	BeagleConnect QuadESC 4-channel BLDC motor controller uses TIs AM13E23019-based Torque module https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/29/beagleconnect-quadesc-4-channel-bldc-motor-controller-ti-am13e23019-based-torque-module/
[18:54]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cnx-software.com | BeagleConnect QuadESC 4-channel BLDC motor controller uses TI's AM13E23019-based Torque module - CNX Software
[18:55]	TR News	The Hey Hi (AI) cost of JavaScript frameworks https://nolanlawson.com/2026/10/28/the-ai-cost-of-javascript-frameworks/
[18:55]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-nolanlawson.com | The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks | Read the Tea Leaves
[18:57]	TR News	Global Internet infrastructure at NANOG 98 https://blog.apnic.net/2026/10/28/global-internet-infrastructure-at-nanog-98/
[18:57]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.apnic.net | Global Internet infrastructure at NANOG 98 | APNIC Blog
[18:58]	TR News	When you 'miss' a word that conveys a key idea, do not hesitate to invent a word to express it. All words are invented at some point.
[18:59]	TR News	IBM Red Hat promoting word salads and plagiarism because it is a zombie company without identity https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/28/how-dra-can-improve-performance-of-distributed-llm-inference-workloads-with-rdma-and-sr-iov
[18:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/10/28/how-dra-can-improve-performance-of-distributed-llm-inference-workloads-with-rdma-and-sr-iov )
[18:59]	TR News	Alberto Toscano: AIs 'ontology layer' is being seamlessly integrated into colonial fascist rule https://bianet.org/haber/alberto-toscano-ais-ontology-layer-is-being-seamlessly-integrated-into-colonial-fascist-rule-324843
[18:59]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bianet.org | Alberto Toscano: AIs 'ontology layer' is being seamlessly integrated into colonial fascist rule
● Oct 29
[19:00]	TR News	Data breach at Hong Kong Airlines, YOHO, and Broadway affects 1,600 customers https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/28/data-breach-at-hong-kong-airlines-yoho-and-broadway-affects-1600-customers/
[19:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-hongkongfp.com | HK privacy watchdog probes data breaches affecting 1,600 customers
[19:00]	TR News	"Intellectuals" were a thing before bros without any university degrees bribed the media to celebrate slop
[19:01]	TR News	Iran Pushes Rejected 7-Day Peace Plan, Warns Against New Israeli Strikes https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-live-blog-trump-middle-east/33803414.html
[19:01]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Saudis Report Intercepting Ballistic Missile Fired by Iran-Backed Houthis
[19:02]	TR News	"compulsory redundancies" a new term for layoffs? https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-journalists-vote-strike-action-threat-compulsory-redundancies/
[19:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-pressgazette.co.uk | BBC journalists to vote on strike over compulsory redundancies - Press Gazette
[19:02]	TR News	Spain high-speed train crash kills 68, injures over 100 https://www.france24.com/en/spain-high-speed-train-crash-kills-68-injures-over-100
[19:02]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/spain-high-speed-train-crash-kills-68-injures-over-100 )
[19:03]	TR News	EU transforms Frontex into a high-tech deportation command centre https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/eu-transforms-frontex-into-a-high-tech-deportation-command-centre/
[19:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-protectnotsurveil.eu | EU transforms Frontex into a high-tech deportation command centre Protect Not Surveil
[19:04]	TR News	CPJ outraged by Egypt court conviction of journalist Lina Attalah, order of Mada Masrs closure https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/mada-masrs-closure/
[19:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cpj.org | CPJ outraged by Egypt court conviction of journalist Lina Attalah, order of Mada Masrs closure - Committee to Protect Journalists
[19:04]	TR News	Oxynote: an open source internal wiki with live PostgreSQL query charts https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/oxynote-an-open-source-internal-wiki-with-live-postgresql-query-charts-3406/
[19:04]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.postgresql.org | PostgreSQL: Oxynote: an open source internal wiki with live PostgreSQL query charts
[19:04]		*psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell-social
[19:05]	TR News	Scribus 1.6.7 Released with Various Fixes. PPA Updated for Ubuntu https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/10/scribus-1-6-7-released-with-various-fixes-ppa-updated-for-ubuntu/
[19:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-ubuntuhandbook.org | Scribus 1.6.7 Released with Various Fixes. PPA Updated for Ubuntu | UbuntuHandbook
[19:05]	TR News	Ubuntu Core Desktop accelerating development ahead of 27.04 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-core-desktop-2704
[19:05]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Ubuntu Core Desktop 'accelerating' development ahead of 27.04 - OMG! Ubuntu
[19:12]	TR News	Ubuntu plans firmware HWE to prevent issues on older kernels https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/ubuntu-firmware-hwe-effort-moving-forward
[19:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.omgubuntu.co.uk | Ubuntu plans firmware HWE to prevent issues on older kernels - OMG! Ubuntu
[19:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Apple's 286 Vulnerabilities and New Phone Cracks Within Hours or Days https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/28/Apple_s_286_Vulnerabilities_and_New_Phone_Cracks_Within_Hours_o.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/28/Apple_s_286_Vulnerabilities_and_New_Phone_Cracks_Within_Hours_o.gmi 
[19:12]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Apple's 286 Vulnerabilities and New Phone Cracks Within Hours or Days
[19:22]	TR News	Ready for XREAL AURA https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xreal-aura-launch/
[19:22]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-godotengine.org | Ready for XREAL AURA Godot Engine
[19:24]	TR News	 (NEW):   : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi 
[19:24]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Android Leftovers
[19:25]	TR News	Suno Fires Back Against Apples Subpoena Opposition, Doubling Down on Its Push for Information About Current License Negotiations, Anti-AI Deal Terms, and More https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/28/suno-apple-subpoena-dispute/
[19:25]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/10/28/suno-apple-subpoena-dispute/ )
[19:26]	TR News	Its time to treat state-sponsored cyber intrusions as attacks https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/its-time-to-treat-state-sponsored-cyber-intrusions-as-attacks/
[19:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Its time to treat state-sponsored cyber intrusions as attacks | The Strategist
[19:26]	TR News	Rare Wartime Dissent in Moscow Over Plans to Dismantle Russias Eiffel Tower https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/world/europe/russia-shukhov-radio-tower.html
[19:26]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/world/europe/russia-shukhov-radio-tower.html )
[19:26]	TR News	Serbias students have won. Why their revolution still has to wait a bit longer. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/1028/serbia-student-list-plan-russia-vucic-president
[19:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Serbias student movement has won. What happens now? - CSMonitor.com
[19:27]	TR News	US Wrestler Disqualified for Poking Russian Rival's Eye Twice as Injured Opponent Insists She Can Fight With One Eye https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/smirnova-withdrawn-after-turner-eye-poke-disqualification-1828645
[19:27]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | US Wrestler Disqualified for Poking Russian Rival's Eye Twice as Injured Opponent Insists She Can Fight With One Eye | IBTimes UK
[19:28]	TR News	Russia woos African leaders at Moscow summit https://www.france24.com/en/russia-woos-african-leaders-at-moscow-summit
[19:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-woos-african-leaders-at-moscow-summit )
[19:28]	TR News	Officials seize domain of top bulletproof hosting provider Virtualine https://cyberscoop.com/virtualine-bulletproof-hosting-provider-seized/
[19:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Officials seize domain of top bulletproof hosting provider Virtualine | CyberScoop
[19:28]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/russia-sanctions-relief-fund-trump.html
[19:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/russia-sanctions-relief-fund-trump.html )
[19:28]	TR News	Moscow, Pyongyang back network sending workers to Russian factories, report says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/moscow-pyongyang-back-network-sending-workers-to-russian-factories-report-says
[19:28]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.straitstimes.com | Moscow, Pyongyang back network sending workers to Russian factories, report says | The Straits Times
[19:29]	TR News	Oleshky Truce Enters Third Day As Humanitarian Hopes Collide With Russia Deportation Fears https://www.rferl.org/a/oleshky-ukraine-russia-melania-trump-ceasefire/33886379.html
[19:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Russian Drone Attack Kills 14 In Dnipro As Oleshky Truce Enters Third Day
[19:29]	TR News	Lithuanias Nausda says he welcomes efforts by Finland and Norway to end Ukraine war https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3096093/lithuania-s-nauseda-says-he-welcomes-efforts-by-finland-and-norway-to-end-ukraine-war
[19:29]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanias Nausda says he welcomes efforts by Finland and Norway to end Ukraine war - LRT
[19:31]	TR News	Amid uncertainty over EU aid, Vitalii Kim insists Ukraine has no choice but to fight for motherland https://www.france24.com/en/amid-uncertainty-over-eu-aid-vitalii-kim-insists-ukraine-has-no-choice-but-to-fight-for-motherland
[19:31]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/amid-uncertainty-over-eu-aid-vitalii-kim-insists-ukraine-has-no-choice-but-to-fight-for-motherland )
[19:32]	TR News	Ukrainian Hive and Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Gets 70 Months in US Prison https://www.securityweek.com/ukrainian-hive-and-nefilim-ransomware-affiliate-gets-70-months-in-us-prison/
[19:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ukrainian Hive and Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Gets 70 Months in US Prison - SecurityWeek
[19:32]	TR News	Putin Mocked as a 'Hobbit' After Mozambique's President Towers Over Him During Moscow Meeting https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/putin-mocked-over-height-difference-chapo-1828634
[19:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Putin Mocked as a 'Hobbit' After Mozambique's President Towers Over Him During Moscow Meeting | IBTimes UK
[19:32]	TR News	Zelenskyy Hopes For Ukraine, Russia, US Talks By November 10, As Convicted Felon Floats Putin Meeting With Ukrainian Leader https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-putin-meeting-ukraine-peace-talks/33885793.html
[19:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Hopes For Ukraine, Russia, US Talks By November 10, As Trump Floats Putin Meeting With Ukrainian Leader
[19:32]	TR News	Putin woos African leaders as Moscow seeks to expand footprint in Africa https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20261028-putin-woos-african-leaders-moscow-seeks-expand-footprint-africa
[19:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20261028-putin-woos-african-leaders-moscow-seeks-expand-footprint-africa )
[19:33]	TR News	Mesa 26.2.6 Released with Fixes for RADV, ANV, Zink, RadeonSI, and Freedreno https://9to5linux.com/mesa-26-2-6-released-with-fixes-for-radv-anv-zink-radeonsi-and-freedreno
[19:33]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Mesa 26.2.6 Released with Fixes for RADV, ANV, Zink, RadeonSI, and Freedreno - 9to5Linux
[19:36]	TR News	"More about it - "In the relaxed town-building game of Croakwood, youll need to manage your frogs as they begin their life in the wild woods." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/arriving-this-winter-the-frog-town-building-game-croakwood-from-the-parkitect-devs-looks-lovely/
[19:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Arriving this Winter, the frog town-building game Croakwood from the Parkitect devs looks lovely | GamingOnLinux
[19:37]	TR News	Linux support expands to PlayStation 5 Pro https://videocardz.com/newz/ps5-linux-project-adds-ps5-pro-support-runs-ubuntu-on-firmware-13-60
[19:37]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-PS5 Linux project adds PS5 Pro support, runs Ubuntu on firmware 13.60 - VideoCardz.com
[19:38]	TR News	"Today, Linux hardware vendor System76 is teasing an upcoming product, a new mini Linux PC called Thelio Prime, which runs the Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS distribution with the COSMIC desktop environment." https://9to5linux.com/system76-teases-thelio-prime-amd-mini-linux-pc-running-pop_os-with-cosmic
[19:38]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-System76 Teases Thelio Prime AMD Mini Linux PC Running Pop!_OS with COSMIC - 9to5Linux
[19:39]	TR News	I turned my favorite Linux terminal apps into desktop apps so I could launch them with one click https://www.howtogeek.com/i-turned-my-linux-terminal-apps-into-desktop-apps/
[19:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I turned my favorite Linux terminal apps into desktop apps so I could launch them with one click
[19:40]	TR News	I found a free Spotify alternative for Linux thats way better than the official app https://www.zdnet.com/tech/linux-spotify-app-spotifast-alternative/
[19:40]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-I found a free Spotify alternative for Linux that's way better than the official app - ZDNET
[19:41]	TR News	RecompLauncher catalogs 200+ fan-made console ports for Windows, Linux, and macOS, with desktop app planned https://www.tweaktown.com/news/114334/recomplauncher-catalogs-200-plus-fan-made-console-ports-for-windows-linux-and-macos-with-desktop-app-planned/index.html
[19:41]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tweaktown.com | RecompLauncher catalogs 200+ fan-made console ports for Windows, Linux, and macOS, with desktop app planned
[19:42]	TR News	"The GNOME desktop has evolved into a desktop environment that can work for all types of users. But which distribution is best for you? Here's how to choose." https://www.zdnet.com/tech/best-gnome-linux-distros/
[19:42]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-My favorite GNOME-based Linux distros - for minimalists who like options - ZDNET
[19:44]	TR News	System76 Unveils Thelio Prime 11-Liter Linux Desktop PC https://www.techpowerup.com/354237/system76-unveils-thelio-prime-11-liter-linux-desktop-pc
[19:44]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-System76 Unveils Thelio Prime 11-Liter Linux Desktop PC | TechPowerUp
[19:45]	TR News	I switched from Flathub to a Linux app store that doesn't allow slop-ware https://www.howtogeek.com/i-switched-from-flathub-to-a-linux-app-store-that-doesnt-allow-ai-slop/
[19:45]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | I switched from Flathub to a Linux app store that doesn't allow AI slop
[19:46]	TR News	 (NEW):  System76 Teases Thelio Prime AMD Mini Linux PC Running Pop!_OS with COSMIC https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/28/System76_Teases_Thelio_Prime_AMD_Mini_Linux_PC_Running_Pop_OS_w.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/28/System76_Teases_Thelio_Prime_AMD_Mini_Linux_PC_Running_Pop_OS_w.gmi 
[19:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines System76 Teases Thelio Prime AMD Mini Linux PC Running Pop!_OS with COSMIC
[19:46]	TR News	Here's how I replicated 3 of the Googlebook's best features on a $60 Linux laptop https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-i-replicated-3-of-the-googlebooks-best-features-on-a-60-dollar-linux-laptop/
[19:46]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.howtogeek.com | Here's how I replicated 3 of the Googlebook's best features on a $60 Linux laptop
[19:47]	TR News	Slop https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/collabora-office-26-04-adds-ai-with-user-controlled-data-access-177822.html
[19:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.linuxinsider.com | Collabora Office 26.04: AI Assistance Without Giving Up Control
[19:47]	TR News	"Ubuntu maker Canonical revealed today that they plan on reviving their immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop distribution with support for GNOME and KDE Plasma desktop environments and other new features." https://9to5linux.com/canonical-plans-to-revive-its-immutable-ubuntu-core-desktop-flavor
[19:47]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Canonical Plans to Revive Its Immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop Flavor - 9to5Linux
[19:48]	TR News	SUSE = slop https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/suse-advances-multi-linux-management-and-agentic-ai-capabilities-1854377
[19:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-SUSE advances multi-Linux management and agentic AI capabilities | ZAWYA
[19:57]	TR News	To London, to London gemini://kdan.smol.pub/london_noise
[19:59]	TR News	"Well, I'm trying too." gemini://renfys.smol.pub/291026
[19:59]	TR News	"Text Mapper can be used to generate hex maps. You can do it using one of the algorithms it implements, or you can write the text by hand. But if you want to draw a hex map by hand, you can do that, too." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-10-29-hex-paper
● Oct 29
[20:00]	TR News	"The wizards and witches of Worcestershire already featured in these little nuggets of local gibberish, surely only serve one master. Old Nick, the Devil himself (herself?). Worcestershire it appears has quite the assortment of locations named after Lucifer." gemini://gemini.yunzi.co.uk/gemlog/2026-10-29-darkfolklore3.gmi
[20:01]	TR News	"A month ago, slugmax [1] wrote a post about LLM (Large Language Model)s invading gopher [2] via an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server and now that MCP server supports the /robots.txt standard [3]. He gives a sample file that should work for Gopher [4]: [...]" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/10/28.2
[20:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Games: Call Of Duty Controversy, RecompLauncher, Godot, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Games_Call_Of_Duty_Controversy_RecompLauncher_Godot_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Games_Call_Of_Duty_Controversy_RecompLauncher_Godot_and_More.gmi 
[20:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Games: Call Of Duty Controversy, RecompLauncher, Godot, and More
[20:06]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's HowTos   https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/today_s_howtos.gmi 
[20:06]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines today's howtos
[20:07]	TR News	 (NEW):  Applications: AppCenter, Alternatives to DRM and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Applications_AppCenter_Alternatives_to_DRM_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Applications_AppCenter_Alternatives_to_DRM_and_More.gmi 
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[20:09]	TR News	 (NEW):  Linux Plumbers Conference and Linux Kernel Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Linux_Plumbers_Conference_and_Linux_Kernel_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Linux_Plumbers_Conference_and_Linux_Kernel_Leftovers.gmi 
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[20:11]	TR News	 (NEW):  BSD: Release of GhostBSD 26.2 and ZFS https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/BSD_Release_of_GhostBSD_26_2_and_ZFS.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/BSD_Release_of_GhostBSD_26_2_and_ZFS.gmi 
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[20:12]	TR News	 (NEW):  Red Hat on OpenShift and Promotion of Slop Plagiarism (As Usual Under IBM's Spell and Influence) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Red_Hat_on_OpenShift_and_Promotion_of_Slop_Plagiarism_As_Usual_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Red_Hat_on_OpenShift_and_Promotion_of_Slop_Plagiarism_As_Usual_.gmi 
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[20:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  It's FOSS SPAM (Also Slop Promotion), Debian Based Distros https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/It_s_FOSS_SPAM_Also_Slop_Promotion_Debian_Based_Distros.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/It_s_FOSS_SPAM_Also_Slop_Promotion_Debian_Based_Distros.gmi 
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[20:14]	TR News	 (NEW):  Open Hardware/Modding: BeagleBoard, ESP32, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_BeagleBoard_ESP32_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Open_Hardware_Modding_BeagleBoard_ESP32_and_More.gmi 
[20:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Open Hardware/Modding: BeagleBoard, ESP32, and More
[20:16]	TR News	 (NEW):  Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG): WordPress 7.1.4, Bear Blog, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Static_Site_Generators_SSG_WordP.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_Static_Site_Generators_SSG_WordP.gmi 
[20:16]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG): WordPress 7.1.4, Bear Blog, and More
[20:17]	TR News	 (NEW):  Serial Sloppers Versus LibreOffice, Collabora Office Surrenders to Slop, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Serial_Sloppers_Versus_LibreOffice_Collabora_Office_Surrenders_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Serial_Sloppers_Versus_LibreOffice_Collabora_Office_Surrenders_.gmi 
[20:17]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Serial Sloppers Versus LibreOffice, Collabora Office Surrenders to Slop, and More
[20:21]	TR News	 (NEW):   Programming Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Programming_Leftovers.gmi 
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[20:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  Mozilla and Firefox Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Mozilla_and_Firefox_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Mozilla_and_Firefox_Leftovers.gmi 
[20:22]	TR News	 (NEW):  PostgreSQL Releases, Events, and More News https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/PostgreSQL_Releases_Events_and_More_News.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/PostgreSQL_Releases_Events_and_More_News.gmi 
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[20:27]	TR News	 (NEW):  Today's Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/today_s_leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/today_s_leftovers.gmi 
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[20:29]	TR News	 (NEW):  Security Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Security_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Security_Leftovers.gmi 
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[20:32]	TR News	Techrights Gemini Links 29/10/2026: London, Worcestershire, and Robot Exclusion Protocol https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Gemini_Links_29_10_2026_London_Worcestershire_and_Robot_Exclusi.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Gemini_Links_29_10_2026_London_Worcestershire_and_Robot_Exclusi.gmi 
[20:32]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Gemini Links 29/10/2026: London, Worcestershire, and Robot Exclusion Protocol
[20:39]	TR News	Techrights Links 29/10/2026: Microsoft-Connected and Funded Openwashing at FOSDEM, Tragedy in Spain https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Links_29_10_2026_Microsoft_Connected_and_Funded_Openwashing_at_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/Links_29_10_2026_Microsoft_Connected_and_Funded_Openwashing_at_.gmi 
[20:39]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Links 29/10/2026: Microsoft-Connected and Funded Openwashing at FOSDEM, Tragedy in Spain
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[20:52]	TR News	IBM seems to be "reassigning" Red Hat staff this week. We need more WHISTLEBLOWERS though. ping lxo
[20:53]	TR News	"Pramila Jayapal and their gang want us to support illegal immigrants with no-questions-asked free healthcare. Our medical bills are going up and up, because hospitals and insurance companies have started playing Robinhood, by increasing our co-pays or denying essential services as non-essential and making us pay out of pocket. And you guys still vote for these folks!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m62nvttv
[20:53]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m62nvttv )
[20:53]	TR News	Microsfters getting racially tribalist [sic]: "Ro Khanna, Nancy Pelosi have all become super rich millionaires but they are not paying their excesses back to treasury, they only want to squeeze the middle class even more." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m62df9ec
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[20:54]	TR News	"Who knows ... This first wave? Is voluntary. The next wave? Bigger. And not voluntary. Mostly nontechnical apparently" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m60j4acn
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[20:56]	TR News	"You shouldnt call Amrricans lazy and lousy when your country looks the way it does. Just saying have some self awareness." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m609n0v8
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[21:00]	TR News	"Gosling wrote a commercial implementation, but Steele and Stallman wrote the first versions of Emacs. built upon a foundation first laid down by Jim Blandy" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50282667
[21:00]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.ycombinator.com | That's simply not true. Gosling wrote a commercial implementation, but Steele an... | Hacker News
[21:03]	TR News	 (NEW):  Emacs turns 50 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Emacs_turns_50.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/Emacs_turns_50.gmi 
[21:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Emacs turns 50
[21:14]	TR News	Techrights The Next 50 Years of Emacs (and GNU) https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/The_Next_50_Years_of_Emacs_and_GNU.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/The_Next_50_Years_of_Emacs_and_GNU.gmi 
[21:14]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Next 50 Years of Emacs (and GNU)
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[21:36]	TR News	Techrights It's About Intention, Not Attrition, at Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/It_s_About_Intention_Not_Attrition_at_Microsoft.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/It_s_About_Intention_Not_Attrition_at_Microsoft.gmi 
[21:36]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights It's About Intention, Not Attrition, at Microsoft
[21:48]	TR News	 (NEW):  One Year Ago https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/One_Year_Ago.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/10/29/One_Year_Ago.gmi 
[21:48]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines One Year Ago
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[21:58]	TR News	Techrights More Than 5 Years Have Passed Since Official Release of Vista 11 and in the US It's Measured as Only 3 Times Bigger Than GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/More_Than_5_Years_Have_Passed_Since_Official_Release_of_Vista_1.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/More_Than_5_Years_Have_Passed_Since_Official_Release_of_Vista_1.gmi 
[21:58]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights More Than 5 Years Have Passed Since Official Release of Vista 11 and in the US It's Measured as Only 3 Times Bigger Than GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop
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[22:03]	TR News	Techrights The Metric is Not the Mission https://techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/The_Metric_is_Not_the_Mission.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/10/29/The_Metric_is_Not_the_Mission.gmi 
[22:03]		-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights The Metric is Not the Mission
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[04:06]	TR News	Anon: islam remains not a race https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/el-sayed-is-national-security-threat
[04:06]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.kenklippenstein.com | El-Sayed Is National Security Threat, Govt Says
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[05:23]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/dhs-agents-hacked/
[05:23]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Hackers unmask thousands of DHS agents Trump officials tried to keep hidden: Report - Raw Story
[05:27]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/60minutes-ratings-spiral/
[05:27]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | 'Oof': '60 Minutes' loses key ratings battle to 'America's Funniest Home Videos' - Raw Story
[05:35]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/maga-women-voting/
[05:35]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | MAGAs crusade to yank womens vote is no joke and its storming the mainstream: analysis - Raw Story
[05:35]	admfubar	https://www.rawstory.com/claude-elections/
[05:35]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rawstory.com | Horror as rogue AI smashes through paywall to grab voter data: Would be a federal crime - Raw Story
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[08:09]	TR News	"A bipartisan group of nine U.S. senators penned a formal letter on Oct. 15 to the Department of Defense Inspector General" https://kyivindependent.com/pentagon-watchdog-rejects-bipartisan-plea-to-investigate-starlink-disruption-ap-reports/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent
[08:09]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-kyivindependent.com | Pentagon watchdog rejects bipartisan plea to investigate Starlink disruption, AP reports
[08:12]	TR News	"In brief, Trump has placed our great nation on the side of a monstrous dictator who is an enemy of all mankind. The stain on America will be hard to efface." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/you-cant-ump-trump | Source: The Next Move
[08:12]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenextmove.org | You Cant Ump Trump - by Jay Nordlinger - The Next Move
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[08:13]	TR News	"The United States war with Iran has no clear exit ramp. Periods of negotiation or reduced hostilities may interrupt the fighting" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/10/the-battlefield-has-no-boundaries-how-the-iran-war-is-redrawing-the-cyber-threat-map/ | Source: Federal News Network
[08:13]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-federalnewsnetwork.com | The battlefield has no boundaries: How the Iran war is redrawing the cyber threat map - Federal News Network
[08:13]	TR News	"The sources said the U.S. had failed to provide intelligence on Russian ballistic missile launches during one previous instance earlier this year" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war-missile-strikes-kyiv-power-outages/ | Source: CBS
[08:13]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 406 @ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war-missile-strikes-kyiv-power-outages/ )
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[08:14]	TR News	"Today, Hungarians remember the events of the 1956 revolution. This year marks the 70th anniversary of those events that started on October 23, 1956." https://jeffbridgforth.com/oktober-23-70-years-later/ | Source: Jeff Bridgforth
[08:14]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-jeffbridgforth.com | Oktber 23 (70 years later) | Jeff Bridgforth
[08:14]	TR News	"Perhaps the two most promising openings for pursuing the GRU as a terrorist organization come from Lithuania." https://www.rferl.org/a/wider-europe-briefing-can-the-eu-put-russia-s-gru-on-its-terror-list/33885122.html | Source: RFERL
[08:14]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Wider Europe Briefing: Can The EU Put Russia's GRU On Its Terror List?
[08:18]	TR News	"Regular Starlink terminals have automatic network throttling implemented if a connected vehicle operates in excess of 70 km/hr." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/27/musk-falsely-claims-his-traitorous-meddling-in-ukraine-is-somehow-anti-war/ | Source: Techdirt
[08:18]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Musk Falsely Claims His Traitorous Meddling In Ukraine Is Somehow Anti-War | Techdirt
[08:18]	TR News	"U.S. Marines recently launched explosive one-way attack drones against targets near Mount Fuji" https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-10-27/marines-neros-archer-strike-camp-fuji-japan-23274731.html | Source: Stars And Stripes
[08:18]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Marines test explosive attack drones for first time at Japans Camp Fuji | Stars and Stripes
[08:18]	TR News	"Classified as a right-wing extremist movement by Germanys domestic intelligence agency (a designation put on hold by a court)" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/10/far-rights-breakthrough-year-in-germany/ | Source: Harvard University
[08:18]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-news.harvard.edu | Far rights breakthrough year in Germany Harvard Gazette
[08:19]	TR News	"The Alaska case is a red flag that Trump has no intention of accepting the results of an election that Republicans lose." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/doj-lawsuit-alaska-election/ | Source: The Nation
[08:19]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.thenation.com | Trump Just Told Us How He Intends to Steal the Midterms | The Nation
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[16:59]	TR News	"Donald Trump 'Almost Collapsed' While Trying To Spell Mississippi, Late-Night Host Jimmy Fallon Jokes | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jimmy-fallon-trump-mississippi-spelling-joke-1828290
[16:59]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Donald Trump 'Almost Collapsed' While Trying To Spell Mississippi, Late-Night Host Jimmy Fallon Jokes | IBTimes UK
[16:59]	TR News	"Israeli large-scale military operation and mass displacement in Hebron | Common Dreams" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/israeli-large-scale-military-operation-and-mass-displacement-in-hebron
[16:59]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.commondreams.org | Israeli large-scale military operation and mass displacement in Hebron | Common Dreams
● Oct 29
[17:00]	TR News	"Trump Explores Lifting Sanctions on Russias Flagship Investment Fund - The New York Times" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/politics/russia-fund-sanctions-trump.html
[17:01]	TR News	"Midterm Elections and the Return of Good and Evil - The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/10/midterm-elections-and-return-of-good-and-evil/689145/
[17:01]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/10/midterm-elections-and-return-of-good-and-evil/689145/ )
[17:02]	TR News	"No Wonder Trump Doesnt Care About Gas Prices. Its Making Him Rich. | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/217160/donald-trump-gas-prices-making-him-rich
[17:02]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-newrepublic.com | No Wonder Trump Doesnt Care About Gas Prices. Its Making Him Rich. | The New Republic
[17:02]	TR News	"Shove That Ballroom Up Your Fat Ass: Trump Heckled at GOP Rally | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/217197/donald-trump-heckled-rally-ballroom
[17:02]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-newrepublic.com | Shove That Ballroom Up Your Fat Ass: Trump Heckled at GOP Rally | The New Republic
[17:02]	TR News	"When It Comes to Trumps Corruption, You Havent Seen It All | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/article/217157/corruptionland-documentary-trump-midterm-misdeeds
[17:02]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-newrepublic.com | When It Comes to Trumps Corruption, You Havent Seen It All | The New Republic
[17:03]	TR News	"Iran wars cost to American taxpayers grows to an estimated $47.1 billion - Federal News Network" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news/2026/10/iran-wars-cost-to-american-taxpayers-grows-to-an-estimated-47-1-billion/
[17:03]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-federalnewsnetwork.com | Iran wars cost to American taxpayers grows to an estimated $47.1 billion - Federal News Network
[17:04]	TR News	"Trump accuses Mary Peltola of electoral fraud in Alaska | Demcrata" https://www.democrata.es/en/international/trump-demands-that-democrat-mary-peltola-be-tried-for-an-alleged-electoral-fraud-setup-in-alaska/
[17:04]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.democrata.es | Trump accuses Mary Peltola of electoral fraud in Alaska | Demcrata
[17:09]	TR News	6 million euro competition announced for Latvian defence research https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/28.10.2026-6-million-euro-competition-announced-for-latvian-defence-research.a669390/
[17:09]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-eng.lsm.lv | 6 million euro competition announced for Latvian defence research / Article
[17:15]	TR News	North Korea fires projectile toward sea off east coast, South Korea military says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-fires-projectile-toward-sea-off-east-coast-south-korea-military-says
[17:15]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | North Korea fires 10 ballistic missiles towards sea | The Straits Times
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[18:12]	TR News	Is The Insurrectionists Unpopularity Catching Up with Republicans? https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/is-donald-trumps-unpopularity-catching-up-with-republicans
[18:12]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.newyorker.com | Is Donald Trumps Unpopularity Catching Up with Republicans? | The New Yorker
[18:16]	TR News	Australian defence chief says China military buildup creating pressure in South-east Asia https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-defence-chief-says-china-military-buildup-creating-pressure-in-south-east-asia
[18:16]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Australian defence chief says China military build-up creating pressure in South-east Asia | The Straits Times
[18:17]	TR News	Kylian Mbapp's France Shirt Burned in China as Fan Rips Head off Cut-Out: 'I Will Never Forgive Him' https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mbappe-real-madrid-apology-china-mao-meme-backlash-1828628
[18:17]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Kylian Mbapp's France Shirt Burned in China as Fan Rips Head off Cut-Out: 'I Will Never Forgive Him' | IBTimes UK
[18:17]	TR News	Taiwan working on autonomous drone swarms to counter Chinas increasingly aggressive grey-zone military tactics https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/taiwan-working-on-autonomous-drone-swarms-to-counter-chinas-increasingly-aggressive-grey-zone-military-tactics-island-has-already-completed-flight-simulations-now-working-towards-flight-trials-over-maritime-areas
[18:17]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.tomshardware.com | Taiwan working on autonomous drone swarms to counter Chinas increasingly aggressive grey-zone military tactics island has already completed flight simulations, now working towards flight trials over maritime areas | Tom's Hardware
[18:17]	TR News	China leverages Taiwans reverence for Sun Yat-sen to promote reunification https://rfa.org/english/china/2026/10/28/china-taiwan-sun-yat-sen/
[18:17]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rfa.org | China leverages Taiwans reverence for Sun Yat-sen to promote reunification Radio Free Asia
[18:18]	TR News	China says it takes Mbappe apology seriously after Mao remark https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/28/china-says-it-takes-mbappe-apology-seriously-after-mao-remark/
[18:18]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | China says it takes Mbappe apology 'seriously' after Mao remark
[18:19]	TR News	Australian defence chief says China military buildup creating pressure in SE Asia https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/29/australian-defence-chief-says-china-military-buildup-creating-pressure-in-se-asia/
[18:19]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-hongkongfp.com | China military buildup creating 'pressure' in SE Asia - Australia
[18:21]	TR News	US Senate fact checks: Whats true, false about Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers https://bridgemi.com/michigan-politics/us-senate-fact-checks-whats-true-false-to-about-abdul-el-sayed-mike-rogers/
[18:21]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-bridgemi.com | US Senate fact checks: What's true, false about Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers - Bridge Michigan
[18:39]	TR News	After three years of civil war, Sudan faces the threat of inflation https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2026/1028/sudan-war-gold-hunger-famine-emergency-response-rooms
[18:39]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-After three years of civil war, Sudan faces the threat of inflation - CSMonitor.com
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[18:44]	TR News	Fault Lines Taiwan drones, Timorese deals and New Caledonian diplomacy https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/fault-lines-taiwanese-drones-timorese-deals-and-new-caledonian-diplomacy/
[18:44]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.aspistrategist.org.au | Fault Lines Taiwan drones, Timorese deals and New Caledonian diplomacy | The Strategist
[18:46]	TR News	Lithuanian govt rejects proposal to publish identities of unconfessed KGB collaborators https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3096331/lithuanian-govt-rejects-proposal-to-publish-identities-of-unconfessed-kgb-collaborators
[18:46]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanian govt rejects proposal to publish identities of unconfessed KGB collaborators - LRT
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[19:01]	TR News	Iran Pushes Rejected 7-Day Peace Plan, Warns Against New Israeli Strikes https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-live-blog-trump-middle-east/33803414.html
[19:01]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Saudis Report Intercepting Ballistic Missile Fired by Iran-Backed Houthis
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[19:26]	TR News	Rare Wartime Dissent in Moscow Over Plans to Dismantle Russias Eiffel Tower https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/world/europe/russia-shukhov-radio-tower.html
[19:26]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/world/europe/russia-shukhov-radio-tower.html )
[19:26]	TR News	Serbias students have won. Why their revolution still has to wait a bit longer. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/1028/serbia-student-list-plan-russia-vucic-president
[19:27]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Serbias student movement has won. What happens now? - CSMonitor.com
[19:27]	TR News	US Wrestler Disqualified for Poking Russian Rival's Eye Twice as Injured Opponent Insists She Can Fight With One Eye https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/smirnova-withdrawn-after-turner-eye-poke-disqualification-1828645
[19:27]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | US Wrestler Disqualified for Poking Russian Rival's Eye Twice as Injured Opponent Insists She Can Fight With One Eye | IBTimes UK
[19:28]	TR News	Russia woos African leaders at Moscow summit https://www.france24.com/en/russia-woos-african-leaders-at-moscow-summit
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[19:28]	TR News	Officials seize domain of top bulletproof hosting provider Virtualine https://cyberscoop.com/virtualine-bulletproof-hosting-provider-seized/
[19:28]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-Officials seize domain of top bulletproof hosting provider Virtualine | CyberScoop
[19:28]	TR News	Dihydroxyacetone Man Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/russia-sanctions-relief-fund-trump.html
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[19:28]	TR News	Moscow, Pyongyang back network sending workers to Russian factories, report says https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/moscow-pyongyang-back-network-sending-workers-to-russian-factories-report-says
[19:28]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.straitstimes.com | Moscow, Pyongyang back network sending workers to Russian factories, report says | The Straits Times
[19:29]	TR News	Oleshky Truce Enters Third Day As Humanitarian Hopes Collide With Russia Deportation Fears https://www.rferl.org/a/oleshky-ukraine-russia-melania-trump-ceasefire/33886379.html
[19:29]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Russian Drone Attack Kills 14 In Dnipro As Oleshky Truce Enters Third Day
[19:29]	TR News	Lithuanias Nausda says he welcomes efforts by Finland and Norway to end Ukraine war https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3096093/lithuania-s-nauseda-says-he-welcomes-efforts-by-finland-and-norway-to-end-ukraine-war
[19:29]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.lrt.lt | Lithuanias Nausda says he welcomes efforts by Finland and Norway to end Ukraine war - LRT
[19:31]	TR News	Amid uncertainty over EU aid, Vitalii Kim insists Ukraine has no choice but to fight for motherland https://www.france24.com/en/amid-uncertainty-over-eu-aid-vitalii-kim-insists-ukraine-has-no-choice-but-to-fight-for-motherland
[19:31]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/amid-uncertainty-over-eu-aid-vitalii-kim-insists-ukraine-has-no-choice-but-to-fight-for-motherland )
[19:32]	TR News	Putin Mocked as a 'Hobbit' After Mozambique's President Towers Over Him During Moscow Meeting https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/putin-mocked-over-height-difference-chapo-1828634
[19:32]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.ibtimes.co.uk | Putin Mocked as a 'Hobbit' After Mozambique's President Towers Over Him During Moscow Meeting | IBTimes UK
[19:32]	TR News	Zelenskyy Hopes For Ukraine, Russia, US Talks By November 10, As Convicted Felon Floats Putin Meeting With Ukrainian Leader https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-putin-meeting-ukraine-peace-talks/33885793.html
[19:32]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-www.rferl.org | Zelenskyy Hopes For Ukraine, Russia, US Talks By November 10, As Trump Floats Putin Meeting With Ukrainian Leader
[19:32]	TR News	Putin woos African leaders as Moscow seeks to expand footprint in Africa https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20261028-putin-woos-african-leaders-moscow-seeks-expand-footprint-africa
[19:32]		-TechPolBot/#techpol- ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20261028-putin-woos-african-leaders-moscow-seeks-expand-footprint-africa )
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[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50265393
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	"I always recognise him but all I know him for is for being someone who techrights (Roy Schestowitz) is/was irrationally mad at. Good to see he won his harassment lawsuit."
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	False
[20:46]		-TechPolBot/#techpol-news.ycombinator.com | Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware threatens most servers on planet Earth | Hacker News
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	Garrett was sued for harassment
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	by two people
[20:46]	schestowitz[TR2]	social control media is BS
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